In June, the fire burst out of the ground and spread. This year was particularly hot, with the sun shining during the day, causing the crops in the fields to wilt and weaken, and the branches and leaves of the big trees to wither.

Zhang Changshi's mood in the past two days has been like this day, and the day is fine. Since Du Ruhui's visit that day, he prepared a gold cake that day, and rushed to the left-behind mansion to send it, and there were many scripts in his belly, but it didn't have much effect.

I don't know who left, and the next day the carriages and horses followed. Bureaucrats of all sizes, throughout their lives, do not see much of the emperor's relatives, especially in Honghua County, there are few dignitaries in person, this time the cousin of the Son of Heaven came, and he was approachable, and everyone was not squeezed out of their heads for the gifts? The courtyard of the left-behind house is also like this weather, day by day, the ground is warm, almost every day there are big carts and horses waiting in front of the door, the servants and servants in the house are ushered in, and the servants and maids sprinkle and sweep the whole food, feast and drink, and it is not hot. There were many visits, and the treasury in the palace was naturally full, not for anything else, but also to save a lot of military expenses in the future.

There are too many banquets and drinks, and the singers and singers in and out of the house are naturally frequent. Erlang's face became more and more solemn, although he knew that the voice of the dog and horse was just superficial kung fu, in the end, he was young and arrogant, extremely upright, and did not want to go with the flow, so he simply found an excuse and moved to the barracks. Over there, Zhang Changshi thought that he was tempting, and fished out the two crimes of Tang Guogong accepting bribes and being lascivious and drunk, both of which were taboos in officialdom. The shadow of the wife is right in front of you.

If he knew that this document had reached the hands of the Son of Heaven, he would have been more wanton in writing it, and he had indeed made some merit in writing it. The Son of Heaven, who was anxious day and night, was isolated by Yang Xuangan from the Shangchun Gate of the Eastern Capital, and he regretted that he had misbelieved Yang Xuangan, and at the same time he was suspicious of Tang Guogong, and was deeply afraid that he would take advantage of the chaos to wave his troops.

At the time of the gains and losses, the report of the Honghua County Magistrate Shi was delivered to him. After he unfolded the document and read through it, his heart suddenly relaxed, and he actually put it down halfway. It is expected that a person who accepts bribes and is greedy for small profits will never dare to rebel, and he has no good reputation. Raise your arms and shout that no one will respond, so there is no need to be afraid, but you can rest assured that he will lead the troops. As soon as the Sacred Heart was pleased, he casually took up the pen and approved a few words of appreciation on the document, and returned some gifts to the long history.

Besides, Zhang Changshi, who took the reward with incense and salute, became more and more proud, and only kept a closer eye on the left-behind mansion. Mrs. Changshi regarded Mu Qing as her own person, and one day she would say that she was a noble person sent by the Bodhisattva once or twice. He also sent people to invite him to come back to the house three times to speak. The first two times, Mu Qing made up excuses and thanked him, and then Du Ruhui came back and said that the long history was stupid and dull, and he was rewarded for reporting the bad deeds of Tang Guogong. If he wants to delve into the affairs of the army, he will inevitably have to make another calculation.

Mu Qing understood the meaning when he heard that. Thinking that Zhang Changshi and his wife were not evil people, they intended to remind them to avoid trouble, so Mrs. Changshi came back for the third time. She gladly accepted.

In the evening, Du Ruhui returned and asked her how she mentioned the lady of Changshi, and she sighed sadly: "It's not good to say too much, I only told her some things about worshiping the Buddha, and persuaded her to be dedicated to the Buddha, so she didn't care about mundane things, and also advised her family to be calm." Get rid of mundane affairs, maintain a normal mind, and cultivate at ease. ”

"Can she get her to the bottom of it?" Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "It's a wasted tongue to think of you." ”…

Mu Qing bowed his head silently and said weakly: "What she is seeking in front of the Buddha is also to be rich and illustrious, how can she really understand the principles of Buddhism." I see that her desire for glory and boasting has been fully revealed. It's not very difficult to say a few words, just mention it if you can. ”

After gossiping for a while, Mu Qing covered his mouth and yawned, got up and went to the inner room to hang the curtains and tidy up the quilt, the day was hot, but the night was cool. After cleaning up for a long time, Du Ruhui didn't enter the inner room, and she asked, "Why don't you sleep yet?" ”

"There's a guest coming." He didn't have a clue and dropped a sentence: "If you are sleepy, go to sleep first." ”

Hearing this, where could she still sleep, and put the silk on the crook of her arm again, "Why didn't you say it earlier." ”

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, Du Ruhui jumped up, went to answer the door, met Ah Liu in the courtyard, and waved his hand to her, "It's irrelevant, you go to sleep." ”

Mu Qing sat in the main room, and within a moment, Du Ruhui led a person in, she turned her head, and looked at the candlelight in the room, it was He Suizhao, although the dust and dust were full of tiredness, it was still a look of being out of shape, and he was not polite, he looked at her wantonly, but it was difficult to hide a trace of guilt in his eyes, seeing this, Mu Qing had to smile softly at him.

At this time, Yang Xuangan had besieged Luoyang City, and Tang Guogong also borrowed him to start an incident and then took charge of the army, but he couldn't teach Yang Xuangan to really do something. He Suizhao had already obtained the envoy from this side earlier, and ordered him to pass through the Yang army to meet Li Mi, and instructed Li Mi to coax Yang Xuangan to stay, attack Hongnong Palace, and drag him until the reinforcements arrived behind, and he could be wiped out in one fell swoop. Now He Suizhao has completed the mandate and rushed to Honghua to Ming Tang Guogong.

The two talked about the third watch at night, carefully analyzed the current shape, and planned a future move, and Mu Qing casually added water to the side to pick up the lamp. At the end, He Suizhao looked at her and said, "I visited my father before I came, although Luoyang City is in chaos right now, Du Mansion is fine." The lotus in your pond grows very well, and the huā craftsman takes good care of it. ”

"Thank you." Mu Qing's heart moved, and he only lightly thanked him.

He Suizhao hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I heard that Yu Hang also rebelled?" ”

Mu Qing straightened up and looked at him with wide eyes, with an indescribable look on his face. Du Ruhui took her hand to her lap and gently patted it a few times, she took a deep breath and sat down slowly.

"Qi Niang is not in a hurry, and settle down." He glanced at her hand that was resting on Du Ruhui's lap, looked away without a trace, and continued: "At the beginning of this year, if you want to fight Goguryeo, you can't recruit any more soldiers in the Donglai area of Zhuo County, so you will recruit troops in Yuhang, Wu County. As everyone knows, last year, the country was still strong, most of them died, the bones were gone, and they were already tired this year, and it was nothing more than giving up their lives in vain, how could the people be willing to go. For a while, the officials chased and fled and killed, and the well-behaved Jiangnan was like a Shura field. At this time, someone was taking advantage of Yang Xuangan's rebellion to ascend and shout, and it was a hundred responses, and in just a few days, 100,000 people gathered. ”

Mu Qing held his breath, stared at He Suizhao motionlessly, and quickly turned the gentle and familiar ink paintings in his mind, and forcibly closed his mind, not thinking about the delicate landscape that had been pampered since she was a child, what kind of scene it is now.

He Suizhao sighed, and then said: "Steward Liu of Jiangdu has sent someone to Yuhang to visit, and handed over the news, one of Qi Niang's two brothers has lived in the countryside, although it is more difficult, it is safe. The other said that he went to his son-in-law's house in Jincheng County. The mansion of the two has been occupied by the rebels. ”

"What about my father's old mansion?" Mu Qing asked anxiously.

"But it's safe and sound." He Suizhao comforted: "Mr. Gu has always been highly respected and respected, and the old mansion has been locked down for more than three years, and no one has acted rashly, and there are often incense worshippers. ”

Mu Qing spit out a string of sighs from the bottom of his heart, his chest ached faintly, and when he lowered his eyes, a tear dripped down and fell on the back of Du Ruhui's hand. He bowed his head to He Suizhao, "I've worked hard this time, it's past the third watch, go and rest early." Tomorrow, when there is no one in the morning, go to the left-behind mansion, and the Mojiao people will notice that you and I have already seen it. ”

He Suizhao stood up and arched his hand, glanced at Mu Qing, who was silent, and pulled the corners of his mouth, but finally didn't say a word, turned around and walked out of the main room, and went to rest in the side compartment.