Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 33 Sihe City

When she arrived in Sihe City, she found that everything was much better than she had imagined.If the imperial court hadn't personally sent her here, she would have doubted who spread the gossip that the Western Wei people attacked Sihe City.

Zhao Mu, the magistrate of Sihe City, had already waited for the driver at the gate of the city, and surrounded the gate with many people, with a very enthusiastic attitude.The people next to me are also coming and going, smiling, busy with their own things.Teahouses, restaurants, and shops are also open, and they have not been affected by the so-called Western Wei people in the slightest.

Seeing this scene, both Qi Ze and Meng Yanxi were a little surprised.Because this is too different from what I imagined. It is not like the rumors in the court.

Among them, only Que Yu remained calm and calm.Before coming, Que Yu had already asked Shang Lu to investigate the situation.The so-called do not fight unprepared battles, it is necessary to know in advance.

Qi Ze also wanted to ask Zhu Yu Cangshu to find out in advance, but because Que Yu was there, she knew the border situation very well, and it would be a waste of time to check, so she didn't bother to investigate.

But at the same time, it was completely beyond her expectation. When she looked at Que Yu, she realized that although Que Yu's expression hadn't changed, there was a trace of deepness and vigilance in his eyes.It seems that although Que Yu knew about it in advance, he attached great importance to this strange phenomenon.

Things that look more normal in this way often conceal a trace of abnormality.There must be something wrong with Sihe City.

"I don't know that General Que and Master Qi Langzhong are coming, so I feel disappointed. Now that we have arrived in Sihe City, why not go to the humble house to show our respect. The mansion has prepared rooms for you, just live in." Zhao Mugong He bent down with his hands and said respectfully.

Although the rank of the magistrate is equal to that of the doctor, those who do things locally are definitely not as good as those who do things inside the court, so Qi Ze still deserves Zhao Mu's "Master".

In terms of locality, if there are imperial officials coming, it is indeed necessary to invite the imperial officials to live in the mansion in terms of etiquette. This is better than letting the imperial officials live in an inn, and it is more polite.

"Since the prefect of Zhao is kind enough to invite me, and it's not easy for me to refuse the invitation, I'll go to your residence to bother you for a while." Since Zhao Mu had already invited, there was no need to decline, and Que Yu accepted it with peace of mind.

Zhao Mu looked at Qi Ze and asked for his opinion.Qi Ze also nodded, "If that's the case, let's bother Zhao Zhifu."

Zhao Mu also quickly replied: "This is what lower officials should do, and it is not a respect."

Anyway, Que Yu went in, and she didn't see her.Que Yu is the boss of these people they came, of course he is the one who has the final say.

Moreover, Que Yu was more familiar with the border, and there was a trace of weirdness everywhere in Sihe City.If there were people from the Western Wei Dynasty secretly hiding, Que Yu's presence would also provide an extra guarantee.

When Zhao Mu was talking to her, Qi Ze found that Zhao Mu was not particularly old, he should only be 30 years old.With good facial features, a delicate and gentle face, and a tall and straight figure, he also looks like a handsome young man.

Just when they arrived at Zhao's residence, night fell, Zhao Mu also invited Que Yu and Qi Ze to have dinner, because Meng Yanxi was Que Yu's friend and accompanying doctor, so he also stayed.The rest of the people were invited to other places by the housekeeper.

"Thank you, Prefect Zhao, for setting up a dinner for General Ben and Langzhong Qi, to clean up the dust." Que Yu said politely, holding up his wine glass.

Zhao Mu also raised his wine glass in return and said, "General Que, you are being polite, this is what a subordinate official should do."

Qi Ze, who was sitting next to her, silently glanced at Que Yu. She never thought that this person also knew how to be polite. She always thought that Que Yu was just a person who knew how to do things his own way, be independent, and do whatever he wanted, and she disdained these complicated etiquettes. Woolen cloth.

Qi Ze took a sip of the wine in the wine glass, the taste was strong and spicy, and when he drank it down his throat, it felt like he was swallowing a knife, it was hot.She rarely drank alcohol and was not suitable for drinking, so she put down the glass in her hand and said.

"I don't know if Zhao Zhifu knows the current situation of Sihe City. This official and General Que came here to drive away the Western Wei people according to the imperial decree, but now the people of Sihe City live and work in peace and contentment, and have never seen any Western Wei people. This can't help but make me puzzled." , Can Zhifu Zhao know the reason?"

As the magistrate of Sihe City, Zhao Mu should be the person who knows the situation of Sihe City best.Up to now, I don't know if there are Western Wei people hiding here. I am knowing the enemy is hiding, which is very disadvantageous.

Zhao Mu was just stunned for a moment, and then said: "People from the Western Wei Dynasty did come here before, but they haven't been here recently."

Que Yu raised his head and looked at Zhao Mu when he heard the words, only to hear Zhao Mu continue to say: "Actually, the people from the Western Wei Dynasty have been disturbing Sihe City for more than a year. At the beginning, they only looted the surrounding villages. The subordinate officials and the commanders of the garrison troops can still handle it. But Just a while ago, it became more and more rampant, and had already attacked the center of the city. So the officials had no choice but to report to the sage, but in the past few months, no one from the Western Wei Dynasty came again. So the common people were relieved. Live normally."

People from the Western Wei Dynasty have been in Sihe City for more than a year, and it will take more than a month to send the zhezi to the court, even if it is rushed.The imperial court paid attention to the time when the officials of Sihe City were elected, and the time for them to travel from the capital to Sihe City.

After all the calculations, the time when Sihe City was most damaged should be five months ago.And within these five months, the people began to live again.If so, it makes sense.But why didn't the Western Wei people attack again during this time?

While Qi Ze was still thinking, he heard a soft and melodious voice.

"Master, the fruit wine has been prepared for all the adults."

I saw a woman with a soft and graceful appearance, elegant and elegant, coming in style, followed by several maids, all of whom were holding plates in their hands, and there were several glasses of fruit wine on the plates.The woman is dressed gorgeously, which is obviously different from the clothes of the maids behind. It should be Zhao Mu's wife, Mrs. Yu, Yu Xinrong.

"Madam, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Mu said to the woman, stretched out his hand to help Madam Yu, then turned his head and said to the guests: "This is Sihe City's specialty fruit wine. River City is still very popular. Please adults also taste it.”

In fact, what Zhao Mu said was too modest, there is no fruit wine in Ding capital.Just because Sihe City is at the border and has more economic and cultural exchanges with the other three countries, it can be said that fruit wine is a special product of the other three countries, but Nanchu does not have it.

When the maids brought the fruit wine on the table, the color was as clear and transparent as red crystal, with a unique fruity pure fragrance, rich and mellow, lasting for a long time, and I was already drunk before I even had a drink.

Seeing the fruit wine, Meng Yanxi was very excited, "Hey, there is fruit wine here, so I must try it." Then, he picked up one of the glasses and poured it into his mouth.

Qi Ze glanced at the fruit wine on the table, then looked at Madam Yu.For some reason, I feel that the way Zhao Mu and Mrs. Yu get along is very strange.Although there is a saying that husband and wife respect each other as guests, these two people are obviously too respectful.

Rather than saying it was respect, it was more unfamiliarity. When Mrs. Yu came over to salute Zhao Mu just now, Zhao Mu stretched out her hand to help her.Although there are outsiders, it is not advisable to do some too intimate actions between husband and wife.But the two should have lived together for nearly ten years, so they should have no worries in their hearts. How could it be just help?
Qi Ze kept staring at Madam Yu, and Madam Yu felt that someone was watching her, so she took advantage of the situation to look at her.It should be that I seldom see such an occasion, thinking that I have done something wrong, so I smiled embarrassedly.

He said to Zhao Mu: "Master, since there is nothing to do, the concubine will go down first."

Zhao Mu also felt that Qi Ze was looking at her, so he waved his hand, "Okay, let's go."

After Mrs. Yu went down, Zhao Mu thought that Mrs. Yu did something wrong and made a joke, so she said a little embarrassedly: "You have never seen anything in the world, if you offend all the adults, please Haihan."

Que Yu just glanced at Qi Ze, then raised the wine glass in his hand to the air, meaning he didn't mind.

And when Qi Ze saw the way Que Yu looked at her, he knew that it wasn't just her, Que Yu also felt the strange way these two couples got along with each other.

Qi Ze lowered his head and took a sip of the fruit wine. It was sweet and mellow in the mouth, with a long tail and a sweet fruity aroma between his lips and teeth, which really left an endless aftertaste.But it was too sweet in the mouth, and it was a bit cloying, so she just took a sip and put it down.

Que Yu also only took a sip before putting it down.

But Meng Yanxi thought it was good, so he drank a few cups, smacked his lips and said, "It's not bad, but it's too sweet."

Zhao Mu also smiled and said: "The people in Sihe City have a sweet taste, and the officials were not used to it when they first came to work here, but after nearly ten years here, they gradually got used to it."

"Isn't Zhifu Zhao from Sihe City?" Qi Ze asked.

"No, the official and his wife are both from Jinling in the south of the Yangtze River, and they came here because of their appointments." Zhao Mu said with his head lowered.

Not from Sihe City?It seems that Yu Xinrong came here with Zhao Mu.Could it be because of the difficult conditions here that the two had conflicts?But there was no trace of resentment in Yu Xinrong's eyes, so why?
A few people chatted for a while at the banquet, and it was already late at night, because Meng Yanxi had already shown a lack of energy from traveling during the day, and Meng Yanxi had already started to yawn.

Zhao Mu didn't force it either, and when he saw someone showing fatigue, he got up and said, "My lords are exhausted, the room has already been cleaned and tidied up, so I don't want to delay my rest." After saying that, he asked a few servant girls to take him there.

Qi Ze and the others didn't see them either, they got up and followed the maid to their respective rooms.

When he was in his room and lying on the bed, Qi Ze felt that he had finally come back to life.Touching the soft and warm quilt under the body, looking at the light and delicate curtains above the head, there are incense and a stove around the house, and there is no need to share a room with others.

There are no rickety carriages, no hard-to-swallow dry food, only stable and warm beds and exquisite and delicious food. I have never felt so comfortable and happy living in Fusheng Pavilion before, although it is not as good as the Fusheng Pavilion in the capital.

Thinking of the contact between Zhao Mu and Yu Xinrong today, it felt unusually weird.But this has nothing to do with investigating Western Wei people, and she has never been married, maybe this is the unique way of getting along with Zhao Mu and his wife.She always looks at other couples, and she also feels that it is not good. It should be just that she is supercilious.

And I don't know why the Western Wei people no longer disturb Sihe City, but they are here, and they must investigate and wipe out those Western Wei people in one fell swoop.But it is not easy to find the whereabouts of the Western Wei people, let alone it has been five months.

I don't know when the Western Wei people will make a comeback, so now I have to wait for the Western Wei people to appear again.This time, the inside and outside of Sihe City revealed strangeness everywhere, and the behavior of the Western Wei people was too strange.

They came to disturb Sihe City for no reason, and stopped the war casually.This is a bit unbelievable for the ferocious and violent Western Wei people.I don't know what the secret is, so I can't take it lightly.

In another room, the boy in purple and the man in white were sitting at the table talking.Shang Lu outside the door was holding a sword in his arms, carefully observing the surroundings, making people afraid to approach.

"What? Yelan, you found out at the inn yesterday that those people have followed." Meng Yanxi said in shock.

No one thought of this, originally thought that leaving Yi Xingke in the capital would be enough to restrain them, but now it seems that their actions are much faster than Ye Lan imagined.During this period of time, they have not made a move, making people restless.

After all, it is not death but the process of waiting for death that can destroy people's mind the most.Now that you have followed, it means you have been discovered, isn't it...

"Don't worry, although there is only one person following us, it means that they didn't notice us. If they can't find anything, they should leave soon. If we do anything, we will only mess ourselves up, so It is best to stay still." The purple-clothed boy said calmly.

Seeing what Que Yu said, Meng Yanxi felt that he was not so flustered.With such magic power, Que Yu was always calm and calm, as if everything was under his control.As long as he said nothing, no matter what happens in the future, it will be solved.

In fact, it is true.Everything he said was basically correct, and it could be fulfilled one by one afterwards, never exceeding his expectations.Although he didn't do anything, as long as he was there, people would feel relieved for no reason, as if as long as he was there, all problems would no longer be difficult.

"So it's useful for you to let Xingke stay in the capital." They only came to one person, which means that there is nothing wrong with Que Yu's plan. Let Yi Xingke attract their attention. Take precautions, after that, you can stay in Sihe City with peace of mind to settle the affairs of the Western Wei people.

It's just that it's hard for Yi Xingke to be under their guard all the time.

"I never do things that don't work." The boy opposite raised the corners of his lips, his eyes were filled with brilliance, and his tone was filled with irresistible charm and majesty.

"Have you discovered the problem between Zhao Mu and his wife today?" the boy continued.

"What? What's the problem?" Meng Yanxi was a little dazed, why didn't he see the problem.

"You should really learn from Qi Ze, he has discovered the problem, don't you realize it at all?" Que Yu looked at the so-called friend in front of him with disgust.

"... Yelan, why do you look at me like this? Don't forget, I'm also a master at solving emotional problems. Today's fruit wine is too sweet. Could it be that their husband and wife quarreled and had conflicts? Yu Xinrong took her anger out on the fruit wine, accidentally Put too much sugar?" Meng Yanxi touched his chin and said seriously.

Is this the conclusion that the husband and wife emotional guru came to?He must have put all his attention on the fruit wine.If he really asked him to solve his emotional problems, he didn't know how many marriages he would have to break up.

Que Yu: "...I didn't learn anything from Qi Ze, but I learned the kung fu of irritating people very quickly."

"No no, if compared to the skill of irritating people, I'm really not as good as him, and I'm willing to bow down." Meng Yanxi sighed again and again, feeling ashamed.

Que Yu really has nothing to say now, because Qi Ze's mouth can really piss people off, and Meng Yanxi really can't compare to him.

"Zhao Mu and his wife are not as simple as they appear on the surface. We need to send someone to investigate." Que Yu said seriously.

"Zhao Mu and his wife are just an ordinary couple, and besides, this has nothing to do with people from the Western Wei Dynasty." Meng Yanxi disagreed.

"You can't tell. Zhao Mu is the magistrate of Sihe City. How could he be alone when something happened in Sihe City. The abnormal behavior of the Western Wei people may have something to do with him. It's better to investigate clearly." Que Yu retorted.

"Then what are we going to do now?" Meng Yanxi couldn't help asking.

"Now we have to wait, wait for the Western Wei people to make a move." The young man raised his eyes and looked out of the window, the next thing will definitely be very interesting.

(End of this chapter)