In the next few days, Yan Shi traveled all over the towns around the imperial city in the name of handling the case, and made friends with many candidates who will refer to the scientific examination next year.
When winter was about to enter, Yan Shi finally found a way to ask Emperor Chongjin to go out to inspect the imperial city. Emperor Chongjin agreed, but asked him to come back before the New Year.
Generally, when officials in the imperial city go out, their family members must stay in the imperial city. However, if the husband and wife are both officials in the court, and they each have important matters to do, they can ask the emperor for accommodation, but generally they rarely agree.
Hua Ling has no official position, so as usual, he cannot go with Yan Shi. But he asked to enter the palace once, and begged Emperor Chongjin to say that he had never even been out of the Duke's mansion before getting married, so this time he wanted to go out for a walk. She acted coquettishly again, begging pitifully.
Although Emperor Chongjin didn't like Yan Shi, he unexpectedly liked Hua Ling. As the emperor, everyone around him was more scheming than the other without exception. Everyone approached him with a purpose, even his own Without exception, all his sons and daughters want something from him. Only Hua Ling is as pure as a piece of white paper, only regards him as his father, and asks for nothing else from him. He is soft-tempered and can act coquettishly, and Emperor Chongjin already had some sympathy for Hualing, thinking that there were only three months left before the Chinese New Year, he nodded in agreement.
Yan Shi made proper arrangements for Dali Temple and the affairs of the mansion, Jiang Qingyue, Sang Yu, Xiang Ying and the dumb mother stayed in the mansion. Jiang Qingyue has to sit in the palace and investigate all the movements in the imperial city, Sang Yu knows martial arts, if there is something to do, let him do it. After all, Xiang Ying is from the Shifang Sect, so it is inconvenient to take her with her. As for the dumb mother, she is old and frail, and she is not suitable for long journeys.
In addition to Hua Ling, Yan Shi also brought Qu Liushang and two officials from Dali Temple on this trip. These two officials are sworn brothers named Zhao Haichun and Wu Jinde respectively. One of the masters.
As for Qu Liushang, who is a doctor and knows how to use Gu, he may be able to use it along the way.
They planned to wear casual clothes for this trip, so Yan Shi and the others changed into plain clothes and set off in a carriage.
Walking all the way to the south, when it was dark, I found an inn to rest. There were three rooms, one for Yan Shi and Hua Ling, one for Zhao Haichun and Wu Jinde, and one for Qu Liushang himself.
After eating and drinking and entering the room, Yan Shi saw at a glance that there was only one bed, and was slightly embarrassed, "I'll ask for another room later."
"Brother, it would be bad if they saw it." Hua Ling reassured again and again, "Brother, I sleep very honestly and won't disturb you."
Seeing Hua Ling's pitiful appearance, Yan Shi agreed with a soft heart. It's not that they don't have feelings for him during the past few months. Since they have feelings, and they are husband and wife, why not sleep on the same bed? If anything happens in this bed, let it be.
After figuring it out, Yan Shi took off his coat generously, wanting to sleep, "Is Ming Ting used to sleeping outside or inside?"
Seeing that Yan Shi had no intention of leaving, Hua Ling almost jumped up happily, "Brother, sleep in, what do you have to do tonight, I will take care of you conveniently."
Yan Shi wanted to say that he didn't need to wait on her, but seeing the happy look of the little princess, she didn't say anything, she lifted the quilt and got on the bed and lay down inside.
Hua Ling took off his coat, blew out the candles, and lay down beside Yan Shi.
"Brother, can you hug me?" Hua Ling's expectant voice sounded in the darkness.
Yan Shi proved his meaning with actions. He hugged Hua Ling in his arms, and Hua Ling put a hand on his waist.
Just when Yan Shi thought that Hua Ling would make further moves, he heard a long breathing sound coming from his arms.
He couldn't laugh or cry, and fell asleep too fast.
The next morning, Yan Shi woke up in Hua Ling's arms. Last night, he was obviously the one who hugged the little princess, why did it become the little princess hugging him
Before Yan Shi could think of anything, Hua Ling woke up rubbing his eyes.
"Brother, how did you sleep last night?" Hua Ling asked while rubbing his eyes. Because he just woke up, his voice was still a little nasal, which made people feel itchy.
Yan Yi smiled, "Also
good. "
Hua Ling showed a big smile, "Let me just say that I sleep honestly."
While talking, a mistress came to deliver face wash water, and the two of them went downstairs to have breakfast after washing up, and then went forward in the carriage again.
In the next few days, the two have been sleeping in the same bed, and have not separated rooms.
On this day, I finally arrived at the first destination of this trip—Tonglin County.
Tonglin County is not too big, but it is very rich. It is backed by the canal, and it is very convenient to do business. More than half of the people in the city rely on this canal to make a fortune.
It was already noon when we arrived in Tonglin County, Yan Shi decided to eat before looking for someone, and a group of people came to a restaurant to sit down.
Qu Liushang, Yan Shi and Hua Ling are all dressed as young merchants, while Zhao Chunhai and Wu Jinde are servants. Therefore, Zhao Chunhai and Wu Jinde should stand by and wait, but Yan Shi has never been so particular. If there is no one, he will invite the two to eat at the same table. If there are people, it depends on the situation. In other people's homes, the two would stand aside and wait on them. If it was an occasion like this, they would be asked to eat at another table.
Although the two were eating at another table, their ears and eyes were not idle at all, they were always watching the movement around them to ensure the safety of Yan Shi and others.
It's noon now, and there are many people in the restaurant. While waiting for the food, Hua Ling asked, "Brother, who are we here for?"
"There is a Juzi named Zhou Yongyan here, and he is the Jieyuan of the entire Fusang County. We are here to look for him." All the sons can go to high school, so Yan Shi only found Xie Yuan, so the chances are higher, "I heard that Zhou Yongyan's family is in business, and his family background is not bad."
Hua Ling leaned her elbows on the table, rested her cheeks on her hands and looked at Yan Shi with her head tilted, "Then brother, what should we say when we go? Shall we directly reveal our identity?"
Yan Shi smiled, "Let's adapt accordingly at that time." If you directly reveal your identity, saying that I am a prince, I am here to recruit you, and you should join me quickly, I'm afraid it will backfire. When Yan Shi thought of this, his smile became wider.
Hua Ling's eyes lit up, and she almost drowned in that smile, "Brother is so pretty."
"Cough cough," Qu Liushang coughed a few times with his hands clenched under his mouth, "Princess, I'm still here."
Hua Ling blushed slightly, and immediately put her hands on her knees, her back straight and straight, so she didn't dare to look around.
Yan Shi was made to laugh even more by the contrast between Hua Ling's front and back, why is the little princess so cute
Not long after, the dishes came one after another, and Yan Shi also ordered a jug of wine, but Hua Ling was not allowed to drink, only he and Qu Liushang drank some.
Qu Liushang poured a few drops of the wine in the cup onto the table, and then took out a small bamboo tube from his sleeve. He opened the bamboo tube and put it on the table. bugs. The worm was about the size and length of a thumb, with hairs visible to the naked eye growing on its body, and it had a very hideous appearance.
After the worm came out, it moved its two tentacles, and then crawled towards the wine on the table, where it did not move, as if it was drinking.
Yan Shi was surprised, "What is this?"
Qu Liushang said, "This is called a long tentacled worm. I made it into a Gu worm. It likes to drink. If I have wine today, let it taste it too."
Hua Ling was far away from Qu Liushang, and when she heard the conversation between the two, she craned her neck to have a look, and immediately threw herself into Yan Shi's arms, crying, "Brother, I'm afraid."
Yan Shi hurriedly patted him on the back to comfort him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's just a bug."
Qu Liushang hurriedly put the long tentacles back into the bamboo tube, his voice was full of guilt, "I don't know if the princess will be afraid, Liushang really deserves death." Although he said so, he secretly rolled his eyes when no one saw , this bitch!
When the meal was about to run out, there was a commotion on the street.
Immediately afterwards, they heard a woman shouting hoarsely, "Let me go! Let me go!" Several people hurriedly looked outside, and saw two women walking forward with a woman on their left and right.
They were followed by two women and two men in the same clothes.
The two women and the people behind them could tell by their attire that they were servants of that family. The woman who was supported by them looked about 30 years old and was dressed in gold and silver, but her hair was messy due to struggling. The hairpins are inserted crookedly. Looking at this outfit, she should be the wife of a wealthy family
The woman was struggling non-stop along the way, and the two servant girls beside her seemed to be talking about something, but the voice was too small to hear clearly from afar.
Although there were many people on the street, it seemed as if they hadn't seen them, and they did what they had to do. The diners in the restaurant stretched their necks to take a look when they first heard the sound, and then continued to eat.
What exactly is going on
The few people looked at each other, and Hua Ling couldn't help but said, "Brother, what's going on? Are you robbing women in broad daylight?"
Now that we have met this matter, we can't ignore it, but this is not the imperial city, so we need to be cautious, so Yan Shi thought about it and called Xiaoer here.
"What's your order objectively?" Xiao Er came quickly.
Yan Shi pointed out the window with his fan, "What happened just now?"
Xiao Er said, "Aren't the guest officials locals?"
Yan Shi nodded, Xiaoer smiled and said, "I guessed it was, there is no one in Tonglin County who doesn't know about their Zhou family."
Hearing about the Zhou family, Yan Shi frowned indistinctly. It is said that Zhou Yongyan's family is a big family in Tonglin County. Could it be that the Zhou family is related to him? Please tell us about this matter, we like to listen to the excitement, and it is inevitable that we will be a little curious when we saw it just now."
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