Although Youshu's chin didn't go down, the muscles on the side of her cheeks tensed for a moment and then immediately relaxed, and such a subtle expression still couldn't escape King Yama's eyes. He smiled in his heart, but his face was not visible, and he walked around the room, looking around, and then shook his head frequently.

"Honest and diligent, loving the people like a son" is the foundation of an official, this person is indeed doing a good job, but he is really harsh on himself. When other officials returned to their hometowns or went to Beijing to report on their work, there were more than a dozen cars of gold and silver treasures alone, not to mention a beautiful flower. But he only had a small package and two half-worn cages, and all his luggage was worth less than two cents. It is said that "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion and 100,000 snowflake silver", he used all the snowflake silver on the people, but he couldn't even get it together before leaving.

I really don't know whether to praise him or scold him, I didn't take the money I shouldn't take, I don't donate the money I should take, and I don't want to think about what to do if I have an emergency? King Yama sighed, as if he was very helpless, but he also felt very sorry.

He wanted to touch the soft top of Xiao Zhao County's hair, but he withdrew his hand in time, seeing that the other party pretended not to know, picked up a book and looked through it absentmindedly, and his small body was straight, from his expression to his movements, he couldn't help laughing. It's just that he doesn't plan for himself, and someone will always miss him.

With this in mind, King Yama tapped his fingers on his empty cash box, and beckoned a flower cat wandering on the windowsill to arch it to the table. There was a muffled thud, and the box snapped in half, a faint golden glow peeking through the crack.

Youshu seems to be immersed in reading, but the corner of his eye has been staring at the king of Yama, seeing this scene, how can there be anything not understood. The other party must have seen his predicament and tried to help himself. He was so generous and relieved of people's worries, he must have been a great man when he was alive!

Youshu was very moved, and accepted this friendship with peace of mind, and said: In the coming day, if you save enough money, you will make some exquisite sacrifices and burn them for each other as a return gift. He picked up the money box and pulled out a few gold leaves from the mezzanine of the lid, which amounted to a hundred taels of silver when converted into silver, which was a windfall.

One hundred taels, isn't it too much? Youshu quickly summed up the expenses on the road: when he arrived in the capital, he would spend fifteen taels of silver in the sky, another thirty-five taels to find a place to settle, and a balance of fifty taels. After giving so much at once, he had to suspect that King Yama was testing his integrity again, so he scavenged the extra gold leaves aside, bought rice and noodles, clothes, cloth, quilts, vegetables and fruits, and sent them to several nurseries in Lishui Mansion.

Seeing him do this, the king of Yama couldn't laugh or cry. The extra fifty taels were for him to use to buy some delicious supplements for his body, but he donated them in a blink of an eye, it was really an elm head. However, the more upright he became, the more the king of Yama admired and loved him, so he could only go with him—

After making preparations, Youshu hired a coachman to take him to Beijing. He didn't make a big show, but disguised himself and left silently, no one would have imagined that sitting in this simple ox cart was Zhao Qingtian, who had saved tens of thousands of people in Lishui Mansion.

Vehicles swayed along the official road, lined with smoky villages, with ploughing oxen and farmers working in the fields, and children playing on the ridges. Youshu sat on the wheel, looking at this quiet and beautiful Qiē from afar. As if thinking of something, he forced his mental strength into his eyes, looked up, and saw that the sky that was originally full of grievances and ghosts was now a yellow flag and purple cover, and the wind and rain were all over, and it was a peaceful scene.

He put his hand on the pergola and looked at it for a long time, then stood up and raised his arm, as if touching the autumn wind waving around, and then smiled stupidly. King Yama, who had already appeared on the other side of the carriage, immediately disappeared and stared at this rare smile for a moment.

He never knew that when Xiao Zhao County Ling smiled sincerely, he would be so handsome and bright. The words used to describe a woman, such as pink cheeks and double pupils, were not inconsistent with him, so that he couldn't help but look at it again and again, and he was even more reluctant to appear suddenly, so as to destroy this quiet and beautiful scene.

After a long time, he walked over and gently stroked the corners of Xiao Zhao's slightly raised lips.

Youshu clearly felt that her face was cold, but she thought it was caused by the autumn wind, so she didn't pay much attention to it. He stood on the wheels with his arms raised for a long time, waiting for the driver and the passers-by on either side to cast strange glances at him. People in this era have never seen the Titanic, which is really incomprehensible.

As soon as his head was stuck into the carriage, he froze, and saw that the king of Yama was sitting on the main throne with a golden sword, his eyes shining brightly, and his expression was very unpredictable. He reflexively took a calm posture, sat down beside the other person, and then took out a book and slowly flipped through it to hide his nervous feelings.

The king of Yama did not know what to think, and he sat for two or three quarters of an hour without seeing anyone leave, causing him to have a sore back and cramps in his legs and stomach. Finally, until noon, the coachman found an open space near the water, and asked the owner to come down for a short rest, and he was relieved.

Youshu jumped out of the car as if she had been amnestied, stretched out her arms, kicked her legs, and walked back and forth by the river twice, looking like a student who was not a parent official, but a student who went out on a long trip. Because he only had a few dozen taels on him, the servants, maids, masters and other miscellaneous servants could not afford it, so he had to go on the road alone, and the coachman was still hired when renting an ox cart, and he did not know his true identity.

But that's fine, at least the journey is very clean, and you don't have to listen to others' words of gratitude or flattery. Although Youshu has a much more cheerful personality, her essence is still quiet. He took out a piece of dry food and sat down on a big stone by the river to gnaw it slowly, and the king of Yama stood beside him and looked into the distance, not knowing what to think.

The coachman took out the dry cigarette, lit it and smoked it, looking very pleasant, "Little Housheng, are you a talent who went to Beijing to catch the exam?" ”

"No, I'll go to the capital to do some errands." "Zhao Youshu" is a prodigy, he won the champion at the age of eighteen, Youshu took over the body for more than half a year, and now he is less than twenty years old, younger than most of the showmen, no wonder the coachman misunderstood.

"Go and run errands. Are you a native of Suichang? ”

Youshu has never lied, she can say what she can say, and hide what she can't say, "I'm not a local, and I'm temporarily living in Suichang." ”

"Then what is the difference between our Suichang and other places?" Hearing that it was a foreigner, the coachman came and spoke triumphantly.

"Doesn't seem to make a difference?" Youshu has never lived in Dayong Country, how can you say one, two, three?

The coachman was anxious and pointed to the official road not far away, "You can't see this?" If you look at our road, is it particularly flat and wide? Sue you, this flood, most of the state capitals in the south have been washed away, and even now they are still full of sediment and a mess, and the people have no food to eat, no shelter to live, and they are living miserably. Only our Lishui, we Suichang, there is no. As soon as the flood passed, Xiao Zhao County Commander personally led us to rebuild our homes, built the houses, repaired the embankments, filled the roads, sown the seeds and sprouted, everywhere is thriving, and the vitality is infinite! After our Suichang realm, you go to see it, it is simply purgatory on earth, not to mention it, the official road is simply full of holes, and the ravines are difficult to level, which is very different from Suichang! The people of our Suichang are blessed, and they have a good official like Xiao Zhao County Order, if you want me to say, the county orders of the whole Dayong Kingdom are not as good as our Xiao Zhao County Order by a finger! ”

Youshu was praised by the coachman, and when she saw that the king of Yama was listening with relish, and glanced at herself from time to time, she felt more and more ashamed, so she had to bury her face in the bread and gnaw it carefully.

The coachman is a loyal fan of Xiao Zhao's county order, and he talked back and forth countless times about the great achievements of Xiao Zhao County, and then sighed at the end, "I heard that the emperor values our Xiao Zhao county order very much, and has issued an order to summon him back to Beijing." He is a good person and deserves to be rewarded, we naturally hope that he will go further and further, but if we really want to be honest, we are reluctant! If he leaves, we will be like missing the backbone, and we will be very scared all day long. ”

Seeing that the coachman was crying as he spoke, Youshu hurriedly put aside the dry food and said with relief, "Don't be afraid, I heard that the new prefect of Lishui Mansion is also a good official." Life will be better later. ”

"Hey, I know who the new prefect is, and I used to be a fellow governor in Hedong Mansion." The coachman waved his hand, "He is indeed a good official, honest and honest, but he may not have the ability of our Xiao Zhao County Order." Our Xiao Zhao County Order is to take a hundred steps to see a hundred steps, and his various arrangements seem inexplicable to you today, and Ming'er knows that he is like a god. Not only did he write a lot of articles, but he was also proficient in arithmetic, civil engineering, astronomy, and geography, and he almost didn't have to try cases, and he could tell at a glance who was right and who was wrong......

Hearing that the driver began to tell back and forth about his judgment, Youshu's cheeks were red and embarrassed. If it was just the two of them, it would be nothing to boast, but King Yama is still here, and he always feels uncomfortable. In embarrassment, he dropped half a flatbread and rolled down the rocks into the river, attracting many fish to eat. His eyes lit up, and he said, "There are fish in the river, why don't we catch a few and grill them?" ”

The coachman hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and was immediately attracted to it, "Cheng, the fish in autumn are fat and beautiful." I didn't have fishing tackle in the car, so I made a net bag out of grass and rattan. ”

Youshu is full of survival skills, and naturally he will also weave fishing nets, so he pulled the grass and vine to cooperate with him, which can be regarded as stopping. Only King Yama felt that he was still unsatisfied, and sighed silently. For some reason, he likes to listen to others chasing Xiao Zhao's county order, especially when he is embraced, his cheeks are red, his eyes are bright, and the corners of his lips are smiling. No one knew that the real Xiao Zhao County Order was far better than what they described.

However, when he does something seriously, his posture is also very charming, just like that. King Yama sat down beside Xiao Zhao's county commander, staring at his fingers shuttling back and forth among the vines for a moment.

Youshu and the coachman quickly finished weaving the net bag, threw some dry food at the bottom, and then put it in the water, waiting for the fish to burrow into it by itself. I don't know if there are more people fishing recently or what, the fish are very vigilant, only walking around outside, and they don't get set.

Youshu originally just said casually, seeing that the fish was fat and strong, with a round belly, and it looked very delicious, the gluttonous insects also came up, and they went to take a look every once in a while, and they went to take a look every other while, and their expressions were very urgent.

"I said little offspring, don't always run to see it, it will scare the fish away." The coachman was helpless to dissuade him.

Youshu had to sit down and wait, rubbing her stomach from time to time. When the king of Yama saw his greedy appearance, he immediately laughed secretly, and planned to cast a spell to drive the fish into the net, but changed his mind again. It is certainly easy to use mana, but it is also quiet, how can Xiao Zhao County Ling know that he helped him?

It is obviously not his style to be a good person without leaving a name, and the reason why he escorted Xiao Zhao County to Beijing is not his gratitude, his love, and his closeness? Thinking of this, he rolled up his trouser leg and went down to the river to catch fish.

Youshu couldn't understand how King Yama jumped down in a good way, and when he bent down to drive the fish over, he realized that he was actually helping him to make lunch, and his heart was full of excitement and emotion. Because in his opinion, the other party does not know that he can see him, that is, he silently helps himself, but does not want to reciprocate.

How can there be such good people in the world? Youshu secretly thought stupidly, and then bent her eyes wide, and her expression was very happy.

Instead of using their eyes to see their surroundings, the gods rely on their senses. Therefore, Youshu thought that he could show his true feelings by facing away from King Yama, but in fact, his every move was under the surveillance of the other party. Seeing that he was happy, the king of Yama worked harder and harder, and soon caught all the fattest and beautiful fish in the river.

A quarter of an hour later, when the coachman went to pull the nets, they were too full to fill, and they were jumping up and down one by one, making a crisp and loud crackling sound when they fell into the grass, which was very gratifying.

"Good guys, they are those who specialize in fishing for food, and they don't catch as much as us!" The coachman sighed happily.

"If you can't finish eating, put it in the car, and sell it in the next town, and you can earn some money to go back." Youshu picked out a big fish and scraped the scales with a dagger. He couldn't thank the real heroes, and he was very ashamed.

The coachman, who didn't know anything, hurriedly waved his hand, "This fish was caught by the two of us together, and we have to share it if we want to sell it for money." If Xiao Zhao County Commander knew that our Suichang people would love to take advantage of them when they went far away, they would feel disgraced. ”

How can anything happen to me? Youshu felt helpless and had to nod. King Yama also smiled. The two of them got together to grill fish, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

At this moment, several gorgeous carriages drove not far away, and a middle-aged man with a big belly led a graceful and delicate-looking woman to the shore with the support of the maid, ready to rest for a while. A group of servants followed in a mighty manner, some laying mats, some lighting fires, some holding umbrellas to shade the sun, and some taking out food boxes and placing them one by one, looking full of style.

The coachman frequently glanced sideways, apparently complaining about the woman's behavior of not avoiding men and women. Youshu turned a blind eye, and after eating her own fish, she picked the fattest and most beautiful one, and slowly roasted it on the fire. His cooking skills are extraordinary, and he also carries all kinds of spices with him, sprinkles a little cumin, and the banks of the river are full of strong fragrance.

The middle-aged man stretched his neck to look at it, shrugged his nose and sniffed it, and shouted loudly, "Hey, when your fish is baked, I'll send it to my staff, and I'll give you a tael of silver!" ”

One or two silver to buy a fish, this is undoubtedly a sky-high price, if it is an ordinary person, he would have agreed to it upside down, but Youshu waved his hand and refused, "Don't sell it!" ”

"And how much silver do you want?" The middle-aged man thought that the other party wanted to blackmail, and he couldn't help but show a contemptuous expression. The woman rolled her eyes and sneered.

"The reason why I survived the natural disaster is because of the great kindness of the king of Yama to let me go, I am going to sacrifice this fish to the king of Yama, you can't eat it. Want to eat your own baking. Youshu didn't want to cause trouble, so she asked the coachman to send a live fish over. Can't he thank the invisible friend and find an excuse to give him a sacrifice?

Yes, he has unilaterally decided that King Yama is his friend. He has never made friends, and no one else has left a trace in his life except his parents and master. He had never experienced what friendship was like, so it was a little fresh and a little expected.

When the middle-aged man heard that it was burned to the dead, his face immediately darkened, and he waved his hand and said, "Roll on, I don't want to live fish outside of the staff!" Bad luck! ”

The woman was coquettish, "Master, let's go a little farther, it's weird and terrible." ”

A group of servants hurriedly stepped forward to pack up their things and moved to a distant place to sit. The surroundings finally quieted, and the coachman raised his thumb and said in a low voice, "The little poster, worthy of being a scholar, has a flexible brain, and scared away the landlord's old wealth in a few words!" ”

Youshu didn't defend himself and continued to grill the fish seriously.

King Yama was in a happy mood, and he wanted to take Xiao Zhao County Order into his arms and rub it well, but he had to press it temporarily. He originally wanted to expose the fact that he had yin and yang eyes, but now it seems that he doesn't need to. This kind of "you don't know I know you can see me" game is so new and fun that he gradually became addicted to it.

Youshu grills the fish, worships it according to the ancient method of worship, and then throws it into the fire. The flames licked and licked the fish, making a squeak sound, but it was burned to ashes in half an hour.

The coachman was dumbfounded, and muttered, "Are you really dedicated to Lord Yama?" The fire is not big, why did it burn out in the blink of an eye? Could it be that Lord Yama can really receive it? ”

If you don't receive it, you can know it with a glance out of the corner of your eye. Youshu pursed her lips, relaxed and relaxed, but she was quite happy in her heart. I saw a tall man holding a grilled fish skewered with a wooden stick, and he didn't know where to put his mouth. He took a bite into the belly of the fish, chewed and swallowed it slowly, then leaned over and whispered, "Thank you." ”

The deep voice swirled in Youshu's cochlea, and then drilled into every pore, making his hands and feet soften and his heart tremble. You can't nod your head, you can't agree, you can't raise your mouth, you can't bend your eyes! He repeatedly admonished himself that he did not show any flaws, and finally breathed a sigh of relief without a trace.

The king of Yama stared at him intently, and could not notice the tips of his crimson ears and goosebumps all over his neck, as well as his eyes that were more bright and wet than usual. This appearance is obviously not because of fear, but shyness, and teasing Xiao Zhao County Ling is really interesting.

King Yama laughed secretly as he ate, and felt more and more that this trip had come to the right place.

After the two groups of people had rested, they set off one after another because they wanted to rush to the next town for the night. Although the landlord's carriage was faster than the ox cart, it had many cages and a heavy burden, but gradually fell behind Youshu. Youshu was half-leaning against the wall of the car, flipping through a travelogue. The king of Yama reclined beside him, his chin resting on his shoulder, reading together.

He can turn from real to virtual, and from virtual to real, so he doesn't have any weight, just a little chill. But Youshu already regarded him as a close friend, and soon accepted it calmly, and his heart was quite fresh and interesting. He deliberately slowed down his reading, for fear that the other party would not finish reading, so when he was about to turn the page, he would pick up the next page with his fingertips, turn it over when he saw him look back, turn it back when he looked forward, and then quietly squeeze the dimple.

Where is the king of Yama reading books, he is basically reading the order of Xiao Zhao County. The other party thought that he was doing something very hidden, but in fact, every move, smile and smile was within the monitoring of his divine sense. The more he gets along with Xiao Zhao County Order, the more difficult it is for him to control himself, and almost every moment can be taken out and reminisced about, secretly happy.

How can there be such interesting people in the world? He thought about it all the time, and then he couldn't help but laugh.

When the two thought they didn't know each other, but secretly enjoyed it, the ox cart drove into a dense forest, and then went out of the territory of Lishui Mansion. The coachman showed a nervous look, the border between the Gaine state capital is often a place where bandits are rampant, and the officials on both sides don't want to take care of it, and they will raise many bandit dens by pushing them around.

Just as the coachman wanted to remind the owner to pay attention to safety, there was a sound of footsteps in the woods, and then on the trees, in the haystacks, and on both sides of the road, many big men with bows and arrows and machetes suddenly appeared, shouting, "I planted this tree, I drove this road, if you want to cross it from here, leave it to buy road money!" Get out of the car and get out of the car, the robbery is coming! ”

The land and wealth behind him were also surrounded by groups, and they were poking their heads out and begging for mercy.

Youshu had already hidden the excess silver taels in the hollowed-out wheel, and there was nothing in the package except a few taels of broken silver and a few clothes. When he saw King Yama standing on the chariot staring at the bandits, a black light looming on his fingertips, he realized that he had followed him all the way, originally to escort him to Beijing.

Come to think of it, although the new emperor began to rectify the rule of officials, but the villagers who had fallen into the grass have not yet recruited An, if they do not hire a dart master along the way, they will lose their wealth and be injured, and if they are not escorted, they will definitely die for life. Youshu was grateful, and her eyes shone with a little water, looking quite pitiful.

The leader of the bandits looked up and down, and saw that he was dressed ordinarily, and his body was shriveled and thin, and he knew that he was a poor man, and wanted to let him go.

"Boss, let's search for it. In order to avoid robbery, some landlords and gentry also like to pretend to be poor. A bandit dressed as a Confucian came over to warn.

"Search, search together!" The bandit leader felt justified and ordered everyone to remove everything from the car for inspection.

The landlord's old wealth is naturally full of gold, silver and jewelry, silk and satin, and there is nothing else except for a small package and two boxes of old books. And the king of Yama was already standing beside him, holding him in one hand and holding black light in the other, just in case.

The bandit dressed as a Confucian thought that Youshu was handsome and had an outstanding temperament, and he did not look like he was from an ordinary family, so he personally checked his luggage, but turned out a scroll of official documents, a road guide, an official seal, and an official robe. He looked at it, and his face suddenly changed greatly, "Hurry up, let people go!" We actually arrested Xiao Zhao County's order, what kind of sin is this! ”