When Xiao Yuan learned that Xu Mu and He Qizhou were going to entertain the teachers and students of the Armed Forces Hall, they deliberately left the entire fifth floor out. Because King Cheng didn't come, the fifth floor was bustling for four hours from noon to midnight.
The news of He Qizhou's rejection of Shangguan Qiudi has spread throughout the capital. Among the sixty or seventy people attending the banquet, there are people like Jiang Di and Qiu Xin who take pleasure in others' misfortunes, as well as Lin Chuan, Yang Shan, Zhang Mufeng, Liu Junzhi and others who have reunited after a long absence and share life and death.
brother.
Most people were sincerely happy for the two of them to be able to come back alive. Of course, there were also a lot of people who joined in the fun and wanted to curry favor. He Qizhou, a teetotaler, knew that at least one-third of the current armament hall was full of people.
He was taken under Jiang Di's command.
After Xu Mu drank two rounds of wine, he was called over by Xiao Yuan, the owner of Baiyun Tower. Xiao Yuan said that he wanted to treat him to a meal. Xu Mu said that it was He Qizhou who was treating him, and asked Xiao Yuan to talk to He Qizhou directly.
He Qizhou was not willing to accept it. He asked for the bill, and "boldly" settled for 722 taels of silver. What he handed over were two brand-new 500 taels of silver notes. He held back the words "No need to look for it" for a long time.
I didn’t say it out loud, but the change of more than two hundred taels was more than a year’s salary!
Xiao Jihuai politely declined He Qizhou's invitation, saying that he was going to King Cheng's family banquet. After the banquet, he returned to his father's palace early. Xiao Jixiong was in southern Hebei Province and had not been back for two months, so Yu
The Hu girl from Men Xiaozhu was lying in his arms.
"Little Marquis, Aunt Yuan is here." The maid came to announce the news.
"Let her come in." Xiao Jihuai pushed away Hu Nu in his arms and stood up from the couch.
"I'm going to the back room to take shelter." Hu Nu said reluctantly. Seeing that Xiao Jihuai didn't say anything, she stamped her feet and walked back to the back room.
Xiao Jihuai hummed and walked towards the atrium. When he saw Xiao Yuan walking in, he asked anxiously: "How is it?"
"She's a virgin!" Xiao Yuan said.
"Are you sure?"
"Don't forget what I did before? I trained you Qiudi," Xiao Yuan said with a smile.
"That's good." Xiao Jihuai breathed a sigh of relief.
"If Qiudi's place continues to be like this, it won't be worth it." Xiao Yuan said half-jokingly.
"Don't worry about it, Auntie Yuan!" Xiao Jihuai's face darkened and he walked straight into the house.
A little embarrassed, Xiao Yuan stood there and curled her lips. The maid who had originally informed her came over obediently and said she wanted to see Aunt Yuan off.
Xiao Yuan could only smile bitterly and follow her out. Although she was an elder, because she was a commoner, in that man's eyes, there was not much difference from the servants.
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Since his parents were both in the capital, Xu Mu still lived in his own home. Before returning to the Military Academy, He Qizhou went there again. One of the purposes was to copy Xu Mu's gratitude notes. Of course, the other purpose was to invite him to travel to Xishan.
, which is Mang Mountain where Li Ruogu was in danger.
Xu Mu didn't have any objections to the first item, so he graciously let He Qizhou copy a copy. Anyway, his father helped draft it. It was beautifully written and full of emotions. If it wasn't for the emperor to read it alone, He Qizhou wouldn't want to change a single word.
But for the second request, Xu Mu actually refused, saying that he missed the memorial service in front of his grandmother's grave last year and would not take Xiaoping with him tomorrow. He only added at the end: There are dense peach trees and willow trees near the imperial mausoleum.
Everywhere is a must-visit place for dignitaries in the city to go on spring outings.
He Qizhou understood. He had neglected the snow dragon horse these days and walked back all the way. It was time to go to the countryside and let it run away.
After returning to the small courtyard of the Armed Forces Hall alone, he happened to see Lin Chuan and Yang Shan discussing the arrangements for Xun Xiu. He Qizhou stepped forward and asked about their arrangements.
Yang Shan said: "Uncle, Lin Chuan said that he was going to Xishan to enjoy peach blossoms. I just heard Li Ruogu say the same thing. I don't want to go with them. How about I accompany you? Wherever you go, I will go."
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Trying to find a partner for him, He Qizhou thought silently in his heart, but said: "Okay, I'm going to walk the horse. You can also ride one from the armament hall. We agreed in advance. Don't blame me if you can't keep up.
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"What horse can keep up with yours? Even Urna's Haotiancong is far behind. Are you trying to get rid of me on purpose?" Yang Shan shouted.
"You brat, why are you talking so much? I haven't had time to ask you yet, how have you been practicing recently?" He Qizhou asked.
Yang Shan said: "I spend the day in the library, and in the evening I basically drink wine from Lingyue and open a small stove for a few of us. I am now in the middle realm of the Six Meridians."
"Where are you, Mumu?" He Qizhou asked Lin Chuan,
Lin Chuan blushed slightly and said: "The upper realm of the Five Meridians is still far away from the Sixth Meridian. Young Master, Lu Jijiu also pays special attention to us brothers who go deep into the Altai Mountains, so the Jinling Sect's kung fu is also practiced."
He Qizhou took Lin Chuan's pulse and felt that it was strong and his internal energy was strong. He said, "That's right. Don't be impatient. You are stupid. You need to lay a solid foundation!"
"Young master, if you don't bring something so hurtful, if it hadn't been for four months because of the serious injury, I would probably be just a hair away from the six meridians now!" Lin Chuan said anxiously.
"Oh, that's what it means anyway. Have you asked your family to issue a letter of appointment?"
"What?" Lin Chuan asked.
"It seems I have misunderstood you. Now you are really smarter and pretending to be confused." He Qizhou said.
Lin Chuan's face suddenly turned red, and he murmured: "I received a letter from my family not long ago, saying that Mr. Zhang accepted the betrothal gift, so it is considered an engagement."
"Young men are getting married, what's the shame? Have fun tomorrow. Yang Shan, do you have someone you like?"
Seeing that the topic moved to Yang Shan, Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. Now it was Yang Shan's turn to have a headache.
"I'm still young. Uncle, do you really not want Shangguan Qiudi? Looking at Liu Junzhi today, it seems that there is no hope for his sister." General Yang Shan's army was at Baiyun Tower just now. Liu Junzhi drank a lot with a frown.
Since I have a rest tomorrow, I went back to my home to spend the night.
He Qizhou secretly scolded himself for talking too much. He could no longer talk about the relationship between men and women with scholars and above: "This is my business, so don't worry about it. Let's go to bed early and set off early tomorrow morning to avoid too many cars and horses on the official road.
, can’t even run a horse race.”
Of course, He Qizhou's plan is not to really get rid of Yang Shan, but to make the opponent's horse so tired that it can't walk. At that time, he can use the excuse that the snow dragon horse has not run enough and let Yang Shan go back first. The real headache is that
How to get rid of Xiao Ping’s uncle.
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"Uncle, my horse really can't run anymore. If you want to run a little longer, I will wait for you in this pavilion," Yang Shan said.
He He Qizhou was secretly happy that his plan was about to succeed: "So useless? My snow dragon horse hasn't warmed up yet. Does it look like it's going back? Why don't you go back first."
"No, you are injured. What if you encounter an assassin again? This place is more than ten miles away from Kuocheng and there are so few people. Even if I can't fight, it would be good to have an extra pair of eyes." Yang Shan said.
"Don't worry, not many people know about our horse racing today. Besides, hasn't the assassin been beheaded?" He Qizhou said.
"The main messenger hasn't been found yet," Yang Shan said.
"That's up to you, you can take a nap, I'll run away and go to the mountains to drink the horses." After He Qizhou finished speaking, he flattered the horse, and the snow dragon horse neighed with joy, raising a puff of smoke on the official road.
Of course, only the royal family can enter the imperial mausoleum, but the mountains and forests outside the imperial mausoleum are the favorites of the people in the capital. Especially in early spring, by the clear mountain streams, the willow branches with new buds flutter in the wind, ruffling the spring water and stirring
In the heart of spring. Coupled with the blooming pink peach trees dotting the area, the mountains and streams are already full of tourists outing before midnight.
Why didn't he see so many people on the official road? He Qizhou was puzzled. He had just walked along the path that saved the beauty for several miles before finding this place, but he didn't find many cars and horses.
Looking at the fact that there are still many people coming from the northwest, it suddenly dawned on me that although the Imperial Tomb is in the south of the city, this place is located northwest of the Imperial Tomb, closer to the West Gate. Those tourists with their families all came from the West Gate.
Not many people came through the south gate.
"Oh, I don't know how long we have to wait. Xiaoxue must have walked from the south gate official road." He Qizhou walked back about half a mile to the east. There were only willow trees but not peach trees, so there were no tourists, but there was an advantage.
You can see the three-way intersection leading to the imperial mausoleum.
He Qizhou let Xue Longma go to the stream to graze. He leaned against the big tree and faced the intersection. He couldn't miss Xiaoxue's carriage! After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, the carriage was not seen, but a familiar voice came from the west.
"You piece of wood! If I had known, I would have gone to Xishan."
"Well, well, I'm not worried about running into Li Ruogu and the others."
"Okay, now I can't even see the peach blossoms."
"Let's wait here for a while until they leave. Hey, Sister Rou, do you think that is the young master's horse?"
"I don't know whose horse it is, ah! Let go!" Zhang Qingrou shook off Lin Chuan's hand hard, because they happened to find He Qizhou leaning against the big tree, their eyes locked.
"Master, you, didn't you go horse racing with Yang Shan?"
"The little goat's horse can't run anymore, and mine hasn't run far enough. Mumu, Roumei, I'm really sorry, let me move somewhere." He Qizhou said with a smile, but his feet didn't move at all.
"No, no, young master, how about we talk to you." Lin Chuan's face was already redder than a peach blossom.
"Shh! Someone is coming." He Qizhou could already hear footsteps approaching.
"Where?" Zhang Qingrou asked numbly after pinching Lin Chuan hard.
"Where you came from." He Qizhou stood up straight and looked over.
"I saw it, there was a person." Zhang Qingju said.
"No, two people!" He Qizhou said with certainty, because it was two people having a conversation just now.
"No way, there's only one person!" Zhang Qingrou clearly saw that there was only one person standing in the woods thirty steps away. Maybe because her voice was raised a little, the "one person" suddenly turned into two people, and three people were walking toward her at the same time.