After she finished speaking, the old man on the chair struggled twice, with a pair of cloudy eyes staring vacantly ahead, his dead branch-like hands twitching indiscriminately, as if he was going to grab something?

There is a strong phlegm sound in the throat: "...my beans, my beans."

"Oh, I'm talking nonsense again." The old woman held him down and said with a smile, "Don't mind the guest officers, it will be fine if he cries for a while?"

The boss also sighed: "Why is the medicine prescribed by the doctor useless?"

The interaction between the three of them aroused Feng He's strong attention, and his eagle-like eyes wandered on their faces: "I see that you don't look alike, does this man look like your father?"

"Young master has good eyesight."

The dumpling skins in the pot were already cooked, and there was a thumping sound against the lid. The boss extinguished the fire in the stove, and took out the big pot and placed it at the feet of the refugees.

After a while, he said: "This old man passed by here with a wave of refugees seven days ago. He is old, crazy, suffered a lot of crimes, and is almost inhuman. When I asked the people who traveled with him, he found out that on the way to escape, his only The little grandson was eaten by wolves...a child who was only five years old..."

Speaking of this, the boss was a little choked up, blinked his eyelids hard, and said again until the tears evaporated with the wind: "His son and daughter-in-law died in Yuzhou, an old bone, helpless, and had no choice but to bring the little grandson Leaving home..."

The woman couldn't help it anymore: "Refugees can't take the official road, so they have to take these remote trails. There are many forests, and they are not familiar with the roads. If they don't pay attention, they get into the deep forest. Once the wolf smells Smell, where can it escape?"

Wei Yansi felt sore: "How did you know that they can't walk the official path?"

"The refugees who passed by told it, and they also said that the state capitals stopped them from entering the city."

"Picture what?"

"How can ordinary people understand the affairs of officials? Anyway, they have nothing to do with corrupt officials."

"You, you, what nonsense are you talking about, you can talk about official affairs!" The boss scolded the woman, "Take the old man for a walk around, let him think about something sad."

The woman glared at him, but obediently agreed, carefully helped the old man to get up slowly, and slowly left through the back door.

Looking at all this, Wei Yansi's already turbulent brows and eyes became more and more serious.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out to hold her hand, and the body temperature passed through the skin of the palm, warming her cold atrium.

The words of the boss once again proved that what the second leader said was true. Not only did the state governments do nothing, but they also did evil and harmed the people.

It must be supported by someone in the court.

Moreover, this person has a high position and authority, so he cannot be moved easily.

Thinking about it this way, the situation seems to be a little clearer, after all, there are only a few high-ranking and powerful people.

Wei Yansi swallowed the food in her mouth and patted down the chopsticks: "Boss, how far is it to Linzhou?"

"It's more than 200 miles, the young master is going to Linzhou?"

"Correct."

"Walking on foot is a lot of trouble. There is a small town thirty miles to the west. You can go to the town and buy some fast horses."

"Thank you."

Wei Yansi adopted the boss's suggestion, followed the boss's directions, arrived at the town at sunset, bought the best horse, and found an inn to rest.

The four of them bathed separately and had the most comfortable sleep they had had for many days. As soon as it was dawn, they rode out of town and set off.

The road went smoothly, but the closer it was to Linzhou, the more refugees there were, all of them rags and skinny.Either begging along the road, or plundering madly, as if this is another ruined world.

Arriving at the city gate of Linzhou, Wei Yansi was already gnashing her teeth.

She insisted on bringing out the magistrate of Linzhou to make an example to the monkeys, and asked again, who gave him the power to deceive the superior and conceal the truth, and to obey others.

Qu Jinying once went back to her hometown to watch for her mother for three years, passing through Linzhou every time she went there, she was quite impressed with the magistrate of Linzhou, and suggested drinking tea at a tea stand outside the city gate before entering the city.

Wei Yansi took care of her feelings all the time, thought she was tired, agreed, found a seat for her at the tea stall, and helped her take off her bamboo hat and veil.

"You sit too." Qu Jinying straightened a small wooden stool.

"Okay."

Wei Yansi listened to the order, but found that people around her were aiming at Qu Jinying's pretty face intentionally or unintentionally.

Qu Jinying's appearance is considered first-class in Yanjing City, let alone in this small Linzhou.

It was Maoshi, the gate of the city was not open, and the sky was dimly lit. Most of them were caravans preparing to enter the city. There was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and there must be stinky hooligans.

Wei Yansi put the veil back on Qu Jinying's place.

Qu Jinying complained, "How can I drink tea like this?"

Wei Yansi's eyes were cunning: "I'm jealous."

"loquacious."

Wei Yansi raised her eyebrows upside down: "Say it first, you are not allowed to learn from me."

"I just learned."

"If you are good, don't learn from bad ones."

Qu Jinying was amused, and burst out laughing, the dark clouds accumulated in his heart because of missing his brother were washed away.

"Stop making trouble, and get down to business." Qu Jinying covered her mouth and coughed lightly.

Wei Yansi was obedient, and quickly asked Chunlai and Fenghe to sit down together and listen carefully.

Qu Jinying smiled even more: "What I want to talk about is related to the prefect of Linzhou."

Wei Yansi: "Tell me."

Before the topic officially started, Qu Jinying made a brief statement first: "It stands to reason that I'm a girl, so I shouldn't talk about court affairs indiscriminately."

"I love to hear whatever you say."

"Shut up, you!" Qu Jinying put her hands on her knees, sitting in a well-behaved posture, if you look closely, you can see that the bottom of her earlobe is stained with a thin red, like a small cherry that is not yet ripe.

"Teasing you."

"Talk about the business, don't make jokes."

Fenghe and Chunlai: "..."

At the same time, she covered her lips and coughed lightly, reminding the two masters not to overly differentiate their flirting in broad daylight.

If they were in the palace, Wei Yansi would punish them for disrespect on the spot.

Qu Jinying said to himself: "I know Ah Si, you want to take the prefect of Linzhou to make an example."

"Shouldn't it?" Wei Yansi corrected her expression.

"Listen to me. Our purpose of this trip is to send troops to escort and return to the palace safely. If we are eager to seek justice for the people, we may cause trouble."

"how you said that?"

"When I was recuperating at home, I heard about Lu Chijing's death of the Emperor."

As soon as this incident was mentioned, the string of Feng He's escort was tightened again, cursing Lu Chijing as an old man.

Qu Jinying: "The magistrate of Linzhou, named Hao Ming, was a student of the Southern Confucian Party and Lu Chijing in his early years, but his qualifications were mediocre, and he was not reused by Lu Chijing. under my father's door."

She took a sip of tea: "My father's disciples were mostly military generals. At the time when he was employing people, he took him in and supported him to be the magistrate of Linzhou. But please learn from me, A Si, what Hao Ming did to the victims of the disaster. , my father did not know."

Wei Yansi: "It turns out that you are afraid that I will blame Lord Hou. Don't worry, I know his character. He is upright and cannot do such a thing."

"Not because of this."

Wei Yansi pretended to be relaxed and said: "You want to play dumb with me? Don't be fooled."

"Ace, you don't understand what I mean."

Of course, Wei Yansi didn't understand that she had been emperor for less than a year, and she was tortured by the civil and military forces of the Manchu court all day long. Although everything can be practiced, she has only learned a little bit.

On the other hand, Qu Jinying, who is worthy of being born in a noble family, has learned a lot about the ability to tell the truth, which may be the true teaching of his father.

Fortunately, Fenghe performed brilliantly, bluntly stated the profound meaning in Qu Jinying's words: "The sixth lady means that the magistrate of Linzhou has betrayed Lord Hou by doing these things without telling the truth."

"That's right," Qu Jinying twisted her skirt with her thumb and forefinger, "He could betray Lu Chijing back then, and he can betray my father now."

Wei Yansi felt like waking up from a dream, and had to think deeply——

There are three major factions in this court. If Hao Ming defected, he would either return to the Southern Confucian Party or go to Ge Changliu's Royalist Party.

Among the three major factions, only the Southern Confucianism Party was against her, the emperor, and Hao Ming had the greatest possibility of being the running dog of the Southern Confucianism Party again.

"What is he plotting?" Wei Yansi tapped his right fist on the palm of his left hand.

According to Qu Jinying, the Marquis of Yongyi has shown kindness to Hao Ming, so he won't repay his kindness for no reason, right?

Chunlai's eyes lit up: "Could Hao Ming be Lu Chijing's secret stake in the White Deer Party?"

Wei Yansi resolutely gave him a look of "you've read too many books if you're meowing".

The hidden stakes should be placed without anyone noticing. The whole world knows that Hao Ming was once Lu Chijing's protégé. His identity is sensitive, and he is not a fool if he is courageous.

Chun's self-esteem was hurt, he quit the discussion, and slid to the ground to draw circles.

Originally, it was not convenient for him to be an eunuch to do politics.

Wei Yansi laughed, and kicked his buttocks with his toes, causing him to almost fall down.

Afterwards, he discussed countermeasures with Qu Jinying.

The final agreement was that, for the sake of safety, Wei Yansi could not easily reveal her identity. It happened that Qu Jinyao's whereabouts were unknown, so she could pretend to be a brother and sister with Qu Jinying.

For one thing, Wei Yansi can be safe.

Secondly, Hao Ming was promoted to the magistrate this year, and he had never been to Beijing to report on his duties. He didn't know what the emperor looked like, so he couldn't expose Wei Yansi.

Three times, Qu Jinying had been received by Hao Ming, Hao Ming knew her at first, she said that Wei Yansi was Qu Jinying, Hao Ming would never doubt it.

The trick to lying is: mix the truth with the fake, and mix the fake with the truth, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort.

Wei Yansi jumped up against the case: "It's perfect, that's how we do it!"

After finishing drawing the circle, Chunlai wiped the ashes off his buttocks, stood up, pointed at the city gate and shouted, "Open it."

Following his shout, all the caravans were ready to move and moved towards the city gate.

There are so many people, and the smell in the air is sour and irritating, which is really unpleasant.

Wei Yansi grabbed Qu Jinying's hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it.

"What are you doing?" Qu Jinying asked.

"You smell good."

"Dengtuzi." Qu Jinying mercilessly withdrew his hand

Wei Yansi didn't recognize her scolding this time: "At worst, you can smell it."

"Dream you!"

Chunlai stared blankly from behind, wow, the way the Lord Qinghui invites pets is so unique, the other concubines are rushing to flatter Long live, but she is fine, she likes to ignore and speak sarcasticly.

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