On this day, after receiving Zhong Duoduo, the girl first snorted at Xiao Yuan, and then she didn't regard herself as an outsider at all. She directly passed Xiao Yuan and entered the prefect's mansion easily.
Xiao Yuan shook his head in a funny way and let her go. Then he turned to Liang Yuan and said, "Brother Zhong has already told me about the defeat of Chen in his letter, but I'm a little worried."
"Hey, this is the emperor's decree. My young master cannot resist it." Liang Yuan also sighed.
This matter has become a foregone conclusion. Zhong Bai is about to send troops. Even if Xiao Yuan wants to stop it, it is impossible and useless.
He was worried in his heart, and wanted to invite Liang Yuan to come into the house to talk, but the latter quickly said: "General Xiao, you are polite, but the young master's troops and horses have been prepared, and I have to rush back here. It is really inconvenient to stay for a long time. I hope you’ll forgive me.”
"Okay." He said this, and Xiao Yuan couldn't help but force him to stay.
Liang Yuan added: "But as for the young lady, I still hope that General Xiao will take care of the young master on your behalf. The young master is worried."
"I will, tell Brother Zhong for me and ask him to rest assured." Xiao Yuan said seriously.
"Okay, General Xiao, I'll take my leave then." Liang Yuan bowed his hands and bowed deeply.
Xiao Yuan returned the gift, watched him mount his horse and leave, then turned around and returned to the prefect's mansion.
In the house, Zhong Duoduo went directly to the room where she came last time and was putting some of her clothes away.
Beside the bed, she folded her clothes neatly. On them, there were some dresses, white and pink bellybands and other women's items.
At this moment, Xiao Yuan barged in, and Zhong Duoduo immediately panicked. She was holding a bellyband in her hand, which she quickly hid behind her, and shouted with a red face: "You, you, you! Why don't you? Knock on the door!”
"Your door is not closed." Xiao Yuan didn't see anything, and he didn't know that she was cleaning up inside. However, seeing her shameful and angry look, he understood a little bit, and turned around calmly, pretending to look at the room. Looked like this, and said at the same time:
"You are quite good at finding a room."
"Humph!" Seeing that his back was turned, Zhong Duoduo hurriedly hid her bellyband.
Xiao Yuan put his hands behind his back and asked again: "What do you want to eat for lunch?"
"I want to eat fish! A big one!" Her voice was sweet and melodious, and she was making gestures, not to mention how cute she was.
"Yes, yes, eat fish, eat fish." Xiao Yuan felt funny, shook his head, and said seriously:
"But this time, we have to make an agreement."
"What do you mean?" Zhong Duoduo was confused.
Xiao Yuandao: "First, you can go out and play if you want, but you can't sneak out of the house alone. You have to say hello to me first."
"Why!" Zhong Duoduo suddenly became unhappy.
"I have to ensure your safety." Xiao Yuan said concisely.
Zhong Duoduo looked aggrieved.
Xiao Yuan ignored it.
Finally, she got discouraged: "What about second place?"
"No snakes are allowed, you can't act recklessly," Xiao Yuandao said.
"Humph!" At the mention of this, Zhong Duoduo's face turned red again, as if she felt a little embarrassed. She quickly asked: "What about the third one?"
"That's all for the time being." Xiao Yuan said, and then added: "With your brother gone, the Qinzhou Prefect's Mansion is your home for the time being. Whatever you want, you can tell the servants."
"I also want to make a three-part agreement with you." Unexpectedly, Zhong Duoduo said the other way around.
"Oh?" Xiao Yuan was amused by her and said with great interest: "Tell me about it."
"First, don't bully me!" Zhong Duoduo shouted.
"When did I bully you?" Xiao Yuan suddenly felt wronged.
Zhong Duoduo ignored it and continued: "Second, you are not allowed to break into other people's rooms without knocking!"
At this point, she blushed a little.
Xiao Yuan was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "Okay, okay, it's my fault this time, it's me who is rude."
"Hmph, that's more like it." Zhong Duoduo muttered, and then said: "Thirdly, if I want to go out for fun, you can't stop me after I tell you."
"This..." Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment: "This matter depends on the situation."
"Why is this like this! What you said just now is fine!" Zhong Duoduo suddenly became anxious and shouted: "You want to put me under house arrest again!"
"What kind of house arrest? The words are ugly." Xiao Yuan said with a straight face: "It's okay to go out to play, but not too often. Qinzhou is very scary! There are tigers! There are also vicious wolves!"
"you're lying!"
"Haha——" Xiao Yuan smiled heartily, turned around and left.
"Ms. Zhong." At this time, a maid came in. After giving her a courtesy, she began to tidy up the room.
After Zhong Duoduo finished getting her clothes done, she also started to wander around the house.
She was jumping up and down, lively and cute. Wherever she passed, the servants and guards greeted her with greetings, because they were all familiar with her after what happened last time.
Not far away, two maids gathered together, looking at Zhong Duoduo's figure, and smiled secretly: "Hehe, that Miss Zhong is here again. It seems that the master is going to slap her forehead again..."
A few days later, Gu Xue arrived in Qinzhou. Since she didn't reply to Xiao Yuan's letter, the latter didn't know when she came.
The gate of the prefect's mansion.
There were guards guarding the left and right, several carriages stopped, and Gu Tong and Gu Xue got out.
But at this time, a guard shouted sternly: "This is the prefect's mansion! The carriage is not allowed to stop! Leave quickly!"
"Hey? You said this guard, do you know who I am!" Old Man Gu suddenly became anxious and wanted to have a good argument with the guard.
"Oh, dad." Gu Xue rolled her eyes at him. After asking someone to drive the carriage away, she smiled slightly and said, "Please inform me that someone is coming from Jiangzhou."
"Is there someone from Jiangzhou?" The guard raised his eyebrows, looking suspicious at first, but soon he came to his senses: "Ah? Yes, my lord has already told me to ask the girl to wait a moment, I will go right away. Report.”
"Thank you." Gu Xue said in a sensible manner.
Inside the mansion.
Xiao Yuan was sitting on the stone bench in the garden, holding Gu Xue's jade pendant in his hand and looking at it in concentration. He missed her very much.
A gust of fragrant wind came, and knowing it was Zhong Duoduo, Xiao Yuan didn't pay much attention. After regaining consciousness, he put away the jade pendant.
But Zhong Duoduo took the lead and snatched it away.
"You!" This is because Xiao Yuan was completely unprepared for her.
Zhong Duoduo took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, then tilted her head to look at Xiao Yuan, and said thoughtfully: "This jade pendant does not look like it is worn by a man, but looks like something close to a woman's body..."
"Don't make trouble." Xiao Yuan reached out and took the jade pendant.
"Tch! Cheapskate." Zhong Duoduo muttered.
At this moment, the guard also walked over in a hurry, bent down and clasped his fists, saying: "Sir, we are here from Jiangzhou."
"Oh?" Xiao Yuan was shocked and hurriedly went out to greet him without saying a word.
Seeing how nervous he was, Zhong Duoduo was stunned for a moment, and then followed him curiously.
Soon he arrived at the gate of the mansion and saw Gu Xue. Xiao Yuan was overjoyed and stepped forward quickly, but before he could speak, two female voices sounded at the same time:
"who is she!"
"who is she!"
ABC
