The raindrops are like silver needles, poking into the soil one by one, the suburbs outside the city are white, and some people are galloping on the official road in the thunder, and the horses' hooves splash with water.

Ji Wei led people to guard the side door, and suddenly said, "Yan Gongzi is here." ”

The river drum guard on the side threw down the melon seeds in his hand, "I heard earlier that Gongzi spent a lot of financial resources in Yuanping, and he stayed alone in Yongzhou half a month ago to deal with the affairs of selling salt, and now the Yan family's caravan is already sitting in Wangze's inn!"

Last year, August 17, Duanyang Houfu birthday banquet, now on the concession of Yan's Yong, Li, Oak three states to sell salt, the tenth generation did not take it, and gave a jade plate as evidence. Leaving the capital was a great blow to the Yan family, but salt and iron were the dream goals of all merchants, and they could eat half full if they got on the side, and the benefits of moving south were immeasurable, at least without committing crimes, the name of the Yan family's imperial merchants could still be kept.

However, the south is heavily profitable, and the local forces are intertwined, and it will take more than one or two decades to sit on the ground and become king. Yan's ancestral home in the East China Sea, and then moved to the capital, in the west there is a business of grain, grass, cotton and clothing for the army, and now they have come to the south, almost the entire Southern Qi has their money bank, and the discerning people can see that today's tolerance exceeds the limit.

The sound of horses' hooves stopped under the tree, and Yan Xugui took off the hat from his cloak, revealing a face soaked in rain and cold. He shook off the rain from his cuffs at will, lifted his boots and entered the courtyard of the post house, no one stopped him, and he didn't care about others, so he took off his soaked cloak and threw it on the chair in the lobby as he walked.

Ji Wei came over with piping hot tea: "Son, drink some tea to warm up, it's not good to catch a cold, a large group of people have to count on Childe." Tomorrow, will you go with us to King Zhao's mansion, or will you go to Yan's inn in Wangze?"

He didn't ask Yan Xugui why he chose to come at this time, and he didn't mention Sheng Yunyi, his voice was as gentle and comfortable as usual, but it was a great irony in the ears of those who heard it.

When they were in Fanjing, Yan Xugui and Ji Wei's friendship can be said to be very good, the two have known each other for so many years, but at this time they feel that each other is strange. It's just because of the estrangement that everything is not as smooth as before.

Yan Xigui's hair crown was loosened when he was riding, he simply put down his black hair, sat at the table in only a thin deep coat, his eyebrows were slightly locked, and he tapped the porcelain cup with his knuckles:

"Let's change the wine. ”

Ji Wei looked around left and right, and the river drum guards did not squint, all of them could not be stricter. They are all smart people, and they want to go up to the peak to pick up this hot potato, Ji Wei sighed silently, so he had to speak:

"The letter that Gongzi wrote to His Majesty before has been received, do you go to see His Majesty first when you arrive in Wangze, or do you take care of Yan's business first?"

Yan Xigui took the wine jug and brewed it with tea, seeing that Ji Wei was frightened, he didn't dare to ask anything else, his eyes were staring at him to find an answer.

After pouring most of the pot of wine, he said lightly: "If there is no objection, I will join you." When I get to the city, whether he is there or not, I will go to the palace and wait. Commander Ji doesn't need to meet me like this, I know that if I violate his taboo, I will bear the consequences, and this fire will not burn on you. ”

There was silence in the lobby, and after brewing several times, Ji Wei said embarrassedly: "Childe said that he was laughing." Master Su, we can't say that we have no responsibility for this matter, your plan was exploited by Beiliang's Xiaoxiao, and our secret guard did not fulfill its duty to protect. You and Your Majesty's relationship Ji understands that even if Your Majesty is dissatisfied, it is only a temporary matter, and it will never be ......"

"Love?"

As soon as the word Yan Xugui came out, Ji Wei knew that something was wrong.

The affection between Jinshang and Duanyang Hou has disappeared a lot as early as the birthday banquet, he knows a little about the grievances between the royal family and the Hou Mansion for decades, Yan Xugui took the clansmen to the territory of the Yue Domain, which is also very dangerous in Fanjing's side. It was said in advance that His Majesty would take some help from the Yan family, and it was only a few months, and there was a Su Da in the middle, and the relationship became precarious again. Ji Wei shouted several times in his heart, Gongzi should not have used Master Su as bait, and lost people halfway, so that he became the desolate appearance he is now.

He thought left and right, slapped the table and sat opposite Yan Xigui, raised his head and threatened his subordinates: "You can see clearly, today Ji and Yan Gongzi are purely talking about business in the post house, and if Your Majesty asks, you will reply well." ”

After saying that, he conjured out another teacup and poured it full: "Childe is going to see Master Su, people are still sleeping, and when I wake up for a while, I will let Xin Ji tell her." He took a sip, squinted his eyes and said: "Gongzi feels uncomfortable, Ji Mou has been holding back for many days, let's go to Wangze, we can say whatever we want, in short, I can't do anything too ruthless." Drink. ”

It's a bit of what it used to be.

Yan Xugui raised his phoenix eyes, his long eyebrows were lightly soothed, and the corners of his lips were curvatureful, "I'm here to take the blame, and Commander Ji has grown the ambition of others first." ”

The lightning reflected the snow in the room, and he rubbed over the light, "There is one more thing, I hope you will sue him." Ji Yang's Xiao Governor's Mansion was very difficult, knowing that I had spent a little price for Yanjing in Yongzhou, and I actually sent a killer to intimidate Yan's Qianzhuang. Such an unfortunate official is a head when he arrives at the prefect, so please pay more attention to him. Yue Fan is the same, using him as a Yuan Ping chess, and he has lowered his own value. ”

Ji Wei rarely drinks alcohol, and he should be a little upset, but at this time, he knew that he was indeed talking about business, so he put down the pot and considered it and wrote it down.

*

Su Huihui unabashedly felt that he had suffered many disasters since last year, and he had lived for eighteen years, and the small bumps in the past did not add up to the recent sins.

She closed her eyes and felt her body inch by inch, from head to waist, and then down, the overwhelming pain suddenly eroded at the edge of her thinking, making her blurt out a low voice. It hurt too much, she should have tried her best at that time and didn't want Xu Buyang to give her acupuncture and massage, no matter how anxious they were. The leg is your own, and the pain is also your own pain, and others will not empathize.

"Does it still hurt?" The unusually gentle voice sounded as beautiful as a mountain spring in the rough sound of rain.

Su Hui's eyes are not good, but his ears are very sensitive. The woman had a soft nasal voice, and her tone was soothing, as if she was humming a tune, and even the words were ignored, and she was only indulged in her strange voice.

She was thinking that maybe this person was not beautiful, but her temperament must be elegant, maybe she was very beautiful, but her voice was enough to suppress her appearance.

So she opened her eyes with curiosity, and there was a beauty sitting at the head of the bed that she had never seen, not the kind of amazing good-looking, but better than every line was born comfortable and pleasant, and when she entered the eyes, she couldn't help but sigh that there is really such a face in the world that no one can bear to find fault.

The beauty holds the lamp, the green clouds hang low, and the beautiful and edible picture scroll is perfect if there is no dark and heavy medicine bowl.

Su Huihui propped himself up, obediently drank the extremely bitter medicine according to her hand, and asked her with a wink:

"Madame is ......"

She combed the woman's hair in a bun, inserted a simple hosta, and had a pair of jade rings hanging from her earlobes, and nothing else. Looking at her hand holding the bowl and sitting on the edge of the bed, it is obviously different from the maids and others, but she is dressed plainly, and she can't see her status. The people in the inn are all related to the yamen, so in this case, which official's family should this lady be...... But the people of Zhao Wangfu will clear the field wherever they go, what is going on?

Su warmed up and blessed his soul, didn't he have to come to the post station in the rain, in order to meet some people here? I heard the maidservant girl say in the sedan chair earlier that it was very close to Wangze, and it was okay to go directly through the city, but she was now stepping on the land on the outskirts of the city.

The woman bent her eyes and smiled warmly: "It turns out that Master Su doesn't know yet." Adults might as well guess?"

The other party was really idle, she sighed, "I'm not good at guessing other people's identities, but Madame should have learned to sing before, right?"

She nodded, "yes." It was a long time ago. ”

"Bang Xiang, don't tease others. ”

Su Huihui suddenly raised his head, only to realize that there were more than two people in the room. An old woman in her late teens sat in front of the bookshelf behind the beaded curtains, her hair as white as snow, and nodded at her with a smile:

"Master Su, please forgive the old body for being rude, Dr. Xu helped the old body with acupuncture, and instructed him not to move for an hour, so he had to meet you like this. ”

Su Huihui hurriedly said: "I'm a junior, how can there be any reason for you to salute." Besides, you don't pay attention to these things outside, just call me by my name. ”

"Bang Xiang is the daughter-in-law of the old body, we have been here for more than ten days, and we will go to Zhao Wangfu with Miss Su. His Majesty is benevolent, so that we can have a place to live, so that we will not be taken captive by the villain - the old man has a son, who was originally on an errand in Nan'an, but was intercepted by a traitor halfway when he returned to Beijing after the examination, thanks to these guards from the capital, the two of us were able to escape. His Majesty promised to send someone to rescue Xiao'er in the near future, so that the old man could wait in Yuzhou, such kindness and old body could not be repaid, I just hope that Xiao'er will not make him so stubborn in the future. ”

The old lady finished speaking unhurriedly, and basically solved all of Su Huihui's doubts, and she asked.

Nan'an was on an errand, returned to Beijing after the exam, and was intercepted halfway......

Su Hui was surprised: "Won't it be Lord Yuling, the right deputy capital of Governor Nan'an?"

She suddenly had a strange feeling, Sheng Yunyi had pretended to be the governor so many times before, and now the real governor's family came out, which made her at a loss. She wholeheartedly recalled the mask that she had seen many times, and then put the face in her memory on the old man's face, and found that the contours of the eyebrows and corners of the eyes roughly matched, and Sheng Yunyi's mask-making skills were too perfect!

"Lord Ling was robbed by King Yue?"

Sheng Yunyi told her the ins and outs, and the fake governor tortured Wang Huai and Ye Gong in Gyeonggi to find out the list of corrupt officials, deterring the Yue Domain, and Fanjing and Nan'an tore their faces on the surface, and they were on the same page. Ling Jieyu was placed under house arrest in the Yue Wang's Mansion in Lianyun City, I don't know what happened now?

Going around and around, he returned to the original incident, Sheng Yunyi, is this about to close the line? This kind of major event that shakes the national strength cannot be said without the presence of the state lord himself. She pinched her fingers and counted them, since the fake governor appeared in the capital, it has been nine months now, and the prosperous capital is enough to save strength for the reduction of the domain. If Ling Jieyu was dead, there would be no need for King Yue to hunt down his mother and wife, and the River Drum Guard would not have defended them day and night.

In this way, it seems that the most critical moment has not yet arrived.

It turned out that she didn't do anything when she went south, but he came more than a month later than her, but he didn't delay in doing things.

Two dimples appeared on Bang Xiang's lips, "What do you think, Lord Su, go out and let them bring the water, it's been a hard journey, I'll wipe my body and change my clothes for my lord later." There's a guest outside, do you want to see it?"

Su Hui was stunned and said, "Who?"

She said, "The little son of the Yan family has been waiting outside for more than two hours, and the adults are ......."

"Are you going to King Zhao's Mansion with us?"

Bang Xiang nodded, and listened to her categorically: "Then there is no need to see him again, I can naturally see him when I go out of this door, and I haven't seen him before." ”

Su Huihui's face was gloomy, and she came to admit her mistake? How much silver is her will, he is not in Wangze, what is he doing here?

The old lady in front of the bookshelf coughed a few times, and a tall female guard walked in from outside the curtain, bowed to the side of the bed, and helped the old man out of the room slowly.

Bang Xiang held his cheeks, still recalling: "Yan Xiaogongzi used to be a good boy, although he only met once in Fanjing...... Did he do something that annoyed Master Su? ”

Su Huihui was taken aback again: "Madame has seen him in Fanjing?"

"yes. In the thirty-second year of the Shangyuan Festival, he brought a partner to Hanshui Ju and listened to the music in my room for half a night. ”

It is no wonder that although this lady Bangxiang has an elegant bearing, her demeanor and speech are not like the young lady in the high gate, it turned out that she used to be a kabuki who sang songs in Fanjing. If she sings a few times with the lute, I don't know how many people will admire her.

Su warmed up and thought of Ling Jieyu, the young master of the Eastern Dynasty and the beautiful singer, it was definitely a good story. However, she had never heard of this when she was in the capital, and after years of world changes, Ling Jieyu left few imprints in the imperial capital, as if a gust of wind could blow them all away.

She hesitated for half a cup of tea and asked, "The two ladies aren't very worried about Lord Ling?"

Whether it was the old lady or Bang Xiang, they didn't show a little fear, and even spoke with a smile.

Bang Xiangrou said: "I've been worried about it for more than half a year, and I know it's useless." Mother-in-law, she has always been proud of her husband, even if she is martyred for the country, she can accept it. As for the concubine, the husband treats the concubine very well, and there is really nothing to regret. ”

Her voice was lowered, and her shallow dimples were still lovely.