Chen Xiaomu sighed and said to Wang Wu and Li Gui: "That's the end of this matter. If word spreads, I will hold you two accountable!"
Li Gui and Wang Wu replied at the same time: "Here."
At this time, the heavy snow outside the house was getting heavier and heavier. Although it was morning, it was as dark as dusk. From time to time, trees were broken by the snow and made a "click, click" sound. Li Gui stood at the door and looked at the heavy snow flying in the sky, and said to Chen Xiaomu He hesitated and said: "Your Highness, let's wait until the snow stops before going to the government office. Otherwise, it's snowing so heavily that we won't even be able to tell the direction!"
Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "This is snow, not an awl. I don't believe it. This heavy snow can kill people!"
"Your Highness, are you going to the Xinjing government office?" Wang Wu said in surprise.
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said, "Are there any other government offices in Xinjing City?"
"Brother Wang, you go to the government office with the Prince Consort!" He Jiugu said, holding on to the back of the chair and standing up with difficulty, and advised with a nervous expression: "Don't worry about my injuries!" Apparently He Jiugu was still there. Concerned about her brother's life, it seemed that she would be relieved if Wang Wu could go with him.
Wang Wu heard the sound and walked up to Chen Xiaomu and begged: "Your Highness, can I go with you? I am familiar with the road to Xinjingfu Yamen, and I have a few acquaintances of yours in Xinjingfu Yamen. I can't do anything with them." It’s more convenient.”
Chen Xiaomu thought for a while and felt that what Wang Wu said was reasonable, so he nodded and said: "Okay, then you can come with me!"
Li Gui braved the wind and snow to pull a carriage from outside. He opened the door and asked Chen Xiaomu to get in first. Wang Wu also got into the car, but Li Gui stretched out his hand and pulled him back. Wang Wu stared at Li Gui. He shouted: "His Highness wants me to accompany him to the government office, why don't you let me get in the car?"
Li Gui cooed at the empty frame behind the horse, "Go, you go to the front and catch the carriage!"
When Wang Wu heard this, he immediately became unhappy and scolded with a straight face: "Why, isn't there a coachman in our princess's mansion?"
Li Gui glanced at him and said proudly: "His Highness said, don't bring irrelevant people to the government office to avoid leaking the news!"
Wang Wu shrank his head and asked unconvinced, "Then why don't you drive? You have to let me go!"
"You have the nerve to ask!" Li Gui said angrily: "I was hit and injured yesterday by you pretending to be a hero, and you don't even have a damn thing now! What's wrong with letting you drive a car?"
Wang Wu thought about it and felt that he was in the wrong first, so he stopped arguing and just muttered, "I'm returning the favor to you." After saying that, he bowed and jumped onto the frame, grabbed the reins with both hands, shook it, and shouted, " The packhorse pulling the cart immediately spread its hooves and began to trot on the snow.
In the car, Chen Xiaomu was about to take a nap on the soft cushions in the car to recuperate his energy because he had not slept all night last night. Before he could close his eyes, he suddenly heard a loud "Ouch" sound from Wang Wu who was driving in front. Yelling, and then there was the sound of horses "creeping", and the carriage suddenly braked on the spot. Because the snow was relatively slippery, the carriage rushed forward for a long way before reluctantly stopping. Li Gui thought that he and Shang The same time he met the robber again, before the car stopped, he took out his sword and jumped out of the car, and took a stance on the snow. However, he was immediately confused, and the carriage was in addition to the front and back of the car. There were so many snowflakes that he didn’t even see a shadow of a ghost!
A surge of anger suddenly rose in Li Gui's chest. He held a waist knife and angrily ran to the carriage, pointed at the shocked Wang Wu and cursed: "Wang Wu, do you think you have a long life? If you are dissatisfied with me, we can make an appointment and find a place to challenge each other. But now that His Highness is still in the car, you dare to blatantly retaliate against me. If His Highness makes any mistake, I will It’s a crime enough to confiscate your home and exterminate your clan!”
Wang Wu was immediately stupefied by Li Gui's scolding. Seeing Li Gui's anxious expression, he said in astonishment: "Captain Li, don't you ever know how to give way when driving on the road? Just now, a snow-white horse suddenly rushed out of the heavy snow. Come out, I caused this consequence because of my hasty avoidance, why don’t you go and see if His Highness is injured in the car!"
"Don't look at it!" Chen Xiaomu patted the snow on his body with his hands and said with a smile: "I'm fine. It's snowing so heavily, stumbling is inevitable." The three people were talking when a sound of horse bells came from the front of the carriage. , followed by the sound of the coachman shouting at the horse and the pack horse snorting, a carriage seemed to slide in the snow to the three of them and stopped, and the door was pulled from inside. After driving, Wei Yushang's familiar pretty face stuck out of the car and said excitedly to Chen Xiaomu: "Teacher, I was about to go to the princess's mansion to find you, but I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Yes, what a coincidence!" Chen Xiaomu laughed.
"Teacher, are you in an emergency? It's snowing so heavily and you still go out!" Wei Yushang asked curiously.
Chen Xiaomu rubbed his numb hands from the cold and said shivering: "I'm going to the government office to do some urgent business. I'll be back soon. You go to the princess's mansion and wait for me."
Wei Yushang hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Teacher, shall I go to the government office with you first?" Besides, I have a heater in my car. Why don't you come and sit in my car, which will keep you warmer. Xiaocui happens to be in the car as well. I asked her to tell you about the purchase of a house and land. "
"This...!" Chen Xiaomu was hesitating whether to get into Wei Yushang's car. Suddenly, the sound of horse hoofbeats came from behind, and a white horse circled two carriages twice. Only then did he stop. Although the figure on the horse looked graceful and graceful, his ugly face was quite intimidating! "
Before Chen Xiaomu could speak, Wang Wu rushed to say: "Your Highness, this person suddenly rushed out from the opposite side on horseback just now. I was caught off guard and almost hit by her."
Chen Xiaomu sighed and said with a wry smile: "You must be lucky that you didn't hit him, otherwise it would have been in vain, and you might still suffer physical pain!" Then he hugged Wei Yuxin and said, "I say two Miss, aren’t you, a martial arts practitioner, afraid of the cold? I’m freezing to death in this carriage, but it’s better for you to be running around on a white horse that looks cold, isn’t it fun?”
Wei Yuxin glanced at Chen Xiaomu and blocked him and said, "I ride a horse and run around. I like it. Can you take care of it?"
"Okay, then you can keep running!" Chen Xiaomu smiled and said, "I have to take a step in advance!"
"Hey, don't leave yet, I have something to do with you." When Wei Yuxin saw Chen Xiaomu leaving, he hurriedly called to him.
Chen Xiaomu turned around and looked at Wei Yuxin's ugly face. He felt really sick, especially when he thought that the leather thing he was wearing was completely peeled off a human face!
"What's the matter?" Chen Xiaomu asked calmly.
"Where are you going?" Wei Yu seemed to be at a loss for words.
At this time, Wei Yushang jumped down from the carriage and walked to Wei Yuxin's horse head. She looked at her and smiled and said: "Second Miss, we are going to the government office to do some errands. How about you come to my car and I will There is a heater in the car, which is warmer than riding a horse!”
Only then did Wei Yuxin see that her sister was here, and she immediately became a little embarrassed. In fact, just now Wei Yuxin was riding a horse in a circle around the carriage, and Wei Yushang recognized her. Just because Li Gui and others were present, she I didn't want to expose my relationship with Wei Yuxin in front of these people, so I lay in the car without getting out. Now seeing her shrinking in front of Chen Xiaomu, I couldn't bear it, so I got out of the car to smooth things over for her.
Wei Yuxin glanced at Chen Xiaomu, jumped off the horse, tied the horse's reins to the back of Wei Yushang's carriage without saying a word, then took his sister Wei Yuxin's hand and got into the carriage.
Because the imperial court had just returned to the capital, the new government office had not found a big house and was now divided into two places to handle official affairs. Among them, the colleagues responsible for supervising grain, catching thieves, and water conservancy worked together with the professors and instructors responsible for teaching, household administration, and rural examinations. The address is in the courtyard of Zhang Yong's old prefect's yamen, and the prefect in charge of all affairs in Xinjing Prefecture and the general magistrate in charge of military affairs, money and grain, household registration, taxes and prison cases are in a compound on Zhuque Street. Originally, the imperial court was planning to hand over the former residence of Zhang Yong and his family behind Zhang Yong's old magistrate's office to the new Jingfu government office, so that they could be merged into one, freeing up the large courtyard on Zhuque Street, and then be used by Emperor Su Chengxuan. Give it to the second princess Su Xingchen as the new princess mansion. "
In the government office on Zhuque Street, there were two tall government officials standing under the porch. Each of them had a sword across their waists. They glared at the two cars driving towards the government office in the distance despite the wind and snow. In the carriage, one of them with a sharp eye tilted his head and said to another servant beside him when the carriage was far away: "Brother, if I read it correctly, this seems to be the carriage in Princess Qingfeng's mansion! Look at the plugs on the carriage. Doesn’t the flag have the word Qingfeng written on it!”
After hearing this, the Yamen looked at it carefully, then smiled and said, "Could it be that boy Wang Wu who used the tiger skin as a banner again to come to Mr. Jia to do something?"
The yamen who was asked almost nodded, "Well, I think it's almost the same!"
While they were talking, two carriages arrived at the door one after another. Sure enough, Wang Wu was sitting on the carriage of the carriage in front. When he looked up, he saw two government officials standing by the door, staring at him with their eyes. He greeted with his hand: "You two, I have something to do with Mr. Jia, so I'll go in first." After saying that, he didn't even stop the car and entered the government office.
The inside of this government office is a quadrangle. On the left is the lobby where the prefect and magistrates go to court to hear cases. On the right is a row of eight wing rooms with corridors. There are also eight main rooms with cloisters. There is one room on each side of the front door. In the holding room where the Yamen usually hold prisoners awaiting trial, two carriages just stopped in the yard. Someone opened the door of the main room and the side room in the courtyard and stretched out their heads to look around. As soon as Wang Wu jumped off the carriage, Jia Gui opened the door from the main room. He came out of the house and shouted loudly as he walked: "Brother Wang, did you encounter some difficulty when you came here under such heavy snow?"
Wang Wu hugged his fists and said with a wry smile: "Brother, don't get me wrong, I'm here with the Prince Consort!"
"What? The prince-in-law is here too?" Jia Gui said in surprise.
At this time, Chen Xiaomu jumped out of the carriage and greeted Jia Gui with a smile: "Master Jia, we meet again."
Jia Gui quickly trotted over, bowed and saluted: "I really didn't know that the prince-in-law was coming, so I missed you from afar. I hope you will forgive me!"
Chen Xiaomu waved his hands and said with a smile: "Master Jia, let's not do those vulgar etiquette. The main reason I came here this time is to discuss something with Magistrate Bai and Master Jia, but! I wonder if Magistrate Bai is in the mansion now?"
Jia Gui said flatteringly: "Prince-in-law, you're here by chance. Prefect Bai is just discussing things with me. I'll send someone to take you to the living room to warm yourself up. I'll go back and call him over. Do you think that's okay?"
