Li Xiuning of Daxingcheng had already heard of Yinghua's name, and had heard her mother, Mrs. Dou, mention that she would be accepted as Erlang's concubine when she was married, and she still secretly regretted it for a while. Now that he heard that Yinghua was coming to vote for her, he was overjoyed, and wrote a letter overnight to urge.

As soon as the cold food passed, Mu Qing rushed to clean up for her, Yinghua was neat, but there was nothing to decorate. Early the next morning, she was sent to the gate of the east city, because the corpse was hanging upside down on the city gate, Mu Qing responded in his heart, and he stopped after a hundred steps away from the city gate, thinking that he would not see each other for a few years, and he would inevitably be verbose for a while, but he hated that he could not tell everything he wanted.

As he was talking, a tall black horse caught up behind him, and Li Shimin rushed forward like a wind with white hooves. Mu Qing was interested, took the conversation, and only stepped aside to wait.

saw him grab the reins of the horse, jump down, and push the reins straight into Yinghua's hand. "Take the white hoof." After speaking, he reached out to her waist again, Yinghua had not had time to wake up, and the ebony ornament on the saber on his waist had been removed by him. "You white hoof, go with me."

Yinghua didn't twist it with him, gently patted the white hoof crow's neck, turned over on the horse, held the reins and turned back to him and smiled, "When I return, I will fight the world for you." "The bright eyes and bright teeth are spotless, the black hair is flying, the silver ring is flashing, and the heroic posture is moving.

Mu Qing watched not far away, and couldn't help but be moved by her bright smile, and felt stunned in his heart, they were a pair of beautiful people, and they couldn't find such a match, if it wasn't for the family, if it wasn't for this world, they should have been together. Seeing that Yinghua had gone out of the city gate, Mu Qingyao bowed to Li Shimin, went back first, walked far away, and turned around to see him standing at the city gate.

Yinghua is not there, the whole house is silent, during the day when Du Ruhui is not there, only the servants in the house talk quietly, and the movement of the people is moving, Mu Qingsu is quiet, and he can still be satisfied, but the servants are not used to it for a while. Especially Ah Yun, when Yinghua was there, she was flustered and worried all day long, and now she is suddenly idle, and she is so awkward.

Mid-spring has arrived, flowers are blooming, birds are chirping. Recently, it has been abnormal Ansheng, Tang Guogong has returned to the Eastern Capital, and he has become more and more unscrupulous to drink and have fun, calling friends to hold banquets, and accepting bribes from time to time. On those few occasions, when Du Ruhui returned from the Tang State Mansion, Mu Qing could always smell the aroma of fat powder, and she was not depressed, she only smiled and teased him a few words, and then sent him to bathe and change clothes.

On this day, Ah Liu found fresh bamboo shoots from the city, Mu Qing had not seen this Jiangnan product for a long time, for fear that the cook would not cook well and destroy the heavenly things, so he personally rolled up his sleeves and cured a stewed bamboo shoot.

At dinner time, he cherished it and gave it to Du Ruhui to taste. "I remember you loved these bamboo shoots when you were young." He laughed as he ate.

"At that time, my mother didn't allow me to eat more, for fear that eating too much would damage my spleen and stomach." She recalled in amazement.

Du Ruhui put down the silver chopsticks in his hand and went to shake her hand. "How about going to Jiangnan in a few days?"

Mu Qing raised his eyebrows, thinking that he was laughing at the moment, but looking at his expression again, it didn't seem to be a naughty smile. "Tang Guogong's Mansion ......," she hesitated.

"Dogs and horses are lustful, feasting and drunkenness, it has always been easy, who can use people to assist. Now that the war in Goguryeo is coming to an end, and the division will return to the court in the near future, Tang Guogong's order will be issued, and at that time...... he paused for a moment and did not go on.

"How about then?" Mu Qing asked.

He let go of her hand, picked up the silver chopstick, laid a basket of fresh bamboo shoots for her, and said vaguely: "And take advantage of the spare time in front of you to accompany you through this experience, and fulfill your long-cherished wish." ”

Mentioning this, Mu Qing no longer had the intention of caring about anything else, and devoted himself to planning to return to his hometown. On the second day, he told Ah Liu that although Ah Liu had no relatives and friends in Jiangnan, he was homesick in the end, and tears burst into the corners of his eyes with joy.

Within three or two days, Du Ruhui didn't go out again, stayed in the house every day, personally urging people to pack their bags, enough to pack up three carts of things, most of which were used by Mu Qing every day. "It's not the first time I've gone out, and I'll go back as soon as I go, so why be so trivial." Mu Qing looked at the pile of objects in front of him, from the bedding and bedding, to the curtains and tents, to the silver ball sachets hanging every day.

"It's going to be summer, what do you want this thing to do?" She picked up a copper chisel flower cloud bat plum blossom pattern heater and asked.

Du Ruhui took the stove in her hand and put it back in its place, "Be prepared." You don't have to pay attention to all this, just take the medicine you need to take every day. ”

Speaking of medicine, she was slightly embarrassed, for fear that he would ask more questions, so she hurriedly threw away the miscellaneous items at hand and asked Ah Liu to speak.

After all the qiē was properly decorated, because Ah Liu was already a double body, he was afraid that the road would be bumpy, and he would inevitably walk slower, so Du Ruhui asked Ada to go first with her. After another three or five days, on the eighth day of the first month of March, it was just right to travel, Du Qi and another small guy rushed to the car, and went straight to Yuhang with the three maids of clouds, moon and stars. Du Ruhui wanted to go to Huaiyang County first to meet He Suizhao, who was looking for Li Mi's traces, so Mu Qing changed his men's clothes, abandoned the car and rode his horse, and was with him.

Because Liu Yuanjin had just been suppressed at the end of last year, the road to the south was too peaceful, although there were rogues from time to time, after all, he did not dare to embarrass on the official road. It was only two days before he entered the boundary of Huaiyang County.

Outside the city gate of Huaiyang, there was a long queue, pausing and moving forward, and when they approached the city entrance, they realized that they were checking out the young men who had entered and exited the city one by one. There are three city gate holes, the city gate in the middle is closed, the left and right sides of the hole are open, one side enters, one side exits, in an orderly manner. On both sides there are large posters, framing the portrait of a man, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a wide square face, which is quite blurry, no different from an ordinary man in his thirties.

Du Ruhui glanced at Mu Qing, she looked like a pampered little Langjun from a rich and noble family in men's clothes, at most fourteen or fifteen years old, and the person in the portrait was around thirty and tall, in comparison, he was more likely to be interrogated.

Sure enough, when they reached the door, a soldier stepped forward and shouted at him to dismount, and they didn't think much about it, but turned over and dismounted together. The soldier looked Mu Qing up and down, and there was no suspicion, he stretched out his hand to push her aside, stared at Du Ruhui with both eyes, and asked, "Where did you come from?" What do you want to do in Huaiyang? ”

Du Ruhui smiled humbly and arched his hand: "It's hard work. A certain came from the eastern capital of the imperial city. Then he put down his hand and gestured in the direction of Mu Qingna, "I took my nephew to Jiangdu to join my family, I was passing through Huaiyang, staying for one night, and not staying much." ”

The soldier nodded, but his eyes were still on his face, and he turned his head to say a few words to his companion, and another soldier also stepped forward to look at his face carefully, shook his head and whispered: "I don't look like it, the fugitive's face is wider and squarer." After looking at it twice, he raised his chin towards Du Ruhui and pursed his mouth, "He has a better skin and a gentle face, not like, not like." ”

The soldier in front waved his hand, signaling them to go quickly, so as not to get in the way of those behind. The two of them remounted their horses and walked side by side towards the city. "Who is this, and how can it be so closely investigated? It's not that I haven't seen the city gate to arrest important criminals in the past, and I haven't seen this formation. Mu Qing muttered sideways.

Du Ruhui turned his head to look at her, his lips opened and closed, and he said two words, but he didn't make a sound, Mu Qing suddenly realized that it was Li Mi. After a few more steps, she suddenly remembered that when he explained to the soldier, he actually called her his nephew, and couldn't help but glance at him, and his mouth was unrelenting.

He laughed and said: "You are in the ninth year, I am approaching, if you are not a nephew, you would make a name to listen to me." ”

The two laughed all the way, and then arrived at a square, it was twilight, when the ten thousand families closed their doors and turned the lights to prepare for dinner, this square was particularly lively, both sides of the avenue were brightly lit small buildings and wine shops, beauties sat against the railing, orchids were in the trenches, eye waves flowed, fat powder was fragrant, Mu Qing looked at this Tongqi Yuefang in the same style, and knew what place this was.

"However, the supervision here is lax, and it is best to meet customers for negotiation. I have to wronged you, and if you feel inconvenienced, you will wait in the house at night, and you don't have to go with me. Du Ruhui said apologetically.

Mu Qing raised his head to the left and right, and said with a smile: "Qiyuefang in Jiangdu, but it is the best among them, you still put it under my name, and now it is serious again." If you feel inconvenient to go in and out of a place where you are in and out of the wind and moon, why do you have to manage this business. ”

Du Ruhui touched his nose and smiled silently. In a blink of an eye, at the corner of Yidang Street, a luxuriously decorated building stands in front of you, the door is open, the sheng song is musical, the soft language is laughing, and the sound is heard. "This family is the most luxurious in the city, and many officials and people also come to look for fun, so no one will come to ask a few faces, and no outsiders dare to disturb them." Du Ruhui whispered.

The most dangerous place is the most thoughtful, Mu Qing secretly thought, as the saying goes, "it is dark under the lamp", this is the reason.

Turning over and dismounting, they immediately had a quick-eyed little man who stepped forward to lead their horse with a smile on his face, followed by another person who came to greet them. As soon as she stepped into the inner courtyard, a woman in a light spring shirt greeted her with a smile, and hooked up with Du Ruhui's arm with one hand.

He didn't pay attention to the hand on his arm, and looked around the inner hall to the left and right. When he unintentionally turned his head, he saw Mu Qing slightly sneering at the woman, and quickly changed to a deliberately thin smile, one hand was already on the hand that hooked the crook of his arm, and he was taking advantage of the momentum to pull away the hand dyed with pink dankou, and said in a calm tone with a light wave: "Why do you only see him in your eyes, and you don't greet him in a certain way?" ”

The woman turned her face and smiled at her flatteringly, Du Ru suddenly laughed, in such a place, no one would think that he was smiling abruptly, only Mu Qing looked at him. While speaking, another woman stepped down from the stairs, although she was dressed and looked elegant among the women downstairs, she still couldn't get rid of the wind and dust, I saw her slowly walking down a few steps, standing on the ladder and swaggering to them a few times, the woman next to Mu Qing hurriedly broke away from her hand, "Two Ah Lang, please move to the upstairs elegant room." ”