Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

Chai Bo stood in the yard and refused to leave, Xu Guanchen still had nothing to do with him, gathered his clothes, turned around slowly, and went back to his room.

The wound on his shoulder hadn't been healed yet, as soon as he entered, Yu Qingzi tapped on the table with the knuckles of his index finger and said, "Why did you run out as soon as I turned around?"

"Something happened outside." Xu Guanchen hopped back on one foot, sat down in front of him, loosened his clothes, and pulled at the wound, causing cold sweat to break out on his forehead.

Yu Qingzi smiled and said, "Is it a problem?"

Although she was smiling, she got up and stepped forward, holding a soaked towel, and wanted to help him fix it.

Suddenly seeing Xu Guanchen followed by the little prince Xiao Jue, Yu Qingzi helped him with the wound and asked, "My good friend?"

Xiao Jue nodded with a smile: "Yes."

Xiao Jue was still guarding the city gate at noon, and changed his guard in the afternoon. When he had free time, he went back to the palace and changed into glittering golden clothes.

"Hey, that's right." Xiao Jue leaned over, "I still don't know the name of the young man?"

Yu Qingzi frowned: "Is this considered a friend? Are you in love?"

Xu Guanchen told him his name, and lay down on the desk to let Master bandage the wound.

"I've been looking for you for a long time." Xiao Jue said, "If I had known that the young man was so interesting, I would have come to play with you earlier."

Xu Guanchen asked him back: "The little prince doesn't need to guard the city gate this afternoon?"

Xiao Jue waved his hand: "The guard changes in the afternoon."

Xu Guanchen hid his face in his arms and secretly smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Xiao Jue argued stiffly, "It's all about observing people's sentiments."

"Yeah." Xu Guanchen suppressed a smile and nodded.

It's best for him never to know that Xu Guanchen came up with the idea of ​​letting him guard the city gate.

Xiao Jue touched his wound with his fingertips: "What did you get beaten for?"

"I……"

"Your family members are willing to beat you." Xiao Jue said bluntly, "My family is fine, I am the only one child, and my two mothers have said that they want to beat me since I was 14 years old, until I was 24 years old. Do it."

Xiao Jue is the only young prince in Duanwang's mansion, but Xu Guanchen is also the only young prince in Dingguo's mansion.

The room was silent for a while, Xiao Jue touched his wound again: "Does it hurt?"

Xu Guanchen nodded heavily: "It hurts."

After wrapping up the wound, Yuqingzi helped him pull up his clothes and fasten the belt: "I also hurt my leg, let Feiyang come over and take you home."

Xiao Jue volunteered and raised his hands high: "I, I, I! I can also send the little grandpa back."

He touched Xu Guanchen's shoulder, raised his eyebrows and said, "My lord, can I come into your room?"

"Good student." Yu Qingzi nodded his forehead with his fingers, and said to Xu Guanchen in a low voice, "Your friend, did you introduce... the teacher to treat him?"

"Hey." Xiao Jue was not happy anymore, Xiao Jue was about to make a fuss, "Who is sick?"

"No, no." Xu Guanchen waved his hand at him, "The little prince is precious, he dares not work, let Feiyang come over."

Xiao Jue helped him out, Chai Bo was still standing in the yard, passing by, but he didn't speak.

Seeing Xu Guanchen walking away, Yuqingzi patted Chai Bo's shoulder lightly: "I'm a good boy, but he is also a human being, and he also hurts."

"You want to regard yourself as an elder, but have you ever thought about it, if the old Ding Guogong is still there, his father, brother and uncle are still there, if they know about this, will they be like you?"

"What you didn't finish on the battlefield, why do you have to... force it on him?"

Chai Bo didn't answer, but turned around and left.

Outside the yard, Feiyang carried Xu Guanchen on his back.

Xiao Jue still remembered that Feiyang laughed at him by the city gate, so he patted his head: "Just carry it back like this, I can do it too."

He turned to look at Xu Guanchen: "Come, come, I will carry you on my back."

Feiyang "hummed" at him, with Xu Guanchen on his back, tapped his toes, stepped across the bluestone ground, almost level with the eaves, flew over the rockery courtyard wall, and left without dust.

Xiao Jue exclaimed: "I don't know how to do this, but I want to learn."

Back in the room, Xu Guanchen glanced back and asked Feiyang, "Feiyang, did you run too fast and left the little prince behind?"

Feiyang put him on the couch, sat down in front of him, and poured tea for himself.

"Huh?" Xu Guanchen moved closer and waved his hands in front of him, "Didn't you hear my brother talking to you?"

Feiyang drank a cup of tea, got up and jumped out of the room again.

After a while, he came back, picked up Xiao Jue's collar, and brought him back.

Fei Yang stomped his feet and said, "I want to drink tea."

He was just complaining, just now Xu Guanchen didn't even let him drink tea, so he asked him something.

Xu Guanchen raised his hand and poured him tea: "Feiyang, brother will pour you tea."

Xiao Juedao: "I never heard that you have a younger brother named Xu Feiyang."

Xu Guanchen explained: "His surname is not Xu."

"Oh." Xiao Jue thought for a while, and said seriously, "Could it be that the surname is Xiao? Xiao Feiyang? Little Sheep?"

It's really a family, Xiao Zhi and Uncle Pei both shouted that.

The fat sheep jumped up, kicked its hooves backwards, and gave him a kick.

Xiao Jue stayed in Dingguo Gong's mansion until evening, when Duan Wang's mansion sent someone to look for him.

The attendant wiped the sweat from his forehead: "My lord, why are you here? If you don't go back to have dinner, the two ladies in the mansion are waiting. The little one has searched half of Jinling City to find you." gone."

Xiao Juedao: "I'm staying in Dingguo's mansion, how can you look for it for a long time? Where did you go to find me?"

The attendant counted on his fingers: "I've been to Fengyue Tower, and I've been to □□ Tower, I've been to Fuyuan Casino, Yinqiu Theater, Racetrack, and Shaxiang Tea House."

"Bullshit." Xiao Jue raised his foot to kick him, "Since when has this king been to these messy places? I'm used to pouring dirty water on my head."

Xu Guanchen and Feiyang sat side by side, eating fruit, and were surprised by the way.

"Feiyang." Xu Guanchen touched Feiyang's hand, "Do you remember? How many places did he mention just now?"

Feiyang counted several times in his heart, and said seriously: "Six."

The two of them looked at Xiao Jue at the same time, and said in unison: "It's amazing."

Xiao Abai's explanation for this is that the sweet steamed buns in Fengyuelou are delicious, the fragrant tea in □□lou is delicious, all these things, so he went to these places, not because of anything else, you guys think too much.

His entourage stood aside, showing a look of "you can get it, little lord".

Just before leaving, Xiao Jue made a bow, and according to the custom in Jinling City, he left a newly folded willow branch, saying that we will meet again in the future.He acted according to the rules like this, which startled the entourage.

It was agreed to bring the sweet steamed buns from Fengyue Tower to Fei Yang tomorrow, Xiao Jue waved his sleeves again, and left in a cool and unrestrained manner.

Feiyang helped Xu Guanchen back to the room, and the two of them ate something casually together.

Feiyang said: "I also want to go home."

Xu Guanchen brought him some food: "Feiyang doesn't like this place?"

"As soon as brother comes here." Feiyang put down his chopsticks, "I got hurt."

Maybe he was talking about the scar on Xu Guanchen's back during the palace change three years ago; maybe he was talking about He Jijiu's funeral last time; or maybe he was talking about the present.

Xu Guanchen lowered his eyes, still picked up some food for him, and asked casually, "Where does Feiyang want to go?"

"go back."

"Where to go back?"

Feiyang pointed in three directions with his fingers.

"In the palace?" Xu Guanchen guessed, "Xinggong? And Yanbei? Where are you going back?"

Fei Yang nodded: "It's fine."

"That's it." Xu Guanchen thought for a while, "It's over, we will go back to the palace tomorrow afternoon."

Later, Xu Guanchen asked a few managers in the mansion to inquire. Uncle Chai did go to various distant houses a few days ago, but the few children he brought back were all placed in other courtyards.

Xu Guanchen went over it quietly, some of them are too old, some are too naughty, I'm afraid he still can't calm down.

Chai Bo's mind wasn't on this at first, he was just trying to trick him back, so he wasn't very concerned about this matter.

Xu Guanchen looked at a few stewards, ordered the honest one, and let him take care of it first.It's just that they don't decide on the chief steward first, let them handle their own affairs well, and discuss it later.

"The children in the courtyard will give them whatever they want to eat and play. Tomorrow, I will reward you with more money and return it to their parents in person."

It was still early, with a few stewards accompanying him, Fei Yang was also there, with the door and windows open, Xu Guanchen had someone invite his younger sister Xu Yue over.

Originally, he was brought back by Chai Bo, but Chai Bo no longer took care of the house, so he was asked to take care of it.

Xu Yue curled up Tingting, stood still in front of Xu Guanchen, lowered her head, and wished a blessing.

The chief steward hadn't settled down yet, and the several stewards were all winks, and said softly: "It was Chai Bo who brought the girl back, but he didn't arrange anything for the girl. Now, the father-in-law is kind enough to find the girl here and ask her , want to do something."

"Flowers and plants in the garden, and shopping in the kitchen are all good jobs. If the girl wants to go home, the mansion can also give the girl money."

Xu Guanchen thought for a while, if he wanted to keep her in the mansion, if Uncle Chai was determined, he would be afraid of trouble.Even if Chai Bo lost his mind, there is no guarantee that the people around him will find out and gossip.

There is the simplest way to break those messy things in it.

"She was originally my sister from the same family. How can I do such rough work?" Xu Guanchen smiled, "I recognize her as my own sister. From now on, everyone in the house will call her the third girl. Tomorrow, I will ask the tailor to come and cut the clothes, and choose a day to arrange them." Let the whole Jinling City know about the banquet."

This method is the simplest and most direct, and Dingguo's mansion can't afford to support this little girl.

Xu Yue knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Lord."

Seeing that she was innocent, Xu Guanchen probably didn't know what Chai Bo was up to, so he smiled and said, "Change your words."

The little girl bit her lip and called out "Second Brother" timidly.

After finishing all the affairs in the mansion, everyone dispersed like a tide, Xu Guanchen supported his head and wrote a letter to Xiao Zhi.

This day is not going well, and the relationship with Chai Bo is broken when it is broken, and this break is considered clean.He also met a young prince, Xiao Jue, and had a younger sister for nothing.Not long ago, Xu Guanchen was the youngest and most favored one in the mansion, now, he has to carry the mansion.

There are a lot of words, and when they fall on paper, there are only four words left.

--I am very depressed.

A white dove was released from the window, Xu Guanchen leaned against the window, squinted and fell asleep.

The wind blew most of the night by the window, and at very late, Feiyang lifted him to the bed with one hand by his collar.

He didn't even change his clothes, and when he got up the next morning, Xu Guanchen leaned on the couch, staring at the curtain above his head in a daze, unable to move.

Feiyang hugged his hand, slept soundly, and smacked his lips in a dream.

"Feiyang?" Xu Guanchen pushed his head, "Get up."

Feiyang no longer smacked his lips, but just moved, eyes still closed.

Seeing that he was obviously snickering, Xu Guanchen pinched his face and said, "Feiyang, you're drooling."

Feiyang stretched out his hand to touch his face, and said seriously, "No, Feiyang."

Xu Guanchen remained silent and stared at him.

Feiyang consciously revealed his secrets, and opened his eyes to look at him: "Brother, you are lying."

"This is called a soldier who never tires of deceit." Xu Guanchen pushed his hand away, sat up with the quilt in his arms, and scratched his hair.

Feiyang stayed on the bed and put on his shoes and clothes.

After a little tidying up, when I went out, the servants were already waiting outside with hot water and tea.

Xu Guanchen had tea in his mouth, and heard the servants report back: "Young master, the third girl has been busy in the kitchen for a long time in the morning, she prepared breakfast, and now she is waiting in the inner hall, saying that she is waiting to greet the young master."

Xu Guanchen was confused and froze for a while, but couldn't remember for a while, when there was a third girl in the mansion.

It was only later that he suddenly realized that it was Xu Yue, the younger sister of his family brought back by Uncle Chai.

In front of everyone yesterday, he already recognized Xu Yue as his younger sister.

Xu Guanchen spat out the tea: "Please wait a little longer, I'm late, I'll be there right away."

When he passed by, Xu Yue still clasped her hands nervously, lowered her head, and said a quick blessing, she didn't have the nerve to call him "brother", but just called "little father-in-law".

Xu Yue's mother is probably from Jiangnan, the table is full of small Jiangnan dots, made into rabbits, made into cats, Fei Yang has never seen it before, so she walked over to her.

Xu Guanchen smiled, and tugged at Feiyang's bun: "It can't be like this, thank you..."

Xu Guanchen looked at Xu Yue in a blink of an eye, Xu Yue said softly: "My family often calls me Yueniang."

Pressing Feiyang and asking him to thank him, Xu Guanchen sat down on his seat, but Xu Yue did not sit down, washed his hands with clean water, picked up the chopsticks, and stood beside him.

"I don't need anyone to serve me." Xu Guanchen smiled, feeling quite embarrassed, seeing her turn to look at Feiyang, he hurriedly said, "He doesn't need it either."

Xu Yue said awkwardly: "I used to be at home..."

"Every Xu's family is different. Duke Ding Xu's family does not set rules." Xu Guanchen turned his head and ordered, "Add a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Yue Niang."

Xu Yue squeezed her sleeves, separated a seat, and then sat down.

There was nothing to say for a while, but Xu Guanchen saw her absent-minded, and glanced over quietly from time to time.He put down the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

Seeing him put down his chopsticks, Xu Yue put it down before him: "The old Taoist who lives in the courtyard to the west, don't you need breakfast?"

The old Taoist priest living in the west courtyard is Yu Qingzi.

Xu Guanchen said: "Master has been in Bigu recently."

Xu Yue nodded with a half understanding: "That's it."

While he was having breakfast, someone from outside spread the word that Prince Duan Xiao Jue was on duty today - guarding the city gate, so he couldn't come. He was thinking of his good friend, so he specially sent sweet steamed buns from Fengyue Tower.

By the way, it proves that he went to Fengyuelou to eat steamed buns.

Fengyue Building.

When Xu Yue heard the name, her face turned pale, and she grasped the sarong tightly with both hands.

Xu Guanchen remembered that Chai Bo had mentioned that at that time, Xu Yue was going to be sold to Fengyuelou by her family.

"Put it in my room." Xu Guanchen thought for a while and explained, "It's my fault. I made fun of him for this incident yesterday, and he has a grudge. Give him the fragrant tea from the first floor, and say that he kept watch. The city gate is not easy, give him a pot of tea to quench his thirst."

This was also said to Xu Yue. After hearing this, she knew that this matter was not about her, and her complexion eased a lot.

After breakfast, Xu Guanchen went to find his master to change his medicine, Feiyang flew over with him on his back, stood in front of the door, but heard the sound of two people talking.

It's Chai Bo and Yu Qingzi.

Yuqingzi was sitting on the futon, it was obvious that he had finished his morning class after he had adjusted his breathing with bigu.

Chai Bo knelt down in front of him upright, bowed his head and kowtowed, the meaning in his words was to ask Yuqingzi to accept him as a Taoist priest.

Before Xu Guanchen had time to open the door and go in, he only heard Yu Qingzi say: "You are still dissatisfied in your heart, you are too microscopic to accept it."

Xu Guanchen opened the door and went in, the two of them turned their heads at the same time.

"Good apprentice." Yu Qingzi waved at him, "Old Chai wants to accept him as a disciple for the teacher, I ask you, do you want this junior?"

He walked over slowly, sat down beside the master, but did not answer.

Yuqingzi said to Chai Bo again: "If you recognize me as your master, then you will be Guanchen's junior brother. In our microcosm, age doesn't matter. Many people who are about your age have to be called Guanchen junior brother, junior brother." Martial uncle, even little grandmaster."

He decided to ask: "Let me ask you, are you willing to lose the title of elder?"

Uncle Chai remained silent, and Yuqingzi said again: "Since you haven't made up your mind yet, don't come here to play with people."

Chai Bo said "Farewell" and got up to leave.

From the beginning to the end, Xu Guanchen never said a word.

After Chai Bo left, he lifted the hem of his clothes: "Master, it's time to change the medicine."

Yuqingzi raised his hand and flicked his forehead: "Stinky boy, treat your master like a doctor."

The injury really healed very quickly, and the muslin cloth was removed today, and it is not very serious anymore.

While administering medicine to him, Yu Qingzi asked, "What do you think?"

Knowing that he was asking about Chai Bo, Xu Guanchen said: "I thought, since things are like this, he stays in Dingguo's mansion and looks at me all day, which is also troublesome. There is Zhuangzi outside the city, why don't we send him away?" Let him live in Zhuangzi."

"In his life, the most important thing in his life is Duke Dingguo's Mansion."

"Master." Xu Guanchen said seriously, "But I am the young master."

"Understood." Yu Qingzi smiled, "Young Master, the grassroots dare not object."

Xu Guanchen came out of the master's room after changing his medicine, and flew all the way back to the yard with Feiyang, who was born with supernatural power, carrying it on his back.

When he was going back, he passed by the inner courtyard and saw a group of cleaning maids, Xu Yue was also inside with a broom.

Xu Guanchen patted Fei Yang who was about to turn across the corridor: "Go back."

Back to the inner courtyard, after a closer look, it was indeed her.

Xu Guanchen stood still under the eaves and called out, "Yue Niang."

Xu Yue turned her back to him, paused, quickly put down the broom, and ran up to him: "Little Grandpa."

Xu Guanchen frowned: "Didn't they ask a tailor to cut your clothes for you? What are you doing here?"

"I..." Xu Yue bowed her head, "I don't need new clothes. I used to do the work at home before. If I don't do it, I'm not used to it."

Xu Guanchen lowered his eyes and saw her hands that were always entwined with a thin layer of calluses. He guessed that she must have had a bad time at home.

"You are the third girl of Duke Dingguo's mansion, so you don't need to do these things." Xu Guanchen thought for a while, "If you can't take it easy, learn how to manage the house."

"Eh?" Xu Yue raised her head and looked at him strangely, "Young lady learns from being a housekeeper?"

"The girl's family naturally wants to learn how to be a housekeeper, and she will marry in the future..." Xu Guanchen suddenly became playful, and sighed leisurely, "You don't know, in fact, I have supported Dingguo's mansion for so many years, and Dingguo's mansion has already been destroyed. It's almost empty. I recognize you as my younger sister, but I actually want to raise you up a bit more beautifully, and then promise you to others, so that the Dingguo government can collect the gift money and make up for the shortfall."

Seeing her pale face, Xu Guanchen hurriedly said again: "If you don't want to get married, then learn how to be a housekeeper and help Dingguo to save more money."

Xu Yue quickly guessed what he meant, and nodded seriously: "I will study hard."

"Yeah." Xu Guanchen pursed his lips and suppressed a smile, "In the future, when dealing with noble ladies from various families, you can't embarrass the Ding Guogong's mansion. Now go cut clothes and look at jewelry."

Xu Yue nodded again and asked, "Brother is leaving in the afternoon?"

"Yes." Xu Guanchen said, "If you don't like being alone in the mansion, pick two girls to accompany you."

"No, Yueniang likes staying at home very much." Xu Yue shook her head and said with a smile, "Yueniang just asked brother casually."

When it was time to set off in the afternoon, the car was still light and simple, and the people who followed from the palace went back as they were.

Xu Yue, with a white coat and a blue skirt, and a pair of maids in a small bun, was dignified and decent, and stood in front of the mansion gate to see him off.

"Brother, be careful on the road." Xu Yue smiled at him, "Yue Niang has already taken care of those who escorted my brother back."

Xu Guanchen was puzzled: "What did you order?"

"I made them snacks, and they are all strong now."

Xu Guanchen couldn't help but lower his eyes, "Okay, thank you Yueniang."

Before leaving, Xu Yue smiled and assured him: "When brother is away, I will give money to the family. If brother is short of money outside, just tell Yueniang."

Xu Guanchen nodded in agreement.

The carriage rattled and drove across the long street until it reached the end of the long street. Feiyang lifted the curtain and looked back: "It's still there."

Xu Yue stood in front of the mansion gate for a long time, and returned after a long time.

The carriage passed the long street, because it was still noon and there were not many people on the road.

After walking for a while, the coachman replied outside: "Little Grandpa, there is a cavalry team ahead."

The long street is not very spacious, so Xu Guanchen said, "Stand aside, let them go."

Feiyang seemed to hear something, and said: "Brother, the sound of the horse bell."

"Ma Lingdang?" Xu Guanchen thought for a while, "Is it your brother Zhong Yao?"

Feiyang shook his head.

Before the carriage came to a complete stop, Feiyang jumped out of the small window, turned twice on the bluestone floor, and finally got up.

There were not many cavalry, only a dozen or so people, all dressed as soldiers.

The leader was a woman in pink, in her thirties and forties, riding a horse with a proud aura.

Of the horses in the cavalry, only the leader, the horse that the woman was riding, had a horse bell hanging around its neck, and luckily Fei Yang could hear it from far away.

Feiyang's eyes lit up when he saw them from a distance, and he jumped forward, before the others could clearly see the moves, Feiyang had already passed a dozen moves with the woman who jumped off the horse.

"Feiyang, aunt is old and can't move anymore." Said she couldn't move anymore, but she easily blocked his fist with her hand, "You are here, what about your brother Guanchen?"

Xu Guanchen had already heard the commotion, got out of the car to look, stood on the side of the long street, bent over and bowed: "Guanchen has seen my aunt."