"Queen Mother,... These literati must have written poems and songs to praise us, but what else could they have?"

Empress Dowager Xie's body fell to the ground again, and then said: "You, you, you, you are really confused, emperor, no matter what you do, the mourning family has a sentence anyway, you must guard the Great Song Dynasty for me, if you can't keep it, I have to follow the funeral." The voice was long, very bleak.

"The queen mother, the child knows." Song Duzong nodded, he looked at the back of the Empress Dowager Xie leaving, and then went to the study, recently he caught a few more crickets, ready to take the time to continue to play with the ministers.

Song Qing's team rested in the mountains and forests for a night, and the next morning, they got up and continued to hurry, walked for several hours in a row, and finally came to the outside of Longzhou City when it was almost noon.

It is a big city, with a population of tens of millions, seven or eight million who have been stationed for a long time, and four or five million who have come in from other places to work.

There are too many people, there are tens of thousands of people, and if they walk on the street, they will attract the attention of many people.

Tang Yueyue said: "My lord, this is Longzhou, since I was a child, I have longed for the life of the big city, the world of flowers outside, how has it come to the present, I still can't believe it."

Song Qingdao: "What's the matter, Miss Yueyue, do you want to play in this big city?" How many adults are there, and they are still so childlike.

Tang Yueyue stuck out her tongue, "My lord, how come I have a baby heart?" I just want to see the outside world, what's this? And my lord, I also know that there is an opera troupe in Longzhou. ”

"Isn't the theater troupe? What's so strange about that?" Song Qing had nothing to say.

Vice General Chao and Vice General Yun were also interested, "Miss Yueyue, tell me quickly, I have liked to watch dramas since I was a child, can you tell me what kind of drama troupe this is?"

Tang Yueyue sold a pass and said: "When I didn't know the adults yet, I heard someone say that there is an opera troupe in Longzhou, called the Qingtian Opera Troupe, and every one of their plays is about Lord Bao to judge the case."

As soon as Tang Yueyue said this, Song Qing became interested at the moment, there were only two people he admired the most in his life, one was General Yue Fei, and the other was Master Bao.

"Miss Yueyue, just now you said that this troupe only sings about Master Bao's play? Are you serious at the moment?" Song Qing looked very excited.

Tang Yueyue immediately canceled, "My lord, were you not interested in singing just now?" What do you mean at the moment? ”

"This, this.... Song didn't want to see it before he saw Lord Bao, although he was the Northern Song Dynasty, and we were the Southern Song Dynasty, but Song's respect for him had crossed the era.

Tang Yueyue and the three of them glanced at each other, and there was one at this moment

He said, "My lord, since you have asked, then I said that this drama troupe is said to start every other day, and if you calculate, there will be one tomorrow." ”

"It's just that my lord, this place is still a little far away from our side, we can't go over today, we can only wait until tomorrow."

Song Qing has no opinion, tomorrow will be tomorrow, it's a big deal to rush tomorrow during the day, and watch the play at night.

It was late at night, the food was ready, Song Qing and the others went into the tent and started to eat after serving it, he had been away from home for some days, and he had no idea what the situation was now.

I don't know if the news of my mother and younger brother has been known by other corrupt officials, and they will not be willing to let them go, because my father has offended too many people before.

And Song Duzong is mediocre and incompetent, under his leadership, the Great Song Dynasty will only get worse and worse.

After eating the food, everyone had already begun to sleep, but there were soldiers keeping vigil outside, and Song Qing walked over alone.

"Your Excellency." He was very respectful, because Song Qingnai was a criminal officer and a Qing official, except for officialdom. No one will hate it.

Song Qingdao: "This soldier, who are you from, and how many years have you been in the barracks?"

"Back to the adult, the little one is from Jiangxi, and he has been in the military camp for nearly 18 years, so it can be said that his youth has been handed over to the Great Song Dynasty and handed over to the imperial court.

Eighteen years? Even if it was a standard guy at the beginning, he was middle-aged at the moment, eighteen years was too long, it was too short, for people in this life, as long as the days can go on, even one hundred and eighty years is not much.

"Eighteen years? Then Song asked you, how do you feel about your life in the past 18 years? Is it hard?"

"Back to the adults, the little ones have been in the barracks, and it's not hard work, but I miss my father and mother in my hometown, and I haven't gone back to see them."

He raised his head and looked at Song Qing deadly, "My lord, I want to ask you for a leave, it's been eighteen years, I don't know what my parents are like now, my lord, I want to take the time to go back once."

Song Qing didn't think about it, it's like this, they should go back and take a look, the people who can't worry about it the most in this life should be their parents.

Song Qing gave him ten taels of silver, "Tomorrow, you can go to your neighbors, and say that Song has promised you a holiday, but remember to go and go back quickly, because we don't know how long we can stay here."

The soldier looked at the silver handed over by Song Qing, and he was a little afraid to accept it, after all, this was Song Ti's punishment

Song Qing saw what he thought, but he also opened his mouth, "Take it, it should be given to you by Song from the military expenses, this is your reward, eighteen years, ten taels of silver is indeed not much."

After the latter took it, he was very moved, and tears flowed from his eyes, Song Qing was the best adult he had ever seen.

Song Qing continued: "You take the silver and go back to sleep, after all, you have to travel tomorrow, if you don't rest well tonight, it will affect you."

“... My lord, but this..."

"But? Don't be, this is an order, do you want to disobey it? Go ahead, go back and rest, you are not the only one standing guard, and Song can also replace you. ”

The latter departed and walked towards the tent, where Song Qing stood where he had been, ready to take his place tonight.

The night has passed, and the sky in the east has already appeared white, Song Qing kept watch all night last night, and there are too many people to prepare for breakfast, and it must be timely.

Tang Yueyue walked out of the house, and when she saw Song Qing appearing here, she immediately came over. "My lord, why did you come out early in the morning? And I see your eyes are red, could it be that you didn't sleep last night?"

"Sleep? No need, Song Mou thought about it all night last night, Yueyue girl, let's go, after keeping watch all night, Song Mou is still sleepy at the moment. ”

When he entered the tent, he happened to come over to the deputy general at this moment, and shouted: "My lord, let's hurry up today, we have to go to this Qingtian opera troupe during the day, and then watch Lord Bao's play, hey, why are your eyes red?"

Tang Yueyue said: "Deputy General Chao, how did you arrange the vigil last night?" Why did the adults keep a vigil outside all night?"

The deputy general was very wronged, "Miss Yueyue, how dare I arrange an adult vigil, isn't it bold."

Song Qing explained: "Okay you, in fact, Song couldn't sleep last night, so he kept vigil for a soldier for one night, did the food be ready?" After eating, I'm going to really go to this theater to have a look.

Soon, a soldier sent a steamed porridge, and it was not good to eat it early in the morning.

They hurriedly ate the food, and then ordered to take care of the military camp, and the next moment they walked towards Longzhou City.

After walking for about half an hour, they finally entered the street, which was more prosperous than all the county towns they passed, and the common people lived a very good life, and there were no beggars on the streets.

"It's a good Longzhou, it's a big city, I haven't entered the city center yet, and I finally feel its prosperity at this moment, my lord, if there is a chance, the people really want to buy a house and settle here."

Song Qingdao: "You have to spend money to buy a house, don't you just marry a local?"

The deputy general also teased, "Yes, Miss Yueyue, I think your conditions are not bad, but you will be taken by a rich boy after a while." ”

Tang Yueyue was very embarrassed, she didn't know how to answer.

They inquired about the location of this troupe while walking, and the deputy general was also frightened by the prosperity of this place at the moment, "My lord, this place is really good, it is much stronger than Taiping County and Mafeng County, and my subordinates also want to settle here." ”

Tang Yueyue also found an opportunity to be sarcastic, "Deputy General Chao, this is not simple, isn't it over if you marry a local?" If she has a property in her family, maybe you won't even have to buy a house.

This time it was the turn of the adjutant general to be embarrassed, and she didn't know how to answer.

Longzhou City is very large, and it took an hour to walk, and not even a tenth of it.

But the location of this troupe has indeed been found, there are a few crooked and oblique outside the door, which is not neat, and the door is about to corrode, and it is estimated that life is not good, and there is no money.

Song Qingdao: "Miss Yueyue, this is what you call the Qingtian Opera Troupe?" Judging from the gate, it seems that their life is not very good. ”

Tang Yueyue was also suspicious, she simply ran to the gate and asked, and found some clues.

"My lord, I asked just now that this is the troupe, but they have not been very lucky recently, and it seems that they have been suppressed by the yamen.

"Suppression? Did you violate the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, why do you want to suppress it again? Strange, right? Could it be that he said Master Bao's play, and then the yamen thought it was mapping them, so he stopped doing it?" Song Qing was speechless.

Tang Yueyue said: "I don't know, why don't we help ask after watching the play at night?" If it is really done by the governor here, it seems that the adults are busy.

Song Qingen sighed, he also meant this.

Time passed minute by minute, and soon night had come, outside the troupe, there were not many people walking inside, Song Qing and a few people were also happy, and then came to the door to buy tickets, and then went inside.

There are hundreds of stools in the hall, which can accommodate hundreds of people, which is not bad, Song Qing and the others came to the front position and sat down, waiting for the banquet to open.