In the early morning of the next day, after the morning court, all the ministers met for a drink, and the lively and festive atmosphere was comparable to a festival.
"Master Li seems to be in good spirits today?"
"Master Sun doesn't look too bad."
"Is that Mr. Zhou over there? Don't be in a hurry to go back, make an appointment to have a drink."
Master Sun waved his hand, "Hey, Master Zhou is different from us, her family is very strict."
"Sister Sun, stop joking. No one in Beijing knows that Mr. Zhou even has an illegitimate daughter, so why pretend to be honest and ask her to have a drink?"
It's thanks to Shi Qing, otherwise they wouldn't know about such an explosive thing. After all, many adults don't have much contact with each other, so they really don't know that there are such things in private.
A few adults you pull me, I pull you, the atmosphere is harmonious.
Chatting was unavoidable on the road, and the topic was, "Are you sure she is leaving Beijing today?"
"Then can there be a fake? The imperial decree has come out."
"At this time Qing is gone, we are relieved." Someone looked around after finishing speaking, for fear that before leaving today, Qing would still come to the morning court.
Obviously, Shi Qing is not such a hardworking person.
"Who says it's not?" Everyone echoed.
Li Yunqing looked at the person with the loudest voice, "Sister Chen, why did you pay the debt?"
Whoever is willing to take the initiative to repay the money without any reason or dirty things is pinched seven inches.
Mr. Chen didn't want to say more, "It's all caused by the rebellious girl at home, don't mention it. Since we are going to have wine today, let's eat to our heart's content, and don't talk about these bad things."
Mr. Zhou stood at the very edge. He didn't want to go at first, but he couldn't help being happy, so he couldn't help celebrating with them.
It’s just that Master Zhou repeatedly asked for confirmation on the way, “At this time, Qing really left?”
When Qing was in Beijing, they were always trembling, for fear that they might not know why they would be brought in front of the emperor by her.
How could the emperor have the leisure time to care about such trivial matters that shouldn't be considered by the sages
If it seems too outrageous, the emperor will call people to the imperial study to verify the authenticity of the matter in a roundabout way.
For example, Mrs. Zhou, Shangfeng and his colleagues regarded her as a typical and honest person. She said that she had a concubine and an illegitimate daughter. Even the emperor was surprised, and he didn't notice it at all.
Mr. Zhou only has such a small salary every month, and he has to hand it over to Lord Zhou, so where did he get the money to support his concubine
The emperor called Mr. Zhou over on the pretext of official business, and the monarch and his ministers had a thorough discussion, and finally there was a vacancy in the household department and she was transferred there.
This kind of stingy and money-saving ability is really inferior to other departments.
However, because of Mr. Zhou's character and personal morality, although he was transferred to a good department, his official position was one level lower than before, which is not a happy event.
"The inspector censor the size of a chicken feather was really used by Shi Qing as a command arrow. We ministers have to be shorter when we see her for no reason. There is no reason for that."
"Fortunately, she has left Beijing now. It would be fine if she went to work for three to five months, but the best thing is to stay in other places forever and not return to Beijing."
"If there is such a good thing, I will be the first to agree!"
"Who said it wasn't?"
Several ministers met for a drink and chat today, not because of anything else, but because the debt collector Hades in Beijing is going out on business.
Li Yunqing and Sun Pingmei looked at each other, deliberately walked half a step slowly and secretly bit their ears.
Li Yunqing said in a low voice, "At this time, Qing is going out as an imperial envoy, do you want to inform the subordinates? Tell them to restrain themselves."
One or two tenths of the disaster relief money can be spent on the people every year, which is already a lot. As for the remaining eight or nine cents, a little is deducted from each level from top to bottom, and when it flows into the hands of the people, there is not much left. .
If you meet someone with a big appetite and courage, you can replace the white rice with rice bran.
As for the flood—
Natural disasters and man-made disasters, isn't it normal for a few people to die? Even if the weather is good, it can't guarantee that no one will die.
As long as the trouble is not big and the emperor does not see it, it will be fine.
Sun Pingmei pondered, "Let's just say hello, just say that Shi Qing is different from the imperial envoys in the past, and let them deal with it carefully."
After all, the officials at the bottom will pay their respects to the top every year.
When the two talked, they walked slowly, Master Chen turned his head and shouted back, "Master Sun, Master Li, hurry up."
"I'm coming."
When the ministers went to drink after the court was over, Shi Qing and Yun Zhi were packing their things in the mansion and preparing to leave.
Although he received the post of imperial envoy this time, he was doing unannounced visits. The emperor didn't let the Yulin army follow him all the time, but set a distance with Shiqing and the others, and agreed with a special code.
If Shiqing had something to do here, he would be there within half a stick of incense at the latest.
"It's been so long for half a stick of incense!" Li Shi was slightly surprised, and looked at Shi Qing worriedly, "What if Qing'er has something to do during this period?"
Isn't there still Yun Zhi
Yunzhi alone can be worth a hundred officers and soldiers.
This is an understatement, as long as the archery team is not shooting random arrows, Yun Zhi can handle it.
Besides, if local officials dared to use the force of more than a hundred people to coerce imperial envoys, it would be treason.
Shi Ju comforted Li, "Qing'er is smart, you and I don't have to worry too much."
"It's nice to say, how can I not worry, Qing'er has never left your side since I was a child, and now I go out for several months, how can I sleep peacefully at night."
Mrs. Li wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, "Besides, Qing'er is a civil servant. Why does a censor like you leave Beijing for business?"
"Father," Shi Qing said, "it's good to go out and see how much you can gain some knowledge, otherwise it will be hard to go out when you settle down in Beijing in the future."
With Shi Ju's current status, if there is no will, he cannot easily leave Beijing.
The truth is this, Li Shi looked at Shi Qing, "It's just that the outside world can't compare to the capital city."
Shi Ju gently patted him on the back reassuringly, "I just went out for a few months as an imperial envoy, and it's not like Yin'er who went out to be an official and never came back."
Shi Yin, the second eldest daughter of the Shi family, is one or two years older than Shi Qing, and now she is working as a county magistrate in another place, and she is not allowed to return to Beijing without an imperial edict.
Every year, if the second child misses their daughter, they can only go out of Beijing to visit by themselves.
Mrs. Li was originally quite reluctant to leave Shiqing to go out on business, but when she thought about coming back in a few months, the two felt much better in comparison.
The three of them stood inside the gate of the mansion and talked, and the servants carried their luggage to the car outside the gate.
Since there were only Yun Zhi and Mi He Yaqing in the entourage, they only took a carriage.
The luggage is the clothes and gold and silver worn by several people.
Keep it simple.
Yun Zhi came out of it carrying his small blue baggage, and asked Shi Qing, "Can I go?"
Regardless of how small the bag is, it contains all of Yunzhi's belongings.
The bracelet given by Mrs. Li, the Ye Mingzhu given by Grandpa, and the three hundred and fifty taels of silver earned from Shi Qing.
Yun Zhi is wearing a blue and white shirt today, with a white base and a blue outer robe. It looks very clean and neat, a typical appearance about going out.
Li looked at him suspiciously, "Yun Zhi, you want to follow?"
Yun Zhi must follow.
He thought out more about Jing than Shi Qing.
Before Li could stop her, Shi Ju told the two of them, "Be careful all the way, safety is the most important thing."
"Got it," Shi Qing said to Shi Ju, "Don't forget what I said yesterday."
She is not in Beijing, let Shi Ju pay more attention to the movements of the fifth emperor.
This person shouldn't be as cowardly and invisible as she appears on the surface. Maybe it's because she's disguised too well and deceived everyone, so people can't notice her.
Shi Ju frowned, nodding with one hand behind his back.
She really didn't notice the fifth princess, after all, it was the four or six princesses who were more in the limelight.
Under the light of the two, they ignored her very much.
Mrs. Li didn't know what kind of riddles the mother and daughter were playing, and when she was about to talk to Yun Zhi, Shi Qing pulled Yun Zhi's wrist and walked out.
"Father, we'll set off first when it's getting late, you should be well in the mansion."
As she spoke, she hurriedly pushed Yun Zhi into the carriage first, and stepped on the footstool before getting up.
Li Shi laughed angrily, and pointed at the two children, "I didn't say that Yunzhi was not allowed to go, I just told the two of them to be careful, don't let Yunzhi feel uncomfortable on the road if it is too bumpy."
It's a good thing for the young couple to be reluctant to part with each other.
Li sighed softly.
Shi Qing and Yun Zhi poked their heads out of the carriage to wave to Li Shi and Shi Ju.
Shi Qing thought of something, and said to Li Shi, "Father, help me take care of little Baiyun, we are not here, don't let it get out of the cage and be eaten."
It can be regarded as finding something for Li Shi to do.
Mrs. Li smiled again, and waved to the two, "Don't worry, Dad knows, you should be careful on the road."
The carriage set off from the gate of Shifu and headed towards the city gate.
At the long pavilion ten miles outside the city, Qian Cancan was leaning in the pavilion, sitting unoccupied, waiting impatiently, "The two of you are too dawdling, why haven't you come yet?"
Qian Huanhuan stood on the high side of the pavilion and looked into the distance, "When Shi Qing headed back out of Beijing, it is normal for Shi Patriarch to be reluctant."
When the two sisters heard that Shiqing was leaving Beijing today, they both came to see them off.
Afraid of being too conspicuous in the capital, he came to the ten-mile long pavilion early and waited.
"Here we come." Qian Huanhuan saw the carriage approaching, driven by Mihe, and turned his head to Qian Cancan.
"It's coming." Qian Cancan reluctantly sat up.
The wound on her body has almost healed, but she can't move violently yet.
Is it easy for her to come to see Shiqing off when she is physically disabled
People from Qian's mansion stepped forward to salute and stopped the carriage, and Qian Huanhuan and Qian Cancan passed by.
Shi Qing jumped out of the car, and Yun Zhi lifted the curtain to look out, not intending to get out of the car.
"You are too slow." Qian Cancan said to her, and at the same time, she took out a square brocade box the size of a palm and two or three fingers wide from her arms and gave it to Shi Qing, "I will see you off."
Shi Qing was quite surprised, "What good thing?"
The exquisite brocade box was opened, and inside the yellow brocade cloth lay an agate wrench, the color was very beautiful.
Shi Qing's appearance is beautiful and flamboyant, Qian Cancan thinks it is more suitable to give her red than the green finger in her hand.
Last time at the gate of the palace, Shi Qing was greedy for her fingers.
Qian Cancan casually made an excuse, "Most of the people below are snobbish, you two are too plainly dressed, at least you came out of Beijing, don't be looked down upon."
Seeing Shi Qing staring at the ring finger, she was afraid that Shi Qing would dislike her, so she quickly explained, "I haven't worn it before, the new one was just delivered this morning."
Shi Qing wasn't thinking about this just now, but when she saw such a beautiful finger puller, the first person she thought of was Xiaocai fan Yunzhi.
You must know that when she had good things before, all she thought about was her father, this little fairy boy.
She has changed!
Shi Qing came back to his senses, "It's okay if it's not new, am I the one who minds?"
She closed the box, took a few steps towards Qian Cancan, and asked in a low voice, "Aren't these things usually in pairs? What about the other one?"
"..."
Another one? !
Qian Cancan covered her chest angrily, "Just this one, do you want to love me, don't give it back to me!"
"Who said no, I just asked if this is unique." Shi Qing hid the things behind his back.
Qian Cancan said angrily, "That's natural."
How could the things she gave be cheap goods that can be seen all over the street.
Shi Qing didn't take advantage of her in vain, and took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve, "Let Yunzhi make it for you, it can speed up the healing of wounds, and if you persist in using it, it can also remove scars, so I'll give it to you."
This thing is priceless, and it can be regarded as the wish of Shi Qing and Yun Zhi.
As for the effects...
Shi Qing tried it on a bird that fell into the yard after being injured.
Anyway, after a few days of use, the bird will be fine.
Qian Cancan took it, although her face showed reluctance, but she carefully put the bottle away in her hands.
When she saw Shi Qing repeatedly opened the box to look at it, but she didn't put the wrench on her hand to try it for the first time, she almost guessed what she wanted to do in her heart.
Qian Cancan glanced at Shi's carriage, lowered his head and took off the green wrench from his hand and handed it to Shi Qing, "Here you are, the other one."
There was a smile in her eyes, and she said shyly, "Remember to owe me a favor."
Shi Qing's eyes lit up, he clenched his fist with his right hand and pressed his fist against Qian Cancan, "Don't worry, I'll bring you special products."
"..."
Is she a person who lacks specialties
Seeing that the two "have finished their friendly exchange of feelings", Qian Huanhuan said seriously, "It's your first time to go out on business, try to follow the official route, and stay at a post station at night. But even if it's a post station, don't sleep too deeply at night."
"When you go out of Beijing this time, there must be many eyes inside and outside the capital, so don't be careless."
Anything that involves money has risks. After all, cutting off people's wealth will definitely attract revenge from the other party, just like her last enclosure case.
—Look, this is a reliable person.
Shi Qing gave Qian Cancan a wink, signaling her to follow suit.
Qian Cancan rolled his eyes at her.
Shi Qing bowed his hands and thanked the two sisters, "Let's get together again after I return to Beijing."
Qian Huanhuan returned the gift.
Qian Cancan frowned, "Be careful."
Shi Qing smiled, flipped the green finger up briskly, and put it into his arms, "Don't worry, it must be someone else who should be careful."
"..."
It seems to be too.
The two sisters of the Qian family took too long to come out, afraid that Qian's mother would find out that she was about to get angry, so she went back first.
After the two of them left, Shi Qing walked to the side of the carriage, put his left hand behind his back, stretched out his right hand and gently tapped on the wall of the carriage, "Yun Zhi."
Yun Zhi didn't come out just now, but now he heard the movement and lifted the curtain of the car to look at her in doubt, "They left? Why don't you come up?"
Shi Qing's eyebrows were crooked, and the smile in his peach blossom eyes was stronger than the spring scenery outside. He was obviously in a good mood, "Stretch out your hand, I'll give you something nice."
Yun Zhi was dubious, stretched out his right hand, palm facing upwards.
It looks like it's ready to pick up something.
Shi Qing clapped his palm and said dissatisfiedly, "Left hand."
"Why are you still picking your hands?" Yun Zhi twitched his eyelashes, retracted his right hand and stretched out his left.
Yun Zhi was sitting sideways by the car window, looking down at the palm of his right hand that Shi Qing had slapped into the car, only to be belatedly aware of the icy cold touch on the outstretched left thumb.
Yun Zhi looked out suspiciously, and saw Shi Qing lowering his head and putting a beautiful red agate finger on his left thumb.
Yun Zhi's gaze slowly shifted from the fingers to Shi Qing's face, staring at her in a daze.
Shi Qing was rarely so focused and serious, as if he was doing something very important.
For some reason, Yun Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down slightly, slowly warming his cheeks.
"You, what are you doing?" Yun Zhi asked her in an unnatural tone, looking away from her, but only two moments before and after, she couldn't help but fell back on Shi Qing's face.
"Tao Fu Lang~"
With a smile on his face, Shi Qing deliberately said, "If you're caught, you won't be able to escape from now on~"
She walked forward and stepped on the footstool.
what
Yun Zhi retracted his hand in a daze, looked at the agate wrench on his thumb, and rubbed it lightly with his right hand.
His fingers were very hot, and when he touched the cold agate, he left shallow marks.
Yun Zhi panicked, and hastily pulled the skirt of his clothes back and forth to wipe his fingers carefully, for fear of getting it dirty.
He stared at the wrench, a smile that he didn't even notice.
Shi Qing, a stingy man, was willing to wear such a precious thing on his hand.
Shi Qing opened the curtain and came in, happened to see this scene, and asked him with a smile, "Does it look good?"
Yun Zhi's throat tightened and his body froze, as if someone had caught him, Qing Juan's cheeks were completely red, "It's, it's not bad."
"Young man has a high vision, such a good thing is just good?" Shi Qing sat back to the position just now and continued to eat melon seeds.
Yun Zhi lowered his eyes and touched the tip of his nose, glanced at the finger on his left hand from the corner of his eye, and felt heavy.
He had never worn anything on his hands, and he seemed a little unaccustomed, as if he didn't even own the thumb that was caught by the ring. It was stiff and inflexible but had a special sense of presence.
"What did you say this thing is for?"
Yun Zhi coughed twice and asked her.
Shi Qing was generous and generous, "It's from Tao Fulang."
Yun Zhi sat upright reservedly, and said vaguely, "I didn't agree."
The voice seemed to be contained in the throat, and it was not clear at all.
"You don't want it?" Shi Qing didn't force him, and stretched out his hand to take it back, "Then you give it back to me, and I'll give it to him when I meet someone better later."
"?"
Yun Zhi hid his left hand behind his back and stared at Shi Qing, "Why are you so half-hearted as soon as you leave the capital!"
He condemned Shi Qing, "Everything is given to me, and it is mine."
Yun held his hands in his arms, the ring was firmly hidden in his arms, and he was very stubborn, "I won't give it."
Shi Qing smiled, "It's okay, you will be the big one, and he will be the small one."
She stretched out her hand to poke Yunzhi's arm, "Oh, young man Yun, be more generous, we both sleep in separate beds anyway, and if there is another person in my bed, he won't be able to squeeze you in."
One big and one small, she arranged it really well!
Do I still have to praise her for being considerate
Yun Zhi gritted his teeth, his chest heaving heavily.
Afraid that he would be pissed off by Shi Qing, he opened the curtain and sat on the roof of the car on tiptoe.
He sat cross-legged on it, as stable as Mount Tai, no matter how Yaqing and Mihe tried to persuade him, he couldn't get down.
Shi Qing still wants to marry a younger one
I never thought about marrying two daughters-in-law!
His father is only his mother.
Shi Qing, this half-hearted woman!
Yun Zhi didn't know why he was so angry, but his chest was tight and he wanted to find someone to fight to vent his anger.
After leaving the capital, he should have taken the official road all the way to the place.
Yun Zhi stretched out his finger to the path next to him, "Go this way."
Mihe reined in his horse and stopped, hesitating, and asked softly into the carriage, "Little master?"
Before Shi Qing could speak, he heard Yun Zhi say, "Walking in the rivers and lakes is not about going to Beijing to rush for an exam, what kind of official way is it? People in the rivers and lakes must go wherever the excitement is."
Yun Zhi held the wrench of his left hand in his right hand, looked away, and said awkwardly, "It's really not possible, you take out my burden, you follow the official path, and I will take the path by myself."
With a sound of "click", Shiqing's action of cracking melon seeds in the carriage stopped.
Yun Zhi's heart tightened, his eyelashes dropped, and he held his breath.
He was so uneasy for the first time.
I don't know if it's because he's afraid that Shi Qing will get angry, or if he's afraid that Shi Qing will really throw the burden out to him.
Shi Qing went down to run errands, not to travel with him.
Yun holds his right hand and slowly releases his left thumb.
"Listen to him." Shi Qing said to Mi He.
Mihe breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the breath that had been frozen just now became smooth in an instant.
She said excitedly, "Okay, the little master told me to listen to the master~"
Yun Zhi was slightly taken aback, and his ears slowly turned red.
He was still sitting on the roof of the car, but he felt that the wind blowing across his cheeks seemed much lighter and gentler than before.
Yun Zhi looked down at the agate finger on his left thumb, the depression in his chest was blown away, and his mood was blown by the wind.
Yun Zhi tapped on the roof of the car lightly with his fingers, cleared his throat and said, "Don't eat, I'm thirsty again at night."
He bent forward, lowered the finger-wrench hand, and looked into the carriage, with a brisk smile on his face, "Come on, I'll show you a hair dryer."
Shi Qing wanted to roll his eyes.
Is it uncomfortable to sit in a good carriage
Shi Qing bent down to go out, Yun Zhi held her forearm with the other hand around her waist, brought her to sit beside him.
Yun Zhi lay on his back on the roof of the car, with his head resting on his arms, his legs hanging down naturally, and he closed his eyes to listen to the sound of the wind, with an indescribably happy face.
Seems like it's finally out.
From Beijing, from home, as Yaqing said, I went to the rivers and lakes in a carriage.
Unlike Mengzhong and Liu Yueming walking together, Yun Zhi prefers this feeling.
Comfort and peace of mind.
Shi Qing turned his head to look at him, only to realize that there was really a circle of pearls sewn on the belt around Yun Zhi's waist.
There is one finger-width apart.
It's just that the belt is also white, so it's not so obvious if you don't look carefully.
Shi Qing's heart softened a bit, and he couldn't help but hold the roof of the car with one hand, smiled and stretched out his index finger to pick the pearl.
Yun Zhi woke up instantly and looked at her, his eyes flickering.
As soon as he grasped Shi Qing's wrist, his sensitive cheeks flushed slightly, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence, "Don't touch it."
Shi Qing grabbed it with the other hand, "Isn't it okay to touch it? I won't pick it off for you, cheapskate."
Yun Zhi was scolded for being stingy and didn't let her touch the belt, and even turned his back to Shi Qing and lay on his side with his waist and legs bent.
He also couldn't see the expression, only the exposed ear was red and transparent, comparable to the agate wrench in his hand.
Shi Qing raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "I'm not going to make a fuss anymore, you lie down, don't let the car jolt and you fall down again."
Yunzhi ignored her.
"I was joking with you in the carriage just now," Shi Qing opened his arms to embrace the scent of grass in the wind, narrowing his eyes slightly, "It's enough for me to blame you alone, don't marry someone else."
Yun Zhi looked at her sideways, and Shi Qing looked at him with lowered eyes.
The atmosphere before and after was harmonious for only a moment, so Shi Qing asked, "Sleep together that night?"
"..."
Yun Zhi turned his head back.
Shi Qing scratched his back, "Then I should marry another one?"
"..."
Yun Zhi turned his head to stare at her again, with an expression of "I knew your lust would never die" on his face!
Shi Qing couldn't help laughing out loud, "How about a kiss?"
Yun Zhi immediately regretted pulling her up, "You'd better go down and eat melon seeds."
"I don't," Shi Qing raised his eyebrows, "Young Xia Yun, it's easier to please God than to send God away~"
"..."
The two were chatting and joking on the roof of the car, Mihe drove the car steadily, Yaqing looked back from time to time, and was relieved to see that the two would not fall off.
Unlike ordinary officials traveling, Shi Qing was neither serious nor dignified, nor did he have the official guard of honor, and he was not walking the official path.
It is said that they are going out on business, but in fact, it is more like a couple who just got married and went back to their hometown to visit relatives and play, and they are not defensive about their surroundings.
In particular, the carriage of the Shi family is relatively spacious, and the two boxes at the back are particularly conspicuous. How can such a fat sheep not attract people's attention
Pretending to be peasants, they were actually two robbers who came to explore the road and stood by the side of the road, their eyes almost glued to the carriage.
The two looked at each other and smiled, "It's business."