In November, the weather in the capital is already cold.

Early in the morning, the clouds were everywhere, and the wind blew the pedestrians on the street to shrink their heads and shoulders in a hurry.

A carriage stopped in front of a house near the city gate, interrupting the two women who were standing in front of the corner gate.

"Half celery." The maidservant saw it and beckoned with a smile.

The girl who got out of a carriage and was dressed in splendid clothes raised her hand and put on her hood, and she also smiled.

Seeing her coming, the little girl standing next to the maid suddenly turned around and left.

"Hey, I'm not done yet." The maidservant said with some surprise, looking at the back of the little girl, while continuing, "If you have something to do to look for me in the store, don't come to the house." ”

The little girl lowered her head and didn't know if she heard it or not, and her footsteps hurriedly turned around and disappeared.

"A new girl? Did I scare her? How did you run away? The girl came over and smiled, looking at the little girl who was gone.

"Yes, your chef is too famous, it's scary." The maid smiled, holding her hand, "It's not a newly bought girl, it's from Shiro-kun, or you're from Jiangzhou." ”

"Are we from Jiangzhou?" The girl was surprised, "Who?" ”

"It's also a big name." The maidservant smiled and said, "The maid of the little lady Zhu of the Oiran in Beijing." ”

The girl's face suddenly sank.

"Sister, don't you dare to mess around, how can Shiro-kun socialize with prostitutes?" She said.

"Being a girl of the Zhang family has also learned." The handmaid laughed.

"Sister, it's not good for Shiro-kun if this gets out." The girl said, "It's not that you don't know. ”

"Yes, I know. Shiro-kun and Zhu Xiaoniang did not socialize. This little girl didn't come much. It's a little girl from Jiangzhou who was abducted.,Two years ago, I happened to know Shiro-kun.,There's no daily contact.,This time I learned that Shiro-jun had entered Beijing.,I'll just come to see it once.。 The maidservant said.

The girl's expression relaxed slightly, and she looked in the direction where the little girl left.

"Why do I think she's scared to run away when she sees me?" She said.

"So I was scared of you." The maidservant said, pulling her in the door, and throwing the subject away. "Why are you so free today?"

"It's not because a group of banqin suddenly appeared in Beijing, my Zhang Banqin is useless." The girl snorted and said, "The idle ones can't even get the reward money, so they can only come to you to eat." ”

The maidservant chuckled and leaned back and pulled her in.

There was still laughter inside the door.

On the wall on the other side of the alley, Chun Ling only looked at it cautiously at this time, his face was shocked, he reached out and patted his heart, biting his lower lip.

This Banqin has seen his own...

Although a few years have passed, I don't know if I will still recognize myself.

Spring Spirit's heart is pounding. Reach out and hold your face.

At the age of twelve, she is now described as having grown up, but her general outline will not change. You have to be careful.

If she recognized herself, that woman was cunning and ruthless, killed people without blinking, and didn't give her and her sister a way to live in the first place, and now she won't let herself go.

She is not afraid of death, she is afraid of dying in vain.

Chun Ling looked back at the mansion and carriage here, and raised his head with a sense of cold water.

It's snowing.

She lowered her head and walked away with her hands in her hands.

"It's snowing!"

Cheng Qiniang lifted the curtain and shouted.

"Pull it on, it's cold."

Second Mrs. Cheng immediately shouted, and dragged Cheng Qiniang back, holding the hand stove in her hand, stepping on the foot stove, her face was still cold and blue.

"What a sin!" She shouted, lifting the curtain again, "How far is it to the station?" ”

"Madam, there are still five or six miles of land." An attendant said.

Five or six miles?

Second Mrs. Cheng suddenly became even more anxious, looking at the thin horse pulling the cart.

"I said to change to a better horse, but I didn't listen! In this winter, adults can't stand it, what should children do? She lowered the curtain and shouted to Cheng Er in the car.

Second Master Cheng was wrapped in a thick cloak and hugged his son, both of them only showing one head, laughing and playing.

"Who's to blame?" He listened and said, "It's not that you didn't take more money, where is the cost of this journey, you can't afford to buy a good horse at all." ”

"I don't take much money? It's your sister-in-law who won't give it, do I have to roll up my sleeves and grab it? Second Mrs. Cheng said angrily, and she was even more angry when she said this, "And your daughter, knowing that we are going to enter Beijing, and not letting people send more money, that Cao Sancai usually uses our family's money as a splash, and he didn't even show his face for such a big thing..."

"Go back and clean him up." Second Master Cheng said, "It's just that the Zhou family is holding that fool to support him, and when we go to the capital to live, there will be something going on with his Zhou family." ”

Second Mrs. Cheng nodded, looking forward to arriving in the capital sooner.

"This time I went to the post station, changed to a good stagecoach, and I didn't have to spend money." She said.

"Nonsense, the stagecoach can be used by us?" Second Master Cheng shook his head and said, no longer paying attention to the second lady, and continued to tease the son in his arms, "Brother Xi is obedient, ride a big horse, go to Beijing, buy candy to eat, live in a mansion..."

The child was amused and giggled, and Cheng Qiniang also squeezed over and shook Cheng Er's arm.

“… Qi Niang also wants to live in a big house... I also need to buy new clothes and jewelry," she said.

"Good, good, buy, buy, buy." Second Master Cheng was surrounded by his children and smiled happily, "I will buy them for you, and the stars in the sky are willing to buy them for you." ”

Second Mrs. Cheng looked at the father and son and laughed together, while stuffing a foot stove under his feet.

When it was getting dark, I finally came to the post station, which was a small post station, but it was not as old as the other post stations, but it was obviously newly built.

"When the fire was burned, the imperial court allocated money to rebuild it." The post guard at the door said, and he was a little embarrassed to receive the post scroll handed by the second master and others, "I'm sorry, my lord, there is only one guest room." ”

A room?

Second Mrs. Cheng turned around and looked at her three daughters, one son and two concubines, plus seven or eight servants and girls and a dozen retinues, and the courtyard of the post station was crowded, and she only felt that her head was big.

"How can I do without a guest room?" She shouted, "It's going to snow." Isn't it possible for us all to squeeze into a room? ”

"At least three more rooms will have to be squeezed out." Second Master Cheng also pulled his face and said. While shaking the body in his hand. Motioned to the short-sighted postman to see what his identity was.

“… The official of Dali Temple? What happened to the officials of Dali Temple? Isn't it possible to kick out all the people here? ”

Yi Cheng, who got the return, said angrily, and stretched out his hand to point at the wind and snow outside.

"Have you forgotten how the last station was burned? Isn't it possible to make a fuss and burn it again? ”

The postman nodded hurriedly.

"That's it, that person is also relying on official authority." He added.

In other words, they don't even want to take more money.

Yi Cheng suddenly looked down on him even more.

"Why don't you have a house?"

"Aren't you a post station?"

“… Why can't we live if we have a post scroll? ”

The post station was noisy, the children in the arms of the nurse were crying, and the little ladies snuggling up to the concubines were also trembling, attracting everyone inside and outside to look over.

A table in the packed hall snorted.

"Now that officials are becoming more and more unruly, he has sued himself, does he have a wife and children?" A young man said. With a bit of displeasure.

The older man on the other side didn't speak, but waved at him, and the young man stopped talking.

"....My grandfather's surname is Cheng... I'm going to Dali Temple..."

Suddenly there was such a sentence outside.

"This kind of official is going to Dali Temple..."The young man smiled again, and before the words fell, he heard the sound of tables and chairs behind him, and someone stood up.

They subconsciously looked back and saw that these were several sergeants, protecting a middle-aged man with a white face and a slightly chubby.

"What kind of system is it to be so noisy." The man shook his head and walked away quickly. The guards around him immediately followed.

"The angels are coming forward." The older man whispered.

Many people in the hall also looked at the man, showing a little excitement.

This man didn't come long ago. Because when he entered the door, he announced loudly, everyone knew that this was an angel who had been ordered by the emperor in Beijing, although he announced that he was acting very low-key, as long as there was an upper room, the guards were just a shop, and they ate some simple wine and food in the hall at this time.

I didn't expect them to stand up at this time, and it seemed that they would be able to see the Qingtian patrolling and punishing evil officials singing on the stage.

Many people in the hall couldn't help but stand up and follow out to watch a big show.

“… My lord, what do you say? The post guard here didn't know that someone had come out, and looked at Cheng Er and his party and said lazily, "Is it difficult to drive out all the people here?" ”

"Hugh is nonsense!"

There was a scolding sound behind him, and the post man turned around in startle, and when he saw the person walking over, he immediately bent down.

"My lord, my lord, it's not that it's small, it's this adult who wants it..."

Cheng Er jumped to his feet angrily.

It is said that the little officials are difficult, he has been bullied by his subordinates for so many years, but he didn't expect that a post man on the road could frame himself like this.

"You—" He stretched out his hand to the little official to scold, but someone spoke first.

"Dare to incite the people to blackmail the court officials! Sin deserves death! The man shouted, not only opening his mouth, but also raising his hand and giving him a slap.

The post man was beaten and almost sat down, but before he could speak, he saw the man rush over to the second master, and respectfully saluted.

"It turned out to be Master Cheng." He said, "Disrespectful, disrespectful. ”

The people standing at the door to watch the excitement suddenly dispersed, and they already knew that that kind of thing would only happen on the stage.

However, the angel is still so respectful to this man, how old is this man?

The crowd was still speculating that the angel here had already spoken harshly to the post man who came in a hurry.

"Yes, yes, don't worry, my lord, this will be arranged immediately." Yi Cheng nodded again and again, and hurriedly led Mrs. Cheng and the others backwards.

Second Master Cheng regained his face and looked much better.

"I don't know what your lord is," he replied.

"A certain Su Jingwen, a Chinese book under the door." The man said, smiling.

"It turned out to be Su Gongshi." Second Master Cheng was busy giving gifts, with a bit of surprise.

Sure enough, it is good to be the official of the Ministry of the capital, and those who greet and talk casually are the officials of Zhongshu Province.

"Is Su going out on business to return to Beijing?" He asked.

"Su was ordered to go to Maoping to inspect the disaster." Su Gongshi smiled, and reached out to hold Cheng Er's arm, "Master Cheng." Let's go in and talk. ”

See him turn around. The guards beside him immediately turned around and headed into the hall. This time unceremoniously pulled down the face.

"Get out of the way." They shouted, "Adults talk about business, idlers avoid it." ”

This reason is impeccable, a burst of chickens and dogs jumped, drove out more than a dozen people, and gave up five tables, Cheng Er sat on the table of Su Gongshi, while the rest of the Cheng family sat on the rest of the table.

The people in the house dared not speak in anger. The young man is also held down by the elder when he gets up.

"Father," the young man said with a frown.

"Unconscionable, reasonable." The elder whispered.

The two turned their heads to look and saw that the second master Cheng had already had a conversation with Su Gongshi, and the sound of talking came occasionally.

“…… Forgive Cheng for being clumsy and not recognizing Su's official business..."

"....It's not strange that Lord Cheng doesn't recognize it, but it would be strange if Su didn't recognize it."

“… What do you mean by that? ”

“… Master Cheng has done a great job. ”

“… Master Su laughed, Cheng was out of the way, doing his duty, and didn't dare to say that he was meritorious. ”

"....Lord Cheng's daughter-in-law avenged her grievances for her brother-in-law, and went up to heaven to listen...."

"....I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed... It's all little girls who are naughty... Cheng is going to confess his sins in front of the Son of Heaven this time..."

Hearing this, the old and the young looked at each other. They all saw it in each other's eyes.

"....Hey, Mrs. Cheng offered her outstretched arm bow again, but it was a divine weapon. has made great contributions to the country, so as his father, Lord Cheng, you gave birth to her, isn't it a great contribution to the country? ”

A burst of laughter came, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.

Cheng Er's laughter continued, he raised his wine glass, and drank it all with red light on his face.

"Come, come, Master Cheng, the small ones will be full for you." A guard next to him said with a smile, personally holding the pot and pouring wine.

"Don't dare, don't dare." Second Master Cheng said in his mouth, but he didn't refuse, looking at this guard in armor, he couldn't help but look proud.

See, this is the Divine Guard, this is the Son of Heaven's personal guard, and he personally poured him wine.

It can be seen what a big leap between this released official and the official in the court, the difference between heaven and earth.

Since then, he Cheng Dong has been leaping forward.

After eating and drinking, because of the hard work, the slightly drunk Cheng Er took his family to say goodbye and went back to the room to rest, and watched him go away from this Su official business and took people to rest, and the people who had been freezing outside for a long time were able to pour in, and gathered in the hall to discuss the origin of this Lord Cheng, so that the angels were respectful.

“… That's natural, didn't you hear the angel say his surname is Cheng? There is also a son-in-law who has made great contributions to the country. Someone said with a clear face.

This led to a lot of questions.

"If you want to talk about this son-in-law who has made great contributions to the country, that's a god."

“… He is the personal disciple of Dao Ancestor Li Zhenren..."

"....Isn't that a fairy!"

“… That's why angels are so in awe..."

Listening to the conversation in the hall became more and more ridiculous, the young man couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Father, let's go back to the room." He whispered.

The elder nodded, and the two of them got up and bowed to a simple, thinly dressed middle-aged man sitting alone at the same table.

"Official, let's rest first." The young man said.

"Xiucai, please." The middle-aged man returned the salute.

"Official, if you don't have a place to live, you might as well squeeze in with us." The young man said.

The middle-aged man shook his head, reached out and picked up a stack of side dishes in front of him and ate it slowly, while reaching out and pointing at the people sitting on the ground in the corner of the room.

"They slept here, and I slept too." He said.

"Then we'll go first." The elder said, taking a few steps before whispering to the young man, "Yuan Dynasty, you go and settle this adult's wine money." ”

It turned out that the father and son were the father and son of Han Yuanchao, this time Han's father was promoted to Beijing to meet him, and Han Yuanchao entered Beijing to prepare for the exam, and it happened that the father and son walked together.

Han Yuanchao hesitated and shook his head.

"I don't think this adult will take it." He whispered, looking back at the man sitting alone.

Although they only sat together at the table tonight, the three of them did not like to talk, and they did not say anything except a few simple words of scene in the night.

I only knew that this man must be an official, and he hurried into Beijing, but he didn't know where he came from and what he was doing, and Han Yuanchao's father and son also adhered to etiquette and did not ask or guess.

But I don't think the status is high, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to mix in a room in this high-level post station.

Looking at the demeanor of this official, he must be a rigid and self-respecting person, and he will definitely not benefit others for no reason.

Father Han nodded, then looked at the lively middle-aged man who was listening carefully to what the people in the hall said and walked away.

Nothing was said all night.

Fortunately, the snow stopped on the second day, the snow was not thick, and the road was still walking, and the post station was lively early in the morning.

Seeing that the new horses were replaced in the car, Cheng Er was excited and uneasy.

"This, this, Master Su, how can this be a good stagecoach, I just brought my family into Beijing, and it is not a national priority." He said again and again.

Su Gongshi smiled and grabbed his arm.

"Didn't Master Cheng go to Beijing to report on his work? Isn't that a priority? He smiled and said, "It's the emperor's edict, isn't it a state affair?" ”

Second Master Cheng looked at him and smiled, patting his arm.

"Then thank you for your kindness." He said.

Watching the Cheng family and the others leave lively, Su Gongshi stood still.

"Phew." One of the guards spat and whispered, "I don't know what to do, the adult gave him face, he really kicked his nose in the face, how can he shoot the adult's arm?" ”

Su Gongshi had a faint smile on his face.

"No matter what he is, it's the tall man who asks us to take care of it." He said with a smile, "I didn't expect you and I to meet, so naturally I can't live up to Lord Gao's entrustment." ”

"Master Gao is too, and he still cares about this person so much." The guard frowned and said, "That's a great way to lift him up." ”

"Lift, lift, if you don't lift up, how can you fall?" Su Gongshi smiled, "Didn't you see that there were already several tables of people in the hall last night with unsightly faces?" ”

The guard sighed, suddenly realized, and laughed again.

"No wonder the adults drove the people away in front of them." He said, "I'm still worried about my lordship, those tables don't seem to be easy to get along with and still have official status." ”

"What are you afraid of when the official is ridiculed and scolded by a few words." Su Gongshi smiled, "But what this official has received does not mean that everyone can bear it." ”

He said, turning.

"Okay, let's set off quickly, since the stagecoach was given to Lord Cheng, let's not use it, we can't delay the important affairs of the state."

The guards replied.

Because of yesterday's incident, when Cheng Er and his party left, the post station was full of people watching the excitement, surprised, curious and in awe, and they all wanted to see what the person who gave birth to the immortal disciple was like, and they crowded outside the post station door in a hurry.

Han Yuanchao's father and son could only wait for the people here to disperse before they could come out, and then they had to lead the horse, and saw that the man who was sitting at the same table last night also came out, three thin horses, two small servants, with a bag, simple and lonely.

He stood outside the gate of the post station, looking at the second master Cheng and his party who were gradually moving away, his face gloomy.

"What a Cheng who has merit with the country." He said slowly, "Dare to expel the people on a snowy night, dare to let Tianziwei pour wine for him, dare to drive a stagecoach to pull a cart for his family, a good Cheng lady who has merit with the country, and a good Cheng lady who has merit with the country." ”

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Two changes in one (to be continued......)