Little Cardamom

Two days later, Yun Yi and Shu Jingran who took the initiative to stay with her in Pengcheng finally caught up with the team, and the horses and chariots had already marched to Yuzhou.

Reading books and playing chess all the way in the car, Ming Tan was very tired.

After talking with each other for two days, the husband obviously didn't want to play against her again, and when he saw her holding a chess pot, he went out to ride a horse.

Ming Tan was quite depressed, her chess skills were also ranked among the best ladies in the capital, so why was she so disgusted by him.

Fortunately, she soon entered the territory of Yuzhou, and the fatigue and depression in her heart were finally relieved.

The Yuxi area is a fortress in the Western Regions, and the scenery along the way is quite exotic, and her elder brother is the county magistrate in Pangshan in Yuzhou. The husband has promised her that he will stop by Pangshan for a day and take her to See my brother.

Ming Tan's elder brother, named Ming Heng, is eight years older than her. He has participated in the Spring Festival twice, and he was born as a Jinshi in the second year of Chengkang. In the same year when Bo gained fame, he got engaged to Dr. Zuo Jianyi's eldest daughter, who knew that not long after the engagement, Dr. Zuo Jianyi's eldest daughter died of a chronic illness.

Although Ming Heng has no great talent, he is diligent and down-to-earth, and he values ​​love and righteousness. He only met his fiancée once, but he still vowed to mourn her and not marry for three years. And he insisted on going his own way, he didn't want to stay as a Beijing official according to the situation of the Marquis's mansion, so he asked him to let him go, and he was willing to be a small county magistrate.

This year is already the fourth year he has been released to Pangshan, and he will return to Beijing next year after his term is completed, and he will be transferred after his duty report.

Jiang Xu paid attention to Ming Heng's evaluation in the Ministry of Officials, and he was excellent every year. From the evaluation point of view, he is a good parent official.

This detour to Pangshan was not only to satisfy Ming Tan, but also because he himself wanted to meet Ming Heng.

Ming Heng was very excited when he learned that the little sister whom he hadn't seen for a few years was going to pass by Pang Mountain with her prince and husband.

Ming Tan got married, he couldn't go back to Beijing to watch the ceremony, so he could only send someone to add a dowry for his younger sister. After Ming Tan got married, he wrote several letters to Jingzhong, and every time he asked about Ming Tan, he replied that he was very good. But the reply is a reply, and I haven't seen it with my own eyes. How can I jump to conclusions if it is good or not.

"My lord, aren't you going to Yizhuang today?" The little policeman chased after him and asked.

"Just let me go, my official sister is coming today." After adjudicating today's land dispute case, Ming Heng took off his official hat and hurried to the county government's residence, halfway, he stopped suddenly, He quickly said to the little policeman who followed, "Qinghe, don't go too, you are a girl's house, and you can just help me clean up the house."

The little catcher called "Qinghe" said in surprise: "Sister? Is that... the sister in the middle of the capital? How did she come to Pangshan?"

Everyone in the county government office only knew that his lord was in Shangjing, but they didn't know that he was the heir of the Hou family. But after getting along with the adults for a long time, everyone can vaguely perceive that the status of the adults should be extraordinary.

Several times when he was in danger, there were hidden guards who rescued him. When the prefect came to Pangshan for inspection, he was also very polite to his own adults.

"It's a long story, in short, you and I go to clean up the house first."

"yes."

Qinghe took the lead, and became a little more curious about this county magistrate's younger sister who had heard her name for a long time.

The adults seldom mentioned family matters, but every time he mentioned it, he would always mention his beautiful and lovely little sister who looked like a fairy. And the adults are always simple, eat and drink in the county government office, dress cleanly, but spend the money to collect rare things to send to the capital without hesitation.

She really wants to see what kind of person this young lady is.

At noon, she finally saw it.

After the chariots and horses drove into Pangshan County, Ming Tan covered his veil and lifted the hood, his eyes lingering all the way.

She hasn't seen her elder brother for nearly four years, and she wants to take a closer look at what the place under his rule for four years looks like.

But seeing this, Ming Tan couldn't help feeling somewhat sad.

Although Pangshan is Wang County, it can't be compared with Shangjing. Those nobles in Shangjing are not gallant, red-sleeved, but her brother has a solid eye and insists on becoming a county magistrate in this small place. Keeping mourning and not marrying has a stalemate with his father, and now he doesn't even have a sister-in-law.

When she got off the car in front of the county government office, Ming Tan lightly stepped on the sedan chair, covered with a thin veil, and wore a jade-white pear flower gauze skirt all over her body, fluttering like a fairy, because she didn't have the green calyx to accompany her, her hair was simply tied in a bun, only the hairpin Green jade hairpin, but it is still difficult to hide its picturesque eyebrows.

After getting out of the car, Yun Yi stepped forward and held up a paper umbrella for him.

Qinghe was dumbfounded.

Ming Heng was also dumbfounded.

When he left Beijing, Ming Tan was just a pretty little girl with pouty cheeks, who would call him "brother" sweetly with a smile. Unexpectedly, after four years of absence, she would be like a fairy. Stop, like pear blossoms in spring water, lovely and charming.

"elder brother!"

Ming Tan's eyes flicked across the group of people who came out to greet him, and soon settled on the long man in the leader's uniform of the county magistrate.

The man looks dignified, upright and gentle, with the kind of face that is easy to get along with at a glance, she couldn't help but yelled softly.

Mingheng regained his senses, and almost blurted out "sister", but he held back for now, because his eyes were quickly attracted by the man in black who stepped out of the carriage.

The man in black was tall and tall, with cold eyes, and just got off the carriage with the aura of a superior. Presumably this is the famous Daxian God of War, his brother-in-law, His Royal Highness King Dingbei.

Ming Heng was stunned for a moment, then turned his eyes back to Ming Tan, and it took a long while to restrain the excitement surging in his heart: "You two are too tired to travel, please come inside."

Seeing Shu Jingran getting off from the carriage at the back, he also politely said: "Second Master Shu, please come inside."

Shu Jingran nodded and smiled, he wanted to call "Shizi", but he didn't know what to think of, so he called "Master".

He didn't know Ming Heng well, but he remembered that in the past when his elder brother invited people to cook tea and discuss poetry, this Prince Jing'an was a frequent visitor.

A group of people followed Mingheng into the Pangshan county government office.

Walking all the way to the reception flower hall in Yamen, Ming Tan finally couldn't help taking off his veil, stepped forward to hug Ming Heng, and shouted: "Brother!"

"Sister!" Ming Heng also hurriedly hugged Ming Tan and stroked her head, his voice trembling with excitement.

Jiang Xu: "..."

His little concubine usually keeps her mouth shut outside, but now her elder brother can hug her casually.

"Brother, why are you so thin? Is it because you are so busy with business that you don't eat properly? Ah Tan misses you so much!" Ming Tan had tears in his eyes, and his heart ached.

Hou Zai swallowed his saliva in Qinghe not far away, marveling at the beauty of the adult sister, but also wanted to make a point: the adult has obviously grown thick since he came to Pangshan. A new set, you can't open your eyes and talk nonsense even if you look good.

However, she is not the only one who is talking nonsense, Ming Heng also said: "You still talk about me, you are so thin that the wind can blow you down, don't you—"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Xu glanced at him, his eyes seemed to be asking: "Why, the prince thinks that the Dingbei palace has treated the concubine badly?"

"I'm fine, brother don't have to worry." Ming Tan recovered first and stopped Ming Heng from talking, "By the way, brother, this is my husband." She then introduced to Jiang Xu, "Husband, this is my brother .”

The eyes of the two men finally met.

There were outsiders present, and they didn't take the initiative to reveal their identities. Ming Heng didn't know how to address him for a moment, so he called out after deliberation: "Brother-in-law?"

Jiang Xu was silent for a long time, then he nodded and said, "Brother, just call me to start it."

brother? Ming Heng nodded, although there was nothing wrong with it, but he faintly felt that he had taken a big advantage.

It's not easy for siblings to meet each other this time, since Jiang Xu brought Ming Tan here, it's not like he didn't even give him a chance to talk alone. He took the initiative to leave with Shu Jingran, leaving only Yunyi outside the flower hall waiting for the two to talk.

After saying this, it was a whole afternoon. In the evening, Ming Heng prepared a table of good wine and food early, and had a drink with Jiang Xu, his brother-in-law, and Shu Jingran, an old friend.

Ming Tan was overjoyed, and had two drinks with them. But she doesn't drink well, and what she drank was not fruit wine. After two glasses, her little face turned red.

Jiang Xuben only allowed her to drink a small cup. Seeing that she had started to drink the third cup secretly, he suddenly snatched it away and drank it down again. He said to Yunyi expressionlessly: "Madam is drunk, send Madam back home." room to rest."

As soon as he spoke, Ming Tan got up obediently like a child who was caught doing something wrong with a guilty conscience.

Seeing this, Ming Heng couldn't help feeling worried. When talking in the afternoon, Ming Tan said that the lord treats her very well, but no matter how you look at it, it seems that his younger sister is eaten to death by the lord.

There was no one else around, he poured the wine, hesitantly said: "My lord, Sister She is young and doesn't know anything, if you make any mistakes on weekdays, please bear with me."

Jiang Xu drank a glass of wine by himself, and his voice was as clear and indifferent as this wine: "Don't worry, brother, my concubine will naturally not make mistakes. If there is a mistake, it is someone else's fault."

"..."

Very good and overbearing.

That night, Jiang Xumingheng and Shu Jingran chatted very late. But most of the time it was Jiang Xu and Ming Heng who were chatting, Shu Jingran seldom interrupted, he knew that Jiang Xu was thinking of employing people when he deliberately passed by Pangshan this time.

Assuming that Tonggang is opened in time, Yuzhou in the whole prefecture must be completely controlled by his own people. Mingheng has stayed in Pangshan for four years and knows Yuzhou very well. If someone is available, he can't miss it.

…

It was late at night when we returned to our room.

Seeing the silence in the room, Jiang Xu thought that Ming Tan was drunk and had already fallen asleep. Not wanting to go to the back room, Ming Tan suddenly got out from under the quilt.

For some reason, she changed into the Western Region dance dress that she bought outside today. The scarlet color, the upper body reveals fair and delicate shoulders, neck, waist and abdomen, with many decorative glitters on the edges, and the lower body is a thin layer of scarlet gauze, hazy Covering the important parts and the two straight and slender legs.

"Husband, is A-tan good-looking?"

She had a sweet voice, and was quite drunk, she got up swayingly, imitating the dancer from the Western Regions she saw at the market today, and looked straight at Jiang Xu. She didn't learn it well, but she learned a little bit of contrived charm in the pure and innocent, and it was terrible to be coquettish and annoying.

Jiang Xu put his arms around her slender waist, clasped her two restless little hands behind his back, and said in a low voice, "Don't make trouble, this is at your elder brother's house."

"Brother? Uh...brother?"

She was so drunk that she couldn't quite understand what Jiang Xu was saying.

"Brother who are you calling?" Jiang Xu heard her calling Mingheng brother again and again during the day, and there was a very strange impulse in his heart. At this moment, Mingtan was not so clear-headed, and some impulse was faintly stirring in his heart, he asked calmly said, "What's my king's name?"

"Well...Jiang...Qizhi."

"What's the name of the word?" He tempted.

"Enlightenment of..."

"Whose house is this in?"

"elder brother?"

"Link up."

"...?"