Value peace

Chapter 164 Journey Thorns

On the morning of April [-]th, Qi Maosheng sent off Cui Qing and Eunuch Min, and ordered Gu Xiyan to pack her bags and return to Yongzhou.

According to the agreement with Xizhao, Qi Maosheng has to withdraw from Jiangzhong County, so Qi Xiao will stay and do some aftermath work. It is estimated that the trip will not take place until mid-April. As for whether he can rush back to Yongzhou to attend Qi Yuzhi's wedding, it is hard to say .

I didn't think so when I came here, but when I left, I realized that there were so many things. It took me two full days just to pack and arrange things. Taifu government office.

When the carriage walked out of Hongtai City, Gu Xiyan couldn't help but stick to the glass window of the carriage and look back.

Qi Maosheng smiled and said, "Aren't you reluctant?"

According to etiquette, Qi Maosheng and Gu Xiyan should sit in separate cars, but Qi Maosheng said "I am sick and need someone to take care of me", and Gu Xiyan was placed in Qi Maosheng's carriage.

Gu Xiyan nodded.

Qi Maosheng also leaned his head, looked at the Hongtai city that was gradually going away outside the car window, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, we will come back again!"

Come back again, it will probably be another bloody battle!

Gu Xiyan sighed softly in her heart.

From Hongtai to Yongzhou, Gu Xiyan has traveled the most times, but the people around her are different, the mood is different, and the scenery in her eyes is also different.

It is a bright April day, like a young girl at the right age, full of vitality everywhere, the grass is green, the flowers are bright, the wind is light, and the clouds are light.

Along the way, Qi Maosheng spent most of his time reading spy reports in the carriage, and he was dazzled by the bumps.He dropped the piece of paper in his hand, but saw Gu Xiyan looking out of the window curiously with wide-open eyes.Qi Maosheng followed her gaze and looked out, and he could see laughing girls carrying bamboo blues in twos and threes at the head of the field and farmers bending over to work in the fields.

"What's so interesting about this?" Qi Maosheng said, taking the opportunity to hug Gu Xiyan and lean on the pillow.

Gu Xiyan's expression was a little lazy, but her expression was full of beauty.She smiled and said: "I went back to Qi Mansion, but I can't even see this."

Qi Maosheng shook his head and said with a smile: "Dingzhou is about [-] days away from Yongzhou, but Jiufeng is only two or three days away from Yongzhou. It's cool in summer. You can go and see Liu Meier."

This guy, he's going to Gaochang in summer, so let him go out to get some fresh air!
Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "Then the family affairs must go well, otherwise, how can I have the heart to go around?"

Qi Maosheng rubbed his temples solemnly: "Xiyan, my family affairs are a mess, and now I want you to shoulder the burden..."

Anyway, the journey is far away and there is nothing to do, so why not take this opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk.

Gu Xiyan thought about it, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that the two of us will have a dispute over Hongluan."

Qi Maosheng wondered: "How could it be? You are in charge of the inner court..."

Gu Xiyan said with a straight face: "Maosheng, I think Hongluan's problem now is not who to marry, but how to learn to live independently... After all, she still has her way to go."

Sure enough, Qi Maosheng became dazed.

After a while, he said: "You haven't seen her yet, how can you be sure that she can't live independently? Mrs. Xu has always doted on her children, and Ye Zisu is not independent... You are different from them, Hong Luan followed You will definitely be different!"

Gu Xiyan knew that it was not easy to discuss this issue further, she smiled and said: "You are right, I haven't seen Hongluan yet, it is too early to make a conclusion now!"

Qi Maosheng remained silent.

This topic became a taboo between the two, Gu Xiyan wisely did not bring it up again, she laughed and talked with Maosheng about the scenery along the way, and even hummed a few ditties in a good mood.

Her evasive attitude made Qi Maosheng very uneasy. Sensitive, he knew that Xiyan did not let go of this matter, but he did not want this issue to become a thorn between them!

After traveling all the way, they finally arrived at Dangzhuang County in Yongzhou at the end of April, and they rested in the county government office of Dangzhuang County at night.The magistrate of Dangzhuang County saw that Qi Maosheng's knees were a little weak, so he hurriedly gave up the main house with his family to let Qi Maosheng and his wife rest, and sent his wife to serve Gu Xiyan in person, while he bought a sumptuous banquet in the flower hall. Qi Maosheng.Qi Maosheng remembered that he had to go on his way early tomorrow morning, rejected the county magistrate's kindness, ate a few big bowls of rice hastily, and went back to the house.

In the backyard of the county government office, Qi Maosheng saw Xingyu, a girl standing outside the main room, and he couldn't help wondering: "Why are you alone, and the others?"

Seeing that it was Qi Maosheng who came, Xing Yu hurriedly bowed her knees and saluted, and said: "If you go back to the master, my wife will let you rest. I am here on duty."

At the beginning, Qi Maosheng was not used to having no one to serve him in the house, but as time passed, he also began to think that this was not bad, as if two people with a common secret had an unknown intimacy.However, even so, Qi Maosheng would not fetch water to wash his face by himself, at best he avoided it when he was with Gu Xiyan.

This is already a big concession for him.

"Who will serve by Madam's side?"

"Madam said she was going to rest, so..."

Qi Maosheng nodded, waved his hand to signal Siping to go to rest, then lifted the curtain by himself, and walked in lightly.

In the dizzy yellow light, he saw Gu Xiyan wearing obscene clothes and leaning on her elbows, staring at the melon-shaped glass lamp on the kang table in a daze, feeling wan and dazed.

Qi Maosheng Erran.

Xi Yan's expression is Qi Wan's, dazed, why?
There was a faint perception in his heart.

Apart from herself, what else could embarrass the smart Xi Yan?
The laughter is also for him, and the loss is also for him...

Gu Xiyan seemed to have noticed someone coming in, she immediately turned her head with a smile on her face, seeing that it was Qi Maosheng, Gu Xiyan smiled even brighter: "I'm back, I'll let Xingyu fetch water for you to wipe your face!"

Along the way, they also spent several nights in the government offices of officials. No matter how tired the journey was, Gu Xiyan always greeted those officials' wives with a dignified and elegant posture and a friendly and easy-going attitude.Especially when I came to Jinning Mansion, I knew that Wang Zhijing, the prefect, was born in the royal family of Dingzhou, Guandong County, and she was a Jinshi in 290 of Xizhao, a famous university scholar and capable official in Yandi. She even cooked the whole meal herself A table of food and wine won the praise of Wang Zhijing and his wife.The next day, Wang Zhijing's wife even personally served Gu Xiyan for breakfast.On the way, he couldn't bear to say: "If you don't like it, don't promise them..."

Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "Don't tell me, I'm the Qi Gu family now, first Qi, then Gu. I have a good relationship with the wives of these officials, and I can also adjust you and these lower-level officials. atmosphere of."

Qi Maosheng knew what she said was right.I am 15-year-old Chengjue, in order to shock those who are dissatisfied with him, he has always acted sternly and coldly, so that his subordinates often fight in front of him, and seldom relax in front of him. Looking for Qi Xiao in a roundabout way... He is worried about letting Mrs. Wei interfere in the affairs of Duke Yan's government, and it has a lot to do with Mrs. Wei's impatient dealing with these trivial matters... Gu Xiyan like this, why do I worry about it? ?

If you care about it, it will be chaotic!
Looking at Gu Xiyan's smiling face, Qi Maosheng suddenly felt a little sad.

Under Xiyan's flowery smile, how much bitterness is there?
It turned out that the one who made her feel wronged was always herself... It's ridiculous that I still keep saying that I will defend her!
He pursed his lips, sat next to Gu Xiyan with a fearless spirit, looked at Gu Xiyan seriously, and said, "Xiyan, I want to talk to you about Hongluan!"

Gu Xiyan was surprised, she thought Qi Maosheng would temporarily avoid this question.

Qi Maosheng was a little dazed when he saw her, and felt that he had hurt Gu Xiyan in dealing with Qi Hongluan.He solemnly said: "I have thought about it carefully, what you said is very reasonable, after all, we can't live in her place. I didn't care enough about Hongluan before, and I ignored many problems. I don't want to turn things into a bad side I think, maybe in my heart, I'm afraid I also have a little bit of intention to shirk my responsibility..."

Gu Xiyan opened her mouth slightly in surprise.

Qi Maosheng is always like this...Facing the difficulties calmly, not pushing back, not escaping...Have a brave heart...

"Xi Yan," Qi Maosheng said sincerely, "Since I have entrusted the affairs of the family to you, I must trust you in handling these matters. I will not bother about Hong Luan's matter anymore, and I will leave her to you... ..."

"Maosheng!" Gu Xiyan was a little tongue-tied, "I'm afraid I'm not as capable as you imagined..."

Qi Maosheng nodded with a smile: "Didn't we agree to be honest with each other? Let's discuss it together, and nothing can be difficult for us!"

Gu Xiyan really did not expect that the thorns hidden in her heart would end in this way.

Maosheng always surprises her...

She hugged Qi Maosheng a little excitedly, but she was even more frightened in her heart.

Can I live up to Maosheng's entrustment?

* * * * * *
As soon as May entered, the people in Duke Yan's mansion became a little trembling. According to Qi Hao's itinerary, he should come back in early May.

On May [-], Yiping, who was beside Qi Maosheng, finally returned to the Duke of Yan's mansion, and began to work on Qi Hao's return to the mansion.So when Qi Hao's brigade entered Yongzhou City against the sunset on May [-]rd, on the main road of Yongzhou City that had been cleared, the three-step, one-post, and ten-step, one-post posts were already a solemn scene.

Although Qi Hao has always been ambitious and eager to try, but in terms of administrative affiliation, the Duke of Yan's Mansion is still an institution of the Xizhao Dynasty. Below Qi Hao, there is also one man who is a third-rank government official, and two young mansions who are a fourth-rank official. There are four ministers from the sixth rank, Bo Liu from the master of the seventh rank, and several recorders from the ninth rank. In addition to the officials sent out by Qi Hao like Gong Tao, there are also four officials of all sizes who stay in Yongzhou. , 50 people, they gathered in Yan Guogong's mansion early in the morning.

As soon as Qi Hao entered the city, the government of Yan State got the news. Under the leadership of Qi Yuzhi, these officials, big and small, were arranged in front of the steps according to their rank.When Qi Hao's carriage stopped in front of the not-so-majestic Duke of Yan's mansion, everyone knelt down in unison, shouting "Welcome to the Duke" in unison, wearing curtains and following Gu Xiyan, who got out of the car behind Qi Maosheng, was startled by shouting.

Qi Maosheng wore a peacock blue brocade and cloud-pattern gown today. This color already gave people a sense of arrogance, but when Qi Maosheng turned his face cold, he actually suppressed the color, revealing his whole body. Contemptuously, not to mention the officials kneeling on the ground, even Gu Xiyan felt a chill like a blade.

No wonder everyone thinks that Qi Maosheng is not easy to get along with!

Gu Xiyan groaned, followed Qi Maosheng with a respectful look, passed through the crowd prostrating their heads on the ground, and then led by Siping through the hallway of the government office hall and entered the back house.

Qi Maosheng was slightly tongue-tied.

Siping is sweating.

Gu Xiyan forgot to salute Qi Maosheng and went straight to the back house.

However, Qi Maosheng is not sure whether he forgot or did not have this self-consciousness.

Xiyan's deference to him in terms of etiquette can make him feel unreal like wearing a mask.

A helpless smile flashed across Qi Maosheng's face.

(End of this chapter)