The next morning, the fourth day of the Decree.

As soon as it was dawn, Xia Jingyun ate the breakfast that Feng Xiuyun had prepared for him in the small courtyard, dressed neatly, and walked out of the courtyard gate.

Chen Fugui, who was guarding the door in advance, was carrying a bag and waited here early.

Also standing with him were Su Yuanshang and Gongsun Jing.

The situation of this trip is complicated, and it is the first pass since Xia Jingyun entered the office, Su Yuanshang also planned to follow him at first, but now the Jiang'an Hou Mansion is not as good as before, and no one can take the idea to sit here, Xia Jingyun really doesn't dare to rest assured, Gongsun Jing's strengths are not here, so Su Yuanshang had to stay.

Xia Jingyun looked at the two of them and arched his hand towards them, "The mansion will be handed over to the two." ”

"Gao Yang rest assured, he will let you have no worries."

"Childe, rest assured, I will cooperate with Mr. Su in the next life and do my duty."

Xia Jingyun smiled, turned his head and nodded to Feng Xiuyun behind him, no longer grinding, and walked out with Chen Fugui.

Walking on the road, Chen Fugui said, "Childe, we really don't wait for Miss Su?" ”

Xia Jingyun sighed, "Don't wait, I can't wait." His Majesty said that he would leave on the 10th, and the Longshou Prefecture side would naturally estimate according to this day, and we would advance these days in advance, which was the opportunity we fought for ourselves, an opportunity to find out the real situation. ”

He paused, "As for Yan Yan, if he comes, I have already told Xiuyun and Mr. Su, and he will arrange it." ”

Chen Fugui whispered: "Childe didn't expect to bring Miss Feng along?" There are also people to serve. ”

Xia Jingyun shook his head, "This trip is dangerous, and it is the first major event since I joined the company, I don't know how to do it, how can I think about it." Let's go, let's go. ”

Saying that, the two of them went out through the back door, and there were already eight guards in strong suits waiting here outside the door, and they all bowed their hands when they saw Xia Jingyun.

Xia Jingyun nodded at them, "Exit from the south gate, and after two hours, the southern suburbs will converge!" ”

Their trip was to avoid people's eyes, so naturally they would not go out from the east gate as usual to Longshou Prefecture, enter the Longshou Prefecture through the direction of Xingyang, or enter the Longshou Prefecture from Suishui to Huai'an County, but planned to bypass Sixiang Prefecture, so they chose the South Gate when they went out.

After speaking, he and Chen Fugui got on the horse and left first.

The eight guards also mounted their horses and dispersed in different directions.

When Xia Jingyun and Chen Fugui rode their horses on the official road to Yanshiji against the rising sun, they unexpectedly saw a person.

The two officials walked one after the other, escorting an old man with messy hair, dirty clothes, and shackles, who was slowly walking beside the official road.

"Phew!"

Xia Jingyun slowly reined in his horse, stopped by the road, and watched the group of three people pass by him.

The two officials saw that although Xia Jingyun was not dressed exaggeratedly, he had a good temperament and rode a high-headed horse, and looked at him with some vigilance and suspicion.

But the old man was numb and lonely, and he didn't turn his head at all.

Chen Fugui said softly: "Seeing him like this, who would have thought that more than a month ago, he was still a generation of power ministers who stomped his feet in the court and the world were about to tremble!" ”

As the person who personally toppled the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xia Jingyun has no mercy for Qin Weizhong, he has been a vegetarian in the corpse for many years, forming a party for personal gain, and he is one of the culprits in the collapse of the government, coupled with rebellion, this ending is good for him.

He said softly: "I heard that this person is in the Black Ice Terrace, and he confessed easily?" ”

Chen Fugui has been a guard for a long time now, and Xia Jingyun has also begun to consciously let him get in touch with some things, and cultivate them in the direction of compound talents, in order to be able to take charge at critical moments in the future, although Chen Fugui is honest, but his brain is not stupid, and he followed Xia Jingyun's ears and eyes, but he also slowly looked good, and nodded when he heard the words:

"Yes, I heard that he did not cry out for grievances or try to redeem His Majesty's holy family, nor did he stubbornly refuse to say anything, but only asked that his son be kept with a whole body and buried as soon as possible, so he was willing to confess completely. Everyone said that he was crushed by the death of his son, and he also knew that the crime of rebellion was irrefutable, and he could suffer less if he was guilty. ”

Xia Jingyun couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he always felt that such a hero shouldn't be so fragile.

"Childe, do you think there's something wrong?"

Xia Jingyun shook his head, "It's nothing, let's go!" Don't delay. ”

The sun rose, and Xia Jingyun led his guards to ride his horse to the east.

In the mountains and forests, the depressed and emaciated old man staggered all the way south.

In the next ten days, he walked so many roads that he had not traveled in the past ten years and together.

The whole person is also crumbling, like a candle in the wind, decaying and extinguishing.

The two officials were instructed in advance, and they didn't dare to boil him to death, so they quietly left more time to rest.

On this day, they waited until midnight to hit the road, and did not go far before they came into a large and splendid convoy.

There were more than ten carriages in front of and behind the convoy, and there were more than 100 people in the armed guards alone.

"Ho! Which big family is this entering Beijing, this formation is not small! ”

"You're blind! Didn't you see the big Su character embroidered on the flag! Who else can there be, Yunmeng Su family! ”

The official who was dodging on the side of the road to give way said, Qin Weizhong, who had been moving forward numbly like a walking corpse, finally raised his head and took a look.

In the muddy old eyes, a huge Su character was reflected, and it was also full of vicissitudes of life and the emotion of the changing world.

"That's it! Let's go! ”

The official smacked Qin Weizhong's back with the handle of his knife and urged.

Qin Weizhong staggered and got back on the road.

In the carriage passing by him, a servant girl smiled and said:

"Miss, how do you say that Xia Gongzi will greet us?"

Su Yanyan was dressed in a white dress, sitting on a soft cushion, holding a book in his hand, and said lightly: "According to the news I learned on the road, he should have left for Longshou Prefecture now, how else can he greet me?" ”

The maidservant was stunned, "Huh? How could Xia Gongzi be like this? ”

Su Yanyan glanced at him calmly, although his words were light, but he also carried a bit of sternness and solemnity, "Gentle Township is a hero's mound, a good man has ambitions in all directions, if you want you and me, don't ask the other party to have any great ability; If you want to marry a big hero, don't expect him to play with your boudoir every day. A woman can not be beautiful, she may not be smart, but she must be able to carry it clearly. I don't want to hear from you anymore. ”

The two maidservants, Xue Xue and Huaiyue, were both calmed by Su Yanyan's stern attitude, and hurriedly agreed respectfully.

The convoy continued to move forward, and finally two days later, it passed by Chunfeng Station and arrived at the southern suburb of Zhongjing City.

When he stopped to drink tea in a tea shop, Su Yanyan, who was wearing a hood, asked Dr. Tea with a smile, "Uncle, ask you about someone?" ”

Dr. Tea hesitated, and the maidservant on the side, Xue Xue, handed over a small piece of broken silver.

"Well said! Say! Dr. Cha immediately changed his face, and while picking up the silver, he said with a smile: "The old man has been in Zhongjing for so many years, and this Zhongjing City has gone up to the court princes and down to the peddlers and pawns, as long as he can have some reputation, the old man can naturally talk to the nobles." ”

Su Yanyan said: "Then do you know Xia Jingyun?" ”

Dr. Tea quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and his waist straightened up a little, "Hey! If you want to say that other people are old, they may not know, but who will not know this champion! ”

"Oh? I don't understand, would you like to talk about the little girl? ”

Dr. Tea said: "Anyway, this Xia Gongzi, when he first arrived in the capital, he sat in this tea shop and drank a bowl of tea!" I think, hey! It's a coincidence, the girl who just happened to be sitting in this seat! I saw at that time that this Xia Gongzi was not an ordinary person! ”

The maidservant on the side, Xue Xue, retorted: "How is it possible! They are going to Beijing to catch the exam, and they are all staying at the Chunfeng Station, it is winter at that time, who will walk a mile or two to sit here and drink tea! ”

Su Yanyan secretly kicked her, and then stopped talking.

Dr. Tea took a look and knew that this was not the kind of stupid daughter who cherished spring, so he had to honestly continue: "That may be an old decay." But the rest of the story can be remembered clearly. After Xia Gongzi entered Beijing, he first made trouble with the Shi family, you know the Shi family, the Ministry of Rites is still in the spring, and the power is in full swing, and no one wants to offend. But because of Xia Gongzi, the Shi family was copied and beheaded by him not long after, and even the family in Guangling Prefecture was copied. One move, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was directly destroyed, think about it, how powerful this is! ”

It didn't take long for Gongzi Xia to fall into trouble with the Qin family's Qian Gongzi again. Oh, you may not know, Mr. Qian's surname is Qin, because the Qin family is rich in the world and very rich, and then there is already a Qin Gongzi in Zhongjing City, so everyone calls him Mr. Qian. ”

Su Yanyan said softly: "I heard it's because of a woman in a green building?" ”

Dr. Tea said, "Oh, isn't it? said that Qian Gongzi robbed a girl who was good with Xia Gongzi and wanted to use force, but the girl would rather die than obey, jumped off the building and died, and then Xia Gongzi was angry, not only tore his face with Qin Gongzi, but also personally gave the woman a funeral! Tsk, you haven't seen that scene, almost all the Qinglou women in the city have come to accompany you, and now the oirans in Zhongjing City are still saying that Xia Gongzi will go to the Qinglou and will never take his money! Our generation is a model, our generation is a model! ”

"What a model, just a flowery person, a negative man!" The maidservant stopped Xue and couldn't listen to it, so she subconsciously scolded, and immediately reacted and made up for it, "It's not a good habit to be jealous for the Qinglou woman." ”

"A talented man like Xia Gongzi can still live with a woman? Naturally, it's all right! Dr. Tea didn't see anything abnormal, and continued: "Later, then Xia Gongzi defeated Qian Gongzi, speaking of which, when you enter Beijing, you must try our roast duck in the capital, it is a must!" Although it is said on the market that the chef of Mingyulou and the steward of the imperial dining room invented it together, but the reliable news of the old decay is that this thing was invented by Xia Gongzi, and he and the eldest lady of the Qin family are a perfect match, but they have made a lot of money! ”

The maidservant stopped Xue and hurriedly said, "Wait, what is the eldest lady of the Qin family?" ”

"It's the owner of Mingyu Tower! I heard that the eldest lady of the Qin family looks like a country and a city, and it is a perfect match with Xia Gongzi, it just so happens that Xia Gongzi has not married a wife yet, and many people are saying that it is better to marry the eldest lady of the Qin family, the door is right, a match made in heaven! ”

The maidservant retorted when she stopped the snow: "Nonsense! Xia Gongzi has obviously fallen in love with the eldest lady of the Yunmeng Su family that I have heard, where is there anyone else's business! ”

"Isn't it common for a husband to have three wives and four concubines! Besides, how far away is the Su family, or how close is the Qin family! The Qin family is rich in the world, and it is a match made in heaven with Xia Gongzi! ”

The maidservant stopped Xue and wanted to say something, but Su Yanyan stopped her, "Uncle, you go on." ”

"This Qian Gongzi was cleaned up by Xia Gongzi with a few casual tricks, but guess what? Qian Gongzi died suddenly, everyone thought that Xia Gongzi did it, so he was locked up in the black ice platform, almost after the spring festival, it was Concubine De Niangniang who blew the pillow wind, and cried with His Majesty, His Majesty couldn't resist the favored concubine, so he ordered him to be released and take the exam. As a result, people really didn't embarrass Concubine De, and she took the top spot in the exam all of a sudden! Your Majesty's happiness gave him a three-level promotion within one day, and now he is a fourth-grade official! ”

Dr. Tea said with a smile: "Because of the death of Gongzi Qian and Gongzi Qin, now, there is no longer a statement of the four princes in our capital city, but there are gradually two theories, one says that Gongzi Xia is the first prince of Zhongjing, but many people think that although Gongzi Yuhu disdains the ranking, we still have to respect others, so some people have come up with a saying that Gongzi Xia and Gongzi Yuhu are one scholar and one martial artist, which is the hope of our Great Xia Dynasty in the future." I think it's right! ”

Imperial Shuangbi Su Yanyan got up with a smile, "Thank you, old man." ”

"You're welcome."

Dr. Tea watched the group slowly disappear into the official road, took a sip of tea, lay on the bamboo chair, and leisurely hummed a little song of his own creation.

"I went from south to north, only to say that fame and wealth are really hard to find; She looked east and west, and sighed bitterly that beautiful dream and good fate were few and good couples; Half a life of hard work, half a life of bowing your head, only to know that life is unsatisfactory eight or nine times out of ten~ah~ah~"

Walking in the long-lost Zhongjing City, Su Yanyan opened the curtain and looked at the slowly receding scenery around him, slowly picking up his past memories.

The Su family's convoy put away the flag that was hung early this morning to prevent inconspicuous thieves, and not many people cared about walking on the street at the moment.

The convoy didn't even go to the Su family's house in Beijing, and went all the way to the door of the Jiang'an Hou Mansion.

When this huge convoy came, the concierge of Jiang Anhou's Mansion naturally hurriedly reported.

And Su Yuanshang and Feng Xiuyun, who had already received Xia Jingyun's orders, quickly walked out together.

Su Yanyan looked at Su Yuanshang and saluted with a smile.

Su Yuanshang hurriedly said: "Miss, please hurry up, I'll introduce you to you." ”

Su Yanyan smiled directly and took the initiative to salute, "Presumably this is Sister Feng, it is as elegant and generous as rumored, these days, I have worked hard for you, my sister has just arrived, and I don't understand something, and I hope my sister will give me a lot of advice." ”

Seeing Su Yanyan's posture so low and his attitude so gentle, Feng Xiuyun also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Miss Su is tired, hurry up and go to the house to rest." ”

Everyone in the Su family entered the Hou Mansion, and there was no need to mention that they were busy settling down, and after a while, Gongsun Jing came to the palace in a carriage and reported the matter to Concubine De.

The familiar Xihua Gate, the familiar guards.

Gongsun Jing was about to speak, but saw that the arrogant guard took the initiative to greet him warmly, "Oh, Mr. Gongsun, long time no see." ”

Then, a lieutenant on duty at this gate also walked out quickly, with an intimate attitude, "Mr. Gongsun, but there is something to report to Concubine De Niangniang?" ”

Gongsun Jing nodded, "Lord Lao Fu will help spread the word." ”

As he spoke, he slid out a silver ticket from his cuff, but the other party hurriedly waved his hand, "It's a trivial matter, Mr. Gongsun made me wait, didn't he?" You wait for me to arrange it. ”

Looking at the back of the other party's decisive departure, Gongsun Jing couldn't help but think of those scenes more than half a year ago, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

——

Yueyang City.

Although the sky is still clear, the wind and rain are already brewing.

Just wait for a tipping point, or an opportunity, and the wind and rain will fill the whole world.

Click!

A bolt of lightning swept through the air like a giant serpent, instantly illuminating the entire city.

It also illuminates a figure staggering in the pouring rain of a cemetery on the outskirts of the city.

His thin clothes were already soaked, and he staggered into a simple shed made of branches and leaves, leaning against the stones, curled up, and watched the wind and rain in front of him.

Bang!

Thunder resounded across the sky, as if the whole city was trembling.

The old man held in his hand a spoiled fruit that he had picked up out of nowhere, and put it in his mouth weakly and chewed it.

When he arrived in Yueyang, no one in the entire Yueyang City hired him to work, even if he did hard work, there was no one to give him any food, even if he couldn't buy it with money.

He could only roam the streets and alleys all day long, competing with the beggars and wild cats and dogs of the alleys for the lowliest things.

But how could he compete with the fierce and nimble beggars, but in the end, he could only wander into the cemetery, occasionally picking up sacrifices for food.

What is taboo or not, in the face of life, seems insignificant.

And this fruit is the only thing he has harvested in the last two days.

Life, in such hunger and cold, passes by rapidly.

He leaned against the trunk of the tree and muttered, "Your Majesty, you are so ruthless! ”

In the torrential rain when ten thousand households were closed, three figures wearing robes and hats stepped through the rain curtain, passed through the dense forest, and slowly came to him and stopped.

A man in a lily coat slowly came to him and slowly squatted down.

"Jiexi!"

Qin Weizhong's eyes widened suddenly, it had been many years since anyone had called his cousin.

And this voice?!

Click!

A bolt of lightning once again split the darkness between heaven and earth, and also illuminated the face in front of him!

In the summer of the twenty-fourth year of Chongning, Qin Weizhong, a generation of power ministers who had controlled the government for more than ten years, was found dead in a cemetery outside Yueyang City.

When he died, he was hungry and cold, and he had nothing to grow.

There is no coffin to bury, no one to mourn.

(End of Volume III)

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