long moon smiles in the sky

Just after the Qingming Festival in April, Kaifeng Mansion ended the continuous rainy days and ushered in a sunny morning.The green buds on the branches have turned into tender green leaves, stained with some dew, and look fresh and green, full of life.

After the Tomb-sweeping Day, more people go out in spring, and many people in Kaifeng who spend the winter under the quilt also put on spring clothes and come out to get busy.The streets became much more lively, and there were also painted boats in the lake... coming and going, bursts of graceful music came out.

Kaifeng mansion, the backyard.

"Aha……"

In the early morning, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand from the warm quilt, yawned, and stretched himself... Immediately, four furry things rushed onto his bed, licking...

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao sat up and rubbed his eyes, lowered his head, looked at the three chubby kittens rolling around beside him, and the silly little Ba, who had grown up a bit, In a daze, he said, "Morning."

Looking up at the sky outside, I saw the bright sky, and the rainy days before had disappeared.Zhan Zhaomei squinted his eyes and smiled. It seems that the day is almost over, and we can start our journey.

In fact, Guard Zhan's vacation had arrived early, but because he had to travel far, rain would always affect his mood when going out, so he waited until the rain stopped before leaving.

During this period of time, the Kaifeng mansion was quite calm, but originally, with Mr. Bao's presence, the law and order in Kaifeng had always been very good.

Now Kaifeng Prefecture can be described as full of talents.Pang Tong led his men to stay in Kaifeng mansion. Although he mostly lived in his own Zhongzhou palace, he came here to report almost every day.Come early in the morning, don't leave until dark at night.In the Kaifeng mansion, he was either reading the files, or chatting with Mr. Bao, fighting against Zhan Zhao, or else harassing Gongsun who devoted himself to researching medicine.

Recently in the early spring, the weather was unstable, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, so many people in Kaifeng Mansion suffered from colds. Mr. Gongsun had nothing to do with him, so he set up a tent at the corner gate of Kaifeng Mansion as before, to give to the people along the way. To see a doctor, he made some pills to treat colds by himself, and he didn't sell them, but gave them to people who had no money to buy medicines.

Both Su Changfeng and Lan Qi simply stayed in Kaifeng Mansion, Su Changfeng happened to be in charge of the [-] Imperial Guards belonging to Kaifeng Mansion, and Lan Qi was in charge of the [-] yamen servants in Kaifeng Mansion's yamen affairs.Both were smart, capable, and hardworking.After having these two people, Zhan Zhao's work has been reduced a lot, and there have been no major cases these days, so you can often see Zhan's guards doing nothing, lazily wandering around the yard with a kitten in their arms , the weather is damp again...it's almost time to grow mushrooms.

Bai Yutang had been back for a while, and sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that his sister-in-law hadn't given birth yet, and he had to wait for half a month.

After putting on his clothes and washing up, Zhan Zhao tidied up the room in good spirits, then packed his bags, turned around and left the room, ran to the study, said goodbye to Bao Zheng, and was going to take his one-month vacation.

Bao Zheng is more free these days. Recently, Guotai Minan, he always feels a little unhappy every day with a dark face. The Eighth Prince always laughs at him, and the old master Pang Ji also said that he is an ominous omen... Everyone is happy Well, he alone always has a stinky face.

Bao Zheng murmured in his heart - my face is already dark, no matter how happy I am, my face is also dark!

There was nothing left and right, Bao Zheng went to play chess with the Eighth Prince from time to time, or drank tea with Wang Shangshu, and his life was quite pleasant.

Zhan Zhao walked through the corridor and saw Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi and Xiao Yuan practicing kung fu in the courtyard. The one who went out to patrol the streets today was Dynasty Ma Han, so Zhang Long and Zhao Hu who stayed behind taught the three children how to practice kung fu. .

"Master Zhan." The three children liked Zhan Zhao very much, and when they saw him coming, they all ran over to greet him with smiles.

"Have you had breakfast yet?" Zhan Zhao leaned over and asked.

"I have eaten." Xiao Yuan replied with a smile, "I have eaten after my morning class half an hour ago."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and told everyone that he was leaving today, and everyone knew that he had a long vacation, but after getting along with him, he still didn't want to give up, so he just told him to come back soon and remember to bring special products from Mount Lu.

When Zhan Zhao arrived at Bao Zheng's study room, he saw that he was reading official documents. When Zhan Zhao came in, Bao Zheng smiled and asked, "Why, the guard Zhan decided to leave today?"

Zhan Zhao nodded and said yes.

Bao Zheng took out a letter and a small box from the drawer, handed it to Zhan Zhao, and said, "Guard Zhan, don't you happen to be going to Mount Lushan? Help me with something."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao smiled, "Anyway, I'm going to hang out, I have plenty of time, what does your lord want me to do?"

"Oh, here." Bao Zheng opened the small box, Zhan Zhao went over to have a look, and saw a good seal stone inside.

"In the west of Jiujiang Mansion under Lushan Mountain, there is a seal Xu, Xu Zixu." Bao Zheng said with a smile, "That seal carving is a masterpiece. I bought this stone for a while, and I wanted to ask him to carve it. You Just passing by, give it to him for me, and bring it back after the engraving is finished." He said, pointing to the envelope, and said, "Here are the words to be written and the money."

Zhan Zhao nodded and said it was all right, he put away the letter and stuffed the seal stone into the bag, left Bao Zheng behind, and went out cheerfully.

When he arrived at the stable, he took out his horse Yanshanyue, stretched out his hand and patted the horse's neck, and said with a smile, "Xiaoyue, you are going on a long journey today, are you happy?"

Xiaoyue kept snorting and flicking her mane, and her four hooves seemed to be very excited.Saying goodbye to the servants who were busy working in the stable, Zhan Zhao also received a letter, which was given to him by the old horseman who raised horses in the stable, saying that there was a relative in Jiujiang Mansion, if Zhan Zhao got there, bring the letter to him , if there is anything, he also has someone to take care of him. He is a cook and can cook well.

Zhan Zhao happily accepted the letter, and led the horse to set off.

As soon as he reached the gate, the lady in the kitchen chased him out in a hurry, and handed him a package of things. Zhan Zhao took it and took a look, and saw that it was a large package of dry food made by the lady, including spiced cakes and some snacks that he likes to eat , the other is Kaifeng Yijue, the pastrami made by the aunt herself, this beef can be served with wine and rice with pancakes, it is fragrant and chewy, even Bai Yutang, who has always been picky, is full of praise.Zhan Zhao thanked the aunt, listened to her whispering instructions for a long time, and left with a smile.

When we got to the door, we saw Gongsun seeing a doctor. As usual, there was a long queue at the door.

Seeing Zhan Zhao coming out leading the horse, Gongsun lifted over and chattered a few words, telling him to be careful on the road, and then the two said goodbye, and Zhan Zhao got on the horse... At this time, he saw Pang Tong riding in the distance. Came on horseback.

"Brother Zhan is leaving?" Pang Tong asked with a smile.

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded, and said to him, "Brother Pang, I will leave the recent Kaifeng mansion to you."

"Don't worry." Pang Tong nodded.

After getting along for this period of time, Zhan Zhao and Pang Tong have become good friends. First of all, both of them are straightforward and don't like to beat around the bush. In addition, they both practice martial arts, have a chivalrous heart, and like cats and dogs-they have similar tastes.

After Zhan Zhao said hello, he took Xiaoyue and walked away from Kaifeng mansion. He went to the early shop in the market to buy two meat buns, and ate the buns leisurely while holding hands with her. Xiaoyue left the city.

Walking outside the city gate, the buns in his hand were also eaten.Zhan Zhao hung the burden on Xiaoyue's saddle, and flew onto the horse with the giant que in his hand, and said with a smile, "Let's go, Xiaoyue!"

Xiaoyue let out a long hiss happily, spread her hooves, and galloped along the official road to the scenic spot of Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.

Let's talk about the empty island.

After Bai Yutang came back, he found out that his sister-in-law was half a month away from giving birth. He felt a little regretful. If he had known, he would have stayed in Kaifeng Mansion for a few more days before coming back. There was still a jar of Zhuyeqing under the cat's bed that he hadn't finished drinking.

Seeing his regretful expression, Jiang Ping laughed, and said, "Old Wu, you stay on Xingkong Island for two months a year, spend two months outside, and then stay in Kaifeng Mansion for the remaining eight months." ...Have you not waited enough?"

Bai Yutang's eyelids twitched, and he said, "Where is..."

At this moment, I saw Lu Fang running out in a hurry, shouting, "It's about to give birth, it's about to give birth! Call the doctor!"

Bai Yutang and the others didn't pay much attention to him. After all, in the half month since Bai Yutang came back, his eldest brother Lu Fang had a seizure every day.As soon as Min Soo Soo said that his stomach hurts, he would rush out and shout, "It's a baby, it's a baby!"

Xu Qing half-jokingly said, "My sister-in-law is fortunately only ten months pregnant, if she is twenty months pregnant, my eldest brother must be crazy."

Han Zhang still found a midwife doctor for Lu Fang, but he was already waiting in the yard, waiting for her to give birth.

The midwife went in slowly and took a look, then ran out after falling, shouting, "This time it's real, it's really about to give birth!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they heard Min Xiuxiu's cry from inside the room, the voice sounded quite painful.

"What should I do?" Xu Qing asked Jiang Ping, "My sister-in-law is about to give birth!"

Jiang Ping curled his lips dumbfounded, "What's the point of asking me, I've never been born before."

When everyone reached the gate, they heard that Lu Fang was more anxious than Min Xiuxiu inside, muttering to the side, "Xiuxiu, use your strength..."

Min Xiuxiu thought he was annoying, so he was kicked out, saying that he looked annoying.

Lu Fang was kicked out disheartened, and turned around in a hurry at the door, and everyone comforted him, "Don't worry, I'm going to be a father in half an hour!"

Min Soo-soo's cry was heard inside, Xu Qing felt quite creepy, and gritted his teeth and said, "Oh my mother, does it hurt to have a baby? Fortunately, it's a man."

Everyone was speechless.

Lu Fang was already thinking about it on the steps.

Bai Yutang reached out to pat him on the shoulder, and said, "Brother, don't worry, hold on tight."

"Oh, don't be in a hurry." Lu Fang continued to mutter, "Anyway, mother and child are absolutely safe..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud cry of "wow" from inside.

Everyone froze, like a baby crying.

Before he had time to react, he heard the midwife shouting, "Oh, congratulations, you are a young master!"

"Brother!" Han Zhang tugged at the foolish Lu Fang, "He's born! My son!"

"Ah?" Lu Fang was stunned, "Is it your son?"

Jiang Ping kicked him helplessly, and said, "Brother, why don't you go in? What are you doing here?"

"That's right!" Lu Fang hurriedly rushed in, shouting, "My lady! My son!"

Everyone also went in happily, Bai Yutang couldn't help thinking, if only the cat was here, he would also look at Lu Zhen.

After receiving the little doll wrapped in a blanket from the midwife, Lu Fang was stunned for a long time and asked, "Why are you so wrinkled like a little old man?"

Min Xiuxiu laughed at him, "You are stupid, you were born like this, just raise it for two days and you will be fine."

Everyone leaned over to watch.

After seeing the little baby cry twice, he stopped crying.

Blinking his eyes, he saw the five men in front of him gathered together, staring at him with wide-open eyes, and blinking his eyes too.

"Ah..." Xu Qing was stunned for a long time, and then said, "It's really alive!"

Han Zhang on the side rewarded him with a chestnut.

Afterwards, the empty island became lively, and Lu Fang threw a banquet to celebrate the birth of little Lu Zhen, and the whole island was beaming with joy.

Seeing that the child was born, Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something... He went back to his yard, asked the housekeeper, Bai Fu, and how many other servants, and they all said that they had not received the original letter from the Lushan Eighteenth School. An invitation sent by the old man.

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, thinking that he couldn't think of me in the martial arts competition?Don't really fancy that cat, do you?

……

Zhan Zhao was rushing to Jiangxi, and the leisurely journey on the road was like a spring trip. On this day, he came to a fork in the official road. Going southwest, you will be Jiujiang Mansion, but if you go southeast...it will be Songjiang Mansion, you can take a boat Go to Sky Island.

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, and took out a small gold-encrusted goggle from his bosom... This mirror was worn by him when he was a child, and was given to him by his enlightenment teacher Daoist Taixing. For fitness, the most important thing is that the bronze mirror is engraved with some inner strength formulas summed up by Daoist Taihang with his life's painstaking efforts. Children can practice martial arts since childhood... This is what he gave to little Luzhen.

After thinking about it, Zhan Zhao went to Yanshanyue and asked, "Xiaoyue, what do you think, do you want to go to Jiujiang Mansion? Or go to Zikong Island first? Maybe go now, just in time for sister-in-law to have a baby?"

Xiaoyue looked back at him, and walked towards Jiujiang Mansion. Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose and said, "Going to Jiujiang Mansion?"

Xiaoyue looked back at him again, helplessly, turned around to another official road, and ran towards Songjiang Mansion.

Zhan Zhao sat on the horse, smiled, and said to himself, "That's right, since Xiaoyue wants to go to Zakong Island to see Lu Zhen, then let's go to Zakong Island first!"

……

After staying at home for more than half a month, Bai Yutang felt awkward all over his body, neither walking nor sitting.

Lu Fang has been walking around little Lu Zhen with a happy grin every day recently, Xu Qing and Han Zhang are still busy with the river transportation, and Jiang Ping is still the housekeeper.

Bai Yutang had nothing to do, and he was thinking about the cat going to Mount Lushan again, so don't really come back after recruiting relatives successfully... How can it be done? !

Min Xiuxiu saw Bai Yutang's preoccupation wandering in front of his eyes every day, he sighed helplessly, and said, "Yutang, what's wrong with you? There are nails on the stool? I don't think you can sit still."

Bai Yutang looked at Min Xiuxiu and patted his head.

Naturally, Min Xiuxiu knew that he was worried, and his posture seemed to want to go out, so he said, "Okay, don't be bored at home, go for a stroll outside."

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then left his brother and sister-in-law, went back to his room to pack his things, took his knife... and left Xingkong Island by boat... and headed for Mount Lushan.