The two doormen looked at Chen Zhiheng, glanced at each other again, scratched their heads, and continued to ask, "Then what are you looking for our master?" Our lord said, if nothing happens, it will be gone. ”

Chen Zhiheng took out the wooden box in his sleeve and said, "I'm here to give your master silver." ”

The two doormen know the character of their lord Chi County, love money as life, and now someone is coming to send money, they know that the lord will be happy when he hears it, and then give them some rewards.

One of the doormen rushed in, and the other doorman stood behind the door and looked at Chen Zhiheng, not knowing what Chen Zhiheng was in front of.

But after a while, the doorman who had just entered came out, panting slightly, and said respectfully: "This son, our master is invited, please come with me." He led Chen Zhiheng into the Chi Mansion.

After entering the Chi Mansion, the magnificence is even greater.

The pool in the pond has not yet frozen, and there are a few beautiful red goldfish swimming in it, the swaying tail of the goldfish is like a huge peony blooming in the pool, and some slender and soft aquatic plants flutter below, like a pair of girl's jade hands. In the center of the pond there is a huge white stone, which should be transported from the south, and it is so large that the freight is not cheap. This rockery is full of mountains, just like a real mountain. Look at the bridge on the pond again, this bridge is not like other bridges in Yanjing, nine bends and eighteen bends are paved on the pool, running through the entire pool, you can see the scenery around the pool. Just looking at these layouts, you know that this courtyard must have been made by a famous artist.

Chen Zhiheng sneered, and muttered in his heart, this Chi County Order is also a scum, if he ascends the throne one day, he will send the imperial historian to secretly visit all states and counties every month, and he will not let this kind of thing happen in Liang State, and ensure that Liang Guoguo is peaceful and prosperous, rich and happy, and will not be bullied by local parents and officials.

The Nachi prefectural commander wore a dark blue dress and a black scarf to cover his hair. His skin was dark and wrinkled, like tree bark, with a few age spots across his face, and his beard was gray, and he was about sixty years old.

Chen Zhiheng respectfully saluted to the Chi County Order, and the Chi County Order also smiled when he saw Chen Zhiheng, his face was full of wrinkles, and said, "I don't know what Your Excellency is looking for the old man?" ”

Chen Zhiheng did not speak directly, but took out the box from his sleeve and handed it to Chi County Ling, Chi County Ling took the box, opened it and placed a silver ticket with the Dechang Silver Number inside, Chi County Ling took out the silver ticket, raised it above his head, the sunlight passed through the silver ticket, and the silver ticket was translucent. Chi Xian Ling squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the silver ticket, which was printed with the words "four thousand taels of silver". Chi County Ling is unbelievable, this is a silver ticket of four thousand taels of silver, or Dechang silver.

Chen Zhiheng saw Chi County's surprise, so he said: "These silver will be given to you, but the county magistrate, you must know that if you give it to you for free, you will not be criticized." Xiaosheng has one thing to ask you for, I hope you can help Xiaosheng, this is not difficult, as long as the county official and the old man move, you can do it. ”

Chi County Ling heard Chen Zhiheng say that this was not difficult, so he was relieved, and took the silver ticket tighter, only to feel that the silver ticket of four thousand taels of silver in his hand was nine out of ten, and only heard Chen Zhiheng continue: "What happened to the Xu family class a few days ago, do you remember the county official?" ”

Chi Xian Ling thought about it, and there was indeed such a thing, so he replied: "It's a bad thing. ”

Before Chen Zhiheng said it, Chi Xian Ling faintly felt that Chen Zhiheng came to him to have something to do with this matter, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart, after all, this matter involved Zheng Dewang, which could not be ambiguous. If you don't do it well and provoke Zheng Dewang, you won't be able to eat and walk around.

Suddenly, Chi Xian Ling only felt a tingling in his scalp.

Chen Zhiheng saw that the Chi County Order was a little shaken, and if he said it later, he was afraid that the Chi County Order would regret it, so he said in an orderly manner: "Things are not difficult. Since Zheng Dewang said that the master of the Xu class received two thousand taels of silver from him, he sold Xu Yuanyuan to him as a concubine. I know what Zheng Dewang means, he only wants people, and he doesn't care about this money at all. So I came to you, the county magistrate. In a few days, the case will be finalized, as long as you say that Zheng Dewang has no evidence, the case is not established, and you release Xu Banzhu and Xu Yuanyuan, this silver will be yours, which is more than two thousand taels. ”

After listening to Chen Zhiheng's words, Chi County Ling accepted the original smiling expression, and directly put the silver ticket back into the box, as if he had encountered a plague god, and directly stuffed the box back into Chen Zhiheng's hand, turned his back, and said: "The old man doesn't do such things." If we offend Master Zheng Dewang Zheng, neither of us will have a good time. The old man still has a wife and children, and he just had grandchildren two years ago, and the old man still thinks his life is too short. I beg you to do well, let the old man go, and find someone else to help you do this. ”

Chen Zhiheng still wanted to beg for something, but Chi County Ling seemed to be a little annoyed, and directly called the family and drove Chen Zhiheng out.

Chen Zhiheng was kicked out of Chifu, a little discouraged, and he couldn't think of any way for the time being, so he could only come back to the Fu Inn first.

In that cell, Xu Huanqing was taken care of by the jailer for a while, and he was sober, no longer burning, and the wind and cold were cured, but his body and bones were not very neat.

But Xu Huanqing didn't know anything about what happened in the coma for a few days, he was a little uneasy, so he crawled to the edge of the cell and sat down, and called Xu Yuanxuan over, so the master and apprentice talked like this across a railing.

Xu Huanqing was still a little weak when he first recovered from his serious illness, he leaned on the railing and said, "Did I say any nonsense in my mouth during those days when I was groggy? ”

Xu Yuanxuan also leaned on the railing, recalled for a while, and said, "There is nothing else, just shouting Qingmei in his mouth." ”

The doubts that Xu Yuanyuan had just gone down slightly in his heart came up again. Xu Yuanxuan has lived in Xu's class for ten years, and he has never heard Xu Huanqing mention a person named Qingmei.

Xu Yuan was a little hesitant, she was thinking about whether to ask, for fear of asking something that shouldn't be asked.

Xu Huanqing looked at the sky outside the window hanging high on the high wall, sighed, and lamented: "Alas, it's been almost forty years, and I still can't forget her." ”

Xu Yuanxuan was even more puzzled now, is this Qingmei the person Xu Huanqing once liked? If so, then why are they separated?

Xu Yuanyuan also leaned on the railing and bowed his head in meditation. She didn't dare to ask, she knew that she shouldn't ask this either, for fear of mentioning Xu Huanqing's sadness.

I only heard Xu Huanqing say slowly: "That was when I was a teenager, and I was still singing in a local troupe. At that time, I fell in love with a woman named Lu Qingmei, and I thought I could stay together until I was old. But we finally broke up, just because her father was a local official and looked down on actors like me, so he ruthlessly married her away......"

When Xu Huanqing was a teenager, he sang with the local opera troupe in Binzhou, at that time, because of his brilliant performance and his familiarity with opera, he was also proficient in all the musical instruments used in singing, suona, drumming, and erhu, plus Xu Huanqing's handsome appearance and Yushu Linfeng, which made him famous in Binzhou City, and there was an endless stream of people who came to listen to him singing.

That day, as soon as Xu Huanqing finished singing, a maid-like person ran over and stuffed an envelope into his hand and ran away in a hurry, he looked in the direction that the maid ran back, it was a young lady, and later I learned that her name was Lu Qingmei, and she was a young lady from Lu Yuan's foreign family.

That day, she wore a peach-colored breast-length skirt embroidered with some small white qiong flowers, and the two colors complemented each other very well. She wears a small and delicate bun with clouds, with some beaded flowers that are not very valuable, but very good-looking, and a small red flower at the end of the bun. And her eyes are watery, and her eyebrows are curved mountain eyebrows, which looks a little more delicate.

Just when Xu Huanqing looked over, Lu Qingmei also looked over shyly. At that moment, they looked at each other, their eyes seemed to be intertwined with two beams of light, as if with a little warmth. In each other's eyes, the two of them flickered far and near, like fairies in the clouds.

Unconsciously, a smile appeared on the faces of the two, which was the joy when they saw their beloved. A little blush appeared on Lu Qingmei's face, as if a Dan flower had bloomed on the distant mountain in spring.

Later, it was the maid on the side who dragged Lu Qingmei away, after all, it is not good for a lady to look like a drama in public. If you don't say it's a play, I'm afraid that it's not an ordinary person's son, and you will be gossiped about.

At night, Xu Huanqing opened the envelope that the maid stuffed him, and the lower side of the pine flower paper was a light pink cone stone flower dried and pressed on it, the paper was slightly pink, and it looked very carefully prepared, and on it were rows of dignified hairpins.

The letter told about her life over the years.

The biological mother died early, and the housewife was not very good to Lu Qingmei, living in a simple side hospital, and the eldest sister often bullied her, Lu Yuanwai knew but never cared. She just stayed up this day, feeling that the world was a little unworthy, and she couldn't wait to go with her biological mother. But when she saw Xu Huanqing, she felt that life still had some taste. So as long as she has the opportunity, she goes to watch Xu Huanqing sing, as long as she looks at him from a distance, her life will be more pleasant, and she will have the heart to live. Her admiration for Xu Huanqing became heavier and heavier, so she wrote a trust maid to give it to Xu Huanqing.

Since Xu Huanqing met Lu Qingmei during the day, he also had Lu Qingmei in his heart, so he wrote a letter and kept it with him, hoping that he could hand it over to her next time he met Lu Qingmei.

Later, Lu Qingmei's maid sent a message to them between the two, and they would also make an appointment to go to the mountains in the suburbs to see the flowers together. But I never thought that those things were known to Lu Yuanwai, and Lu Yuanwai was furious and wanted to marry Lu Qingmei to the son of a friend who was far away from him.