The ice shards formed by the morning light tightly clung to the grass and dead trees on the shore. A red sun watched everything forever, and the cold and loneliness seemed to have been ignored for a long time.
Outside Linzi City, under the rising sun, the afterimage of a military army slowly faded away from the tall and solid pass, and gradually moved farther and farther away from the east and west directions along the official road.
"Enter the city."
Xu Zongwen and Pei Qing were talking about Zhenghuan when Zhang San, who was driving beside him, reminded them.
Sitting in the car was Nie Zhen'er. Today she specially styled her hair into a woman's bun, and changed it into a bun with hairpins. She also tied a colorful tassel on her bun to show that she was tied to something. Xu Zongwen's wife.
Since entering the territory of Qingzhou, Xu Zongwen, Zhang San, Pei Qing, Nie Zhen'er and several sergeants pretended to be newlyweds and returned to their hometown to visit relatives. Xu Zongwen and Nie Zhen'er played the role of husband and wife, Pei Qing played the role of an old servant, and Zhang Sanchong There is a groom, and the rest are the escorting soldiers.
Not to mention, Xu Zongwen is tall and handsome, with extraordinary appearance, Nie Zhener is slim and graceful, and Xiaojiabiyu is really a talented man and a beautiful woman. They are a pair of beauties made in heaven and earth, and they are a perfect match.
"Ah~" Xu Zongwen ended the conversation with Pei Qing and bent down to get into the car. However, he accidentally used too much force and failed to control his body shape. His head hit two soft objects. When he raised his head, Xu Zongwen's entire face was almost close to Nie Zhen'er's!
"Ah—" The first time Nie Zhen'er cried out was because she was hit by Xu Zongwen, and this time it was because Xu Zongwen didn't dare to look directly at Nie Zhen'er's blushing face. When he lowered his head, he saw something wrong again. watch……
Xu Zongwen quickly distanced himself from Nie Zhen'er and moved his buttocks to the side. He pretended to finish arranging his clothes, turned around and apologized to Nie Zhen'er first, and then explained: Miss Zhen'er, it was my wife just now. Meng Lang, it's my fault, please don't mind! "
"How dare I blame the general?" Nie Zhen'er kept lowering her head: "It was because I sat too close that the general misunderstood."
"I was rude and offended Miss Zhen'er first!"
The great defense between men and women has been around since ancient times. Skin-to-skin intimacy can only be achieved by couples who have performed the ceremony of tying hair, and even couples cannot be upright in front of others, so why not?
Xu Zongwen was recalling that he had accidentally touched an important part of Nie Zhen'er, and then he immediately woke up. Xu Zongwen reached out and gave himself a slap, and kept silently reciting: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, After walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, I saw that the five aggregates are all empty, and I can survive all the hardships. Relics, relics are not different from empty, empty are not different from color, color is empty, empty is color, color is empty, empty is color, color is empty, empty is color..."
"Why should Mr. Lang blame himself so much?" Seeing Xu Zongwen slap herself hard, Nie Zhen'er's face stopped blushing and she hurriedly advised him.
Xu Zongwen waved his hand and said, "Miss Zhen'er, please stop talking. It's because I was too frivolous and made the girl unhappy."
"I'm not unhappy!"
"Miss Zhen'er tricked me just to comfort my wounded heart. Please stop comforting me. I'm already so ashamed that I can't even put my face to shame."
"Mr. Lang!"
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The two people in the carriage were apologizing to each other, while Pei Qing, Zhang San, and the soldiers guarding the carriage outside the carriage were all snickering. They had heard Nie Zhen'er's screams long ago, and they all guessed that their general was lonely on the journey. Some couldn't hold back their restless hearts, so they couldn't wait to do some indescribable things on the carriage.
Pei Qing quietly looked at the carriage with his peripheral vision: The general is really elegant! This move is so hard to get, so high! It's really high!
Zhang San covered his ears: I didn’t hear anything, I didn’t hear anything…
Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and the carriage staggered to the foot of Linzi City. According to the rules for entering the city, after checking the road guide, the carriage drove into Linzi City.
Qingzhou is located on the coast and belongs to the ancient Qi State. When King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty divided the princes, Taigong Lu Shang regarded "great agriculture, great industry, and great merchants" as the country's three treasures. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qi State's trade and industry industry benefited from fish and salt. The first country to become rich.
Across the sea from Qingzhou is Pingzhou, the land of three Koreas, and to the south is Xuzhou, which has a vast territory. Boating is convenient and is conducive to commerce. There are many merchants in the territory, and Linzi, as the seat of Qingzhou, is naturally very prosperous.
"Find a yard closer to the Governor's Mansion, rent it, and then issue a summons order to gather the brothers who are entering the city and be ready at any time!" Xu Zongwen stretched his head out of the carriage and ordered Zhang San.
Zhang San said loudly: "My husband is destined to find a secluded place."
Pei Qing stepped forward with brisk steps and asked, "Mr. Lang, you and your wife are tired from the journey. Would you like to find a restaurant to have something to eat first?"
Xu Zongwen turned back to ask Nie Zhen'er, who shook his head: "Didn't the general buy a lot of dry food before entering Linzi City? Zhen'er is not hungry yet. If the general is hungry, there is no need to go first."
"Listen to Madam and go later." Xu Zongwen said in a loud voice, and everyone around him focused their attention on this group of people.
Good guy, traveling with so many escorts, I wonder whose husband he is, so rich!
Xu Zongwen didn't care about the comments from passers-by. He got back into the carriage and chatted with Nie Zhen'er to pass the time.
Xu Zongwen looked at the local customs and customs of Linzi for a while through the small window of the carriage, and asked Nie Zhen'er: "The army has been attacking all the time before, and there is no spare time to look for your younger brother. I wonder what your younger brother looks like?"
"My brother's name is Nie Yong. He was only thirteen years old when he got lost. At that time, he was already about six feet tall, except for being a little thin... By the way, he had a wide forehead and slender and thick eyebrows..." Speaking of his lost brother Nie Yong, Nie Zhener has a lot to say.
Half an hour later, Zhang San found a small courtyard for sale in the east of the city not far from the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion. Xu Zongwen paid enough to buy the courtyard but told the owner that he was only renting it for one month.
Such a good thing came from heaven. The homeowner got a big deal for no reason. Naturally, he was overjoyed. He moved out and quickly vacated the yard. He also hired someone to sweep the yard clean and tidy it up. It took two or three hours.
When everything was ready, Xu Zongwen and his party were able to move into the small courtyard. The small courtyard that Zhang San was looking for had two entrances and two exits, more than a dozen east and west wing rooms, and five main rooms in the backyard, which could accommodate more than a hundred people.
There is an old locust tree near the gate, with animal horns on the eaves. The yard looks a little old, but it is also grand. It must have been the former residence of an official in the governor's office. It was later purchased by a wealthy businessman and then sold to the owner.
"Mr. Lang, please come this way."
Zhang San led the way, and Xu Zongwen and Nie Zhen'er walked side by side and followed behind. The three of them stepped through two doors, walked through four or five stone steps, walked through the main hall into the backyard, and checked in in the main room.
"Not bad, very clean, and very open." Xu Zongwen looked at it inside and out and praised it a few times.
Zhang San replied from the side: "Mr. Pei found this according to Lang Jun's request. This subordinate is just an errand boy. As long as Lang Jun is satisfied."
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Xu Zongwen patted Zhang San on the shoulder: "Remember to send more people to keep an eye on the Governor's Mansion to see who has come and gone recently, and report back at any time."
As the saying goes, knowing oneself and the enemy is always victorious. Xu Zongwen wanted to first understand what kind of person Fu Lang, the governor of Qingzhou, was, and then decide how to deal with it.
After all, rumors are just rumors. Being famous is not as good as meeting someone. How can you know someone if you don’t meet them?
Xu Zongwen was planning to visit Fu Lang in person, but in order not to attract attention, he had to adopt an extraordinary method. Normal delivery of letters and invitations would definitely not work. This compound is so close to the Governor's Mansion...
