In the inner square in the north of Zhangye City, east of the "concentric circles", stands a majestic and majestic huge house. In front of this huge mansion with a circumference like a small city, even a corner door is more than twice the size of an ordinary door. . Looking out from the high wall, you can see countless roof ridges stacked on top of each other, undulating like waves. On the lintel of the main entrance archway of the high-walled courtyard, the two characters "Yang Mansion" are written clearly.
Zhangye Yang Mansion was built by Dugu Min when he learned that his son would take up a post here, so he hired a large number of manpower to "work overtime." The turrets, valves and yue are still not completed. But what Yang Ji sees now is the result of brand-new decoration. There are countless carved beams and painted pillars, green tiles and green eaves, which can be said to be the most luxurious thing.
The arrival of Yang Ji and his wife made the whole family feel happy, as if celebrating the New Year.
For the family members who stayed at home, Xiao Ying, who went home first, gave everyone an extra month's salary in the afternoon as a New Year's gift. To the children of the servants, she also distributed some 'toys' and books brought from Daxing according to their age.
These things were not worth a few dollars, but they were brought by Xiao Ying from Daxing, thousands of miles away, expressing her most sincere care and expectations for the descendants of her servants. This move naturally made the whole family deeply moved and grateful.
As soon as they saw their Alang coming back in the night, everyone in the house came forward to say a few auspicious words and wish Alang a happy old age.
Yang Ji also greeted and answered one by one with a smile. After finally getting rid of these free-spirited servants, guards, and maids, Yang Ji returned to the back house and had dinner with Xiao Ying, and then walked with her in the back garden. lock up.
Xiao Ying walked all the way, and then comforted and greeted the family one by one. At this time, she relaxed and was really tired. Soon she started to yawn. During this period, Yang Ji also learned that Liu Rumei was suffering from the cold, so she did not eat together. , and will stay in the West Courtyard tonight.
Yang Ji was deeply worried after hearing this. People who studied martial arts like them were much stronger than ordinary people and generally would not get sick. However, if they did get sick, it would be more serious and difficult to recover than ordinary people. He was a little worried, so he Let Xiao Ying go back to the master bedroom to rest first, and then turned to Liu Rumei's residence.
Liu Rumei had a courtyard located to the west of the main courtyard in Prince Wei's Mansion in Beijing and Yang Ji's back house in Zhangye. However, Yang Ji and his two wives often used to rub elbows and make love to each other, and Xiao Ying thought the main courtyard was empty and deserted, so Liu Rumei basically didn't. Lived in her courtyard.
Later, Pei Shuying moved away from home and stayed at the palace. Xiao Ying and she were both well-educated, good at calligraphy and painting, and proficient in music. After several encounters, they felt that they cherished each other and hated each other for having met so late. In order to facilitate discussion, Xiao Ying lent Pei Shuying the west courtyard of the palace's back house to live in. If Yang Ji did not expect, Pei Shuying would still live in the west courtyard when she arrived in Zhangye.
The environment of the west courtyard is elegant, and the building complex is also facing south. To the north is the master's bedroom. There are a row of houses on the left and right sides of the lower part. From a etiquette and theoretical point of view, the left side is for Liu Rumei's female relatives, and the right side is for her maids. , but Liu Rumei regards herself as a maid, and she is still alone, without even a girl to call her. Therefore, from etiquette and logic, Pei Shuying, who lives here, should live on the left side.
In view of this, Yang Ji was not afraid of entering Pei Shuying's residence by mistake. He walked through the yard, opened the master bedroom door, went straight to the second floor, and said, "Rumei, I'm here to see you!"
This building is a three-story structure with three rooms. There is a complete room in the middle of the second floor. The outer hall and the inner room are divided into two parts with a library shelf and a picture screen. There is no wall in the middle, so the person behind the screen sounds like Yang The sound of footsteps going upstairs and walking down the corridor was extremely clear.
On the couch, Pei Shuying took off her outer clothes and middle coat, and lay on the couch in only her underwear and underwear. The thin and soft underwear clung to her body. Liu Rumei had just used a white folded cloth to spank one of her white thighs. He tied a beautiful knot and was shocked when he suddenly heard Yang Ji's voice.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, Liu Rumei had no time to think carefully and hurriedly whispered: "Ms. Pei, move inside quickly!"
As she spoke, she anxiously pushed all the messy things into the bed. Immediately, she hurriedly fell on the bed, and with a swish, she pulled the quilt over and covered her two graceful and charming bodies.
By the time she finished her work, Yang Ji had already walked around the screen, looking everywhere and keeping his eyes fixed.
The candles burning on the bronze lamp tree reflected the bright light in the room. Liu Rumei was already lying on the couch, with a lazy and attractive posture. A lock of shiny black hair hung slightly in front of her forehead, and her shoulders were half exposed, so charming.
She looked at Yang Ji who was rushing in, and asked first: "It's so late, why did the young master come here?"
"Is it late? It's still very early!" Yang Ji looked out the window doubtfully. However, Zhangye was very cold in spring and the weather was still cold. The windows were closed tightly, so he couldn't see anything outside. However, all the big lights in the house were on, and the bright lights copied the swaying trees in front of the windows onto the window paper, making it look particularly quiet.
But there were so many lights in the house, so it was not like "it was so late" as Liu Rumei said. He thought for a while and suddenly said: "Maybe you caught the wind and cold and your head was dizzy, so you forgot the time." .”
"That should be the case! Master, come here, do you have something to tell me?" Liu Rumei asked, while quietly retracting the exposed snow foot into the quilt.
Yang Ji couldn't help but laugh: "I've seen and kissed every inch of your body, why are you afraid that I'll see you?"
There was also Pei Shuying lying inside Liu Rumei, listening furtively, so Yang Ji's usually sweet and intimate words to Liu Rumei made her face feel hot with embarrassment, and she was afraid that Yang Ji would say something ugly again, so she quickly changed the subject. He said: "Young master, if you have anything to do, just tell me! I'm so dizzy that I'm about to fall asleep." He even deliberately yawned as he spoke.
Pei Shuying was half lying on the bed, half lying on the bed. She turned over in a hurry and lay in a large shape behind Liu Rumei, not daring to move. After listening to the conversation between the two, Pei Shuying felt hot all over and almost laughed out loud. However, she only had a small pair of obscene clothes on her upper body and a pair of small obscene pants on her lower body, with her breasts, buttocks and legs exposed. Undoubtedly, it was even more tempting than being naked, so even if I wanted to laugh, I could only hold back.
"I came here because Aying heard that you had caught the cold. I was worried, so I came to take a look. There is another thing I want to discuss with you!" Yang Ji said and sat down by the couch.
Liu Rumei usually didn't care how Yang Ji sat, slept, or hugged her. She even wanted to lie in her husband's arms all the time, but Yang Ji's current behavior frightened Liu Rumei. Fortunately, this big bed is a canopy bed with a moon-hole door cover similar to that of a small house. It also has railings, bedposts, dental panels, four legs and an upper lintel with carved patterns. In addition, this bed is against the wall on one side and has curtains on three sides... …These, combined with the unclear lighting, were able to hide Pei Shuying, who did not dare to move at all.
Yang Ji didn't know how nervous Liu Rumei was, so he stretched out his hand and tried Liu Rumei's forehead. He felt a little hot, but not too serious. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, and then talked about the business: "Rumei, is Pingyun following you?" Do you study illusion and disguise?"
Illusion and disguise were low-level acrobatics in the Sui Dynasty. They were skills that some families had made a living for generations. However, when Liu Rumei was in Yang Su's house, she learned the acrobatics from those acrobatic masters to do great things. Although Zhang Chuchen also I have learned and understood some principles, but maybe it is a matter of talent. Only Liu Rumei can learn better than others.
When Dugu Pingyun was invading the Turks, Liu Rumei disguised himself as the lifelike Yang Ji, and ran from Guazhou to Zhangye with Li Jing to take charge. Although he was ineffective in the end, he has since then become a master of illusion and Yi. Rong Shu became very interested and even wanted to become Liu Rumei's teacher.
Liu Rumei was willing to teach him illusions, but she was Dugu Pingyun's cousin after all. How could she agree to accept Yang Ji's cousin as his apprentice? If so, wouldn't the seniority be completely messed up? However, Dugu Pingyun felt that there were differences between men and women. If he had been studying with Liu Rumei, he would have been afraid of causing any rumors, so he always wanted to learn from his master. Once he had the status of master and apprentice, he would save a lot of trouble.
One of the two people did not want to accept a disciple, and the other wanted to be one. They were in a stalemate for a while. Dugu Pingyun, who could not resist the charm of illusion and disguise, came to Yang Ji, hoping that Yang Ji would intercede for him.
"Yes!" Liu Rumei responded: "It is true."
"Pingyun strives to make progress, which is worthy of encouragement. It is not a long-term solution for you to be in a stalemate like this." Yang Ji gently held one of Liu Rumei's slender plain hands and said to her: "Since you can't become master and apprentice, why not You two are sworn brothers to Jinlan and become brothers and sisters."
"How can this be done?" Liu Rumei quickly declined.
In this era, Jinlan is not just talking about the sworn relationship. Once she and Dugu Pingyun become sworn brothers, Dugu Pingyun will really regard her as his own sister. In this way, she will have a relationship with her mother-in-law Dugu Min. With the relationship between aunt and nephew, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Dugu's family is Liu Rumei's natal family.
How could she, who was born a slave, achieve such great heights? How to reach high?
Yang Ji squeezed her hand in dissatisfaction and said angrily: "You are my concubine, why do you stand up for me? Why do you say that you climb high and climb low?"
Hearing this, Liu Rumei suddenly understood Yang Ji's good intentions. Yang Ji asked her to sworn sworn sworn brothers with Dugu Pingyun solely for her consideration.
Compared with her humble background, Xiao Ying has a strong natal family and is full of confidence. Although Xiao Ying is not a domineering and arrogant lady, and Yang Ji will not bully her, in the eyes of the house servants and maids, if a certain mistress does not have a If her natal family can support her, their attitude towards the mistress will be completely different. After all, she cannot expect that every employee will not be snobbish or utilitarian.
If she becomes Dugu Pingyun's sworn sister, it will be equivalent to having a strong backing. Although she cannot be qualified to be compared with Xiao Ying, and although she will not get any real benefits, the sworn sister of the Dugu family and the niece of the Queen Dowager Her name can not only shut up the servants in the palace, but also shut up those noble ladies who like to gossip when she participates in gatherings of ladies, and do not dare to make irresponsible remarks about her origin. This would save a lot of unnecessary trouble and humiliation for herself, Xiao Ying, and everyone in the Yang family.
Liu Rumei was so moved when she thought of this, a sweet smile appeared on her lips. She couldn't help but hold Yang Ji's hand, gently rubbed her cheek a few times, and said emotionally: "Well, then I'll do it." Got the master."
Yang Ji put his mind down and noticed how cute Liu Rumei looked huddled under the embroidered quilt. She only slightly exposed her shaved shoulders, delicate collarbones, and seductive deep ravines. She looked like a newly matured woman. The peach makes people realize how delicious her body is.
If Yang Ji is now an experienced stone gambler, then Liu Rumei, who is hidden in the brocade quilt, is the beautiful jade in the stone. A piece of pink skin is exposed on her chest, just like a piece of jade with a window cut open, revealing the crystal clear inside. green. It's heart-stopping to watch.
Facing her husband's burning gaze, how could Liu Rumei not know his evil thoughts? She suppressed the thought of staying, blushed and lowered her eyes and said: "I want to rest, the young master has worked hard all the way, go back and rest quickly!"
"Let's go." Although Yang Ji said this, his evil hand stroked down, from her face along her round shoulders, to her delicate back, and then narrowly all the way down... Liu Rumei's body Tightly stretched, like a fully-strung bow.
Pei Shu, who was hiding inside, was no less nervous than Liu Rumei. She watched Yang Ji's hand slide towards Liu Rumei's waist, and quickly retracted the small hand on Liu Rumei's waist. She was caught by Yang Ji in just a moment. Right.
"Master, please go back quickly." Liu Rumei couldn't bear it anymore and began to plead softly, hoping that her man would leave as soon as possible.
Yang Ji raised his hand like a gentleman and accurately grasped her calf through the quilt. Liu Rumei's calf immediately tensed up. Yang Ji said thiefly: "I won't eat you tonight. You Why are you so nervous? If you force me, I will have no choice but to agree."
Liu Rumei's eyes suddenly opened wide, revealing an extremely weird and shocked look, and her calf, which fell into Yang Ji's hands, began to tremble very frequently. The kind of trembling from the bottom of her bones could easily remind people of the love between husband and wife. , the feeling of a woman who is satisfied with him.
Yang Ji's heart skipped a beat and he said proudly: "Rumei, I thought your ears were your most sensitive place, but I didn't expect it to be your feet. Haha, I finally discovered it today. Maybe the soles of your feet are more sensitive, let's try it .”
When Liu Rumei heard this, she covered her face in despair.
Which of her feet were caught? It clearly belongs to Pei Shuying.
Seeing how nervous she was, Yang Ji let go of her leg and slid it down to her ankle, ready to play with the soft sole of her foot. But the owner of that leg finally couldn't help it anymore and pulled it back violently. However, Yang Ji felt "Liu Rumei's" calves were tensed, worried that she would dodge, so he held on tightly. At this time, his hand was suddenly pulled by the sole of his foot, and the quilt was immediately lifted.
What appeared in front of Yang Ji's eyes were four white feet. Seeing this, his butt bounced up as if there were springs on it. He angrily pulled off the quilt, and then he saw two bodies each. A beautiful and charming body.
Liu Rumei maintained the posture of lying on her side like a bow. Lying inside her was a young and thin woman. That woman was Pei Shuying. One of her legs was pressing on Liu Rumei, so it was Pei Shuying's leg that she was playing with just now, not Liu Rumei.
The quilt was pulled open by Yang Ji, and Liu Rumei and Pei Shuying seemed to have been stripped naked. They were both stunned and did not make any other move for a long time. After a long time, Liu Rumei reacted and snatched the quilt from Yang Ji's hand like lightning, and covered the two of them with a "swish".
Both girls' faces were very red. Liu Rumei was lucky. After all, she had been married to Yang Ji for a long time, and every inch of her skin had been seen and played with by him. Her shyness at this time was more due to the natural shyness of women. Pei Shuying was different. She buried her burning face behind Liu Rumei's shoulders and didn't even dare to raise her head.
She has never let a man touch her body, but today Yang Ji saw and touched such a private place. Although this is the man she likes, she is still a young girl after all. She is so embarrassed that she wants to sew it down in an orderly manner. Drill.
"Where are you kidding?" Yang Ji saw that the situation was not what he thought, and his anger immediately subsided. Just looking at the ambiguous appearance of the two women, he couldn't help but be confused. Liu Rumei actually had both men and women. Isn’t this habit a success? However, this thought only passed away in a flash, because he found that Pei Shuying's two white and tender thighs were each tied with a white bandage, and there were various bottles and cans on the bed, and even a pair of small scissors.
Liu Rumei explained nonchalantly: "Didn't we stay overnight at Xiedan Racecourse yesterday? Seeing that it was still early, Mrs. Pei went to learn to ride a horse. Unexpectedly, her legs were too tender and the skin was scratched. She still held on yesterday, She really couldn't bear it tonight, so she went over to ask me for medicine. When you came in, you were helping her apply medicine. You were in a hurry and had no time to hide, so I hid you inside. "
"Ms. Shuying, we also have a female doctor in our house. If you need to hire a doctor, there is no need to hide it, so as not to delay the injury." Yang Ji warned.
"Here!" Pei Shuying responded in a loud voice.
After the scene just now, Yang Ji felt a little embarrassed and couldn't stay in the room. After he left, he immediately called Jiang Yuanchen to the study and carefully arranged it, asking him to work hard to find evidence of the crimes of the six major Dunhuang families.
These six major families are mainly the Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, and Southern Chen royal families, and each of them has a big family. This weird existence makes Yang Ji always feel uneasy about them.
As far as he knew, after entering Dunhuang, the six major families mainly competed, but they did not lack cooperation. It was precisely because of their Dunhuang that the activity of building Buddha statues in the Mogao Grottoes flourished again. They worked together to excavate the Buddha statues in the past few years. There are tens of thousands of scriptures left in more than eighty caves. In addition, Buddhist meetings are held from time to time to discuss Buddhism with each other.
Although this kind of Buddhist association appears to be about like-minded people and competing for superiority, it is very similar to the poetry societies and poetry societies that began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The people who participated in the poetry societies never got together to recite poems, compose poems, and learn about Buddhism. Taking this as an opportunity, everyone can pool their strength to exert influence on the local area and expand their political demands. Even some local government actions such as disaster relief, building dams, setting up cultural and educational institutions, and collecting taxes required the response of local celebrities and gentry in order to proceed smoothly.
The same is obviously true for the Buddhist associations of the six major families in Dunhuang. Yang Ji believes that many of their cooperation may have been achieved in the so-called Buddhist Association. Moreover, the reason why these people successfully annexed small and medium-sized families like Hao Yuan was that in addition to the efforts of the former Guazhou governor He Ruohuaikuo, the Zhang family, Suo family and other families in Guazhou also contributed a lot.
As for Zhang Dinghuang, who came from the Zhang family, he was originally just a small county magistrate, but he suddenly came into the eyes of the imperial court and suddenly became the governor of Guazhou. Behind this, in addition to his own clan and friends adding fuel to the flames, the six major families were also taking advantage of it. Previous personal connections helped build momentum for Zhang Dinghuang in the capital.
Although there is no conclusive evidence in hand, Yang Ji believes that there must be a connection between the two. Now that Xiao Yu is ready to investigate Zhang Dinghuang, and since Yang Ji is not at ease with the six major families, he might as well drag them into this case. If he alone Relying on your own strength is not enough to obtain evidence. At worst, if you make full use of the power of the Liangzhou Prefectural Mufu, you can always find some clues of cooperation.
After explaining clearly, Yang Ji returned to the main courtyard of the back house.
Xiao Ying has not fallen asleep yet. She is covered in a snow-white fur, holding a handwritten book in her hand, and occasionally flipping through the book in her hand. The long eyelashes fluttered in the candlelight like a pair of butterfly wings.
Yang Ji stepped hard and asked, "Are you still waiting for me?"
Xiao Ying came in, put down his books and asked, "I thought Lang Jun was sleeping peacefully in the west courtyard. Why don't you rest?"
Yang Ji smiled: "She had someone to accompany her at night, so she sent me back."
"Who?" Xiao Ying asked curiously.
Yang Ji said casually: "Pei Shuying."
"Shuying is new here, maybe she is afraid of sleeping alone." Xiao Ying stood up and helped Yang Ji loosen his robe.
Yang Ji took off his coat and boots, rolled into the bed, and made room for Xiao Ying. Xiao Ying blew out most of the candles, leaving only one for lighting, and then got on the bed in the dim candlelight.
Yang Ji opened his arms, held his wife in his arms, smelled her faint body fragrance, and then told Liu Rumei and Dugu Pingyun that he wanted to make sworn vows. The purpose, intention and deep meaning behind the sworn vows were not concealed. Finally asked: "What do you think?"
"I have no objection, and I agree with Lang Jun's decision." Xiao Ying actually knew that Liu Rumei had a very low self-esteem. The reason for her low self-esteem was because of her slave origin. Even now, it has not changed. If it is just that, that's all. As long as Things will gradually change when you have children in the future. However, their sisters will inevitably attend some gatherings of noble ladies in the future, and as Yang Ji's head wife, she will definitely not be able to be with Liu Rumei all the time. If someone talks about Liu Rumei's life experience when the two are separated, she will be humiliated. Not just Liu Rumei, but the entire palace.
This is something Xiao Ying will never allow to happen, but as long as Liu Rumei's identity is not raised for a day, this kind of thing may happen, and the sworn sworn relationship mentioned by Yang Ji will undoubtedly solve this problem, so she has no intention of doing so. I agreed without hesitation.
She arched in her husband's arms, found a comfortable seat, and then stopped quietly and murmured: "My husband has a heavy official work, so leave this matter to me. I will write to Aniang tomorrow, please She communicated with her second uncle and tried to make Rumei his adopted daughter."
She bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, and finally said the words that had been in her heart for a long time: "Lang Jun, you saved Shuying's life. She clearly wanted to commit herself to you, otherwise she wouldn't have followed us. Zhang Ye. What do you think? We can't let her go on like this, right? "
Pei Shuying's thoughts were clearly visible to Zhang Chuchen, Murong Xianyue, Qiuyue, and Qiu Shui, who knew her origins. Xiao Ying did not believe that her husband was not aware of it at all.
Of course Yang Ji knew what Pei Shuying was thinking, but how could he tell his eldest wife about this kind of problem?
This is obviously a question, if he doesn't answer it well.
There is no guarantee that Xiao Ying will not be possessed by Princess Qin.
So it is best to remain silent at this time.
Xiao Ying did not let him go. She raised her head slightly, kissed her husband gently on the lips, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you ask me what I think?"
"What can I say?" Yang Ji said helplessly: "I want to say that I am in love with you and want to take her into my family, and you are unhappy. If I say that I don't feel or notice, you will say that I am hypocritical. You might as well tell me directly. It’s up to me what to do.”
Xiao Ying wrinkled her nose at him, kissed him on the cheek, then lay down again, and sighed: "Rumei and I are your wives. We both like her and are willing to accept her. Why are you so cold?" she?"
Yang Ji was silent for a while and said slowly: "I know what she is thinking, but his father Pei Ju is not only an important minister in the court, but also the leader of the Hedong gentry. After he became one of the Nine Prime Ministers, some Shandong gentry also moved closer to him. So in a sense, he is already the leader of the north. And I am the prince of the Sui Dynasty, the powerful shepherd of Liangzhou, and the son-in-law of the Xiao family. If I become the son-in-law of Pei Ju again, what will others say about me?"
He couldn't help but sigh and continued: "I, Yang Ji, not only hold a high and powerful position, but I am also wooing the northern and southern nobles behind my back."
Xiao Ying was stunned. The reason why she wanted to broker this matter was that she liked Pei Shuying, a like-minded person, and she wanted her husband to have strong support in the court. However, she did not consider the power that Pei Ju represented. Seeing the power brought about by the union of the two families, when she heard what her husband said, she couldn't help but fall silent.
After a while, she said again: "Mr. Lang is extremely worried! But Shuying did not hesitate to run away from home for you. It shows that Xiao Nizi has a very strong character. However, since you entered the house, you have avoided her and she has no idea how to cry secretly." So many times, if you send her back, something tragic might happen. Can you bear it?"
"That's alright!" Yang Jizhang sighed: "When I'm free, I'll have a good chat with her."
"It better be so."
