Huang Zicheng Mansion.

The atmosphere in the inner hall was sluggish, Huang Zicheng sat in the main seat, his always straight back looked particularly rickety, and his face, which was in good spirits in the past, looked extremely old.

Grabbing the armrest of the Taishi chair, Huang Zicheng's hand was bruised and bulging, and the other hand covered his mouth and coughed vigorously for a while.

Tyrant Zhao and Huang Guan sat in the guest seat, seeing that Huang Zicheng was no longer in spirit, and his body was much more depressed, the two of them looked at him quietly, and their hearts couldn't help but feel a little sad.

This old man has paid too much for the Great Tomorrow, he is stubborn, he is strong, he is pedantic, but he is a well-deserved loyal minister in the Ming Dynasty.

After being silent for a long time, Huang Zicheng's white eyebrows moved slightly, he let out a long sigh, and said with a gloomy expression: "Two colleagues, the old man left Beijing after the third day, went to Beiping, and asked the two colleagues to take care of everything, and asked the two colleagues to take care of them, and they are young today, and they are quite inappropriate in handling things......

Before he finished speaking, Huang Zicheng hurriedly stopped.

There were rumors in the court and market, saying that he Huang Zicheng wanted to follow Cao Ying at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he had the intention of coercing the Son of Heaven to abuse power, and people were terrible, and they should not talk about the young age of the Son of Heaven in the future.

Huang Guan and Huang Guan had already heard the unfinished meaning of Huang Zicheng's words, and the two sighed in unison and were silent.

Huang Zicheng smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "The old man Hongwu has been in the Golden Palace for eighteen years, and he has been assisting you for thirteen years!" But I never thought that now that the new monarch was established, the court and the central government were in charge, and the old man had the ambition to eliminate the annihilation, but he was finally mistaken by the gossip and had to leave the court temporarily......"

Huang Guan sighed: "The boss has always been afraid of the vassal king, this matter is known all over the dynasty, and now the king of Yan is powerful, and his ambition is obvious, the boss is going to Beiping, it is very dangerous, and you need to be careful." ”

Huang Zicheng laughed: "Be careful of what? Since ancient times, evil does not suppress righteousness, the old man is a dignified court, the envoy of the Son of Heaven, even if he Yan Wang has the heart of not being subordinate, does he dare to risk the disapproval of the world and openly kill the old man? ”

After a pause in laughter, Huang Zicheng's expression became gloomy again, and he sighed and said: "It's a pity that the ministers are flattered, the Son of Heaven is bewitched, in the long run, the court will inevitably be smoky, and now there are strong vassals outside to serve the great treasure, and the inside has the right to wipe out one hand to cover the sky, my Ming Dynasty is the first emperor to immediately fight bloodily, expelled the Tartars to create, this is only 31 years, it is already internal and external troubles, crises are everywhere, the old man has the heart to serve the country and be loyal to the king, but God is unfair, why treat me like this......"

When the two of them heard the resentment in Huang Zicheng's words, they couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly stopped: "Huang Gong is cautious, you need to know that the wall has ears, and if you say too much, you will lose, now Jinyi Wei is in charge of supervising hundreds of official affairs, and secret agents are all over the capital, if they hear it, it will be a disaster!" ”

"Humph! So what? The Son of Heaven was deceived by the annihilation of the ministers, and he became suspicious of the old man, but the old man has taught the Son of Heaven for many years and knows that he is a benevolent monarch, how can he offend the old man with a word? ”

"But if Huang Gong's words fall into the ears of Jinyi Wei Xiao Fan, he is not a benevolent master!"

Huang Zicheng was suddenly shocked and was silent, but there was an inexpressible resentment in his expression.

Outside the inner hall, a young man dressed in the color of the Huangfu people's miscellaneous uniforms half-squatted in a corner where no one noticed, pricked up his ears and listened attentively to the movements in the inner hall, for a long time, the young man showed a mysterious smile on his face, he got up quietly, and disappeared silently in a small forest outside the inner hall of the Huangfu......**************************************************** woman, a woman with deep friendship, There are more or less some comparisons in their hearts, and they compare a lot of things, husbands, family backgrounds, dresses, clothes...... Among them, whether the skin is fair and whether it is watery is definitely one of the comparison projects, and it occupies a very important position.

"County Lord, your complexion is much more rosy than before, and your skin is more radiant......

In Taifeng Rice Shop, Chen Ying'er looked at the fair and tender skin of the Jiangdu County Lord, and sighed with envy.

Jiang Du was secretly happy when he heard this, and his slender hand unconsciously stroked his face, but said modestly: "Where, why don't I think?" When I look in the mirror, it's the same as before......"

Chen Ying'er shook her head and said: "I look at the mirror every day, of course I can't notice the changes, since you got married, every time I see you, I feel that your skin is getting more and more tender day by day......"

Jiang Du hung his head shyly and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense! How can it be so suspenseful as you say? …… It's you, Ying'er, what's wrong with you? Why am I getting more and more emaciated when I see you? ”

Chen Ying'er was slightly startled, and said with a forced smile: "How can you be haggard, there are too many trivial things in the business recently, and when people are busy, how can they still care about dressing up......"

Jiang Du saw that Chen Ying'er looked a little weak-hearted, and couldn't help but smile coquettishly: "You lied to me...... No matter how busy you are, how can you keep yourself busy with a gloomy and resentful look? It must be a pretty gentleman in your heart, and now you have tasted the taste of lovesickness, and you are haggard for Yixiao, hehe, Ying'er, I guess right? ”

Chen Ying'er sighed secretly, the Lang Jun I like is the person who shares the bed with you, and he was once my fiancé, how can I tell this secret?

"Don't talk nonsense, what a pretty gentleman, I'm really busy like this......" Chen Ying'er lowered her head and said quietly: "I'm not like you, I have been clothed and fed since I was a child, my status is noble, I am the daughter of a merchant from a humble background, in order to seek wealth, for the family business, running around, showing up, I have long left the shameful etiquette of my daughter's family behind, how can I care about my appearance?" ”

When the county lord of Jiangdu heard this, he sympathized with him, and took Chen Ying'er's hand and comforted: "Don't be too tired, our women's family, in the end, we still have to marry in the future, we have to teach each other husband and children, and fighting for the family business is what a man should do......"

Chen Ying'er raised her eyes to look at Jiang Du, and said meaningfully: "County Lord, you married a good husband, Xiao ...... Lord Xiao is the person you have always wanted to marry, you got what you wanted, do you know how much I envy you? Lovers eventually become married, and you have achieved a good story for the ages, envying thousands of people in the world......"

Jiang Duqiao's face was slightly red, and he said with emotion: "A woman's life has always been involuntary, each has its own chances, I am lucky, I married a husband I want to marry, I have lived alone in the deep palace since I was a child, lonely and lonely, and now I know what it is like to be happy......"

After a pause, Jiang Du suddenly looked up at Chen Ying'er thoughtfully, and said, "Ying'er, why do I think your words taste weird?" …… Ying'er, did you know my father-in-law before? ”

Chen Ying'er was shocked, and hurriedly shook her head and denied: "No! Lord Xiao is an important minister in the court, a national weapon of the society, the daughter of a merchant in my district, how can I know him? ”

"But...... I heard from Xianggong that he used to be the son-in-law of a merchant family in Jiangpu County, and it just so happens that your family is also a merchant......"

Chen Ying'er became more and more panicked, and hurriedly argued: "There are thousands of merchants in the world, how can it be that I am related to Lord Xiao?" This is also too incredible, county lord, you are too worried......"

Jiang Du's surname is simple, he thought about it carefully when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's that I'm thinking too much, maybe I've been a little idle recently, and I always have some inexplicable strange thoughts......"

Chen Ying'er quietly breathed a sigh of relief, for some reason, she didn't want Jiang Du to find out about the past between her and Xiao Fan, this secret that was no longer a secret was the only link between her and Xiao Fan, Chen Ying'er didn't want to share it with Xiao Fan's other wife.

A woman's mind is always so strange, and the softest part of her heart is the holy place that belongs only to her, and no one is allowed to touch it.

Jiang didn't notice the change in her expression, just looked at Chen Ying'er with a little envy, and said: "Actually, sometimes I envy you, you can go south and north, you can enjoy the scenery along the way, you can see a lot of new and interesting things, how can I live in the inner courtyard of the deep palace like me, I don't know the hardships and colds of the people, I have lived in a big house all my life, and I repeat the embroidered girl red every day, and my husband and wife ......."

Chen Ying'er looked at her with some surprise and said, "Don't you like to be with Lord Xiao?" ”

Jiang Du hurriedly denied it: "What is the matter! I went through a difficult time to get together with Xianggong, how could I not like it? ”

Then she sighed faintly and said, "I just ...... Alas, maybe I'm too dissatisfied, Xiang Gong always told me how novel the outside world is, how wonderful, he always said that it is better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, I have a vast territory in the Ming Dynasty, each place has different scenic spots, different customs, Xiang Gong told me a lot, I ...... I'm really curious about the outside world, and I really want to see the scenery with my own eyes......"

With beautiful eyes, Jiang Du smiled a little embarrassedly: "Ying'er, I'm ...... Isn't it too unblessed? With my father-in-law who loves me so much, I shouldn't have these greedy thoughts......"

Chen Ying'er's small mouth gradually widened, and she was very surprised: "County Lord, what do you mean...... Do you want to get out and about? ”

Jiang Du sneered and said angrily: "What nonsense! I am already a wife, serving the prime minister, and it is the duty of our women's family to give birth to children to the prime minister in the future, how can I travel outside? What kind of system is that? ”

A spiritual light flashed through Chen Ying'er's mind, she was silent, pondered for a long time, and her expression gradually became hesitant.

This thing...... Should it be done? Can it be done? Will there be any serious consequences? He...... What if you get angry with me?

After hesitating, Chen Ying'er raised her eyes and saw that on the dressing table in the boudoir, the painting given to her by Xiao Fan yesterday had no butterflies and no fragrance...... The painting had been rolled up and rested on the dressing table very casually, just one glance, Chen Ying'er's heart couldn't help but feel a strong tingle.

With a bite of her teeth, Chen Ying'er's hesitant expression suddenly became firm, the corners of her mouth hooked a charming arc, the smile revealed a strange and unpredictable taste, and a mischievous light flashed in her clear black eyes.

"If the county lord wants to travel, it's not very difficult, and even ......" The smile on the corner of Chen Ying'er's mouth deepened, and she said leisurely: "...... Even, we can go out of Beijing now, go all the way north, and take a look around the splendid country of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Jiang Du gasped in fright, and exclaimed, "Out of Beijing now?" At this moment? You...... Are you crazy? Are you kidding! ”

Chen Ying'er glanced at her prettyly, and said with a smile: "Where am I crazy?" There are ten boats of rice parked on the bank of the Qinhuai River next to the rice row, and they are about to set sail to Beiping Mansion, enter the Yangtze River by water, turn to the land route after reaching the north bank, pass through Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong, Jinan Mansion, and go straight to Beiping Mansion...... Originally, I can go to this business or not, but since the county lord has Yaxing to play and enjoy the scenery, I will accompany the county lord and his party, His Royal Highness the county lord, what do you think? ”

Jiang Duqiao's face suddenly turned white with fright, and then slowly dyed a layer of charming red, so anxious that his voice changed his tone a little, and hurriedly shook his hand and said: "No, no, absolutely not!" This...... It's too hasty for me to talk to each other, no......"

"What the county lord means is that you really want to go out of Beijing, but you don't know how to tell Lord Xiao, right?"

Jiang Du nodded in amazement.

"Isn't Lord Xiao an old-fashioned surname, and you are not allowed to run around?"

"That's not it, on the contrary, Xianggong often tells me that I want to go out more, walk around more, the outside world is very exciting, life is a lifetime, grass and trees are autumn, it would be a pity to miss it......"

Chen Ying'er's smile became more and more charming: "Lord Xiao is an enlightened person, the county lord is so blessed!" Since Master Xiao has said so, what are you worried about? The opportunity for our woman to go out is very rare, miss this time, but I don't know when there will be a next time, the county lord doesn't want to go out to see? Now that the opportunity is in front of you, what are you waiting for? ”

Jiang Du couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard this, and his pretty face became more and more ruddy because of some excitement.

"Yes...... However, I always have to go back and talk to Xianggong to ......" Jiang Du said weakly.

"It's already an old husband and wife, and you're still so reluctant?" Chen Ying'er laughed and said, "You just repair a book with me, send someone to send it to Master Xiao, and tell him that it's over?" The ship is about to set sail, how can you have time to wait for your husband and wife to say goodbye? ”

"Yes...... We are all weak women, if the road is not smooth......"

"I have a family guard, and there are so many boatmen and dart masters, you have a hundred brocade clothes and pro-army guards, and I have already opened the joints in the official mansion from the south to the north, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes...... But I ...... I'm still ......."

Chen Ying'er smiled, and then couldn't help but say, grabbed Jiang Du's slender hand tightly and walked out, chuckling in her mouth: "Oh, it's only been two months, don't hesitate, don't hesitate, hurry up and follow me on the ship, you write a letter in the cabin, I will send someone to send it to Lord Xiao immediately, since Lord Xiao is so open-minded, I won't blame you, let's go and go, let's get on the ......ship quickly."

"Ying'er, you...... Don't pull me, I really ...... I haven't thought about it yet, and the Xiang Guild will be unhappy......"

Chen Ying'er turned a deaf ear, pulled Jiang Du and walked downstairs quickly, and went straight to the small wharf in the rice shop.

The corners of her mouth curled into a mischievous smile, which grew deeper and sweeter.

- Xiao Fan, if you want me to be unmarried in my life, I will kidnap your wife, and ask you to taste the taste of sleeping alone for two months, although my Chen Ying'er is the daughter of a lowly merchant, I am not at your mercy!

At the same time that the Chen family's grain ship sailed away, the inner hall of the Xiao Mansion was happy and warm.

Cao Yi grabbed the green tea cup, tilted his neck and poured a large sip of tea, then wiped his hairy mouth with his sleeve indiscriminately, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao's trick is really clever, if the old guy surnamed Huang can come back from Beiping Mansion alive, we just need to burn another fire, then the old guy will not be able to jump up, he will either be dismissed or degraded, and he will not be able to stay in Beijing......

Xiao Fan waved his hand and smiled modestly: "It's nothing, playing with intrigues and tricks is just a small way, after all, I can't get into the hall of elegance, my advantages are far more than that......"

Cao Yi glanced at him and said slowly, "But...... Ever since I met you, everything you've done has been like a conspiracy, and I've never seen you stand upright, why? ”

Xiao Fan was stunned, and then said with some shame: "That's my strengths that haven't been brought into play!" Pillars, what are pillars? Not only must we have the talent of the heavens and the earth, but also have the ability of the rooster and the dog to steal, the left green dragon, the right white tiger, the god blocks and kills the god, and the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha, which can not only get out of the hall, but also ...... the waves."

Cao Yi opened his mouth wide and looked at Xiao Fan dumbfounded.

The old man on the side was too empty and didn't give face, and he yawned boredly.

The monks don't understand the battles in the court, and they are very bored now.

Xiao Fan squinted at Taixu, and saw that he looked sick and unenergetic, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Master, in which Qinglou did you spend ** with the girl last night?" ”

Hearing the word "girl", Tai Xu's spirit was lifted, and his sleepiness disappeared suddenly.

"Last night, Poor Dao and his senior brother were in the Dark Fragrance Building, wanting to make several female donors become immortals...... Dark Xianglou is really **, later, the female donors have not become immortals, my senior brother and I almost became immortals, Amitayus Buddha ......" Taixu smiled with an aftertaste on his face.

Xiao Fan's head was full of black lines, and he said helplessly: "Master...... I beg you, can you be a little ashamed? I, who am an apprentice, are clean and self-conscious, but you, who are a master, are like stallions in heat, what is the reason? I don't understand, don't you have a little bit of chastity? ”

"Chastity...... The concept of chastity? Taixu said blankly: "What is Zhenying?" ”

"You really don't have a chastity view ......" Xiao Fan was heartbroken: "Does the Qinglou make you linger like that?" Morally speaking, do you think it's funny that another man has just come out of the girl's room with his pants in his hand, and you take off your pants and go in? This behavior ...... Still human? ”

"What is not a person?" The two of them asked in unison, stunned.

"Monkeys."

........................ "Didn't you marry two too?" Taixu glared at him shamelessly.

"Can the surname be the same? I am in love with Thrush and Jiang, you are purely venting your animal desires, from a moral point of view, we are not at the same level at all, only those who have no ability to find a wife only know how to drill into the Qinglou. Xiao Fan said bitterly.

Too unhappy: "Only eunuchs don't enter the Qinglou, the apprentice teaches the master, lawless!" You take care of yourself first, just your bones, marrying two wives is estimated to be enough, if you can't make your wife obedient, no matter how big an official is, he is a coward, don't break the truth with the Taoist here......"

Xiao Fan smiled with a smug face: "It's only two, and the apprentice is at ease......"

As soon as the words fell, Steward Zhang hurriedly walked in, handed a snow-white letter in his hand to Xiao Fan, and said, "Master, someone just sent this letter, and the letter was handed into the gatehouse, and the person ......left."

Xiao Fan frowned and took the letter, and said while opening it: "Who is so mysterious?" ”

Opening the letterhead and glancing at the beginning, Xiao Fan was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "How could Jiang Du know Chen Ying'er?" ”

Cao Yi and Taixu looked at each other, confused.

Xiao Fan's expression became solemn, and after carefully reading the letter from beginning to end, his handsome face suddenly turned pale, and his face couldn't help twitching a few times.

Taixu looked at Xiao Fan with a dejected appearance, and asked curiously: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Xiao Fan raised his eyes, his eyes were numb, and the look on his face disappeared quickly, replaced by Xiang Yu with a helpless face, like a wall, like Guan Gong in Maicheng, and Yue Fei in Fengbo Pavilion...... All in all, there are two words clearly written on the face: "failure".

Seeing Xiao Fan's appearance, Taixu couldn't help but be anxious, and stomped his feet and said, "What's wrong with you?" What happened? ”

Xiao Fan came back to his senses, and then rushed to Taixu suddenly, and said with a crying voice: "Master, I ...... I'm a coward! ”

Taixu breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at him with disgust and pity, then took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and put it on the table, and said with a clear smile: "Poor Dao has long seen that you are a coward, and you have married two charming daughters-in-law in a row, and you don't know moderation, can you not be a coward?" Oh, take it, put a few drops on that word before doing things, and make sure that your golden gun doesn't fall all night......"

Xiao Fan stared at the small porcelain vase for a long time and was silent: "............"

…………………… Unceremoniously put the small porcelain vase into his arms, Xiao Fan said with a bitter face: "Master, I didn't mean that, Lord Jiangdu, my daughter-in-law and her ...... She ran away with someone else! ”

After speaking, Xiao Fan's eyes suddenly turned red, and his expression was full of frustration.

Taixu and Cao Yi were taken aback and stared at Xiao Fan in disbelief.

Long...... Bang!

With a loud bang, Cao Yi stood up and was furious: "It's the other way around!" Dare to seduce the wife of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, as the imperial sister of the dynasty, His Royal Highness the dignified county lord! I'd like to see which bastard eats the bear's heart and leopard gall and dares to argue with us! Brother Xiao, I'm going to send Ti Qi to ask for the world, and I have to find out the bastard who seduced my younger siblings and break the corpse into thousands of pieces! ”

Xiao Fan glanced at him very entangledly, then let out a long sigh, and said quietly: "No need, my daughter-in-law ran away with a woman......"

Cao Yi: "............"

(To be continued)