Xia Ning

"A-Ning, A-Ning, come here, the water is not cold at all." Jing Zexian rolled his trouser legs and sleeves, and his robe was tied around his waist. He stood barefoot in the middle of the stream and waved his hands. There was a layer of orange light, combined with that flying expression, it made people lose their minds for a moment.Xia Ning nodded involuntarily, and when she recovered, she was already standing in the stream.

Xia Ning was secretly annoyed: It's been so long, why can't he say no to him. "A-Ning, why are you stunned? Hahahaha!" Jing Zexian said while splashing water on his clothes, making a running gesture.

"Don't run!" Xia Ning poured water on him, but Jing Zexian had already run a long way when he bent down.The two ran one by one, chased by the other, splashed water on each other, and fought. The sparrows on the trees by the stream seemed to be infected by this atmosphere, chirping and having a good time.

On the grass by the stream, the two lay side by side with their limbs spread.Xia Ning looked at the sky, listening to the breathing of the man next to his ears, time seemed to stop flowing at this moment.

"A-Ning, I'm leaving. My grandfather resigned and left Beijing tomorrow." The calm words came into Xia Ning's ears, and his calm heart suddenly became chaotic, and there was a trace of panic trembling in his voice, "Why? ?”

Jing Zexian "my grandfather, as the Duke of Zhen, held [-] soldiers in his hand. He was scrupled by Emperor Qian, so in order to preserve his safety, my grandfather voluntarily resigned from office and handed over his military power." He made great contributions in the rebellion, so he was appointed as the Duke of Zhenguo, who can hold the military power in his hand.

Xia Ning's tone returned to normal, "Where are you going? When will you leave?"

"Go back to Huainan, my ancestral home, and leave at sunrise tomorrow morning." Jing Zexian looked sideways at the people beside him, and joked, "You don't need to see me off, lest you cry when you arrive."

When Xia Ning heard the words, the sadness in his heart was diluted a little, and he said, "It's you who acted like a daughter!"

Jing Zexian pretended to be shy, "Oh, I was seen through by you!" After finishing speaking, he paused, "You really don't want to come at that time, I won't see you parting."

"it is good."

Jing Zexian "Come back!" Xia Ning stood up with the help of the man's outstretched hand, and his robe was already soaked through.The wind in early spring is really cold, Xia Ning thought secretly in his heart, and couldn't help but hugged his arm.A robe was draped over his shoulders, "Be careful of catching a cold, or you'll have a hard time tomorrow." The man's voice couldn't hide his concern.

"Yeah." There was a hint of nasal in the tone, and he looked sideways at the man reluctantly, "I'll go to Huainan to find you in the future, how about it?"

"Okay! The young master will treat you well when the time comes, and sweep the couch to welcome you." The man smiled and looked at Xia Ning, "A-Ning, let's see which one of us crosses the city gate first, how about it! The rules for the winner will remain the same."

"Okay!" Xia Ning raised his whip as he spoke, and rushed towards the city gate like an arrow leaving the string.

"A-Ning, you're like this again!"

The two horses, one white and one black, scrambled to be the first, their whips swung up and down from time to time, and finally they entered the city at the city gate.

"You lost!" Xia Ning looked up at Jing Zexian and said briskly.

"You!" Jing Zexian smiled and shook his head, "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"Well, I haven't made up my mind yet, let's talk about it when I get to Huainan!"

"Then you have to remember well, I won't count if I don't remember." Jing Zexian joked looking at Xia Ning.The two sat there quietly on the horseback and looked at each other, neither of them wanted to take a step first, "Squeak—" broke the silence between the two. "Go back! It's time for a curfew." Jing Zexian looked back at the city gate that was about to close, "This is a farewell, I don't know when I will see you again, I hope you will take care of it." He raised his whip and rode away.The sound of the horse's hooves went away, Xia Ning watched the belt disappear at the end of the road, turned and left.

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On the side of the official road, there was a quaint carriage, surrounded by a few horses tied to bamboos, eating green grass, four or five people were leaning on the bamboos, with their eyes closed, looking tired.

A voice came from the carriage, "Yi'an, how long will it take to reach Xinchang City?"

A black figure appeared on the side of the carriage, lowered his head slightly and said, "If there are no accidents, we can do it tomorrow."

At the gate of Xinchang City, Zhizhou, who had already received the news, led a group of officials to wait at the gate of the city. After waiting for nearly half a day, the imperial envoy did not arrive. He couldn't help but wonder if his news was wrong. "Go and check, is the imperial envoy arriving today?" .” A servant listened to Zhizhou, whispered a few words and stepped back to one side.

A serious look flashed across Zhizhou's face, and then he returned to his usual expression.Smilingly, he said to the crowd: "The imperial envoy arrived at the official post yesterday, everyone, please go back!" The crowd couldn't help whispering, adding a little irritability to the hot weather.

"My lord, I'm afraid that the imperial envoy is not a good person," said the aide.

"The visitor is not kind?" Zhizhou sneered, "Then go and see how it is not kind!" The official post is divided into two courtyards on the left and right, so the imperial envoy lives in the courtyard on the left. Xinchang City, which arrived yesterday, only arrived this morning. At the official station, Wang Zhizhou brought several officials and attendants to the left courtyard of the official station, and saw a man in black coming in front of them, "Please tell me, Wang Ruiqi, the Zhizhou Zhizhou of Xinchang, came to pay a visit to the imperial envoy."

Yi An, the man in black, returned with his fists clasped, "Lord Wang, my lord has been exhausted by boats and cars for several days, and because he was not acclimatized to the environment when he first arrived here, he contracted typhoid fever, so it is inconvenient to see guests."

Wang Ruiqi asked concerned after hearing this, "The imperial envoy has seen the doctor and eaten the decoction?"

Yi An "I've seen it, and I've already taken one decoction. The doctor said that three decoctions will cure the disease."

Wang Ruiqi's tone was a little slower, and his expression was a little more relaxed than before, "That's good, I'll take my leave first, and the imperial envoy will recover someday, and I'll come to visit again."

Yi An "Go slowly, my lord."

After Yi An sent a group of people out of the official post, he knocked on a room and walked in. There was a man in white sitting beside the table, his hair tied up with a white jade hairpin. He took a sip of the hot air and said, "Leave?"

"Let's go." Yi An scratched his head, "My lord, why didn't you see them?"

The man in white put down the cup in his hand and glanced at him, "You will know then, go down."

While closing the door, Yi An secretly said [it's like this again, 'you'll know when the time comes. 'Let's guess again and again. 】

The man in white was playing with the cup in his hand, looking at the seemingly invisible texture on it, "Come out."

A sweet voice came, "Oh, you found him!" A dark blue figure came down from the beam of the house, sat in front of the man in white, covered his face, leaving only a pair of slightly raised red phoenix eyes to look at him with a smile. The man in front of him.The man in white sipped his tea lightly, as if he didn't see the man in front of him.

Seeing that he didn't respond, the masked man said to himself, "I'm here to kill you, but—you're so handsome, I can't kill you. Why don't you marry me for a night, and I won't kill you?" How about you?" The masked man looked at the person in front of him naked|nakedly like a benefactor looking at a young lady.

"Stop making trouble." The man in white said helplessly.

The masked man took off the black veil covering his face and restored his original voice, "A'Ning, you are so boring."

Xia Ning "You are too stupid."

Masked man "I haven't seen you for seven years, you're getting more and more eloquent."

Xia Ning looked at the man in front of him, "I haven't seen you for seven years, and you're becoming more and more prodigal."

The man picked up the cup in front of Xia Ning, took a sip, and said firmly, "You are here this time not only to investigate the embezzlement of disaster relief funds!"

Seeing the man drinking water, Xia Ning narrowed his long and narrow eyes, and said, "Why would Ah Xian think so?"

Jing Zexian put down the cup in his hand, and said casually, "I don't know you yet, just a small corruption case won't make you bother to pretend to be sick. Let me guess, you are here for the Cui family in Xinchang Bar!"

The Cui family in Xinchang, one of the four great families of the former dynasty, gave up most of their family property when the former dynasty fell, and the whole family came here from the capital.

Xia Ning didn't speak, but picked up another cup and took a sip of tea. Seeing this, Jing Zexian knew that he didn't want to talk about it.He said, "Ah Ning, let me take you to see the bustling streets of Xinchang!"

"it is good."