Traveling through the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a story of survival in troubled tim

"Girl, you're never free at all."

Wenshu moved the book that was blocking her face away, poked her head out and said jokingly.

"There's nothing to do anyway. Ever since the girl started holding a book all day and became addicted to reading, the Seventh Miss and the Eighth Young Master have both gone to the clan school.

Anyway, I don't have much to do, so it's only right that I serve our girls better!"

After saying that, Baoju pulled over a stool and went to stand guard outside the door, holding a sewing basket in her hand and started doing needlework.

Seeing her like this, Wen Shu shook her head helplessly, knowing that she couldn't persuade her, so she didn't say anything more.

Baoju has always been in charge of the affairs in her room. I think her mother chose her for her own consideration.

After she spoke, Peony slipped away to compete with the loquat tree.

……

After Wen Yao returned to his own yard, he ordered Feng Xing to prepare the horses, but he did not return until dark that night.

It was three days later that Wenshu saw her elder brother again.

He looked tired, and the clothes he was wearing were the same ones he wore when we met three days ago. He had lost a lot of weight, his face was pale, his lips were chapped, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very haggard.

Wen Shu was startled: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Wenshu sat in the yard, eating the loquats that Shaoyao had peeled. The taste of the fruit changed every day. A few days ago, when Shaoyao gave it to her, it was very sour.

Seeing the bright yellow ones today, Shaoyao couldn't stand the bright yellow loquats showing off in front of her.

They had just eaten a few when Wen Yao came in in a dishevel, and Wen Shu couldn't eat anymore.

"Brother, where are you coming from?

Why haven't I seen you these past few days?"

Wen Yao didn't say anything. Seeing a tea set placed next to the coffee table, he didn't hesitate to pick up an upside-down teacup, picked up the teapot and poured water into it. He didn't care whether the water in the pot was hot or not, he just picked it up and drank it all. He repeated this several times until the teapot was empty.

“e=(′o｀*))) Oh, it feels so good—”

After saying that, he sat down on the chair opposite Wenshu, and only then noticed a basket of peeled loquats on the coffee table.

You’re welcome, just pick it up and eat it.

After Wen Yao sat down.

She stood up and walked around him. She found that he was just a little smelly and dirty, but there was nothing abnormal about him.

Then he sat down.

——Hahaha, big brother, you were robbed by bandits, right? ———

If it were true!

Wen Shu laughed so hard that her head was tilted back.

"The eldest son is a skilled martial artist, a man of great valor and talent. Even if he encountered bandits, he would beat them to a pulp..."

Shaoyao, who was being punished to do the splits, felt a little dissatisfied when she heard this.

He chopped the wood with the axe in his hand and looked over here.

Wen Shu immediately stopped laughing, picked up a peeled, tender yellow loquat, turned around and waved to Shaoyao, "Shaoyao, you've been chopping wood for quite a while now. Come over here and have a rest. Have some fruit..."

"Ah!"

Shaoyao looked embarrassed and shook her head quickly.

"Girl, I don't want to eat, you eat!

Oh, I still have to chop wood, chop wood, I still have to chop wood, my work is not finished yet."

Shaoyao shrank her head, crossed her shoulders, and used brute force to pull out the axe that was stuck in the tree.

He picked up the axe and continued chopping.

Shaoyao was like a mouse meeting a cat, and Wen Yao was very interested in this master and servant pair.

After Wen Shu finished speaking, she stopped talking and continued to look at Wen Yao inquiringly.

"This peony..."

He hasn't finished yet!

Wen Shu waved her hand and said, "This girl is full of energy and needs to exercise her muscles. Besides, my small kitchen is short of firewood."

——Wen Yao looked around and saw that several huge tamarisk trees in the yard had their tops cut off, and several other trees in the yard were not spared.

Looking at the circle of shrubs surrounding the peony, I had the answer in my mind.

He shook his head helplessly. Shaoyao was still very courageous.

"Wu Niang's girl, you can deal with her yourself."

"By the way, brother, you've been on a long journey."

Wen Shu turned her head and looked at Wen Yao with interest.

He knew that he couldn't hide it, and it was a fact that he was not in the mountains these days, so there was nothing to hide.

but--

After looking at the surrounding environment, I realized that this was not the place to talk.

"I just got home and came to see you without even visiting my grandmother."

--have to--

"Precious Chrysanthemum"

Wenshu's voice was not loud, but Baoju, who was doing needlework in the pavilion, could hear it.

Baoju had already noticed the eldest young master entering the yard. Thinking that the two masters were talking about something important, she didn't even go forward to watch the eldest young master looking at the teapot.

The girl is very smart. If you really need her to do something, she will come to you immediately when you call her.

really,

Baoju immediately put down the needlework in her hands and took the hot water that had been prepared long ago.

"Girl, what are your instructions?"

As he spoke, he filled the teapot that Wen Yao had just drunk.

"The girl beside you is really worry-free. This way, I can rest assured when I'm outside in the future!"

Hearing this, Wen Shu raised her eyebrows.

He looked at the servant standing far away, watching Shaoyao chopping wood.

I looked like I wanted to go up and help in person several times.

"The people around Big Brother are also impatient!"

Sure enough, as Wenshu looked over, she didn't know when Fengxing arrived.

Wen Yao didn't take up the topic.

Just laugh it off and it's over.

Seeing the teapot filled with water, she said, "Peony, go see what food is in the kitchen. Make something and prepare some ready-made food for the eldest son!"

"it is good……"

"Let's go to my study and talk!"

Wen Yao looked at me as if to say, "You understand me." He took the remaining basket of loquats on the coffee table and followed Wen Shu to the study.

"Brother, leave this door open!"

Seeing Wen Yao about to reach out to close the door, Wen Shu immediately stopped him.

"Whatever——"

"Brother, what's the situation outside...?"

Wenshu didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

"How do you know something happened in Pingyang?"

Wen Yao had a serious look on his face. He had not been idle these days and had spent a lot of energy trying to find out the news from Pingyang and Luoyang.

"No wonder Liu Cong retreated even after reaching the gates of Luoyang last time!"

呲!

"She has to withdraw her troops. If she goes back too late, she might not even get a bowl of soup. Who knows, those enemies who dislike him might help her brother gain a foothold, and she won't know how she will die later!"

The two of them talked about the regime change taking place in Liu Hanguo as if they were chatting in a storybook.

"So you said that Liu Cong was unwilling to be inferior to others and had evil intentions, but...

The foundation laid by Liu Yuan will surely be well-prepared for the people he chooses to protect him."

"Brother, you are really kind--"

Wen Yao was a little dissatisfied when he said this. "What do you mean?"

——'What do you mean by that?'——

Wen was somewhat helpless. "Brother, do you think that since the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, this land has been filled with scenes of ministers killing kings, kings killing ministers, sons killing fathers, fathers killing sons, and brothers fighting each other."

"This……"

Wen Yao was speechless because what Peng Peng said was true.