Pei Mingzhao got off the horse at the door of the second room of Yao's house, and Cheng Zhi also followed one after another.

"What's wrong with the Yao family's third room?" Pei Mingzhao asked in a low voice.

Passing by the third room of Yao's house, he saw that there were servants and officials guarding the door, unless they came to arrest people or inspect and raid, they would not make such a big move.

Cheng Zhi said: "It's the inspection of the imperial history that is checking the grain, Taixing County has been imprisoned from the county magistrate to the county and the main book, and the imperial history has been checked all the way to Taizhou Mansion, and the Yao family here has also been implicated." ”

Pei Ming Zhao Jingzhong heard about the inspection of the imperial history, the matter in the pocket of the civil official, no one can say, especially in a place like Nanzhili, just move casually and involve the capital, so the capital is not very optimistic about the imperial history sent by the emperor this time, and if the trouble is small, it is a silent trip in vain, and the trouble is big, at most one or two officials are involved, and it can be regarded as having an explanation in front of the emperor.

But I didn't expect this patrol of the imperial history to turn over the entire Taixing County.

As he spoke, the Yao family came out and said, "Our old lady invites Master Hou in." ”

Pei Mingzhao stretched out his hand and hugged the cloth bag placed on the horse, and strode towards the courtyard.

The subordinate lifted the curtain of the hall, and the cloth bag in Pei Mingzhao's hand was loosened and placed in the chair upright, Wan Ning saw that it was not a cloth bag, and it was a child wrapped in it.

Eight or nine years old.

The second old lady couldn't help but be surprised, "What's going on?" ”

The boy seemed to be frightened and sat there motionless.

"This is the child we saved," Pei Mingzhao's gaze cautiously swept over the eyes of everyone in the room, and then landed on the second old lady. "The man was found, but he did not speak, nor did he drink or eat. There is still a long way to go from Taizhou to the capital, and I am afraid that he will not be able to hold on to the capital. "In front of so many people in the Yao family. He did not bluntly say that he was a loyal and righteous prince.

Wan Ning looked at the child carefully, his head hung down, the bones on the back of his neck bulged high, his hair was messy, the clothes on his body had already been rubbed, his hands were holding his knees, shivering, and sweat kept dripping down his forehead.

When Pei Mingzhao found the prince of Zhongyi, his heart was cold. Although the son of the world is not dead, he was also tortured beyond recognition in the days of hiding.

The second old lady stood up and asked Wan Ning to take two steps forward to see the child on the ground clearly, "Master Hou is covered in dust, and his subordinates are all men, how can he take care of the child." ”

The old lady of the Yao family has a point, these men are helpless against an eight or nine-year-old child.

Wan Ning said: "Can anyone be with this child?" ”

Pei Ming said: "His nurse." ”

Wan Ning met Pei Mingzhao's gaze. Pei Mingzhao shook his head slowly.

The child's nurse must have died.

Wan Ning looked at the second old lady, "Second grandmother, do we have a careful mother at home?" "Finding someone close to the child's nurse to take care of will make the child feel less strange.

Mother Gui hurriedly said: "The slave maid went to call the two trustworthy." The old lady and the young lady choose one. ”

Gui's mother quickly brought her three daughters-in-law over, and several of them seemed to be very friendly, and they were suddenly called. One of them looked a little flustered, and the other looked around. Only the one at the back with a round bun is neither helpless nor too clever.

"That's her." Wan Ning pointed to the daughter-in-law behind her.

The daughter-in-law hurriedly stepped forward. "Slave Qiao Gui's family."

The second old lady said: "Let the kitchen send some snacks and a bowl of steamed cheese." ”

Mother Gui immediately ordered to go down.

Wan Ning looked at Qiao Gui's family, and Qiao Gui's family hurriedly brought water to the front, "Young master, you drink some water." ”

Qiao Guijia's voice was soft, which made people feel very friendly, and the child on the chair raised his head and glanced at Qiao Guijia's twice.

Qiao Guijia's heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly sent the water in his hand over, and when he saw the water cup, the child lowered his head and shrank there.

It doesn't work.

What can I do?

Qiao Gui's family was busy asking Wan Ning for help.

Compared with the tall men of Hou Ye and his entourage, such a gentle woman of Qiao Gui's family is easy to get close to, and women's eyes are much softer than men.

But when the kid heard Qiao Guijia's words, he obviously raised his head, how could he see the water and lowered his head again.

How Qiao Gui's persuasion is useless.

The second old lady also frowned.

Compared with the women in the house, Pei Mingzhao and the men seemed even more helpless.

Pei Mingzhao looked at Miss Yao Qi next to him.

Maybe he was too embarrassed by this woman.

"How do you call this boy on weekdays?"

Pei Ming Zhao said: "If you do five things at home, you will be called the fifth master." ”

Wan Ning walked up to the child, "Fifth Master." ”

The crisp voice in her ear suddenly reminded Wan Ning that she almost forgot that she was still an adult, she was only a twelve-year-old young lady, and she was not guarded at her age.

The child in the chair looked up.

Qiao Gui's family was very happy, and hurriedly handed the water to Wan Ning, Wan Ning sent it forward, but the child dodged again.

She has also done psychological counseling for frightened children, as long as they see a kind expression, the child will not resist like this, fierce resistance, noisy than quiet and not talking is more approachable.

The next person brought snacks.

The newly made dim sum exuded a faint aroma, and Qiao Gui's family picked one with chopsticks and sent it over on a pastel plate, and the child refused to look up at all.

What a fragrant snack with a layer of fried sesame seeds sprinkled on top.

Adults can't help but swallow when they're hungry.

Why don't children want to eat it?

When she was a child, she liked to eat dim sum and liked the sweet taste of milk.

When she was hungry, she even ate cold rice deliciously, how could there be a child who didn't even look at snacks and snacks, just lowered his head and swallowed silently.

What the hell is he afraid of.

Wan Ning reached out and touched the child, but the child shuddered.

"Fifth master, look ......"

The child raised his head, and everyone in the room also looked at Wan Ning, who turned her head to Qiao Gui's house and opened her mouth.

Qiao Guijia couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Then he hesitated to send the snack over.

Wan Ning took a bite and ate half of the snack little by little under the child's gaze.

Wan Ning reached out again and took the snack from the plate. Break one half and put it in your mouth to take a bite and give the other half to your child.

The child stared. Stomach gurgling.

Half of the golden snack was in front of his eyes.

The other half was in her hands, and she ate it in small bites.

The dirty hand finally lifted up, quickly snatched the snack from Wan Ning's hand, and then quickly stuffed it into her mouth.

The sweet snack made him even hungrier, and he ate half of it and went to get another one.

Wan Ning cautiously stepped back, and Qiao Gui's family was busy bringing water to serve.

As long as you start at the beginning, the rest is much easier.

Pei Mingzhao's eyes finally showed a relaxed look.

Wan Ning said: "If the Hou Ye wants to bring the child back to Beijing, he can't go like this, at least he has to bring a woman to serve by his side." ”

Now it seems that this is the only way.

Pei Ming said: "I don't know the people in the family. Can you follow me all the way? ”

The second old lady nodded and looked at Qiao Gui's family, "Can the second child in your family leave?" Although this journey is long, I can't lose you. ”

Qiao Guijia put down the crispy cheese in his hand and said busily: "The slave must do her best." ”

The second old lady said: "You will wait when you arrive in Beijing, and our family will also go to Beijing in a while." ”

Wan Ning said: "What else does Master Hou need?" I asked people to prepare some dry food and water, and I must remember that only what Qiao Gui's family has eaten, the fifth master will eat. At night, the fifth master wants to sleep, put him in the corner against the wall, and let him take his time even if he returns to the capital. Don't think he'll immediately adjust to his former life. ”

The fifth master is very vigilant, although she doesn't know what happened to the nurse with him, but she can see through those eyes. See some clues.

Pei Mingzhao nodded, maybe during this time, the nurse will try to eat the things she bought out of caution before giving them to the fifth master. Miss Yao Qi did this because she wanted the prince to know that those things would be fine if she didn't eat them.

Wan Ning continued: "The fifth master is better now. If you leave here, you may have another attack, you may sweat, hot flashes or chills, and even shout loudly, Hou Ye wants Qiao Gui's family to persuade him, it is best to find a carriage to send the fifth master back to the capital, and the car is more reassuring to the fifth master than on horseback. ”

Pei Mingzhao looked at Wan Ning, how could Miss Yao Qi know so much, and even thought of what situation he would encounter on the road.

He, a person who had been in the barracks, changed his position in the face of such a demure young lady with a smile on her lips at all times.

Originally, he thought that it was safest to send his son back to Beijing by horse, but now he felt that the most reliable way was to find a carriage.

……

There is no need to go to the street to buy things for use on the road, Cheng Zhi felt a lot more relaxed, and turned around to go to a small sedan chair next to him, "Mr. Yang, Hou Ye has sent a message to you to rest assured, the prince has already eaten, we are going to find a carriage now, Hou Ye said that when the prince changes his clothes, we will leave." ”

Yang Jing was very surprised, when the Hou Ye took the prince to the temple, it was because he wanted to find a Langzhong in Taixing County to treat the prince, he had seen the prince before, so he went to talk to the prince, who knew that the prince didn't pay attention to anyone at all.

The invited Lang Zhong used a needle, and the prince did not get better, and the Hou Ye suddenly remembered that there was a seventh lady in the Yao family.

"Please tell me, it's inconvenient to see the Yao family, I want to go and see the prince." Yang Jing knocked on the door of the sedan chair, and immediately someone stepped forward to open the curtain, and Yang Jing walked out of the sedan chair.

Instead of waiting here, you might as well go in and take a look.

The next person went in to say goodbye, and the second old lady looked at Pei Mingzhao, "Master Hou, who is Mr. Yang you are talking about?" ”

Pei Mingzhao said: "It was the late master of the former James Mansion James Cao Chang, who taught two champions and several jinshi. ”

Shen Jingyuan looked at Mrs. Shen Si in surprise, "Are you talking about Mr. Yang Jing?" ”

The second old lady looked at Shen Jingyuan, "Fourth Master Shen also knows Mr. Yang Jing?" ”

"I know," Shen Jingyuan's face flushed, "Two years ago, I followed a friend of the Shen family to visit Mr. Yang Jing and took a lot of gifts, but I didn't even see anyone." ”

The children of businessmen are like this, if they hand over the post, it will be returned immediately.

Every time he saw Brother Kun studying seriously, he was thinking, a good academy can't get in, and it's even more difficult to find a good master, Xixi is also asking someone to ask for it again and again, and the reply he heard is that Brother Kun is too young, so there is no need to worry.

Yao Yizhou also looked nervous, and hurriedly stood up and smoothed his robe with his hands, "Mr. Yang Jing arrived in Taixing County, and we didn't even know it. "Mr. Yang Jing has lived in Yangzhou for a while, and how can the students of Nanzhili not know Mr. Yang Jing's truth.

"I'm going to greet Mr. Yang." Yao Yizhou saluted Pei Mingzhao as he spoke, and hurriedly went out.

Yao Yizhou went out, and Qiao Gui's family had already brought out the prince who had changed his clothes.

The face of the prince was washed, revealing his delicate facial features, the appearance of the son of a big family, but a pair of eyes were deeply sunken, full of fear and uneasiness, as if he would be frightened anytime and anywhere.

The second old lady couldn't help sighing, a good child was tossed like this, thanks to the presence of seven girls, she could coax the child to eat some food and drink some water.

Pei Mingzhao raised his eyebrows in a little surprise, but he changed his clothes and wiped his face, and the prince looked very different from before.

At least now you can find the outline of that face.

Yao Yizhou opened the curtain and invited Yang Jing to enter the door.

The first thing Yang Jing saw when he stepped into the room was the Zhongyi Hou Shizi, who hid behind a woman, no longer curled up on the ground and shivered.

It's only been an hour, and it's really getting better.

The Yao family really thought of a way, no wonder Hou Ye would come to Yao's house at this time.

The second old lady instructed her subordinates to serve refreshments, and looked at Yang Jing with a smile, "The old man is a village woman, and the noble person who suddenly came to the house is inevitably not well entertained, and I also ask Master Hou and Mr. Yang not to be surprised." ”

Yang Jing said: "Where are you, we are bothering us." ”

Yao Yizhou stood aside and couldn't speak nervously, and took a long breath before stepping forward, "Student Yao Yizhou of Taizhou County." ”

Yang Jing nodded, and only said, "The Yao family is a big family. ”

Wan Ning suddenly had a little more respect for Mr. Yang Jing.

Mr. Yang Jing is not much younger than his second grandmother, and he has a good reputation, but he is also polite and thoughtful, this is a real person of insight, unlike his grandfather, who has repeatedly failed in the imperial examinations, but he still has to pretend to be elegant.

Yang Jing looked at Pei Mingzhao, "Master Hou is going to stay in Taixing County for one night?" ”

Pei Ming Zhao said: "While it's not dark yet, you can rush for a while, and you will have a place to settle not far from Taixing." ”

Cheng Zhi led the carriage and waited at the door.

Pei Mingzhao couldn't stay long, so he stood up and said goodbye, and Yang Jing also went out.

……

sent Pei Mingzhao and Mr. Yang away, and Wanning served the second old lady into the house to rest.

The second old lady breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Wan Ning, "It can be regarded as saving a life, and you have your merits." ”

Wan Ning picked up the second old lady, "There is no such thing as a granddaughter." ”

The second old lady held Wanning's hand and said slowly: "That Yong'an Hou, the first time he came, he didn't want to reveal too much, and the second time he handed over the post, the post was stamped with the big seal of the Yong'an Hou's Mansion, it was because you helped him that he trusted us so much, otherwise he traveled lightly and went out of Beijing to do business, how could he leak his whereabouts at will." ”

Wanning's jaw head.

The second old lady continued: "I don't feel at ease when you go back to Beijing, your father and the Zhang family are not good people, so I asked your uncle what they planned." ”

The Shen family's business is not good, she has long heard her aunt say that her uncle will go to Beijing after collecting grain in Taizhou, and the Shen family will close several stores in the capital.

That's when she made up her mind to return to Kyori.

It's not just to help her uncle, the good business in her hands can only be spread more widely in Beijing.

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I checked it and corrected some minor mistakes. (To be continued......)