girl riding a horse

Zhou Changgeng was completely at a loss, he was planning in his heart to empty the valuables in his house before burning.

Just listen to Shen Liuzhen coolly remind him:
"It is not allowed to transfer property and move things in advance. This is for your own good. If you are found out afterwards and you release the prisoner privately, you will definitely be dismissed."

Zhou Changgeng heard that his body was shaken, and then with a mournful face, he bent his knees and pulled Shen Liuzhen's sleeve, and said sadly:
"Master Servant, what about the things I burnt? Will the imperial court give me some subsidies? Although I'm embarrassed, if you are willing to give some, Sir Servant, I can accept it."

Shen Liuzhen looked at him like this, turned his face to the side and slightly tilted his head, looking very proud, and said:
"For no reason, your residence was burned, but the imperial court wants to reward you. I will subsidize you. Are you afraid that the spies from the Southern Dynasty will not be able to find out the clues?"

"Woooooo..." Zhou Changgeng's entire face was wrinkled into a rag, only thunder but no rain, and asked pitifully, "Then why was I the one who was injured? Why did I have such a miserable life? I have saved so many years of belongings. If a Lingxiu is burned for nothing, maybe the yamen will have to be rebuilt, isn’t it a bit expensive?”

As he spoke, his body became shorter again, almost kneeling on the ground, and he began to flatter Shen Liuzhen:

"Shen Shizhong, you are extremely smart, you must be able to come up with a better way, why don't you change it."

Shen Liuzhen raised his hand and dragged him up, put his hand on the back of his hand, comforted him and said:

"This is the best way. Besides, your sacrifice is not in vain. Although you can't show it on the surface, your majesty has remembered your merits in your heart. Are you afraid that you won't be able to exchange these common things in the future?"

"Will... will it?" Zhou Changgeng stood up straight, his eyes twitched, doubtful.

Shen Liuzhen let go of his hand, holding his sleeves and said:
"Of course, if Lingxiu makes this move well, then she alone can serve as a battalion. His Majesty will naturally remember your contribution....Do you still feel panicked at the loss?"

Zhou Changgeng bowed his head and thought for a while, then said earnestly: "If this is the case, there are many benefits for public and private use, and it is really not a loss."

"That's right." Shen Liuzhen spread his hands as a matter of course.

……

Zhou Changgeng, who woke up from the memory, muttered with a mournful face:

"It's not your thing that dare to burn, ouch...my heart hurts."

He was already touching his treasures with the candlestick, holding the candlestick up for a while, approaching it for a while, and taking it away for a while, walking back and forth in the room several times, but he was reluctant to light the fire.

He looked back at the leaking scale for timing, and found that before he knew it, almost half an hour had passed since he planned to start according to Shen Liuzhen's arrangement.

If we delay any longer, I'm afraid something bad will happen.

So he gritted his teeth and finally knocked out the candlestick in his hand.

The candlestick ignited the curtain on the pillar, and he took two steps back, just watching from inside the room.

The fire should not be too small. If it is too small, two or three people can extinguish it, and it will not be chaotic enough.

The fire can't be too big, if it's too big, even the yamen will be burned clean, and His Majesty can't let him go.

So he felt so distressed and heartbroken. Seeing the things in his bedroom ignited and smoked, he turned around and ran out. When he got to the yard, he shouted:

"Oh, it's flooded, come quickly, come quickly, put out the fire! My stuff~ ouch!"

He was wearing thin clothes, patted his thighs, beat his chest and stamped his feet, his eagerness was not faked.After all, if he had been rescued earlier, his losses would be less.

After a while, all the people on duty in the yamen called him over to put out the fire.

Everyone in the lobby ran away, and everyone outside the lobby also ran to fight the fire.Lingxiu, who kept her head down and kept silent, raised her face to look around, stood up hesitantly, and walked out of the threshold of the lobby hesitantly.

She stood in the yard for a while, and when she saw the smoke and dust rising from the back of the lobby, which glowed red in the hazy weather, she opened her mouth wide in surprise.

Ting Wei's mansion was in chaos, everyone was looking for water to put out the fire, running back and forth, when two servants passed by her, one of them shouted:

"Hey! Why is there a prisoner standing here? Send him back to the cell immediately."

"What are you sending? Everyone in the cell has been kicked out. I'm afraid the fire will be too big to burn people. She's a girl, so let her stay here. Hurry up! Put out the fire first."

After that, he ran away.

Lingxiu watched this scene, stood quietly for a while, then ran out.

As soon as he ran to the door, he was dragged to the corner by someone.For a moment, Lingxiu felt that she was finished, but when she looked up, it was Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan was tall and tall, her whole body was wrapped in a cloak, and the hood on her head covered her forehead and eyes, leaving only her beautiful and firm chin.

Lingxiu cried out excitedly and threw herself into Xie Yuan's arms.

Xie Yuan didn't speak, and observed the surrounding situation calmly, pulled up his cloak to wrap her around her, and ran into the thick fog with her, away from the yamen of Tingwei Mansion.

There were still many officers and soldiers in charge of putting out the fire on the road, and they ran across the street carrying water bags for putting out the fire, but Xie Yuan hid them all.

After running for two streets, Xie Yuan led a horse and took a package and a cloak from the horse's back.

The package was handed to Lingxiu, and the cloak was opened and put on Lingxiu, saying:

"Fortunately, they are still waiting for me, and it will be too late. No matter what, you have to let Zhang Qing take you out of Wei State. When you get to the south, no matter whether you can do it carefully or not, you must first take care of yourself and keep this road. Life."

Xie Yuan's voice was golden and cold, but he reached out to tie the cloak straps for her.

Lingxiu looked at Xie Yuan crying, as if she had endless grievances, but she was speechless.

Xie Yuan glanced at her again, with pity and helplessness in his eyes, then stopped talking, reached out and grabbed Lingxiu's waist, and dragged her onto the horse's back, just like when she rescued her for the first time back then .

Xie Yuan got on his horse, and led Lingxiu quickly through the city, heading for the gate of the city.

city ​​gate.

Shen Liuzhen was wearing a thick fur cloak and a hat. Even so, there was a layer of hoarfrost on his eyelashes. He felt a little breathless in his chest, and finally couldn't help but coughed twice while covering his handkerchief.

Today is too foggy, and the water vapor in the air seems to be frozen, stuffy and uncomfortably cold, and people cannot be seen clearly from a few meters away.

However, this is a good weather for them, Shen Liuzhen thought in his heart.

Suddenly, Zhang Qing turned around and glanced behind him, and said:

"Could it be that General Xie is afraid that I will take her away, so he doesn't plan to see her off?"