Ten days later, I went to Beijing.

Mei Xiaoren rode into the city, followed by several guards dressed in regular clothes,

I heard that the Xia State had 100,000 troops on the border and wanted to start a war with Daning. Gu Chuyu set off for Beijing five days ago for this matter, wanting to discuss with the ministers how to deal with it, and left a few guards to escort her back before leaving.

Mei Xiaoren stayed in Xinyang for a few more days, not only waiting for the news of the government's pursuit of the Flowing Fire Gang, but also waiting for them to find Qingying, but he didn't wait for anything.

She erected an empty grave for Qingying by the Qianshan Lake, and then set out on the return journey with sorrow and hatred.

Shangjing is still prosperous, Mei Xiaoren rode through the market, and saw the scene of the people living and working in peace and contentment. Fighting is not what the people want, nor is it what those who live in temples want, but Xia Guo is too arrogant this time.

Mei Xiaoren returned to the mansion in the south of the city, and the guards retreated.

Ye Zhi was still on duty in the yamen at this time, and Aunt Ye did not come back, and there were only subordinates in the family who performed their duties, which seemed a little deserted.

Mei Xiaoren sat down in the courtyard, looked up, and saw that new shoots had been drawn from the branches.

"Your Excellency."

When she heard the voice, Ye Zhi appeared in front of the door in an official uniform.

Seeing that she was safe, Ye Zhi greeted her with a smile, "I have been worried when I heard that the adult is missing, but fortunately, the adult finally returned safely." ”

Mei Xiaoren smiled slightly, "This time it's thanks to the Prime Minister." ”

When Ye Zhi heard this, the smile on his face faded a little, and he lowered his eyes and said: "Yes, everyone has heard that Gu Xiang has spent a lot of effort in order to find adults, such as blocking the city gate is not trivial, and Gu Xiang is seven cities, which shows how important Gu Xiang is." ”

"Lao Ye, don't you ask me what kind of friendship I have with Xiangye?"

Ye Zhi walked to the stone table and sat down, with a smile still on the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "I know the friendship between the adult and the prince of Chu. He frowned slightly, at a loss, "It's just Lord Guogong...... I don't know how to explain it. ”

"I will go and tell Lord Guogong that the past between me and Xiangye is none of your business, I hope he will not misunderstand you, and don't have a dislike for you because of me."

"Don't worry, Lord Guogong is an understanding person, Lord Guo has not done anything to be sorry for the Duke of Wei and His Royal Highness King Yu, Lord Guogong is just hiding it from the Lord and it is difficult to let go, there will be no misunderstanding." Ye Zhi said again, "And Lord Guogong is in a hurry these days, so he shouldn't have time to think about it." ”

"In a hurry?" Mei Xiaoren was puzzled.

"His Royal Highness King Yu left Beijing with the forbidden army to find the adult with Gu Xiang, and Gu Xiang has already returned to Beijing, and now the adult has also returned, but His Royal Highness King Yu has not returned yet, and the forbidden army does not know where His Royal Highness went."

"Ei ......" Mei Xiaoren recalled that day on the lake, she had seen Ei and then never saw any trace of him, she thought he had come back a long time ago.

"Lord Guogong asked me to ask my lordship, do you know where His Highness is?"

Mei Xiaoren shook his head.

In early spring, there is new greenery everywhere.

On the outskirts of Xinyang Mansion, a horse walked past Mo, and the person on the horse was holding a wine jug and pouring wine into his throat.

Ah Qing walked beside the horse with his luggage on his back, frowned and persuaded: "Childe, you have been drinking for several days, can you drink less?" ”

"She said that I wouldn't think about her, this time I thought about her, she wanted to stay with Gu Chuyu, so I ...... I'll just come out and see my mountains and rivers......" Ei was slightly drunk, riding on a horse and swaying.

"Childe, what's wrong with you? The prime minister is a good man, and you won't be ...... son."

With a "snap", Jiang Rong slammed the wine jug and was angry: "What's wrong with me liking her?" As long as Gu Chuyu is like that, I can't do it? ”

Aqing had a bitter face, "Childe, don't let Your Majesty and Lord Guogong hear what you say, otherwise...... Otherwise, Gu Xiang would be even happier. ”

"What about being angry with them, don't they think I'm born to be angry with them?" Jiang Rong looked at the road ahead and sighed, "This time, let's have a good time outside, if we don't go back, I won't go back when the sky falls!" ”

A few more days passed, and Mei Xiaoren went to the Wei Mansion on the day she returned, and as she expected, she was closed.

Whether Wei Guogong saw it or not was Wei Guogong's business, whether she came or not was her sincerity, and she had a clear conscience when she came.

Mei Xiaoren returned to the Shangjing Prefecture after two days of recuperation at home, and all the officials under her staff congratulated her, saying that her pursuit of the fugitive not only gave face to the director of the Shangjing Prefecture, but also made a great contribution to herself.

As for the matter of Xia Guo's troops, the two factions in the court are now particularly distinct in this matter.

The ministers led by Wei Guogong presided over peace under the banner of conforming to the will of the people, and proposed to send envoys to make peace with Xia and turn hostility into peace.

The ministers led by the Prime Minister fought the main battle, because Gu Chuyu never knew how to write the words "forbearance" and "let".

But fighting a war is not a trivial matter, Daning has been peaceful for several years, and now he says that he will fight, as if he wants to muddy the water, Emperor Tianhong will inevitably hesitate to hold the jade seal.

Emperor Tianhong decided to hold a banquet in the palace hall tomorrow, ostensibly to praise the Shangjing Prefecture that broke the prison robbery case, but in fact he wanted everyone to sit down and discuss it, and not to put pressure on each other behind their backs, so that the matter would be unresolved.

In the evening, Xingyun personally led a carriage to the south of the city to pick up Mei Xiaoren, saying that his master invited her to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Mei Xiaoren arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, she met a group of adults who had just come out of the main hall to discuss things, and these adults who had not treated her well before were all congratulating her.

Everyone felt that after tomorrow, the post of Shangjing Mansion Yin would no longer be vacant.

Mei Xiaoren put a normal heart on this, she was not excited, because the credit for recovering the fugitive was earned by Qingying with her life......

There were only two people left in the main hall, Gu Chuyu and Wei Shuying.

As soon as Mei Xiaoren came in, Wei Shuying, who was sitting on the side, knocked on the table and sighed: "Brother Mei, now Xiangye is thinking about you, do you know what he called you for?" ”

Mei Xiaoren shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"Before, I sent the youngest and strongest family member in my house to Yingtai to hunt back five wild geese outside the Saiwai for me, do you know what Yingtai is?"

Mei Xiaoren still shook his head.

"I heard that the place is dry all year round, not a single grass grows, what is planted and what dies, and the animals have no way to survive there, only the delicious food that flies in the sky." Wei Shuying sighed again, "Five geese, it's not easy!" ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at Gu Chuyu and saw that he was drinking tea safely, so she really didn't know what the scholar wanted to express.

"And then?" She asked.

"Five wild geese, after being dried, they traveled a long way back to Shangjing, and they were ...... by him before they entered the door of my house" Wei Shuying pointed at the people in the hall with blood and anger, and raised an index finger at Mei Xiaoren.

"Xiangye took one?"

Wei Shuying gritted his teeth and squeaked: "He left one for me!" ”