Saying goodbye to Zhang Lian, Cheng Runnian walked out of the palace.

After inquiring on the street, he rushed to Zhou's mansion.

Before, the father and son of the Zhou family became fugitives, and the servants of the family were also dismissed, but now they have just been released, and they have not had time to buy it, so the gate of the Zhou Mansion is just a cover, but there is no gatehouse to guard.

Cheng Runnian shouted several times outside, and after a while, a person who looked like a domestic servant poked out a head.

Cheng Runnian's previous clothes had been changed, and now he was wearing the clothes of a eunuch in the palace, and the servant naturally didn't dare to slack off when he saw this, and hurriedly came out to greet him.

"I don't know what my father-in-law is doing when he comes to Zhou's mansion?"

"Father-in-law......" The corners of Cheng Runnian's mouth twitched slightly, no wonder he came all the way, and he always felt that passers-by looked at him a little strangely.

"I'm not my father-in-law, in the next Cheng Runnian, I came to visit Mr. Zhou, you can just ask." Cheng Runnian said politely.

"It turned out to be Mr. Cheng! The head of the family has already instructed Cheng Run to come to the door in a few days, and he ordered me not to slack off. ”

"Mr. Cheng, please."

The servant hurriedly opened the door, and the respectful Cheng Runnian invited in.

took Cheng Runnian to Zhoufutang, but he didn't expect that there was an acquaintance present.

"Yo, little brother Cheng is here?" King Zhenbei greeted him with a smile, Cheng Runnian gave him a prescription, not to mention whether it was useful or not, with the relationship between him and his wife, he naturally would not snub Cheng Runnian.

In addition, Zhou Qi can save a life this time, although the official is demoted to three levels, he is still an official, and the biggest hero is also Cheng Runnian, so the king of Zhenbei naturally has a good impression of Cheng Runnian.

As for Zhou Qi, he got up to greet him in person, and when he came to Cheng Runnian, he was about to kneel.

"Little Brother Cheng, I can save my life this time, thanks to Little Brother Cheng, please bow to the old man!"

Cheng Runnian hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Mr. Zhou, you can be my grandfather no matter how old you are, how can you kneel down for me, I can't stand it, please get up quickly." ”

After a long period of politeness, Zhou Qi got up, beckoned Cheng Runnian to sit down, and asked someone to serve tea.

"By the way, why didn't you see Zhou Ming?" Cheng Runnian took a sip of tea and asked.

"The child is injured, so I called Lang Zhong to come over, and now he is lying in the room."

"Little Brother Cheng is looking for him? So I called him over? Zhou Qi said.

Cheng Runnian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, I just asked casually." ”

Zhou Qi nodded, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Then I don't know what little brother Cheng plans to do in the future?" Are you ready to go home? ”

"That's true." Cheng Runnian affirmed.

He is in the capital, and he is not familiar with the place, and there is really nothing to stay.

When Zhou Qi heard this, he waved his hand and asked the servant to take a stack of silver tickets and send them to Cheng Runnian.

"Little Brother Cheng, this time you suffered this unjustified disaster because of me, and if you take this money, you will be treated as an old man to make amends to you."

Cheng Runnian saw it and gave money, and he was naturally very happy in his heart.

But just as I wanted to pretend to be polite and accept it, I suddenly thought of something and hesitated.

"Mr. Zhou, I see that there are not many servants in your house now, and the house is very empty, I think it was raided before I came, right?"

"Before I left the palace, His Majesty had already rewarded me with some money, and Mr. Zhou is also using money now, so it is better to keep this money for himself."

Hearing that Cheng Runnian didn't accept it, Zhou Qi was suddenly a little anxious, and just wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cheng Runnian first.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm not a saint, I don't collect money today because there is no shortage of money for the time being, after all, Mr. Zhou is an official, and I can't say anything to rely on Mr. Zhou in the future, at that time, please don't refuse Mr. Zhou."

When Zhou Qi heard this, he knew that Cheng Runnian was determined not to accept it, so he had to give up.

"Okay, if little brother Cheng needs help one day, just say it, and the old man will not refuse."

The Zhou Mansion does need money now, since Cheng Runnian doesn't accept it, then he will keep it.

At this time, the king of Zhenbei suddenly said: "Brother Cheng, I don't know where my home is?" I'm going to go north to return to the army in the next few days, if it's a stop, why don't we go together? ”

"Going north? That's unfortunate, my home is in Qingzhou, but it's not on the way. ”

Qingzhou is in the east of the capital, not far from the capital, and it will take two days to arrive by water.

Hearing this, the king of Zhenbei had no choice but to give up, but he still asked Cheng Runnian for an accurate address, saying that it was to send a letter in the future.

Thinking that it was probably because of the rheumatism of the princess of Zhenbei, maybe the king of Zhenbei would have something to ask in the future, so he didn't shirk and told him directly.

After chatting for a while, they each said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, Cheng Runnian glanced at Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming received a lot of punishments in prison, and now his upper body is wrapped with gauze, like a mummy.

Hearing that Cheng Runnian was going back, Zhou Ming only said that he would wait for his injury to heal, and then go to Cheng Runnian to catch up, and Cheng Runnian did not refuse.

After that, he left the Zhou Mansion.

The first thing he did when he left the Zhou Mansion was to buy clothes, change the eunuch service, and finally set foot on the passenger ship back to Qingzhou before dark.

……

Xingqing Palace, the imperial city, is the residence of the old queen mother, and the queen mother is quiet, so there are not many people serving in the palace, and it seems a little deserted.

The old queen mother was in the Buddhist hall in the palace, burning incense and chanting in front of the Buddha, and suddenly a palace maid came over and whispered in a low voice, which stopped.

got up and went to the outside of the Buddha hall, and saw Princess An Ning standing there, and when she saw Princess An Ning, the old lady's face was a little more smiling.

"Anning, when did you come back?" The old queen mother asked, and went to the hall with An Ning.

"Grandma Hui, I just arrived this morning, and I saw you here if I didn't clean it up." An Ning stepped forward quickly to help the old lady, but she seemed quite filial.

The old queen mother was obviously very useful, and said with a little emotion: "You are still filial, I know that when you come to see the imperial grandmother, you look at your brothers and brothers, they may not be able to come back once a month, I see, they clearly have no mourning in their hearts." ”

"Grandma Huang, after all, my brothers and sisters have a lot of homework and can't spare so much time, they all have Grandma Huang in their hearts." An Ning smiled.

"You're just sweet-mouthed." The imperial grandmother glanced at An Ning dotingly, and then asked, "Is it okay to go to Cining Temple this time?" ”

"Returning to Grandma Huang, it is naturally smooth, but the process is a little boring. I returned to the palace and heard an interesting story, so I didn't want to come over and tell it to the imperial grandmother, so as to relieve my boredom. ”

The old man is most afraid of loneliness, and the old queen asked if the road to tranquility was smooth, just to hear the story.

Since An Ning had a story here, she was naturally happy to hear it, and pulled An Ning into the hall to sit down.

"Grandma Huang, this story is called Journey to the West, and it has something to do with Buddhism."

An Ning smiled, and then told the story.