As soon as the big door opened, the wind blew in the snow, and even though I was sitting on the second floor, I could feel the air around me suddenly cool.

I subconsciously pushed the 'door' out, leaned on the fence on the corridor and looked down, and it turned out to be two heavily armed and armored soldiers walking in from outside. In the post station, naturally, it was no longer the post officials who belonged to the imperial court at this moment, but their people, and hurriedly greeted them.

One of the soldiers asked those people, "Where is Pei Gongzi?"

Pei Gongzi was resting in the room. ”

"Hurry up and report it. ”

"Yes. ”

After a while, Chang Sui, who was beside Pei Yuanxiu, walked out and greeted the two of them.

I was also about to go down, and as soon as I reached the staircase, I met Xie Feng.

Probably because the 'flower' bamboo failed to protect me when I was in Huai'an before, so I was blamed, and these days, although it is the 'flower' bamboo that protects me closely, Xie Feng has been by my side for a lot more time.

It's just that he often doesn't have much to say, and even if I want to ask something, I don't ask 'Hua' Zhu They are easy.

But this time, as soon as he saw me at the top of the stairs, he said, "What's the matter with Miss Yan?"

I said, "I'm hungry and want to go down and get something to eat." ”

"I'll go with you. ”

“…… It's hard work. ”

He accompanied me down the stairs, Pei Yuanxiu and their room was not far from the staircase, and when I passed by, I only heard Han Ruoshi's nervous voice coming from inside: "What?

Before I finished speaking, Xie Feng led me to the center of the hall below.

Of course, I won't fight with him at this time, so I obediently walked to the center of the hall and found a table to sit down, and immediately someone from the pavilion came over, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xie, Miss Yan, Pei Gongzi, they haven't come out yet." ”

Meaning, there is no hurry to serve the food yet.

I smiled and said, "Pei Gongzi and Mrs. Pei probably won't eat with me." I'm hungry, and if you have any side dishes, I'll coax my mouth. ”

The man immediately said, "Don't dare, don't dare, if Miss Yan is hungry, it's ours." We immediately served the food to Miss Yan. ”

After saying that, he turned around and went down to get busy.

Turning his head to look at Xie Feng again, he sat there without saying a word, as if he was going to sit at a table with me to eat.

My mind is actually still in Pei Yuanxiu's room, those two generals, if I guess correctly, should be Cangzhou City who has been in contact with him, and Zhou Chengyin and them, agreed to raise troops to participate in major events, Cangzhou is already very close to the capital, and the powerful gentry here are not as powerful as other regions, after all, they are close to the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is not so easy to 'blind' the imperial court, but there are still one or two, and they are powerful.

One is Pei Ji's personal 'squire' guard back then, surnamed Cui, who went to Cangzhou after returning to his hometown, because he followed the emperor and met many dignitaries and nobles, and he could also talk to the emperor, so the local people were very flattering to him, so that now his descendants are mostly nobles;

The two people who came just now, although they are both tall and armoured, but obviously, the subtleties of their clothes are still a little different, they should be from different families, if I guess correctly-

"What are you thinking?"

I was thinking about it when Xie Feng suddenly spoke, and I raised my head to look at him: "Huh?"

"What are you thinking?"

His gaze is not as sharp as his skill, nor is it as sharp as his sword, but the faint sense of oppression is still impossible to ignore, and I am not shy about it, and said with a smile: "I was thinking that the two people who came just now should be from Cangzhou, right?"

Xie Feng said lightly: "Of course." ”

"And you have—"

"Cooperation. ”

"Oh," I nodded, and then said, "Isn't it the Cui family, and the people of the Song family?"

He looked at me, "You know?"

I said, "After all, I have been in the imperial city for so many years, and there are some things that I have heard of more or less. ”

He nodded and said, "That's right, it's from these two families." ”

I was a little surprised that he would really tell me this, after all, along the way, probably for the sake of safety, except for Pei Yuanxiu who came to me and someone would talk to me, other people almost didn't say anything to me when they saw me except for greeting and serving.

Taking advantage of this time for someone to speak, I asked for 'sex' and said: "Song family, I remember that I was related to the emperor. ”

Xie Feng glanced at me again: "This, no one knows better than you." ”

"However, I also don't know," I smiled: "Mrs. Zhang is obviously the emperor's 'milk' mother, it is said that she should have a lot of feelings for the emperor, and the emperor has never treated her badly, the Song family in the city of Dynan is famous, but all the people who can borrow it are the emperor's name, why now, the people of the Song family have come to cooperate with you?"

Xie Feng didn't look at me lightly, and said, "I don't believe you can't think of it." ”

At this time, the staff of the pavilion brought food up, and the conversation between the two of us was broken.

Actually, it's not like I can't think of it.

The old lady of the Song family is the emperor's 'milk' mother, and returned to Cangzhou after Pei Yuanhao became an adult, but the court still treats their family very well, it is said that in the past, during the New Year's Festival, the emperor would specially let people send gifts to Cangzhou, so that the Song family's fame was greater.

However, there is no one in the Song family to go to the official career, it is said that Zhang Lao Taijun has a grandson named Song Xuan who wants to be a general, or was thrown into the army to join the army, let go to the experience, and then I don't know, almost no one in the Song family re-entered, but after all, there is this layer of relationship, the Song family is still famous in Cangzhou, there are officials of the imperial court to shelter, and there are some rich businessmen and rich people who flatter in order to catch up with them, although no one in the Song family is an official, but in the end, it is more affordable than being an official, and it has become a powerful force on the rampant side。

However, Pei Yuanhao's new policy is the rule of this group of people.

Although there is a layer of 'nurse' mother's relationship, it can touch interests, no matter how good the relationship is, no matter how deep the feelings, it is nothing.

At this time, the big 'gate' was suddenly knocked open, and a gust of cold wind poured in, and I turned my head to see that it was a horse pulling grain passing by the 'gate', and a horse inadvertently kicked open the big 'gate', and the grain bag on the horse's back was tilted, and some rice was spilled.

On such a snowy day, a few birds flew down to peck at the food, and were almost trampled by the horses' hooves.

Seeing this, Xie Feng said softly: "Things in this world are so simple. Man dies for money, and birds die for food. ”

I stood up and looked at him and said, "The world is busy, and what is sought is profit. ”

He sneered.

I said, "So, what are you asking for?"

This is also the point that I have been most unable to see through in a long time.

I asked him before, and he covered it with a sentence "The one I ask for should be the same as the Yan family", but until now, I still don't understand, seeing a cautious look on his face, I said softly: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't say it, now we are already going to Cangzhou, after Cangzhou, and then through Tianjin, we are about to enter the capital." I think maybe the answer lies in the capital. ”

His face sank slightly: "Oh?

"Now the people around Pei Yuanxiu are just like what you just said, but they are just for fame and fortune, but you-you don't look like such a person, and you don't seem to care about fame and fortune, that is to say, there are things other than fame and fortune that drive you. ”

“……”

"Rebellion, this is going to lose your head, it can make people take risks and risk their lives, in addition to fame and fortune, it is probably -"

I glanced at him and said, "Grievances." ”

His face sank again.

Although these four are very cheesy and have been rotten from the mouth of the storyteller, if you want to talk about things in the world, in addition to fame and fortune, there are probably only these four words.

And the expression on Xie Feng's face also made me feel that this was indeed the case.

I said softly, "Is it kindness, resentment, affection, or—"

Before the last word could be uttered, we heard the sound of a large 'door' opening on the other side, and he and I both turned around and saw the two armored generals coming out.

Originally, they didn't care about us sitting here, but when they got to the 'door', one of them seemed to say "um" and looked back at us.

Look at me, exactly.

The other, sensing a pause in his footsteps, turned to look at him, "What's the matter? ”

"Wait a minute," the man raised his hand, then slowly walked up to me, and said, "Dare to ask Zunjia, but Miss Yan?"

I didn't expect anyone to recognize me in a place like this.

So he stood up and saluted the other party: "I haven't asked for advice yet." ”

The man confirmed my identity, immediately took a step back, and bowed more politely: "Now, Song Xuan." ”

“……”

Unexpectedly, it really bumped into it.

This person is the grandson of Mrs. Zhang, the Song Xuan who once served in the army and trained in the army.

Seeing that he is now dressed in armor, he looks like he is magnificent, but he is not worshipping the emperor, and he is not doing anything to protect his family and defend the country.

This person didn't know what I was slandering in my heart, but said very seriously: "Grandmother once said to me, if you can meet Miss Yan, you must invite Miss Yan to come to the cold house, grandmother wants to meet you." ”

"Mrs. Zhang, do you want to see me?"

This was even more surprising to me.

But at this moment, Pei Yuanxiu walked out of his room, and when he heard Song Xuan's words, he said softly: "Now, it's not convenient. ”

Song Xuan and I both raised our heads and looked at him.

Immediately, Song Xuan smiled: "Yes, at least wait until this battle is over." ”

This battle?

I frowned slightly and looked up at them - this battle?

Could it be that Cangzhou is still at war?!