The Beidi dead man who was about to set fire was hit by a stone thrown by Cui Chengyan, and fell to his knees unexpectedly.

The left adjutant and the right adjutant took the opportunity to step forward and subdue him.Seeing that the situation was not good, those dead soldiers simply bit off the poison under their tongues and killed themselves.

The ignited grain and grass were extinguished, and the loss was not much.

When he came to Rongzhou, he was even put on by Beidi people.Such a suicidal sneak attack undoubtedly made Cui Chengyan feel the cruelty of the battlefield.

"Master Cui! Are you injured?"

The left adjutant who was in charge of protecting Cui Chengyan saw the bloodstains on his face and asked in surprise, "Is this scratched by random arrows?"

Only then did Cui Chengyan feel a burning pain on his cheek.

"It's okay," he said a little embarrassed. "Actually... it should have been scratched by a branch."

The hiding place that Adjutant Zuo helped him find was in the bushes, which was scraped by thorns.

It's embarrassing to say it.

The second prince on the side also suffered some skin trauma, and was waiting for the accompanying military doctor to help him with medicine.Seeing the small wound on Cui Chengyan's face, he sneered and said: "Master Cui's face is wounded, so you can't be sloppy. That girl Duanyi likes your face, if she loses her appearance, she will annoy me to death again."

Cui Chengyan pretended not to hear the second prince's implication, and passed away after a haha.

The second prince was arrogant, to put it bluntly, he was defiant.Just now, Cui Chengyanliang's special skill can be regarded as stealing the limelight from the second prince, so it is normal for him to be depressed.

General Wei came over and patted Cui Chengyan on the shoulder: "Thanks to Master Cui, we were able to deal with these Xiaoxiao so quickly. Can't see... Master Cui also hid something?"

"Everywhere is under the command of General Wei." Cui Chengyan said modestly. "The second prince is also very powerful, Wanjun took the head of the enemy general from it, admiration!"

After hearing Cui Chengyan's compliments, the stern expression on the second prince's face eased.

Cui Chengyan finally breathed a sigh of relief when the crisis was resolved.

He is here to accompany the prince to study, so he can't steal the second prince's limelight while not causing trouble to General Wei.Safety is a blessing, as long as he can successfully repel the Beidi people and return to the dynasty, he will have successfully completed the task.

After several hours of rapid march, they finally entered the city before nightfall.

The Shizi's troops were stationed in the north of the city, and the reinforcements led by General Wei and the Second Prince came from the east, so naturally they camped in place.Cui Chengyan truthfully recorded the daily military situation, which was to be presented to the emperor.

"Master Cui, your letter."

A soldier's voice sounded outside the tent, Cui Chengyan put away his letter and replied, "Bring it in."

The curtain was raised, and the man handed the envelope to Cui Chengyan, and said with a smile, "Master Cui, do you still remember me?"

"The third master?!"

The person who came was none other than Chai Xiaohu, the little bandit he met in Lushuizhai back then.

That day Liu Wuyan said that he would recommend him to join the army with General Wei, but he did not expect it to happen.

"Lord Cui, you're being polite!" Chai Xiaohu scratched his head embarrassingly. "Now that Lushui Village has become Longjing Village, how can there be any third master? Now I am the most ordinary soldier under General Wei, and I have to work hard to earn military merits!"

It is really rare to meet an old friend in a foreign land.

Cui Chengyan smiled: "Brother Chai is so motivated, it is the blessing of Daqi, in the next few months, please take care of Brother Chai."

"Lord Cui, you're being polite," Chai Xiaohu quickly waved his hand. "I'm in a lowly position in this military camp. It's okay for you to take care of me. Why should I worry about it? However, I'm a cook. Although I can't do anything else, I usually quietly give Master Cui a meal or something... It's still possible!"

"Haha, then I will trouble Brother Chai."

Chai Xiaohu is still the same as when he was in Lushui Village, bright and honest, nothing has changed.

After sending Chai Xiaohu away, Cui Chengyan opened the letter in front of the desk.

The letter was written by Xiaoyu. Cui Chengyan had asked him to report the situation at home to him on time.

Xiaoyu said that they were about to arrive in Qingzhou City, but the young master didn't plan to go back to Cui's mansion, he wanted to go back to his home in the north of the city.Xiaoyu didn't know whether she should go back to Cui's mansion or continue to follow the young master. She also said that the people in Qingzhou City are spreading rumors that Cui Yuanwai went to Rongzhou to do business for several months and didn't come back. There is going to be a war there now. Is it a surprise...

The letter is not long, so I read it quickly.

Cui Chengyan's expression was originally relaxed, but when he saw that Cui Yuanwai was missing here, his eyebrows furrowed unconsciously.

"What's going on?" he said to himself. "Father doesn't seem like such a ignorant person..."

With Cui Yuanwai's personality, he will definitely arrange all kinds of matters properly, and will never lose contact for no reason.

Could it be...his father...is still here in Rongzhou?

Cui Chengyan couldn't help frowning.

The war is about to start, and Rongzhou is definitely not a place to stay for a long time.

The people of Beidi were trying their best to entangle with Daqi to the end this time, and they sent far more soldiers and horses than they thought.There is a huge disparity in military strength. If it hadn't been for Shi Ziye leading King Qing's old troops to persevere in this Rongzhou, I'm afraid...Rongzhou would have fallen long ago.

It is said that the Second Prince and General Wei will be in command of the reinforcements this time, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Second Prince wants to overwhelm General Wei, and General Wei has won the hearts of the army. Let's make a fuss... the people in this city are the ones who suffer.

Cui Chengyan sighed deeply, he is really a mascot as a nominal warlord?

If something really happened to his father... Then, can he move the Cui family's granary?



Back in Qingzhou City where he had been away for a long time, Wen Liang didn't go to Cui's house, but went straight to the north of the city.

He has nothing to do with Cui Chengyan, so in this huge city of Qingzhou, only the world in the north of the city is his shelter.

If it wasn't for Xiaoyu who was with him, Wen Liang almost thought that everything that happened before was just an illusion.

Little things about the Cui family seemed to have never happened before. He was still the poor boy in the north of the city, and Wen Xin was still the little girl who was waiting for her sweetheart to come back from high school.

"Brother, I miss home so much!" Wen Xin touched the doorknob of his own house as if nostalgic. "It's only been half a year since I left, but it feels like it's been years. I miss the loquat tree in front of our house, the rhubarb raised by Mrs. Duan next door, and the little sister who often asked me to wash clothes by the river..."

Only when you have experienced the feeling of being away from home, will you know the beauty of your hometown.

"Golden nest and silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse." Wen Liang pushed the door open. "Go in, Mrs. Duan has been cleaning all the time, we just need to tidy up a little, and we can go back to the old days."

Xiaoyu followed behind Wen Liang, and when he heard him say "the old days", he couldn't help touching his nose guilty.

The days before the young master...but without her.

"Xiaoyu, go back." Wen Liang who was walking in front suddenly turned around and said to her. "I have reconciled with your young master, and you don't need to follow me anymore."

It was she who watched Cui An send He Lishu to the official media yamen.

Xiaoyu complained about Cui Chengyan thousands of times in her heart—Master!Why do you leave me with so many problems!WooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooHow can I keep the precarious husband and wife relationship between young master and young master...

The stressed Xiaoyu bit her lip and said in a low voice, "My lord... are you going to drive me away?"

After all, she is the servant girl of Cui Mansion.

If the young master insists on asking her to go, there is nothing she can do.

"You don't want to go back?" Wen Liang looked at her and teased. "You should know that even the maids of Cui's mansion live better than us people from the north of the city, right? Look at the clothes Wen Xin wears and yours. This...are you willing to stay?"

Xiaoyu is already Cui Chengyan's big maid, and her food and clothing costs are even better than that of other young ladies.

Xiaoyu shook her head: "Xiaoyu said, I will be where the young master is."

"My son treats me like my own sister, I feel like I'm at home when I'm with you," Xiaoyu said. "Xiaoyu is not that ungrateful person, son, just let me stay."

After these days of getting along, Wen Xin and Xiaoyu met each other so late that they almost became Jinlan sisters.

So, she also chimed in and said, "Hey brother! We don't have a lot of rooms in our house, let Xiaoyu live with us!"

Wen Liang still looked at her and didn't speak.

Xiaoyu was worried, for fear that Wen Liang would be cruel, so she insisted on sending her to Cui's house.

"It's fine to stay, but there is one thing that I must ask to understand." Wen Liang lowered his eyes and sighed. "Since each other was regarded as relatives before, there shouldn't be anything that cannot be said between relatives, right?"

"Xiaoyu, what did you secretly write in front of the desk last night?"

After Wen Liang finished speaking, he looked at her with crooked eyebrows, as if waiting for an explanation.

Xiaoyu thought to herself, it's over.

She got up in the middle of the night to write a letter to the young master, how could the young master see it? !

Wen Xin tugged Wen Liang's sleeve and complained in a low voice: "Hey brother, didn't you say it's okay to say it? I won't tell you the little secret anymore..."

It turned out that Wen Xin woke up to see it in the middle of the night. She shared a room with Xiaoyu, and when she saw Xiaoyu sneaking around, she mentioned it to Wen Liang.

"I...I..." Xiaoyu faltered, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Let me guess, it's for your young master?" Wen Liang rubbed his chin, frowning in thought. "He wants you to keep an eye on me and report our situation? That's why you want to stay and follow me?"

Xiaoyu:!

help!She is too difficult!Why do you want to be that [-]-year-old boy between these two smart people!

Wen Liang saw that Xiaoyu was still refusing to betray Cui Chengyan with his head down, so he took out a stack of banknotes from his bag.

"Look, these are all given by your young master."

Xiaoyu was so surprised that he could stuff an egg into his mouth: "So much?"

Wen Xin, who didn't know the inside story, was also dumbfounded: "That idiot... is really rich..."

Wen Liang folded the banknotes and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid he thinks I'm dumb and stupid, and I can't even see such a large amount of banknotes..."

"Tell me, when someone drives someone away...he puts most of his belongings in..."

"Your young master, why on earth?"

Wen Liang asked softly, the corners of his eyes already had sporadic glimmers of water.

When they walked halfway, they heard news from the capital that the Second Prince and General Wei were leading troops to march, and Cui Chengyan accompanied them to oversee the army.

Everyone said that this little-known Mr. Cui... was afraid that he was going to become the fastest-rising Jinshi in recent years, but he didn't consider the high risk behind the high reward.

Wen Liang understood everything at once——

Why did Cui Chengyan suddenly drive him away and ask him to go back to Qingzhou City.Because this is very likely to be a road of no return, he doesn't want to drag his life...

When Wen Zhixia was still alive, he often said that there will be no pie in the world. If the pie really hits you, you have to think about what the price you will have to pay next.

Is the pie itself poisonous?Or just can't finish it?

That big fool Cui Chengyan!To use such a clumsy method to push him away!Sudden pie alone!

"Yes, the young master asked me to do this..." Xiaoyu bit her lip and finally raised her head. "The young master is worried about the young master alone, so he asked me to accompany you all the way. But young master, even if the young master doesn't order, I will not leave you! Xiaoyu knows that only the young master treats Xiaoyu wholeheartedly and treats Xiaoyu as his own sister... and Sister Ah Xin, I can't bear to part with you, I want to be with you..."

As Xiaoyu talked, she started to cry.

Wen Xin, who was sandwiched between the two, couldn't understand what Wen Liang and Xiaoyu were saying at all. She gave Wen Liang a complaining look, and then quickly comforted Xiaoyu: "You, don't cry! Oh, my brother is hard-spoken and soft-hearted, he I won't drive you away, you just stay..."

Wen Liang raised his head slightly, a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

His eyes were slightly red, and his voice was choked with sobs: "Fool...a real fool..."

He didn't deny that he used Princess Duanyi to frame him, and he made it clear that he wanted to give up and return to Qingzhou City willingly...

He is worthy of being the number one talent in Mr. Cen's mouth, and the manipulative talent in Liu Wuyan's mouth... In the past, he pretended to be a fool and deceived him around, but now he pretends to be heartless, and hurt him even more...

"You stay." Wen Liang said, with a sneer on his lips. "I want to see, when he comes back, he can think of any way to coax me back."



After tidying up and tidying up, the Wen residence that had been dusty for a long time finally gained some popularity.

Wen Xin finally figured out the real reason why Wen Liang suddenly proposed to return to Qingzhou City, and was so angry that he stomped his feet.

"Even if he sacrificed his life for the country, I will dig him out and blow his ashes!" Wen Xin danced the big broom vigorously, "What does he think of me as my brother! Come and go when you call him?! It's too bullying!"

Xiaoyu regretted not rushing to sweep the floor just now, so that the murder weapon would not fall into Wen Xin's hands.

"Sister Ah Xin, calm down...Young master, he should...not...on purpose..."

Xiaoyu's voice gradually became weaker, showing a little lack of confidence.

help!Why is this broom in Sister Ah Xin's hand like that shovel? When it goes down, it feels like it can poke Cui's ancestor's grave!

"I knew it! Scholars are not good people!"

Wen Xin's angry words immediately scolded all the men she knew, and Wen Liang smiled at her: "Then your big brother Duan is not a good guy? And dad, dad is a scholar, be careful that he jumps out of the ground Come out and knock your head!"

"I'm furious!!!"

She was aggrieved for her brother, why did her brother look at her as a joke instead, like a normal person?

Wen Xin threw down the broom and grabbed Wen Liang: "Please, brother! You are the one who was abandoned! Although we are poor, how could we have been wronged like this! You are the one who divorced him! He was at fault first!"

Wen Liang politely pushed Wen Xin's hand away, and said with a smile: "Wrong, you are the one who was 'divorced'. Your name was written on the marriage letter of the official media yamen. Miss Wen Xin who became an abandoned wife inadvertently , Do you feel more depressed?"

This kind of words can only be said behind closed doors. After all, if it gets out, it will affect Wen Xin's reputation.

"Hey, is that so?" Xiaoyu interjected. "I just said how the young master wants to reconcile with the young master so well, so this is to leave first before we get married? That's great! When the young master comes back, Cui's mansion can hold weddings again!"

Xiaoyu still remembers that when she was sent to look at the bride, just when she was feeling uneasy, the bride lifted her hijab herself—she was so honored to be the first person in the Cui family to see the bride’s true face ah!

"I disagree!"

Wen Xin yelled, and she came to catch Wen Liang again without giving up: "Brother, why do you have to be nice to that fake fool! Sister A Ling from Wang Po's family on the street is virtuous and gentle, and she likes you so much, why don't you look at it?" People?"

"Girl Ling from Mrs. Wang's family got married shortly after you and Brother Duan left. She seems to be her childhood sweetheart cousin. Didn't you find out that the whole family moved away?"

"Then sister Suxin is never married! She has always liked you..."

Wen Liang nodded on Wen Xin's forehead, and said helplessly: "Your sister Su Xin has converted to Buddhism, and she is in the nunnery in the west of the city. Do you want to go and see it tomorrow?"

"What about sister Xiao Lian from Uncle Qi's family! Sister Xiao Lian is a little shy..."

……

Wen Xin and Wen Liang's questions and answers, Xiaoyu noticed them all.

She couldn't help but think, so the young master is so sought after in the north of the city?Fortunately, the young master strikes first.

"Okay, one sister at a time, you really have a lot of sisters." Wen Liang raised his eyebrows and looked at Wen Xin. "Did you know too many older sisters outside, so you forgot about your real brother?"

Wen Xin was in a hurry: "Brother! I'm doing this for you!"

"For my own good..." Wen Liang pinched his brows and smiled helplessly. "Do you think I forced you to marry someone you don't like? At the beginning, even though Auntie Hua was talking about it, I didn't even think about selling you to the Cui family. It's good for you, now I still care about my brother. things are coming."

Wen Xin pouted, "Brother! I'm not worth it for you!"

Wen Liang looked at her in surprise: "Really? I have so many bank notes in my hand, isn't it worth it?"

"You know that's not what I'm talking about!" Wen Xin went crazy. "Then what's so good about Cui Chengyan! One or two of you! You are all full of praise for him!"

Brother Duan said that Cui Chengyan has a good literary talent and character, and he is a person worthy of entrustment.

But why does she think that this is a despicable person who will bully her brother!

"Brother, you are looking for beauty in the eye of the beholder, it's not okay." Wen Xin said earnestly. "After a while, you will find that there are better things waiting for you in this vast world."

Wen Liang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Long time no see...why are you still so good at speaking?"

Why didn't he realize that Wen Xin hated Cui Chengyan so much?

"I'm serious, brother!" Wen Xin stared at him bitterly. "I've never heard you mention liking men before! Why did it suddenly... change? I didn't dare to say it in the capital before, but it's different now, brother, take it easy and think about it carefully Thinking, is it because he has been with that fake fool all the time, so that... the illusion?"

Xiaoyu originally listened with great interest, but why did she feel that the more she listened, the more something was wrong—this sister Ah Xin seemed to be questioning the relationship between the young master and the young master!

"Sister Ah Xin!" Xiaoyu couldn't wait to stand up for her young master. "My young master is absolutely sincere to the young master! There is no doubt about it! The young master also cares about my young master very much! They really love each other! Sister Ah Xin, let's not do the bad thing of beating mandarin ducks, okay?"

Wen Liang looked between Wen Xin and Xiaoyu, and patted Wen Xin's head.

"Look at you, you are not as sensible as Xiaoyu."

He smiled, and his tone was rather helpless: "I said I like him, why don't you believe it?"

Wen Liang also just discovered that even today, Wen Xin still thinks that he and Cui Chengyan fell in love with Cui Chengyan only for a while.

Perhaps... avoiding... is the ancestral trait of their family.

Wen Xin looked up to the sky and sighed, "Hey, hello... my gentle, considerate and understanding sister-in-law!"

"My young master can also be gentle, considerate and considerate..." Xiaoyu whispered.

In order for the young master to be accepted by Sister Ah Xin, she added a special sentence: "Sister Ah Xin, I think... my young master probably doesn't mind if you call him sister-in-law..."

Hearing Xiaoyu's words, Wen Liang almost choked to death with his saliva.

Sure enough, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. Xiaoyu has been serving Cui Chengyan for a long time, and she has learned badly.

The courtyard was full of laughter and laughter, and suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Young master, I'll go and have a look."

It's so late, who else will come?

"Young Mistress! Are you there, Young Mistress?"

It was Cui An's voice.

Xiaoyu hastily removed the latch, and it was indeed him who came.

Cui An was a little embarrassed, disheveled, and there was a hole under the hem of his clothes.

"Xiaoyu! Young Mistress!"

Seeing Xiaoyu and Wen Liang, he couldn't help shouting.

As soon as Wen Xin heard the words "Young Mistress", she became furious, and couldn't help saying, "Who are you—"

Wen Liang stopped her, frowned and said, "Why are you in such a mess? But what happened?"

Cui An returned to Qingzhou City a few days earlier than them. Wen Liang still remembered that Cui Chengyan sent Cui An back to take a look after he received a letter from his family to worry about changes in his family.

They closed the door, and Cui An, who had stabilized his mood, lowered his voice: "Master disappeared in Rongzhou City!"

"Missing?!"

Well done, how could it go missing?

"It's true!" Cui An explained anxiously. "The master and the second master went to Rongzhou City to do business together. They encountered bandits on the way. The second master escaped by chance, but the master did not come back! Now the Cui family is the uncle's housekeeper, and both the wife and the old lady have fallen ill!"

Hearing this, Wen Liang had an ominous premonition: "Why didn't anyone inform the young master of such a big matter?"

The family letter that made Cui Chengyan suspicious was written by Uncle Cui, and there was no mention of the Cui family's changes in it, as if it was deliberately concealing it.

"I...I don't know..." Cui An burst into tears. "Master didn't let me write a letter to inform the young master, and even sent me to work in the firewood room, and didn't let me out! I finally found a chance to come out of the dog's hole... I was thinking of Mrs. Duan who I met last time in the north of the city. I should be able to contact the young mistress, that's why I came here..."

He knocked on Mrs. Duan's door before he knew that the young mistress had returned.

"I heard from the Cui Mansion that the young master is now accompanying the army to conquer Beidi, and he is no longer in the capital... and now the Cui family is like this..."

Cui An's eyes were red, and he knelt down to Wen Liang with a plop

"Young Mistress! Right now, the only one who can save the Cui family and help the Young Master... is you!"

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