81. Not all the way

Cheng Linghui couldn't help but be timid, she felt that if she dared to say 'no', the abyss would swallow herself up without hesitation in the next moment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Okay." Cheng Linghui finally squeezed a word out of her throat.

When Su Tong heard this, the strength of his whole body seemed to be suddenly drained. As soon as he let go, he let go of Cheng Linghui and said bitterly: "You lied, you actually lied." You obviously don't want to. ”

Cheng Linghui bowed her knees and kowtowed: "You rest, I'll go out first." She walked out and walked all the way to a big tree, leaning her whole body against it. When the wind blew, my back was a little cold, and I was in a cold sweat.

She's lying. She was no stranger to the aura that Su Tong exuded just now. Chang Jiwen will be like that when she is angry, if she doesn't obey, she can't imagine what will happen next. She is Chang Jiwen's wife, in case ...... In addition to dying, she really doesn't know what face she has to meet Chang Jiwen and face her hometown fathers.

Aside from Chang Jiwen and Zhizhou, she still has an old lady to support, so she can't die. She had no choice but to give in. In the final analysis, she and Su Tong are not all the way after all.

The two recuperated with the old couple for another two days. Su Tong said goodbye one morning without saying goodbye and rode away the only horse of the two.

Cheng Linghui could only say goodbye to the two old men and hurried on foot.

It's been more than a month since the flooding. The weather is also getting hot. After the flood, the land is flat and fertile. The grasses are scrambling to take root and sprout on this fertile soil. It seemed that in the same day and night, the green covered the field.

The further you go, the more crowded you become. Last year's winter wheat and this spring's spring crops are gone. People are busy sowing autumn grain. In addition to corn and melon beans, people also grow a lot of fast-growing greens and buckwheat with a short growing season. In order to survive this period of green and yellow season.

The fertile soil brought by the flood has also begun to give back to the people of the land. Fresh wild vegetables grow wildly along with wild grasses. Diligent people don't have to worry about their stomachs anymore.

Because of the timely prevention, people after the catastrophe avoided the plague. People who fled the famine also returned to their hometowns one after another. Although many people's homes have been wiped out, Cheng Linghui is not worried. These people will always find a suitable place in the land they have lived in for generations, and then quickly re-establish their homes, their own villages.

This is the people.

Cheng Linghui came from this group of people, and no one knew these ant-like lives in the eyes of the superior better than her. And she will go back to the people. Grow old in the same place where your ancestors have lived for generations.

Touching the roster in his arms, Cheng Linghui lit a fire and tore off the pages of the roster and burned it.

When Cheng Linghui returned to Luohekou, Su Tong had already left. took away the two sons of the rich man and the concubine. Shen Cong and Lu Gongmei also followed.

Cheng Linghui was worried about Chang Jiwen, who was far away in the southern capital. Asked the county magistrate for a horse to rush to the southern capital.

The reason why Nandu is called Nandu is because it was the old capital of the previous dynasty. The construction is very magnificent and magnificent, and the scale is second only to the current capital.

Cheng Linghui rode alone and walked very fast. Before I arrived in Nandu, I heard about a big event. Fan Xiu, the governor of the southern capital, was taken by the Qin Cha because he was greedy for disaster relief materials from the Mo court. coincided with the prince's trip south for disaster relief, and he was in the southern capital. This matter directly stabbed the imperial court. After checking it out, there were not 100 or 80 officials involved. I am afraid that the officialdom of a certain south will have to change blood because of this.

Every day, there are countless prisoner cars on the road to Nandu.

Cheng Linghui stood in the crowd, looking at the down-and-out officials in the prisoner car, either howling or wooden, and only felt frightened. After several years of cold windows, it is not easy to gain fame, and it is just a matter of not thinking about seeking benefits for the people, and it will also affect parents, wives and children, how sad it is.

Adults are okay to say, but the most pitiful are those children. In the past, he was beaten into a prisoner's car, and it was very pitiful to lack food and drink.

Cheng Linghui knew that Chang Jiwen, as an official of the imperial court, punished adultery and corruption, and it was his duty to ask for the lives of the people, but he still felt guilty about the down-and-out people in the prison car. Even if these officials are heinous, how can they be innocent?

Cheng Linghui spent all the money on her body to buy a lot of food such as steamed buns, steamed buns, and baked cakes, and threw some into the prisoner van when the officers and soldiers who escorted the prisoners along the way were unguarded. Many times, the officers and soldiers who escorted them would turn one eye open and one eye closed. Looking at the young, waiting to be fed child, who doesn't have a little bit of a hidden heart.

There are also those who refuse to be accommodating, and when they see Cheng Linghui, they will step forward and drive her away.

And the youngster in front of him is obviously even worse. He probably felt that there would be no goodwill in this world for no reason. believes that Cheng Linghui is a fellow party of the prisoner he escorted. Therefore, he insisted on catching Cheng Linghui and throwing him into the prisoner car together.

It was a great crime to ram the officials of the imperial court. Cheng Linghui knew that it was wrong to give food to the families of those criminals, and she was also a little weak-hearted. Therefore, he still didn't dare to be very confrontational with the high-flying young general in front of him.

She said a lot of good things, and the young general was completely unmoved. Cheng Linghui had no choice but to bring out Chang Jiwen. She is dressed as a man, and it is difficult to say that Chang Jiwen is her husband, only that Chang Jiwen is her brother-in-law.

The young general listened, and although he didn't tie her up, he still sent someone to watch over her all the way.

After arriving in Nandu, Chang Jiwen came to pick her up in person.

After not seeing him for many days, Chang Jiwen was radiant. Purple robe and jade belt, with a beautiful posture. Cheng Linghui felt that he was a little strange, and he couldn't tell what was different about him.

A few days later, Chang Jiwen was going to drive back to Beijing with the prince's car. The prisoners will then be escorted to Beijing. To Cheng Linghui's surprise, the person who succeeded Fan Xiu as the governor of Nandu turned out to be Lu Gongmei, who had been unknown in Luohekou Jiupin.

And the muskets, bows and crossbows and other things copied from the secret room of the rich man were like mud cows entering water, and there was no shadow in this big case of greedy ink. No one even talked about that roster.

Cheng Linghui did not go on the road with Chang Jiwen. She once promised the little brother who lost his partner because of kindness. After this incident, I personally helped him to return to his hometown and give their hometown an explanation.

I don't know where Su Tong heard about this, except that she could wear Chang Jiwen's Qincha robe to appease the deceased in the name of the imperial court. Cheng Linghui took the opportunity to ask the court for a reward that she had promised to those large food donors. Su Tong thought about it, and wrote down four big characters with a stroke of the pen, 'Gaoyi Qianqiu'. This is the highest praise for a benevolent person.

Cheng Linghui thanked the emperor for the favor of those big families at the mouth of the Luo River.

Seeing the prince's guard of honor go farther and farther. There are many flags, and it is impossible to tell which one is Chang Jiwen among the people who are sensational. Cheng Linghui's heart was inexplicably empty. There is also a Lu Xiaoxiao in Beijing, and Chang Jiwen is gone, I am afraid that he will no longer be the Chang Jiwen he used to be.

"Let's go." Cheng Linghui reorganized his spirit, and he had to do what he said. More on that later.

Shen Cong, Deng Ku, Zhao Qiao, Yan Jing, four people, you look at me, I look at you, no one moved.

Cheng Linghui suddenly smiled bitterly: "I'm confused." There is no feast in the world. Now that it's time for us to say goodbye. ”

Zhao Qiao chuckled, opened the folding fan and shook it: "Now that we are on a boat, is there still a possibility of dismantling the gang?" ”

Yan Jing followed: "I don't want to be a snitch anymore. ”

Deng Ku looked at Shen Cong, who was still expressionless and white. Deng smiled bitterly: "No one likes to hide in a dark corner like a mouse all their lives. ”

Cheng Linghui was suddenly a little moved: "But I'm a woman, and I can't earn a future for everyone." ”

Zhao Qiao disdainful: "Isn't it just that?" I'm not taking it seriously yet. ”

Yan Jing looked at Deng Ku, Deng Ku looked at Shen Cong, and the three of them did not speak. Zhao Qiao, in addition to the identity of the rivers and lakes, their family is also a well-known family in the southern capital. Fame and fortune are really similar to the clouds in the sky to him.

Shen Cong is different from Deng Ku and Yan Jing. Shen Cong is a tomb robber, and Deng Ku is a person who sees Yizhuang and sells coffins. Although there are some chivalrous names on the rivers and lakes, real life is really disgraceful. Not to mention Yanjing, he is a snitch and has a criminal record. It is not easy to walk in front of a righteous and bright person, not to mention that he especially enjoys the reverent gaze of the people. If these three people want to say that they don't want to have a future, the ghosts don't believe it.

After a long time, Yan Jing said: "Isn't there still our brother-in-law......" His voice was very low, and he probably felt that it was a little unrealistic to pin his hopes on Chang Jiwen. But a person, if he lives in the dark all the time, it's just that. Once he has seen the world under the sun, who wants to go back to the darkness? Even a glimmer of hope is better than nothing.

"Wait for me......" a fast horse galloped in, and immediately people raised their hands and shouted.

Cheng Linghui suddenly looked back, only to see Chang Jiwen in a green robe, riding alone and running here. When he got closer, he grabbed the reins of his horse and said, "It's good to catch up." ”

Cheng Linghui looked at him inexplicably: "You resigned?" ”

"Nope." Chang Jiwen said while tidying up his messy clothes because of the rush: "As long as the prince is present in the ink case, it is the same with me or not." I think I'm still suitable to be a patrol historian. And came back. ”

Cheng Linghui's eyes were red, and he smiled: "Will you listen to you or me in the future?" ”

Chang Jiwen looked at her and said meaningfully: "Cheng Mozhi, don't forget, Yu Gong, the big seal is in my hands, Yu Zhi, I am your senior brother, and I am half of your master." You can't rebel if you want to. ”

Cheng Linghui smiled: "Okay, then listen to you." ”

Zhao Qiao sneered: "Lord Chang, with all due respect." Although the Great Seal is in your hands, you are far behind in terms of decision-making. ”

Chang Jiwen said with a smile: "That's not bad. If you are a man, your achievements will be above me. But ......" Chang Jiwen's words didn't come out, and he glanced at Zhao Qiao: "Mozhi, let's go on the road." "Pat the horse forward.

In front of so many people and Chang Jiwen, Cheng Linghui was still a little embarrassed. Chang Jiwen walked a few steps, saw her standing still, and urged: "Hurry up, otherwise you won't be able to find a place to stay in the dark." ”

Caught off guard, Yan Jing whipped her mount in the back. Cheng Linghui was defenseless, and almost fell off the horse with a scream. Zhao Qiao's expression tightened, and Cheng Linghui's horse had already rushed out. Chang Jiwen hit the horse to keep up.

Shen Cong, Deng Ku and Yan Jing also followed one after another.

Zhao Qiao slammed the folding fan together, turned the horse's head and wanted to go in the opposite direction, but finally turned back and followed a few people. This is the kind of injustice that will kill oneself. Thinking about this Zhao Dagongzi, he is romantic. boasted that he had been in the midst of thousands of flowers, and the leaves did not stick to his body. Since I met Cheng Linghui, I know what it means to 'love doesn't know where to start, and go deeper.' 'I know that people are married women, but I can't let them go. He deserves his own suffering.

Cheng Linghui turned back to Luohekou. The county order is still to go out of the city to greet them. As for which one is Chang Daren, the county order is no longer entangled. Anyway, I can't afford to mess with any of them. I just have to be honest and conscientious, and I just need to do my best as a seven-grade county order.

Cheng Linghui asked people to make invitations for several days, inviting large and small squires in Luohekou. A feast was set up in the open space in front of the county office.

At this time, the county order was obedient to Cheng Linghui's words. In less than half a day, the invitations were ready. Send the official soap to be delivered everywhere. But all those who are famous in the donation book, regardless of family background, regardless of dignity and humility, will be delivered.

It's time for the appointment. A hundred and ten tables of banquets were set up in front of the county office. The onlookers were even more crowded. Many people had come over the mountains the day before. In addition to the commendation of the imperial court and the sense of honor, I just want to see the true face of Lord Qinchachang.

Chang Jiwen's three words, now in the hearts of the people, are compared with Bao Longtu.

At the beginning, it was Cheng Linghui who forced those big households to donate food and materials, and it was Cheng Linghui who presided over the award banquet this time.

Purple-robed jade belt, as soon as Lord Qincha, who was in the wind of the jade tree, came out, he immediately knelt down in front of the yamen. The icing on the cake is such a thing, and the county order is very easy to do. Unambiguously take the lead in thanks. Hundreds of people shouted: "Long live, long live." "And I thanked Lord Chincha.

Cheng Linghui didn't expect the scene to be so big, and she was a little overwhelmed for a while. Chang Jiwen, who was following her, quietly held her hand.

Cheng Linghui turned her head sideways, and when she saw the encouragement in Chang Jiwen's eyes, she suddenly felt arrogant. Yanjing is already fluttering. If you ask him what his last name is, he won't know. Deng Ku stopped laughing, trying to make himself look serious, but it was a little funny. Shen Cong, who had always been expressionless, had some blood on his pale face. Even Zhao Qiao, a person who prides himself on seeing a big scene, has put away the usual arrogance of the sons of big families.

Such a grand occasion, even if the Son of Heaven is there in person, I am afraid it will be nothing more than that.

Cheng Linghui can still talk about the scene. When she took out the big characters of Su Tong's handwritten 'Qianqiu Gaoyi'. In front of the county office, there was another mountain shouting long live, and many people even leaned over and cried. Even the county order followed with red circles.

There is only one pair of words, and it is not good for anyone. In the end, the squires unanimously decided to build a memorial arch in the open space in front of the county government and engrave these four words on it. While commending the benevolent people of the Jeolnahe estuary, we can also learn from future generations.

Since then, the Luohe estuary area has really become a land of benevolence. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they are all proud of loving their neighbors and respecting the elderly. The invitation card that Cheng Linghui gave to each family was treasured by many people and regarded as a family heirloom.

Cheng Linghui found the little brother who lost his partner. Keeping his promise and helping the spirit with him to return to the little brother's hometown. Before leaving, the people of Luohekou heard the news and came to send each other off. There are those who send dry food, and there are also those who send clothes, shoes and socks. Occasionally, there are big girls and little daughters-in-law who send purses. (To be continued.) )