Early the next morning, a eunuch sent a holy decree asking Gu Yuecong to leave on the same day, and the edict said that he must be escorted back to worship the moon and pay tribute to Yunyun, and Gu Yuecong received the decree to thank him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, there were few entourage, and there were early preparations, and at noon, everything was ready, Gu Yuecong led the six brothers of the Wu family to bid farewell to the emperor and Nie Guifei, and went out of the palace all the way, the palace guards, several eunuchs, and the slaves of the Yingwu Palace went out of the palace one after another, and Ouyang Long'er, Ha Linglong, Shui Yue, Zhu Tianhao and He Hulai, the four guards were also disguised and disguised, and mixed into the entourage.

Bai Miaofeng and Hei Wantong have ridden Zheng Xiong's sweaty and bloody BMW one step ahead, although Gu Yuecong was injured, but after a night of recuperation, he was able to get on the horse on his own, and now he took a snow-white Kazakh horse, and hugged out of the palace.

Outside the palace, the people of Beijing crowded on both sides of the avenue, or holding flowers, or beating drums and gongs to see them off, so it was not magnificent. Gu Yuecong looked at the crowd and couldn't help but think: "This situation, I want to be like this every year in the future, the common people only know that the emperor sent an envoy to the northwest to escort tribute, which is the image of my emperor's prestige and the four seas, the prosperity of the world, who knows the danger," and then thought: "The personnel in Beijing are complicated, and the people's hearts are unpredictable, from the maids and maids to the princes and nobles, everyone is intrigued." People are in it, everything is like walking on thin ice, and they are always like facing the abyss, not to mention the matter of escorting the moon tribute. "Thinking that the government is controlled by Liu Leiao, and the emperor is not allowed to be free, he feels that being an official in the court is not as good as being a common man.

Everyone went to Zimo, trampled on the red dust at dusk, and the way was not a day. Gu Yuecong has been in Beijing these days with his hands and feet bound, everything is fetters, and now he is back in the rivers and lakes, staying in the water and eating, only to feel open-minded and relaxed, He Hulai and others have just left the capital, and they have escaped from great danger, and they also feel that everything is fresh, and there are beautiful scenery everywhere. On the evening of the third day, everyone arrived at the city of Baoding, Zhu Tianhao said: "Brother Gu Xian, brothers, tomorrow morning, we will part ways, tonight I will be the east, please go to the best inn in the city to be happy." "Everyone has been very tired for days, and they all say that it is good. Who knew that when Fang entered the city gate of Baoding, he saw that the prefect of Baoding led more than 200 officials of all sizes to greet each other, saying that they invited General Gu and his entourage to eat a glass of wine in the house anyway, so as to enjoy the friendship of the landlord. Gu Yuecong didn't want to entangle with the people in the government anymore, so he refused at the moment. The prefect knew that he was a second-grade general appointed by the emperor, and when he saw that he looked displeased, he only said that he was not in enough battles and lacked sincerity.

He Hulai said secretly: "Brother, in previous years, whenever the envoy went, the prefect had to try his best to flatter and curry favor in every way, but we still have a nephew to play a lantern, and it is good as usual." ”

Ouyang Long'er also said: "The two of them and we Ming'er are going to go their separate ways, let's go to the lively and lively together." ”

When Gu Yuecong heard this, he agreed. The prefect was happy, leading everyone all the way to the house of a local official gentry and a rich man, entering from the main gate, and going straight to the back garden, the rich gentry learned that this time it was the general of the second grade, the red man around the emperor, and tried his best to extravagantly do his best.

Everyone inevitably had another big meal and drink, the prefect called the best courtesan in the city, lightly dialed Yuruan, played the pipa and sang, after three rounds of wine, the prefect handed a look, the officials gradually hugged Gu Yuecong forward, and the courtesans played and frolicked, saying that they were having fun with the people, Gu Yuecong saw that the officials were extravagant and corrupt, and they were full of ugliness, thinking that the people in the northwest were poor and poor, and they were deeply affected by the exploitation of the war, so he pushed everyone away and sat back on the table. The prefect saw that he was displeased, and he was not in a hurry, but said that Gu Yuecong was not lustful for money and was about to finish, so he invited Gu Yuecong into the room under the pretext of asking for advice, and closed the door to take care of himself.

Ouyang Long'er took advantage of Gu Yuecong's departure, picked up a jar of wine and walked towards Zhu Tianhao and Shui Yue, first poured a full glass for the two of them, and then poured it for himself, and asked, "Are you hot?" Shui Yue said: "It's okay." Looking at Ouyang Long'er quietly in the candlelight, his eyes were full of reluctance. Ouyang Long'er held Shui Yue with one hand and Zhu Tianhao with the other, and said: "Sister Shui Yue, Brother Tianhao, the three of us grew up in the capital since childhood, and we have always been like brothers and sisters, but now, my sister and Daddy Qiao have broken off their relationship, Brother Tianhao, you are homeless, my father is still in prison, I don't know when we will be able to have a blood grievance, the three of us will say goodbye today, but I don't know when we can see each other again, I ...... I ......" At the end, his voice choked up, raised his glass and said: "Good sister, Brother Tianhao, we have made this glass of wine, I wish you two to grow old together, and I hope that the friendship between the three of us will last forever, and we will always be good brothers and sisters." "Raise your glass and drink it.

Shui Yue heard the emotion, thinking about the parting injury, tears couldn't help but roll down from the stream, although she didn't know how to drink, she still drank the spirit in the cup. Zhu Tianhao was already seven points drunk, but his mind was still sober, and when he saw Ouyang Long'er suddenly toasting, he frowned and said, "I'm drunk and can't drink anymore." ”

Ouyang Long'er said angrily: "Brother Tianhao, I used to bully you a lot, and in the future, I want to twist your ears and pull your hair." As he spoke, he put the wine glass on the table and said, "Well, we have to hurry tomorrow, so let's replace the wine with tea," and said to the waiter on the side: "Old man, do you have any tea here?"

The waiter seemed to have been standing aside for a long time to listen to the call, staggered forward, and said: "Your Excellency, you can ask by coincidence, our government just happened to transport ten jars of iced black tea from outside the customs yesterday and put them in the cellar. ”

Ouyang Long'er said: "Okay, let's move an altar first." ”

The waiter retreated in a panic, and after a while, he led two people to bring a large clay pot, and the waiter went to the kitchen to get three blue and white bowls, and first poured a bowl and respectfully held it in front of Ouyang Long'er. Ouyang Long'er raised the bowl and drank it all, smacking his lips and said: "It's rare that your little Baoding Mansion also has such a good drink, and I will definitely say a few good words to the emperor when I go back this time." ”

The waiter thanked him repeatedly, and Ouyang Long'er said, "What are you doing in a daze, don't pour it for the two adults." Said to Shui Yue and Zhu Tianhao: "This cup of black tea soup should be regarded as the separate wine of the three of us, Shui Yue, Brother Tianhao, I hope we can meet again in our lifetime." ”

Zhu Tianhao was also moved, thinking: "This black tea was brought here just now, and it is fine." He was already drunk, and the thought was only a fleeting thought, and he raised the bowl and said, "We will meet again." "I drank it dry in one gulp. Shui Yue asked someone to take a spoon and drink it in small sips.

Ouyang Long'er watched the two of them finish drinking, and asked Zhu Tianhao: "Brother Tianhao, they all say that tea can relieve hangover, have you drunk tea, have you sobered up a little?"

Zhu Tianhao shook his head and said, "It seems to be better, and it seems to be more dizzy." ”