A few days later, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Since the day before, Tianfu has just shone brightly, and the quiet street has been quietly jumping up all day, with all kinds of footsteps, whispering and chuckling, whirling on the patchwork road. On the side of the road that is slightly wider, there are several business burdens, there are those who sell calamus mugwort leaf sachets, there are those who sell food that should be eaten, there are also those who sell children's naughty things, and there are more than a dozen or twenty children of all sizes who are muttering, surrounded and wrapped in front of the burden. In response to this situation, there is a lingering atmosphere in the alleys and alleys.

Even in the perennially quiet little house in the corner of the street, there was a little noise.

Mu Qing has taken a decoction for several days, and gradually pulled out of the nightmare, he only woke up once in the evening two days ago, and last night it was a night without a dream. The night rest is peaceful, the day is more and more refreshed, and the original gray complexion is becoming more and more normal. Therefore, Ah Liu's heart was very happy, and his steps in the house did not feel light.

When she went to the countryside that day, she brought back a lot of calamus, and when she came back, she muttered that she wanted to wrap it in horns. So there was a lot of fun, there were few servants and maids in the house, only she and Ada, and bought a little girl, Mu Qing was not good in family affairs, and there was Ah Lang's instructions first, she was not allowed to work too hard, so she had to help both hands slightly, so she was prepared for the horn millet and taught Ah Liu to be busy for two days in a row, and he couldn't touch the ground. On the evening of the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, I finally finished wrapping the red bean paste, ham, mugwort, white jade, and dried meat, and squatted on the stove overnight, and boiled all the horn millet in stages.

The day before, Yinghua had already sent someone to say that the Dragon Boat Festival was resting and that he was going to come back to celebrate the festival with his aunt and brother-in-law. Early in the morning, Mu Qingcai freshened up, tied his hair in a bun, and knocked straight on the door, followed by Yinghua's crisp and bright voice, "Sister, sister, I'm back." Before Mu Qing left the main house to open the door, she called out again, "Sister Liu, come and open the door with me." ”

Ah Liu trotted to open the door, and only half of the door was opened, Yinghua jumped into the courtyard, walked on one wall and snorted harder, "What a fragrant horn." Mu Qing came out of the main house, smiled at her and said, "It's still not in shape." ”

"Erlang looks a different way in front of him." Du Ruhui smiled and followed out of the house. Yinghua ran away in annoyance, didn't salute him, pulled Ah Liu and went to the back kitchen to find horn millet to eat, but Mu Qing kept her mouth shut, she didn't want to mention Yinghua in front of Li Shimin, and she didn't want to talk to him in front of Yinghua.

Yinghua accompanied her sister for a day, and it was almost time to close at dusk, but she still had to go back to the camp. Rao is such a neat and refreshing personality of Yinghua, and he doesn't feel reluctant. Mu Qing took out the hollow lotus leaf entwined branch pattern silver sachet that had been prepared for a long time, and the day before yesterday he had carefully kneaded into beeswax pills with curcuma, kaempa, mugwort leaves, thatch, herbs, fine spices, tonka and other materials, stuffed them into the silver sachet, and decorated the silver chain of the sachet with a rope made of colorful silk threads, and taught her to carry it with her.

Before going out, Yinghua showed stability, took Ah Liu's hand and said: "I still remember the last time I had a lively festival, it was the first year when I first arrived in the Eastern Capital, accompanied by my sister and brother-in-law's New Year's Festival, my sister has a light temperament, and she has always been lazy to celebrate the festival. Aliu smiled and nodded yes.

In the end, she turned her head to Du Ruhui and said: "Erlang got the letter early this morning, and Tang Guogong will be able to go to Honghua County the day after tomorrow, and ask my brother-in-law to prepare early." As he spoke, he looked at Mu Qingdao again: "Erlang also said that the other four hundred taels of money are ready, and they can be distributed only when Tang Guogong arrives and informs them. I'll go back to camp first. After speaking, he smiled naughtily at Ada who led the horse, because he had heard his sister talk about it, and once he returned to the Eastern Capital, he promoted his relationship with Ah Liu, and he still wanted to tease him, but Ada stuffed the reins of the horse into her hand, "If you don't hurry up, you will close the door." ”

Two days later, the gate of the city, like the day Li Shimin entered the city, was once again crowded with people. For most people, the sight of the army entering the city is only seen once or twice in a lifetime, so the people in the city seem to be pouring out of the nest, crowding both sides of the avenue, from the city gate to the left-behind mansion.

The news has always been the fastest aisle, and before the Duke of Tang Guo arrived, Zhang Changshi of Honghua County had already learned that this coming dignitary was no longer the Weiwei Shaoqing he heard about half a month ago. Because of the sudden death of the Duchess of Tang Guo, Li Gongshang stayed in Huaiyuan Town, and held a funeral on the spot, and did not help the spirit to go home. Naturally, the government should not be called the original name, but his hands and feet are diligent, and he quickly changed to a garrison mansion.

Zhang Changshi was waiting at the gate of the city at this moment, his heart was very complicated, and he couldn't help but whisper to his cronies who were standing beside him: "According to the meaning of the documents sent by the above, it should be closely supervising this Tang Guogong, no matter how big or small, but everything that is abnormal must be played, but, but he has been promoted and rewarded one after another, what do you really have to do, and after the report, I am not bored?" If you get an official rank soon, it will be boring, and I'm afraid your face will be gone. ”

I can't say that I can't even die. The cronies secretly added another sentence for him in their stomachs, and they didn't dare to say it bluntly, but said: "Yes, it's unpredictable." Saying that, he collapsed his face and asked tentatively: "There is such a case right now, the deputy lieutenant Su next to Li Jiaerlang is still in the countryside, so many fabrics, all made into military uniforms, not to mention 50,000 people, it is obvious that there is something strange in it." In the end, whether to play or not, Changshi can do his best to get the idea. ”

Zhang Changshi was instantly dizzy and extremely bored, and waved his hand impatiently and asked, "When can you come up with a decent idea?" While talking, I saw Li Shimin and Du Ruhui walking here from afar, but I reminded him of something. The merchant woman who went to the countryside with Deputy Lieutenant Su can find out clearly? ”

The cronies replied repeatedly: "Checked, checked." Did you see the tall man next to Li Erlang? The merchant woman is his wife's room, whether she is a businessman, I don't know, I only heard that Gu Erniang from the Gu family in Jiangnan and the Xue family in Jincheng County is actually of the same clan and clan. ”

As soon as he heard the lady of the Xue family in Jincheng County, Zhang Changshi couldn't help but shrink the back of his neck, closed his eyes heavily and sighed. Once upon a time, Honghua County was like a place outside Hua, there was no war, the wind and rain were smooth, and it was so calm that few eyes would gather here in the imperial capital. Thanks to Yang Xuangan, in order to block the back road of the rebels, Honghua County has since attracted evil winds, and rushed into the many characters who can't be provoked.

was crying and thinking nonsense, Li Shimin had already come to him side by side with Du Ruhui, he had to put aside the side for the time being, put on a smiling face, and arched his hand forward, "Li Lang, Mr. Du." ”

Du Ru smiled to himself, this Changshi changed his face very quickly, and he saw from a distance that he didn't know why he was sad on his face, and he smiled in the blink of an eye. Considering Zhang Changshi's age, Li Shimin didn't take it seriously, casually exchanged a few words with him, and just raised his feet to leave, the cronie next to him, Xu was a rare dignitary, and he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

This figure fell in Du Ruhui's eyes, but he looked familiar, his heart moved, recalling Zhang Changshi's previous sad face, a little suddenly, he had the heart to test a thing or two, and then said to Zhang Changshi with a gentle smile: "Zhang Changshi is hardworking, all the things in the county, which one must not be personally controlled, day and night worry, I and other juniors are in awe, and I will ask Changshi to take the time to give guidance in his busy schedule another day, so as to teach the younger generations to practice." ”

After saying that, Du Ruyan smiled meaningfully and looked at him deeply. Sure enough, when he heard this, Zhang Changshi's face froze, and a little weakness flashed in a moment, and in order to try to hold his smile, his whole face showed embarrassment and weirdness, and he still had to adjust his expression while saying, "Where, where." ”

Du Ruhui raised his hand and bowed, and his heart was determined, fortunately he was a barnyard and filled his belly.