Ministers and others get married by decree

Qingrou was still complaining to Xu Xu, but Gu Jiuniang's mind had already drifted far away.

At this moment, a thin meow suddenly came from outside the window.

"Meow--"

Both master and servant subconsciously looked outside, but their sight was blocked by the screen.

Qingrou's eyes were red and swollen, and she muttered in surprise, "Where did the cat come from?"

"Go outside and have a look," Gu Jiuniang asked calmly, "By the way, help me get something to eat, I'm hungry."

As soon as Qingrou heard that she had an appetite, she was overjoyed, and hurried out after saying yes.

The room quickly fell silent.

Gu Jiuniang lay quietly, and soon there was a slight sound of footsteps from the other side of the screen, and then a man in black came around and walked to her bedside.It was the one she guessed.

"My lord!" Her eyes were red with excitement, and she struggled to get up.

"Don't move around," Qin Fengchi held her down, and sat down on the edge of the bed, "Lie peacefully, I just came to see you before I left."

Gu Jiuniang's heart was ups and downs, but she leaned on the head of the bed obediently when she heard this, and looked at Qin Fengchi carefully.

The last time we met, my lord was still a girl with heavy make-up, Jiao'e, but today she regained her appearance, and she was indeed the Commander in her memory.However, compared to a few years ago, the adult has matured again, and his facial features have faded a little and become more angular.

She smiled easily: "My lord is thinner than before."

Qin Fengchi hummed casually, and stretched out his hand to pinch her pulse: "Your body is a little weaker, and your vitality is lacking. Every season is bitter summer?"

Gu Jiuniang didn't care too much: "It's a bit of a bitter summer, but I'm not a noble person, so it doesn't matter."

"That's not what you said," Qin Fengchi disagreed, and let go of his hands and said, "I can only know some rough things. You go find a doctor yourself and prescribe some food tonic prescriptions. I can't save you and come back, on the contrary. alright."

Gu Jiuniang pursed her lips and smiled: "What your lord said is that I am also a whistle-blower after all, and I have to take good care of my body so that I can serve you well."

Qin Fengchi hesitated to speak, and stopped after thinking about it.

He originally wanted Gu Jiuniang to withdraw from the sentry, but he was worried that it would be counterproductive and the little girl would lose her fighting spirit.

"Heal your bones first," he sighed, "I have asked the deputy garrison here to send a soldier to teach you a set of fitness boxing."

Gu Jiuniang nodded, and asked again: "My lord, are you going back to the capital? When are you going to leave?" "At the latest," he paused, and said, "Chen Danian was caught by the Jiufu Yamen for selling private salt." But you don’t have to worry about it, the new prefect will not take office until March or May at the latest, if the co-prefect of this prefect operates properly, he may be directly promoted to the prefect, which will have no effect on you.”

He said again: "Really, Chen Danian was able to be brought to justice smoothly, and you contributed a lot. Zhao Tongzhi knows this well. Just live here in peace of mind. If you need anything, go directly to the deputy envoy of the garrison Zuodu, Yuan Zhen." , ask him to help, and if you can’t solve it, come to me again. After all, the long-distance water can’t quench the near-thirst, and I will definitely run around in the second half of the year, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to take care of you.”

After Qin Fengchi finished speaking, he saw the little girl in front of him with tears in her eyes but a smile on her face, looking at him with great trust.

He sighed softly: "Take care of yourself."

When Qingrou returned to the room with the tray, Qin Fengchi had already left.She was completely ignorant, and was surprised to find that her wife suddenly became energetic, and her complexion improved a lot.

Gu Jiuniang smiled and said, "Have you found the cat outside?"

Qingrou nodded hurriedly: "It's a kitten! The cook said it's at most one month old, and it runs fast! That cat is black and white, fluffy and cute, shall we keep it? It can be put in the kitchen to catch mice. !"

Is there really a cat?

Gu Jiuniang was surprised, she thought Master Qin was imitating meowing.

She thought about it, and laughed involuntarily.

Your lord is really interesting, did you give her a cat?

It was almost noon and the sun was scorching hot.

The story of the magistrate's back house being raided finally got out, all kinds of rumors were abuzz, and the teahouses and restaurants were overcrowded, everyone was talking about it.Chen Danian has been in Tianjin Mansion for many years, and he has always had a good reputation. When something happened to him, the people couldn't believe it.

After all, Chu Lou was young, he took a dose of medicine, got a good night's sleep, and when he woke up, he felt refreshed and recovered from his illness!He rubbed his stomach and saw that there was no one in the room, so he thought about going downstairs to eat something.

"Strange, where did this man go?" He murmured to himself.

"Your Majesty, you are awake!" The waiter saw Chu Lou, and immediately ran over and said happily, "Then the servant ordered me to cook Huoxiang leaf porridge for you, and it has been heating under the kitchen, and I will serve you another dish Duck eggs in red oil and a plate of vinegar cabbage will keep you comfortable!"

Chu Lou was drooling when he heard it, and hurriedly picked up a table and sat down to wait for dinner.

The lobby was almost full of people, all talking loudly, and it was very lively.

Chu Lou listened while drinking porridge.After hearing it, I realized that they were all talking about Chen Danian.

"In my humble opinion, the lord of the government may have been implicated," said a young man dressed as a scholar, "Our northern government has always been suppressed by the southern government. There are four elders in the cabinet, but there are three in the southern government, and only one in the northern government, and they are still in the second place. You don’t need to talk about it, my lords.”

Anyone who pays attention to current affairs knows that there was a big change in the cabinet at the beginning of the year. The chief assistant Tang Ge, who was originally from the northern province, went up to pray for his illness. Disgraced and disgraced.The chief assistant who took over was Wang Zhizhong, who was directly promoted by the government to the cabinet, the number one scholar in the fourth year of Yongqing, an authentic Nanfu native, only forty years old, just in the prime of life.

The most important thing is that Tang Ge is always the teacher of the Fu Zun, which is very...

"Hey, your Excellency thinks too highly of the former magistrate," another person sneered, "Do you know who came to raid the house?"

The scholar was not convinced, and asked instead: "Isn't it the arrester from the patrol room?"

The man laughed contemptuously and said: "Your Excellency is still young, besides studying, you need to increase your knowledge..."

"Oh, tell me quickly!" The crowd urged him impatiently.

The man coughed lightly: "I can see clearly that those people are not ordinary policemen. They are dressed in black background and red borders. Although they are dressed as policemen, they don't have the word 'catch' on the back of the chest. In addition to the iron ruler, he also has a saber on his body, and a red 'nine' on his waist card!"

"Jiufu Yamen!" The well-informed person exclaimed.

"That's right!" the man proudly said, "Those people are the arresting officers of the Jiufu Yamen, all of whom are highly skilled in martial arts! If they can get the Jiufu Yamen dispatched, they are all serious cases. Mr. Tang Ge himself can't work for the Jiufu Yamen. , but a mere student, how come?"

The scholar felt reasonable after hearing this, so he remained silent.

Another middle-aged man with the appearance of a businessman said: "I'm afraid you don't know that apart from the magistrate, the family of the richest man in our mansion, He Yuan, was also confiscated. Alas, I originally came to his shop to buy goods, but now I have an empty inventory , but the goods were copied, what should I do!"

There was silence all around.

Just as Chu Lou finished eating, he wiped his mouth and interjected: "Since you have the order, why don't you just go to the yamen to ask Mr. Tongzhi? Then He Fengxian is a wealthy businessman, and you are not the only one who has business dealings with him? Go and find it, it’s easy to talk when there are many people, and the government’s confiscation of the house is also for the country, and it has nothing to do with you sufferers, so you won’t be asked to pay for He Fengxian.”

Everyone turned their heads to look at Chu Lou, and they were a little surprised to see that it was a young man in his teens.

The businessman suddenly realized what he heard, and hurriedly bowed his hands to Chulou to express his gratitude: "Thank you, young gentleman, I will go to the Yamen right now." After saying goodbye to everyone, he hurriedly left with his men.

"I heard that Yuanwai He just attended the banquet held by the Fu Zun yesterday..."

The rest of the people looked at each other and couldn't help guessing.

Seeing that the masked man couldn't come for a long time, Chu Lou worried that the man had already left.He sat for a while, and finally decided to go to the Sisi Yuan first.

He was walking on the street, thinking: Could it be because it is not easy to walk around with a mask in broad daylight?

A street in front of the Siliyuan has been cleared, and there are people guarding the streets and ends.Chu Lou went in after verifying his identity. Before he reached the door, he saw a person leaning against the door with folded arms and a mask on his face.

Chu Lou: "..."

Such a coquettish person.

"What kind of mask are you wearing?" Chu Lou observed curiously, "It's paper?"

Qin Fengchi's eyes were sharp and his hands quickly pinched his fingers.

"Can you just poke at the paper?" He dissatisfied, "Do you want to go in or not!"

Chu Lou smiled awkwardly, and quickly withdrew his fingers.

The two of them entered the Manager's Academy one after the other, and this time they were familiar with each other.

The jailer was the one from before, and he couldn't help being happy to see the two of them.

"Xiao Langjun, my lord," he bowed his hands and said with a smile, "You two are here...?"

"Excuse me, sir," Chu Lou replied with a smile, and slipped a purse into the other party's hand, "I want to visit my old classmate, Chen Tianyong."

The jailer was overjoyed after receiving the money, and hurriedly lowered his head and dipped his fingers in saliva to review the case. He had imprisoned hundreds of people this morning alone, and he really needed to find out to be sure.

When Chu Lou saw it, he subconsciously wiped his hand on the clothes beside him.Qin Fengchi who was standing behind him caught a glimpse and secretly laughed in his heart.

"Chen Tianyong... yes," the jailer's eyes lit up, "these are the first few who were imprisoned, oh, they are Xiao Ya Nei, you said that the full name is small, and you haven't realized it yet." He shook his head, "Even if it is Jinwo If you grow up in a silver nest, you will have to suffer in prison."

When Chu Lou heard this, his expression darkened.

Qin Fengchi glanced at him, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and take him in, at most he will come out after a stick of incense."

The jailer nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes! After all, this big prison is full of gloom. Mr. Xiao Lang has just left, so he should not stay too long." He couldn't say it in his heart, and it was rare for Chu Lou to be like this.In the past, anyone who entered this Si Li Yuan's prison would either have a whole family in, or if not, then his wife and children must be separated, with no relatives and friends, and he wished to get rid of his relationship completely and avoid being implicated. .

Of course, in cases like Chen Danian's, people are generally not allowed to visit the prison.

Chu Lou silently followed the jailer inside.