The wheels are rolling, the loess is flying, out of the capital, to the east, along an ancient official road across the Central Plains slowly towards Chendi. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As the sun set, the magpie who had been walking in front asked, "Childe, shall we continue our journey, or shall we rest at the post house ahead?"

The post house is located on the left side of the official road, on the road between the Song Dynasty and the capital, miss this post house, and you can go to Beilin Village an hour ago. According to common sense, the group should rest in Beilin Village along the way, but Su Su reminded him to rest in the post house, and Yao Xitong naturally wouldn't be disappointed, "We will rest in the post house in front." ”

After half a cup of tea, the ox cart drove into the post house, only to see a luxurious carriage parked in the courtyard, and four snow-white horses were eating grass in the stable.

The magpie said: "Childe, there are envoys in the hall." ”

Yao Xitong asked puzzledly: "In late autumn and early winter, will the imperial court send envoys at such a time?"

The magpie was equally puzzled.

According to the custom, the ancestors are worshiped in winter, and the vassal states and neighboring countries pay the annual tribute in most of the capital at this time. When the spring flowers are in full bloom, the Great Xia will send envoys to the vassal states. This has been the practice for 100 years, why ...... Without waiting for the magpie to answer, I saw Xuan Ze wearing a golden crown and a green shirt, and before anyone arrived, he heard his loud voice: "But my sister Bao'er is here?"

Xiao Baoer just got off the ox cart, and when she heard that Xuan Ze was also there, she turned around and wanted to climb up the cart. Su Su tugged at her sleeve, "Princess, the prince is ahead, let's hurry over." Seeing that she couldn't escape, she glared at Su Su, "Call me Mrs. and marry her husband." ”

After that, she lowered her eyebrows and moved behind Yao Xitong, and she really looked like a first-time wife.

Xuan Ze said with a smile, "Sister Bao'er, will you ignore your brother Xuan when you get married?" After being named, Xiao Bao'er reluctantly stood up from behind Yao Xitong to salute. "Bao'er has seen Qingshan-kun, Bao'......"

The sunset gilded the distant mountains with a layer of gold, and did not hesitate to help Xuanze coat a halo. The cyan shirt made his wheat-colored skin look a little fairer, and a pair of talking eyes were full of joy when he saw Xiao Bao as a child.

Xiao Bao'er looked at Xuan Ze stupidly, the love tide that had been suppressed for dozens of days was surging like a huge wave, and the long-disguised calmness collapsed across the board.

The last time they met, she was ready to lose Xuan Ze, and she wished that the two of them would be doomed. The rhino incense made her see fate, and because it was fate, she couldn't be indifferent.

This time is different from last time, Yao Xitong said that fate can be changed, and dreams can still be grasped in his hands. Goodbye Xuanze, why do you need to hold back her thoughts, in her eyes and heart, there is only this handsome and extraordinary man left - Qingshan Jun Xuanze.

She liked cyan, the color of life, the color of the prairie. Because of this liking, every time the two met, he only wore a green shirt. He said: Baby, you can regard me as a grassland, in this deep palace, I am your home, your family......

He is five years older than her, and because of his identity, he has always been ignored by the palace people. It wasn't until a certain day that the identity of several students was revealed, and everyone knew that the famous and well-written student in the capital, who often wore green shirts, turned out to be the concubine of the Song lord. For a time, he changed from an unknown place to an object of worship sought after by young nobles.

When the Son of Heaven asked about this, he concealed the matter of wearing a green shirt for Xiao Baoer, and only said that the word "Ze" brought water, so he took the word "Qingshan". Only lofty mountains and rivers can give birth to timeless and agile poems, and he hopes that one day he can walk all over the rivers and mountains of Daxia and write more words about mountains and rivers. Since then, he has become the most trusted companion of the Son of Heaven, and the object of the slaves. Except for Xiao Baoer, no one knows that "Qingshan" is actually a "green shirt".

Xiao Bao'er's demented appearance made Yao Xitong sigh, and said in his heart: What a barbarian girl, how can she stare at a man like this, and be shameless? Seeing that Xuan Ze did not have the slightest consciousness to break the embarrassing atmosphere, he took out a folding fan and gently knocked Xiao Bao'er's head, "Madam, Qingshanjun still has the emperor's order with him, so it is inconvenient for us to bother for too long." Xiao Bao'er woke up suddenly, and hurriedly retreated behind Yao Xitong, "The Yao family has seen Qingshanjun. ”

Hearing this, Xuan Ze frowned, he knew Xiao Bao'er, knew that he had a rebellious personality, a bad temper, and acted entirely on happiness, rarely considering the consequences. How could such a person be so docile in front of Yao Xitong, could it also have something to do with that rhino incense? Thinking of this, she was angry, Su Su searched through Xiao Bao'er's bedroom and didn't find the rhino incense that could peep into the sky, and the people who served her didn't know where the rhino incense came from and where it went.

There is only one person who can convince Xiao Bao'er under his nose -- the king of Northern Liao, could it be that Yao Xitong is the person of the king of Northern Liao? With this kind of thought, he said: "Xuan Mou really has the emperor's order, and he is specially waiting here, just hoping to personally hand over the wedding gift to Bao'er's sister. ”

Xuanze's wedding gift is a kite, an eagle kite with black wings on a brown background, which looks like the real thing from a distance.

Yao Xitong accepted the gift for Xiao Baoer with a smile, and seemed to inadvertently ask about the purpose of Xuanze's mission. The latter did not hide that the Empress Dowager was very satisfied with the birthday gifts sent by the vassal states, and specially ordered him to rush to the vassal states before the winter festival to show his gratitude......

Xuan Ze's words, Yao Xitong didn't believe a word.

I'm afraid that the matter of the palace change will not be hidden for a long time, and Xuan Ze's envoy this time must have a conspiracy. Either negotiate terms with the vassal states, or go deep into the interior and cause civil strife, leaving the princes too busy with internal strife to care about the change of power of the Great Xia royal family.

Xuan Ze left, as if he had waited for so long to send a congratulatory gift. Clear-eyed people know that Xiao Baoer cares about him, shouldn't he strike while the iron is hot, think of getting rid of the opponent, and regain the opportunity to tie the knot with the beauty?

Yao Xitong was an interesting person and asked Su Su, "How is your master's itinerary arranged along the way?"

Su Su was stunned, and it took a long time before he said, "Go to Song Land first, transfer to Chen Land, and then go to Qi, and rush to Liangdi before the festival." ”

"The envoys use horse-drawn carts, we use ox-carts, if there is no accident, Qingshan-kun and we will meet by chance on the road to Chendi?"

"It's a long way to go to Chendi, maybe you will meet it, maybe it won't, I can't say for sure. What is Childe worried about?" Facing Su Su's provocative gaze, Yao Xitong followed Xiao Bao'er with a smile, the main lord is still here, what will happen in the future, he and Xuan Ze have their own means.

The envoy is gone, and the team that sees them off will return to Dadu tomorrow, and they will all rest in the post house tonight. When the principal heard that they wanted three rooms, Zhiwu said that there were not enough rooms for a long time. The magpie slapped the waist card of the internal guard on the table, and the principal said tremblingly, "Official, there are really not enough rooms here, unless...... Unless ......"

Xiao Bao'er asked, "You should say it quickly, unless anything?"

The main person changed his words, "I heard that Tanhualang is only eight years old, and he has the sword of the Son of Heaven to protect his body, the villain implores Tanhualang to help find out about the haunting of the backyard!"

Could it be that this is Qingshan-kun's trick -- delay time, so that after he leaves Song Di, the two teams can meet on the way to Chendi? Yao Xitong was thinking about it, Xiao Bao'er exclaimed, "Are there ghosts here?" How many are there, male ghosts or female ghosts?" The excited expression was overflowing, seeing her like this, Yao Xitong knew that he couldn't leave. Under the influence of rhino incense, she is full of inquiry into all things weird and confusing!

"We live here......" said the two of them.

After passing through a winding path, the group arrived at the backyard of the post house. Located further from the front yard, this place was purpose-built to welcome guests, and a row of rooms is set in a small garden of flowers and trees. The garden is not all closed, there are two tall Taihu Lake stones in the southeast corner as a wall, there is a pavilion behind the stone, and the lake water of the vast soup soup has become a natural barrier in the southeast corner of the courtyard.

"This lake is very wide, where does the other side of the lake lead?"

The principal said: "Beilin Village." ”

Strictly speaking, Beilin Village is not a village, a hundred years ago there was a temple where incense was flourishing, and countless literati and writers left poems and ink treasures in the temple. Time flies, the temple was destroyed in the war, and the remaining countless stone tablets are hidden in the barren grass, and people often come to visit, and many people take this as their home. There were many people coming and going, and the place gradually became a small village of less than 100 people.

It was getting dark quickly, and the chief was carrying a lantern and talking about the haunting of the backyard like a cannonball, and the two little men who came with him were also busy with their work like spinning tops. Look at the appearance of a few people who are eager to leave quickly, the haunting is eighty percent true!

Half a year ago, a couple was killed in the backyard, their bodies separated, and their bags were missing. The little guy who went to deliver the tea found the corpse, but he really didn't understand how the murderer got into the backyard, how he chose to do it in the daytime, and where did the head of the corpse go? The screams of the little guy broke the silence of the backyard, and the five people who lived in the backyard with the couple instantly became the object of suspicion. The two scholars are studying in the backyard to prepare for the exam and have been living for more than a month. The other three were from the Song Dynasty, an account office, a scholar, and a groom, and they went to Dadu to check the accounts.

The rooms of these five people are clean and clean, and there is evidence of an alibi, who committed the murder during the day, and where did the head of the corpse go, could it be that there is a ghost?

The strange murder case was soon reported back to Dadu, and the government sent the best criminal officers to the post house. This person carefully inspected the backyard, and asked the servant to examine the body properly, and on the second day, he caught the thief who was planning to go to Dadu to sell the stolen goods in Beilin Village.

After investigation, the thief knew that the person living in the backyard of the post house was either rich or expensive, and wanted to take advantage of the night to dive from Beilin Village to the backyard to steal money. Unexpectedly, the water was deep and the lake was wide, and it took the thief a whole night to swim to the backyard, and as soon as the sky was bright, he saw a scholar chanting in the lake pavilion. It was easy to send the scholar away, and the cold and hungry thief stole into the backyard from the Huxin Pavilion and directly broke into the room of the merchant couple who were still sleeping. When stealing the bag, the wife was awakened, and the thief was weak and had to kill people.

Cutting off the head of the deceased is a means for the thief to deceive himself, one is that the killed person will not be blind, and the thief will be afraid when he sees it. The second is to guide the case from vendetta, without a deep feud in the sea of blood, who will cut off people's heads...... Speaking of this, the principal pointed to a small door next to the Taihu Lake stone, "It turns out that there is no door, and the person who built the yard thinks that the winding path leads to the secluded, and you can walk to the pavilion in the middle of the lake by bypassing the ornamental stone." After the murder, we specially added a door, even if the people outside swam to the lake pavilion, they could not enter, but the people inside could open it at any time to go out to enjoy the scenery. ”