A rain kept falling heavier and heavier, and there was no sign of stopping until late at night.

The old woman enthusiastically asked the two of them to stay for one night before leaving, and seeing the torrential rain outside, Fang Linyuan did not refuse.

The old woman left his son's room vacant, and gave them umbrellas, so that they could go and take care of themselves.

Fang Linyuan thanked her again and again, happy that he was able to meet such a good person today.

But when he and Zhao Pu stepped into that room......

Fang Linyuan realized that he was happy early.

The straw and mud room is not very large, and you can see the whole panorama at a glance. In a room about ten paces long, there was only a rudimentary earthen kang and two crumbling-looking benches.

The wind and rain were raging outside the papier-mâché window, and the two oil lamps lit in the room were dim and dim. There are also two old letters on the wall, which are supposed to have been pasted on the wedding of the old woman's son.

…… How did he forget about it!

The old woman's family was poor, and she was afraid that there were not a few beds, let alone the conditions in the house, so that the two of them could sleep in one room each.

Follow...... Sleeping with Zhao Pu?

Fang Linyuan was dumbfounded for a moment and turned his head to look at Zhao Pu.

saw that Zhao Pu was expressionless and calm, as if he didn't care about it.

…… Also.

What's so scary about two big men lying down and sleeping together? Zhao Pu is not wearing a skirt now, he is a man from head to toe at this moment, and he doesn't look awkward at all.

But he was strange, after a few months in the capital, people became sensitive.

Fang Linyuan looked at Zhao Pu with a slightly embarrassed expression, and was about to say something, when he saw Zhao Pu looking at him, then pointed to the bed, and said, "Go and rest, I'm afraid I will have to get up early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhao Pu is not wrong.

Remembering that Jianyang County still needed him to preside over the overall situation, Fang Linyuan climbed onto the bed, took off his boots, climbed to the innermost part of the bed first, and put the stack of account books in his arms in the safest position.

It was the farthest from the window, and the closest to the pillow, and he would be able to detect the slightest movement, and no one would be able to sneak in at night and snatch the book out of his hand.

After it was put away, Fang Linyuan patted the stack of accounts with satisfaction and sat down on the same place.

He lowered his head and saw that there were exactly two quilts on the bed, although they were very old, but they exuded a scent of soap.

He looked up at Zhao Pu happily.

saw that Zhao Pu didn't move, only pulled over a bench, sat on the wall next to the stove, hugged his arms, leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.

Fang Linyuan was stunned: "Zhao Pu? ”

I saw Zhao Xuan open his eyes and look at him with a biased head, as if he was asking him something.

Fang Linyuan hesitated and asked, "Where are you sleeping?" ”

——

As soon as Zhao Pu entered the door, he saw Fang Linyuan's embarrassment and retreat, looking at the bed for a while and looking at him for a while, and he was about to turn his back with his hands dodging.

Zhao Pu felt a little angry and funny in his heart for a while.

He's so terrible? Avoiding cats and mice, as if he could turn into a ghost at night and eat him silently.

Thinking of this, the roots of Zhao Xuan's teeth were a little itchy, and he bit and grinded back and forth, and wanted to press him on the bed so that he could teach him to see if he would eat people.

But looking at Fang Linyuan's face that had obviously lost a little weight after two days of running, and seeing the exhaustion in his eyes after a day of hard work, Zhao Pu's teeth were half ground and he stopped again.

He was reluctant to scare him, as if he was holding something, afraid of breaking it.

It's just a matter of accepting fate.

Let Fang Linyuan get a good night's sleep. He has too many things on his mind, and when he gets up early tomorrow morning, there are still six or seven states and counties waiting for him to do.

So, Zhao Pu let Fang Linyuan go to bed, sat down by the wall, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Unexpectedly, Fang Linyuan would stop him at this time.

He looked at Fang Linyuan.

There was a very clean invitation in those clear eyes, and they sincerely asked him where he was going to sleep, as if he didn't know what was dirty and sinister.

But it's so pure that it hooks the devil's heart the most, and he swallows the blood in his mouth with a tiger's eye.

Zhao Xuan paused, and under the gaze of those eyes, he reluctantly made an excuse.

"Maybe there will be someone chasing and killing, you rest, I'll listen to the wind."

——

How can this make Fang Linyuan good?

Zhao Pu's trip was originally to protect him, running for hundreds of miles, sleeping in the open air, he was already treating him very well, how could he be embarrassed to treat people like this like cattle and horses!

Fang Linyuan hurriedly sat up: "Then you come to rest, I'll go to the sentry." ”

saw Zhao Pu pursing his lips, paused for a moment, and said, "No need." ”

And hard mouth!

After these years of understanding, Fang Linyuan knew that Zhao Pu had a lot of duplicity. Could it be that everyone who came out of the palace wanted to save face like this?

"You'd better come and sleep. You're not in good health, and it's raining again at night, I'm fine, I don't care if I sleep or not......"

He racked his brains to persuade, but for some reason, Zhao Pu's eyebrows and eyes were a little helpless.

After a moment, he heard Zhao Pu say, "I'm just...... Not suitable for sleeping with others. ”

I'm sorry. He said this with a bit of difficulty, dryly, as if he had barely found an excuse to fool people.

What else is there to say about this!

Fang Linyuan immediately turned over and got out of bed, leaned over and put on his boots: "Then you come to sleep!" I've been on the battlefield for many years, and I can rest anywhere, or you're ......"

Somehow, he heard Zhao Pu seem to sigh, and seemed to breathe in very deeply and slowly.

He looked up in confusion, and saw that Zhao Pu had already stood up, stopped in front of him, and said, "Go up." ”

Fang Linyuan was puzzled, but he still obediently moved to the bed.

I saw Zhao Pu sitting down on the edge of the bed, was silent for a moment, and turned around to ask him.

"Are you sure you're not afraid?" He asked.

——

Zhao Pu's tone was calm, and his expression was indifferent, he was really asking him if he was afraid.

But Fang Linyuan's mentality became awkward after his question.

The lights went out, and the two of them each covered themselves with a quilt and lay side by side on the bed, so quiet that only the sound of rain outside the window remained.

Fang Linyuan opened his eyes and looked at the dilapidated roof.

Zhao Pu's slow breathing came from beside him, slow and calm, like the tide on a calm sea, shattering the reflection of the stars in the waves.

Fang Linyuan's body tensed a little in the sound of the tide.

It is not because of the turbulence of the sea, but because of the instinctive fear of the vast, bottomless sea.

It's weird.

The brothers in one of their barracks slept in a tent, and they had never done so. Everyone occasionally used pillows to make a fuss, bumped and bumped, and fell asleep after playing.

Zhao Puqi is really different?

For a moment, Fang Linyuan really couldn't sleep. He lay down too flat, his arms were uncomfortable for a while, and his legs were not in the right place, and he always wanted to turn over.

Afraid of waking Zhao Pu, he had to turn his head slightly to see if Zhao Pu was asleep.

But as soon as he turned his head, Zhao Pu opened his eyes, and his eyes were calm and sober, looking at him quietly.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

As soon as the fox opened his mouth coldly, Fang Linyuan's uncomfortable strength just now suddenly loosened somehow.

He smiled twice, turned over, hugged the quilt sideways, and happened to face Zhao Pu.

"What did you mean by that?" He asked.

Zhao Pu's eyebrows narrowed slightly, as if he didn't expect him to ask this.

For a moment, Zhao Pu didn't speak, and Fang Linyuan laughed twice: "Why are you afraid?" You're not going to kill people in your dreams, are you? ”

Zhao Xuan turned his head to look at him, but still didn't say anything.

Fang Linyuan laughed a few times, laughing to himself so much that he couldn't laugh anymore, and put away his smile in a sneer, thinking that the short conversation with Zhao Pu was over.

But at this moment, Zhao Xuan suddenly raised his hand and pinched his face.

The strength was not heavy, but it scared Fang Linyuan.

"What are you doing!" He was taken aback.

saw Zhao Pu pinching the side of his face and shaking it slightly, and asked, "You don't plan to sleep, are you?" ”

Fang Linyuan slapped his hand away in a scornful manner.

Sure enough, people and foxes have different paths, and they don't speculate for more than half a sentence.

——

The sound of rain outside the window sounded cool and crisp, so that Fang Linyuan quieted down, and he didn't know when he gradually sank into his sleep.

Early the next morning, when the morning light was shining outside the window, he was woken up by the faint sound of people outside the window.

It was an older man's voice, presumably the husband of the old woman, who had received food from Jianyang County.

Fang Linyuan got up and looked out.

Looking out the window in the clear sunlight of the night's rain, he saw a familiar figure in a short coat.

The cart behind him was piled up with small spikes, and he was dragging the cart inside.

He walked with a limp, with visible wounds on his legs, and a pair of old straw sandals stained dark black with blood.

Fang Linyuan was stunned.

Isn't this the same old man who handed him the account book yesterday!

Fang Linyuan immediately turned his head and looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu didn't know when he had woken up, and he was sitting against the wall at this moment, boredly flipping through the account books that Fang Linyuan had brought back.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Fang Linyuan's expression was different, he twisted his eyebrows slightly, stood up, and looked in the direction of Fang Linyuan's line of sight.

"I didn't pay attention, this is Xiaping Village." Fang Linyuan said hurriedly. "The mother-in-law's husband has seen me."

Outside the window, the old woman had already hurried out, and when she saw that the old man had such a terrible wound on his leg, she was so frightened that she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why did you go to the city and get injured?" What's going on, the officers and soldiers beat you? ”

But I saw the old man waving his hand again and again, and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

; As he spoke, he also took out a packet of medicine from his arms and said, "Look, this is the wound medicine that General Fang sent to us. I applied it once yesterday and I'm fine. ”

The old woman didn't believe it, so she hurriedly stepped forward to check.

After confirming that his injuries were not serious, the old woman put her mind at ease: "I heard that there was a mess outside the yamen two days ago, and you didn't bring a letter back......

"Isn't everything okay now? General Fang is here, and he still remembers my little injury! The old man comforted her.

"General Fang? The two sons who stayed here yesterday also said that the old man in Jianyang County was surnamed Fang and was a general......"

"Childe?"

When the old man heard this, he looked around, and happened to see the slick fire in the livestock shed, and he was immediately startled.

"Where is such a big horse!"

Separated by a wall, Fang Linyuan on the kang was so anxious that he hurriedly put on his boots.

"How's that for good? It doesn't matter if I've been seen, but how can you explain it? If the news gets out......"

Seeing that he was in a hurry to spin, Zhao Xuan stood up and glanced out.

"It's the two sons last night!" The old woman said. "Yesterday it rained heavily, and those two sons came to stay at home, so I lent Ah Zhuang's house to them for a night......

The two of them spoke, seeing that they had already walked towards them.

"They're coming!" Fang Linyuan lowered his voice and said.

"Alright, peace of mind." saw Zhao Pu raise his hand and press it on his shoulder, his movements were neat, and he reached out and picked up a few account books on the side of the pillow.

Then, he picked up Fang Linyuan with one hand, walked to the window at the back of the room, and pushed the window open.

The morning light is shining, and I am awake from a deep dream. The birds on the eaves outside jumped around, and under the crisp birdsong, the bright morning light shone on Zhao Pu's serious half of his face.

"Over the wall, will you?" Zhao Pu asked him.

Seeing the earthen wall in front of him, which was more than one person high, Fang Linyuan looked at Zhao Xuan in surprise.

Get up from sleep and run over the wall from someone's house?

This...... What kind of person does it have to be to come up with such a solution immediately!

——

The old woman and the old man stopped at their door, but saw that the door was closed, and the window was only opened.

"I'm afraid I haven't woken up yet." The old woman lowered her voice and said.

The old man nodded when he heard this, and said, "Then I'll push the grain outside the door first." If they stay at home for the night, they should also cook some porridge so that they can teach them to go when they are full. ”

The old woman nodded again and again, and said to him: "Brother Qiang in the village only brought two bags of rice to our house yesterday, saying that they brought back the rent, and they will give us some ...... first."

At that moment, the horse in the shed suddenly snorted, turned straight, passed through the wide open courtyard gate, and trotted away.

Both were taken aback.

"Childe, Childe, your horse has run away!" The old woman didn't care so much, so she hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door of the side room.

Unexpectedly, after two knocks, the door opened.

Inside the door, it was empty, except for the two huge silver ingots on the neatly stacked clay kang, which were stretched by the sunlight outside the window.

——

In the next few days, Fang Linyuan still wanted to laugh when he remembered the scene of that day.

The one-person-high earthen wall was nothing to the two of them, and with a lift of his hand, the dantian exerted his strength and jumped out easily.

The two of them landed lightly outside the courtyard, facing the blue washed clear sky, and the rolling wheat waves.

"It's going to be a good year." Fang Linyuan looked at the wheat field and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Zhao Pu snorted beside him.

Fang Linyuan turned his head and saw Zhao Pu dressed in black.

He was still wearing the nocturnal clothes that had come and gone last night, but now he stood out in the daylight. And he hid his identity, and did not forget to hold the account book with one hand, and took out the black scarf with the other hand, and prepared to cover his face again with a cold and flat expression.

But the murderous posture in this night, in the bright daylight, looks a little interesting.

How can the bright sun cover his face, and hide it?

Fang Linyuan snorted and laughed.

And Zhao Pu on the side looked at him, and for a moment, he couldn't help but slowly hook his lips.

With such a bright sun, there is no need to hide anything.

He looked at Fang Linyuan quietly for a long time, and slowly took off the black scarf covering his face.

——

The lieutenant general under Fang Linyuan was really timid and afraid.

After he put down his words, the deputy general guarded the treasury and the government office all day long, and the officials inside were not allowed to enter or leave, and the people outside also received not a single grain of grain according to the amount in the account book.

After Fang Linyuan and Zhao Pu separated in Xiaping Village, they returned to Jianyang and saw such a scene.

Outside the palace, there was a lively scene of people coming and going, and the civilians who came and went were full of joy on their faces, how could they have the lifeless appearance of a few days ago?

In the days that followed, it went much better.

As soon as the news of Jianyang County and Jibei Mansion came out, the officials of the other six counties did not dare to wait for Fang Linyuan to come. Several counties opened the granaries one after another, and when Fang Linyuan arrived, all they handed over were the receipts that were clean and distributed to the people in full and complete taxes and relief.

In the next few days, Fang Linyuan only had to verify these results one by one.

A few days later, the imperial court issued a decree to arrest Yu Gao Min and the officials involved in various counties, and Fang Linyuan, the deputy general and others were also rewarded, and they were asked to enter the palace to receive the reward immediately after returning to Beijing.

This was ordinary for Fang Linyuan, but it was the first time for the vice general.

He was a little excited for a moment, chattering beside Fang Linyuan on the way back.

He said that even if he was serving in Beijing, he had only seen His Majesty at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet all year round, and had never gone to His Majesty like this to receive His Majesty's reward.

"I really don't know if there will be such an opportunity in the future." The lieutenant said with a grin beside him.

When Fang Linyuan heard this, he looked sideways at him and said, "If you want to have such a chance again, you need to train your stomach first." ”

The lieutenant lowered his head and looked at the three-tiered general's belly stacked on top of the saddle when he rode his straddle horse.

He laughed embarrassedly: "Yes, yes, this demeanor is really not good-looking, His Majesty has seen it, it is really not very good-looking." ”

Fang Linyuan raised his hand, and the horse whip in his hand gently knocked on his stomach, and said, "It's such a belly, I'm afraid that I can't lift a heavy gun." ”

"General?" The lieutenant was puzzled.

"The garrison of the capital is the last barrier to Beijing. If there is really a foreign enemy to kill the day in the capital, do you have to use such a body to fight the enemy army? ”

The lieutenant immediately sat up straight.

"Yes! What the general said is very true, and his subordinates remember it! He said.

Fang Linyuan smiled faintly and turned his head.

"Speaking of which, there's something I want to ask you about it too." He said.

"General, excuse me!" The adjutant general said solemnly.

"It's a small thing, it doesn't have to be so serious." Fang Linyuan said. "If there is one...... How can I express my gratitude for saving you? ”

Speaking of which, the lieutenant general is in spirit.

Who is he? If you talk about the sophistication of people in Beijing, he is still very ranked.

"It's not easy!" Said the adjutant general. "If you are poor, you will give gold and silver, and if you are a merchant, you will give convenience. If it's an official, a subordinate or something......"

Speaking of this, he smiled embarrassedly and stopped what he was talking about: "However, the general is not the kind of person who will give convenience and authority. ”

saw Fang Linyuan shook his head: "He doesn't lack any of these...... He doesn't seem to be lacking. ”

Hearing this, the adjutant general also made a difficulty, and he didn't hold back a word for a long time.

After a moment, he patted the horse's back and suddenly said, "Yes! Checkmate! If he lacks nothing, then you will give you what is important and precious. ”

"Really?" Fang Linyuan hesitated.

"As long as you are sincere, the other party will definitely feel it!"

saw that the deputy general nodded firmly: "My subordinates are willing to take their lives!" ”

——

On this day, Fang Linyuan led his troops back to the capital. When entering the palace to return the tiger talisman, Emperor Hongyou praised him with great satisfaction.

"The matter is in Aiqing's hands, which really reassures me!" Emperor Hongyou said.

"Your Majesty's praise." Fang Linyuan saluted.

"Well, during this period of time, Aiqing will only take care of her life and rest in Beijing. Jin Yiwei's case, I specially told Lin Zimiao, don't use it to bother you these days. Emperor Hongyou smiled kindly, and the other party Lin Yuan said softly.

Fang Linyuan leaned over.

He received the reward and left the palace, the wild goose pavilion behind him was holding the gold, silver, pearls and jade rewarded by His Majesty with a red face, Fang Linyuan straddled the horse, but touched the small object in the sleeve with some trepidation.

It is a dagger inlaid with gems, and the gems are not a precious category, they are unique to the Western Regions, and they are inlaid with unpolished rough stones, which look ancient and simple.

What is precious in his hand is indeed not anything valuable, but this dagger, which he has used since he was eleven or twelve years old, will carry it with him whenever he goes to battle.

In the snowy night when the dripping water turned into ice, he used this knife to quench his thirst by chiseling ice water, and in the desert at the end of the road, he also used this knife to fight wild wolves.

Zhao Pu protected him twice in a row, he should thank him well. It's just that Zhao Pu is used to seeing the splendid pearls and jade, so he gave him a knife at first glance, which seems to be a little abrupt.

With such apprehension, after returning to the house, he stepped on the setting sun and rushed to the front of Huaiyu Pavilion.

Juan Su and the others were guarding the door, and when they saw that he came before the meal, they were a little surprised, and stepped forward and saluted: "The slave and maid see the Hou Ye." ”

Fang Linyuan nodded, and asked her a little embarrassedly, "Is the princess inside?" I have something for him. ”

But the silk in front of the meeting was slightly stunned.

"How?" Fang Linyuan asked her.

But seeing that Juan Su was stunned, he then approached him slightly and lowered his voice.

"How does Master Hou know that today is the princess's birthday?"

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