Farewell every year, Baqiao wind and snow.

The nearest post station from Chang'an City is on the side of Baqiao, so where there are people who travel far away from Beijing, relatives and friends will often send them to Baqiao, and fold willow poems to send people away, but there is still a period of hope for reunion.

It's almost the new year, this day the wind and snow are stationed, the silver branches on the waterside have no blue meaning, and naturally there is no scenery floating in the sky, but on the side of the bridge, there are more than 20 brocade nobles standing around, all of them are draped in furs, their expressions are quite dignified, at first glance, they are not literati and sauchers come to visit the monuments, their eyes are not concerned about the surrounding snow scene, all of them are focused on the long post road, especially the first one, and even a little anxious pacing back and forth, his eyebrows are dyed a little white with the north wind, so his face is even colder, But the lips are as red as cherry blossoms, and the more vivid they are, the more weird they are.

"It's coming!"

There are no chariots and horses as far as the eye can see, but there is a man with a keen sense of hearing who caught the sound of the hooves rolling the wheel, so confidently shouted, so Mao Daxiangguo immediately lifted his spirits, and took the lead to lead everyone to step onto the bridge.

Those who can alarm Mao Wei and lead everyone to greet him are certainly not ordinary people.

Before the sixth year of Lixin, Xie Raoping finally handed over smoothly and returned to Beijing from Shuzhong.

It was about Xie Raoping who deliberately kept a low profile, so he didn't even alarm his family, of course, he didn't expect someone to take the initiative to go out of the Yingba Bridge, so when the listener reported to Mao Wei and a number of court officials to greet the bridge, he who was originally leaning on the car wall and closing his eyes to recuperate, subconsciously frowned, almost thinking that something unexpected had happened in just a few months, and hurriedly stopped the carriage and horses, put on his clothes and got out of the car, and walked quickly towards the group of people at the head of the bridge.

It wasn't until he saw that Mao Wei seemed a little impatient, but everyone behind him was full of spring breeze, and he was polite and noisy, and he said with emotion those nonsense of "working hard for several years" and "suffering from the public", which really didn't look like an imminent emergency, Xie Raoping breathed a sigh of relief, hugged him and looked to the north, and said with a serious face: "Xie Mou, as a courtier of the Great Zhou, it is his duty to share the worries and responsibilities of the monarchy, so how can he talk about hard work?" Although Shuzhong is far away, it is a rich place, and the saying of suffering is even more nonsense, all of you are now court officials, you should be attentive to your own duties, and you should not be so prosperous and move out of the city to greet you. ”

Mao Wei decomposed for everyone: "When the Queen Mother heard that the Prime Minister had arrived in Beijing today, she specially explained that she would set up a banquet to receive the wind, and repeatedly told her that the Prime Minister should not rush into the palace to take up his post, and wait for two days to rest to relieve the pain of running around, and then it is not too late to hand over." ”

Hearing that it was the Empress Dowager Wei's special advice, Xie Raoping suddenly felt that the hardships and fatigue suffered by rushing to the cold ground for thousands of miles were swept away, and his heart was as warm and comfortable as blowing into a warm wind, so he tidied up his clothes and bowed to the north solemnly, saying that of course he was grateful for the grace of God, and he did enough of this set of gestures before he boarded the car with Mao Wei, and went straight to the city gate to Mao Wei's mansion.

After the willow trees in the low-lying land not far away on the post road were calm again, two people came out, a man and a woman, each holding a green horse, like an ordinary couple who took advantage of the sunny day to play in the snow.

The casual smile on the corner of the woman's lips seemed to be cold, and she saw that the carriage that Xie Raoping was riding in had disappeared and had not been taken back.

"I have to say that Xie Raoping's governance of Hanzhou has been quite fair in these years, and the Empress Dowager's eradication of Feng Bozhang and this purge to try to the country and the people are not without benefits, in terms of political talent, today's son is indeed inferior to the Empress Dowager Wei." Yu Wensheng's palm gently stroked the snow falling on Xuanji's shoulder, and said so.

The woman's eyes immediately turned red, she turned slightly, looked up at the man in front of her, as if trying her best to restrain her grief and indignation, and took a deep breath before saying: "The husband has a common heart, but the concubine body does not have such a mind, the Wei henchmen killed my parents and clansmen, such a blood sea of deep hatred, but the concubine body has a breath and cannot not be repaid." ”

"Xuanji, although I was not close to Pei Xiang back then, I never believed in the so-called rebellion case, and after all these years, there is no doubt that it was Empress Dowager Wei's attempt to seize power and frame Zhongliang, I never doubt this." Yu Wensheng frowned slightly, but raised his hand to stroke the woman's cheek, and his tone was even heavier: "At present, on the surface, although the queen mother's rule is more beneficial to the people's livelihood, it is very likely that the name of benevolence is more conducive to consolidating power, the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty has long been gone, and the maladministration and corruption have caused the people to live in poverty, if the rulers cannot be cured, the fugitives will only starve more and more, but if it is to be cured, it will inevitably hurt the interests of the nobles, and the non-benevolent monarch can't!" Empress Dowager Wei indiscriminately killed Zhongliang for her own selfish desires, how could I really think that this woman was the savior of the world? ”

"Ever since the husband decided to befriend Wei Yuanping, the concubine has been speculating, could it be ...... Intentionally assisting the Jade Altar Master...... "Xuanji didn't finish speaking, but Yu Wensheng's fingers were placed on his lips.

"I am indeed optimistic about Yujun, because of his morality and righteousness, but the Guild is a gang, not to mention that Yujun is not the leader of the alliance, his true identity cannot be known to others, and my plan will never be made public at this time, otherwise for Yujun, I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe!"

Seeing Yu Wensheng so solemn, Xuanji hurriedly bowed his head: "The concubine understands." ”

"I know that you are eager for revenge, but your enemy is not trivial, you must not be impatient, Pei Zijian's brothers and sisters are certainly trustworthy, but they are not too close, you and Pei Hou are sisters, although it may not have attracted attention back then because of the concubine, but we are now in Chang'an, and we have to guard against being suspicious of Pei Zijian when he sees your appearance, but it will affect Pei Zijian."

Xuanji couldn't help but feel a little ashamed: "It's because the concubine is too impatient, He Shaozu's family is poor, and the Fang family is only from a trilogy, and the concubine intends to let He Shaozu ascend, so I thought that Sister Ying could be funded in money." ”

"You were cautious last time, so pay attention in the future." Yu Wensheng didn't care too much.

"He Shaozu has now turned into a liuguan and released outward, since he has a foundation, with his ability to drill the camp, I am not afraid that he will stop." Xuanji sneered: "Don't worry, husband, I won't contact Third Brother Pei again." ”

"What I planned is extraordinary, the chance of success can be described as one percent, Xuanji, if I fail, Pei Zijian may be able to arrange a back road for you, and when the time comes, you won't think about revenge anymore......"

"The concubine is only willing to live and die with her husband!"

Seeing that the woman didn't want to think about it, Yu Wensheng couldn't help but smile lightly: "It's easy to die, but it's hard to live." Xuanji, Ah Zi is my wife, not to mention that it is very likely to be affected by me, even if I can ensure her escape, she is weak by nature, I am afraid that she will not be able to raise her children alone, I want to have a case, and I can only entrust the family to you, you should understand, whether your parents and relatives have spirits in the sky, or me, what I wish in my heart is not actually your blood feud, but peace......"

The word joy is too difficult, so don't say it.

Seeing that Xuanji couldn't help but burst into tears after hearing this, Yu Wensheng smiled again, hugged the woman, held his hand and shook his head: "Xu is this shocking killing, which led me to say this life and death farewell, but although the matter is difficult and dangerous, it is far from being so critical, just when I am alarmist, okay, the weather is already cold, if you don't have to come today to 'meet' the mortal enemy, we won't come here to freeze, let's go back quickly." ”

Xuanji wiped away her tears, and followed Yuwensheng to the saddle and got on the horse, but when the two rode into the city, she suddenly stopped.

"Didn't the husband forget, the concubine still has to go to see Xiyu today? Let's go back first. After saying that, he didn't say a word and turned to the road.

The two who "parted ways" didn't pay attention, in fact, behind them, there were already a few men.

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Chang'an West City, has always been dense with Hu merchants, and because most of the common people live in Xicheng, so compared with the pattern of the East City, the layout of the West Market will inevitably be slightly casual, and there may be a sauce and vinegar shop next to the jewelry store, resulting in a mixture of cloth clothes and brocade clothes, which is really not a rare thing.

Almost every intersection is occupied by jugglers, swallowing knives and spitting fire, stepping on stilts, playing and singing Hu Xuan tricks, attracting a large number of onlookers, so that the carriages and horses are congested.

In such an environment, even if Xuanji is a woman and rides through it alone, it will not be noticeable.

She dismounted in front of a clamping shop, handed her mount to the attendant who greeted her, and only confessed: "I want to customize the shawl." Someone led her to the counter.

But after entering the room, he still doesn't take off the curtain fence, which will somewhat surprise the shopkeeper.

The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are open, even if everyone goes out, most of them show up, but they are "unique" in their concealment.

However, after the shopkeeper heard the sentence "please Hu Shi compose", he couldn't be surprised, and heard him say: "Although the small shop can customize the clamp according to the customer's requirements, the price is very expensive. ”

"For a deposit of 5,000 yuan, the shopkeeper can send someone to Chang'an County to collect it."

As soon as the shopkeeper heard the secret words of the mysterious visitor, he no longer hesitated, and personally led Xuanji to the house behind the shop, and after bypassing a row of corridors, he pointed to the closed west room: "Lady, please go." ”

Bending his fingers and knocking lightly on the embroidery door, a maid opened the door in a few moments, but when she saw that the person who came was a woman, she couldn't help but be surprised. ”

This wing room is not very spacious, the furnishings are also very simple, under the painting screen, a few cases of two sides of the couch, the gorgeous woman in the begonia red jacket heard the words, and the charming pair of wonderful eyes faintly revealed the guard and surprise, until Xuanji sat down, the woman said: "The altar master confessed, just let the concubine obey the orders of Yu Wenming Mansion." ”

"I'm a member of the Ming Mansion." Xuanji didn't mind Xi Yan's being too cautious, and put a jade pendant in her sleeve on a few cases and gently pushed it to Xi Yan's hand: "This is a token entrusted by the Ming Mansion, please check it...... The Ming Mansion entrusted the matter of contact to the concubine, and had no other intentions, but because my identity was similar to that of the Western Woman, under the pretext of meeting in the Jialianpu, I felt that I was very close to each other when we talked, so I made friends, and even if I came and went openly in the future, it would not arouse suspicion, whether it was for the Ming Mansion or for the Lord of the Jade Altar. ”

Seeing that Xi Yu had confirmed the token, Xuanji smiled again: "The reason why the Ming Mansion was able to successfully get Wei Xiang's appreciation and transfer to Chang'an is thanks to the mediation of the lady, and the concubine conveyed her gratitude on behalf of the Ming Mansion. ”

"Xi Yu is just acting according to orders, Yu Wenming Mansion is a friend of the altar owner, and he has a comradeship with the altar owner, so why thank you for the effort of raising your hand." Xi Yu said humbly: "In the future, the Ming Mansion will have an explanation, and Xi Yu will not give up." ”

"That's it, but please pay careful attention to Wei Xiang's words and deeds...... Xuanji leaned over slightly, blocked the corner of her lips with one hand, and lowered her voice to explain.