From the end to the other world

Zhou Xun's hand holding the pen trembled, and a drop of thick black ink landed on the ledger, blurring out a small black spot.

Shang Minghe leaned over to put the pen in his hand on the pen holder, closed the ledger on the table, and finally poured a cup of hot tea for each of them.

When he finished all this, Zhou Xun held the teacup and asked in a stagnant voice, "What are you talking about?"

Obviously it was Shang Ming and himself who proposed to talk, but after sitting down, he didn't know how to speak.

Especially now that there is a table between the two of them, it looks more like they are going to talk about business.

After groaning for a while, Shang Minghe glanced around the room, and saw a chaise longue for a nap beside the window, so he pointed, "Let's talk there."

This is on the second floor of the shop. Since Zhou Xun came to Rongcheng to take over the shop, without his nod, no one would normally come up, let alone now that Shang Minghe came up, the people below would not let anyone up at will.

Zhou Xun lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then got up and sat down on the imperial concubine's couch.

Unlike stools, the imperial concubine's couch is originally used for resting, and it looks lazy and comfortable in appearance. In addition, the height of the imperial concubine's couch is quite low, and it is easy for people to sit on it without looking good.

But Zhou Xun was sitting upright in Taiwei, his hands were naturally hanging on his sides, covered by long sleeves.

Shang Minghe followed and sat down at the other end without any further hesitation. Shang Qingyue asked someone to tell him what Zhou Xun cared about.

So he explained his relationship with Fang Yu to Zhou Xun straight to the point, "Fang Yu's elder brother Fang Lei, like me, is the commander-in-chief of General Sun's battalion. During the civil strife in southern Xinjiang the year before last, I was injured. People escorted me back to the camp, and the relationship has been good since then.”

Zhou Xun's expression was a little stiff, "Did Fang Yu... treat you?"

Shang Minghe didn't hide anything, "After the merchant's accident, I sent someone to deliver the divorce letter to you." He paused for a moment before continuing, "After their family found out, Fang Lei proposed that he wanted to get married. , but I declined."

Zhou Xun's face turned pale in an instant, and his voice seemed to tremble a little, "How did they... know that you sent me a divorce letter?"

The two sat facing each other, and seeing Zhou Xun feeling so sad all of a sudden, Shang Minghe didn't understand why, but he also knew that he cared about the answer, so he quickly explained: "After someone sent you a divorce letter that day, when you came back I was drunk in the restaurant, and my friends knew about it when they came over."

Zhou Xun was startled when he heard the words, and then the blood color slowly returned to his face, and he looked at Shang Minghe with bright eyes, and asked in disbelief: "Are you also..."

Maybe it was because he had been looking forward to it for too long, but at this moment, Zhou Xun finally didn't dare to ask that sentence.

Thinking of the drunken scene at that time, Shang Minghe unnaturally wanted to say goodbye, but seeing Zhou Xun's expectant eyes, he couldn't bear to move away.

Since I want Zhou Xun to feel at ease, and they are already married, then there is no harm in telling him about the embarrassing things. Shang Minghe looked into Zhou Xun's eyes and said seriously: "My heart is not made of stone. You treat me like that. Me, how could I be indifferent."

Since they realized it, this was the most straightforward response Shang Minghe had ever said, and Zhou Xun couldn't help but shed tears.

Shang Minghe was so frightened that he hurriedly went to wipe his tears. He is a general, and he didn't have the habit of wearing a handkerchief on his body. It was fine if he couldn't wipe it off with his fingers. He also worried that the calluses on his hands would scratch Zhou Xun's face. What to do.

Seeing his nervous appearance, Zhou Xun suddenly felt that the depression that had been suppressed in his heart for the past few days dissipated at once. He really wanted to stop crying, but found that he couldn't help it, so he simply leaned forward, He buried his face on Shang Minghe's shoulder, crying so hard.

No matter how intimate the two of them were, they had done it, but now they just buried their necks. Shang Minghe put his hands on Zhou Xun's back very naturally, and patted them to comfort him.

He originally wanted Zhou Xun to stop his tears, but the person in his arms cried more and more, as if he wanted to vent all the grievances he had suffered over the years, hot tears flowed down Shang Minghe's neck , It was so hot that his heart trembled.

Shang Mingheyu has always been emotionally slow and clumsy, but at this moment, he patted Zhou Xun's back lightly and said, "I really have nothing to do with Fang Yu. At that time, when their family proposed to get married, I refused. I also told them that our engagement is still there, he is just spoiled by the family, and he is a little unwilling."

After a pause, Shang Minghe solemnly said again: "Don't worry, I don't have anyone else, and in the future... there won't be any."

Zhou Xun's body trembled when he heard this, but he didn't speak, but buried his face even tighter on Shang Minghe's shoulder.

Shang Minghe didn't tell him to stop crying, but just put his arms around Zhou Xun's waist and hugged him little by little.

By the time Zhou Xun stopped choking, it was already after a cup of tea.

It seemed that he was a little embarrassed by his actions just now. Zhou Xun walked away from Shang Minghe's arms a little embarrassedly, but he couldn't bear this feeling, so the result was that his head and shoulders were farther away, and his waist was still kept by Shang Minghe. pose.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Xun raised his head a little shyly, "I have something to confess to my husband."

"What's the matter?" Shang Minghe asked indifferently, no matter in terms of Zhou Xun's feelings for him or Zhou Xun's way of doing things, what he was going to say would be nothing to Shang Minghe too much.

"The elder brother of Mr. Fang is kind to my husband," Zhou Xun said with some embarrassment, "but I couldn't hold back that day, and ran away in anger, and even cried in anger."

After he finished speaking, he kept paying attention to the changes in Shang Minghe's expression.

Shang Minghe was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "It's okay, just run away if you get angry. He used to run to our house all the time, and I just don't know what to do."

After a pause, he continued: "It's just that you're crying out of anger. Someday you have to go to their house with me for a gift. Fang Lei is kind to me after all."

The latter sentence is an explanation for fear of Zhou Xun's feeling uncomfortable. In fact, even if there is no such sentence, Zhou Xun is willing to go.

Not to mention that he is one with Shang Minghe, Fang Lei is kind to Shang Minghe, that is to say, he is kind to him.

Whether it is going to a friend's house with Shang Minghe as his husband, or to the house of Shuang'er who has ideas for Shang Minghe, it is just a gift, to Zhou Xun, it is not a matter at all.

They talked about it here, and Shang Qingyue downstairs just finished talking to Qin Luochuan about the matter, and finally curled her lips and said: "His brother is kind to him, but he shouldn't act as if he didn't marry him. Han's expression, still say that brother Xun."

"It shouldn't be," Qin Luochuan said, "A twisted melon is not sweet, and it shouldn't be if it's a way of repaying favors."

After a moment of silence, Shang Qingyue sighed again, "I hope my brother can handle the matter well."

"Don't worry, it will." Qin Luochuan nodded.

Along the way, Shang Minghe's worried expression couldn't fool anyone. Since he cared about Zhou Xun, he didn't have to worry about the result.

Then Qin Luochuan asked again, "It's you, how have you been in Rongcheng with Xiaotuanzi for the past two months, and what's not suitable for you?"

"It's pretty good," Shang Qingyue said, "It's just that in the first two days since I came here, Xiaotuanzi was a little uncomfortable and didn't eat much, and then he was fine."

Hearing this, Qin Luochuan lifted Xiaotuanzi, who was already in his arms, with his hands. I haven't seen him for more than two months. Xiaotuanzi has grown a little taller, and his face is still white and tender, like a bun.

They came all the way from the capital city, afraid that Shang Qingyue and Xiaotuanzi would not get used to the environment, the tea they drank on the way had always been from his space, and it seemed to be helpful now, at least after arriving in Rongcheng, Xiaotuanzi didn't get used to it a little.

Qin Luochuan thought for a while and asked again: "Then what do you think of Rongcheng?"

"It's pretty good," Shang Qingyue recalled, "the folk customs are open and the people are warm. Even though it's the end of July, it doesn't feel particularly hot, and as far as I can see, the things in the field are growing very fast. .”

Qin Luochuan asked in surprise, "Did you go to the field to see how the farmer's parents are doing?"

"Many of the crops in the capital and Yuxi Town are not here, so I just noticed it," Shang Qingyue said, "If it wasn't for the inconvenience at my brother's house, I would have used the open space in the backyard to grow Xiaotuanzi's favorite food. Grow vegetables."

Qin Luochuan laughed. He never thought that after leaving Yuxi Town for so many years, Shang Qingyue would still want to grow vegetables by himself, or after he was already in a high position, after experiencing the joy of sowing seeds and harvesting by himself It's hard to forget.

Because of their previous habit of farming in Yuxi Town, whether they went to the capital or came to Rongcheng from the capital, the two of them brought a lot of vegetable seeds, and it was not impossible for them to grow something.

So Qin Luochuan said: "Then let's buy a house by ourselves."

Shang Qingyue was overjoyed at first, and then asked: "Don't we need to go to the government office?"

"After I found out about the things in the Yunjiang Plain, when I gave the emperor a report, I said that I wanted to put the Tongzhi Office in Rongcheng," Qin Luochuan said, "I think the emperor will agree."

The responsibility of the Tongzhi is to take charge of special matters such as local salt, grain, river engineering, water conservancy, etc. Some prefectures have a vast area. If the Tongzhi Office is in the government office, the things that need to be dealt with are far away from the government office, just passing the news It is a troublesome thing, not to mention doing things well.

Therefore, there have been many precedents in history that the Tongzhi hall was not in the government office.

Besides, Rongcheng was not far from the upper reaches of the Yunjiang River. Although it was blocked by high mountains, it was much closer to the Yunjiang River than the Danzhou government office.

He was originally here to govern Yunjiang, so naturally the closer he was to Yunjiang, the better.

Moreover, when Qin Luochuan asked Zhezi, he had just perfectly solved the problems of disaster relief and flooding in Yunjiang and Pingyun, and he proposed to let Qin Yan come over for a family reunion, whether it was out of meritorious deeds or for Qin Yan's sake , Qin Luochuan believed that the emperor would agree to his request.

Shang Qingyue also guessed that this matter should be possible, and said happily: "Then I will send someone to look for a suitable house tomorrow."

"I should have nothing to do in the next month." Yunjiang's affairs are not in a hurry, and he will definitely wait for the emperor's decree to come down before he can take action, but he can be free for a while, so Qin Luochuan said, "Let's find someone The one closer to my elder brother's house, and the house should be bigger, after the arrangements are made, please invite my father to come to Rongcheng."