Xiao Luolan heard her daughter's footsteps and looked up to see her daughter's face, which was a little red.
Xiao Qingxue sat next to her mother and told her about the afternoon hunting. Xiao Luolan was a little surprised and very happy when she heard that her daughter had shot a deer.
"Did you really hit a deer?"
"Of course!" Xiao Qingxue held her head in her hands and said with a proud look on her face: "I shot it, and there is venison to eat tonight." Then she talked about Zhou Shenzhi helping her ride a horse.
"He also asked me to call him brother, which was also nice to me. He seemed to have regarded me as his sister." Xiao Qingxue said and looked at her mother again: "Auntie, how are you getting along with Sect Master Zhou?"
Xiao Luolan thought for a while and said, "It's okay."
"When we arrive in Langge, please stop running around, understand?" Xiao Luolan continued: "Zong Zong is going to fight, and we will live peacefully in the small courtyard."
"Going to fight? Where?" Xiao Qingxue looked at her mother.
"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else." Xiao Luolan didn't know whether this matter was a military secret, so he warned her daughter.
Xiao Qingxue nodded.
Xiao Luolan then repeated what Sect Leader Zhou said that afternoon.
Xiao Qingxue felt sad after hearing this. She heard that Sect Leader Zhou meant that she wanted to kill many people.
the next day.
After Sect Master Zhou went out, Xiao Luolan frowned slightly and looked at herself in the bronze mirror, then put down the embroidered peace charm in her hand.
She felt that she looked a little strange in the mirror, so she stopped looking.
Granny Cui put gold emeralds on Madam Xiao's hair, and then said: "Do you want Madam to wear the pearl wide-sleeved shirt that Master Jiedu sent last night?"
Xiao Luolan shook his head: "No."
In the afternoon, the building boat started again.
Xiao Luolan looked at the vast river in the distance. After passing Nanning, she arrived at Langge.
A place where she would live with her daughter.
What is Langge like?
Zhou Liulang leaned on the railing with a frown. He was about to disembark when he arrived in Nanning. His family must know what happened here. If he has not made progress in his studies at Nanji Academy, he will wait until the New Year to return. What awaits him at home must be the sticks of his parents.
The waves were rolling, no matter Zhou Shiliu wanted it or not, seven days later, he got off the boat at Nanning Ferry. There was no Buqu beside him, only Tuoba Amu.
There were also followers arranged by his father on the shore, all of them powerful, staring at him closely. One of them took out a letter from home, which contained a thousand taels of silver notes.
On the 16th, he casually read the family letters and found out that Master Shangguan had been dismissed from Nanji Academy. He gave the banknotes to the musicians and dancers and asked them to leave.
Zhou Liulang looked at Tuoba Amu: "Amu, it's really unlucky for you to follow me."
Tuoba Amu didn't say anything. His eldest brother had already sent a letter telling him that Tuoba's cavalry had already returned to Aqimu Town near Langge and would take him with him when he had the chance.
In other words, he is very likely to see Mrs. Xiao again, and he doesn't know whether she liked the deer he gave her that day.
More than half a month later, the weather became hotter and hotter, reaching a high temperature.
Xiao Luolan heard from Sect Master Zhou that Langge was coming soon.
The boat had stopped riding ten days ago and was riding on horseback. Since leaving Nanning, there were more and more people in the team. Xiao Luolan opened the curtain and looked at the large army behind them. It was Lei's cavalry. From, many, many.
They are clearly in tandem with the Zhou family members who are coming over.
"It's really hot." Xiao Qingxue took a sip of water, feeling that the ancient summer was really painful.
Xiao Luolan felt a little distressed when she saw that her daughter had become thinner due to the heat, so she fanned her with a round fan and wiped the sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief.
Zhou Xu rode over and saw this and said, "We will arrive in Langge in the evening. Madam Xiao, please be patient."
Xiao Qingxue sat down and said, "I'm fine, Clan Leader Zhou." Clan Master Zhou and the others were still riding outside. They were riding in a carriage. Xiao Qingxue felt that Clan Master Zhou was good enough to them, so she bought some ice when she left Nanning, but It was used up on the road.
Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao who was sweating for a while, and saw that her face was just a little red but she was in good spirits, so he felt relieved.
But before it was evening, someone was already picking me up on the road.
Xiao Luolan looked through the bamboo curtain at the cavalry team in front of them, which was obviously a foreign race.
"They are from the Tuoba tribe." Xiao Qingxue said, "They all have blue eyes and like to braid their hair."
Tuoba Agu clenched his hands into fists and placed them on his heart, saying, "I've met my adoptive father." The Tuoba cavalry behind him were all powerful men, showing their killing aura.
Zhou Xu smiled and said, "Didn't the letter tell you not to come?"
One of Tuoba Agu's eyes was intact, and the other eye was wearing a black eyepatch. He said: "My foster father is finally back. As a son of man, how can I not come to pick him up myself?"
"I came first, and there are two uncles behind me." After that, he said to Zhou Shenzhi: "Twelfth brother, I gave you a gift and asked the servant to leave it outside your study."
Zhou Shenzhi said: "Thank you Brother A Gu."
Tuoba Agu's thin face showed a smile, and the bridge of his nose was high.
"It's hot in the summer, so I brought some ice cubes to my father."
Zhou Xu smiled and said, "You are serious."
Zhou Shenzhi looked at Tuoba Agu, smiled, and said nothing.
Xiao Luolan's carriage was not far away and he listened to the whole process.
Xiao Qingxue looked at them with a gossipy look like watching a family drama.
Not to mention anything else, this Tuoba Agu is very good at appearance, very smart, he gives gifts to his younger brother, and he also knows how to build a good relationship here.
The team continued to move forward, and there were more ice cubes in the carriage. Xiao Qingxue finally felt less hot.
Xiao Luolan also met the Zhou family later. They should be the two younger brothers of Sect Leader Zhou. I don't know which one they are in the ranking. They are both middle-aged. The taller one is thinner and the shorter one is fatter. They have serious faces.
It’s different from Sect Leader Zhou.
Sect Master Zhou loves to laugh more.
Xiao Luolan looked at them through the bamboo curtain.
Langge City is much, much bigger than Xiao Luolan thought. The black boulders are mottled with the traces of time. The city walls are entirely black, thick and oppressive, and have an indescribable majesty.
Entering the city, the streets are spacious and clean, with people coming and going. They are divided into the main city and the outer city. After passing through twelve city gates, you enter the main city of Langge.
Xiao Qingxue looked at it in a daze, this was not a city, it was almost a small country.
Each of the twelve squares outside has eight avenues. Not counting other small streets and alleys, the main road is about seventy meters wide. The twelve city gates progress one by one, and at the end is the Zhou family.
The area occupied by the Lu Mansion is simply not worth mentioning to the Zhou family.
There was a crowd of people standing in front of the door.
Xiao Luolan felt nervous, and so did Xiao Qingxue. There were too many people, and it was a bit dazzling.
"Sect Master." Dozens of people bowed their hands in worship.
Zhou Xu dismounted: "No need to be polite."
Only then did the Zhou family stand up. Looking from Xiao Qingxue's perspective, the elder's face was paralyzed, and the younger's face was not much better. Xiao Qingxue suddenly thought that Zhou Shiliu was favored because he loved to laugh.
"Mrs. Xiao, please get out of the car." Zhou Xu walked to the carriage and smiled.
The Zhou family members looked at each other secretly.
I saw the car curtain being lifted open by a hand like jade snow, and then a beautiful woman's hibiscus face was revealed. Perhaps it was because of the hot weather, the cheeks were unstained and red, and the face was full of color. The lips are darker than the flowers.
All the Zhou family members present were startled.
Langge is already close to the north, and even the wind here is rough. It's hard to imagine where such a pampered woman could be raised.
The little lady Xiao beside the woman is also as delicate as a flower and has a beautiful face.
Xiao Luolan's eyelashes trembled slightly as so many people looked at her.
"Mrs. Xiao is fine."
The younger members of the Zhou family all bowed, and the older ones nodded slightly, taking it as a greeting.
Xiao Luolan took her daughter and said, "Everyone is well."
After Zhou Xu saw them, he said: "Let's all leave. We are tired from the journey. I will hold a family banquet tomorrow."
After the Zhou family left, Xiao Qingxue realized belatedly that the big house in front of her belonged to Clan Master Zhou alone.
It turns out that people from the same family don't all live together, they live in other places.
Xiao Luolan also felt a little relieved.
In the evening, Lanyuan of Zhou Mansion.
Xiao Luolan was sleeping on the bed when she suddenly felt someone was watching her. She woke up with a start. The journey of more than half a month made her very tired. After seeing her daughter's residence, she fell asleep with deep exhaustion.
Seeing the man's figure, Xiao Luolan sighed in her heart, as she had expected it.
Because she was riding in a carriage, Clan Master Zhou at least restrained himself a little and did not make any intimate transgressions with her. When she arrived at the Zhou Mansion, she had a vague premonition that Clan Master Zhou would come over in the evening.
"Sect Leader Zhou, why don't you light the lamp?" Xiao Luolan could only see the tall figure sitting beside her bed through the blurred moonlight. She sat up halfway and felt a little panicked when she saw that the figure had not moved for a long time.
The woman's panicked cry made Zhou Xu excited. He slowly approached Mrs. Xiao, and his good eyesight allowed him to see Mrs. Xiao hiding behind her.
"Is it Sect Master Zhou?" Xiao Luolan held the brocade quilt tightly with her hands. She didn't smell the usual aroma of mugwort, and her fear became even more intense.
Zhou Xu became interested and whispered: "No."
"Just a scoundrel."
When Xiao Luolan heard the voice of Sect Leader Zhou, she relaxed all over. Only then did she realize that her whole body was covered in cold sweat and her heart was beating rapidly. She couldn't help but glare at the man in the dark. Come here and turn out the lights. What did he do? He deliberately scared her.
"Why isn't Madam's husband at home tonight?" Zhou Xu approached Madam Xiao.
Xiao Luolan's face turned red: "Sect Leader Zhou, stop making trouble."
Zhou Xu held Mrs. Xiao's ankle and rubbed it carefully.
Xiao Luolan retracted her foot, but Sect Master Zhou held it back again and asked her seriously like he was addicted.
"It's already late at night, why hasn't your husband come back yet?"
Xiao Luolan bit her lip tightly, seeming to understand something, but she couldn't speak.
"Madam, it's a long night, are you lonely in spring?" Zhou Xu asked again, looking at Mrs. Xiao's tears of shame and spring water.
Seeing Sect Master Zhou's persistent questioning, Xiao Luolan replied with a trembling red cheek, "No, I'm not lonely."
