Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

"Erlang, after this court incident is over, the world should be at peace, right?" Han Anniang asked softly.

"It's almost the same. Now the civil strife has almost subsided. The next step is to rectify the world, eliminate officials, and develop the economy."

Before Chen Mo finished speaking, Han Aniang said in surprise: "Then Erlang can stay at home longer this time?"

Han Aniang was sitting next to Chen Mo. Chen Mo held his Rouyi and put it on his lap, then gently stroked the back of her hand and said softly: "When I come back this time, after I have presided over the imperial examination, I will take you to the capital. You may stay in the capital for a few days, and then you will go to the Western Regions with Miss Nalan. After returning from the Western Regions, you will not leave the capital in a short time. "

As for revenge against Jin Xia, the current national strength of the Song Dynasty does not allow it, and it will take at least a few years to cultivate and recuperate.

Jin Xia made such a huge mistake last time, and it is unlikely that they will be able to start a war in the short term.

"Are you moving to the capital again?" Yi Shiyan added.

They have moved several times in the past few years.

First, he moved from Pingting County to Longmen County in Yuzhou, then from Longmen County to Xiangyang, and now he is going to the capital, which is not a long journey.

Chen Mo nodded: "The court can't live without me. Now Ruyan is here to help me take charge. If I stay away from the court, the world may be in chaos again. If you don't move here, I can't be separated from you." Two places.”

The capital is the political center of a country, and it is impossible for Chen Mo to live elsewhere and not care.

"Then let me move over here." Yi Shiyan stuck out her pink tongue.

Linzhou and Tianchuan are separated by more than a thousand miles. There are no airplanes or trains in this world, so we can only rely on horse-drawn carriages. It takes more than half a month at least, and the horse-drawn carriages have no shock absorption, and the official roads are full of potholes. It’s bumpy, so traveling for a long time is suffering.

No one would want to go this far unless they have to, let alone such a hassle as moving.

"Erlang, when you come back this time, you have to bring Min'er into your room no matter what. Min'er has been waiting for you for a long time." Han Anniang said, stood up and pulled Song Min to Chen Mo and said.

At this moment, the girl's jade cheeks, whose skin was as good as snow, were as red as clouds. She raised her eyes and glanced at the young man in front of her, then lowered her head shyly and called out: "Brother Mo."

In the eyes of outsiders and Han An and others, Song Min was regarded as Chen Mo's woman, and Song Min had already entered the house, but she was still young at the time, so Chen Mo did not touch her. In the blink of an eye, now Song Min is already eighteen years old and will soon turn nineteen.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Chen Mo pinched her chin and asked her to raise her head. Looking at the little face as white as snow, he recalled the yellow and thin face in his mind.

The girl's foundation is not bad, and after several years of "enrichment", she is now the same person as before, slim and graceful.

He lightly scratched the girl's lips with his thumb and said with a smile, "Then let's do it tonight."

As soon as she said these words, the girl's crystal clear face seemed to be dripping with water, her legs were slightly close together, and she felt a little weak the next moment, but she did not resist at all, but was very sweet. She was waiting for this moment It's been a few years.

"Listen to Brother Mo." The girl's voice sounded like a mosquito.

"Husband, there is also our Xiaoya." Xiao Yunxi also pulled Xiaoya to prevent Chen Mo from forgetting his niece.

"Aunt." Like Song Min, Xiao Ya's beautiful little face was blushing like a blush.

Chen Mo glanced at Xiao Ya. He had tasted too many ripe fruits, so it was time to taste the green fruits so that he would not get tired of them. Then he smiled and said: "Then let's join tonight."

With his current combat power, Song Min cannot serve him alone.

"Ah" Song Min and Xiao Ya were startled, and immediately looked at each other, then hurriedly lowered their heads, their faces even redder.

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to come together. I'll come to your rooms one by one."

After all, it was the "coming-of-age ceremony" for the two women. Chen Mo did not intend to let them serve him together. He had to give them a good memory.

"By the way, remember to wear clothes from the clothing store." Chen Mo thought of something and added.

At this moment, all the beauties in the hall blushed slightly, not to mention the two untouched girls. Their faces felt hot and they remained silent, but they all nodded in tacit understanding.

"Tsk, tsk." Xia Zhining, who was taking Chen Nuo and Chen You, chirped twice, and then said coldly: "Sister has given birth to a pair of twins for you. The position of princess here must belong to my sister."

"Zhining, are you talking nonsense?" ?.

As expected, the smiles on the faces of the girls all faded, and they all looked at Chen Mo.

There is no competition for the position of the princess, but none of them wants to be the princess here.

"What nonsense am I talking about? You gave birth to two children for him, and you peeed one after another, and he was away from home all day long. It's so hard, and the princess here must have you as a sister."

There is another thing that Xia Zhining didn't say, both of us sisters have given him a ride, so why can't we get a side princess position in exchange for it?

"Zhining." Xia Zhiqing's snow-white face turned red with anger.

Chen Mo's face condensed slightly. To be honest, he hadn't thought about it yet. After all, what he wanted was the Ninth Five-Year Master. This King of Wei was just a transitional one for the time being. Considering who the side princess was, it was not important at all. Makes no sense.

"What's there to argue about? You all are." Chen Mo said.

Although this is somewhat against the rules, the rules are only made for ordinary people. For Chen Mo, it is nothing more than adding a few concubine seats. They are all concubines anyway, and they are just said to be nice.

"What does this mean?" Xia Zhining muttered. Originally there were only two of them, but now they are both, and there is no sense of superiority in status. But she also knows that saying this now will push her sister to the forefront. If you continue to worry about it, it won’t be good.

The other girls didn't have any objections. After all, this is something you have and I don't have. Now that we have it, we don't have to worry about it so much anymore.

Chen Mo didn't dwell on the topic any longer. He took out a letter from his arms and asked Han Anniang next to him to hand it to Chu Juan and said, "Juan'er, this is the letter your mother wrote to you."

Chu Juan took the unopened letter, her heart skipped a beat inexplicably, and her eyes turned red: "Husband, is she my mother?"

Chu Juan thought her mother was no longer alive.

"She's fine." Chen Mo said.

"Then why doesn't she come to me?"

"She is afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles for us. She is currently in the ancestral home of the Li family. If you miss her, you can drop by and see her when you go to the capital." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Misunderstanding?" Chu Juan was stunned for a moment, then understood, and then she couldn't help but look at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo smiled and said: "Don't worry, she and I are innocent."

Hearing this, Chu Juan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately opened the envelope and read it.

The child was still there, so Chen Mo didn't act carelessly and asked: "When I talked about Yang Qingqing just now, I saw that your faces were wrong. What happened."

Chen Mo didn't ask in detail when Nalan Yi was there before, but now he has to get to know her better.

"She was so rude. She didn't show any etiquette at all. She even raised giant insects brought from Shu Mansion in the yard and used them to scare us." Yi Shiyan snorted in anger.

"Sister Xiaolu is right. She was also disrespectful to Sister Mi and contradicted Sister Mi many times." Nangong Ru said.

"Recently, she has been playing the pipa every night, making us so noisy that we can't even sleep well."

Although the girls felt that it was not good to speak ill of people behind their backs, Yang Qingqing's behavior really made them unhappy.

And among them, except Han Aniang and Song Min, who is not from a well-off family? It's okay once or twice, but in the long run, who will spoil you?

Chen Mo frowned. If one or two people said it, it could only be said to be a personal conflict. But since all the girls had objections to Yang Qingqing, it could only be said that there was something wrong with Yang Qingqing. After all, the girls were not bad-hearted. , there is no need to join forces to frame someone.

Chen Mo looked at Wu Mi again, wanting to know what she thought.

"Sister Qingqing is indeed a bit spoiled." Wu Mi didn't say it too directly.

Chen Mo frowned even more tightly. Even Wu Mi said this. It seemed that Yang Qingqing was offending the public.

"Don't worry, leave this matter to me." Chen Mo's back house has always been peaceful, and he doesn't want Yang Qingqing to destroy this harmony.

If it doesn't work out, he doesn't mind divorcing the other party.

"Husband, please be gentler," Wu Mi said.

As soon as Chen Mo nodded, a maid walked in quickly and said: "Your Majesty, there is a man named Bai Quanmin outside the mansion who wants to see you. He said that you asked him to come here."

"That's right." Chen Mo stood up and said, "Take him to the study. I'll be here later."

"No," the maid said.

Chen Mo looked at Nangong Ru again: "Ru'er, my father-in-law has also come to Xiangyang. You and your daughter can have a good chat later."

His eyes then moved to Wu Mi: "Mi'er, brother-in-law is here too and wants to see you and Jia'er."

Nangong Ru and Wu Mi both looked happy, especially Wu Mi. Since she married into the Chen family, she has not returned home once. It is not that she is unfilial, but that the world is not peaceful and unsafe.

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study.

"I have met the prince." Bai Quanmin saluted Chen Mo.

"No gift."

Chen Mo raised his hand, looked at the crossbow in his hand, and said, "This is the compound bow I asked you to make."

"Exactly."

Bai Quanmin presented the composite bow to Chen Mo with both hands, and then told the making steps of the bow and the materials used, and finally said with a smile: "Your Majesty is really a god. This bow is so powerful that even an ordinary person can pull it." , can shoot through iron armor within ten steps, is more powerful than the God's Arm Crossbow, and the production cost is only half of the God's Arm Crossbow, and if the quantity is large, it can even be reduced."

Chen Mo looked at it carefully, then picked it up and pulled it to test the quality and weight. He then took out an arrow from the arrow basket in the study and walked out of the study.

Bai Quanmin quickly followed.

Chen Mo came to the yard outside the study, looked at the locust tree less than ten steps away in front of him, took a few steps back, and then started to string the arrow.

The pulley mechanism of the compound bow allows Chen Mo to pull the bow string with very little effort, but it can produce greater power.

After seeing that there was no problem with the pulley, Chen Mo aimed at the trunk of the locust tree not far away. He did not use his innate spiritual energy, nor did he activate the sun-shooting arrow as an assistant. He even mobilized only one level of physical strength.

After a few breaths, as Chen Mo loosened his fingers, the arrow shot out steadily. In the blink of an eye, a dull "dong" sound was heard, and the arrow hit the locust tree, and half of the arrow did not enter the trunk. In the middle, the locust tree rustled down a few green leaves.

"Okay, Your Majesty's great shot!" Bai Quanmin immediately shouted.

Chen Mo was also very satisfied, but after all, his strength was there. Even if he suppressed it, he had his own strength added, and he could not fully demonstrate the power of the compound bow, so Chen Mo asked Bai Quanmin to try it.

He also asked someone to bring a set of iron armor and tied it to the trunk of the locust tree, saying: "Aim at the heart mirror of the iron armor and shoot."

Bai Quanmin was just an ordinary person, and his archery skills were not very advanced. He shot three arrows in a row and missed. On the fourth arrow, he barely hit it. The arrow went directly through the iron armor and the arrowhead sank into the trunk behind the armor.

"Good." Chen Mo applauded and cheered.

Only when ordinary people use it, the compound bow is really strong.

Chen Mo patted Bai Quanmin on the shoulder: "Chief Engineer Bai, you really gave this king a big surprise."

You know, the compound bow in Chen Mo's hand is the initial version. It can show such a good power without any optimization. It can be seen that Bai Quanmin's craftsmanship is top-notch.

"It's all thanks to the prince. Without the prince's drawings, I wouldn't have been able to make such a strong bow." Bai Quanmin didn't dare to take credit for it.

"Hey." Chen Mo waved his hand and said, "This king is clear about rewards and punishments. Those who have made contributions should be rewarded. Chief Engineer Bai, there is no need to refuse. This king has decided to appoint you as the deputy prime minister of the Suzaku Guard, and enjoy the salary of a seventh-rank official."

"Thank you, prince." Bai Quanmin said excitedly.

The deputy prime minister is the third in command of the Suzaku Guard. Above him are the prime minister who is in charge of firearms manufacturing-Tian Sheng, and Xia Zhining, who is in charge of all guards.

"Don't thank me, this is what you deserve."

Chen Mo returned to the study and told Bai Quanmin that there are still several places that need to be improved on the compound bow. After these places are improved, they can be produced in large quantities.

According to Bai Quanmin, the production cycle of a composite bow is also much shorter than that of the divine arm crossbow.

...

Just as Bai Quanmin left, Sun Meng came over again and reported: "Your Majesty, there are two people who claim to be your disciples and want to see you."

"My disciples?" Chen Mo was stunned and his mind did not react for a while.

When Sun Meng said that one of them was Guo Ning, the champion of this joint examination, Chen Mo suddenly realized.

This imperial examination has nothing to do with the court. The provincial examination, the joint examination, and even the subsequent palace examination were all held in his territory, so the candidates on the list were his disciples, right?