Love Like the Galaxy - Chapter 158

    Shaoshang walked into the house with a straight back, and on the way back to his residence, Cheng Shaogong came up to gossip, “What’s the matter, is Huo Buxuan exonerated? Can your testimony work?” Shaoshang He was angry and said, “I still testify, people are powerful and omnipotent, and they have already left the evidence! If I don’t go today, he will be able to come out of Tingwei’s mansion safely!”

    Cheng Shaogong was greatly disappointed: “I still think that Zhang Yao is sure that he will win with a single blow. It turns out that it is so useless that he can’t even finish a round.”

    Mentioning about the trash who kept asking himself for details, Shaoshang became even more angry: “Don’t mention this bastard, Mr. Ji is probably giving him a sentence right now, I heard Shanjian say, such a groundless false accusation of meritorious deeds. An important minister, at least a resignation and exile.”

    “So, Huo Budo is all right now? Alas, you are gone for nothing, and people don’t need to thank you.”

    Shao Shang stopped and turned around, frowning and said: “The third brother is so strange, first he disapproved of my marriage with Yuan Shanjian for no reason, and when Huo Buzhu returns, he will attack him all day long. His situation – I remember that the third brother used to be very afraid of him, even if he accidentally bumped into him on the road, he would pretend not to know him and slip away.”

    Cheng Shaogong made a haha, and ran away while talking: “How do you say this, now that the eldest brother and second brother are not here, I am the eldest in the family, so naturally I have to take care of my sister… Hehe ,Ha ha…”

    Shao Shang stared at his brother’s back for a while, and continued to walk back until his shoulders collapsed when he stepped into his house. Alime noticed the girl’s worry and said with concern: “What’s wrong with the young lady? I’m so tired after going out for half a day.” After speaking, she instructed Sangguo to bring the soup, and asked the lotus house to pack a hot sandbag to apply to Shaoshang to relieve fatigue.

    Shao Shang sighed lightly: “For some reason, I always feel that something wrong will happen.”

    Alime looked at the girl and asked lightly, “Is it because of Mr. Huo?”

    After a while, Shao Shang said, “Yes.”

    When Huo Busu was in power, Yuan Shen was dormant, and when he was exiled, Yuan Shen emerged in politics. After dealing with it, you can personally understand the other party’s means.

    Different from Yuan Shen, Shaoshang and Huo Budo have been together for several months after all, and she has a deep understanding of the man’s sharpness, scheming, and courage. There is a saying that Huo Budo is right, if he really wants to ignore it, only the more cunning and cunning old uncle can stop him, and the crown prince may not be strong enough – this is despairing.

    In the court, Huo Budo is the best servant of the emperor, but in the matter of marriage, the old man is Huo Budo’s loyal dog. If Huo Budo wants to burn himself, he will The one that delivers the soy sauce right away. So don’t say that the emperor won’t stop him, even if he doesn’t cheer and shout at the side, it is very prudent.

    All kinds of irritability flooded into my heart, Shaoshang had to find something to distract himself, so he asked his mother how the fifth strong man’s role was, Mrs. Xiao smiled complacently, and said lightly that victory would not be successful It’s far away. If you operate it properly, your brothers, sons and nephews’ fist and foot masters will be booked in the future.

    Shao Shang was impressed by Cheng Xiao and his wife, and asked how to do it. Mrs. Xiao briefly recounted what happened.

    First put the fifth percent in an empty cellar, give him food and drink but don’t say a word to him, hold him insane, wait for Father Cheng to go in and talk to him, the fifth percent Instead of pretending to be cold and frosty, he was furious and scolded the eighteenth generation ancestors of the Cheng family.

    —It’s good to be able to roar in anger, and the first stage is complete.

      Falling from the sky, he slaughtered all the officials of the county government overnight, but no one could arrest him and bring him to justice.

    It also led to the fact that the officials in several counties near Cheng’s hometown were very acquainted, and the tax and corvée were adequate, even if the whole family was killed in their sleep one day; With his eyes closed, he pretended to be deaf and dumb. When violent bandits and soldiers were all over the place, he could join hands with Father Cheng to deal with it. The relationship between officials and the people was very harmonious.

    “…I was still young at the time, but I also knew that it turns out that not only the wise and worthy ministers can save the people from hanging, but also the heroic men of benevolence and righteousness. Very emotional.

    “I heard that the fifth hero’s mentor was a famous chivalrous man of the previous dynasty, who had conquered seven bandit villages in one month, just to find the granddaughter for a lonely old couple In order to prevent the government from slaughtering several villages suspected of being infected with the plague, he came out of the mountains in his twilight years, one person and one sword were covered in blood, and he robbed a famous doctor from a certain palace to diagnose and treat the villagers. I heard that the people in that area still worship the respected teacher to this day. The tablet of longevity, the incense is flourishing. Alas, this is ‘the way a man should be’ ah!”

    Father Cheng clapped his legs in admiration, with a look of longing and admiration, and the fifth percent moved his hands and feet uneasy.

    —I know that I have achieved nothing in the past twenty years, and the second stage is complete.

    At this point, Father Cheng began to speak for the Yuan family.

    The Yuan family was indeed on the verge of destruction back then, the anti-flag had been torn apart, and the soldiers and horses of the ruthless emperor were shouting and killing in front of them. Under such circumstances, as the only adult and capable straight male, Yuan Pei would never go with the Fifth Harmony. As for the fifth Heyi, who only clings to Yuan Pei and wants to stay together, the Yuan clan is so worried that they can’t spit out their flesh.

    Father Cheng was born with the appearance of a loyal and good-natured man, and when he spoke sweet words, the medicinal effect doubled, and 50% finally opened his heart: “My parents died early, and my sister followed me since she was a child, and she was petted by me. It’s broken, and I’m used to it, and the temperament raised is arrogant, I’d rather bend than bend.”

      However, the fifth Heyi, who has never suffered setbacks, admits the reason of death, and insists that her sweetheart abide by the promise and live with her in both places, entangled in one way. Fifth City has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and has experienced many accidents. He also knows that it is very inappropriate for his sister to be like this. It is like rubbing salt on the wounds of the Yuan family.

    —I started to reflect on the Yuan family back then, very good, the third stage was successful.

    “…I think the hero is also a reasonable person. Since the hero understands in his heart, why didn’t he dissuade Lingmei back then? ask.

    Fifth was silent for a long time.

    It’s not that he didn’t persuade him, but he did not discipline his sister cruelly.

    Firstly, he loves his sister and can’t bear to see her heartbroken. Second, he also secretly hopes that his adopted brother has a deep affection for his sister. Maybe he will be willing to leave his family business and choose his sister? However, he also knew that this idea was despicable and unrighteous, and it was extremely unworthy of the Yuan family, so not only did he not dare to declare it, but he did not even dare to think about it.

    It was Mrs. Xiao’s turn to appear.

    “Yuan Zhoumu has suffered from blood mold for eight lifetimes, got acquainted with your brothers and sisters, and also married Jinlan! Hmph, if you really treat someone as a brother, you should feel the same way. When the Yuan family was full of blood, why didn’t you see him? The fifth hero with outstanding martial arts will help you?!”

    The fifth percent showed pain. When the Yuan family was in distress, orphans and widows were hiding everywhere, and those who couldn’t escape were arrested and imprisoned to torture and kill the hanging corpse. What were you doing at that time? Oh, he was trying his best to console his sister in the loss of her lover.

    Mrs. Xiao sneered again and again: “My lord also has a righteous brother, that is, Mr. Wan Songbai, the prefect of Xu County. For more than 20 years, the Wancheng family has shown each other with sincerity, good and bad, and they are like a family! The concubine dares to say that as long as he can exchange the life of my family, he is willing to give up his own life and his wife, concubines and children, except Mrs.

    The fifth percent of these words was ashamed, Father Cheng moved his sitting position a little guilty, and said something not very conscientious, and asked him to exchange his wife Xiao Yuanyi and children for his righteous brother Wan Songbai , he… that, should be… not willing.

    “The four words of “heart and courage” are easier said than done. In the heart of the fifth hero, the corpse of the righteous brother’s family is a sea of ​​blood and life and death, and it is not as good as the tears of the sister. Hurry up!”

    Mrs. Xiao’s words were sharp and merciless, “Although the fifth girl died tragically, Yuan Taigong also died. What else do you want? Why, your adopted brother’s biological father’s life is not worth the order. Sister. For the past 20 years, Yu Si, the fifth hero, you are ashamed of your friendship, selfishness, and only know how to feel sorry for yourself; It is when the world is in chaos and the people are suffering, but you are always entangled in revenge and resentment that are useless, and are of no help to the people in the world! Hmph, the teacher is also blind, and you have a good ability to teach you such a person people!”

    —The fifth stage is completely at a loss, and the fourth stage is complete.

    “What about now?” Shaoshang asked the fifth stage.

    Mrs. Xiao smiled lightly: “Move it with love, understand it with reason, and drink it like a blow, now let him slow down and take his breath away. Both Azhu and Ouer like him. I pester him every day to talk about the world, teach martial arts. When I look back, I will guarantee a matchmaker for the 50th percentile. In the future, I will have children and revitalize the family business.

      The wooden sword – this middle-aged man who has been through vicissitudes of life, the anger on his face has disappeared, replaced by endless patience.

    “Father and mother are really capable!” Shao Shang sighed.

    Cheng Shaogong said: “Everyone is like this, they are helpless in their own family affairs, and other family affairs are easy to do. Until now, you still refuse to reconcile with the eldest mother. ?”

    Shao Shang frowned: “I heard that the eldest mother is ill.”

    “Yes, I can’t tell the reason, that is, the diet is not good, the weight is getting thinner, and the medical workers say it is a disease of old age.” Cheng Shaogong said, “Actually, the eldest mother is not too young. Grandma said that if the eldest mother is not good, she will call back her uncle and brothers.”

    Shao Shang understands that this means preparing for the funeral – but she still does not say a word and refuses hospice care for Mother Cheng. It’s not that she is hard-hearted, but that someone has to remember the real Cheng Shaoshang who died in vain.

    In the early morning of the next day, the sky was not yet bright, so Luo Jitong got up to wash and dress up, and even before Mrs. Luo was informed, he called the servants to go out. After half an hour, Luo Jitong was able to catch up with Huo Mansion The front door opened wide, and the group was about to leave.

    Huo Budo was dressed in a red court uniform, slim and tall, riding on a high-headed horse, looking even more handsome and dignified.

    Luo Jitong admired in his heart and said softly, “I have seen the general before.”

    “Why are you here.” Huo Budo was a little surprised.

    Luo Jitong slightly lifted the curtain of the car, with a sad but dignified expression: “My concubine has something to say to the general, my father was already…concubine was completely panicked…” She did not continue.

    “I thought you were a smart person.” Huo Budo calmly said, “A smart person should know what to do next.”

    Huo Budo looked at her: “I have been with another woman, eating together, laughing, making noise, chatting with each other; I know what ‘accompanying’ is – you and I have never ‘accompanied’. “

    A group of guards and generals stood or rode around, all eyes on him, Luo Jitong was so embarrassed and wanted to cry; Liang Qiuqi was expressionless on the side, and Liang Qiufei couldn’t bear it.

    Huo Budo thought for a while: “His Majesty will be meeting today, and I’ll talk about it when I get back.”

    Watching his sweetheart leave without any nostalgia, Luo Jitong felt unbearable pain in his heart. He looked down and found that his palm had been pulled out with blood by his nails. She neither wanted to go home nor wait in Huo’s residence. After a little thought, she asked the driver to go to Cheng’s residence.

    Although the Cheng family is a new family, the family servants are very polite. When they learned that Mrs. Xiao was not in the mansion, Luo Jitong was led by the maid to the residence of the young merchants. The young lady was still asleep.

    Luo Jitong was bitter in her heart, thinking that this was her rival in love.

    The young businessman is also very depressed, and it is rare to get a holiday, and he cannot be sorry to the people of the community if he does not sleep until lunch; She held back her yawn: “I don’t know what happened to Lady Luo.”

    Luo Jitong snorted.

    Cheng Shaoshang is such a temperament, once there is a gap, she will not even do superficial efforts; since that day there was a conflict in the Yongan Palace, she will not call herself ‘jitong sister’ , and only called ‘Luo Niangzi’ with a straight face.

    “…I didn’t use my words properly that day, and my sister complained that I neglected Empress Xuan, which is also right.” She whispered, “But please also ask my sister to forgive me. Interrupt, me, I’m a little anxious.”

    Short businessmen twitched their lips and couldn’t deny it.

    It is useless no matter how nice it is, Luo Jitong has not visited the Empress Dowager Xuan since she came back, so why should she be so pretentious, but she was too lazy to expose this woman, so she only said lazily, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, so do I. I’m in a hurry, so I’m in a hurry to take a rest. If Lady Luo is coming to the door, please let me know as soon as possible.”

    Luo Jitong’s expression froze, and then he returned to a sad and pitiful state: “I have admired General Huo since I was a child. Before, I had a marriage contract with him, and I thought this life was hopeless. Who knows that God is pitiful, and asked me to marry General Huo. Younger sister Shaoshang cannot imagine how happy I was at the reunion in Liangzhou… uh…”

     Shao Shang jokingly shook her finger and interrupted her: “Three things. First, the famous ladies who have admired Huohou since childhood, how many do you think there are in this capital? , can you fill a vanguard battalion?”

    Luo Jitong looked unhappy.

    “Secondly, you said that you admired Huohou since childhood, and you were very happy when Liangzhou met again. So, when you and your deceased husband were still husband and wife, did you still think about Huohou?”

    “How can you talk like this! Me and my husband, me and my husband…” Luo Jitong was both shocked and annoyed, “I respect and enjoy my husband and I, how can you guess! “

     “Okay, well, then even if you ‘admired’ Huo Hou from childhood until before marriage, and then your husband-in-law died, your ‘admiration’ made a comeback, how?”

    Luo Jitong was helpless.

    Shao Shang’s smile slowly faded: “Third, you know my temper is neither magnanimous nor understanding, nor weak-hearted, so I won’t be affected by you After a few words, I pretended to be pitiful and coaxed me. Once I have a prejudice against people, I will no longer be too lazy to perfunctory. Lady Luo, what is the matter with your visit today, hurry up and tell me, I have to go back to sleep. “

    Luo Jitong said quietly: “You’re not afraid of the bad reputation of bullying and despising me.”

      .” Shao Shang is well versed in self-deprecation, as long as he can’t hurt himself, he will be mad at the other party.

    “Okay, I’ll say it.” Luo Jitong has a high level of cultivation. He was so sarcastic, but he was still dignified and sad, “My father has been doing business outside the city for the past few days, but yesterday evening he suddenly sent a confidant back. Home, Yandao General Huo gave him a mirror screen in front of many people, and the name was given to me as a dowry. I can’t even imagine how humiliating my father was at that time!”

    Shao Shang was stunned for a moment: “Ling Zun didn’t go to Mr. Huo to judge, aren’t you just getting married in the northwest?”

    Luo Jitong smiled sadly: “Isn’t this not a marriage?”

    “Doesn’t His Royal Highness value you very much?”

     “His Royal Highness values ​​General Huo more.”

    Although Luo Jitong is not pleasing to the eye of the young merchant, he also feels that the woman who was abandoned at the door is a bit miserable: “Then… what are you going to do?”

    “I don’t know either.” There were tears in Luo Jitong’s eyes.

    Shao Shang scratched his head.

    A man does not want to marry a woman, unless there is a huge deficit in power and interests, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve success; however, even the old man did not succeed in persecuting Huo Budo, Master Luo is obviously powerless, not to mention Huo Budo And Luo Jitong has no name.

    “Hey, don’t look at me, I don’t want to deal with Huo Budo.” Luo Jitong looked at himself with hope, and understood what she was thinking, “I won’t tell you for you. Huo Budo intercedes, and won’t ask Huo Budo to marry you—it’s your own business.”

    Luo Jitong lowered his head.

    “…Besides, if I beg him, he will do it; then I beg Huo Buxuan not to bother me, you can see if he listens.” The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became.

    Luo Jitong knew well, and became more and more upset.

    At this time, Ah Mei came into the house and served the two of them freshly made fermented fermented fruit. Before leaving, she saw that the wind chimes hanging high under the porch would not turn and make a sound, so she wanted to take it off and repair it . Shao Shang saw that she was not tall enough to reach on tiptoes, so he smiled and got up to help.

    It was April, the weather was warm, and Shaoshang was wearing a loose and soft half-old sackcloth.

    She first raised her right arm, and her wide sleeve slid down Bai Nen’s arm. When she was about to slide her upper arm close to her shoulder, she reflexively covered her sleeve, and then lowered her right arm. , replaced with the left arm to reach the wind chimes.

    Luo Jitong’s heart jumped violently.

    The young businessman handed the wind chime to Amei, turned around with a smile, saw Luo Jitong’s strange expression, and asked, “What’s the matter with you.”

    “Let me see your arm.” Luo Jitong said blankly.

    “What did you say.” Shaoshang was puzzled.

    “Let me see your right arm.” Luo Jitong stood up.

    Shao Shang instinctively shrank his right shoulder back: “What nonsense are you talking about… I’ve finished what I have to say today, Lady Luo should go back as soon as possible, so that I can leave.”

    Luo Jitong’s expression was a bit maddened. Seeing that Shaoshang wanted to call a maid, she went up to grab her arm, bent her knees and turned her back, Shaoshang groaned in pain—this is not The difference between a qualified little sister and a true civil and military noblewoman.

    Luo Jitong lifted the sleeve of Shaoshang’s right arm and stared at it, and saw that there were two rows of neat tooth marks on the pink and snow-white round arm. The tooth marks had been scarred for a long time, and only left The next circle is light yellowish.

    She remembered that when he was in the northwest border city, Huo Budo would often make a strange movement—stroking his right upper arm from time to time, silent for a while, and faintly revealed a kind of tenderness and sadness.

    “Okay, so it is, so it is!” Luo Jitong sneered miserably, “Now, I understand it all!” She felt that it would be meaningless to talk to Cheng Shaoshang any more, so she let go Hands, trembling, took a few steps back, and walked away.

    Shao Shang rubbed his arms and got up from the ground, scolding Luo Jitong’s back: “You are sick, you have to take medicine!”