Xue Maoyezhi, who was welcomed to the Datong Prefecture by Deng Lun and others, proudly enjoyed the fawning of the officials of the Datong Prefecture, and took the two aunts Mei and Lan to the banquet set up in the state capital. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

By the time Xi dispersed, he was already drunk, and said loudly to Deng Lun and the others: "...... This is also a catastrophe from heaven, not your fault, you don't have to worry too much, when I return to Kyoto, I will definitely report to the Queen Mother, the Emperor and King Kang, you are also a meritorious minister in the fight against the disaster, not only should not be punished, but also should be rewarded! ”

Deng Lun and the others nodded again and again, and said with sincere fear: "Thank you Lord Hou, everything depends on Lord Hou's kind words." ”

Xue Maoye waved his hand: "It's okay, since I came here with an edict, I should say a few words for you." After that, he staggered and let Mei Lan's two aunts help him back to the room.

Deng Lun asked Xue Maoye to arrange the wing room where Xue Maoye lived in the largest courtyard of the state capital, Aunt Mei helped Xue Maoye to push open the door with difficulty, and said to Aunt Lan: "Let people go and fetch water, let's freshen up and change clothes for Hou Ye." ”

Aunt Lan nodded, and ordered the girls who were waiting outside the door to fetch water, and she and Aunt Mei waited for Xue Maoye to lie down on the couch, and was about to take off Xue Maoye's official boots, but she heard the sound of footsteps walking outside, and someone asked loudly through the window: "Hou Ye can rest, the little Zhu Jian has asked Hou Ye for peace." ”

Xue Maoye, who was originally drunk and confused, sat up suddenly, and said loudly with red eyes: "Quick, please come in." ”

Aunt Mei and Aunt Lan were startled, weren't they drunk, why did they get up again, and they didn't know who Zhu Jian was, so Xue Maoye was so concerned.

The girl opened the curtain, and the Zhu Jian bowed in, but he was dressed in an ordinary long dress, his round face was full of a kind and humble smile, and as soon as he arrived in the room, he bowed to Xue Maoye: "Master Hou is well, the little one is sorry for you." ”

Xue Maoye didn't mean to be contemptuous, and nodded with a smile: "But does King Kang have any orders?" ”

Zhu Jian took out a secret letter sealed with vermilion lacquer from his sleeve and sent it forward: "The prince ordered the little one to send it to the Hou Ye, saying that it was remote and bitter cold in the northwest, so it was hard for the Hou Ye." ”

Where did Xue Maoye dare to be a little lazy, he hurriedly took the secret letter, and couldn't wait to open it and read it.

Zhu Jian made a thousand: "The little one retired first, and if the Hou Ye has any instructions, just call the little one to come." Then he quit.

Aunt Mei watched the man go out, and then said in a low voice: "Isn't this person from Kyoto who followed us, how did he get in touch with King Kang?" "They came all the way and saw him several times in the convoy.

Xue Maoye opened the letter and reprimanded: "What does the woman and Taoist family know, but he was sent by King Kang to follow me left and right to listen to my orders. He knew that King Kang must not only let him come to the northwest to escort medicinal materials, but also had important errands to be handed over to him, so he let his cronies follow him, he couldn't help but feel a little more proud in his heart, and hurriedly wanted to know what King Kang entrusted to him.

The letter was only a few lines, but it made Xue Maoye frown, and it took a while to put down the letter, and lit the wax lamp on the table next to him, and burned it into ashes by a fire. Aunt Mei and Aunt Lan, who looked at him with a face, couldn't help but be afraid, they had been serving this Hou Ye for some years, they knew his temperament, and they looked like they were kind, but they were the most vicious people, even the old lady Xue who had been married for many years could be willing to do it, and what else could not be done.

The two of them stood aside tremblingly, lest they provoke his anger, but they heard him speak: "Let people ask where the Shen family is placed now." ”

Aunt Mei went out and told the girl to inquire, and Aunt Lan carefully held the tea cup and sent it up, took off her shoes and pinched her legs for him: "Didn't Doctor Shen say that she was going to the hospital today, and she hasn't come back yet." She said softly, "It's just that I really couldn't see it in the Hou Mansion at the beginning, the third lady turned out to be a doctor who knows how to heal, and she has such a blessing as a female doctor." ”

Xue Maoye was eating tea on the couch, and seemed to have ironed a lot, so he said casually: "No matter how capable she is, she is a woman, what can she do, it is just a temporary vote for the queen's preference, I don't look down on her, and the third child didn't even like her at the beginning, so he didn't even enter the door." He said and sneered: "No matter how capable she is, she is also the lower cousin of our Hou Mansion, and she dares to humiliate the Hou Mansion several times, it is really self-defeating." ”

Listening to the meaning of his words, Aunt Lan didn't dare to speak anymore, just lowered her head and pinched his feet.

Aunt Mei soon came in and said, "The people in the state government said that Doctor Shen never came back when she went to the ward, so she sent someone to call the medical officer and Lang Zhong to go over, and stayed there." She looked at Xue Maoye, and was also a little scared, and whispered, "I heard that she went to the Liang family army camp at the pass today, and it took a long time to leave." ”

Xue Maoye smiled coldly: "It seems that I went to see someone in the Liang family's army." He said unhurriedly, "It's okay, let her toss, let people keep an eye on her, and report her daily itinerary to me." ”

When waiting for Xue Maoye to lie down, Aunt Lan glanced at Aunt Mei, and the two walked to the corridor outside the room and whispered to each other.

“…… Now that you've been brought here, you don't have any plans? Aunt Lan looked around and said to Aunt Mei, "Didn't you make a fuss at the beginning, could it be that after a few years of good life for your aunt and grandmother, you were willing to stay?" ”

Aunt Mei clutched her chest and gritted her teeth: "Don't you know me, I've been thinking about escaping every day in the past few years, but what's the way, we were bought by him, and the deed of sale is in his hands, where can we escape?" ”

Aunt Lan was silent for a long time, and then she spoke: "I look at the third lady before, and now Female Doctor Shen is a means, otherwise she wouldn't have snatched the dowry in the hands of such a group of jackals, and left the house in a beautiful manner." She looked at Aunt Mei, "Why don't we go and beg her, maybe there is a way!" ”

Aunt Mei was stunned, but she couldn't make up her mind: "But she has never had anything to do with us, and she is not related to us, how can she be willing to help?" ”

Aunt Lan glanced back at the room where the lights were out, and said in a low voice: "It may not be impossible to have a way, as long as we can help her......