Shang Cheng was stunned for a while, took two sips of the cold bitter tea, reached out to move the two candlesticks closer, and picked up the personnel file that he hadn't finished reading just now.

The curtain of the study moved. Someone came in. He still went and returned as if it was Yue'er, lowered his eyes and continued to read the official resume in his hand, without looking up and asked, "Why did you come back?" Anything else? ”

The man who came in hesitated for a moment, and then he heard the woman's voice: "...... Sir,"

Isn't the person who enters the house Yue'er?

He looked up in astonishment.

The light in the room was a little dim, and the woman seemed to be very afraid of him, and when she came in, she crept back to the corner of the door, and in the dim light and shadow could only dimly see the outline of her figure. Because the woman had been standing with her hands twisted and bowing her head, he couldn't see her face clearly, only to see that the woman had a plain ropa wrapped around her head, and a short-sleeved moon-white skirt was covered with a green tunic skirt.

At first glance, he thought it was a big girl. But he immediately reversed his judgment. Although this woman's size is about the same as that of a big girl, her accent is very authentic Shangjing. Moreover, this woman's voice was very good, her voice was unusually clear, and her speech was as crisp as a golden ringing jade, as if he had heard it somewhere. He frowned and pondered, and when he didn't know the essentials for a while, he covered up the file and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

The woman pressed her left hand and put her right hand on her knees, bowed deeply to him, and then said, "Master, Miss asks, what are you going to eat for supper?" ”

Shang Cheng stared at her deeply, shook his head slightly, and said, "No need." ”

The woman trembled with fear from his dark and shining eyes, and in an instant it seemed that she had nowhere to put her hands and feet, and her face suddenly became extremely pale. She lowered her head, shuddered in the corner, and after a long time she said in a trembling voice, "...... So, the little girl will help you turn the lights on a little bit? ”

"Okay."

The woman seemed to be terrified of him, and although she said yes, her feet trembled and could not move her steps, and the bones and joints of the two twisted hands were crackled by herself, and the person still avoided the corner of the wall where the light could not shine. Suddenly, she took a deep breath as if she was emboldening herself, buried her head and rushed to the side of the table with two steps in her head, took the candle scissors hanging on the branches of the candlestick, brushed the hinged burning wick a few times, and removed the candle tears that had fallen down, and at the same time glanced at Shang Cheng quickly, thank God for it, the terrifying-looking general was looking down and reading the official document in his hand! She forcibly pressed her pounding heart, trembling to light up the candle flame, and she didn't even have time to put down the small iron scissors in her hand, so she hurried out with her hands and feet. I kept exiting the study until the burly and tall figure behind the desk was covered by the door curtain and could no longer be seen, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in my heart. Her feet went limp, and she reached out to grab a seat next to her so she didn't fall. She leaned on the back of the chair and gasped for several breaths, feeling that her forehead was weak, her hands and feet were weak, and she was drenched in cold sweat as if she had just been fished out of the water......

In the hall, only a lantern hung on the shadow wall screen leading to the backyard, and the flexible light reflected through the lantern paper was a cloud of white light, illuminating all the tables and chairs in the room dimly, and the long black shadow dragged on the ground, shortening and growing with the swaying of the fire in the lantern.

She closed her eyes and was silent for a while, until her mind calmed down a little, and then she tried to make a calm appearance, gritting her teeth and dragging her soft legs outward.

But as soon as she took two or three steps, two swarthy figures stood in the way of the hall, like two terrifying man-eating monsters.

The sudden turn of events made her take a step back in panic. She didn't dare to raise her head, crossed her hands in front of her chest and pinched the base of her index finger with her fingernails, trying her best not to expose the fear in her heart. She lowered her head and opened her mouth to say something to the two guards, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't say anything in her throat except one or two meaningless mute syllables......

With a hint of luck, she took a small step forward.

The two guards didn't move.

She could feel their gaze staring at her coldly.

She took another small step forward.

This time they moved. They held out an arm to stop her at the same time.

She raised her head, trying to make the look on her face more natural, and desperately squeezed out a smile and said to the two guards, "Master...... Miss...... Just now I, I'm ...... I have to go back......" She didn't even know what she was talking about. She could feel the flesh on her cheeks tremble uncontrollably. Her heart was pounding, her hands and feet were cold, as if she was immersed in an ice cave in the cold winter moon, and one after another cold air spread from her limbs to the top of her head. But she couldn't do anything, didn't dare to do anything, didn't even dare to look at the two guards. She could only comfort herself in her heart and say: Don't be afraid, it's okay, they can't see it......

The arms raised by the two guards did not drop. They didn't say anything, just stared at her coldly.

She didn't dare to take the third step. She believed that as long as she dared to take another step forward, they would not hesitate to clean her up.

She took a step back. Their eyes were fixed on her; The arm still didn't come down.

She took another step back......

Shang Cheng has already read the two personnel files. One is from Ouyang Zhi, the new commander of Dun'an County, and the other is from Cheng Rantao of Dun'an County. Coincidentally, these two people are not only Chuzhou villagers, but also both Jinshi in the seventh year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, but after high school, one entered the Hanlin Academy as a Bapin attendant, and the other released the Jiupin County Cheng in Zhongxian County, who knew that ten years later, Hanlin actually became a Jiupin County Cheng, but the original County Cheng made the Bapin County Order...... He took Ran Tao's case file and flipped through it again. According to the records in the case file, Ran Tao did not work long in the Hanlin Academy before he was promoted to the province of Menxia to walk under the door, and then walked under the door and moved the Ministry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Division to serve as the chief bookkeeper of the seventh grade, just when his career was smooth sailing, but he was suddenly demoted to Jingfu as a judge in the 14th year of the Eastern Era, and then he was demoted to Dun'an as a county minister; I haven't moved since.

He covered up the file, thinking about what Ran Tao had done, and how could he be deposed again and again? The record of this incident in the archives is very vague, and only mentions one article that "drunken prostitutes have lost their official body". Seeing this romantic sin committed by Ran Tao, he felt a little funny, and he wanted to add the crime one by one, and there was no word for it. The court of Dazhao can't help but be lustful, the government has internal and external teaching workshops, and the folk have songs and dances, these places are dazzling places to say nicely, and the ugly point is Qingzhai Waliao, not only the officials, scholars, and civilians have their own places to go to and fro at will, and there is no distinction between official and private offices, and every spring and autumn and the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival will hold what "flower list" and "fragrant spectrum" of the "grand event", even Lu Ji Tao Qi These local officials are also enthusiastic, and they have never heard that the inspection department is looking for trouble for them, how did they get to Ran Tao here, What is the result?

He put the two case files back. When you are free, you have to find Ran Tao and ask carefully. If the punishment was too severe, then he could say a few good words for Ran Tao. Judging from the records on the archives and his own contacts, this person is still very talented, and it is a pity to put it in Dun'an; If possible, he hoped to keep the man in the Department of Health. Of course, this will have to wait for Ran Tao's illness to improve.

He neatly wrote down the word "Ran Tao" on a piece of paper in block letters, and then threaded the paper on the nail of a thin wooden board hanging from the side of the table. There are already a lot of pieces of paper strung on the board, which are all prompts and summaries that he usually makes when he reviews official documents, which are used to remind himself.

With these things done, he glanced up at the woman who was tied up by the door. She's been in for a long time, but he's been busy just now, so he doesn't pay attention to her. Now that he had nothing important on his hands, he was ready to say a few words to her.

He poured himself a cup of herbal tea, then leaned back in the chair with the cup, looked at the woman for a long time, and said, "You stand up a little." He pointed to the ground in front of the desk. Now, you say it. ”

The woman moved over, and after a while she cowered and asked him, "Say, what do you say?" ”

"Whatever. Say whatever you want. ”

I don't know if it's because the candle flame is shaking, or the woman's heart is too nervous, her originally beautiful goose egg face has now become a little out of shape, her facial features are also a little displaced, and the slightest blood on her face is not pure white. She hesitated for a long time before swallowing her saliva and whispering, "General...... Sir, you ...... You want me to ...... Folk Girl ...... What does the servant say? ”

Shang Cheng sneezed several times before he could speak. He frowned and waved his hand, telling her to stand a little farther away. I don't know what this woman has smelled on her, and the rich fragrance makes him very uncomfortable. He took off his blindfold and wiped the tears that overflowed from his eyes as he said, "You can say whatever you want." A little further! Ah one by one! Ahh Seeing that the woman was standing a little farther away, and the aroma was not as straight to the end of his nose as it had just now, he asked, "What's your name?" Who's the people? ”

"Son-of-law...... The maid Jinniang is a native of Dun'an. The maid's maiden name is Li ......"

Shang Cheng smiled and said, "I didn't ask what your name is now." I'm asking, what was your name before. ”

Suddenly hearing this, the woman's face was as pale as dirt in an instant, and if it weren't for the iron lampstand next to her, she would almost sit on the ground. Her hands and feet trembled as if she didn't obey the call, and it took a long time to whisper: "Slave, slave, slave doesn't understand what the master is saying......"

Shang Cheng smiled: "How can you not understand? Pretending to be stupid is not the style of the famous Wasp Nine Lady. Now that she has stepped into this door, does Jiu Niangzi still want to walk out? ”

Zhao Jiuniang couldn't stand on her feet, and she quibbled with her mouth: "Big ...... I'm afraid the general has recognized the wrong person. The maid is Dun'an Li Jinniang, not ...... It's not what you say, Nine Niangzi. ”

Shang Cheng took two sips of tea with a teacup, looked at her and shook his head with a smile.

Zhao Jiuniang knew that it was impossible to be fortunate this time, her heart had already sunk to the bottom of a thousand-foot deep pool, but she didn't want to give up a glimmer of life, so she forced the fear and panic in her heart, and reluctantly said: "The general really recognized the wrong person......

"Recognize the wrong person?" Shang Cheng sneered and said, "Jiu Niang is really a noble person who forgets things!" In the summer of the year before last, outside Quzhou City, you don't remember the incident of the living person Zhang? Jiu Niangzi's singing book is a must, and a section of "Monk Fighting Tiger" at the foot of Yanshan Mountain is still fresh in my memory. ”

As Shang Cheng's words fell, Zhao Jiuniang collapsed into the ground without saying a word. Since she broke through the sky and was suppressed in West Malaysia, the old brother she knew before died and fled, she has been hiding in the teaching workshop of Dun'an, this time it is really but Hao Laodao, the "face" of the three masters of the former Qingwa Village, only to take the risk of splashing the sky to come out for Huanghuazhai. She originally thought that her name of "Wasp Jiuniang" had long been forgotten with the encirclement and suppression of the official army three years ago, and no one in the world today knew her true face except for a few two or three people......

This woman is a hard person, knowing that she will definitely die this time, but she calmed down, slowly got up from the ground, cleaned up the dust on her clothes, stared at Shang Cheng for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "I remembered that the living person Zhang was killed by you with a blade that day." Tsk, I didn't expect that the merchant team was pretending to be an official soldier, let alone ...... The living Zhang Zonghengyanqu died in your hands, but he was not wronged at all. Speaking of this, she sighed too much, "I remember that you didn't have this scar on your face at that time, and your eyes didn't hurt one by one, it's a pity that Duojun is a handsome young general, how can his eyes become ugly in the blink of an eye!" ”

Shang Cheng rubbed the scar on his face, laughed too, and said, "No way, if you cut others too much, you will inevitably be cut a few times by others." He put on the blindfold and said, "Look, if you hadn't been at the Dujia store the year before, we would have met earlier." Fortunately, the mountains do not turn around, and the water turns around, and I met here today, and I finally have a fate. As he spoke, he put away his smile, "Say, you don't live a good life incognito in Dun'an, what are you doing in Yanzhou?" Who asked you to come? ”

This is the first time Zhao Jiuniang heard that the bandits' nest in Zhidu's store in West Malaysia was also done by Shang Cheng, so she muttered after a while: "You haven't thought about it, I'm taking revenge for breaking through the sky?" ”

Shang Cheng smiled coldly: "Forgive you for not having the guts!" ”

Zhao Jiuniang stared at him with round eyes, and lowered her head gloomily for a long time. The Admiral was right, she really didn't have the guts. The general was also wrong, she never thought of avenging the sky; I didn't think about it when I was in Qingwazhai, and I didn't think about it in Dujiadian. She didn't answer Shang Cheng's question, but asked, "You know me, but the soldiers under your command don't know me, why don't they let me go?" ”

Shang Cheng glanced at Su Zha and Tian Xiaowu who were standing at the door of the study, pointed to a few shelves of papers and books in the room and said, "There are many confidential documents in this courtyard, don't talk about you, it's the two of them, and they can't walk around the rooms casually without my permission." You probably don't know that the only person who can enter and exit this courtyard at will is one of my sisters, and if she has something, she will never send a maid to tell me that ordinary people can't even approach this courtyard. ”

Tian Xiaowu lifted the curtain and poked his head in and said: "Commander, as soon as this Jin Niang or Jiu Niang came just now, I was going to arrest her and interrogate her slowly, it was Su Zha who said to let her in and see what she wanted to do......"

Su Zha said anxiously: "Obviously, you kept saying that this mother-in-law was probably sent by the young lady to the adult......" Before he finished speaking, he was hammered on the chest by Tian Xiaowu's elbow, and the words that followed naturally couldn't be spoken. Tian Xiaowu continued with a smile: "Suza said that adults are busy with official business all day long, and it is also appropriate to be lazy when they have time. He also said that this woman also looks Peugeot......"

Shang Cheng glanced at him, and Tian Xiaowu quickly closed his mouth and stood aside.

Shang Cheng turned his face and waited quietly for Zhao Jiuniang to explain the purpose of the trip, although he had already guessed it......