It's a noisy day.

On the first day after Xu Lai's departure, Xi Yuanxiu went to other counties and found a few bricklayers to repair the roof.

I thought I could get a good night's sleep before returning to Beijing, but it backfired.

Xi Yuanxiu walked out of the house in a distracted manner, and saw that the front of the lobby was already crowded.

He wanted to make his way through the crowd and walk to the palanquin at the door.

Xi Yuanxiu was walking and looked at these people in military attire, or in official uniforms, and felt a little funny.

He came to the sedan chair and said respectfully: "Xiaguan see the prefect of Yangzhou!" ”

The adult in the sedan chair was Zhou Wenbin, who had just taken office a few days ago.

However, the person inside did not answer, but leaned out a white hand from the sedan curtain, holding a piece of paper in his hand, as if waiting for Xi Yuanxiu to take it.

Xi Yuanxiu straightened up, took the paper, and looked at the hand that was stretched out.

Xi Yuanxiu casually glanced at the letter in his hand and said softly, "It turned out to be Lord Zhou!" ”

The man inside replied in a soft voice, "It's me!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu asked, "Where is Lord Zhou now?" ”

"Naturally, it's in Yangzhou!"

"Then dare to ask Lord Zhou what is the matter here?"

"You've seen everything on paper, so there's nothing else!"

The officials in the lobby looked at the inexplicable conversation between the two inside and outside the sedan chair, and they all looked at each other.

Xi Yuanxiu said: "Now that the mirage has come today, could it be that it is really the new official of Yangzhou appointed for the imperial court!" ”

After Xi Yuanxiu finished speaking, all the officials in the back hall hurriedly walked out and knelt in front of him.

Including Liu Xiao, who had just come out of the backyard, also hurriedly knelt on the ground.

Those officials always thought that it was Lord Zhou of Yangzhou who was sitting in the sedan chair, but they didn't expect it to be Lord Zhou of the mirage.

Xi Yuanxiu didn't kneel, he leaned on the stone table in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "Mirage Living Yama, the last time we met was eight years ago, is there really nothing else to explain to the lower officials when I came here today?" ”

The person inside laughed twice and said, "Naturally, no, if there is something else, why would you stand here and talk to me." ”

That year, Xi Yuanxiu robbed the prisoner car in public and was abolished martial arts.

The well-known living Yama felt that it was still inappropriate and wanted to capture him.

If it weren't for His Majesty the Emperor's kindness, Xi Yuanxiu would probably be serving Xi Fang's daily life in prison now.

And when those officials heard that it was a mirage, they couldn't help but bury their heads lower.

Xi Yuanxiu asked with some confusion: "Why didn't Lord Tong come here, but it was you, a disgusting person, who came here?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu was like talking to an old friend, and his words were mixed with whether he was joking or the truth.

The Lord Zhou inside was not angry, but continued to smile: "Lord Tong went to the south, and he won't be able to come back for a while, so I can only do this drudgery!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu understood that this matter was indeed a chore for him.

The person inside continued: "If I were the one who was robbed in the prisoner's car that day, for the sake of Lord Xiangguo, although it would not kill you, at least it would make you like me!" ”

"Like you, can't you see anyone?"

After Xi Yuanxiu finished speaking, the people inside opened the sedan curtain...

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Xi Yuanxiu looked at the familiar mask, as well as the appearance of the person, and involuntarily leaned against the stone table.

The almost transparent mask on this Zhou's face seems to be made in a special way, and you can vaguely see his general appearance, but when you look closely, it becomes blurry.

The clothes on this person's body did not match the mask very well, and they were somewhat heavy, like a layer of feathers wrapped around them, and they were worn on the body up to the soles of their feet.

And the left hand, which has been hidden in the clothes, gives people an extremely dangerous feeling.

Xi Yuanxiu wiped the sweat from his hands very covertly, and said to Lord Zhou: "I really don't know what kind of scene it will be like for the four of you to stand together at the same time!" ”

In fact, since the mirage began to be known, the four had never appeared together.

Presumably, when these four people appeared at the same time, they were either in the emperor's palace, or in the prison of Dali Temple.

Lord Zhou looked at the officials kneeling in front of him, waved his hand, and signaled that he could get up.

But those officials didn't even dare to raise their heads, so how could they know.

Lord Zhou said softly: "Is it possible, am I more afraid of these people than Your Majesty?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu felt that he was talking nonsense, couldn't he see it from the eyes of these officials who couldn't stand on their knees?

Jingguo did not bow down, and most of the time when he bowed to others, it was used to beg for mercy.

Moreover, Xi Yuanxiu had worked with Lord Zhou once, and there were only a few people who could see Lord Zhou's execution with their own eyes.

Every time Xi Yuanxiu remembered the peony flowers carved by Lord Zhou on the prisoner's white bones, he faintly gagged.

And in the eyes of Lord Zhou, such a punishment is only a trivial matter.

Lord Zhou looked at the officials and continued: "If you haven't done anything wrong, naturally you don't have to be afraid of me!" ”

But no one got up, not because they didn't mean to refute the other party's face, but because they couldn't stand up with weak legs.

Because of the red tide, Liu Xiao knew a little bit about this Lord Zhou, but none of the people got up, so he had to continue to lie on his stomach.

Lord Zhou smiled, his voice was a little nice, he no longer paid attention to these officials, but looked at Xi Yuanxiu.

"You're not the same as you were before, oily and slippery!"

Xi Yuanxiu sat on the stone bench steadily, he didn't know if this Lord Zhou was really as the letter said, but Zhou Wenbin asked this Lord Zhou to come here and let him help Zhou Wenbin distribute these officials brought by Lord Zhou from Chang'an to various places.

"Lord Zhou is still the same as before, he likes to dress himself up like a savage!"

So everyone couldn't help but look up at Xi Yuanxiu, who was looking at Lord Zhou, and couldn't help but sweat for him.

Lord Zhou was not angry, and continued to smile: "I'm just a little afraid of the cold, if you don't like my dress, then I'll change it!" ”

Everyone was a little surprised, Master Zhou, who was obviously called Living Yama, actually laughed with Xi Yuanxiu.

These people don't know, but in fact, people who know the mirage well prefer to call this Lord Zhou a smiling Yama!

Xi Yuanxiu heard this and laughed a little warmly, and slowly straightened his attitude, no longer like just now.

"Why didn't Lord Zhou himself come, but you, Lord Zhou, came?"

Lord Zhou said unhurriedly: "Lord Zhou naturally has other things to do, and I have nothing to do, so I want to come over and have a look." ”

Xi Yuanxiu looked at the other party with a cold face and said, "What do I have here?" ”

"Naturally, I want to see how long you can live?"