Opposite the entrance hall

Wanping is located outside the border area to the north of Dajin, close to the Cangbang Wasteland, and beyond that, you can see the undulating and continuous snow-capped mountains of Kormaqin, so the climate throughout the year is better than that of Dajin. Jiudao should be lower, although it is very hot in June, it will be hotter at noon, and people will shiver from the cold all day and night. I heard that if you catch up with the good time, you can see the snowy scene in June night.

The fortress center of this road is also called Wanping, which is the town where Ji Si and the others came. Although the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, the news is tight, but those who want to know the news naturally have all kinds of ways. It's not that this distance can stop it.

So as soon as they walked outside the city, they saw a group of people standing in front of them from a distance, who looked like soldiers in the city, and further ahead were several officials in official uniforms, with different ranks, green, red and scarlet. His official uniforms were lined up in a row, which looked quite spectacular.

In front of the team, there was a middle-aged man with a beard and a big belly, wearing a purple official uniform and an official hat. He was basking in the sun for a while, and his fat face was covered with red marks from sunburn. , dry and peeling lips, looking at this look, it is not difficult to see that they have been waiting for a long time.

The clattering of horseshoes mixed with the sound of ruts rolling over gravel on the ground gradually approached. The group of people also saw the person coming from behind the raised dust, with smiles on their faces, and the one who bore the brunt was the purple official uniform The man hurriedly greeted him, perhaps his legs were numb from standing for too long, and he almost fell down, but the people around him hurriedly supported him to avoid embarrassment.

He stood and stabilized his figure, then brushed away the hand that was holding him, and rushed up awkwardly, slightly nodding his head and raising his hands in a bow, his smiling eyes narrowed into a line, like a benevolent Bodhisattva.

The carriage stopped, and Ji Si lifted the curtain from the car to look at the group of unkind people in front of him. Just as Pei Zhan turned his head, the two looked at each other and turned their eyes to the person in front of them. They saw that this person was generous. He said politely, "I am Wang Yangchun, the political envoy of Wanping."

He opened his mouth first, and several people behind him also stepped forward to salute:

"The next official, Zhang Jing, the governor of Wanping, has met the two adults."

"Sir..."

"My next official, the County Magistrate of Wanping..."

"The next official, Cao Ping, takes the post of Guanliang Langzhong, and met the two adults."

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Pei Zhan has been outside the customs for many years, and after returning to Beijing, he mostly trained soldiers on the school grounds, and he didn't even have much communication with the people in the court, let alone these officials outside Beijing, who are famous but not suitable At this moment, seeing that the chief executive of Wan Ping looks so vulgar, and there is nothing outstanding about it, he knows that this person must have some ability, otherwise he will not be able to sit in this position, far worse than being so mediocre on the surface, But when he heard Cao Ping's name, he stared at this person a few more times.

Wang Yangchun reported himself to his family, and saw that the two of them didn't respond, instead of being annoyed, he still smiled, "This majestic and majestic man must be General Pei from General Dingwei's residence, then this..."

He stopped while talking, turned around and looked at Ji Si, who was leaning on the frame of the carriage with his arms around his arms, and his smile deepened, "It is said that Ji Shilang of the Ministry of Accounting is not only extremely capable, but also looks like Sai Panan's bully. Jie, seeing it today is indeed so, it makes ugly people like us feel ashamed."

Ji Si jumped out of the car and returned a salute, "Lord Wang is too modest. No one in Beijing knows who doesn't know. Under the management and management of Lord Wang, this flat is thriving. Ji Si Thinking of such a little cleverness, how dare you say that you are extremely capable in front of Mr. Wang, it sounds like you are burying me."

"How dare you dare, Ji Shilang is wronged," Wang Yangchun stroked his beard and laughed, "The journey is long, and the boat and car must be exhausting. I have already prepared a place to rest. If the two adults don't If you don’t like it, it’s better to move on, take a break and let’s talk about other things.”

Pei Zhan's face was a little nervous, and he was about to reject Ji Si, but he cut off the conversation first, "Then there will be an envoy of the King of Labor."

"It doesn't matter, it's just a matter of duty, please." After saying that, Wang Yangchun turned and led the others to lead the way.

Ji Si glanced at Pei Zhan, then bent down and got into the opened car curtain on the first day of the junior high school. As soon as he entered, he saw Zhu Yingzhou paralyzed on the soft couch in the car, his face was so pale that he couldn't see any blood. Stretching his head to stare at the car curtain, seeing that the car curtain was lifted and Ji Si sat in, he subconsciously wanted to speak. The latter put his index finger on his lips and made a silent movement, suppressing the words he was about to utter go back.

Glanced at Zhu Yingzhou, Ji Si opened the curtain and looked outside the car. The carriage had already driven into the city of Wanping slowly. Everyone opened their eyes wide and stretched their necks, wanting to see what kind of person this man could be greeted by so many officials in person.

Everyone else saw that the carriage was tightly covered, and they all guessed in their hearts that it must be the wife of the general who was walking in front. , slender, white and tender, glowing like jade under the sunlight, although I didn't see the face, but just this hasty glance confirmed my guess.

Ji Si didn't know that these Wanping people regarded him as Pei Zhan's wife, so he just raised the curtain to see if there were any Wanping people around, and after confirming again and again, he took the tea on the desk and wet it with his fingertips. It said: There are too many people here, so don't make a sound.

Zhu Yingzhou was a little anxious, but because his hands were wrapped tightly and he couldn't make a sound, he couldn't express his thoughts to Ji Si.

Seeing this, Ji Si understood that this person must have something important to tell him, so he pondered for a while and wrote: Are you worried about being cheated?

Just finished writing the last word, Zhu Yingzhou nodded quickly.

He suffered a lot on the way from Wanping to Lin'an. He traveled day and night every day, and he had to worry about the person Wang Yangchun and the others sent to take his life. He didn't know what Ji Si's plan was, but he was extremely worried. .

Wang Yangchun and the others are ruthless, vicious and vicious people. They have been officials for many years and have never done anything insane. Their methods may not be very clever but they are useful. Now they are in the dark, and Fan Ping is under their jurisdiction. Ji Si and the others are in the light. Every move has been reported to Fanping, if it is a real fight, it may not be the opponent of Wang Yangchun and his party.

Although Zhu Yingzhou was eager to take revenge, he jumped into this situation voluntarily, using himself as a bait, disregarding life and death, just to let these dog officials die without a place to bury him, but if he hitched up someone else, he would be a little bit Hesitantly, the closer he gets to Wanping, the stronger this feeling is, and he is very worried about losing other people's lives. Although he doesn't like Ji Si, after getting along these days, he has changed a lot. Therefore, he must be extremely remorseful and self-blaming.

Ji Si seemed to see what he was thinking, smiled with his lips curled up, wet his fingertips and wrote: I have made my own decision, but I may need your cooperation.

Seeing the words, Zhu Yingzhou frowned and didn't quite understand what the words meant. The next moment Ji Si rushed over, pinched his jaw and forced him to open his mouth tightly. Then Chuyi took out a fingernail-sized pill from his bosom, and stuffed it into his mouth with lightning speed.

The situation came so suddenly that Ji Si let go of his hand and backed away a little distance. Zhu Yingzhou covered his mouth and coughed heart-piercingly, his eyes were red and unconsciously shed tears, and his mouth slid down the corner of his mouth, wetting his clothes , looking so embarrassed, he scratched his throat, the feeling of vomiting involved stomach contracture, spit out some acidic water and made a mess on the soft couch, he waited for a while before staring fiercely at Ji Si who was sizing him up, roaring Said: "Ji Si, you despicable villain..."

But as soon as the words came out, Zhu Yingzhou was stunned, even Chuyi and Ji Si looked surprised, and then raised his eyebrows at Chuyi, getting the latter's proud look.

I don't blame others, because the voice that came out of Zhu Yingzhou's mouth was a real woman's voice, and the voice with a bit of crying could arouse the pity of many men, but at this time, it was from a handsome young boy. It came out from the mouth, no matter how you looked at it, it was completely weird.

Ji Si held back a smile and looked at it, and then answered a sentence very naturally, "Call it, there are people outside at the moment, if you don't mind being heard by others, then you can yell loudly, I like it."

"..."

If Zhu Yingzhou couldn't see that Ji Si did it intentionally, he would be as stupid as a pig. He opened his mouth, but then closed his mouth when he thought of the weird sweet female voice, but at this time, he couldn't do anything else. There was no other way but to hold back his anger and ask, "What are you doing!"

"Of course it's to do that happy thing with you." While talking frivolously, Ji Si motioned for Chuyi to take the box prepared on the side and hand it to Zhu Yingzhou to open.

When he saw clearly what was in the box, Zhu Yingzhou's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Ji Si in disbelief, his whole body was full of resistance, he gritted his molars and said viciously: "You are dreaming, I am not Will agree!"

The corners of Ji Si's lips raised a beautiful arc, and he raised his eyebrows at the person, with a flirtatious look, kissed her thin lips, and said, "You can't help but disagree."

The movement in the carriage was not big but not small. Wang Yangchun rode his horse and walked side by side with Pei Zhan. Hearing the movement, he turned his head frequently in disbelief, causing the woman's roar and Ji Si's cry to come from the confined carriage from time to time. With a teasing laugh, a trace of obscenity flashed in his eyes, he subconsciously licked his lips, but put on a look of embarrassment on his face, and smiled awkwardly at Pei Zhan: "Ji Shilang... really romantic, cough cough, different Ordinary people, admirable, admirable."

Pei Zhan glanced sideways at the person, and really didn't know where to start, and he didn't know what the three old men were doing in the carriage?A woman who came out of nowhere?What the hell is this shameless Ji Si doing in broad daylight?This really made him confused, and he didn't know how to speak at all.

He felt so distressed in his heart yet he told others about it, he even thought of Qi Ran's exhortation, suddenly felt sad, felt ashamed of his junior brother's entrustment, he really couldn't do anything about Ji Si, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this trip had a heavy responsibility and the future was gloomy, Thinking about it and thinking about Yan Guanqing, who was thousands of miles away, I felt even more depressed, everything was not going well, and my mind was in a mess with no solution.

In the end, after much deliberation, he even worried about the trivial matters at home and Pei Yao's lifelong event, but the short distance made him think about countless things and people, and he didn't pay attention to Wang Yangchun, just sighed all the way .

Wang Yangchun didn't know why, he just felt in his heart that these people from Lin'an were not normal, he sneered a few times in his heart, and secretly made plans.

The mansion used to accommodate the two is Wang Yangchun's private courtyard. In terms of layout and environment, it can't be compared with the post house. It is not a heavy building, but has a unique Jiangnan charm.

Pei Zhan only asked Guo Sheng to keep a small team in the courtyard to obey orders, and the rest were also placed outside the city. Everyone stopped in front of the mansion and got off their horses and sedan chairs one after another. After waiting for a while, they saw that the curtains of the carriages were covered by people. When it was opened, a boy in his teens came out. He looked very handsome. He glanced at the crowd neither humble nor overbearing, pushed aside the curtain with his hands, and smiled at the people inside: "My lord, we are here."

As the words fell, Ji Si's official uniform was a little wrinkled, with a few broken hairs at the corners of his temples, and he walked out holding a woman in a goose yellow dress, with fine sweat on his forehead, looking like he was struggling.

Everyone has heard that Ji Shilang is a person who seeks pleasure this time, but now they see it and think the rumor is true.

"President Wang, I don't know where this wing is. It's really uncomfortable to travel all the way. Allow me to make some adjustments." Ji Si approached the man with his arms in his arms and asked.

The words were ambiguous, and they became anxious in the ears of those who cared.

Wang Yangchun was half as tall as Ji Si, and was facing the woman in his arms, but the woman was buried in Ji Si's arms, and only half of her face could be seen, so he took a second look, and when he raised his eyes, Ji Si's face was pale. Yue quickly looked away and said with a smile: "It's all arranged properly. Ji Shilang and General Pei will rest first, and will organize the reception banquet for them later. I hope the two adults will show their respect."

"sure."

A few people exchanged a few more words of greeting, and the group of officials like Wan Ping left with Wang Yangchun. At this moment, the steward of the mansion rushed up to greet him, knelt and kowtowed, and said tremblingly: "I have seen the two adults .”

Although this Zhu Yingzhou looked thin and thin and lost a lot of weight because he had passed through the gate of hell, he was actually a man. After hugging him for a while, Ji Si felt his arms start to feel sore and trembling, so he lifted it up. Chin, and anxiously said: "Didn't you hear my lord? I'm tired, let me lead the way and let me rest for a while, don't kneel here to block the way, are all your servants so blind?"

When he got angry, the housekeeper didn't dare to delay immediately, and quickly called the servant girl to lead the way. Ji Si hurried forward, and hugged the girl in his arms tightly. Thought he was impatient.

On the other hand, Pei Zhan narrowed his eyes, looking thoughtful, Guo Sheng naturally noticed it, and moved closer and said, "That girl..."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Zhan gave him a cold look, and Guo Sheng immediately fell silent, and followed Pei Zhan to the pre-arranged room.

Just as Ji Si put him on the bed, when he withdrew his hand, he pinched the soft flesh around his waist, Zhu Yingzhou couldn't help but speak in pain, his voice was still as sharp and soft as a woman's.

"What are you doing?" Zhu Yingzhou stared viciously at the villain in front of him, his face was covered with powder, and he had lost a lot of weight these days. The silk woman is shy.

However, Ji Si didn't pay attention to him, just listened quietly to the movement outside the door, and waited for the footsteps to go away, he opened the door sideways, looked around the room, and after confirming that it was correct, he closed the door and sat at the table, looking after himself He was pouring tea, and just brought the teacup to his mouth, before he could drink it, he heard someone break through the window, he was so frightened that he almost threw the teacup out.

"Why did you come here?" Ji Si calmed down and took a sip of tea and asked angrily.

"Let's see which one you're playing," Pei Zhan looked at Zhu Yingzhou who was wearing a woman's skirt on the bed, looked away from the latter's unlovely eyes, sat opposite Ji Si and asked He said, "So which one of your acting is this? Can this really fool Wang Yangchun so that they don't recognize Zhu Yingzhou?"

"What are you thinking? Of course it's impossible," Ji Sizheng handed over a cup of tea, with a kind face on his face, and stared at Pei Zhan with a look like a foolish son at his own family, "Then if Wang Yangchun only has this ability, he can't be cheated by a little trick." To lie to others, wouldn't the official positions these years be in vain, and then he could still work in secret for the tiger in this flat world. On the contrary, not only was he not stupid, but he was very smart. Xu Shi recognized the man in the car just after he entered the city. It's Zhu Yingzhou."

As soon as Pei Zhan said this, before he had any reaction, Zhu Yingzhou on the side took the lead to speak angrily, "If that's the case, why do you still dress me up like this, Ji Si, are you sick?"

Seeing Zhu Yingzhou in a skirt was already a big shock to Pei Zhan, but when he heard the female voice coming out of his mouth, his jaw was about to drop in shock. Thinking, looked at Zhu Yingzhou again, pointed at the latter and asked the former, "What's going on?"

"I can't explain a word to you clearly. I will explain it to you slowly when I have time," Ji Si said with a smile.

Pei Zhan also knew that this matter was complicated, and after thinking about it for a while, he realized that Ji Sirang must have used some method on the first day of the junior high school, so he didn't pursue it but asked about other things, "Then you know that you can't hide it from Wang Yangchun, why bother? "

"Have you ever heard the allusion of turning a deer into a horse?"

"Making a deer into a horse?" Pei Zhan repeated.

Ji Si nodded, "Now Zhu Yingzhou is this deer, if I say he is a horse, then he is a horse, and I didn't intend to point it out to him, but to all the people in Fanping Look, let everyone know that I have brought a concubine and I am doting on it very much. If there is a problem in his jurisdiction, it is because of his mismanagement. This concubine is Zhu Yingzhou, how can he prove it? Could it be possible to pick off my concubine's skirt in public? What's more..."

He stopped here, raised his eyebrows and smiled at them, "Who is Zhu Yingzhou? What's the relationship with him, Wang Yangchun? Now he's just pretending to be ignorant, and it depends on who shows up first." Come tail."

Zhu Yingzhou didn't have much knowledge, so he didn't quite understand the allusion of referring to a deer as a horse, so he asked at a loss: "What deer is what horse? What does it have to do with me?"

Pei Zhan understood, and frowned and said, "Then what do we need to do now?"

"Wait."

"Wait?" Pei Zhan was a little confused, "What are you waiting for?"

"I don't know, but just wait."

Hearing the nonsense, Pei Zhan stared at the person for a while, and came to a conclusion, "You half-talk and half-hide your temper, which is similar to Ah-Heng's stinky temper."

Hearing the name, Ji Si's smile deepened a bit, and he nodded in agreement, "Why don't you say I'm a couple with him."

Pei Zhan: "..."

"Hey, I won't tease you," Ji Si stretched his waist and yawned, "I haven't touched the bed these days, aren't you tired, I can't take it anymore, I'll take a nap for a while and you will leave later Be careful that no one sees you."

After finishing speaking, he wanted to get up and go to the next room to rest. Pei Zhan was stunned and raised his hand to stop him, "When is this, are you still in the mood to sleep?"

Ji Si was yawning again and again, he was so sleepy that he even squeezed out tears from the corners of his eyes, he half-opened his eyes, raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said weakly: "I advise you to sleep for a while, otherwise there will be some trouble at night." You are tired."

"how do I say this?"

"This Hongmen banquet is not a friendly one. If you don't recharge your energy, you may not be able to fight. There is not only one Wang Yangchun in this flat, but when you and I entered the city, we didn't see anyone in the army. Guess what happened to the reception banquet that night." Will he come?"

The words were ambiguous, but Pei Zhan immediately understood who the "he" in the words was referring to, pursed his lips, and then asked, "What if he doesn't come?"

"The prince won't be so afraid of him anymore."

After saying this, Pei Zhan also understood, whispered a few words to his colleagues, then jumped out of the window again, and returned along the way he came from, and finally closed the window.

After seeing off one person, Ji Si turned around and looked at Zhu Yingzhou who was lying on the bed without saying a word, his expression was serious, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he ordered: "On the first day of the junior high school, you sleep with him, It’s good to have someone to take care of me, if there is anything, come to the next door to find me.”

After making arrangements one by one, Ji Si took off his shoes, socks and official robe and lay down. Looking at the veil on the top of the bed, he slowly closed his eyes, not noticing another pair of eyes watching him from outside the window.

Just as Ji Si guessed, Wang Yangchun had recognized Zhu Yingzhou early on. At this time, he was walking back and forth in the room with a sad face, repeating in his mouth, "But what to do, this Ji Si It's clear that he is protecting Zhu Yingzhou, and he made such a move just to show us, didn't Cao Ping say that Ji Si is one of his own? Then what is he doing?"

Wang Yangchun paced back and forth, seeing that the person sitting there did not answer, his anger became even stronger for a moment, he quickly walked over to hold back his anger and said: "Didn't you say that Cao Shangshu sent us a letter asking us to be safe and not to be impatient? The method is to say that Ji Si belongs to His Royal Highness, and Cao Shangshu is His Royal Highness's uncle, which must be foolproof, but what does he mean now? You are talking!"

"I don't know," Cao Ping changed his low-key and introverted appearance in front of Ji Si and Pei Zhan. At this time, his face was gloomy, his eyes were cloudy, and his face was gloomy. Troubled master, he is in the limelight, every place he goes in Kashgar, Xiangzhou, he finds out something, Cao Shangshu may not have passed the news for a long time, and now the situation in Lin'an is dark with my eyes, and I don't know the slightest bit."

He and Cao Weiyuan have always communicated by letter. When something important happened in Beijing, Cao Weiyuan sent someone to send it to Fanping. He had to sit down directly on the ground, but he couldn't wait for Cao Weiyuan's second letter. Instead, he waited for the imperial decree from the middle of the capital to let Ji Si, the Minister of household affairs, and Pei Zhan, the commander of the foreign imperial army, be ordered to escort the grain and grass. I don't know how big a storm they caused in Lin'an.

At this time, Zhang Zhen, the governor of Panping, also frowned and said, "Let's not talk about this season, just that Pei Zhan is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He brought soldiers, especially his men. It is not an exaggeration for the trained Pei family army to have one against ten."

"What do you mean by that?" Wang Yangchun asked with frowned eyebrows, "Didn't you say that he was here to escort the military rations? Didn't everyone in the court say that he didn't like Ji Ji all the time? Didn't he have any personal relationships? Could it be that he wants to Get involved?"

"Let's not mention this in advance, the most urgent thing is what about the reception banquet tonight?" Cao Ping said beforehand.

As soon as these words came out of the room, it became cold again. The three of them had different expressions, but they were all extremely worried. After a long time, they heard Cao Ping say, "It's not a way to think about it like this."

He sneered a few times while hooking his lips, "It's not a matter of a day or two from Lin'an. No matter how capable Ji Si is in Beijing, how can he call the wind and rain, but a strong dragon can't beat a local snake, as long as he comes If you don’t know, you can only let me knead it softly and round it, don’t we have the final say on what we see and hear, if he wants to act, we will accompany him to act, and teach him not to find any clues.”

After the words were finished, Wang Yangchun and Zhang Jing exchanged glances, they understood Cao Ping's intentions from each other's eyes, and smiled at each other, quite embarrassing.

The light at noon was so dazzling that it came in through the window sills. Under the reflection of the sun, the sharp fine teeth seemed to be able to bite through the flesh.

A piece of flesh was thrown on the ground. The scarlet flesh was still dripping with blood. As soon as it landed, it was bitten by the sharp teeth of the vicious dog. The sharp canine teeth tore at the piece of flesh. The blood slipped down the mane at the corner of the wolfdog's mouth and dripped on the ground. It didn't take long for the fluffy woolen blanket to be soiled.

It wasn't until I got closer that I realized that this vicious dog was half a person tall, and its gray-black hair was extremely moist and smooth. Standing in the tent was enough to bring a strong sense of oppression.

At this time, it couldn't wait to swallow the flesh and blood, chewing the flesh and tearing the flesh and panting rapidly. The flesh, the size of an adult man's arm, was wiped out in a blink of an eye. The wolfdog stretched out its thick tongue eagerly, Licking the sharp claws and the corners of the mouth, the throat made a gurgling sound.

This is a hand protruding from the top of its head, stroking its smooth hair back and forth, the vicious dog squinted its eyes comfortably, and rubbed its head against the palm of the person, showing no sign of its previous ferocious appearance.

The curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted, and a man wearing a felt hat and Beiyan official costume walked in. His hair was braided into a thin and long braid, all coiled on top of his head. The costume was an inner coat and long robe. , with a brown sleeveless double-breasted stand-up collar on the outside, and gold bracelets and necklaces inlaid with jade on his hands and neck, which is the standard Beiyan dress.

Walking into the room, he was a little frightened when he saw the wolf's mouth covered in blood and sharp teeth exposed. The man's expression changed, and he took a step back subconsciously.

This look fell into the eyes of the man in charge, with a look of disdain on his face, he raised his lips and sneered twice, "Look at your courage, we will kill you if we break the army!"

You don't need to listen carefully to tell that this person is not speaking Dajin dialect, but the most difficult Beiyan dialect. He is about 45 or [-] years old, with a thick beard and cloudy eyes. Cheng's majesty and oppression, just one look over, will make people feel a kind of panic stared at by a ferocious beast.

Sure enough, the Beiyan official who came in shuddered, suppressed his instinctive fear, and moved a little in the direction of the wolf dog cautiously, crossed his hands on his shoulders, bent over and saluted, and replied, "May the God of Snow Mountain Bless me Wang Ankang!"

The person on the throne is Beiyan's new king, Andrew, who has only been on the throne for only four years. His father is even more affectionate.

Andrew is a legendary figure in Beiyan, the god of war in Beiyan. The people of Beiyan mentioned him as praise and worship, but the officials of Beiyan had seen his thunderous methods, and they were afraid of him. The new king taught him carefully at the beginning, but it has been more than ten years since then, but the first thing the new king did after he became full-fledged was to kill him, so Andrew could only preemptively get rid of the knife-wielding The king who trembled.

Stepping into the setting sun and covered in blood, Andrew came out of the hall with the head of King Beiyan in his hands, glanced around coldly, and threw the blood-stained head in front of everyone's eyes. He looked very much like Shura who came from hell. Officials can still be woken up abruptly when they wake up from their dreams in the middle of the night.

At that time, Andrew only said one sentence, which opened up a new situation for Beiyan, "From now on, I will be the king of Beiyan, who of you dare not accept it!"

Maybe it was his appearance that was so creepy that no one objected and supported him as the new king.

Staring at the man's gloomy face at this time, the Beiyan official who came in to report somehow remembered all that happened that day, and felt frightened, a layer of cold came up from his back, and he didn't even dare to take a breath.

"What's wrong with asking you to send someone to monitor the movement of Fanping?" Andrew asked.

"The news just came from the secret whistle that the Beijing officials sent by the Emperor of Jin arrived at Wanping this morning and stayed in the other courtyard arranged by Wang Yangchun."

Andrew scratched the chin of the wolf dog lying at his feet, squinted his eyes and said, "Then Pei Zhan is not easy to deal with, you should send someone to pay more attention, don't teach him to find out, watch from afar for any troubles and pass them on." message back."

"Yes," the man bowed again, hesitated for a while, and then said, "My lord, this Dajin man is full of tricks. I'm afraid this cooperation has ulterior motives. The lord still needs to be careful."

"When did I, Bei Yanerlang, become so timid in doing things?" Andrew glanced fiercely at the person, and said slowly: "The world has been quiet for too long, it's time to rise to the wind and waves, Da Jin Xi Qiang It's all over, how can I, Beiyan, miss this excitement."

Speaking of this, he paused, and gently stroked the Po Jun's head, his eyes were warm, but the words he uttered were without warmth, and he said in a cold voice, "Although that man showed his sincerity to form an alliance with me, In fact, he just wants to use my hand to pave the way for him. He is not young but not young. There is an interesting saying in Dajin, mantis and cicadas are behind the oriole. If he wants to be the oriole, I will let him He can only be that praying mantis!"

The wolfhound raised its head and howled a few times, with some bright red pieces of meat mixed in its sharp teeth, against Andrew's gloomy face, it made people tremble subconsciously and sweat all over.

The temperature difference between day and night in Fanping is huge, and once night falls, it turns back to the early spring. The wind hits people, turning the cold sweat into piercing ice needles, and the scalp is numb.

Ji Si suddenly woke up from his sleep, shivering uncontrollably from the cold, there was no candle in the room, the sunset had just ended, and there was a trace of gray in the sky, he blinked to get used to the dim scene in the room.

Turning his head, he found that the pole was blown to the ground by the wind at some point. The night wind was blowing into the room through the window, facing the direction of his bed. .

At this time, there were footsteps outside the house, and then there was a knock on the door next door. Ji Si's expression changed, and he jumped up from the bed in a hurry, took the official uniform by the bedside, and quickly pushed open the window and jumped out. The cat crawled into the house fully dressed, and the room was lit with wax. It also looked sleepy on the first day of the first day of the junior high school. It rushed up to meet him and was about to speak, but Ji Si shook his head at him.

"What's the matter?" Ji Si asked aloud.

"My lord servant, I have prepared hot water for you, my lord has been full of dust and dust along the way, I must be very distracted, I wonder if I want to take a bath now?" A muffled voice came from outside the door.

"Send it in," Ji Si motioned for Chuyi to open the door, while he sat by the bed, twisted the corner of the quilt for Zhu Yingzhou, pretended to be satisfied, and looked at the group of people from the corner of his eye , Waiting for people to retreat one after another, he just lowered his face and said to Chu Yi in a concentrated voice: "You don't have to go with me for the wind reception later, stay here and take care of Zhu Yingzhou."

"Didn't your lord say that this is a Hongmen banquet?" Chuyi said anxiously, "and I don't know this place very well, so what's my lord doing on my own? If so, Wang Yangchun really wanted to find Mr. Zhu Trouble, the two of us are the meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered."

"Who said you're the only one? Someone will accompany you, besides..." Ji Si joked with a smile, "General Pei is much more useful than you."

One sentence made the first day of junior high school unable to find a point to refute, so he could only reluctantly agree.

Wang Yangchun gave them a lot of face by hosting the reception banquet for them. Most of the officials in Wanping were present, and they booked the most famous restaurant in the area, showing their sincerity everywhere. Ji Si wanted to leave them alone, so he came slowly. Chi, the sound of silk and bamboo music could be heard from far away in the courtyard, Ji Si was not in a hurry, rather leisurely, he appeared at the entrance of the hall unhurriedly, dressed in dark brocade The gown attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone was very curious about this household servant whose name was unknown, and they couldn't help but take a second look. They saw that he was dressed in a brocade robe with a face like a crown jade, handsome and extraordinary, with a bit of sternness in his brows and eyes. , didn't have the treacherous and shadowy appearance in the rumors, so I couldn't help being a little surprised.

"Ji Shilang, you're here," Wang Yangchun said suddenly at this moment, hurriedly got up from the table, and hurriedly ran towards Ji Si, "All colleagues heard that Ji Shilang and General Pei are here, They all want to pay their respects, and later they will have a few more glasses of wine."

Ji Si followed in the hall behind the man, and also pursed his lips to agree, "That's Mr. Wang's intentions. Everything here is in order. It's no wonder that under the management of Mr. Wang, Fan Ping can be orderly and honest. You have a lot of heart, which is really a model for an official, and I will give you two glasses in a while."

"Ji Shilang is too famous, I don't dare to take it," Wang Yangchun laughed loudly, "It's just a matter of duty, there are still many places that are not properly governed, and there are still some people with ulterior motives, just can't see peace and tranquility, Ji Shilang It’s rare to come to Wanping once, if you have any insights, can you give me some advice?”

"Definitely." Ji Si chuckled.

The two looked at each other, pretending to be friendly, and the smiles on their faces never disappeared. After entering their seats, Wang Yangchun took the main seat, and Ji Si sat on his right. Pei Zhan, just took a look, then looked away again, bowed his head to drink.

Sitting at the head seat, Wang Yangchun raised his glass to everyone, his face was full of fat, his smiling eyes were drawn into a thin line, and he said loudly, "This first glass of wine should be a respect to Minister Ji and General Pei. For this escort of food and grass, Fanping will do his best to cooperate so that Ji Shilang and General Pei can return to Beijing as soon as possible."

Ji Si was playing with the wine glass in his hand, raised his eyebrows with a faint smile, raised his eyebrows in the direction of the main seat, and said in a vague way: "Why do I listen to Mr. Wang's words, as if I hope that General Pei and I will be together sooner? Going back to Beijing? It’s only now that Zhipingping is urging us to go back, it’s not good, don’t you hide some treasures for fear of being missed by me?”

Before he finished speaking, Wang Yangchun's smile froze on his face, and after a while he was anxious to speak up, but unexpectedly, Ji Si stepped forward and grinned happily, "I'm joking, Mr. Wang, don't take it to heart. , I'll finish the wine first, you guys can do whatever you want."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine, shaking the glass upside down at everyone.

"Ji Shilang is a good drinker, so I will not return tonight without getting drunk!"

All of a sudden, the toasts are intertwined, the silk and bamboo are melodious,