Qingzhou trip

When the phrase "smell of corpses" in the backyard of the county government could not be covered, a letter came from the magistrate of Yanzhou, repeating the sentence: to be decided by the new appeasement envoy of the three states.

Xie Penglai was so angry that he patted the table, "There are laws and regulations to follow in everything, but you still have to evade like this."

Yun Bailu leaned on the back of the chair and looked at his face in the bronze mirror, "Teacher, do you think the student's face has improved in the past few days?"

"I can't see it. The corpse... add some medicinal materials to preserve it and deodorize it." Xie Penglai asked his apprentice, "You and your father traveled to the capital several times back then, have you seen King Jin?"

According to the report in the residence, King Jin's granddaughter King Jin took over as the comfort envoy of Sanzhou, while King Jin's elder brother Zhao Yixiang, King Ying, went to serve as Governor of Kaifeng.The unwritten rule of this dynasty is that the governor of Kaifeng is served by the crown prince, and the appeasement envoy of the three states is held by the crown prince's left arm and right arm.This big move is being announced to the whole country, and the candidate for the crown prince who has been arguing for five years has taken shape.

In previous years, the appeasement envoys of Sanzhou hardly came to Sanzhou, but hid in the capital to listen to music and drink.Really wait for the appeasement envoy to make a decision, and exchange documents several times, then the backyard must not wait until it becomes a grave?

"No, I'd better find a place to bury it. If Hu Yuanwailang of the Discussion Bureau stops him, he will carry the body there. If the people of Beixia disagree, they will carry it outside their business hall in Fucheng." Xie Penglai instructed the yamen servant , and added a sentence, "If something happens, I will take care of it." The yamen servant who had the words of Dian Bu let out his breath.

"Are you sure it was someone from the craftsman camp who did business with the Beixia people that night?" She still felt that Yun Bailu had overlooked something, and put the matter down for the time being, but she still hadn't made up her mind.

"Is everyone in the craftsman camp involved? Or some people's private activities? What I'm not sure about is this." Yun Bailu put away the mirror, "There will be delivery in more than ten days, I want to go and see again." She asked the teacher if he would go?

Xie Penglai showed embarrassment, "Recently, the official business is complicated, so I will trouble you."

Yun Bailu took the opportunity to ask Xie Penglai for another convenience, "I still have to go back and forth with the caravan, and go to the Beixia people's negotiating field."

Xie Penglai knew it well, so he just reminded her of her status as a convict, and it was good not to cause trouble.After dismissing the disciples who continued to look in the mirror, Xie Dianbo left the county government office and walked two streets to buy a bag of honey cakes and went outside the guest residence to ask for an audience.

At that time, the talented women in Jibei County were well-known in the local area, and they became the honored guests at the poetry fairs of many famous families.There is only one thing: the daughter's poetry party is just a distinguished guest.Men's Shuhui has always avoided suspicion of women, but in fact it is just for the convenience of their prostitution.

The family who invited her was a family surnamed Fang who moved from the capital.It is said that the lady at the beginning was only ten years old, and she said that she wanted to "order all the plums on Moshangmei in Jibei", and invited all the well-known female talents, poets and officials from the entire Jibei County to her home.

Xie Penglai had just won the Juren for two years, and he was so young that he was in the limelight. He was offered a few pots at the poetry meeting. When he was about to get drunk, he wrote a dozen poems. Four seats.At that moment, the family begged to be the teacher of the young lady.

The nominal teacher had never taught a book, but the ten-year-old girl pulled her sleeves on the spot, "Grandma, I want to marry this talented person." This sentence caused a lot of laughter during the dinner, and Xie Penglai only took it as a joke .But since then, her luck seems to have come to an end:

No poetry society invited me again, and the two libraries that also served as teachers also dismissed me.The father, who was a small official in the county government, suddenly lost his job... The already poor family situation fell into the ice cave for a while.

Tracing back to the source, Xie Penglai felt that he was not promising enough, failed to keep a living, and did not take part in the examination in time.After being entangled in a lawsuit, a dispatch order sent her to Shahai.Also caught up with the death of parents successively, and failed to catch up with the exam for two consecutive sessions.Now nearly [-] years old, almost all women of the same age have married, and she is still sucking wind and drinking sand in the sea of ​​sand.

The night before yesterday, playing Miss Fang's board was really hard to get off, with laws at one end like a mountain, and words at the other end were formidable.Her family of a girl is still fanning the flames there.Xie Penglai had to fight.But the palms of her hands were rubbed with blisters, so the girl Fang was seriously injured.

Today's "official duties" include home visits. Xie Penglai came for the third time in two days. After entering the guest house, he never saw the two fierce brothers Ren Wu Ren Liu, but was led upstairs by a woman, "Miss Please bring the book into the house."

Seeing this woman's appearance, Xie Penglai always felt that she had met before, she frowned and thought for a while, then shook her head—the twelve years in the sand sea have already blurred the right and wrong people in her hometown.Even Miss Fang remembered it when she kept reminding her, not to mention that it was only a little impression to attract guests.

The best room in the guest house was reserved by Miss Fang, but the interior furnishings were still shabby and rough.Miss Fang was lying on the bearded bed in the corner, and she was looking at a picture in front of her.

Xie Penglai stood for a while after entering the room, coughed lightly, "Is your health better?"

Zhao Yifang turned her head and glanced at Xie Penglai, with a smile slowly accumulating in her eyes, "You know about Shahai, come and tell me why Yunfangjiang let Shahai City not defend it, and had to chase it to the desert and north The Xia people are head-to-head?"

Xie Penglai stepped forward and found that it was a map of the northwest border. "The girl is also interested in military affairs?"

"I just can't figure it out. Have you ever heard of that clapper?" One hundred thousand feather guards came to Hebei, and Ping Rong expelled Hu general to be named.Release the river to drive horses to suppress snakes and hogs, and once they are reduced to fishy belly. "Driving the horse into the enemy's belly, Eunuch Cai doesn't understand, but Yun Fangjiang doesn't understand?" Zhao Yifang saw that Xie Penglai had bent too far, so she gently moved herself to one side, and hummed again in pain from the wound.

"Is it important?" Xie Penglai asked with concern.

Zhao Yifang propped her head up with her right hand, her big eyes swept Xie Penglai from head to toe, "Can't you strike lightly?"

"It's a girl..." Xie Penglai suddenly felt that the person in front of him was not so reasonable, "The girl asked for a harder beating."

"Can't you put a group of people in the cell, and write a letter to ask the transfer envoy to make a decision? Do you have to beat them up on the spot?" Zhao Yifang gave Xie Penglai a white look, "Fuck."

"I don't want to let the Northern Xia people go for nothing. He has no regard for our dynasty, and he seems to believe that he will not be punished. And the momentum of my Huachao people has been worn down by countless confrontations and peace. As for please The transshipment envoy decided that it would take a few days at the fastest to exchange letters, and the new transshipment envoy was still in Beijing.

"If you are an official, if you can't take responsibility, you have to wait for the top to decide everything. How is it different from a zombie wandering soul?" Xie Penglai saluted and apologized to Miss Fan, "I came here to apologize to Miss Fan for that stick. "

"What stick?" Zhao Yifang was puzzled.

"It should be 24 sticks. Not 25. The first four sticks are temptations, not torture. The fifth stick should be the beginning of the real execution, and I was... upset, so I beat the girl one more stick." Xie Penglai said Bai's ten fingers intertwined into fists, and the veil given to him by Miss Fang was still tucked in his sleeves.She took out the handkerchief and handed it over with both hands, "It has been washed, and I will return the original."

Zhao Yifang sighed with a smile that didn't sound like a laugh, "It really deserves to be the Shahai Xie Dian Book." When she was watching the evaluation of officials from the three states in Beijing, she suddenly discovered the name "Xie Penglai". After being overjoyed, she went on to read her evaluation. One word can sum it up: pedantic.

After searching for twelve years, it turned out that this person was no longer in Jibei County, and was dispatched to Shahai to join the army.After being granted citizenship, his fame was restored and it was listed in the classics.

Twelve years later, Zhao Yifang felt that someone she had forgotten appeared in front of her eyes again: the young man's spirit had long been restrained, and the eighth-rank official was full of sincerity and fear.She turned her head away, "Come on, put it there. Now tell me about the battle in Shahai. Also, that stick was too heavy, and I vomited blood last night. I don't appreciate your apology, you You have to come to apologize every day, and tell me about Shahai and the three northwestern states every day."

Xie Penglai looked at the girl suspiciously, Zhao Yifang had already pulled her skirt, "Sit on the side, hurry up!" Her hand strength was also amazing, almost pulling Xie Penglai to the bedside.When the breath was approaching, Zhao Yifang reached out and wiped Xie Penglai's face with a bit of disgust, "This appearance... Shahai is really a place to eat people."