Step on a branch

Chapter 21 Roseguard
Loyalty to Bo Weng's family.

When the first emperor raised his army, some like the Qin family and the Lin family immediately responded and supported, and some held some military power, guarded their own one-acre three-point land, and waited and watched for several years.

The Weng family is the latter.

Although they are latecomers, since the Weng family made up their minds, they have moved forward with courage and made many military exploits.

The first emperor established the dynasty, the Weng family was made uncle, and one daughter became the royal daughter-in-law.

This woman is the current concubine Shun, and also the mother and concubine of the second prince.

For a moment, Lin Fan didn't understand why Qin Luan asked this question, but in the next moment, he remembered.

Qin Luan has a marriage contract with His Highness the Second Highness.

The royal family has not formally appointed him, but the emperor has said well that the Marquis of Yongning also agreed back then, and the marriage is a certainty.

"Miss Qin asked that," Lin Fan said, "It's not so much Uncle Zhongqin's residence, but rather, I want to know about His Highness the Second Highness?"

Qin Luan nodded: "I think the Duke may know more."

Lin Fan understood.

Marriage matters, parents' order, the girl's family can't decide, she can only accept it, but she also wants to know more about the man.

This is human nature.

If Qin Luan asked his grandfather, father and brother, the answer he got was basically what the Second Highness showed in front of his courtiers.

The truth is all the truth, but it is not what the woman wants to know.

When a woman gets married, she is not to be a monarch and a minister, but to live a life.

On his side, because of his position, it is indeed easy to have more information that others do not know.

Lin Fan carefully chose his words: "Second Highness and Uncle Zhongqin's house are really close, they are about the same age, and they are cousins. His Highness is generous to people he knows well, and has a direct temperament..."

All of a sudden, Qin Luan laughed out loud: "I can tell that the Grand Duke is not good at flattery, and the Second Highness really has nothing to praise, so it's hard for you to praise."

The praise failed, Lin Fanlue pondered for a while, and gave an objective evaluation: "The civil and military homework, the Second Highness is indeed outstanding, but he is a prince, and he didn't make a living by it. Besides, it is difficult to praise, if you want to demote, In fact, there is no way to demote, not to mention, brothers are brothers, ministers are ministers, and wives are wives."

After hearing this, Qin Luan couldn't help laughing again.

"You don't need to be so embarrassing, Lord Guo." Qin Luan stopped smiling and looked serious, "I only want to hear bad things about His Highness the Second Highness."

Lin Fan couldn't help being surprised, but Qin Luan's expression was very serious, not like nonsense.

"Miss Qin," Lin Fan said cautiously, "The so-called bad words refer to..."

Qin Luan was extremely straightforward: "It's enough for me to retire."

As soon as the words fell, a trace of surprise flashed in Lin Fan's eyes.

He settled down.

Compared to Qin Luan's calmness and earnestness, Qian'er exclaimed and quickly covered her mouth. Obviously, even Qin Luan's maid didn't know that she had such an idea.

"Miss Qin is really unexpected." Lin Fan looked around and said, "No wonder she chose Xisi Hutong."

Only in Xisi Hutong at night, where even mice are reluctant to come, do you not have to worry about leaking news.

Qin Luan said: "I've made up my mind, I think there will be some tricks that the Second Highness can't see in the hands of Grandpa Guo, right?"

Lin Fan didn't admit it, and of course, he didn't deny it either.

He has a lot of information in his hands on this errand, and he has a certain degree of autonomy in how much and how to check each item, but he must also consider the emperor.

At least, he won't directly make life difficult for the princes.

"It's such a big deal," Lin Fan's speech slowed down again, "Miss Qin just told me so directly?"

Qin Luan nodded, and said: "Since I have something to ask from the Duke, I naturally won't come to those false ones. Besides, my little tricks may not be able to hide it from you. It's better to be open and honest and show my sincerity."

"Sincerity?" Lin Fan thought, and it really was full of sincerity.

That's fine, we need each other to do things well.

The night wind was heavy.

It is sheltered from the wind here, except for the coolness, it will not blow directly.

The moonlight was covered by the clouds again, so faint that it was almost invisible.

Rao knew that no one else would appear in Xisi Hutong at this moment, out of habit, Lin Fan still held his breath and carefully discerned the surrounding situation.

There was nothing but the rustling of the wind and the swaying leaves.

Lin Fan looked at Qin Luan again and asked, "Miss Qin, have you heard of the 'Guiwei'? The 'Guiwei' of Princess Pingyang."

Hearing this question, Qin Luan almost had a bottom line in his mind.

On the surface, the topic changed from the second prince's handling to the completely irrelevant Guiwei, but in fact, it was Ding Guogong's willingness to contribute.

If Lin Fan didn't want to get involved, he could simply refuse, there was no need to change the subject.

After all, the relationship between her and Lin Fan is really not something that can be talked about at night in a place like Xisi Hutong.

There is no such need.

Just like doing business, if you sincerely want to make it, it is at most a bargain.

Qin Luan nodded: "I heard it when I was young."

"Lingtang and Mrs. Zhongyi Bo Shizi are all from Guiwei." Lin Fan paused, and then said, "They are all in the same robe as my mother and aunt."

Qin Luan asked: "Why did the Duke mention Guiwei? As far as I know, almost no one will mention it now, and Guiwei doesn't exist anymore."

"Yes, Guiwei is gone," Lin Fan said slowly, "The last one is my aunt, and going forward, it should be Mrs. Shizi."

Although Qin Luan didn't know Lin Fan's intention, since the other party wanted to talk about Guiwei in detail, there must be a reason.

"My mother left early, and I have heard many of her old stories from Aunt Lan."

Guiwei comes from the name of Princess Pingyang, Zhao Gui.

In the last years of the former dynasty, there were a lot of wars, and it was not only the first emperor who raised an army. At the most "lively" time, the heroes divided the regime.

The warlords are hostile to each other and contain each other. There are also many grassroots bandits, and the people's life is very hard.

Men are fighting and fighting, and women and children are not idle. If you want to survive in troubled times, you must have ability and luck.

As the daughter of Zhao Hui, Zhao Gui has outstanding martial arts and courage, and gathers a group of little sisters to practice every day.

At first, no one paid attention to these children whose oldest was only fourteen or five years old, and the youngest was only four or five years old, but the adults were too busy to take care of them, so they acquiesced.

No matter what, it's always right to practice some self-defense skills. Besides, adults don't have to worry about the big ones taking care of the young ones.

Especially, when Zhao Hui returned from withdrawing his troops, he praised them a few times when he saw their appearance, which made Zhao Gui more confident.

The composition of Guiwei has also grown from Wu family girls like Lin Zhi and Xu Jin, who had fathers and brothers fighting under the Zhao family, to ladies from civil official families, and then to children from ordinary people's families.

Finally, when the enemy attacked the garrison city while the army was leaving and the defense was insufficient, the girl soldiers showed their momentum, and together with a small number of defenders, old people and women in the city, they insisted on defending until the army came back to rescue them.

Zhao Hui praised his daughter and her escort girls to the sky.

Zhao Gui had his own flag, and wrote the word "Gui".

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