The Long Bridge, located fifteen miles southeast of Yongchang Dìdū, is named after the stone bridge over the long water that flows through it. From the east and south, most business travelers into Beijing pass through here, and they say goodbye to relatives and friends to the east and go south. The willow is planted on the shore on both sides of the long bridge, the willow is homophonic with the stay, so there is the custom of folding the willow to give away and keep it, the great scribe He Renguang wrote down the words and phrases of "farewell every year, the wind and snow of the long bridge", so that the "wind and snow of the long bridge" has become one of the scenic spots of Yongchang.

On July 28, the official road was busy as usual, with a convoy of eight carriages mixed in with an inconspicuous convoy, and at the front of the convoy, Jiang Anyi, was riding on charcoal, and his pale blue shirt had been dyed yellow by the dust.

The Son of Heaven ordered him to go to Beijing at the end of July, how dare Jiang Anyi delay, arriving a day or two late is nothing for ordinary people, and for officials, it is a disobedience to the order. came out of the Li family with Li Donghong and Li Laigao, two staff, as well as twenty-two servants sent by the Li family, ten men and twelve women, who went to Beijing to serve Tong'er.

With eight carts, with such a large group of people and miscellaneous things, how could Jiang Anyi's trip be fast. Huang Zhu left ahead of schedule, and there were more than 20 people who had to prepare their residences in advance, Jiang Anyi asked him to inform the Shi couple to get ready, and he couldn't let these people stay in the inn.

Li Laigao rode a horse and walked in front of the convoy with Jiang Anyi, saw the lively scene in front of him, and asked: "Brother Jiang, where is this, why is it so lively, the schedule should not be far from the capital." ”

The car behind him picked up, Li Donghong looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is to Baqiao, you can enter Beijing in half an hour." Anyi, it's better to rest here, and let everyone see the scenery of the long bridge. ”

The long bridge has become a lively bazaar, spread along both sides of the official road, from food to utensils, the cries of selling are boiling to the sky, and the circles of playing tricks and acrobatics burst out from time to time to burst into loud cheers, attracting pedestrians to stop and stretch their necks to look in. The long bridge is the place of farewell, the most is of course the wine shop, there is a small shop with a piece of tarpaulin and a few stools, there is also a restaurant with a flying eaves and a ridge, the pavilions and pavilions in the good scenery of the mountains and rivers are full of tourists, and the weeping willows on the poor shore are full of show that the people who send off are pulled out bald alive.

Jiang Anyi looked around and was about to find a vacant place to park without people, and someone on the high-rise building next to the avenue shouted: "Brother Jiang, Anyi, Anyi." ”

Following the voice, Xiong waved to him with a spring breeze on his face. Jiang Anyi's heart sank, he learned from Tian Shoulou's letter that Xiong Yi'an was promoted to Ming Yinan this time, transferred to the Ministry of Works, and continued to check whether there were any private abuses in the fees allocated by the Ministry of Industry to the Dushui Supervisor, and he was red and purple in the capital, how could he appear in Changqiao, and he was seen by him as soon as he arrived at Changqiao.

Li Laigao rolled his eyes and smiled: "Who is this master?" Shouldn't you have made a special trip to wait for Brother Jiang here? ”

Xiong Yi'an hurriedly went downstairs, just as Li Laigao expected, he waited for Jiang Anyi on this Wangliu Tower for the past two days. He Xigui and his wife went to Beijing first, and spent a lot of money to buy all the houses around Jiang Anyi's house, and the three houses were connected together, which was much more generous. His confidant Huang Zhu brought news that Jiang Anyi came with two subordinates and twenty-two members of the Huang family, and Dong'er bought two more houses at a price 1,000 taels higher than the market price, and the previous sale cost 32,000 taels of silver for the four houses, which caused a small sensation in the capital.

Xiong Zhi'an has been paying attention to the time when Jiang Anyi entered Beijing, during this time the prince's regency was not as smooth as expected, the prince suppressed several ministers who were close to King Chu'an, and King Chu'an immediately reversed the color and impeached several princes through the imperial history platform. The devouring officials, the Son of Heaven sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, each playing fifty boards, just taking the opportunity to clean up the officials. left

Xiangkong Province is slippery, and the two are not offended, but the right minister Ma Suizhen is biased towards King Chu'an, and the ministers of the court are mostly biased towards the prince, but the voice of King Shi Chongjie Xian is getting higher and higher.

Regency for more than a month, many ministers for the future to the prince to send beauties and treasures, the prince was still tense at first, but could not stop the dead skin of those ministers, and saw the beauty of the style, the prince was inevitably a little carried away, often sneaked out of the East Palace to go out to enjoy.

Xiong Zhi'an persuaded him many times, Shi Chongwei was only in front of him, and then his old state reverted, and the crown princess was pregnant with Liujia, so he couldn't restrain him, so he had to cry in the palace. Xiong Zhi'an repeatedly thought about the characters who could advise the prince, and the most suitable one was Wei Youcheng and Jiang Anyi, but Wei Youcheng went to Fuzhou, Fangzhou, and Hengzhou to supervise the officials, and Princess Anshou took her two sons to Yanshan Manor for summer vacation.

It happened that the news that the Jiang family had bought a house in Taipingfang came, Xiong Zhiren sent someone to Jiang Mansion to inquire, and learned that the day Jiang Anyi returned to Beijing was around the 27th, Xiong Zhiren asked his son Xiong Yi'an to take leave, and took several family members to Changqiao to greet Jiang Anyi.

Xiong Yi'an understands his father's mood very well, recently he was promoted to the rank of lord and accepted three girls from Linhua County, Yan'er, Mei'er and Lele as concubines, which can be described as a spring breeze, and it is Jiang Anyi who gave him this blessing, he knows that Jiang Anyi is a figure that the prince relies on, and he wants to make a difference in the court in the future, and it is very important to be good friends with him, so when the city gate is opened, he will take the servants out of the city and wait until the city gate is closed to go home.

After learning Xiong Yi'an's identity, Li Donghong was overjoyed, he offended Li Mingxing, the prince of Ningling County, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for him when he followed Jiang Anyi into Beijing, fearing that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and then he would lose face if he was driven back to his hometown. Before entering the city, the prince's wife and brother came to greet him, seeing that this frame was still a special trip, it seems that Jiang Anyi has great influence in Beijing, and with the prince behind him, he really doesn't need to be afraid that the king of Ningling County will be bad.

If Li Laigao was lost, he dismounted behind Jiang Anyi, and said softly: "If you are courteous to others, you must ask for something." ”

Jiang Anyi smiled lightly: "Why don't you take a look at what medicine is sold in the gourd?" ”

Xiong Yi'an walked out of Wangliulou quickly, and said happily: "Brother Anyi, Xiong has been waiting here for many days, and finally greeted the driver." After working hard all the way, Xiong has already arranged a banquet for Brother Jiang to wash the dust. ”

Li Laigao muttered softly to Li Donghong: "This jade boy has given birth to a good skin, which is a little worse than me." ”

According to the generation, Li Laigao is Li Donghong's nephew, and Li Donghong laughed angrily and funny: "If you want to talk about the skin, Laigao is naturally a little thicker than this jade son, and as for the skin, it is still a few points stronger than the jade son." ”

Jiang Anyi turned around and introduced Xiong Yi'an: "These two are the talents of the Li family of Anqi, Li Donghong and Li Laigao, this is Ming Yinan, a member of the Ministry of Labor, Xiong Gongzi, and the Jiangnan Transit Division is all about Xiong Gongzi's strategy to win a thousand miles." ”

Xiong Yi'an was very satisfied with Jiang Anyi's introduction, most people have to focus on introducing him as the crown princess's brother, and the words revealed that he relied on nepotism to get to where he is today, Jiang Anyi mentioned that the case of the Jiangnan Transfer Division was scratching his itch, Xiong Yi'an smiled more and more, and said modestly: "Brother Jiang, you are slapping my little brother in the face, others praise my little brother for being able to accept it with shame, but in front of Brother Jiang, the little brother is not worth mentioning." ”

With a spring breeze on his face, he arched his hand at Li Donghong and Li Laigao and said: "If the two Li brothers can get the blue eyes of Brother Jiang, they must be rich in five cars, and they will be more intimate in the future, and Xiong will often ask the two for benefits." Please, upstairs please. ”

Saying that, Xiong Yi'an and Jiang Anyi walked upstairs hand in hand, and Li Laigao pouted behind him, this

The jade prince seems to be full of spring breeze and polite words, but in fact, he is extremely arrogant inside, and he doesn't really put the two of himself in his eyes. Li Donghong didn't care, he stayed in Beijing for five years, and he was used to seeing these noble sons and daughters with their eyes above the top, Xiong Yi'an's appearance was not bad, and he thought that he was still in Anqi County, so arrogant and arrogant was going to suffer a big loss, and he would warn him when he was free.

A table full of wine and food, Xiong Yi'an witty words, Li Laigao's witty words, laughter at the banquet, half an hour passed in a flash. Jiang Anyi said: "Thank you for Brother An's kindness, wait for Jiang to settle down and then invite Brother Xian." It's not early, it's time to leave for the city. ”

Xiong Yi'an said with a smile: "It's not the right time, the sun is blazing, Brother Jiang is sitting down for the time being, and the younger brother specially invited Miss Zhuxi from Dingfang Pavilion to sing and dance for Brother Jiang." ”

As he spoke, Xiong struck each other with his palms, and the sound of silk and bamboo on one side of the curtain sounded, and the sound was like a yellow warbler out of the valley tactfully and melodiously, and he sang delicately: "Inorganic into a journey, go to the river tower in the middle of the night." The clouds are like the moon, and the water is cool and the breeze is like autumn...... which is exactly what Jiang Anyi did in front of Zechang Academy on July 15, and it actually reached the capital in less than half a month.

Xiong Yi'an closed his eyes slightly, looked intoxicated, waited for the singing to stop, and patted his palms and praised: "Brother Jiang's poems are picturesque, reading them makes people feel calm, no wonder Miss Zhuxi heard that it was a song for you, and she made an exception to come with me, the most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, An Yi should not live up to the kindness of Miss Zhuxi." ”

The footsteps were broken, the curtain was raised, as if a beauty floated out of the painting, timidly came to the front of Wanfu, Jiao Didi said: "The concubine has seen Jiang Cixian." ”

Jiang Anyi was in Huazhou when he was the assassin of the officialdom, and it was inevitable to deal with the women of the Qinglou, he had the name of the word fairy, and the appearance was also beautiful, and he was a young official and a high official, and many women had the intention of throwing themselves into their arms, but Jiang Anyi was upright, and the beautiful wife and concubine at home had already extinguished the mind of touching flowers and grass, and at the same time practiced a kung fu to deal with the scene.

Holding his hands weakly, Jiang Anyi said softly: "Miss Zhuxi, please get up, the girl's singing voice is crisp and pleasant, Jiang is fascinated by it, this poem shines because of the girl, Jiang respects the girl with a cup." ”

took a clean cup, poured most of the glass of wine and handed it to Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi glanced at Jiang Anyi quickly, took the wine glass with a blushing face and drank it all, but did not return the wine glass, came to the table and filled the wine glass, came to Jiang Anyi with both hands, lowered his head and said softly: "Zhu Xi is fortunate to see the word fairy, this cup of wine is the word fairy longevity." ”

Xiong Yi'an laughed and said: "Brother Jiang, Miss Zhuxi has always been unpretentious to people, Xiong has known her for several months, and she has never been given a drink, Brother Jiang's face is unmatched." ”

Jiang Anyi took the cup, drank it all, and said with a smile: "It is Jiang's luck to be able to get the girl's blue eyes, thank you for the kindness of Miss Zhuxi, and when you have time, you will go to Dingfang Pavilion to listen to the girl's wonderful music." ”

Zhuxi Bingxue was smart, hearing the coldness in Jiang Anyi's words, her eyes lowered, she bowed, turned around and left, tears dripping. Xiong Yi'an sighed: "This girl is clearly interested in Brother Jiang, how can Brother Jiang refuse." ”

Jiang Anyi stood up and said, "Listen to the song and dance, Jiang has said goodbye, and he will get drunk with Yu Gongzi again in the future." ”

Xiong Yi'an saw that Jiang Anyi was desperate, so he had to get up and say: "Don't hide it from Brother Jiang, Xiong has already sent someone to Beijing to deliver a letter, please stay two more moments with Brother Jiang, maybe the prince will come to greet Brother Jiang in person." ”

In order to win over Jiang Anyi, Xiong Zhiren did plan to let the prince come to greet him in person to show his favor, but Xiong Yi'an was not sure about the temperament of this prince's brother-in-law, and it was time for Jingzhong's reply to arrive.

At this time, the horses' hooves on the avenue, Xiong Yi'an looked out of the window, two apricot-yellow dragon flags fluttered in the wind, and Prince Shi Chongwei arrived.

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