Cheng Huai's face was cold, his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, he looked at the house a few times, and then looked around at the surrounding fields.

The man in the door yawned and shouted indistinctly, "Who, who?" It's a big night! ”

The movement was getting closer, and after the bolt was removed with a clatter, the door was pulled open from the inside.

The man who opened the door was an old man of fifty or sixty years old, not tall, but very strong, with a black and white beard, a wide nose, thick eyebrows and small eyes.

Holding the candlelight in his hand, he frowned, squinted his eyes, and looked intently twice, only to see clearly that there was a group of officers and soldiers with torches standing at the door.

"Oh, Master Jun, why did you come up to our Zhuangzi, we didn't owe taxes and grain, no, it's the middle of the night, I look like it should be the fifth watch, right? What's going on? The old man's face wrinkled and scratched his head, and the man was also stiffened.

"I was ordered to search, and everyone in the house gathered in the courtyard." The officer and soldier who knocked on the door said coldly, and was about to enter the door.

When the old man saw him rushing to the door, he quickly dodged away, and said to himself: "What's the matter, why did you still search me in this wilderness." ”

The whole house was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and about 20 well-trained officers and soldiers followed the leader into the house.

Cheng Huai followed at the end, looked at the front yard a few times, grabbed the old man and asked, "Old man, whose Zhuangzi is this?" ”

When the old man saw that this person was brightly dressed, dignified, and polite, he knew that he must be a nobleman, so he nodded and said: "My main family is the Pei family, a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am the steward of this Zhuangzi. ”

Cheng Huai smiled: "I heard your accent like it was from Shandong." ”

The old man's eyes lit up, "Yes, yes, your ears are so good, my hometown is Shandong, when I was in my thirties, my lord's family passed by Shandong, and it happened that I was a widower alone, there was no livelihood, and there was nothing to worry about, so I signed a deed, and returned to Jiangnan with the lord's family. ”

Saying that, he smiled embarrassedly and touched his head, "I don't mean that the feet of the Son of Heaven are almost inseparable from my hometown, I mean that the habits and tastes of the people in the north are similar, don't misunderstand, noble." ”

Seeing Cheng Huai nodded, he became happy again, bared his teeth and began to talk about his own past again.

It's very self-cooked.

"Oh, that's right." Cheng Huai interrupted him and said, "Since your lord's family has come to Beijing to buy an industry, is the newly opened splendid cloth village in the city your lord's property?" ”

"Buzhuang?" The old man shook his head, "My master's family is not in the cloth business, my master's family is in the tea business, and they also open silver buildings, as well as inns and restaurants, but my master's family has no background, so I can only mix in our local area, and I really don't have such a great ability to do business at the feet of the Son of Heaven." ”

The lights of the whole house were turned on, and the maids and maids gathered in the front yard, rubbing their eyes one by one, muttering something dissatisfied.

The general clasped his fists and said, "My lord, everyone is here." ”

The rest of the officers and soldiers stood in order, holding torches high, illuminating the dark night sky.

He didn't even need to glance at it, he knew that there would be no Tong Yan among these people at all.

This search can't find where she is, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack with your eyes closed.

Even if Tong Yan was really in this mansion, that person would definitely hide her and not let them find her, and maybe even Tong Yan was in one of the mansions he had just checked.

Of course, the premise of all this is that that person doesn't want to harm Tong Yan's life.

If you want to kill her, I'm afraid it's already more than auspicious at this time.

Cheng Huai took his hand, sighed, and closed his eyes deeply.

If you care, you can't mess up.

"Let's go back." Cheng Huai said lightly, his red eyes were clear again, and he said to the old man: "Disturb the old man." ”

The old man was flattered, waved his hand and said in a loud voice: "The adults are hard, the officials are hard, it's not a disturbance, it's not a disturbance, you can have a cup of tea and leave!" ”

"No, thank you." Cheng Huai bowed his head slightly, and strode out with his subordinates.

The old man followed behind them until everyone was out of the door, and he waved his hand and shouted, "Slow down, lords, officials." ”

As soon as Cheng Huai got on the horse, the old man had already bolted the door to death, and he could hear the old man in the courtyard shouting loudly through the wall, "Go back, go back." A few more whispers were heard, and then the doors of the houses were closed.

After a while, the whole house returned to tranquility.

"Shizi?" The general reined in his horse and called.

Cheng Huai came back to his senses and saw that everyone was already lined up neatly, waiting for his order.

"Let's go." His eyes condensed, and he grabbed the horse's belly and ran into the city.

The whole Jingshi slept restlessly, the night was so long but so short, and soon, the morning sun rose, and it was another refreshing morning.

Until noon during the day, Tong Yan still didn't eat, and she still lay on the bed with her eyes closed.

The servant maid was a little panicked at this time, she thought that these pampered royal ladies could not bear to go without food for so long.

Waiting until tomorrow is about to set off for a bumpy journey, if she doesn't eat a few meals in a row, the county lord's body will definitely not be able to stand it, and if she gets sick again, no matter how good it is, the master will definitely not let her go.

The maidservant thought about it, she didn't dare to take risks, and she still had to show her master about this matter.

She quietly walked out of the bedroom and locked the door again.

Tong Yan was already hungry, and she didn't feel hungry at all now, but her limbs were a little weak.

When she heard the sound of the maidservant bringing the door to the door, she did not move, as if she was really asleep.

An hour later, there was a sound in the courtyard, and the door lock of the bedroom was unlocked again.

Tong Yan was still half-dead, lying on her back on the bed with her eyes closed.

The man who walked in raised his hand, and the servant behind him respectfully retreated and quietly closed the door.

"Don't come to the county lord unharmed." The man stood outside the tent, his hands folded in front of him, and his tone was pleasant.

Hearing this man's voice, Tong Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly, but her eyes were still closed, she smiled mockingly, and her lips moved slightly: "I didn't expect it to be you, why, robbed me and asked me to be your concubine?" ”

These words made the man laugh a few times from his throat, he lifted the curtain, sat on the edge of the bed, stared deeply at Tong Yan's delicate and beautiful face, and whispered obsessively: "How can you let you be my concubine, you are so beautiful, so interesting, like this, different, only a woman like you is worthy of being my wife, worthy of being my princess, and worthy of being the future queen of the entire southern Xinjiang." ”