I don't know how much time passed, Zhou Ping felt a little cold, he stood up, patted the ash on his buttocks, and was about to find a place to rest, but a person came in from the courtyard gate and said softly: "Ah Ping, you haven't rested yet!" ”

"Yun Niang, why are you here so late?"

"I heard that you are going far away, so I rushed to sew a leather robe for you, you can try it first to see if it fits!" Yun Niang handed over a package, Zhou Ping's eyes swept over the other party's left hand, and he saw more than ten needle marks on his fingers, which were obviously pierced in a hurry. He couldn't help but feel a hot current in his heart, reached out and grabbed Yun Niang's hands, and said softly: "Yun Niang, thank you!" ”

Yun Niang's cheeks suddenly flew up two red clouds, she lowered her head and whispered: "Don't let go yet, otherwise people will see what it looks like?" ”

Zhou Ping reacted at this time, hurriedly let go of his hands, Yun Niang pretended not to care, opened the package, draped the robe on Zhou Ping's body, and said in a low voice: "You try it quickly, if the size is not right, I can change it overnight!" ”

Zhou Ping raised his right arm and got into the sleeve, he paid a little attention to it, this robe has fine stitches, the size is appropriate, the outside is made of coarse cloth common in the township, but the inside is green silk, and a layer of sheepskin is sandwiched in the middle. After taking a closer look, it happened to be given to Yun Niang when he came back, but the other party made a robe for himself, and he hurriedly asked: "Yun Niang, why are you, this green silk is given to you by me, but you use it to make clothes for me?" ”

Yun Niang sorted out Zhou Ping's belt and checked whether the size and width of the waist, armpits and other places were appropriate, and replied: "What's that, I can't use such good materials at home, you have to go far away, you can't do it without a good piece of clothing." I heard that the weather in Liao is cold, and you are a guard, so you put the silk cloth inside as a lining, and use coarse cloth outside, which does not prevent you from riding a horse and shooting arrows! ”

Zhou Ping looked at Yun Niang chattering while tidying up his clothes, his heart was full of tenderness, he gently reached out to help Yun Niang up, hugged her into his arms, and said softly: "It's really hard for you, I came back this time, I should also be an official, so I went to see your father and told him about the two of us!" ”

Yun Niang leaned meekly in Zhou Ping's arms, did not speak, just nodded lightly. The two snuggled in the courtyard, and after a while, Yun Niang gently broke free of Zhou Ping's embrace, pulled away his clothes for Zhou Ping, and said softly: "It's not early, it's cold in the courtyard, you can rest early!" I've packed up the stuff on the road for you, and I'll bring it to you tomorrow morning. ”

"There's no need to be so troublesome, I'll be an entourage for the Han family, and they will prepare these!" Zhou Ping hurriedly dissuaded.

"Then how can you do it, the poor family is rich! You can't make people laugh at you naked, and you're not from their Han family, so you have to bring some household goods to other people's houses for a long time. Rest early, I'll go back first! Yun Niang smiled and walked towards the door.

Zhou Ping waited until Yun Niang's figure disappeared from sight, then turned around and went back to the house, pushed the door and looked, only to remember that his bed had been occupied by others. He remembered that there was a pile of wheat straw under the porch on the left, so he took an old robe from the house and went to the haystack and lay down to make up for the night. Zhou Ping was lying in the haystack, breathing in the fragrance of wheat straw, and suddenly felt that the hesitation in his heart no longer existed, and the whole person's limbs were full of motivation, and he smiled and said to himself: "Okay, as soon as I come back, I will go to Blacksmith Chen to sit down!" ”

However, the messenger of the Han family did not come as soon as Zhou Ping expected, until the time had entered November, and it had already snowed twice, and someone from the Han family came with news, Xue Liangyu and Zhou Ping, who had already prepared to stop, took their luggage and bow horses to the county seat together, and after arriving at the Han Mansion, there was a housekeeper who rewarded the two of them with the same money, and asked the two to buy some things to be used on the road, and set off with Han Xiaoxuan tomorrow.

"As soon as you arrive, there will be a reward, it's really unexpected!" Xue Liangyu smiled and stuffed the copper coin into the money bag, looked at Zhou Ping on the side and looked at the copper coin in his hand in a daze, and said: "Ah Ping, presumably you don't have anything to do, why don't you and I just walk around this city!" ”

"What is there to visit in a rammed earth and broken city, it is not as good as a town in the future." Zhou Ping sneered, but he still said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, but Lang Jun will wait for me to settle the luggage first." ”

The two settled their luggage and wandered around the streets, this Xiangzhou Anyang is located in Hanoi, just a river away from Bianjing, many high-ranking officials in Beijing were born here, and when they were in office, they bought land from the eunuch bag, thinking that they would support their old age. Therefore, the degree of land concentration here is much higher than that of Kansai, Jingxiang and other places, and the commodity economy is much more prosperous. Although Anyang is just a county seat, the market is much more prosperous than many state cities in Kansai. Xue Liangyu is not yet seventeen years old, but he is a half-grown child, he suddenly has spare money in his hand, and when he saw a shop with fresh goods on the street, he ran in to see what was going on, and in a blink of an eye, more than an hour passed, and seeing that Xue Liangyu was still so interested, Zhou Ping couldn't help but secretly complain.

At this moment, there was a shouting gong and drum sound not far away, which attracted Xue Liangyu's attention again, and he pulled Zhou Ping over, only to see a notice posted at the gate of the county office, and a literate document was reading the contents aloud. When the two of them heard it, it was an official letter, changing the name of the year from 'Zhenghe' to 'Chonghe', and in accordance with the past practice, amnesty was granted to the world, except for the most heinous people, all crimes were reduced by one degree.

"Do you want to change the year name again? What big things do officials have to do if they dare to be affectionate? Xue Liangyu shook his head boredly, he was not interested in these ethereal things. Zhou Ping didn't answer, his face became gloomy, this document changing the year name reminded him that he had little time left, and the invasion of the Jin people was like a ticking time bomb, which was constantly moving towards the moment of explosion.

"Dog mongrel, count on your fate!" At this time, a servant walked to the cage next to the yamen, stabbed the prisoner lying in the cage twice with a scabbard, and scolded: "Originally, when the approval of the criminal department came down, you bird thieves would be dragged out and cut off their heads. But don't be complacent, you can't run away with the far evil military state, and the miasma natives can take your surname! ”

The prisoner in the cage was stabbed a few times by the guards, and then turned over, revealing a dirty face. Xue Liangyu happened to see it clearly, and asked Zhou Ping: "Ah Ping, you see that guy is so familiar, isn't it the group of thieves we took down?" ”

Zhou Ping took a closer look and nodded: "Yes, this person is the thief Yang Wu, you look at the cage next to him, it is a dwarf Yang Shun'er." ”

Yang Wu raised his head with difficulty, the torment of the cage for a long time and the unhealed arrow wound on his hand tortured this strong man to the point that he had already lost his human form. Yang Wu opened his eyes in confusion, looking at the person who woke him up in front of the cage, suddenly his eyes widened, and his eyes showed undisguised hatred, obviously Yang Wu had recognized that it was the cavalryman who was chasing him standing in front of the cage. Yang Wu angrily pounced on the cage, grabbed the wooden fence with both hands and shook violently, a roar came out of his throat, and his teeth were exposed, as if he was about to be a trapped beast in a cage.

"Thief dares!" Xue Liangyu was not afraid, and pulled out his waist knife with his backhand and gestured on the cage: "Master cut off your five fingers!" ”

"Forget it, Lang Jun!" Zhou Ping grabbed Xue Liangyu's arm and persuaded: "This is the gate of the yamen, besides, this guy is also a good man, and he is in trouble!" ”

"Humph! Ah Ping, you are soft-hearted, what a hero, just a thief! Xue Liangyu sneered, but he still put the saber back into the sheath, he also knew that although the other party was a prisoner, it would not be possible for him to cut off the other party's fingers in front of the yamen. He turned around and said to Zhou Ping as he left: "We are officials, they are bandits, this is a world of difference!" ”

Zhou Ping endured his surname, did not open his mouth to refute, looking at Xue Liangyu's radiant appearance, he sneered in his heart: "Official? Bandits? Do you know that in a few years, whether it is an official or a bandit, you will not be able to tell the difference! ”

The next day, Han Xiaoxuan and his entourage went out of the city, at this time it was already the cold winter of the new moon, the Yellow River had been frozen, and it was no longer possible to take the waterway, so the group had to ride a horse and ride all the way to the northwest and go to Heyang, where they would pass the Yellow River, and then turn southeast and go to Bianjing.

After the group crossed the Yellow River, snow began to fall in the sky, and the earth had already become a white expanse, and the trees beside the road had already lost their leaves, dotted with snowflakes, like blooming pear blossoms. These pear blossoms not only adorn the thin branches, but also fill the sky, obscuring the view of passers-by.

Zhou Ping struggled to drive his mount, and the yellow horse under his crotch reluctantly moved forward a few steps, the animal was not willing to go out at all in this weather. Zhou Ping had to jump off his horse and pull the reins to walk forward, the cold wind mixed with snowflakes hit him in the face, and the hot breath he exhaled immediately melted, turning into droplets of water condensed on the edge of his beard and hood, forming a thin crust of ice, isolating him from the outside world. He raised his head, and it took a lot of effort to see Xue Liangyu who was more than ten steps away in front of him. He turned his head and looked back, and the official road that was usually said to be flying and floating loess dust was empty, and the ravines were now covered with white cedar pine, and everything was bloated and uncleared. They deceive the vision of people and animals, and if they are not careful, they will diverge from the right path and fall into a dry ravine, which is also covered with white cedar pines, and their heads will be broken and bleeding. He gritted his teeth and shouted at Xue Liangyu: "Shilang, you go and talk to Han Xianggong, if you go down like this, you have to fall into the ditch?" "Those who have read Weber's books should know that Weber likes to write books, but asking for tickets and rewarding is straightforward, never polite, frankly speaking, the growth of the collection is too slow, and now there is not a thousand, everyone feels that the writing is not bad after reading the book, if you have money, you will hold a money field, and if you don't have money, you will sit and promote it for me, Weber thank you here!

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