According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, on the third day after the husband and wife got married, they had to go back to their parents' home and live in Ning for a few days, which was called 'worship' in the market.

Su Jin and Yan Biyun are naturally no exception, on the third day after their marriage on May 21, the two prepared a large number of gifts and returned to Yanfu to worship the door; The first time you return to the door, you have to feast on guests and friends again, and you have to live in your mother's house for two days, and you can return home until the 23rd, but Yan Shu kept Su Jin and Yan Biyun for another two days, so she stayed until the 25th before returning to Su's house.

Su Jin is okay, these days are nothing more than going to the yamen of the imperial court to go through the formalities, the prefect's appointment decree has been issued, but it still needs to go through a certain process before he can get the letter of appointment and the prefect's seal from the Ministry of Officials under the Political Affairs Hall; Moreover, Wang Dynasty Mahan and others also need to go to the Forbidden Army Ma Military Department under the Privy Council to accept the title of military attaché.

During this period, Su Jin learned that Huainan Road had been divided into two, the original Huainan Road was divided into two roads, and the newly separated Huainan East Road was in Yangzhou City, and Song Zhen was also promoted to be the transfer envoy of Huainan East Road.

In the past, friends each had an official position, and they were full of ambition, but they couldn't help but sigh for a long time, and they worshiped six brothers that day, two of them have died, and the remaining four people will soon have to go their separate ways to work hard for the future, and they don't know what year and month they will see each other again.

Because Wu Hengxin did not pass the imperial examination, how could Su Jin allow him to go home and follow his parents to sell pork, and Wu Hengxin got along with him, so Su Jin racked his brains to arrange a position for Wu Hengxin in Weizhou Mansion, and wanted to take Wu Hengxin with him and wait for an opportunity to promote him in the future.

Su Jin only knew at this time why nepotism flourished in the official government, and the phenomenon of appointing private individuals was common, and he had already sought personal interests for his friends before he took office, not to mention those who had been deeply rooted in the officialdom for a lifetime; It seems that as long as you set foot in the big dye vat of officialdom, you will inevitably be contaminated, and no one will be exempt from vulgarity.

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In the afternoon of this day, Su Jin was sitting in the inner hall to discuss with Yan Biyun about going to Weizhou to take up his post, and transferring funds to go to Weizhou to open a silver village with him; The imperial court has already required Su Ji Yinzhuang to be responsible for the military salaries and silver of the officials of Qin Fenglu and the army stationed in the northwest in the second half of the year, so once he takes office, he must immediately establish Yinzhuang, and the military salaries must not be in arrears, otherwise it will cause chaos.

In addition, the people who follow him to Weizhou must also be selected, and whoever walks with him in the family must also be the young lady Yan Biyun to get the idea, Yan Biyun will definitely not be able to follow, she is pregnant and can't travel long distances, and she has to take care of the business of the Su family and Yan Mansion, so she can only stay in Bianliang City.

When the two were discussing, Xiao Xian'er came in outside and said that there was a mother-in-law who arrived at the door and dropped a letter and ran away in a hurry, without even saying a word, and the nursing home on duty in the front yard picked up the letter, so she asked what to do.

Su Jin asked, "What about the letter?" ”

Xiao Xian'er said: "Put it in the outer hall, Sister Rou Niang took a silver needle dipped in water and tested the poison." ”

Su Jin smiled dumbly and said, "Test poison? What kind of poison to try, you guys are too much of a fuss. ”

Xiao Xian'er said: "Sister Rou Niang has instructed, from now on, whether it is eating, drinking, or things sent by unknown people, it must be tested for poison, and she also said that the last time the prince dealt with those Liao people, those Liao people saved their lives in this way and were not poisoned by the assassins." ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "You are all soldiers, there is no need to be like this, how can you be so worried." ”

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "Don't worry about it, Sister Rou Niang is also kind, it's always good to be more careful, after all, it's not peaceful, someone has targeted our family several times, and someone dares to do something to you in broad daylight during the Dragon Boat Festival, what can't these people do?" ”

Su Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head, he could only let these women toss and order Xiao Xian'er to bring the letter in and read it; After Xiao Xian'er went out, she came in with Rou Niang, Xiao Sui'er and others, holding a crumpled letterhead with vegetable leaves in her hand.

Su Jin stretched out his hand to take the letterhead, there was not a word on the envelope, and he was a little puzzled in his heart, so he hurriedly opened the seal and took out the letterhead to take a look, only to see a few words written on it with an eyebrow pencil crookedly: "Brother Su, the slave family is in the old house, come and save me." ”

Su Jin was startled, his eyebrows were pondered, Yan Biyun poked his head to look, and when he saw such a clueless sentence, he didn't know who sent it, and asked softly: "Xianggong, who wrote this?" ”

Su Jin sighed and said, "If you call me like this, and call yourself a slave, this must be Miss Xia." ”

Everyone was stunned and exclaimed, "Miss Xia? How could she be in danger? ”

Everyone in the Su family already knew a lot about the matter between Su Jin and Xia Siling, and originally had some slight complaints about Xia Siling, but when they knew that Xia Siling did not hesitate to save Su Jin from danger by threatening her life for Su Jin, and that the servants around Yuzhang were not willing to slash her in order to protect the whereabouts of Su Jin and others, everyone's impression of her had already changed greatly.

It's just that once I was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the grass rope, as soon as I saw the letter, everyone unconsciously remembered the trap last time, could this be Xia Zhu's old trick to trap Su Jin again?

Everyone's doubts were written on their faces, Su Jin didn't know, he quickly read the letterhead a few times again, and said in a deep voice: "I know what you are thinking, but according to my judgment, this is written by Xia Siling himself, although the handwriting is sloppy, and it is written with an eyebrow pencil, but this just shows that Xia Siling is in danger, she can no longer grind the ink and write with a brush slowly, it can be seen that she is quickly and secretly written to be sent by someone." ”

But why didn't the messenger make it clear? Besides, if there is really danger, why not report it to the official? And she is the eldest lady of the Xia family, and she is in the Xia family's mansion, what danger can she have? Could it be that the old thief Xia Zhu could still kill his daughter with his own hands? Rou Niang frowned and asked.

Su Jin shook his head and said, "I can't answer any of these, but can I turn a blind eye?" Miss Xia ...... me Be kind to me, if she is really in danger and asks for help from me, and I think about the delay of time, if she is hurt or loses her life, how can I deal with myself in the future? ”

Everyone was silent, not because they didn't want to save it, but because they were worried that Su Jin had fallen into the scam again.

Yan Biyun said softly: "Don't be in a hurry, since Xianggong said that it must be Miss Xia's handwritten letter asking for help, it is naturally true; Don't worry too much, if you go to the rescue this time, you will definitely have to bring more people, instead of going alone like last time. ”

Su Jin's face flushed, last time he was in the mood of stealing jade and stealing incense, so he was naturally alone, but this move reminded Su Jin, Su Jin slapped his face and said: "The lady is right, you think, if it is a trap, how can there be a cry for help, as soon as I see the word help, I will bring people to go, so how can his trap be implemented?" ”

Rou Niang and the others figured out the truth, and then they were really anxious, especially Rou Niang, if it wasn't for Xia Siling to save her, she would have been dead for a long time, and once it was determined that it was not a trap for Su Jin, she was more anxious than anyone else.

Su Jin sat down slowly, closed his eyes and thought about it, everyone knew that Su Jin was planning how to save people, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Su Jin actually knew that Xia Zhu left Beijing for a business trip to Bazhou in shock, if Xia Siling was really in danger this time, it must not be Xia Zhu's doing, then being in the Xia Mansion and the eldest lady of the Xia family, although it was possible that Xia Zhu was under house arrest, but the subordinates did not dare to make a mistake to her.

Needless to say, there must be a lot of nursing homes in the Xia Mansion, and there are dozens of people in a small courtyard in Yuzhang Building, and the old mansion that Xia Siling said must be the Xia family mansion in Socks Lane, and there must be a lot of people in it.

That is to say, the danger cannot come from an external enemy's attack, but more likely from within; Su Jin's heart was shocked, he jumped up from the chair and said loudly: "It's not good, it must be that group of people who are going to rebel in the nest." ”

Yan Biyun and the others were startled, and before they could react, Su Jin had already walked out of the room quickly, went straight outside, and shouted at the same time: "What about the dynasty, tell him to come to see me quickly." ”

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As the day dawned, the air became more and more sultry, and after a day of scorching sun, the whole earth exuded bursts of heat; However, the originally clear sky was unaware of the dark clouds rolling in and the trend of heavy rain was coming.

Xia Siling sat upstairs quietly, watching the black clouds rolling in the sky, praying silently in her heart.

Tonight may be a stormy night, tonight may be his last day in this world, if no one comes to save him, the bluestone floor under the back window will be his final destination.