Qingzhou trip

Occasionally, a few dogs barked from the back wall of the Shahai county government office, and the patter of goose feather snow accumulated on the wall and eaves. There is a quiet detachment around me.

Li Mei waited for a long time and didn't see King Jin returning to the mansion. He knew that King Jin hadn't made up his mind and decided to go to Xie Penglai.The second urgent letter from Beijing arrived at Haishi, so she got up and went to Xie Penglai's house.But Ren Liu said that King Jin hadn't come out after entering the courtyard for several hours, so he told him in advance, "Unless the sky is falling, don't bother me."

The second letter is elegant, "The sky seems to be falling".Li Mo took off his cloak and gave it to Ren Liu, "I'll go and have a look."

Quietly pushing open the door of the courtyard, Xie Penglai happened to also come out of the main house, holding a wooden basin in his hand and pouring hot water on the corner of the wall. After the mist diffused, it stuck to the snow and became frozen in an instant.

Xie Penglai was wearing a middle coat and King Jin's black cloak outside, his eyes froze when he saw Li Mohou, and an uncomfortable shyness flashed across his face.She put down the tub, stepped on felt boots and went to the door to meet Li Mo.

Through the color of the snow, Li Mei saw that the pair of felt boots belonged to King Jin.She frowned, and tightened her cloak to protect the letter in her hand, "Is Your Highness here?"

"Still asleep." Xie Penglai realized that Li Mo came looking for Zhao Yifang, it must be because of an urgent matter, "I'll call—" She was about to turn around when Li Mo grabbed her arm, "No need, wait for His Highness to return home Not later."

Li Mei smiled, "The sky won't fall." She exited the courtyard, closed the courtyard gate for Xie Penglai, and said, "Tie it up."

Leaving two sets of footprints on the snow, Li Mei walked to Ren Liu's side, "It's better not to disturb His Highness's discussion, please wait for your hard work." After walking a few steps, she smiled and shook her head lightly—King Jin finally didn't Press again.

In the house, a soybean oil lamp stands on the table, and the raccoon cat is staring at its own shadow on the wall, jumping and scratching, and the person on the kang turned over by the middleman, and the black shadow cast on the wall moved again, scaring the cat. .

Xie Penglai was shivering from the cold the moment he left the house, and when he returned to the kang, King Jin stretched out his arms and hugged his waist, and the lingering intimacy has not dissipated, "You're back now?"

Xie Penglai looked back and saw that Zhao Yifang's eyes were still blurred, she smiled, "I went to pour water." She raised the lamp and went around the house, only to find that one of her shoes had been bitten by a civet cat in the corner, no wonder she didn't find it just now.The cloak on her body was put on by Zhao Yifang. She took off her clothes and lay down again following the other's hand.Touching each other gracefully, intertwined with movement and stillness, Xie Penglai heard the beating sound of his chest come back again.

"Master Xie's quilt is more comfortable than mine." Zhao Yifang put a quilt in front of Xie Penglai, the cold air from outside made her shiver, but she still refused to let go.

The hair was stroked by a pair of gentle hands, and Zhao Yifang sniffed at Xie Penglai's neckline again, "Master Xie has a strange fragrance." Hearing Xie Penglai's heartbeat, she put her ear on the panicked territory, and after a while, she felt The beating was gentle before leaving, and he took out the sapphire peacock ornament that Xie Penglai hung around his neck, "Master Xie, I was worried that when you woke up, you would apologize to me on the kang."

Although she broke into the door and moved first.Xie Penglai is not completely passive, her desire is no less than that of Zhao Yifang.If we really want to pursue crimes according to the ancestral system, Xie Penglai must be charged with the accusation of "disaster and chaos".But Xie Penglai didn't have a nerdy upper body, she just hugged Zhao Yifang tightly in pity, "Xie is indeed guilty, but he can't make up for it."

Zhao Yifang's apricot eyes were watery, "Why can't I pay for it?" To pay her a wife, and by the way, pay for her education, vision, skills, Zhao Yifang doesn't want much, just Xie Penglai.

"Xie, a certain cold official—" Seeing Zhao Yifang frowned, Xie Penglai coughed lightly, "Xie is willing to be a sinner."

King Jin's eyes were filled with smiles, "Master Xie, why didn't you ask me when I came today?"

Xie Penglai had just caught a glimpse of Li Mo's serious expression for a moment, and he already had suspicions in his heart.Zhao Yifang pulled up her arm and bit her, the pain caused Xie Penglai to let out a "hiss".

"You're just angry that I didn't discuss everything with you, so you won't take the initiative to ask me what's going on today?" Xie Penglai's eyes had already told her the answer, "You are angry, why isn't this king?"

Zhao Yifang exhaled, "Forget it," she said helplessly, "I'm not angry with Master Xie." She stretched out her hand to caress the place where Xie Penglai was bitten, "Brother ordered me to leave for Beijing immediately."

Xie Penglai on the other end blinked, and said in her usual clear and gentle tone, "We have experienced war in the northwest for the first time, and the frontier is in danger. At this time, King Ying asked His Highness to return quickly, fearing that there are two possibilities."

One is that the woman in Wende Palace is seriously ill, and the other is that she is worried that King Jin will grow up on the ground and does not want her to control the northwest.

King Jin snorted, "Your Majesty's imperial physician still goes out of the palace from time to time to visit the homes of princes, counties, kings and ministers. Besides, my elder brother agrees with my coming to the northwest." The imperial physician's ability to walk away shows the emperor's The disease is not as serious as the outside world says.Zhao Yifang speculated that it had something to do with forcing her to get married.

Xie Penglai was also silent, "Could it be that His Highness mentioned marriage to King Ying?"

Zhao Yifang stretched out her hand to cover her yawn, "I'm sleepy." Then she retracted into Xie Penglai's arms like a cat, and stretched out her hand to hold Xie Penglai's ten fingers tightly, "I will definitely return this time, and I will definitely not let Master Xie be wronged." .”

Xie Penglai no longer cares about the word "grievance" after living in a foreign land for more than ten years.Seeing that King Jin was indeed sleepy, she stayed by her side until she fell asleep.

When the clapper sounded, Zhao Yifang got up silently and put on her clothes.

Xie Penglai, who was at the side, had already tidied up his clothes, combed King Jin's hair and sent her out.Ren Liu who heard the movement was already waiting in front of the courtyard gate, Zhao Yifang turned to look at Xie Penglai, and stretched out her hand to smooth her skirt, "Thank you, come back." No one in Shahai can miss Xie Penglai at this moment, King Jin returns to Beijing Even entertainment can't take her away.

Xie Penglai took out a stack of written letters from his sleeve and gave them to King Jin, "Your Highness, you can go back and read it again. Among them, Xie has thought over and over again. If Your Highness thinks it is feasible, you can adopt one or two." King Jin fell asleep At that time she had written the letter.Her lips trembled almost invisibly, "Take care."

Zhao Yifang put the letter into her bosom, "Just now I was still looking for something to take away in the teacher's room, thank you for being thoughtful." She paused, took a deep breath, "Let's go."

Xie Penglai watched them walk to the alley, and did not let go of his clenched fist until the new snow almost covered their footprints.Lingering in the middle of the night is like an early spring dream, and endless reluctance blooms in her heart...

After Zhao Yifang made the decision to return to Beijing, the lights of King Jin's Mansion were brightly lit all night.The second letter made Zhao Yifang make up her mind to leave immediately—it was Ying Wang Zhao Yixiang who was seriously ill.

"Take all the soldiers with you, and leave 50 people to guard the hospital. They all listen to the command of Xie County Magistrate and Shidu Yun Bailu. The matter of the sand sea will be taken care of by Xie Penglai and Master Liao." Zhao Yifang discussed with Li Mei for an hour, "Immediately Secretly escort that household member, Wailang Fan Heng, back to Beijing."

Li Mo looked at her deeply, "Your Highness thinks King Ying's serious illness is an excuse?"

"It shouldn't be an excuse. My brother is the heir apparent, and it's about the succession of the great position. I won't use this as a lure to return to Beijing." Zhao Yifang looked at the book in his hand, and then threw it into the box, "He belongs to Fan Shucheng after all. Son, locking him up for a few days is considered punishment. Escort this old Fan's heart and liver lump back to Beijing together safely, it's a step forward."

"Zou Shiyan—" Li Mo thought for a while, "Just wait for Sha Hai to report to you one day after your Highness leaves the city. Your Highness should not know about it."

Zhao Yifang nodded, "I'm leaving, and the reinforcements from all directions in the northwest can be ordered to station in Shahai to strengthen the city defense." She smiled, "I'm afraid Lu Jinhua's [-] taels of silver is not enough, so I leave another [-] for her. Just come and pick it up."

"Your Highness, have you ever thought that it would be dangerous to enter Beijing this time, and the northwest is in chaos, and people's hearts are initially settled. It will be difficult to come back." There was something in Li Mei's words, and Zhao Yifang smiled when she heard it, "Guo Yixiao and Deshun of the Zhenrong Army Cao Zhiwei of the army has never dealt with each other, and the two of them became each other in the northwest, so what worries the court? As for entering Beijing, I have my own calculations."

She picked up another lonely copy copied by Xie Penglai and put it in the bookcase, "Brother, he doesn't worry about letting anyone go in the northwest, and sooner or later he points to me to guard the gate for him first." Zhao Yifang sighed again, " What matters right now is brother's illness."

Thinking of the letters Xie Penglai had given her, Zhao Yifang found out that there were three letters after she took them out.A "Shahai Xie Penglai Invites Marriage to Jin Wang Zhao Yifang Letter", the marriage letter of this dynasty is written by either party, and both parties can sign and draw.Zhao Yifang read this carefully and sincerely worded marriage invitation letter, but it could be said to be daring. After folding it, she hid it in her skirt again, and added a guilty conscience, "It's a private matter."

Seeing that the corner of Li Mo's mouth moved, she thought for a while, and then passed a letter to Li Mo, "My king and Mr. Xie... now the paperwork is complete." She looked down at Xie Penglai's second letter, "Thank you, sir. Penglai urgently asks to send troops to the sand sea to drive away the North Xia bandits." This is Xie Penglai's letter asking for temporary deployment of troops, in case the Northern Xia people make a comeback.Li Mo also nodded, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness."

The third letter had no words, only a strand of blue silk cut by Xie Penglai.King Jin's palm trembled, and he tried his best to calm down, "Let's go early after packing up."

Maoshi just passed, and a convoy was escorted by cavalry to go to the southeast gate.Zhao Yifang was sitting in the carriage and driving in the snow-covered sky. She suddenly lifted the curtain of the car and looked back at the head of Shahai City—this city that she had also guarded with her body was lying quietly on the ground, looking not far away. Ye Qiang River has long been covered by snow and ice torrents.There is a lantern hanging on the top ten steps of the city, and they are about the same size from a distance, but there is also a small horse lantern that seems to be gesturing in the snow. The lantern bearer is tall and thin, and it seems to be Xie Penglai.

Li Mo also noticed, she glanced at King Jin.Zhao Yifang's eyes were shining with water, she also took off the lantern on the car, and echoed with the people on the city wall.The ruts left long tracks on the snow, and Zhao Yifang returned to the car when they were out of sight.After receiving Mrs. Tang, she hugged her in her arms without saying a word, and asked Li Mei after a while, "Where is there a marriage in the first half of the night, and separation in the second half of the night?"

Knowing that she was angry with her child again, she smiled slightly, "It would be nice to get married a few days earlier." But having said that, I thought Xie Penglai and her were people who had no feelings and desires all the way, but they were also very passionate.It would be great if these two people were right gods and kept aloof from the world.

"How could I be free a few days ago? I can't even sleep well." King Jin had just finished complaining, and he was already looking at the Northwest business brochure in his hand.

"Yes, Your Highness doesn't just want to sleep well." Li Mo replied with a smile, "Your Majesty, please talk to Your Highness about business..."

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