The two went out satisfied, and walked around the city for a long time, Liu Zhongkui was very generous to her, please eat and drink, the two played until midnight before returning to the inn, everyone had already slept, and after the two washed, they also fell asleep.

After going out for more than ten days, everyone had already discussed it and returned to Cangxian together tomorrow, so the luggage was almost ready.

Early the next morning, after everyone had breakfast, Liu Zhongkui hurriedly knocked on the door, quickly pushed the door in, and said, "Something bad." ”

As soon as Xie Yao got up, he saw that he was a little anxious and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Yesterday they bought gifts, just met Wu Lu on the road, so they dragged the gift to him to transfer on behalf of him, there is nothing to worry about at the moment, everyone plans to set off back to Cangxian this morning." Liu Zhongkui walked around and said, "It's also our fault, we played so late yesterday, and when we came back, everyone was already asleep, so naturally we didn't care about telling us, what should we do now?"

Xie Yao asked, "Then is it too late for us to go to Wu Lu now?" ”

"I went just now, and the guard said that Wu Lu went to the outskirts of Beijing early in the morning, and he won't be back until evening."

Xie Yao couldn't think of a good way for a while, he came ten people at the same time, so he naturally wanted to go back at the same time, but something went wrong in the middle, all the gifts were bought, and everyone gave them, if they didn't send them, it seemed that they couldn't be people.

"Isn't it okay for the official messenger who guards the door of the criminal department to collect it on his behalf? Have you asked? ”

Liu Zhongkui said, "I asked, those two didn't dare to answer, saying that if there was anything, they would wait for Wu Lu to come back and then look for him in person, and I wanted me to say that the people in this criminal department were too unaware of being accommodating, and they didn't even want to help transfer it on their behalf." ”

Xie Yao also knew that it had nothing to do with them, if the guards of the Criminal Department took everything, Chu Zhao would inevitably be punished if he knew it.

She said, "What then?" Otherwise, let everyone go on the road first, and we will wait for Wu Lu to return and send something, and then go after everyone?"

Liu Zhongkui said, "It seems that this is the only way to do it now." ”

Everyone discussed, they all returned to their hearts like arrows, they set off first, the two of them took the baggage, retreated from the guest room, and waited at the entrance of the criminal department, but after waiting for most of the day, the sky was almost dark, and there was no shadow of Wu Lu.

Liu Zhongkui asked, "Tell me, where does Brother Wu's family live?" ”

"Brother Wu has lived in Chu Mansion since he was a child, and if you go to the street and inquire casually, you will know the location of Chu Mansion."

Liu Zhongkui thanked him, asked two people with Xie Yao, and found the Chu Mansion.

On this street, in addition to the high courtyard wall, there are only a few doors, and the two characters of Chu Mansion are hung high, and there are two majestic stone lions in front of the door, grinning with bared teeth, and they look very good at suppressing evil spirits.

The two of them lingered at the gate of the house for a long time, and could not wait for a person, after a while, a carriage stopped at the door, and a man in white walked down, the moonlight was bright, the man was quite handsome, and he came forward and knocked on the door, and soon someone came to open the door, bent down and invited him in.

In fact, tonight is not only Chu Zhao's birthday, but also the 70th birthday of King Liang, this is a great test of the way of being an official, who will serve water, naturally the elders go to King Liang, and the son-in-law or other weighty people come to the Chu family, even if there is no one in the family, they will also send someone to send a gift to congratulate them, and those who will not serve water will go to this family instead of that one, obviously standing in line, and letting the people have different opinions.

The attitude of the Chu family was very clear, the gift was accepted, no one received it, and the people who came to congratulate him were not annoyed, so they politely gave the gift and went home.

Liu Zhongkui and Xie Yao lingered at the door for a long time, and no one paid attention to them when they knocked on the door, but when they saw others knocking on the door, most of the people in the door responded, in fact, they were a little aggrieved in their hearts, and they more or less understood the identities of those people.

But this is the first guest to be welcomed through the door tonight.

The vermilion gate was quickly shut.

Although the night was not cold, the two of them waited for a long time, and they were looked down upon for another night, in fact, they already had some retreat.

Liu Zhongkui said, "Yaoyao, otherwise forget it, anyway, there will be no intersection with such a person in the future, we don't send it or not, it doesn't matter if you think about it." ”

Xie Yao knew that Liu Zhongkui was right, they would soon return to Cangxian, and Chu Zhao's home was in the capital, so it was indeed impossible to meet again, so during the day today, although the fan was really expensive, and her heart was really painful, she still bought it without hesitation, as a way to repay him for saving his life that night.

Now it seems that this fan may not be delivered.

It's already the second watch, Xie Yao and Liu Zhongkui waited for a while, only to see the door open and close for a while, and leave after the gift, Liu Zhongkui tried to knock on the door again, and the person inside the door asked, "Which one?" ”

"Cangxian Liu's family."

And then...... And then there was no then.

He returned home, looked at the closed door, and said, "Far away, ......."

"Forget it, let's go."

Xie Yao plans to give up, but he won't see him in the future anyway, it's the same whether he sends it or not, it's just a thought.

The two of them were about to leave with their burdens on their backs, when they saw the sound of a carriage on the empty street, and after a while the carriage heard at the door.

Xie Yao thought that it was the one who gave the gift, so he looked back curiously, and after just one glance, he shouted with a surprised smile, "My lord!" ”

It was not Chu Zhao who got off the carriage.

He heard Xie Yao's voice, followed the sound, and saw that in the distance of the long street, Xie Yao was wearing a cyan dress, and he was walking towards him happily.

Chu Zhao couldn't help but be stunned, waited for her to come to him, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Xie Yao had already given up, but he didn't expect to wait for the birthday star himself, his face was full of smiles, and even his eyes lit up, and said, "We heard that today is the birthday of the adult, so we bought a gift for the adult, and originally wanted to find Brother Wu to transfer it on behalf of the adult, but I waited for a long time and didn't wait for Brother Wu, but waited for you." ”

She took out the wooden box from her arms, handed it to Chu Zhao, and said with a smile, "My lord, happy birthday!" ”

Liu Zhongkui also handed over his calligraphy and paintings, and followed, "Lord Chu, I wish you a happy birthday." ”

Chu Zhao saw that her face seemed to be a little pale, thinking that she should have waited at the door for a long time to blow the wind, so he took the gift.

He walked up the steps and knocked on the door, but without even saying a word, the door soon opened, and the doorkeeper smiled, "The young master is back." ”

Chu Zhao sighed, noticed that there was no movement behind him, glanced back, and saw that the two of them were still standing motionless at the door, and said, "Come in." ”

And they followed him into the door.

Although it was night, the courtyard was very bright, and the two followed him, walked for a while, and came to a courtyard, Chu Zhao said, "You guys are waiting here." ”

The two nodded, and Chu Zhao put the things on the stone table, entered the house, and closed the door.

They didn't wait long, and after a while, the door was opened again, and Chu Zhao changed into blue and white clothes, stood at the door, and said, "Come in." ”

The two went into the house with their respective gifts.

In fact, as soon as they were at the door, they wanted to leave, but as soon as Chu Zhao called them in, the two of them felt like they had been cursed, and obediently followed in, but when they came in, they didn't know what to do or what to say.