Under the leadership of Abbot Jingxin, the Chu family first went to each hall to offer incense.

Mrs. Chu donated 300 taels of sesame oil money, and the female family members of the Chu family were arranged to rest in a spacious courtyard behind the nunnery.

In order to avoid the fatigue of traveling and traveling, the family planned to stay one night on Qingzhu Mountain and return home tomorrow.

The Xu family lives next door to the Chu family courtyard.

After the Chu family settled down, Mrs. Xu and the third prince's concubine Xu Jingping came to visit with the two brothers from the Xu family.

"Mrs. Chu, what a coincidence. It's rare for you to get out and about all year round, but today we happened to meet you."

Mrs. Xu was about forty years old and described herself as capable. As soon as she entered the door, she was polite to Mrs. Chu.

The third prince's concubine, Xu Jingping, held her big belly in her hands and followed Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Chu first said hello to Xu Jingping, and then took Mrs. Xu to sit down.

Mrs. Chu pointed at Xu Jingjing's belly and said, "The third prince is pregnant with Lin'er, so you should be careful when traveling."

Xu Jingjing smiled at Chu Tianjiao, and Mrs. Xu explained: "She is still pregnant now, and she also wants to come to the nunnery to pray to the Buddha for peace of mind."

Chu Tianjiao greeted Mrs. Xu and the third prince's concubine awkwardly and stepped aside.

Mrs. Xu looked at Chu Tianjiao and couldn't move her eyes away. Thinking that Xu Shangshu said that if Chu Tianjiao could be married into the family, the safety of the three generations of the Xu family would be guaranteed, Mrs. Xu's eyes became eager.

Mrs. Xu had prepared greeting gifts for the little sisters of the Chu family, but after seeing Chu Tianjiao, she was worried that the gifts she had prepared were too thin, so she directly gave away a pair of He took off the jade bracelet and gave it to Chu Tianjiao.

In this way, even Chu Yun'er saw the purpose of going to Fanjing'an today, tugged on Chu Tianjiao's sleeves, and snickered.

When it was the Xu brothers' turn to pay their respects to Mrs. Chu, Mrs. Chu became more and more satisfied when she saw that the two brothers Xu Xiuwen and Xu Xiuyuan had neat facial features, delicate faces, gentle manners, and upright postures, and she also gave them an expensive meeting gift.

Xu Xiuyuan and Chu Tianjiao were familiar with each other. Not only were they classmates at Imperial College, but they had also sneaked into the palace together to help the third prince clear his grievances.

The young boy didn't know the purpose of coming to Fanjing Temple today, and thought he was accompanying his sixth brother on a blind date.

When he saw that Sixth Brother's blind date was Chu Tianjiao, he grinned imperceptibly, thinking that it would be terrible if Chu Tianjiao became his sister-in-law.

When Chu Tianjiao brought Xu Xiuyuan into the palace to investigate the case, he made Xu Xiuyuan look like an old nanny.

In order to interrogate the prisoners, Chu Tianjiao forced Xu Xiuyuan to stab the eunuchs in the palace with poisonous needles. This incident caused great psychological trauma to Xu Xiuyuan.

Although Xu Xiuyuan admired Chu Tianjiao's bravery, he was also afraid of Chu Tianjiao's methods.

He felt that if Sixth Brother fell into the hands of Chu Tianjiao, he would be a thorn in his side and would probably be bullied to the point where he would be bullied to the point of leaving no trace of his bones.

But looking at the look on his mother's face, she quite liked Chu Tianjiao.

Xu Xiuyuan couldn't help but worry about the future fate of his sixth brother.

He had no idea that he was actually one of the people who was sneaked out by Mrs. Xu to recruit the Golden Phoenix.

His sixth brother Xu Xiuwen was calm and calm, his eyes were not squinting. After greeting the elders, he stood quietly and looked up at the ceiling.

The elders of the two families began to praise each other, vying to praise each other's children for how outstanding they were.

When the third prince's concubine interjected and praised Chu Tianjiao for managing a state at such a young age, caring for the people, and writing to the third prince asking for grain and medicinal materials some time ago, Xu Xiuwen curiously turned his attention to Chu Tianjiao. .

Xu Xiuwen is now serving in the Hanlin Academy, and will have to go abroad for at least three years to govern the local area.

Hearing that Chu Tianjiao had begun to take charge of the government affairs of a state, I felt envious.

When Prince Kang and Princess Kang suggested that the juniors of the two families go out together, Xu Xiuwen was a little excited. He walked straight to Chu Tianjiao, cupped his hands and said, "Sister Chu, I have some ideas about local government affairs that I would like to discuss with Sister Chu." One or two, I wonder if you would like to go together?"

Chu Tianjiao had heard of Xu Xiuwen's talent.

Seeing that his eyes were sincere, his behavior was appropriate, and he wanted to discuss government affairs with him, Chu Tianjiao also became interested.

The two took the lead out of the room and walked towards the top of Qingzhu Mountain, talking as they walked.

Xu Xiuyuan and Chu Yuner followed behind.

Wang Xingran and Chu Yufei were left in the house to talk with the elders.

Princess Kang took Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Xu to the courtyard gate to take a peek. She pointed at the backs of the two pairs and whispered to Mrs. Chu:

"Look, your eldest daughter and Mr. Xu Liu are so well matched. If they can talk to each other when they meet, it means they are right for each other."

Mrs. Chu nodded silently, but did not make any assertion.

Princess Kang turned to Mrs. Xu and said, "Sixth Young Master took the initiative to talk to Miss Chu. He must have taken a liking to her."

Mrs. Xu's heart dropped back to her stomach.

She also felt that her sixth child and Chu Tianjiao were more suitable.

Lao Qi is just an extra, in her opinion, he is still awake.

Several people returned to the house and told Xu Jingping about the situation.

Xu Jingping was happy.

The person who liked Chu Tianjiao the most to marry into the Xu family was actually Xu Jingping.

It was she who praised Chu Tianjiao in the ears of Xu Shangshu and his wife all day long, which made Xu Shangshu and his wife have the idea to propose marriage to the Chu family.

It's not that the third prince, Lu Yuanzhong, has no intention of competing for the throne, but he lacks strong support from his mother's family.

The third prince's mother, Concubine Wan, is only a concubine and her background is not high.

The only thing I have is that the wife clan is pretty good.

But the Xu family couldn't help the third prince much.

If the Xu family could marry with the Chu family, the situation would be greatly different.

Even if it cannot compete with the fourth and sixth princes, after the new emperor succeeds to the throne in the future, the third prince's palace will be much more stable because of this relationship.

Xu Xiuwen asked Chu Tianjiao about the current situation of people's livelihood in local government affairs. Chu Tianjiao said that people now have land but are unwilling to farm. Xu Xiuwen was surprised after hearing this and humbly asked Chu Tianjiao for advice.

The two unknowingly talked about the shortcomings of today's tax laws.

Xu Xiuwen was familiar with the tax laws of various dynasties and dynasties, and explained to Chu Tianjiao the changes in the land tax system between the current and past dynasties.

Chu Tianjiao was fascinated.

The two of them walked along the path up the mountain outside the nunnery for a while. A dozen recently chopped bamboo trees were piled on the stone path, blocking the way.

There happens to be a path next to it that can also lead to the top of the mountain.

Xu Xiuwen raised his hand in a gesture of invitation.

Chu Tianjiao had walked this path before, and it was only a few minutes away from the top of the mountain. The scenery along the way was better than the main road, so he followed Xu Xiuwen on this path without thinking too much.

Chu Yuner and Xu Xiuyuan initially followed.

Xu Xiuyuan was quite interested in what these two people said, but Chu Yun'er couldn't understand it.

Chu Yun'er saw a mountain stream beside the road with a stream flowing through it. There seemed to be fish jumping in the stream. She became interested and stopped to watch.

Xu Xiuyuan couldn't bear to leave her alone, so he politely stood a few steps away and waited for her.

Chu Tianjiao and Xu Xiuwen were so in tune with each other that they didn't realize that their younger brother and sister had fallen behind.

When they turned into the small road, they didn't see Chu Yun'er and Xu Xiuyuan, so they left Feng Gui waiting at the intersection.

Chu Tianjiao's personal guards were stationed on the road from the foot of the mountain to Fanjing'an, and some of them were surrounding Fanjing'an.

Only Feng Yi and Feng Gui followed Chu Tianjiao up the mountain.

Feng Gui stood at the intersection waiting for Chu Yun'er, while Feng Yi followed Chu Tianjiao and continued walking.

When he was about to reach the top of the mountain, Chu Tianjiao saw two people dressed as villagers digging bamboo shoots not far away.

Judging by their attire, they are a couple.

When the woman saw Chu Tianjiao and Xu Xiuwen, she raised bamboo shoots and approached with a sickle, and asked humbly: "Sir, would you like to buy some fresh spring bamboo shoots to take away?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword flashed towards Chu Tianjiao.

Chu Tianjiao sidestepped and pulled Xu Xiuwen aside.

Another assassin dressed as a villager also attacked.

At the same time, in the bamboo forest, a dozen assassins in black fell from the sky and killed Chu Tianjiao.

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