Should the soul

Kong Jie squatted outside Cheng Guogong's south courtyard and drew a circle.

He went out for a while, and came back to take on a big job: to help the eldest princess hide the child, and to give Wu Xinhou a hat.The princess said that Wu Xinhou would return to Beijing in about seven days. He clutched the princess's private money in his breast pocket and dutifully drew circles on the ground to make plans. Others looked at him as if he was waiting impatiently. The child is growing mushrooms.

Kong Jie was squatting outside the south courtyard, waiting to be returned to the Duke.

In fact, he is very clear that there is nothing to say about reincarnation. It is just a formality. You can’t tell the truth. Character, he must return to life, so he waited here.

Seeing him, Zhou Weng, the benevolent steward of the Duke's Mansion, came over to inquire, "Is there any message from the Xianyue Building that you want to pass on to the Duke?"

Kong Jie looked up, "No."

Zhou Weng smiled, and kindly reminded him, "My lord is busy, if the matter is not serious, there is no need to wait."

Kong Jie stubbornly said "No", and said solemnly, "This is the first time my father-in-law entrusts me with a task, I have to wait."

Zhou Weng looked at him and smiled again, and let him go.

But Kong Jie felt a little regretful after he finished his rhetoric. How long did he think he could wait for a cup of tea?A stick of incense?Unexpectedly, half an hour later, he was still staying outside in a daze, completely miscalculating the busyness of Duke Cheng.

The moon rose higher and higher, and it was about to slant to the west. When he came out of the Xianyue Tower, it was Xu Shizhong. At the end of Xu Shi, he was lined up outside Cheng Guogong's south courtyard. Stopping and stopping, there were more than a dozen waves of people back and forth, all of them were in a hurry, and they couldn't find a gap where he could go in.

Are you so busy?

Kong Jie was very puzzled: Are all the officials of the Dashun Dynasty dead?Everything needs to be cooked by Cheng Guogong?

The "Green Hat Operation" in his heart has been contemplated several times, and he has not missed anything after careful consideration. He was idle and had nothing to do when he saw a person coming out of the study outside, his eyes lit up, thinking that it must be him, but it turned out Another small sedan chair came from the slant. It looked like there was no sign on the outside, but it was carried by the porter all the way to the door of the outer study.

Immediately afterwards, the soft sedan came to a steady stop, a guard took the initiative to push the lever and lift the curtain, one person walked out of the sedan chair, and went straight into the study room without passing through, Kong Jie didn't see the appearance of the person coming, but there was a Intuition: This is a high official.

He squinted his eyes, feeling inexplicably unhappy, squatting far away at the gate outside the courtyard, stretched out his hand, and put his palm on the ground.

The south courtyard is a long and narrow courtyard from east to west. The westernmost end is the stable, which is convenient for the grandfather to travel. The outer study room for receiving guests is next to it. The location of Kong Jie and others is the Yimen of the outer study room. As for the living place, there is also an inner study and other supporting courtyards according to regulations.

Why is it in name? Because Cheng Guogong’s mansion is too big, the whole mansion is equivalent to half a village of [-] households in Qin, and Cheng Guogong’s residence occupies nearly half of it. He must not be able to live in such a big house by himself. The place, the area of ​​frequent activities will not be too large.

Kong Jie squatted in the corner, closed his eyes, and gradually stretched his senses: he wanted to see what Cheng Guogong was doing, whether he was really busy, or just doing something aside.

Along the cracks in the brick steps on the ground, the ghost’s consciousness kept wandering, passed by countless guards, slipped up the steps, crossed the threshold, swayed left and right for a while, and chose a direction to plunge in——

The section in contact with the ground is only the size of the palm of your hand. Kong Jie couldn’t see the details of the study with his eyes closed, only a very blurry image, and he could feel that the interior decoration of the room was quite heavenly. It seemed that the Palace Construction Office helped to repair it. Yes, the background color is flamboyant and luxurious, but the commonly used objects are very simple and unpretentious, and there is a gentle ups and downs in the luxury.

The curtains were lowered.

Kong Jie first saw a strange middle-aged man, probably the one who had just arrived in a sedan chair, dressed in a crescent-white uniform, looking down at something.

"The policy of diplomacy is determined by the leader of the official. I pay tribute to the grassland in order to recuperate and strive for the situation, but there are always people who don't understand the reason."

The man said so, and then asked after a pause: "Does Your Majesty know about this?"

It was a refined man, with a rare tone of seriousness and urgency.

"Understood." Cheng Guogong's introverted and steady voice sounded: "Your Majesty specially ordered me to come back to take care of this matter, and told us not to leak the news."

The other side nodded, and immediately said: "What do you need the government to cooperate with, my lord, please tell me."

Kong Jie: ...

It's really a military matter.

He didn't listen any more, it wasn't interesting, and he didn't care.

It’s all here, no more talking about it, Kong Jie’s consciousness wandered, and he walked eastward in the opposite direction.

Passing through the third-story gate, it should be the place where the Duke lived. He couldn't see clearly, but felt that the candle light was very little, the house was deserted, there were no attendants, and the popularity was very rare. There were a few gray-brown figs growing outside the house. If he didn't know that this was the territory of the Duke's mansion, he would have thought that he had stumbled into some pure place of Buddhism by mistake.

Kong Jie didn't look much, and then went to the inner courtyard. He noticed a very gloomy, very powerful, and very xenophobic force in the southeast corner of the Duke's Mansion. He didn't know what it was, but he was a little curious and drifted The ground stretched over, but before he could get any closer, he suddenly stopped his consciousness.

He felt sick.

In front of me is a house with a wooden structure, with simple rules in the center, windows on the left and right, and households in the middle. Face.

He saw the house crying.

Kong Jie immediately retreated back the same way, his throat felt dry and hoarse for a while. When he walked back to the outer study, he managed to catch his breath and ran into the kind-hearted old man just now. Enter, walk through the study room, and greet the elegant middle-aged man with a smile: "Your Majesty Fei has worked hard, and I came here so late."

The elegant Lord Fei replied with a smile, and raised his eyebrows when he saw the things in his arms: "What? Is there something wrong in the courtyard?"

Kong Jie's consciousness of catching up and slipping away stopped for a moment.

Zhou Weng smiled and replied: "There is nothing wrong with it. On the way back from my father-in-law, some diners said that they saw dirty things. It was true and false. The old man took some incense candles and Buddhist scriptures left over and burned them."

Master Fei pondered: "This is a big deal, let Tai Chang Ling take a look, don't tell me something really happened?"

A cold and indifferent voice sounded: "There is no need to mobilize the crowd, but the ignorant diners are adding fuel and vinegar on the long street, spreading rumors." This is Zhou Yin.

Master Fei could only laugh: "You still don't believe in these ghosts and gods' words, no wonder Taichang doesn't like to associate with you."

Cheng Guogong didn't talk to him, but Zhou Weng laughed: "If you follow the old man's humble opinion, you have to believe in the too common words, the ghosts and gods, and you can't believe it all. Your lord is busy with big things, and such trivial things are still for you. Handling. Speaking of this, my lord, that child has returned from Xianyue Tower, and he should still be waiting outside."

Kong Jie was not prepared for Zhou Weng's sudden mention of himself, and he was happy, squatting outside the courtyard with his eyes closed and the corners of his mouth raised.

"Did you just see him?"

"Yes, I also said a few words. He is a quiet boy. He waited until you were tired and squatted outside the door. He said that you assigned him an errand for the first time, and he must return to his life before returning."

"An Fen Kid" eavesdropped very comfortably, and squatted outside the door with his hands on the ground, feeling happy: This old man is not bad.

In the study, Mr. Fei turned his head and looked at Zhou Yin.

In fact, it is just a matter of one sentence. Seeing that Kong Jie had been waiting for such a long time, the guards at the Yimen would always report it once. If Zhou Yin wanted to see him, he would let the child in and salute before going out, but even the old people in the mansion were gone After talking to this point, Cheng Guogong still didn't say anything, and the meaning was very clear: no see.

Zhou Yin twisted the inkpad without listening to it, and Lantian's private jade made a "knock" sound, and tapped a clear stamp on the official document.

Kong Jie opened his eyes suddenly, turned his head and stared at the door of the outer study——

He is so angry.

Soon, the door opened, Zhou Weng escorted Mr. Fei out, and the porter carried the soft sedan chair to stand by immediately. Zhou Weng whispered a few words, respectfully invited Mr. Fei to get on the sedan chair, and directed the porter to go out.At the gate of the instrument, Kong Jie was still squatting helplessly, angry and wronged, Zhou Weng saw that he was still there, he couldn't help saying a few words of relief: "Go back quickly, my father-in-law still has a lot of business, and I really can't take time to see you."

As soon as the words were finished, the sedan chair that was going to stop stopped. Mr. Fei raised the curtain and looked towards Kong Jie: "Is this the child?"

Kong Jie looked up at him.

This Mr. Fei is about 40 years old, with a medium build and appearance, with a very gentle and kind face. He should be a little older than Zhou Yin. The unique elegance and inner beauty.

"Kid, do you know who you look like?"

He didn't mince words, squinted his eyes and laughed straight away, looking like a big fox that has become a spirit, "You look exactly like King Anping at the age of 17, and you have the same vigor in your body. Be obedient, don't worry about things that don't matter. If you stay here, your father-in-law might go crazy when he sees you."

You fart.Kong Jie looked at him expressionlessly.

Knowing that Zhou Yin didn't want to see him, the old man in front of him still teased him.

Immediately afterwards, Kong Jie moved his feet that had been numb for a long time, and stood up staggeringly, thinking in his heart, if you don't see it, you won't see it, who cares.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Fei Ruai poked her head out, happily watching the child walk away with a shake of his face, looking at the limping back, couldn't help but joked to Zhou Weng: "The child in your house is still a child!" Quite a temper."

After hearing this, Zhou Weng responded verbally with a smile, but his brows furrowed little by little following the steps of the child who was supposed to bow his head and be cautious.