It's not good to be a courtier

On the second day, Feng Yan still got up early as usual to cook porridge and pancakes, warmed the meals in the kitchen, and then simply cleaned up and went to the county office to report. Since he lowered his head to pack the herbs, Feng Yan said through the porch: "Be careful not to blow the wind, I'm leaving." After speaking, he turned and went out.

Wanniang stood still behind him, and her subordinates unconsciously flipped through the herbs, but she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

When he arrived at the county office, the monkey saw him coming, and immediately stepped forward and said: "You better not go in, I think the old man is angry inside. It is said that three people have been lost in Linfang Court, but this is so common, the old man There's no point in getting this angry."

Feng Yan turned his head and left. He didn't want to cause trouble for the old man at this time. The door of the main office creaked open, and the guard of Jicheng stood at the door, wrinkled his old face and waved to Feng Yan: "You give me Come in!"

The monkey patted Feng Yan's back secretly, and Feng Yan walked in. The guard looked at Feng Yan angrily, coughed and waved his hands and said, "What's going on? Why is Lin Fangyuan always embarrassing recently? Are there any suspects?" ?”

Feng Yan thought for a while and replied: "My lord, it's not that you don't know where you came from, the young lady of Linfangyuan. The way of coming is unknown, and the way of going is of course also unknown."

"Don't talk to me about this. Why is the origin unclear? Tell me, our Jicheng, ah, don't care, you think I laid eggs for the monthly salary. If it weren't for those rich households, I would , you, the entire Yamen of Jicheng has to drink the northwest wind, how can you live in a small family like this?"

Just as Feng Yan was about to speak, the guard said impatiently, "Check it out for me, from door to door, I don't believe these three people can still fly. If you can't find anyone, you will lose your salary this month , That's it, the meeting is over!"

Feng Yan stood in the main office, his eyes were flickering, and the thin monkey came in immediately when he saw the old man leaving, and asked, "What did the old man say?"

"What else can I say, let's search from door to door, or everyone's salary will be used up this month." Feng Yan said indifferently.

"So ruthless," the thin monkey was a little surprised, "Usually, the old man is not so angry when he loses a few people. Could it be that these three people are special?"

The guard went back to Hou Ya, just as the servant at home came to invite him, and after asking, he found out that it was Kecha Khan, who had a headache and didn't want to take this hot potato.But the commissions given by Kecha Khan have always been extremely generous, and there are more or less three or four hundred people in the yamen, and their salaries all depend on the commissions given by these wealthy households.

Kechahan stood shyly in the corridor, and when he saw the guard approaching, he immediately greeted him, "My lord, how are you doing these days?"

"Very good, if you don't come to look for me, I will be even better," the guard said angrily, and walked to the study.Kechahan smiled and followed behind him. This chubby man with a scar on his face was the one who noticed Murong Qi and his party early in the morning.

"I have already sent people to look for those three people. If they are found, they will be returned to their original owners. Why are you in such a hurry to find me?" The guard said in a bad mood. The arrival of Kecha Khan meant that nothing good happened. Who made him so unlucky that he was sent here as an official.

Kecha Khan smiled so much that his face blossomed, he patted his defensive shoulder and said, "If you lose those three gadgets, you will lose them. What else are you looking for? The Great Yan Northern Territory has recently opened an opening. From there The goods here are very rich, no, I found some gadgets and sent them to the backyard, I think Madam will like them very much."

"The goods from the south?" Curiously aroused, the garrison leaned forward and asked, "What goods are so valuable that you, a penny-pinching subway rooster, are generous."

Kecha Khan approached the garrison with a smile, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency also knows what kind of business I am doing, and what kind of goods it is. This time, I specially organized an oiran meeting in Linfang Tower to imitate the game played by the south. Please honor me, my lord..."

"Is it appropriate for me to go to that kind of occasion? Hmm!" The guard snorted, "I just don't interfere with your business. As for the oiran conference, I won't."

"Hey, my lord said that the news is not well-informed." Ke Chahan's eyes flashed greedily, "Your lord, do you know that the special envoy of Xianbei who was sent to Dayan this time, Qi Phuro, passed through Jicheng seven days later, is it true that your lord Do you want to be a small Jicheng garrison forever?"

The guard immediately frowned and said in disdain: "Hmph, a little beggar, I don't have the trouble to give him face."

"Hey, you can't say that. Even if you don't think about yourself, don't you care about your wife? My wife has been with you in this barren place for a long time. I can't help but miss my homeland. My lord has a deep affection for my wife, even if For the sake of Madam, my lord has to go as hard as I can." Kechahan laughed so hard that he almost lost his eyes, and after a long time, the guard nodded in silence.

On the second day, Feng Yan went around Jicheng a few times as usual, and at noon, he was about to find a teahouse to sit down for a rest.Passing by the entrance of Linfang Garden, a carriage just stopped, the thugs from the garden gathered in front of the carriage, the leader lifted the curtain, and the inside was full of people.Skinny Monkey was always well informed, so he dragged Feng Yan and muttered: "I heard that Kecha Khan spent a lot of money this time, and brought a lot of newcomers back. He said that some important person is coming in a few days, so we can join them temporarily."

Feng Yan has little interest. Although Kechahan is in the pimp business, the origin of the people is clear, and most of them are people who buy in the market.The people on the carriage were tied up with a rope, and they got off the carriage one by one. The skinny monkey suddenly yelled, "I'll go. Kechahan wants such a person too. This must scare the guests to death."

Feng Yan looked up, and a tall, thin man with a big red birthmark on his left face was walking at the back of the line. The man's eyes were slightly lowered, and he was limping. Because he walked very slowly, he was pushed and shoved several times by the thugs. .He was indifferent, with no expression on his face, but when he entered the door, he glanced at Feng Yan timidly, Feng Yan followed the man's pace a little forward, and was grabbed by the thin monkey, "Old old old... Big, pay attention to the impact, it’s broad daylight, and you’re still patrolling, what do you want to do?”

Feng Yan watched the man disappear through the door with a blank face, "No, did you see the man with the scar on the left face just now?" He asked uncertainly, "That's the one, so tall, Such a large scar..."

The thin monkey said strangely: "I see, I'm not blind, the scar on his face is still so big. What kind of trouble is Kocha Khan, he doesn't want to do business, he wants to smash the signboard."

Feng Yan turned around and wiped his face, and was about to rush into Linfang Courtyard with a knife in his hand, but was grabbed by the thin monkey, "Old, old, old, you are wearing an official uniform, pay attention to the influence, if you want to come, you have to come at night Ah." Before the thin monkey finished, Feng Yan had already entered Linfang Garden, and the thin monkey stomped his feet, "This monkey is in a hurry... ouch!"

Na Mu Jin stood in the lobby on the first floor, and said with a smile: "Master Feng, we are doing serious business, you see that it is inappropriate for you to come in in official uniform during the daytime?"

Feng Yan raised his hand to stop Mu Jin's words and said: "The carload of people who just came in, the last one with the scar, brought out I have a few words to ask, and leave after asking."

Na Mujin was a little surprised by Feng Yan's behavior, but seeing how agile he was, he recruited someone to look for him.After a while, the thin and tall man limped out, still timidly lowering his eyes and not daring to look at anyone, Feng Yan gritted his teeth and looked at him for a long while, just as he was about to speak, he saw people standing all around him. People, said in an official accent: "The government asks questions, and the idlers wait to avoid them."

Na Mujin nodded again and again, causing people to disperse. After thinking about it, he decided to send someone to inform Kechahan later.

Feng Yan sat in the empty lobby, looking at the timid tall man. For three years, he was not really sure what he was looking for, but he just felt that the person in front of him was very similar to that person.

He stood up and walked to the side of the man. The tip of the man's nose could almost touch his own. His fair and flawless skin was covered by his messy hair, and the bright red scar covered his left face. Will pay attention to this ugly man.Feng Yan walked around him twice, it was how many days he hadn't showered, and the rotten smell on his body could be smelled from far away.He knelt down and pulled the trousers that had been torn into pieces, and opened the trousers. His ankles were red and swollen. He touched the bones, and it seemed that they were a little out of place.

The man stood timidly, Feng Yan thought that he was really dazed, and only saw a little bit of Murong Qi's appearance from this man, so he followed him in.He stood up, took a deep breath, and said to the steward standing aside: "This officer made a mistake," he turned and left.Na Mujin nodded subconsciously, and bowed to send him out.The man's gaze followed Feng Yan's back, becoming deep and hot, but he returned to timidity in an instant.

Seeing Feng Yan coming out after a while, the thin monkey rushed up to meet him and said, "I'm done asking so quickly, who is that man? How did he sneak into Linfang Garden with such an ugly face? Is there anything suspicious?"

Feng Yan lowered his eyes, and said lightly: "I have admitted the wrong person, let's go, go to Nancheng!" He walked forward without looking back.

In the reception building opposite Linfang Garden, a man in black was sitting in a private room on the second floor, his eyes fell on Feng Yan for a moment, until he disappeared around the corner.A dark blue figure standing next to him said in surprise: "Seeing Duan Liyi's memorial, I still don't believe it. It's really him. You can still survive a catastrophe if you pass through your heart."

The man in black smiled heavily, and knocked the teacup on the table in his hand, "Is Duan Liyi here?"

"Here, according to his report, His Majesty is on his way to Jicheng, and he will arrive in three days at the earliest. Shall we tell Wanniang?"

"No, Murong Qi won't believe it. He believes in this person more than you and I imagined, unless he sees it with his own eyes."

"That……"

"Tell Duan Liyi, do as we discussed before, we must put on a big show for Murong Qi, so that he can come back in a happy mood and come back disappointed."

"Yes, Master!"

The two were discussing in the private room, and a quarrel broke out outside the private room for some reason. The man in blue hid in the door and listened carefully to the movement outside, when someone shouted: "Brothers, let me go together, today I will Let's see if his fan is ruthless or my hand is hot! Ouch, hey, hey, hero, spare your life!" There was another broken voice.

The man in blue shuddered, "Fan, could it be Huan Tan!"

The man in black's eyes were sharp, and he whispered: "Go and have a look, don't startle the snake!"

As soon as Feng Yan and his party walked out of the East Market, someone chased after them and said, "Dear... man, there are people making trouble in the Yingke Building, my lord..."

Feng Yan immediately returned, and when he reached the reception building, he saw a railing falling down, so he jumped up and kicked the railing away, and climbed up the wine flag outside to kick up to the second floor.When Feng Yan broke into the elegant room, there was no sign of anyone except howling and the window was open.

Several county servants rushed over from the stairs, except for the disabled, they didn't even see a ghost. The leader was Na Mujin, Kecha Khan's subordinate, and Mujin yelled with pain: "My lord, you must make the decision for the little one. I don't know which daring thief jumped... jumped out of the window and ran away!"

Feng Yan followed by jumping out the window, chased for two streets, turned the corner, and arrived at a remote alley, but found nothing.Just as he was about to turn around, there was a flash of white light in the blue sky, and the sound of whips roared.Feng Yan turned over and kicked the tail of the whip away, stepped back a few steps, and the long knife came out of its sheath.I don't know when there was a man standing in the empty alley, looking at the back, Feng Yan felt a sharp pain in his heart, his fingertips soaked in the cold, he said coldly: "Master Duan, long time no see."

Duan Liyi turned around, with a determined brow, "Unexpectedly, it's really General Feng, no wonder His Highness reprimanded Duan for his ineffectiveness!"

Feng Yan smiled sarcastically, "Master Duan's thunderous means, but Feng's life should not die."

"Should it be rejected, General Feng's words don't count!" Duan Liyi clasped the long whip around his waist, his eyes shot out a sharp light, "I've offended you!"

The long whip was struck, and it hit the place where Feng Yan was standing with a "snap". The steel blade at the tail of the whip flew off into the mud, and Duan Liyi's figure turned instantly, whip after whip. With the knife out of the sheath, if Duan Liyi hadn't sneaked up on him from behind back then, he would have fought with Duan Liyi, and now he would never be able to catch him without a fight.

After a hundred moves, Duan Liyi still didn't see a chance to strike. At this moment, footsteps came from the entrance of the alley. Duan Liyi pulled his whip and jumped out from the end of the alley.The thin monkey drew his knife and rushed over, "Boss, who is it?"

Feng Yan put the knife back into its sheath, and quietly watched Duan Liyi's leaving direction, the last bit of hope was gone, Murong Qi, I still didn't believe it was you, but you laughed at my self-deception time and time again.

In the evening, Feng Yan finished washing the dishes and packed everything, and said to Wanniang: "Wanniang, the city is not peaceful these days, you take Linger to live with Lisheng for a few days, and I will pick you up when the calm here returns."

"Not calm?" Wanniang asked anxiously, "Is it dangerous?"

Feng Yan shook his head and said: "Fortunately, there are only a few fugitives passing by. You also know that I am working in the yamen, and it is inevitable that I will be watched by the fugitives. I am more at ease when you are not here."

Wanniang nodded, this was not the first time, usually when someone unusual came to the city, they would go to Lisheng as usual.

In the next few days, Feng Yan lived in the dormitory of the county government office. Since that day, the city has returned to calm.

While sleeping at night, Feng Yan suddenly called up the thin monkey to talk about his life, with a touch of emotion in his tone, the thin monkey said: "Boss, what happened to you today, it feels like looking back on your life, half of your life is still alive. I haven't been there yet."

Feng Yan smiled and said: "Not everyone can live a lifetime, what's so strange."

"That's right, different people have different fates. When I passed by the gate of Linfang Garden today, it was the man with the scar on his face, standing at the gate and looking at me timidly. He was beaten by the gate for a while, and was discovered by the thugs. He was kicked in, and I saw him limping, so I guess no one cares about his foot injury." The skinny monkey mentioned this for some reason, and Feng Yan was speechless after listening for a long time, and said for a long time: "Why did you mention it all of a sudden? he?"

"No, I just feel that he is very pitiful. He somehow fell into that place, and his life is really bad now." The skinny monkey scratched his head. "Boss, what do you think I will send him some medicine tomorrow?"

The figure of that strange man suddenly appeared in Feng Yan's mind. He was tall and thin, with his eyes downcast timidly without saying a word, and a palm-sized scar on his left cheek was particularly eye-catching, but for some reason, whenever he thought of him, he Immediately thought of Murong Qi, and wondered how vigorous that quiet young man had grown up now.The words he wanted to stop were blocked, and he turned over and said: "If you want to give it away, you can give it away. It can only help for a while, but it won't help forever."

The thin monkey still wanted to say something, but he muttered for a while and didn't say any more. His eyes were shining, he turned over and fell asleep, with an imperceptible smile on his lips, "Then I'll deliver the medicine to him tomorrow."

So, Feng Yan stood in Linfang Garden quite speechlessly, and said speechlessly: "Didn't you give this medicine, why am I here?"

The thin monkey smiled and said, "My handling skills are not as good as yours. His foot is injured like that. What if I make his bones crooked?"

Feng Yan was speechless. Seeing the two adults coming, the supervisor was about to go to the back to inform Na Mujin, but Feng Yan stopped him. Feng Yan waved to him and said, "Don't bother, my brother is here. Ask the one with the scar on his face, and leave after asking, where is he, take us there."

The manager was a little scared and said: "That man really has a problem. Didn't your lord ask it last time, and now you ask it again, could it be..."

Feng Yan said: "Don't worry, it's just a routine, let's lead the way."

The steward nodded, turned and turned, and took the two of them to a very remote place behind. Feng Yan let the steward go on his own, and the skinny monkey standing outside said, "Go in, I'll stand here for a while. One stop. I've seen his feet before, the bones are fine, it's just a sprain, nothing serious."

The thin monkey knocked on the door pretendingly, and there was a low answer from inside, and the thin monkey went in.

There was no sound in the house, Feng Yan was standing on the porch, some fragrant orchids were planted behind the Linfang Garden, the fragrance seemed to linger in the garden, the sound of the pipa not far away was actually a song from his hometown.Looking at the blue sky, Feng Yan recalled his mother who was far away in Kyoto, and his eyes couldn't help but mist.

The sound of the pipa was broken, and someone walked out slowly from the pavilion. Feng Yan fell into deep memory at that time and forgot to avoid it. Shocked for a moment, he lowered his body and saluted and said, "I don't know that the honored guest is here, and the vulgar voice disturbs my ears, so I invite the honored guest to take care of me."

Feng Yan bowed, "You play very well. I haven't heard such a beautiful piece of music for a long time. Are you from Dayan?"

"Dayan only exists in a dream, and Bi'er is just a floating world now, making the distinguished guests laugh." The young man looked sixteen or seventeen years old, his whole body was clean, and there was no trace of filth.

Feng Yan wanted to speak, but heard a low cry of pain from the room, and the skinny monkey came out of the room quickly, sweating profusely and said: "Boss, come and take a look, it was fine just now, I don't know Why, he was in a cold sweat from the pain."

Feng Yan nodded to the young man, followed the thin monkey into the house, the tall and thin man was curled up in the haystack, sweat dripping down his forehead, Feng Yan leaned forward, touched his ankle, saw the whole body The ankle was crooked, which was a bit strange, so he immediately kneaded and straightened his bone, and after kneading for half an hour, he finally straightened his ankle. Feng Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "How did you pinch it just now? , this leg will be useless."

The thin monkey hissed and said, "It's all my fault. He suffered such a big crime for no reason. Is it all right now?"

Feng Yan stood up, washed his hands in the running well water, and said while washing, "Put his ankles in this cold water and soak them. There should be no serious problems now, except that he can't walk around for a few days."

"That's fine, then I'll bring him food for the past few days," the thin monkey smiled and sat beside the man. The man kept his head down, occasionally raising his eyes to look at Feng Yan with weird eyes.

Feng Yan said: "It's getting late, I'll go back first. However, you always go in and out here, and the old man knows to beat you carefully." Turning around and going out, the young man leaned against the door, saw him coming out, and treated him lightly. With a smile, the expression looked like a person, Feng Yan's heart moved, "Why are you still here?"

"The two adults are really kind-hearted," the boy looked up and smiled, "If it is inconvenient for the adults, Bi'er can take care of this elder brother. Although Bi'er is in the world, he still has some freedom in Linfang Building."

"That's fine," Feng Yan saw that the thin monkey was about to object, so he responded first, "I'd like to ask this little brother to take care of him for a while until his leg recovers, and then make plans after he recovers from his injury."

"This brother is so lucky..." Bi'er showed envy, Feng Yan didn't say anything, and left with the thin monkey.Bi'er turned around and watched the figures of the two of them disappear among the flowers, her soft eyes flickering.