Zhou Xu put down the cup in his hand.
Xiao Luolan dullly felt that the businessman was alluding to her. Xiao Luolan was immediately embarrassed and her ears and face were hot: "Sect Master Zhou, I'm going to..."
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao, whose cheeks were red as if she were drunk, and his voice was low and comforting: "It's okay, Mrs. Xiao, just sit down."
Xiao Luolan was still a little restless, and she didn't know if the Lanjiu was getting stronger. She just felt that her face was getting hotter and hotter, and her breath was filled with the aroma of wine.
Zhou Xu looked at Wang Fugui and already guessed something in his mind: "There are no outsiders here, just say what you want."
Wang Fugui had no choice but to kowtow and say: "The master behind Xiaomin is General Lu Conglu. General Lu hopes that Master Jiedushi can help him once."
"The master was involved in war and could not come for the time being, so he asked his servant to visit Master Jiedushi. The master said that Master Jiedushi can help if he wishes. The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, and he will be rewarded by Jiedushi in the future. Your Majesty is following the lead and has absolutely no second thoughts!"
Wang Fugui said it categorically!
Zhou Xu didn't speak while drinking. Lei Shan didn't seem to hear Wang Fugui's words and just acted like a wooden man.
Is this wealthy businessman actually related to the rebellious general? Xiao Luolan was shocked by Wang Fugui's identity. He came to ask Clan Master Zhou for help. Will Clan Master Zhou help?
Seeing that Master Jiedushi didn't respond, Wang Fugui didn't dare to urge him, so he just buried his head lower.
"Does General Lu want me to send troops to help you openly fight against the imperial court?" Zhou Xu asked and answered: "This is not possible. After all, I am also the governor of a state. I have been favored by the emperor for a long time. How can I help you rebellious officials? Thief, this is a treasonous act."
Xiao Luolan couldn't help but glance at Sect Leader Zhou, who had transferred what Governor Li had just scolded him to General Lu. His head was a little dizzy from the drunkenness.
When Wang Fugui heard Jiedushi's answer, his face turned pale and he fell to the ground.
"But." Zhou Xu changed his tone.
Wang Fugui suddenly raised his head and looked at Lord Jiedushi. Seeing Lord Jiedushi waving to him, he hurriedly walked over with beads of sweat on his forehead. He said excitedly: "Master Jiedushi, tell me, tell me. My family Master said, no matter whether you help him or not, Lord Jiedushi, he will not have the slightest grudge against you."
Zhou Xu put his left hand on the edge of the food table and patted Wang Fugui on the shoulder with his right hand.
Wang Fugui trembled all over and raised his head in fear.
"I have great respect for General Lu's late father, General Lu Rongze, and I cannot bear to have his only remaining bloodline cut off. I hope General Lu will take good care of his health."
Wang Fugui kowtowed repeatedly, and Zhao Qingshan came over and took the person out.
He shook his folding fan and whispered to Wang Fugui: "My lord will not take the initiative to send troops."
"I know, I know." Wang Fugui said quickly: "My general also knows the difficulties of Lord Jiedushi."
"I wonder if General Lu is still full?" Zhao Qingshan asked.
Wang Fugui was stunned for a moment, then his eyes immediately turned red, and he held Zhao Qingshan's hand tightly: "Mr. Qingshan, our little General Lu hasn't had a full meal for a long, long time. Please ask Mr. Qingshan for help."
Although Wang Fugui is rich, there is no need for food and grass in a war. It can be said that he has already put on his pants this time. Fortunately, he successfully met Lord Jiedushi.
"Don't worry, my lord and General Lu are old acquaintances. He will take care of his old friend's son. If you wait patiently for more than a month, General Lu will be able to eat."
Wang Fugui bowed deeply to Zhao Qingshan.
With food and grass, they can persevere.
Inside the house, Lei Shan saw that Wang Fugui and Zhao Qingshan had left, so he retreated silently.
"Mrs. Xiao? Mrs. Xiao?"
As soon as Zhou Xu turned around, he saw Mrs. Xiao putting her hand on her forehead, her eyelashes slightly closed, and leaning lightly on the food table.
Xiao Luolan slowly opened her eyes and felt that the room was dimmed for a moment. She saw that no one was in the room: "Did we talk about good things?"
Zhou Xu smiled and said: "Mrs. Xiao is drunk. I am used to drinking this orchid wine, but I forgot that it is too strong for a woman."
Xiao Luolan touched her hot cheek. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether it was the hot weather or her face: "I seem to be a little drunk. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao, who was drunk and blushing and charming, and quietly came closer, with a low and hoarse voice: "No trouble, Mrs. Xiao, you did a good job today."
Xiao Luolan was dull for a while, and then looked up at Sect Master Zhou with confusion. She didn't do much today, but Sect Master Zhou had been busy. Seeing that she didn't understand, he talked about many things.
Zhou Xu looked at the drunken Mrs. Xiao, and saw only her hazy eyes, flushed cheeks, the bright moon, the robe, and the snow jade and pink powder. She seemed puzzled and looked at him in confusion.
Zhou Xu held down the corner of the table tightly, veins appeared on his forehead, and his eyes were dark and terrifying.
The door was opened and Zhou Xu looked over.
Lei Shan whispered back: "This is a meeting gift from Wang Fugui."
Wang Fugui came back with a maidservant. When he saw the look in his eyes, his calves trembled and he forced out a smile and said, "I just remembered that the gold has not been given to you yet."
The maid was dressed in white, with an elegant figure and a white gauze on her face. Only her watery eyes were exposed. She walked forward gently, placed the sandalwood box in her hand on the table, then knelt on her knees and folded her hands on the table. On the floor, he kowtowed deeply.
Zhou Xu said expressionlessly: "Back off."
Wang Fugui walked out with his maid and sighed. Originally, he planned to give both gold and beauty as a gift, but when he saw the beautiful woman beside Jiedushi, he had a bad premonition. Sure enough, The gift failed.
He recalled the drunken and beautiful woman he had glimpsed, and he didn't dare to think about it again.
The door was closed again.
Zhou Xu took a sip of tea and opened the sandalwood box, revealing the golden gold ingots. He planned to make them into jewelry and give them to Mrs. Xiao in a few days.
When he turned around, he found that Mrs. Xiao was drunk on the desk.
Zhou Xu bent forward, his tall figure completely covering Mrs. Xiao. He stared at it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but pick up Mrs. Xiao's hand and play with it carefully.
Mrs. Xiao's hands were as soft as boneless, plump and delicate, with a delicate fragrance.
Zhou Xu leaned close to the drunken Madam Xiao's ear and laughed hoarsely: "Everyone else is just vulgar, madam, you are the real beauty."
Chapter 25 (Revision)
When Xiao Luolan woke up, she felt a little headache. She looked at the light yellow bed curtain above her head, froze for a while, and then straightened up suddenly.
She turned her head. The sunlight outside was bright, shining on the floor through the diamond pattern of the window lattice. The decoration of the room was expensive but unfamiliar. Her mind instantly recalled her drunkenness. She quickly got out of bed and put on her soft shoes.
"Mrs. Xiao?"
Lei Shan looked at Mrs. Xiao who hurriedly opened the door, a little puzzled, and scanned the room twice with alert eyes, but found nothing unusual, so why did Mrs. Xiao look panicked.
"I looked unfamiliar around me. I thought you were all gone." Xiao Luolan stopped instantly when she saw the familiar Lei Shan.
"How could Mrs. Xiao think like this?" Lei Shan felt surprised. How could their sect master leave the drunk Mrs. Xiao alone in the Yellow Crane Tower. Lei Shan said: "The sect master saw that you were drunk, so he asked the maid to help you to the guest room to rest. After a while, in fact, you didn’t sleep for long, only about two quarters of an hour.”
Xiao Luolan calculated it and found that it should be about half an hour. She did not sleep for too long. She smiled at Lei Shan and said, "Thank you, Lei Langjun, for informing me."
Lei Shan said: "It's okay. Now that Mrs. Xiao is awake, let's go back. The sect master should be fine too."
Lei Shan kept his hand on the hilt of the knife, not to guard against Mrs. Xiao. In fact, to be honest, a woman like Mrs. Xiao, who was raised in Shenzhai Garden and had never suffered anything, even if she was given a knife, Lei Shan would not He felt that she couldn't do anything in front of him because the difference in speed and strength between the two of them was too great. Lei Shan didn't want to say anything, but Mrs. Xiao had always been gentle, polite, and polite to the Lei family's cavalry. Occasionally, For doing a small favor, Mrs. Xiao never forgets to say thank you, and her respect for them is the same as that of the sect master. Therefore, Lei Shan, who has always been taciturn, said a few more words. As expected, Mrs. Xiao smiled and thanked her again. Her smile was not very It's big, but it makes people look very sincere.
Xiao Luolan followed Lei Shan. She felt that her right hand was very sore for no reason. She stretched out her hand to look at it and found that the whole hand seemed a little red. Xiao Luolan shook her hand gently. She must have pressed it somewhere while sleeping. Guess.
Lei Shan caught a glimpse of Mrs. Xiao's movements from the corner of his eye.
He couldn't help but think of the scene when his sect master played with Mrs. Xiao's hands wildly when he pushed the door in.
The woman's hand fell weakly into the dark wheat-colored rough palm, and it was reflected like a handful of snow. Her fingertips were white. The sect master's hand was covered with micro-powder as soon as he touched it. After rubbing it twice, he quickly became red.
The skin is so delicate, the sect leader has practiced martial arts all year round, and his physical strength is even more amazing. From now on...
Lei Shan quickly interrupted his thoughts.
"Mrs. Xiao, are you awake?" Mr. Qingshan walked over slowly, waving his folding fan: "The carriage has been parked outside the building. Let's go back to Dou Mansion now."
"Okay." Xiao Luolan replied. She felt that she had not done much to help Master Zhou when she came out this time. When she got on the carriage, she found two paint-red food boxes on the small table of the carriage, faintly The aroma comes.
"Mrs. Xiao."
Xiao Luolan heard Clan Leader Zhou's voice and looked towards the car window. The thin bamboo curtains were blown around by the breeze, and Clan Master Zhou could be vaguely seen riding a horse outside the transparent bamboo curtain.
Xiao Luolan opened the bamboo curtain and said: "Zong Master Zhou."
Zhou Xu smiled and said: "The food box contains some food from Yellow Crane Tower. I selected a few items to give to Mrs. Xiao when I return to Dou Mansion."
Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Master Zhou, hesitated for a while, and said, "Sect Master Zhou, besides teaching you Chang'an dialect, do you need me to do anything else?" Mrs. Xiao felt that this favor was getting bigger and bigger, and she felt very uneasy. , Sect Master Zhou has actually learned the Chang'an language almost now, and Xiao Luolan doesn't know what else he can do to repay him. The most important thing is that Xiao Luolan always feels guilty when facing the enthusiastic Sect Master Zhou. After all, they lied to him. Got him.
Zhou Xu sat safely on the horse. When he heard Madam Xiao say this, he rode forward, thought for a moment and asked, "Why does Madam Xiao treat me so harshly?"
Xiao Luolan was speechless. If she had the ability to repay, she would naturally not be like this, but now everything she made up was false. The lies were like heavy mountains pressing on her heart, but these words were not good. Tell Sect Leader Zhou clearly.
Xiao Luolan said: "I..." She didn't dare to look at Sect Leader Zhou. She accidentally saw a deep scar on the back of Leishan's right hand that was holding the reins in front of her. It was as ferocious as a centipede, sticking out from the cuff, as if it had once been He was seriously injured, and although it has healed now, it still leaves a horrific wound.
Xiao Luolan looked at the wound and suddenly remembered that she seemed to be able to do something for Sect Leader Zhou. When her daughter was in school, she worked in the small cake shop downstairs, but the business was not good every month. During the off-season, she would often go to the bookstore in front of the community to buy some newspapers and miscellaneous books to read. There were also books in the cake room, which were about baking, desserts, flower arrangements, etc. Sometimes when she got tired of reading, she would read those miscellaneous books. , she remembered that a miscellaneous book mentioned that medical care in ancient times was extremely poor. Xiao Luolan had already realized this deeply. Her daughter had dysmenorrhea, and without ibuprofen to relieve pain, she could only drink some extremely bitter decoction. Be careful if you get injured. The wound may become inflamed and infected. If not treated properly, your life may be lost...
Seeing Mrs. Xiao looking at Lei Shan blankly, Zhou Xu frowned and stepped forward to block Mrs. Xiao's gaze: "Mrs. Xiao?"
"Ah, I'm fine." Xiao Luolan thought that something had happened in her heart. The faint sense of joy made her feel that the stone in her heart was much lighter, and even her tone was lighter. She would discuss it with her daughter when she went back, and maybe she could do it. Woolen cloth? In this way, we can repay Sect Master Zhou a great favor.
Zhou Xu saw that the bamboo curtain was lowered, and Mrs. Xiao's face was shadowy behind the bamboo curtain, like an orchid in an empty valley.
Zhou Xu and his retinue Lei Shan rode together.
Lei Shan turned his head. Although he didn't understand why the sect master was not beside Mrs. Xiao's carriage, he still obeyed the rules and bowed his hands in salute: "Sect master, do you have any instructions?"
Zhou Xu looked Lei Shan up and down, but still didn't understand why Mrs. Xiao looked at him suddenly just now?
"nothing."
In the end he could only say it was nothing.
When she returned to Dou Mansion, Xiao Qingxue, who had been waiting for her mother for a long time, saw the food box in her mother's hand and cheered a little. Isn't this just takeout?
she likes!
Xiao Luolan sat on the stool, put the food box on the table, and took out the food inside. Fang Yun saw that there were meaty items inside, so she took them to the kitchen to warm them up before giving them to the little master.
Xiao Qingxue picked up a carved-shaped cone with chopsticks. It tasted like green plum, pickled with honey, and tasted sweet and sour.
Xiao Luolan looked at her daughter who was eating happily with a smile: "My dear, does your stomach still hurt?"
"It's much better now. It doesn't hurt much anymore. It's just a bit boring." Xiao Qingxue felt that she was bored to death without her mother around. She could only play with snowballs, chat with Fang Yun for a while, and read a book for a while. During this long morning, she didn't dare to walk without a sanitary napkin. Who knew if the menstrual belt would leak? It was really troublesome in ancient times.
After her daughter had eaten a few mouthfuls, Xiao Luolan first talked to her about what happened in the Yellow Crane Tower. After Xiao Qingxue listened, she secretly glanced outside. The two Lei clan servants were standing far away at the entrance of the East Pavilion. Yes, Fang Yun is not in the room either, there are only two of them now.
"Mom, Sect Master Zhou seems to be a big rebel." Xiao Qingxue moved the stool to her mother, hugged her arm and whispered to her mother: "You respect your own soldiers, don't take the court seriously, and collude with the rebels. "Xiao Qingxue's mind was full of those princes and kings who met a tragic end in the high school history books.
"But it's also because Master Zhou is a big rebel, so this place is actually safer."
Xiao Qingxue felt that it was so outrageous but so true. It was because Zhou Zongzong was a military commander who was independent and held great power. The counties and cities under his jurisdiction were safer than other places. Even the imperial court did not dare to attack at will. Rebel forces also need to be cautious about making friends.
A complete villain.
