At night, ten miles in the suburbs of Beijing, an official road post station, in the lighted house on the second floor of the courtyard, a bright woman is coaxing the child in her arms to sleep, the woman's green silk is coarse and coarse behind her ear, whispering softly, her face is full of tenderness, and the child in her arms has fallen asleep. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The room is simple, only three or two burdens are gently placed on the table on the side, the bed is covered with a royal blue mattress, but it does not seem to be commensurate with this room, at a glance it is known that the woman deliberately made an additional bed on the original bed, looking at the woman's plain and clean clothes, thinking that he is also a master who likes to be clean, after all, it is outside, this is still a little exquisite.

As soon as the woman put the child in her arms in the bed, there was a slight knock on the door behind her, and the woman covered the brocade quilt for the child, and then got up and dressed up her regular clothes, and then walked to the door and asked, "Master?" ”

A man outside the door chuckled: "Zijun, it's me, open the door." ”

It turns out that this woman's name is Zijun, Zijun, Zijun is an elegant name, and looking at this woman's elegant and neat appearance, she is worthy of this Zijun's name.

As soon as the woman heard that it was her husband, she smiled and pulled the bolt of the door, opened the door and said, "Has the master seen that person?" ”

The man smiled and walked into the house: "Well, after chatting with Yicheng for a while, the man is still in Beijing, but there is a letter, I see." ”

"It's coming, and you're still in such trouble." The woman took the man's cloak and smiled.

The man sat on the chair and said with a smile: "He is also going south, not because he is afraid that he will miss returning to Beijing, so he came with a letter in advance, just in case." ”

The woman handed over a cup of hot tea to the man and said, "Master, what happened to him?" This is about to get to the capital. ”

After taking two sips of tea, the man pouted and said, "It's okay, the house has been bought, and there are four or five rooms in a small courtyard, which is enough for Ziran's child to live." ”

"Can't Ziran really live with us?" The woman was a little disappointed.

"Hey, of course you can, it's just that the kid is older after all, and there are more things on his mind, if we have a single house, he will be fine, but now he has to go back to Yan Mansion to live for a year and a half, I'm afraid that the kid will be wronged, I also talked to him, he is willing to live in a single house first, but it's a matter of moving around a lot." The man sighed.

"Hey, that child has been with us not long after he was born, just like his own son, but now he suddenly wants to live together, I am always a little sullen in my heart, who will take care of Ziran's food and clothing in the future?" The woman was worried.

"Zijun, I can't bear it, but at most it's a year, when the time comes, we will be in the independent mansion, won't Ziran be able to come back again, besides, even if they live separately, Ziran wants to go to Yan's mansion to see us, isn't it a matter of time, it's not that I can't see it, don't worry about it, otherwise Ziran's child should be more careful." The man reassured.

"Hey, yes, we're all sojourners, not to mention that kid, we still can't wronged him." The woman nodded.

"Yes, by the way, you have to keep the silver that Master Xiao handed over to you, and it was all reserved for Ziran, except for the money for buying the house this time, there should be some left, right?" The man asked suddenly.

"There are still a lot left, along with that letter, I am locked in a box alone, you can rest assured, it is for Ziran to go to school and live in the future, I will naturally be extra attentive." The woman said with a smile.

"Hey...... That's good, this Master Xiao is also strange to say, why don't you want to go back to Beijing with us, it's a pity. The man sighed.

"Master, maybe Master Xiao has something unspeakable, after all, he was once prominent, but now he is so down, such a gap, no one will feel good if he changes." The woman persuaded.

"Hey...... They were all victimized by traitors, otherwise Ziran would be a noble son who has no worries about food and clothing. The man shook his head and sighed.

"Okay, everyone has their own fate, since Master Xiao has entrusted the child to us, we should treat the child well, we are all good, we just can't wronged the child, I was afraid that the people in the Yan Mansion would gossip a lot, but now that you have arranged it, I don't have to worry too much."

The man suddenly said with a ashamed face: "Zijun, Ziran, I have arranged it there, but let's ...... Ay...... I'm afraid I'm going to wronged you again when I go back this time. ”

When the woman heard her husband say this, she smiled and said: "What grievances are not wronged, the most difficult ones have survived, what is so terrible, as long as our family is with Meimei, I am not afraid of no matter how difficult things are." ”

"Zijun...... You know the temper of those people in the Yan Mansion. The man reminded.

The woman replied with a smile: "Shuqing, that was back then, you were a concubine who had no achievements, I was a young new daughter-in-law, we were helpless, they naturally didn't have a good face, but today you are a fourth-grade official of the imperial court, and I am also a lady who has been given an edict, so why do they have to weigh it first." ”

"Hehe, Zijun, you're really a big breath." The man laughed.

The woman glanced at the man and smiled: "Why, my husband is not allowed to raise his eyebrows if he has the ability." ”

The man knew that the woman in front of him was joking, they had been married for more than ten years, and he knew very well what kind of character the woman in front of him was, tenacious and intelligent, if it weren't for the encouragement and trust of the woman in front of him back then, maybe he wouldn't have made such a decisive decision, maybe they are still a young couple in the Yan Mansion who are angry, how can they have the days when they are wearing official robes now.

Recalling the hardships and forbearance in the past, the man took the woman's hand with some reluctance and guilt and said, "Zijun, it's really hard for you." ”

The woman attached her other hand to the back of the man's hand and smiled slightly: "Shuqing, no matter how hard I work, I am still busy in the house, how can I compare to you fighting on the battlefield, today's happy days, you fought back with your life, how can I not cherish it, don't worry, she said that in the end, she is also the mother who raised you, I will naturally be filial piety, as for the things between the concubines, I am confident that I can still handle them, you don't have to worry about these things as a big man." ”

"Zijun......" the man moved.

"Don't worry, they can't bully me now, don't you know that when I was in the northwest, I cleaned up those northwest women well, the concubines in the Yan Mansion are all from everyone's background, the best face, as long as they give them enough face, there will be no major contradictions, anyway, we will go out to live alone for a year and a half, I just don't want to be able to endure it for you and the children." The woman said firmly.

"Zijun, you don't have to work so hard, if they are really unreasonable or bullying you, just tell me, I will definitely be angry for you!" The man named Shuqing clenched his fists and said.

"Okay, it's not in the northwest when the time comes, you still have to beat people, don't worry, naturally nothing will happen, you can do your official job, leave the affairs in the house to me." The woman knew that her husband was worried that she would not get along with the concubines from that family, but it was difficult for men to really solve the matter between women.

The woman remembered that when she was in the army in the northwest before, a ragy woman argued with her, and almost made a move, and her husband knew that he didn't say a word and beat the shrewd man directly, and he beat the man so that he couldn't get out of bed for half a year, and since then, no one in the northwest army has dared to embarrass her, and her husband's reputation for protecting his daughter-in-law has spread like this, and now he feels warm in his heart when he thinks about it.

As soon as this heart warmed, the eyes became full of affection, and the man's heart warmed up when he saw it, and he began to be dishonest when he held the woman's hand.

The woman smiled and withdrew her little hand, then glanced at him and said, "It's late at night, and we have to hurry tomorrow morning, so tie the door and rest early." ”

So saying, the woman got up and twisted her waist and went to the inner room, and the man smiled knowingly, and did not reply, but got up and tied the door of the house, and went inside.

It wasn't long before there was only a dim kerosene lamp flickering on and off at the bedside, and it was really the dead of night.

It turned out that the husband and wife who had just had a conversation in this house were the Yan couple who had just been transferred back to Beijing from the northwest to work, the man's name was Yan Shuqing, who was originally a concubine of the old lady Yan in Beijing, and now he is the general of the Sipin Zuoling, and the woman is Mo Zijun, the son-in-law who has been with him for more than ten years.

The two have a young daughter and a son, the eldest daughter Yan Ruojiu, nicknamed Ah Wei, is in her early twelves this year, and the second son Yan Wenxiu has just passed the age of five, and he and his wife were entrusted by friends to bring back a boy named Fei Ziran who was about eighteen years old, and the family returned to Beijing, and they have been on the road for more than ten days, and now they will arrive in the capital tomorrow.

In the courtyard of the post station, the bright moonlight scattered all over the place, and occasionally a gust of autumn wind blew in the silent air, and the sound of insects was lonely, and the autumn moon seeped into the house but it was very cool.

Suddenly, the lights gradually turned on in a room on the first floor, and before long, the door of the room was opened with a creak, and a green girl looked out, and then cautiously raised her legs and jumped out of the room.

The little girl turned around and carefully closed the door, and the cat tried to move forward, but her neck was poured by a sudden autumn wind, and she shrank her neck and shivered, but she could not hold back a sneeze, and then looked around vigilantly, and then rubbed her arms and paced out along the corridor with her coat on.

Within two steps, the little girl seemed to see something, stopped, followed the little girl's attentive eyes, and saw that there seemed to be a person sitting on the bench at the entrance of the cloister not far away, and the bright moonlight was sprinkled on him without any scruples, as if coated with a layer of silver light.

The little girl tilted her head and looked at it cautiously for a long time before she said weakly and uncertainly, "Brother Ziran? ”

This soft cry was really faint, but in this silent night, it seemed melodious and crisp, and the person sitting on the bench in the cloister obviously heard something, and looked back at this side, and looked stunned for a moment, and then saw him raise his hand and asked some questions: "Little Ah Yue?" ”

As if hearing the man's question, the little girl shrugged her shoulders and smiled slightly: "Well, it's me, Brother Ziran." ”

It turned out that the little girl who sneaked out of the house in the middle of the night was the eldest daughter of the Yan couple upstairs, nicknamed Ah Wei, the girl whose big name was Yan Ruojiu, through the moonlight, although it was not very clear, but she could also see the little girl's crystal clear and cunning little appearance, and she was really a little lotus who showed her sharp corners.

And sitting on the bench in the cloister is Fei Ziran, the son of a friend who has been worried about the Yan couple for a long time, surrounded by the moonlight, his handsome face looks even more charming.

"You...... Hehe......" seemed to confirm each other's identities, and the two of them spoke at the same time, but they were interrupted by each other's voices at the same time, and both of them laughed again.

"Hehe, come to me." It was the young man on the bench who spoke first.

The little girl ran a few steps happily, went to the bench and said with a smile: "It turns out that Brother Ziran hasn't slept yet?" ”