Jinyiwei work report

As the weather gets colder and the end of the year is approaching, there is an air of waiting and leisure everywhere.

It became a consensus to talk about what to do after the next year. In the anticipation of everyone, the first day of the first lunar month came, and the various ministries in the capital ushered in the holiday, and the joyful and peaceful atmosphere reached its peak.

New Year's greetings, visiting relatives visiting relatives.

Song Yingbai's "father" passed away, the family does not celebrate the New Year, and people with filial piety should not give New Year greetings to others, so he doesn't have to give New Year greetings to the big guys above, and he is happy.

Enjoy a low-key New Year's Eve and enjoy a simple holiday.

He hadn't been so comfortable for a long time, happily being a rich and idle person for a few days.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Lantern Festival, and the maids and servants were whispering about watching the lanterns. The volume was just right enough for him to hear. Song Yingbai saw through their intentions at a glance.

The lantern is only once a year, if you miss this year, you have to wait for the next year, Song Yingbai will not be so unkind.

However, after all, the "Master" in the mansion is dead, so it's not easy to let the servants go out to watch the lanterns, there must be a reason to act as a fig leaf.

As an enlightened host, he waved his hand and said: "Master, I want to read a book quietly today, so don't bother me at home at night!"

The servants also found out that although the young master dared to take Jin Yiwei to "copy" his home in a vicious way, as long as you don't provoke him or be a monster, the young master can be regarded as a very enlightened and kind master.

"Yes, we will never disturb you." The servants smiled and agreed to retreat, and began to discuss the matter of watching the lanterns at night.

Song Yingbai was a little interested in lanterns, but it was only a little bit. Thinking of the biting cold wind, he decided not to join in the fun. It would be more comfortable to eat snacks and read a story book while roasting a brazier at home.

In the evening, the surrounding area became more and more lively, and the sound of setting off firecrackers and the laughter of children could be heard from time to time in the street.

The servants of the Song Mansion, those who had children returned home and traveled with relatives, and the rest also found a good partner and went out one after another.

There were only a few people left in the whole house, Song Yingbai was only wearing unlined clothes, lying on the kang, eating fruit while reading a storybook, when he was enjoying himself, the servant knocked on the door and said: "Young master, young master, a brocade guard who calls himself Chuqiu Goodbye."

Isn't he Li Zhen's entourage, "Let him in." After speaking, he sat up and put a stack of scriptures on the kang table.

Soon, Chu Qiu walked in with a cool air, bowed first, and then said: "Song Baihu, Master Li asked me to come over and ask you to help, he is short of manpower."

When Song Yingbai heard it, he didn't ask what was going on, and started looking for a jacket and a robe, put them on, fastened his belt, and put on ear warmers, "Let's go."

After the two of them left the gate of the Song Mansion, Song Yingbai asked, "What's the matter? Do you know?"

But thinking about it, it should be Jin Yiwei's business, otherwise Li Zhen wouldn't have the Lantern Festival and would not rest.

Chu Qiu said cautiously: "It's not convenient to say, Master Li will tell you when you arrive."

Song Yingbai didn't ask any more questions, and followed Chuqiu to the lively place, the streets were full of joy, every household was noisy, the crowd was shoulder to shoulder, and he couldn't walk fast even if he wanted to.

I don't see such people on weekdays. I really don't know where these people came from.

All kinds of small stalls with groceries were put out, and they kept yelling to attract customers, and a group of people surrounded any stall with novelty to block the road, so he and Chuqiu had to go back to the small road and came to Li Zhen's side.

When they arrived, Li Zhen was standing in front of a lantern, pretending to be watching, his eyes flicking around from time to time.

Chu Qiu led Song Yingbai to him, and retreated.

"What do you want from me?" Song Yingbai asked with a smile, "Could it be that you want to invite me to watch the lantern?"

Li Zhen smiled and said: "You are so beautiful, of course you are asked to work!"

Song Yingbai grinned, "I knew it was not my turn to do good things, so tell me, what's the matter?"

Li Zhen put one hand on his shoulder, pointed to the teahouse not far away with the other and said, "The Holy Majesty is drinking tea there now, and I will lead someone to protect him."

Traveling in microservices?That's right, it's boring to be bored in the palace all day long, besides, the Secretary of Jiaofang has been there, and it's not too late to come out to watch the lanterns, Song Yingbai said: "Do you want me to bring some more people to protect nearby?"

"I want you..." Li Zhen leaned his head to his ear and whispered, "I want you to go to the Jiaofang Division and tell Miss Xu Yuelang from Yanchun Academy to prepare. I think the emperor will go there tonight if you don't want to be safe. In case Miss Xu goes out to watch the lanterns and let the emperor make a trip for nothing, the emperor will be in a bad mood. I don’t trust others in this matter. It’s best for you to do it. When you get there, just say Mr. Mu is coming , the bawds understand.”

This is true, Song Yingbai, as an insider and Li Zhen's friend, as well as an insider of Jinyiwei, who else, "Well, I'll go there now."

Li Zhen said, "Let's go."

Song Yingbai turned around and walked in the direction of Jiaofangsi. After walking for a while, when the crowd was less crowded, he quickened his pace and arrived at Goulan Street where Jiaofangsi was located in a short while.

At this time, the place was also decorated with lights and festoons, and it was very lively. There were more people coming in and out than usual. In the short distance from the alley to Yanchun Courtyard, I saw three drunk people.

Seeing Song Yingbai, Mr. Gui from Yanchun Court smiled apologetically and stepped forward, "Guest officer, come quickly, which girl do you want to see? If there is no one specified, I will introduce you to some good ones."

"Where is the madam, I want to talk to her." To save time, Song Yingbai said directly: "Hurry up and call someone here, don't delay the important matter."

Seeing Song Yingbai's fierce aura, Gui Gong knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he immediately shrank his head and called the bustard. After a while, he saw a woman in red and green coming. He sized Song Yingbai up and down before asking carefully. : "I am the mother of this courtyard, dare to ask you are..."

"Master Mu may come over later, is Miss Xu in the courtyard?"

Mr. Mu has been here a few times, and each time he brings a few followers who are not easy to mess with. Although he doesn't know his identity, he can guess that he must be a powerful figure in the capital. ... She is really not here, she went to see her friends."

Song Yingbai gritted her teeth secretly, really, she was not in the courtyard, "Where did she go? Hurry up and send someone to find her!"

"She..." the bustard asked Mr. Gui, "Where did Yuelang go?"

Mr. Gui scratched his head, "It seems to be...an ancient alley. She said something, but I didn't take it to heart."

Xu Yuelang became a member of the Jiaofang Division, so even if she fled to the ends of the earth, she would be able to be caught. Moreover, she was the most popular girl, and she had no intention of fleeing, so she didn't pay attention.

"Ancient... Gushuigou alley? Gujing alley? Guzi alley?" Song Yingbai named several alleys in succession.

"Gujing Hutong! It's Gujing Hutong!" Gui Gong said.

Song Yingbai grabbed his skirt and pulled it out, "Go, let's call her back together!"

"Hey - hey -" The madam chased after a few steps, seeing that Song Yingbai didn't intend to let go, she had no choice but to say: "Then you guys hurry up - go early and come back early."

Song Yingbai grabbed Mr. Gui out of the gate and let him go, "Gujing Hutong is here, let's go."

"Yes." Mr. Gui rubbed the back of his neck, followed Song Yingbai's pace, and walked towards Gujing Hutong.

Fortunately, it was not far away, and they arrived in less than a quarter of an hour. As soon as they entered the alley, they saw Xu Yuelang's four bearers chatting and laughing together, and the sedan chair stopped at the side.

"Is the girl in there?" Seeing the four people nodding, Mr. Gui immediately opened the hem of his clothes and stepped into the door.

Song Yingbai did not follow, but leaned against the opposite wall, waiting for them to come out.

I don't know who Miss Xu is meeting with, but no matter who it is, he has to report it to Li Zhen, which is his duty.

Mr. Gui walked and opened the door, saw Xu Yuelang was crying with a charming woman, he hurriedly said: "My aunt, why are you still crying, Mr. Mu is coming soon, you should wipe your tears and go back. "

"I won't see any guests tonight!" Xu Yuelang looked back with tears in his eyes: "Even if he comes many times, he is still a fickle man."

"Girl, why are you talking about this?!" Looking for a lover among benefactors, isn't it just looking for a fish after a tree.

At this time, Mr. Gui took another step forward and saw the face of another woman clearly by the candlelight. He couldn't help being surprised. Isn't this Du Mei and Du Shiniang who ran away in the yard next to her? Why did she come back again?

Du Shiniang wiped her tears and said: "You should go back, you are not free yet, if you delay, your mother will make things difficult for you."

Xu Yuelang sobbed and said: "I saw Li Jia redeeming you, and you left together, I still had hope in my heart, thinking that I would also be able to wait for my sweetheart one day. But after hearing what happened to you, my heart turned cold , There is really no man in this world worth entrusting."

Du Shiniang mentioned that Li Jia also gritted her teeth with hatred, but more of her heart was ashamed, "He said that even if I went back to my hometown with him, I would not be able to enter his house, so he planned to sell me to Sun Fu. What did you do long ago? Since you know his family can’t accommodate me, why do you want to redeem me and promise to be with me forever.”

She heard the conspiracy between Li Jia and Sun Fu in the cabin, and she was so cold that she wanted to throw herself into the river, but somehow she remembered what the young man said at the inn, two-legged dogs are not good Look, men with two legs are not running all over the place.

Is it worth it to die for such a treacherous thing like Li Jia? !

She decided to take a tactic to delay the attack first, so as not to let Li Jia sell herself.

She took out the treasure chest and showed him the gold and silver utensils accumulated over the years, and told him that she had property by her side, and when she arrived at his hometown, the Li family could rent a small courtyard to live outside without entering their house, and they could pay a fortune. Yinzi made up for the shortfall for him, and made his old man happy.

As soon as Li Jia saw that she had so much money, he immediately changed his face, not worried about whether she would be able to enter the house, and said with a smile: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, you almost made me do something stupid."

He immediately went to Sun Fu and said that he would not sell it, but Sun Fu had already taken a fancy to Du Shiniang's beauty, so how could he let it go?

During the snatching process, Li Jia fell into the water, and when he was fished up, he was half-breathed. Sun Fu was afraid that he would be sued for his life, so he drove the boat away, leaving Du Shiniang in shock and Li Jia half-lived.

Li Jia was frightened and caught a cold, so he found an inn on the shore to stay. The doctor saw him and drank the medicine, but his health was too poor. After a month, he died of illness.

Out of benevolence, Du Shiniang hired someone to send his ashes back to her hometown, and she herself returned to the capital. After all, she had nowhere to go, and there were still a few sisters she knew in the capital.

So there was today's meeting of sisters who hugged each other and cried.

Xu Yuelang felt the same way, she was also a lost person in Tianya, she thought that her sister had found happiness, but it turned out to be nothing, which made her no longer have any expectations for the future.

Mr. Gui said anxiously: "Grandma, can I kneel down for you? If you delay, Mr. Mu doesn't like it, and the money for the reward is less, mom will ask me to blame. I beg you, hurry up!" let's go."

Du Shiniang also persuaded: "I'm staying here, come back sometime when you're free, come back soon."

She wiped away her tears and got up to send Xu Yuelang away. The two walked to the gate of the outer courtyard and said goodbye reluctantly.

Song Yingbai, who was waiting for Xu Yuelang to come out, saw two beautiful women holding hands and saying goodbye in tears, one of them was Du Shiniang.

He immediately lowered his head, turned around and walked to a secluded place, he didn't want Du Shiniang to recognize him, so as not to cause trouble.

Xu Yuelang bid farewell to the sisters, got into the sedan chair, and was carried by the bearer to the Jiaofang Division quickly.

Mr. Gui kept urging, "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up."

About a quarter of an hour later, the man was transported back to the Jiaofang Division. When the madam saw that her daughter's eyes were red and swollen from crying, she immediately called out: "I tell you, don't shed another tear. It's the New Year's Eve. It's frustrating to watch. Hurry up and put ice on the girl's eyes!"

Song Yingbai saw that someone was delivering him, turned around and walked out of Yanchunyuan's door, looked at the entrance of the alley, and soon saw three carriages approaching this way, Song Yingbai pretended to be a passerby, lowered his head and continued to walk forward, looking at it from the corner of his eye Then the carriage drove into the backyard of Jiaofangsi.

Nine times out of ten, it was the emperor and Li Zhen who were there. He went to the street not far away, found a secluded place, and observed the surrounding situation.About two quarters of an hour later, I saw Li Zhen walking towards him with a small bag in his hand.

He breathed out a stream of white mist, "I tell you, this is overtime work for me, and you have to pay double the salary."

"I don't have money, but I have meatballs." Li Zhen opened the oiled paper bag in his hand, revealing the golden crispy fried meatballs, "The kitchen just made them, they are still warm, you should eat them quickly to keep warm."

Song Yingbai tied one with a stick and took a bite. Unexpectedly, the meatball was still very hot, which made him gasp. Li Zhen smiled and said, "Slow down."

Song Yingbai chewed the balls, "We won't just keep watch all night."

"That's not true. Half an hour is about the same. After all, you can't leave the palace for too long." Li Zhen approached him, and the two ate together, "If you are cold, go back first."

Song Yingbai said: "I can stay with you for a while, I just ate all the meatballs. By the way, Xu Yuelang was not in the courtyard just now, and went to meet a friend, who is Du Shiniang."

Li Zhen remembered Song Yingbai's special care for her, "You seem to care about her a lot? Do you like her? Then you are much better than me. There is a mountain between me and my sweetheart. You are easy, separated by a layer of veil. .”

"What kind of mountain and love, I'm not interested in her, but, she seems to have left Li Jia, I'm quite happy."

Li Zhen said: "You don't like her, she left her original lover, what kind of interest are you in?"

"My name is fraternity. As long as there are poor people who are happy, I will be happy." Song Yingbai shook his head and said with "disgust": "You must not understand such a great sentiment."

"Get lost." Li Zhen said with a smile, "People in our profession don't have the heart of a bodhisattva! Especially you, to be honest, I'm optimistic that you will make great achievements in the future."

"Really?"

Li Zhen changed her tune and said, "To be precise, he did something great with me."

Does that mean I can't beat you?Song Yingbai doesn't have the confidence to refute now, "I understand, I understand, it means that after the spring is warm, I will go to Hell Well with you."

"The best season to go to the desert is summer. I plan to go just the two of us. After all, the less people know about this, the better."

"Just the two of us? Why don't you bring a few people to take care of each other?"

"There are too many people, it can be taken care of, or it can be a burden." Li Zhen said: "Compared with taking care of me, I don't want to be burdened."

Song Yingbai raised his eyebrows and nodded, "It makes sense, then let's fight it out."

Li Zhen looked at him and smiled, "Anyway, if you want to escape, you will definitely not be able to escape."

Song Yingbai elbowed him, "You didn't cheat me in the first place! By the way, is Cao Xiaochuan here today?"

"Here we are, guarding in the outer room."

"Drinking warm tea, accompanied by a girl, waiting for the emperor's order? Why don't you go?"

"He's an eunuch, it doesn't matter if he serves there, just a normal person like me, so as not to cause trouble."

Song Yingbai nodded heavily with an expression of "I understand".

"What are you asking him for? He has troubled you recently?"

"No, it's nothing, just asking casually." If Li Zhen hadn't been protecting him, Cao Xiaochuan would have stepped on him [-] times in the morning.

Li Zhen threw out his real purpose: "Otherwise, you can find a place and wait for me for a while. The emperor has returned to the palace. Let's find a place to hang around and see the lanterns."

"It's boring, I don't want to watch it, I'll be back in a while, you should go to bed earlier."

Li Zhen thought in his heart, it's really straightforward for your boy to refuse.

The two chatted for a while, Song Yingbai ate a few meatballs, took advantage of the warmth, bid farewell to Li Zhen, and walked home.

At this time, not far from him, there was an old man leading a young man, walking one after the other.

The old man hunched over, "Xiao Wuzi, your good luck is coming. How many people have cut off their heads and can't enter Cao's mansion to serve you. This kind of good thing happened to you. Do it well and serve the master well. There is hope for you to enter the palace."

Xiao Wuzi followed behind, nodding vigorously.

He knew in his heart that his good luck was not without reason. The hall he opened in the temple gave people a bath in order to get in touch with the well-connected old eunuch.

Even if you can't enter the palace, if you can go to serve these great eunuchs, it will be several times better than before.

I have to say that a good-looking skin has advantages. No matter what the other party's purpose is, there are many eunuchs who are willing to get close to him. In addition, he is sweet-mouthed, and he is called Lord when he meets everyone. He was soon introduced to an old man who left the palace. Serving in the eunuch's mansion.

Today, Cao Xiaochuan, one of the adopted sons of Cao Xiang, the governor of the East Factory, came to visit and fell in love with him. The old eunuch sent someone to send him there at night as a favor.

When he arrived at the gate of Cao Xiaochuan's mansion, Xiao Wuzi looked up at the imposing plaque, and couldn't help thinking in his heart, if he could get such wealth, he would do it no matter what!And no regrets.

-

Years later, all kinds of things came to him again, and Song Yingbai once wished to return the time to the time of annual vacation.

At the beginning of spring, he received a letter from his father. In the letter, he once again expressed his sorrow for the death of his brother Song Yuye. He wrote two pages, and then changed his pen, saying that it was fate that Song Yingbai could inherit the family business. He can control himself well, and don't be extravagant and extravagant just because he has money, causing disasters.

Song Yingbai tasted it, and the image of an old father who hoped that his son would be diligent and thrifty to raise virtue appeared vividly on the paper.

It is said that when a man has money, he will turn bad. Don't worry, he won't do it. He wrote a letter and asked someone to send it back.

Everything is revived, spring is warm and flowers are blooming. Since spring, the two of them have been preparing for entering the hell well in summer. If they think of anything that is lacking, they will add it at any time, check for gaps intermittently, and prepare everything they need.

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, Song Yingbai first asked for leave, saying that he wanted to go back to his hometown to repair the ancestral grave. This reason, even Xing Qianhu, who didn't like him, couldn't refuse, so he was granted half a year's leave.

Li Zhen gave himself a vacation in the name of going out for inspection half a month later.

The two agreed on a time to meet in a small inn outside the capital, and rode side by side to the northwest direction together.

Three days after Song Yingbai left here, Xie Zhongyu came to visit. He has been practicing Taoism for more than half a year, especially learning various spells from his uncle. He felt that he had made some achievements, so he couldn't help but come to Song Yingbai to see if he could help him. busy place.

Unexpectedly, Menzi told him, "Our Lord Song has gone back to our hometown."

Xie Zhongyu held his breath in his heart and came to "serve" him specially, but no one else was there.

He had no choice but to go back dejectedly, since Song Yingbai was not in the capital, all he could do was offer him a piece of safe incense.

But the safe incense was just inserted into the incense burner, and the incense broke without warning.

Of course Xie Zhongyu knew what this meant. He swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a while, lit another incense stick, prayed for Song Yingbai, and respectfully inserted it into the incense burner.

Just as his hand left the incense body, the incense was broken from the middle again, as if a person had been cut off by the middle.

Xie Zhongyu didn't dare to try again, he hurried out of the hall, stood in the courtyard and looked at the distant sky, just going back to his hometown, how could he be in danger?

Did he really go back to his hometown?

-

Song Yingbai sat under the shadow of a sandstone, raised his head to drink the water in the water bag, gulped down a few gulps, and let out a sigh of relief.

At this temperature, I can't wear a human skin mask at all, and I feel hot now.

However, in inland areas, especially those close to deserts, there is a huge temperature difference between day and night, so people can die from the sun during the day and freeze to death at night.

The two of them strictly controlled the itinerary according to the instructions of the map, ensuring that there would be an official post station every time, but the closer the Longmen Pass was, the fewer post stations there would be.

Li Zhen stood on a dirt slope, looked at the map for a while, jumped down and said, "There should be a market ahead, let's buy two camels tomorrow."

Where there is a market, there is an inn. There is no post station nearby, so you can only live in an ordinary inn.

Song Yingbai and the others were dressed in black coarse cloth robes and hats with brims. They were ordinary and not eye-catching.

The more you get to the border, the more aggressive the people nearby are. First, the weather is cold and the temper is not very good. Second, there are a large number of fugitives who want to leave the border wandering around. These people are carrying murders and are ready to fight.

Song Yingbai got on his horse, "Let's go quickly and try to get there early."

Li Zhen agreed, and the two rode to the direction of the small town market marked on the map.

Horseshoes kicked up billowing dust.

In the evening, Song Yingbai saw the town appearing on the horizon more and more clearly, smiled and said to Li Zhen: "I'm starving to death, I must order a roast lamb."

"Okay, let's eat the roast lamb!"

Sparse houses appeared around them, and they continued to ride in, and the houses became much denser, but both of them reined in the horses at the same time, and turned around in circles.

Song Yingbai looked around vigilantly, and whispered: "Shall we go in?"

Li Zhen looked around and frowned, "What's going on here?"

Because they have been riding for so long and haven't seen a single person.

There are empty houses, but no residents.

Song Yingbai saw that although the houses next to them were a bit dilapidated by the wind, they had complete doors and windows, and the streets were tidy. It didn't look like they had experienced wars and killings. Some houses still had red dried chili peppers hanging on their doors.

ghost town?