A piece of paper

The gold stagnates.

The scar was sinister, winding and rugged, starting from the collarbone and ending at the throat. It is not difficult to imagine how dangerous and dangerous such a knife was at that time.

Xianjin 1 questions, appropriately choked in the throat, melted into a long sigh.

Qiao Huizhan smiled and turned his head to button the buttons on his clothes one by one, "It's all over."

"I am still alive. The body of the person who chopped me has long been separated and has become the food of hairtail fish in the East China Sea."

His tone and demeanor were light and airy, and his words were still the same as before. Pretentious.

Xianjin smiled helplessly and shook his head, "Did you have any problems with hairtail in the past two years?"

CUE has worn fish more times than there are buttons on his clothes.

The angle of Qiao Hui's lips was about to reach its maximum. He turned his head and hid his smile in the dark night. The sound of his footsteps on the pine needles made a dense rustling sound, like the harmony of a hoarse voice. "There is the thatched cottage in front of you. I want to go." Take a look?"

Xian Jin thought it was not safe for Qiao Hui outside, so he followed Qiao Hui and walked quickly inside.

The two of them walked all the way, and after three steps was the thatched cottage that they were both very familiar with.

The scholars who sweep the dust may be afraid of the red seal at the door. The weeds here have grown up to half a person's height. Moist and dense moss has climbed up under the eaves in the corners. The window frames have not been oiled for a long time. The wood is cracked into spider webs and the red paint has faded. The original brightness only left a stubborn residual color.

Qiao Hui lowered his eyes and gently stroked the bookshelf covered with a thick layer of dust with his fingertips. The books were densely packed. Through the gaps of the diagonal lines, he could see the half-silhouetted figure of a girl standing sideways not far away, concentrating on blowing away the dust. .

The edges of the girl's figure are mixed with light, like frost and snow mixed with strong wine, boiling into two cups of winter tenderness.

Qiao Hui greedily let his eyes run wild.

She pouted, put her head on the bottom book, rummaged around behind the bookshelf with one hand, and finally found the cheat sheet hidden behind the "A" bookshelf, and breathed a sigh of relief - I was scared to death, what if this happened? I can't find it, her knees can be swollen by Master Qiao's punishment!

Xianjin looked back and saw Qiao Hui's figure approaching like a mountain with a strong sense of oppression.

Qiao Hui reached out and took out a bottle of wine from behind the bookshelf. He walked a few steps quickly and brought Xian Jin to a clean table. An oilcloth lantern was hung hanging by the window frame, and a clean futon appeared in front of Xian Jin. In front of me, "Sit down."

Qiao Hui uncorked his wine and sat down casually.

The two sat on the floor, and the aroma of aged sauce spread in the cold moonlight.

"You can't drink in Xiaozhong, but can you stay with me?" Qiao Hui's eyes looked like a broken glass under the swaying dim light.

Xian Jin sat down with a smile, "You drink and I watch, you talk and I listen."

Many things are still hidden in the snow.

For example, why did the former governor of Yingtian Mansion suddenly attack?

For example, what happened in Fujian?
For example, what is the current situation of the Qiao family?

And more importantly, how have Qiao Hui and Qiao Shanchang lived in the past few years?

Qiao Hui Quanxu Quanwei finally came back, Ying Tianfu softened his attitude towards the Qiao family, and after the beginning of this year I heard from Zhang’s mother that the price of dried seafood was much cheaper than the previous two years. These are all signs of a turnaround.

But what exactly is the process?

Xianjin is sitting upright, ready to fight.

Qiao Hui nodded, raised his head and took a sip of wine. He looked at the wall not far away. He seemed to be considering his words. After a long time, he said, "One move can affect the whole body, including Nanzhili, Xuancheng Prefecture and even Xiaojing County." , all behaviors are consistent with "

Qiao Hui pointed at it, "It's inseparable."

The young man's face was peaceful, and all the sharpness in his body seemed to be hidden in his deep and calm eyes.

Like a piece of rough jade, after years of hard work, the lead has been washed away, and finally a gentle but shining core is revealed.

It's also like a knife. After it is sharpened, the hot blade stirs up thousands of waves in the water, and then returns to calm and introverted from red and hot.

This kind of Qiao Hui makes Xianjin feel a little strange.

Xian Jin nodded lightly and motioned for Qiao Hui to continue.

"Lao Li Ge advocated Neo-Confucianism. Because of his old age, his actions were somewhat radical. He couldn't wait to clear the way for those who came after him in the first few years before he took office. It just so happened that Emperor Zhaode was tired of being left behind by Emperor Xun and Princess Baian. After taking control of the game of chess, the two hit it off and began to 'innovate' in the court."

Qiao Hui raised his head and took another sip of wine.

"It just so happened that the Japanese invaded from the southeast. The eldest princess wanted to hide her power and bide her time. Now it is only more than ten years since the Baichui Rebellion. The top priority should be to bring prosperity to all industries and the happiness of the people. The Japanese only come to test every now and then. The truth should not put the cart before the horse;”

"The Neo-Confucian reformists headed by Li Ge Lao insist on promoting the power of the Wei Dynasty, retaliating tooth for tooth, eye for eye. If anyone throws stones at me, I will repay them with blood and tears. I must defeat the Japanese and admit defeat."

It means that the neighbor next door comes to make a fool of himself when he has nothing to do. Li Gelao wants to strike hard, but the eldest princess suggests to just keep it low and grow up, so the two authorities have differences.

Qiao Hui smiled, and the young man's face seemed to light up, "Everyone knows that this is just a reason for the two factions to fight. Whoever's opinion is adopted means that the east wind has prevailed over the west wind - that faction has won. "

Xianjin nodded, "Lao Li Ge won."

Qiao Hui shook his head slightly, "It's a tie. We're going to go on an expedition, but Marquis Ningyuan, who is close to the Xinxue School, was chosen to take command."

The young man held the brown-glazed wine bottle in his hand, rubbed the bottle back and forth with his fingertips, and continued, "Facts have proved that the eldest princess's judgment was correct. She rushed out the army rashly, causing the army and horses to move forward, without food and grass, and Marquis Ningyuan was struggling. What's more, Maritime warfare was the Japanese's strength, but within a month, Southeast Marquis fell into a trap deliberately designed by the Japanese to lure the enemy, and the fleet was scattered. More than [-] pro-soldiers were stranded on a deserted island, and there was no news at all for a while."

"For a time, the court was in an uproar. Mr. Li Ge struck while the iron was hot and pursued the victory. He regarded the general's defeat as a political achievement. In the name of collaborating with the enemy, he killed Ningyuanhou and his family. The Qiao family who was married to Ningyuanhou was naturally on the list, and his father was in the year. The letters from home that he sent to Marquis Ningyuan became something that Mr. Li Ge was clinging to. His aunt and several cousins ​​were detained in their mansion. Yin, the former governor of Yingtian Mansion, was an old student of Mr. Li Ge. He set up a trap to lure his father to Yingtian. Tianfu immediately detained him and tortured him to read the contents of his family letters. When his father refused, the governor reached out to Jingxian County and surrounded the Qingcheng Mountain Courtyard. He also planned to take several of his most famous disciples who were close to his father to be taken away. Ying Tianfu tried to impose a severe punishment on him and urged his father to sign a pledge to plead guilty."

The general plot was pieced together by Xianjin, and he came up with a rough guess.

Now the outline is fleshed out with specific content.

Qiao Hui smiled and said, "I was supposed to be escorted together, but I ran away over the wall the day before. As for the orb, it was Lord Xiong who saved it with all his strength - it is said that he went to Yingtian Mansion overnight and pointed at it. Fu Yin cursed with his nose, "Female family members are innocent. If you touch a hair of Qiao's girl, I will kill you in the Yamen lobby! I want to see if Shangfeng, the subordinate who died tragically, has a future." !'"

Wow.

Wow--

Magistrate Xiong's shy belly turned into gold-plated eight-pack abs and two waistcoat lines in Xian Jin's memory.

"In this way, Baozhu can be protected by Du Junning until you can successfully take over." Qiao Hui raised his head and took another sip of wine, "And I, after working hard for more than a month, finally arrived in Fujian, rented a small boat and went to sea, and found my uncle Ning Yuanhou. They also successfully reunited with the [-] elite soldiers sent by the imperial court for reinforcements, fought all the way to the boundary of the Japanese Sea, and threw their general's flag into the East China Sea to feed the hairtail fish."

If you talk about hairtail, I think you look like a hairtail.

Xianjin wiped his forehead.

Qiao Hui drank more than half of the bottle of wine, and his previously stern expression finally became more lively. When he talked about hairtail, his facial features wrinkled up in disgust, "hairtail is so damn fishy! We use the body parts floating in the sea as bait, and we use the fishing line to Throw a deeper fish and try your luck. Hairtail is the stupidest thing. Schools of hairtail fish bite each other head to tail. When fishing, as long as we catch a hairtail, we can drag the hairtail to the boat like a rope and wait for the fish to load. After the cabin is full, use a knife to cut off the fish." "So, what do you think is the most popular thing on our boat?" Qiao Hui asked with burning eyes.

Xianjin said expressionlessly, "hairtail fish."

Qiao Hui slapped the table, "You're so damn smart!"

Xianjin turned his head frantically: "You have already laid the foundation for this. If I talk about Haixing again, wouldn't it be a bit disrespectful?"

"But there was nothing on our boat. Grilled hairtail, boiled hairtail, and steamed hairtail all had the same taste, without any skills! It was so fishy! I thought at that time, if I could follow both ends of the ginger when I climbed over the wall, I would be able to live a better life by eating it every day. Feeling better?" Qiao Hui regretted it.

After Xian Jin went crazy, he started laughing again.

What a silly thing.

Calling the hairtail fish stupid turns out to be even more stupid than the hairtail fish.

The bloody two years were so blurred by him that only the memory of hairtail remained - severely out of focus.

The pity in Xianjin's tone unconsciously increased, "What now? When will Master Qiao come back? When will you come back? But come back? From what you say, the credit is not small? If you don't take the opportunity to get promoted, Marry a noble girl and reach the pinnacle of life?"

Qiao Hui's eyes moved, and he raised his head and took another sip of wine, "Now? It's good now. Mr. Li Ge was liquidated, the eldest princess took power, and my father was taken to the capital for treatment of his leg. I heard he will come back next month. As for me, .I still have some unfinished business at hand, so it’s not convenient for me to show up. Maybe I’ll have to wait until next month to come back openly with my father.”

There is no nonsense about getting promoted to a higher position or reaching the pinnacle of life.

Xianjin's mind was filled with the words "come back next month" and he turned back and forth. He stiffly lowered his head and looked at the cheat sheet - just say she died early!Today is March 24th, there are still six days until next month!April [-]st is also next month, and April [-]th is also next month!If it were really the first day of April, where would she be able to write an essay on "politics" for her director!

Qiao Hui raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp, his eyes flickering behind the shadow of his tall nose, "What about you? It's been two years, how are you?"

Xianjin said "Ah" and came to his senses, "Me? I moved from Jingxian County to Xuancheng. I am considered the big shopkeeper of the Chen family. I just took over the Qiuwei Wenwei rolling paper business in Yingtian Mansion——" Xianjin He smiled, pursed his lips and smiled, "I have everything except hairtail fish."

Qiao Hui held the wine bottle tightly with both hands, his eyes deep, "Where is Erlang? I heard that he went to Yingtian Mansion for retreat and will have his filial piety period in August. What are his plans?"

Chen Jianfang.

Xianjin was stunned, he hadn't heard this name for a long time.

It seemed that once he left, no one would talk about him in front of her again.

This proves that there is no need for their worlds to intersect in the first place.

Xian Jin smiled and said calmly, "Yes, I will concentrate on preparing for next spring. Our old lady hopes that he will win the championship in one fell swoop."

Qiao Hui sighed, lowered his eyebrows and fiddled with the red tassels on the wine flask, "He is two years older than us. If your old lady still insists on establishing a career first and then starting a family, I'm afraid she won't be able to settle down until she is in her early twenties."

Xianjin tilted his head, "Do you think I can know the old lady's arrangements for Erlang?"

Qiao Hui also laughed, "On New Year's Eve this year, I went to Guangdong and Guangxi, and stopped by to see Baozhu. I saw you and Erlang walking on the corridor in the inner courtyard, and talking in tandem, I thought you were close."

Xian Jin was stunned, and suddenly recalled the sudden gust of wind deep in the bamboo forest that New Year's Eve, "It was you!"

Qiao Hui raised his hands above his head, "The wind passes without a trace, don't look at anything inappropriate!"

Xian Jin was a little speechless, and even more crazy, "You are also a dignified Master Qiao after all! The youngest official in the entire Yingtian Mansion! Why don't you do anything for human affairs! If you want to see the orb, look! What's the big deal if you sneak over the wall? Son! If word gets out, you and the Chen family will no longer be human beings!"

Qiao Hui didn't move his hands, "This is just two times, and I am determined not to do it again!"

One time he threw a note to Xian Jin, one time he peeked at the handwriting corridor in the inner courtyard of Chen's house, and two times he acted like a gentleman who would not steal anything, all for the same purpose.

After talking about it twice, Xianjin also remembered the note.

She has to accept this love.

Xian Jin immediately stopped talking, scratched his head, and stopped babbling.

Qiao Hui finally put his hands down, his eyes returned to the red tassels on the wine flask, and he asked the old question again with great resilience, "Didn't Erlang tell you about the old lady's thoughts?"

Xian Jin frowned: This man is probably drunk, why is he so concerned about what the old lady thinks?Could it be that Mrs. Qu was afraid that she would set her sights on the orb, trying to repay her kindness and make the orb match the star of hope?

Xian Jin hurriedly said, "I haven't said it yet, but I can guess that to start a family, you must first establish a career. As for how to do it, you can rest assured that the old lady has a high vision. Either she is the virtuous and gentle Miss Qingliu, or She is a steady and generous girl from an aristocratic family."

Your own sister, you know it yourself.

Which one can Fat Huahua occupy?
Even if she wears the mother-in-law filter, Baozhu Huahua has nothing to do with being virtuous, gentle, steady and generous.
Qiao Hui fiddled with Hong Sui'er's fingers and paused: Then he can really rest assured.

Qiao Hui rolled his eyes and looked at the moonlight outside the window. The stars were moving. Qingcheng Mountain Courtyard was now deserted. Naturally, there were no watchers. He felt like a day in the mountains was like a hundred years in the world.

Maybe, because you relax, time passes very quickly.

Qiao Hui stood up, "It's getting late, shall I take you back?"

Xian Jin tried to get up, but he couldn't stand up with his bare hands. It was a bit difficult for a power player with poor flexibility.

Qiao Hui stretched out his hand.

Xianjin picked him up easily.

When Xian Jin stood up, Qiao Hui quickly removed his hand and quickly hid it behind his back.

Qiao Hui held a lantern, and the two of them were not far apart, chatting casually, from east to west, from south to north. When the last topic ended with "hairtail fish", the two arrived at the Chen family's old house.

Xianjin rolled his eyes in front of Qiao Hui, "If you talk about hairtail again, next time I see you, I'll ask Ma Zhang to make you a table of hairtail!"

Qiao Hui raised his eyebrows and smiled, "That's good, I'll bring two gingers with me."

Xian Jin rolled his eyes and was about to get cramps. He yawned and waved his hands randomly, "Let's go. I'm going back to Xuancheng tomorrow morning. You go about your business. When you and Master Qiao come back, I'll give you a good job." The ground meets the wind!”

Qiao Hui handed the lantern to Xian Jin, put his hands behind his back, and nodded.

Xian Jingang crossed the threshold, but heard Qiao Hui's hoarse voice, "Xian Jin."

Show gold and turn your head.

Qiao Hui handed over two small wooden sculptures from his arms, a short and fat horse, and a clever and cunning mouse.

"You and Baozhu are both born in April. I can't promise to come back in time for your birthdays. I can only give you gifts in advance."

Qiao Hui looked magnanimous, "I missed you very much when I was floating in the East China Sea eating hairtail."