The rebirth of the son-in-law

Soon, under Xi Ji and Song Zhi's hard and soft tactics, the bartender cleared the room and let Xi Ji, Song Zhi and others go upstairs for dinner.Xi Ji took a seat first, and Song Zhi took the first seat below her. The bartender served wine and food, and politely explained: "This is our famous local plum blossom wine. It's just in season. I will send you a plate of green plums. The dishes will be served. Come up immediately, please wait a moment, my son."

Xi Ji snorted, and the bartender retreated awkwardly.Song Zhi casually picked up a pickled green plum, put it in his mouth, the sour taste burst in his mouth immediately, the sweetness of the soaked honey enveloped the taste buds, the sweet and sour alternated, and the frozen cold air softened the teeth.With every bite, the sweet and sour plum juice permeated into the mouth, and Song Zhi spit out the core in surprise and swallowed the plum meat in his mouth due to the comfort that was too late to react.

"This is so delicious!" Song Zhi sighed, "I haven't eaten this for a long time."

The green plums in Luoyang are probably also pickled with salt, or they are normal without adding anything.The sweet plums in the south are still delicious. Before she was reborn, she dismissed this kind of thing, but now she is very eager for it.

"Their sour plums in honey sauce are not the best," said Ji Ji, who is used to southern food and is not interested in them. "Our state-owned tofu in Changsha is the best, tender and delicious, and white as jade."

Song Zhi hadn't tasted ancient tofu yet, so he hurriedly said, "If you have a chance, you must go to Changsha to taste the local delicacies!"

"Okay, you are welcome!" Xi Ji nodded.

After having a full meal in the wine shop, Song Zhi paid the money generously after tasting the famous local delicacies in Jiangling.Xi Ji was not happy that Song Zhi would not let her pay the bill. To Xi Ji, an authentic Jingchu person, Song Zhi is a guest, and she is the host. How can a guest eat with the host, and the guest pays the bill?But Song Zhi said that she could go to Changsha to eat and drink with peace of mind only after she was asked to pay, which is called "reciprocity".

After hearing this, Xi Ji had no choice but to give up, and repeatedly told her that she must come to find her when she came to Changsha.

After parting with Ji Ji, Song Zhi found a guest house in the south of the city with the burden on his back, paid a deposit for a guest room, and ordered someone to bring water to her.

After checking whether the environment is safe and whether there is any place to peep, she waited for the hot water to be delivered to her room, then she locked the door and soaked comfortably in the bathtub.

After half a month of exhaustion and fear, after arriving in Jiangling County, she finally felt at ease.Unless this inn is a human butler shop opened by Sun Erniang in "Water Margin", otherwise she will hardly encounter any disasters in Jiangling.

Seeing that the knife wound on her body had scabbed over, she didn't dare to touch the water too much. After washing and changing into pajamas, her eyelids became drowsy, and she lay down on the bed and fell asleep in a daze.

When she woke up the next day, she found that she had a fever and couldn't help feeling a headache.Unaccustomed to the environment or suddenly relaxed after a long period of mental tension, in short, I suddenly had a fever in the middle of the night.

She reluctantly opened the door and called the maid who came to the guest house, and asked him to ask for a doctor. After the doctor came, he felt her pulse, saying that she was depressed, panicked, and that she was tired from traveling and traveling. There were a lot of diseases, and finally she sighed. , with a heavy and frightened face, Song Zhi thought it was terminally ill.He took a lot of money to send the doctor away, and then asked the maid in the guest house to fetch and decoct her medicine. After eating and drinking the medicine, she continued to lie down and sleep, and the fever did not subside until the next day.

In this way, she was too weak to take good care of her body, and after she was going to report to the county magistrate's mansion, she would find a way to raise money to buy a small house outside the city.

After resting for a day, she changed into men's clothes on the third day and went to the county magistrate's office with the documents to go through the formalities.The county magistrate was not there, only the county magistrate was there, he didn't know Song Zhi, and he didn't know that the court sent such a person to Jiangling, which was unprecedented in ancient times.However, he knew that Song Zhi was the son-in-law of the Song family, and he was once the prefect of Yingchuan.

Logically speaking, since it was allotment, Song Zhi should be allowed to do hard work, repair the city wall, or do chores.But I don't know if Song Zhi's character has finally exploded, the previous bad luck has gone, and good luck has come, this county magistrate is actually a former student of the Song family.In fact, it doesn’t count as a former official of a disciple. His sponsor was an introductory disciple who had studied under Song Qian’s sect, and he was favored by that host to enter an official career, so these crutches and crutches are considered to be related to the Song family. .Among the disciples of the Song family purged by the imperial court, he was pardoned for being too distant, and his status was not even considered as a small shrimp.

When he heard that Song Fang himself had come, the county magistrate not only didn't make things difficult, but also treated Song Zhi like a guest.He hooked up the documents and put them back in the file, then called the thief Cao, and picked someone from prison to repair the city wall for Song Zhi.Song Zhi was so moved that tears filled his eyes, and thanked the county magistrate again and again.

The county magistrate wiped away tears, held Song Zhi's hand, filled with emotion, and asked Song Zhi to come to him directly if he had anything to do in Jiangling.

After Song Zhi was sent out of the county magistrate's mansion by the county magistrate's hand, he put away his grateful expression and looked up at the county magistrate's mansion without any emotion in his heart.If it was changed to before, she might indeed be moved, but she has experienced so much, and she has doubts about the kindness of people to some extent.These people are all wearing masks. If there is any etiquette, benevolence, wisdom and trustworthiness, why did the people who were attached to the Song family immediately collapse and disperse when the Song family fell?

She walked aimlessly on the street, looking at the lively crowd, but felt extremely lonely.At this time, she thought of Princess Xianning who was far away in Luoyang, and on the second day of the Double Ninth Festival, Princess Xianning treated her directly and used her very directly. She was able to escape the vortex of struggle in Luoyang, and she was really grateful Princess Xianning.

"Forget it, let's think about how to earn money and settle down." Song Zhi shook his head, trying to get rid of the figure of Princess Xianning in his mind.

Walking in front of the stalls, Song Zhi had the idea of ​​going shopping, and began to look around at the stalls in Jiangling.I bought some snacks with the money I had on my body, wandered around the city a few times, and remembered some important things in my heart. I couldn't hold it anymore and went back to the inn to rest.

Just when she finished shopping, Xinye County, located north of Jiangling, ushered in a group of unexpected and unexpected guests.Xinye County belonged to the State of Deng during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, belonged to the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period, and was occupied by South Korea during the Warring States Period and belonged to Rang County, Nanyang County during the Qin Dynasty.In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, it was established as a county, first named Xinye, belonging to Nanyang County, and then Qingyang County.Henkel was placed behind Xindu County, with Jiunvcheng as the county government, and it was under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County.In the first year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the new capital was abolished and entered Xinye County.

Xinye is adjacent to Nanyang and Luoyang in the north, and Jingmen and Xiangyang in the south.From Xinye, you can go south to Jingzhou, and go north to Luoyang.Any military and political important place must be prosperous.

A simple and unpretentious carriage surrounded by a group of majestic soldiers entered the gate of Xinye County, and went straight to the direction of the county government in a low-key manner.The common people are used to seeing elite soldiers, so they can't help but take a second look at this army that doesn't play the banner like a private soldier, and then they do their own things without any delay.

Although the world is full of chaos and people, the court is still the court. As long as those chaotic officials and thieves don't spread to Xinye, even if they bring tens of thousands of elite soldiers into the city, it's none of their business.

The carriage entered from the north gate and turned to the east of the city. The team was neat and silent, all dressed in black armor, with expressionless faces.When they arrived at the county government, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and others opened the middle door. The county magistrate personally bowed down the street to greet him, and bowed deeply to the carriage with his hands clasped.

The general who had accepted the county magistrate's salutation on horseback calmly got off his horse, went to the county magistrate to help him up, and said in a low voice, "There are too many people here, so it's not suitable to talk. Please Liang Xinye find a secluded place."

"Here!" The county magistrate surnamed Liang stood up straight, led the carriage and the general into the county mansion, and went straight into the backyard.

In the backyard, the general ordered everyone to be surrounded: "Come on! Take Liang Xinye down!"

County magistrate Liang was taken aback. He was held down and unable to move. He hurriedly struggled and shouted, "Marquis of Mingzhong! What are you doing?!"

"What?" Ming An sneered, pulled out the knife, and put it on his shoulder, "Isn't Liang Xinye aware of the good deeds he has done? You went to the family for the great general Liang, and instead of caring for the people, you exploited the people. , squeeze the common people, and enshrine two hundred gold to the court officials every year. It is said that Liang Xinye is rich, and the county magistrate of a place is much richer than Princess Xianning."

County Magistrate Liang's face turned pale immediately, with cold sweat dripping down his face, he looked at the carriage and shouted at the top of his voice, "Princess! I've been wronged! I didn't!"

The people in the carriage bent over and came out, straightened their backs in the carriage, and looked down upon them.A short scholar in his early thirties, with a mustache on his mouth, looked at Magistrate Liang with his hands behind his back, and said with a slight smile, "Liang Xinye, do you want to see the princess?"

Seeing that the person in the carriage was not Princess Xianning, but a man, County Magistrate Liang knew that he had been fooled, and his heart, which was still hopeful, completely collapsed, and he fell to the ground, not daring to say anything: "How could it be..."

"You sent six scouts to report to the imperial court. Unfortunately, your people were executed by Ming Zhonghou before they left Xinye. What, you are disappointed to see me? Don't worry, the princess did not come to Xinye at all. She sent the list Give it all to me, let me handle it myself." Yu Du smiled faintly, stepped on the stool and was helped off by Ming An's hand, walked up to the frightened Xinyeling, shook his mustache, "You are the sacrificial The sacrifice of the flag, I want to have a good talk with you, what kind of good things have you done in the past three years when you released the Xinye Order!"

"Yu Jiacheng, please forgive me! I want to see the general! I want to see the general!" County magistrate Liang crawled to Yu Du's side on his knees, hugging his leg and weeping bitterly, "Please forgive me, Yu Jiacheng!"

Yu Du ignored him, glanced at the trembling county magistrate and magistrate, and snorted coldly: "There are thieves from now on, stand aside, don't let me figure out who it is. Those who are innocent, take your swords , kill him to prove his innocence!"

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant looked at each other, but no one was willing to stand aside or make a move.

"What? No one wants to give you a chance to live?"

Killing the county magistrate is a capital offense!The next crime is to harm the imperial court official, and offend the general... But if you don't kill the county magistrate, you will definitely die under Ming An's shining knife immediately.

Eventually, the crowd began to tentatively draw their swords.The sound of the sword being unsheathed frightened Xin Yeling, he let go of Yu Du's hand, and kept stepping back.

"Kill!" Someone yelled, and all the officials of the county government drew their swords, rushed forward and hacked to death the Xin Yeling who had flattered and flattered him.

Yu Du showed a satisfied smile in the light of the sword, nodded to Ming An, and laughed loudly: "Very well, everyone is still under my account. Before the appointment of the imperial court, I will be Xinye Order, do you have any objections?"