A tree of holly is floating

The Zhao Mansion on East Avenue is the largest household in Huacheng. In addition to many street shops in the city, doing various businesses, there are also several Zhuangzi outside the city. One of them is under the straw hat mountain more than ten miles west of Huacheng. Maoerzhuang.

This Maoerzhuang is a quiet place, because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are only a few acres of vegetable fields and a pond, so there is only a family of tenants named Pan in the village. , is to take care of the house on the village.

At the beginning of the month, the steward of Zhao's mansion brought over a dozen craftsmen, saying that they wanted to renovate the Maoerzhuang.Although Mrs. Zhao and Ms. Zhao'er would occasionally come to this village to stay for a few days, but Old Pan still saw the clue at a glance, and approached Manager Zhao with a big carp.

Smiling, Lao Pan opened his mouth: "Brother in charge, this is just a fight in the pond, you have a taste!"

Manager Zhao was staring at the bricklayers working on the roof, glanced at the big carp, and knew that Old Pantou had something in mind, so he explained a few words to the roof, and then pulled Lao Pantou aside. , Whispered: "Master's family has its own arrangements! You just grow your vegetables and raise your fish well, don't think about it!" After finishing speaking, he patted Lao Pan on the shoulder and turned towards the pond. side went.

How can you not want to!Old Pan has no son, and his wife's legs and feet are not very good. He is the only one who does the work in the field. Although he is not yet fifty, he looks much older than Guanshi Zhao.If Mrs. Zhao really wants to sell this Zhuangzi, where will the old couple drag their two daughters to make a living? !

After more than half a month, everything that needs to be repaired in this village has been repaired, and everything that needs to be added has also been purchased, but no buyer has come to the door, and Lao Pan's head with a hanging heart slowly fell to the ground.

On the last day, before Guanshi Zhao left, he warned: "Lao Pan, you can go to the porter to rest for the next few days and nights. If someone knocks on the door, put them in the house. For the rest, don't ask anything. Don't tell outsiders. But remember it firmly!"

When Lao Pan heard it, he was at a loss again.But even if Manager Zhao ordered it, it must be the meaning of the master.Since it is the master's intention, then just follow it, so he nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Remember, remember!"

Lao Pantou moved the bedding to the porter's room, not daring to sleep too hard at night.

Just after dinner, it began to rain lightly. Lao Pan walked around the house again and saw that all the doors and windows had been closed. Then he returned to the concierge. Just as he put the oil lamp on the table, he heard someone thumping. There was a knock on the door.

Lao Pan leaned his head against the door panel and listened carefully, except for the rustling of rain, he couldn't hear the slightest sound.

Boom boom boom!

There was another knock on the door, and Lao Pan was shocked, and quickly took the latch to open the two doors.

There were more than a dozen people standing in the dark outside the door, and some of them were holding bright swords in their hands, and traces of blood were still dripping down the sword along with the rain.

Old Pan took the oil lamp on the table and led the way, and the group of people stepped in one by one and followed him into the house.

After lighting up all the oil lamps in the hall, Old Pantou saw clearly that the young man in the black jade-colored cloak and the woman beside him should be the masters of this group of people, so he invited them to sit down at the top , made a bow respectfully, and said: "Madam, please wait a moment, I will arrange it right away!"

After finishing speaking, he backed out, not caring whether those knife-handlers were easy to get along with, and pointed them in the direction of the kitchen, and asked them to boil some hot water, then trotted all the way back to the yard where he lived , called his wife and two daughters over.

The whole Maoerzhuang got busy in an orderly manner, and it was not until the middle of the night that this group of people settled down.

At dawn the next day, Old Pan pushed a cart of fresh vegetables into Zhao's residence.

Seeing Xue Chengmei bowed her head and said nothing, Mrs. Zhao winked, and Manager Zhao retreated knowingly.Pushing the teacup on the table to the side, Mrs. Zhao said: "Everything in the Zhuangzi has been prepared. If the two nobles are not used to living here, I will make arrangements for it!"

Xue Chengmei nodded slightly, and said, "I'm causing trouble for Madam!"

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "We are all a family, sir, you are welcome!"

Xue Chengmei said: "Madam regards Lang'er as her own, I know it!"

Mrs. Zhao said: "Lang'er and I are also close blood relatives, these are all as they should be!"

Xue Chengmei nodded, took a sip of tea, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao got up and said, "I'll make some arrangements." After saying that, she bowed her head and withdrew.

The matter of his assassination has not been investigated yet, and the king of Pingyang County has been targeted again. The suspicion between the monarch and his ministers is probably getting bigger and bigger.Xue Chengmei was full of worries, so she couldn't look good on her face. Mrs. Zhao knew it well, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Instructing Steward Zhao to pack up some other things and hand them over to Lao Pantou to take them back to Maoerzhuang, Madam Zhao then went to the backyard to find her daughter.

In the small garden, flowers are blooming like brocades, butterflies are dancing and bees are flying. It is Xue Lang and Zhao Zhao who are sitting at a stone table under the hexagonal pavilion and writing.

As soon as Mrs. Zhao sat down, a servant announced that Wang Chuan had come.

Xue Chengmei and Xue Jin lived in the Zhao Mansion when they first came to Huacheng, but they moved to the courtyard next door soon after, so Mrs. Zhao only knew that he was by Xue Jin's side.

Seeing that Xue Lang just lowered his head and held Zhao'er's hand to teach her to write, without any displeasure on his face, Mrs. Zhao nodded.

Wang Chuan was led by a servant, and walked over from the porch. First, he paid his respects to Mrs. Zhao, who responded with a smile.Then he bowed to Xue Lang and said, "Young Master Lang, my young master invites you to go over to the residence to explain!"

Xue Lang knew that Wang Chuan had a good relationship with his master, even though he didn't want to deliberately make things difficult, he didn't want to agree easily, so as long as he was neither hot nor cold, it was fine.

Holding Zhao'er's hand to finish writing the remaining few strokes, Xue Lang stood up and moved his arms. Mrs. Zhao took the paper in front of Zhao'er, looked at it for a while, and said to Zhao'er with a smile: " I've made a lot of progress recently! I'll reward you after lunch!"

Xue Lang immediately took over the conversation and said, "I saw my father coming over this morning."

Mrs. Zhao put the things in her hand on the stone table, and said to Wang Chuan with a smile: "I think so, Wang Chuan, you stay here at noon today, and I will send someone to invite Mr. Xue over It's rare that Lang'er didn't go out to hang out today, and the family has a meal together!" After speaking, he beckoned Zhao Guanshi over, and before Wang Chuan could speak, Zhao Guanshi had already taken his order and turned away.

Hearing Mrs. Zhao's arrangement, Xue Lang also smiled knowingly. Although he didn't know what kind of medicine his aunt was selling in the gourd, at least he saved himself from pretending to be acting.

Seeing that Wang Chuan hadn't come back in the courtyard next door, Xue Jin came to pass on a message to Guanshi Zhao. After hearing him say a few words, she readily agreed to follow.

Several people sat down around the big round table. Mrs. Zhao glanced around but saw Wang Chuan, so she asked Xue Jin beside him in a low voice, "Where's your Wang Chuan?"

Xue Jin smiled slightly, and replied in a low voice: "There are still some things in the yard, he's going back first!"

Mrs. Zhao snorted, called an old lady behind her and whispered something in her ear, and the old lady backed out.She leaned over and said to Xue Jin: "There are some dishes that you guys haven't eaten before, I'll ask someone to send some to him!" After speaking, she also smiled slightly.

Xue Jin didn't expect that Mrs. Zhao was really a thoughtful person. She glanced at Xue Lang who was opposite, but she was very caring and considerate to his cousin Zhao'er, completely ignoring that her own father was still sitting opposite.With a soft snort, he picked up the chopsticks and started eating by himself.

Xue Chengmei was sitting on the main seat, seeing that the two sons still had the same virtue of never getting in touch with each other, she was so angry that her beard was about to blow out.

At any rate, the father and son could finally sit at the same table, and each of them took a step back. As for Xue Chengmei's stinky face, Mrs. Zhao pretended not to see it, and kept asking Xue Jin to try this, try it. that.

It was almost noon when Old Pantou came back from Huacheng. Seeing the lady he saw last night was basking in the sun in the yard, he came over to say hello.

The noble lady raised her hand to support Old Pan's head, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be polite!" After that, she called a guard and handed over a bag of money, and said: "Maybe I will bother you in the village for a while. A little thought, the old man has the right to accept it!"

Old Pan waved his hands again and again, and said: "You can't do it! Ma'am, you just need to live in peace. There is everything in the village, and you don't need to spend money on it!" He glanced at the guard's big knife hanging on his waist, and said: "I Seeing that Madam doesn't have any girls around, I have two daughters, if Madam doesn't dislike me, can you teach them some rules?"

When the lady heard that this man could speak, she agreed with a smile.

Old Pan was very happy, and said again: "What do you like to eat, madam? I will go to the pond to catch some fresh fish, and then I will let the old lady cook a chicken for you! You don't know, it rained last night, and my little one went there early in the morning. I went to pick wild mushrooms on the mountain, and the stewed chicken is delicious!"

At this moment, the young man in red came out of the house and called out, "Mother!"

Seeing this, Old Pan wanted to bow to the young man, the young man also raised his hand to support him, nodded and said with a smile: "You are too polite, old man!"

In his heart, Old Pan felt that the mother and son were good people, so he said, "Madam, I'll kill the chicken for you! Have chicken soup tonight!" After saying that, he laughed and left.

The boy in red took his mother's hand, helped her down the steps carefully, and the two walked slowly along the stone road.

The lady said humanely: "If Xue Daizhao hadn't made arrangements earlier, I'm afraid you and my mother and son would have died in Huangquan long ago, and we will have to rely on him more in the future!"

The young man in red nodded and said: "I heard that Xue Daizhao also met an assassin when he first arrived in Huacheng, but I don't know if he is the same as the one we met yesterday."

The lady said again: "No matter who those killers are, they are incompatible with tigers. This is our chance!"

The boy in red froze: "Mother!"

The lady put her hand on the back of the young man's hand, and said again: "Do you really think that the tiger and the tiger relegated you to this flower city casually? Regardless of whether we are really in collusion with Da Daizhao, this hat is Sooner or later, it will be put on us! Instead of waiting for him to make some trumped-up charges to clean us up, it is better to make the charges real and fight him openly!"

The boy muttered: "But he is my uncle after all!"

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The author has something to say:

The sub-line Gongdou Zhaidou adds power to the plot,

It also involves the life experience of the two of them~

Therefore, it is not to be missed!