Ning listened to it outside the store, and suddenly remembered that Tongying was a chaser with an injured arm in the first place, but these people were obviously dressed in Mongolia, she remembered that Mongolia had a good relationship with the Qing Dynasty, so why did she want to hunt down Tongying, who was born in the Qing clan? However, he was a friend of the elder brother, so she was naturally on his side, so she remained silent and watched coldly as those people forced the pharmacy shopkeeper to ask.

The Mongols couldn't get an answer in the pharmacy, so they went to other medical centers and pharmacies. Shuning heard a few three aunts and six wives next to her whispering gossip there: "Those Mongolians heard that they also inquired about whether there was such a person in the neighboring town yesterday." ”

"No, they heard that the man stole their money, and they were going to kill the man."

"Ouch, these Mongolian lords are so bold, they kill people when they say they kill."

"Of course, they're all great nobles. I heard that the second child of the inn in the town was rewarded with a big ingots because of his clever speech. ”

"A big ingot, ouch, that's really generous......"

Holly carefully tugged at Shuning's sleeve and said, "Girl, these people are weird and scary, let's go quickly." The servant nodded sharply.

Shuning thought for a moment and said, "Let's stay away." It's not easy for you to come out on a trip, wouldn't it be a pity to just go back like this? Holly glanced at the servant and agreed, and followed Shuning to another stall twenty paces away to pick something. From time to time, Shuning still kept an eye on the movements of the Mongols.

When Holly bought a bracelet, a few threads, and a thin embroidery, the servant also bought two velvet flowers for his mother-in-law. bought a noodle for the child, and the group slowly walked in the direction of the carriage.

As she passed by the group of Mongols, Shuning listened attentively to their conversation. Although she spoke Mongolian, she had learned a few words with her brother, and she could only hear the words "capital", "avenue", "stop" and "kill", and was about to hear it more clearly, but she noticed that the leader in the blue robe seemed to notice something, and looked in her direction. Shuning hurriedly turned her head. Pretending to be nothing, he returned to the carriage.

Her heart pounded. Tell the coachman to go. From time to time, he kept an eye on his back, and when he left the town two miles away, he was relieved to be sure that no one had followed.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Shuning hurriedly confessed a few times, then rushed to the garden with heavy silk and pen and ink, and told Duan Ning and Tongying about the Mongolian encounters today. He asked again: "Brother Tongying, are those people here to chase you?" How did you mess with the Mongols? Don't you have a good relationship with them? ”

Duan Ning and Tong Ying glanced at each other, and the former spoke: "Sister, the Mongols also have good and bad lands. You can rest assured, Tongying has never done anything bad. We know this, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

Shu Ning was a little sullen: "So you already knew?" That's it. She tilted her head and saw from a distance that the tiger was waving to this side of the Linyuan Pavilion. He still called the young master. Then he said: "Brother Huzi doesn't know what's going on, I've passed." Then he left.

Tong Ying said to Duan Ning: "Your sister seems to be angry, she must blame us for not telling her." Actually, it's nothing to let her know something. She won't say it. Duan Ning shook his head: "It'll be fine after a while, it's better not to let the girl's family know about this kind of thing." Speaking of which, those pursuers actually dared to stay near the Jingshi for so long, which shows that they are bound to win against you. Tong Ying said in a deep voice: "Needless to say, it must be that 'blue fox'!" This person's real name is Lan Heli, he is a close confidant of Geerdan, he is as cunning as a fox, I have suffered his losses along the way, but I didn't expect that he will still be ghostly! ”

Duan Ning patted him on the shoulder and looked out: "Huzi, I stayed in the capital and waited for the letter from your house, he is back now, I don't know what is the matter?" ”

As he was talking, Shuning came back and said, "Brother Huzi said that the people from Prince Jian's Mansion in the capital told him that the emperor was going to repair the capital, so Fujin would take a few little princes and cousins to the south into Beijing in the near future. Duan Ning and Tong Ying were both stunned, the latter frowned, and there was anger in his eyes.

Seeing this, Duan Ning asked her sister to prepare lunch, and Shu Ning glanced at them a few times and left the Pillow Xia Pavilion sullenly.

Tong Ying narrowed her eyes and said, "Before I entered the customs, I asked someone to report my safety to my family, and I originally planned not to let Ama worry too much, my stepmother must have known that I was fine." The emperor wants to repair the Shengjing City, what does it have to do with our house? She suddenly went south, and brought Ling Xue's girl here, eighty percent because she wanted the palace to make a decree to marry, so that I couldn't shirk it. She's got a good plan! ”

Duan Ning said: "In this case, let's speed up, we must strive to see the emperor before your stepmother enters the palace." Tongying nodded, and then said: "Actually, there are not many things that have not been sorted out, but there are a lot of odd and entrepreneurial work." I think asking your sister to help you do it will also free up time for the two of us to get down to business. Duan Ning thought about it and agreed.

After listening to the words of the two, Shuning understood the general situation of the matter, but there was still a question: "When they killed the envoys, they almost turned their faces against the court, why are they still so bold and dangling everywhere at the feet of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Tong Ying said: "In fact, the clothes of various tribes in Mongolia are a little different. They are now dressed as Monans, and the nobles there are many marriages with the royal Manchuria, and ordinary people will not provoke them. As long as they don't make any big trouble, the local officials will turn a blind eye. Mongols in this area rarely come, and they are not afraid of revealing their stuffing. ”

I see. Those people are generous, probably trying to make people believe that they are princes and nobles, right?

Shuning began to join them that afternoon. In fact, what she has to do is to polish the ink, cut the silk, clean up the waste, and bind the written paper into a book, and add a cover. It is indeed a very piecemeal "hands-on" work.

There is not much work, after she finished the work at hand, she saw Duan Ning and Tongying working hard, especially the latter with her brain, so she wanted to change some tricks in her diet to replenish their brains.

At breakfast, she specially made a bowl of multigrain porridge, but unfortunately the two of them were not used to eating, so she had to put her two servings of goat's milk in the morning and evening

came out, and added all kinds of pastries and snacks.

Lunch and dinner. She always promised that there was meat and vegetables, and because the weather was getting cooler, she also switched to the stewing method, and sent it in a small clay pot and ate it hot. Chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and beef are available every day, vegetables, soybeans and fruits are also essential, and she even made pork brain soup, which made the two big boys have vegetables. One after another, I persuaded that this kind of thing was too cumbersome to do. My sister doesn't have to work too hard.

However, her occasional stir-fried chicken dish with pine nut corn and carrot cake is a big hit. Tongying even said: "Good sister, just cook this a few more times, I haven't eaten it for many years." ”

Shuning is not angry, this dish takes a lot of effort, does he think those dices are so easy to cut? For her, who has only started cutting vegetables by herself in the past two years, this is a big project! Not to mention peeling pine nuts and corn kernels.

As for the evening supper, she had been negligent before. Just let the two older boys eat some snacks and mix it up, and now she's going to make something good.

On the first day, she made walnuts and said they were delicious, but they were a little too sweet, but Tongying said: "The taste is okay, but it's a pity that I don't like walnuts, they smell weird." ”

Shuning glared angrily. Where did the picky eater come from!

The next day. She made sesame paste with only a little sugar, and Duan Ning was very satisfied. Tong Ying said: "It's so fragrant, but it's a pity that the taste is a little light." ”

Shuning froze, gritted her teeth, took the bowl and left.

Duan Ning glanced at his friend: "Okay, you, my sister worked hard to make you a supper, you don't just say thank you, but you still have three suspicions?" ”

Tong Ying smiled: "If she is angry, she will not bother with these efforts." In fact, you can eat anything at night, why bother with so many tricks, your sister has enough things. ”

Sure enough, Shuning was provoked by him, so she simply packed the clean nuts and the conveniently stored pastries in two large boxes and put them in the room, so that when they were hungry, they could eat them at hand, and she didn't have to work hard.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ = I am the ~~~~~~~~~~~~ of the dividing line in three days

The work of collating and copying the information is finally done. Tongying finished writing the last word, threw the pen away, lay down on the bench, spread out her limbs and sighed, "It's over." ”

Shu Ning followed Duan Ning to bind the last few pages, counted them clearly, and breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back at Tong Ying, only to find that he had fallen asleep.

Shuning looked at his somewhat pale face, and felt a little pity for his increasingly thin body. These days, his mental exhaustion is the worst, but fortunately he has good physical fitness, otherwise he would have been exhausted. Didn't the unforgettable Mrs. Dongxie in Jin Daxia's pen die of exhaustion due to silent writing?

She looked at his thin jacket and saw the weather outside, so she went upstairs to the sodu room of the Broken Stars and took down a cloak, and put it lightly over him, so that he would not catch a cold. Duan Ning glanced at her sister twice, put all the information booklets into the wooden box, and motioned for her to leave with her first, not to disturb Tongying's rest.

I don't know if it's an illusion, when Shuning left the Water Pavilion, there seemed to be a shadow passing through the corner of her eyes, but when she looked closely, she didn't find anything, thinking that she was probably tired and dizzy.

She didn't expect that as soon as the two of them left on the front foot, one of them sneaked into the water pavilion on the back foot. The man had a beard and looked like he was thirty or forty years old. He looked at Tongying, who was sleeping, checked the box where his things were kept, pondered for a moment, and left.

Tongying slept for a day and a night, and when he woke up, he was already so hungry that his chest was close to the back skin, and when he saw the food brought by Duanning Shuning, he hurriedly sent it to his mouth. It wasn't until I was full of seven or eight minutes that the movements in my hands began to slow down.

Seeing him like this, Duan Ning put his heart upside down: "You can sleep deep enough this night, how can you not wake up." I, Amma, were all shocked. If we're not sure you're asleep, we're going to have to get a doctor. Looks like you're really tired this time...... You eat slowly, I didn't rob you. ”

Tong Ying swallowed a mouthful of food and said, "I'll return to Beijing tomorrow with my things, but I don't know where that fox is now, but I have to avoid him." ”

Duan Ning and Shu Ning glanced at each other and smiled. Tong Ying was confused, and finally Duan Ning solved the mystery: "The day and night where you slept, a lot of things happened, and there were rumors outside." The fox seemed to have encountered a suspicious person, suspected that it was you, and ended up chasing him to a gambling house, where he somehow got into a fight with a large group of hooligans and ruffians, causing a big fight. Even the government came to ask. They managed to get through, but money and horses were stolen again. This government must be thoroughly investigated, no matter what, they are also 'Mongolian nobles'. ”

Tong Ying laughed when she heard this: "This is troublesome, if someone finds out that they are fake, then what can I do?" It would be even worse if they were found to be from Dzungaria. ”

The two of them winked their eyebrows and laughed happily. Shuning said, "They disappeared last night. I've heard that everybody is looking for them now. The government is probably starting to be suspicious. Wait two more days. They must be gone. ”

Tongying stopped laughing, shook her head and said, "I'll enter Beijing tomorrow, don't wait." Shuning was a little strange, but seeing that Duan Ning didn't say anything, she didn't ask anymore.

Shuning packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left. Duan Ning took out a stack of drawings and said, "These are your map drafts, in fact, you can also use local maps." I think it's a pity to burn it like this.,It's better to keep it as a copy.,If there's anything wrong with the picture that was presented.,You can also use it to make up for it.。 ”

Tongying thought for a while and said, "It's okay, but I don't plan to bring them into Beijing together, you find a place to put them away first." If I get into Beijing successfully, I will come back to pick it up in the future. ”

Duan Ning pondered for a moment. Promised. He found a wooden box to put up the drawings, and put his manuscript paper in it, and said, "There is a hidden place in our home. It is in the belly of the mountain under the Taoran Pavilion, from behind the big stone on the side of the pavilion

You can enter if you go down. Only a few members of our family know about it, and they go inside. I've put it in a half-used bookcase in the middle of it, and I'll be able to cover it up a little. I'll take you and put your things away. ”

Tongying was a little stunned, and after a while she said: "You actually told me where your secret room is......" Duan Ning was stunned, and hurriedly said: "No, it's just the land left by the previous master, and even my little brother knows about ......it" "You don't need to say it." Tong Ying stopped him, "That kind of place is a place that only the closest people will know about for any family. You told me like this, so you really think of me as a brother. ”

He hesitated for a while, went back to the room to get something, and said to Duan Ning: "This matter has been pressed in my heart for a long time, and I always worry about whether I should ask you or not, but I don't hesitate now, so as not to always be suspicious." I ask you, whose is this for? How did it end up here? ”

Duan Ning glanced at the thing in his hand, it was clearly a yellow belt, wasn't it Tongying's?

Tong Ying received his eyes and was also a little suspicious: "This is not my thing. When I left home that day, I didn't plan to play the clan signboard, so how could I bring the yellow belt with me? This is where I found it at the foot of the bed, because there was a quilt pressing down, probably because the former resident leaked there, right? ”

Duan Ning smiled: "So that's the case, you just ask directly." Actually, although I don't want others to know, I don't intend to hide it from you, this is probably the fourth elder brother's thing, when he went to the nearby temple to worship the Buddha, he stayed at our house, most of which was left at that time. ”

Tongying was a little surprised, so Duan Ning told him the reason for the incident, and said: "You also know that the fourth elder brother is related to our family, but we also pay attention to avoid suspicion, and only entertain him in the garden, and my Ama will never enter the garden gate, every time I come to talk to the fourth elder brother with Eniang, and what I say is also some trivial things." For example, the fruit forest lotus pond at home, our brothers do their homework, and the younger brothers are naughty and mischievous, but they are trained very badly by their sisters. The fourth elder brother sometimes talks about his housework, but most of them listen to my mother. As for the official affairs, they do not mention anything. ”

Tongying couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, and said: "You say this, I think he is getting more and more pitiful, these short little things in the family, most people don't take it to heart, but he can't hear it until he goes to someone else's house." ”

Duan Ning said: "Just say it, don't say it to your face, he will definitely be angry." Tong Ying smiled: "This is nature. ”

~~~~~~~~~~~ = I was the dividing line ~~~~~~~======== the next morning

The whole family got up early in the morning and set up a car to prepare to go back to Beijing. After the family discussed, it was decided that the whole family would go out to cover Tongying and let him sit in Shuning's car, of course, not a lonely man and widow, and Frangipani followed the car.

The car stopped at the back door first, picked up Tongying, and then Huzi quietly rushed to the front, and then picked up Shuning to get into the car. Duan Ning rode a horse and followed the car, and arranged for a few strong and clever servants to ride horses to follow.

Nothing happened all the way. Tongying carried a sturdy book cage along the way, which contained the results of their many days. He seldom spoke, and even when he did, he did so quietly, trying not to let the sound go outside. Shuning knew that he wanted to hide people's eyes, so she cooperated with Frangipani and squeaked and talked, and those who didn't know thought that there were only two little girls in the car.

Halfway through, Duan Ning felt that the sun was shining, and there happened to be a tea shop in front of him, so he asked everyone to drink saliva there and rest. Zhang Bao and the clan were supposed to go first, but they were gone, so Duan Ning had to tell everyone to hurry up and catch up as soon as possible.

As soon as he dismounted and entered the tea shop, he regretted it greatly. Because there were several Mongols sitting in the shop, and the leader was wearing a blue robe.

At this time, you can't retreat, but I'm afraid that if you retreat, it will arouse suspicion. He had to pretend that nothing had happened, and asked the shopkeeper to pour the tea, and arranged for the servants to make tea, and then naturally went to his sister's carriage and said, "Is my sister thirsty?" I'll call for tea right away. Then he whispered, "The fox is in the store, don't make a sound." ”

Shuning and Tongying were both stunned when they heard this, and Shuning replied in a normal voice: "Thank you, brother, I'm not thirsty, let's hurry up." Duan Ning responded, and beckoned the servants to move faster.

I don't know if Lan Heli saw that Duan Ning's age and body shape were a little suspicious, so he found an excuse to talk to Duan Ning. Duan Ning confessed his identities frankly, and asked them where they came from. Shuning and Tongying listened in the car, they were so nervous that they were so nervous, and Frangipani didn't dare to come out.

Duan Ning was arguing with Na Lan and Li Dong, but his sharp eyes saw a few acquaintances on the road in front of him, so he hurriedly got up and shouted, "Brother Ma!" How can it be so coincidental? I can actually meet you here! ”

It turned out to be one of his classmates named Ma Long, and a large group of his friends, including two Mongol nobles, heard that the scenery on the other side of the Juma River was good, so they went to visit it. Duan Ning greeted them warmly, and then said that he wanted to introduce them to a few Mongolian friends they had just met, but when they turned back, they found that Lan Heli and his party had disappeared.

Ma Long frowned: "Who are these people?" Why didn't you say hello and leave? Duan Ning said: "I don't know, I heard him say that it seems to be from the Ministry of Bahrain." ”

A Mongolian nobleman next to him said, "I'm from the Bahrain Ministry, but I've never seen him, don't be a pretend, right?" The other shouted.

When Shuning and Tongying heard these words in the car, they couldn't help but laugh. Finally, Duanning said goodbye to these people, and they set foot on the road back to Beijing again, and after two quarters of an hour, they caught up with Zhang Baohe's carriage and horses.

The group entered the capital, walked straight to Zhengyang Gate, and stopped on the side of the road. Shuning and Frangipani got out of the car and got into the car. Tongying said goodbye to them at this time, drove the carriage himself, and drove in the direction of Zongrenfu.