Early in the morning of the second day, Zhiyun only told Mrs. Xia that she was invited to go to the Ministry of Works' Mansion to play with Wang Yingrong, and Mrs. Xia also knew that Miss Wang had a good relationship with Zhiyun after the palace banquet, so she did not stop her from going out.

After preparing everything, Zhiyun got into the carriage, but instead of going to the Ministry of Works, he drove to the edge of the city.

She learned that the man she was looking for was on the edge of the city. Hearing Bi Tao say that she sent someone to talk to the man about buying his jade pendant, but she didn't want the person to refuse, Zhiyun felt that it was still necessary for her to go in person.

So she panicked and took the opportunity to leave the house.

The carriage had only traveled for half an hour before it arrived at the place Bi Tao had said.

Zhiyun put on his hat and got out of the carriage with the help of Bi Tao.

Bi Tao looked at the dilapidated house in front of him, the corners of the wall were overgrown with weeds, and only thin bamboo poles were used as a fence around, the wall was damaged as if the wind blew and fell, and the roof was broken with several big holes, fortunately, it has not rained recently, otherwise such a house is completely unable to block the wind and rain. I couldn't help frowning, this place is really bad. But the person the young lady is looking for is here.

It can be seen that Wan didn't seem to react, and walked in a dignified manner as usual, as if he didn't see the surrounding environment, and did not have a trace of disgust and disdain, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling slightly as usual.

She stepped forward and knocked lightly.

After two or three knocks, no one answered, and after a few more knocks, the door opened from the inside.

It was a man who opened the door. Tall and thin, wearing a gray coarse cloth coat, his cheeks are a little sunken, obviously he hasn't eaten enough for a long time, but his eyebrows reveal a bit of literati temperament.

This is the person she is looking for - Ling Mu.

As soon as Ling Mu opened the door, he saw two girls standing in front of the door, one was wearing a hat and couldn't see his face clearly, but he was tall, and the other was dressed as a maid with two snails combed on his head.

"Who are the two?" Ling Mu was a little puzzled.

I saw the woman wearing the hat and said, "Ling Gongzi, can you go in and take a step to speak." ”

Ling Mu thought about it, and didn't know what the origin of these two people was, but seeing that the clothes they were wearing didn't look like a civilian home, he didn't know why they suddenly found him, and even knew that his surname was Ling. But thinking that he was already alone, and there was nothing valuable to give people a plot on his body, he made a gesture of invitation.

Zhiyun stepped into the house, the furnishings in the house were very simple, only a bamboo bed and a table and a chair, different from the dilapidated outside the house, the floor in the house was swept clean, the quilt on the bed was neatly stacked, the table was also spotless, and there was a book on the table, Zhiyun looked at it, it was a book of "Xiling Political Classics".

It can be seen that Ling Mu is a person who is quite self-disciplined. Don't look at him in such an environment now, but he can still keep the house neat and clean.

Zhiyun knows him, in her previous life, she married Luo Yifeng, and befriended the wife of the official family everywhere for his career, and naturally inquired very clearly about the news of Luo Yifeng's officialdom. Luo Yifeng won the rank of Tanhualang in his previous life, but Ling Mu was so angry that he hit Jing Zhaoyin's injustice and shouted grievances, but he was arrogant and threw out of the yamen after being beaten alive, his grievances could not be told, because he was not like Luo Yifeng who would win people's hearts, not like Luo Yifeng who was vicious, he was just a student who wanted to gain fame by relying on the ten-year cold window, but no matter how hard he tried, there was no way to complete the ambition in his heart, and in the end it was just a hard labor to copy people in the store.

And why did Zhiyun know him, or because of a romantic affair, she was a little curious and inquired two more sentences, I heard that this Ling Gongzi Ling Mu, born in a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River, was already talented, full of poetry and books, but the family was helpless, he had a baby when he was a child, it was formed in the womb of the mother, and he played well with the woman when he was a child, but unfortunately the woman was abducted when she was nine years old, and the woman's family could not be found, and even the family was broken, this Ling Mu is also a responsible lover, vowed that when he grew up and became an official in the imperial examination, he would definitely find the girl who had been married to him since childhood.

So he came to Yanjing, inquired for a long time and finally found out the whereabouts of the woman, but he didn't want the woman to be sold into the Qinglou, and was even forced to be the fifth aunt in a certain adult's family, he was young and vigorous, and under the anger, he went to the yamen to sue the adult for robbing the people's daughter, but was told that the woman was a person in the Qinglou, not a good citizen, and returned in vain. Then the adults came up with such a way to secretly change the exam papers, and punish people's hearts, what is more heart-wrenching than a student who has studied hard for more than ten years just to get ahead? Of course, to shatter his fantasies one by one! That's why there was a series of events later, and Ling Mu's life and future were also ruined.

Zhiyun listened to this story at that time, and sighed in his heart, and he didn't know whether to say that this Ling Mu was smart or stupid, but it can be seen that this person's perseverance and love, cleverness is in his talent, and he has a lot of attainments in literature, and he is stupid in looking at the government in the capital as too righteous, the world is always unfair more than fair, and he loses in too much integrity and goodness.

Zhiyun shook her head and sorted out her thoughts clearly, she came to do something right today. She sat down in the only chair in the room.

Ling Mu was a little embarrassed and said, "The house is simple, and there is nothing to entertain. ”

Zhiyun shook his head and signaled that he didn't need to entertain, "Ling Gongzi can read "Xiling Zhengjing" and have some opinions on the current political situation in Xiling? Zhiyun asked.

Ling Mu smiled, "I don't dare to talk about opinions, I just have some ideas." ”

"Oh?" Zhiyun said lightly, "Can you tell me?" Let's see if I agree with Childe's thoughts. ”

Ling Mu was stunned for a moment, this young lady looked at her background and was not ordinary, but she found him just to talk to him about current affairs? Not to mention that they want to talk to him, how can the Shan girl's family be interested in these.

Zhiyun smiled: "Isn't Ling Gongzi looking down on me as a woman?" ”

Ling Mu hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this, "Don't dare, don't dare, although I don't dare to talk more about the affairs of the government, it's okay to talk about the surface." ”

"Listen up."

"Xiaosheng has been studying "Xiling Politics and Economics" for a while, and now although the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the power of the court and the central government, and the power of the royal family are a little big, and the Son of Heaven seems to be weak." Although there were only three of them in the house, he didn't specify who it was, Zhiyun knew that Xiangquan was referring to Gao Xiang, and the royal family naturally referred to Xiao Huaichen, the king of Qin.

Just like what he said, if everyone knows it today, it doesn't actually make sense, Zhiyun chuckled, this person is not stupid, and he knows that it is not good to talk about these things boldly with a woman with her. Zhiyun's question is just a temptation.

"Haha," Zhiyun laughed, "Aren't you afraid that I will say that you are talking about the Son of Heaven?" ”

The corners of Ling Mu's mouth twitched, could it be that only villains and women are difficult to raise? But then she turned around: "This girl doesn't look like someone who can go out and chew the root of her tongue." He did feel that the woman in front of him was generous in every move, and since he had just entered the house, he did not show the slightest sense of disgust and disgust, but was naturally generous. So he subconsciously felt that she wouldn't be that kind of person.

"Ling Gongzi thinks too well of people's hearts." Zhiyun saw the stunned look on Ling Mu's face as he wished, and couldn't help but laugh, "But I really won't do that kind of villainous way." ”

The breath in Ling Mu's heart was obviously relieved, and his expression became natural.

"I don't know what the girl came to Xiaosheng for?" Ling Mu asked.

"I'll buy your jade pendant."

Ling Mu remembered that in the past two days, people kept coming to ask him if he wanted to sell his jade pendant, and he only had a jade pendant on his body, which was a piece of mandarin duck jade that he had been a child with, could it be that the people who came in the past two days were all sent by the woman in front of him? But when it came to the jade pendant, his eyes were filled with loss, and he sighed.

"Don't hide it from the girl, someone has come to ask me about the jade pendant every two days, but I really have nothing to do, Xiaosheng came to this capital to recruit people to rob, and he was penniless, so he used the jade pendant to make a mortgage for the owner of this thatched house to have such a place to live." Ling Mu sighed.

Zhiyun knew that this was the case, "Yu Pei, I will help you redeem it." ”

Ling Mu stared at Zhiyun with wide eyes, but the joy in his heart didn't last long. He said: "Thank you for your kindness, but you won't be able to do anything, I have no friendship with the girl, and I will be able to redeem the jade pendant when I get the fame in the next day." ”

Zhiyun looked at him: "Childe is a smart person, he knows that he will not be punished without merit, but when you come to Japan to gain fame, this jade pendant has not known how much it has been transferred, and at that time I want to find it again, I am afraid that it is a needle in a haystack, and now I will give Childe a chance, so that you can take it back directly, isn't it happy?" ”

Ling Mu thought for a while, then said, "Girl, is there anything I need to do?" ”

"For you, it's a simple matter, just prepare well for this year's autumn, other things, don't meddle in everything, don't inquire, don't go to find anyone, I'll help you find the person you want, and when someone finds it, I just owe me a favor, and when you are in high school, you will pay it back to me." Zhiyun said lightly.

Ling Mu was shocked, the girl in front of her looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she actually knew that he had come to Yanjing not only to gain fame but also to find someone. She didn't use the jade pendant as bait, but told him that she owed her a favor by helping him find someone. He didn't know where this girl came from, and he was only shocked in his heart. He didn't hear any news about why he came to Yanjing, and can the girl in front of him really help him find it?

"Ling Gongzi doesn't need to answer in a hurry, think about it, you also know that it must be not small for me to find your identity, so what you can't do is not too difficult for me, if you have someone like me to help you in Yanjing, it will be a good thing for you." Knowing how to be good and inducing.