Xu Zhen turned a blind eye to everyone's gaze.
She stepped forward to receive the imperial decree. The imperial decree was covered with something like grease, which seemed to be used as a waterproof material, but after being soaked in water, it made people's palms very uncomfortable.
The little eunuch explained to Xu Zhen again in a low voice.
Xu Zhen is no longer a country bumpkin who just came to Chang'an, she is very smart now, she fumbled in her pocket, took out two copper coins, hesitated for a moment and stuffed them into the hands of the little eunuch.
"Thank you, father-in-law." Xu Zhen thanked her.
The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, then immediately put the copper plate back, and said with a low laugh, "Yuanwailang, you will soon be the most popular person in Chang'an."
After speaking, he saluted and left.
Outside the scaffolding, officers and soldiers changed positions.
Inside the shed, the lights were flickering. There used to be an old man sitting touching the piano and fondling a book, but now they all looked at Xu Zhen and the imperial decree in Xu Zhen's hand.
Holy decree, this is a good thing.
With the sacred decree in hand, as long as it is guaranteed not to be soiled or broken, show it to others, and that person will respect it as if they have seen the emperor.
To be disrespectful to the holy decree is to be disrespectful to the Holy One.
But who would have thought that the person who received the imperial decree, who was called Yuanwailang, who was said to be about to become the most famous person in Chang'an, would be an ordinary young woman
Since this woman is an official, why didn't she reveal her identity earlier!
If he had known that this person was Yuanwailang—
When everyone saw the barbarians beside Xu Zhen, they finally chose to remain silent.
Someone brought Xu Zhen a bowl of cold soup.
Xu Zhen thanked him overjoyed, and asked who this person was, the person said: "Student of Hongdu Academy."
Xu Zhen said, "You are really benevolent."
The student laughed loudly, and the people around him were embarrassed.
Soup alone is not enough.
Xu Zhen thought about it, and decided to take it and even ask for white cakes.
However, he just raised his feet and was about to go to the food officer.
There was a sound at the door, the sound of a horse's hoof stepping on the water, followed by neighing, and someone from outside hurried in, as if separated by mountains and rivers, but very close.
Tat Tat Tat, an old man walked in through the door holding an oil-paper umbrella.
Everyone looked up.
Xu Zhen followed her and felt that this person looked familiar, but she was still remembering who this person was.
People in official uniforms immediately knelt down and shouted, "Taiwei!!"
"Taiwei?" The people around didn't recognize the high-ranking officials, but they knew how awesome the Taiwei was! !
The Taiwei actually came over
What is the captain doing here? Come to comfort them?
The people sitting under the tent stood up one after another, in disbelief.
But soon, Taiwei's behavior broke everyone's illusions. He closed his umbrella and walked quickly in front of Xu Zhen, stepping on it until his body was covered in mud, and his originally serious face showed a bit of gratitude.
Behind him were two military officers in eagle robes. The two military officers saw that the Taiwei was drenched in the heavy rain, so they put up umbrellas.
Li Taiwei walked towards Xu Zhen without hesitation.
After walking in front of Xu Zhen, his face was moved, his lips quivered for a long time, and finally he said: "Sheji is very lucky to have you!"
His voice was neither loud nor sincere, on the contrary, he was flat, but the tears in his eyes could not conceal his feelings.
His gratitude to Xu Zhen was actually not as profound as he said.
It's just that he hurried out of Chang'an yesterday, only to find out later that there was a heavy rain in Chang'an and his family was trapped. After he rushed back in a hurry, he learned that his family was rescued by Xu Zhen.
No matter how high a person is, he still has a family.
What's more, besides the help Xu Zhen gave him this time, there is-
After he finished speaking, he bowed to Xu Zhen, then knelt down on both knees and continued to salute.
In Daqing, it is a great gift to kneel and kowtow three heads, and generally only kneel to parents, saints and respectable people.
Now that the Taiwei salutes herself, Xu Zhen is terrified, thinking that she must not be able to bear it, she hurriedly stepped forward to help the Taiwei get up.
The Taiwei propped his hands on the ground and kowtowed obstinately.
After getting up, he looked at Xu Zhen again, and said, "Mr. Xu, it is indeed a blessing for the common people to care about the country and the people."
There was a sudden silence under the tent.
Xu Zhen didn't know which incident she had hit Taiwei, and she was going to say a few words of politeness, but who knew that Taiwei left after finishing speaking! !
He left without mercy, as if he came to a catwalk!
Xu Zhen was a little uncertain.
The military officer held an umbrella and shouted: "Taiwei! It's raining heavily! Get in the carriage!"
Li Taiwei's voice came faintly: "Go and supervise the opening of the canal. Compared with the water in Chang'an, my little rain is nothing."
As he spoke, his voice and his back gradually dissipated in the wet and cold night, thick fog rose among the grass, and he couldn't hear anything except the sound of drizzling rain.
The wind and rain are blowing, overwhelming.
There were a lot of people sitting under the tent, densely packed on the moist soil, surrounded by earthworms, these people did not make any noise, and remained silent.
They thought of Taiwei's behavior just now, and what they had done to Xu Zhen before, and they struggled extremely.
Obviously this person really colluded with the barbarians!
The Hu people once slaughtered their ancestors. A few years ago, there were also Hu people's iron cavalry trampling Chang'an, trampling all women, children and children to death!
How can this kind of hatred make them forget.
Several people gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, in great pain, unable to make a choice.
Not far away, two boys in white clothes with muddy foreheads and hair were sitting cross-legged.
One of them asked the people around him: "Hey! Xie Aguang, why are you speaking for that barbarian today?"
Xie Guang turned his head and looked at him bitterly: "If you don't say it, no one will think you are dumb!"
The student asked again: "Don't you hate barbarians the most? It's unreasonable for you to do this. This is a barbarian bastard."
Xie Guang gritted his teeth: "Of course I am! I still hate barbarians."
The student asked, "Then why did you—"
"But that man is a benefactor." Xie Guang said, "If I want to be a hero, I must distinguish between grievances and grievances. This barbarian is my benefactor, and Yuanwailang is also my benefactor..."
As he spoke, he thought of the fear he felt in the water before, when the cold water kept pouring into his mouth and nose, making him think he was about to die.
But at this moment, someone gave him a piece of wood, giving him a chance of life!
Such people…
It happens to be a fool! !
Xie Guang was so angry that his teeth were about to gnaw, he punched the ground and shouted: "Why is he a barbarian!"
There are not many people who have experienced life and death around them.
Most of them woke up suddenly when they fell asleep in the middle of the night! They were about to die, but it was Xu Zhen who gave them their lives, not only saving them, but also their families.
This is a great benefactor! !
Why, why did they shrink back before, this person risked their lives to save themselves, but they were completely unwilling to speak out for this person?
In vain they all read the book!
Everyone was full of remorse, a woman with tattered clothes couldn't help shedding tears, the tears fell to the ground and mixed with the soil, she got up very reluctantly, then ran to Xu Zhen and shouted: "Yuan Wai Lang!! Thank you!"
"The grace of saving my life! I will never forget it!"
"Yuanwailang!!!"
The woman shouted hoarsely: "If it weren't for you, I would have become a dead soul in the water. What should I do with my five-year-old son, ah!!"
She cried and yelled, threw herself on the ground and gnawed a mouthful of dirt.
Just as Xu Zhen was about to ask for white cakes, she was stopped by this person to thank her. Although she was grateful, she was already so hungry that her head hurt, and now she couldn't help swallowing when she saw this person eating dirt.
She quickly walked over and pulled the man up and said, "Don't, don't be so big, I'll do it."
"Yuanwailang, how could you be so smooth, you clearly—" the woman cried again as she spoke, "You are clearly saving us with your life!!"
Xu Zhen explained earnestly: "It's really not!!" She just wanted to do a main task and earn some money to spend.
After she calmed down, she was ready to ask for food.
At this time there was another plop.
A famous old man knelt down on the ground in tears, holding an unfinished qin in his hand, and shouted to Xu Zhen: "Yuan Wai Lang!!! I can't repay you for saving my life!! This qin is for you! !"
Xu Zhen's head hurt and she fell into confusion.
What do you want a piano for? ?
Wave after wave of thank you came.
Xu Zhen tried hard to reflect, and felt that she was just trying to save people, and it didn't have much effect.
She comforted everyone, and after finishing everything, she was going to ask for the dinner she had been thinking about.
But as soon as she stepped out of the crowd, she saw the food distributor knelt directly in front of her, handed a bag to Xu Zhen, and said tremblingly, "Yuan, Yuanwailang, this is a two-day cake."
That's about the same!
Xu Zhen took it happily, smelled the smell of meat, opened it, and found that it was not an ordinary white cake, but a meat pie with oil on it.
Although it's a bit cold, if there is meat in it, the taste will definitely not be bad.
Xu Zhen was very moved, and thanked the food officer for the sake of the meat pie.
The man who delivered the food almost buried his head in the ground.
Holding the oiled paper package in both hands, Xu Zhen walked to the side, trying to warm up the meatloaf, but it started to rain heavily outside again, pounding on the sackcloth of the shed.
Holding the cake, Xu Zhen ran to the little beggar and said, "Do you want to eat?"
Xun Qianchun said: "You eat first."
Xu Zhen smiled and asked: "Why are you being polite, why don't you just say to eat together?"
Xun Qianchun nodded, raised his lips slightly and said, "Let's eat together."
Xu Zhen froze for a while, her cheeks slowly flushed.
She still can't understand the face of the little beggar when she grows up, the face of the little beggar is really beautiful, even in the humid rainy day, on the cheeks with sticky hair, there is still a kind of brilliance and clarity appearance.
Such a good-looking one was very rare even in the era before she traveled.
Xu Zhen couldn't help but look a few more times.
Xun Qianchun said: "Sir, eat cake."
Xu Zhen came back to her senses, hurriedly tore up the meat pie and stuffed it into the little beggar's mouth, and said casually, "Eat more, gain weight."
Xun Qianchun nodded.
The two ate half of it.
The students playing cuju in the academy suddenly ran to Xu Zhen's side.
The one standing in front was the liveliest one. He looked at Xu Zhen for a while, and after Xu Zhen swallowed the meatloaf, he couldn't help asking, "Are you really Yuanwailang?!"
Xu Zhen bit the cake and said, "Yes!"
The student asked: "Why is there a barbarian around you? By the way, I heard that your younger sister is also studying in the school. Where is your younger sister?"
Xu Zhen couldn't answer, so she looked to the little beggar for help.
Xun Qianchun explained in a timely manner: "I have traveled far away."
Seeing that Xun Qianchun could talk, those students stared in disbelief, and then they laughed and joked.
They said that they rarely saw barbarians, but only saw their heads on the city wall, or occasionally one or two orchids would be displayed in the Goulan courtyard. Those orchids were good-looking and would be bought soon.
What these people said was not malicious, but the reality was too tragic for Xu Zhen to listen to it.
The students then said that maybe other places are not so strict, but Chang'an is completely the cemetery of Hu people, especially after the Xun family incident six years ago.
Xu Zhen couldn't stand it anymore, and asked these people to play with the ball.
"Where is Cuju now?" Seeing that Xu Zhen's expression was not right, these people didn't dare to joke anymore, and changed the subject, "Although Xun's family is not allowed to talk about this matter, they are not so strict. By the way, Yuan Wai Lang , since you are an official of the Ministry of Rites, teach us the autumn test!"
This cuju boy was very good, knowing that Xu Zhen didn't want to hear about Hu people, so he started to liven up the atmosphere.
He didn't expect Xu Zhen to really say anything about the autumn exam questions. After all, everyone knew that this year's exam questions were chosen by the Holy One himself. There is no such thing as the Ministry of Rites.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhen thought about it for a while, and actually talked to several people about a few topics, which were in "Book of Songs" and "Warring States Policy".
These people were a little dumbfounded, and they didn't know for a moment whether Xu Zhen was trying to punish them, or if she was really helping them.
... But no matter what, this test question should not be true.
After late at night, some people walked down the hilltop city wall one after another, and were called to dig a canal together.
The originally dark crowd became loose, and there was finally a gap between them.
Xu Zhen and the little beggar ate another piece of cake.
The cold wind was blowing, bringing drizzle, and there were only two weak lights in the tent, flickering on and off.
Xu Zhen was lying on the ground with a thin blanket covering her body. It was a bit cold. She grabbed Xun Qianchun's hand to keep warm, but then she didn't think it was enough, so she got into the little beggar's arms and leaned on her shoulder to rub the heat.
After enjoying it for a while, she asked the little beggar: "Why is your body temperature so warm? Are all of you martial arts like this?"
Xun Qianchun hugged her and replied: "No."
Xu Zhen nodded: "Oh, then how did you get so hot?"
While Xun Qianchun was talking, white mist came out of her mouth, and she said, "I'm breathing."
Xu Zhen didn't understand: "What?"
"Just like shrinking bones, let the Qi in the body speed up the blood flow." Xun Qianchun explained.
Xu Zhen nodded half-understanding: "Will there be any bad effects?"
Xun Qianchun said: "No."
"That's good." After Xu Zhen finished speaking, her hands were a little cold, and she stretched out her hand to touch Xun Qianchun's small waist. She felt that it was not warm enough, so she tentatively groped inside, touched the hot skin, and finally felt almost relieved. I'm going to cry.
When half asleep and half awake, Xu Zhen asked Xun Qianchun again: "Why don't you shrink back?"
Xun Qianchun thought for a while and explained: "It hurts."
"Does bone shrinkage hurt?" Xu Zhen expressed her understanding, "It makes sense, you've been exposed anyway, so it's good."
Xun Qianchun didn't think about it so much. The pain she mentioned was the pain in her body recently. After taking a pill that Xu Zhen gave her yesterday, she felt much better, but when she touched Xu Zhen, her body still felt like acupuncture. pain.
Where did this pain come from? How strange.
She raised her hand to touch Xu Zhen's face.
The moment her fingers touched, Xu Zhen looked at Xun Qianchun and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Xun Qianchun shook his head.
After a while, she moved Xu Zhen up a bit, and the two became more intimate, Xun Qianchun liked this feeling very much.
She lowered her eyes and said, "Sir, I'm a little scared."
Xu Zhen wondered, "What are you afraid of?"
Xun Qianchun looked at Xu Zhen, but didn't speak directly.
Xu Zhen thought for a while and asked, "Afraid that I will be punished as a barbarian?"
Xun Qianchun shook his head.
What she was afraid of at the moment was indeed very vulgar. She was afraid that her life would be short, and she was also afraid that she would be expelled. In either case, she may not be able to stay with her husband.
Thinking of this kind of result, she couldn't help feeling sour in her heart, and always felt that some sour and painful feelings were constantly fermenting.
Xu Zhen comforted there: "Don't be afraid, I'll go to the face of the Holy Spirit in a few days, if he wants to punish you, I'll use the merits of this time in exchange for your life. So you don't have to worry at all, by the way, there is also you— "
She was about to talk about the injustice of the Little Beggar Clan, when she suddenly remembered that she didn't know much about it on the surface, so she swallowed the words again.
Xun Qianchun looked at Xu Zhen quietly, her eyes were as vast as the dark blue starry sky in the sky, when the wind blew her bangs up, revealing her frown.
Xu Zhen saw it, raised her hand to smooth her, and said with a smile: "You are only fourteen years old, why worry about it, I have so many things to worry about right now, and I don't frown."
Xun Qianchun looked at Xu Zhen, but said nothing.
Xu Zhen said: "If you don't speak again, I won't give you meat pie later."
Xun Qianchun frowned even tighter.
After a while, she nodded and said, "Mr. is right."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to hold Xu Zhen's hands in his palms, and passed his scorching body temperature to Xu Zhen.
The author has something to say: I overestimated myself qwq and there is another bragging post tomorrow morning, everyone, don’t wait