Yangcheng

The inn of the Lian county official's house was indeed as Wu Mingyan said, and there were fast travelers rushing to their destinations.Taking customs clearance documents and various talismans to the post station to rest, everyone is busy in their own way, and naturally they don't care about decency.They often don't even take off their clothes, shoes and socks, just fall asleep, and after waking up, wipe their face and continue on their way. One can imagine how pungent the smell in this post station is.

Generally, female guests would not choose chaotic and noisy official inns, but anyone with a little money would like to live in a soft and comfortable inn in the city.

But because Lian County is the main road where the three counties of Dongchun meet, whether you go west to Boling or east to Bohai Sea, you need to go from Lian County, so the major post stations and inns here are often full. .

Wu Mingyan said that she didn't find an inn to settle down, and it was reasonable.

Lu Zhou drove the carriage quietly along the way, and he didn't find out when the dog's tail grass was lost. He even forgot to show off in front of Wu Xianrong the essay he had memorized a long time ago, so naturally he was not praised.

When we arrived at the post station, the rain was getting heavier, so Jiangzhou parked the carriage and tied it tightly to the horse rope, opened the door of the carriage with an oiled paper umbrella, and led Wu Xianrong down.

Wu Xianrong's skirt was slightly wet when she got out of the car, and Chu Zhou's sharp eyes immediately pulled up her skirt and held it in his hand.

Although Jiangzhou's leg injury is not clear and she walks with a limp, she is a master and the height of the umbrella is very suitable for Wu Xianrong, and she has never hit her forehead.

She followed Wu Xianrong into the inn, and as soon as the gate opened, the turbid smell of sweat and alcohol inside, together with the surprised eyes in the lobby, fell on Wu Xianrong.

Sure enough, they were all dark caravans and messengers.These passers-by were all disheveled and exhausted, and suddenly saw a girl with white skin and snowy body with fragrance entering the room, and they couldn't bear to take their eyes off her for a moment.

Chu Zhou was very dissatisfied with the stares of these rough men and pawns.

I always feel that the Lord's sister is defiled by these people looking at her more.

At the same time, she was also extremely vigilant, holding the closed oil-paper umbrella in her left hand, and her right hand was always pressing on the scabbard at her waist.

If there is any trouble, her knife will be blocked in front of Wu Xianrong immediately.

When Wu Xianrong went to ask if there was room available, Li Zhou was still observing the surroundings.

When her eyes swept over someone's face in the corner, her expression suddenly became certain.

The man was also looking at her.

After putting down the broken pottery bowl in his hand, with a smiling mouth, the man who looked like a businessman raised his eyebrows at Li Zhou, and glanced at the backyard not far away.

Li Zhou's attention was completely attracted by him.

"Lianzhou?" Wu Xianrong coughed and took two steps, but when he found that Lianzhou hadn't followed, he called her back.

Li Zhou immediately came to his senses and followed.

Their room is on the second floor, where the sound of footsteps and human voices will pass through. It is the noisiest room on the second floor.

But Wu Xianrong didn't mind, he put down his luggage, spread out the quilt, and was about to lie down and rest.

"The door lock is broken." Li Zhou wanted to put the lock on, but it didn't fit together, it seemed to be rusted to death.

She said to Wu Xianrong: "I'll go downstairs and ask. By the way, bring some hot water up."

Wu Xianrong nodded.

After Li Zhou went downstairs, he quickly found the man just now.

The man was chewing flax cakes, when he saw the boat coming down, he put the flax cakes and walked to the backyard.

Li Zhou followed up, passed through the water room where people were coming and going, and found a corner where no one was there.

"You haven't heard from me for ten days." The man said to her, "Why did Mrs. Wu come to Lian County this time?"

Li Zhou looked back from time to time: "I don't know."

"Then go and investigate." The man's tone was undeniable, "The Lord doesn't care for idlers. If you don't send back any useful news, you will bear the consequences yourself."

Chu Zhou's heart ached, and he asked, "Is my mother okay?"

The man didn't answer her question, but just left a sneer to let her experience it for herself.

When Li Zhou returned to the room, he was very preoccupied, Wu Xianrong saw that her hands were empty, and asked, "Hot water?"

Lu Zhou: "..." Forgot to type.

"Door lock?"

Also forgot to ask.

"I'm going right away!" Lianzhou quickly went downstairs with his legs supported, and a basin of hot water came up and said:

"This door lock has been broken for a long time and no one has repaired it. They are all here to serve in this station, and no one cares about it. There are no other rooms to choose from, so I have to wrong my sister. I will sleep by the door tonight. If someone wants to come in , I'll notice it right away."

Li Zhou took out the silk cloth and threw it into the hot water, unfolded it in his hands, and gently helped Wu Xianrong clean his face.

Afterwards, Li Zhou cleaned up the bed, spread out the quilt he brought from home, and let Wu Xianrong lie on it after everything was tidied up.

"Thank you." Wu Xianrong said to Chuzhou when he took off his shawl.

Chu Zhou smiled and said, "There is nothing to be thankful for, it's what I should do."

Wu Xianrong was really tired, after drinking the medicine in the leather pouch, Li Zhou peeled a piece of candy for her to eat, and soon fell asleep after eating.

Originally, Wu Xianrong asked Lianzhou to sleep with her, but Lianzhou felt that sharing the bed with her was against the etiquette of a master and servant, and he could not accept it.

Wu Xianrong knew the influence she had received since she was a child, so she didn't force her anymore.

Lianzhou sat down, leaned against the crack of the closed door, and stared at Wu Xianrong quietly, listening to the rhythm of her breathing, he knew that she had really fallen asleep...

Li Zhou stood up slowly, walked to Wu Xianrong's side, and looked at her face reluctantly in front of the deliberately dimmed candle.

Wu Xianrong seemed to be having some kind of dream, the dream was vague and intense.

She dreamed about the things that made her anxious again.

Although Wu Xianrong didn't mention it himself, but he pieced together some information about Wu Xianrong's past from the mouths of other servants. Li Zhou knew that her relationship with her family seemed not to be very good. Put in more effort than others.

Wu Xianrong never said that she was resolute in leaving the Wu family, but Qianzhou knew that she was secretly inquiring about Ye Niang's physical condition.

Before coming to Lianxian County, I heard that her mother's old problem had happened again, and she specially asked Li Zhou to find an old doctor to get the medicine, but instead of delivering it directly to her door, she handed it to her mother's servant, and let the aunt go Help cook and take care of.

On the one hand is the family love that dissolves in water, and on the other is his ideals, ambitions and persistence. Wu Xianrong walks very hard. The love for her is out of control with the understanding of her and the emotional dependence on her.

elder sister……

Li Zhou wanted to touch Wu Xianrong's sleeping face, but when his fingertips were about to touch, he closed his eyes, sighed deeply in his heart, and retracted his hand.

Standing by the bed, she didn't know what to think. After contemplating for a long time, she shifted her gaze to the old wooden table beside her.

Li Zhou walked towards the wooden table softly, with his back to Wu Xianrong, quietly moving his hands...

The door creaked suddenly, and before Li Zhou could react, his arm had already been grabbed.

"What are you stealing? Dossier?"

"Why did you appear here?" Chu Zhou asked back.

Wu Mingyan said with a smile: "If I hadn't worried about A Zi living in this place full of fish and dragons, I might have caught you, a little thief, stealing by chance."

After all, Wu Mingyan is the supervisory censor, and he is a little talkative and unscrupulous on weekdays, but once he gets serious, it is really scary.She caught the eyes of the boat, and the strength in her hands became stronger:

"Who are you going to steal the files checked by Ah Zi?"

Wu Xianrong heard the sound of the conversation between the two, and woke up from the heavy dream with some discomfort. Turning his face, he saw the scene of Wu Mingyan and Li Zhou confronting each other...

It is the Shangsi Festival on March [-]rd of a year. On this day, the golden sun breaks early in the morning, and the sound of drums rolls over the ancient capital little by little, waking up the capital. The gates of each square are slowly opened, and the curfew is over.

In the Lifang, there are gradually pedestrians, cars and horses converge in the streets, and the sound of conversation and hawking is lively.

Tang Jianwei hasn't had a good Shangsi Festival for a long time.

Needless to say, in Suxian County before, the Shangsi Festival in the first year back to Boling was the day when the rankings were released, and she got a big belly and got into a fight to lose her son-in-law.

On March [-]rd of this year, she gave birth to Ananda, and recovered for a while after the confinement period. The excess plumpness that had grown up during the confinement period had been wiped away by her.

With the help of various creams and medicinal diets, Tang Jianwei has already returned to the radiant appearance before giving birth.

In the past, in the spring of Boling, the women of various aristocratic families began to prepare from the winter of the previous year, collecting exotic flowers and branches from all over the world or cultivating them by themselves.

Wait until spring, let's see who wears extraordinary and beautiful flowers, who will be the focus of all people on this Shangsi Festival.

This is "fighting flowers".

This year is certainly no exception. Fighting flowers has become a Boling custom and one of the most lively scenes of the Shangsi Festival.

Tang Jianwei also advocated the way of fighting flowers in those years when he was just reaching Ji, and wanted the flowers he wore to be more exotic and beautiful than others.

But this year she no longer takes the fight of flowers to heart.

It's just a small lady's thought. She has been the overlord of flowers for many years. This year, she just wants to wear a new dress, take her family for a walk in the spring, and find a good place surrounded by flowers by the Ming River. Sit on the ground and face the Ming River. Watching this year's Xinke Scholars ride horses to visit Boling, and watch the gorgeous painting boats on the Ming River, and the family can enjoy it together, which is very interesting.

There are only a few hairs on the top of Ananda's head, Tang Jianwei also carefully dressed her up, put on a cute little skirt, pinned a flower, and took her out together to enjoy the spring.

Ananda cried for a while before going out, as if protesting, he didn't want to go out, he just wanted to sleep at home.

Tang Jianwei and Tong Shaoxuan couldn't stop crying after coaxing them for a long time, but finally they saw Ah Hua and were attracted by Ah Hua's shiny pig nose, so they stopped crying.

"Ananda, this is Ah Hua." Tang Jianwei hugged her and squatted down, "If there was no Ah Hua, maybe you wouldn't have come to this world so soon."

Ah Hua and Ananda looked at each other, Ananda stretched out his short hand, and patted Ah Hua's nose ignorantly.

Ah Hua squinted her eyes, and the mouth under her nose seemed to maintain a smile all the time.

This is the first encounter in this life of the two friends who grew up together.

Originally, the whole family of Tongfu could reunite to enjoy the spring together today, but the Tail Burning Banquet hosted by the emperor for Tong Shaozhuo and his triumphant Qingqi was held today.

It is impossible not to give the emperor's face, Tong Shaozhuo put on an official robe and went out to the banquet early this morning.

Before I went, I told Ye Niang that if the emperor's banquet could end earlier today, she would come to find her family.

Tong Shaoxuan also came to pay his respects. Hearing what she said, he informed his second sister in advance: "It takes several hours to serve a hundred dishes from the beginning to the end of the burnt tail banquet, and the Mingjiang banquet in Boling has always had The habit of watching the night and visiting the Ming River at night. The emperor's banquet is even more cumbersome and time-consuming, so don't think too much about it, the second sister, just go home and go to sleep at night."

Tong Shaozhuo had a headache when he heard these rules.

She has been in the army for many years, and it is most enjoyable to go to the front line, and she is also the most able to control it freely.But he has no understanding of so many rules and sophistication in the officialdom.

But Fourth Sister was right.

Now she is only the captain of Qipin Zhiguo, and the emperor personally entertained her with the meaning of reuse. She just needs to serve the emperor well, and others can chat casually, don't make shallow words, and don't offend others.

Tong Shaozhuo went out on horseback, first met with a few comrades who were going to attend the Mingjiang feast together today, went to Yangmingshan to pay homage to the deceased comrades in arms, drank a few glasses of wine with the comrades, and then went to the Mingjiang River.

Tong Shaozhuo was dangling on the horse, his face was a little hot with the alcohol on his face.

"The aftertaste of this drink is really strong..." Tong Shaozhuo asked his colleague, "What kind of wine is this, it taught me that I was already drunk before I arrived in Mingjiang."

The same robe said with a smile: "Isn't this your sister-in-law's wine? Maominglou's famous cup of nostalgia."

Tong Shaozhuo said "Oh?" and shook his head.

It was the wine from Ah Shen Restaurant, it was really intoxicating.

Tong Shaozhuo and his party arrived at the place used by the royal family on the edge of the Ming River, and the banquet had already been arranged. They saw that the emperor had not arrived yet, so they couldn't sit at the table without authorization, so they chatted aside.

Talking about Qingqi's life-and-death and deceased comrades-in-arms over the years, I am a little bit moved.

When the emperor was not around, they spoke recklessly: "The emperor thinks we are easy to command. After fighting in Linzhou, we will go to Yuzhou. After fighting in Yuzhou, we will go to the west. When the war in the west is just over, we will go to the ministers for support. Hey, all these years have been fought. It's gone, and I've fallen into a whole body of illness."

"That's right, when I, Aye, passed away, I couldn't come back to see him off."

"If the expedition is reduced by half, the casualties can also be reduced by half."

A group of people were drinking a little high, chattering in a hurry.

Tong Shaozhuo really felt that killing the enemy on the front line was a pleasure, but the pain of these years was also burned on her body, and it was not easy to come back alive.

Tong Shaozhuo followed everyone's words and complained casually: "A dog is better than the emperor, and a person is exhausted. The battle will be fought, but the child will give birth by itself."

They were chatting, completely unaware that the guard of honor guard not far behind happened to pass by.

Including Wei Xi herself, her servants, imperial guards and maidservants all heard what the Qing cavalry said.

Everyone: "..."

Wei Xi, who was wearing regular clothes, rode on the horse, glanced in Tong Shaozhuo's direction, left with a smile and left.

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Son of Heaven: ... you wait

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