marriage order

Chapter 5
The pilgrimage to Sishi is over, and as the fifth day of the fifth lunar month approaches, rice dumplings are added to the gallery meals.A group of old men knelt on the mat and thanked Dade, then turned their heads and began to speak ill of Guanglu Temple——

"Hmph, the zongzi is actually salty!"

"How can there be no dates and red beans!"

"No sugar!"

"The bastards in Guanglu Temple are destined to eat salty rice dumplings all their lives!"

Guanglu Temple's meals for all officials were basically not well received. Guanglu Temple Qing sat very calmly at the moment, waved away the heavy resentment in the air, and bowed his head to eat a delicious salted meat dumpling.Ah, what can you do if you scold me?You still have to finish eating obediently!
As a fourth-rank official, Xu Miaowen, who was fortunate enough to be given a meal, also took a bite of the salty rice dumpling angrily at this time, thinking angrily, he must find a chance to kill the cheeky Guanglu Siqing.While he was eating, he suddenly heard Yushi Cao Zhongcheng and Tai Changqing say: "I heard that Dr. Pei is going to meet the Holy Majesty today, I don't know what will happen this time!"

The Doctor Pei that Cao Zhongcheng said was referring to Pei Qu.Pei Qu was born in the Mingjing, at first he was just a ninth-rank secretary, supervisor, and school secretary, and he was promoted as a Chaosan doctor after a short while, and he became a literary and literary official. So he went out of the country in a scarlet robe, and it took him nine years to leave.

Thinking back when Pei Qu ranked first in high school in the palace examination, the emperor was amazed at his talent and ordered to copy his answer sheet and store it in Shangshu Province, so as to enrich the country and gain the beauty of virtuous people.This great honor is still preserved in Shangshu Province, and it has been watched by countless scholars for more than ten years, but the good seedling did not develop well according to the normal track, and now it has grown into a crooked tree.

Who knows what Pei Qu has become?I heard that he is still hiding in Luoyang to grow and sell vegetables. He is really very promising!

"That guy will continue to be his casual official when he comes back, who told him to—" Tai Changqing squeezed out a secret smile on his old face, but finally didn't say anything.How can a guy with an elbow turned outward gain the trust of the monarch?It's your own fault, it's your own fault.

"Cao doesn't think that's the case. He specially summoned him back. The Holy Majesty has made his own arrangements. I'm afraid he won't continue to be a casual official."

"Take a gamble."

"One sweet rice dumpling."

"Okay, don't rely on it."

The two old men quickly reached a gambling agreement, and reluctantly finished eating the salty rice dumplings from Guanglu Temple.

At the same time, Pei Qu worked tirelessly through the imperial city and entered the Danfeng Gate, and was led by the eunuch to the emperor.

The long-lost palace has greatly changed its appearance. It is said that it has been expanding and repairing in the past nine years, as if the palace is going to be repaired to the outer city.

The monarch and his ministers sat opposite each other for a long time, neither saying a word.Naturally, Pei Qu was not in a hurry, he had already developed a good temper, and it didn't matter if he knelt for a day and a night, so he just waited for the emperor to speak.

"You really want to suffocate me to death!" The emperor couldn't help him, and broke the silence with a violent tone, almost smashing the paperweight on the table, "Will you say something!"

The emperor and his ministers were able to meet again in nine years, and the atmosphere seemed not quite right.Pei Qu sat and waited for him to throw the paperweight over, but he couldn't wait, so he bent down and saluted again: "Return to Your Majesty, the minister is back."

The voice is neither high nor low, neither salty nor weak.In the past nine years, he has tempered himself from a bright and kind young man to a taciturn young man, invulnerable to swords and guns, invulnerable to oil and salt, and seems to be able to fight anyone to the end calmly.

"You get up."

Pei Qu did as he said.

The emperor sized him up and saw that he was a little taller than when he went to the country and left home. It can be seen that he can grow tall in a small country in Fanbang; his face is still clean and fair at the age of [-], which can be seen from the rumors The barren and dilapidated place is very supportive; even if the temper has changed, it can be seen that there is no one to communicate with in that ghostly place, and can only communicate with vegetables, and I am afraid that I can't even speak human words.

"You are not dead." The emperor said the fourth sentence after meeting.

"The minister has always been destined."

yes!It's abhorrent that he looks so good after being exiled in such a crappy place.The emperor gritted his teeth and thought about how to skin him in the future, then he calmed down and smiled coolly: "Have you eaten well?"

"Excellent."

Excellent?The emperor withdrew his hand on the paperweight, thought about it calmly, and finally got to the point: "Your light scarlet official uniform is too old, so change it quickly." Tiao Chen said, "Change into a green robe and go to Wannian County to be a county captain."

He finished what he was about to say in a few words, and he was really a master in the concise and concise world.

So a fifth-rank loose official, after these few words, his rank plummeted, and he became a Jingxian lieutenant from the eighth rank.

It stands to reason that if he was elected as the school secretary more than ten years ago, if he went up step by step, the second official would probably be a county lieutenant, but it has been ten years since he was selected as the school secretary, and now let him be a county lieutenant , made it clear that these nine years were all erased and let him start from scratch.

After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced at his expression, but Pei Qu looked like a deceased person, showing no expression at all.At the end, he gave another big gift: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor was very angry with him, and released a succinct and concise big move: "Get out."

Pei Qu retreated respectfully, and immediately an internal official greeted him outside the corridor, leading him out of the palace gate.

The sun was very good, Pei Qu had just left Danfengmen when he saw a carriage parked far away, it was the carriage of his friend Xu Miaowen who had always been with him forever.

Xu Miaowen was sleeping in the car at this time, with the fan covering his face, like a corpse.The coachman suddenly turned around and called him: "Qilang is out, out!"

Xu Miaowen let out a breath and almost blew the fan aside.He sat up straight, opened most of the curtains, and smiled brighter than Yu Yue Mudan: "Oh, Dr. Pei came back alive!"

Pei Qu walked over expressionlessly, and after getting into the car, Xu Miaowen looked him up and down, and finally twisted his light scarlet official uniform with his thumb and index finger, and touched his brand new scarlet official uniform, Say, "Hey, it feels so good."

Xu Miaowen is Pei Qu's peer. When he was a child, he was so good that he could wear a pair of trousers. Xu Miaowen had to compare with him in everything, but he couldn't compare with him. Unexpectedly, when he stepped into the official career, he would soar all the way, and the speed was astonishingly fast. The old man in purple clothes became angry when he saw him——

I really want to tear off that youthful face!
Xu Miaowen is now a fourth-rank Shaoqing, Pei Qu is just a loose official from the fifth rank, oh no, he is a Jingxian lieutenant from the eighth rank.Therefore, in Xu Miaowen's heart at this time, it is really better than eating a jar of fresh lychees, which makes people want very much——

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Obviously, he knew in advance that Pei Qu would be demoted to become a county captain. Although he hated Cao Shilang very much and hated his son for taking his cousin away, Cao Shilang liked him.

Cao Shilang always regards Xu Miaowen as a confidant for forgetting the years, and he has a big mouth, and he can't keep many words. Yesterday he even leaked such "secret and important matters" to Xu Miaowen, and Xu Miaowen was so happy that he didn't fall asleep all night.

He decided to forgive Cao Shilang's son for the time being.

Pei Qu was sitting upright, and seeing him forgetting his smile, he tilted his head and glanced at him, and stretched out his hand with a little disgust to straighten his swaying body: "Brother Miaowen, aren't you going to the office today?"

Xu Miaowen was happy, so he didn't want to go to Dali Temple right now, so he replied: "I have already made arrangements, and I will accompany you to the Ministry of Officials today."

He did what he said, and his firm attitude was completely irresistible.So he took Pei Qu to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials as if he was leading his younger generation, completed the formalities quickly, and handed over the official robe with the county captain's copper seal, ring, button, and yellow ribbon to him, and then boarded the car contentedly. .

"Yun Qi, it doesn't matter if you don't go to Wannian County today, but I suggest you go and have a look. Coincidentally, I can take you for a while on the way back to the Yamen."

The scorching sunlight shone into the car cunningly through the cracks in the curtains. Xu Miaowen squinted his eyes, recovered from the insane joy, and said solemnly: "This arrangement is not a loss for you, County Lieutenant Although the position is confined to humble duties, it is the most down-to-earth, not to mention Wannian County is the residence of the dignitaries in the Jingzhao Mansion, its importance is self-evident. The most important thing is that the county magistrate of Wannian County is also your future Commander, you will go back to retire soon. I guess you will spend about half a year with him peacefully, that old man is really interesting, and you will have a great time."

After Pei Qu left for so many years, he really knew very little about the personnel changes in the court, and he didn't even know who the magistrate of Wannian County is now.

But Xu Miaowen said that he is clear that the post of Jing County Captain may be a good start for him who has just returned to the court.

Jingzhao Mansion is divided into east and west counties. One is Chang'an County, governed by Changshoufang, leading to Zhuque Avenue East 54th; and the other is the place where Pei Qu is about to take office, Wannian County, governed by Xuanyangfang, governed by Zhuque Street West 54th Square.The two counties are Chixian under the foot of the emperor, with a very prominent geographical location, and they are also good places for the second official that scholars have always liked to compete for.

"Oh, I will call you Pei Shaofu in the future!" Xu Miaowen said leisurely, and then continued, "Also, Wannian County is too close to Pingkangfang, and I am tired of working in the future. I can still go..."

Pei Qu glanced at him, Xu Miaowen reluctantly shut up.

The so-called Pingkangfang is the place where Yingying and Yanyan gather.

It's too hypocritical for a man who doesn't want to go to the romantic place, or is it not possible at all?

He suddenly felt a little bored, leaned against the window of the car and thought about it, something popped into his mind, and he yelled: "I realized that I have really done a great deed!"

"how?"

"Your beloved apprentice!" Xu Miaowen got excited, sat upright and said, "My original intention was to ask her to help you a little bit, but I didn't expect you to be a county captain now. Think about it, the post of county captain, Investigating traitors, recruiting servicemen, mastering the population and household registration, and proficient in laws and regulations, it seems that that poor girl is really a rare and good helper."

Pei Qu didn't speak.

The car passed Chongrenfang, bypassed Pingkangfang, and arrived at Xuanyangfang where the Wannian county government office was located.

Xu Miaowen's joy was almost exhausted all the way, and seeing that he was about to arrive at the mansion, he sat upright and straightened his robe, when Pei Qu got off the car, he sighed very rarely: "Yunqi!" , you stayed in that poor place for a long time, and you really seldom talked after you came back."

Pei Qu was startled, glanced at him, bowed his head and got out of the car.

Will that Pei Qu from before come back?When Xu Miaowen watched him leave, she narrowed her eyes and thought about it seriously.

Naturally, Pei Qu didn't know what was going on in Xu Miaowen's mind. When he arrived at Xuanyang Mansion with his official robe and seal, he heard a familiar voice coming from the partition wall before he entered the door——

"I've been bothering you a lot today, see you at Pei Mingfu."

"Little girl, remember to bring me salty rice dumplings when you come tomorrow! What's the matter with sweet ones!"

The one called Pei Ming Mansion was none other than Pei Qu's superior—Pei Guangben, magistrate of Wannian County.Pei Guangben is only in his 50s, but he has lost all his teeth, his mouth is sunken, full of creases, ugly, pathetic and funny.

Nanshan felt that it was very difficult for him to eat the sweet rice dumplings, but he actually asked her to eat salty rice dumplings!The meat in the salty rice dumplings is hard and hard to chew, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to eat.But Nanshan only nodded in response: "Okay, okay, I will definitely bring salted rice dumplings next time, but I have to go to Luoyang tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it through."

"It's okay, as long as you have something to eat, it won't bother you sooner or later!" Pei Guangben waved his hand generously, "Go back quickly, the sun is poisonous!"

Nan Shan turned her head and was about to leave, but stopped, her ears moved slightly, then she looked at the wall, turned around and said to Pei Guangben, "Will the new county captain arrive today?"

"That's right! You still haven't come at this time, did you delay in Pingkang Fang? Oh, just say that these young people can't hold back when they see sex, why don't they send an old man who has no desires and desires to accompany me! "

Nan Shan rolled his eyes, and asked again: "Does the Ming Palace know who the new county lieutenant is?"

"Who knows? No matter who it is, I will kill him to death. If he dares to go to Pingkangfang to find pleasure, I will kill him." Pei Guangben turned to laugh, and said to Nanshan, "If you are talented, people The quality is also very good, I will lead you a line."

Nanshan waved his hand quickly: "No, no, the official family can't afford it."

Pei Guangben snorted nonchalantly: "Those bastards just wear green skins and think they're great, they're far behind you!"

Nan Shan couldn't stand the praise, so he hurriedly bid farewell to the little old man and left, but he unexpectedly bumped into Pei Qu as soon as he arrived at the door.Pei Qu was holding a "green leather" in his hand, and the cloth bag on top contained printed documents and other things.Nanshan looked at him, he looked at Nanshan, and called her very calmly: "Nanmeiguan."

Nanshan was a bit embarrassed: "It's really fate to meet Mr. Lang here." She laughed as she spoke, glanced at the things he held in his hand, and then confirmed that he was the new Wannian County County lieutenant.

Nanshan wasn't surprised, and didn't want to say anything more to Pei Qu, so he left in a hurry, lowered his head and planned to run away.But as soon as she passed by Pei Qu, she was stopped by Pei Qu: "Can the Southern Media Officer wait for Pei?"

Nanshan turned his head and let out an "ah".

Pei Channel: "Pei went to see the Ming Mansion and is going back, why not go together."

Nanshan's face showed embarrassment, and he replied: "It's no good, I still have to hurry up and go to Zhou Shaoqing's mansion, so let's go, my lord, oh no, see you again at Shaoqing's mansion."

Pei Qu seemed to be planning to say something more, but Nanshan disappeared as soon as he finished speaking, the speed was jaw-dropping.Pei Qu froze in place for a while, and then a servant urged him to go in.

Pei Guangben had just gone back and flipped through two pages of the dossier when he heard that the new county lieutenant had arrived.Standing outside the door, Pei Qu's shadow was only a short and fat mass, which showed that the sun had reached its peak and poisonous time of day.

Pei Guangben closed the file and coughed twice: "Come in."

Pei Qu opened the door and went in, only to see a pile of files in front of Pei Guangben, the ink had just been polished, as if he was about to deal with official business.Pei Guangben didn't let him sit down, so he stood up.Pei Guangben raised his head and took a good look at him: "Oh, isn't this the grandnephew!"

Pei Qu then bowed his head and bowed in obeisance: "This junior has met my uncle."

Pei Guangben snorted twice: "Nephew and grandson will not tell uncle when they come back."

Pei Qu replied: "This junior has no face to see my uncle."

"Do you have face now?" Pei Guangben pointed at him, "Red skin for green skin, Jin'an (Pei Jun's father) will be pissed off knowing that his son is so successful, hahaha." He thought about it, but then Said, "Not necessarily, Mr. Jin'an said that you are not his own, so don't care about you, alas, you have fallen to such a point that you can't anger him! How disgusting!"

Pei Qu knew very little about this uncle, only that he was unhappy all his life, he was doing nothing in the frontier in his youth, he couldn't even marry a suitable woman, and only a barbarian concubine stayed with him for most of his life.

The family has almost forgotten about it, but when he was young, he seemed to have had a feud with Pei Qu's father, and always looked down on this junior, wishing to embarrass him every day.

Pei Qu didn't know much about the reason, he only knew that his superior didn't like his father, and by the way, he probably didn't like him either.

Pei Guangben looked at him for a while, Zhi Yi thought for a long time, and said: "Since you have come to my jurisdiction, I will take care of it, I say one thing and you can't say two, the things in charge must be done properly, and no opinions are allowed. "

"Here."

Pei Guangben raised his white eyebrows: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Pei Qu finally straightened up, and asked, "Uncle, are you familiar with Southern media officials?"

"Is it weird!"

"As far as my nephew and grandson know, the southern media official lives in Chang'an County and works in Chang'an's official media office, so he really has nothing to do with Wannian County."

"Naive!" Pei Guangben said, "As soon as the marriage order is issued, there is no such thing as Chang'an and Wannian in the official media yamen, let alone Jingzhao Mansion, and even Dongdu's. Whoever grabs it counts." Huh——" He suddenly remembered something, "I heard that you refuted the face of the government media many times, and you rejected all the good people. Are you waiting for someone?"

"not at all."

"No?" Pei Guangben's old face was full of "don't perfunctory me, boy, how can I not know your little thoughts", and said, "tell your uncle to listen, and uncle will take care of you You, it won't make it impossible for you to marry a good wife for the rest of your life."

"Uncle's energy is limited, and he still doesn't have enough time to take care of himself. How can nephews and grandsons bother uncle." Pei Qu's face was full of the younger generation's considerateness towards the elders, but every word was trampling on Pei Guangben's painful feet——

Uncle, if you can't get a wife yourself, don't worry about others.

Pei Guangben slandered, little bastard is as virtuous as your father!He suppressed his anger, and said, "Eh? You recognize that girl from Nanshan, is it because she also told you a matchmaker?"

"The Southern Media Officer is the new apprentice of my grandnephew."

"Let your mother's dog go—" Pei Guang stood up abruptly, swallowed the word "fart" forcefully, and cursed, "You! Also! You deserve it! That girl can't do anything, she has to admit you. master!"

Pei Guangben had no son or daughter, and he almost regarded Nanshan as his own child on weekdays. If Nanshan hadn't been unwilling to let go, he would have adopted her as his daughter a long time ago.

Pei Qu stood upright, a full head taller than Pei Guangben, and replied shamelessly: "My nephew doesn't know what the Southern media officials are looking for. Maybe he thinks his appearance is too good, so he found a reason to get close."

Pei Guangben gave him a blunt "bah", but he couldn't compare to this brat's shameless aura. He sat down again with a "boom", rubbed his sore tailbone and said, "I don't care, you will follow her immediately." Cut off the relationship, or I will find someone from Yushitai to arrest you and report that you, as a county captain, abducted a girl from a good family."

Pei Qu was indifferent.

Pei Guangben snorted twice as a warning: "Uncle, I have someone at Yushitai! Yushi Zhongcheng is the same year as me!"

"The grandnephew found out, so he broke off the relationship with the Southern Media official. But——"

Pei Guangben looked up at him.

"If she pesters her nephew and grandson persistently, can the grandnephew go to the official media yamen to report that she harassed the imperial court officials by using public favoritism?"

Pei Guang didn't just have a pain in his tailbone, he also had a pain in his head right now, and for a while he didn't know how to respond to this bastard, but when he got angry, it was really hard to calm down for a while, so he suddenly made up his mind and planned to punish him severely: "This That's all."

He turned to say: "The county lieutenant is an official who is close to the people. You can't take things for granted. You can visit all 54 squares in Wannian County. If there is a corner missing, I will report you to the kaogong doctor."

After he finished speaking, he immediately felt relieved, hehe, it will be the hottest season soon, let you run outside for a whole month, and you must be sunburned into black charcoal, then see who can look at a dark Pei Shichiro!

Pei Qu had no objection to the matter of patrolling the streets, but he was still thinking about the appointment at the White Horse Temple in Luoyang on the third day of May.It is said that we should leave tonight or tomorrow morning, so naturally we won't be able to patrol the streets in the next few days.

So he showed the documents and told his uncle Chen Ming that he could come back a few days later, which was not against the rules.

Before becoming an errand county lieutenant, the cunning Pei Qu legally and reasonably bought himself a few days of leisure.He bowed deeply, straightened his waist, turned around, and walked out the door frankly, completely ignoring Pei Guangben who was half dead with anger behind him.

Pei Qu went back to Pei Mansion, and after meeting his father, he was left behind for questioning.The relationship between him and Pei Jin'an is not very good, there is a sense of estrangement between the father and son, and even the questions and answers are in a non-aggressive manner.

Pei Jin'an asked him, "Is there any lady he likes recently?" He replied, "Not yet." Then he asked, "What did the Holy Majesty summon you to say?" Ask again, "When will you take office?" Back to "Sixth day of the lunar new year." Finally, ask "Dragon Boat Festival Jingzhao Mansion will hold a banquet in Qujiang, do you want to go?"

So far.

Not interfering with each other will not destroy the little remaining father-son relationship, and it seems that such a good relationship can be maintained forever.

At sunset, Pei Qu, who had originally planned to call for someone to pick up his luggage from Nanshan, suddenly changed his mind, instead of having dinner at the mansion, he let the deacon get in the car and left.

At this time, Nanshan was sitting in the corridor in front of the main room staring at a pile of luggage in a daze. She wanted to untie the luggage several times, but her reason told her not to do so.

The sound of the Guanfang drum sounded, Nanshan hesitated for a while, and finally stretched out his hand.

Pei Qu's luggage was not too much, and Nanshan estimated the time it would take from opening it to turning it over and returning it to its original state before reaching out.

Originally, everything was expected, but when she opened her clothes, she found a handwritten book underneath. It was this discovery that made her movements pause and prolong the time, so that Pei Qu went to At the door, she was still doing the final packing.

She didn't panic, even when she turned over, she heard the sound of horseshoes outside.Calmness and composure are the necessary professional qualities for an excellent media official. When Pei Qu came in, Nan Shan got up with his luggage and said, "Mr.

Pei Qu's eyes moved to her hand holding the bundle tightly, then looked at her again, and said, "No." He stood still, "Pei wants to stay for another night, or—"

At this time, the sound of the closed workshop drum was still sounding, Pei Qu paused, and then said: "Let's go tonight, and we will arrive in Luoyang in the morning of the third day of junior high school, do you want to join me?"

Nanshan is as good as he is: "I was worried about how to get to Luoyang, so it would be great to be able to take the carriage of my husband. It's just that I'm afraid I won't be able to leave the city right now?"

Pei Qu suddenly took out a whitebait bag, and Nanshan's eyes lit up when he saw it.Nan Shan asked, "Huh? How could Mr. Lang have this?"

Grade [-] and above are equipped with goldfish bags, and grades below [-] and above are equipped with silverfish bags, but now Pei Qu is clearly just a small official from rank [-], how can there be fish bags?

Pei Qu was very honest: "It's not mine."

Oh, by the way.

His smooth operation caused Xu Miaowen to jump anxiously at home at this time—where's the fish bag?Where did my whitebait bag go?

At this moment, Nanshan thought of the book that belonged to him hidden in Pei Qu's luggage, and then looked at the fish bag, thinking that Mr. Pei is really a habitual offender.If she didn't know about his past, she might really think that he was exiled because he stole the emperor's things.

At this point, Nanshan didn't ask any more questions, put down the burden and said: "Then Mr. Lang, let me go and unload the luggage." After saying that, she quickly went back to the room to get the burden, and gave Feng Niang a good order, and then she went out with Pei Qu Door.

The carriage was quite spacious, which was considered a luxury, and Nan Shan nestled in the corner as usual, planning to sleep with his luggage in his arms.At this time, Pei Qu suddenly handed over a paper bag, and Nan Shan took it, which contained extremely fresh lychees.

She liked to eat lychees when she was a child, but as she grew up, she lost interest in these foods that she once loved so much.Before she left home, she ate a zongzi and was not hungry, so she rewrapped the paper bag and handed it to Pei Qu: "It's too expensive, sir, you should keep it for yourself."

"Pei doesn't rob his apprentice for food, what is given to you is yours." He has really become a master in style!He said so, Nanshan unceremoniously stuffed the paper bag into the luggage.

Seeing her acting like this, Pei Qu felt inexplicably happy.He rarely stretched his brows to show a smile, smiled generously, and then turned his head to look out the car window.

Outside is a twilight scene, with red clouds stretching to the horizon, and the sun, which has been arrogant for a day, finally reluctantly hides most of its face.The evening wind blew into the car slowly, and the heat of the day was also swept away a lot. Nanshan stretched out his hand to cover his face, yawned restrainedly, then turned his head and leaned against the car without saying a word The window is asleep.

The carriage left the city smoothly, and Xu Miaowen's whitebait bag played an indelible privilege.Of course, this is also tantamount to telling Xu Miaowen—hey, your whitebait bag is at Pei Qu's place, and he has gone out of the city to Luoyang with your fish bag, go to him to settle the score.

Driving at night is not a good experience, but Nanshan seems to be sleeping very soundly, not moving all the way, curled up in a corner like a hibernating hedgehog dumpling.

Although they shared the same carriage, there was no bridge between the two of them as in the legendary story. For example, the delicate lady sat and slept, and she leaned her head on the shoulder of the official without knowing it; The official with ghostly thoughts deliberately put his head on the little lady's shoulder in a feigned sleep.In short, no matter who sleeps with whom, most of the stories lead to the same goal through different routes-from then on, it is out of control and a beautiful relationship is achieved.

But if the two of them stay in the same water all the time, then they can't "get out of hand" no matter what.

After a day and two nights like this, when he was about to arrive in Luoyang City, Nanshan rubbed his sleepy eyes, turned his stiff neck from side to side, almost mechanically reached into his bag, took out a lychee, and drowsily Peeling off the shell, she stuffed the tender white fruit into her mouth. With the help of the tip of her tongue and teeth, she spat out a round, bright black core.

After eating the litchi, she said, "Teacher, I want to change into clothes."

In the past two days, Pei Qu always referred to himself as a master, while Nanshan changed his titles very sensibly, saying "teacher" every time, and he wanted to praise Pei Qu to the sky.

Pei Qu was dozing off with his forehead propped up. Hearing what she said, he opened his eyes sincerely and asked the driver to stop the car.After he got out of the car, Nanshan began to change clothes swiftly.She was originally wearing a robe, but she couldn't go to the White Horse Temple to attend the banquet in this appearance, even if she was just a handyman during the banquet, she couldn't be so casual.

While she was quickly changing her clothes, Pei Qu stood in the morning light and looked at Luoyang City.At this time, the city is still not awake, the sky is still not hot, so there is a sense of tranquility. There are so many people living in this huge city, it is very difficult to find a single person.In the busiest Nanshi and Beishi, it is even more difficult to find someone.

He looked back at the carriage and continued to wait.

At this time, Nanshan had already changed his clothes, took out the compact and smoothed his face, dabbed some lipstick on his lips, combed his hair briefly, and said to the outside: "It's done."

The coachman heard it first, and then called Pei Qu in the distance.Pei Qu turned around and walked back, he bent down and got into the car, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Nanshan who had changed into his clothes.

Nanshan was wearing a chest-length skirt with a cross-collar at the moment, the neckline was pressed tightly, and only a small part of her slender neck was exposed, as if she didn't feel too hot at all.Pei Qu noticed the light makeup on her face, regained consciousness and sat down again, only to realize in a trance that the person sitting beside her was not a child.

After entering the city, the restaurants in the square became lively. On the way to Baima Temple, Pei Qu bought two pieces of steamed cakes and gave one piece to Nanshan. Nanshan gave him half of the money very politely: "I always ask the teacher to buy food. , I feel very sorry."

Pei Qu didn't say anything, put the copper plate into his bosom, and heard Nan Shan say: "Teacher looks very listless."

Pei Qu replied indifferently: "I didn't sleep well." The tiredness in his eyes could not be concealed, and his complexion was even worse.No matter how good the appearance is, if you go to see the lady with such a face, you are probably planning to lose your reputation.

Nanshan can't control him, Ruoxiang sees failure and arranges the next one, she is not in a hurry.

She finished eating the steamed cake in her hand with peace of mind, and the car stopped after a while.Nan Shan was hesitating whether to take the luggage away together, but Pei Qu said: "Let's put it in the car, someone will take care of it so we won't lose it."

So Nanshan jumped out of the car empty-handed, and walked towards Nanbian Avenue.Pei Qu asked her to introduce while walking, and she followed suit.When she realized that she had said too much on her own, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Pei Qu who was walking diagonally behind: "Teacher?"

Pei Qu gave a "continue" look.

Nanshan then talked for a while, and when she reached a restaurant, she suddenly stopped and said, "Master, you really haven't been to the White Horse Temple since you returned home?"

"came."

Nanshan couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart: "Then why do you ask a certain introduction?"

Pei Qu said lightly: "What you said naturally sounds different."

I don't know whether his meaning is praise or derogation, Nanshan briefly and silently sulked his heart, then raised his finger to the restaurant and said: "Today, the ladies of the Chashan Association will meet here, and then go to the temple to offer incense, come out I'm afraid we should still drink here. The teacher might as well wait here, and I will naturally choose a suitable time to inform Mrs. Cui. Oh—"

She added another sentence: "Most of the ladies in the Chashan association are not allowed to marry. The teacher has seen other people who are close to each other. Remember to tell the apprentice. The apprentice will definitely die and find the teacher's wife for the teacher."

There is always a decisive meaning in her words that "the teacher tells me to die, I will die", it is a bit scary to learn such a tone at a young age.

"The move that Tuer thought of was to sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit?" Pei Qu seemed very dissatisfied with her arrangement.

Nanshan never expected that he would express his objection, so he couldn't help being taken aback for a moment: "What else can I do?" It is the most convenient and most concealed way to meet each other in a restaurant while everyone is gathering. Master, what else do you want? ?

Pei Qu said unhurriedly: "It's rare to come to the White Horse Temple, facing such a beautiful place, but not even entering the mountain gate, just guarding in this restaurant outside, it's really putting the cart before the horse."

Hearing this, Nanshan held back his breath and replied calmly: "White Horse Temple can come if you want, and you can come any day to see the scenery, but not every day to see the lady." She paused, "Teacher is so old. , don’t you want a wife?”

After changing his address, Nanshan's words became more and more unscrupulous, like a loyal and stupid student, trying to persuade the "obsessed" master with words.

But her master was still lost, and said eloquently: "It's better to meet each other deliberately than to meet by chance. Wouldn't it be better to meet unexpectedly in the temple? Why don't you let me enter the White Horse Temple?"

Nanshan really didn't want him to enter the White Horse Temple, mainly because he didn't want to enter the White Horse Temple with him.

She thought for a while, and said very sincerely: "Teacher, if you really want to go in, I will definitely not stop you." She stretched out her hand and made a gesture of invitation, "Teacher enters the mountain gate over there, and I will go into the restaurant to wait for the ladies." .”

After saying this, Nan Shan kept his head down, as if he could only breathe a sigh of relief when the big Buddha in front of him was gone.

Pei Qu moved and took a step forward.

Nanshan breathed a sigh of relief.

But Pei Qu stopped again, and said meaningfully: "It's not that you don't want me to go in, you don't want to go in with me. Are you afraid that the teacher will take you to see someone?"

(End of this chapter)