Sixth, the wind

Ding Si and his entourage had a very smooth journey, and in less than seven or eight days, they had already arrived in Fujian. Ding Si and Hu Runze had just experienced the dry weather in the northwest, and this time the more they went to the southeast, the more they felt that the climate was pleasant and the air was humid. When Ding Si and the others saw this kind of beauty, they all felt refreshed, and the fatigue of day and night was swept away.

On this day, seeing that he was about to arrive in Quanzhou City, Wu Hai saw that the sky was getting dusk, so he ordered everyone to go to the nearest post station to rest. Early the next morning, Wu Hai gathered everyone together and said to everyone: "Everyone, we are only five or six miles away from Quanzhou City, so in order not to attract the attention of the city, let's go into Quanzhou City separately to find out the news." After speaking, Wu Hai ordered all the horses to be put at the post station, appointed four attendants to accompany him into the city with the carriage, and arranged for two attendants to act together with Ding Si and Hu Runze, and the two groups of people would meet again when they returned to the post station in the evening. Everyone had no objection and acted according to Wu Hai's arrangement.

Ding Si and the other four people saw that Wu Hai's carriage was gradually moving away, so they also hurried away, they were all dressed as merchants, and they looked no different from ordinary people. In less than an hour, Ding Si had seen two handsome characters written on the city gate: "Quanzhou." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked into the gate of Fuzhou with the other three. They walked in the city for an hour, only to feel that the customs here are very different from the capital, the streets and alleys seem to be elegant and elegant people, but the voice is loud, if it is not to see the smile on the faces of the people, but also think that there is something to quarrel, and the street buildings, and the capital is very different, and there are many pedestrians on the streets of Quanzhou, and the lively place is no less than the capital. Ding Si had long heard that Quanzhou shipbuilding was very unique, and the shipbuilding department was built in Quanzhou back then, so Quanzhou was different from other places.

Ding Si and a few people in the city specifically selected the place with a lot of people to investigate, and went to the teahouse, wine shop, theater and bookstore, etc., turning around, seeing that the sun is waning, and it is about to be the time to close the city gate, but I haven't heard any gossip, Quanzhou City is lively enough, but there is nothing unusual about it, as for the appearance of the demon road in the city, it is unheard of. Ding Si wondered in his heart, if this gossip spread to the capital, Quanzhou should be known to the people, why is there no rumor at all? Ding Si and the others walked out of the gate of Quanzhou with questions and hurried to the post station.

When he arrived at the post station, Ding Si saw Wu Hai's carriage parked outside, he knew that Wu Hai must have returned, so he hurriedly walked into the post station in a few steps, and sure enough, he saw Wu Hai and several people drinking tea in a big gulp. As soon as Wu Hai saw Ding Si, he hurriedly greeted: "Ding Zhu, come and taste the good tea I brought, the water in this place in Fujian is good, and the taste is a few points better than that in the capital." ”

Ding Si stepped forward to thank him, and everyone ran around for a day, and soon drank a pot of water.

Wu Hai ate tea for a while, only then did he feel that his spirit had recovered, and he gently took the teacup lid and plucked the teacup and said: "We have been shopping for a day, but we feel that Quanzhou City is in order, how can the capital be so evil?" He didn't dare to say that the emperor was chasing after the wind and shadows, and he was just worried about how to recover from this errand.

Ding Si echoed: "We haven't heard any rumors either, but if the rumors spread in the capital are false, I will definitely tell the emperor the truth when I return to Beijing." ”

When Wu Hai heard Ding Si say this, he was very happy in his heart, and thought: Don't look at Ding Si as just a quick catcher, after all, he has a very good personal relationship with the emperor, if he can take this responsibility, the emperor will be easy to believe. Thinking so in his heart, he couldn't help but wait for Ding Si to be a little more attentive.

Ding Si didn't know what Wu Hai was thinking, so he thought for a while and said, "But as the old saying goes, there is no wind and no waves. Although we haven't heard any strange news today, it may not be that there is no such thing, and who knows if someone deliberately suppressed this news. ”

Wu Hai nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable, and I think so in my heart." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a commotion at the door, and was about to ask what was going on, when he suddenly saw a few lanterns leading the way, illuminating the house as if it were day, and a person walked in quickly, and saw Wu Hai holding his hands, and said in his mouth: "Zhang Hansheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, is late." It turned out that although Wu Hai told him not to divulge his identity as soon as he arrived at the post station, he didn't expect that there would be many people, and in just one day, Zhang Hansheng, the prefect of Fuzhou, still heard the wind and rushed to the post station in person. Ding Si looked coldly at the Hansheng who was about fifty years old, with bright eyes, a sincere smile on his face, a burly figure, not angry and self-threatening, and a terrifying temperament. Ding Si looked at the Zhang Hansheng carefully from head to toe, and couldn't help but think in his heart: It seems that most of the rumors in the capital are untrue, how can this Zhang Hansheng be a little panicked, and he doesn't think about tea and dinner.

He was thinking about it, Zhang Hansheng and Wu Hai had already talked to each other, and it was quite a coincidence that the two of them were both Jinshi in Chenghua for fifteen years, and both of them were surprised and happy, and their words and demeanors were also much more affectionate. Ding Si had already seen from the side that although Wu Hai was the official position of the seventh grade and Zhang Hansheng was the official position of the fifth grade, Wu Hai acted as a patrol press this time, representing the eyes and ears of the emperor, plus Zhang Hansheng did not know what Wu Hai was doing in Quanzhou, so he was attentive to Wu Hai, and Wu Hai obviously enjoyed Zhang Hansheng's unusual enthusiasm for himself as a five-grade official. The two talked for a while, and Zhang Hansheng said with a spring breeze on his face: "Hu Yushi, the post station is simple, and the lower officials have prepared a little thin wine, and they also asked the adults to move to Fuzhou Mansion, and Zhang Mouyi is also allowed to do the friendship of the landlord." ”

Wu Hai groaned slightly, nodded and said, "It's okay, in this case, Hu will bother the adult." ”

Zhang Hansheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and enthusiastically took Wu Hai's hand, and the two walked out, Ding Si and others followed, left the post station together, and rushed to Quanzhou with Zhang Hansheng. It didn't take long for Zhang Hansheng to bring Wu Hai and his party to a restaurant, this restaurant has three big characters of "Louwailou", which is brightly lit and brilliant, just look at this momentum, it is one of the best restaurants in Quanzhou City, sure enough, Zhang Hansheng said with a smile: "If you want to go to Quanzhou to eat Fujian cuisine, this Louwailou is the most authentic place, and the 'Buddha jumping over the wall' here is to make the mouth fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless." As he spoke, he led Wu Hai into the restaurant, and Ding Si and the others also walked in.

Zhang Hansheng led Wu Hai into a private room, Ding Si heard a greeting sound inside, and knew that Zhang Hansheng had summoned a group of officials to accompany him, and turned his head to see someone leading the attendants to another room. When the attendants sat down, the meal was served like water in the morning, Ding Si looked at the food, the fruit was very different from the capital, and when he ate it in his mouth, he only felt refreshing and tender, and it had a unique flavor. The attendants have worked hard these days, the morning wind swept up like a cloud to eat, to eat a seventy percent full, and saw a jar of wine brought up, the attendants were when they were young, to open the jar a burst of aroma came out, one by one couldn't help laughing, scrambling to take the wine bowl to fill the wine, gulp up, Ding Si saw that the wine in the wine glass was bright red color, drank in the mouth slightly sweet, was surprised, I heard the person who accompanied me say that it was Fujian's red yeast rice wine, Ding Si had heard that this wine was sweet in the mouth, like honey water, But the strength of the wine is extremely fast, so I take a few sips lightly, and I am not greedy for a glass. After tasting a few sips of wine, Ding Si took advantage of everyone's inattention, quietly exited the room, and went to the corridor to see the restaurant twisting and turning, and indeed created a bit of winding and quiet artistic conception, he was blown by the breeze under the corridor, and gradually calmed down, and couldn't help but think of the intention of this trip, and his heart suddenly moved: I don't know if the big seal of Zhang Hansheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, was lost or not? If it has never been lost, Zhu Youji's worries are superfluous, if there is no big seal, is there another hidden meaning behind this?

He was thinking about it, somehow his nose smelled a burst of aroma, he looked up, only to see someone at the other end of the corridor carrying a lantern came over, followed by a person Tingting, under the candlelight, Ding Si saw that the person in front of him seemed to be a small guy, the person behind hung his head, only revealing a slender white neck, but holding a pipa in his arms, and gradually approached, Ding Si saw that the person behind him turned out to be a woman, only to feel that this woman's eyebrows and eyes were moving, and she had a romantic charm. He watched the little guy lead the woman to Wu Hai and the others' private room, and with a low announcement, the woman floated in like a cloud, and then there was a burst of applause inside, and it didn't take long for a pipa sound to come out. Only then did Ding Si know that this woman was the kabuki invited by Zhang Hansheng. He listened to the tune, and then there was a round of applause, and before long the sound of a lute came out. Only then did Ding Si know that this woman was the kabuki invited by Zhang Hansheng. The sound of the pipa came into Ding Si's ears like flowing water, like a lover whispering, and like a pool of spring water tinkling, Ding Si was very pleasant to hear.

The building outside the building was lively, no one thought that in the palace, there was a man in black sneaked into the second hall, lit a fire in the dark room, and rummaged through the cabinets in the room, as if he was looking for something, it didn't take much effort, the man in black turned out a box, he was happy, and took out a chisel from his arms, and stabbed the lock on the box a few times, the lock was opened, he quickly took out the things in the box and put it in his arms, and then locked the lock, put the box back in place, and looked back at the house, The messy things are tidied up, and the fire is blown out in one breath, and the government hall is then plunged into a cloud of darkness, and the night is quiet, peaceful and peaceful.

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