On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Luting County, where it rained and snowed for days, was very rare to have the sun.

The bright sunshine that seems to be able to extract gold is generously sprinkled throughout the county, and many people have moved their work to the sun, basking in the sun comfortably, and there is a sense of relaxation and joy that the white mold that has come out of the bottom of their hearts has disappeared......

Fang Ke, who deliberately waited until after the meal to come out of the yamen on the right side, dressed as a rich family member in a red mink fur, rotated the verdant jade wrench on his thumb with one hand and swaggered towards the Yuelai Inn.

Before he reached the door of the Yuelai Inn, he saw the tightly wrapped old shopkeeper from a distance, holding a cane and guarding a charcoal basin sitting on the side in front of the inn, tilting his head and squinting his eyes, basking in the sun comfortably.

A smile appeared on his face, he stepped forward quickly, bent down and greeted the old man with a smile: "Old shopkeeper, rest!" ”

The old man opened his eyes, and looked at Fang Ke with surprise and hope in his eyes, but after seeing Fang Ke's face clearly, his eyes quickly dimmed again, and he smiled reluctantly and waved his hands: "Rest, this person is old, and his body and bones are not frost-resistant...... You haven't eaten it yet, please come inside, Erniu, Erniu......"

He was on crutches and was about to stand up.

Fang Ke hurriedly stretched out his hands to hold him and gently pressed him back into the chair: "Hey, it's not an outsider, what are you always asking me to do, rest quickly, let Erniu greet me!" ”

The old man couldn't resist him, so he had to smile apologetically: "The old man is rude." ”

Fang Ke feigned anger and said, "Look, you haven't treated me as your own family yet." ”

The old man couldn't help it, and waved his hands again and again: "Look at what you said, when has the old man seen you outside, but you can't lose your courtesy when you open the door to welcome guests, don't be careful." ”

Fang Ke waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, okay, let's not talk to each other...... By the way, did my sister-in-law take the medicine I brought to your house last time? Wind chill is a small or big thing, we can't twist it with our own body bones! ”

The old man nodded like a rattle: "After eating, do you look at our spiritual head, as if you are suffering from wind and cold?" ”

Fang Ke looked at him carefully for a moment, nodded and said: "It's okay, next time I have a headache and brain fever, don't be polite to me, everything in the realm of Luting is good, it's just that the doctors are a little poor, we have the conditions, don't go to them to delay......"

Speaking of this, he added in his heart: "Those masters who came from the Tai Hospital are waiting in the yamen every day." ’

The old man nodded again and again in response: "Yes, yes, yes, next time there will be three illnesses and two sufferings, we will definitely have to trouble you." ”

But he was muttering in his heart: 'I have to tell Zhang Erniu again when I turn around, don't open my mouth and shout all day long......

How could a person like Fang Ke not see what the old man was thinking?

But he didn't say anything, anyway, there are hidden piles of their embroidered clothes and guards near Lao Liu's house, and if the old man really has a headache and brain fever, he can know it as soon as possible.

He bent down and carefully tucked the corner of the old man's clothes: "Okay, you can bask in the sun for a while, I'll go and pay for two mouthfuls first......"

He was about to walk towards the inn, but the old man suddenly stopped him in a low voice: "Lord Fang." ”

Fang Ke turned around, waved his hands patiently and said, "What do you always command?" ”

The old man waved his hand again and again: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be...... We just want to ask, does our little brother have a letter? ”

Fang Ke hesitated slightly, and immediately responded: "What's wrong?" Do you have something important to look for him? If there is something, he is not there, and you tell me the same. ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

The old man waved his hand again and again, and finally sighed worriedly and said, "That's it...... Seeing that it is the end of the year, if he doesn't come back, he will have to spend the New Year outside this year. ”

Fang Ke was stunned, and his heart suddenly felt a little heavy, but soon he cheered up, and said with a light smile: "Of course there is news, but it's all some serious news, he is still busy at the moment, maybe he will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year to come back, you take care of yourself, and you will talk about him when he comes back next year...... We don't dare to say anything about him, so you can still nag him a few words, as long as you always open your mouth, he has to listen to everything he nags him happily. ”

He only knew about the Dongdu Expedition, and he didn't know anything about Yang Ge and the others after they went to Dongying...... The information sent back from Dongying by Xiuyiwei and the people from Xichang went straight to the capital as soon as they went ashore, and he naturally didn't know anything about it without going through his upper right office at all.

But through the waves of people sent into Chaimen Street by the embroidered clothes guard and the West Factory, as well as the supplements and medicines that the Imperial Palace Ouchi sent to the upper right for the old shopkeeper, he could deduce that his own adults were not only alive and strong now, but also that they must have done something great in Dongying...... A big thing that makes the person on the dragon chair feel jealous!

When the old man heard this, his heart became more and more disappointed, but he still forced a smile and clenched the cane in his hand with both hands, and said, "Yes, then we will rest and wait for him to go home......"

"Hey, then you always rest, I'll go find food first, I've been busy since the morning until now, and I haven't eaten anything, I'm so hungry that I'm almost close to my back at this time!"

Fang Ke exaggeratedly covered his stomach and shouted, when the old man saw him like this, the sorrow between his eyebrows suddenly dissipated, and the smile on his face was not so reluctant: "Look at our eyes...... Erniu, Erniu, come out quickly and lead the big officials to the elegant seat. ”

"Come on!"

Zhang Erniu walked out quickly with a hot teapot, nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Master Fang, please sit down, are you still the same as the third child today?" ”

Fang Ke swaggered and followed him to the second floor: "Is the haggis fresh today?" ”

Zhang Erniu: "Fresh, they were all sent with the mutton this morning, and the little ones knew that you would definitely come today, so I specially asked the kitchen to keep it for you!" ”

"You kid, you can talk, you are willing to listen."

Fang Ke laughed and threw him a few coppers: "There is a reward!" ”

Zhang Erniu hurriedly caught the copper plate, the smile on his face suddenly became more and more enthusiastic, and he shouted in frustration: "Thank you for the reward!" ”

Under the guidance of Zhang Erniu, Fang Ke slowly walked up to the second floor with the hem of the mink fur.

Now that the meal has passed, there is only a table of diners on the railing left in the private seat on the second floor, which is unhurriedly soaking mutton.

Fang Ke glanced around casually, and was about to sit down with Zhang Erniu, when he suddenly felt that Fang Cai's gaze swept over the silhouette of the person was a little familiar, and he immediately moved his gaze again and swept it over carelessly......

Then, as soon as he stopped, the whole person was stunned in place, and the heroic smile on his face froze suddenly.

And Zhang Erniu, who had found a good seat for Fang Ke in front, was still wiping the table and chairs by himself......

Fang Ke: "Erniu, don't be busy, I'll just sit here, you go to the back kitchen and keep an eye on me, quickly get me the copper pot or something, if you're hungry, you can't do it quickly." ”

He walked to the only remaining table of guests, pulled out the table and chairs and sat down, and verbally instructed Zhang Erniu, who was busy with work.

"Hey!"

Zhang Erniu hurriedly sent the teapot he had just put down to Fang Ke, and after throwing down the sentence "You have something to command", he went downstairs in a hurry.

After Zhang Erniu's footsteps were far away, Fang Ke stood up silently, pinched his palm to the end facing the only remaining table of guests on one side, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, why don't you send someone to inform the lower officials when you come to Luting?" Xia Guan is also your personal entourage! ”

The guest at this table who was unhurriedly shabu with mutton was not Shen Fan, the commander of the embroidered guard, who was it?

Shen Fa put down his chopsticks, chewed and swallowed the mutton in his mouth slowly before saying, "It's not the copper pot mutton prepared by Yang Lao Er, it's not a little worse in the end." ”

Fang Ke: 'Hehe......'

At the end, Shen Fa raised his eyelids and glanced at Fang Ke in front of him, and said softly, "What? Do you want me to ask your grandfather to get up with my own hands? ”

Fang Ke got up "hehe", wiped the sweat stains on his forehead that did not exist, and said truthfully: "At first sight, the lower official was overjoyed, and he broke the rules for a while...... Adult Haihan, please. ”

Shen Fa tapped lightly on the table: "Sit down and say, don't reveal my identity." ”

"Hey."

Fang Ke hurriedly turned around, pulled out the chair, and sat down upright.

Two people sit at a table facing each other.

Shen Fa lifted the chopsticks again, skewered half a plate of thinly cut mutton and put it into the copper pot: "How is the wind direction in Luting recently?" ”

Fang Ke was respectful: "Back to my lord, it's still calm, the big fish have never seen it, but the small fish are every three or five times, they are all idiots who listen to the wind and rain, and the officials have sent them away." ”

Shen Fa glanced at him: "White Lotus Sect, Ming Sect, Lianhuanwu, Xiang Family...... Can there be fish in the net? ”

Fang Ke didn't want to think about it and replied: "Back to my lord, I haven't had it." ”

Shen Fa lowered his head and took a bite of meat, and asked vaguely, "Is it not, or do you not want to have it, or you can't catch it?" ”

Fang Ke looked straight ahead without squinting: "Back to my lord, no!" ”

Shen Fa raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Not one?" ”

Fang Ke: "Not a single one!" ”

Shen Fa put down his chopsticks, chewed the mutton slowly, and said softly: "It's so calm......"

From this alone, he could assert that those parties had also received the information sent back from Dongying.

Shen Fa was silent for a moment, then spoke again: "You came just in time, there is something I need you to help the staff officers!" ”

Fang Ke instinctively wanted to wave his hands, but he heard the sound of "knock knock" going upstairs in his ears, and immediately collapsed and collapsed on the chair.

Shen Fa also lifted the chopsticks and continued to shake the meat.

"Here comes the copper pot mutton!"

Zhang Erniu held a big tray in both hands, and came to Fang Ke quickly and steadily: "Master Fang, the old three, three catties of mutton in a copper pot, three stacks of greasy side dishes, and one catty of incense through the bottle...... The hot haggis kitchen is working on you, you know that you have to wash it a few times, otherwise you will eat the sand and your teeth! ”

Fang Ke magnificently threw out a few copper plates again: "Don't worry, ask Master Lu to rectify the master, the taste is right, the master will be rewarded!" ”

Zhang Erniu caught the copper plate with a smile, nodded again and again, and said: "Your master Fang speaks, the trumpet will not dare to be sloppy, the little one will go to Master Lu to give a hand, and the haggis must be cleaned......"

Fang Ke waved his hand without looking back.

Zhang Erniu bowed and retreated.

When he went downstairs, Shen Fa, who was sitting next to him, unceremoniously stretched out his hand and took two plates of mutton from Fang Ke's table: "Donkey arch, you eat better than Lao Tzu in the capital!" ”

Fang Ke smiled and turned over the two cups, poured Shen Fa a full glass of wine and sent it over with both hands: "You taste this again, a big sip of meat and a big sip of wine, and then a bite of greasy side dishes when you're done, it's called a good one!" ”

Hearing this, Shen Fa snatched the wine jug from his table without hesitation: "Are you teaching me to do things?" ”

Fang Ke just sneered, not daring to answer.

Shen Fa Yiyan took a big sip of meat and a big sip of wine, and then put a chopstick cut into thin pickles and put it in his mouth to chew for a while, and suddenly exhaled a long breath of wine: "It's strong, it's really strong!" ”

Fang Ke picked up the wine jug with great eyesight and refilled a glass for him, and finally poured a glass of the wine glass in front of him, and secretly took a sip.

Shen Faquan didn't see his small movements, leaned back on the back of the chair, and said lightly: "The eldest princess is also here." ”

Fang Ke stroked a large amount of chopsticks of meat disappreciatively: "Where is the eldest princess?" ”

Shen Fa: "Chaimen Street." ”

"Poof."

Fang Ke turned his head and sprayed all the meat in his mouth in the other direction: "Where did you say?" ”

Shen Fa picked up his wine glass and drank: "Are you deaf?" ”

Fang Ke threw down his chopsticks, got up and said in shock, crying and laughing: "Still coming?" You're not afraid ......."

He didn't say the second half of the sentence, but both of them knew it in their hearts: 'Aren't you afraid that guy will go back to Beijing and beat you up?' ’

Shen Fan's eyelids jumped, and he was silent for a long time before he spread his hands helplessly: "You think I want to do this?" If I don't do this, the official family and that guy will have to do it again! ”

Fang Ke was puzzled: "Why? Lord Yang didn't even go home, he left Dongying, and he couldn't come back for the New Year, what kind of grudge did he have to do it again? Do you have to push him ......?"

He couldn't say it anymore, but what he didn't say, Shen Fa still understood: 'Do you have to force him to rebel to feel comfortable?' ’

"Hey......"

Shen Fa sighed lightly, stretched out his hand to him and said: "It's a long story, when you should know in the future, you will naturally know why, now is not the time to talk about this, now we have to think about how to match Yang Lao Er and the eldest princess." ”

Fang Ke frowned, his face changed uncertainly for a while, and then he smiled bitterly: "My lord, the lower official was cultivated by you, and you have the grace of reinvention for the lower official, and the lower official will not hide it from you if he has anything to say." ”

"From the opinion of the following officials, this matter is extremely difficult, Lord Yang is smarter than you imagined, take the eldest lady of the Xie family as an example, although Lord Yang didn't know her identity for a long time, but Lord Yang knew that her origin was not simple when he saw her for the first time, her personal maid was almost faceless and skinless looking for Lord Yang all day long, but she couldn't enter Lord Yang's house, you invite the eldest princess over now, that noble dragon spirit, can you hide Lord Yang's tricks?"

"What's more, you've used the same trick before......"

"The following officials know about Lord Yang, if you insist on doing this, it is very likely that Lord Yang will go home and open the door to take a look, turn around and go to the capital to look for you."

Shen Fan's eyelids jumped again, but then he knocked on the table heavily, and said with a straight face: "I also know that this matter is difficult, but it is precisely because of the difficulty that I want you to give me an idea, if this matter is easily done, what else do I want you to do?" What else do you want to do on the right? ”

"Anyway, I don't care, you've been with that guy for the longest time, you have to think of a way to round this matter, not only to let that guy find a flaw, but also to promote that guy and the princess to get together, and not let that guy find me trouble in the future......"

"Don't be aggrieved first, I have no way to do this, so hard do you think you can think of a better way than me?"

"Even if it's the worst way, it's better than watching that guy fight the court again, right?"

"Do you really want to meet that soldier?"

Fang Ke was speechless, his head was as big as a fight, he took back his wine jug in annoyance, and after pouring most of the jug of wine in one go, he asked, "My lord, where is the eldest princess?" ”

Shen Fa glanced at him inexplicably, and replied, "Didn't I tell you everything, Chaimen Street, Yang Laoer's house?" We've trained the eldest princess these days, and created a desperate outcast identity for the Grand Duke's editor-in-chief, isn't that the most kind-hearted, the most unbelievable, hungry and cold......"

Fang Ke rubbed his forehead speechlessly, got up and said, "My lord, let's go, we should be in time to rush to Lord Yang's house now!" ”

Shen Fa stood up suspiciously: "What are you going to do?" ”

Fang Ke: "Go and invite the eldest princess out, all the things in that house, outsiders can't touch them...... Who was the last person who moved that house, I don't think I need to tell you, right? ”

Shen Fan's vest was cold, he subconsciously shrunk his neck, and at the end he also whispered with some worry: "What should I do?" We don't have much time, so we can't figure it out! ”

Fang Ke sighed lightly in his heart, and said weakly: "My lord is just too anxious, otherwise, with the wisdom of an adult, how could I not have imagined that the pass of this matter is not in Chaimen Street, but in ...... Here it is! ”

He pointed to the ground to Shen Fa.

Shen Fa was stunned, a spark suddenly flashed in his mind, and the thoughts that had fallen into a dead end before came to life all of a sudden.

He slapped Fang Ke on the shoulder, and said happily: "Good boy, this hall has not cultivated the wrong person, the seat of the thousands of households on the right is yours, I said it!" ”

The coveted opportunity to turn from a thousand households to a thousand households was close at hand, but Fang Ke's mind at the moment was full of the back of Yang Ge pulling out his legs and riding to the capital.

He knew that if this incident happened in the east window, he would not be able to run away with a beating......

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but shudder, hugged his fists and said, "If the adult can trust the lower official, leave this matter to the lower official!" ”

Shen Fa: "Trustworthy, trustworthy, you were not only my personal follower, but also your family Lord Yang's confidant, if you can't believe it, who else can I trust in this matter?" ”

Fang Ke: 'Then I really thank you! ’

(End of chapter)

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