Pei Yuanying returned to his residence from the Zhang family compound at noon yesterday. He had observed Zheng Yaozu carefully for a while, and suddenly found that the "dog leg" he had cultivated with his own hands seemed to be a different person, no longer the one who made people turn pale. The playboy brother turned into a young master of the Zheng family who was keen on his own business.
Although the process prevented Pei Yuanying from fully guessing the reasons, he could vaguely guess a little bit. It was probably caused by the official cargo escort document he gave to the Zheng family. After a careful inspection of the warehouse, he finally found that the seals of several boxes of goods showed signs of being tampered with. He did not immediately ask Zheng Yaozu why, because he knew that during the long journey from the land of Chuyue to Cangzhou in the northwest, It is inevitable that there will be political opponents of the Pei family in the officialdom to conduct inspections. Opening three or five boxes of goods is nothing, and weapons, guns, and rations are nothing in wartime, so what if it is found that there are large siege equipment inside? At that time, the Yanxing Pass was guarded by his father, and the news of the grassland people's invasion had been handed over to the imperial court early on, and the imperial court sent troops to fight against the grassland tribes.
Today, Pei Yuanying stayed in the study for a whole day, and Jinyang Commander Pei Sisheng sent him a letter on a fast horse, with four words written on it, "Don't be cold when the weather is warm." The vitality is also strong. This is what Pei Sisheng wrote to Pei Yuanying in code words, which means that the current situation is fine, but don't mess things up.
Captain Chengxin of the sixth rank is already a high-ranking official in the remote area of ??Lingxi Town. The county magistrate Zhang Guangju is in charge of Lingxi Town in name, but he is only a rank-7 official. Compared with Pei Yuanying, it is not a little bit worse. From the perspective of ordinary Weizhen envoys, they are all middle-level officials at the same level as the imperial court scholars. Liu Tong is just an unsatisfactory relegated person who was squeezed out by the imperial court to Lingxi Town. That's all, facing Pei Yuanying, he still has to stand on his back, but there are several sixth-rank commanders in the Chengnan Xiaowei camp. They are all Pei Sisheng's subordinates, and they have to nod and bow when facing Pei Yuanying.
Looking at the entire Lingxi Town, Pei Yuanying said one thing and no one dared to say the other. However, he did not bully men and women like other officials. Well, he didn't plan to stay in Lingxi Town for the rest of his life, the Qian'an Hall in the imperial city was the place he dreamed of.
However, the promotion of an official must make some merit, and the court will promote himself based on merit. Only relying on Pei Sisheng, the father of the third-rank commander of the official residence, I am afraid that it will be difficult to leave Cangzhou in this life.
Pei Yuanying, who was sitting in front of the desk, stood up suddenly, grabbed the high-quality Langhao pen on the pen stand, and after licking the pen, she wanted to reply to her father, but she didn't know what to write, so she wrote I began to scribble and draw on it, and the paper was quickly covered with ink, but a word appeared faintly, which looked like a "Chu".
At this moment, the fat Steward Wang walked in from outside with his head bowed. Pei Yuanying threw the pen in his hand into the brush washer, and the scribbled paper was crumpled into a paper ball and thrown into it. In the bamboo basket.
"Master, the soldiers who guarded the city gate in the west of the town came yesterday, do you want to see the master?"
"Oh, please come in."
Steward Wang went out and called in the three sentinels who were standing outside the door. Seeing that the deity was missing from the book case, the three immediately knelt down.
"The subordinate kowtows to Mr. Captain, and greets Mr. Captain."
"Ann, get up and answer."
"yes."
Pei Yuanying stepped forward to help the three of them up, but the three veterans didn't dare to raise their heads, they stood obediently in front of Pei Yuanying and dared not speak.
"What's going on, Steward Wang, quickly move stools for them, come and go, sit down and talk."
Steward Wang went out to inform him, and immediately someone came in to move stools for the three old soldiers. The old soldiers sat down tremblingly, with half of their buttocks sticking out on the stool, their bodies stiff. The three veterans all showed embarrassment.
"Everything is going well at home?" Pei Yuanying sat on the stool, leaned forward, and leaned towards the three old soldiers.
Hearing the captain's question, the three quickly got up and said, "Thanks to your lord, the family is still safe."
"That's good, sit down quickly."
Only then did the three old soldiers dare to sit down again, and resumed their previous posture of lowering their eyebrows and nodding their heads. The three of them were all very strange. They were called into the captain's mansion for questioning during their shifts today after they were on duty last night. His rest day was also ruined by this interruption. At this moment, Sentinel Lao Wang was still thinking about going to Zhendong Bakery to buy some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for his daughter's teeth. I hope Pei Yuanying can ask questions quickly. But I can't buy it anymore.
"How is the city defense recently? You"Mr. Zhao? There are quite a few guests surnamed Zhao here, but I don't know which Mr. Zhao you are talking about, Mr. Pei?"
Pei Yuanying began to think carefully about some things Wang Steward told her about Zhao Xiaowu before leaving, and made a rough calculation in her heart, and said to Mother Feng: "Well, it should be a very special Mr. Zhao, who is not very old. He has a strong body and looks very heroic."
"Oh, it's him, that little guy, to tell you the truth, I've been used to seeing those regular customers over the years, and today such a person suddenly came, which made me feel itchy"
"Hurry up and take our young master to him. After finishing the work, I will ask you for some girls. Our young master will spend the night with you tonight."
Pei Liu on the side was impatient, and kept urging her, but Mother Feng didn't say anything more, and took the two of them to the wing where Xiao Taohong was, and then went down.
"Master, do you want to go in?"
"Don't be in a hurry, listen to what is said in it. In this kind of place, if it disturbs people's elegant mood, they have to blame us for the rest of their lives."
"That's right, the young master is still thinking carefully."
The two stood at the door and acted as if the wall had ears in the room, and they heard an awkward chat between the two inside.
"Master, it must be the first time you have come to our Huayue Tower. Why is your body so stiff?"
"To tell you the truth, it's the first time I've always liked my neighbor's sister Qing'er, but I didn't dare to tell her, and I often made her angry. I heard a few old guys who worked with me tell me that our Huayue There are many girls in the building, and I thought I would come here to learn from you, so as not to make Qing'er's sister angry again, alas, I am really worried to death."
"Haha, it turns out that the young master is troubled by this matter. No wonder I didn't see you talking when I came in for a drink. Why don't I teach you some tricks to deal with girls and keep them effective, but I have to ask you a question first. If you are young My sister will be unwell for three or two days every month, what should you do?"
Zhao Xiaowu carefully recalled the daily past between himself and Sister Qing'er, just this afternoon, after he repaired the roof of Qing'er's house, Sister Qing'er said that she was unwell, and she also expressed her own solution at that time.
"Drink more hot water. My mother told me that drinking more hot water is good for your health and has miraculous effects in preventing all kinds of diseases."
"Alas," Xiao Taohong frowned and sighed deeply, "No wonder you can't catch up with your little sister Qing'er, if that's the case, you'll never want to be with your little sister Qing'er for the rest of your life."
"Why, Sister Qing'er and I are childhood sweethearts, we grew up together since childhood."
"It has nothing to do with when you grew up. How can you say that when a girl is uncomfortable? You say that, is she acting very unhappy, and even wants to kick you out?" Xiao Taohong pinched her waist and looked Looking at the "elm bump" in front of him, he has greeted his ancestors for eighteen generations countless times in his heart, but he is a guest recommended by Feng's mother, and it is not easy to scold him, so he can only hold it in his heart.
"Yeah, sister Qing'er just pushed me out today," Zhao Xiaowu raised his head to look at Xiao Taohong with the help of wine. It's so pretty, she's completely different from her own sister Qing'er. Good-looking, "What can I say, when my mother and my father married my mother, it wasn't so troublesome. The matchmaker made peace with it, and carried the sedan chair into the gate of my house."
"Hey, next time, just bring her a cup of hot ginger syrup and make sure she smiles at you."
"It's that simple?"
"Do you think it's complicated? What girls value is not what you do or what you say, but what you think. When you get your mind, it will come naturally."
The two are still discussing how to strike up a conversation with a girl. The two outside the door have long been laughing and falling back together. The newcomer's question makes Pei Yuanying and Pei Liu seem to hear some treasure. Hearing this, The two people outside the door could no longer listen anymore, and they quickly regained their composure. Pei Yuanying motioned for Pei Liu to knock on the door. The one who opened the door was Zhao Xiaowu, who was already a little drunk, but the captain's token gave him I still knew him, and Zhao Xiaowu was so frightened that he lost his mind for an instant, thinking that what he did today violated some national law, which made the captain angry, and came to arrest him personally.
"My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, this is my first time here, so I don't know anything else." Zhao Xiaowu knelt on the ground and was already limp. It seemed that he had drunk too much. Pei Yuanying hid her smile and signaled Xiao Taohong to go out first. moment.
"You are Zhao Xiaowu who stopped the car at the gate of the city last night? How about doing something for me?" Pei Yuanying stepped in and helped the limp Zhao Xiaowu to sit back at the table.
Pei Liu closed the door, and stood outside the door with Xiao Taohong, watching Xiao Taohong's beauty, Pei Liu couldn't help joking with her, making Xiao Taohong's face turn blue and red, after a while Pei Yuanying came out from inside , and said to Xiao Taohong: "Mr. Zhao is a little drunk, you have to serve him well tonight. If his childish hair hasn't faded, I'll ask you. His share of money tonight is on my head. You go in."
Xiao Taohong smiled charmingly, replied yes, and immediately got in. Seeing that her young master was busy with his business, Pei Liu couldn't hold back his thoughts anymore, and shouted downstairs: "Mother Feng, hurry up, Liu Pot!" Wooden fish!"?Beautiful Pei Liu couldn't help joking with her, making Xiao Taohong's face turn blue and red. After a while, Pei Yuanying came out from inside and said to Xiao Taohong: "Master Zhao is a little drunk, you have to have a good time tonight." Serve him, if his child's hair hasn't faded, I'll take you as a question, his share of money tonight is on my head, you go in."
Xiao Taohong smiled charmingly, replied yes, and immediately got in. Seeing that her young master was busy with his business, Pei Liu couldn't hold back his thoughts anymore, and shouted downstairs: "Mother Feng, hurry up, Liu Pot!" Wooden fish!?