Pei Heng leaned his back on the soft satin crypt, sat in front of the mahogany table, and slowly sipped half a bag of large-leaf tea taken from Kangping County.

He blew away the mist rising from the teacup, and Xie Yu's appearance appeared in front of him.

At this moment, the light shone on her face along the cracks in the windows on both sides of the carriage, and the wing-like long eyelashes cast dense shadows on the eyelids, covering the deep sense of amazement in her eyes.

Pei Heng's eyes overlapped, he put down the tea soup in his hand, and said lightly: "If you are reluctant, you can go back." ”

Xie Yu raised her head when she heard this, and looked into Pei Heng's eyes.

Pei Heng has a cold and noble atmosphere, and with his lonely eyes, he is born looking down.

Xie Yu thought that Pei Heng, a person born with a golden spoon, naturally did not feel the taste of loss. In addition, she is now Pei Heng's subordinate to the outside world, she still replied in a good voice: "It's just the first time that my subordinates have left Kangping County, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it." ”

Pei Heng put down the teacup and carefully looked Xie Yu up and down.

Xie Yu was dressed in casual clothes, and her hands were folded and placed in an orderly manner on the white coat of shampooing. Even if she was sitting in one place, her waist was straight, which was something Pei Heng noticed early on.

In all wealthy families, the words and deeds of the children in the family are carefully taught, and this invisible rule will be engraved into the bones of daily life, and become the bearing between gestures.

It is precisely because of this that Pei Heng believes that Xie Yu has really grown up in a wealthy family.

Even her family is not simply rich.

He hid the thoughts that slipped through his eyes, looked at Xie Yu and said, "Lingnan is located in a miasma land, why do your family want to move there with a good manner?" ”

Xie Yu had thought that Pei Heng would ask, because she had already prepared, "These are the meanings set by the elders, I just remember that it was my aunt who had an old disease, and it would relapse in winter, and Lang Zhong said that Lingnan was warmer in winter than in the north, so I had this plan." ”

This is true, only her father was already an official in Beijing at that time, and her mother was reluctant to pay for the carriage and horses in the two places every year, and she went through it by herself every winter, but it dragged on more and more heavily, and finally she didn't survive the winter.

Pei Heng's eyes moved, and he sighed, "Your father has a deep affection for your mother." ”

Xie Yu was noncommittal.

Pei Heng followed up and asked some trivial matters on the side, and Xie Yu answered them one by one.

He bowed slightly, and suddenly asked again: "I don't know which Yu in your name is." ”

Xie Yu replied: "Lord Hui, it is safe and sound." ”

Pei Heng hummed, dipped his fingertips in the tea, wrote the word "Yu" on the small table, looked sideways at Xie Yu and asked, "Is this it?" ”

His handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and even if he writes with his fingertips dipped in water, he can also see that the person who writes is a teacher of everyone.

He is worthy of being a young talent who has been famous in Beijing for many years.

Xie Yu remembered that Pei Heng was the same age as his eldest brother, and now he was twenty-five years old.

Before the Xie family was exiled, Xie Yu's eldest brother Xie Nan also had a family affair, and he was the eldest daughter of Wen Yang, Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. After the Xie family was implicated in the Xun Wang rebellion case, the Wen family was almost imprisoned as a quasi-in-law, Xie Nan knew that it was difficult to get back to the matter, so he went to the Wen family to retire from the family.

In fact, the situation in Beijing and China is changing like a cloud, because the children of each family are late in marrying, and the early marrying like her brother Xie Nan is nothing more than because of the relationship between her fathers, not to mention Pei Heng, who has a higher family background.

Speaking of which, she had heard Master Fu mention to his wife that Pei Heng had not yet married, and she couldn't help but secretly wonder in her heart that Pei Heng's mother hadn't taken care of Pei Heng's family affairs until now, didn't she have Princess Shang's thoughts?

In all fairness, after all, with Pei Heng's talent, appearance, and family background, it is not impossible to have a princess.

Xie Yu recalled the situation in Beijing ten years ago in her heart, and remembered that there was no princess under the knees of the new emperor at that time, and even if there was now, the eldest princess was less than ten years old.

She couldn't help but feel sorry for Pei Heng, it's a pity for such a character.

Pei Heng saw that she was stagnant, and he didn't know what he was thinking, he held the handle of the fan and knocked it on Xie Yu's head, Xie Yu came back to her senses and said busily: "It's this Yu." ”

Few people lost their minds when they spoke in front of him, and he suddenly felt bored.

Fortunately, Xie Yu was clever and knew that she was too weak to be too weak for fear of annoying Pei Heng, so she hurriedly turned over a clean teacup and poured another cup of hot tea for Pei Heng to explain, "My subordinates suddenly remembered that if we follow the official route that the adults thought of first, it is very likely that we will not be able to arrive in Lingnan on time according to the time given by His Majesty." ”

Pei Heng asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Along the way, we are bound to add a lot of useless distances. The distance is a trivial matter, but this is the peach flood season, if we go to Zhengzhou Mansion, it is very likely to encounter the flood season and delay the journey. So what the subordinates were thinking about just now was how to bypass Taoxun and arrive in Lingnan on time. ”

This incident was not Xie Yu's temporary idea, she had checked the books earlier and knew that the Yellow River has four flood seasons a year. At the end of March, it is the peach flood season of the Yellow River, although it is not as good as the autumn flood, but it should not be underestimated.

"You haven't been out of Kangping County, don't you think it's all out of thin air?"

Pei Heng felt that this was nonsense when he heard this, but he didn't think that Xie Yu would really take out a map of Da Zhou from his arms.

She moved the tea tray to the side and spread the map in front of Pei Heng's eyes.

Pei Heng glanced down and saw that several routes had been drawn with a cinnabar pen on the map.

Xie Yu pointed along one of the lines with her hand: "Lord Pei, you see, this route is the official road we are going to take now, if it is usual, this road is naturally the safest road." But you see, if we continue on this path, we are bound to encounter Taoxun. If you're lucky, it's naturally best, but if there is an accident, it's not as simple as three or five days of delay. ”

He followed the direction of her finger all the way down and found that it was indeed as Xie Yu said. Unexpectedly, Xie Yu didn't say anything, he really worked hard in advance, so he nodded and motioned for Xie Yu to continue.

"This is the closest road from Kangping County to Lingnan." Xie Yu pointed to another route and said: "This road can go all the way down to Lingnan." But there are not many official roads that we have passed, and it is difficult for our group to be thorough. ”

It is important to arrive in Lingnan on time, but the safety of the group is more important, so Xie Yu directly chose the safest of them: "This road is the most secure road that my subordinates think, from Luoyang to bypass the Taoxun area, and the official road is parallel to the road, which is more secure than the previous two roads." Xie Yu lay on the small table to explain, she raised her eyes sideways and looked at Pei Heng, "What does Master Pei think?" ”

Pei Heng also leaned over to look at the map, he didn't expect Xie Yu to suddenly raise his head, and he looked at each other coldly, he could almost see himself reflected in her eyes.

The wind brought up the window blinds, and the light and shadow poured out, illuminating half of Xie Yu's face in an instant.

For a moment, it was dark again.

Xie Yu blinked and quietly waited for Pei Heng's next words.

Pei Heng was also stunned for a moment by Xie Yu's fleeting Qingli side face, and he coughed and sat up straight, "Just do as you say." ”

What I thought in my heart was that Fu Linqi was not blind to Xie Yu, after all, he was so careful and refreshing, and he was really a clear stream among a bunch of rough men in the county government.

Xie Yu didn't know what Pei Heng thought of her in his heart, and he only thought about how to go next.

According to the route given by Xie Yu, the group of carriages and horses entered the outside of Luoyang City at night. Since there is no official post here, Pei Heng said: "Find an inn to stay overnight, and then march into the city tomorrow." ”

Xie Yu was also the first time to sit for such a long distance, she was a little uncomfortable by the bumps in the carriage and horses, and when she heard Pei Heng's words, she immediately nodded and agreed: "Master Pei is wise." ”

Xie Yu was tired for a day, so she slept on the bed, and slept until dawn.

When he got up to wash up and go downstairs, Pei Heng and his party were already sitting downstairs for breakfast. Realizing that she was dragging everyone behind, Xie Yu hurriedly sat down to eat.

Pei Heng saw that although she ate quickly, her appearance was not ugly, and he knew that this was naturally the teaching of her family when she was a child.

Xie Yu looked at the six roads, and saw Pei Heng picking up a small piece of cake and chewing it slowly, knowing that this was his intention to save face for himself and not let himself be too anxious.

She was a little moved in her heart, and the pace of eating slowed down a little.

But I heard someone at the next table discussing in a low voice, "The house of the sixth family is also on fire." ”

"Is that man alright?"

"He's deadly, he's when the house is up, and he's so scared when we see him that he hasn't even lifted his pants."

Xie Yu, who was drinking porridge, choked and coughed when she heard this, causing everyone at the table to look back.

Pei Heng also glanced at her, and she hurriedly took out a sweat towel from her cuffs and wiped her mouth, indicating that she was full.

Pei Heng also finished chewing the last bite at this time, he carefully wiped his hands, got up and said, "Then let's go." ”

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The group continued to walk towards Luoyang City.

Xie Yu smelled a strong smell of burnt wood, she unconsciously lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw that there was indeed a pile of burned ruins next to the driveway, and only a few charred pillars were still standing on the ground and shaking.

A man sat on the stone outside the ruins, patting his chest and gushing, "It is said that Lao Tzu has an heirloom talisman jade plate to save his life, but you still don't believe it." Yesterday, Lao Tzu slept until the night, and he was awakened by this amulet. As soon as Lao Tzu went out, the fire suddenly lit up, and you say that it is not evil. As he spoke, he pulled out a stone tablet from under his collar, "This is a good thing to save your life, and I will sell it to you for ten taels?" I can't see if I can show my spirit one day. ”

Xie Yu took a look at it, and saw that the rough edges of the stone plaque had not been treated. Slip and not like a paste at all. The things he was wearing, he knew that the heirloom amulet that the man said was pure nonsense.

Sure enough, someone laughed and said to him, "I'm afraid that you just grinded a broken stone from somewhere, if there is really an heirloom. Bao, you were all eighty years earlier. ”

The people next to him laughed and said, "That's it, the talisman appeared, you were a bare fart last night. Scared and running around, thinking we didn't see it? Saying that, he deliberately approached the man and sniffed it and asked, "I'm afraid you're so scared that you haven't wiped your buttocks." ”