Xu Xiao only left on the front foot, and the miscellaneous generals and lieutenants of Lingzhou gradually gathered outside a mansion, and submitted the name of the door to the general's gatehouse, mostly expensive famous note materials, written in gold, can not expect this group of generals to have any high and ancient style, on this street, the threshold of the mansion is the highest, and it stands to reason that the visitors are the most prosperous, but the traffic of the new mansion of the general of Lingzhou is breathtaking. Xu Fengnian was chatting with Xu Beitong in the house, but he didn't expect Xu Beitong to hear that he was not allowed to be an official on Li Gongde's side, but instead of being surprised, he said something that was reasonable. Xu Fengnian didn't see through whether this guy was praising him for being slippery, or ridiculing him for being a fox and a fake tiger, but since Xu Beitong, who was going to wear the hat of a stabbing historian in the future, was not in a hurry, Xu Fengnian borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and was happy to wait for the news. Zheng Fulu, the steward of the house, was transferred from Qingliang Mountain to Lingzhou from the old people of the palace, he was middle-aged, dignified, in the past, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World bought poems and texts with a lot of money, and the silver was Zheng Fulu's hand, and the work was very reliable, at this time, he trotted to the door of the study with a happy face, and told the prince about the bustle outside the door of the house, held a big bag of worship posters, cut off the gold dust on the top, and estimated that he could go to Lingzhou Huqiu Tower to eat a meal of flower wine, Xu Fengnian and Zheng Fulu shook his hand and said: "All pushed, just say that there is no one." ”

Zheng Fulu bent down and answered, without any doubts and mouths, turned back the way he came, and said that General Lingzhou would not see a guest today, and then directly closed the door of the mansion, not even letting go of the side door, making it clear that there was no room for accommodation, so that everyone was completely dead, these domineering martial artists in Lingzhou ate the closed door, and there was not much discouraged look, it was originally a group of friends and friends to join in the fun, who really expected to rely on the Lingzhou general who couldn't be a few days to add himself to the knighthood? In the final analysis, it was the identity of the prince of Beiliang that made them have to lower their bodies to drink this northwest wind. And Beiliang officialdom, there is an unwritten rule, Youzhou is probably Yan Wenluan's, most of Lingzhou is Zhong Hongwu's private backyard, the two sides have always been well water does not violate the river water, most of these people are the old department of General Huaihua, some of the henchmen who are deeply favored by General Zhong, and they are not even willing to show their faces, like the real power lieutenants under several deputy generals, they all gathered together to cook wine around the stove, and slandered in private, for the old general to fight grievances, one or two grumpy lieutenants on the spot, a few city government a little deeper, when drinking, their faces are also sinking like water, and their eyes are gloomy. If they want to rebel against the Xu family, they don't dare to give a hundred guts, but after being immersed in officialdom over the years, they also know a lot of tricks, and they are not only martial artists, but also those who have no in-laws relationship with the civil officials of Lingzhou officialdom, these old fritters sitting behind the official copywriting of the official office are well versed in the rules and scales, and they don't even need to say anything angry, the operation of Lingzhou officialdom is not bright, the key is that no one can find fault, don't you foreign scholars come to Lingzhou to grab jobs? Snatching people's hats is far more than snatching love and hatred, and these captains exchanged heads and discussed and weighed each other, and after leaving, they all had gloomy smiles.

Beiliang Shaoshi clan, so more of them are from the poor family of Xu officials, these people are actually not lacking in intelligence, naturally keen to drill camps, if the high-ranking officials are the majestic Hades on the stage, then this group of people is more difficult to entangle the gatekeeper ghosts, some of the officials if the means are clever, and even be able to elevate officials, manipulate the officialdom, and let their top bosses become decorations, Zhang Julu governs the government, one of which is aimed at the disadvantages of the officials, which is straightforwardly regarded as a disaster that hurts the country, but Zhang Shoufu is recognized as a good way to govern the country, but only combing the Xu officials, has not improved, and the important ministers in the court also have a lot of criticism and ridicule, especially some of the temple pillars from the Han people choose to be cold and watch。 The imperial court, where scholars occupy the mainstream, is still so bumpy, and Beiliang is naturally even more difficult to spare. Nearly a thousand scholars went to the cold, the branches and tentacles are not thick, but the Lingzhou officials who penetrate every corner of the officialdom are undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt, so Lingzhou, which is at the end of the year, soon has chickens and dogs, copywriting gradually accumulated, gangs fight in the city, prisoners in prison kill each other, the granary of the government is either on fire for no reason, or mildew is a few inches, all trivial things have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, not to mention that the county magistrates are anxious, for fear that they will not be able to live a clean year, that is, even the Jingluo Li Gongde began to be tired of coping, and there are subordinates who come to the door every day to complain, but Huangnan County seems to stand out from the crowd, and the big and small political affairs are clearly organized, and Longqing County is diametrically opposite, and the situation is particularly miserable, the wind leaks on all sides, it is said that Zhong Cheng is too busy to pick up the lights every night, and he has already worried about a few gray hairs.

Lingzhou officialdom is in a mess, and the front door of the Lingzhou General's Mansion is cold, which is very suitable for the cold winter season.

A carriage quietly drove out of Lingzhou Prefecture and drove to Huangnan County, the horseman was wearing a yellow wolf skin short coat, the more burly he was, the more shabby he looked, I am afraid that no one dared to believe that this was the deputy general of Lingzhou.

In addition to Xu Fengnian in the carriage, there is also a servant girl Huyan Guanyin, these days Xu Fengnian has been reading the resumes of Lingzhou officials in detail overnight, there are many red pen circle paintings, I didn't pay much attention to this young woman who would be on the list if he came to Beiliang earlier, this trip, Xu Fengnian crossed the threshold, only then decided to let Zheng Fulu call her to accompany her out of the city, I don't know if the water and soil are not adaptable, Huyan Guanyin is not as lively and lively as when the grassland is in deep trouble, the look is gloomy, and she is no longer spiritual, Xu Fengnian thought that after returning to Lingzhou, she would be sent to a stable and quiet place if she had the opportunity, which was better than being sick in a high gate and slowly ruined。 Originally, if Huyan Guanyin adapted to Beiliang, Xu Fengnian naturally didn't mind keeping it around, it didn't matter if he ate it or not, it was pleasing to the eye, and it was good to raise his eyes. Xu Fengnian was not idle on this trip, and he had a copy of the background of several main officials in Huangnan County, these dense and delicate little characters were all the hard work of the second-class maids in Wutong Courtyard who worked all night, which ones were from the hands of green ants and which cucumbers were written, and Xu Fengnian, who had been with them for many years, could be distinguished at a glance.

Xu Fengnian rubbed his eyebrows, put down the stack of letterheads, went through it in his mind, and then lifted the curtain, the cold breath unique to the cool land came to his face, Xu Feng didn't put down the curtain for a long time, Huyan Guanyin was a little sleepy after leaving the city, curled up and sat in the corner of the carriage and couldn't stay asleep, dozed off slightly, was blown by the wind, suddenly woke up, quietly looked at his side face, bit his thin lip, bright and dripping, making people mistakenly think that her teeth would bite out a few drops of blood if she used a little force.

Xu Fengnian saw that she was a little uncomfortable with the wind and cold, so she quickly put down the curtain and said with a gentle smile: "I couldn't sleep last night, wandering around the house like a soul, I saw a pot of impatiens in the window of your house, and it was past the flowering period early in the morning, how could you still separate the flowers when the weather was cold?"

Huyan Guanyin blinked his eyes and said softly: "When the slave maid first entered the mansion, she saw that there were a few flowers at the root of the corner of the mansion, which did not look like they were planted in the mansion, so she had the courage to transplant one in a small pot, and I didn't know that it was called a impatiens, let alone the flowering period of the road. ”

Xu Fengnian nodded and smiled: "It's the same as the officials who caused trouble for me in Beiliang at the moment, it doesn't enter the stream, but don't look at Jiaorou, it can grow anywhere, a poor place like Beiliang is no exception, some women who can't afford to spend money to buy rouge gouache like to use its flower juice to dye their nails in summer and autumn, which is very eye-catching." Although this kind of talk was derogated as a cheap product by Jiangnan celebrities who admired the famous chrysanthemum peony, and even took a harsh nickname for the chrysanthemum, but I think it doesn't matter if it is a maid of chrysanthemums, it can be used for people to watch, and it can also dye nails, even if it is used to the fullest, I like it very much. There are a lot of them in my house, and they are growing all over the ground, and other famous flowers and trees can't stop it, but I have never seen it bloom in winter, presumably because no one is willing to plant it in a pot and move it back to the house, and you mistakenly delayed the flowering period. By the way, this impatiens are very leathery, my second sister gave it a nickname, called 'acute son', under the scorching sun, the wind blows, or you pinch your nails, the seeds will pop out far away, every time I made my second sister angry when I was a child, she didn't say a word to me with a black face for a few days, I always like to play her face with acute children. I'd rather she turn her face and scold me than ignore me. ”

As a result, Xu Fengnian saw Huyan Guanyin looking directly at him, Xu Fengnian said embarrassedly: "You didn't make a mistake, where am I willing to scold you, besides, I have a lot of things at hand, and I am very blocked, not that I don't want to pay attention to you." I'm angry and introspective four words to write, writing is not much worse than the famous calligrapher, but unfortunately has not done well, often angry at others, you have never seen me and my father angry, when I was ignorant, as long as there was something wrong, all to him angry, can take a broom to chase him 108,000 miles. But now that I think about it, naivety is naïve, in fact, I don't feel too much guilt, who made him my father, my dearest person? Besides, at that time, his legs and feet were still very neat, and he ran fast, and others respected him as the king of Beiliang and the general, so I just called him the general who ran away. ”

Huyan Guanyin looked at him and grinned, that smile was as innocent as a child. Huyan Guanyin lowered his eyebrows and did not look at him.

Xu Fengnian saw her retreat timidly, a little self-deprecating, could it be that she looked like a gangster with the word "thief" engraved on her head, and remembered that the entire tribe on the grassland regarded herself as a god, and her original form was revealed so quickly? Xu Fengnian retracted his thoughts, and also lowered his head and continued to pick up the letterhead stacked on his lap, and quickly focused on concentrating, and gave Master Li a few days, probably because of the sudden wind and rain in Lingzhou officialdom, which made this Uncle Li busy with government affairs and couldn't take care of Xu Beitong's promotion for the time being. Although it is not to his liking, Xu Fengnian is still willing to endure it a little longer, when the Yan family chose a trail to escape from Lingzhou overnight, if it wasn't for his hint to Xu Xiao, Yan Jiexi might not be able to leave Beiliang so smoothly, Xu Fengnian warned himself not to be so soft-hearted in the future. Huangnan County is the place where Li Gongde made his fortune, although Li Gongde has a bad reputation as an official, but the ability to know and employ people is not small, nepotism is natural, but there are several protégés who can be counted as capable officials in the officialdom of Beiliang Road, if Li Gongde is not for these people to help him grow his face, just relying on the incense of the Xu and Li families, Xu Xiao will not be generous enough to let Li Gongde become a strategic envoy under one person. Song Yan, the Taishou of Huangnan County, is one of the best, he has no outstanding teacher, he is self-taught, and he uses both spells and potentials, if he does not have objections to Xu Xiaoduo, and the rest of the "dog legs" with Li Gongde can't urinate in a pot, they can't help each other, otherwise they will never stop at a county Taishou. The reason why Li Gongde really paid attention to it this time and was in a hurry happened to be because of the unusual appearance of Huang Nan County, which was usually a brilliant political achievement, but in the situation that the new Lingzhou general was in a quagmire, wouldn't Huang Nan County become a dazzling bird out of the forest? His Royal Highness the Prince of the World was stuck in the mud, what is the matter with you Song Yan on the high branches, even if you clearly do not make a sound, it will make people with a heart feel noisy. Li Gongde felt sorry for the history of Lingzhou's assassination, and pretended to be confused, it was not a crime, I was afraid that because of Huangnan County, he would be hated by His Royal Highness the Prince who walked in front of Beiliangtai for the first time.

Xu Fengnian exhaled and squinted in thought. If nothing else, Song Yan must have received one or two secret letters from the adults who had made them bitter, asking this protégé to quickly disgrace his reputation.

The people under his hands are too good at being people and officials, and they can't take care of doing things, which is really a headache. Now that Zhong Hongwu has learned from the past, no one will be stupid enough to have a hard time with him, the general of Lingzhou, so that they are all feminine tricks to avoid his edge, but they are more and more disgusting. Xu Beitong is not righteous, and he failed to get the history of Lingzhou Thorn, so he went back to Longqing County to watch the play. A copper coin that was no longer circulating in the market slowly rolled between Xu Fengnian's five fingers, and Huyan Guanyin watched the copper coin roll intently, going back and forth boringly, and she just watched it with relish. So much so that Xu Fengnian raised his head to look at her, and the woman didn't notice it.

Xu Fengnian put away the copper money returned to him by King Shizi of Yan and said softly: "I want to go back to Liangzhou before Chinese New Year's Eve, and then you will also leave Lingzhou together, do you want to go back to the Northern Mang Grassland, or go to Jiangnan to have a look?"

Huyan Guanyin seemed to be aware of it and asked, "Is it with you?"

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but smile: "Of course you are alone, where can I get out." ”

She blinked, then lowered her head again.

Xu Fengnian stretched out his finger and knocked it on her head, and said with a smile: "The entire officialdom in Lingzhou is colluding to play yin with me, what's the matter, you are also learning and using it? Believe it or not, I drove you out of the carriage?"

She looked up, still silent.

Xu Fengnian had a flash of inspiration, was stunned, and asked in a low voice, "You just want me to talk to you?"

Huyan Guanyin's pretty face was crimson.

Xu Fengnian smiled heartily, reached out and pinched her delicate cheeks, and then said helplessly: "Should I say that you are stupid or that you are stupid." You're so stuffy, of course I thought you weren't happy with me, so I thought I would let you go to a place where you could be happy. You must know that on the grassland, you dare to take the initiative to enter the tiger's mouth, ride on me and scatter the wild, and then look at the present, lifeless. ”

She was ashamed to say nothing, Xu Fengnian sighed, let her sit on her lap, one hand around her round shoulder, chin resting on her head, and continued to look through the letterheads.

This is called the saint's restlessness.

Lao Tzu can't be a land immortal in this life, it's really unreasonable.

The woman sitting sideways leaned forward, her chest squeezing one of his arms.

Xu Fengnian didn't care too much about it at first, only when she was uncomfortable, but when her arm became more and more clearly aware of her uneasy coincidence, she soon became self-aware, and it was not strange that she couldn't seem to be a land immortal.

Xu Fengnian put the stack of letterheads on the ground, just picked up one, and slid his other hand into her neckline, only through a thin layer of satin, holding a ball that was smooth and full, and his five fingers were slightly sunken.

Huyan Guanyin tilted his head back, pillowed on his arm holding the letterhead, his eyes were like silk, and he looked up at this guy, at a loss, and let out a delicate nasal voice.

Xu Fengnian was outrageously sanctimonious and pretended to be calm.

In order not to make a sound, the ignorant woman bit a green finger.

This natural charm is extremely seductive.

Xu Fengnian looked down and asked himself, why don't you think about being a land immortal today?