Although the spring night was still a bit chilly, the courtyard could not bear the strong fragrance of peach blossoms, so the Duke and his wife forcibly dragged one big and one small to sit in the courtyard for dinner.

Backed by the banyan tree, facing the water pool, the crescent moon hangs in the sky, and the night wind blows the fragrance of peach blossoms from all over the capital.

The military and military discipline of the Duke's Mansion is not too extravagant in terms of food, just like ordinary people's homes, a few ordinary dishes, two or three pastries, and a soup, just enough to feed the whole family without wasting.The servants in the house are settled in their respective courtyards, which is also simple and healthy, not much different from the master.

For the first time today, the Duke of the State did not wear the hard armor for military training. He was dressed in a brocade silk black robe with jade pendant, broad shoulders and narrow waist, burly and powerful, with a tall and straight figure.

Porcelain plates on the stone table hold delicious dishes, steaming hot.The glutinous rice cakes are placed in small sapphire saucers and are also placed on the table.

"The brat goes out for fun every day, so he finally remembers to bring some honor to the two elderly people at home." The Duke of the State cast a resentful glance at Zhu Jiuci.Having said that, the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

The Duke's wife also smiled and sat down, stroking Zhu Jiuci's head, "How old are you, don't listen to your father's nonsense."

Zhu Jiuci pushed the golden glutinous glutinous rice cakes in front of them, "Hmm...my friend made it, do you want to try it?"

Mrs. Guo's eyes lit up, "I thought it was brought back from Liuquanju."

Grandpa Guo understood Zhu Jiuci very well: "Have you found a new playmate?"

Zhu Jiuci raised his head like a frightened cat, "How does General Zhu know?"

The Duke snorted.

The mother smiled and patted the Duke of the country: "I always scare the children." She took a few bites of food from Zhu Jiuci's plate, "Your father still doesn't understand the temperament of your friends? Who can make such exquisite dim sum? Come."

Little Ah Nian came out from behind Zhu Jiuci with nectar, pouring nectar while helping to add: "A good friend."

Zhu Jiuci's heart skipped a beat, and he turned around to grab Anian, who fled holding the honey pot high.

After a long commotion, Anian triumphantly carried the honeypot and slipped away, the courtyard became quiet again, the banyan trees were rustling with the breeze.

The peach blossom fragrance blown by the evening wind is cool and elegant, with a mysterious color, which is different from the warm and lazy peach blossom fragrance in the afternoon.

The Duke and Mrs. Guo picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake each, tasted it in their mouths, and looked at each other in unison.

Zhu Jiuci was taken aback for a moment, and quickly picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.The entrance is sweet and fragrant, soft and chewy, very delicious, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

"The glutinous rice cake can be eaten hot or cold, with different flavors. If you want to eat hot..." Zhu Jiuci hurriedly explained.

Grandpa Guo put down his chopsticks and looked up at the sky. The moonlight was shining gently on his face, and his resolute face seemed to sink into a long memory: "This Ciba is very authentic."

Mrs. Duke nodded, and picked up another piece to eat, "The last time I ate it was more than ten years ago."

"Your little friend is not from Beijing?" the Duke asked.

Zhu Jiuci nodded.

Zhu Jiuci thought they would continue to ask, but the two of them didn't say anything, giving him complete freedom.

The Duke picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake and ate it. He toasted with Mrs. Guo and felt comfortable.He looked at Zhu Jiuci's words and said earnestly: "Go back with a thank-you gift some other day. You have many friends, so don't neglect one of them. It will chill people's hearts."

The Duke's wife also nodded, "This child is not bad."

"Why?" Zhu Jiuci retorted subconsciously.

Liang Zhaoge... the cold wind blows, and the spring night is still a bit chilly, so it's not suitable for sitting for a long time.The parents in front of him looked at him lovingly, and he didn't dare to think about the ending that the two in front of him were about to face.

Mother picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake and put it in front of Zhu Jiuci, "The glutinous rice cake looks small and simple without much decoration, but in fact it tests his will. If the steamed glutinous rice is not tempered thousands of times, it will not be formed. Roasting, even if one step goes wrong, it won’t be so golden and white.”

"The mind is very stable."

Grandpa Guo seldom praises others, Zhu Jiuci was a little surprised, he silently swallowed a mouthful of glutinous rice cakes, and in the afternoon at the Red Square Water Pavilion, he just buried his head in eating, so he didn't think of such a deep meaning.

After dinner, Zhu Jiuci returned to his small courtyard, sat on the porch and stared at the crescent moon in the sky in a daze.

"That's a nice kid," he murmured, "Really?"

A soft fur cloak was suddenly draped over his shoulders, and the warmth suddenly surrounded him. He looked sideways, and his mother sat down on the ground next to him carelessly.

"Mother..."

The Duke's wife waved her hand to indicate that there was nothing wrong with sitting here.

"What's the little guy thinking?"

"It's nothing." Zhu Jiuci group wrapped his knees in the cloak.

Mother laughed and rubbed his head, "How can I not know about my child? You stopped talking in the middle of dinner."

She also looked up at the crescent moon in the sky, put her hands behind her head and leaned against the pillar, and said softly: "Never mind the cause and effect, mother, it's just that there is a small knot in my heart, mother can try to help you solve it. Seeing your wrinkle Sitting on the porch with a small face blowing the cold wind, my heart aches."

"Mother, don't you think that I'm a half-baby who is sentimental and cranky here?"

"Tsk, have you heard the nonsense of the old man of the Xiao family again?" Mrs. Guo also bent her legs and wrapped her hands around her knees like Zhu Jiuci, "Youth's heart is the most precious. Look at the peach blossoms in March in Beijing, Even if a butterfly flies by, shake it gently."

Mrs. Guo patted her knees, "This Xiao Zhong teaches children all day long, and the good-looking young man must be turned into an old man by him."

"No, no." Zhu Jiuci hastily removed the scapegoat from Xiao Cen's father.

Mrs. Duke sighed, and the topic came back again: "Our family comes from a military background, and we are all born stubborn. Mother is afraid that you will get stuck in the horns and won't be able to get around by yourself."

The breeze blew, and the fluff of the cloak gently rubbed against his cheeks. Zhu Jiuci lowered his head and said, "There is a person who is destined to be a bad person, but he hasn't done anything bad until now. I don't know..."

The Duke's wife looked into his eyes, "Has he ever hurt others?"

"No."

"Then how do you know he's a bad guy?"

The small courtyard was quiet, and the crescent moon was still half-hanging in the sky. The Duke's wife patted the dust and got up to leave.

Ah Nian poked his head out from behind the pillar, obediently waiting for his little master to figure it out and go back.

The peach blossoms are fragrant in March in the middle of Beijing, and the storyteller can't tell the sad thoughts in the young man's heart.

The next day.

When Zhu Jiuci woke up, he saw Anian lying on the edge of the bed looking at him with round eyes, with beads of sweat on his forehead, looking anxious.

Just as Zhu Jiuci was about to sit up, Anian stretched out his hand to stop him, "It's still early in the morning, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Zhu Jiuci slept soundly last night and woke up in the morning without feeling sleepy. He shook his head and got up to stay on the bed.

Ah Nian jumped in front of him, snatched the shirt away, and held it in her arms and refused to give it to him.

Zhu Jiuci felt something was wrong, "What's going on?"

Ah Nian was startled, and stumbled, "No, it's nothing!"

Zhu Jiuci frowned, stretched out his hand to pull Anian away, and walked out the door, Anian hurriedly grabbed his clothes and said, "Mrs. Duke!"

Zhu Jiuci turned around: "What's the matter, mother?"

Ah Nian's small face was wrinkled into a ball, almost crying, she hugged her clothes and buried her head, "It's nothing. The Duke's wife is practicing swords in the courtyard, it's very dangerous to go out now."

Zhu Jiuci heaved a sigh of relief, went to the tea table and poured a cup of tea to drink.

Ah Nian continued: "Then you have to carry the knife to the gate of the yamen."

"Pfft." Zhu Jiuci spit out a sip of tea and coughed, and rushed out the door.

Little Ah Nian burst into tears, and chased after her with her robe in her arms, "The spring is cold and cool, my little father-in-law put on the robe first!"

When one big and one small rushed to the front yard, Mrs. Guo was standing in the middle of the courtyard with a pair of knives and dancing them in the air.Narrow-sleeved and leg-tied Hufu, capable and energetic, without any decoration.

Her long hair stood up high and was fastened by a silver hoop.The sun shines from the east, reflecting on the heroic face of the Duke and Duchess.

As soon as the recruitment was over, Mrs. Guo straightened her back and stood quietly in the center of the courtyard. The leaves of the old banyan tree were scattered, and affected by the wind of the knife, they all fell half a step away from Mrs. Guo.

Before the wind calmed down, the next move was made again, the pair of knives swung down in the air, the boulder in the center of the courtyard split in two, and fell to the sides with a bang.Birds in the pagoda trees in the east flew away in shock, flapping their wings and fleeing from the front yard.

Dust and sand suddenly rose and rushed towards his face, Zhu Jiuci raised his sleeve to cover his mouth and nose.

Mrs. Guo turned her wrist, and she held her two sabers behind her back, "I haven't practiced for many years, but I'm not familiar with it."

Zhu Jiuci silently glanced at the split boulder, swallowing secretly.

"Mother..." Zhu Jiuci called out pitifully from the side.

Mrs. Guo looked over and her eyebrows and eyes were suddenly gentle, "Why are you up, my good boy?"

She walked over at a leisurely pace, stopping when she was two or three steps away, so as not to throw dust on the person in front of her.

"A good boy is not wronged, mother will avenge you right now."

"What kind of revenge?" Zhu Jiuci wanted to cry but had no tears.

The Duke's wife glanced at Zhu Jiuci, with a little surprise on her face: "My boy, how did you become so soft-tempered like a cat?" She took two steps forward and pinched Zhu Jiuci's face, her fingertips were covered with calluses, a little rough.

"Our little father-in-law didn't steal or rob three, and obeyed the law. He just bought a few carpets in the shop and was sued to the government. My mother will help you out of this bad breath, and you must seek justice."

Zhu Jiuci was a little shocked for a moment. Chen Qingyan actually sued the yamen?

"Oh, those who are wronged are about to cry." Mrs. Guo's face was full of distress, and she raised her left hand, and the two sabers were sheathed immediately.

"Let's go." The Duke's wife turned around and left quickly, her high ponytail arced in the air and stepped over the threshold. She turned her head with a smile, and the sun hit her body, "It's time to play with you, don't worry about this Things. Don’t forget to return the gift to the kid who made the glutinous rice cakes.”

Zhu Jiuci stretched out his hand, and watched the Duke's wife leave without looking back.

"If you ask for an explanation, you can ask for an explanation. You don't need to bring a knife..." Zhu Jiuci lay on the doorpost and had nothing to love.

Little Anian caught up, put his robes on Zhu Jiuci, and comforted him: "The Duke must do what he says, and his wife will do what he says. You don't have to worry about it."

Zhu Jiuci: "..."

Just worry about this place!

Beijing is very beautiful today, the sun is shining brightly, and the sky is as blue as jade.The air is neither dry nor overly humid, and the chest and lungs are as refreshing as the wind blowing through a bamboo forest.

Zhu Jiuci leaned under the peach tree, looking up at the pink peach blossoms reflected in the blue sky.

There are four full food boxes at the feet, all of which were prepared by the Duke's wife in return.I really don't know where the Mrs. Guo, who got up early in the morning to practice the knife, found the time to prepare these things.

Zhu Jiuci originally didn't want to go to Liang Zhaoge so soon, but thinking that his writing assets were still with Liang Zhaoge, and there were evidences left by Chen Qingyan's sabotage in them, in case they confronted each other in court, physical evidence was a must. need.

"My lord, you have stopped five times on the way." Anian bent over to pick up the three food boxes, and stood under the sun to wait for Zhu Jiuci to say goodbye.

"Peach blossoms are very beautiful, why bother to hurry."

"Then there is no need to stop every plant." Ah Nian said helplessly.

"That's all." Zhu Jiuci picked up the food box and walked forward.

"My lord, you have to turn west at the entrance of the downtown area."

Zhu Jiuci turned around: "Why do you have so many things?"

A Nian was aggrieved and followed closely, "Young master, are you worried about Mrs. Guo? How can you be disadvantaged if your wife is smart and intelligent? During the war between the North and the South of Guo State more than ten years ago, Mrs. Guo cut her with both swords. Don't you, little master?" I know how many people are the souls of Madam."

Zhu Jiuci's right eyelid twitched, and he thought that he must quickly find Liang Zhaoge, take the physical evidence and go to the Yamen to bring his mother back.

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