The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Because of the closure of the city, Xue Yinsong could only stay there when he entered the city but could not leave. Fortunately, there was no curfew in the closure of the city, so he could still look around.

When he came to the capital for the first time, Xue Yinsong was also willing to walk around the city to buy gifts. He first went to the best study in the city to buy a top-quality Chinese wolf hair for Xiucai, and brought a piece of fragrant ink for the two children. Seeing that Aunt Huan was about to give birth, she bought a pair of silver hand bells for her future siblings.

The rice seeds in Chang'an matured late but had a good taste. Xue Yinsong saw that he was rich with money, so he added some rice seeds and wheat seeds, along with a few local vegetable seeds.

After wandering around like this for two days, he couldn't sit still anymore, so he asked the housekeeper, "How long will it take to open the city? I want to go home."

The butler was a little embarrassed: "It's been a while since the city gate opened, Mr. Xue, don't be impatient, it will open in a few days!"

Of course Xue Yinsong didn't believe it, he now very much suspected that those wooden boxes contained gunpowder.Although gunpowder is not of much use in the cold weapon era, it is absolutely no problem to blow up a city gate. If so, Chang'an City is obviously not a safe place.

Sensitively aware of the problem, Xue Yinsong decided to go to Zhang Laosan tonight, and then asked him to find a way to send him out of the city.

After dinner in the evening, Xue Yinsong went back to his room early, and slipped out alone after everyone dispersed.

It was a very small carriage house with only a few horses and mules in it. Xue Yinsong went in and reported his name, and an old man in his sixties came out after a while.

The old man looked him up and down and asked: "Young man, what's the matter?" Xue Yinsong reported Que Hongze's name: "I want to leave the city immediately."

Zhang Laosan said with a wry smile: "This is impossible, the whole city is sealed off and you cannot get out."

"Is there room for seat belts?"

Zhang Laosan thought for a moment and said, "How about an exclusive small courtyard?"

Xue Yinsong shook his head: "I'm afraid there will be chaos in the city, and I doubt it will be bombed. I want an absolutely safe place."

Zhang Laosan's expression was a little serious, and he said after a while: "You come to find me in three days, and I will send you to the Yukang Palace. The old prince is a veteran of the three dynasties, no matter how chaotic the city is, his mansion is still safe. " Xue Yinsong had no choice but to agree.

After two days of hard work, Zhang Laosan took him to the palace in a small carriage, but he was not a guest, and became a new servant hired by the palace.

The butler squinted at him and said, "You have to follow the rules when you enter the palace. Old man Zhang has made it clear to you. If you fail, you will be kicked out."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly said yes, and when Zhang Laosan saw that the housekeeper was willing to accept him, he turned his head and said in a low voice: "You stay here for a few days, and I will come to find you when I open the city."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly pulled him: "Isn't it prostitution?"

Zhang Laosan smiled and said: "The old driver of his family turned around and went back to his hometown. You can temporarily take over for a few days."

Xue Yinsong frowned: "I don't know how to drive."

"It's not your turn to drive the car, you just sit next to the driver, and when the car stops, you can pass a step stool. If you encounter something to buy, help carry the goods. This is the responsibility of the co-driver."

The butler walked a few steps and saw that he didn't keep up, frowned and reprimanded: "Follow up! Do you want me to wait for you!"

To say that the job of the co-pilot is really not easy. Every morning, I go up to the mountains with the car to pull spring water, and then help the kitchen to pull vegetables. After lunch, I help the gardener transplant in the afternoon, and I can only rest after transporting the garbage at night.

Fortunately, Xue Yinsong used to be a hardworking person. Although he was not used to getting up early at first, he got used to it automatically after a while.Although the work is a bit hard, but the food is not bad and does not defraud others.

After more than ten days in such peace, Xue Yinsong still couldn't bear to stay for a long time. He had been out for more than a month, and he was really worried about his family, and he was even more afraid of the little scholar.

It's just that the palace is inaccessible, and without the badge of the palace, there is no way to go out. If you go out for business and the time is tight, you don't have time to sneak to the south of the city to inquire about news.

Under the repeated torment of this restless mood, he lost a lot of weight instead. Seeing that he was depressed, the servant who lived with him told him that he wanted to go home, and persuaded him that he would have a holiday at the end of the month.

In terms of the rules of the palace, everyone has one day off every month, usually at the end of the month. Xue Yinsong calculates that he will enter the palace for 20 days soon, and he will be able to endure another ten days.

This day, Xue Yinsong took a shower and went back to his room as usual, while the other three were lying down and chatting nonsense. Men get together to avoid talking about women, and all three have wives. Housewives are more virtuous.

Xue Yinsong closed his eyes and said nothing with a smile, "Brother Xue, are you married?"

Xue Yinsong responded vaguely, and the other person smiled and said: "Why don't you talk, come on, tell me about your wife, how does she look like? Is she tall? Is her butt big?"

The other two laughed, and one scolded: "Mother! You old bastard, when you ask a woman, you ask your ass first!"

The man who was scolded as a pervert laughed and said, "A woman needs a big butt. You guys know how to do it! A woman's butt is not big enough to be fertile!"

Xue Yinsong was too lazy to make up for the topic, hummed a few times and pretended to be asleep, the rest of the people saw that he ignored him, so they wisely didn't provoke him.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound in the distance, the ground shook violently, and several thick porcelain water bowls on the table were shaking non-stop. Several people jumped up and got up. There was no abnormality in the darkness, but There are noisy voices and fire in the distance.

Several people looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. One person asked: "Is there a war? I heard that there will be a war!"

"It must be! Look at the situation, isn't there a ghost in the fight?"

"Damn! My home is just outside the city, and I don't know what's going on at home."

An older man chased the three of them away: "Go to sleep! Go to sleep! You can't leave the house now, even if you have something to do, it has nothing to do with us. The housekeeper will scold you again when he sees it."

A few people retreated into the room, and they heard the housekeeper coming cursing from a distance. The three of them were uneasy, but Xue Yinsong was secretly happy. Once the fight broke out, he could take advantage of the chaos and leave the city. Don't miss Zhang Laosan's call these days information.

But people are not as good as heaven, although Xue Yinsong has been going out and back quickly these few days, he has not waited to receive his news. Not only that, the palace has stopped going out to fetch water and buy vegetables, and even the ten-day vacation has been cancelled.

After going through this for three days, Xue Yinsong finally couldn't sit still. He secretly prepared a long rope and climbed over the wall overnight to try his luck. Unexpectedly, luck is not random. As soon as he climbed over the wall, he saw many soldiers standing outside the wall. , had to shrink back and continue to sleep.

After staring and waiting for another two days, Zhang Laosan finally came to pick him up. Although the housekeeper let him go and cursed as usual, fortunately Zhang Laosan sent someone to take care of him at the same time.

Xue Yinsong was surprised when he went out, the ruined walls everywhere turned out to be a horrific battle, Zhang Laosan said: "Don't look, let's go."

"Which side won?"

Zhang Laosan replied arrogantly: "Naturally, it is Prince Fuqing, oh no, it should be called the emperor now."

Xue Yinsong was slightly surprised, but immediately calmed down: "This is not the right way."

"The little prince strongly recommends you, so the emperor specially summoned you." Xue Yinsong returned his heart like an arrow, and it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him: "I... have no clothes here."

Only then did Zhang Laosan smile a little: "It doesn't matter, just be careful when you speak."

Xue Yinsong had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave, but he didn't enter the palace as he expected, but came to a mansion not far away.

The door plaque passed by without seeing clearly, the two were ushered into the house, Zhang Laosan stood on the porch and said: "You go in from here and pass through the small garden to the study, I will wait here."

Xue Yinsong looked up and saw that there was an exquisite blue brick house hidden in the green trees in the distance, so he resigned and walked forward.

As soon as he got to the door, a book boy was waiting by the door, seeing him coming, he asked softly, "But Xue Yinsong from Fuchun County?"

Xue Yinsong hurriedly responded, and the boy lifted the curtain to signal him to go in.

This is a standard study room layout, with a few picture illustrations placed on an antique shelf facing you, and when you turn around, you can see two people standing by the table talking and laughing, and one of them is drawing a picture.

Xue Yinsong hesitated for a while but did not dare to move, a person standing over there raised his head and smiled and said, "Brother Xue, come quickly!"

Seeing that it was the young prince, Xue Yinsong relaxed his mood and said with a smile: "So it was you, didn't you say that the emperor proclaimed me, which made me nervous for a long time."

The man who leaned over to paint stood up and gave him a casual glance. This glance was not important, but it made Xue Yinsong almost bite off his tongue.

This person is only in his thirties, and his narrow eyebrows and long eyes are not very good-looking, but they give people a sense of majesty. His eyes are not big, but the flash of light when looking at people seems to be able to penetrate into the internal organs.

He glanced at Xue Yinsong, couldn't help shaking, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "See the emperor."

The little prince smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is the Xue Yinsong I told you about."

The emperor hummed lightly, turned around and moistened his pen and asked, "I heard that you are quite legendary, so I invite you to meet me."

Xue Yinsong crouched low and did not dare to raise his head: "The emperor sees clearly."

The little prince was amused by the nondescript words, and the emperor also smiled a little, put down his pen and said: "Get up."

Xue Yinsong learned how to be good this time, he stood up and retreated to the side, lowered his head, the emperor said a few words about the painting to the little prince, then turned around and asked: "I heard that Zha Jin often praised you for your ability, would you like to stay?" Serving as an official in the capital?"

The little prince smiled and said, "Your Majesty's grace, why don't you thank me soon?"

Xue Yinsong was very anxious, but he didn't know how to express it euphemistically at the moment, so he had to bite the bullet and knelt down: "Xue Yinsong is a commoner, and it is said that the emperor should kowtow to thank you for the gift of the emperor, but I... ... It is not appropriate to stay in the capital."

"Oh?"

Xue Yinsong said: "Caomin only went to school for half a year, and they can't read all the big characters. Besides, the country people are rough. If they stay in the capital, they will not only create problems for the emperor, but even the Caomin themselves... can't handle it."

There was another two points of smile on the emperor's face: "It doesn't matter, just invite a capable master."

Xue Yinsong was sweating slightly, and said bravely: "Caomin is clumsy and clumsy, and has no other advantages except farming. Besides, besides, besides... Caomin has a man and a wife, and he is quite comfortable hiding in the countryside. If he comes to this capital , to frighten the people of Chang'an."

The emperor laughed loudly, and after a while he stopped and said: "It really is a treasure, well, you are allowed to go back to your hometown, get out!"

The little prince also suppressed a smile and said: "Brother Xue is very talented, and now runs a rice shop in Fuchun County, and I heard that he is doing well."

The emperor smiled and said, "Let's hear it."

The little prince picked up some things about opening the shop at the beginning and said: "The mind is quite shrewd, and it is worthy of appointment."

The emperor smiled and said: "Okay, I heard a lot of good things, don't you just want to go? Yes, I agree."

The little prince said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En."

Xue Yinsong was confused when he heard that, the emperor smiled and said: "Okay, your business has been settled, come and have a look at this painting."