Minister

109【Seven years of Jiankang】

Alki held Saul Hahan: "Don't run!"

Only then did Saul Hahan realize that he had lost his composure, but his heart was still beating violently.

When Wei Chi came over, Saul Hahan was a little angry at her slow posture: "You!..."

"Meet Your Highness the Princess!" Wei Chi saluted seriously.

"...Your Excellency, you are very polite." Saul Hahan answered a little stuttering unconsciously.

On the contrary, Alkey bowed calmly: "Your Highness, the maidservant avoids for a moment."

Because it was in Monan language, and it was very fast, Wei Chi didn't understand it, and only saw the waitress retreating respectfully.

"Hey! Qi Qige!" As soon as the tall female waitress disappeared, Wei Chi jumped over and twisted Saul Hahan's face: "Just now I saw you playing prestige in the hall of Honglu Temple, I'm so sorry ah!"

Saul Hahan patted her hand away: "Just now I wondered why you suddenly looked like a human? So it's because you're afraid of strangers?"

Wei Chi looked around for a while: "In a country of etiquette, outsiders are ahead, so naturally they dare not make mistakes. Who was that just now? I don't remember you having such an attendant."

"Hmph! She's different from you. She's a master of martial arts. If you mess with her, she'll beat you to the ground."

Wei Chi sighed: "Why did you turn your elbow? This will help boost up other people's prestige and destroy my morale."

"Stubborn!" Saul Hahan took advantage of Wei Chi's inattention and scratched her waist.

"Don't... I'm ticklish, I was wrong, I was wrong!" Wei Chi was really ticklish, so he begged for mercy.

The two were arguing, when they suddenly heard a bang from the other side of the lake, probably another table was knocked upside down, followed by the sound of porcelain cups falling to the ground, creating a mess.Wei Chi grabbed Saul Hahan's hand and smiled awkwardly: "The yamen of Honglu Temple is really small, and the sound of quarrels can be heard across the lake."

Saul Hahan pulled out his hand embarrassingly, speechless for a moment.

"What officer are you now?"

"Sacrificial wine."

"……pretty good."

"..."

Saul Hahan laughed suddenly, Wei Chi was puzzled: "Why are you laughing all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing." Saul Hahan walked out of the pavilion: "I just feel that what happened to you as an officer seems to have happened yesterday, but seeing you now, it's like I shouldn't have known you all over again."

Wei Chi suddenly felt that it should be like this—since she was born, she was a royal daughter of a foreign race, and she was a little orphan girl from a poor family. Later, by accident, she actually arrived in the capital, and later, the accidents became worse. Wrong, he was sent to the battlefield as a civil servant, and in the end he was so confused that he met her.

"It's really not easy..." Not only have we met, but so many things have happened.

"Didn't you make sacrificial wine? Why did you come here?" Saul Hahan eased his expression.

"You just set off there, I knew it. After you arrived in the capital, I came here once a day... Tsk, I have been hiding here secretly for three days, but unfortunately I haven't met you. I was thinking, you Is it dereliction of duty..."

"Don't talk nonsense! There's such a lot of noise here, so I naturally left as soon as I came here. Are you still here waiting to be spit on?...What are you looking at me for?" Saul Hahan asked.

"you lost weight."

"Hmm..." Saul Hahan touched his cheek unconsciously, then looked at Wei Chi seriously: "You! Are you fat?!"

"Can't I get fatter?" Wei Chi: "I got promoted, bought a house, and drink and eat every day, just like..."

Just separated by a wall, another angry shout sounded from another courtyard, interrupting Wei Chi's words.

"...Like a New Year's pig." Wei Chi was taken aback for a moment, then continued.

Saul Hahan stopped facing the flower wall, a gust of wind blew over, and the messy weeping willows splashed light and shadow on the wall, and the people next door were already making a mess of noise.Saul Hahan felt a slight movement around her, and Wei Chi gently held her hand.

"Hate me?" Saul Hahan touched Wei Chi's cold fingers.

Hearing these words, Wei Chi thought of that emerald green jadeite bracelet, which weighed heavily on her heart, making her breathless.

"...No hate."

Saul Hahan lowered his head: "Actually, I was outside the city when I was granted justice."

Wei Chi was a little surprised.

"Seeing such a scene, I was a little shaken for a while..."

"Don't think like that, what right do I have to hate you?" Wei Chi squeezed Sol Hahan's hand tightly.

The two sides next door are swearing at each other, and Chen Guzi's old accounts from hundreds of years ago are also being settled. You hit me in a certain year, and I hit you in a certain year, and who owed who that year.Both sides are erudite people, citing scriptures one after another, without giving an inch.

The two fell silent for a while.

Wei Chi thought of the uneasiness these days, and the mixed mood of worry and joy when he heard that this person was coming.Going back three to five years, I simply thought that hate is hate and love is love, but life is not a drama, bitterness, bitterness, sweetness and sourness are always mixed together, making it difficult to explain.The matter of Du Yun weighed heavily on his heart, and it became a dream, which made his decision vicious.After the war, I thought I could wake up from the dream, but found that I was just more confused.Maybe it's not confusion, it's helplessness.If you think about it carefully, you will know why the teacher always says that his knowledge is naive, and why some people always say the words 'involuntary'.

What those people in Honglu Temple said were all the truth, words that could not be avoided, it was harsh, really harsh.Wei Chi also felt scared when he thought about it, so he came to Honglu Temple just to take a peek at that person, to see if she really came, if she was doing well, and if she would talk to her?It's not an exact idea yet.

For Saul Hahan, there is only one clear thing left for her now - this is a person who understands herself, no matter when, where, and what kind of situation she is in, she never thinks of revealing her own truth to anyone for any reason life experience.For this alone, Wei Chi understands that this is not a shallow friendship, and it is also the personality of Saul Hahan she has always known.After the dripping blood, Wei Chi sometimes wondered, the relationship between the two has been completely stripped off, is this the only thing that keeps the two of them together?

After coming for three days, I finally met her, but I still only dared to look at her from a distance, because I couldn't figure it out.When she inadvertently turned her head and called her own name rashly, Wei Chi was suddenly moved. The dark clouds covering their hearts didn't seem to cover the sky, at least there was still a warm hole for people to breathe. .

"For Yu Gong's matter, someone will comment on it, but for Yu's private matter, I just owe you." Wei Chi lowered his head: "I'm very glad that because of that coincidence, you knew my identity, otherwise I would have been in trouble all my life. , How lonely it must be."

Saul Hahan suddenly felt his heart warm: "You told me back then that when you came to Monan, you didn't want to win any battles, you just wanted to be promoted to the level you should be promoted when you go back. Now that you have been promoted, what are you thinking about being alone? "

"Hey! Can't you say something nicer!?" Wei Chi pretended to be angry: "Are these two different things!"

Wei Chi sighed deeply, and looked up at the cloudless sky: "Actually, sometimes I'm quite lonely. Friends are one thing, but girlfriends are another thing."

"Don't put gold on yourself, who is your girlfriend!"

Wei Chi gritted his teeth when he heard Saul Hahan say this, but he clenched his hands even tighter, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

"Fortunately, I didn't get promoted to Honglu Temple," Wei Chi laughed, "Anyway, this fight is not for me to quarrel with you. I just want to do the landlord's friendship that my girlfriends should do, and other things don't matter." I'll take care of it... but anyway, if the people from Honglu Temple offend you, you are allowed to take it out on me once or twice... no complaints at all."

"What did you say? You can't deny it then!"

Wei Chi nodded resignedly: "It's still early, Your Highness, do you want to continue listening to the wall, or go out for a stroll with the little one?"

"No, no, there is someone following outside the door." Saul Hahan quickly waved his hand.

"I know someone will follow. Everyone knows that you and I are old friends. It's fine to be aboveboard. It's just right for someone to follow. All expenses are offered in the palace. Let's buy whatever is expensive!"

Saul Hahan chuckled: "When did you become so courageous? Are you not afraid of ginseng?"

Wei Chi grinned grimly: "...There were words in the past, but probably not now."

In this dynasty, military affairs are governed by civil and military affairs, but no matter whether it is civil servants, military officials, or relatives of the emperor, no one can escape being imprisoned.There is only one kind of person in the world who can escape, and that is the military officer who was born as a civil servant. This kind of person has a special status and is often related to the affairs of the country's privy secretaries. Random participants are often shooting themselves in the foot. cost-effective.What's more, this kind of person is often well-off with the Six Departments and the royal family. If you can avoid it, it's best not to provoke it.Wei Chi came from a poor family, but he just met this standard, not to mention that the person who came was Saul Hahan, who was the protagonist of the first major event this year, and nonsense would ruin the event, so no one dared to comment.

Saul Hahan was still hesitating, Wei Chi pushed her out: "Your Highness, trust me once, trust me once!"

Sure enough, there were many people waiting at the gate, and the eunuch headed by was surprised to see Mr. Wei walking over in a big way.

Lord Wei smiled and said, "Eunuch, the princess and I are old acquaintances, I just want to show my friendship as a landlord, and hope to report the truth to the inside later."

People say that being a thief has a guilty conscience, but they don't think that there are thieves who are bold and confident.That father-in-law's status is not low, so he naturally knows that Wei Chi is a hot figure recently, and he also naturally heard some anecdotes about him in Monan.I thought that there should be no suspicion between men and women, but unexpectedly, this person is the upright Yona heroine.At this moment, I don't know how to answer.

Saul Hahan saw that the person was really going to talk, so he didn't stop him anymore, and looked at her with a smile on what she was going to do.

Wei Chi gestured to the eunuch: "The emperor just means to be safe. There is nothing serious to do today. Eunuch will lead all the masters of Jin Yiwei to follow. It's just passing through Dugu Street to eat something and not delay returning to the palace." time."

A group of people in Jinyiwei saw Master Wei's innocent smile, and they were all surprised - it's only right to have a private meeting under the moon... What's wrong with this man?

But it is true that there is no right to refuse. As a group of servants, we still have to listen to the wishes of the Monan heroine.Looking at the expression, it was obvious that he agreed, and the eunuch finally had no choice but to relax his neck and nodded in agreement.

It was just after lunch, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, but this group of people still attracted everyone's attention when they walked onto Dugu Street—a foreign woman, a fifth-rank official, an eunuch, a group of Jinyi guards... …

Eunuch Chen felt a little embarrassed: "Actually, there is still enough time. Mr. Wei should change clothes... Our family should also change clothes, or else we should wait for the sedan chair to come over."

Wei Chi laughed at him: "Elder-in-law, it's not difficult for us to change clothes, but we can't keep the guests waiting, and the sedan chair is even more unreliable. The three of us can sit comfortably, and the masters of the Jinyiwei are still hanging out." Why don’t you just come here, it’s more convenient. Eunuch don’t have to worry, I’ll take care of everything! It’s also rare for Eunuch to come out of the palace to play, so you might as well just play with me for a while.”

Eunuch Chen blushed, and nodded in resignation: "My lord, take care of me, my lord."

Wei Chi said so, but he still led everyone quickly to the restaurant.Dugu Street is not far from Honglu Temple. There is a tea house here, and the dim sum is the best. In fact, it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk here.

"Xinyuan Tea House?" Saul Hahan read the signboard: "Do you want to invite me to drink tea?"

"This is for snacks." Wei Chi took the handkerchief handed over by Xiao Er: "The best food in the capital, I will never cheat you."

The boss came out to greet him in trepidation: "Master Wei! Here! These gentlemen! Little ones! Little ones!"

Everyone was a little cautious at first, but they all laughed after being teased by the boss' embarrassment.

The Jinyiwei still had to do things after laughing, only the leader followed Wei Chi and the others up the stairs with two capable men.

It was not the time for snacks, and there was no one in the lobby, and the second floor was even more empty.Wei Chi chose a seat by the window and sat. The leader of Jin Yiwei was about to follow, but Eunuch Chen secretly gave him a hand.Wei Chi happened to see it, and said with a smile: "There are not many people, everyone sits at the same table, so we can tell some lively jokes to the princess."

Eunuch Chen just sat down.

There is no need for someone to order, the boss hurriedly served the good tea, and then came over to apologize in person, saying that the time has passed, and the dim sum should be made fresh, and please adults take care of it.

Saul Hahan took a sip of tea and asked Wei Chi, "Is this shop of theirs opened for the New Year?"

Wei Chi shook his head: "They were originally called Xinyuan Tea House, but they later changed their name to a homonym."

"Oh?" Saul Hahan was curious.

"They were originally opened by two brothers. Later, because of business troubles, they almost separated. Some people pointed out that the heart comes from the same source, how can people have the same source? So they changed the homophony. Just changed the name. This boss is the first Three generations."

The leader of Jin Yiwei paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "Master Wei is indeed very knowledgeable, and he has figured out everything about the three generations of the capital."

While everyone was talking, the desserts were brought up, starting with taro cakes.

Wei Chi put one into Saul Hahan's small dish.Saul Hahan poked it with the tip of his chopsticks: "What else?"

"You eat this first, don't laugh at its ugly appearance."

Saul Hahan pouted, took a small piece and put it in his mouth.The owner of the restaurant was even more nervous than Wei Chi, stretching his neck and waiting for the noble man to react.

"Eat it with meat!" Wei Chi urged.

Because it was just out of the pot, it was a little hot, Saul Hahan covered his mouth, took two deep breaths before he began to bite.Wei Chi pouted his head, smiled and waited for her face to change, and sure enough, he took only two bites, and Saul Hahan's expression became weird.Wei Chi quickly waved his hand: "Don't spit, don't spit, those are sausages, they are delicious!"

The boss also bravely chimed in: "It's a sausage, it's a sausage."

Saul Hahan swallowed it with difficulty: "It's weird, but it's still delicious."

That's what he said, but he still didn't dare to touch it again. Wei Chi knew that she was not used to pork, so he laughed at her for not knowing the benefits of this thing.Saul Hahan didn't quarrel with her, just smiled silently, feeling that although there were such a large group of irrelevant people around him, this one seemed to have returned to the appearance of shopping in the market last year, not caring and talking endlessly.Taking advantage of Mr. Wei bragging about his family's taro cake, the boss hurriedly brought up the remaining delicate snacks.

"This is oily tofu. This is delicious. This is siu mai, but unfortunately it's also pork. If you don't eat it, we will eat it." After finishing speaking, he divided up the siu mai.Eunuch Chen also got one, which is not rare at all, but he ate it according to Mr. Wei's kindness.

Finally, Saul Hahan picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus cream and ate it. Before the sweet taste soaked into his throat, Eunuch Chen couldn't sit still.Wei Chi looked out the window, but unfortunately it was already late spring, the flower market downstairs was not as bustling as before, and several flower merchants squatted lazily in their carts and dozed off.

"If it was earlier, it would be nice to send you some flowers."

Eunuch Chen hurriedly interrupted: "Lord Wei! Are there any flowers in the palace? It's almost half an hour, and it's time to go back to the palace."

Wei Chi had no choice but to smile sweetly at the father-in-law, and discarded the proposal just now.

A group of people walked out of the teahouse in a mighty way, and Eunuch Chen heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly, Mr. Wei said "Wait, wait" and ran into the alley alone.Eunuch Chen's heart was suspended again, fortunately Master Wei came back quickly this time, he just took an extra candy figurine in his hand.

When Eunuch Chen saw the two little people walking out happily with candies, he reluctantly let go of his heart, and ordered a group of Jin Yiwei to follow closely, and called a sedan chair when he left the street.

Before getting into the car, Saul Hahan chuckled and said, "Didn't you say that the money was paid by the palace? No matter how I saw it, it was all paid by you."

Wei Chi stuffed the sugar figurine into Saul Hahan's hands: "Today is not suitable, next time I will take you for a stroll, there are many interesting things in the capital!"

In fact, Eunuch Chen wasn't worried for nothing, it was really getting late now, and the number of people on the street gradually increased, and when they met such a large group of people, they all stopped sideways.Wei Chi let go, retreated to the side of the street, and the palace carriage rattled towards the majestic Dachen Palace.

Wei Chi stayed for a while, and lightly licked his sticky fingers, the faint sweetness of caramel remained on the tip of his tongue softly.