Su Qing knew that the other party was kind.

Because as the other party's officer, he didn't know the details of this major incident that happened in the court, and he didn't know that Su Qing was not an ordinary official who went to office, but a court official who committed something and was degraded like this.

There was no disdain in their eyes.

Su Qing opened the curtain of the carriage and whispered to the coachman, almost pleading: "This way, please don't tell others my identity." ”

The coachman knows something, this was originally a senior member of the DPRK and the Central Committee, but now he has committed an accident, although he has been demoted to a petty official, not a mere coachman should provoke.

He nodded honestly.

The group had just left the capital, when they suddenly heard the horses' hooves kicking behind them, and a group of men and horses came quickly, and the messenger who escorted the exiled prisoners turned back on his horse and quickly jumped down.

"It's someone sent by the imperial court!"

He had apparently seen that there were men in the group in official uniforms.

Su Qing was in the carriage and was shocked when he heard this.

Didn't the queen mother and the emperor change their minds and not let him be exiled as an official, but wanted his life?

He cowered in the carriage and did not dare to move.

"Brother Su!"

A fast horse came first, and all the messengers hurriedly bowed and saluted, "My lord." ”

Although I don't know what kind of adult this is, it can be seen that he is wearing a purple and red official robe, and he must be a member of the court.

As if hearing Sima Hu's voice, Su Qing opened the curtain a little, and saw that it was indeed Sima Hu outside, followed by ordinary followers who were not court officials, and felt a little relieved.

The coachman jumped out of the car and helped him down.

Seeing that Su Qing was dressed in a half-worn thin plain robe, with gray hair, and only tied with a silver hairpin, he looked extremely old, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Su Qing got out of the car, hesitated for a moment, and still saluted Sima Hu.

He is now a small official, and when the lower officials see the upper officials, they should salute.

Sima Hu hurriedly held him up.

Those officers who escorted the exiled prisoners had just seen Su Qing's true face, but they didn't expect that this official, who had been staying in the carriage and couldn't come out, was so old.

At first, they thought he was a young man who had just been promoted, but now looking at his age, and then seeing Sima Hu's politeness to him, they have a number in their hearts.

I heard that something big happened in the DPRK and exiled a large number of officials, but I am afraid that this exiled official was also a senior member of the DPRK and the Central Committee in the DPRK, so he could make friends with such a grand official.

Sima Hu said to the officers: "I bother you to wait a minute, I have something to say to my colleague, and it won't be delayed for a long time." ”

As he spoke, the attendants behind him stepped forward to reward the servants with silver, and when they saw the silver, they were even more unwilling, and they all smiled and waited aside.

Sima Hu took advantage of this time to hand over a cloth bag to Su Qing, "Here are two thick jackets, although it is a hot summer weather now, but in the bitter cold of the northwest in autumn and winter, it will be used at that time." and some silver, which you have exchanged for loose silver. There is a letter written by me myself, and although you cannot let them treat you more favorably, at least you will not be embarrassed because you are a criminal official. ”

It was he Sima Hu who collected evidence of the crime and forced him to his current situation.

But when he was the most depressed, the ministers who were close to him all avoided suspicion, and none of them dared to speak for him, but Sima Hu hurried to see him off.

He had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know what to say.

Sima Hu probably understood his embarrassment, and sighed, "I don't expect you and me to be as good as before, but there is something I have to tell you to understand." I, Sima Hu, have acted upright all my life, and I have no unrighteous heart towards you. If you don't go down the wrong path, I will never mean to embarrass you. ”

It is said that people are dying and their words are good, Su Qing knows that the current situation is no different, and there is no need for Sima Hu to lie to him at this time.

He smiled, but shook his head and said, "I don't know your temper?" It's useless to say this now, it's my own doing. But you still have something to hide from me, this burden is really prepared by you? ”

Sima Hu was stunned for a moment, and Su Qing pinched the burden with his hand, "What a thick cotton robe, this robe is a layer of cotton cloth on the outside, and it is indeed the warmest fur inside." If I'm not mistaken, it's a fox fur. Presumably I think I can't dress too eye-catching, so I intimately disguised myself as a cotton robe, where do you have this carefulness? ”

"You're smart, and you can't hide anything from you."

Sima Hu had to sigh that Su Qing was smarter than himself in the end, "It was prepared by the Queen Mother, and the fox skin in it was of the highest quality." If anything happens to you and you become poor, you can dismantle the cotton cloth and sell the fox skin, which will be enough for a year or two without worrying about food and clothing. It's just that the Queen Mother didn't let me say that the letter ...... It was also the Queen Mother who asked me to write it. ”

Su Qing nodded silently, "The Queen Mother is really smart." She was thoughtful everywhere, and she didn't send her own cousin Su Zhiming to see me off, nor did she ask someone with a higher official position to write this letter of introduction. I'm afraid that I can't stand Su Zhiming because I'm thinking about the disaster relief in the northwest, and I'm afraid that he will retaliate for personal reasons. And you are upright, and you have been with me for many years, so naturally you will not retaliate. ”

"Your official position is neither high nor low, just to protect me, but not to make me too comfortable, so that I can endure hardships and learn from the pain."

Hearing him say this, Sima Hu sighed again, "Brother Su, if you can regain the innocence of the past when you take office, it is not impossible to return to the capital in the future, you must not give up on yourself." ”

Do you regain your innocence?

Su Qing shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm so old, and my body is not good." It's good to be able to walk this way to the northwest safely, where do you dare to hope to come back in the future? Brother Sima, today's farewell may be the last time we will see each other in this life, take care. ”

He took a step back, bowed deeply, and bowed to Sima Hu, who was also busy with it.

The two said goodbye and continued their journey to the northwest.

Sima Hu stood in place and looked out, except for Su Qing's green curtain cart, only the fierce servants drove the exiles who were imprisoned in shackles.

Those people walked staggered, gray-headed, and looked like a dead corpse, which made people frightened to look at.

His heart was desolate.

In the carriage, Su Qing opened the baggage, looked at the clothes and letters, they were better than he imagined, and suddenly found a piece of jewelry in the corner of the baggage.

It's an emerald bracelet.

That was when his daughter entered the palace, he personally purchased a "dowry" for his daughter, although entering the palace is not the same as marrying, but he didn't want his daughter to be wronged, so he spent half of his savings to add makeup to his daughter like an ordinary woman.

Now that he sees this thing again, he is in tears.

This must have been specially given to him by Su Youyi, so that he could see things and think about people in the bitter cold land of the northwest, and comfort the heart of the woman......