Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

Xiao Jue seems to be concerned about Yanbei's matter, and he has been seriously thinking about it at home for a few days.

Two days before leaving, I sent someone to Duke Dingguo's mansion to invite Xu Guanchen, only to find out that Xu Guanchen was not in the mansion these few days.But Xu Guanchen got the news and came to look for him soon.

The two wives of Prince Duan's Mansion saw him in the flower hall and sent someone to call Xiao Jue.

Old Wangfei Duan took a sip of tea, put the teacup lightly on the table, and said with a smile: "I should have walked around more, but Ah Jue is fun, unlike the young man who is so quiet."

"Don't dare." Xu Guanchen lowered his eyes, "It's because Guanchen never came to visit and neglected the elders."

"This is the first time for Ah Jue to work for the court, so I need to trouble the young man to remind him more."

"Guanchen is here for this."

At this time Xiao Jue was coming in from the outside, before he stopped, he cupped his hands and bowed: "Mother, I will take you away first."

The two ladies had long been accustomed to his behavior, nodded and let him go.

Xu Guanchen got up and bowed, said "Farewell", and followed Xiao Jue out.

The young lady of Prince Duan's mansion was originally standing behind the eldest lady, but when she saw the two of them walking away, she said: "I really want to ask the lady of Duke Ding's mansion how to teach children."

"Isn't it good that Ah Jue is like this? I think he has become more decent recently." The eldest lady smiled, "Besides, you have never seen the little prince and his elder brother. I don't know how many flowers and trees were broken. He is also strangely active, but he is also good at martial arts."

Xu Guanchen followed Xiao Jue to the study of Prince Duan's Mansion, which was cleaned up by Xiao Jue a few days ago because he wanted to use it.

He saw a large map covered by the paper on the case.

The government controls the map very strictly, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get it. I think it is left by the old prince Duan.

He outlined the road from Jinling to Tingyun Town with a cinnabar pen.

Xu Guanchen raised his hand and pushed aside the paper on the case, looking carefully at the red line he drew.

Xiao Juedao: "This king is still very reliable, right?"

"Yeah." Xu Guanchen turned his head to look at the paper on the case, "Your information is quite complete."

"That's right." Xiao Jue patted his chest proudly, "I'm very popular in Jinling City."

"Then why are you calling me here?" Xu Guanchen said, "I know nothing more than you."

"From Jinling to Yanbei, you must pass through Tingyun Town. Although I grew up in Yanbei until I was more than ten years old, I haven't been out of Jinling for several years. I think you have stayed in Yanbei for a year, and you must be in Tingyun Town. I’ve stayed here before.” Xiao Jue smiled, “Young master, tell me about it.”

"I'm just passing by. If you want to ask someone, you shouldn't look for me."

"I'm looking for your cousin." Xiao Jue winked at him, "Zhong Yao, who has been guarding Yanbei all the year round, little general Zhong. Please introduce me, my grandpa."

"So you have plans." Xu Guanchen got up with a flick of his sleeves, "Let's go, I'll take you to the General's Mansion."

The General's Mansion is not far from Duan Wang's Mansion, just walk around two streets.

When Zhong Yao and Mrs. Zhong came to Jinling, they both brought personal guards with them, and now they both live in the General's Mansion.People in the army have always been informal, living in the general's mansion, like living in a military camp.

When they went, Mrs. Zhong was holding Zhong Yao's ear and admonishing: "What's the matter with you? In front of other girls, how can you say that you are a murderer?"

"I am on the battlefield. There are two types of people on the battlefield, those who kill people and those who save people. Is it possible that I go fishing?" Zhong Yao argued, "Besides, to be a general's wife, you can't even see blood, right? ?”

"You went to the battlefield, why did you kill people like hemp?"

"Mom, you don't know." Zhong Yao lowered his voice, "Actually, I've been hiding myself, I'm very violent."

"Violent? Show me how violent you are?"

"Don't dare."

Xiao Jue turned to Xu Guanchen and said, "It turns out that everyone in the world is afraid of mother."

Xu Guanchen suppressed a smile and knocked on the door: "Auntie."

Mrs. Zhong let go of Zhong Yao's ears, her eyes curved, and she smiled: "Ah Chen, come in."

"I have something urgent to find my cousin, so I can't delay."

"The business is more important. Mother, the unfilial son will go first." Zhong Yao cupped his hands towards his mother, got up, went out, and bent over to help his mother close the door.

Zhong Yao let out a long sigh of relief, put his arm on Xu Guanchen's shoulder: "Thank you for saving my life, brother."

Xu Guanchen led Xiao Jue to Zhong Yao: "He wants to ask about the way to Tingyun Town, the most important thing, Cousin Lao will teach him."

Xiao Jue bowed solemnly: "General Zhong please teach me."

"Okay." Zhong Yao waved his hand, "Go to my room."

Zhong Yao didn't need a map, just grabbed a piece of white paper, scribbled and drew on it, and drew a picture.

"Tingyun Town is an important town with an important traffic point. It is the only place to go from Jinling to Yanbei. It is said to be a town, but it is actually a big city. There are many people coming and going, but there are also many variables..."

Seeing that the two of them were serious, Xu Guanchen listened for a while, and was a little dazed.

He doesn't understand terrain changes, and he doesn't know how to march and fight.

But he understands—

After talking for a long time, Zhong Yao asked, "Who will go with you this time?"

Xiao Jue replied: "There is General Zhang, and there is Master Xu."

He turned his head to look at Xu Guanchen, Xu Guanchen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized: "Oh, that General Zhang is a garrison near the capital, and he is very familiar with the surroundings of Jinling. If there is a matter of traveling, you can discuss it with him. Master Xu once served The crown prince and Taifu are thoughtful, and he was also one of the envoys who had peace talks with Xiling in the early years."

Zhong Yao frowned and looked at Xiao Jue: "You don't recognize?"

"I don't know." Xiao Jue rubbed the tip of his nose, embarrassed, "To tell you the truth, this is the first time I'm on an errand."

"Okay." Zhong Yao sighed, "Is there anyone around?"

"Just now Guanchen said what Xu..."

"I'm asking if you have any cronies."

Xiao Jue thought about it seriously: "Speaking of it, there should still be..."

Xu Guanchen reminded him: "A follower doesn't count, and a friend who messes around with you doesn't count either."

"That's not it."

Zhong Yao was annoyed by him, but he still went out and called someone over, pointing to Xiao Jue: "Chen Zhou is still the son of your father's former subordinate, so it can be regarded as returning it to you."

That Chen Zhou is a few years older than Xiao Jue, he is not tall, he is white and clean, but he is somewhat bookish.

Zhong Yao said: "He has little strength, but he is used to using hidden weapons, and he is calm. Let me take you to Tingyun Town."

Chen Zhou smiled shyly, bowed his head and called "Little Prince".

Coming out of Zhongfu, Xu Guanchen and Xiao Jue parted ways at the intersection of Changjie.

Xu Guanchen took out the dust whisk pinned to his waist, and flicked his sleeves: "I have to go back to the Duke's Mansion, you go back with Chen Zhou."

Recently he moved back to Funing Palace, but Yu Qingzi didn't like it, so he didn't go with him, and told Xu Guanchen to go to him to get his pulse every few days, and today was the day he had agreed to take his pulse.

Xu Guanchen returned to the Duke's Mansion with his hands folded, and saw a carriage parked in front of the mansion from a distance.

Well, before he, the doctor, arrived, a visitor arrived first.

He hurried forward and went straight to the master's yard.

Xiao Zhi and Yu Qingzi were sitting on the porch, they didn't seem to speak.

Xu Guanchen hung his fly whisk, bowed and saluted: "Master."

Yuqingzi took out a hand pillow and placed it on the table in front of him: "My good boy, come here."

Xu Guanchen responded, half rolled up his sleeves, and handed him his left hand.

Seeing Xiao Zhi's complexion in a blink of an eye, he nudged him with his elbow, whispered in his ear, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Zhi turned to look at him, Xu Guanchen lowered his head, touched his shoulder with his forehead, and explained in a low voice: "I came here very early, but Prince Duan sent someone to look for it, so I just went there. Xiao Zhi It's the first time to do something, ask me something, Zhong Yao is also there."

But Xiao Zhi said to Yu Qingzi: "He's been a little confused lately..."

Xu Guanchen quickly retorted: "I'm not confused."

"Confused." Xiao Zhi glanced at him again, "Response is also slow. A few days ago, I was sitting and sitting, and my head hit the table."

Only then did Xu Guanchen realize that he was describing his illness to Master in a serious manner, not scolding him.

"It doesn't matter." Yuqingzi squinted her eyes, and thought carefully for a while, "It's almost the middle of the month, and it's coming again. It's normal to be a little confused. Just wait for another two months."

Xiao Zhi nodded, and in a blink of an eye, Xu Guanchen lowered his head again.

He stretched out his hand to stick it on the case and cushioned it to prevent him from knocking his head.

"That's it."

Two days later, Xiao Jue set off for Tingyun Town and saw him off at the west gate.

The envoy was dressed in triple purple clothes, holding a stick knot, dressed up, quite dignified, like an important minister in the court.

Xu Guanchen clasped his hands, and stood at the gate of the city to see him off: "Be careful in everything, and write a letter if you have something to do."

Xiao Jue smiled: "The journey to and from Tingyun Town is only about ten days, and it's not like I haven't walked through it, so I just go back."

He is very popular, and there are a lot of his friends who are seeing him off together.Xu Guanchen stood in this group of people and said "Bon voyage" together.

Xiao Jue cupped his hands, got on his horse, and walked out with the team.

Not long after he walked out, the waiter in a tea shed outside the city gate shouted loudly: "The little overlord of Jinling City is gone! For those who come to drink tea in our tea shed this month, each table will be given a pot of incense!"

Xiao Jue seemed to have heard it too, looked back, just smiled and stopped thinking about it.

His friends didn't agree, and they all rushed over: "What nonsense are you talking about? We have appointed the young prince to work for the court, and I will give you 500 taels, change your mind."

The little one then shouted: "To celebrate Duan Xiaowang's work for the court, come to our tea shed to drink tea this month..."

Xu Guanchen smiled, walked to the carriage parked by the city gate, opened the curtain, and bent over to enter.

He sat down firmly, took Xiao Zhi's hand, raised his eyes to look at him, and said softly: "Xiao Yuzhi, Jinling is really nice."

The coachman called out in a low voice, and the carriage started to drive slowly.

"Yuan Ce from Xiling, my brother died at his hands. In fact, I really hate him. I wish I could kill him to avenge my brother, but I am a little afraid of him." Xu Guanchen lowered his eyes. Same as me."

Xiao Zhi could only hold his hand tightly, coaxing him jerky: "Don't be afraid."