At this time, Zeng Jiuyan was standing at the south gate of the Yaotai Palace, he looked left and right, but he didn't see his own little house.

The north gate of the palace leads directly to the pier, but Bai Ling is not registered on the cruise list tonight, so she must be free to move around on the shore as much as she does.

Zeng Jiuyan frowned, his design is very rigorous, why not only did he not see Bai Ling now, but even his own little guy was gone?

"This ...... Son? A soft female voice came from behind her.

Zeng Jiuyan turned his head a little distraught, and saw a young lady standing not far away, she was dressed in a white shirt, her long hair was tied behind her with a red ribbon, although she was shorter than herself...... But if those tall beauties are scaled down, they probably look like the people in front of them.

I don't know whose little lady it is, and she is alone here so late......

Zeng Jiuyan coughed lightly and replied as seriously as a decent gentleman, "What's wrong with the girl?" ”

The beautiful little girl in white bowed slightly, "I saw a garden here before, and I turned around it with curiosity...... When the results came out, it was found that the people were gone. ”

"Oh." Zeng Jiuyan nodded.

“…… A friend has been reminding me that I must not be left alone after dark, but now it is so late, and there is no one here, I don't know if I can trouble my son to give me a ride, I want to go to the southeast shore of the outer side of Anhu, my brother is waiting for me there. ”

Zeng Jiuyan looked at the weak and windy appearance of the person in front of him, and said in his heart, you are such a small person, of course it is very dangerous to be alone at night.

He finally looked around Siye, and there was still no sign of the little maid and the suspicious palace maid in his field of vision.

"Okay," Zeng Jiuyan raised his arm and put it in front of the girl, "This section of potholes is not easy to walk, you hold me, and I will send you to the shore." ”

The girl walked very slowly, and Zeng Jiuyan also patiently slowed down her steps.

"Thank you so much," the girl next to her said with a smile, "dare to ask Childe's name?" ”

"Zeng Jiuyan." He replied softly.

“…… Little Marquis? The girl suddenly stopped and looked at him with some surprise.

"Huh? Do you recognize me? ”

The girl laughed, "I've heard of your name. ”

"......" Zeng Jiuyan glanced at the people around him with black lines, "...... It's not a good reputation anyway, so if you've heard it, you've heard it. ”

"Why not a good reputation?" The girl smiled and looked at it with some seriousness.

Zeng Jiuyan suddenly felt that this girl was a little annoying, and he sneered, "The so-called gentleman, a tyrant in Beijing, what else can you say?" ”

The girl didn't pick up, just looked at him quietly, staring at him a little uncomfortably.

"Zeng Gongzi is a little arrogant." The girl looked like she was really going to argue with him, her starry eyes were slightly bright, and her voice was a little stubborn, "Last year, the old people of Xiaoge forcibly occupied the forty acres of paddy fields of the people in the eastern suburbs of Pingjing, Zeng Gongzi took his own people, not only stepped on all the green seedlings in the paddy fields, but also took the lead in beating the guards who watched the fields, and the matter finally went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officials under them couldn't hold it back, so they gave those people justice." ”

“…… Well. Zeng Jiuyan snorted.

"It was also last year," the girl continued, "it was also the people from Xiaoge Lao's side who reported to Jinyiwei, saying that it was a dozen or so ash miners nearby who had injured the dragon veins by mining, and they had to be held accountable from door to door. ”

"There is also the rebuilding ...... of Donglin Temple the year before last"

"This year's Hundred Flowers and Flowers Wine ......"

"Alright, alright." Zeng Jiuyan hurriedly interrupted the girl's words, and he was somewhat surprised that someone could tell the "ridiculous things" he had done.

This girl's sycophants are a little too much, aren't they...... Although it sounds quite comfortable, it seems to talk about him like a chivalrous man for the country and the people.

Zeng Jiuyan thought about it, but still waved his hand and denied, "I just saw that Song Ne's old man was unhappy, so I treated them when I had time, and I didn't think about it so much." ”

"Why isn't this a chivalry?" The girl sighed softly, "Why don't you answer my question, what counts as a country and what counts as a people?" ”

Zeng Jiuyan frowned slightly, but did not answer, he looked at the girl beside him.

The girl continued, "How many people have plundered in the name of the country. My brother used to sigh with me, the so-called thief of the hook is punished, and the thief of the country is marquis. ”

She looked at the lights on the distant shore with deep eyes, and said word by word, "I have never seen any country, only the people in the country...... If the country does not start from those ordinary people, then it is from oppression and plunder, and it is a great thief of the country. ”

This saw Zeng Jiu's heart move slightly.

Have you never seen any "country", but only seen the "people" one by one in the "country"......

That's an interesting statement.

Zeng Jiuyan looked at the girl beside him, nodded and said, "What did you say...... It also makes sense. ”

"Hmm." The girl nodded, "So Zeng Gongzi doesn't have to be presumptuous." The young people of my Great Zhou should also be so fearless, just blindly go up, and don't have to listen to the words of those who give up on themselves. Those who can do things do things, and those who can speak up can speak up. There is a point of heat, and a point of light. Even if it's like a firefly, it can glow a little in the dark without having to wait for the torch. After that, if there is no torch, then he is the only light1. ”

Zeng Jiuyan only felt that there was a bell ringing in his ears, he took a deep breath, and put away the last bit of cynicism on his face.

There is a point of heat, and a point of light.

After that, if there is no torch, then you are the only light.

"What's the girl's name?" Zeng Jiuyan looked at the girl beside him, and a bit of blood ignited in his eyes, "Ling Zun is an adult in the court, you can say such things, presumably Ling Zun must not be an idle person." ”

The girl smiled, shook her head, and said, "My father is just a medical officer, and he only cares about people, and doesn't ask anything else. ”

"Medic?"

Zeng Jiuyan paused in his heart, and then slowly frowned, and a sense of foreboding quietly appeared in his heart.

His throat moved, and it took a long time before he asked in a low voice, "I don't know...... Which Imperial Doctor is it? ”

"My father is Bai Shijun, the new imperial doctor of Tai Hospital." The girl replied calmly, she looked at Zeng Jiuyan with a kind smile on her face, "My name is Bai Ling, and I am now working as a medicine priest in Chengqian Palace. ”

The corners of Zeng Jiuyan's mouth twitched slightly.

I'll go......

At this moment, he only felt that 10,000 wild horses were whistling past in his heart.

1 Quoted from Lu Xun's Reflections 41.