The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

How to arrange the veterans who have retired from the battlefield has always been a headache for the Xiao Palace. The Xiao family was born in the army, and several generations have shared joys and sorrows with the border soldiers. Of course, they don’t want these soldiers who have sacrificed blood and sweat for the border to live without anything to rely on. Living in poverty, but making them worry-free for the rest of their lives is not something that can be achieved with a single pension, but if the palace is allowed to support these people, the palace will not be able to bear this heavy burden. The palace was dragged down.

In the past two years, the treasury of the palace has been a little more generous. Before that, most of the military pay was deducted and owed by the court, and even the soldiers guarding the border could not be satisfied, so how could they have the spare energy to take care of others?

Now Xu Bei has figured out a way to find a way out for some of them, and both the prince and the prince have a good impression of him.

Xu Bei had been busy for half a year before seeing the first results. How to persuade various bodyguards to join is a very tedious job, but Xu Bei is also very straightforward. People who are too greedy or distrustful have passed the time limit set by him. , he no longer considers it.Because he is backed by Prince Xiao's Mansion, the biggest ruler in the Northland, what Xu Bei is doing now is a proper monopoly in his previous life, and it will be too late to regret if he doesn't join now.

The initial running-in period was also full of difficulties. During the busiest time, Xu Bei sometimes did not return home for half a month, and he lost a lot of weight.

In order to prevent others from interfering too much with Xu Bei's thoughts and work, the people the Fourth Young Master sent to Xu Bei's side were all picked and picked. Jiang Ping has now directly become Xu Bei's deputy.Originally, what Xu Bei was doing, the other officials were confused, and they were hesitant when they selected officials to go there. Who knows if they will go down the underworld.

The Fourth Young Master didn't disappoint them either. Most of the people sent there were officials with martial arts background, and even a few civilian officials didn't have too much prejudice against military officials.

When the effect first appeared, Beidi was amazed. He thought that Xu Bei had been overestimated before, but he didn't expect him to always surprise him.

Although Xu Bei still has no manners, he is not a brainless person, nor is he without wrists. Some people gradually agree with this rough man who has never been to school. He couldn't help admiring, and said in his heart that fortunately, the Fourth Young Master did not have the ambition to seize the throne, otherwise it would be hard to say who the future master of the Northland would be.

"I heard that that person was poisoned in the early years. Although the poison has been removed now, it has hurt the root cause. Not only will it affect the life expectancy, but it will also hinder the offspring."

"Where did this word come from? Except for people close to your heart and soul, it is impossible to know such private news."

"Don't be nervous, the fourth son admitted it in front of the prince. The prince wanted to choose a lady for the fourth son, but the fourth son refused on the spot, saying that he didn't want to drag down the daughter of a good family."

"This...it's such a pity." The man had a regretful expression on his face. If the third young master Jiang was stunningly beautiful, in fact, the fourth young master Jiang was not inferior to that one. Some officials even thought that the third young master Jiang It is also far inferior to the fourth son, the third son of Jiang is literary and elegant, but the fourth son is talented.

"Yeah, once this word came out, I don't know how many people would beat their chests and stamp their feet. They lost the great opportunity to marry the palace. It's not like no one still wants to cling to the fourth son and marry their daughter into the palace, but the fourth son sternly resigned." He refused, and finally the prince let out the word that the Fourth Young Master's marriage is up to the Fourth Young Master himself."

Xu Bei and Lao Qiu walked by, just in time to hear the conversation of several adults above, and looked at each other.

After leaving the mansion, Xu Bei scratched his head in surprise and said, "Could it be that Miracle Doctor Lin didn't completely cure Fourth Young Master? Miracle Doctor Lin said that Fourth Young Master, uh, there is something wrong with that?"

Lao Qiu shook his head blankly: "I don't know, I didn't hear what Big Brother Tieniu said."

After Xu Bei left the exchange market, Lao Qiu thought about it and followed suit. It was not impossible to stay there. With the foundation Xu Bei had laid in the past few years, Lao Qiu didn't have to worry about being put aside by later officials, but he still I feel that working with Xu Bei has a bright future, and Xu Bei also told him about what Xu Bei wants to do, which makes him more interested.

Tieniu would occasionally come over to deliver medicine for Master Lin, and would always meet up with Lao Qiu and Xu Bei to talk about things in the mountains and outside.

Xu Bei felt a little sympathy for the Fourth Young Master. On the surface, it seemed that the Fourth Young Master said the same thing in the palace and the North. Both the prince and the prince had great trust in the Fourth Young Master. Such a high-ranking person has experienced so many years of suffering from illnesses, and finally healed up, leaving a lot of sequelae.

Alas, he wiped tears of sympathy for the fourth young master in his heart.

"Next time, ask Tieniu to see if Miracle Doctor Lin is really helpless. A good man like Fourth Young Master can't have his own offspring. Hearing that, I feel very depressed." Lao Qiu said with a frown.

Xu Bei also nodded in agreement.

The two rode back to the mansion, and asked the porter at the gate of the mansion, but Min Qing hadn't come back yet.Xu Bei let Lao Qiu go in first, turned around and got on his horse again, saying, "I'll pick up Min Qing."

Seeing the fast horse driving out of the alley, Lao Qiu shook his head secretly. He didn't expect that the two brothers are still the same sticky at this age. Just now they heard about the marriage of the fourth son. The same goes for this pair of brothers. He is the son-in-law that other families are vying for, but it's strange, no one has the idea of ​​getting married, and Xu's house has no mistress until now.

While muttering to himself, he led the horse in.

Xu Bei, who was riding on the horse, sneezed, who was speaking ill of him behind his back, humming.

"Yo, Mr. Xu is here to pick up Mr. Xu again. Mr. Xu will come out soon." The guard at the gate of the palace was quite familiar with Xu Bei, and he knew why he came by looking at the time, and greeted him with a smile.

"Thank you brothers for taking care of my younger brother. I'll treat you to a drink next time when I have time." Xu Bei laughed.

"It's easy to talk about." The guards also like to deal with Xu Bei. This person is bold and informal, and he is comfortable to get along with. "Originally, Master Xiao Xu was about to come out, and he was invited by the imperial concubine before he left. Haha, maybe It's a good thing, Mr. Xu, today Mr. Ning's daughter also came to visit the crown prince."

good thing?Xu Bei was stunned for a while before realizing what this so-called good thing meant.

Lord Ning's daughter?Xu Bei suddenly felt a dull pain in the root of his tooth.This Mr. Ning has a good personal relationship with Mr. Liu Shan of Yanyang Academy. He met Mr. Liu Shan just two days ago. He mentioned to himself that Mr. Ning is quite interested in Min Qing, which means that Mr. Ning has taken a fancy to Min Qing Wanting to recruit a son-in-law, let Liu Shanchang come to be a matchmaker.

At that time, he used the excuse that he wanted to discuss with Min Qing, and he was able to escape after thanking Mr. Liu Shan. These two days, he still didn't know how to mention this matter to Min Qing, but he did not expect that the concubine Shi Zi was also following her.

If you say that Mr. Ning is an adult that the prince trusts very much, and the Ning family also has a lot of status in the Northland, if you say that for the sake of Minqing's future, he married the daughter of the Ning family. With Mr. Ning as Taishan, Minqing's future future More smooth sailing.

He had also heard that the daughter of the Ning family was about the same age as Min Qing, and she was dignified and beautiful. pair.

But thinking that Min Qing might be meeting the daughter of the Ning family now, Xu Bei felt depressed for a while, as if he had been dug out of a void.

"Ah, it suddenly occurred to me that I forgot to tell the people in the yamen something, brother, see you later." After speaking, Xu Bei left in a hurry, subconsciously not wanting to see Min Qing, especially if he might be with someone A scene where beautiful women appear together.

Leading the horse and wandering in the street, Xu Bei also secretly wondered what was going on with him. After much deliberation, he probably wanted to give his raised younger brother to others with his own hands. A real brother is better than a real brother. The brothers from other families are not as close as they are, and they have nothing to say between them.

But when Minqing got his own wife, he might be the one who talked to him all the time, so he could only look at their little home from a distance.

Although I remembered that Min Qing said that if he didn't have a family, he wouldn't have a family, and the two brothers lived together, but Xu Bei always made jokes that Min Qing hadn't grown up yet.

Even a child raised by his parents will leave his side one day, let alone a younger brother.

"Xiaoer, serve two jugs of good wine." After handing the horse to Xiaoer, Xu Bei walked into a restaurant.

"Okay, Master Xu, wait a moment."

Not long after Xu Bei left, Xu Minqing appeared in the guard's field of vision. The guard patted himself on the head. After waiting for a while, Master Xu would meet Little Master Xu. What a coincidence, he stopped Xu Minqing and said respectfully Said: "Little Master Xu, Master Xu has just left, and I was going to wait for him, but suddenly remembered that there was something I didn't explain."

The guards and Xu Bei would call each other brothers, but for some reason, they didn't dare to smile playfully in the face of Mr. Xu, who was younger than Xu Bei. When he was swept by Mr. Xu's cold eyes, he didn't dare to show any disrespect, and said in his heart The two brothers are very different.

Xu Minqing took back the steps he was about to step out, turned around, looked over with dark eyes, and the guard subconsciously raised his head and chest and dared not look directly.

Xu Minqing looked at him for a while, and then asked, "Did you talk to my elder brother just now?"

The guard knew everything: "The little one said that the concubine wanted to see Mrs. Xiao Xu, and also said... said... Miss Ning's family..." The voice at the back involuntarily weakened, swallowed, and only felt The pressure was even greater, obviously Mr. Xiao Xu was not very old, why did he have such a great majesty.

After Mr. Xu finally turned around and left, the guard wiped off his sweat exaggeratedly, but Mr. Xu was still approachable and easy to talk to.

Xu Minqing stood at the gate of the mansion and frowned, why didn't the elder brother remember, he had clearly agreed with the elder brother, and the two of them lived together.

Xu Minqing was troubled by the fact that the elder brother was still not enlightened. What was in the mind of the elder brother?Could it be that elder brother can really watch him get married?

He pursed his lips, anyway, he couldn't watch his elder brother leave him to live with others.

A carriage drove out from the other side door, and the carriage stopped beside Xu Minqing, and a gentle female voice came from the carriage: "Thank you, Master Xu for your help today, the little girl is very grateful, I wonder if Master Xu is free..."

Before the woman in the carriage could finish the invitation, Xu Minqing interrupted: "Thank you for your kindness, miss. Today, I will do the same thing if I change someone Xu. Please excuse Xu's rudeness. Let me go!" The cold voice dropped , the tall and tall young man mercilessly turned and walked away without a trace of nostalgia.

"Miss, how can he be so rude, the lady invites him to save face, and he doesn't care who the lady is..." Another voice came from the carriage.

"Okay, Xing'er, Mr. Xu is not someone you and I can criticize privately." It was the young lady's voice.

"But... but Miss is so outstanding, not only from a famous family, but also talented and beautiful. Xing'er is wronged for Miss. Now Jiang's family only has a good reputation. There are few people, let alone Master Xu. The surname is Jiang." The girl called Qu Dao, and felt that her lady was looking at the other party to show her face, but she never thought that the other party didn't think of the lady at all.

"Xing'er, you only see what is in front of you, even in front of you, the Xu family is not inferior to our Ning family. Forget it, you don't understand after talking about this, let's go back home."

The carriage moved gradually, and through the screen window, where the tall and slender figure could still be seen, the young lady sighed in her heart.

Xing'er is short-sighted, even if she tells Xing'er she won't believe it, in another 30 or [-] years, even the Ning family may not be as good as the Xu family, even in front of them, the Xu family looks simple and shallow, but their brothers The two have the trust of the palace more than any other family, as long as they rely on the palace, there is nothing they can't get.What's more, Xu Minqing's young hero was not in his father's fancy, so she was... Unfortunately, she was rejected by the other party.

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Xu Minqing led the horse and walked down the street, there was anxiety and a hint of joy in his dark eyes, big brother...it shouldn't be indifferent.

He cautiously approached his elder brother, trying to keep him by his side, for fear of scaring him away accidentally.Thinking about the space on the elder brother's body, he can completely hide himself, so that he can't find it again.

Jiang Hong came on horseback, saw his master jumped off the horse, and said: "Young master, I heard, the eldest master went to a restaurant to drink." He also gave the address of the restaurant.

The anticipation in Xu Minqing's heart increased a bit, and the eldest brother also learned to lie, and he was told that he had gone to the Yamen, but he didn't expect to go to a restaurant to get drunk.Xu Minqing pursed his lips. The elder brother is also very concerned about this matter, why didn't the elder brother clearly say it?Did the eldest brother forget the promise between them at the beginning?Could it be that the eldest brother treated himself like a child to coax himself to fail?

In my heart, I snorted unhappily because I didn't trust my elder brother, and said to Jiang Hong: "Let's go, let's pick up elder brother."

Two horses ran out of the alley one after the other.

In front of the restaurant, Xu Minqing handed over the horse to Jiang Hong, and walked in by himself, because the two brothers often come to this restaurant, and the shopkeeper Xiao Er knew him well, so naturally he led him to Xu Bei immediately when he saw him coming.

"Xiao Er, serve two more jugs of wine." Before anyone saw him, he heard the voice of the eldest brother. Xu Minqing was powerless to touch his forehead, and walked out from behind Xiao Er, and saw that the two jugs had been emptied on the table. Drinking alone.

After waiting at the door for a while, Xiao Er came over with the wine, Xu Minqing approached, waved him to leave, and walked in with the wine himself.

"Hands and feet are very diligent, come, my lord will reward you!" Hearing the sound of footsteps coming in, Xu Bei proudly patted a small silver ingot, but when he raised his head, he suddenly fell silent. , Xu Bei shyly put away the silver ingot, and Min Qing saw his stupidity again.

"Minqing, you...why are you here...haha, sit down, drink with brother, I'll ask Xiaoer to bring two more dishes."

Xu Minqing didn't see through his elder brother's unease, walked over obediently, poured himself a glass of wine, Xu Bei got up and went out to serve food, and patted himself on the face when he turned around, strange, why did he feel a little nervous when he saw Minqing , is really stupid.

Seeing the elder brother coming back, Xu Minqing picked up his wine glass and touched the elder brother's glass, and said, "Brother, I went to the yamen to search around, but I couldn't find him. Later, I heard that someone saw the elder brother coming here, so I don't care." Don't worry about finding it."

Xu Bei's body froze when he sat down, the lie was exposed, he really couldn't lie casually, scratched his face and said: "Well, I suddenly remembered halfway, it's not a big deal, it doesn't matter if I say it tomorrow, just pass by here It happened to be a bit gluttonous at the time. Well, Min Qing, didn't you say that the imperial concubine is looking for you? What is she looking for? That woman has a lot of eyes, don't let her fool you, you don't even know she is taking advantage of her. "

Xu Minqing took a sip of the wine, and Xu Bei's old lady's mentality came up again. She quickly put the food in his bowl and urged him to eat quickly. It was obviously an empty stomach and it was not suitable to drink.

When Xu Minqing drank, it was easy to get on his head, a slight blush appeared on his fair cheeks, and his eyes became moist. He looked at his elder brother with a smile: "Well, brother, I know, I won't Those who have been in contact with her in private, the Fourth Young Master knows my whereabouts."

Seeing the relieved look on the eldest brother's face, the smile in Xu Minqing's eyes gradually became stronger, as if he casually mentioned: "Brother, the princess concubine wants to be a matchmaker for me..."

Xu Bei's hand stopped, and the wine in the glass spilled out. She is really a troublesome woman. What happened to her family's Minqing has nothing to do with her.Pretending to be indifferent, he glanced at Min Qing and asked, "Which daughter does she want to tell you? How did you answer her?"

"It belongs to the Ning family." Xu Minqing replied with a smile, keeping an eye on the expression of his eldest brother.

"It really is the Ning family!" Xu Bei cursed secretly.

"Did someone else say something in front of brother?" Xu Minqing became a little unhappy, he didn't like the feeling of being forced, obviously he didn't want to start a family prematurely through his mouth outside, and if he could delay it for a while, it was only for a while.

Xu Beifei quickly raised his eyes and saw Min Qing staring at him and smiling. He couldn't help being annoyed, and put down his wine glass, and the wine spilled out again: "Didn't you meet Mr. Liu Shan? He mentioned something to me, although he didn't say anything. I have to understand, but I can also understand what your meaning is. What are you laughing at, what do you mean? If you want to, I will go and call Liu Shanchang and let him be the big matchmaker." I feel very uncomfortable, but He still didn't want the concubine to take advantage of it, why should he take care of his family's affairs, their brothers didn't work for the concubine.

"Brother..." Xu Minqing curled his lips, showing an expression of resignation and accusation, "Brother, have you forgotten what I said?"

"What did you say?" Xu Bei frowned.

Xu Minqing gave his brother a sideways look, turned around, ignored his elder brother, and asked his elder brother to ignore what he said.

"Minqing..." Xu Beigan was in a hurry, and was startled by that look again, as if something was wrong since he stepped into this restaurant and drank alone, no, maybe earlier, but he didn't take it to heart That's all.

Forcibly turning Min Qing over to face him, Xu Minqing sighed, he would never be angry with his elder brother at all, looked at his elder brother quietly and said: "I said before, if my elder brother doesn't marry a wife, I won't have a family, just our brothers The two lived together, did the elder brother forget it? Or is it that the elder brother wants to marry a wife and start a family?" The cup was squeezed so hard that it almost shattered.

Xu Bei was stunned, blinked, and retorted subconsciously: "Who said I want to start a family? No, Min Qing, you refused?" For some reason, the depression in his heart suddenly disappeared, and Min Qing, whom he raised, Sure enough, Qing still hated him.

"Yes, I'm back, brother," Xu Minqing also heaved a sigh of relief, stretched his brows and eyes, and grabbed the big palm of his elder brother on his shoulder, "Didn't we say that we lived together, so, no matter who wants to If you want to be a matchmaker, the eldest brother can return directly without thinking about it."

No matter how talented and beautiful the young lady of the Ning family is, he is not interested in anyone. He didn't even pay attention to what that young lady Ning looked like today, but just saw that she was about to fall, so he subconsciously reached out to help her.Later, he regretted it, and he told himself that in the future, if such a thing happened to him, even if he fell in front of him, he would not reach out.