After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

In front of the mountain gate of Ximing Temple, Xiao Heng tightened his reins and stopped.He raised his head, his eyes slowly swept across those words, and then fell on the seemingly endless mountains in the distance.There was still a bit of a young and handsome face, but at this time there was no gentle smile when he was playing with his sister.

There was a melodious bell ringing not far away, the sound was clear and clear, which made people feel refreshed.

Seeing him standing there for a long time, the guards who followed him asked in a slightly puzzled voice, "Sanlang?"

Only then did Xiao Heng look back, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up a little, his voice was soft, half a smile, "Come again today, Master Daojue, don't think my Xiao family is presumptuous."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Heng rode his horse into the gate of Ximing Temple without waiting for the guards around him to respond.

The range that Xiao Yansui had only outlined on the map not long ago, Xiao Heng remembered everything in his heart. He simply assigned the guards around him to the area where the three street thugs were murdered and the Zen room where Xiao Yansui disappeared. After a few points and ranges that needed to be investigated, he separated from the others, took only two personal guards, and went to find Master Daojue by himself.

For Xiao Heng who came to him suddenly to "drink tea", Master Daojue smiled wryly again.

Although he didn't think that this young gentleman of the Xiao family was a bad guest, but it was inevitable that the other party had other deep meanings in his trip.

The tea Master Daojue brought out was the best spring tea.

Sitting by the table, Xiao Heng took the initiative to make tea for the two of them, also like flowing clouds and flowing water, with a pleasing chicness.

"My mother's maids, Yunxiu and Yunyan, have been bothering you a lot in Ximing Temple in the past few days, which has bothered Master." After making a "please" gesture to Master Daojue, Xiao Heng said slowly with a smile on his face.

Master Daojue took a sip of the tea, only to feel that under the fresh fragrance of the new tea, the astringency of it was unspeakable.

Swallowing the tea, Master Daojue said bluntly: "Last night, the Ximing Temple searched thoroughly, but the monk corresponding to the shoe print was not found."

Xiao Heng smiled slightly, and there seemed to be an extremely subtle sarcasm in his seemingly polite smile. In the end, Xiao Heng just said softly: "I must believe what Master Daojue said."

Xiao Heng believed in him, but he didn't believe in Ximing Temple. If he didn't lie, it could only be that he was too stupid to know the truth.

How could Master Daojue not know what Xiao Heng said?Dang even smiled helplessly again.After all, he is Xiao Song's grandson. No matter how elegant he is on the surface, he still has the same domineering and courage in his bones.

"Thank you Xiao Sanlang for trusting me." Master Daojue's heart was touched, and he was filled with emotion for a moment.

A moment later, Yunxiu and Yunyan were brought over by the monks from Ximing Temple, and they both bowed and saluted, "Sanlang."

"Is the injury on your body healed?" Xiao Heng didn't raise his head, but his voice sounded very gentle.

"Yes." Yunxiu agreed in a low voice.

Xiao Heng nodded slightly, but stopped talking.

He didn't say anything, Master Daojue sighed, and didn't say anything, Yunxiu and Yunyan just stood quietly by the side and waited.

Finally, it was time for another cup of tea, a group of guards came back suddenly and quickly, seeing that Xiao Heng, Master Daojue, and Yunxiu Yunyan beside the lady were already sitting in the meditation room, they couldn't help being slightly startled, After being stunned for a while, he walked to Xiao Heng's side, and said in a low voice: "I found a table case, the direction of the surface faded by the sun is reversed, and it is in Master Daoyuan's meditation room."

The corners of Xiao Heng's eyes twitched suddenly.

Master Daoyuan is the younger brother of Master Daojue, the abbot of Ximing Temple. He is very young, but his seniority in Ximing Temple is very high.On the day when Xiao Yansui's accident happened, Master Daojue personally invited Princess Wan'an over to talk about scriptures and Taoism.

Master Daojue naturally also saw the flashes of astonishment, contemplation and coldness in Xiao Heng's eyes.

In the meditation room, wisps of Buddhist incense were still there, Xiao Heng stood up, smiled and invited Master Daojue: "Please trouble Master Daojue."

Although I don't know what the guards of Xiao's family found, but Master Daojue himself actually hoped that the matter would come to light as soon as possible. Since Xiao Heng invited him, he naturally agreed, "Xiao Sanlang is polite, it's just a matter of duty."

Yunxiu and Yunyan hesitated for a moment, but Xiao Heng glanced over indifferently, and the two immediately followed in silence.

When Xiao Heng and Master Daojue came all the way, Master Daoyuan, who was dressed in plain monk clothes and had a bit of an otherworldly temperament, had just returned. The two met in front of the Zen room, completely unaware that their Zen room had been blocked. Master Daoyuan, who had been scrutinized secretly, had a calm demeanor, and the smile on his face was full of Zen, with a bit of compassionate gentleness and open-mindedness.

Seeing Master Daojue, who had been with Princess Wan'an all the time and was in the same meditation room as the Xiao family, Xiao Heng showed a slight smile in his profound eyes. He took the initiative to speak, and said in a soft voice: "You have the liberty to come here, you are bothering me, Master Daoyuan."

Master Daojue, who never expected that Xiao Heng would bring him here, saw Xiao Heng walking directly to Daoyuan's room after saying what he said just now, and he felt a little bit of astonishment flashing in his heart.

After entering the house, Xiao Heng didn't go anywhere, he just looked at the window, then at the desk, and then smiled softly, he didn't respond to the way he came in afterward with a three-pointed puzzled face. Master Yuan just waved at Master Daojue, and said with a smile, "Master Daojue, do you think this board-foot case looks familiar?"

Master Daojue still remembers what Xiao Yansui said when Gao Lishi came to investigate last time.

"...The sun shines in from the window, and the wooden boards on this table are faded, so it must be in the direction of the sun."

That day, Master Daoyuan was not present, and the few monks brought by Master Daojue were all very taciturn, so that Master Daoyuan was completely unaware of the situation that day.

When Master Daojue's words fell, Xiao Heng also stood in front of the desk. The tall figure of a teenage young man just blocked the bright sunlight outside the window, and he stood upright like a green pine tree. He looked with a smile on his face, but it seemed to cover the sky and the sun, which made people feel chills in the bottom of his heart.

"Master Daojue?" After all, it was on the grounds of Ximing Temple, so Xiao Heng asked Monk Daojue first.

Now, apart from the placement of the case, Xiao Heng does not have any more evidence in his hands. He can directly crucify Monk Daoyuan in front of the Buddha. More places are still hidden in the depths, waiting to be revealed to the world.

Of course, Monk Daoyuan knew that Xiao Heng's visit this time was not kind, and the board table in his room had indeed been exchanged with the things in the Zen room where Xiao Yansui's accident happened.

At this moment, being stared at by Xiao Heng, the monk Daoyuan just put his hands together and said the Buddha's name. He was calm and calm, and the smile on the corner of Xiao Heng's mouth was even stronger, as if there was still a cold mockery .

However, Xiao Heng didn't say anything, and Master Daojue didn't say anything. Monk Daoyuan, who studies the Dharma intensively every day and has other monks and monks doing the little things for him, naturally wouldn't notice, and made Xiao Heng stare at him. The reason, in fact, is just such a small problem as the direction of the board foot case.

Master Daojue sighed deeply again, his voice seemed to have aged a few years in an instant, "Shut up Daoyuan."

Both he and Xiao Heng understood that this matter was not over yet.

——Daoyuan, a monk, what reason does he have to murder the granddaughter of the Xiao family?

Behind him, there must still be behind-the-scenes instigation.

Xiao Heng, who was in a hurry to tell his grandfather the news, thanked Master Daojue, and soon said goodbye to Master Daojue, and left Ximing Temple with his people.

·

From Ximing Temple to Xu Guogong's mansion, along the way, the dusk gradually deepened.

After returning to Xiao's mansion, Xiao Heng was going straight to find his grandfather Xiao Song, but in the end, he was taken to Xiao Yansui's courtyard by his maid.

At noon, Xiao Song, who had just been stabbed by the Lu family's He Shi, didn't eat any food. After returning home, he came to look for his precious granddaughter.

Coincidentally, as the master of Duke Xu's mansion, when Xiao Song came in, he saw his granddaughter guarding a copper pot!

Xiao Song sniffed, and the smell of wine gradually dissipated in the study, with a smell of spices.

"What is this cooking?" Xiao Song asked curiously.Although it seems to smell very fragrant, but this fragrance has a strange energy, it doesn't feel like the smell of food.

Axiu didn't know how to answer, but Xiao Yansui responded naturally, "Bath beans."

"... Bath beans?" Xiao Heng looked at the pot curiously.

Xiao Yansui looked up at Xiao Song, she seemed to hear the sound of her stomach growling just now, and then looked at Xiao Song's clothes, it was obvious that she had just come back from the outside, and she was as happy as she was, and suddenly said: "Are you Haven't had lunch yet?"

Xiao Song nodded, glanced at his precious granddaughter, and was planning to go back to his main courtyard to eat again, but Axiu knew it quickly, and when Xiao Yansui asked, she immediately greeted her and went to the kitchen to serve food up.

"Ah Weng, wait a little while." Xiao Yansui blinked.

Xiao Song couldn't help laughing immediately, and simply changed his mind and stayed with Xiao Yansui to have lunch by himself.

While waiting for the food, Xiao Song looked curiously at the copper pot in front of Xiao Yansui.

Xiao Song knew that bath beans could indeed be boiled in a pot, but it was completely different from the milky white solid object that gradually precipitated out of the pot that Xiao Yansui did not know when.

"The use and usage are the same." Xiao Yansui directly dug a spoon out with a copper spoon. She didn't have a mold at hand. She stood in the study and walked around, and decisively took a wooden box and put the contents inside. After pouring it out, washing and drying the box with clean water, I directly scooped out all the high-grade sodium fatty acid sodium in the pot with a spoon, and pressed it hard into the box spoon by spoon.

In the end, he patted the soap in the box with the back of the spoon vigorously, and after flattening everything, he said, "Well, it's better to put it away first. After pressing out the mold, take the box apart and take out the contents inside." Come out and cut it.

The things in Xiao Yansui's house, even if it's a wooden box, are mortise and tenon joints made by skilled craftsmen. For porcelain, it is estimated that after the soap is formed, it is heated properly, and the soap is slightly melted before it can be released from the mold.

"It has to be stored for another two days. I'll send it to Ah Weng later!" Xiao Yansui said to Xiao Song after putting down the copper spoon and compacting the soap in the box.

In fact, the soap formed by the thermal process of saponification reaction, according to the common sense, after the reaction is completed, it is precipitated and cooled and demolded, and it is basically a complete soap. Even if it is used now, there is no major problem.Xiao Yansui just waited for two more days just to be on the safe side.

Xiao Song, who has been watching his granddaughter tinkering with things here just now, stroked his beard, and looked at himself, who had only been injured for two days, as if nothing happened, and she was still such a lively little girl. Thinking about the bad things that happened at Lu's house just now, I still feel that it's fine for me to know about this kind of thing, and there's no need to tell others about it.

My little granddaughter is so sweet!He is well-behaved, lively and cute, but a child who is only five years old is talking about making a baby marriage, not to mention getting married. To put it bluntly, ten years have passed, and no accident can happen, so early. It's a lifelong event, isn't this a scam?

——When Lu Xiangxian was still alive, he never thought of this kind of thoughts, and he never took the initiative to talk about him. Now that Lu Xiangxian has passed away for a few years, that sister of the He family is completely upset , My mind is also messed up.

Xiao Song stretched out his hand to touch her head, just at this moment, Axiu brought someone to bring food over.

"Don't stay in the study room, the smell will affect your appetite for eating." Xiao Yansui waved her hand, Xiao Song followed her out with a smile, and Axiu simply set a table on the lotus pond again.

While Xiao Song was eating, Xiao Yansui just sat beside him, and the grandparents and grandchildren chatted occasionally.

Waiting until the evening, when Xiao Heng came back from Ximing Temple, the food on the stone table had already been replaced by fragrant tea by the maid.

Xiao Yansui has been sitting beside Xiao Song, listening to him slowly talking about many things, including the ancestors of the Xiao family who were the royal family of Houliang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the glory of the Xiao family in Lanling for hundreds of years, and Xiao Song's young The experience of traveling to Hexi and defeating Tubo at that time also mentioned the events of Xiao Yansui's father Xiao Hua when he was a child. Of course, what Xiao Song experienced was unavoidable, the change of dynasties of the Tang Dynasty royal family.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older and talking too much, and I can't help thinking about the past.

Xiao Song stroked that beautiful beard and told Xiao Yansui many stories.

A dynasty of flowing water, a family of iron.The nearly thousand-year inheritance of the Lanling Xiao family, a top aristocratic family, is a history viewed from another angle.

As a science student who didn't learn history well in middle school back then, Xiao Yansui listened carefully and memorized it hard, although he still inevitably felt a little headache.

"Ah Weng, Liu Niang." After Xiao Heng came over, he greeted the two with a smile.

"Brother, you're back." Xiao Yansui said casually as if to say hello, but when she heard Xiao Song's eyes, she immediately asked sharply: "Where did Sanlang go just now? Know?"

Xiao Yansui: "..."

It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, Ah Weng, why are you so sensitive, it’s like she’s slipping her tongue =. =

Xiao Heng also sat down on the stone bench, and said three words lightly: "Ximing Temple."

Seeing the half-smile on Xiao Heng's face, Xiao Song understood, "What did you find again?"

Originally, because of the knife wounds on the three guys who were silenced, Xiao Song had already focused on the source of the weapons in the army. With Xuanzong chasing after him to thoroughly investigate, Xiao Song was appropriate. I was lazy and planned to wait for Gao Lishi to find out the results. Unexpectedly, my grandson made a new discovery in Ximing Temple...

Xiao Heng originally wanted to talk to Xiao Song, but immediately, he took a look at Xiao Yansui who was still sitting here firmly without any intention of avoiding it, and hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should say it in front of his sister .

Xiao Yansui stared at her brother, and said with surprise on her face: "Brother, I know you have found a new clue, but you still want me to go away?" She is the person involved...

Xiao Heng: "..." I always feel that something is wrong.

Xiao Song couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand at Xiao Heng, "It's okay, let's talk!"

Xiao Yansui is only five years old, so it's true that she is very young. However, Xiao Song has long discovered that besides her love of messing with messy things, the biggest characteristic of her little granddaughter is probably that she can pretend to be boring and has a tight mouth. There are few words, but the idea is particularly big.

You can tell by looking at Axiu, the maidservant next to Xiao Yansui.Around such a big child from other people's family, the nanny and maidservants are all the confidantes of the mistress, who are used to coax the child every day, even though Xiao Yansui is also young, but now Axiu is clearly the only one who follows Xiao Yansui's lead.

Xiao Heng then talked about what the guards found in Monk Daoyuan's meditation room, and that Master Daojue had temporarily locked Monk Daoyuan up.

"Monk Daoyuan?" Xiao Song tapped his fingers on the stone table lightly and silently. This monk studied Buddhism intensively and had once entered the palace to give lectures.However, monk Daoyuan is of high seniority and young age, so it is not out of the question if he was someone from the imperial palace who was inserted into Ximing Temple from the beginning.

"Daojue is a monk who doesn't kill, how can he ask anything!" Xiao Song shook his head, looked at the sky, got up and called one of his guards over.

"Ah Weng?" Xiao Yansui, who had been thinking about things in his heart without saying a word, raised his head and asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, it's already this time, I won't enter the palace, but I have to inform General Gao." Xiao Song smiled, ordered his guards to go to Xingqing Palace to find Gao Lishi to deliver the letter, and then sat down again .

Xiao Heng also laughed and said: "Ah Weng is very true, the saint has already decreed that this matter will be investigated by General Gao."

Xiao Heng didn't know whether Monk Daoyuan's mouth was strict or not, but at least he knew that since it was going to fall into Gao Lishi's hands, Monk Daoyuan had to step back.

What's more, in the hands of Gao Lishi, it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not, and whether there is suspicion or not is the truth.

"However, I don't want to understand. If this matter is really related to Monk Daoyuan, why did he put the things that were exchanged in the meditation room in his own room."

Xiao Heng was thinking about this matter all the way, if it was him, he would rather burn down the meditation room where the accident happened, and leave a mass of ashes, so he would not leave any evidence for others to arrest.

Xiao Yansui rested her chin on one hand and looked at Xiao Heng, "Brother, why do you bother with the furniture?"

When investigating a case, besides all kinds of direct evidence, the most important thing is probably the indirect evidence such as the presence and alibi of many people.

From the very beginning, Xiao Yansui calculated the time on the map, so he estimated the range in order to directly screen out all the monks that Ximing Temple could get in that range.

She couldn't find any strong evidence for a while, so at that time, whether she could complete such an act was actually more important in itself.

——Especially if the number of monks who meet the conditions for committing the crime is very small after such a screening, it is enough to find a skilled investigator and interrogator to start the interrogation directly.

"The more extra movements, the easier it is to leave traces." Xiao Song stroked his beard and said quite experienced.

If the board case hadn’t been kept in Monk Daoyuan’s own room, then the monk guarding the storeroom might suddenly find that there were too many things, and he might remember that someone borrowed the key at that time, and he wouldn’t know which step he took. Leave new evidence.

The three grandparents and grandchildren sat together, and when they got excited, they decided to have dinner together again and continue chatting.

The sky is full of sunset clouds, and twilight is coming.

The gentle evening breeze brought a bit of coolness at night. At this time, it was a little cold to eat at the stone table in the pavilion on the lotus pond.

Xiao Song simply invited his grandchildren to go to his place, while Axiu was sent by Xiao Yansui to inform Mrs. Pei.

·

The guards sent by Xiao Song to deliver the letter to Gao Lishi were still on their way to Xingqing Palace.

In the Xingqing Palace, the birthday king Li Mao, who came here early in the morning to accompany his concubine Yang, who had been with his mother, Concubine Wu Hui, who was not feeling well all day, left the palace in a hurry before dark.

The sky is like water at night, and the evening wind is cool.

The light of the candlestick popped the wick lightly, and there was a soft "snap".

A charming and charming woman in a gorgeous palace dress seemed to be startled, and looked back inadvertently.

Xuanzong, who came to visit Concubine Wu Hui, was wrapped in night. After stepping into the palace gate, the first thing he saw was a terrified and soft beauty on her palm-sized face, illuminated by the warm red candlelight.

Xuanzong stood outside the palace gate of Concubine Wu Hui, unable to turn around for a while.

Gao Lishi, who had been waiting by Xuanzong's side, lowered his eyes slightly. When he came here, he glanced over, but immediately recognized the identity of the woman who served in the concubine Wu Hui's palace—the daughter of Shuzhou Sihu Yang Xuanyan, Shou Princess, Yang's.

Under the lamp, the beauty is like jade, and Princess Yang's gorgeous palace attire complements her slender figure, soft voice, and a gentle smile on her beautiful face, which makes people feel pitiful.

After a while, Xuanzong stepped into the gate of Concubine Wu Hui's palace.

Concubine Yang of Shou Wang hurriedly saluted.

Xuanzong walked in front of Princess Shou, Yang Shi, and his tall figure came up, but he didn't say anything about excuses.

Gao Lishi lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, but he couldn't see.

On the bed, Concubine Wu Hui, who looked tired and unable to hide her sickness, was helped by the maid to barely sit up, and she whispered weakly, "Saint," like thunder, and woke up several people in the room.

Xuanzong raised his head to look at Concubine Wu Hui, Princess Shou Wang also got up, hurried to Concubine Wu Hui's bed, and straightened her messy black hair that was still like a crow's feather.

Xuanzong walked over, sat in front of the bed, and gently held the cool hand of Concubine Wu Hui who was lingering on the sick bed.

Shou Wang Concubine Yang respectfully bowed her head and stood on one side, silent.

Gao Lishi, who came in with Xuanzong, quietly left the palace, and several maids in Princess Shou's bedroom, except for one confidant who still stayed inside to wait, the others also retreated silently.

The night is getting darker, and the moonlight is as cool as water.

Gao Lishi stood silently outside Concubine Wu Hui's bedroom, and after an unknown amount of time, suddenly a guard rushed over.

"What's the matter?" Gao Lishi only cast a slightly puzzled look.

The guard came forward and hurriedly reported to Gao Lishi the news sent by the guards from Mr. Xiao's residence just now.

Gao Lishi listened, but his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

Thinking about the matter of weapons in the army that hadn't been clarified before, Gao Lishi subconsciously glanced at Concubine Wu Hui's bedroom, thought for a moment, and then gestured to the guard.

The guard immediately listened to him, and after listening to Gao Lishi's whispered orders, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide, then nodded, and hurriedly took the order away.

·

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

The identities of the three street hooligans who were exterminated have been fully investigated by Xiao Heng. They are really just a few street hooligans begging for life. , The neighbors around can only applaud, no one will go to the police to find the kind.

I heard from other gangsters who were caught that a few days ago, those people only said that someone introduced a rare big business, then they went in hiding, and then they disappeared without a trace.It's just that people like them have been missing for three to five days, so maybe they got mixed up in some wine shop or casino, so who would care?

It was the rumored person who introduced them to this rare big business, but no one in the market knew it. It was the neighbor who happened to catch a glimpse, and when the guard came to question him, he was so frightened that his legs They were all shivering, and only said that they had never seen it before, and never knew each other before.

Mrs. Pei, who had already handed the greeting card to Duke Yan's mansion, opened the warehouse two days ago to pack up the thank you gift, and got up early in the morning, ready to go to visit and thank him as promised.

At that time, Xiao Yansui was still sleeping soundly in his yard, changed his clothes, and Xiao Heng, who could be seen as Mr. Pianpian at a glance, came over with a smile on his face, and after sending Wulang Xiao Wu to study in the academy, he said It is to send Mrs. Pei to Duke Yan's mansion.

However, Mrs. Pei waved her hand and cast a sideways glance at her eldest son Xiao Heng who was smiling.

"The person who accepted my post was Zhang Jiulang's mother, Princess Ningqin, in Duke Yan's mansion. Today, she is not someone who is in Xiumu. I am talking to Princess Ningqin in the backyard. There is no one in Duke Yan's mansion who can entertain you. Could it be possible to let the housekeeper of Duke Yan's mansion stand by, but let my son sit in the main hall by himself?"

After hearing this, Xiao Heng smiled helplessly, "So, I don't even need to send my mother off?"

Mrs. Pei reached out and nodded at him, "If you don't need to continue to investigate the case as you Aunt wants, you should study hard at home!"

Xiao Heng is sixteen this year, he has not yet been crowned, nor is he engaged.

At this age, let him take the imperial examination, Xiao Song thought, it seems a bit early, and their Xiao family doesn't need to earn the title of genius prodigy, and Xiao Heng is the eldest grandson, and after a few more years of temper, he will be able to do it steadily. Can.

After hearing this, Xiao Heng didn't object, so he just smiled at Mrs. Pei, "Okay."

Mrs. Pei patted his son's shoulder, and tidied things up and down, making sure that the thank you gifts were all ready, the carriages and horses had already been prepared, and they were ready to go out only after there was nothing wrong with it.

Xiao Heng still followed, and after helping his mother Pei into the carriage, he backed away.

Five days have passed since Xiao Yansui's accident in Ximing Temple.

Princess Ningqin is also in Duke Yan's mansion today, waiting for Mrs. Pei to come.

When the carriage from Xu Guogong's mansion arrived, the door was already opened when the concierge was sent to the backyard to deliver the letter.

"Miss Pei, please come in." Princess Ningqin's maid, who had been waiting here early in the morning, with a smile on her face, led Mrs. Pei through the garden arch and into Princess Ningqin's yard.

Princess Ningqin came out to greet her, and there was a close-fitting maid beside her who gently opened the hanging door curtain, and she didn't let it go until Princess Ningqin kindly walked in with Pei's hand. .

Princess Ning held Pei's arm all the way to the side of Ruantao, and smiled softly: "Miss Pei, please sit down."

Pei's expression was also gentle, and there seemed to be a grateful smile in his eyes, "Thank you, princess."

The thank you gifts brought by Mrs. Pei were all carried by Yunyan and Yunxia, ​​and a maidservant had already picked them up. Princess Ningqin saw it and hurriedly said: "I also said that you came to sit with me and talk for a while, How can you be so polite?"

Mrs. Pei smiled when she heard this, and said: "The last time my Liu Niang was in danger, thanks to the help of Mr. Xiao Lang from your house, I came to thank you today. I hope Mr. Xiao Lang will not blame me."

While talking, another maid served hot tea.

Speaking of her youngest son, Princess Ningqin couldn't hide her smile, she couldn't help covering her lips and said with a smile: "Jiulang is stubborn, if you praise him like that, he won't be able to run up to the roof."

Princess Ningqin and Mrs. Pei have known each other for a long time. Although they are not close friends in the boudoir, they never feel unfamiliar when they speak. Now they can talk to Zhang Jiulang, a little bean, and Mrs. Pei With one sentence and one compliment, Princess Ningqin was modest, but she couldn't hide her smile at the same time.

Princess Ningqin is telling the truth, Zhang Dai's temper is indeed violent and arrogant, and if the child is only six years old, even if he is arrogant, it is only because the child is still young, it is not a big deal.

This time, it was rare for him to do a good deed, and he sold such a big favor to Duke Xu's mansion. Princess Ningqin didn't know what to say about his youngest son.

Zhang Shuo, Duke of Yan State, and Xiao Song, Duke of Xu State, are both prime ministers and have the title of Duke of the State. However, Zhang Shuo is a typical literati and prime minister who assisted Xuanzong to create a prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty, while Xiao Song was promoted by military service. After the phase, I don't care about everything.

Although the two have the same high position and weight, they can't talk to each other, and there is no conflict at all, so that there is no relationship between the two people, except that Princess Ningqin and Princess Xinchang are sisters, and Xu Guogong's mansion and Princess Xinchang are sisters. In Yan Guogong's mansion, there is even less communication during the New Year's Eve.

This time, Zhang Dai took the initiative to help Xiao Yansui, otherwise, the two families may still respect each other at a distance, but they have little contact.

Pei Shi and Princess Ningqin became more and more enthusiastic when they talked, and when Pei Shi used all the boastful words and phrases, the praise made Princess Ningqin feel a little dazed, and even began to doubt life, feeling that she was Could it be that when she wrongly blamed the tricky and arrogant own Jiulang on weekdays, Pei Shi drank a sip of tea with unsatisfactory taste, and finally turned from the brave Zhang Jiulang to other interesting things in Chang'an City.

While talking, suddenly, there was a burst of brisk footsteps outside the curtain, and there was a sound of barking "Wow, woof" from a little dog.

Princess Ningqin suddenly turned pale.

——She has been afraid of such little fluffy things since she was a child, not even the cats and dogs kept as pets in the palace, let alone mice.

Mrs. Pei is so careful. Seeing that Princess Ningqin's face was not right, she hurriedly put away the words she had just chatted with, and asked with concern: "Princess?" However, Mrs. Pei didn't know at all that Princess Ningqin was actually afraid of dogs. .

Before Princess Ningqin had time to explain with a forced smile, Zhang Jiulang, the bully who had never been in charge of anyone, opened the curtain and rushed in, "Mother!"

"No, nothing." Seeing her youngest son come in, but the little dog that the youngest son picked up from the mountain a few days ago did not come in, Princess Ningqin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her face softened some.

Seeing this, Mrs. Pei felt a little relieved.

Immediately, Zhang Dai's gaze fell on Mrs. Pei again. He still remembered that this person was Xiao Yansui's mother, who picked Xiao Yansui up in a hurry from Ximing Temple that day, and wanted to ask Xiao Yansui what else? Zhang Dai, who was able to come out to play at the time, blinked his eyes, and greeted him very politely and without arrogance, "Miss Pei."

Seeing the person who helped her daughter, especially Zhang Dai is still a very cute little kid in appearance, Pei immediately smiled, "This is Jiulang. I didn't have time to thank you properly."

Zhang Dai replied as a matter of course: "Xiao Liuniang and I are good friends, and we should protect her."

——The young man who is born arrogant and willful also needs friends, especially Xiao Yansui, who is cute, beautiful and well-behaved. The kind that doesn't bother you at all.

God knows that Xiao Yansui's left ear goes in and out of the right ear, and it's all because of a talkative little radish with a small mouth "ba ba ba" chanting scriptures next to her ear.

Zhang Dai, who has always been respected and pampered in the Duke of Yan's mansion, as a young gentleman, has nowhere to release his desire to protect and confide, probably all obtained from Xiao Yansui, who is not as good as he looks. fully satisfied.

Because he didn't know Pei well enough, even if she was Xiao Yansui's mother, Zhang Dai would naturally not start chatting casually.

As a result, after Mrs. Pei chatted with Zhang Dai with a smile in a coaxing tone, the little dog who had been barking outside just now finally couldn't help it, and came in from outside the door curtain. up.

It was just such an ordinary-looking dog who had only been picked up by Zhang Dai for a few days before he started to eat his food and eat smooth, as if he had gained a little weight. After he got in, he immediately started to surround him Watching Zhang Dai wag his tail.

Princess Ningqin, who had changed color slightly just after hearing the voice, turned pale in an instant.

Pei's eyes were sharp and her reaction was quick. She couldn't care less about talking to Zhang Dai for a while, so she hurriedly got up and supported Princess Ningqin who seemed to be about to faint in an instant, "Princess!?"

Princess Ning pointed at Zhang Dai with one finger and was speechless at all. The little dog was also startled, its tail that was shaking like a cattail fan just now stopped, and squeezed next to Zhang Dai, weakly " "Wow!" with a sound.

As soon as Princess Ning Qing closed her eyes, she was about to faint.

After all, he was still a child, no matter how arrogant and domineering he was usually, when he suddenly saw his mother fainting, Zhang Dai was immediately petrified.After being stunned for a while, he rushed up in a hurry, his voice was panicked, and he shouted eagerly: "Mother!"

The little dog came up with Zhang Dai, and the fluffy and warm thing touched Princess Ningqin's skirt, and Princess Ningqin trembled unconsciously, her face was as pale as paper, and she couldn't get better.

Pei Shi, who supported Princess Ningqin, suddenly turned her head and looked at the room, who also didn't know what was going on, as if she was also frightened.

After a stern voice, the maidservants woke up like a dream, some rushed up to help Mrs. Pei help Princess Ningqin to lie down on the soft bed first, and some hurriedly rushed out to invite the imperial physician.

All of a sudden, there was chaos in the room.

Zhang Dai watched over his mother, Princess Ningqin, with a pale face, and even forgot that he had just rushed over to ask Mrs. Pei when he would be able to fly a kite with Xiao Yansui.

Mrs. Pei supported Princess Ningqin, and she could clearly feel in the palm of her hand that Princess Ningqin's whole body was tense.

Pei suddenly froze for a moment. Princess Ningqin's reaction didn't seem like she was suddenly ill, but rather like she was frightened by something.