Su Mengtang said: "Mr. Shao has old friends in Jiangning Mansion and Guanyi, and he promised to help me personally investigate. Zhang Yunhua smiled lightly when he heard this, drank two glasses of wine and said: "It's a matter of thanks, when Qingzhou escapes, I will definitely back up the generous gift, personally visit the door, and see this Mr. Shao's wind god." Su Mengtang noticed Zhang Yunhua's faint displeasure, lowered his head and took a sip of wine, and said softly: "When the time comes, Brother Yunhua and I will prepare a gift and go together." ”

Yunhua raised his eyelashes and saw Su Mengtang looking at him a little shyly, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and realized that his tone just now was a little inappropriate: "Okay, let's go together." But just now I was sincere. At this juncture, anyone's help is a relief in the snow, and I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. Su Mengtang put his mind at ease, and was about to ask about Ximen's March and Qiuqiu's days, when he suddenly saw Uncle Feng lead Ziyu in.

Uncle Feng asked: "Young master, I just asked the one in my family to clean up the side room, it will be fine later, you see?" Yunhua nodded and said, "Very good, you take the Ziyu girl over to rest first, and in addition, you go and tell Bihu and Chai Wu that you don't have to go back tomorrow." Uncle Feng took the order, and Su Mengtang also nodded to Ziyu, and Ziyu went to the wing room with Uncle Feng. Zhang Yunhua filled two glasses of wine and said: "If you don't come tonight, tomorrow morning, Bihu girl and Chai Wu will take March back to Jiangnan Villa, this child has been outside for a few days, and he misses you very much." ”

Su Mengtang showed a little surprise and said, "That's what he said? This child looks naughty, but he is kinder than anyone else" Yunhua nodded and said, "Come, second glass of wine, may the two children have no worries for a lifetime." Su Mengtang also raised the cup and drank it all. Yunhua raised the wine jug again, found that the jug was empty, and was about to pour wine from the altar, but was pressed by Su Mengtang.

"Huh?" Yunhua stopped pouring wine. Su Mengtang shook his head and said, "Tomorrow is very critical, Brother Yunhua can't drink anymore." Yunhua said: "It's okay, it's not early, I'll send Miss Su back to the room to rest." Su Mengtang nodded, and was about to get up, when he suddenly remembered something: "Brother Yunhua just mentioned, something to say to me?" Yunhua said: "Is there one?" Oh.. It's nothing, I just want to talk to Miss Su more. ”

Su Mengtang laughed, walked outside, and walked under the porch, she suddenly turned around and said, "Brother Yunhua, just these two steps, you don't need to send it, in addition... She stopped talking. Well? A question erupted in Yunhua's throat. Brother Yunhua won't call me Miss Su in the future, call me Mengtang. Su Mengtang's eyes were like stars, and after saying this, he turned around and ran towards the side room with the door open, leaving Yunhua standing alone under the porch, and said softly with a smile: "Okay, Mengtang." ”

On the fourth watch, Changfan heard a noise from Zhao Qingzhou's bedroom, so he walked over to check. I saw Zhao Qingzhou neatly dressed, sitting in front of the desk, writing something hard, and it seemed that he hadn't slept all night.

"Sir." Changfan called softly, walked to Zhao Qingzhou's side and asked, "Master, when did you get up?" Zhao Qingzhou raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he reluctantly smiled and said, "Changfan, what time is it?" Changfan said: "It's the fourth watch, master, your body has only been better for a while, go back to bed and rest for a while, and you have to wait for dawn." It's okay. He couldn't continue.

Zhao Qingzhou followed Changfan's words and said: "I have to get on the prisoner car and go to Lin'an, right?" Changfan had tears in his eyes for a while, knelt on the ground and said: "Master, that day I did hand over the notes you wrote to the stone messenger of the official post, it has been like this for so many years, and there has never been a mistake, I don't know how it was this time. Zhao Qingzhou put down his pen and said to Changfan: "Changfan, hurry up, I can't complain about you about this matter, someone is making a hindrance from it, we are in the open, naturally we can't guard against it." Don't worry, in a few days, the three divisions will jointly review, and the matter will definitely be investigated, and we will be fair. ”

Chang Fan stood up and said, "Master, they won't torture you, you have to endure it when the time comes, and you can't bend it into a trick." Saying that, two hot tears welled up from his eyes, Changfan has followed Zhao Qingzhou for more than ten years, and he is a scholar who has been with him since he was a child, at this moment he thinks about the tribulations that Zhao Qingzhou may suffer when he enters Beijing, and his heart hurts like a knife. Zhao Qingzhou said with relief: "You are confused, since the opening of the Great Song Dynasty, there has been no precedent for poisoning civil officials, how can you increase the punishment at will." "In fact, after tomorrow, what he will face is unknown to Zhao Qingzhou himself.

Changfan's heart calmed down a little, and asked, "Then master, can I enter Beijing with you, and I can take care of you with me." Zhao Qingzhou shook his head and said: "I was also ordered to enter Beijing for the first time, and the rules here are not very clear. Changfan nodded again and again: "Tomorrow I will follow the master, if the court officials do not let me accompany me, I will quietly follow behind." Zhao Qingzhou showed a smile of relief and said, "Changfan, right now in Jiangning, there is only you, and I can entrust you." ”

Chang Fan said: "Master, although Chang Fan is stupid, he is loyal to the master, and the sun and the moon can be seen." Zhao Qingzhou nodded, picked up the pile of paper that had just been written on the table, and said: "You just stay in Jiangning, these are the matters I have dealt with recently, and the ones that have not yet been finished are written on it, after I leave tomorrow, you will hand it over to Wang Xiancheng, don't miss these things to do." ”

Changfan hesitated, but took it with both hands, and glanced at it slightly, but saw that the matters listed by Zhao Qingzhou on the paper were clearly organized, and they were arranged until the second year's agricultural tax collection arrangement, so he couldn't help crying again, and said: "Master, didn't you say that you would come back in two days, why are they all lined up a year later, master. Master, how can this be? At the end of his speech, he couldn't stop crying, as if he was parting from life and death.

Zhao Qingzhou also felt sad in his heart, so he only endured it and said: "Don't cry, this is also the time and the life." But don't worry, Yunhua and Xiang Kang, Zhuo Ran, all brothers and sisters are in Lin'an, everyone will run for me, it shouldn't be long before I come back. Changfan wiped away his tears with his sleeve and said: "Changfan doesn't cry, it's almost five watches, I'm going to make some breakfast for the master, I'm full enough to deal with the day's things, what does the master want to eat?" ”

Zhao Qingzhou said: "Make some dough cakes and hand-rolled noodles for me to eat." ”

Changfan said: "Okay, I'll do it, make more, and the master will take it to eat on the road." With that, he withdrew. The room suddenly fell silent again, Governor Zhao Qing sighed, shook his head, and said to himself: "In this world, it is difficult to be a clean official." ”