For Pei Qingqing, there is nothing that can't be solved by a piece of dim sum, if there is, then two.

When she was full of wine and food and served a plate of steamed bean paste dumplings by the chef, her previous fear was swept away, and she ran to the side with a plate to eat the dumplings silently.

Bai Zhijun, who stayed in the West Pavilion to eat, took the teacup and looked at Pei Qingqing, who was happy to eat, and couldn't help but envy: "It's better to be a child!" ”

There's nothing to worry about, you can eat if you want to, cry when you're scared, and there are always adults behind to help.

Of course, for the child in front of him, the adult in the back is the girl in front of him who is dressed in an official robe and has a solemn expression.

In fact, Master Qiao is not a few years older than that child! But this kind of thing is so strange that once a certain hurdle is passed, it is as if people have suddenly changed their personal habitat. Just like the two in front of me, after the age of ten, Master Qiao has become an "adult", and in another year, he will be an adult in the eyes of everyone.

Therefore, age is a very interesting thing, so thirty and forty are not confused and fifty and know the destiny of heaven...... Bai Zhijun thought about it for a while, and when his thoughts returned to the hotel, the girl in front of him had already gotten up.

She walked up the stairs to the second floor, then propped herself up the escalator with one hand and looked down as if she was pensive.

But while pondering something, Bai Zhijun didn't know. Zhou Shilin handed the burden to her shoulders, and this burden was a bit heavy at the moment.

There are so many things to solve that I don't know where to start.

Bai Zhijun's gaze fell on the young man beside her again, he didn't say anything, just accompanied her not far away, and then followed her gaze.

He found that by Master Qiao's side, this Zhang Tianshi didn't have many words, as if he was guarding and accompaniing, and only spoke silently when he needed to.

Still...... It's interesting. He said in his heart, and then subconsciously touched the sachet bag on his waist. The men and women in this world have never gotten along with each other, and the men have never fought outside, but women have husbands and children inside.

"What are you thinking?" I don't know how long I watched it, but Zhang Jie's voice sounded next to itself.

"I can't help it!" The girl let out a long sigh when she heard this, then reached out and gently tapped her forehead, and said, "It's useless to just look at it, I think I still want to meet the murderer who assassinated General Gu and Lord Zhao." ”

Zhang Xie looked at the heavy snow outside the door and said, "I'll go, you wait here." ”

Qiao Ran snorted, not fighting over this kind of thing.

At this time, she will not run around and make trouble, after all, the murderer may kill one wave of court officials and may attack the second wave, and now she obediently stays in the hotel, Bai Zhijun and Pei Qingqing are by her side, which is the safest.

After Zhang Xie left, Qiao Ran walked down the stairs. I don't know if I felt a little bored, Bai Zhijun actually got up and walked to Pei Qingqing and sat down, then thought about it, found an iron ball, and asked her, "Do you want to play?" ”

This coaxing child's tone made Pei Qingqing glance at him, and said, "How old are you, and you only know how to play?" ”

Qiao Ran, who listened to this tone of hatred that iron is not steel, laughed out loud, and looked at Bai Zhijun, who had a strange expression, and the corners of his lips curled up and immediately pursed.

Obviously, it is very funny for an adult to say such a thing as a child, and if the adult who was "reprimanded" was not Bai Zhijun himself, he might still laugh.

It's just that now it's yourself who is disliked, so you can't laugh. Bai Zhijun sighed and accepted the iron balls, looked at the dumplings in front of Pei Qingqing, and teased her: "How old are you, why do you still like to eat these things?" ”

Although it is normal for children to love sweets, Pei Qingqing is also in the stage of a child, but obviously the child in front of him is close to the tail of a "child", and in a few years, she will be a girl like Master Qiao, and she will be able to take charge of herself if she is powerful.

Pei Qingqing glanced at him and said, "My father loves to eat when he's so old, it doesn't matter." If you don't eat, you will die, since you have to eat, do you care if I eat dim sum or something else? ”

Although it is a crooked reason, it makes a lot of sense when you listen to it. Bai Zhijun was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and after looking at her "little adult" appearance for a long time, he turned his gaze back to Qiao Ran and said, "Who is this child?" ”

The first time she saw this child, she was also with Master Qiao and Zhang Tianshi, and he only thought that this was the child that was thrown to them by some relatives or other people's families. But this time they traveled to Shanxi Road, these two people actually took this child with them, you know, before leaving, they knew that this trip was dangerous, and Lord Qiao didn't even bring a personal maid, obviously afraid of affecting the people around him. Isn't it strange that she actually brought this child under such circumstances?

Qiao Ran stretched out her hand and rubbed the ball on Pei Qingqing's head and said, "General Bai must know about her parents, but he didn't ask for permission, and I can't say anything about this matter yet." ”

Bai Zhijun sighed, and didn't continue to ask, he didn't have a habit of being difficult for a strong man, let alone looking at this child's freewheeling temperament, and only when she grew up in an environment where both parents have the ability to support her for a piece of the world, can she have such a temperament!

Not to mention, her surname is "Pei", well, this surname...... It is easy for people to associate this with the Jinling Pei family.

It's just a child from such a background, but her parents allowed her to follow her to Shanxi Road, and I don't know if this parent is too relieved of Zhang Tianshi and Master Qiao's ability or too worried about this child himself. Bai Zhijun stretched out his hand and poured a cup of tea for Pei Qingqing and Qiao Ran: "It will take some effort to go to the prison, drink some tea and wait slowly!" ”

Pei Qingqing, who was already a little choked after eating, grimaced at him, took the tea and drank it.

Bai Zhijun couldn't help but laugh when he looked at this cute look, it didn't seem so boring to have such a child by his side.

Qiao Ran also took the tea ceremony and thanked him and looked out the door.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

……

Zhang Jie, who went out of the house, had a deep understanding of this, and he gathered the cloak on his body, not because he was afraid of the cold, but the heavy snow in front of him was really a bit of a sight.

To get to the prison where the prisoners were held, you had to cross the square in the middle of the four pavilions to the east of the pavilion where Zhou Shilin lived. From the West Building to the East Building, you will pass through the north and south halls. The one on the south side is where he and Bai Zhijun will stay in the future, and the one on the north side is ...... Zhang Xie slowed down, looking at the servant girl who was trotting towards him, but after a little hesitation, he stopped.

He doesn't have the habit of embarrassing people, not to mention that since the other party wants to see her, he will get rid of it today, and he will come another day, so it is better to meet him at the beginning and explain things clearly.

The maidservant who trotted towards her with an umbrella in her hand breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him stop and wait for her, and then quickened her steps and walked a few steps closer to him.

It wasn't until he walked to his side that he leaned over and saluted, "The slave has seen Zhang Tianshi." ”

Zhang Xie nodded, his eyes fell on the servant girl in front of him, a little surprised.

How so? He remembered the servant. However, he remembered that this handmaid was not because of her master, like the red bean, but because of the handmaid herself.

The servant girl is not like a servant girl, she is raised like a young lady. This maid's name is Shui Xing, she is proud and conceited, except for her master, she doesn't take others in her eyes at all.

Earlier, he and Miss Yuan and her party set off from Jinling to Chang'an on the way, and he had seen many times that this maid pinched her waist and found fault with others.

If it is said that there is a bad thing behind it, there is no one, so every time this servant girl makes an accident, Miss Yuan, no, Miss Yuan, who was still a good person with a "gentle and kind" face at that time, will always apologize with a sentence "Shui Xing is not sensible, honest and straightforward, and has no bad intentions".

After watching it for a long time along the way, he also wrote it down, but he couldn't figure out why the original family wanted such a "straightforward" maid to be by Miss Yuan's side.

Of course, this is the original family's own business. That family always likes to drill some things that they don't have, and some behaviors are really despicable.

And now, this servant girl called Shui Xing seems to be not a person like the one before, cautious and a little flattering, but no different from those servant girls who live carefully in ordinary clans.

Can people change so much all at once? Zhang Xie looked at the servant girl in front of him.

The maid lowered her head as if she couldn't see his gaze, and whispered, "Master Zhang, my young lady is invited." ”

Could it be that Yuan Jiaojiao's previous behavior of tearing her face scared this maid who was raised like a young lady and even changed her temperament? Zhang Xie snorted, and his gaze quickly withdrew from Shui Xing's body.

It has nothing to do with him, but since he found out, he still has to remember to mention it to Miss Qiao when he goes back.

These four pavilions are not only simple and rude in construction, but also the layout inside, the same blanket square table, if it weren't for the different decorations brought by Yuan Jiaojiao, who had lived in it for a while, it would make him think for a moment whether he had gone to the wrong hotel.

The lobby of the North Building is full of boxes.

It's hard not to notice so many boxes.

Zhang Xie instinctively glanced at the box, and in the few open boxes, there were some used cinnabar, rune paper and other things.

Of course, there are so many things that Fu Yi needs to be called, and the entire Shanxi Road can't be given so much even if it is suddenly called, so I think it should be transferred by the original family itself.

For Yuan Jiaojiao, regardless of the motives, the original family is still very willing to do it.

"Zhang Tianshi." The girl who came down from the upper floor seemed to be much thinner than before, she nodded at him, pointed to the chair in the hall, and said, "Sit down!" ”

After Zhang Xie thanked him, he sat down opposite Yuan Jiaojiao, and then watched Yuan Jiaojiao open an account book and push the contents of the account book page in front of him.

Zhang Xie looked down and saw that there were some recorded names on it.

"I've been saving people since I came to Shanxi Road." She said.

There is no doubt about it, and no one can deny what she did.

Zhang Xie nodded and said, "Miss Yuan has done a good job, Your Majesty sees it in your eyes." ”

Such a compliment and affirmation should be happy to hear it, but Yuan Jiaojiao didn't have any expression, just looked at them, and Mu Ran said loudly: "Since I did a good job, why did Your Majesty send her over?" ”

Zhang Xie was stunned when he heard this, and then saw Yuan Jiaojiao speak again: "She is in Chang'an City, I am on Shanxi Road, the original well water does not interfere with the river water, why did she come?" ”

The last sentence raised his voice a lot, obviously a little emotional.

Zhang Xie frowned: "The holy decree cannot be violated." ”

Selfishly speaking, the only thing between him and Miss Qiao is His Majesty, and this trip to Shanxi Road is an opportunity given to him by His Majesty, and he has waited for a long time, and he is unwilling to let it go. But in the same selfish sense, Shanxi Road is so dangerous, if there is a choice, he doesn't want her to come. With her ability, if she misses this opportunity, there will be other opportunities.

But he knew that no matter the opportunity or his preferences, he could no match the Holy Will.

Therefore, the matter of Shanxi Road is also the meaning of His Majesty.

It is a true saying that the will cannot be violated.

However, not everyone understands this.

Yuan Jiaojiao raised her eyes, and her eyes suddenly sharpened: "What holy will cannot be violated?" If it weren't for you, how could Your Majesty have sent her? ”

Zhang explained: "Does Miss Yuan think that Your Majesty is a person who is easily swayed by others? ”

Yuan Jiaojiao said: "I finally got the opportunity to prove myself, why did she intervene?" ”

Zhang Xie frowned, Rao is self-proclaimed good temper, but in the face of Yuan Jiaojiao, who didn't listen to what he said at all, he was a little impatient to continue to speak: "Miss Yuan, this is Your Majesty's will." If you really have any objections, you can play Your Majesty and ask her to take back her fate! ”

Yuan Jiaojiao sneered: "Since the first day I came to Shanxi Road, I have been saving people for a day without stopping, looking around, who can say that I am not coming?" ”

Zhang Xie moved his lips, wanting to speak. Yuan Jiaojiao didn't give him a chance to speak, but continued: "It's not my fault that the surname Li is unlucky, the officers and soldiers of this Shanxi Road are sick like this, if there is no me, who will save them?" So I can't have an accident, what's wrong with my guards protecting me? ”

Zhang Xie took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little tired. He doesn't like to quarrel with others, especially the girl in front of him who doesn't listen to him at all, and takes care of him left and right, and is immersed in his own thoughts. No matter how reasonable he is, the other party will not listen.

"I asked Zhou Shilin about the matter of Shanxi Road, there are three things, one is the comeback of the bandits, the matter of tracking down the bandits, Zhou Shilin has already done it, the second is the assassination of General Gu and Lord Zhao, the murderer has also been caught, and the third is the strange illness of the officers and soldiers. Which of these three did I do wrong? ”

Zhang Xie looked at her and didn't speak.

Yuan Jiaojiao said excitedly: "In that case, why did she come?" ”

Regarding Yuan Jiaojiao's questioning, Zhang Xie did not speak, but suddenly glanced at Yuan Jiaojiao in front of him and looked at the girl who suddenly appeared at the door.

Here she comes.

Qiao Ran smiled and said to the girl who turned her face to look at her: "I thought about it, since I came to Shanxi Road, it was not good to see Miss Yuan, so I came over." ”

In fact, not long after Zhang Xie left, Zhou Shilin came over, and when he asked, he learned that he was invited to Yuan Jiaojiao, so she followed, but she happened to hear Yuan Jiaojiao's questioning.

For these questions, she had a headache, Zhang explained the truth, but for Yuan Jiaojiao, this kind of words could not soothe her emotions, so she spoke again: "But since I happened to hear Miss Yuan's question, I'll tell Miss Yuan!" Your Majesty asked me to come because of Your Highness. ”

His Royal Highness's illness is inseparable from Yuan Jiaojiao, and once the illness occurs, Yuan Jiaojiao must immediately rush back to the capital.

There is no problem with this reason, Bai Zhijun, who also came over, nodded secretly, but he didn't know why, he always felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, Pei Qingqing, who was beside her, pulled his sleeve and motioned for him to squat down, she had something to whisper.

Bai Zhijun looked at her like a little adult, squatted down, and then listened to the girl's smug mouth.

"Look! The one inside is the child, who loses her temper and makes trouble unreasonably, and wants Miss Qiao to coax her back. ”

That's it, a hint of strange color flashed in Bai Zhijun's eyes: Miss Yuan didn't give an inch in the face of Lord Qiao, but Lord Qiao's tone was like an adult facing an ignorant child.

And now, this adult wants to send this ignorant child back to the capital.