As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Qiaoqiao really felt a little ashamed to see Huamanlou.

In fact, when she received the news that Huamanlou was safe and sound, she was already at a loss, but after all, the master was on a mission to the grassland, and the young master was robbed and disappeared. If there is a backbone, the family will be stable, and it is better than chaos Strong isn't it?

So even though she was at a loss, Qiaoqiao still felt that she had a clear conscience, and felt that she was worthy of Hua Manlou's previous appearance in the teahouse on her behalf, even if she was punished for being suspected of 'offending', she admitted it.

But what about today...

Huamanlou suddenly came home with a woman she claimed to be marrying, which made Qiaoqiao's identity extremely abrupt - people in the world almost regarded her as the mistress these days, but suddenly the real mistress came, this... …

The most maddening thing for Qiaoqiao is that she met Wan Chengyanran at noon, and she was the one who was busy in and out of the way to arrange the residence for Miss Baimao—note, at this time, Qiaoqiao hadn’t left the flower house yet. Hearing the facts about the 'mistress' from Manlou's personal soldiers, they only thought she was a guest, so they graciously arranged for her as the host, and even asked her warmly.

However, there is a difference between treating a guest and treating a mistress. A mistress who has never been trained... is also a mistress, right?At least the arrangement of the rooms and the specifications of the hospitality must be different, for example: according to the identity of the young wife of the Huai'an uncle's mansion, how can there be three or five maids around?

Of course, that’s all. Seeing Wan Cheng Yanran’s indifferent attitude, she didn’t seem to care about it at all, but Qiao Qiao Leng received her as the host, but strictly speaking, she herself was more like a guest in the Huai’an uncle’s mansion. This...

It was very embarrassing.

So before Hua Manlou came to find her, she was depressed all afternoon, and rolled herself into the quilt again, looking... a bit like a certain vine and Elliot.

"What are you doing?"

When Hua Manlou entered the room, he saw a quilt rolling around on the couch, as if the quilt had turned into a spirit. If he hadn't seen a pair of little feet protruding from the quilt, he might have asked a Taoist priest to exorcise the demon immediately. .

"...Master...Master? Ah!"

Suddenly a small head appeared above the quilt, and then she shrank back into the quilt again with an exclamation, the ostrich was in a mess.

As I said earlier, the discipline of the brothel is actually very strict, and there are clear rules for speech and behavior, which makes the behavior of the top players in the brothel even better than the ladies of the ladies.And after coming to Huai'an uncle's mansion, Qiaoqiao paid more attention to her words and deeds, for fear of offending the master's family and then sending her out or kicking her out of the house. Qin'er together has never seen Qiaoqiao like this.

However, how could someone like Huamanlou care about his behavior?

He believes that the moment Jufan puts on the airs of a lady, he will inevitably cast a whitewashed template on his own nature. There is a sense of distance that makes it difficult to approach—this is probably the reason why Hua Manlou has always been indifferent to Qiaoqiao.

But today's show undoubtedly exposed Qiaoqiao's nature to Huamanlou, so that Huamanlou realized Qiaoqiao's cuteness for the first time, so he jokingly said: "Why, don't you plan to come out and talk? "

"I... I'm a little cold..." Qiaoqiao in the quilt panicked and found an excuse for herself, and became even more frustrated, crying in her heart: What am I doing!

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice, "Oh, this is the reason why you didn't come to welcome me after I survived a catastrophe and finally returned home, and you wanted me to come and see you?"

Hearing this, Qiaoqiao couldn't help being a little horrified: Why did you forget this?

In an instant, she forgot her frustration, and got out of the quilt to apologize, but when she looked up, she met Hua Manlou's smiling face: "Are you willing to come out?"

Qiaoqiao's face turned red in an instant, she was at a loss for a while, and finally chose to deal with Huamanlou in the safest way: salute and say hello.

Hua Manlou waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, don't be so rigid, sit down and talk."

Qiaoqiao responded, seeing that Huamanlou had already sat at the Eight Immortals table in the house, she hurried over to serve Huamanlou tea, but when she picked up the teapot, she felt her hands trembling badly, and then...

With a clang, the lid of the teapot fell onto the table, and the tea gushed out, splashing flowers all over the building.

Seeing the situation, Huamanlou couldn't help but said narrowly: "Winning the wind and washing the dust... is this the process? Washing with tea or the first time..."

Qiaoqiao was on the verge of crying: "Yes... I'm sorry, I... I'll just clean up..."

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "No, no, your current situation will only get busier and more chaotic, let others clean up later, you sit down, I have something to say."

Qiaoqiao sat across from Huamanlou according to her words, but her head almost fell to the table.

Her behavior was as if she was sprayed so hard by a group of scholars who didn't know the so-called that day, which can quite arouse the protective desire of a macho man... Of course, it also makes people want to take advantage of the situation to tease her and bully her, so Huaman Lou cheerfully asked: "I heard you had a good time these two days?"

Qiaoqiao raised her head in astonishment when she heard the words: "Playing? I...I didn't..."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Playing role-playing... oh, just pretending to be the mistress, isn't it fun?"

These words made Qiaoqiao feel so ashamed that she almost bit her tongue to kill herself. At the same time, she wanted to show that she had no bad intentions - her background in a brothel made Qiaoqiao's upper limit of status suppressed there. Being favored can't be regarded as a regular wife, let alone whether she is favored or not, so how can she act like she doesn't know how to advance or retreat when there is already a default 'mother' at home?

And for some reason, it doesn't matter what others think, but Qiaoqiao just doesn't want Hua Manlou to misunderstand that she has covetousness.So she said eagerly: "No... I... I just want to stabilize the house first, no... no other thoughts..."

Before she finished speaking, she herself started crying.

Seeing this, Hua Manlou sighed softly, and then stretched out his hand to flick her brains: "I don't seem to blame you for not scolding you, do I? Rather, thanks to you coming forward, otherwise Qin'er would have starved herself to death, wouldn't she? So no matter what happens this time, I should thank you, but you...why do you seem to have done something wrong?"

Qiaoqiao covered her head and looked at Huamanlou foolishly: "Young...Young master, don't you blame me for making my own decisions?"

Hua Manlou sneered: "What are you making up your own mind? Did you sell the land of your family or use the money from the warehouse to buy rouge and gouache? The mistress of the house doesn't even have the courage to do so, and she still claims to be making her own way?"

Qiaoqiao's small mouth became O-shaped in surprise: This... how could it be such a reaction?Generally speaking, at least some punishment should be given, right?

(In a while...maybe there is another chapter, probably...)

209. War Digging Wax to Protect Food Fire

According to the nature of a normal man, who doesn't want to eat more and occupy more?

Even if you say you don’t want to eat more, but in fact, if you really have the conditions, all of them will be really delicious: Lord Wei claimed to have a deep love for A Ke, but he actually married seven; But in fact, there are quite a few good sisters around; a certain King Qin who claimed to be a sister-in-law provoked one after another, and finally married twelve...

So, even if Hua Manlou subconsciously should be monogamous, but the harem... In this world where the harem can be reasonable, wouldn't it be a waste of money not to eat or occupy?

Of course, eating more and occupying more does not mean being an unscrupulous stud, so Huamanlou worked hard on the way to Qiaoqiao's room and thought through it thoroughly: If you can cultivate feelings, then naturally you will not allow Qiaoqiao to leave this room. Huai'an uncle's mansion; but if this girl is forced by fate and has to commit herself to herself, why not let her go?

Because, these days, women can't help themselves and can't control their own destiny when it comes to getting married. This is the origin of "marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog"-even though the original sentence of this sentence is "marry Beg as you beg, marry an old man as you do, but the truth is the same.

Generally speaking, those who can cultivate a relationship with their husbands have a happy life, but there are also many people who trust inhumane people, and women's lives are always tied to their sons and always confined to the backyard, which leads to As a result, most people who have the conditions to eat more and occupy more often have no rest in the backyard, and the flowery ladies of the family often turn into a moth who cries, makes trouble and hangs himself, or becomes a douchebag for status. Extremely female scorpion, so...

Someone said that monogamy is to some extent a law that protects men.

But then there is no dream, right?

Hua Manlou didn't want to face this situation, so he made up his mind: If he has no feelings, why talk about a harem?

Then he came to cultivate the relationship—the relationship, the relationship of sharing weal and woe, the relationship of love at first sight, and of course the relationship that was inexplicably born in ordinary days.

but……

Although Qiaoqiao obviously has a crush on Huamanlou, she has been poisoned by the dross culture of these years. The huge difference in status makes her dare not reveal too much in front of Huamanlou so as not to "know how to advance or retreat", especially Wan Cheng Yanran's appearance made her extremely vigilant, so this caused the two people's current status to not be on the same channel at all, and Hua Manlou's inconspicuous words made Qiaoqiao a little confused: Is this a joke, or is it a joke? Are you mocking me?

Seeing this, Hua Manlou immediately felt a little depressed: If Qin'er heard this bastard's words, she might complain about it, even Miss Baimao would probably give her a blank stare—after all, the closer the relationship, the easier it is to get along with each other. And the more I can express my true thoughts without any scruples, but coincidentally...

Well, she was extenuating.

So Hua Manlou changed his approach: "Anyway, you don't care about acting. On the contrary, I should thank you for taking care of Qin'er... Forget it, let's not mention this. Speaking of which, the math problem I left for you a few days ago Are you done?"

The topic changed so abruptly that Qiaoqiao, who was already in a daze, stayed there for quite a while, then hurriedly got up and took out a stack of papers from the bed and handed them to Huamanlou: "Do...do It's over, please take a look, Master."

Hua Manlou flipped through it casually, but said: "In a few days... I might be ordered to go to Tianjin Weigong to do business, are you willing to go with me?"

Qiaoqiao was taken aback again: "Ah...wish...willing..."

Hua Manlou smiled and raised his head: "Don't rush to agree, think about the answer. Tianjin Wei is no better than in the capital. The conditions there are harsh, and occasionally there is a sea breeze. Well, it seems to be colder than the capital, and you are not Afraid of the cold?"

Qiaoqiao was about to answer, when she suddenly realized that Huamanlou was making fun of the stupid reason she had made earlier, she couldn't help but blush instantly: "I...I'm not afraid..."

"Well, that's what you said. If you really go, don't regret it. And..." Hua Manlou patted the practice questions in his hand, and said with a smile: "I can see that you have put your heart into it, and you still have mastered it." Not bad. It’s time to learn more difficult things from tomorrow, so be prepared.”

Different from dealing with Wan Cheng Yanran, Hua Manlou's strategy belongs to the type of long-term love - the love saint taught him back then, when encountering this kind of girl, he should first contact her normally so that she can let her guard down, and take it slowly. So Hua Manlou responded simply and rudely: Anyway, it's not wrong to bring her by your side like Qin'er, right?

Qiaoqiao responded, and then mustered up the courage to ask: "Is it helpful for the young master to learn this... this math well?"

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows: "Guess."

Qiaoqiao was depressed again: In the final analysis... still has no name?

……

In the days that followed, Hua ManLou lived like a salty fish, teasing Lolita, flirting with saintesses all day, and talking about math problems by the way-wouldn't it be a pity for the New Year's break if you don't have salty fish during the holidays?

It was on the grassland when I brought my filial son to Huamanlou salted fish.

"Uncle, Mr. Qian has sent you a letter!" Huang Zichao hurried into the tent and handed Uncle Huai'an a letter from home.

"Oh? Let me see!" Uncle Huai An, who was closing his eyes to rest, immediately opened his eyes. After opening the letter, he handed it to a young man beside him and said, "Decipher."

Huang Zichao couldn't help staring at him: "Secret letter?"

That's right, this is what Hua Manlou thought of with a slap in the head, the "Hua's Encryption Method" for encrypting important information-in fact, it is the kind that is used badly in novels, and a random book is encoded with four digits Form encrypted letters: the first two numbers represent pages, and the last two numbers represent ranks.

The printing technique is rough these days, so there is only so much Braille on a page, four digits are enough and easy to decipher, but it is more troublesome when writing letters, some characters have to use polyphonic characters...

This method was sent by the young man next to Uncle Huai'an together with the short gun. Seeing his cleverness, Uncle Huai'an kept him by his side.

After working for a while, the young man presented the written letter to Uncle Huai'an: "Uncle, look..."

"Hmm..." Uncle Huai'an thought in a daze, "He digs the wax to get rid of the fire? What kind of thing is this? You didn't decipher it wrong, did you?"

The young man looked innocent: "Back to Uncle, there are absolutely no mistakes or omissions, and the younger one has checked it carefully several times... However, Mr. Qian said that many words will use homonyms when they cannot be found, so..."

Huang Zichao squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "Zhan... Wala, open a mutual market?"

Uncle Huai'an slapped the table: "That's right. Before we set off, this man was about to fight against the tiles. Look at the situation... Could it be that he lost the battle, so the court had no choice but to open the mutual market? You bastard, it's really embarrassing to me! "

But Huang Zichao was puzzled and said, "But... Uncle, the person who delivered the letter just said that Boss Qian won the battle, and he won three hundred against three hundred..."

Uncle Huai'an: "...Then where did this mutual market come from?"

Apologize

In the early morning, the code word was completely blurred, and I forgot some details. I apologize to everyone here, sorry, I was wrong...

Now change the second half of the previous chapter to read:

Huang Zichao squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "Zhan... Wala, open a mutual market?"

Uncle Huai'an patted the table: "That's right. Before we set off, this man cleaned up the Wala. Look at this situation, it's a mutual market? But this meal is so angry... selling firearms? Are you saying that you want to sell firearms to the Wala people?"

Huang Zichao nodded slowly: "I must be right."

Huai'an Bo frowned and said: "Sell firearms to Wala...meaning, really want Wala to jump behind the Tatars? This is so lively..."

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I have been really busy recently, so the update is not very stable, but it will not be interrupted, and I will try my best to ensure the quality. In short, I will try my best to pay attention to the low-level mistakes like today...

210. I Don't Want My Father Anymore

(Apologize to everyone again, it’s true in the early hours of the morning, it’s a mistake, and the last paragraph has been changed in the free chapter, but it doesn’t affect the reading, it’s just two sentences...)

Almost instantly, Uncle Huai'an understood Huamanlou's thinking, and also realized the importance of Huamanlou's news to him.

It has to be said that since entering the grassland, Huang Zichao followed Huamanlou's wishes and found someone to build a stone fort with a radius of two feet. They will send people out, throw a few Purdue towards the place where they seem to be able to spy, and then...

Then, most of the tribes I met along the way sent people to greet them with songs and dances, and even those who refused to greet them, they also sent people to bring kumiss and mutton, so that not only Uncle Huai'an, but even the young soldiers ate mutton recently Dry food that everyone finds difficult to swallow has become extremely sought-after after eating it...

So, to put it bluntly, big fists are the last word, and the fierce prairie people really turned into singing and dancing... Ah, the prairie people.

For this reason, Huamanlou envisioned that someone would look at his father's displeasure and stir up troubles, which never happened at all. After all, the power of Purdue is too scary. Not to mention that Tuotuo doesn't cost me, even some tribes that have always been warlike, no one dares to disrespect Uncle Huai'an.

Just a few days ago, Huai Anbo started the first round of negotiations after he arrived at Tuotuobuhua's Wang Tent.

To be honest, even when Da Zhao was down and down, he hadn't been subdued, let alone this time with the power of a big victory?Therefore, Bo Huai'an's attitude was extremely tough. He not only demanded that Tuotuo not spend a lot of war indemnity, but also ordered him to withdraw from the Erren area (Erenhot, north of Datong), and no Mongolian horse was allowed to stay there.

This almost pushed the border of Dazhao to the north by [-] miles, so even if Tuotuobuhua is still in shock when he thinks of the Datong War now, he is determined not to give up this place.

but……

Does Uncle Huai An care?

Don't care, his purpose of traveling north this time is to divide the entire grassland secretly, how could he care whether Tuotuohua answered or not?Anyway, just blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

As a matter of fact, Uncle Huai'an had more or less contact with some tribal leaders, especially the group of singing and dancing people, and also secretly contacted Tuotuobuhua's three sons.

After a few trials, some tribal leaders have implicitly proposed to pay tribute to the Great Zhao, and their attitude cannot be lowered. Not to mention sending cattle and sheep in the open, they even gave some of the best gifts to Uncle Huai'an himself secretly. If it wasn't for Uncle Huai'an's life and death not agreeing, I'm afraid the grassland girls would have to give him a company...

That is to say, Uncle Huai'an is not good at this, otherwise he will be the first to fulfill Huamanlou's dream of a house full of girls—of course, Huamanlou plays at a higher level, Yangzhou skinny horse...

I have to say that this group of tribal leaders really can't help it. After all, they can't beat Datong. Ning Guogong is still stationed in Datong. Even if Ning Guogong withdraws, they can't fight. It hurt the vitality of many tribes - there were a lot of young people who were worried about food when they were young, and now they are afraid of being annexed by other tribes after a large group of them died in battle. Although they survived this winter, there are not a few people who starve to death and freeze to death. So don't they hope to make friends with Da Zhao?

What's interesting is that the attitude of the tribes towards the south becomes softer, because in previous years they could rob or smuggle merchants for a few days to calm down, but who dares to go south this year?Moreover, since Datong rectified the new officials, there was a governor like Ning Guogong on top, so few officials dared to jump at this juncture, so that dozens of smugglers' heads were chopped off. Who dares to sell things in the grassland?

What's more interesting is that the three sons of Tuotuobuhua are really as Huamanlou imagined. After receiving the nominal canonization, each of them is like a chicken blood, and the desire for power is immediately full - ordinary people The three brothers can beat their brains out of grabbing a toy when they can't manage well, let alone grabbing a sweat seat?

I don't know if the three sons of Tuotuobuhua were raped by the next door or something. In short, the boss is greedy, the second is cruel, and the third is reckless. None of the three inherit Tutuobuhua's heroic way, so I can hear it After being the Queen of Khan, she immediately lost her father, claiming that if Da Zhao cooperates, she will go all out to overthrow the rule of Tuotuobuhua.

Therefore, under the hint of Uncle Huai'an, the performance of these three "lords of the prairie" is simply wonderful: the boss blindly wants to take off in the negotiation, and puts peace as the most important thing; He wants to fight with Da Zhao forever; the second child stands in the golden tent looking at everyone with bloodthirsty eyes, and sharpens his knife outside the golden tent from time to time, as if he wants to go in and kill Da Zhao if he disagrees with him. The envoy chopped it into eight pieces...