The news of the murder of the Caozhou Prefecture soon reached Anyang, and Emperor Ming was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the case. However, before the facts of the case were known, news of the killing of local officials began to come out of various states.

The slain officials were accompanied by a paper indictment and a carved wooden shackle. For a while, it was widely rumored among the people that there were righteous people who did the right thing for heaven and specially punished those corrupt officials who endangered the people.

And these follow-up things, at the beginning of the journey also occasionally heard of it, and there are a lot of worries about it in my heart, until the Ming Emperor was in power, there seems to be a state of turmoil in the world of Dachu.

When I arrived in Anyang, it was the end of August and summer.

It is almost ten o'clock at lunchtime, the scorching sun is in the sky, it is the peak of the summer heat, there is not a trace of people to be seen on the official road of loess tamping, and there are quite few pedestrians in and out of the city gate, most of them avoid this day and wait for later before traveling.

On the tower of the city, a woman and her servants were leaning against the stone railing, anxiously looking at the end of the long loess road.

"Madam, the sun is poisonous, so let's get inside and wait." The maid beside him said.

"Yes, Madame will stay inside first, and I'll watch it." Xiao Xiao echoed on the side

Ying Ruolan shook her silk fan irritably, "No need, I'll stay here and wait." said that this kid said that he would arrive today, but why hasn't he seen it yet. As soon as the words fell, there were traces of people on the official road.

"Madame! Madam! Someone, isn't it Miss they arrived?! Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up and he said happily.

Ying Ruolan probed, and sure enough, she saw a line on the official road, followed by four carriages, which were the carriages at the beginning of the month, and she was immediately overjoyed, "It's her, it's her." Let's go down and have a look! The men went down from the tower, and the carriage had arrived at the gate.

Early in the morning of the first month of the month, she saw people waiting on the castle tower, and as soon as the carriage stopped, she jumped out of the carriage and flew away. "Mother!" exhaled crisply, and his eyes were full of coquettishness

"It's finally back," Ying Ruolan snorted, her eyes a little wet, "Let my mother take a good look, my mother's baby has lost weight...... This sinful ......"

When the recital at the beginning of the month was presented to Beijing, Hangfu naturally knew what happened to her in Caozhou, and Ying Ruolan was so frightened that she couldn't sleep all night and cried for half a night.

"It's okay, it's okay, isn't this a good way back?" Looking at Ying Ruolan's anxious appearance, a sense of guilt arose in her heart at the beginning of the month, and she could only express her comfort. "Mother, you go back first, I still have to go to the palace to report on my work." , glancing back at the carriage behind her, she said again.

"No need, someone in the palace passed the emperor's message early this morning, asking you to go back to the house to wash the dust and then enter the palace to report on your work." Ying Ruolan lifted her sleeve and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Why else would my mother be waiting here early in the morning." ”

As the words fell, a man in a brown official robe walked towards her, followed by two guards. Seeing this at the beginning of the month, let Ying Ruolan wait for a while and take a few steps forward.

"Lord Hang, the subordinate Feng Ju, came here to take over the soldiers and prisoners accompanying the adults by the emperor's dictation, and then entered the palace to ask the emperor for his duties after the adults washed the dust." He saluted at the beginning of the month.

The moon nodded and replied, "Then there is Lord Lao Feng." ”

Feng Ju smiled, glanced around, carefully took out a small post from his sleeve and handed it to Yue Yue, and whispered, "This is the mountain monarch entrusted me to hand it over to Lord Hang." ”

On the first day of the first month, I was stunned, and I accepted the small post.

Then Feng Ju came behind her and began to arrange the affairs of the soldiers and horses. At the beginning of the month, his eyebrows sank slightly, and he returned to Ying Ruolan's side.

"Yue'er? What's wrong? Ying Ruolan immediately asked when she saw her appearance.

"It's okay, but I didn't expect the emperor to be sympathetic to his subordinates." At the beginning of the month, he made an excuse and laughed.

On the contrary, as soon as Ying Ruolan heard this, she was a little hesitant, but because of the public, she couldn't say much. When I saw her like this at the beginning of the month, I knew that she was complaining about disaster relief again. I can only laugh and say, "Okay, mother." We're all left, let's go back quickly, Yue'er is still waiting for lunch. ”

Unlike at the beginning of the month, Yun Xiang and the others were not the main business of this disaster relief, so they did not need to face the saints, and went back to their homes to rest as soon as they entered the city.

At the mention of lunch, Ying Ruolan smiled and said, "Okay, today, it's all about cooking your favorite dishes, eat more in a while, look at your appearance, but you have to make up for it." My mother also made iced cinnamon wine, and waited for ...... to eat" chattered all the way back to Hangzhou.

As soon as I got out of the carriage, I saw a small guy standing at the gate of Hangfu, and when I saw the beginning of the month, I stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Hang." ”

At the beginning of the month, he raised his eyes and was stunned. It's the little guy next to Xu Shiheng. Ying Ruolan thought it was business, so she went first to arrange lunch.

"What's the matter?" She frowned slightly, and asked.

The little servant took out a delicate invitation from his sleeve, "Our family will hold a banquet in the mansion soon, and Lord Wen will return to Beijing today and invite you." He said respectfully.

Yue Yue raised his eyebrows and looked down at the invitation in his hand. There was a dull look of incomprehension under his eyes. "I'm tired of my little brother." After a few moments, she reached out and slowly took the invitation.

has received the post, but saw that the little guy stood in place and did not leave, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked at the beginning of the month, and he secretly sneered: "Qingdai, give the little brother some tea money, it's hard work." ”

When the little girl heard this, he said happily: "Thank you, my lord, my lord." He took the bounty and left.

At the beginning of the month, he pursed his lips, lowered his head and glanced at the invitation, Xiao Xiao said indignantly on the side: "Isn't it just that the promotion is faster, and everyone really wants to climb his master?" "It's probably because I got a reward for sending invitations to other people, so I dare to ask for it so wantonly.

"Xiaoxiao!" Qing Dai whispered, "Miss hasn't spoken yet." "This three-way disaster relief, the beginning of the month is the hardest one, I don't want to reward the least, Qingdai is afraid of mentioning the beginning of the moon.

"Out of the way. Xiao Xiao was right. At the beginning of the month, his eyes darkened and he smiled. Okay, let's go inside. Mother is still waiting for us to eat. ”

I had lunch and took a shower. There was news from the palace that the emperor instructed her to rest well, enter the palace at the time of Shen, and give food in the palace tonight, so she didn't have to go back to the house for dinner.

The beginning of the month was slightly sluggish, thank you. After the father-in-law who passed the message left, she took a bowl of iced cinnamon brew and sat under the cloud flower stand in the courtyard and ate it leisurely. While eating, I thought about the post sent by Min Shuo and Xu Shiheng, one was the tea in Minfu the next day, and the other was a small banquet in Xufu five days later.

This time, I received two invitations, and it seems that Anyang is no longer peaceful.

In the late summer afternoon, the lonely cicada chirps, the yard is full of the fragrance of the white crane fairy, lying on the rattan couch, looking at the clear sky, the white clouds are long, the beginning of a long time sighs lightly, and falls asleep in a daze.

I woke up from a nap, straightened my clothes and left for the palace.

"Your Majesty is waiting in the Wind Dew Garden, Lord Hang, please." The same little eunuch who was introduced as last time.

Skirt the lotus pond and pass the promenade. The scenery along the way is picturesque, and I was amazed at the beginning of the month, which is worthy of being a royal garden. When he met Emperor Ming, he was fishing under a willow tree, and there was only an old eunuch guarding him, and the others were standing in a row a mile away. (To be continued.) )