Ninefold Purple

"What do you think of the family? You can't even do this little thing well, don't you want to stay?" Song Han yelled at Qixia and the others, scared Qixia and the others to kneel on the ground and tremble.

But the cat meowed and jumped onto Song Han's instep, and rubbed against Song Han's leg, looking very intimate.

Dou Zhao didn't want Song Han to use himself as a raft, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't lose your temper. I didn't expect you to have a cat in the inner room, and I never heard of it. I was so shocked." He said, pointing to the cat, "Why did you choose such a color? It's scary to look at, if you like keeping cats, I'll ask someone to pick some white ones for you tomorrow. or heather gray, which is more beautiful, so as not to scare people by jumping out suddenly like today."

Song Han laughed hehe, looking a little embarrassed, but bent down and hugged the cat in his arms, and said: "Sister-in-law, what do you want me for? I will learn the piano with my husband every afternoon. Just say it, it doesn't matter if you delay for a while."

He changed the subject naturally, and didn't mention anything about the cat, which seemed to be a polite refusal. [

Dou Zhao looked at the cat more, and said with a smile: "Wan Po asked me to move around more, I go around in Yizhi Hall every day, no matter how good the scenery is, it's normal, let's come and see the maid in your house What are you doing?" Then he talked about learning the piano, "I heard that this gentleman once studied under Du Jianian of the Imperial Academy, so he must be a scholar too?"

"He's from the year of Ren Zi, and he's from the same town as Mr. Du." Song Han handed the cat to Qi Xia, and sat down with Dou Zhao on the large kang next to him, laughing. "Master Du accepts apprentices in his spare time, so he has this gentleman. He has a good temper, not only good at rhythm, but also good at calligraphy and painting. I have benefited a lot."

"That's good!" Dou Zhao exchanged greetings with him, and saw Qixia carefully hand over the cat to the little maid who knelt in front of her like a sieve, and the little maid handled it lightly as if holding a rare treasure. retreated.

interesting!

She glanced at Ruozhu, lowered her head and took a sip of tea.The corners of the mouth were slightly curled up to talk to Song Han, and then got up to say goodbye: "...Wen Po asked me to walk for at least an hour a day, but I dare not sit here for more. Next time I have free time, I will come and see you!"

Song Han got up and respectfully sent Dou Zhao out of the upper court.

Dou Zhao stood on the steps and watched the little maids feed the birds.

Ruozhu hurried over.

"Ma'am," she said in a low voice, "after you left, the second master ordered the little girl who watched the cat to be dragged down and beat her [-] boards. Qi Xia and the others were also detained for a month."

That little maid is only twelve or thirteen years old, and she can beat her twenty-something.People are useless.

Dou Zhao's complexion was a little ugly.

Ruo Zhu lowered his eyebrows and stood with his hands down.

It took Dou Zhao a long time to say: "Go and pay attention to that little maid. See if you can spare her life and put her in the farm."

Ruo Zhu respectfully answered "Yes".

Dou Zhao asked, "Does Second Master like keeping cats very much? Why don't I know? Besides raising cats, what other hobbies does Second Master have?"

Ruozhu couldn't help but feel fearful, and said: "In addition to the cat, the second master also raised four orioles, a pair of parrots, a pair of mynahs, and two turtles. I don't know which ones I particularly like and which ones I don't like. "

That being the case.Why do you only protect that cat?

Dou Zhao felt that Ruo Zhu was a little lazy, and couldn't help but miss the benefits of Su Xin.

At night, she discussed with Song Mo: "Who would raise a black cat with blue-green eyes? Thinking about it makes me panic. If the second master doesn't like it very much, why not give it to someone else?" [

Song Modao: "When my mother was alive, she liked to keep Persian cats, and she liked to keep this kind of black Persian cat with blue-green eyes." I don't know where I went, and I ordered people to search for it several times, but they couldn't find it. Later, there were many things at home, so I couldn't take care of them."

Dou Zhao leaned on Song Mo's shoulder: "Could it be that the cat was left by my mother-in-law?"

"How is it possible?" Song Mo fanned Dou Zhao, and smiled, "If the cat had been kept by my mother, he would have told me that he would not keep it quietly like this."

Is it a tool to attack the mind?

The brothers who have lived together for more than ten years have too many memories in common. It seems that I used the method of boiling frogs in warm water correctly.

Dou Zhao pursed his lips and smiled.

Song Mo said: "Don't take this matter to heart, I will tell Song Han tomorrow and ask him to foster the cat elsewhere. When there is a child in the family, cats and dogs are never serious. , but children like it, if it is scratched or bitten, it will be troublesome."

Is it because Song Han raised the cats and dogs?

Dou Zhao smiled and nodded.

Song Mo really went to Song Han to talk about it the next day. Song Han was very surprised, but he sent the cat to the farm docilely. The process was so smooth that Dou Zhao was a little surprised, but what surprised her even more was that Song Han Following her advice, a pair of heather-gray domestic cats were caught and kept in the house.

Gu Yu looked down on Dou Zhao when he knew about it, and said, "Do you know how much that Persian cat is worth? The nobles in the palace have to wait for their chances if they want to raise it. It's better for you to waste everything."

Dou Zhao didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile, "Why don't I ask someone to send that cat to your house?"

Gu Yu said with disdain: "I don't want to keep these little things! They are so delicate, and death is life."

Dou Zhao suddenly felt a confidant.

It is also for this reason that she rarely raises these cats and dogs.

But she still couldn't help teasing Gu Yu: "I didn't expect our little bully to be so compassionate!"

Gu Yu's face flushed instantly, and he said, "Cats and dogs are much more loyal than humans."

Dou Zhao couldn't help feeling soft when he heard this, and he chattered with him for a long time, feeling very happy.

When Song Mo came back and saw that they were getting along harmoniously, the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably. After changing clothes, he sat down and asked Dou Zhao to order the woman on the stove to cook some dishes that Gu Yu liked. He wanted to keep Gu Yu at home to eat. dinner.

Gu Yu frowned and begged Song Mo: "Brother, go and tell my aunt. A few days ago, the emperor asked me to work as an errand in the standard-bearer guard, but my aunt refuted it. She said that I am still young and not calm enough. Follow my grandfather for two more years of experience. My brother is only a month older than me, and he is already a third-rank general. I still eat and drink at home. Even Feng Zhi’s guy has gone to the Fifth Army Battalion now, so I am too embarrassed to be outside. I've been wandering around. Uncle and aunt say the same thing, and it's not easy for me to go to my grandfather to talk to Xiang. That woman will definitely spread it around gleefully when she finds out. After thinking about it, I can only ask my brother to help me make love in front of my aunt. "

Both Song Mo and Dou Zhao knew that it was because of Gu Yu's reputation. Empress Wan was afraid that he would not accomplish anything well enough, so she would rather keep him in vain until the matter of King Liao was settled. Queen Wan would never let Gu Yu become an official.

In fact, both Empress Wan and King Liao still took good care of Gu Yu. [

After the Liao king ascended the throne in the previous life, Gu Yu, who had just reached the weak crown, became the palm-printed governor of the five-army governor's mansion, and also served as the commander of the capital of the standard-bearer guard.The health of the limelight.In the middle of the court, one hour and two.

Of course Song Mo didn't know about this.He has his own way to deal with Gu Yu.

"Speaking of it, it's not that you were dragged down by the reputation of that 'little overlord of Kyoto'." Song Mo smiled, "Don't be annoyed either. Didn't the Empress say that you are not 'steady' enough? Do you do a few things to be steady? Show her what you are doing, and she will naturally not stop you."

Gu Yu became interested as soon as he heard it.He hurriedly said, "Then what should I do?"

Song Modao: "I bought a shipyard in Tianjin, and I am worried that there is no director, why don't you help me take care of it? After you come back, everyone will naturally look at you with admiration!"

"No way!" Gu Yu was disappointed, "You want me to be your steward?"

"No wonder the empress is worried about you." Song Mo said, "What can you do with high eyesight and low hands? Don't look at me now. When I was 12 years old, I had reconciled accounts with the big shopkeepers of Guangdong Thirteen Bank. If it weren't for this With some skills, do you think those big shopkeepers who can stand alone will convince me?"

Gu Yu sat there awkwardly and did not speak.

Asking him to do what the steward does all of a sudden, the gap is a bit big.

Dou Zhao said: "A man can stretch and bend. If you can't even bear such a small grievance, how can you make a big deal?"

The fact is that Gu Yu didn't suffer at all in his previous life, and spent his whole life at ease in fresh clothes and angry horses.

If Gu Yu knew that he was coaxing him, would he stare at him angrily and ignore him from now on?

Dou Zhao thought in his heart.

Gu Yu suddenly stood up, and after a few rounds in the room, he stood still with a determined face, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'm going to Tianjin! I don't believe it, such a small matter can still be difficult." I!"

Dou Zhao hurriedly praised Gu Yu.

Gu Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think that I don't know that you coaxed me to buy coolies for you, but we also talk in Beijing, so I just went to relax."

Dou Zhao and Song Mo laughed haha.

Gu Yu turned his head and forgot about Song Mo's plotting against him, and said to Song Mo with a smile, "I heard that there are rare treasures overseas, why don't we build a big boat and go out to sea for a visit?"

Song Mo couldn't help but laugh, and said: "The construction technology of the big ships going out to sea is controlled by the Ministry of Industry, and ordinary people can't see them, let alone private building is against the law."

Gu Yu reluctantly nodded in response, but his eagerness to try was hard to hide between his brows.

Song Mo looked at Dou Zhao and sighed.

I don't know if it's right or wrong to send this heartless person to Tianjin?

Song Moyuan wanted to talk to Uncle Yunyang, but he never thought that the caravan from Liaodong would enter Beijing the next day.

In addition to sending two large boxes of furs to Song Mo, Jiang Sunbai also sent a greeting letter.

Song Mo politely received the chief treasurer of the caravan, accompanied by Liao Bifeng, and had a meal at the British government.But he himself stayed in the study with the letter when he was lighting the lamp, and asked Wu Yi and others to guard outside the study, staying alone in the study for a long time without coming out.

Dou Zhao was a little worried and went to the study.

The study room was brightly lit, and Song Mo was sitting in front of the desk, staring at the octagonal palace lantern on the desk in a daze.

On the desk, in addition to an open letter, there is also a "Poem of a Thousand Words".