Chongqing Prefecture's Thousand Households Office is located in the relatively desolate Xicheng District, on weekdays, this mansion is only in and out of the officers and soldiers, a little deserted, but at this time the whole Sichuan is preparing for war, Chongqing Mansion as the rear of the Song Domain defense line, undertaking a very important task of conscription and transportation, baggage transportation, so it is a lot busier, and the people who enter and enter are no longer limited to soldiers.

Ye Xiaotian arrived at the Qianhu Office, reported his identity to the access control, and said that he wanted to meet Jing Qianhu in person. The sergeant listened to him by name, and he didn't know whether this local official was an old acquaintance with his own Qianhu, so he politely let him in the door, and called a soldier to lead him to Jing Qianhu.

"That's right! Brother Ye, what you said makes sense! Ye Xiaotian was following the soldier to the left side of the courtyard of the second courtyard, when he suddenly heard Ma Qiancheng come out of nowhere, he couldn't help but look at him strangely, and said, "What did I say?" ”

Ma Qiancheng said diligently: "That's what you said, you can't beat it?" Ask her to be his wife! ”

Ma Qiancheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pretended to be very sinister: "This is called a soldier who surrenders without a fight!" You can? Can you do it again, Young Master Ben recruited you, and then you won't be at my mercy? Baa~~~ Hahahaha......"

"Will I be at your mercy?" Ye Xiaotian looked at his idiot look, and doubted that even if he married Miss Qin, he would be able to turn over and become the master. What about General Qi Jiguang, who was invincible on the battlefield, withered as soon as he went home, and was lowered by his wife all his life, and he couldn't turn over until he died.

Ma Qiancheng rubbed his hands: "How should I start?" Should I please her first and trick her into taking the bait, or should my father come to the door and ask for a kiss right away? Gee, I can't wait to see her bow down to me and whisper to me. ”

Ye Xiaotian shook his head amusefully and stopped. Because the soldier who was leading the way in front of him had already stopped, he pointed to the high haystack and said, "Well, our Lord Qianhu is there." ”

Ye Xiaotian looked up and saw a big haystack. This is a round haystack with a diameter of more than five zhang, made of a bundle of hay, which is nearly four zhang high at this time, and the top is about to be piled into a cone, and a big bearded man wearing a short brown beard is crossing his waist with one hand, pointing and pointing, so that the sergeant who climbed on the top of the haystack will make the stack tightly and solid, and then tie it with a rope.

The sergeant who led the way clasped his hands and shouted to the top of the haystack: "Lord Thousand Households, Lord Thousand Households." A magistrate is looking for you. ”

"Who's looking for me?"

The bearded man on the haystack turned his head to look down, and the sergeant below hurriedly beckoned to him to show where he was. The beard didn't look closely, and immediately jumped down. The stacks of haystacks are stacked sturdily and pyramid-shaped, so jumping down layer by layer is not a problem.

The Jing Qianhu's body fell layer by layer, and when he reached the ground and stood firmly, the sergeant led Ye Xiaotian and his party to step forward in a hurry and said, "Lord Qianhu." This local official is from Tongren, Guizhou, and he ......"

Jing Qianhu's eyes widened when he saw Ye Xiaotian, he looked at Ye Xiaotian in surprise, and said tentatively: "Ye Xiaotian, Brother Ye? ”

Ye Xiaotian smiled all over his face. was about to introduce himself, and when he heard his name be revealed, he couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at this Jing Qianhu carefully. It seems familiar, but ......

"It's me! It's me! ”

Jing Qianhu held up his beard, and suddenly felt that it was inappropriate. Busy holding his face with both hands, he covered the beard with his hands, and said eagerly: "Do you recognize it?" I'm Jing Peng! I think that at the beginning, in Jinling Mansion, the 'Baolian Lantern' used by you to fly to the sky was borrowed by me from Zhao Sigonggong of the Military Craftsman Division! I'm just getting a beard now!"

"Ahh Ye Xiaotian suddenly remembered, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted. The two stepped forward together, hugged each other firmly, patted each other on the back, and laughed, "How did you get here?" ”

The two had never seen each other since they parted in Jinling, but they did exchange letters during this period. When Ye Xiaotian left Nanjing, he once asked Jing Peng to take care of Xue Shuiwu, who opened a bookstore next to Guozijian. Later, because a student of Guozijian pursued the Dancing Water Girl, Jing Peng wrote to ask him what he meant.

At that time, Ye Xiaotian already had Xia Yingying by his side, and Zhan Ning'er was also entangled, and he was uncomfortable at the beginning of reading the letter, but he was soon relieved, when he left Jinling, he knew that it was difficult to say if there was still a chance to go back in this life.

He left Shui Wu in Jinling instead of trying to bring it back to Huxian, in fact, he had given up this relationship that was as bright as fireworks, but also burned too fast. So what was his purpose in helping Shui Dance build that bookstore? It's just because there was a love between the two, people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, that's all!

Therefore, he told Jing Peng in his reply: "Leave it to yourself!" ”

Since then, he and Kuai Peng have no intersection, and most of the friends Ye Xiaotian and he made in Jinling have lost contact. It's really because the transportation is too inconvenient, I can't travel thousands of miles and trek through mountains and rivers to send a letter, just to ask okay.

Therefore, Ye Xiaotian didn't know that Jing Peng had left Nanjing and became one of the thousands of households in Chongqing Prefecture, and Jing Peng only knew that this old friend was still an official in Guizhou, and vaguely heard that he had been transferred out of Huxian County and promoted to Tongren Mansion, but Yu Wai didn't know about it.

Jing Peng was overjoyed when he saw his old friend, he patted the grass stalks on his body, and asked each other about their experiences while taking Ye Xiaotian and Ma Qian into the main room of the main courtyard. It's a lot of talk, but it's short but quick to understand.

Jing Peng was originally a hundred households in brocade clothes, and although Jinyi Wei belonged to the military system, he had always had a transcendent status and could not be regarded as an ordinary soldier.

Jing Peng's father passed away in office, his father has a sworn enemy, the two old enemies were Jinyiwei who entered together when they were young, and they have been fighting all their lives, that person has always been pressed by his father, no matter how he is promoted, Jing Peng's father is always one and a half grades higher than him.

Kuai Peng's father is not a good man, not to mention that it is clear that if you take a step back, you will have to be stepped on your head, he will not let it, so can the means and tricks of suppressing and containing the opponent be missing?

The old rival has been pressed by his father all his life, and he is almost psychopathic, and now he finally raises his eyebrows, can he not take revenge on the son of the old opponent? This time, Kuai Peng's life is sad.

Kuai Peng originally had no ambitions, and only wanted to rely on his father and ancestor Yu Yin to be a peace officer in Jinling Mansion and be his son well. But unexpectedly, such a stall happened, and the gentlemen couldn't be the children, and the peace officials couldn't be the peacekeepers. He used to have a father who was a high-ranking official to take care of his entry and exit, but now he is being pinched on his shortcomings all day long, and that kind of psychological gap is especially unbearable.

Kuai Peng was furious, and even wanted to go to the pair of bosses to get a white knife in and out of the red knife, but after his wife's repeated persuasion, Kuai Peng finally endured the evil anger in his heart, and took the initiative to ask him to leave Jinyiwei to serve in other guards, and completely leave the Jinyiwei system.

And so it goes. That opponent is not good and does not forgive, originally, I have been pressed by other people's Lao Tzu for a lifetime and can't turn over, that is your ability. Now that the report is on someone's son, it has fallen behind. Now that people are soft, you don't have a reason to chase and fight. In the final analysis, this kind of competition is still workplace competition, and there is no need to really make a fuss.

So, the old rival stopped bothering him and let him be transferred. When Kuai Peng was in Jinyiwei, the hundred household officials were just a fictitious position. Even though he gets a salary every month, he doesn't have any real power, but the gold content of the identity of Jinyiwei is still quite high.

The military department deliberated and deliberated, and finally transferred him to Chongqing Prefecture. He's been here for two years. The deputy thousand households who were just promoted last year are only because the surname of the thousand households is Fu, and the people below are awkward no matter how they call him this deputy thousand households, so they are generally called thousands of households.

Ye Xiaotian laughed heartily when he heard it. also told Kuai Peng about all the experiences he had after he was transferred out of Huxian. The two of them were talking as they walked, naturally they couldn't always stare at Kuai Peng's face and listen to him, so Ye Xiaotian didn't notice when he mentioned something. Kuai Peng's expression was a little strange.

There are five courtyards in these thousand households, and Jing Peng's house is the last. His guard house is a guard that has been passed down from father to son for generations, so the guards have actually become militiamen, who work in agriculture on weekdays, train regularly, and serve as soldiers in wartime, and their dependents naturally live here.

As soon as I entered the last courtyard, the breath of life suddenly became thicker. There were a few ropes in the yard, and there were obviously diapers and children's clothes drying on them. If there were children in the lower room, they would not be dried in such a large way in the courtyard of the main house, then......

Ye Xiaotian's heart moved, and he looked at Jing Peng in surprise: "I said Lao Kuai, you kid is moving fast enough, even the child has it." ”

Kuai Peng smiled, Ye Xiaotian quipped: "Is it a son or a girl, if it is the same age, our two families can order a doll kiss, haha......"

Kuai Peng said: "It's a son, it's a Tao." Brother Ye now has a few children in his house. ”

Ye Xiaotian thought about it, sorrow comes from it, there is only one daughter, and she has to follow her mother's surname, when will the Ye family be able to spread out and reach the world! I need to hurry up and create more talents.

Ye Xiaotian shook his head and sighed: "Now I can't compare to your old man, wait for me to work harder, and then I will come to the top." ”

Kuai Peng laughed, glanced into the main hall, faintly sneaky, and then politely let the guests go: "Come, Brother Ye, Brother Ma, please please, please sit in the hall first, the courtyard is chaotic." ”

Kuai Peng let the two of them into the hall and sat down, and shouted: "Xiaohong, Xiaohong, serve tea." ”

Kuai Peng shouted twice, and without waiting for an answer, he rubbed his hands and smiled at Ye Xiaotian: "Xiaohong, that girl, is a girl from an old military leader's family, and she is not a girl who can wait for people. Well, I'll go to Zhang Luo, I went to Zhang Luo yesterday and I had a dozen finches on the Internet in the pasture, and I just fried the wine. ”

"I knew you were so good, the finches were all cleaned up for you, just wait for the pot!" With the voice, a woman stepped into the hall with a smile: "Which brothers have you invited back to the ...... today" Before she could say anything, the woman turned her eyes and suddenly saw Ye Xiaotian, staying there.

The moon-white shirt, the green skirt, a small apron with a broken white flower and blue background are tied around the waist, and the sleeves of both hands are held, which is slightly plump compared to the previous graceful and beautiful, but the blood on the face is more healthy, and the original softness is replaced by a neat and capable temperament.

Ye Xiaotian slowly stood up and looked at her, she took a step back, her pretty face turned a little pale, and she called out sneeringly: "Brother Ye."

Kuai Peng was a little nervous, but he gritted his teeth, still strode over, bravely stopped in front of her, and said to Ye Xiaotian: "Brother Ye, I'...... We ......"

Ye Xiaotian looked at Shui Wu, and then at Jing Peng, suddenly smiled, nodded at Kuai Peng, and said, "Old Jing, okay, you, I asked me to help take care of the Shui Wu girl, I didn't expect you to actually guard and steal!" ”

Kuai Peng couldn't tell whether Ye Xiaotian's words were ridiculed or mocked, and he didn't know what to say with a smile. Ye Xiaotian raised his hand and recalled: "I want to think about what the letter says, right!" Excellent character and learning, innocent family background, I still think, so handsome, if you can treat each other sincerely, the water dance girl can be regarded as a lifelong dependent, who knew that it was your princess who sold melons and boasted about herself. ”

When Kuai Peng heard this, he finally confirmed Ye Xiaotian's intentions, and his heart was put down, he rubbed his hands crampedly, and said with a dry smile: "Am I not considered to be excellent in character and learning, and have a clean family background?" ”

Ye Xiaotian gradually smiled, looked at Kuai Peng, and then at Shui Wu, nodded lightly to them, and said sincerely: "Congratulations!" ”

Shui Wu's eyes opened wide, tears rolled down, Kuai Peng hurriedly hugged her into his arms, wiped her tears clumsily with his thick fingers, and said distressedly: "What are you crying, what are you crying, Brother Ye is also congratulating us for coming."

Shui Wu didn't know what she was crying about, she always felt that she was sorry for Ye Xiaotian and owed Ye Xiaotian, this heart has been pressing on her heart, and it has become a heavy heart disease, and now it has all turned into tears, the more she cries, the more relaxed her heart is.

One kept crying, the other coaxed helplessly, Ye Xiaotian knew that Shui Wu loved to cry, but it was the first time he saw that her tears could be like a surging river, endless. But there are men coaxing, although he is a little stupid, it is really not his turn to step forward.

Ye Xiaotian turned his eyes, and suddenly saw an old mother following outside the door, holding a baby in her arms, the baby sucked a finger in her mouth, staring at them curiously with a pair of big black eyes. Ye Xiaotian walked over, signaled to the old mother, and gently took the child.

The boy was not afraid of life, stretched out his little hand, touched the hard mustache on his chin, and grinned.

Ye Xiaotian said with a smile: "Good boy, go, uncle will take you to bask in the sun!" ”

Ye Xiaotian picked up the child and leisurely turned into the garden, and as soon as he walked for a while, he saw seven or eight soldiers armed with red tasseled spears escorting Qin Liangyu and Zhan Ning'er into the Thousand Households. It is not accurate to say that it is a prisoner, because these two girls have their heads held high and their weapons in their hands, and they really do not look like prisoners. But it is also true that seven or eight soldiers were on guard with the tips of their spears.

Xue Shuiwu was just coaxed by Kuai Peng to stop crying, turned his head and saw Ma Qiancheng sitting there with an expression of watching a play, and asked Ye Xiaotian where he was, but he took the child and went to the garden to play, and the two couples just drove out of the living room, and they saw the two heroines walking in a high-spirited manner. (To be continued.) )