cpa300_4(); Pei Yuanhao turned his head, he looked at Gu Ping's young, dark, but extraordinarily stocky, even resolute face, and did not speak immediately, but lowered his head and looked at Li'er: "Does Li'er want him to come too?"

"Hmm. ”

Li'er nodded and said, "Brother Ping is good, and he is good to me." In the past, when my mother and I were sad, it was Brother Ping who came to help us. ”

"Oh......"

Pei Yuanhao raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Gu Ping again, as if he was a little surprised that this young man who didn't seem to be good-looking could get such a high evaluation from Li'er, and even come to help me, and he also glanced at me, as if he was seeking my answer.

I thought about it for a while, and said calmly: "Ping'er is also Li'er's guard, where Li'er goes, he should follow him." ”

“……”

This time, his face darkened slightly.

Then, he turned around and waved his hand lightly: "Let him in." ”

When those guards heard this, they were still a little hesitant, but when they heard him speak, they had no choice but to obey and let Gu Ping enter the door.

Pei Yuanhao took Li'er to walk in front, as soon as Li'er saw the scenery in front of him, he immediately ran over happily, Pei Yuanhao did not follow immediately, but said coldly without looking back: "Since you are Li'er's guard, then you do your thing." ”

Gu Ping was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was talking to himself, and subconsciously said, "Yes." ”

After speaking, the others also froze, their faces swollen and red, and Pei Yuanhao didn't look back at him, just walked straight forward.

I glanced at Gu Ping and didn't say anything, just patted him lightly on the shoulder.

Then, the group continued on their way.

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We entered the state capital through the side gate, so we didn't have to go through the front residence, and after walking along a gray wall for a while, we saw a circular arch, and after passing through that door, we went directly to the back half of the state capital, which is where we enjoyed the flowers.

Although it is the state capital of Yangzhou, it is more like an ordinary garden, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, each of which shows the gentle bearing and soft charm of Jiangnan. There is also a living water in this garden, but it is not limited to this garden, and the garden does not rely entirely on this water, it appears from time to time, like a naughty little girl who plays hide and seek with people in the garden, and always shows its agility in the most subtle place of the forest garden.

So, we had it when we entered the door, we could hear its sound when we passed through the cloister, and we felt its warmth when we passed by the rockery, and finally, this living water gathered in a half-moon-shaped pond in the center of the garden, and a water pavilion was erected in the center of the pond, which was not only spacious, but also transparent on all sides, and seemed to be a good place to go.

And all around here, it's all flowers.

Peony peony, spring begonia, and even a little farther away there are peach blossoms and pear blossoms, a cluster of crimson, a tree is snow-white, it seems to be in the sea of flowers, and during which the bees fly and butterflies dance, lingering endlessly, the breeze rolls the fragrance of flowers to hit the face, it is more pleasant.

Li'er couldn't help but exclaim: "Wow, what a beautiful flower!"

Pei Yuanhao smiled: "Do you like it or not?"

"Hmm!"

She nodded vigorously, and ran to the side uncontrollably, there was a large peony flower garden, a huge and gorgeous peony dotted on the green flowers and leaves woven into a green ocean, particularly dazzling and bright, look at here, look there, look back and say in surprise: "It's so beautiful!"

Although the branches and leaves of these flowers are dense, but you can still see a winding path, which is paved with bluestone slabs, slowly stretching into the distance among the flowers, we walked slowly along this path, along the way we saw countless branches and green, tender stamens and flowers, and even the corners of my skirt were stained with various pollen, all the way down, bees and butterflies were flying around my feet.

I couldn't help but smile as I looked at the bouncing in front of me like a little rabbit, and reached out to wipe my forehead.

Pei Yuanhao immediately turned around and said, "What's the matter, tired?"

I'm not used to him talking to me so gently, and his words are still full of concern, but seeing Li'er stop and look at the two of us, I just said calmly: "Well, there is a little. ”

As he spoke, he subconsciously wiped his forehead again.

At this time, the sun was already very strong, and the feeling of burning slightly on the face of the person shone on it, and I walked for a while in the sun without shelter, and my forehead and cheeks were red. Pei Yuanhao said: "Then you go to the water pavilion to rest for a while." ”

I hesitated for a moment, then looked at Li'er again.

He said: "Don't worry, I'll accompany Li'er to watch for a while, and come over to rest." ”

I thought about it, but I could only nod my head and admonish, "Don't let her play for too long." It's a bit hot and humid today, and I'm afraid she's going to get heat stroke. ”

For some reason, when he heard me say this, he seemed to be very happy, his eyes were crooked with laughter, and he agreed, and then turned his head and ordered the attendants who were far behind us, and said, "Send Madame to the water pavilion to rest and prepare refreshments." ”

"Yes. ”

I looked at them again, then turned and followed the squires back.

Gu Ping also followed me to the water pavilion, and as soon as I sat down, someone set up a long table next to the chair and brought refreshments.

Here is transparent on all sides, the breeze blows with the coolness of the water, and after a while, the dry heat is extinguished, I sit on the chair, looking at the surrounding scene of lush flowers and leaves, far away, Pei Yuanhao took Li'er to walk around in the flowers, the two of them seemed to be talking happily about something, Li'er said and spoke, and let out a long series of crisp laughter.

If you look at it this way, the two of them are really the most ordinary father and daughter, and they are no different from any family in the world.

I looked up and saw Gu Ping standing behind me, looking ahead with heavy eyes.

In his eyes, there was a long sadness.

He must have thought back to his father and his family.

I sighed and said softly, "Ping'er, you can also sit down and rest for a while." ”

When he heard this, he hurriedly shook his head: "No, I don't sit!"

I didn't force him, I just poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, he hesitated, but he still took it, but didn't drink it immediately, but looked at Pei Yuanhao and Li'er in the distance, and after being silent for a while, he said: "I really didn't expect that Li'er's identity turned out to be a princess." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at me again: "It turns out that Aunt Qing is—"

“……”

"At that time, Aunt Qing had just arrived at my house, although your face was broken, and people looked very poor, but my mother told us that Aunt Qing must be an extraordinary woman, ordinary people are poor to that point, and their faces are also broken, and they have long complained about the heavens, or they are looking for death and life, but Aunt Qing is not. ”

“……”

"Now that I think about it, my mother is right. ”

I smiled faintly.

But in the smile, there was a little bitterness, the seventh sister-in-law said that I was extraordinary, but no matter how extraordinary I was, I couldn't escape my fate, no matter how extraordinary, I couldn't even help their family avoid the disaster.

Thinking of this, I looked around, after those attendants sent things, they all withdrew from the water pavilion, and even the guards were guarding on both sides of the embankment, and Ping'er was the only one guarding me here, so I whispered: "You are in the barracks now, how are you doing?"

He nodded well: "Good." ”

"Are you tired of practicing every day?"

"If you get used to it, you won't be tired, and you won't feel comfortable if you don't practice for a day. He smiled, with a little silly satisfaction on his face, and said: "I used to be a centurion, and I have recently recruited a lot of recruits, all of whom I am leading, and they all call me Xiaodutong." ”

My smile froze slightly: "Recruited a lot of recruits?"

"Well, it started a few years ago. ”

"Years ...... Years Ago"

I just felt my chest sink, like a boulder weighing down on my chest.

Gu Ping also seemed to feel that my breathing was a little short, looked down at me, and said softly, "Aunt Qing, what's wrong?"

I glanced at him, and originally wanted to make a reluctant smile, but I found that I was a little out of strength, and I couldn't even make a perfunctory smile, so I could only shake my head gently: "I'm fine, maybe it's a little too hot." ”

When he heard this, he hurriedly fanned me with his hand on his sleeve.

Feeling a faint cool breeze on my face, I glanced up at him and smiled faintly.

"Ping'er is such a good boy. ”

His face was a little red: "Aunt Qing, I'm not a child anymore." ”

I laughed, "yes, I almost forgot, in fact, you have grown up." "He is no longer the innocent and reckless young man in the past, he has experienced great changes in his family, and now he is fully mature and can be called a man.

"Aunt Qing believes that you will also be a good man, and if you marry a wife and have children in the future, you will definitely make them live a good and happy life. ”

He smiled innocently, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I don't have time to think about that." I want to do a good job now, earn a little more money, and have a family-"

I laughed and said, "How?"

He was stunned for a moment, and when he saw me looking at him with a smile, the tips of his ears immediately turned red, and he stopped talking, so he carefully fanned me.

I smiled.

In fact, he is still a very simple young man mentality, earning more money, having a family background, and then marrying a wife and having children, it will be a stable family, I am also very happy to see that he has such a mind.

It's just that I don't know if the world can give him such a peaceful world.

Especially when Jiangnan began to massively increase troops.

My smile was still on my face, but my eyes had dimmed slightly, and at this time, a burst of laughter came from the side, we turned our heads to see, Pei Yuanhao had already taken Li'er, both of them came over sweating, Li'er saw me sitting here, immediately ran over happily, and said with a smile: "Mother, Brother Ping, what are you talking about, chatting so happily?"

I took her in my arms, gently wiped the sweat condensed on her chin with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Mother is asking you Brother Ping, when you will get married, and when you will have a little Ping'er." ”

"Ah, Brother Ping is going to get married?" When Li'er heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked at Gu Ping with excitement: "What kind of bride is Brother Ping going to marry?"

Gu Ping's face was flushed by this topic, and when he saw Li'er asking him like this, he was even more at a loss, and he stammered for a long time before he smiled: "What about Li'er, has Li'er thought about what kind of husband she wants to marry?"