Brother Wanfu

Chapter 37 Come back late
Like a real honored guest, Qin Tian stepped into the Shen's other courtyard with both feet, and like the wind, the entire Shen's other courtyard moved with her.

Nanny Pang had someone tidy up the octagonal pavilion with the best scenery in the other courtyard, and specially moved the most beautiful flowers in the four pots of the courtyard, and asked Shen Xiao's big maid, Bu Yu, to make tea, and brought some pots of fruit by herself. , and asked Qin Tian.

"We haven't had any guests in this courtyard for a long time. It's really rude and neglectful. If there is anything you want to eat, drink and play, you can just tell the old servant."

Qin Tian was overwhelmed by the wave of her old man's enthusiasm, and was about to be overwhelmed.

She didn't bother to say anything, and sat next to Shen Xiao, "I'll just talk to A Xiao."

Shen Xiao: "."

When did she tell this Miss Qin her baby name?

But Nanny Pang was even happier, and said hello again and again, and then she greeted everyone to retreat from the Bajiao Pavilion, leaving only Buyu to guard under the rockery.

There was no one on the left or right, Shen Xiao's stubborn expression inevitably dropped a little.

Qin Tian asked straight, "Are you injured again? You didn't go to school today, is it because the injury is too serious?"

She guessed it all.

Shen Xiao is silent.

Qin Tian couldn't help asking her.

"Why are you injured again? Your last injury hasn't healed yet."

She has chased here, and there is nothing Shen Xiao can't tell her.

"I changed to another place to practice at night, and last night I fell down a slope due to unfamiliar terrain, and I pulled my wound again."

Qin Tian couldn't believe it, Shen Xiao said in a low voice, "Don't tell Nanny Pang and them, I don't want my mother and sister-in-law to know."

"Of course I don't have to say it, but..." Qin Tian looked at her stubborn expression, "But it's not a long-term solution for you to waste your body and practice kung fu every night."

When Shen Xiao heard that the light in her eyes fell, she closed her eyes.

"But what else can I do? A few days ago, I received news that General Yue, one of the five tiger generals under my father's command, was first demoted to a small hundred households because he offended the head of the guard. He was also suspected of embezzling military pay and went directly to prison, and the military pay was found to have nothing to do with him before he was released, but he was severely tortured in prison and barely made it through."

The general who galloped on the battlefield in the past has indeed become a prisoner who is bullied by others.

Qin Tian saw Shen Xiao's eyes were red, and he clenched his fists.

"Uncle Yue was the first person to follow my father. He was the most patient and talkative. When I was young, I often took me to the stream to play and taught me to fish and catch shrimp. But my father and brothers are gone. Like Uncle Yue, there are others. Several generals and uncles were all scattered and lived in other people's camps, not only them, but which general of the Shen family army is not like this?! After all, I am unable to support the Shen family army!"

"Don't say that, it's not that you are incapable."

Qin Tian couldn't hear her saying that Shen Xiao was the only descendant of the Shen family, but she was a young girl.

Qin Tian looked at Shen Xiao in a daze.

The dynasty has not always been ruled by men.

Decades ago, there was an empress who ascended the throne as the emperor as the empress dowager.

She was also questioned when she first inherited the Datong, and everyone believed that a woman cannot be a king.

But the Empress Yuanxi made great efforts to govern and protect the country and the people. Emperor Yuanxi ascended the throne for five years, the government and the people were peaceful, and the world was peaceful for ten years. The doubts gradually dissipated.

It's just that such a mighty queen died young, and the number of female generals and officials supported by her during her reign gradually decreased after her death, until they disappeared.

Qin Tian's eyes showed regret, Shen Xiao guessed what she was thinking, but sneered.

"It's not just because I'm young, because I'm a woman, but also because that saint in the palace has always suspected my father and brother, and the entire Shen family army, who belonged to the former prince's party!"

She sneered as she spoke.

"Because he suspected, but couldn't produce any evidence. When he first came to the throne, he couldn't do anything to the Shen family's army. But after his father died, he sent my elder brother to lead a small number of soldiers into the enemy camp. My elder brother left. Time already had a premonition that it would be difficult to retreat completely, but he still went, and really, really stayed in the desert wilderness, never coming back again."

At that time, Shen Xiao's sister-in-law was just pregnant.

At that time, Shen Xiao was only ten years old.

But today's Shen Xiao is no longer the age she was then.

She said, "I can't slacken my efforts. If I still have a chance, I must not miss it! I don't have the cost of trial and error. I must not stop. Even if it is not for the Shen family's name, at least I will save my father and brother." Those comrades in dire straits!"

However, Shen Xiao's mother was only afraid that her daughter would walk the same road in Huashan since ancient times, with wind and frost blowing her face, and thorns everywhere, even this daughter would leave her.

The posthumous child born to Shen Xiao's sister-in-law in October was also a girl.

In the eyes of the world, under the current emperor's rule, the Shen family's hope of leading the Shen family's army is almost slim.

They all recognized it, and felt that it was difficult enough to keep the remaining orphans and widows of the Shen family alive, and they really couldn't find more.

But Shen Xiao was not reconciled.

She looked at Qin Tian, ​​"I'm not reconciled! Even if I spend my entire life, I won't be able to lead the Shen family's army again, but at least I'll do my best in this life, instead of idly living."

The clouds fell to the side of the mountain, and the fiery red sunset reflected the clouds into a bright red color, floating in the sky, as if someone's red shirt was flying in the wind.

Qin Tian shook Shen Xiao's hand, feeling the rough calluses on her fingertips.

"You are afraid that Ling Ci will be worried, so you practice secretly every night, and you have to go to the academy to attend classes during the day, but your body is also made of flesh and blood, not a body of steel, how can you bear it? If you want to practice martial arts safely, why don't you tell me?" The mountain has grown."

"Tell the head of the mountain?" Shen Xiao didn't think about it at all, "But the head of the mountain also knows that my mother wants me to come here to study."

Replace the sword in her hand with poetry and books.

Qin Tian shook his head.

"Whether it's the head of the mountain or Mr. Mo Shan, they all take good care of you. In fact, it's not just because of Ling Ci, but also because of your father, brother Ling, and the entire Shen family army. Now you are willing to live up to the glory of the Shen family in the past and polish yourself to wait." Chance, why didn't the head of the mountain give you a helping hand?"

These words made Shen Xiao silent for a while.

Qin Tian let her think about it, sat quietly in the octagonal pavilion, picked up the fruit snacks recommended by Nanny Pang enthusiastically, and ate some.

It was a glutinous rice ball wrapped in sweet bean paste, Qin Tian squinted his eyes when he ate it.

After she ate two in a row, Shen Xiao finally figured it out.

Qin Tian's hand to get the third glutinous rice ball paused when he heard Shen Xiao say.

"I think what you said is reasonable. There are some things that I haven't thought about. Tomorrow, I will go to Xunshan Changhaosheng to talk about it."

Qin Tian nodded again and again, "Yes, as long as you make it clear, I think the head of the mountain will probably agree. However, is it really okay to practice in the mountains and wild fields you are looking for?"

Looking down from the Bajiao Pavilion, all the people in the Shen family's other courtyard were sent by Shen Xiao's mother and sister-in-law to take care of Shen Xiao. The only one who could be completely loyal to her was the maid Bu Yu.

But what Bu Yu can do alone is very limited, and it is extremely difficult to take good care of Shen Xiao's body.

As for the place to practice, Shen Xiao can only find a mountain not far away.

Shen Xiao can only say this, "If the head of the mountain can promise me that I don't have to go to the school during the day, if I can practice the kung fu during the day, then the mountain top and the edge of the cliff can be considered passable."

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

Qin Tian said, "I'll think about this for you too."

Shen Xiao:?
She looked at Qin Tian, ​​saw the girl's face was rosy, and her eyes were clear and firm, Shen Xiao inexplicably thought of when she first came to the academy.

So many people secretly talked about her background and gossiped about her, but she never cringed or wept secretly.

At that time, Shen Xiao thought, such a girl will definitely get better, and she will definitely be able to get out of the embarrassing situation.

really.

Shen Xiao looked at the bright smile on the face of the girl across from her, and her heavy thoughts lightened along with her.

Nanny Pang explained in the courtyard, and finally turned to the Bajiao Pavilion.

"Girl, Miss Qin, it's getting late now, this old slave has prepared the table, why don't you send it to the octagonal pavilion?"

Shen Xiao nodded, "It's just right."

But Qin Tian suddenly remembered something, "Oh, I forgot about my brother."

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The Qin family, Liefeng Shanfang.

The sunset is just right, and the wind still retains the warmth of the day.

Qin Shen was reading a book and sitting in the courtyard blowing the air.

It's just that after turning over half of the book, I looked up at the western sky and found that the sun was gradually setting.

As the sky darkened, Qin Shen glanced in the direction of the courtyard gate.

Fu Wen happened to come over, "What are your orders, Master?"

Qin Shen shook his head, turned on the lamp, and was still flipping through the book in his hand.

Fu Wen saw that the young master did not read the book with an extremely focused expression. At the beginning, it was normal to turn the pages, but at the end, the pages became difficult to turn, as if the pages were stuck with glue, and it took a long time to barely turn a page.

Fu Wen didn't understand, but saw the young master turned a few pages like this, and then glanced in the direction of the courtyard gate.

Following the son's gaze, Fu Wen also looked over.

But he saw no one, not even a bird flew past.

This made Fu Wen very suspicious.

He thought about it for a while, and realized it all at once.

He stepped forward, "Do you want to pass on the dinner for the young master?"

In the past few days, the girl came to eat with the son after school.

But when he mentioned it, the Young Master frowned slightly, "No hurry."

After saying that, Fu Wen saw that the young master put down his book and walked out.

Fu Wen hurriedly followed.

The Liefeng Mountain House occupies a large area, and the courtyards are not close to each other, but the young master walked to the vicinity of Guoyuting.

Just at this time, the old steward Qin Zhou came out from Yuting, ordered the servant girl to bring all the things, and came towards the direction of Kuoshan Hall, and saw Qin Shen when he looked up.

"Why did you come here? The old slave was going to talk to the young master, but the girl came back with a message, saying that she had dinner at the Shen family's other courtyard today, and asked the young master to have dinner and rest earlier."

Qin Shen slightly raised his eyebrows, "That's it."

Today, the food in Kuoshan Hall was placed in the hall, and Lian Zhou brought the food and asked about it. "My lord, do you want a servant cloth dish?"

Qin Shen shook his head.

Lian Zhou filled a bowl of porridge and retreated to the side. Seeing that the young master lacked appetite today, he simply ate some food and let it go. He waved for people to leave.

After the meal, Fu Wen asked Fu Wen to take out the map and stood by the desk to look at it for a while.

Somehow in the room, between the tall and wide beams and columns, there is the atmosphere of the hunting wind mountain house in the past, as if it has never changed.

Lian Zhou and Fu Wen retreated outside the door, and they glanced at each other.

Fu Wen: "Have you noticed that the young master is a little...?"

He couldn't explain clearly, holding his sword in his hands and thinking.

Lian Zhou laughed, "Then you have to think hard about it."

"You know?" Fu Wen raised his eyebrows.

Before Lian Zhou could say anything, there were footsteps coming from far to near outside the courtyard. The footsteps were as light as flying swallows, and everyone knew whose footsteps it was.

Lian Zhou turned around and said in the same room, "My lord, the girl is here."

Fu Wen heard some young masters who couldn't tell what happened today, and his voice returned to normal in an instant.

The whole Kuoshan Hall became brighter.

"Please come in, girl."

When the voice fell to the ground, Qin Tian had just reached the door.

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