The weather in May has a warm taste, but the wind is cool, and the peony flowers planted on the mansion of the eighth prince quietly bloomed, pink and purple, pleasing to the eye. As everyone knows, the eighth prince loves flowers, and plants them according to the climate all year round, never falling behind.

Song Xingyuan walked to the door of the Yu Mansion, and smelled the fresh and faint fragrance from the peony, and pushed the door open and went in, a huge Yu Mansion, but the next few people did not see it, and the maid who happened to see it halfway only bowed down slightly, pointed to the backyard and said: The prince is waiting for you in the Golden Moon Garden.

Song Xingyuan was familiar with the road, and walked all the way to Jinyue Garden, and saw Gong Jingyu, whose long hair was half-pulled up, and the rose branches were carefully trimmed.

"Xingyuan, you're here." Gong Jingyu put down the utensils in his hand, smiled and walked to the side to wash his hands in the silver-gilt basin of water, his fingers were white and slender, the water droplets slid down, every movement was natural, but it was difficult to hide the elegance of the demeanor. "Drunk with a few red peony herbs, thirsty to taste a bowl of green Changming. Xingyuan, you came just in time to have tea with me. ”

The full golden moon is the place where Gong Jingyu is carefully arranged, the triangular pavilion is located on the side of the flower wall, you can just watch the spring gushing on the rockery, sweep away the stuffiness in the air, make people feel refreshed, Gong Jingyu took the boiling water handed by the next person and poured it into the golden porcelain pearl shell tea set, and boiled the tea happily.

"I was offended at the bottom, Eighth Prince, you are doing quite well." Song Xingyuan snorted coldly, snatched the teacup in Gong Jingyu's hand, and drank it with a slight blow. "I've heard the taste of green Changming for a long time, and I've finally tasted it."

Gong Jingyu didn't mean to be angry, and added another cup to herself, the sweet and mellow tea flavor also exuded a faint gardenia fragrance, Gong Jingyu narrowed her eyes with satisfaction, and said for a long time: "I look at you, and you're doing well." ”

Song Xingyuan said: "When I went to supervise the scientific examination, I never imagined that I would meet a young woman, who was in her prime and brilliant. This is the political treatise she wrote, and this township test has been learned. ”

Gong Jingyu glanced at Song Xingyuan with a smile, did not speak, only reached out to take the white paper.

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Yancheng, offshore, mostly does maritime business, and its style is very different from that of the mainland. After a bumpy day in a carriage, Cheng Xiuyi finally arrived at this town where the air was filled with the smell of salt. Most of the people in Yancheng are tall and large, with slender limbs, petite as Cheng Xiuyi seems to be an outlier.

The two found a small noodle stall on the side of the road to solve their hunger. I have to say that the Yanren are tall, but the technique is delicate, and the dough is pulled thin and long, with distinct roots, elastic and smooth. After sucking such a bite, the noodles wrapped in the soup exploded in their mouths, and both of them ate the entire bowl in one go, and Xiuyi squeezed out fine sweat on his brain.

The owner of the noodle restaurant saw Cheng Xiuyi drinking the noodle soup with a smile, smiled and added another piece of noodles to the girl, and said bluntly: "Two guests, seeing that you look like outsiders, my little girl is about the same age as this girl, and it is not easy to go out, Abel will give you free noodles." ”

"Abel, you're so nice! The two of us were rushing from Yancheng. Cheng Xiuyi thanked him sweetly, tasting the delicious noodles, Cheng Yisheng swallowed his saliva when he saw this, and the owner of the noodle restaurant also added another lump to him. Cheng Yisheng was embarrassed, Xiuyi just ate more for a girl, how could he be a young man? So he shirked each other with the owner of the noodle restaurant, and finally sold the two of them for the price of a bowl of noodles.

At this time, there were no guests, and the owner of the noodle restaurant simply sat next to the two of them with a rag on his shoulder, and said: "It's good to go to other places, but don't stay in Yancheng, I will leave with my family after a while, and now this Yancheng is getting more and more unable to stay." ”

Cheng Xiuyi asked curiously, "What do you say?" Yancheng is close to the sea and has abundant materials, how can it not stay? ”

The boss sighed and said: "In the past two years, the new city owner of Yancheng has come to power, the customs tariff has doubled, and the price has also risen. The life of the boss is getting more and more difficult, but the life of being an official is getting richer and richer. ”

Cheng Yisheng said: "There are such things, what is the surname of the new city lord?" ”

"It's Hu Feihong, the city lord." The owner of the noodle shop seemed to want to say something more, but was interrupted by a sudden group of people.

"Boss, give my brother a few bowls of hot noodles, and add vegetables and meat!" When I looked closely, the people who came were all wearing official sabers and had a 'Hu' card hanging from their waists.

The few tolerances were in a good mood, everyone moved a bench to stand their legs, leaned comfortably behind them, and said, "Brother, I'll go to the fireworks alley for a while, have fun!" The proprietress didn't dare to ask us for money. After speaking, he also glanced at the boss who was below, and the threat was self-evident.

"That's, Second Brother Hu, who doesn't know that the city lord is your own uncle?" The others echoed excitedly, already imagining the wine in the fireworks alley and the graceful figure of the girl in their minds.

Cheng Xiuyi's noodles can't be eaten, who can listen to a few big men discuss romantic things while eating? got up and wanted to leave, but before he could walk out of the door with his luggage, the way was blocked by the arrogant and domineering Hu Er.

"Yo, I didn't look closely, this girl looks really smart!" Hu Er spat thick phlegm everywhere, smiled and showed a row of yellow teeth and said to the brothers, "Isn't it? I look three points more beautiful than the Mei Niang in Fireworks Alley? ”

"Look at this snow-white skin, long eyelashes, and angry appearance, they all look so tight!" Hu Er approached Cheng Xiuyi step by step, saying some unbearable pickled words in his mouth, and his greasy hands already wanted to touch them.

"Stay away from her." Cheng Yisheng protected Xiuyi behind him with a black face, blocking Hu Er's groping pig hand. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers of Yancheng in broad daylight were comparable to hooligans, but the other party was outnumbered and forced the two into a corner.

"A few masters, the noodles are ready, and I put eggs for a few masters! Eat free, eat free. The noodle shop owner trembled nervously like chaff, but still served the noodles with a flattering smile, trying to calm the anger of a few people.

But Hu Er didn't appreciate it, and with a cold snort, he knocked over the hot noodles to the ground, and the porcelain bowl was shattered and torn apart. The henchmen behind him also showed ugly faces, and flashed their knives out in a swoop.

"This girl, serve the brothers, let you go, otherwise...... Hum. ”

Cheng Xiuyi's face was ugly, and he looked around. It was obviously a downtown area during the day, and these people dared to do such a thing, and the people passing by around them also ran away in a hurry, showing fear on their faces, for fear that it would affect themselves, and it was not the first time that they had thought of such a situation.

Yancheng is so protective of officials, harshly criticizing merchants and bullying the people. When they were hesitating whether to take out Xie Yuan Huang Juan to deter them, an acquaintance appeared.

"Miss Fangfang? What are you doing here? ”

The long hair on the swarthy mole fluttered in the wind, and it was Guo Xu, the son of the captain of the Yancheng City Gate.

Guo Xu shook his fan, his whole face was red and steaming with wine, and he walked down from the sedan chair leisurely. Today, he was in the peach forest outside the city to talk with a few poets and get drunk. As a result, on the way back to the house, I actually met a beautiful woman who was thinking about it for a long time, was it a sweet dream? Guo Xu was about to walk over to distinguish the truth from the fake, but was blocked by a bright knife.

"Brother Guo, I drank a lot. This girl is your friend? Hu Er's mung bean-sized eyes swirled back and forth between several people, revealing a lewd smile. Introduce to the second brother, didn't you fall in love with Mei Niang in Fireworks Alley last time? Second brother buys it for you! ”

The handle of the knife hung in front of him, Guo Xu's wine was half awake, and he looked at it and saw that it was the local snake Hu Er, Guo Xu prides himself on being a merry and talented man, and he is most disgusted with hooligans like Hu Er on weekdays. In the past, he saw that he was the nephew of the city lord, and he always had to give three points, but today, for some reason, Guo Xu straightened his waist and wanted to show off in front of this beautiful woman.

"What are you...... Give me, get out of the way! Guo Xu pushed Hu Er tremblingly, "I want to hug the beauty...... I want to be promoted and rich...... Belch. ”

Hu Er was furious, this Guo Xu really didn't know what to do. Who would dare to slap him in the face like this in Yancheng? I really thought that I was the son of a captain of the city gate, so I didn't know the north and the south! Hu Er was also not polite, and said in his mouth, 'Let go of your fart!' It hit Guo Xu's right eye socket in one circle.

Seeing that their masters/eldest brothers had made a move, the little guys behind Guo Xu and the tolerances behind Hu Er all rushed up, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. The most unlucky is the owner of the noodle restaurant, the small broken noodle stall has been smashed to pieces, and he didn't dare to come forward to persuade him, so he had to pinch his throat and howl to everyone.

Cheng Xiuyi put ten taels of silver in the hands of the noodle shop owner in the confusion, grabbed Cheng Yisheng's hand and hurriedly ran away.

But the officers and soldiers who came to support were faster than Cheng Xiuyi, and directly surrounded Cheng Xiuyi and Cheng Yisheng. The rest of the men rushed forward to separate the two groups that had been beaten apart, shouting, "The lord of the city has arrived!" Don't stop yet! ”

Hu Er and Guo Xu were not lightly injured, but they had to stop with a grudge, Guo Xu's wine at this time had completely woken up, and when he saw the scene, he was out of control, and he had the heart to pass out. What kind of hero saves beauty, and the bowels of this repentance are blue.

The city lord Hu Feihong really walked down from a spacious and luxurious carriage slowly after a while, looked at his nephew with a blue nose and swollen face, and Guo Xu, who was also wearing colors, his fat lips trembled angrily, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

When Hu Er saw his uncle, he trembled, and he was the only one in Yancheng who was afraid of him, so he rolled his eyes and said: "I took my brother to interrogate this female thief who stole things, as for Brother Guo, it was a misunderstanding." Right? ”

Guo Xu's mind was blank, and he only thought that he would definitely be served by his father's family law when he went home, and he was beaten until his skin and flesh were open, and his tongue was not very sharp for a while, "Yes, it was a misunderstanding." ”

Hu Feihong snorted lightly and glanced at Cheng Xiuyi, who was surrounded. said: "Why don't you catch the female thief for me?" ”

Cheng Xiuyi finally understood why Hu Er was so domineering, it turned out that there was an unreasonable uncle above! She stepped forward by herself, handed over the yellow silk in her hand, and said loudly: "City Lord Hu, you have a good look, what is this?" I am Cheng Xiuyi, the solution of this scientific expedition, and I am going to Kyoto for scientific research, and I will turn black and white upside down and arrest people when I listen to your nephew's words, is there any law in the world? This is my companion, who also went to Beijing to take the exam, have you ever seen a thief and go together? Besides, with so many pairs of eyes all around, it was obvious that Hu Er was openly teasing me! ”

Hu Hongfei frowned and looked at the yellow silk in his hand, and he already thought about it in his heart, he couldn't be more clear about Hu Er's personality, he just turned a blind eye to the past on weekdays, but he didn't expect that the woman he was flirting with this time was actually Xie Yuan.

"Fake! Fake! You are Wang Fangfang, what is Cheng Xiuyi? Guo Xu pointed over tremblingly and shouted, "City Lord, I know her!" She and I are in the same scientific expedition, and this yellow silk must be a fraud. ”

"Oh?" Hu Hongfei touched his curly goatee and gave an order: "Catch it back and try it again!" ”