insane

Chapter 122

At noon, Liu Mu and Feng Linling went to Feng's mansion, Feng Linling said, "Why did I suddenly remember to go through the small door in the backyard?"

Liu Mu said, "It takes a whole street to go through the gate. The sun is so strong at noon, so it saves time and effort, and prevents you from getting burned by the sun." when..." Liu Mu almost said for a moment that he came home too late after drinking flower wine in Jinling, and often had to sneak home through the small door in the backyard.

"Jinling?"

Liu Mu was thinking about what kind of lie to make up to get over that blurted Jinling, when he lost his mind and collided with another person walking out with a bamboo basket in his arms, that person hurriedly apologized to Liu Mu.

"It's okay." Liu Mu picked up the bamboo basket and handed it back to the man.

Liu Mu stood where he was, turned around to see the man walk out of the small door, and took another basket of vegetables from the carriage parked in the alley outside the door, and brought them in.

Liu Mu looked up and down the carriage and the vegetable farmer who delivered the vegetables, Feng Linling said, "Why are you in a daze."

"Oh, it's nothing. Seeing that the vegetable is quite fresh, I suddenly feel a little greedy." After speaking, he smirked twice, took a cucumber out of the basket of the passing vegetable farmer, and took a bite, "Hmm! Sure enough. Fresh! Linling, do you want to eat it!"

Feng Linling shook her head and smiled, and pulled Liumu towards the inner mansion, "Look at you, you look like a child, there is still dirt on it, and you don't wash it before eating."

Liu Mu deliberately dragged his feet slowly, only to hear the servant in the yard say, "The rice you sent last time was good. My old lady said that the rice was very fragrant, and it tasted like the rice from her hometown when she was a child. My eldest son listened." I am very happy, and I told you to go to the front yard to collect the reward."

The person who delivered the food nodded repeatedly and followed the servant to the front yard.

Liu Mu followed Feng Linling to the old lady's place.The old lady held the hands of the two and said with a smile, "I thought you newlyweds forgot about my old lady."

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Grandmother, Linling has been thinking about you these days. If it wasn't for the rule that she is not allowed to return to her mother's house for three days, she might be anxious to come back the next morning."

The old lady smiled and said, "You are the one who can coax people."

After a while, the maid came in with sour plum soup and snacks, and the old lady said, "It's time to fall into bed, the weather is so hot that you can feel dizzy, come and drink some iced sour plum soup to relieve the heat."

Feng Linling smiled and said, "Master, this iced sour plum soup is a secret recipe handed down by my great-grandmother. It is different from the one outside, and some herbs are added in it."

Liu Mu took a sip, "Well, it's really unique."

Feng Linling was about to bring the sour plum soup to her mouth, but was stopped by Liu Mu, "Don't be greedy for cold these few days."

Feng Linling was taken aback at the beginning, then blushed again, and put down the teacup, "You..." Feng Linling bit her lips and stopped talking.

Seeing Feng Linling like this, Liu Mu also blushed.In the morning, he overheard the conversation of the maids, and knew that Feng Linling was having her period.I just wanted to remind you kindly, but forgot that the old lady was here.

The old lady smiled and said, "Look at my grandson-in-law, he is a good-looking man, not as sour as a scholar, and not as rude as those who practice martial arts. We Linling are very lucky to have found such a careful and considerate handsome husband. "

"Grandmother..." Feng Linling called with a blushing face.

The old lady smiled and said, "They're both husband and wife, so there's nothing to be shy about."

Liu Mu coughed dryly twice, changed the subject and said, "The weather in this capital is really too hot, it's not as good as outside our customs. There is no such hot summer, and the snow that covers the mountains in winter is also beautiful..."

The old lady said suddenly, "Speaking of outside the customs... I haven't been there for decades."

Liu Mu was waiting for the old lady's words, so he asked, "Grandma, why have you been outside the customs?"

The old lady smiled and said, "It happened decades ago. My father was a guard at the border. I have lived in the north since I can remember. At that time, foreigners did not invade the Central Plains. My father intersected with the local nomads. Very good, the two tribes at the border get along harmoniously, they ride horses and farm together in summer, and the mountains are covered with snow in winter. After returning to the capital, they have never seen each other again. Now I can still dream of the north in my dreams.”

Liu Mu said, "Since I came to the Central Plains, I have always dreamed of going back outside the Guan. Although the Central Plains is much more prosperous than ours, it is still not as good as home. Even the rice in the Central Plains is not as chewy as the rice outside our Guan. strength."

The old lady said, "Yes, I also miss the taste of the rice outside the Guan. God, you are lucky. A few days ago, someone sent the rice outside the Guan. It smells delicious. I knew it was rice from the north when I smelled it."

Liu Mu said, "It's strange. Recently, the situation in several tribes outside the customs is tense, and food control is tight. It is difficult for rice outside the customs to enter the Central Plains. I have gone to so many rice shops in the city, and I can't find one from the north. Rice. Grandma, you are lucky.”

The old lady smiled and said, "I heard that it was sent by a friend outside the pass. It must be that Linling's father knew that I was greedy for the rice in the north, so she asked someone to bring it."

Feng Linling said, "Grandmother and Xianggong really chatted a lot, and they talked about this rice for so long." Feng Linling couldn't help thinking of the hawker who delivered the food, and Liu Mu's seemingly unintentional behavior. Think about something.

Feng Linling smiled and said, "The cucumber that Xianggong just ate, does it have a different taste?"

"Heh... Miss, you really know how to joke. If it was transported from outside the pass, it might rot before it reaches the capital."

Feng Linling turned to the old lady, and said with a smile, "When Tianqiu takes me back outside the pass in the future, it's fine for grandma to go back with us."

"I'm old, I can't move anymore. I'm afraid you will dislike my old bones for causing you trouble."

"Grandmother, I have to trouble you to take care of the children for me and Linling. Don't think your great-grandson is naughty." Liu Mu couldn't help but say these things against his will to make the old lady happy.

After dinner, the two went back home for a walk, "Master, do you think that the person who delivered the food today doesn't have the accent of a person from the capital?"

"Oh? Really?" Liu Mu naturally recognized the man's accent from outside the customs, and said, "Today I only cared about the cart of vegetables, but I didn't pay attention to the man's accent."

At night, Zeng Qing slipped into the willow-wood house, and said in a strange way, "Oh, the young couple are newlyweds, and they are walking on the street in broad daylight. They are such a golden couple. People really envy them."

"Zeng Qing, you're making fun of me again. I came here for something important."

"Tell me, what's the matter."

"I saw a vendor delivering vegetables in Feng's Mansion today. His accent should be from outside the customs. I always feel that I have seen this person somewhere, but I can't remember. This person must not be an ordinary vendor delivering vegetables."

"There are a lot of outsiders who make a living here in the capital, so there's nothing suspicious about it."

"How can an ordinary carriage for transporting vegetables use such a good horse. If Feng Langqu wants to reward the vendor, he can just ask his servants to send money to him. There is no need to meet this person alone. Presumably this person's status is not simple. And I always feel that I have seen this person somewhere, but I can't remember it. Now that the war between several tribes outside the customs is on the verge of breaking out, and some foreign tribes want to invade the Central Plains, I always feel that Feng's father and son seem to have some kind of conspiracy... I remembered!" Liu Mu suddenly said, "I have indeed seen the person who delivered the food today! When he was in Jinling, he came to my father's bank to exchange a large amount of silver. I remember he seemed to say that he was a horse dealer. business."

"Nowadays the situation inside and outside the customs is tense, and trade inside and outside the customs has long been stopped, and the ministers dare not deal with traders outside the customs easily. How could the horse dealers outside the customs suddenly appear in Feng's residence?" Zeng Qing suddenly realized, "Wood, what do you say?" Could it be because of the order given by the national teacher, Feng and his son have already moved to rebel?"

"This old fox really can't hide anymore. Zeng Qing, keep an eye on their father and son these days, and see who comes and goes to Feng's residence..."

Zeng Qing interrupted, "I won't bother you, the bridegroom, to worry about it. I naturally know what to do."

"Is Mr. Xiang still up so late?" Feng Linling's voice sounded outside the door.

Liu Mu was so frightened that he blew out the oil lamp, "Ah, I'm asleep, I'm going to sleep right away."

Feng Linling smiled and said, "Why did my husband blow out the oil lamp as soon as I came? Does this mean to avoid seeing him?"

Liu Mu was afraid of arousing the other party's suspicion, so he had to signal Zeng Qing to hide, and opened the door, "My lady didn't sleep so late."

"It's too stuffy, and I can't sleep. I wanted to come out to have a sit. Seeing that the light was still on in the Xianggong's room, I wanted to come and see you. Why, don't you invite me in to sit?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "How do you say 'please'? What's the difference between my room and yours? If you want to come in, just push the door and come."

Feng Linling smiled and said, "Just now I heard voices in the husband's room outside, and I thought you were meeting guests. If that's the case, wouldn't it be abrupt to barge in?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Who would meet guests in his bedroom at night. Maybe I read it unconsciously when I was just reading."

"What book is Xianggong reading so late?"

"Oh, but it's just some local miscellaneous notes, just flip through them at will."

While talking, Liu Mu welcomed Feng Linling into the room, looked around nervously, not knowing where Zeng Qingzang had gone.Liu Mu held Feng Linling with one hand, and pretended to touch the front of his clothes with the other hand, and said, "I don't know where I threw the fire bag." First of all, Liu Mu was afraid that Feng Linling would come, so he wanted to use the oil lamp to read his random local miscellaneous notes Second, he was afraid that Zeng Qing, who was hiding in the dark, would be seen by Feng Linling.But Feng Linling was thinking about something else, thinking that Liu Mu was just pretending to get closer to her in the dark.

"Sanggong saw something interesting in the book."

"Those local miscellaneous notes are much more interesting than the Four Books and Five Classics. I will tell my lady slowly some other day."

Feng Linling said, "Today you said that you want your grandmother to take care of her great-grandson for us in the future. I don't know how happy she is. I have heard from my grandmother since I was a child that she wants to see me marry a good husband and have children around my knees..."

Children wrapped around their knees... Zeng Qing clenched his fists, and kept repeating these four words in his head, thinking, what a shameless Liu Mu, I don't know what he said to Feng Linling these days.Qi De picked up the stone in the bonsai in the dark and threw it towards Liu Mu's legs. Liu Mu was unprepared to be hit by the stone and staggered towards Feng Linling.

Feng Linling was thrown onto the bed by Liu Mu, and couldn't help shouting.

"Sir...you..."

"I'm sorry... I, I, I didn't stand firm just now..."

Before Liu Mu got up, Feng Linling hugged Liu Mu on her body, "Didn't my husband say that the five-year period has not passed, if... it will be unlucky to have a relationship with a man and a woman..."

Liu Mu didn't know how to answer for a while, so he got up in fright, "I'm sorry."

Feng Linling got up and said with a reproachful smile, "between husband and wife, why should I say sorry." Then she whispered into Liu Mu's ear, "Daredevil, during the day you reminded me not to be greedy for coolness these few days, and at night I forgot about it." Paying no attention to Liu Mu, he walked out of the room.

Liu Mu closed the door, lit the oil lamp, and suddenly found Zeng Qing standing in front of him, almost shouted out in fright, and said in a low voice, "You want to scare me to death!"

"The lady is long and the lady is short, and the shouts are really affectionate! I must have spoiled the beauty of Mr. Liu's beautiful day here today!"

"What are you talking about!" Liu Mu lowered his head and said, "I jumped on her because you sneaked up on me in the dark."

"If you didn't make up your mind, why are you blushing!" He slapped Liu Mu's face as he spoke, before Liu Mu could react, Zeng Qing had disappeared into the night without knowing when.