Zhou Xu was so happy that he couldn't help but hold his wife in his arms during the day, grinning almost to the back of her ears, and coaxed: "Good lady, call me again."
Xiao Luolan's ears turned redder, and she endured the shame and called out again: "Xu Lang."
Zhou Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, held his wife's waist with one hand, and pinched the pill that fell on the food table with the other hand and ate it. This was made by the lady herself and could not be wasted.
"Why do you treat me so well today, madam?" Zhou Xu asked with a smile.
"I see you've been quite busy in the past few days." Xiao Luolan looked at the dumplings she made and said, "Today is the beginning of winter. It doesn't take much effort to make a few dumplings. You'd better eat them quickly. It won't be good if they get cold. have eaten"
Zhou Xu ate another one and said with a smile: "How about we have hot pot tonight? I will prepare hot pot ingredients for Madam in the afternoon. If Madam wants to eat, just tell me, mutton, beef, vegetables, fish balls, frozen shrimp, Coupled with beef bone and radish clear soup, it warms the body and stomach.”
"Are you done with your work?" Xiao Luolan asked.
"It's almost done. Regardless of whether I'm finished or not, I still have time to spend with my wife." Zhou Xu said: "The temperature is cold, so I asked Li Fan and the military doctors to get cold sore ointment and distribute it to the people below. The medicinal materials are from the ones returned to Yicheng. Buy from the shop, prepare as much as possible, and prepare everything when the weather gets cold, just support it until you return to Langge."
When Xiao Luolan heard the word Langge, she missed Qingxue in Langge even more.
"Also, when General Shi returned to Yicheng, he took the lead in taking Qianqi to meet Guituqi and the others. After all, a large number of livestock needed enough manpower to look after them. I thought there would be no news for a few days, so I sent a team Qingqi goes to see where they are."
"If the number of livestock is too large, they need to be sent out in several batches in advance to avoid freezing to death if it gets colder."
Zhou Xu talked about what he had been busy with recently.
"Aren't you afraid of being robbed if the livestock leaves early?" Xiao Luolan asked, saving his own thoughts.
Zhou Xu laughed when he heard the lady's lovely words: "No one dares to touch my things on the grassland at this time. Besides, the route from here to Gu Chang has been completely cleared by us, so it is very safe."
"Madam, I have encountered the shadow of a caravan along the way." Zhou Xu touched his chin, remembered something and said: "There was a camel caravan following Jin Ben in Mojun, but Jin Ben disliked those Li Li special people. People are not able to move quickly and are easily delayed, so I left them temporarily to return to Yicheng."
In other words, it is very safe to go to Gu Chang. Now, as long as they are not deaf or blind, these people outside the Great Wall, whether they are from small countries or grassland tribes, should know that the Zhou clan master has won the battle at Huiyi.
And the prestige of Clan Leader Zhou is getting stronger day by day.
"The prison pills made by Madam herself are so delicious." Zhou Xu ate several in a row and fed Madam the prison pills in her bowl.
"We have won this battle, and it is safe to return to Guchao. Now is the final work of the war. I can just go back to Yicheng with you." Xiao Luolan looked at Sect Master Zhou and expressed his thoughts.
"I want to return to Langge early."
Zhou Xu held his wife's slender hand and paused. He took the prison pill, but his expression didn't change much.
Xiao Luolan felt that the reasons she said were quite sufficient. Now that they were the victor in the war, she could not help much if she stayed in Huiyi. In the early stage, she was used as a guide to make those in the Huiyi alliance misjudge the war situation. Xiao Luolan She felt that she had played a role in this war. Now that the war was over, the route back to Gu Chang was very safe, and she couldn't help much after the war, so... So, Xiao Luolan wanted to go back.
She missed her daughter.
Want it so so much.
Zhou Xu put down his jade chopsticks and said, "Madam once promised me that we would drink wine with the soldiers. Could it be that Madam has the heart to let me stay in Huiyi alone?"
Xiao Luolan pursed her lips, wondering why Sect Leader Zhou was alone when there were so many people around him.
"I can drink it when you both go back to Langge together." Xiao Luolan said, "You can drink it first."
"Let's eat first." Zhou Xu smiled.
Xiao Luolan saw that Sect Master Zhou didn't seem to object much and her tone was very calm. She hesitated and said her ultimate goal: "I just want to go back to Langge to see Qingxue."
Zhou Xu nodded: "I know."
Xiao Luolan finished her breakfast and returned to Jiao Feng Palace to start packing her things. She was not angry with Sect Leader Zhou, but really wanted to go back and see her daughter.
Dongxue's heart skipped a beat when she saw the lady packing her things. She stepped forward to ask and learned that the mistress was going back to Langge in advance to see the young lady. For some reason, she couldn't react.
In her eyes, the lord and the mistress are a natural match. They are deeply in love and they are always together. Dongxue never thought that it was so natural for the mistress to leave early, even though the mistress wanted to see the young lady. That's wrong, after all, the young lady is the mistress's only biological daughter, so it's normal to be concerned about her.
And now the route back to Gu Chang is indeed safe.
Just going back early is really not a big deal.
But for some reason, Dongxue felt inexplicably cold all over.
Xiao Luolan folded her clothes and thought of her daughter, with a soft and warm smile on her lips. In this world, her daughter was the only inner support and spiritual sustenance for her.
Besides, she also wants to have her own life.
Dongxue also felt that this was not a big deal. Compared with the great power possessed by Mistress Youzhou, the request of Mistress Youzhou was extremely low.
I just went back early to see the young lady in the house. It was not like I wanted to see the stars in the sky. The road was very safe. The troops returning to Yicheng could definitely allocate a group to Madam. Moreover, there were many Jianghu disciples, and she was also with Madam. .
Dongxue struggled for a long time and went to see her lord again, wanting to see what his attitude was and what she would do if the lord didn't agree.
After listening to Dong Xue's words, Zhou Xu put down the book: "Whatever the madam wants to do, just let her do it."
Chapter 100
Cui Shizi was making tea and admiring the snow. He was serving the tea calmly and elegantly, ignoring his strange hair color. His demeanor and demeanor were exactly the same as those of a noble son from a high-ranking family in Chang'an. He also had a hint of the thinness that is most popular nowadays due to his illness. .
Just sitting there, it is easy for people to think of the wind of green bamboos in the forest.
However, in this study, apart from Cui Shizi, there was only one big boss, the lord. I saw the lord walking back and forth several times in front of me, his tall and mighty figure passing the window sill, completely blocking the snowy scene outside the window.
Cui Shizi took two sips of tea, but finally stopped. Sitting on the futon, he looked at his lord.
He was also in the study just now, so he naturally heard Dongxue's report. Dongxue is the mistress's personal maid and has always been smart. While reporting to the lord, the mistress was packing her things and wanted to go back to see the young lady in advance, while carefully Observing the lord, waiting for the lord's answer, he stepped back politely.
But after the winter snow recedes, the Lord no longer pretends to read.
When Cui Shizi saw that his lord had finally stopped leaving, he happened to be standing in front of the window. Now, not only could he not see the snowy scenery, but the light was also a bit dim.
He saw that his lord had a serious face and a cold expression. Unknowingly, he thought that his lord was thinking about some important military situation.
Cui Shizi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Among all the people he knew who were married, only the master was the most unrecognizable.
Who would have thought that Lord Youzhou Jiedu, who was ruthless and ruthless in the outside world and had a reputation of making children cry at night, would be like this in private.
"My lord." Cui Shizi rubbed his forehead: "Mistress is only going back a few days early. If you are worried, just dispatch more Xuanjia battalion cavalry to escort. Moreover, Mistress' army has not arrived in Guchang yet, Liu Ren will definitely We’ve brought someone to pick you up, so you don’t have to worry.”
Once you get to Gu Chang, it's your family's territory, so you don't have to worry about it. Maybe the young master will bring people to greet him if he gets the news.
Cui Shizi didn't understand what his lord was thinking.
Zhou Xu sat opposite Cui Shizi, picked up the clean tea cup next to him, poured himself a cup of tea, and said after a while: "I know."
Zhou Xu took a sip of tea and chewed the tea leaves directly. He just felt a little uncomfortable.
In fact, the reasons mentioned by the madam are very good. She has followed him out for several months. Now that the war has calmed down, it is understandable that she wants to go back and see Qingxue. Zhou Xu knows that Qingxue has always been the top priority in the madam's heart.
Moreover, on the eve of the expedition, he had already made his wife unhappy, and there was almost a gap between the two of them, but they managed to overcome it along the way.
Cui Shizi saw that his lord had drank the tea instead of wine, so he made another suggestion: "If you don't want your mistress to leave first, just discuss with her to delay the return trip together."
"Since Madam said it, it means she has this plan. If I brush her off." Zhou Xu shook his head after thinking about it: "Not good."
She is his wife. Even if it is just a common word, the people below must treat it with caution. Now that the wife has said it, it is inappropriate for him to refute it again. The main reason is that Zhou Xu feels that he will not agree this time. Madam is afraid that she will be angry, but she is not the kind who can't be coaxed.
Madam always paid special attention to matters involving Qingxue, and he had to treat her with caution.
"Besides, Jin Ben and the others haven't come back yet. I'll have a banquet with all the soldiers when I return to Yi. It will take some time to deal with post-war matters. Madam definitely doesn't want to wait." Zhou Xu added, Madam loves her daughter so much that she seems to be returning home. arrow.
Cui Shizi lowered his head and played chess with his pieces in hand, enjoying himself while playing chess. Hearing this, he said without raising his head: "You are hesitating."
Zhou Xu touched his nose and sighed.
He was indeed hesitant.
Cui Shizi paused for a while and raised his head: "My mistress is staying in Huiyi. You are worried that my mistress will be angry with you."
"If you ask your mistress to leave early, you won't be able to join her."
After Cui Shizi said this, he felt that love was really a wonderful thing. Who would have thought that today's Youzhou Jiedushi would have such a long-lasting love between his son and his daughter.
Zhou Xu rubbed his face fiercely, and finally said: "It's still as Madam wants."
Cui Shizi smiled and said, "Are you so afraid of your mistress being angry?"
Zhou Xu listened and said seriously: "Wen Ruo, you are not married yet and you don't understand what happens after marriage."
"There is nothing to be afraid of between husband and wife. My wife and I have always been in love. Don't say the word fear again."
Cui Shizi nodded: "I understand, you are henpecked."
Zhou Xu: "..."
It was rare for Cui Shizi to see his mistress depressed, so he curiously asked: "Is it scary for mistress when she is angry?"
Although he is the confidant of the lord, he is still a man after all, and it is not good for him to get too close to his mistress. But in his opinion, her mistress is a person who makes people feel like spring breeze when getting along with her.
Cui Shizi couldn't imagine what it would be like for such a gentle mistress to be angry, and how she could control the always domineering lord.
Zhou Xu glanced at Cui Shizi, who was watching the excitement and didn't take it too seriously: "Madam, even if she is angry, she is as beautiful as a flower."
Cui Shizi thought of his mistress's gorgeous face in Youzhou, and nodded in agreement: "My lord is absolutely right."
"Then you are still afraid of the mistress?"
Zhou Xu said: "It's not that I'm afraid."
He thought for a while and said again.
"is love."
Chapter 101
Dongxue quickly packed her things. The temperature when she went back this time was not as good as when she came here.
Charcoal basin, hand stove, cloak, fox fur, cotton clothes, leather boots, ear hats and other things needed on the road, bits and pieces, after a while she packed out a box, she wanted to take the main All aspects of her mother's food, clothing, housing and transportation were taken into consideration. When she came back from her lord, she informed the guests and asked them to be prepared. If there was anything missing, it would be quickly filled.
The whole small team quickly started to move. Even Zheng Yuxin, who often followed the mistress, was also busy, and he also took Master He Jin with him. The Kunlun slaves, dwarfs and swordsmen in the team rarely appeared in front of the mistress, but they did. When the mistress learned that the old hunchback, that is, Mr. Yin, was also going with them, she told her to take more care of Mr. Yin, and if he had anything he needed, she could help him buy it.
When Dongxue told the old hunchback, the old hunchback with a deformed and huge left hand was stunned for a moment, and then wiped his clothes with his hands. His gapped front teeth came out with a smile, and he spoke in Youzhou Beidi dialect, which made Dongxue Xue thanked the mistress for her concern on his behalf.
From Dong Xue's point of view, that old hunchback was really lucky. She rarely came to the mistress's presence. She often squatted alone under the military banner and drank Beidi's roasted knife. After a few sips, she would sing a few lines. Xiao Tiao, so drunk that he stooped back to the house.
The lieutenant generals in the army also had some respect for the old hunchback because he had gone out with the army to raise the banner. Occasionally, a few cavalrymen would throw half a roast chicken to him as a toothpaste. During the jokes, the old hunchback's popularity gradually improved. , among the diners, he was the one closest to the cavalry.
When Dongxue passed the Jiaofeng Hall, he saw the mistress sitting on the couch sewing a white fox scarf. There were also completed gloves, socks and other items in the small box beside her. The mistress said they were gloves. In their northern land, Dongxue It is more customary to call it a muff or a hand coat, but the functions are similar. The title of mistress seems more appropriate.
They are made of fine fur, and there is a layer of warm silk floss inside the gloves. It can be said that all the motherly love is packed inside.
