lord and beauty

"What do you mean by that?"

In the courtyard, Jiang Beimu's expression was slightly concentrated, and he looked at Zhou Zhang with a frown. Zhou Zhang's eyebrows were full of evil spirits, his chest heaved and fluctuated, and his hands behind him clenched into fists, making a creaking sound, and took a deep breath. , replied: "I didn't know that guy was so slack, he only arranged for two servants to send it, and some bandits appeared from nowhere on the road. Our brothers have already scattered to the mountains. If there is an accident, the person can be found tonight."

"I'm afraid I can't find it, so call everyone back."

After a long time, Jiang Beimu sighed deeply, reached out and patted Zhou Zhang's shoulder, "How can two women and two servants make the bandits jealous to rob the road? It's nothing more than being messed up halfway , As for who did it, I also have a rough guess in my mind, I just need to see who will come to the door tomorrow."

Zhou Zhang's face was blue and red, and there was a wave of anger. It was obvious that this matter went wrong because of his carelessness, but it was really embarrassing for his subordinates to be so lazy. Just tell me who robbed me, and I will go and bring him back myself.”

"He should be in Shifu in the west of the city now, but you don't have to go there for now, they tried their best to rob him, they just wanted to use some tricks to deal with me, and Qiu'er's family is an excellent handle, saying It’s not allowed to be regarded as a guest of honor by them at this moment, I want to see what they are planning.”

Jiang Beimu was also filled with anger. In the past, he was a general in Beijing, and most of the time he was in the frontier fortress. He was rarely involved in the treacherous situation in the court, so he was very annoyed by some convoluted tricks. However, in Sifang City, those who appear repeatedly are all secretly acting, and according to the laws of the current dynasty, they are not allowed to do anything to them.

"You can bear it, but I can't bear it." Zhou Zhang couldn't help cursing, "Anything dares to ride on my head. When this matter is resolved, I have to go to all the people involved. Do the math."

"You don't need to worry about this matter. Since I agreed at the beginning, I should naturally deal with the aftermath." Zhou Zhang waved his hand, interrupting what Jiang Beimu was about to say, and then seemed to be afraid that he would worry, so he added He said, "I have a sense of proportion."

"I'm just afraid that before you do something, they have already sent him back." Jiang Beimu had no choice but to go with Zhou Zhang, "I won't tell Qiu'er about this for now. As for the matter of Xiashan, Have you seen it?"

Seeing that Jiang Beimu didn't stop him, Zhou Zhang's complexion improved a little, "It's settled, the place was originally favored by an official's master, but the official's house suddenly died suddenly, and the house was ransacked, and the wife and concubine ran away." Run, sell and sell, now this land is vacant, and no one has bought it. I saw that the place is big and clean, and there are no lonely graves around, so I decided. The boss probably got a lot out of it. There is less oil and water, and even the funeral people are arranged. It also saves us trouble."

Jiang Beimu nodded when he heard the words, "I'm sorry to bother you, go and rest for a while."

Zhou Zhang's expression moved slightly, but he didn't respond, he just turned around and left. Jiang Beimu sighed softly on the spot, and then went back to the house.

In the room, Tan Qiu sat back beside Zi Luoping's bed, holding the pipa that Zi Luoping used to play in his hand, and his eyes didn't know where to fall, and he didn't even notice Jiang Beimu approaching.

Jiang Beimu gently pulled the pipa out of Tan Qiu's hand, and placed it beside Zi Luoping, "Let's bury this thing with him."

Tan Qiu turned his head slowly and nodded slightly.

Jiang Beimu shook his head helplessly, pulled Tan Qiu back from the bed, forcibly led him to the window, unfolded the cloak and embraced Tan Qiu in his arms, gently rubbing his chin against Tan Qiu's cold cheek Only then did he slow down his tone, and said softly: "Look, a few wooden frames can be erected in front of the house, and when spring comes, bring some wisterias, and within a few years, the yard will be full of blooms."

Tan Qiu's originally absent-minded eyes were gradually attracted by Jiang Beimu's words, and he couldn't help looking at the bleak and empty land. After the rain, the soil exuded a unique smell, mixed with the fragrance of grass and trees brought by the breeze, It was like a good medicine was poured into Tan Qiu's almost dying body.

"When Zheng'er grows up, we can let Zheng'er live in this yard, and build a small house for the white dog. They are always inseparable, so let them live together so that they don't have to go to our place all the time."

Jiang Beimu's voice is soft, and every word seems to be full of affection, confiding in Tan Qiu's ears. Between the words, Tan Qiu seems to be able to see a half-grown child leading a high-spirited white dog to patrol Every corner of this yard.

"Then what about us?" Tan Qiu couldn't help blurting out.

Jiang Beimu chuckled, and hugged Tan Qiu's arms tightly, "I will show you the snow in Tianshan Mountain, the water in Huzhou, the moon in the Chihe Desert, and the horses in Wusuri Grassland. once."

"It takes a long time to go to a place. During the years of traveling back and forth, these scenery are enough to fill the rest of our lives."

"The rest of your life is very long. Birth, old age, sickness, and death are capricious. You can't decide the fate of others. His suicide has fulfilled his wish."

"Have a good night's sleep, I'm here for everything."

Tan Qiu looked at the tree outside the courtyard with fascination. Among the branches, a bird's nest was framed in the branch, and a gray sparrow came out. The small body was wet by the fine rain, and the bird patted it carelessly Flapping its wings, it jumped down from the branches, skimmed the sky above Tan Qiu's head, and turned into a phantom and cast it into the air until it became a dot of ink, which floated up and down like a boat in the sea in the vast gray sky, and finally disappeared in front of your eyes.

"It's raining, why are there still birds going out?" Tan Qiu asked softly without looking away for a long time.

"Perhaps he was looking for food for his wife." Jiang Beimu replied with a low smile.

Birds skimmed over the roof tiles of thousands of houses, flew across the bustling streets, and flew from one house to another. The rain was getting heavier, and the birds no longer flew high, but swooped down to the courtyard of a house, looking for Hidden in the rain, landed on the porch, looking around with small pea-like eyes, shaking his head from side to side, he didn't know what he was looking at, suddenly stopped, and then fluttered his wings and flew out of the porch.

A beautiful figure turned around the corner, holding hot tea in her hand, walking hurriedly, seeing a black shadow approaching, unable to dodge, the black shadow turned sharply again, disappeared under the rain curtain, flew into the bushes, and disappeared.

"what!"

The servant girl was startled, and with a flick of her wrist, some of the hot tea in the cup was spilled out. Fortunately, her hands and feet were nimble, and she stabilized the tea tray again after a slight daze, and spat bitterly at the way the bird disappeared. , cursed, "You little bastard with no eyes."

The maid gave a cold snort, and Cai Junxiu carried the teacup along the long corridor and sent it through a door.

The room was filled with hot air, and the chill outside was dispelled at the moment of entering. The maid waited for a while at the screen at the door, and did not enter with a tea tray until the chill was no longer on her body. It doesn't feel cold on it, and the servant girl dare not step on it, so she just circles around to the master's seat, and respectfully puts the tea tray on the right side of the master's house.

On the main seat is a beautiful woman leaning lazily, dressed in a red dress, her skin is better than snow, her black hair hangs down, half of her strands are loosely pulled up, and a golden step is inserted obliquely, following her The beautiful woman tilted her head and shook slightly, the tassels swept across the snow-white neck, adding a bit of beauty.

On the side of the beautiful woman, there are two women in coarse linen clothes. One is elderly, with a haggard complexion, white hair on the temples, and a slightly out-of-shape and slightly bloated body shape, but the demeanor of his youth can be vaguely discerned.

But next to the woman was a young girl about twelve or thirteen years old. The young girl was extremely thin, and the sleeves of the rough linen clothes on her body were quite empty, and the exposed wrists were skinny. Her hair was like withered grass, her eye sockets were sunken, and her blunt eyes were full of nervousness. She intentionally avoided the probing gaze of the beautiful woman on the main seat, and just kept close to her, wishing she could lower her head.

"It's not like, it's really not like at all."

The beautiful woman on the main seat frowned slightly, her bright red lips parted slightly, and she was talking to herself.

Mrs. Shi couldn't help wondering if the man had been caught wrongly, otherwise, the old and the young, it seemed that they couldn't get along with Tan Qiu, and that woman was fine, especially the little girl, who didn't care about Tan Qiu at all. His legs are agile, and his complexion has changed a lot. It is a bit suspicious to say that he was born from a mother's womb.

"What's your name, girl?"

Madam Shi restrained her confusion, and asked the girl.

The girl couldn't help shivering when she was asked a question suddenly, and looked at the woman beside her falteringly, as if Madam Shi was some kind of scourge, and she didn't dare to make her look directly.

Seeing this, the woman carefully looked at Mrs. Eye Stone, and seeing that she did not show any signs of impatience, she whispered a few words of comfort, and the young girl replied in a low voice.

"My name is Tan Yan."