"Hey, what's your expression? Why can't my lady be in charge? Do you know that my lady is a smart person who has been praised by the great scholars of Chang'an!"
Seeing Xiao Han's surprised look, the maid who was hiding behind the lady just now quit! He jumped out and yelled at Xiao Han. Xiao Han quickly apologized. Look at the person next to him, and then look at the two idiots behind him. Hey, this is the gap...
"Okay, okay, I believe it, I believe it! Miss Xue came all the way, and why didn't she meet Xiao Han in advance so that Xiao Han could welcome her."
"This..." How could Xue Pan be willing to say that he was fleeing the country? He glanced at Xiao Ai next to him guiltily, and then came up with a countermeasure: "This is also my inspection of the family property. When I passed here, I remembered my brother's instructions, and then Come and take a look, why, you’re not welcome?”
Xiao Han was quite suspicious of Xue Pan's reason for inspecting the family property, but he did not pursue the question further. Instead, he replied with a smile: "Welcome, welcome, how could you not welcome! Let's go, let me take care of you today!"
When Xue Pan heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Excuse me..."
A person from afar is a guest. In this world, face is much more important than the inside. Likewise, a guest is much more important than the host.
Li Shentong, who rolled his eyes wildly and wanted to get closer, pouted away, and Xiao Han generously led the way for them as the master.
This place is actually not far from Zhuangzi, so along the way, Maid Xue Pan did not get in the car. They just followed Xiao Han on foot, their heads turning like two groundhogs, looking around from time to time. Fan.
It was probably too hard to pretend to be a lady, so after a while, the young lady and maid began to show her true colors. Seeing the old cows eating grass, she wanted to run over to take a look. She also wanted to take a look when she saw the screen wall erected on the roadside, until she entered the village. This can be considered a little calming down.
"Xiao Hou, you built this place???"
Pointing to the neat rows of houses, Xue Pan covered his mouth in shock and asked!
Xiao Han's new fiefdom is on wasteland. This is a joke that everyone in Chang'an knows. However, few people know about the Zhuangzi that has been built. Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. This may be the phenomenon.
Xiao Han was greeting the old man sitting at the door in front. When Xue Pan asked him, he nodded proudly.
This Zhuangzi, which was built out of thin air, is what Xiao Han is most proud of. Even if it is just established now and the scale is not very large, it is much better than other places. Everyone who has been here will not praise it.
There is no sewage flowing across the street or garbage on the wide street. The people who live here consciously clean the door in front of them. Some of them are good, and they also have a small flower bed at the door, and they plant roses and other flowers. It's not expensive, and there aren't even a few blooming flowers, but in the somber and gloomy time, a few touches of green are also great.
It's close to noon now, and smoke is rising from almost every house. The aroma is lingering in the village, making people's index fingers move when they smell it.
"What a beautiful village!" Xue Pan praised it sincerely after looking around. Without the solemn hustle and bustle of Chang'an, the tranquility and peace here made people feel comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
"What's so good about this? Just pick any other courtyard and it'll be much prettier than this one!"
Li Shentong, who had been hanging back without interrupting, finally got the chance to show his presence.
His brother had a very good relationship with Xue Shou, so he also knew Xue Pan, but now that Xue Pan came here but didn't talk to him, the little man felt particularly frustrated.
"Xiao Shou! This is different. A separate courtyard is a separate courtyard, only for one person, and a village is a village, a home for so many people. How can they be confused? By the way, I haven't asked you yet, why are you here? here?"
"Don't call me Xiao Shou, call me Li Shentong!"
As soon as Li Shentong heard the first word Xue Pan said, he secretly said something bad. He was about to jump up to stop Xue Pan from calling him his nickname, but Xue Pan spoke too fast. By the time he jumped up, the day lily was cold. .
"It's over...I'm going to be laughed to death by these guys now..."
Sure enough, when Li Shentong turned around again, he saw Xiao Han, master and servant, all trying to look at the sky, their stomachs rising and falling together, feeling a little uncomfortable? Little beast?
"Ah...I will never play with you again!"
After saying these words in the most angry tone of his life, Li Shentong covered his face and ran away. He seemed to be able to hear the weird laughter of Xiao Han and others. It seemed that he would not come again for some time in the future. Annoying Xiao Han...
"Xiao Hou, you guys? What are you laughing at?" Xue Pan still didn't understand what Xiao Han was laughing at, and asked curiously.
"Ahem, cough...it's nothing, it's nothing. Miss Xue, just call me Xiao Han. Say goodbye to Xiao Hou. It's not like you don't know the relationship between me and your brother. We are all equals. There is no need to be so polite."
"Oh, okay... Then you can also call me by my name. You don't have to add a girl, it sounds weird..."
After changing the title, the unfamiliarity has gone away for the most part. In fact, Xue Pan is now full of curiosity about Xiao Han, a person who can write magical poems, a person who rose from a soldier to a noble in just a few months, and a person who did not rely on any external force. , the person who built a beautiful village alone, any one of them is enough to make Xue Pan feel magical. Maybe my brother is right, he is a magical person and needs to be studied.
Nowadays, due to the population problem, the Xiaojia Zhuangzi is not very large. After entering the Zhuangzi, walking along the main road, you will soon arrive in front of Xiao Han's Mansion.
Of course, the first thing that caught my eye was not the gate of Xiao Mansion, but Zhang Qiang’s two-story building with great tension. This was specially selected and built by Zhang Qiang from Xiao Han’s design. It is naturally very beautiful. According to Zhang Qiang’s words , even if I’m given a ten-cent house, I won’t change it!
"Hey, that's it?"
Sure enough, this small building with great personality immediately attracted the attention of Xue Pan and others. It seems that no matter it is ancient or modern, women have never been able to resist exquisite small villa-style houses!
Xue Pan opened his eyes and looked carefully at this beautiful small building. Just when Xue Pan was about to ask what kind of building it was, the window of the small building opened at the right time. Zhang Qiang's eldest wife Xiao Min appeared on the window sill and leaned forward. Look outside.
Xiao Ai's eyes widened, wanting to see who lived in this beautiful house, but found that the person on the window looked so familiar.
"Miss, why does that person look familiar?"
Xue Pan was looking where he was. Hearing what Xiao Ai said, he nodded: "Yes, I think so too, Xiao Han, who is that?"
Xiao Han smiled and replied: "That's Zhang Qiang's family..."
Before they finished speaking, Xue Pan and Xiao Ai jumped up: "It's Sister Xiao Min!"
Before they came, they said they wanted to play with Xiao Min, but they didn't expect that she would live in this beautiful house.
Recognizing who the person was, Xue Pan excitedly waved upstairs. Lazy Xiao Min had already seen Xue Pan waving to her. After careful identification, she immediately screamed, and then she disappeared from the window sill. The shadow of the person can only be heard as a series of footsteps getting closer and closer.
Xue Pan and Xiao Min knew each other, and Xiao Han knew that because Xiao Min was living in a house under the name of Xue Pan's family. In fact, Xiao Han discovered that the nobles in Chang'an City, whether they were hostile or friendly, actually had some differences. Thousands of connections, the well-matched system that has been passed down for thousands of years, have long made people of the same class extremely close.
Take Li Jing for example. According to historical records, it was Li Jing who said something before his execution that made Li Shimin develop a love for talents and save the Tang Dynasty's number one god of war. But if you think about it carefully, a man who led troops all year round Prince, the righteous and awe-inspiring words you have heard have already scratched your ears. Who doesn’t howl in pain before dying? Does Li Shimin have to save everyone? Then why do you need an executioner? Just open an escape channel...
Even if he takes 10,000 steps back, Li Shimin is really wise and talented. How many prisoners were executed in a year during that turbulent time? Why did Li Shimin go to the execution ground if he had nothing to do? Free? Didn’t you see that Xiao Lizi is running around every day now, and he has not entered the house three times? This is not just talk!
So, in fact, the truth of the matter is that Li Jing's family had long been connected to Li Shimin and offered conditions, so Li Shimin took action to save people. Thinking about it this way, is it logical?
When Xiao Han thought about it, the person who made the connection was probably Xue Shou. Didn't he see that the relationship between the Xue family and the Li Jing family was not as strong as usual?
Just as he was thinking about it, the door of Zhang Qiang's house opened with a bang, and Zhang Qiang's eldest wife Xiao Min ran out and hugged Xue Pan. The three women happily jumped up and down on the street, chirping a few words. Without saying anything, the three people disappeared inside the gate, leaving only two embarrassed guards holding their hands to Xiao Hanzhi.
"I'm really sorry, Lord Marquis. My young lady is spoiled at home. I think I was so happy to meet an old friend this time that I forgot that I was a guest at the Marquis' mansion..."
What could Xiao Han say? He could only shake his head and ask Butler Lu to arrange accommodation for the two guards. When he thought about it, this might be the rich lady who came out to visit the mountains and rivers and visit old friends under the guise of negotiating with him.
Anyway, since she is Xue Shou's girl, they shouldn't be too negligent. They call the fat chef and tell him to cook some good dishes for Xiaodong to send over, and let them play by themselves.
Xiao Han is not big enough to take them to dinner. Of course, it's not that he doesn't want to, he just can't.
These women must have gone crazy for fun. Although Xiao Min and the others had no worries about food and accommodation here, they were short of playmates. How could they let Xue Pan come this time? Xiao Han didn’t see these people all afternoon. The second time, it was not until the evening that I saw Zhang Qiang carrying the bedding to Xiao Han's house to stay overnight with a reluctant expression on his face.
There is no way, the house has been occupied by doves...
Zhang Qiang didn't want to stay in the guest room, saying it was empty and unpopular, so he insisted on being squeezed in with Xiao Han.
