I was Idle and Cool Chapter 79: Before the palace banquet, after the reconciliation

Kneeling and kneeling are not the same.

The fingertips still had a bit of temperature that didn't belong to him, and there was also that strange and fragile touch. Lu Jinxi glanced down and turned to look at Xue Tingzhi, who was lying in front of him. It seemed that he added a bit of humility. .

So, that bit in my heart couldn't bear it, and it came out again.

To be honest, this son of a **** is weird.

I don't know if it's a child that Xue Kuang raised personally. It's really different from others. In addition to being more stable than his peers, Xue Tingzhi has a sense of indifference and alienation, and it doesn't seem to be caused by his temperament. It's the aura that comes from the inside out.

This will make people feel that such a clear and expensive boy should not be so humble.

And she forced him to bow his head.

With a sigh in his heart, Lu Jinxi lowered his eyes and said, "This matter is indeed deviant, but one is that you are from the blood of a general, and the other is that although your mother is of a different race, she was able to report to Daxia back then. It's considered meritorious. I'm your first-mother anyway, so I should fight for you. Get up."

"…Thank you for the great kindness of the mother of the court."

Xue Tingzhi slowly closed his eyes, only feeling that he couldn't feel the temperature all over his body, he almost exhausted his self-control, and barely guaranteed the smoothness of this sentence, and then got up.

But he didn't sit down again.

Of course Lu Jinxi noticed it, and could guess the reason, but he didn't take it to heart and said, "Well, then if you have nothing to do, you can go back and have a good rest and cultivate. The ghost hand Zhang will heal you. Things should not be neglected. If there is any progress on my side, I will let you know as soon as possible.”

"Yes, Tingzhi retire."

Xue Tingzhi bowed again, and finally retreated with his head down.

From beginning to end, he never raised his head to look at Lu Jinxi, and completely avoided eye contact with her.

The room was silent until he had left for a long time, and there was no sound at all.

Lu Jinxi took his eyes back and looked at the carpet under his feet, where Xue Tingzhi had just knelt, and pondered for a moment.

"What do you think, there seems to be something wrong..."

What did I miss?

She frowned and thought for a moment, from beginning to end, every detail. So, when I thought about something before, I suddenly understood——

It's not right.

Xue Tingzhi is determined to take the imperial examination and should be very confident in his talent. However, he was not selected in the examination of the Weiwei Museum.

She still remembered that Qingque quietly mentioned to her that Xue Tingzhi's first round handed in was also a blank.

It is clear that he is so eager and has a heart that wants to stand out, and that time at the Sanxian Temple Yuewei Museum, he himself made a request and wanted to go together.

Such a great opportunity, but turned in nothing.

What do you think is strange.

The more Lu Jinxi thought about it, the more she felt that although this son-in-law was young and his mind was easily seen through, a layer of mist seemed to cover her body, which made her feel a little suspicious when she saw it clearly.

"Did you see it..."

I feel that the grass around the nest is not so easy to get along with!

Compared to it, the three of the Lu family are better.

She sighed with sincerity in her heart. Seeing that the egret had not returned, she decided to ask someone to ask.

Unexpectedly, before she could speak, a maid rushed in hurriedly outside, with a look of surprise and joy on her face: "Madam, Madam, the father-in-law from the palace came outside and brought the emperor with him. please go out and listen to the will!”

"What? Listen?"

Unfortunately, Lu Jin was not prepared at all, and was taken aback by the sudden news: she has been in the general's mansion for a long time, but she has not had any contact with the palace, let alone the palace.

"Can you notify the rest of the house?"

"Steward Lai has been circulated everywhere." Apparently, the little girl was still panting because she was running in a hurry.

Lu Jinxi didn't care too much, frowned, and hurriedly walked outside.

She's not very afraid of the so-called emperor, that's all. It's just that in this era, people, after all, hold the power of life and death, and they can't be sloppy.

The news of the decree came from the palace, and it was already spread in the blink of an eye.

The general's mansion is not very big, but it is by no means small. Those who can be regarded as masters hurriedly rushed out to receive the order.

In addition to Lu Jinxi, there are his wife Sun, sister-in-law He, and Wei Xian and several juniors.

A group of people from Wuyangyang entered the spacious front hall.

At this time, the **** who came to deliver the decree from the palace had been waiting for a while. When Lu Jinxi arrived, he stopped in the middle of the hall and announced the decree with the voice of the male duck.

"Fengtian, the emperor's edict said—"

"The Xiongnu in the Great Xia, the war has been a long time, and the world has suffered for a long time. The people are hard, and the soldiers are killed. Today, I am both civil and military, the upper body is the virtue of the heaven and the good life, the lower is the meaning of the people's prosperity, the two countries of China and Shun are both The trend of love, discussing peace with the Huns, and banqueting the envoys on the fifteenth day of the second lunar month.”

"Because I have been in the care of Sun's family for a long time, I have specially invited Mrs. Lu to enter the palace and attend a banquet to observe the ceremony. This is my honor!"

Negotiating peace, and specifically ordering her to attend the palace banquet?

Lu Jinxi knelt on the ground and listened to the will, and frowned secretly, a little suspicious. Yihe had known for a long time that the matter of the palace banquet had just been remembered, and Gu Juefei had mentioned it to her when he was in the Yuewei Museum.

Wonderful...

The so-called "observation ceremony" is only a ceremony of observing and reconciling.

Aren't these things supposed to be men's things?

She didn't understand very well, but she didn't express her doubts on the spot. She respectfully thanked her for her grace and took over the will before she got up.

The **** Xuanzhi came from the palace, with a slightly fat body, fair and tender skin, and small eyes the size of mung beans, but he looked very kind.

He smiled and said: "Madam, this is an honor that no one else has. The entire court and the opposition are the only ones to share. The emperor also said that the day of peace between Daxia and the Huns was due to the years of war, thanks to the general. The family is loyal and loyal, and has a unique reward. Come and bring it in!"

Therefore, the little eunuchs in the back brought two boxes, each containing five hundred taels of gold; there were also several large and small brocade boxes, all of which were treasures and medicinal materials only found in the palace, and a few inlaid jade Beaded Palace Flowers.

Lu Jinxi turned around to see him, but felt that this reward was meant to be a little comforting.

As she pondered, she showed a somewhat flattered expression: "The emperor is really too sympathetic..."

"The Great General's skill is designed, madam, you can use it with peace of mind."

This eunuch's status in the palace should not be low, and he speaks quite calmly, but at the moment he only bows to Lu Jinxi.

"Our family is going to announce the decree to other adults' mansions, so I will stay here soon, so I will say goodbye."

"Come here, send your father-in-law."

Lu Jinxi hurriedly winked at Lai Chang next to him.

Lai Chang understands.

What's the matter? He is also an old man in the mansion. The General's Mansion will receive gifts from the mansion during festivals. He knows some "rules" that should be there.

After receiving Lu Jinxi's wink, he approached him diligently and led the **** out.

A group of people came and went in a mighty way.

Lu Jinxi held the rolled up imperial decree in both hands and watched it, unable to restrain her eyebrows.

Sun was next to her, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, but she forgot to pinch it and looked at it. After a long time of love, she let out a long sigh: "It's really reconciled..."

In and out of the main hall, suddenly there was no sound at all.

Lu Jinxi turned her head to look, and saw the servants and servants, almost all with their heads lowered. He was the one with a happy expression on his face, but after listening to Sun's words, he quickly buried his head and immediately restrained the expression on his face.

As for Mrs. He, the widowed sister-in-law who was repaired by Lu Jinxi a while ago, she was even more stunned. She burst into tears and even cried out loud.

"What are you crying for!"

Hearing her voice, Mrs. Sun, who used to seldom speak harshly in the past, turned her head, but she was actually ruthless and scolded!

Lu Jinxi was taken aback by her, let alone the rest of the house.

Since He became a widow, he has been serving Sun's almost every day. When he heard the reconciliation today, he remembered the deceased husband Xue Lenglai who also died in the battlefield. But where did he expect that the Sun family would be like this...

She froze for a moment, tears still hanging down her face.

Sun's already wrinkled face didn't see the slightest smile, she just stared at her coldly and said, "The peace that has been settled between the court and the opposition is a big deal in the world. Happy event. You alone, crying and crying here, how is it?"

He shivered with fright, but still didn't quite understand why he was reprimanded.

Only Lu Jinxi, who was on the side, looked thoughtfully from He's body back to Sun's body.

Sun shi didn't care about that much, just closed his eyes, as if to gather some of his thoughts. Then, he came over to speak to Lu Jinxi.

"Now there is no need to be in the past. Now that this favor has come down, the palace banquet must have a go."

"In the courtroom, in the palace, you need to know what's going on. Even though the second child is gone, I know that you will definitely be unhappy when the peace is settled. But there is still a big general's house in the house. Here..."

"Everything is a good measure, and don't make mistakes."

After she finished speaking, she didn't care about Lu Jinxi's reaction, and without waiting for her to salute, she took Feng's mother, who was waiting by her side, to the south courtyard where she usually lived.

Lu Jinxi didn't even have time to say anything, so I can only send it off at the moment.

She watched Mrs Sun leave. This elderly woman was dressed in a light dark blue, with a silver hairpin stuck on her gray head, and she couldn't tell the slightest wealth.

Only during the walk, the strong back can still be seen from the past.

But after all, I'm getting old, and even this back is a bit bent by the years...

For some reason, Lu Jinxi felt that this scene was really eye-catching.

The scroll of imperial edict in his hand became a little heavy.

She glanced down and remained silent. After a long time, she raised her head again, and just in time, she met Wei Xian's scrutinizing eyes.

Perhaps seeing her raising her head, Wei Xian snorted coldly, glanced at the imperial decree she was holding, and her tone was strangely unkind and hostile: "Even the concubine in the palace doesn't have that. I'm qualified to watch the ceremony, the second sister-in-law is really the only one in the court and the opposition, it's beautiful enough!"

“…”

Lu Jinxi just thought her attitude was strange.

This third younger brother and sister, she is well aware that she will not deal with her. But a while ago, he smiled and even went to the Sanxian Temple together. Why is he turning his face today?

Is it possible that this intention not only provokes the Sun and the He family, but also provokes her?

No, her husband Xue Rin is still alive and well.

Is that because of the legendary concubine Wei Yi, who is said to be Gu Juefei's old friend, and who is now in full bloom?

Not right.

She had heard that Wei Yi was from Taifu Wei's original wife, and Wei Xian was from the sequel, so their relationship was not very good.

Thinking like this, Lu Jinxi looked at her and didn't answer.

The placid look on her face fell into Wei Xian's eyes, and it was a matter of course. It's as if Lu Jinxi deserves this honor in this whole house, she is really angry!

At this moment, her face darkened, her sleeves flicked, and she left without saying a word!

"The attitude of this third younger brother and sister is also a bit incomprehensible..."

Lu Jinxi became more and more playful. She turned the scroll of imperial decree with her fingers, but she felt a little weird in her heart.

Just look forward to this peace, and don't make any trouble at that time.

Otherwise, the general's mansion, which sacrificed the most for the border wars, would have to bear a few cauldrons.

After all, for the main fighting faction, Xue Kuang, who was buried in a foreign country, is a good brick.

She turned back to look at the rewards from the palace, pondered for a moment, and said only: "Lai Guanshi, these rewards are all stored in the library as usual, and they should be registered. Send someone to look at it, brother Chi Chi. I haven't gotten back, what's going on?"

"Yes."

Steward Lai quickly took his order and went to work immediately.

*

At this time, Xue Chi was on his way back to the General's Mansion.

The General's Mansion had its own carriage to pick him up, and he got on the carriage after he came out of the Grand Master's Mansion. He is very active and can't sit still, and it is rare to have such an opportunity, so he lies on the window sill all the way and looks out.

The carriage went all the way, and he watched it all the way.

The Mr. Gu today didn't teach a lot, just let Mr. Meng test his old homework.

Shortly after my mother left in the afternoon, Mr. Gu came downstairs and gave him a lecture in person.

But I didn't say two pages, and someone said that there was an imperial decree from the palace. So Mr. Gu went there, and when he came back, he stood in front of the attic window for a long time without saying a word.

Actually, he really wanted to ask what the phrase "going is not taught, **** is moving" means, but Mr. Meng next to him quietly winked at him and shook his head, so he held back and didn't ask, just sitting on the desk Sitting in the back for half an hour.

Wait until the sun went down, and then Mr. Gu turned around slowly and told him that he would not teach today and let him come back tomorrow.

"Oh, it's really strange, I always feel that Mr. Gu seems to be in a bad mood..."

Xue Chi looked at the shophouses and pedestrians that were swaying and swaying with the carriage outside, a bun face wrinkled in distress.

"Would you like to go back and talk to my mother and ask my mother to prepare something and send it to my husband tomorrow to coax him?"

Qing Que, who was sitting in the carriage, overheard this sentence, and her eyelids jumped. Immediately I remembered the pen that my wife had dropped off the ink on the head of Young Master Gu at the Hanmo Xuan...

She couldn't hold back for a while and looked at the back of Xue Chi's head.

Brother Chi is really...

She should be very happy to find out, right?

Qingque felt helpless in her heart, and seeing that Xue Chi was about to stick out half of her body, she leaned over to persuade: "Brother, you're still on the carriage, you'd better shrink back, in case if-- "

"Hey, Uncle Liu! Uncle Liu!!!"

Before Qingque could finish her persuasion, Xue Chi, who was lying on the edge of the window, was suddenly shocked, as if she had seen something, and hurriedly stretched out her hand and waved it in a certain direction outside, clasping her voice. shouted loudly.

"Be careful bro!"

Qing Que was so frightened that he was afraid that he would fall out of the car if he moved too much, so he hurried up and grabbed it, and then quickly ordered the driver.

"Stop!"

"Call for—"

The driver did not dare to neglect and immediately stopped.

But Xue Chi didn't stop, the man was still lying on the edge of the window, looking at the three people in front of him with three tall horses, he became more and more excited.

"Uncle Liu! Here, here!"

It was getting late at this time, and there were not many pedestrians on the street.

Liu Jin, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, was wearing casual clothes today, holding a horse in his hand, and walking down the street with Fang Shaoxing, Jin Wuwei, who is now assigned to guard the palace gate. Beside him, there was a man dressed as a scribe.

He was talking to the scribe when he heard the voice.

But as soon as the sound entered his ears, he let out a "huh". During this period of time, Xue Chi ran towards the city gate and the Admiral's Yamen whenever he was free, and he heard the sound familiar.

So I looked in that direction, and I really saw the carriage of the General's Mansion.

"Little boy?"

Liu Jin immediately laughed when he saw the small head sticking out.

Xue Chi crawled out of the car in a hurry and ran to Liu Jin excitedly, dancing and dancing: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu! I still think it's too late for school today, and I don't have time to find you. I didn't expect to meet you here! Yesterday my mother told me a new story about you, Uncle Liu!"

"Hahaha, really?"

Liu Jin's eyes lit up when he heard it, he touched his beard and was secretly happy.

"Tell me now, hurry up, what are you talking about?"

"Tell Uncle Liu's 'Changbanpo riding alone to save the general'! It is said that the general was trapped in the siege of the Xiongnu soldiers in that battle. As a result, Uncle Liu single-handedly broke through the siege and fought with many, many generals of the Xiongnu, and finally Rescue my father, it's amazing!"

This is a story he heard the other day, but Xue Chi has an excellent memory in this regard.

Although the content of this story is not short, he opened and closed his mouth at the moment, only to hear the gurgling gurgling...

After a while, what Lu Jinxi told him was completely repeated by him.

Liu Jin's face was red when he heard it, a rough man who had been on the battlefield was coaxed into a smile.

"Oh, how did I get so much credit in that battle? It's easy to rush in to save the general, but it's difficult to get out. Thanks to the general's excellent strategy, and Mr. Cai who is sending people to cooperate with the inside and the outside..."

"Anyway, my mother said that my father was powerful, but without my uncles, I wouldn't be able to fight such a beautiful battle. Uncle Liu was the biggest contributor in that battle."

Xue Chi tilted his head and blinked his eyes with sincerity on his face.

Liu Jin became more and more happy and laughed.

Fang Shaoxing, who stood a little later, listened to the whole process, with an evil and handsome face, but there was no good color, only glanced at Xue Chi and asked, "Don't your mother talk about me? ?"

"Hey, Uncle Fang?"

Xue Chi had talked too much earlier, and he and Fang Shaoxing were not as familiar with Liu Jin as they were, and their relationship was not very good, so he was inexplicably frightened. So at this time, when I heard the voice, I saw him.

At the same time, he also saw the scribe standing beside him.

Appears in his thirties, wearing a green shirt and holding a white paper fan in his hand.

The facial features on a face are extremely correct, but it is too correct and gives an indescribable sense of rigor and restraint. Those eyes are more impressive, they are dark brown water hyacinths.

It doesn't seem like much at first glance, but if you look at it for a long time, you can see a bit of shrewdness.

It seems that there is nothing unusual about people, but there are thousands of strategies hidden in this stomach.

Xue Chi is still young, and he doesn't see many people, so he doesn't know much, let alone see it.

But when he looked at the other party, the other party also looked at him. At this time, when he was looked at by those eyes, he shuddered for some reason, and there was a feeling that the back of the spine was chilled.

He blinks, forgetting what he was about to say.

Liu Jin saw it and turned around, then he remembered that, before he had introduced it to Xue Chi, he half bent and pointed at the scribe, "Little Young Master, this is Mr. Cai, it's us. The number one think tank in the army, the general's counselor. I just came back from the border today."

"Ah!"

When Xue Chi heard this, she let out a cry, remembering something. So, looking at the scribe's eyes again, it became a little more eager and worshipful.

"You're the white paper fan with a clever plan, and you're the Mr. Cai that my father invited me to visit!"

The scribe, Cai Xiu, was talking with Liu Jin about the court settlement. How did he expect to kill a "little son" along the way?

But he had followed Xue Kuang for many years, recognized the carriage of the General's Mansion, and after listening to the details between Xue Chi and Liu Jin's words, he knew that this was the "little overlord" in Beijing.

When Xue Chi was full of moon, he went there once, and then he stayed at the border and never returned to the capital.

Right now, he didn't expect Xue Chi's reaction at all, and even felt that what he said seemed to have something to do with him, but he didn't understand it very well.

Slightly stunned for a moment, the brows slowly wrinkled: "The magic trick, three visits to the cottage?"

"Yes! My mother said you are more powerful!"

Xue Chi's eyes were about to turn into star eyes, and he completely forgot that he was stared at by Mr. Cai before.

"Fire on Nanwangpo, grass people borrow arrows, fight Hanshan Pass with tongues, inspire Nayezha with wisdom, cleverly cloth the Eight Arrays, and plan an empty city!"

“…”

At this moment, Liu Jin didn't speak, Fang Shaoxing didn't speak, and Cai Xiu didn't speak.

The three look at each other.

Liu Jin was a little puzzled: "I can match some of the stories the young master told in the past, but I don't have any impression of them. Mr. Cai has done it?"

"Yes, my mother said it."

Xue Chi's showy thoughts came up again.

He finds telling stories to people addicting, especially when he sees the expressions on the faces of other people listening to them. So when he opened his mouth, he immediately opened his mouth as if he was pouring beans.

"The straw man borrows the arrow—"

"At that time, in the battle at Nanwangpo, it was said that there were not enough military supplies, and they were trapped in the city. The Huns robbed our military supplies not long ago. If we are not careful, our entire army will be wiped out. My dad is so devastated about this."

"But that night, when Mr. Cai climbed up and looked into the distance, he had an epiphany, and suddenly he had a plan in his mind..."

Needless to say, this is the Daxia version of Zhuge Liang's story of borrowing arrows on a grass boat.

The grass boat was changed to a straw man, the water environment was changed to a besieged city environment, and everything else was basically the same trick.

So after Xue Kuang, Mr. Cai was praised as a god.

Liu Jin was stunned.

Fang Shaoxing, the more he listened, the more frustrated he felt. Before Xue Chi had finished blowing, he turned his head and got on his horse, leaving with a cold face.

"Strange, how did Uncle Fang go?"

Xue Chi said almost the same, but stopped, only to see Fang Shaoxing's back, a little surprised.

Liu Jin was speechless.

He glanced at Cai Xiu beside him. All he remembered in his mind was when he was sitting next to Xue Kuang with his legs crossed. His seemingly smiling face was actually full of water, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

However, Cai Xiu listened to it and tasted it.

He doesn't even have an official or half a post in the army, but he speaks half of Xue Kuang.

Sometimes Xue Kuang was not there, and he had the final say in the deployment of the three armies.

Although Liu Jin also has some strategies, in the eyes of people who play flowers with his intrigue and tricks, it is far from enough.

The "grass man borrowing arrows" thing, of course, never happened.

So Liu Jin was speechless.

But if he remembered correctly, the military intelligence report they wrote to the imperial court in the battle of Nanwangpo was indeed a matter of "shortage of military supplies", and the battle was finally won.

The general's wife, Mrs. Lu, and Cai Xiu also know about it.

Although he hasn't returned to the capital for many years, he knows all the news in the capital.

The Lu family has been like that all these years. I only heard that after being ill a while ago, her temperament has changed a lot.

But he didn't know that this woman, who was weak and bullying and not too assertive, had such thoughts.

The grass man borrows arrows, although it sounds incredible, but after careful consideration, it may not be impossible to achieve.

In addition to the story of "rescue the general by riding alone" previously told by Xue Chi...

This Lu family?

Cai Xiu had a little smile in his eyes, and asked Xue Chi with great interest, "Are these the stories that Madam told the young master?"

"Yes, there's more later, but it was too late that day, and my mother refused to tell me."

Xue Chi pouted, a bit resentful.

"But when I go back today, I will definitely pester her to tell me! Oops, it's getting dark, and my mother is still at home waiting for me!"

In the middle of the sentence, when he mentioned the word "go back", he suddenly jolted, noticed the current sky, and suddenly screamed.

"Ah, ah, no, no, no! Uncle Liu, Mr. Cai, I have to leave first! Come back to play with you in two days!"

"Hey, slow down!"

Liu Jin was taken aback by his startled appearance and hurriedly greeted him.

Xue Chi waved his back to them while running, then climbed into the carriage and said goodbye to them.

"Tattoo..."

The sound of hoofs sounded, and the driver raised his whip and drove the car away gradually, disappearing at the end of the street.

On the spot, only Liu Jin and Cai Xiu stood.

Cai Xiu slowly retracted his gaze, thinking only of what Liu Jin had said before.

For example, the scene on Changshun Street;

For example, Mrs. Lu went to Princess Yongning to intercede and saved Liu Jin's position as Admiral of Jiumen;

For example, the Lu family specially repaired the book for Liu Jin and placed the gangster in the Falcon Camp;

……

As far back as I can remember, Mrs. Lu was only a woman in the house, and it was difficult to run the family. Where did she come from this long-sleeved dance?

The bottom of the dark brown eyes is somewhat dim.

Cai Xiu suddenly asked: "By the way, I forgot to ask, the young master is so late, why did he go back to the house by himself in a carriage?"

"Haha, you just came back, don't you know?"

As soon as Liu Jin mentioned this, his face became a little more proud and proud, and he completely forgot that he had brought people to disturb the birthday banquet in the Taishi's mansion a while ago.

"Yesterday, I was fortunate to be a young master, and I was taught by Master Gu, who was famous all over the world. I just came back from school today!"

"Apprenticeship?"

Cai Xiu was really surprised when he heard it, especially the words "Master Gu" mentioned by Liu Jin touched one of his extremely sensitive nerves.

"Are you talking about Gu Juefei?"

"Yeah, how many Master Gu are there in the world?"

Liu Jin had a natural expression on his face, but he felt that he had not seen each other for six years. How could Cai Xiu ask such a mindless question.

Cai Xiu couldn't tell the feeling in his heart. The divine light in his eyes changed ten million in an instant. He frowned and thought for a long time.

With both hands behind her back, she tapped her palm with the white paper fan.

Gu Juefei?

Gu Juefei? !

This person dares to accept the young master as a student! The little boy actually worshipped this man as Mr.

Who can describe the feeling in his heart at this moment?

Absurd.

And accompanied by a kind of triumph and complexity that makes the world play with applause.

He remembered six years ago, the vicious strategy of this young master Gu, and the tragic battle at Hanshan Pass that almost made everything fall short.

So, in the end, I couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

"Ha, interesting, really interesting!"