At the same time as the prince of Jiang's mansion got married, Xifu was deserted, leaving only the second wife and Ling Fen there. In Dongfu, Lingzhou volunteered to stay and watch the family and did not go to the wedding.

In the southwest corner of Xifu, to the south of the old warehouse that caught fire, there is still a small courtyard named Meditation Academy, which is the residence of Guo Yang, the younger sister of Guo Yan in the Ming Dynasty, Guo Yang never married, participated in the study of Buddhist scriptures all his life, and lived alone here until he died at the age of sixty-five.

There are six or seven houses in the small courtyard, with a front yard and a back house. The layout is extremely simple and elegant, Guo Tantu old marquis must come here on the fifteenth day of the month to clean up for a day, so it is equipped with a special person to clean, although it is no longer the atmosphere of Guo Yang's year, but it is still unforgettable to see it from afar.

When the old marquis Guo did not live, there was no one left in the courtyard, Lingzhou loved the purity of this courtyard, he just cut a plum in the courtyard, this plum has been hundreds of years, or Guo Yang planted it by his own hands, the shape resembles a dragon, the flower is like a lantern, the fragrance is strong, and the color is yellow.

Ling Zhou cautiously walked towards the house, and a delicate voice came from behind him: "Pick the flowers of my Xifu, don't you need to say a word to the people of my Xifu?" ”

When he turned his head, it was Ling Fen with a depressed expression.

"I'm afraid that there are few people in Xifu who are willing to come here," Ling Zhou said lightly.

"How do you like this little courtyard?" Ling Fen asked with an eyebrow.

"This courtyard is extremely elegantly furnished, far better than anywhere else in the house, and I often sit alone in this courtyard."

"Oh? I've never been in before, isn't this the place where my grandfather eats fasting and goes to Zen? ”

"Actually, this was originally where my grandfather's aunt lived, and she lived here alone for more than 60 years."

"Such a yard is afraid that it is full of lonely and cold atmosphere, so it is okay if you don't come!" Ling Fen looked around and said.

Suddenly remembered something, "Hey, everyone in your Dongfu went to the wedding with a smile on your face, why are you here alone?" Ling Fen walked up to Ling Zhou and looked up at him.

There was a hint of compassion in Ling Zhou's eyes, "That wedding made you sad, how could I bear to participate?" ”

"Sad?!" Ling Fen's face turned pale.

"Am I sad? Joke! That Jiang Fengxiao is just a step in my eyes! But I didn't step on it, how can I ......" She choked suddenly, gasped and finally began to cry.

"Let's go inside...... It's not appropriate to cry here......" Ling Zhou said.

Ling Zhou took her into the hall of the main room, Ling Fen looked around, couldn't help but be slightly stunned, only to see that the entire hall was a log tone, surrounded by hollow carved exquisite wooden boards, the breath was simple, the sky light shone in from the sixteen flowing moire and diamond-shaped panes, the floor tables and chairs seemed to be mottled apart, and the yellow cloth curtains around were high and low vertical, and being in this place made people forget the world outside them.

"What do you think of this little study?"

Lingzhou took Lingfen to push open a wooden door and came to a more elaborate study, in fact, this study has the function of a bedroom, the layout is extremely compact, the ice cracked pane is pasted with beige gray cicada wing yarn, the desk is not big, the study room is complete, all are small and compact, a circle chair is made of extremely dexterous, covered with green felt, and a staggered Bogu shelf behind the chair is full of books, vases, appreciation plates and other utensils, not only beautiful shape, even the color is extremely harmonious.

Under the window, a beauty couch is equipped with a blue satin quilt and silk cotton pillows, and the poplin mattress is also laid flat and neat.

Ling Zhou inserted Lamei into the plum bottle on the desk, and then said to Ling Fen: "At this moment, cry if you want to!" ”

"The Jiang family doesn't live with you in this matter, and it is a great humiliation for a boudoir lady to withdraw from the marriage, and you are so high-minded"

"However, he loves Ling Han in the end, and it's just that he doesn't marry!"

"Why do you say that? Outsiders say that he loves Linghan, and you believe it? If it weren't for Ling Han's blind pretending to be pitiful, if it weren't for your troubled sister secretly making trouble, how could my marriage not work! You said that what you care about most is my worries and joys, but now you are also helping others to deceive me! ......" After speaking, he couldn't cry.

Ling Zhou hurriedly said: "How could I deceive you? My heart for you will never change! ”

"I don't believe it! You're just coaxing me with a moment of joy......"

"In this house, I am the only one who is a lonely ghost, although I have an elder brother, but I have been nowhere to be seen all day long, that Ling Qi will only help Aunt Li squeeze me, not to mention Ling Han, even my husband has robbed it! My father, you know, was a man who didn't speak of righteousness, my mother...... Where do you understand my suffering? The more she talked, the more sad she became, Ling Zhou didn't know how to comfort her, and when she saw her lying on the incense lean of the beauty couch crying so that her shoulders were shaking and trembling, she couldn't help but feel distressed, and without thinking too much, she stepped forward to take her into her arms.

I didn't want that Ling Fen to refuse, so I simply buried my face in his chest, wrapped my arms around his waist, and cried while muttering, Ling Zhou stood quietly without saying a word, letting her hold herself, and suddenly felt that the old man of the world might be just such a moment......

…………

In the East Mansion, it was already time at this moment, and the third master was still writing under the lamp. Sometimes I got up and paced and thought, sometimes I sat back and revised and considered, wrote and changed, and I was quite hesitant to change it.

Xinliu had already woken up from a nap, and when he saw that there was no one beside him, he got up in his clothes, took a cup of hot tea and came to the study, and saw Guo Xiangkang's brows deep, so he knew that he had something important, put the tea on the table, and Guo Xiangkang looked up at her.

"It's late at night, what are you doing again?" After speaking, he looked at her already obvious waist, "Is he moving badly?" ”

Xinliu smiled and said: "It's similar to Tong'er, don't bother, master, it's not the first time"

"Then you still have to be careful, after all, it's not as good as when you were young!"

"I'm in my province! Rest assured ......"

"Is there anything on your mind today, sir? At dinner, I saw that you frowned, and you still haven't slept yet, I'm afraid you're writing a recital, right? ”

Guo Xiangkang looked at the lady with a calm face and a little tired face under the lamp, and asked: "Xinliu, you said that as the deputy superintendent of the imperial history, if you know that an official is corrupt and does not report it to the imperial court, can it be regarded as dereliction of duty?" ”

"The master has been an official for many years, and there is no case left, so why bother asking me about this woman?"

"Now that the Right Governor has stayed out of the matter, he also advised me to leave this matter alone, but I am sad for myself, and I am ashamed of the Hadith by eating the royal fortune and not doing anything!

Now that this matter is known to the government and the opposition, our Supervision Yuan has corrected the hundred divisions and clearly distinguished the wrongs, if it is also pretending to be deaf and dumb, then what is the significance of the imperial court setting up the Supervision Yuan? When he said the excitement, his voice couldn't help but rise.

Shinyanagi asked, "I wonder who this person is?" So much so that Zhengyu Shi didn't dare to ask? ”

"It is the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Chengzhi, and he is also the father of the concubine"