Lintai Storm Record

It's a yellow-haired boy. "

It should be that Yan Licheng just thought that he was involved in this matter or knew the inside story, but he felt ridiculous at his age.

"This method of framing is too old-fashioned, haven't you made it clear to the emperor?"

Yan Licheng shook his head: "After you are from the Zhou family, you may not know that life is inherently high or low. The Qilin Guard is the emperor's minion and can run amok, but to be honest, they are just a group of slaves. I have nothing to do with Sun Xiu and others. The difference. It involves treason. If I don’t run away, I don’t have the confidence to wait until the day when the truth comes out. Instead of waiting until I’m in prison to find a way out, it’s better to run when I have the chance to escape. Maybe I can find out the truth and clear myself. possible."

"You didn't seem to be investigating this case after you left Qilin Guard."

Yan Licheng said unwillingly: "At that time, I had nothing left, let alone enter the palace. If I showed up in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I would be arrested and executed immediately. I had to go far away to Dingzhou to work as a boatman on the dock. Until Fu Mingmao people came to me."

☆、The Difficulty of Prosperity ([-])

"Have you been in contact with anyone since the case happened?" Song Qianzhi thought for a while, then changed the phrase, "Does anyone know that you are going to Dingzhou?"

"No one knows." Yan Licheng immediately denied it, but then, a trace of hesitation appeared in his eyes.

Song Qianzhi caught his unusualness, so he didn't ask any questions immediately, and kept silent, waiting for Yan Licheng to think for himself.

After a long time, Yan Licheng frowned, even he himself felt inconceivable, and murmured: "It can't be him."

"Who?" Song Qianzhi asked immediately.

Yan Licheng stared at Song Qianzhi with fierce eyes, took a few deep breaths, and said in a trembling voice: "There is a person who knows my whereabouts."

Song Qianzhi also thought of this person.

"Gao Niande."

"It can't be him." Yan Licheng gasped in the entire prison, his eyes wandered aimlessly around, and finally stayed on Song Qianzhi's face, "My junior brother will not betray me." His chest After several ups and downs, he finally said, "From the capital to Dingzhou, passing through twelve states, I was the only one walking alone, maybe something went wrong and left traces."

"Six years ago, the eldest prince Fu Mingmao's faction was completely purged. It was also the year when you betrayed the Qilin Guard. In these two incidents, who came first?"

Yan Licheng thought for a moment, and said: "When I left, Fu Mingmao had not been convicted, but from the capital to Dingzhou, I walked for seven months, hiding and hiding, and settled in many states and counties. , in order to completely get rid of the pursuit, the route was very circuitous. About less than a month after I left Beijing, Fu Mingmao was demoted to exile as a commoner, and I was in Lingzhou at the time."

This conflicts with Song Qianzhi's previous analysis.If Yan Licheng's assassination of the emperor was framed by others, then he and Fu Mingmao only met in Dingzhou, and later came to Heilangzhai to become a bandit leader.

"Go on."

"When I arrived in Dingzhou, it was already the winter of that year. I worked as a boatman in Dingzhou. After work every day, I used to drink some wine, and I got a lot of wine bills. It was the end of the year. The boss urged me to pay for the sake, otherwise I would not Then give me wine on credit. That year was unlucky, near the end of the year, and I had no money, and almost screwed the boss's head off."

What happened to Yan Licheng when he was the Qilin Guard? Song Qianzhi didn't dare to say, but now it seems that he has a hot temper. He must have been full of anger when he came out of Beijing on trumped-up charges.It is conceivable that he can really do things that kill people.

"At this time, someone came forward to settle the drink bill for me, and took me to the best restaurant in Bingzhou City."

"A man from Fu Mingmao?" Song Qianzhi asked.

Yan Licheng nodded.

"He..." Yan Licheng hesitated to speak, and after deliberating for a long time, he said, "Excellent eloquence, I have no hope of overturning the case, and I have been charged with a serious crime. When I was the captain of the Qilin Guard, what a glorious time, walking in the inner court and outside the office, without opening my mouth." There are officials who give money for free, and they are all respectful and respectful to the Qilin guards, and they will answer any questions."

"That's because you guys are so skilled." Song Qianzhi smiled.

"Severe punishment has its own advantages. Some stubborn people can't pry their mouths without severe punishment."

"You know that after you are arrested, eight out of ten you will be imprisoned in Qilin Guard, so you run so fast."

Yan Licheng remained silent.

"Have you told Gao Niande all this?" Song Qianzhi asked again.

There was a voice at the prison door, and Song Qianzhi recognized it was Shen Yushu.

But Yan Licheng's expression suddenly changed.

"what happened?"

Yan Licheng's whole face suddenly hit the railing, his flesh squeezed out, and he stared at Song Qianzhi with bulging eyes.

Song Qianzhi retreated quickly to avoid him. Even if Yan Licheng didn't intend to attack him, Song Qianzhi's palms were sweating in shock.

"You said my junior was detained by the court?"

At this time, Lu Guan Zhou had already rushed down, Lu Guan directly pulled Song Qianzhi behind him, and asked him: "What's wrong?" Looking at Yan Licheng sharply, he was about to rush up and kick him, but Song Qianzhi grabbed him.

"You said my junior was detained by the court?!" Yan Licheng shouted sharply, not afraid of Lu Guan's iron fist.

Song Qianzhi coughed: "He is safe now, you should be happy."

Yan Licheng was panting heavily. If there was no prison door to stop him, he might rush out of the prison and beat Song Qianzhi to death.

Outside the prison, Shen Yushu and Gao Niande were waiting outside, Gao Niande looked complicated.

Song Qianzhi was speechless, and asked Gao Niande: "Didn't you leave Beijing before us? How did you arrive?" He originally thought that Gao Niande and Gao Niande had missed each other on the way, but he only found out that he hadn't arrived after asking someone yesterday.

Gao Niande was dressed in black green robes, the waist buttons were shining golden, the clouds and the suanni complemented each other, the gauze hat covered his forehead, his facial features were like a black jade sword, so low-key that people would not notice his sharpness easily.

"If you are not in a hurry, you will be delayed on the road." Gao Niande said with a smile, "Master Song is interrogating Yan Licheng? Did you find out anything?"

Song Qianzhi shook his head with regret: "Your brother, don't you know about that copper pea? If I hadn't lied to him that you were detained in Beijing by the emperor, he might not have said a word. Bai said. I only asked about one thing, that is, he was contacted by Fu Mingmao after he left Beijing and arrived in Dingzhou. Calculated from the time, it should be about ten months after he left Beijing."

Shen Yushu's face changed when he heard Fu Mingmao's name, but he knew he couldn't ask.

Song Qianzhi led Lu Guan and the two qilin guards to leave first, Gao Niande had something to ask, as soon as he entered the room, he said, "When will Master Song leave for the other four states?"

"I haven't decided yet." Song Qianzhi said, "Everything in Rongzhou is still undecided, so I really don't feel at ease. By the way, Yan Licheng must be under strict supervision. When the time comes, he will be escorted to Beijing and handed over to the emperor for questioning."

Gao Niande's eyes flashed.

Zhou Xiandao: "Naturally, after all, he is the former captain of the Kirin Guard. Besides, the court has never withdrawn the order to hunt him down."

Lu Guan asked strangely, "Where are you going?"

Song Qianzhi hurriedly forgot about it, and only then remembered that he asked Zhou Xian to take out the sword box.

Picking up the copper buckle on the top, Song Qianzhi smiled and asked Lu Guanna to take a look.

Both Lu Guan and Gao Niande looked surprised.

"Baxia..." Lu Guan murmured.

"Do you recognize it?" Song Qianzhi was a little surprised. He recognized it because he was chased and beaten by the prince Fu Minghong when he was a child. What chance does Lu Guan have to know?

"You don't know that?"

Zhou Xian explained: "Everyone who is an official in the court will know it, or anyone with a little knowledge will know it. Even if they have not seen this sword, they have seen its picture. Otherwise, how could the emperor issue orders with this sword? , the sword must be used to issue orders when going out. The young master is very powerful this time."

"Where is it?" Song Qianzhi picked up Baxia, played it around twice, flipped his wrist lightly, and it turned out to be a beautiful sword flower.

"This can't be played." Lu Guan helped Song Qianzhi put away the sword, and asked him, "Why did you leave? The imperial decree didn't let us go to Rongzhou to relieve the disaster. It seems that it's not time to return to Beijing."

Song Qianzhi had other plans, but he couldn't tell Gao Niande in front of Gao Niande, so he hesitated and said that he didn't think about it, and asked Gao Niande why he came to him.

Gao Niande said that he and another Qilin guard had a secret order to protect Imperial Physician He, and they could not leave while Imperial Physician He was in Rongzhou.

This was exactly what Song Qianzhi wanted, so he was asked to stay in Rongzhou and watch over Yan Licheng by the way so that no one would run away.Gao Niande responded one by one and left.

Song Qianzhi went to write letters behind the desk, and said to Zhou Xian and Lu Guan, "Now I'm in charge of inspection. It's an extraordinary time, and I'm going to do extraordinary things. I'm afraid you two will have to listen to my order first."

"This letter asked Shen Yushu to find someone to send it to the household department, and urged him to pay again." Song Qianzhi showed the letter to Lu.

Lu watched the corners of his mouth twitch.He never expected that Song Qianzhi would bluntly say in the letter that Yang Wen said in front of the imperial court that he would remember all the words that the court went out to buy food from the merchants, and told Mr. Yang not to break his promise, and even gave Yang Wen a discount. As long as you can survive the three and a half months after spring plowing, I won't ask you much.

By the way, Song Qianzhi also took a piece of Shen Yushu to help Shen Yushu complain a lot, counting how difficult it was for him to take office in Rongzhou.Now Rongzhou calls Shen Yushu a good official, and he must not let the people down.

Zhou Xian took it for a look, and immediately burst out laughing.

"Master Song, you are rolling around and playing tricks. I don't know what expression Yang Wen made when he saw it."

"The two balls of walnuts on his face are probably swollen to twice the size. Just don't scold me in front of the household department." Song Qianzhi didn't care, no matter what he didn't want to be an official, he would take his father's position, Qian Liangtiandi There are a lot of the same, so feel free to scold, anyway, he is just a gangster secretary province, how can he have time to study and prepare for the exam now, even if he has the time, he doesn't know if the imperial examination will be bad next year, so let's not think about it.

After sending Zhou Xian to find Shen Yushu, Song Qianzhi told Lu Guan what happened in the capital.

Only then did Lu Guan understand why he wanted to interrogate Yan Licheng as soon as he came back. One was to take advantage of his unpreparedness to see if he could swindle out something else, and the other was to pry Gao Niande out of Yan Licheng's mouth. Did Zhou know about it? , Song Qianzhi always had doubts in his heart.

Lu Guan didn't care much about this.

"It's nothing if you want to leave me in Rongzhou."

Seeing his indifferent appearance, Song Qianzhi became angry.

"That's right, Mr. Lu has long put life and death aside, with his head hanging on his waistband, and his righteousness is for the people. He can be called a model for all officials."

Lu Guan smiled, with an evil look in his smile.

Song Qianzhi felt his heart skip a beat, this guy was handsome sometimes, but Song Qianzhi always wanted to push him to the ground and beat him up.

"Where are you going first? Don't leak the news, go quietly."

This was also Song Qianzhi's idea. Rongzhou's stability was all because of his return.If the news of leaving is leaked, chaos will easily arise, and Shen Yushu must cooperate in this matter.

On the same day, Song Qianzhi and Shen Yushu agreed to find someone who was somewhat similar in figure and appearance to him, and also found two people who were in the same shape as Lu Guan and Zhou Xian.

Huang Wuyi cried bitterly: "These three people are really hard to find. The three adults are very powerful officials. If you look closely, they will definitely reveal their secrets."

"If you don't go out, just stay in the government office. It really looks like that from a distance." Song Qianzhi stood still in front of the man pretending to be Lu Guan, and looked him up and down. What a money grab."

The man followed his word.

"that is it."

Lu Guan: "..."

The three of them didn't dare to delay any longer, so they left Rongzhou with the emperor's token that day.The four prefectures that the emperor asked Song Qianzhi to inspect were listed from west to east, and Lingzhou was the first to bear the brunt, but Song Qianzhi meant to go east first, to Fengpingxia first.

Fengping Gorge is located at the junction of Quzhou, Mengzhou and Jiaozhou, sandwiching the Mang River. The Mang River flows through more than ten states in Dachu. Due to the extremely complicated terrain of Mengzhou, it is formed at the junction of Mengzhou and Quzhou. Hundreds of miles of windy and dangerous gorge, its starting point is within the boundary of Mengzhou, the mouth of the gorge becomes the mouth of Fengping gorge, and the next tens of miles are called Fengping gorge. This section is the most rapid torrent on the Meng River. It is also the natural danger that Da Chu relies on.

After leaving Rongzhou, the three of them headed straight eastward and rode for three days before reaching Mengzhou. This time Song Qianzhi did not go directly to the state capital.

It was afternoon, the sun was slanting, and there was no snow. Compared with Rongzhou in the northwest, the climate here was much more comfortable.

The city gate guards were eating melon seeds and throwing dice, and the interrogation was not strict.The three of Song Qianzhi pretended to be businessmen, he was naturally the young master, Lu Guan was his regular follower, and Zhou Xian was sent to protect the young master's home nurse.

Half a day before arriving in Mengzhou, they passed through a wealthy town, and they bought goods and a carriage, which were full of common New Year's goods.

A soldier came over and wanted to fork the cart with a spear in his hand.

"What are you doing?!" Song Qianzhi yelled.

The soldier rolled up his sleeves: "Investigate! Why? No investigation? Could it be that you are spies?"

Hearing the word spy, an old man in the line grabbed Song Qianzhi's hand, and let Song Qianzhi touch his hand in his sleeve, and his thumb and middle index finger made a sign for counting bank notes. gesture.

Song Qianzhi's face was blackened immediately, and he still took out the bank note, and was about to take out one of the 20 taels, but the soldier snatched it away.

"You are stealing money, you!" Song Qianzhi yelled arrogantly.

The soldier kicked him as soon as he lifted his foot, but Zhou Xian twisted both arms before he missed Song Qianzhi, screaming in pain.

The other guarding soldiers sensed that something was wrong, and they picked up their weapons and were about to step forward, but Zhou Xian had already let go.

The soldier winked at his companions, signaling them not to mess around, and stammered: "Let's go... let's go, don't block the people behind."

Only then did Lu Guan go up to salute him.

"Don't blame the military master. The young master has a temper at home. Our car is full of cloth and satin. If it is tied up, it will not be easy to sell."

The silver flashed in Lu Guan's hand, and Song Qianzhi became angry, and shouted: "Li Ergou, are you going away? Why don't you get out of here!" Then he stretched out his hand to pull Lu Guan's ear.

The audience suddenly laughed.

This Chang Suisheng was tall and handsome, except for a small scar on his face. He was obviously a handsome man, but he was dragged into the car by his legs and ears by the young master who was idle and ignorant.

Zhou Xian drove the carriage into the city.

According to the detailed counting of several defenders, he got 200 taels of robbery, and his anger disappeared. He just felt that he should hit hard, maybe he could squeeze out more.

When he arrived at the inn, Song Qianzhi was so exhausted that he asked Xiao Er to fetch water for him to take a bath without saying a word.

In order not to attract attention, the three of them shared two rooms, so Chang Sui naturally made the floor in the young master's room.So Song Qianzhi asked Xiaoer to make a shop on the ground.

The room in this inn is very large, and the bathtub is placed in the west corner of the room, separated by a screen.

Song Qianzhi took a bath behind the screen.

Lu Guan was packing their luggage outside, he took out the sword with lingering fear, held it in his hand, and was imagining how majestic Rongzong would be when he commanded the three armies with this sword.

Song Qianzhi shouted from the screen: "Chang Sui, why don't you come and rub the young master's back?"

Chang Sui and Li Ergou were so frightened that the sword in their hand fell to the ground with a clang.

Song Qianzhi was startled, and stood up from the water: "What are you doing?"

Lu Guan hurriedly put Baxia back to its original place, and carefully locked it in the cabinet. When Song Qianzhi walked over, he was holding on to the screen and looking out, when Lu Guan walked in unexpectedly, he panicked and slipped.

Lu Guan quickly hugged him and threw him into the tub.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Song Qianzhi was speechless, and asked Lu Guan what he was doing just now while soaking.

"Nothing, raise your right hand."

Song Qianzhi lifted his right arm up, and Lu Guan rubbed his arm with a loofah. His hand was so strong that it was red when he touched it. He couldn't help but lighten his strength. The skin was broken.

"From today onwards, you will be called Li Ergou." Let him die like a duck.Song Qianzhi has been thinking about how to fix Lu Guan all the way.

"We're here to do business, don't mess around."

Song Qianzhi was lying on the bathtub, Lu Guan was behind him, in the sparkling water, the young white body was in full view.Unknowingly, Lu Guan wiped his back more and more slowly.

Song Qianzhi said lazily: "I don't think there is anything to inspect in Mengzhou, and the city defense is not strict. The people here obviously live much better than Rongzhou. I remember that there was a county under Mengzhou when the earthquake happened?"

"A small county, not far from the state capital."

"How long have you been riding?"

"It will take half a day to get there."

"How do you know, haven't you been in Quzhou?"

Lu Guan remained silent again.

Song Qianzhi thought, Lu Guan failed to follow Fu Mingshao to Beijing, and after he was left in Quzhou, the imperial court didn't send someone to watch him. As long as he ran out without being discovered, there would be no problem.After all, as long as Lu Guan does not become an official in the court, he is not a threat to the court, nor is he a threat to the Queen Mother Zhou and Li Xiang's faction.Gradually, many years passed, and the number of people standing behind Fu Mingshao was no longer as small as before.

At that time, most of Fu Mingshao's side was not available, except for this fellow student, who did all the dirty things for him that he didn't want to do. As a result, when Fu Mingshao came to Beijing, this great hero was offered in exchange, but Lu The view is that even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed.

Song Qianzhi rubbed his back comfortably by Lu Guan's careless hand, and sang a few words: "Spring tour, apricot blossoms blowing all over your head. Who in Moshang is young and flirtatious~"

"So comfortable?" Lu Guan whispered, put Song Qianzhi's arms with both hands, let him lean back, walked around in front of him, and wiped his body for him like a loyal follower.

Just now Song Qianzhi was enjoying himself a lot, but suddenly he couldn't sing anymore, Lu Guan's hand was holding the handkerchief, and it brushed across his chest and lower abdomen, all the way down.

"All right, all right, I'll do it myself." Song Qianzhi blushed, and before he could say anything, his voice suddenly changed, "Ah—" Lu Guan rubbed his thigh, and his face immediately changed from the pain.

Lu Guan frowned, opened his legs, and looked carefully at the light, his expression was ugly for a while.

I saw that Song Qianzhi's inner thighs were covered with blisters and newly healed marks from riding a horse. Obviously, they didn't get worn out on this trip to Mengzhou. They were already covered on his legs when he was supposed to go to Rongzhou, but he didn't. The medicine did not take a good rest.

"Get up." Lu Guan washed Song Qian's lower body indiscriminately, asked him to get up, wrapped him in a dry cloth, and threw him on the bed.

Song Qianzhi faintly felt that Lu Guan was angry, and this bath made him feel refreshed, relieved his exhaustion from travel and dust, and fell asleep when he was buried under the quilt.

☆、The Difficulty of Prosperity (Lu)

When Lu Guan came back from taking the medicine, Song Qianzhi was already asleep. He sat down by the bed, looked at Song Qianzhi for a while, and put his hand under the quilt. Song Qianzhi was still under the quilt, obviously I was exhausted from the continuous riding on the road.

Lu Guan raised his hand to touch his face, but finally held back, and carefully lifted the quilt from his waist.He used a wooden chip to apply the ointment from the plate in his hand to Song Qianzhi's leg. While applying it, he turned his eyes to look at Song Qianzhi's expression. He saw that he was just frowning and didn't intend to wake up. His hands kept moving, and he was done. Waist, and wrapped with a bandage that has been scalded.Lu Guan thought about it, but still didn't want to wake him up, so he didn't dress Song Qianzhi.

After giving Song Qianzhi good medicine, Lu Guan got out of bed to wash the dishes, packed the house, wrapped Song Qianzhi's quilt around the corners before going out, and walked out.

Song Qianzhi fell into a drowsy sleep, and when he woke up it was afternoon and the sky was still bright.Song Qianzhi woke up a bit, and heard voices on the street. He called Xiao Er to ask, and learned that there was no curfew in Mengzhou, and there were people on the street until midnight at night, and it was Shenmo now.

After the first update, those food stalls will be closed one after another.

Both Lu Guan and Zhou Xian went out, what should he do?Song Qianzhi thought about it, sitting in the room bored, his eyes staring straight.

So Lu Guan opened the door and came in, and saw Song Qianzhi sitting at the table with staring eyes, his eyes turned green with hunger.

"Go wash your hands, I bought a chicken."

Song Qianyi jumped up quickly when he heard this, washed his hands and came over to wag his tail.

"..." Lu Guan gave him the oil paper wrap, and went to wash his hands too. After washing, he turned his head and smelled himself, and then came over and sat down at the table.

Song Qianzhi was not very happy to give him a chicken leg.

"Where did you go?" Song Qianzhi asked vaguely while eating.

"Go for a walk on the street and see what's going on in the city." By the way, he visited the government office of the Tanzhou government. Leaving aside this, Lu Guan wanted Song Qianzhi to have a good rest today.

"How is it? Is there anything unusual?"

"I can't tell, do you have to talk while eating?" Lu Guan went out to find hot water and came back, taking out the tea leaves he brought with him from his bag.

Song Qianzhi wondered, "You brought tea?"

Lu Guan: "I bought it when I was running the store."

"What tea?"

"Qing...what, I forgot." Lu Guan didn't pay much attention to eating and drinking tea, knowing that Song Qianzhi must drink a pot after meals on weekdays, so he bought the tea.

After Lu Guan divided the tea, a big fat chicken was eaten clean, Song Qianzhi wiped his hands, watched Lu Guan pour the tea with half-believing gestures, picked up the cup and smelled it, then looked at Lu Guan, He took a sip suspiciously.

Lu Guan said angrily, "Don't drink it, it's poisonous."

Song Qianzhi chuckled, drank a glass and begged for a second one, Lu Guan ignored him, went to make the bed, and put Song Qianzhi's wet towel on the screen.

Song Qianzhi drank tea, and said to himself that Lu Guan lived a hard life in Quzhou, and he didn't pay much attention to basic necessities of life.This tea is really not good. When I return to Beijing, I will take him to my home, eat something good, and drink something good.Lu Guanren was still good, he put medicine on his leg, and Song Qianzhi still accepted it.After drinking half a pot of tea, Song Qianzhi heaved a sigh of satisfaction as he relieved the greasy taste of the fried chicken.

"Are you going out tonight?"

Lu Guan had already made the bed, sat on the edge of the couch and took off his boots.

"Don't go out, go down to have dinner later, and then go to bed."

Song Qianzhi's eyes lit up.

Lu looked amused.After all, Song Qianzhi still has a childish temper.If there is such a brother.Lu Guan shook his head, if he really had such a younger brother, he probably hated him like a cockfight every day.Lu Guan suddenly remembered the elder brother Song Qianzhi whom he met in Zhang Jingju.

"Can you still eat?" Lu Guan teased him.

Song Qianzhi supported the table and stood up, his hands on his hips began to shake, and he looked at Lu Guan: "Let's eat later, I can eat it."

Lu Guan laughed out loud.

Song Qianzhi was taken aback by his laughter, and his stomach was full of food after eating, and he hurriedly hopped his feet to digest the food outside the house.

It rarely snows in Mengzhou in winter, and the river never freezes. After nightfall, most of the streets are filled with food stalls, and the tempting aroma of cooking with oil is everywhere.

Lu Guanxian was optimistic about the place when he went out in the afternoon, and took Song Qianzhi and Zhou Jin directly to a barbecue shop at night.

After entering the door, you have to go forward to the courtyard. Under the open air, one table can seat four people, and each grill can barbecue meat for the guests of three tables at the same time.

In front of each person is a sea bowl and two dishes, one dish is made by grinding dozens of spices into powder, which is fragrant, and the other dish is a sauce dish that is often eaten in Beijing.

From time to time, the oil from the roasting of the meat splashes on the charcoal that is still open, making a sizzling sound.

Barbecue while drinking, and it's already winter. Many varieties of plum blossoms are planted in the owner's courtyard. The branches are slanting.

The locals spoke loudly, with a strong local accent, and Song Qianzhi could only understand part of it.

He ate the fried chicken first, but he wasn't that hungry, but he couldn't resist the delicious taste, and kept stuffing meat into his mouth.

"Have you noticed that this place doesn't seem to be too affected by the battle with Heidi?" Song Qianzhi said.

More than half of Fengping Gorge is within the boundaries of Mengzhou. Meng Qinfeng was defeated in the lower reaches of Fengping Gorge. During the three days of digging through the road, if Hei Di used his troops quickly, he should have reached the suburban state east of Mengzhou. , Mengzhou will not have not received any news.

And the ordinary civilians in the store with a Mengzhou accent are all talking and laughing, enjoying the delicious food and beautiful scenery.

"The boss's secret plum wine, brewed last year, try it." Lu Guan gave Song Qian a glass of warm wine.

Song Qianzhi drank a cup and still wanted it, and he was satisfied after drinking four cups in a row. Holding the cup, his face flushed slightly, and he stared blankly at Lu Guan.

Lu Guan hurriedly glanced at Song Qianzhi, his face flushed, and he added wine to Zhou Xian.

A waiter who shuttled between the low desks knelt on a lotus cushion and put slices of meat into the guests' bowls.

Song Qianzhi just looked at Lu Guan like that, ate his stomach full of meat, and couldn't even stand up when he went back.

Back at the inn, Song Qianzhi fell on the bed, was pulled up by Lu Guan, hugged him from behind, and rubbed his stomach with one hand.

Song Qianzhi's eyes popped out, he waved his hands again and again, his breathing was messed up, he almost vomited out, after a breath, Song Qianzhi cried bitterly: "Don't touch me."

With a smile on his lips, Lu Guan half picked him up from the bed, ordered him to stand in front of the bed, and fetched water to wash his face.

After rinsing his mouth, Song Qianzhi felt a little better. He and Lu Guan scalded their feet in the same basin. Song Qianzhi raised one foot and stepped on Lu Guan's instep. The feet are buckled in the soles of the feet.

Song Qianzhi's skin is smooth and tender, and the two maidservants at home often bring medicinal materials to soak his feet, and every once in a while he even finds a master to do pedicures.

Lu Guan's feet are a circle bigger than his, and the soles and thumbs are very rough.

Song Qianzhi looked down at the foot basin, his red face was reflected on the trembling water.

Taking advantage of Lu Guan's unpreparedness, Song Qianzhi lifted his foot and stepped on his instep, laughing triumphantly, unexpectedly the movement was too big, and the whole person fell backwards.

Lu Guan's expression changed, and he reached out to grab Song Qianzhi's arm.

Immediately the two hugged each other.

Song Qianzhi didn't know if he was really drunk, he just felt lazy and didn't want to get up when he leaned on Lu Guan's shoulder. He pressed his face hotly against Lu Guan's neck, and heard a loud swallow.

Lu Guan held Song Qianzhi in his arms, but he didn't dare to let go, Song Qianzhi was about to be planted in the foot basin, and he didn't dare to move, but his heart was beating like thunder, for fear of being heard by Song Qianzhi, what was even more troublesome was , that snort made his lower body hard.

For a moment, Lu Guan was extremely embarrassed, he couldn't help taking a deep breath, trying not to look at Song Qianzhi's red ear shells when he was drunk, but his heart automatically added Song Qianzhi's fair and handsome appearance.The instep was still stepped on by Song Qianzhi, and Song Qianzhi moved, as if he wanted to sit back on the stool.

Lu Guan put his hands on his waist, supported him with both hands, exerted strength, and sent him back to sit on the stool.

"You...I..." Lu Guan stammered, "Be careful, if you fall again, drink the footwashing water."

Fortunately, Song Qianzhi didn't play around anymore, but just sat on the stool with a blank face.

Lu Guan wasn't sure if the kid was teasing him or he was really drunk, so after washing his feet, he took Song Qianzhi's feet up to his lap and wiped them dry. He touched Song Qianzhi's warm and smooth skin with his hands, Can not help but a little distracted.Sure enough, he is a young master who has been favored since he was a child. His skin is so white that it shines. There are no calluses on his feet. There are some hairs on his legs, which don't prick his hands, but are soft and cute.

Song Qianzhi's hands were hanging in front of him, his eyes were closed, as if he was taking a nap, he touched his nose with one hand, and moved his feet twice in Lu Guan's hand.

Lu Guan suddenly came back to his senses, wiped off Song Qianzhi's feet with his face flushed, and carried him to the bed.

After tidying up everything, Song Qianzhi was already snoring evenly on the bed.

Lu Guan hugged the quilt and struggled in front of the bed for a long time, made up his mind, took two steps to the floor, then turned back, and fell down beside Song Qianzhi.

After a while, Lu Guan turned his head to look at Song Qianzhi, who was sleeping soundly. He pulled the quilt away with one hand and put it on top of Song Qianzhi's quilt. With a movement, he hugged Song Qianzhi into his arms.

Lu Guan let out a breath slowly, closed his eyes, and fell asleep peacefully.

Song Qianzhi continued to snore, opened his eyes while snoring, saw Lu Guan's resolute and handsome face in front of him, and suddenly wanted to kiss him, instead of kissing his mouth, he just kissed the bridge of his nose.After thinking about it, I decided to forget it, the dead duck has a hard mouth, if he doesn't make Lu Guan chase after him for so many years, he will be in vain.

After dawn, Song Qianzhi woke up, and there was nothing around him, and Lu Guan was sleeping on the floor not far away.

Song Qianzhi's face twitched, he got out of bed, raised one foot, and placed it an inch above Lu Guan's face.

Lu Guan opened his eyes suddenly.

Song Qianzhi withdrew his foot.

Lu Guan: "..."

"Get up, I'm going to the countryside today, get up quickly." Song Qianzhi, who was dressed in snow-white single clothes, turned around to get dressed.

Lu Guan stared at the narrow waist exposed when Song Qianzhi raised his hand, and his nose bleed profusely.

Before leaving the city, the three of them went to the Yamen of the state capital, said hello to the state capital of Mengzhou, and said that they would go to inspect his land.The malnourished face of Nazhou Prefecture and Shen Yushu is very different. He is a rich middle-aged man with a face as white as jade and more kind.

He also sent a Facao to clear the way for the imperial envoy, and ordered two servants to accompany him.

Song Qianzhi said no need.

The state government insisted that the three of them go on the road together.

Song Qianzhi had no choice but to let Facao pretend to be the housekeeper, and the two yamen servants pretended to be servants, and accompanied him in his caravan.Zhou Xian and Lu Guan drove the car in exchange.

Song Qianzhi couldn't bear the bumps of the carriage the most. He wanted to sleep when he got in the carriage. He couldn't sit upright and talk to Facao, so he fell asleep on Lu Guan's lap. When he woke up, he didn't know where he was, but he felt the speed of the carriage relaxed. It was a lot slower, and I opened the curtain to look outside.

I saw that the fields on the plain were barren, and many people were dragging carts. The young and the old sat on the carts, piled up with pots and pans at home, and a few rotten quilts, exposed to the cold wind like old cows. Slowly swing west.

Lu Guan was about to get out of the car to ask.

Fa Cao on the car said: "They are all villagers from the Fengping Gorge. Heidi has come in. We have to retreat westward first. When we reach Zhoucheng, Master Sun will arrange for people to take them westward."

Song Qianzhi sat back, feeling a little dazed again.

"I don't think it's affected in Mengzhou City." Lu Guan said.

Fa Cao sighed and smiled wryly: "Your Majesty Lu doesn't know that Mengzhou has been a land of prosperity since ancient times. With the natural danger of Fengping Gorge, more than 120 years ago, when the north invaded, it was blocked by a ray of sky in the isolated peak of Dalong Mountain. To the east there is the dangerous shoal of Fengping Gorge. It can be said that Mengzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The residents in the city have not known what war is like for several generations. In addition, the folk customs of Mengzhou are simple and the life is rich. Excluding the annual tribute to the court, the surplus food is completely enough , people from south to north are willing to do business in Mengzhou, and the people here are full of laziness. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Mr. Sun arrested a few people. Dachu is about to be swept away. Lord Sun made a decisive decision to execute them in the middle of the city. Afterwards, the people in the state city continued to drink and dream of death, and they all regarded this as a rumor. As for the refugees who moved westward, they would die within a dozen miles outside the city. Stopped by the customs, detour to Zhoucheng, and continue to retreat westward through the outside of the city."

Song Qianzhi asked: "Now people in Zhoucheng don't know that Hei Di has come in?"

Facao shook his head: "The news is known all over the city. How many people believe it, I can't say for sure. I used to be a small official in the Zhenbei Army and was also in charge of the grain transportation in the Mengzhou Garrison. That's all I can say If there is no Fengpingxia and Dalongshan blocking it, Mengzhou City will be ravaged by the flames of war once a war breaks out."

"You dare to say this, and you're not afraid of losing your head?" Lu Guan said coldly.

Fa Cao said: "The lowly position is hard for a civil servant. If he has practiced martial arts since childhood, he can still contribute to the defense of his family and country."

The two yamen servants didn't speak, but they looked the same as Facao, regretful and angry.

Looking at it this way, the officials in Mengzhou, the wealthy households in the city, and even ordinary people should all know about the war in the east, but they don't think that Hei Di can break through Fengping Gorge and enter Mengzhou, and life will continue as usual.Only a few counties to the east under the jurisdiction of Mengzhou have been affected.

Song Qianzhi suddenly had an idea.

Do you want to divert to Fengping Gorge?

"No, you and I don't know how to march and fight. What can we do in the army?" Lu Guan immediately rejected Song Qianzhi's proposal.

Song Qianzhi was not angry, but also felt that he was too whimsical.Going to Fengpingxia is not only useless, but if he really calls, he has to be protected by others.

"Mu Dingbang's navy has never been defeated, and Fengpingxia should be able to keep it." Song Qianzhi remembered what the Queen Mother Zhou said. His aunt had followed the emperor's imperial conquest, so he must have made a good judgment.In this case, he should do his job well and go to the disaster-stricken counties first to see if the people have food for the winter and the new year.

At dusk, a group of people entered Hongping County in a carriage.As Lu Guan said, this county is indeed a small county, sandwiched between two low mountains, more than half of the city wall collapsed, and it happened that a section of the city gate collapsed, and there were no soldiers guarding the city.