On the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Xizhou, held a dinner in the Dadu Governor's Mansion to thank and send off the Broken Leaf Messenger back to Broken Leaf City.

Accompanied by Xizhou Beijia Wang Da, Changshi Zhao Zhen, Xizhou Sima Mohe, and several other records and soldiers, the lowest grade is also a positive five grades. Hou Jun was also deliberately arranged by Guo Dudu among the entourage, and his current identity is the deputy supervisor of Xizhou Liuzhongmu, and his grade is the seventh rank and lower rank.

During the banquet, some officials were a little puzzled as to why this heroic young junior official would appear on such a high-level foreign-related occasion. But seeing that Guo Xiaoke, the military and political chief of Xizhou, was introducing the envoy of Broken Leaf City, after introducing the farewell car and long history, he seemed to inadvertently pull the deputy pastoral supervisor in front of him, and said to the envoy of Broken Leaf City, "This is Gao Jun, the deputy supervisor of Liuzhongmu, is the grandson of the old man of my Chaozhong High Pavilion, don't look at the fact that he is only twenty years old this year, and he has already made a brocade fang order in the prosperous place of Yangzhou. ”

After finishing talking about Gao Jun, to those fifth- and sixth-grade subordinates, this Governor Guo Dadu no longer introduced, and enthusiastically raised his glass to persuade him. Clear-eyed people know at a glance that this senior deputy pastoral supervisor has a lot of background, and his foundation in the court is by no means comparable to that of idle people. Who is Gao Ge Lao, who doesn't know who is mixed in the officialdom, it is a product of the dynasty, although the word "from" has to be added in front of it - from a product, but it is already the highest grade except for the prince, even Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Xizhou, is only an official of the third grade, understand, don't say that Gao Jun has a grandfather with such a prominent status, even if he only gets the appreciation of Guo Dudu, it is enough for him to soar in the future.

After the opening, Guo Dudu no longer looked at Gao Jun, in fact, this is an art, everything that should be said is clearly told to you, and the rest, think about it yourself. This also gave people the impression that Guo Dudu did not discriminate between relatives and subordinates.

Don't drive Wang Da in Xizhou, I don't know why Guo Xiaoke can govern Xizhou, but today I understand a little. For this Gao Jun, he only knew that he was the nephew of a certain minister in the DPRK before, but he really couldn't imagine that there was such a big background. So I had the opportunity to have a few encounters with Gao Jun before, but I didn't observe him attentively at all. This senior deputy pastor did not give him a very good impression, he looked like he was hollowed out by wine all day long, and when he saw him today, he was completely shrewd and capable, full of energy, and his heart said that he had lost his eyes. He took an opportunity, raised his glass and walked to the high seat, and said loudly, "Do you still know this official?" Some days have not seen, the tall man has become more and more heroic, the elder Gao has always been the official respectful person, such as the sun and the moon, such as the river and the sea, if the high man returns to Beijing, see the elder, must convey the official's respect! ”

Before he could say anything, a group of people who joined the army saw that an official who was at the bottom of the fifth rank took the initiative to express his closeness to a seventh-rank junior official, and they raised their glasses one after another. This tall man seemed to be overwhelmed by alcohol, and looked at Guo Xiaoke and said, "Uncle Guo......"

Only this half sentence, Guo Xiaoke, who was greeting the envoy, already understood, so he said to Gao Jun in the tone of an elder, "It's not too early, Liu Zhongmu still has a lot of affairs pressing, I won't keep you, remember, after you go, you must follow what I taught you, you must be conscientious and responsible." Gao Mu Jian nodded his head frequently, then said goodbye to the officials one by one, and then walked out of the hall proudly.

This is really a gorgeous turn, from then on, he Hou Jun, the son of a sinner, not only took off the white robe and green robe, but also changed to such a solid foundation, to be windy, in any way, Guo Dadu Governor will be his strongest backing. And the illustrious family background behind him doesn't need him to think about it in the near future, just like the sun shining in the sky, which not only makes people have the light that they can't open their eyes, but also is too far away, and makes people unconsciously bathe in warmth.

That "Hou Jun" had already been arranged in advance by the Metropolitan Governor for his cronies, took the official documents of the Governor's Mansion, and helped the coffin to return to Liuzhong. The official document said that Hou Jun was ordered to go to Xizhou on the way, accidentally fell off his horse, stepped on his chest with his hooves, vomited several liters of blood, and died.

Gao Jun rode on a fast horse, it can be said that his heart is like an arrow, today he is already a seven-grade official, those officials and masters enjoy the identity, wealth, pomp, mansion, retinue and majesty, will come uninvited, more importantly, from now on, he and the Liu family no longer have to live in that leaky firewood house, he can let her enjoy more thoughtful care, so that the kind of life that belongs to her back to her side again.

Gao Jun only cared about being happy, and didn't realize that between his wishes and reality, there was a curtain that he needed to pull apart, he rode a horse and galloped, and slowly suddenly remembered that he was no longer the Hou Jun, which was really annoying.

Now this person is the shepherd in Liu's eyes, who has only galloped twice around the village on horseback, and what kind of blow will the current "Hou Jun" bring her?

Thinking of this, the tall man's heart was like a knife, and he couldn't wait to step to Liu's side and comfort her with his own arm.

Gao Jun came out of the governor's mansion at the end of Shen Shi, under normal circumstances, it takes three hours for Pegasus to return to Liuzhong, on the side of the road from the entrance of the village to Xizhou Road, he saw a new tomb, white sails are displayed, paper money is all over the ground, Gao Jun's heart is shocked, jump off the horse to watch. When the moon was fifteen, very bright, reflecting the remnant snow, he saw a new wooden tablet erected on the grave, through the moonlight, only to see the ink pen on it written "Hou Jun's tomb, concubine Liu's Li" words. There is no title for "Hou Jun" on the stele, I think the people in the village have identified his relationship with Liu, if it is written here, Liu's is tantamount to making trouble for himself, and the word "concubine" can be regarded as the humble title of the person who erected the stele. Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel sad and shed two lines of tears.

With his character, he should not change his name or change his surname, but time, fate, and luck are all out of his control. He sat down in front of the tomb, and the corners of the man's mouth seemed to be smiling again in his mind. He secretly said in his heart, "This benevolent brother, you used to treat me unruly, and I will correct your name in your name!" ”

He stood up, led his horse and walked gently to their firewood house at the entrance of the village, first tethering his horse to a tree far from the firewood house, and then walking up to the door. It was pitch black inside, there was no light, and I could vaguely hear the sobbing of a woman in the firewood room. He was stunned for a moment, feeling that he was the most unreliable person in this world, one step away, his only remaining relative in this world, was in despair and loneliness at the moment, and no one comforted him. And he was standing so close and couldn't do anything, why did a strange deputy pastor appear in front of Liu's eyes at this time.

He heard the slightly restless agitation of the charcoal fire in the stable next to him, and his nose was spraying his breath, and he kept digging the ground, and he seemed to be very excited. After a while, he heard Liu come out of the shack, and quickly hid in the shadows next to him, only to see Liu come out and open the wood door of the stable. He looked at her secretly, and the figure he knew very well stood in front of the charcoal. She put her arms around the neck of the charcoal fire and muttered to herself:

"Tanhuo, am I arguing with you, why don't you sleep well? Are you, like me, grieving the loss of someone you can rely on for the rest of your life? You can follow his footsteps from so far away to find us, why can't you immediately carry me back after running back from Xizhou to find our Ah Jun? Why do you still graze and rejoice on the hillside as if nothing happened, don't you know that I have been thinking about him, thinking about his return countless times a day? ”

"You can still run without him, but I've slowly gotten used to him in front of my eyes, used to the feeling of steadiness he gave me on a snowy night, and I feel like I can't even stand now......"

"I used to be too bad to him, I was too selfish, for the sake of my son, I thought of all the ways to make him inferior, to make his father hate him, to expel him, on the first night of my coming here, I heard clearly, he was also calling me a shrew in his sleep, but when I was sick, he gave me the warmest embrace, so that this woman, who was extremely domineering before, but now extremely lonely, can feel extremely down-to-earth even in such a humble wood house, almost a place in the wilderness."

"Tanhuo, do you know, even in the Guogong Mansion before, I have never been so down-to-earth...... Could it be that I did too many bad things in the past, and God will ruthlessly drain my dependence? Do you know, when I saw him lying scarred in front of me, I felt that that person was not him at all, I had seen his body, it was definitely not him, how strong his body was, the tendons and flesh on his body were piece by piece, I didn't believe it, I knew he had a birthmark on his chest, but, but, which damn horse, kicked it there, and the official document of the Xizhou Mansion, I believe it wasn't him, how could those two thin arms make me feel breathless, Is there such a big change after death? You tell me, if this is really him, will a beautiful woman become ugly when she dies? Well, if you don't speak, then I'll die, I'm not afraid of being ugly, I'm just afraid that no one will bury me next to him......"

Speaking of this she sobbed again, not only that, but she also heard another person's choking, rough voice, when she came in, she just covered the chaimen, a figure she was familiar with pushed open the chaimen and jumped in, before Liu came to his senses, two powerful arms wrapped her in his arms, ah! Everything is illusory, official documents, official errands, grief, Liu knows that even this hug is illusory, this can't be true, but she needs it, Liu smelled her familiar smell, deeply intoxicated, when she came to her senses a little, and wanted to confirm it, she only felt a ghost silently fly out from the top of the barrier.

Listening to Liu's muttering, "Master Gao" couldn't help but rush up and hold Liu's arms, but soon he came to his senses, if they recognized each other at this time, or if the people in the village saw it, how would he and Lord Guo justify themselves? Not only that, but it will also scare the Liu family crazy. Just now, she was just in a state of psychedelic thinking about Hou Jun excessively, but fortunately he left in time, and used light skills to jump out directly, when Liu Shi came back to his senses to look at the chai door, the door was still closed, and there was no trace of movement.

She reminisced about the short-lived warmth like a dream, hoping that such a dream would come back, Liu stopped crying, she closed the door, hurried back to the shack, and lay down, she believed that the ghost that flew away was Hou Jun's, he would come again, he would come again, he would definitely go with him, thinking like this, she fell asleep.

At dawn she got up quickly, and went to the stable again to see, the charcoal fire was quiet, no different, Liu Shi came out of it, and looked around the perimeter of the barrier, she saw the place where the ghost flew out last night, and a wisp of dark green silk thread hung on the spikes of the wattle, which floated gently with the wind, and she felt in a trance where she had seen it, and she couldn't remember it for a while.

"Master Gao" jumped out of the stable, and watched from a distance as Liu closed the door, went to sleep in the shack, and heard her gradually steady breathing with his ears, and then put his mind at ease, thinking that in the middle of the night, there was only a pasture to go, he heard the village say the direction of the pasture, so he untied the horse, flew up, and the two whips arrived, the time was almost late at night, he saw a row of houses nearby and the lights were on, thinking that although he didn't know what Lord Gao usually did, but the black light was blind now, and it was not likely to show the horse's feet, So he jumped off his horse and walked over, only to see the figures of the people in the lighted room swaying, and the sound of talking came out.

"Manager Luo, take a look, is this called heaven is not as good as people? That woman, now a dead man, helpless, you see she can be strong again. ”

"Alas, I was just tempting that night, and I was smashed on the head by her, and scolded me a few words, I didn't dare to approach for several days, Luo Quan, you think of a way to get the best of both worlds, so that she willingly obeys me."

As soon as the "tall man" heard it outside, he immediately understood what was going on, and in an instant he was furious, pushed open the hidden door, and stepped into the house.

In the room was Steward Luo and Luo Quan, a small table of wine and food was sitting and drinking, discussing the two of them, and a person rushed in unexpectedly, no need to look at Lord Gao, Steward Luo hurriedly stood up, greeted Gao Jun and smiled, "Lord Gao, are you back?" ”

"Master Gao" looked at Steward Luo's flattering smiling face, thinking about the two of them just in the house, a sense of disgust arose, and he suddenly raised his foot as his chest, kicking Steward Luo back several steps and sitting on the ground.

"I tell you, that woman, if you dare to beat her up a little more crookedly, be careful that I pick your thief's skin!"

Steward Luo had never seen his master make such a big fire, and when his heart turned, he immediately understood where the tall popularity came from, such a beautiful lady like the Liu family, who was hard to find in the crowd, if the tall man fell in love with her, he would think about her again and then he would die, so he hurriedly said, "My lord, the villain doesn't dare, he doesn't dare." Gao Jun thought that he would still need this dog leg in the future, without him, he wouldn't even be able to find his home, so he held back his anger and shouted at the two of them, "If you don't get up and give me land, I'm hungry!" ”

Steward Luo was kicked, endured the discomfort in his chest, and Luo Quan opened up some more wine and food, bent down and stood next to watch Lord Gao eat and drink, "Lord Gao" was afraid that they would expose themselves after watching it for a long time, so he poured a bowl of wine on Luo Quan's face, and scolded, "Defeated bastard, get out of the way, be careful that I kick you too!" ”

Luo Dao didn't know that Master Gao went to Xizhou, and why his temper changed so much when he came back, firstly, he was probably angry that he had provoked his woman, and secondly, it was possible that his official duties were not going well, so he rolled away. Here, the tall man ate and drank to his heart's content, and fell asleep as soon as he fell back.