Opposite the entrance hall

When I got back to the mansion, everything was the same as yesterday, Ji Si went to the living room and sat down, the servant girl had just served tea for a while, even before the tea was warm, Zhao Quan rushed over after hearing the sound, looking at the He looked as if he had finished the errands with those two people, and he knew in his heart where he had been and who he had met from yesterday to today, so he looked worried and nervous, and came up and said: "My lord is finally back. If you don’t return overnight, the slave will be very worried.”

"Didn't you hear that Mr. Turtle from Xiangge came back to tell you where to rest, so you don't have to worry about it?" Ji Si pushed the tea stem with the tea cover, blew on the hot air and took a sip.

"Yes, yes," Zhao Quanbei said with a smile, "but the slave is still worried. You are the master and we are slaves. Isn't it natural to worry about you? After all, you didn't bring a guard or servant. No matter how safe and familiar this Wenxiang Pavilion is, it is still a land of love and moon. After all, it is not a serious place. It is a place full of good and bad people, and the people who haunt it are all people of the highest rank. If something happens to you accidentally, what will we do? .”

What he said seemed to wish that something would happen to him!

Ji Si lowered his eyes and sneered in his heart twice, with a calm expression on his face, he said: "Yesterday I heard from the maid that Zhao Guanshi was unwell yesterday, but is he better today?"

"My lord misses me. After taking the medicine earlier, I am no longer seriously ill. How can my slave He De keep my lord in mind, and I feel extremely terrified."

"That's good," Ji Si took a sip of tea, "this body is still important, if you still feel unwell, I plan to find a doctor to take care of Manager Zhao, after all, you are not only busy with government affairs all day long, but also I have to be busy with His Highness's chores, if I get sick and His Highness blames me, I can't get away with it."

Zhao Quan was not sure what he meant by his words, but he squinted his eyes and smiled a few times, and said in a respectful tone: "My lord is joking, the slave is a member of the Jifu, so naturally he is devoted to the Jifu, and he must not dare to have two minds." However, doing things for His Highness is just to let His Highness see the loyalty of our Jifu."

Hearing his answer, Ji Si crossed his legs and drooped his eyes without saying a word, but continued to shake the tea leaves in his hand, put the teacup on the table beside him after a while, raised his head and said with a kind smile: "Guan Zhao has been working for you all these years. I have noticed the hard work of the Ji Mansion, and I am really loyal and have no second thoughts."

He accentuated his tone, and read the last sentence very slowly word by word, accompanied by a half-smile expression on his face, which made Zhao Quan feel a little apprehensive, and then he heard Ji Si continue to say: "This time, I am in Ji's house." I can trust you. Although you and I are masters and servants, it is not the case in my heart. I don’t know when I will return to Xiangzhou, so I will bother Director Zhao with all the affairs in this mansion. , if there are any disobedient servants, it is up to the discretion to clean up, and I will reward you when I come back."

"It should be," Zhao Quan bowed and said respectfully, "This is the job of a slave. It is a slave's honor to help you solve problems for an adult. I dare not ask for any reward."

With a warm smile on Ji Si's face, he put down his teacup and got up and patted him on the shoulder, saying in a warm voice: "The mansion still needs your care, Manager Zhao should take good care of his health, eat more good ones on weekdays, use some good ones, don't worry about it." I've treated myself badly, I don't want to miss you when I come back from Xiangzhou."

After finishing speaking, he walked around him slowly with a meaningful smile, Zhao Quan maintained this posture, his lowered head covered his expression, and only the corners of his lips raised into a smug smile.

At night, it rained again. The rain dripped across the eaves and made a ticking sound, drop by drop, unhurried. It didn't stop all night, and it disturbed people's sleep.

As Qingming is approaching, there is more and more rain, which is a good thing in previous years, but this year is not necessarily the case. The more rain, the more urgent the situation on the other side of Xiangzhou. It can directly soak up into a small giant mountain. There are many diseases in the water. When the water rises, the corpses covered in water rush to other places. The more people die, the more corpses soaked in the water. Too many, so repeated, it is likely to be an epidemic.

At that time, when the flood and epidemic disease come together, Xiangzhou will become a dead city.

Ji Si was disturbed by the sound of dripping water outside the house. At night, he had a dream. In the dream, he saw floods and corpses all over the mountains and plains, and there were heart-piercing roars and cries for help everywhere.

He stood blankly in the center with a pale face and bare feet. Under his feet was a viscous, cold brown liquid, mixed with sand and blood, which made people look horrified. In his dream, he was obviously terrified and subconsciously stepped back He took a step, but suddenly found a coolness coming from his legs.

Looking down, he found a swollen and white right hand with foamy hair. The fingernails were black and slender, and the whole hand was white and fat. It was several times more swollen than ordinary people's hands. The soaked ones couldn't see the blood, and they fell down piece by piece with the movement.

That hand seemed to have been frozen in the ice all night. When he grabbed Jisi's ankle, the coolness penetrated his bones through the thin clothing, which aroused the deepest fear and panic. The surroundings were like purgatory on earth. He could only open his eyes wide. His eyes stared fixedly, there were bursts of crying and wailing in his ears, the mountain of bones and corpses was under his feet, the flood flooded the sky in front of him, everything made him breathless, he was sweating profusely, but he was struggling to walk , I can't lift it up at all.

With a sudden jerk, Ji Si woke up from the dream, sat up, his heart was beating rapidly, his head was covered with sweat, his eyes were wide open and he stared blankly at the front, he couldn't stop panting, the beads of sweat slid down his cheeks , wet the collar.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, looked sideways at the door slightly, the surroundings were very dark, and he couldn't see anything clearly, he could only see a general outline by the candlelight in the corridor outside the house, so all kinds of sounds in the darkness seemed to appear It was exceptionally clear, and the sound of the ticking rain made him sleepless, so he simply hugged the quilt and closed his eyes to meditate.

When the sky was getting bright, the showers had just stopped, and there was a little white belly in the sky, accompanied by the barking of dogs and the crowing of chickens, which sounded the first sound of the morning,

Ji Si was fully dressed and took the bag from Tingxue, walked to the gate of the Ji Mansion, where the servants had been waiting there with the horse, he got on the horse, tightened the rope to stabilize the emotional brown horse and walked around a few steps .

"Sir, don't you want to bring a few servants? It's really not possible. It's more comfortable to use a carriage, so you don't have to suffer less!" Ting Xue asked with her head raised.

"No, it's not for fun. It's a bit cumbersome to take the servants with you," he replied with downcast eyes. it's time to go."

The horse hooves only took two steps, Ji Si came back again, and told everyone: "During the time I'm not in the mansion, the servants in the mansion will follow the arrangements of Manager Zhao, and they must inform him of all matters, big or small. Anyone who doesn't obey the authority Let Manager Zhao deal with it."

"All the affairs?" Ting Xue hesitated to speak after hearing this, and asked again in disbelief.

"Well, everyone, if anyone doesn't obey orders," he sneered with his lips curled up, "stick to death!"

After speaking, he hurried to the outer suburbs where he and Qi Ran had been better off beforehand. When he arrived, he realized that he had finished a few steps. Qi Ran had arrived early, and there were still a few people around him, Qi Xi, Yang Qin, Pei Zhan and others. There is Qi Ran's son who doesn't know which fox he had with.

When he arrived, several people looked at him with different expressions. Except for Yang Qin winking at himself, the expressions of the others showed no kindness.

Ji Si knew that he was annoying, so he didn't rush to disturb them, so he found a place to wait quietly.

Seeing people walking away, Qi Xi handed over a few bundles in his hand, sighed and said, "Xiangzhou is in chaos, I have prepared some clothes and medicine for you in case of emergencies, and this is what I do when I get up in the morning. Snacks for you to eat on the way, this..."

"Sister," Qi Ran interrupted her dumbfounded, "Why do you still treat me like a child?"

Qi Xi smiled, with a look of reluctance, "Be careful in everything, no matter what happens to others, it is not as important as your own life."

"I remember," he raised his hand to straighten the collar of Qi Nian, who was held in Yang Qin's arms, and said softly, "Don't be playful."

"My son knows," Qi Nian said with a serious face, "Father is safe and sound."

This farewell scene was too tear-jerking, and Pei Zhan laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, you can go at ease, we will take care of things, leave early and finish things early, can't you come back earlier?"

"Did Your Majesty ask you to bring foreign troops?" Qi Ran looked back at someone behind him, then turned his gaze away, and asked in a low voice.

Pei Zhan put away his smile and nodded, with a serious face, "As you guessed, when I entered the palace the day before yesterday, His Majesty detained me on the grounds that the Lin'an Imperial Army was loose and worried about the safety of the Kyoto guards, and asked me to return to Guangping slowly. Guan, but as you said, I opened my mouth first and claimed the title of commander of the foreign army, and if there is no accident, I will have to report on my duties the day after tomorrow."

"Well," Qi Ran nodded, "Most of the Imperial Guards are collateral descendants of aristocratic families, backed by family backgrounds, and there are various interests between the aristocratic families, each of them has a big temper, let alone under His Majesty's nose. There are too many restrictions and troubles. If something goes wrong to protect the safety of the imperial city, you will be the first to question the crime. Compared with the foreign army, it is less troublesome. Some, but avoiding disadvantages and choosing a free one is better than being a caged bird.”

He took a breath and said again: "Besides, you have the name of a general on your head, you have led soldiers and fought in battle anyway, and you haven't seen any problems in the army, haven't you cleaned up and obeyed, so it is the most suitable Candidates, they fall into your hands, train them however you want, if you are lucky enough to meet a few good seedlings, and carry them with your own hands, you will feel more at ease. The deputy came out, after all, His Majesty just wanted to detain you in Beijing and kill your vigor, even if you said you wanted to sleep at home, he would be happy."

"That's the reason," Pei Zhan smiled, "If you really meet a good seedling, when you come back from Xiangzhou, I will definitely treat you to a drink."

"Don't drink any more, just give me the gadget you used last time. I think that hidden weapon is interesting." Qi Ran also smiled, and then said: "By the way, I heard that you used it yesterday. The young master of the town government's mansion was beaten up."

Qi Xi on the side was also surprised, "Why did you beat Young Master Yan?"

Speaking of this matter, Pei Zhan's face was a little strange, he touched his nose and said in embarrassment: "I can't blame me, how could I know that the peddler tricked him to ask for an explanation, but I saw him leading a bunch of servants who didn't say anything When he said that, he beat people and smashed the stalls, looked aggressive and thought he was bullying others, couldn't he resist kicking him twice."

After finishing speaking, she complained for herself, "You say, what kind of person must this be, to do something good is like doing something bad. Yao'er said that Duke Zhen should not be offended, so she prepared something for me to come to the door to make amends. I just In my heart, I persuaded myself to lower my face. Before the door was opened, Lord Zhen came here with that little bastard, saying that he and the eldest princess had neglected to discipline them in the past, and that the little father-in-law always caused troubles and didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. If this goes on like this, sooner or later he will become a tyrant in Lin'an, and I heard that I am going to lead a foreign army, so I have to put him in my team and let me help discipline him."

He breathed a sigh of relief and said again: "You don't know, that little bastard has a big temper, his mouth is so bad that he doesn't know who he learned to swear, he said a dog on the left, and a grandson on the right, wait for the young master, not like Coming to make amends, it seemed like he was here to smash the scene, Lord Zhen felt ashamed, so he blushed and chased him all over the yard to beat him, not to mention being amused."

"What's next," Qi Xi asked, "Did you come down later?"

Pei Zhan raised his eyebrows, "Duke Zhen offered me tea by pressing the little bastard's head, so no matter how unhappy he was in his heart, he couldn't refute his father's face, besides, Duke Zhen is an elder, The official rank is older than me, so I dare not refuse, but seeing the embarrassment of that little bastard, I am more happy to agree in my heart. Anyway, I am training soldiers, who is not training, one more person is not more, and one less person is not enough. There are quite a few of them, and you can still sell a favor from the Duke of Zhen, so why not do it."

"You have a bottom line in your heart. Yan Zhao's status is different from others. Apart from the Zhen Guogong's mansion, there is also the eldest princess behind him. The eldest princess is so used to him. Don't go too far. It will be bad if you offend others. "Qi Ran knew from his expression that this man was probably planning something bad, so he reminded him aloud.

"Don't worry," Pei Zhan waved his hand with a smile, "I know it well, I won't play him to death."

Qi Ran raised his eyes and glanced at him, not sure if the number in his mind was true or not, but he just got on the horse, gripped the rope tightly, and thrust his saber into the sword box next to the horse's belly, the horse was frightened, The hooves were in a mess, he stabilized the horse and lowered his eyes and said softly: "It's almost time, I have to start, you should go back earlier, the morning dew is heavy, sister and Nian'er are not in good health, don't take it cold."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at everyone one by one, bid farewell in a deep voice, tightened the reins and turned around, the brown horse raised its head and panted, and strode towards Ji Si.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Handsome author: [Deep face] It's over, I can't think of a small theater! ! !

Ji Si: [Rolling eyes] If you can't think of it, then you can't think of it, so that Ah Heng and I don't pretend to be stupid.

Qi Ran: Yes.

Handsome author: [Fierce] Do you know the principles of my life?

Ji Si: [picks ears] I don't know, what is it?

Handsome author: [Blessed with special effects of holy light] I am an author who writes a small theater with my heart and writes the text with my feet.

Ji Si: [Suddenly realizes] You're lost!

handsome author...

ps: I'm sorry, it was delayed for so many days before, and it will be updated steadily later. It is still not updated every Wednesday, thank you for your likes! ! !