Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan.

Chapter 342: Sister Jing's Handkerchief Dating

In the second year of Kaiwu, in early July, Xu Changzhi, the inspector of the Five Camps, was ordered to report.

Afterwards, he came to the Guanjun Marquis's Mansion.

At this time, Wei Yuan was nestling in Xie Yuying's arms, enjoying her massage.

When the latter saw Xu Changzhi coming, he immediately stood up.

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "It's okay, just keep pressing."

Xie Yuying had no choice but to lower her head and press on his injured arm.

Xu Changzhi took off his raincoat, stood on the balcony, looked at the drizzle outside the door, frowned and said:
"Once the rainy season arrives in Bianjing, it will last at least half a month. This year, a lot of money will be spent on the Yellow River dike."

Wei Yuan asked, "As a military commander, why do you worry about these things?"

Xu Changzhi turned around and sat next to Wei Yuan. Seeing Xie Yuying pressing his injured arm, he couldn't help but frowned and said:
"What happened? Did the old injury relapse?"

Wei Yuan sighed, "I thought it was fine, but now I don't know why, it always hurts when it's cloudy or rainy."

Xu Changzhi asked curiously, "Where is Zhang Xiaomei? Hasn't she been taking care of your injured arm?"

Wei Yuan said: "At first I thought it was okay, so I let her go."

Xu Changzhi said thoughtfully: "I thought Brother Wei was interested in that woman."

Wei Yuan smiled and shook his head.

Xu Changzhi said seriously: "Let's talk about something behind closed doors."

Wei Yuan waved towards Xie Yuying behind him.

Xie Yuying, who was kneeling, slowly stood up and left with a group of maids, with their heads lowered.

Xu Changzhi said: "During this inspection of the five camps, I took the opportunity to arrange some young men from Daizhou to join them. Here is the list, take a look."

Wei Yuan took the list, glanced at it, and burned it, saying earnestly:
"Don't let the court know about this."

Xu Changzhi nodded and said, "During this trip to Daizhou, I also inspected Shuozhou. There are many Liao thieves who have become bandits outside the two states. The Liao Kingdom is still full of thieves."

Wei Yuan said: "After the dog days are over, the court will send envoys to contact Wanyan Wugunai, and they will go openly."

Xu Changzhi asked, "What if the Liao Kingdom kills the envoys on the way?"

At this point, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Wei, did you do this on purpose?"

Wei Yuan nodded slightly. "Whether it was Wanyan Wugunai who killed the envoy to show his loyalty or the Liao Kingdom suddenly killed the envoy, it gave us a reason to attack the Liao Kingdom."

When a superior state sends an envoy, the vassal states must not detain or kill him without reason, otherwise, it would mean war.

Xu Changzhi stood up slowly. "The list has been delivered. I am fine now. I will go to the Palace Front Office to take a look. Brother Wei, you should take good care of your injured arm during this period of time."

Wei Yuan saw him off.
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Ever since Wei Yuan beat Gu Tingye up, the latter has not seen Minglan for many days.

However, there were quite a few strange and precious gifts given.

This attracted the envy of many women in the capital.

On this day in mid-July of the third year of Kaiwu, Fuchangbo's sister Rong Feiyan married Hanguogong's eldest son Pan Shu.

All the military heroes in the capital went there.

Gu Tingye found out that the two were getting married, and Rong Feiyan also specially invited Minglan and Zhang Guifen.

So, on the day of their wedding, Gu Tingye came to the Sheng family early to wait for Minglan.

The Sheng family’s carriage is ready.

Originally, Rong Feiyan only invited Minglan, but Molan wanted to meet some powerful and wealthy children, so she pestered Minglan to go too.

When Rulan saw Molan leaving, she also insisted on going.

So Minglan took the two of them with her.

I believe that even if Rong Feiyan saw the three sisters coming together, she would only be happy and would not feel annoyed at all.

As a result, when the Sheng family prepared the carriage and the three girls just walked out of the house with their gifts, they saw Gu Tingye waiting not far away.

When he saw Minglan, he immediately stepped forward.

Minglan frowned slightly.

Rulan glanced at Molan and saw that she had no intention of getting on her carriage, so she pulled her towards the carriage.
"Marquis Ningyuan is not here to wait for you. You want to get close to the marquis? I think you'd better forget it!"

Molan was helpless, "When did I say I wanted to get close to someone? Why are you pulling me?"

She used all her strength and finally managed not to be dragged into the carriage by Rulan when Gu Tingye came over. She bowed deeply to Gu Tingye.
"Meet Ningyuan Hou."

Gu Tingye ignored her and stood in front of Minglan, saying with a smile:
"Minglan, are you going to the Duke of Han's Mansion? I'll take you there."

Seeing that he ignored her at all, Molan couldn't hide her disappointment in her eyes, so she simply got on the carriage.

Minglan shook her head and said, "Lord Gu, there are differences between men and women, please respect yourself."

Gu Tingye said, "I just bought a carriage, and it doesn't have the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion's logo on it. I won't ride with you. I'll ride on horseback and follow behind you, okay?"

Minglan said, "Marquis Gu is going to the Duke of Han's residence, and I am going to the Earl of Fuchang's residence. We are going in different directions."

Gu Tingye said: "When Pan Shu comes to pick up the bride, I'm sure you will follow Rong Feiyan to the Duke of Korea's mansion."

Before she could finish her words, Minglan saw from afar an imperial carriage approaching with four large golden characters "Marquis Guanjun Mansion" written on it.

Minglan knew that it was her aunt who came to pick her up, so she said:

"The carriage that Lord Gu bought is certainly comfortable, but I'm afraid it can't compare to the imperial chariot, right?"

After saying that, he passed by him and walked towards the imperial carriage.

It happened that Zhang Guifen lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw the two of them together. She quickly ordered the driver to turn around.

"Let's go to the Fuchang Marquis's Mansion first. Hurry, hurry up."

Her relationship with Rong Feiyan was not good, but it was not bad either.

The reason for going back is that marriage is a happy event, and it is necessary to share in the joy of the newlyweds.

Minglan had just taken two steps when she saw the imperial carriage had turned around and left.

How could she not understand what Zhang Guifen meant?
He stamped his feet helplessly.

Gu Tingye smiled and said, "The carriage of your Sheng family is small. It might be a bit crowded for three people to ride in one. How about..."

Minglan glared at him fiercely and said, "Even if our Sheng family's carriage is small, it is ours. You are a noble marquis of the current dynasty, so the carriage you ride must be extremely luxurious. How can my small Sheng family compare to it?"

After saying that, he ignored him and got on the carriage.

Gu Tingye stood there in a daze, sighed, got on the carriage, and told the driver, "Follow the Sheng family's carriage closely."

After Minglan and others entered the Fuchang Marquis' Mansion, Gu Tingye did not go anywhere but waited not far outside the Fuchang Marquis' Mansion.

Only when Pan Shu came to pick up the bride did he go to the Duke of Han's mansion with him.

Sanlan, Zhang Guifen, and many other noble ladies in Beijing followed the wedding procession.

Men and women sat at different tables, and the Korean Duke's mansion had already prepared several tables of banquets for them in the backyard.

After all, they all went there as friends of the bride, so they naturally could not be ignored.

When Pan Shu got married, he naturally invited Wei Yuan as well.

They were in the same capital, so they would see each other every day. Besides, Pan Shu was following Wei Yuan now, so there was no reason for Wei Yuan not to go. He would just accompany the bride in the future.

Instead, he was in the Duke of Korea's mansion, drinking with a group of veteran nobles. Before the newcomers arrived, Wei Yuan had already drunk a whole jar of wine.

He came with Zhuang Ge'er and Jing Jie'er.

Zhuang Ge'er was chatting with several young men of similar age.

It seems that he has the demeanor of a child king. All the children and teenagers follow him and echo what he says.

How could the kids understand what power and wealth were? They just simply thought that Zhuang Ge knew a lot.

There was also a little kid among them, who seemed to be from the Zhongshan Marquis family. He proposed to form a sworn brotherhood and wanted to acknowledge Zhuang Ge'er as his eldest brother.

Zhuang Ge'er smiled and said, "I have to tell my father about this. I'll give you an answer next time."

At their age, they already have their own circles.

Many sons of noble families of lower status found it difficult to integrate into Zhuang Ge'er's circle.

In addition to Zhuangge's side, Jingjie's side was also very lively.

Some girls in the capital city saw Sister Jing for the first time. At first they didn't know Sister Jing's identity, but they thought she was very beautiful and wanted to get to know her.

He even gave her flowers and other gifts.

But Sister Jing didn't want it and didn't want to associate with them.

However, Duke Anguo has a granddaughter named Hua Xiaomei, who has a very tough personality and is quite similar to Zhang Guifen.

Sister Jing was very curious about her. She sat next to Wei Yuan and kept an eye on Hua Xiaomei not far away.

The other girls all looked quiet, except for Hua Xiaomei, who seemed quite noisy. However, no matter how noisy she was, she was still quite polite in her actions.

After a while, she saw Hua Xiaomei flying a kite in the yard. Suddenly, the kite fell on the rockery, as if the string was broken.

Originally, a servant wanted to climb the rockery to get the kite, but Hua Xiaomei thought the servant was too clumsy.
"Let me do it! I can climb up!"

A group of servants and maids were shocked when they heard this, and said one after another:
"Girl, you can't climb. What if you get hurt?"

"yes.""."

They are all servants of the Duke of Korea's Mansion. Knowing Hua Xiaomei's identity, how dare they let her take risks?

However, Hua Xiaomei quickly rushed out of the crowd and climbed directly onto the rockery, which scared the servants.

Hua Xiaomei was very fast. She took the kite and was about to jump down, but she accidentally rubbed it against the rock wall of the rockery.

During the dog days of summer, people wear lighter clothes.

After that rub, my calf became red and swollen.

The servants who were responsible for looking after her felt that a disaster was about to happen.

Hua Xiaomei also felt the pain, her eyes were filled with tears, and she went down the rockery to comfort the servants.

"I'm fine, don't worry, I'll just say it was an accident and it has nothing to do with you."

Seeing this, Sister Jing suddenly remembered that the sachet her mother had embroidered for her contained herbs that could promote blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis. So, she took advantage of Wei Yuan's drinking and not paying attention, left her seat, went to Hua Xiaomei, and handed the sachet to her.

"You should apply the herbs in the sachet to the wound first. It has a miraculous effect. When I accidentally bumped into something in the mansion, my mother first applied the herbs in the sachet to me for a while."

Hua Xiaomei was stunned, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

Sister Jing was a little surprised, "Why should I be afraid of you?"

Suddenly, Hua Xiaomei took the sachet and, like a boy, put her arm around Jing Jie'er's shoulders, pointed at a few girls sitting together not far away, and said:

"I've beaten them all before, aren't you afraid?"

Sister Jing blinked her eyes and asked, "Why did you beat them?"

Hua Xiaomei said: "They said I was a shrew!"

Sister Jing suddenly covered her mouth and smiled, "How old are you? They actually called you a shrew. You deserve to be beaten!"

Hua Xiaomei was stunned, "You also think he should be beaten?"

Sister Jing nodded, "You deserve to be beaten!"

Hua Xiaomei smiled and asked, "Would you like to play with me?"

Sister Jing nodded again.

Hua Xiaomei patted her chest and said, "I accept the sachet. From now on, I will protect you!"

Sister Jing just thought she was so cute and burst out laughing.

Hua Xiaomei pouted, "What are you laughing at?"

Sister Jing shook her head.

Hua Xiaomei felt that she was a little boring, "Don't you usually talk much?"

Sister Jing looked at her with her big watery eyes.

She thought Jingjie was very pretty, prettier than any other girl she had ever seen.

"You gave me a scented sachet, so I will give you something in return."

As he said this, he took out a jade pendant from his body and said, "This is what my grandmother gave me. I'm giving it to you."

Sister Jing quickly shook her head and said, "How can I give away something my grandmother gave me so easily?"

Hua Xiaomei smiled carelessly, "If you are willing to play with me, you are not someone else."

She forced the jade pendant onto Sister Jing.

Sister Jing stared at the jade pendant in her hand in a daze.

Hua Xiaomei suddenly thought of something and blurted out, "You gave me the sachet and I gave you the jade pendant. Does this count as a handkerchief friendship?"

Sister Jing said thoughtfully, "Is that right?"

Hua Xiaomei said, "I look a few years older than you, why don't you call me sister?"

Sister Jing said bluntly, "Sister?"

Hua Xiaomei smiled happily and kept circling around Jing Jie'er, seemingly forgetting the swelling and pain in her calves.

Sister Jing held her back and said, "Stop spinning around. I'm dizzy. Don't you want to apply some medicine?"

Hua Xiaomei put the sachet into her arms and said with a smile:

"This is the first gift my friend gave me. I want to keep it well."

Sister Jing said, "I still have a lot of these sachets. If you want them, I'll give them to you another day."

Hua Xiaomei put her hands on her hips and said, "Silly sister, can the gift I gave you the first time be the same as the gift I gave you the second time?"

At this moment, not far away, Wei Yuan, who was halfway through drinking, suddenly realized that Sister Jing was no longer with him, and quickly stood up.

"Sister Jing? Sister Jing?!"

Duke Anguo, who was sitting opposite Wei Yuan, stroked his beard and smiled, "Don't worry, my dear nephew. Your daughter is playing with my granddaughter."

As he spoke, he pointed to Wei Yuan where Hua Xiaomei and Jing Jie'er were.

Wei Yuan glanced at Sister Jing and waved at her.

Sister Jing saw it and said quickly, "My father is calling me. I will play with you again when I have a chance. Or, when you are free, come to my house to find me."

Hua Xiaomei looked towards Wei Yuan's position, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"The famous Marquis of Guanjun, the great hero Wei Yuan who drove the Liao bandits out of our Great Zhou, is your father?"

Sister Jing blinked innocently and said, "Is my father very powerful?"

Hua Xiaomei opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Is Wei Yuan powerful?
Any enlightened citizen of the Great Zhou should not say such a thing, right?

After a moment, Hua Xiaomei shook her head and sighed.
"If your father wasn't powerful, there would be no powerful people in this world."

Sister Jing covered her mouth and smiled, "Then would you like to go with me to see my father?"

Hua Xiaomei took Jing Jie'er's hand and said, "Okay."

Then, the two of them came to Wei Yuan together.

Hua Xiaomei looked at her grandfather and said, "Grandfather, please drink less. Otherwise, when grandma finds out, she will blame you again."

Duke Anguo stroked his beard and smiled, "I am old after all. My granddaughter has taken charge of me."

Hua Xiaomei looked at Wei Yuan carefully again.

I just felt that the other person was full of evil spirit, and I was afraid that if a baby saw him, it would cry.

For a moment, she was a little scared.

In fact, this is not Wei Yuan’s fault.

Mainly because they had been marching and fighting for many years, with one foot on the gate of hell and the other foot on a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

The whole body is filled with evil spirit, not to mention children, even adults would feel uncomfortable when seeing it.

Sister Jing may have sensed that Xiaomei Hua was a little timid. She couldn't understand: was her father a man-eating glutton?
Why are so many children afraid to get close to their fathers?

Sister Jing held Hua Xiaomei's hand tightly and said to Wei Yuan solemnly:

"Daddy, this is my daughter's first friend, she calls her so"

Hua Xiaomei bravely said, "My name is Hua Xiaomei."

Sister Jing nodded towards Wei Yuan, "Yes, her name is Hua Xiaomei, and she also gave me the jade pendant her grandmother gave her."

As he said this, he showed the jade pendant to Wei Yuan.

Duke Anguo, who was watching this scene from the side, didn't care about the jade pendant at all. His face was full of smiles.

Wei Yuan hugged Jing Jieer and asked with a smile: "They gave you the jade pendant, what did you give them?"

Sister Jing said, "I gave her the sachet that my mother embroidered for me."

Wei Yuan said: "The jade pendant is worth a thousand gold coins, why did you just give him the sachet?"

Hua Xiaomei said: "I like the sachet she gave me."

Duke Anguo laughed and said, "My dear nephew, when children give each other gifts, we should not look at the value but the intention behind it."

"I know Fen'er. She is good at wielding a spear and a stick, but asking her to embroider a sachet is really difficult for her."

"The sachet embroidered by Fen'er must be extremely precious."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the old dukes of the same generation as Zhang Fu at the table burst into laughter.

Wei Yuan also smiled, stretched out his other hand, hugged Hua Xiaomei, and said:

"Then you two will be good friends from now on. You must treat each other with care. Do you understand?"

The two children nodded woodenly in front of a group of elders.

At this moment, the Duke of Anguo could no longer suppress the smile on his face.

Hua Xiaomei is still young and has no idea what it means to be friends with Jing Jie'er.

Sister Jing was even younger and had no idea what the words “eldest daughter of the Marquis Guanjun’s Mansion” meant.

(End of this chapter)