In the matter of chasing the gangsters, Xia Muchao did not let Xia Chengxuan and Mei Yuanchen participate, and sent the two of them away as soon as everything was said. Xia Chengxuan was angry, and when he came out of the council hall, he went straight to his house, and Mei Yuanchen had to go to see Xia Chengyi alone. Thinking about it along the way, I always felt that it was difficult to find a solution to both worlds, and when I was bored, I had arrived at Xia Chengyi's bedroom.

Xia Chengyi twisted his ankle, and he didn't feel it at first, but he was bloated in less than an hour, and he couldn't use his strength at all. When she returned to the house, the female doctor in the house applied some plasters to invigorate the body and reduce swelling, and told her not to move. Xia Chengyi has been delicate since she was a child, and she has never suffered any pain, but today she is a little happy to bear the pain of her broken foot. While he was thinking wildly, he listened to Wisteria's report, "County Lord, Yuanchen Gongzi is here." Busy combing his makeup in front of the bronze mirror.

"Yiyi, does your ankle still hurt tightly?" Mei Yuanchen squatted down to see Xia Chengyi's foot injury when he entered the room, and when he saw that her ankle was swollen, he looked up and asked with regret.

Xia Chengyi didn't expect Mei Yuanchen to be like this, so he hurriedly pulled down his trousers and skirt to cover his ankles, and said with a crimson face, "What do you see!

Mei Yuanchen grew up with the maids and servants in the mansion since he was a child, but he has never been close to the girls of other people's houses, but he didn't know that there was such a section, so he stood up and said apologetically, "Yiyi, I really don't know, please forgive me." ”

Xia Chengyi turned to him obliquely, lowered his head and said, "Who wants you to talk about this! It's not that there are no brocade stools in the house, why are you standing?" said and instructed the maid on the side, "Hehuan, go and decoct the medicine prescribed by the doctor." The little girl got the instructions, answered "yes" softly, walked to the tea table, picked up the prescription from the top and retreated. "You bad guy, what are you laughing at?" Xia Chengyi scolded when she saw Mei Yuanchen covering her mouth and snickering.

"I don't laugh anymore. Yiyi, how did you learn my method yesterday?" replied Mei Yuanchen. The two glanced at each other, remembering that Mei Yuanchen opened the wisteria twice yesterday under the pretext of opening the wisteria, and how similar it was to Xia Chengyi's opening and closing acacia today, they couldn't help laughing at the same time. Xia Chengyi put away his smile, stretched out his hand and twisted it on Mei Yuanchen's arm, and said angrily, "Come and laugh at me, it's all a bad trick you taught!" Mei Yuanchen felt ashamed, and didn't dodge, let her twist it. Xia Chengyi felt that it was inappropriate as soon as he twisted it, and reached out to rub it gently, and asked embarrassedly, "Why don't you hide?" Mei Yuanchen shook his head and smiled bitterly, "But if you want to be happy, how can I bear to go but what's the point of twisting it for you." Xia Chengyi was happy and regretful, leaned his head and gently leaned on his shoulder, and said softly, "Then I won't beat you in the future." Mei Yuanchen wanted to hug her, but remembered that he should inherit his father-in-law, gently pushed her away, and said softly, "Yiyi, shall we chat?" Xia Chengyi didn't feel anything unusual, and replied with a sweet smile, "Okay." ”

"Yiyi, I, I like your business, my father-in-law knows. Mei Yuanchen said a little jerky.

Xia Chengyi's pretty face faded again, and she was infinitely shy, and said softly, "In the willow bamboo forest, you carry me like that, not to mention that every time you go back to your home from school, you run here for no reason, it's strange that my father doesn't know!" Mei Yuanchen wanted to say more, but when she saw her pretty face crimson, her eyes shining like stars, she pursed her lips and held back in her throat.

It was already Shen Shi when he returned to Yuqiong Lang Garden, but Mei Yuanchen searched all over the garden but still didn't see the begonias, and returned to the room sullenly. Today is the New Year's Day, and it is the day when Mei Yuanchen writes to his father and mother every month.

Mei Yuanchen sat in front of the four treasures, picked up the pen several times and put it down several times, and finally made up his mind, and wrote the original story of himself and the beach and Xia Chengyi into the letter, and told his father and mother frankly. The letter of 100 words was finally written, Mei Yuanchen sealed the fire paint, went to the stable, led the horses, and rode to the post station to send the letter. Along the way, Mei Yuanchen's mind was worried, and his heart seemed to be bumping up and down with the mount. The post station is only more than 30 miles away from the palace, and it is less than half an hour's foot to ride a horse. Mei Yuanchen dismounted outside the post station, handed over the horses to the officials, and went straight inside.

"Steward, I want to send a letter. Mei Yuanchen stood at the counter of the post station director and said internally.

The post station manager is a small official who does not enter the grade, since Mei Yuanchen first checked his origin by mail, he knew his identity, and every time he saw him, he was respectful. "Oh, Mei Gongzi, are you here to send a letter? The little one will make a book for you!" The post manager hurriedly put down the work in his hand, took the book to Mei Yuanchen, and stretched out his hands to get the letter. Mei Yuanchen took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Young Master Mei, are you still sending it to the Anxian Jinzhou Salt Transport Administration?" asked the steward in a low voice. Mei Yuanchen said, "Yes." When will the stagecoach from the capital to Anxian depart?"

The steward had finished making the book, thought for a while and replied, "When it is the fourth day of the new year, the fifth day of the new year will definitely leave at the latest." After speaking, he handed back a voucher with both hands, with the words "the date of the mail", the person who sent the mail, the person who received the mail, and the place where the letter went, and the post station stamp on the lower left. Mei Yuanchen took it, folded it and put it in his pocket, and thanked, "I'm tired!"

In addition to being used by officials to settle down, the post station is another important use for transmitting books and letters. The sender of the letter relied on his nationality to make a book, and collected money according to the distance of the letter, which was quite expensive and difficult for ordinary people to bear. However, once the sender holds the official registration and the imperial registration, there is no need for money, and the register can be registered, and the letter sent passes through the post house, and the post stamp is stamped all the way to record the itinerary.

"Yuanchen?" Mei Yuanchen walked to the door, suddenly heard a familiar voice calling in front of the left, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but it was the ram praising me, followed by a few servants.

"Praise me, you also came to send a letter? Mei Yuanchen walked over and asked. The ram praised me and walked over, patted Mei Yuanchen's arm, and said with a smile, "Are you in a hurry?" If you are not in a hurry, wait for me for a while. ”

Mei Yuanchen pointed to the gazebo at the door and said with a smile, "It's done, how about I wait for you here?" The ram replied to me, "It's no better!" After speaking, he walked quickly to the inside.

Mei Yuanchen and Ram Song have envoys and servants around me, and the reason why they came to send letters in person was to send letters by virtue of their official status, and the letters were taken care of by a post station all the way, which was much safer and faster. Private businessmen and wealthy households do not have such rights and interests, and they usually send letters to darts. The dart bureau is expensive to send and the foot is fast, but it is not as safe as the official post. There are often robberies on the rivers and lakes, but very few dare to attack the official post, not because they are afraid that the government will send troops to arrest them, but the official post is generally entrusted with official documents, official letters, and military newspapers. It is the official post marching, the number of people is far less than the dart game, but it is much safer. And the dart board because of the trust often have valuables, although the dart master all the way to the guard, there have been occasional outlaws robbery, the loss of the dart is also inevitable.

"Yuanchen, I'll teach you to wait!" Mei Yuanchen was thinking about it, but he heard the ram sing me and came from afar and shouted, "Let's go, there is a restaurant called "Nanguo Restaurant" next to it, the dishes are quite distinctive, and today I will make the east." As he spoke, he pulled Mei Yuanchen's cuffs and walked out.