"Pit" you for three lives and three lives

Chapter 16

Although Cui Chen was arrogant, he didn't think he could defeat six with one.

With a long whistle, he had already summoned the entourage he had brought.

Although the Wang family's guards are brave, they are still not as good as the Cui family's private soldiers who came to Jiangbei with real swords and guns and barbarians.But after a moment of effort, it was disrupted.

Although the steer is steady, it will inevitably dodge when encountering this kind of battle.The car shook.

Ah Li had never met Cui Chen, and was thinking about it now.Hearing that Cui Chen had recruited someone, he couldn't understand more and more—if he deliberately lays an ambush, shouldn't he rush forward?
Could it be that the other party came here to rob on a whim?Could it be that this bullock cart looks like a fat sheep, making people feel greedy at the first sight?

But although this young man has the air of a gangster, he also has an air of nobility, and he doesn't look like a robber.

She is also well-informed.He didn't get flustered, he leaned over and told the coachman, "Ask his name."

She is quiet.However, the little girl's voice is crisp and clear, and it is also pleasant to hear, and it can be found in the chaos.Cui Chen himself had heard it.

He just wanted the registration number, and after thinking about it, he didn't make a fuss—the kid suddenly thought that he was on someone else's territory.It's better not to leave a name lightly.

He signaled his followers to stop.Ask Ah Li: "Little lady, what's your surname? Her name? How old is she?"

Ari: ...do you check your household registration? !
Ari opened the curtain and looked at the situation outside.Cui Chen had already rushed to the frame, and all the guards around her were suppressed and driven to the outside.

——Just for a while
She believed more and more in her heart that this was not a wild bandit in the mountains.I'm afraid it's someone's well-trained private soldiers.

Only when he wanted to tell the truth, met Cui Chen's not-so-kind gray eyes, he left seven points in his words, "...My name is Azhu, and my brother is Danyang County Captain."

The county lieutenant is naturally not a high-ranking official, but the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the local snake.Seeing that he was about to enter the boundary of Danyang County, Ari didn't believe him and didn't worry about three points.

But Cui Chen only rolled his eyes and smiled, and on the horse, folded his arms and leaned back slightly, saying, "Why don't I remember that I have a younger sister?"

Ari: T__T... As expected, it is wrong to lie, isn’t that just getting caught?
Her face turned red for a moment, and she almost wanted to hit her head to death.

Unexpectedly, the gentry in the north dealt with barbarians and bandits all the year round, and there were many intrigues and deceptions.Cui Chen is also a person who can subdue the hooligans into his own private soldiers, talking nonsense is easier than drinking soup.As soon as Ari's eyes flickered, he could see that she was lying.

Seeing Ahri's embarrassment now, he became more and more excited.He felt that this girl was like a rabbit, born with a look that people couldn't help being bullied.

After all, Dan Yang is from Zuo Jia's homesickness, and the county captain also has contacts with her family, so she naturally understands.So he pulled Ahri's arm and whispered, "He lied to you."

Ari: >皮<...I really want to bite him!
Cui Chen saw that she suddenly realized, so he laughed again, took the whip to lift up the car curtain, and said, "Will you tell me?"

Ari: ...Speaking of your sister!

"You don't believe me when I tell you." She knew that Cui Chen was testing her, so she naturally insisted on going to the end, so she said, "Your Excellency, you haven't passed on your name yet."

Cui Chen thought for a moment, "My name is Wutou."

Ah Li: Your sister, I am also called Zizania!

Cui Chen didn't say much either, and quickly stopped the horse.He just let go of the curtain with the whip in his hand, when Ari saw a claret horse rushing towards him like a flame.

Cui Chen returned to his horse to avoid it.

There was a "clang" sound from Ahri's ear, and the swords collided, and the clothes in front of his eyes flew away, and the two riders passed by in an instant.

Ahri came back to her senses, the bullock cart took a few steps, and the knight had already changed in front of her.

Xie Lian pulled the rein and stood in front of Ari.The boy on the horse is tall and straight, facing the sun, his back is tall and stable.For a moment, Ali felt an illusion.It was as if he was no longer a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, but a dependable adult.

Xie Lian and Cui Chen faced each other silently, looking at each other.

Although the Wang family's private soldiers were no match for the Cui family's private soldiers, delaying time was enough.If Xie Lian really wanted to make a move, the two of them would definitely face each other head-on.

They all saw that the other party had a lot of background, and they were all weighing each other's weight.

It was Xie Lian who made the first move.

He stabilized the reins, and the long knife in his hand was not in its sheath.He cupped his hands in salute, and said, "Chen Jun, Xie Lian. Who is your Excellency and why are you here?"

Cui Chen shook the handle of the knife.Just now in the confrontation, his arm was numb from the shock, and he was almost about to let go of the weapon.He was born brave, and he was not inferior to adults, and it was the first time he met his peers who were evenly matched.I have taken care of it.

The three words "Chen Junxie" are connected together like thunder.Although the Xie family is not considered a first-class family in the Central Plains, Grand Tutor Xie is a well-known official throughout the world, and even Cui Chen's grandfather respects him.

What's more, this is Jiangzuo.Wang Xie's territory.

Cui Chen did not evade, and returned the courtesy calmly, saying: "Qinghe, Cui Chen."

——This is an era of fighting for fathers, and everyone likes to link their hometown and surname together.But at this moment, the seriousness of reporting on one's background is another kind of confrontation.

Cui Chen heard Xie Lian ask "why did you come to visit", after thinking about it for a while, he remembered that Lu Xuan once told him that Mrs. Xie had a villa in Dongshan.He was indeed approaching someone's house.

Then don't be arrogant.

Seeing that Xie Lian deliberately blocked the girl in the car, he curled his lips into a smile and asked, "The one in the car is brother Xie's acquaintance?"

Xie Lian lowered her head in thought.After a while, meeting Cui Chen's gaze, he said calmly, "Fiancee."

Ah Li's face turned red in an instant, and he couldn't distinguish his mood for a while.She had indeed been thinking of Xie Lian from the very beginning, but if the dust had settled at this moment, it would be better to say that she was even more at a loss.

He only hurriedly lowered the curtain, and stopped looking.

Xie Lian had reached this point, Cui Chen would definitely be deceiving people too much if he continued to entangle, and deliberately challenged Xie Lian.

If it's in the north, grab it and grab it.The Cui family can always settle down.But this is Jiangzuo.

Cui Chen took another look at the ox cart, and saw that Ari had put down the curtain, and there was some unclear light in his gray eyes.With a smile on his lips, he cupped his hands and said to Xie Lian: "It was a misunderstanding, I will come to the door to make an apology another day."

After all, he didn't linger, turned around and beckoned people to leave on horseback.

Seeing that he had gone far away, Xie Lian put away the long knife.Drive the horse back to the ox cart.

Ari pursed his lips when he heard the sound of the horse's hooves, and bowed his head in silence.

It took a long time for Xie Lian's voice to come from outside, "If I hadn't said that just now..."

Ari felt extremely cramped, interrupted him hurriedly, and said, "I understand."

There was another sound.After a while, I heard Xie Lian say again: "Where are you going, I will see you off."

Xie Lian escorted Ari to Zuo Jiasi's house, and then personally sent her back to Wang's house.

The beauty of Jianye is the scenery.The green mountains and green waters are neighbors, and there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers.The scenery passes by one after another, the mountain barriers are opened one after another, the lone cloud goes away alone, the sun sets in the west, and the birds fly high.

The bullock cart moved forward leisurely, and the boy followed on horseback.Don't be a picture scroll.

Ari raised the curtain of the car, looked at him with his head, thinking silently.Xie Lian stared ahead, the smile in his dark eyes deepened.After a while, he looked back at Ari from the side.

The two looked at each other, and Ari lowered his head.The corners of Xie Lian's lips curled up unconsciously.After staring at her for a moment, he looked up again.

Xie Lian still had a purse made for him by Ari on his waist.Ari spent a lot of effort on the pouch, because the silk was bright in color, she was afraid that it would look gaudy, so she twisted white silk with silver thread and wove it into a wishful pouch by herself.Four jade beads are inlaid on each side, and then wrapped with silver thread to form four bat patterns.The bat pattern contains the circular longevity pattern in the center, but the longevity character is hand-embroidered, using silver thread twisted with white silk.The pouch is exquisite and concave and convex, and the color is clear, it looks like carved white jade from a distance, and it is also the quality of gold and jade from a close look, but it is soft to the touch.

It looks plain and simple, but it took Ahri more than a year to complete.It was given to Xie Lian as a birthday present, and he had only brought it not long ago.

After a trick with Cui Chen today, the purse is still in good condition, but the webbing through the purse is scratched.

Ah Li looked at it, and then secretly remembered it in his heart, thinking of sending him another network, as today's thank you gift.

The girl's house was almost robbed when she went out. This is not something that can be publicized.

Xie Lian sent Ari home, and only said that he met him on the road, and escorted him along the way.Not talking about meeting Cui Chen.

After Xie Lian left, Ah Li quietly mentioned it to her mother.

It was on the territory of Xie's family that Ah Li brought a full body of guards.No matter what Ah Li Niang thought, Cui Chen was at a disadvantage, so she didn't take it to heart and didn't ask any further questions.Just ask the people to strictly keep their tongues.

The new year is just around the corner.

Eating New Year's dinner, burning firecrackers, pasting window paper, hanging peach trees... the whole family gathers together, hides hooks and guesses, and visits to pay New Year's greetings.Except that the rice is cold, everything else is lively and festive.

There are also creation legends in the East.It is said that Nuwa created chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cows, and horses in the first six days, and created humans on the seventh day, so the seventh day of the first lunar month is also called "Man's Day".In this era, it is still a very grand festival.

On this day, I will drink Qibao soup, Tie Rensheng, Dai Huasheng.If the sky is clear and the sky is clear, it indicates a safe and smooth year, and the nobles will climb high and write poems.

And the seventh day of the first lunar month of this year was a sunny day that couldn't be more sunny.There was no cloud in the sky, no wind on the ground, and the sun was shining and warm.

Ari was so comfortable that she wanted to set up a soft couch in the yard, bask in the sun and take a nap.

Of course, you can't sleep - this kind of day is a good time for nobles and young ladies to get together and communicate with each other.

His Majesty the Emperor was choosing this day to entertain his ministers in Taicheng, making an exception to allow the sons of aristocratic families who had no fame to attend, and also invited the envoys from the Northern Dynasty to merge with the youths of the Cui and Lu families—naturally for the sake of showing off and comparing.

The queen also invited the ladies and sons-in-law to have a banquet in the harem.In previous years, the noble ladies would only bring girls around Jiji to this kind of banquet, firstly they were afraid that the child would be too young and behave badly, and secondly, they also asked the girl who was about to leave the cabinet to meet the queen face to face so that they could take care of her in the future.But this time the queen had no idea what she was planning, so she called Wang Lin, Xie Qingru, Shen Jizi, Yu Xiu, and Huan Daolian, who were only in their early ten years, by name.

Ali thought about it carefully.The four girls Xie, Shen, Yu, and Huan are all well-known in the circle. Not to mention how beautiful they will be in the future, even now they are extremely intelligent, and they are all beauties.She is the only one, except for the word "An Xian".

Then her face turned pale - although she was mediocre in all aspects, she was the real princess in her previous life, so there must be something that caught the queen's eyes.

The Queen is probably planning to choose a Crown Princess for Sima Yu!

——It's rare for a girl to be sharp.

All these years, Ari has been thinking about how not to be a princess, so naturally he has a whole set of strategies.

She had already figured it out. When she saw the queen, she would pretend to be a stone, without saying a word or doing a thing.When the queen asked her something, she pretended not to understand.I don't believe that she is acting so stupid that the queen can still take a fancy to her.

——The girl didn't realize that, to her, this was simply a true performance.

Following her mother into Taicheng, Ari followed suit.

But there are always some emotions that cannot be controlled.

Ari followed her mother to the steps in front of the Xianyang Hall, and couldn't help but look back.Then I saw that the city was broad and the sky was high, and the remaining snow melted.The corners of the eaves are hooked, and the palace is next to one another.

The pavilions, terraces and buildings are all the same as they were back then, only the willow trees in Taicheng surrounded by one after another, which are not enough to hold them.

The person who will break the willow in the future is destined to pass her by in this life.

Only she remembered all that.

——She only knew the melancholy of planting willows in the past, but she didn't know that she would feel it at this moment, how unbearable it was.

Ah Li followed her mother into the palace.When they met, the queen took her hand and looked at her carefully.

After all, the queen had been Ari's mother-in-law for more than ten years, and Ari respected and loved her in his heart.This meeting made me feel even more uncomfortable.Can only bury the mood.With a smile, he bowed his head and saluted.

Seeing her gentle temperament and her rosy face was extremely cute and pleasing, the queen liked her a little.

Asked, "What's your breast name?"

"Ali."

"Yo, that's a cute name. How old is it?"

"eleven."

"What do you like to do on weekdays?"

"I only embroider with my mother at home."

"The calligraphy of all the fathers in your family is excellent. I think your handwriting is also good, right?"

"...Don't dare to boast in front of the empress."

——There is no way to pretend to be stupid when asking this kind of question.

However, Ari felt that his answer was general, and there was absolutely nothing bright about it.So I am very satisfied.

The queen was even more satisfied - isn't this kind of cutscene, the answer is all a routine?It wasn't words she wanted to see, but manners.After seeing it, I thought: She really deserves to be Wang Tan's daughter, she behaves well, is courteous, and has no stage fright.At first glance, she is a person who can stand the world and doesn't put on airs—look at that girl from the Yu family, her eyes are high above her head, she is so arrogant and indulgent.The one in the Shen family was too cold and thin, so she didn't look fertile.The Huan family's thoughts are too deep, not like a child.Xie's... Xie's is good everywhere - but she is too smart and beautiful, and the prince might not be able to hold her.

It can only be said that the way a mother-in-law picks a daughter-in-law is definitely not the way a man picks a woman.

Here Ari is seated with her mother.

On the other side, Xie Lian had already taken his seat in Hualin Garden.

Cui Chen saw him from the opposite side, his gray eyes drooped, and he snorted.Lu Xuan picked up his wine glass and reminded him in a low voice: "Take it easy."

Cui Chen casually nodded, "I know."

Lu Xuan no longer cares.

At the back of the hall, Sima Yu, Wei Lang, and Wang Yan were gathering together—Wei Lang was also 13 years old, and he could have been seated today, but his father would not allow him to go to the hall.

Because his father is too clear!No matter how impassioned others are, they are nothing but angry youths.Wei Lang looked silent, but he was a murderer.

What is the difference between angry youth and embryo killing?When the cynical youth was holding up a bench and yelling and yelling, Killing Embryo was already carrying a kitchen knife to attack people!This kind of occasion with Xianbei people from the north, this kind of occasion where the emperor made it clear that he wanted to end peacefully - he can overwhelm the Xianbei people, but he must not smash them openly - is really not suitable for Wei Lang to appear on the stage.

But Wei Lang didn't think so.He clearly wanted to play - his father refused to let him, so he thought of other ways, which is not easy.

Coincidentally, Sima Yu also grounded his father.

why?
Because the officials of the Eastern Palace came to congratulate him on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he put a needle on the mat where Zhongsheren Jia Lin was sitting.

——When Sima Yu was not crowned prince, Jia Lin taught him to read.This person has an upright and cruel personality. Sima Yu was often punished by him to copy books. When copying books, he had to sit upright and not move until he finished copying.Often a penalty is two or three hours.

Sitting in this era is kneeling.Sima Yu was only seven or eight years old at that time.If you don't remember to hate him, you will be a ghost.But Sima Yu didn't have any bad intentions, he just wanted to make Jia Lin look ugly, and told him that sitting upright at certain times was a devastating thing.

As a result, when the matter came to an end, he felt that this was too narrow-minded, so he changed the felt again.Naturally, the palace people didn't know that there was something wrong with the felt, so they put it aside casually.

After meeting with his subordinates, Sima Yu was a little tired, so he sat down on the ground——Alas! ! !

It was too embarrassing, and he didn't have the nerve to announce the imperial physician, so he secretly pulled it out by himself.At first he wanted to hide it from others, but at night the queen ordered him to have dinner, so that the emperor could see the signs.

At first, the emperor thought it was the negligence of the servants of the crown prince, but although Sima Yu never liked these people who looked after him for the emperor and empress, he didn't have the habit of letting others take the blame, so he told the whole story.

After hearing this, the emperor didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.He was ordered to confine him for self-reflection.

Therefore, he cannot attend the banquet on this day.

(End of this chapter)