Harue Kagetsu

Even though he was reluctant in his heart, in the face of Aye's insistence and Li Mu's persuasion, Luoshen could only say goodbye to Ajia and Atian in the end, and got into the car parked outside the door. The boat that Yin just hired.

While Aju and the maids were busy cleaning up the cabin and laying out the bedding, Luoshen sat on the side blankly, remembering the scene of parting with Li Mu just now, his eyes couldn't help turning red again.

She had always felt that she liked Brother Lu.

He and Aye are so similar.

Whether it was his appearance, his demeanor, his talent, his character, or the gentle eyes he looked at her, all of them were her ideal beauties.

Later, by accident, Brother Lu left Jiankang and went to the southwest. She also married Li's wife.

She got married in the late autumn of last year.

It's only early spring of the following year.

The time is not very long, only a few months in total, and the period when he went to fight in Shu was also excluded.

But I don't know when, her attention began to stay on this man named Li Mu.

He was so different from his father, Big Brother Lu, and the brothers she was familiar with.

On him, Luo Shen seemed to smell a fresh man who could not help attracting her senses.

From the initial disgust to the experience of last night, she finally became a little woman because of this man, and her eyes were full of shyness, joy, and There was a sense of novelty that was vaguely looking forward to more. Suddenly, her father fell from the sky like this, and for a reason that sounded unreasonable, he took her away from Li Mu in an almost forcible way.

What made her even more sad and disappointed was Li Mu's attitude.

He is her husband!

Last night, he did the most intimate thing between a man and a woman with her.

At that time, he hugged him and kissed her body over and over again. She could feel his love for her even with her eyes closed. And also got great satisfaction from it.

A sense of satisfaction that comes from being needed by him. Whether in body or mind.

But why, only one day has passed, in the face of her reluctance and begging to stay, he is so cruel?

Is it just because of his father's insistence that he backed down?

Tonight, as long as he has expressed his desire to stay, she will definitely stay.

But he didn't, he followed her father and persuaded her to return to Jiankang.

How could she not be saddened by all this?

There were footsteps outside the cabin door, and Gao Qiao came in.

Luo Shen was in his heart, and for the first time in his life, he felt dissatisfied with Aye.

"Ami…"

He looked at Luoshen, hesitated, and called her softly.

Luo Shen didn't even look at Aye, got up, and walked quickly to the sleeping place. He didn't even take off his shoes, so he lay down, facing in, with his back to him.

Gao Qiao stood behind her daughter and was silent for a long time, then walked slowly to her side, bent down, took off her shoes for her, and moved her feet into the quilt.

His movements were extremely gentle, as if for fear of disturbing her.

Luoshen closed his eyes, and heard his father whispering to Aju to take care of himself.

After a while, he sounded a bit heavy footsteps, walked slowly, and disappeared in his ears.

Luoshen huddled in the quilt, curled his body into a ball, and tears quietly flowed out again.

…

A few days later, Gao Qiao brought Luoshen back to Jiankang.

Xiao Yongjia has moved to Bailuzhou since the end of last year. For more than a month, she has not been seen, and no news has been returned.

Gao Qiao was the same as before. He was always busy during the day, and when he went to bed at night, although he was tired, perhaps because of his age, he was unable to sleep. Sometimes I think of the words she left before she left, saying that there is something to think about, and after thinking about it, I will find myself and talk about it, recalling that her attitude was abnormal at that time, and after so long, there was still no more words, like a stone hanging over her head, I can't help it. Uneasy, a few days ago, I also sent a letter to ask her about her current situation.

But at the time, there was no reply.

Gao Qiao remembered that day when he left for Jingkou, he remembered it for a while, and went on the road overnight. At that time, he didn't know Xiao Yongjia, so he brought his daughter back like this, and he was still a little guilty after all.

When he got home, he ordered his daughter to settle down first. He was thinking about how to tell Xiao Yongjia what was going on. Gao Qi handed over a message, saying that the eldest princess had sent someone the day before yesterday and asked him to come see her.

Two days have passed.

Gao Qiao did not dare to neglect, changed his clothes, cleaned up his face, and immediately rushed to Bailuzhou, went to the island, heard that the princess was in Huachao Xuan, and hurriedly searched for it. Entering, but can not help but stunned.

Huachaoxuan was built by the riverside, and Xiao Yongjia was looking at the river from the window.

Jiang Feng poured in from the open window, swiping her sleeves, her belt as the wind.

Hearing the sound of Gao Qiao's footsteps entering, she turned her head, her hair in a simple bun, a moon white shirt, and only a long robe draped over her shoulders.

All over her body, except for her wrist, she also wore a jade bracelet that she had put on since urinating, but Zhucui was not seen around her body.

A face, even if it has been washed away, can't see half of the fat powder, and it is clean.

Over the years, Gao Qiao had been accustomed to Xiao Yongjia's beautiful make-up and beautiful clothes. Suddenly seeing her like this, her brows and eyes were clear, not only seemed to be a different person, but she looked younger than before. At first, she was a little uncomfortable. Dare to recognize each other, after a pause, he called out "A Ling" in a surprised tone.

Xiao Yongjia was thinner than before, but he seemed to be in good spirits, and his expression was even calmer. He nodded and asked him to be seated.

Gao Qiao suppressed his doubts, looked at her several times, hesitated, and asked, "What's wrong with you? But your health is not good?"

Xiao Yongjia smiled lightly: "I have nothing to do. I know you have a lot of things to do and disturb you. Don't be surprised."

Gao Qiao's first reaction was that she was blaming herself for not rushing over on the day she received the message.

"A-Ling, don't misunderstand. It's not that I can't get away. It's that I went to Jingkou a few days ago and will be back today."

he said immediately.

Xiao Yongjia was startled.

Gao Qiao saw her wonderful eyes cast with doubts, and hurriedly said: "I have something to do, I personally went to Li's house and met Li Mu..."

He hesitated a little, then looked carefully at his wife.

"...By the way, I brought Ami back..."

Xiao Yongjia was obviously surprised, and his eyebrows immediately wrinkled: "Where is your daughter? It's so good, why did you bring her back suddenly?"

Gao Qiao saw that she had changed her appearance just now, and seemed to be angry, she felt nervous for a while, and hurriedly said: "My daughter is at home, she just arrived today, she is fine! Don't worry, listen to my explanation!"

He comforted his wife a few words, turned around and came to the door, sent everyone in the Xuan, ordered not to approach, and closed the door again.

Xiao Yongjia frowned and stared at him with a look of displeasure.

Gao Qiao came back, sorted out his confused thoughts, and opened his mouth to express his doubts.

Before Xiao Yongjia could finish listening, he was furious and interrupted him by patting the table.

"Gao Qiao! You old bastard! You've been scheming with people all day long, and you've ruined your brain? How could my son-in-law be a scheming person? No matter how much you talk nonsense, be careful of me!"

Seeing the situation was not good, Gao Qiao hurriedly waved his hand: "A Ling, be patient and listen to me. We only have one daughter, and our daughters are married to him. If he is fine, how can I wrong him for no reason? It's him. , did not deny it!"

Xiao Yongjia barely held back his anger, and was surprised and suspicious: "What do you mean by that?"

Gao Qiao drove himself over that night, called Li Mu to the riverside, and recounted the conversation between the two.

He frowned.

"A-Ling, he is arrogant and bold, which is beyond my expectations. He was pointed out by me, and he actually said such arrogant remarks in front of me. The wolf's ambition is obvious! Now he is just a general Wei. , if he is asked to gain power again in the future, what he will do, I really dare not say."

"Not to mention that you are His Majesty's sister, even if I, Gao Qiao, don't have Princess Shang, I can't sit back and watch such rioters disturb the Gangji. Since the imperial court moved south, the country's power has been declining, why? The country is at rest, and if we add people with such ambitions, once they gain power and make waves in the future, there is no need for the Hu people to go south, and the Southern Dynasty will perish!"

Xiao Yongjia was stunned and sat there, motionless, for a while, then slowly raised his eyes and looked at him.

"That's why you brought your daughter back?"

Her voice trembled slightly, showing how chaotic her mood was at the moment.

"My Gao Qiao's daughter, how can she marry such an ambitious person who intends to cause chaos? So I brought Ami back overnight! When I married her, I had wronged her, but now I know what a wolf-like ambitious person Li Mu is. How can she make mistakes again and again, sit idly by, let her get stuck in the quagmire, and be implicated in the future?"

Xiao Yongjia raised his hand to support his forehead.

"Ami knows? What's her attitude?"

In front of Gao Qiao's eyes, her daughter's reluctance to leave that night appeared, and when she thought of her ignoring herself on the boat, she felt extremely heavy.

After a moment of silence, he said, "She still doesn't know the reason. I only brought her back because Li Mu wanted to leave home. It's all my fault. I accidentally hurt my daughter. It's not long, it's only a few months. She'll let it go slowly after a while."

He looked at Xiao Yongjia, his eyes full of guilt.

"Now she thinks she's mad at me. I look for her, but she ignores me. You are her mother, so I have to ask you to persuade her more."

Xiao Yongjia shook his head: "Forget it, why do you have to say these polite words to me! Now that this is the case, what else can I do? I will go back to accompany her today."

Gao Qiao showed gratitude.

Xiao Yongjia only felt an incomparable headache, closed his eyes and opened them.

"Li Mu, if that's the case, what are your plans?"

Gao Qiao was angered again, but in his eyes, there was a hint of pity.

"The chaotic ministers and thieves, originally everyone got them and executed them! But he was determined to expedition the North, which is rare. I thought, after all, he was still young, and he had a bit of skill, so he didn't know how high the sky is, and he was disobedient to this point! Look at his mother, too. If a reasonable person kills like this, it will be sloppy. With his current situation, he will not make any big waves. It is better to teach him some lessons. If he knows to repent in the future, it will not be too late..."

He looked at his wife.

"This matter is of great importance. Today, apart from you, I have not mentioned it to the second person. You are not allowed to speak to outsiders, and when it comes to your daughter, don't mention it for the time being. Before Your Majesty, you must not reveal any words."

Xiao Yongjia murmured: "Forget it, I'll go back to the city first..."

The son-in-law, who had already been identified in his heart, was suddenly told that he was an ambitious wolf.

If these words hadn't come from her husband who has always been steady, I'm afraid she would be pulled out and chopped off on the spot. You can imagine Xiao Yongjia's mood. I was thinking about my daughter again, how could I still talk to my husband about what I had finally thought about before, I was so upset, I got up and wanted to go out. After only taking two steps, I suddenly felt my ears ringing and my eyes dazzled, my legs became weak, and my body collapsed. down.

Gao Qiao was shocked.

It can be considered that the skills of the youth have not been completely degraded, and the eyes are fast and the hands are fast, so I rushed up to hold her up, saw her soft in his arms, her face was pale, her eyes were closed, she fainted, and her heart was burning, she hugged him, As he went to the living room, he loudly ordered someone to ask for the boss.

When Luoshen got home, he was sad and didn't want to stay in Jiankang City. He was about to go to Bailuzhou to find his mother, but when he learned that his mother had fainted, he was shocked. At that time, when he saw that his mother had woken up and was lying on the bed, he saw himself coming, with a smile on his face, got up as if to get out of bed, and hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed and told her not to get up.

Xiao Yongjia was not in serious trouble, but his body was already weak, and he had not been able to rest well these days. In addition, his mood fluctuated too much, and he had a sudden attack, and his blood was clogged, and he passed out. Na Langzhong prescribed a few medicines and told her to rest before leaving.

Her mother and daughter said goodbye and reunited, Gao Qiao watched silently for a while, and quietly retreated.

Only the mother and daughter were left in the room. Luo Shen, without any scruples, lay on his mother's lap, his eyes red silently, and said in a crying voice, "Aniang, Aye is too unreasonable. Even I think If he wants to stay for one more night, he won't let me go. At the beginning, he married me with a single word, and now he has said another word and asked me to come back! Even if he wants to work for the emperor's uncle, how can Aye be like this? How did he give birth? One thing? If something happens, don't hide it from me."

Xiao Yongjia saw it early, her daughter was already interested in Li Mu, and now it has happened, and her heart aches, seeing her so sad again, so she can only hug her, force a smile, and follow her husband's previous words and say to her daughter It was because she felt a little unwell these days and missed her. Just when she heard that the emperor was going to send Li Mu away, she asked her father to take her back to accompany her.

"Ami, you won't blame A-Niang, are you? Since you're back, you can stay and spend some time with A-Niang at ease, okay?"

Luoshen was originally sad, but when he heard his mother begging him, he wiped his eyes, straightened up, and looked at her carefully.

I haven't seen her for more than a month, and my mother has lost a lot of weight.

Thinking about how my parents were not in harmony, my mother lived here alone. I used to be with me, but now I am married to the Li family. A family, my aunt and Li Mu are all good, and everything is going well, but my mother is alone. No one to accompany.

This Bailuzhou, called the famous scenic spot, is actually different from the mother's cage and the cage that confines her?

Luoshen's heart softened, no matter how many doubts and dissatisfaction he had, he couldn't care about it at this moment, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Xiao Yongjia asked someone to clean up the house and arranged for his daughter to stay there.

Seeing that his wife comforted his daughter, Gao Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the next few days, I worked tirelessly, and every time I came back to Taicheng, I would go to the island to visit my wife and daughter no matter how late.

On this day, after a few quiet days of the court meeting, after returning from the call of General Wei Li Mu, there was a ripple again.

The emperor wanted to take advantage of the great situation of recovering Bashu and push the border northward, and his eyes fell on Yicheng in the north of Jingzhou. He appointed Li Mu as the prefect, and immediately recruited troops and sent them to Yicheng, built a city and put up fields, and accumulated grain and grass for the future. For Northern Expedition.

As soon as the news came out, it quickly attracted the attention of all parties.

In addition to ridicule, the rest is surprise and puzzlement.

Everyone knows that the area around Xiangyang, Jingzhou, was originally the frontier area in the upper reaches of the Dayu Yangtze River to resist the southern Hu people from the north. Xu has been operating there for many years. Over the years, they have fought a number of wars of various scales with the Hu people who attempted to invade the south one after another.

It was also suggested that Xu Mi could move the garrison further north. In this way, the military pressure in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River should be relieved, so that every time the Hu people move southward, the Jingxiang area will be faced with a great enemy, and the people will suffer. Even more apprehensive.

But Xu Mi did not accept it.

The reasons are naturally multifaceted.

But the most important thing is to continue to the north, need to disperse a large number of troops, consume double the food and grass, but the population and land gained are far from offsetting the cost.

Therefore, the Xu family had no interest in continuing northward.

As long as Jingxiang is in control, in the Southern Dynasty, no one dares to move the Xu family.

Now the emperor actually sent Li Mu to Yicheng in the north of Jingxiang to open up the wasteland.

Everyone knows what kind of place Yicheng is.

Years of war, ten households and nine empty spaces, even the barbarians can't see it, after the looting, they roared away, and now there is only a desolate and dead city left.

If it succeeds, it will be like adding another door to Jingxiang.

No, the Xu family has no loss at all.

For the emperor's imperial edict, there is no other word to describe it other than to make a name for himself, to be very ambitious.

And Li Mu, who took over this appointment, only proved one thing.

To put it in a good way, it is to rely on the prestige of the previous battle, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

It sounds ugly, but it's just a feverish mind, seeking death on your own.

Strangely, Gao Qiao remained silent about this imperial edict.

What does this mean?

It shows that the emperor and Gao Qiao have completely separated from each other.

There are even more rumors that some people saw that a few days ago, Gao Qiao had brought his newly married daughter back to Jiankang.

The most reasonable guess is that Gao Qiao was not optimistic about this decision, let alone Li Mu's future, so he simply took this opportunity to bring his daughter home.

With Gao's family, Li Mu, although he had already married his daughter, but now if he wants to get divorced, it's just an easy thing.

This move can also be seen as Weng's son-in-law is even more eccentric.

That night, Xu Mi invited guests to hold a banquet in the mansion, and had fun all night long.

Gao Qiao got rid of the group after group of colleagues who came to inquire about the news, and when he was finally able to come out of Taicheng, it was already dark.

Like the previous days, he did not return to the mansion, but went directly to Bailuzhou.

Because there are some ways to go out of the city, there is still a ferry, and when we arrive, it is already the end of Xu Shi.

During the few days that Luoshen came back, apart from accompanying Xiao Yongjia, he didn't go out one step. As soon as it got dark, people went back to the house.

Gao Qiao hadn't eaten the meal, and was very hungry. When he arrived, he asked his daughter and learned that she had gone back to the house to rest, silently.

Xiao Yongjia ordered someone to serve him a meal, and he sat on the side watching, waiting for Gao Qiao to finish his meal, and said, "You are also busy, so you don't have to work so hard. From tomorrow onwards, you don't need to come every day. I will take care of my daughter. Well, she's very sensible. Sooner or later, she'll be considerate of you."

Gao Qiao glanced at his wife.

Since the end of last year, he felt that Xiao Yongjia's temperament had changed drastically.

When facing himself, he was no longer as bossy and sneering as before, but he was actually very polite.

Such a change should have been a good thing.

But for some reason, there was a vague sense of unease in his heart.

She always felt that she had become unfamiliar, as if she was no longer the person she was familiar with.

He hesitated for a while, and finally asked, "A-Ling, have you been thinking about something recently? If so, don't worry, just let me know, I might be able to help you."

Xiao Yongjia smiled lightly: "Nothing." After that, he got up and asked Aju to prepare for Gao Qiao's rest.

In the past few nights, although the two of them lived in the same hospital, they closed the courtyard door and still separated from each other.

Gao Qiao looked at her back and felt a little lost. When he was in a trance, someone came to report that Li Mu had boarded the island on a boat, and Dao Ming left Jiankang the next day. On the eve of his departure, he came here specially to greet him and the eldest princess and his wife. farewell.

Xiao Yongjia stopped, turned around, and looked at Gao Qiao.

Gao Qiao's face immediately sank.

"Say that the two of us have rested, and we don't need to see each other. Tell him to come back!"

The servant responded and turned to go. Xiao Yongjia said, "Wait. I'll go out and see him."

Gao Qiao was stunned for a moment: "A Ling! He insists on doing things his own way, what else is there to see? I told him that night! Besides, his intention must be Ami!"

Xiao Yongjia frowned: "I have my own numbers, I don't need you to say more."

She left Gao Qiao behind, turned and walked out.