As a post station, it is used for the rest and accommodation of passing officials.

The tea and food in this do not need to pay for themselves, although it is not a big fish and meat, but there is everything for rice and wine, and it is not a problem to fill your stomach and drink a little wine.

With this Qincha, there were two carriages along the way, and Zhou Qi never had a chance to get along with him.

At this time, there were two glasses of wine on the dinner table, and he had already learned that the surname of this Lord Qincha was Tian, and he was a five-grade official, who belonged to the Hanlin Academy, but his status was relatively low, and he was often used as an errand errand, announcing decrees everywhere, and there were fewer chores, but he also needed to go to the court, although he just stood behind and listened.

Zhou Qi also wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to him, after all, it was not a bad thing to know more about the people in the court, so he touched a few silver tickets from his arms and secretly stuffed them......

"Can you mention ...... Lady Tian?"

It's a pity that before he finished asking, Lord Tian fell.

Zhou Qi was helpless.

This Lord Tian and Governor Liu drank wine in the Baixiang Building, until they set off and still smelled of wine, but people were still sober, and when they arrived here, they were only two glasses, and they were drunk and unconscious? ……

Obviously, Tian didn't want to talk to him more.

Sure enough, above the court, no one is simple, everyone is cautious in their words and deeds, and they dare not make arbitrary remarks.

But he didn't force it, and he was safe when he came.

He just went to discuss the salt policy, and he didn't need to stay in the court for many days, and he could probably get out of the house immediately after saying the detailed steps, as long as he didn't say anything irrelevant, it was not a big problem.

The accommodation conditions are not too good, and they are also divided into a room for one person.

The guards have a special place to stay, and Lord Tian naturally lives in the upper room, and although Zhou Qi is only a baron, he also gets a private room.

But there is only one female dependent, Bifu, and she has to squeeze a room with Zhou Qi tonight.

Zhou Qi thinks it's good.

At least don't worry about whether there will be any accidents if this beautiful woman who looks like a disaster for the country and the people stays alone, it is safer to stay in your own room than outside.

"Tonight you sleep in bed, and I sleep on the ground."

With Zhou Qi's words, Bifu had already taken care of the bed.

She is still a little restrained, although she has been in the Qinglou for some time, but this is also the first time to share a room with a man, she has been worried about whether Xiaoyu's man will covet her beauty like others.

However, Zhou Qi really didn't have this mind.

After this trip, he spent an afternoon in the carriage, and the space on the carriage was so small that he couldn't even stretch his legs, and now he just wanted to lie down and get a good night's sleep.

No matter what kind of posture the other side was, he didn't have any idea.

"It's better for Zhou to sleep in bed."

The soft moonlight shone in through the wooden window and spilled into the house, and Zhou Qi on the ground was wrapped in a quilt and had closed his eyes......

No one responded, and there was silence in the room.

Bifu helplessly lay down on the bed, listening to Zhou Qiqing's shallow breathing, her little hands unconsciously clutched the bedding, her sensitive nerves were tense all the time, for fear that the people on the ground would suddenly jump up, and she would really lose her innocence.

Don't look at her debauchery when she was a prostitute.

But this is all because she has to do this, but now that she is out of the Qinglou, she feels like she has returned to the original appearance when she was still Miss Pei Fusan, everyone is beautiful and knowledgeable.

Those who have experienced darkness yearn for light.

She once felt that she was a duckweed floating in the cold darkness, with nothing to cling to, and only by her own beauty could she find a glimmer of light.

But now, she is about to go to Beijing, and Zhou Qi is undoubtedly the driftwood she can reach out and grasp.

But despite this, she still didn't want to give her body away.

After all, she already has a place in her heart, even if that person is dead.

A peaceful night.

The next morning, before dawn, an official came and knocked on the door.

After breakfast, the group set off again......

As soon as the carriage moved, it did not stop until evening, and even the lunch was spent on some dry food and some water, and the guards were about to break their legs, and finally arrived in the capital at three o'clock.

I have to say that it is refreshing to follow the official's carriage into Beijing.

The guards at the city gate only glanced at the token and let them go, and they didn't even check Zhou Qi.

This avoids the problem that Wu Zhitao said before! ……

The capital, like the city of Qizhou, has no curfew.

However, they did not get off the horse, and after entering the city, Zhou Qi could only look through the curtain of the car, looking at the streets of the capital with thousands of lights shining on the blue clouds......

The carriage stopped at the gate of a small courtyard, and Zhou Qi got out of the carriage and immediately stretched.

"It's amazing that you have walked for a day and a night in just five hundred miles!"

"We are constantly hurrying, this is quite fast, fortunately, Qizhou is not too far from the capital."

Lord Tian couldn't help but stretch his limbs, but he still said patiently: "The boat is tired, Zhou Man will rest in my house tonight, and he can go to court tomorrow." ”

Zhou Qi had no opinion, but in fact, he couldn't say anything if he had an opinion, so he saw the accompanying officials and guards, and after sending them to the place, he rushed back to the capital mansion......

Lord Tian's family is not too rich, it is a simple small courtyard, there are a few maids and servants in the courtyard, and there is a seventy-year-old mother and a three-room wife and concubine, but at this time they have also slept.

It was another night, this time it was Zhou Qi's bed, and Bifu refused to let him sleep on the ground.

It's a pity that Zhou Qi hasn't been lying in bed for long when there is a knock on the door again.

"Zhou man, it's time for the early dynasty."

"What?!"

Zhou Qi looked up and saw that the moon was still hanging in the sky.

"We will walk to the palace in a while, and it will take about an hour on this road, and there is still a long way to go to reach the Zichen Hall after entering the palace, and it will be half an hour here."

According to the regulations, officials below the third rank cannot take a carriage or sedan chair to go to the court, and must reach the palace on foot, so hurrying has become the biggest problem for officials to go to the court.

Lord Tian also handed him a piece of clothing and said, "There are some requirements for the dressing of the people of the court, Zhou Man changed these clothes, and we set off." ”

Zhou Qi stopped inking, and Bifu was still asleep in the house, so he changed his clothes behind the screen, but the system of this court dress was very complicated, and he didn't feel right no matter how he wore it.

"Zhou man, let me help you."

Beef had woken up at some point, and a beautiful voice came from the other side of the screen.

These two people are not hypocritical, according to the rules of the pious dynasty, they will get the gate of the palace at the time, and it is now three o'clock in the morning, and the time is particularly tight.

But Bifu was also changing a man's clothes for the first time, and she had never seen a court dress, and she didn't know how to wear it, she was in a hurry, and a row of buttons was buttoned up, and her forehead was already sweating.

"Zhou man, why is it not okay?"

Lord Tian was still urging at the door, which made Bifu even more flustered, and accidentally, her clothes were torn apart, obviously she couldn't wear them anymore! ……

Zhou Qi was helpless and changed back into his clothes.

"Zhou man, you are not in accordance with the rules!"

When Lord Tian saw that he didn't change into court clothes, he was very embarrassed.

After all, he was ordered to bring Zhou Qi into the palace, so he naturally had to manage all his words and deeds.

If he was dressed inappropriately when he went to court, and was used as a handle by someone with a heart, he might have to be guilty of killing his head, and as a leader, he would not be able to escape his responsibility!

……