From Qianzhou County to Kyoto, passing through three prefectures and two counties along the way, starting on the first day after the beginning of winter, the horse was whipped up quickly, until the seventh night of the first month of winter, before arriving in Beijing, which lasted more than a month.

During the rain, snow, stone flow, wind and dust, the slightest carelessness and bandits rushed out of the forest, panicking.

Only then did Chu Jianniang know that Wei Xuan's entry into Beijing was so dangerous, no wonder when Wei Xuan went to Beijing in the first month, Fu Zhuoyi had to ask him to bring a small guest, no matter what, there must be a response on the way.

When she arrived in Beijing, Chu Jianniang had no time to take care of the street scene in the capital and the people and things in the night market, and with Fu Zhuoyi's small house, she found an inconspicuous corner tower inn on a side street and stayed for the time being.

The inn has a second floor, east of the upstairs corridor, and a first-class wing room on the far edge, which is placed for Chu Jiaoniang; another upper-class wing room diagonally opposite the corridor, which was placed for Han Fuzi; In order to take care of Chu Jiaoniang conveniently, Fu Zhuoyi lived in the second-class room next to her.

In each room, the charcoal fire is full of fire, and as soon as you enter, a burst of warmth hits. At this time, except for Master Han, who had been tired from traveling and had already rested, Fu Zhuoyi and his little servant were in front of Chu Jianniang's room and explained.

"Sister-in-law will rest here tonight. Tomorrow, I will go with Han Fuzi to inquire and ask my colleagues in the DPRK and China what the situation is, and then I will tell you about it. ”

Chu Jianniang knew that no matter how much she said thanks, it was useless, so she owed a big gift to be grateful, "There is a husband and a master Han, and the two great kindnesses and great virtues are unforgettable, and they will be grateful to them for the rest of their lives." ”

Fu Zhuoyi hurriedly helped her, "Sister-in-law, you are polite again, there is no need to say these words." It's all as it should be......"

"No, it shouldn't. People's hearts are selfish, who is willing to go to the soup for him as an inconspicuous person and enter the capital specially? And take special care of peasant women? Fu Xianggong, I know that the two of you have a lot of relationship, but you must inherit the love. ”

Chu Jianniang's eyes were deep, she knew that no one in this world was born with the word "should". They took advantage of him.

Fu Zhuoyi suddenly had nothing to say, and left her in her deep pupils for a long time.

I think she is a country woman, who knows both great gifts and kindness, and there is no shortage of firewood, rice, oil and salt, and there are more sonorous bones around her. There may be many women in the world who are like this, but at this moment, in the eyes of Fu Zhuoyi, Chu Jianniang is a different woman. She seemed to be desperate for her husband, and suddenly envied Wei Xuan for marrying her.

After a while, Fu Zhuoyi nodded: "Okay." Then I'...... Take it. Sister-in-law rests early, and I'll come tomorrow with news. ”

"I'm tired."

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On the second day, it rained lightly in the capital, and the whole city was dark and dark in the mist, and the humidity was wanton, which made people feel even more ups and downs.

The shopkeeper knocked on the door and came in and added charcoal fire, but Chu Jianniang felt panicked, and simply opened the half-open window, so that the cool wind blew in, and it was a little more comfortable.

I saw that the houses along the road below were neatly arranged in rows, tight and dense, like the tufts she made for silkworm raising, in stark contrast to the twists and turns of the countryside.

In other words, Chu Jiaoniang sighed happily: The houses here are good-looking, and the corners of the eaves are curled just right, like proud sheep's horns; The gray brick walls were stacked on top of each other, like a delicate brushstroke; The road is clean and tidy, even if it rains, there is no trace of mud on the feet; You don't have to rub the mud off your feet before you go back to the house, as in the village, before you can enter the house.

However, at this moment, she had no intention of appreciating it at all, only felt that the houses and roads here were too crowded and dense, so dense that even the wind could not penetrate them, as if the thorns in her dream surrounded her layer by layer, oppressing all her breath.

Chu Jianniang thought to herself: Wei Xuan is here...... Is it comfortable?

I don't know how long I stood there, it was rainy weather, the inn was also remote, and there was no one on the bluestone street below for a long time, and she didn't see the so-called liveliness.

After a while, a shopkeeper came to the warm box to bring lunch and politely invited her to eat.

Chu Jianniang looked back, and said in her heart: It's really good, it's time, and there are still people to deliver food.

Watching the dishes in the warm box being brought out, a plate of vegetarian dishes, a plate of meat dishes, a bowl of soup, and a bowl of white rice. Vegetarian vegetables are common small-leaf greens in the village, and the soup is tofu and fish soup, as for the meat...... It turned out to be beef.

Chu Jianniang has heard that people in the city eat beef, but where has she eaten it? When she thought of the cow being so diligent and honest in the field, she had no appetite, and suddenly lost her appetite, and only drank a few sips of soup at the end.

When the shopkeeper came to clean up the dishes, he saw that the dishes were intact, and gave her a strange look, not that he looked down on her from this township, but just said: "The husband who came with the lady yesterday asked the shop to send some staple food to the lady this morning, but the lady didn't eat a bite?" ”

Only then did Chu Jianniang understand that it was originally placed by Fu Zhuoyi.

"Thank you, little second brother, I don't have a good appetite and can't eat meat. I'm sorry. Chu Jianniang replied to him.

The shopkeeper was polite and enthusiastic after all, and said to her with a smile: "It's okay, I'll let the kitchen make something light for the lady in the afternoon." ”

Chu Jianniang bowed and gave a gift in a restrained manner.

In the afternoon, the shopkeeper actually delivered three plates of vegetarian and green dishes.

Probably really hungry, Chu Jianniang finished eating a whole bowl of rice, and even the three plates of vegetarian dishes were almost clean. When the shopkeeper came to close, a smile appeared on his face.

But that day has passed.

Fu Zhuoyi didn't come back, and Han Fuzi didn't come back either. Chu Jianniang couldn't stop looking out the window and looking downstairs, the drizzle outside had stopped for half an hour, and when it entered the night, the sky was gray and misty, and it really seemed to be covered with silt.

That kind of unknown waiting, the kind that tears off the skin of people's hearts, and still carries blood.

Until the end of the day, Chu Jianniang heard a knock on the door of the room, and shouted outside: "Has my sister-in-law slept?" He came back to his senses and opened the door.

I saw that Fu Zhuoyi and his little servant were both contaminated with water vapor outside, and the two of them stood at the door exuding a coldness.

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Chu Jianniang asked in a hurry, "Did you hear it?" ”

Fu Zhuoyi's face was extremely ugly, and he even looked haggard, and nodded: "I heard." ”

"And then?"

Fu Zhuoyi made a long story short and talked about Sun Guifei and Wu Xuan's secret Chen Cang. After that, he said: The story between Sun Guifei and Wu Xuan was actually written by Wei Xuan, and Wei Xuan also wrote this matter into a book and sold it in the downtown market.

When this matter reached the ears of the official family, the official family was furious and directly issued an order to detain Wei Xuan in the prison of the Criminal Department and wait for his fate.

If you want to talk about this, Fu Zhuoyi had already heard about it when he was in Qianzhou, but he was not sure, he went to the court today, but he never thought that it was true, and he couldn't accept it no matter what.

Chu Jianniang was stunned and didn't dare to move, at first she still thought, is Wei Xuan doing this to make money? But shaking his head, he won't, he won't use such unpopular means to make money.

And Wei Xuan has never been happy to talk about these things, that is, Chu Jianniang deliberately told him in private about whose daughter-in-law and who was outside, and he warned her with stern eyes, telling her to be herself and do what other people's affairs do. How could such a cheesy thing be written? And it's about royalty.

"You, are you...... Got it wrong? Chu Jianniang didn't believe it.

Fu Zhuoyi didn't believe it either. He concluded that someone must have done this and was held accountable, and he didn't want to be convicted, so he pushed Wei Xuan out.

But now some powerful ministers and nobles in the DPRK and China, no official and military attaché, have already insisted that Wei Xuan did it, and no one has defended him, and he has added fuel to the fire, and he must be severely punished. It was the scholar Han Xing who loved Wei Xuan, because he was pressed by a higher magnate, and he was powerless to save him from fire and water.

Because this matter is not a trivial matter.

"Sister-in-law...... The matter of the official and the noble, the sister-in-law may not understand. Even if this matter was not done by Brother Wei, he had no power, no one and no money, just a Shu Jishi who could be thrown at any time, and he had a lot of involuntary bodies. ”

Fu Zhuoyi was silent for a moment, and her teeth were uncomfortable and sad, "I can imagine that even if my family is a businessman's family, I still know that I am difficult on the road to the official career, let alone Brother Wei?" ”

"In the past two years, Brother Wei has actually been extremely careful in the Hanlin Academy, just because he is just a move. He said that only after high school may he be able to fight a turnaround battle and win the eyes of others. ”

Therefore, he has to work twice as hard and twice as much patience than ordinary people to precipitate before he can achieve himself. I'm sure he won't do it, but ......"

As Chu Jianniang said yesterday, no one will go to the soup and cause trouble for an inconspicuous person. Fu Zhuoyi resented that he was also powerless, and he couldn't help in the slightest.

When Chu Jianniang heard the words word by word, there was a lot of helplessness here, and it was also that moment, which touched her heart straight to her heart, and her eyes ...... spent.

She is a stupid woman, how can she know that people outside have sinister hearts? She has always been obedient to her husband, and what her husband thinks is what she thinks; If the husband wants to do it, she will do it. She knew his ambitions, and she complied with them; Knowing that he was going to fulfill his mother's last wish, he went along with him to fulfill those wishes.

What if...... If she knew that there was such a dark jungle outside, and people were in camp step by step, how could she let him out?

What is fame and fortune? What about high-ranking titles? At the end of life, there is no greater blessing than to die at the end of life. Now that he is in danger, how can he survive?

"Why didn't he tell me when he was so hard? I thought he was at ease, I thought he was happy in his direction......"

"Sister-in-law, you are a person who reports good news but not bad news, and Brother Wei is even more so. And he has you on his shoulders and the whole family. He can't be a little bad, he can't make you think he's a little bad. ”

Chu Jiaoniang's body squatted down softly, her clenched fists covered her chest fiercely, and she couldn't stop it anymore, and a large string of beads fell from her eyes. Only then did she realize that after some words poked the center of the mouth, they were so broken.