Due to Ah Kan's special status and his ostentatious appearance, it is naturally inconvenient to go out and show his face, so he can only stay in Wen's house every day, and he starts to get irritable within two days, and everyone looks like he is about to breathe fire.
"What do you think about this?" Shen Qianfeng poured him a cup of tea.
"Huh?" Ye Jin regained consciousness, blinked and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The Patriarch of the Pomeng Clan." Shen Qianfeng said.
"He." Ye Jin thought for a while, "He's covered in hair."
Shen Qianfeng: "..."
Ye Jin hugged the cat and yawned, then lazily went back to the house to sleep, leaving leader Shen to sit alone in the courtyard very distressed, being covered in hair is not a good thing, what is there to miss.
Mr. Wen was also very distressed at this time, squatting at the gate of the courtyard, dragging his cheeks and looking out eagerly.
Mu Qingshan persuaded earnestly: "Even if my lord stays here and does not move, it will not make the merchant ship go faster."
"Why haven't there been any letters yet?" Wen Liunian counted with his fingers, "It's almost the end of the day."
"Luoying Island is still some distance away from here, and the sea has been blowing recently, so it's no surprise that the ship will be delayed." Mu Qingshan said, "If your lord misses the master, why don't you take out the previous letter and read it again? "I think there is a thick pile, and it should be able to cope with this period of time.
Wen Liunian said sullenly: "It's boring, I can recite it."
Mu Qingshan: "..."
Wen Liunian asked: "Master, do you want to listen?"
Mu Qingshan quickly shook his head.
Wen Liunian continued to sigh.
There was a burst of noise outside the courtyard, Mu Qingshan thought it was another fight between the hidden guards, just as he was about to go out to have a look, he saw Wu Ying lying on Wu Feng's back, and the two staggered in together.
"My lord." Wufeng smiled and put Wuying aside.
"Master Wufeng." Wen Liunian was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"
"I've been investigating near Bel-Air Bay a few days ago, thinking it's close to here, so I stopped by to see Aying." Wufeng said, "No trouble, right?"
"Of course not." Wu Ying protested.
"Thank you." Mu Qingshan said, "Come in and sit down, I'll make tea."
"Did you find anything?" Wen Liunian asked.
"There is not much useful information." Wufeng shook his head, "There is a lot of fog around Bel-Air Bay, and merchant ships have always had to go around. If their whereabouts are found, they will startle the snake, so we can only stay on the periphery."
"It's also expected." Wen Liunian said, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have been chosen by Chu Heng to raise sharks."
"Is there no way at all?" Mu Qingshan put the tea tray on the table.
"At present, there is really no way to get in." Wufeng said, "Chu Heng's warship will enter Bel-Air Bay every three months, and it is called a combat exercise."
"It's fair to say that we want to watch the battle together." Wen Liunian said, "But this kind of drill happens almost every few days, and the places are different. If we have to go to Bel-Air, the other party will definitely be suspicious. "
"It's not good in the open, and it can't get in in the dark, so why just wait?" Mu Qingshan asked.
"If you can't find any other way, you can only continue to wait." Wen Liunian said, "Otherwise, I'm afraid the success will fall short."
Mu Qingshan said: "I don't know how long it will take." Recently, the Chu family father and son are very peaceful. Not only do they lead troops to patrol the city every day, but they also open warehouses to release food from time to time, and even built a school in the city. It is not easy to wait for them to show their feet.
"If Chu Heng can keep doing this, it's not bad." Wen Liunian said, "Even if it's just to show us, at least the common people will get real benefits.
"It is estimated that he is burning incense and worshiping Buddha now, hoping that the lord will leave early every day." Wu Ying took a bite of the peach in his hand, "Then we will not leave!"
"That's right." Wufeng knocked on his head, "Look at what your lord said in the letter, someone wants to propose marriage to you?"
"Ahem." Wuying was choked, and looked at Wen Liunian in grief and indignation, "It was agreed to keep it a secret!"
Mr. Wen looked up at the sky calmly and didn't say anything.
"Now that the Pinglang Gang's family is ruined and their families are dead, don't make fun of it anymore." Wu Ying wiped his mouth.
"It's not a joke, but the master read the letter and said that he should pay attention to a marriage." Wufeng put his arm around his shoulder, "tell me, what kind of girl do you like?"
Wuying thought for a while, "He has a good temper, he can make delicious tofu fish soup and sugar cakes, and he can't pester me all the time, it's better to be good at fisting."
"No more?" Wufeng opened his eyes wide.
"Nope." Wuying shook his head.
Wufeng twitched the corners of his mouth: "I asked you to choose a wife, not to describe Aunt Wang who is the chef of Luoying Island."
"Pfft." Mu Qingshan was amused.
"Why don't you ask the heroes of Chasing Shadow Palace to be a matchmaker?" Wen Liunian had a whim, it's okay to be idle anyway, and it's good to have a marriage.
"Come, come, let's have a good discussion and see what kind of suitable one we can find for you." Wufeng walked out with his dear brother.
Wuying hugged the pillar and burst into tears, let me go quickly, it is clear that you are not even married yet!
Since Bel-Air Bay cannot be entered for the time being, and Chu Yuan had ordered everyone not to startle the snake, Wen Liunian and the others did not make any further moves. I just went to the army to inspect as usual, and visited the surrounding villages every now and then to visit the people, doing what the imperial envoy should do.
Duan Baiyue still held the banner of worshiping the ancestors, facing the Chu State Navy far away, like a thorn in her heart, which could not be pulled out or picked off. Chu Heng also secretly sent out his confidants to take the opportunity to stir up conflicts between him and Shen Qianfeng, but they all seemed to disappear—not only did no trouble happen, even people disappeared without a trace. After several times like this, the Chu family father and son Finally realizing that Duan Baiyue is not a simple character, she calmed down a little.
Summer goes from autumn to winter, and in a blink of an eye it is the end of the new year. Ye Jin followed Shen Qianfeng back to the south of the Yangtze River to spend the New Year with his parents, Shang Yunze took Mu Qingshan out to sea to watch Rare, and Wuying also returned to Luoying Island. On New Year's Eve, Wen Liunian got up early in the morning, wrote a lot of Spring Festival couplets for the people in the city, went for a walk in the kitchen, and then sat on the threshold with his cheeks propped up and sighed.
This year seems to be a little deserted.
"My lord!" The dark guard was beaming, and drove a flock of geese in.
Wen Liunian: "..."
"It was given by the common people." The secret guard explained, "I can't refuse it, we paid the money."
"There are so many." Wen Liunian looked around and said worriedly, "Where should I raise them?"
"Just run around." Anwei said, "It's also lively listening to the quacking."
Wen Liunian wanted to cry even more when he heard the words, but he had to rely on the crowing of geese to be lively.
"King Daming just wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that the master's skills have improved by leaps and bounds recently." The dark guard sat beside him, "It's not easy to interrupt at a time like this."
"I know." Wen Liunian squeezed his fingers, but still thought about it.
"After dinner, we will accompany the adults to go shopping in the street." The dark guard continued to coax, "There are fish that can glow."
"Hmm." Wen Liunian thought to himself, a fish that can glow.
After basking in the sun, two red-armored wolves swished in from the outside, laying out their needs for insects to eat.
Chinese New Year.
Wen Liunian stood up and patted his clothes. He was about to go to the kitchen to fetch minced meat, but there was a "Little Liuzi" from outside, so he couldn't help being startled, stretched out his hands to scratch his ears, wondering if he was hallucinating.
Mrs. Wen happily stepped in from the outside, holding her skirt.
"Mother!" Wen Liunian was extremely pleasantly surprised.
"Hey!" Mrs. Wen laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, followed by Wen Rumo, Zhou Dingtian, Zhou Mubai, and a large carriage for the New Year.
"Daddy!" Wen Liunian was about to cry.
Wen Rumo was happy, and by the way, he glanced proudly at Zhou Dingtian, how about it, my dear son, you called me first.
"Cough!" Zhou Dingtian coughed twice.
"Godfather." Wen Liunian rushed over joyfully.
"A little fatter again." Zhou Dingtian hugged him and weighed him, "It's good."
"The waist is getting thinner." Wen Liunian emphasized.
"It's better to be fatter, to have official authority." Zhou Dingtian put him on the ground, "I was supposed to arrive three days ago, but I happened to meet the head of Li on the way to celebrate his birthday, so I went to have a glass of wine, so I was late."
Wen Liunian's nose was slightly red, but he still felt that he was dreaming.
"Your second uncle and elder brother are in charge of the house, so we come to this big Kun city to celebrate the new year. We can't let you go out alone every year." Mrs. Wen took his hand and said with a smile, "Just come out to relax .”
Originally, I was thinking of having a quiet and cold New Year, but I didn’t expect that the whole family would gather together all of a sudden, and the secret guards were excited to let everyone stay. Zhou Dingtian and Wen Rumo went to the street to buy wine, and Mrs. Wen also rolled up her sleeves and made a fuss. Lion head, just last year when he was thinking about taking Huai Qi out, a big and thick man suddenly broke in outside, with a very ferocious face, he was shocked immediately.
"Mother." Wen Liunian hurried out of the kitchen, "His name is A Kan, he is the patriarch of the Southwest clan, not a bad person."
"So it's from Miao Jiang." Mrs. Wen stroked her chest, "You look really strong, are you married?"
Wen Liunian: "..."
No matter how everyone sees this sentence.
"Not yet." Ah Kan said in a rough voice, "Go back and marry again."
Mrs. Wen looked him around, shook her head and said, "Since you're in the Central Plains, you should dress neatly, so it's not easy to go out."
"Lord Wen doesn't ask me to go out." Ah Kan went into the kitchen, pulled a roasted chicken leg and gnawed on it. Being bored in the room every day, he was really irritable at first, but then Wen Liunian probably felt that this was not okay, so he began to teach him some ways of governing the country with Wentao and Wulu, which sounded quite interesting. The dark guard would teach him some boxing skills when he had nothing to do, and occasionally sneak out to sea together, which was quite fun, so he was no longer in a hurry to go back.
"The status is special, so it's inconvenient for others to see." Wen Liunian explained.
"So that's how it is." Mrs. Wen was soft-hearted. She felt pitiful when she saw him squatting on the steps silently gnawing on the chicken legs, so she sent someone to buy a new set of clothes and came back, and asked him what he likes to eat. Let's make it together in the evening. .
"The Pomeng clan is not a new year." Ah Kan shook his head.
"Since we live together, we are a family, but we always have to eat during the New Year." Mrs. Wen straightened his messy hair, "When I see you, I think of Little Liuzi."
Master Wen's eyes widened. How can this be connected? Don't tell me we look alike.
"They've been floating outside all the time. They have a home but can't go back." Mrs. Wen sighed, "The world is not peaceful."
"It will be peaceful." Wen Liunian added beside him. During this period of time, the layout of the Chu State's garrison has undergone tremendous changes. The Northwest garrison has been transferred to the Northeast in large numbers, while Shen Qianfan's army in the Northeast has withdrawn to the Royal City. It is said that the Emperor Chu's move is probably to deal with Duan Baiyue - offering sacrifices to any ancestor can last for a year or two, and saying that he has no other intentions, even a fool would not believe it.
"Want to fight?" Mrs. Wen asked.
"Perhaps." Wen Liunian smiled, and opened a packet of peanut candy, "For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, don't talk about that."
When everyone came back from outside, Ah Kan had been groomed by Mrs. Wen again, his hair was tied neatly, he had changed into new clothes, and his face was shaved clean. If it wasn't for the tattoos still on his face, he would almost Can't recognize who it is.
The dark guards swarmed up to him, scrambling to mess up his hair, and a whole yard of big white geese also joined in the fun, and all of a sudden, chickens and dogs jumped into chaos. Zhou Mubai jumped onto the wall with the wine jar in his hand to avoid harming the innocent. Mrs. Wen smiled, turned and went back to the kitchen to cook.
"There are so many people here?" After hearing the notification, Chu Heng frowned.
"Not only Mr. Wen's parents, but also the head of the Peacock Sect and the third young master." The spy said, "With the people from Chasing Shadow Palace, the whole yard is noisy."
Chu Heng rubbed his temples in distress.
"We didn't intend to take any action at first, even if Palace Master Chasing Shadow came, we wouldn't be afraid." Chu Cheng poured him a cup of tea, "Father, don't worry about it."
"I always feel that the visitor is not kind." Chu Heng said, "Is there any movement on Duan Baiyue's end?"
"Another group of troops has been dispatched to come over, and it looks like there will be a big move." Chu Chengdao, "What does the emperor mean by that?"
"Same as before, I ordered you and me not to act rashly, lest the two sides draw down their troops when they are fighting, and the Eastern Sea bandits take advantage of it." Chu Heng said, "We will not officially start the war until the imperial court's army is dispatched."
"Your Majesty, don't you think that Duan Baiyue will wait in peace and contentment until everything is arranged properly?" Chu Cheng lightly scoffed.
"It can be delayed for a day." Chu Heng said, "The longer the preparation time, the more beneficial it is to the court. According to the current situation, even if Duan Baiyue suddenly goes to war, with you and me standing in front, it is enough for Shen Qianfan to lead the army Hurry to this Great Kun City."
Chu Cheng shook his head: "Even if we win a big victory at that time, the military achievements will belong to others, and the losses will be ours. It is a good deal."
"In order to win over Sun Moon Villa and Yue Chasing Shadow Palace, the imperial court wished to give all the benefits to the Shen family." Chu Heng said, "After a year later, we will find a way to meet the King of Southwest, and we will test it first to see what his purpose is. "
"However, in order to provoke a conflict between him and Shen Qianfeng earlier, it was quite offending." Chu Cheng said cautiously, "According to all kinds of rumors, the King of Southwest is not an open-minded person, and he always takes revenge."
"Those who want to do great things, if they want to stick to these small grudges, they won't be successful." Chu Heng shook his head, "To be able to dominate one side and become the overlord, you should be able to weigh the pros and cons, and know how to choose what is best for you. Now The imperial court regards him as a thorn in the side, and only by cooperating with us can we increase our chances of winning."
Chu Cheng nodded, turned around and went out to prepare. Seeing his gloomy face, the servants in the mansion kept silent, they didn't even dare to speak loudly, everything was quiet, even though it was New Year's Eve, there was no sense of the year, which was in stark contrast to the Wen Mansion not far away.
Mrs. Wen was frying, frying and frying. The table was full and the dishes were not enough, so she got a copper pot to cook seafood, and she felt a little satisfied just now. It was the first time for Ah Kan to go out for the New Year. He felt that he could talk loudly with wine and meat, and there were no messy rules. He was quite comfortable, so he became happy and became very close to Mrs. Wen. thing.
"Eat grasshoppers?" Mrs. Wen turned pale.
"Poisonous insects everywhere?" Mrs. Wen's face turned pale again.
"You think scholars are useless?" Mrs. Wen turned pale again.
When she heard that "a man of status must marry his wife at least five times", Mrs. Wen finally looked at her son with trepidation, wouldn't Ah Yue do the same
Master Wen calmly gnawed a pig's trotter: "Mother thinks too much."
Don't talk about marrying and going home, if you dare to look at it, you will break your leg.
Really very fierce.
Luoying Island in the East China Sea was also brightly lit at this time, and Wu Ying was going crazy outside with a group of little dolls. Zhao Yue raised his head and drank the wine in his glass, with Jiyue Dao beside him.
"It's New Year's Eve, maybe you still plan to practice kung fu." Yun Duanhun poured wine slowly.
Zhao Yue smiled: "I want to go back earlier."
"Maybe you can help Xiaoliuzi again before you go back to the Great Kun City after training to become a teacher," Yun Duanhun said.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Yue put down his glass.
"Go to Bel-Air Bay." Yun Duanhun said, "There is a ecstasy array, no one can break in, Xiao Liuzi once wrote a letter, saying that there might be sharks inside."
"Merren?" Zhao Yue frowned, "Really?"
"It's not certain, Xiao Liuzi doesn't seem to believe it, but someone has actually seen it." Yun Duanhun said, "Wufeng went to investigate twice, and didn't gain much."
Zhao Yue nodded, put down the wine glass in his hand, picked up the Jiyue knife and walked out.
"Where is the young master going?" Wu Ying asked curiously after seeing it.
"Practice." Zhao Yue didn't look back.
"Don't take a day off during Chinese New Year?" Wu Ying was puzzled.
"For Mr. Wen, not to mention the Chinese New Year, even if the sky falls, I will continue to practice." Wufeng said, "If you haven't met your sweetheart, naturally you won't be able to understand it."
"It's as if you're already married." Wuying looked disgusted, "I haven't even held the girl's hand, so it's better than me."
"Holding Ah Luo's hand doesn't count, she's only four years old." Wufeng knocked him on the head.
Wuying: "..."
oh.
Then I didn't take it either.
Wufeng smiled and shook his head, and took him to the kitchen to cook dumplings.
In Da Kun City, Wen Liunian yawned and lay on the bed in a daze.
It's been a whole year since we separated...