Daily life of captives

As Xiao Nan expected, the letter written by Mu Ran was not handed over to Li Shao. When Deng Yi saw Mu Ran's name when sorting out the letters and invitations he received every day, he gave the letter to his grandson Boyi.

The eldest grandson Boyi hesitated for several days, but he still didn't tell Li Shao about it, he only made an appointment with Mu Ran, and went to see Mu Ran without telling Li Shao.

In the Wei family restaurant, the eldest grandson Boyi was sitting in the corner of the lobby with only a cup of tea in front of him. Even though he was sitting quietly with his head down, he was still eye-catching, so when Mu Ran walked into the Wei family restaurant, he immediately saw Arrived at Changsun Boyi.

Walking in front of Changsun Boyi, Mu Ran hesitated and asked, "Should I call you General Changsun or Uncle Changsun?"

Seeing Uncle Changsun losing his temper a few days ago, he felt that Uncle Changsun seemed to be different from before, and he was a little scared to see him again now.What if Uncle Changsun threw another dagger at him?

The eldest grandson Boyi raised his head upon hearing the sound, and said in a deep voice, "Call me uncle."

Saburo's nephew should also be his nephew, and he should still be called uncle in private.

"Okay." Mu Ran nodded, and sat down opposite Changsun Boyi, looking a little apprehensive, "Uncle... is he still angry?"

"No," Changsun Boyi called the waiter's waiter to serve Mu Ran a pot of tea, "Your uncle hasn't read your letter, so I didn't give it to him."

There are some things that Saburo will probably never say to Muran, and Saburo will probably agree to Muran’s request without asking the reason, and will arrange everything for Muran thoughtfully, but this is not Muran’s request. needed now.What Saburo can't bear to do, let him do it.

"Ah?" Mu Ran was puzzled, "Why?"

The eldest grandson Boyi glanced at Mu Ran, and didn't answer Mu Ran's question, but only asked: "You said in your letter that you want to practice, what do you think?"

Mu Ran blinked and shook her head: "I originally wanted Uncle to help me think about it."

But Uncle Changsun didn't show the letter to Uncle...

"Your uncle knew exactly what he wanted to do when he was 13 years old. You are already [-] years old, but you want your uncle to think about everything for you?"

Mu Ran frowned.

As if it really shouldn't be done.

"But...but I don't understand anything."

"What do you need to know? How do you know it?" Changsun Boyi turned his head and looked out the window, "You will not follow the same path as your uncle, so you don't need to understand the things your uncle knows."

"But I want to stay by Uncle's side and help Uncle!" In Mu Ran's heart, only this idea is extremely firm, "My mother died young, and my father has disappeared. Uncle has been taking care of me all these years, although I have never followed me. I have met my uncle, but to me my uncle is closer than my father.

I know that my uncle is working very hard, so I don't want to be a burden to him. I also know that in terms of talent and learning, I probably don't have the qualifications to stay with him, but I only have my uncle as a relative, and I can't take it for granted just because I am stupid. Give me everything, but I seem to... I seem to think things are too simple.

Xiao Nan said that I lost because I had too little experience, and I was always protected by someone, so I couldn't understand the dangers of people's hearts, so I wondered if I should go out alone. "

The eldest grandson Boyi stared at Mu Ran with a serious and serious expression, his face was calm, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Mu Ran, who was still very calm at first, was getting more and more guilty by the eldest grandson Boyi, and asked cautiously: "Uncle grandson, did I say something wrong again?"

"No." Changsun Boyi shook his head.

San Lang must be very pleased to hear these words, but it is better not to let him hear, otherwise he will spend more time on Mu Ran in the future.

"It's enough for you to have this kind of heart, and your uncle doesn't want you to get involved in any dangerous things," Changsun Boyi said in a deep voice, "Tomorrow, your uncle and I will set off for a northern tour, and I will arrange you In your uncle's guard team, don't let your uncle know. After returning from the northern tour, if you still want to stay by your uncle's side to help, I will help you arrange it."

"Thank you, Uncle Changsun." Mu Ran clasped his hands to his eldest grandson Boyi.

At this time, Yu Shicai came over with a food box: "General, I've bought everything."

The general actually came to Dongshi specially to buy snacks for the young master.

Changsun Boyi glanced at the three-layer food box in Yu Shi's hand, and nodded.

Mu Ran looked at the bulky food box, and asked curiously, "What did Uncle Changsun buy?"

A smile flashed in Changsun Boyi's eyes, and his tone became lighter: "It's your uncle's favorite food."

"It's all for uncle?" Mu Ran looked envious, "Uncle Changsun is really kind to uncle."

With a faint smile, eldest grandson Boyi got up, and when he passed by Mu Ran, he pressed down on Mu Ran's head and crushed it: "No need to prepare anything, look for Yu Shi outside Fanglin Gate tomorrow morning."

Mu Ran, who was pinned on the top of her head, could not help shrinking her neck: "Got it."

Changsun Boyi let go of his hand and strode away from Wei's restaurant.

The next day, the entire Tiance Admiral's Mansion woke up early, and the eldest Sun Boyi who had packed everything went ahead to pick up Liu Ce. Li Shao left the Tiance Admiral's Mansion half an hour later than his eldest Sun Boyi. Going straight to the Xuanwu Gate on the north side of the palace, when Li Shao arrived, the northern tour team happened to be assembled and ready to go.

This is probably the first official meeting between Li Shao and Liu Ce. When he was in the Linde Hall last time, Li Shao sneaked into the hall and didn't need to say hello to Liu Ce. Liu Ce said hello.

Calmly getting off his horse, Li Shao smiled like a spring breeze and walked in front of Liu Ce, knelt down and saluted generously, without any twitching or reluctance.

"The grass people kowtow to His Majesty."

Liu Ce, who was dressed in fine clothes, turned his head and gave Li Shao a serious look. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized: "Oh! You are the one who lives with the eldest grandson... who is there?"

Zhang Wei, who was standing on Liu Ce's right, said, "Report to Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty, he is my fiancé." Zhang Sun Boyi interrupted Zhang Wei without hesitation, speaking in a heavier tone than usual, as if to warn Liu Ce and Zhang Wei not to embarrass Li Shao.

Ever since Liu Ce followed Wei Ning's suggestion and summoned Zhang Wei into the palace, Zhang Wei often entered the palace. Wei joined them on the grounds of guarding Liu Ce, because Liu Ce also expressed that he would take Zhang Wei out of Beijing for fun, so Changsun Boyi and the others couldn't refuse.

"Oh! It's the eldest grandson's fiancé!" Liu Ce smiled and said kindly, "Sure enough, he looks beautiful, no wonder he can hold the eldest grandson's heart. But I didn't expect that you, the eldest grandson, would take your family to go to the north with you. I don't see the eldest grandson. How could you be inseparable from others like glue."

Changsun Boyi said calmly: "Some things are only enough for one person to know."

The eldest grandson Boyi walked up to Li Shao, regardless of Liu Ce's order, he helped Li Shao up without authorization.

Li Shao stood up, with a gentle smile on his face.

He was a little dissatisfied with the eldest grandson Boyi's arbitrariness, but Liu Ce didn't dare to say anything. He just curled his lips and said to Li Shao: "Since he is the eldest grandson's fiancé, he is a family member. I remember that Jie Jun's wife also came. , just enough to keep them company."

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi's face darkened.

He has no objection to Madam Xie, on the contrary, he is very grateful to that woman who understands and tolerates Jie Jun, but Liu Ce's words are clearly intended to embarrass Saburo!

Li Shao immediately pinched Changsun Boyi's arm hard, not allowing Changsun Boyi to say what he wanted to say, and then smiled lightly: "Mrs. Xie is also accompanying him on the northern tour? Does the Marquis of Jinyang also Are you coming?"

Hou Huanzhi of Jinyang was only fourteen years old when the old Hou Ye died of illness in Jinyang, leaving only a family of orphans and widows. Shizong remembered the old Hou Ye's great achievements in Li Guo, so he bestowed the title on the old Hou Ye's only son Huan Although many people in the court believed that Huanzhi, who was only two years old, should not inherit the title, Sejong was already a bit autocratic at that time, and no one could change his decision.

But the generation from the Huan family to Huanzhi is a four-generation single heir. After the death of the old Hou Ye, the Hou family is full of women. Although Huanzhi's five sisters are all married well, this will not change the future of the Huan family. The situation of inaction for more than ten years.

Mrs. Xie is the youngest daughter of the Huan family. She has been helping her mother to take care of her younger brother Huanzhi, so she has the closest relationship with Huanzhi. This forgotten Marquis of Jinyang became the half son of the Xie family, and even Marquis Jinyang's power in the Jinyang fief is now in the hands of the Xie family.

Many people think that the Huan family is in decline, and even if the Xie family and the Huan family are in-laws, they can't get half of it. What's so hard about making a comeback?What's more, the power of the Marquis of Jinyang is still there. As long as Bo Yi promotes Huanzhi, the Huan family will be able to gain a foothold in Chang'an immediately. At that time, it will not only be the Xie family who will benefit from it, but also Li who once helped Huanzhi deal with Li Zheng. introduced.

Changsun Boyi's eyes lit up, and he nodded, "The Marquis of Jinyang is also here, so go find him."

Li Shao nodded and walked to the back of the northern tour team with a smile on his face.

Liu Ce exchanged glances with Zhang Wei, and asked his grandson Boyi, "Who is the Marquis of Jinyang?"

The eldest grandson Boyi said coldly: "The Marquis of Jinyang is the Marquis of Jinyang, the only son of the old Marquis."

Liu Ce asked: "Who is the old Hou Ye?"

Grandson Boyi glanced at Liu Ce and said, "The late Marquis of Jinyang."

After saying this, Changsun Boyi stepped forward and went to the general of the Habayashi Army who was accompanying him to ask about the preparations of the Habayashi Army.

Liu Ce's face darkened: "Zhang Wei, ask someone to ask Wei Ning who Marquis Jinyang is."

"Yes."

Zhang Wei immediately called his cronies to accompany him.

And Li Shao, who walked to the back of the team, had already found Huan Zhi.Huan Zhi sat on the side of the road, holding wild flowers just picked by the road.

"Qing Yu."

Hearing someone calling his name, Huan Zhi answered without raising his head.

"Young master, wait a moment, wait until I finish weaving this corolla."

Li Shao turned around and sat beside Huan Zhi, and asked with a smile, "Is it for Madam Xie again?"

"Of course, Fifth Sister likes this kind of thing." Huanzhi turned his head to look at Li Shao, then lowered his head and devoted himself to weaving the flower crown, "Master, you want to go to the north tour together?"

"En." Li Shao nodded, seeing that Huan Zhi was concentrating on editing, he didn't bother him anymore.

Mrs. Xie who was sitting in the carriage heard Huan Zhi's voice talking to someone, and opened the window to see Li Shao sitting next to Huan Zhi, so Mrs. Xie got out of the carriage and walked up to Li Shao, enjoying herself gracefully.

"I've met Young Master. I heard it sounded like Young Master in the car, but I didn't expect it was really Young Master."

Li Shao stood up and bowed to Mrs. Xie: "Madam, you are welcome."

"Fifth Sister," Huan Zhi also stood up, raised his hand and put the flower crown on Mrs. Xie's head, "Hehe, it really looks pretty."

Mrs. Xie's smile was filled with love immediately, and she took out her handkerchief to wipe Huan Zhi's hands: "You just can't stay idle."

Huan Zhi smiled foolishly.

After cleaning Huanzhi's hands, Mrs. Xie turned to Li Shao again: "My husband told me to take Huanzhi with me to relax. I was afraid that there would be too many people and chaos and I couldn't control him. Now that I see you son, I feel more relieved." gone."

In fact, Xie Jun said that during this northern tour they planned to let Liu Ce go without returning. However, the situation in the court has become increasingly complicated. Now Liu Ce is not alone. With Huanzhi, she had been thinking about whether she could persuade Xie Jun to send Huanzhi back to Xie Mansion just now when she was sitting in the car, but since the young master is going to go on a northern tour, then Huanzhi will most likely follow him, and she doesn't have to. Worried as much as before.

Li Shao smiled wryly and said: "I can meet Madam and Marquis of Jinyang here, on the contrary, I am more relieved, I will disturb Madam along the way."

Mrs. Xie was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head to look in front of the team, she understood clearly.

No wonder Xie Jun insisted on her taking Huan Zhi with him, it seemed that he wanted to rescue the young master specially.

Mrs. Xie couldn't help but sighed, "My lord has been wronged."

"It's okay," Li Shao smiled brightly again, "I am more satisfied with the status of General Tiance's fiancé than any other status."

Mrs. Xie smiled, and said to Huan Zhi: "Don't cause trouble for the young master on the way."

"Fifth Sister, don't worry." After the words fell, Huan Zhi even made a face for Li Shao.

When the team set off, the elder Sun Boyi was at a loss for doppelgängers, so he asked Yu Shilai to ask about Li Shao's situation to make sure that Li Shao didn't run into any trouble.

Riding horses and Huan Zhi went side by side, and before they ran ten miles, Huan Zhi broke away from the main force, and rode a horse into the woods next to him, shuttled wantonly, his figure looming.

After pondering for a moment, Li Shao also turned his horse's head and headed towards the woods. Before leaving, he left a message to Wei Ze and Wei Feng: "It's good for you to stay here, we won't go far."

When the words fell, Li Shao went to chase Huanzhi.

Huan Zhi turned his head to look at Li Shao who was following up, and said with a smile, "Young Master's intelligence is truly unmatched."

Li Shao chased after Huanzhi, and said with a slight smile, "It's Qingyu, you did it too obviously."

"But other people only think that I am active and dishonest, only the young master sees that I have something to say."

Huan Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at Li Shao, riding slowly at the same speed as the rest of the troops, with a half-smiling demeanor that made it difficult for people to see his emotions, and his straight and proud appearance showed no trace of an ignorant boy at all At this time, Huanzhi was the Marquis of Jinyang, not Mrs. Xie's younger brother.

Li Shao smiled and said, "Probably because I am the only one who understands Qing Yu's temperament."

"That's why other people are still blind and stupid." Huan Zhi sighed sympathetically.

Li Shao was noncommittal to Huanzhi's comment.

Straightening his face, Huanzhi said to Li Shao: "Someone is going to Jinyang to make an unannounced visit."

Li Shao didn't take it seriously and said: "I know, I went to find out how much power the old Hou Ye still has."

"That will disappoint him," Huan Zhi sneered, "Now there is only the Marquis of Jinyang in Jinyang, but there is no old Marquis."

"With Qing Yu's words, I really feel at ease."

"Come on," Huan Zhi gave Li Shao a white look, "Young Master has never been worried from the very beginning, otherwise why would you ignore him?"

Li Shao chuckled: "I trust Qing Yu's ability."

Huanzhi curled his lips, but turned gloomy: "But the other party acted cautiously, and I couldn't find out who was behind the scenes. Won't you give me some hints?"

Li Shaonu pouted: "Don't you just follow behind?"

Huan Zhi was taken aback for a moment, his eyes sharpened immediately, he quietly took out the dagger hidden in his boot, turned around and threw it out.

The dagger pierced through the air, moved straight forward in mid-air, brushed against Wei Ning's shoulder, and plunged into a certain tree trunk behind Wei Ning.

The cloth on Wei Ning's shoulders was torn and gradually stained with blood red.

"Oh? Why is it Mr. Wei? I still think it's some bad-minded assassin!" Huan Zhi panicked, "What, what should I do? My son, Mr. Wei is injured!"

Huan Zhi has always appeared in front of people as a young boy like Tian, ​​so at this time Wei Ning couldn't tell whether Huan Zhi's panic was real or not.

Li Shao rode forward and put his hand on Wei Ning's shoulder, as if he was checking Wei Ning's wound, but he pressed his index finger into the wound hard, causing Wei Ning to turn pale from the pain.

"Master Wei, why didn't you make a sound? If you followed others secretly like this, it's God's blessing that you didn't lose your life."

Wei Ning's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty just saw that Young Master and Marquis of Jinyang entered the woods but no one was there to protect him. He was worried for a while, so he followed in, but he didn't want to disturb the conversation between Young Master and Marquis of Jinyang, so I didn’t make a sound until now, but I didn’t expect to scare the Marquis of Jinyang.”

Huan Zhi beat the horse to the other side of Wei Ning, put his hand on Wei Ning's shoulder, and pinched it hard, so hard that Wei Ning felt that his bones were about to burst.

"Master Wei is really worried. What are my identities with the young master? How could you be so careless when you go out?" Huanzhi snapped his fingers, and a hidden guard jumped out, "Send Master Wei back to the team, and let the accompanying imperial doctor take care of him." Lord Wei bandage it up."

"Yes!" The dark guard responded loudly, "Master Wei, please."

Li Shao and Huan Zhi let go of Wei Ning at the same time, rode their horses and walked away from Wei Ning.

"Master Wei, please." Li Shao smiled triumphantly.

"Thank you for the relationship between Marquis Jinyang and the young master, I'm sorry." With a forced smile, Wei Ning returned to the team accompanied by Huan Zhi's dark guard. The wound on his shoulder naturally caused quite a commotion.

After all, his intelligence is not as good as that of the young master. He has always regarded Jinyanghou as a child, and he may only live by Xiefu in the future, but the young master has long known that Jinyanghou is not an ordinary person. He is like that at the age of 14. The cruel gaze will definitely make a difference in the future.

After Wei Ning was sent out of the woods, Huan Zhi showed a confused expression.

"What's his origin?"

Following the son's suggestion, he checked the details of all civil and military officials, and this Wei Ning was innocent. During Li Zheng's reign, he had been unsuccessful. After the elder grandson Boyi came back, he was promoted by Yong Ning. How could you be your enemy?

"Nothing special," Li Shao smiled lightly, "He used to be your brother-in-law's classmate."

"For old grudges?" Huan Zhi looked incomprehensible.

How big can the grievances formed in childhood be?Is it worthwhile to become a political enemy and fight to the death?And the opponents are still the son and general grandson, is Wei Ning out of his mind?

Li Shao shook his head: "I don't know, the reason is not important anyway."

"That's true." Huanzhi nodded, "Then why did he go to Jinyang to investigate?"

Wei Ning wants to fight the young master, what does it matter to him?He's just an innocent teenager.

"Probably want to see what other forces can win over."

Huan Zhi frowned in thought.

Originally, he wanted to find out who was checking his background, and then show the other party some color, but if the other party wanted to draw power and fight against the young master, then he had two options, one was to hide in Jinyang. Everything, let the other party think that his father left nothing behind, and the other is to pretend to surrender and play the other party.

Huan Zhi turned his head to look at Wei Ning who had changed his clothes.

It doesn't seem interesting to play him... How can Wei Ning's impromptu offensive be able to resist the young master's ten-year deployment?

Probably seeing Huanzhi's thoughts, Li Shao couldn't help but chuckled: "You don't have to worry about it, Jinyanghou's power should not be exposed prematurely, especially the five thousand Jinyang army in your hand, I put it on Qing Yu is the last hole card, Qing Yu must hide it well."

Hearing this, Huanzhi put away all his thoughts: "Then I'll be happy to be free, so I'll let him have fun for a while, and by the way, try the loyalty of the courtiers for the young master and General Changsun... No wonder my brother-in-law said that they replaced him in the past six months." Many officials complained all day long that there are fewer and fewer people available, so that’s why! Young Master, why are you so bad?”

He thought it strange before that the first batch of officials in the Later Chu Dynasty Hall were all selected by Yong Ning himself, and they should all be talented people, why did they start to change people after more than a year of use, it turned out that they were talented but disloyal ah.

Li Shao said innocently: "I didn't do anything."

"Who will believe it!" Looking at the direction of the large army again, Huan Zhi rode back, "Go back, or my sister will start to worry, and General Changsun's neck is about to be broken, I don't know if he is worried What?"

Hearing Huanzhi's words, Li Shaocai looked at Changsun Boyi, and sure enough, he saw Changsun Boyi who was walking in front of the team turning his head and looking this way, his posture looked extremely tired.

Li Shao shook his head and laughed: "I'm afraid I'll eat you."

Huan Zhi turned his head and looked at Li Shao in astonishment: "My lord, don't tell such a scary joke? I'm young, I'm afraid, and I won't be able to sleep at night."

Li Shao was amused by Huan Zhi's pretended fear.