Qingzhou trip

Xie Penglai opened his eyes after King Jin left, took off the fur cloak covering his body and folded it up.When I sat up, I found that the food and drink had been removed from the case, leaving only the pot of still warm water.While drinking water to quench his thirst, he opened the book on the desk, and found that King Jin had flipped through "On the Rest and Defense" for a while before he left. It can be seen, fear without fighting", King Jin also drew a circle on this sentence, with two words in the side script: my humble opinion.

Looking at the author again, it really is Zou Shiyan, the transit envoy.Guessing that King Jin is still not at ease with this person's temper, he is still trying to figure out and observe this person's movements.How could King Jin, who had planned his affairs so deeply, pinch his chin and fall for Meng Lang?Xie Penglai had no choice but to pretend to be drunk and fell asleep, wondering if this guy could just let her go.

Unexpectedly, King Jin fell directly on his own arm, rolled left and right and got closer to him.When the breath scratched, King Jin even laughed out loud, and stretched out his hand to grab the bridge of his nose.

Finally, when his back touched her chest, poor Xie Penglai pretended to be asleep for fear of his heartbeat leaking out.Although his breathing is still the same on the outside, his forehead is sweating anxiously.Fortunately, Jin Wang just dozed off against her for a while, and after being woken up by Li Mo outside, he sat up and continued to study until he left.

When he opened the door and came out, the sky was as blue as wash, and the silver-white moonlight was shining on Xie Penglai's old blue robe.She was so cold that her arms were pressed tightly to her side, and she walked directly to the side door following the guidance of the lantern.He called the sleepy-eyed Si Yan to open the door, and slipped out of the door with his body turned sideways.In addition to the wine alley and flower alley in the distance in the sand sea in the middle of the night, most people have already drifted to sleep.

No one saw his guilty look, Xie Penglai, who was relieved, stood in front of the door looking serious, dusted off his flimsy clothes, and walked home.Her "home" is actually in the courtyard behind the county government's bonded house.

When other people are officials, they wish that grooms and cooks would keep a group of maids close to them, Xie Penglai's sleeves are cool, they can sew and wash their clothes by themselves, eat as they please, and occasionally go to Li Suyue's house to catch the autumn breeze.

She usually doesn't allow people to come in and out of the courtyard at will.The clothes that had been dried in the yard had been softened by the frost and cold, and they would have to dry for another day tomorrow.There are two rooms and a small kitchen in total. There is a civet cat lying under the kitchen stove.Xie Penglai doesn't cook, it just hunts mice and birds to support itself.The government office in Shahai County is so clean that even the raccoon cats can't get their hands on it. Only Yun Bailu will share some meat with them when they come to the door with wine and food.

Xie Penglai walked as lightly as possible, the cihuamao had already jumped to the front of her house and squatted.She opened the door and lit the oil lamp on the table, and then walked to the raccoon cat with her hands behind her back, "Forget that you can't sleep at night, then read a book with me for a while."

"Master Xie has to drink with me for a while." The voice from inside the room startled Xie Penglai. After concentrating on it, she remembered that it was Yun Bailu's voice, and raised the oil lamp to lift the curtain and went in. "Why are you running here?"

"When I couldn't sleep before, didn't I love to sneak out of the mansion in the middle of the night to meet Master Xie for a drink? Besides, you have time to read books with Lihuamao, so why don't you have time to chat with me?" She sat on the Xie Penglai kang Cross-legged and shaking her head, the smile on her face extended to the two pear dimples at the corners of her mouth, the willow-browed and hibiscus noodles, which really got seventy to eighty percent of her mother Baizhi.

Xie Penglai suddenly approached her with a lamp and looked at her for a moment, Yun Bailu felt embarrassed, "Why?"

"This is my cloud egret in the sand sea." Xie Penglai praised, stretched out his hand and patted his apprentice's head again, pretending to be lewd, "How much did you drink?"

"It's more than one bucket." Yun Bailu took out two cabbages from behind. The fried chickpeas and roasted leg of lamb were already cold, but the smell still made the raccoon meow.She pulled Xie Penglai to sit down, and pushed the jug and wine glass she had prepared between the two of them, "Today's Rewarding God Festival, I have left some for you, and I know you don't like those colorful things, I made a white silk jacket for you. Is the apprentice feeling sorry for the master?"

Xie Penglai couldn't help but smile because of her happy face, and sat down after sharing some food for the raccoon cat.Accidentally pressed the book, she carefully pulled it out and put it far away, "I didn't prepare for you." As a master, money is tight these days, and he is often exploited by Yun Bailu on weekdays, "Why don't we talk about it tomorrow?" After the book, I invite you to eat bone soup in Stone Lane."

"All good." Yun Bailu poured wine for her, "I heard that Liu Qinsang from Huaxiang was invited outside King Jin's mansion, and was persuaded to go back?"

Xie Penglai nodded, "Jin Wang Sishen, that Hu Yuanwailang didn't take advantage of him."

"Then I'm not mistaken, a good-looking girl, holding the piano with red eyes." Yun Bailu giggled, "I'm afraid who will provoke the love debt."

"Nonsense." Xie Penglai glanced at her, "Nowadays you are holding a job given by someone, so you have to have a handle on what you say."

Yun Bailu covered her mouth and opened her eyes wide, deliberately lowering her voice, "Master Xie is right. Here I..." She pointed to her heart, "I'm really happy."

Xie Penglai didn't even need to think about it, it must be Li Suyue who kept her for dinner and just gave her a few supercilious glances.

"Yue Niang gave me a toast today, and thanked me for curing Wu Dou." The apprentice blushed with alcohol, raised his head and took another drink, "She doesn't hate me as much as before."

Xie Penglai also crossed his legs, smiled and listened to Yun Bailu's continued chatter.Since returning to Shahai, it was the first time seeing her so happy.The two of them have known each other for 12 years, and they have grown her pissed-off urchin into a beautiful and intelligent adult. After going through that life-and-death calamity, when Li Suyue is mentioned, she can still see pure eyes, which shows the weight of Yueniang in her heart.

"My mother said, you have to have a caring person in your heart, and you won't feel too sorry if you think about that person when you encounter difficulties." Yun Bailu patted Master on the shoulder, "Master Xie, is there really no caring person?"

She suspected it was Shan Cui, but she found that Shan Cui and Yan Yunhan flirted with each other.He also suspects that it is Li Suyue, when Li Suyue is focused on ironing the iron, it is uncivilized.That was Zhao Yifang who had been out with Master Xie for many days.But when Teacher Xie told the history to the two of them, his eyes and demeanor never showed any attachment to King Jin.On the contrary, King Jin took the opportunity to make things difficult for Master Xie.

or what kind of man?But looking at Master Xie's plain attire all the year round and his superior talent and learning, it doesn't seem like he has been offended by any family.From as small as Shahai to as large as Sanzhou, Yun Bailu couldn't think of anyone who could match Xie Penglai's character.

Xie Penglai shook her head as expected, and seeing Yun Bailu was still staring at her, she sighed, "Xie has a crush on three people: Mei, his wife, and Hezi live in Gushan, this one is already dead. Kill Li Lang..." She looked at this similar face and couldn't help nodding her head, the first two were people she admired very much, but they were really sweet people, Xie Penglai only felt dry mouth.After drinking some wine to moisten his lips, "The third one, Sima Sha Overseas, saved my life."

Xie Penglai stopped, noticing that his cheeks were getting hot again, and stopped Yun Bailu who was about to continue pouring wine for her, "Enough."

"The third...is he still alive?" Yun Bailu turned his head back to hear Xie Penglai talk about this person, but couldn't bear to ask further.Master Xie is too poor in the sand sea alone, it would be great if someone could accompany him.

"Alive." Xie Penglai smiled. Seeing that Yun Bailu hesitated to speak, she coughed lightly, "Not here. To be honest, I don't know where that person is now. But it doesn't matter, the sandbank has a bright moon, and the autumn wind is like a Qiang flute." .”

Yun Bailu felt dizzy, she propped her forehead and asked Xie Penglai, "Master Xie, how much do you drink? I can drink enough, and I feel sleepy. Why have I never seen you drunk?"

"I don't know." Xie Penglai, who had never been drunk before, took a pillow for her, helped his apprentice lie down, and then covered her with a quilt, "Drink less alcohol in the future, Yueniang doesn't like alcoholics."

"Yeah." Yun Bailu scratched his itchy neck casually, but complied.

Xie Penglai entered the kitchen, Lihuamao followed her.After a while, the hot water in the pot became white mist, she sat in front of the chest facing the raccoon cat, and the ethereal sound of Qiang flute wafted from a distance.Xie Penglai listened to it for a while, and realized that it was a Northern Xia song "Xiliang Opera".After Shen Mu listened for a while, she suddenly opened her eyes - this was the news from Huaxiang, it's hard to say whether there are Beixia customers in Huaxiang now.

She was thinking about going to Hua Lane to have a look, but the sound of footsteps and splashing water could be heard in front of the county government office.Xie Penglai opened the door of the courtyard, and saw the county magistrate running over in a hurry, "Xie the county magistrate...the academy next door is flooded."

Xie Penglai regained his composure, and immediately ordered, "Wake up the people inside and outside the yamen to fight the fire, and watch the night to remind the whole city."

"Shouldn't you call the defenders in the city to help?" Usually, if there is a fire, the soldiers in Shahai will move the ladder to save it.Thinking of the Qiang flute, Xie Penglai suddenly became excited, "No."

She turned around and went back to the house to wake Yun Bailu up, "Go and inform the four city gates that they are not allowed to come to fight the fire, and put all your strength into law enforcement to prevent sneak attacks."

Yun Bailu rubbed his eyes and asked half asleep, "Was there a war?"

Xie Penglai's cold eyes woke her up, "I'm afraid, go!"