Ming'er is the fifteenth day of the first month, and the people who spent the Chinese New Year's Eve in the chaos of the soldiers have regained the feeling of festival, and the officials of Jimingyi have gradually invited each other to feast more frequently since General He Shen left depressed.

The appointment of the officials that Wu Qianhu said was about to come down was not long overdue until ten days later, allowing Yang Ling to fully see the gap in efficiency between the secret intelligence system and the normal channels of the government.

Although the rewards and punishments of the imperial court have not yet been promulgated, everyone knows that the promotion of Min Zhi County is imminent. Although Huailai lost the battle, the responsibility was not on the county commander, and the county commander, as a civil official, was able to defeat the chief prince, and in the eyes of the saints and scholars, its political significance was far greater than the essence of the war.

When the wine was hot, Min Zhixian came to Yang Ling with a smile and said in a low voice: "My Master Yang, my brother-in-law in this county has sent me news that the capital is going to transfer me to the south, and I heard that he is being transferred to the deputy envoy of the Haining Salt Transportation Division. ”

Yang Ling didn't know how big this official was, seeing that Min Zhixian was full of spring breeze, he must be a big official, and Haining was more than this poor and remote border, so he naturally couldn't say the same thing, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations."

The deputy envoy of the Salt Transportation Division is an official from the fifth grade, like Min Wenjian, a third-class county magistrate, can be regarded as a three-level promotion, and the most important thing is that the salt transportation envoy is absolutely superior, and the salt merchants in that area are billionaires who are rich enough to rival the country, and a little leakage from the fingers is enough for a lifetime.

Min Zhixian was so happy that his eyes couldn't see, and he waved his hand again and again: "Be quiet, be quiet, the edict hasn't come down yet, you can't say it." He looked at the officials who were staggered and chatting and laughing, and said to Yang Ling: "Once the county stabilizes in the past, it will help you to carry out activities and transfer you to the south of the Yangtze River.

It's good to be transferred to Jiangnan, but do I still have a life to enjoy? Besides, my current public identity is Yicheng, and I am secretly a hundred households of Jinyi Wei who are one level higher than your boss, without the nod of Jinyiwei, how can it be so easy to transfer?

Thinking of this, Yang Ling reluctantly smiled and said: "The adult's care and cultivation of the humble position, Yang Ling is really grateful and heartfelt, and there is no way to repay it." Min Zhixian couldn't help but laugh when he saw that he didn't belong to his mind, he punched Yang Ling in the shoulder, and said affectionately: "The big husband is ambitious in all directions, don't be so unproductive." Besides, it will take me a year and a half to find a chance to transfer you after I take office, if you are happy, even the child has been born for so long, since you have the heart, start early, don't want your mother-in-law's mother-in-law. ”

Yang Ling was like a second King Kong, puzzled: "What? Why can't you understand the words of adults? Min Zhixian pursed his mouth, squinted his eyes and said: "You kid is not honest, this matter is known to everyone, do you want to hide it from me?" Hehe, no wonder you're hiding it, that girl is really tender and pinching it out of the water, but don't worry, Lao Tzu is not a woman, hahaha......".

Yang Ling was confused and still wanted to ask, Bi Dusi had already beckoned Min Zhixian with a big tongue, he turned around suspiciously, Liu Dianshi came over with a glass and a smile, and raised a glass to congratulate: "Brother Yang, congratulations on your double happiness, before Rong Ren Yicheng, not to say that he wants to be a little Dengke, then Liu will disturb a glass of water and wine."

"Where is it, Lord Liu is polite", Yang Ling drank a glass of wine with a smile, and then the taste was reversed, the title of the gold list is Da Dengke, and the flower candle in the cave room is Xiao Dengke, what does he mean by his own little Dengke? ”

Yang Ling wanted to ask for an understanding, but these people were just drunk and chatting, and when they caught someone, they chattered a few words, Liu Dianshi swayed and went straight to the king's book, Yang Ling chased after him, and even Huang Xiancheng didn't pay attention when he walked to his side.

Huang Xiancheng paced to his side, coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Lord Min is about to be promoted, with your qualifications and the relationship between Lord Min, according to the old man, you can be an official to the seventh rank in a few years, and then whether you can leap into the dragon gate in the future depends on your blessing." You are still young, you only need to be cautious as an official, once the storm comes, the future is naturally immeasurable, and you can't be in a hurry."

Yang Ling saw that it was Huang Xiancheng who had arrived, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you Huang Lao for your guidance, the students are taught!" ”

Huang Xiancheng saw that no one was paying attention, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "But you are reckless this time, although the Ma family has declined, after all, it was once an official eunuch." Now that your affairs are well known, why are you delaying the purchase of concubines? If you are shy in your pocket, the old man still has some savings over the years, so you can take it to the emergency first. ”

Yang Ling was taken aback: "Old Huang, what did you say?" Conquest? When did I say that I wanted to take a concubine, and besides, Miss Ma had a reason to be a concubine? ”

When he said this, Huang Xiancheng was also taken aback, and he hurriedly said: "Be careful, be careful, be cautious, be cautious, what are you talking nonsense?" Although being a concubine is not very good-looking, no one will laugh at her, if you talk like this, if it spreads, will Miss Ma still live? ”

Yang Ling was dumbfounded and said, "Old Huang, what happened to the bottom?" Why can't students understand? ”

Huang Xiancheng smiled and said: "Accepting a concubine and hiring beauty is a graceful thing, why do you still have a tender face?" Then you and Miss Ma returned to the city, and we and Min Zhixian heard Miss Ma talk about spending the night with you in the mountains and snow caves."

Yang Ling suddenly heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "Huang Lao really misunderstood, Miss Ma and I had to hide in the snow cave just because of the cold, but there was never any", speaking of this, he remembered that the two had hugged each other for one night, even if it was left in modern times, it was warm enough, and he couldn't talk for a while.

Huang Xiancheng twisted his beard and said with some displeasure: "It's always a fact that lonely men and widows spend the night together, right?" Since she said this experience in public, she obviously has affection for you, and the woman's name is important, can she still choose a husband and marry again? For the sake of wealth, benevolence, righteousness, and righteousness, you are a person who reads the books of sages, don't you still understand this truth? I regard you as a nephew, so I am so attentive to you, don't mistake yourself."

Yang Ling was speechless, and he couldn't speak for a while......

Sticking to the root of the channel wall, the snow was trampled by Yang Ling, walked to the fourth post house, looked up and saw the lantern in Ma Li'er's courtyard lit, Yang Ling remembered what Huang Xiancheng had said at the dinner, his heart moved, and slowly paced over.

The door was not closed, and there were fireworks coming out of the lamp, Yang Ling walked to the door, and saw Ma Li'er sitting on the horse in front of the stove, holding the cheeks with one hand, and handing the firewood to the hearth with the other, as if she was very bored, and her posture was delicate and moving.

The firelight reflected her white and jade-like face, shining with a beautiful flush, and her charming eyes faintly revealed the charm of maturity. Tribulations make people mature, and this eldest lady is now a little less flying and frivolous than when they first met, and inadvertently has a bit of a demure and steady temperament.

Yang Ling knocked lightly on the door frame, Ma Li'er looked up and saw that it was him, a touch of joy and kindness flashed in her eyes, she wanted to stand up excitedly, but she immediately restrained her exposed feelings, and said with a smile: "Since I returned to the city, I haven't seen you for a while, and the banquet is over?" ”

Yang Ling's heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask, "How do you know that I went to the banquet?" ”

Ma Li'er didn't answer, only looked at him deeply with those talking eyes, Yang Ling was suddenly suffocated, he already knew that Ma Li'er must have been paying attention to his behavior all the time these days. On that night in Wuzhaling, what she said was really a joke?

"Since she said this experience in public, she obviously has affection for you, and the woman's name is important, can she choose a husband and remarry?" Savoring what Huang Xiancheng said, Yang Ling suddenly understood, he didn't know that there were so many taboos, would Ma Lian'er not know? When she said those things, she was obviously creating a fait accompli and using public opinion to make her marry her.

Yang Ling couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Miss Li'er, we got lost in the forest and spent one night in the snow cave [***], did you deliberately tell Lord Min about them?" You know that those red tape kills people, and you still joke about your own name, how can you do such a stupid thing? ”

Ma Li'er's hand handed over the firewood stopped, and after a while, she suddenly smiled and said, "Isn't it stupid?" Isn't it often said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented? Do you prefer me to be smarter or dumber? She smiled a little sly, and a little triumphantly triumphantly in her cunning.

Yang Ling paused and said, "Why are you so ignorant?" Talking about the dead, you ...... You are so rash! ”

Ma Li'er's hand trembled, she didn't raise her head, she just lowered it stiffly, and suddenly choked up for a while: "Yang Ling, do you hate me very much?" ”

The red fire was spitting flames, Yang Ling saw a crystal teardrop dripping on the back of her hand, and couldn't help but feel soft in her heart, coaxing her: "How come?" When did you see that I hated you? ”

Ma Li'er burst into tears and smiled: "Of course...... I haven't seen it, whether you like me or not, I can see it. Under the light of the red fire, the bright smile was bright, with a bit of joy and pride.

Yang Ling was depressed, this girl not only looks like a fox spirit, but also looks like a little fox, I really don't know if she is really sad or fake sad, look at her like she has just cried.

Being stared at by him, Ma Li'er actually knew that she was shy, she lowered her head shyly, and said with a red face: "Brother Yang, I was not good that night, you are right, if you really divorce the young lady, are you still worthy of my love?" When I saw you looking at the young lady in the city that night, I knew that there would be no one in this life who could take her place in your heart, how dare I hope to replace her, I only hope to ...... I only hope that you can be good to me, and I will be content. ”

She stared at the flickering flames infatuatedly, her eyes full of longing for happiness, and said in a dreamy voice: "I am satisfied with a husband who can spoil me and love me." Brocade clothes and jade food, I don't like it. Wife's name...... If it is a man who regards women as his private property, just like my father and many other men in our Ming Dynasty, can the so-called wife give people happiness? ”

She talked eloquently, with a maturity that was not commensurate with her age, and confided in Yang Ling the heart of a girl: "I grew up outside the Saiwai, and I don't know how to be polite and polite like our Central Plains women, but I am not a casual woman, Brother Yang, I will abide by women's morals and respect young mothers."

Yang Ling smiled bitterly: "You...... Look at your usual ice and snow smartness, why are you so unreasonable? I'm not crazy with you, I'll go to Ma Angbai tomorrow, brother and sister hide in one place for their lives, no one chews the root of the tongue, right? ”

Ma Li'er saw him turn around and leave, this time she panicked, she quickly jumped up to stop him, threw herself into his arms and said: "You have only seen me for half a month, I won't allow you to go."

Yang Ling panicked, and hurriedly said: "Let go quickly, let people see what it looks like?" ”

Ma Li'er was tired of being in his arms and didn't let go, and there was a flattering smile on her pretty face that hadn't dried her tears: "I am the one who will lose my reputation, and I am also the one who will be drowned by the spitting stars, I am not afraid, what are you afraid of?" ”

Yang Ling was speechless, and said authentically: "This ...... I...... I'm worried about you", Ma Li'er's eyes fluttered, and she said charmingly: "You can still marry, but the concubine is not married yet, so I am not afraid of others making irresponsible remarks."

A trace of contempt and inexplicable hatred flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly said indignantly and indignantly: "Listen to the trumpet, don't you farm yet!" ”

Yang Ling was there with a smile, Ma Li'er smiled, wrapped her hands around Yang Ling's neck, and said intoxicatedly: "Since that night, I miss your arms so much, and I want to hear you tell me those stories that I am afraid of people and want to hear." You know what? From that night on, I was never willing to leave you again. ”

She really came from the inside, and her tone was very sincere, but it was a pity that her beautiful and natural face originally had a kind of fairy-like charm, but because she was still young, it was not so obvious. At this time, she looked like a young girl, delicate and delicate, with red cheeks, no matter how affectionate she said, she always had a kind of bewitching charm, and she felt like she was deliberately seducing people.

She looked at Yang Ling's cramped expression and said narrowly, "Do you really want to bow to my eldest brother?" Really going to be my godbrother? There were two clusters of flames in those black and bright eyes, and she hung down shyly, but she hummed a song softly in her mouth: "Dry firewood ~ Agni ~ good cooking ~~, god brother and sister ~~~ good to be a kiss ~~", after only singing two sentences, she threw herself into Yang Ling's arms in shame, and plucked up the courage to say: "The song I learned outside the Saiwai, you have to be my dry ~~ brother?" Wow, I don't care! ”

Yang Ling was completely petrified: "Comrade, where did you cross over?" "This eldest lady who looks like a little lady in front of others is full of the hot and unrestrained big girl outside the gate in front of him, and she doesn't know how to hide it at all.

Ma Li'er mustered up the courage to confess boldly, and the heat of her pretty face continued to heat up. Her palm was close to Yang Ling's neck, the back of her hand was warm and hot, it was baked by the stove fire, and the pair of plump and moving jade rabbits on her chest were also warm and hot?

Yang Ling knew that he shouldn't think about it, but as soon as his eyes touched the beautiful curve of her chest, this thought involuntarily flashed through his mind. He only felt a heat in his lower abdomen, an irrepressible restlessness, which made him almost uncontrollably kiss the pair of cherry lips that he wanted.

If you get caught up in it, you can't turn back. Yang Ling secretly admonished himself, and suddenly broke free from Ma Li'er's embrace. Ma Li'er was caught off guard, staggered back two steps, her face turned white for a while, and her eyes, which were originally curved like Meiyue, suddenly became dull, like a death row prisoner who was taken to the execution ground.

If Yang Ling had affection for her and had the intention of admitting her to the door, how could he treat her like this? Ma Li'er tried hard to control herself, trying to maintain the last bit of dignity, but tears flowed out of her eyes, and at the same time, a sad smile bloomed at the corner of her lips.

Yang Ling couldn't bear to look away, and said softly: "Miss Li'er, Yang Ling is not a person worthy of your life. Really, my words today are not for myself, nor for the sake of the young lady, but just for you. Two years, two years at most, and you'll understand why I'm rejecting you! ”

He didn't dare to look back, so he walked straight out and disappeared into the night. Ma Li'er walked slowly to the door, a pair of eyes that had lost their luster looked at the direction in which he disappeared, and then slowly looked into the air for a while.

The sky is clear, a bright moon as bright as a silver plate, and the low-pressure sky, reflecting countless stars.

Ma Li'er's eyes were hazy with tears, and she murmured in a low voice: "'As soon as Jinfeng Yulu meets, it will win countless in the world'."

I don't know what you're talking about, I don't know what excuses you're making, maybe that night together is nothing to you, but you know that for me, it's a happiness that I will never forget in my life! ”

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ps: Yueguan incarnated as a moonlit night wolf, howled: click, recommend!

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