Du Jinning didn't go to the yamen either, and directly followed Yao Shuqi to the newly bought house.

The housing prices here are very different from those in Beijing, but Yao Shuqi knows that the family has a small population, and the newly bought house is about the same size as Beijing, and even the house and openness are very similar, which makes Chen and Du Jinning feel very cordial.

According to the living habits of Chen and Du Jinning, Yao Shuqi had already cleaned up the main courtyard and the courtyard where Du Jinning lived, and added new furniture.

And what satisfied Du Jinning the most and made the guards who came with him collapse was that Yao Shuqi had been ordered by Du Jinning before he came, and the trees near her yard were all cut down, not only the big trees were cut down, but there were not even dense shrubs.

The yard where she now lives is surrounded on three sides by a pond with a wide surface of the water, and on the other side is a bare rice field that has not yet been planted. I don't know when seven or eight climbing vines have been planted on the wall of the courtyard that were transported from the capital. These moons are currently pruned, but the rhizomes are thick. It is conceivable that when they raise their branches and climb the fence, Du Jinning's yard will be protected by these thorny plants.

When the two guards saw this, their faces were full of bewilderment.

How did they protect Du Jinning.

The emperor once gave them an order to only protect, not peep, so as not to arouse Du Jinning's disgust. So they didn't dare to stay on Du Jinning's roof. Instead of staying on the roof, there is no place for them to settle down and hide within a radius of ten or so feet.

"What should I do?" The guard asked his companion.

The Imperial Guard thought for a while, and said helplessly: "I'll go and discuss with Master Du." ”

Originally, they were secret guards, that is, they were protecting people in secret. I don't usually appear in front of people. It is only when the protected are in danger that they come out in shock. But they didn't want to be drunk by Du Jinning last time, and now they were forced to show their original form.

They had been ordered by the emperor to protect or spy on many people, but it was the first time they had encountered such an embarrassing thing.

The Imperial Guard jumped off the tree and walked towards Du Jinning's courtyard, which was extremely far away from Du Jinning's courtyard, and it was necessary to cross a long and winding wooden bridge or walk through an extremely long winding field road to reach Du Jinning's courtyard.

Because of his wide field of vision, before the Imperial Guard had taken a few steps, someone discovered his whereabouts and reported the news to Du Jinning.

Du Jinning was watching her subordinates put their luggage away, and when she heard this, she walked out and looked into the distance and laughed, and turned her head to praise Yao Shuqi: "This thing is well done." ”

Yao Shuqi was so proud that he even cocked his beard.

Knowing that someone was protecting (monitoring) his young master, he didn't buy other better houses, so he deliberately chose this house, and had several dozens or hundreds of years of big trees cut down. Now it seems that his thoughts were really not in vain.

Seeing that Du Jinning seemed to have discovered himself early, the imperial guard armor was full of frustration, so his face was a little unsightly when he walked in front of Du Jinning.

"Lord Du, the emperor sent me to protect you. You don't even have a place for us to live here. If something happens, we can't explain it to the emperor. So please change your place to stay. He had a straight face, and his tone was full of command.

"Oh? Are you sure you're protecting me, not imprisoning me? Du Jinning's expression was faint.

Although Zhao Yu has good intentions, and with the protection of these two guards, her safety is more guaranteed, but this does not mean that these two people can be their own masters and give orders to themselves.

To put it bluntly, since these two people have received the emperor's order, even if she speaks ill of them, they have to pinch their noses and fight hard to protect her.

She's not used to these people. According to the inferior nature of people, she is obedient today, and maybe these two people will point fingers and order her to act according to their will.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard her words, the expression of the Imperial Guard Armor was a little embarrassed.

"Well, Lord Du laughed, the emperor naturally asked us to protect you, not to imprison you." He can bend and stretch, but as soon as Du Jinning's attitude was a little tougher, he softened, bowed, and his attitude became respectful.

Du Jinning's face softened a little.

She said, "Whether you live in a tree or hide in the wall, you are sleeping in the open air, and it is too hard. I chose this yard to live in, in fact, for your own good. When I'm in the house, as long as I hold that bridge, there will be no danger. So you don't have to be too nervous. I asked the housekeeper to pull out a yard for you to live in, and you usually take turns looking at the bridge, and there is my yard watching over the rice field. If I leave the house, how about you secretly follow me again? ”

The Guardian was taken by surprise.

"You chose this yard to live in for us?" He asked movingly.

It's really hard to do what they do. No one ever sympathizes with them.

Of course, few of those people can know about their existence like Du Jinning. Even if you know, you pretend not to know. Like Du Jinning, who pulled them out of the shadows in a bright and bright way, and also used their palace guards as guardians, it was still a scorpion to - the only one.

"Part of it." Du Jinning said.

The biggest reason, of course, is to prevent these people from knowing her secrets.

called Yao Shuqi to set up the two guards, and Du Jinning's mood became very good. She washed her hair, took a shower, and rested after dinner.

After riding the horse for most of the day, she was still jolting in the carriage for more than an hour at noon, and even if she was young and in good health, she could not withstand it.

The next day, after getting up and having breakfast as usual, Yao Shuqi came over and asked, "Do you want to go to the yamen?" ”

Du Jinning touched his chin and thought about it, nodded and said, "Go for a walk." ”

If she doesn't go to the yamen, the fault lies with her, and she will say that she doesn't take her boss seriously; But when he went to the Yamen and received a cold reception, it was Cao Zhizhou who was wrong.

In other words, the imperial guards sent by the emperor should still be responsible for delivering news to the emperor, right?

Changing into an official uniform, Du Jinning got into the carriage and went straight to the state office.

In order to show that the yamen is honest, no official will spend money to renovate the yamen during his tenure, and the yamen are generally very dilapidated, and the state government in Runzhou is no exception.

When Du Jinning got there, it was almost the time of the hour.

The official guarding the gate watched a young man dressed as a six-pin complement official get out of the carriage, and knew that it was the new Tongzhi lord.

He stepped forward and arched his hand, and asked lightly, "This lord, I don't know who you are looking for?" ”

"I am Du Jinning, the new Tongzhi. Lord Zhizhou is here, right? Take me to him. Du Jinning's attitude was also light.

"Oh?" The official glanced at Du Jinning a few times and said with a smile, "Lord Du is quite young. ”

Du Jinning just stared at him and didn't speak.