I saw Xu Guangqi in front of him dressed in a green shirt, carrying a big cotton cloth bag on his back, standing under the big tree outside the city gate and looking at Guo Zhiyuan with a smile, and when he saw him, he strode over, and respectfully gave a salute and said: "Childe, I have been waiting here for a long time, the day before yesterday, I listened to Gongzi's words, Fang Zhizi is really a frog at the bottom of the well, and he is only a waste of spring and autumn when he lives for more than 40 years, and he has thought it through ......."

Guo Zhiyuan's mouth opened wide, and his heart was about to jump out of his heart with joy, and it took a long time to come to his senses, and he laughed and said: "If Mr. is a frog at the bottom of the well, then there is no one in the world who understands!" Sir is willing to help me, God will help me! Ha ha! ……”。

The blue sky is cloudless, the fresh air is filled with the fragrance of grass, the gentle sunlight is sprinkled on the face, indescribable comfort, Guo Zhiyuan is riding on a horse, his body is slightly undulating with the sound of horses' hooves, walking in this era of no haze and PM2.5 absolutely up to standard, some sorrow and farewell have completely disappeared with the arrival of Xu Guangqi, so that Guo Zhiyuan is in a very good mood, quite a bit of a spring breeze and horseshoe rush feeling, almost want to sing loudly.

Xu Guangqi sat in the carriage, holding a book in his hand, looking at Guo Zhiyuan, who was in high spirits on a horse, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, he couldn't imagine that this Guo Gongzi, who was amazingly knowledgeable and always showed a calmness that was completely inconsistent with his age, would have such an innocent and reckless side. And what made him finally make a decision and was determined to follow him to the death, in addition to his knowledge far beyond today's people, perhaps it was precisely because he had such a pure heart that was rare in this era!

However, Guo Zhiyuan's good mood did not last long, the bumps on horseback for a long time made his stomach a little unbearable, and his inner thighs were also a little painful, and he couldn't care about playing majestic anymore, so he got off the horse and rode in the same carriage with Xu Guangqi, even so, there was still some nausea and nausea, obviously this was the prelude to motion sickness.

Suddenly, a fast horse flashed past them like lightning, and almost startled the old horse pulling the carriage, Guo Zhiyuan was just about to rebuke him, but the other party had already run away, and the back of the horse actually looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Guo Zhiyuan and Xu Guangqi chatted for a while in the carriage, only to feel dizzy, and finally fell asleep, and then woke up the sun was setting, and when the tired bird returned to the nest, his stomach was already hungry and growling, at this time, Zhang Cheng, who was exploring the road in front, galloped back and reported: "My lord, there is a small town in front, we can settle in the town, rest for a night and then go......."

There is only one inn in the town, presumably there are not many guests staying here on weekdays, seeing Guo Zhiyuan and his party so many people, knowing that it is a big business coming to the door, the innkeeper's wife, a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup hurriedly greeted her, and the bright red blood basin smiled from ear to ear, and the powder on her face fell down, "Oh, I heard the magpie on the tree early this morning, and I knew that there must be a distinguished guest to come to the door, this son is really hand......some."

Guo Zhiyuan was so disgusted by this proprietress that goosebumps fell all over his body, he now has 1,500 taels of silver on his body, which can be regarded as some net worth, so he threw a silver ingot directly over, "I have covered this inn, if there is anything delicious, hurry up and ......."

The proprietress brightened her eyes, quickly rolled the silver into her hand, checked it, and said with a smile: "Okay, son, please upstairs!" The night is long, and the son wants a concubine to accompany him?! ……”。

Guo Zhiyuan had a chill, his head shook like a wave drum, and he fled upstairs. The room of the inn was cleaned up quite cleanly, and after a while, the proprietress cleaned up a table of food and sent it up, maybe because she was hungry, the food was delicious, but the proprietress resentful gaze was really unbearable, but she still refused to leave, saying that she was waiting for Guo Zhiyuan and them to clean up the dishes and chopsticks after eating, so as to save running back and forth.

After dinner in a hurry, Wang Xi helped the proprietress clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and finally sent the proprietress away. This day's rush made Guo Zhiyuan only feel sore all over his body, let Wang Xi call hot water, wash his face and feet, Guo Zhiyuan immediately jumped on the bed, planted his head in the quilt, enjoyed the soft and delicate satin gently rubbed on the pores, picked up the porcelain pillow and put it on the back of his head, and was just about to rest, when he suddenly heard a rush of panicked footsteps downstairs in the inn, and suddenly his drowsiness was all gone, Guo Zhiyuan frowned, muttered, and sat up from the bed impatiently.

I opened the door, leaned on the railing, and looked downstairs, only to see that the downstairs was full of fast catchers in official uniforms, and the torches illuminated the whole inn.

In the center of the lobby, there was a short and fat middle-aged man, wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a green robe, taking a figure-eight step, full of official authority, his hands were coiled on the silver belt on his waist, and he said sharply to the subordinates behind him: "Chu Mansion Yin's secret order, find a woman surnamed Chu, you must give me a careful search, this is a great opportunity to show to Lord Mansion Yin, you all give me a brighter move, if you find it, this official will be rewarded!" ……”。

As soon as the originally listless catchers heard that there was a reward, their eyes immediately lit up like wolves, and they responded in unison: "Yes!" My lord! The head catcher who took the lead took out a portrait and showed it to the catchers, who saw the portrait clearly and immediately searched around the inn like a wolf and a tiger.

Guo Zhiyuan also saw the portrait clearly, and suddenly chuckled in his heart, the person in the portrait was clearly Chu Wan'er, who had not appeared for a long time! For this somewhat brutal and cute girl, Guo Zhiyuan always has an indescribable feeling, but isn't Chu Wan'er the daughter of Yin Chu Honggang of Shuntian Mansion? Why did Chu Honggang secretly search for her?!

Guo Zhiyuan, who was puzzled, shook his head, and was about to turn around and go back to the room to rest, when he saw a head secretly exposed in the room next to him, looking around alertly like a frightened squirrel, this person was dressed in men's clothes, but his eyebrows were picturesque, delicate as a flower, Guo Zhiyuan recognized it at a glance as Chu Wan'er who was dressed as a man! Only then did he think of why he felt so familiar on the road with the back of the horse riding that passed by, it turned out that Chu Wan'er had already run in front of him at that time, but he didn't know how to appear in this inn.

Chu Wan'er saw that Guo Zhiyuan was slightly stunned, just wanted to open her mouth, and was afraid of alarming the catcher downstairs, so she hurriedly put her index finger between her small red lips and gently shushed, the expression on her face changed from surprise to surprise, and quickly ran out of the room!

Although Guo Zhiyuan was full of questions at this time, he didn't care to ask more, pointed to his room, lowered his voice and said: "Don't speak, go into my room and hide and then think about it in the long run!" As soon as Chu Wan'er was let into the room and asked her to hide behind the screen in the room, there was a vicious sound of the fast catchers beating the door outside the door!

(PS: Some readers proposed that Guo Zhiyuan is not only a county order, should be a seven-grade official position, why is it a nine-grade official, here is a special explanation, generally speaking, the county official is indeed a seven-grade, but there are special cases, in the case of a vacancy in the county official, the lower-grade official acts as the county order, and most of the officials who act as agents are not obtained through the formal channels of the imperial examination, but they have to make up for the shortage, so this situation will occur, such as the familiar movie "Jiupin Sesame Official" is a good example. ）