marriage order

Chapter 7 Black Heart

Nanshan spent a difficult night in the restaurant, because her teacher didn't know how to take care of others, and turned a blind eye to the pain she was enduring, and only knew to sit aside and wait for her to wake up.

The morning light came in, and Nanshan moved, trying to prop up his heavy head and sit up.Huh?Why can't my right hand move?She quickly opened her eyes and took a look, only to find that her right hand was being held in the other. She suddenly came to her senses, quickly withdrew her hand, and successfully woke up Pei Qu who was sleeping on the opposite side.

Pei Qu only slept for half an hour, saw her wake up, got up and said: "It's dawn, disciple, do you want to go back home with your master?"

The teacher has such kind intentions, of course Nanshan will not refuse.

So the two quickly ate something to fill their stomachs, and then returned to Pei's house in Luoyang.As soon as Pei Qu returned to the mansion, he rushed to the backyard to reminisce about the past with his long-lost vegetable field.Nan Shan resentfully carried a big burden to take a bath, tidied himself up from head to toe, and then fell into a deep sleep.

This time I slept until it was dark, and there was a dim light outside the door, Nanshan sat on the edge of the bed and stared blankly, recalling what happened last night, and couldn't help but pat his forehead with regret.How could he not tell that the cold drink was mixed with wine?It must be because I fell asleep and my nose is not working well.Next time she wants to be so confused again, she might as well hit the wall.

She got out of bed and wanted to find something to eat, when a figure appeared at the door just right.Pei Qu held the wooden plate with one hand, and on it was a bowl of apricot cheese porridge and a plate of steamed cakes, which looked refreshing and filling.

Nanshan took a look and raised his head: "The teacher brought the dinner himself, this is called a student..." She paused, and took the initiative to admit her mistake, "Students shouldn't have slept until now."

"As a teacher, I am very disappointed to see that you don't have the awareness to be a guest, but I can't see that you starve to death." He passed the wooden tray steadily, and Nanshan raised his hand to take it, respectfully, as if receiving an imperial order of.

Pei Qu stood outside the door and didn't enter the house. He is an upright gentleman and a model of inconsistency.

During Nanshan's meal, he kept standing outside the door, as if to wait for her to finish eating.

Nanshan only cared about filling his stomach, so he ate quickly.She has never been very active while eating, Pei Qu waited outside for a long time, suddenly heard the sound of her getting up, so she turned around and took a look inside: "Just take out the plate."

Nanshan put the dishes back on the wooden tray, walked to the door and said, "It would be bad for the teacher to take them home, the students should send them by themselves."

Pei Qu ignored her, and he couldn't help but put on the wooden plate, exerting a little force on his hand.Nanshan had no choice but to let go, only to hear him ask: "Is the apricot cheese porridge delicious? Is it not sweet enough?"

"No, no, it's just right."

"is it?"

There was nothing unusual in Pei Qu's voice, as if he was just asking casually.Holding the wooden tray, he said: "When you return to Chang'an tomorrow, you have to get up early, wash up and then go to bed."

Nan Shan nodded and bowed to send him away respectfully.

Pei Qu walked to the end of the corridor without looking back, but when he was about to turn a corner, he looked back.

The next day, the teacher and the student returned to Chang'an as planned, and even spent the Duanyang Festival in a carriage.Compared with the last time from Chang'an to Luoyang, the two of them were a little warmer on the way this time.But it seems that in this hotness... it's all life and death.

Nanshan proposed to play chess, but when he searched the carriage, he found that there was no chessboard or chess pieces.The conditions were difficult, so she said, "Can the teacher play blindfold chess?"

"Down."

"Chess?"

"No fun." Pei Qu said, "playing Go."

Nanshan was startled.

Pei Qu glanced at her reaction: "I can't play blind Go?"

"Next!" Nanshan recovered his senses and rubbed his hands, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said to himself that the teacher is indeed more beastly.

It is not surprising to be able to play blind chess, because the number of pieces on the board is getting less and less, and the memory requirements are average.Go is completely different. The board is large, with many changes, and more and more pieces are played. Even facing the board, it is difficult to keep an eye on the game, let alone play a game of chess away from the real board?

Therefore, playing Go blind chess is a test of memory, and indeed only beasts can control it.

So one big and one small animals sat in the car with their heads sullen, and played blindfold chess.

"From east five south nine home!"

"East five south twelve homes."

The beginning was unremarkable, the teacher and the student each reported their coordinates, gradually, Nanshan bit his finger and frowned, and his chess gradually tightened up.From the perspective of chess style, she is a calm and stable teacher, but she can make the opponent feel a lot of pressure, and she has excellent endurance and great ambition. I am afraid that she has the belief of winning the first piece.

In contrast, Nanshan's way is a bit gangster, but very tenacious.

Playing chess is a good way to understand the opponent's personality. Pei Qu looks like an immovable mountain. His heart has been settled for many years, but the blood in his bones is still there, and it will still be a bright sword when it is unsheathed; Nanshan is like a junior who has just learned, impetuous but sharp, even if he gets injured in a confrontation with his senior, he will fight to the end.

Nanshan saw Pei Qu's unwillingness to be submerged in stagnant water, while Pei Qu saw her strong desire to win and even survive.

As a matchmaker, she doesn't need such a strong belief, so why did she develop such a temper?
Pei Qu slowly opened his eyes, while Nanshan let out a sigh of relief, the game of chess in his mind was getting bigger and bigger.She is not as good as Pei Qu in terms of stamina, although she has tried her best to get back, but she is still short of breath, she is so depressed that she wants to vomit blood.

Pei Qu said the last coordinate, stopped his hand in time, and slowly picked up the scroll at hand and tapped Nanshan's head: "I have nothing to do for the past nine years and nail it to the chessboard every day. You can't compare. If you lose, you lose." Come on, I won’t laugh at you as a teacher.”

Nanshan was knocked down, silently wrote down the chessboard in his mind, and said to himself: I haven't lost yet, I'll see you later!

"You are too hostile, and you are too quick, and you don't even understand the principle of giving up when you are in danger. You have to work hard." Pei Qu said methodically, and finally added, "If you are not a national player at the age of 20, you will not be a national player at the age of [-]. Hopeless. Being a teacher is useless, you are only a teenager, and you still have a chance."

"Why do you want to learn chess with national players? I learn chess just for fun."

"Who is your chess teacher?"

"It's a big hand! The king..."

"Okay, I know it as a teacher." Pei Qu interrupted her only after hearing his surname. This guy is a famous chess servant, known as Wang Shizhao. There are only a few big players in the whole country, and Wang Shizhao is one of them. .

Another annoying old man, Pei Qu was taught a lesson by him when he was a child.

At that time, Pei Qu hadn't learned chess for long, and Wang Shizhao hadn't yet reached the realm of national fame.The little brat slaughtered Dalong with his rude hands, Wang Shizhao was so angry that he chased him and ran to Qujiang, picked him up and spanked him, and almost threw him into the surging river.

After that, Pei Qu never spoke to him again.

Naturally, Nanshan didn't know that the teacher had such a past, and he didn't know Pei Qu's expression at that time, such as being beaten and crying and begging for mercy: "Don't throw it away, don't throw it away, the student is wrong, the student can't swim..."

Xu Miaowen, who was looking for Pei Qu's weaknesses, didn't catch anything, and Nanshan had no way of knowing.

The teacher and the student then played a few more games of blindfold chess, but they both played more than 200 moves and they stopped.Blindfold chess is addictive but exhausting. Pei Qu is a very restrained person, so she is not allowed to mention playing chess again.

Leaving aside the fighting part of the chess game along the way, I still had a relatively happy life.Before parting, Nanshan said: "Teacher is going to work in Wannian County tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"The county is full of chores, and the teacher may be too busy. From tomorrow on, the students will have to go around to say goodbye to the ladies. I'm afraid it will take a long time to meet the teacher again." She fell deeply, " Take care, teacher!"

Pei Qu sat firmly, raised his hand on his knee lightly, and then put it down quietly: "Well, take care."

Disciple, you probably don't know that being a teacher is like you, you have to run around Wannian County?
The teacher doesn't know the way very much now, so you take it with you when you kiss someone?
Even though Nanshan has excellent senses, he doesn't have the ability to listen to his heart.Therefore, she didn't know what was going on in the heart of the role model in front of her, she just raised her head and glanced at him, then got out of the car without looking back, and went straight to the workshop.

Seeing that her back was getting further away and finally disappeared from sight, Pei Qu put down the curtains of the car.

Shi Qing asked outside: "Will Qilang go back to the house directly?"

"Go to Miaowen."

At this time, there is still a while before the closing of the workshop, and Pei Qu is going to return the whitebait bag to Xu Miaowen.

At this time, Xu Miaowen was serving the distinguished guests at home, with a face of "I am an upright and good minister", carefully making tea for Shangyuan.

A curtain was raised in the mountain pavilion, and the cool breeze blows gently, accompanied by the fragrance of roses from the whole yard.The sun is slowly sinking to the west, and there is a sense of the end of the heat in the cool wind, which is really not like the weather that should be in summer.

He took a bowl of tea from Shangyuan, but he only took a sip before putting it down again, leaning on the desk to look at the reflection in the water very comfortably.

Xu Miaowen couldn't fully figure out her reason for coming, Shangyuan was like a ghost doing nothing, everywhere.However, in the land of Jingzhao, there is no place she wants to go but can't go - treat the courtyard of the courtiers as her own garden, come and leave whenever she wants, without saying hello or extravagant reception, sometimes she goes to the mountains Sit in the pavilion, drink tea, listen to the pipa, and even take a nap.

The princess has unique hobbies, which is really amazing.

The point is that her smiling tiger emperor uncle has always indulged her like this, and never interfered with her "disturbing the cleanliness of the officials' residence".Even if Yushitai received countless complaints, they all suppressed her.

So Shangyuan unscrupulously wandered around Jingzhao's mansions like a ghost, and today it happened to be the unlucky Xu Miaowen's turn.

Xu Miaowen only said three words, and Shangyuan told him to shut up.As a chatterbox, Xu Miaowen was about to be suffocated sitting opposite her, but he had to sit on his knees in a serious manner, which was really depressing.

He secretly rolled his eyes countless times, unexpectedly Shang Yuan turned his head to look at him suddenly: "Young Qing seems to have an opinion?"

Shangyuan's eyes are very poisonous, no matter how quickly Xu Miaowen rolls his eyes, he can't escape her keen capture.

Xu Miaowen shook his head, raised his hand and pulled his eyelids: "There is a bug in the eye of the lower official."

Of course Shangyuan knew that he was talking nonsense, but he didn't expose him, and said slowly: "Shaoqing claimed to be sick, and he hasn't been to the Yamen for many days. I think you are in good health."

Xu Miaowen has seen the big world, so he will not panic because of this sentence, he continued to lie without changing his face: "I did feel unwell two days before I was dismissed from office, today is good, and I can go to the yamen tomorrow, thank you Your Highness is concerned."

Shangyuan smiled without a trace.

If Xu Miaowen is a snake demon, then Shangyuan is probably an immortal eagle.

The curvature of the corners of Shangyuan's lips has not been flat, Xu Miaowen has not had time to rejoice, but Pei Qu came to tear down the stage very uncooperatively.

When Xu Miaowen heard that Pei Qu was coming, he was so frightened that he almost didn't jump up. He secretly gestured with the young man several times, but the stupid young man only frowned to show his poor understanding.

Xu Miaowen gave up communicating with him and could only watch Pei Qu walking towards the pavilion.

When Pei Qu approached, he realized that it was Shangyuan, and when he entered the pavilion, he bowed unhurriedly, only to feel that the corner of his clothes was suddenly pulled, and Xu Miaowen was tilting his head and winking at him, as if Tell him not to talk about the fish bag.

Pei Qu didn't want to tear down his old friend's platform, but what to do, the fish bag and the rope...

"Now the county captain of the eighth rank also has a fish bag?" Shangyuan's calm eyes fixed on a bit of rope protruding from Pei Qu's sleeve.

Xu Miaowen rolled her eyes again, she was done thinking, the poisonous-eyed woman is really not to be offended.

Unexpectedly, Pei Qu lied calmly: "Fish bag? The official has never had a fish bag." He glanced at the cuff, "Your Highness may have misunderstood."

As he spoke, he stretched his other hand into his sleeve and indeed took out a whitebait bag, but when he squeezed it, it was empty.What kind of fish bag is a fish bag without fish symbols?

Shangyuan never expected that Pei Qu could practice so quickly after going out for nine years.She was certain that Pei Qu had taken the fish talisman in the bag in a short while, but she couldn't expose it, so she had to bow her head and take a sip of tea.

There are many flavors in the tea, and the wind that sends it into the pavilion seems to be a little more anxious.

Pei Qu sat down beside Xu Miaowen, only to hear Shang Yuan ask: "I heard from the deacon lady that Xiao Nineteen took Pei Jun to the White Horse Temple a few days ago to see Mrs. Cui, but it seemed that nothing came of it. I have given Mr. Pei enough opportunities, I don't know if there is any lady that Mr. Pei likes in the Chashan association?"

Of course Pei Qu would not be so stupid as to answer her directly, but said: "I don't know His Highness's good intentions, and have been busy hiding the hook. I really failed His Highness's good intentions."

Shangyuan smiled faintly, busy hiding the hook?If he is really keen on games, why would he always guess that the hook is in Nanshan's hands?I'm afraid that the drunkard's intention is not to drink, maybe he suspects that Nanshan is the eyes and ears of that person?

"There will be a chance to see you again in the future, Mr. Pei don't have to feel disappointed. You can choose any one of the women in the Chashan Association, except Xiaojiu." Shangyuan's words were very deliberate, she lowered her head and turned the tea bowl lightly, raised her head and smiled , "People have their own couples, and the color must be the same."

Officials and civilians do not marry, good and bad do not marry, it is the household marriage 190.

Since Shangyuan raised the law, Xu Miaowen naturally refused to accept it, but he really didn't have the confidence to refute Shangyuan, so he could only slander one or two sentences.

Shangyuan crushed some cake crumbs with his hands, tilted his head and sprinkled them into the water, looked at them for a while, and lazily got up: "I'm here to entertain you, so don't send them away."

At this time, the servant not far away had already walked over with quick small steps, and bowed to lead him away.

After she left, Xu Miaowen sat down on the mat, grabbed Pei Qu and pawed at him, "Where's my fish charm? Where's the fish charm?"

"lost."

"You're going to die!" Xu Miaowen was anxious like a lunatic, shouting while searching, "If you really lose it, I'll drag you to jump into the Qujiang River. Anyway, I know how to swim, so I'll kill you first."

Pei Qu was threatened, and he took out the fish charm from the other sleeve pocket and handed it to him. Xu Miaowen breathed a sigh of relief, held his fish charm and blew distressedly, and said strangely: "It's all dirty by you." !"

On the small stove next to it, the water in the pot was still boiling, and the sound of "gurgling" was endless.Pei Qu glanced at the tea set on the low table, and said calmly, "Why did she come?"

Xu Miaowen put the fish talisman back into the fish bag, sat cross-legged as he wished, and snorted: "I forgot to tell you, the poison-eyed woman has a special hobby in the past nine years - playing Furong Garden and Qujiang I don’t go to the pool, I only go to other people’s courtyards, and I can go to whichever one I want. It’s very annoying. Oh, I’ve been to your house too.” He rubbed his chin and thought for a while, “If you make your courtyard into a Like the house in Luoyang, it’s full of vegetables, so I’m afraid she won’t want to go there.”

"Then I don't have to think about going home." There is no doubt that the stepmother who loves Pei's courtyard will kill him.

Thinking of his stepmother, Xu Miaowen laughed gloatingly three times, and leaned down on the small case handsomely: "I heard that you and your apprentice rode on the road overnight in a carriage, did you spend several nights together? Are you going to marry me?" As for her...it's not impossible."

Xu Miaowen put her head on the case, looked straight ahead, squinted her eyes slightly and continued, "First of all, being a concubine is not a problem at all. As for being a wife, it's not impossible. You don't have to listen to the nonsense of the evil-eyed woman. I know household marriage better than her." There are too many, and I am more professional than her in how to operate it. The grandfather of that girl was a foreign official. Although her father is not up to date, she is still eating the imperial food, and she is also working for the court. The status is not low, a half-official family It's just that your family status is poor, but your father and your stepmother won't care about it." He paused, "How is it?"

"It's not that good." Pei Qu took the teacup expressionlessly, poured it out and took a sip.What he cares about is not the status of officials and civilians, but why Shangyuan singled out Nanshan.

Let him continue to pay special attention and suspect Nanshan?Or she saw that he was unusual to Nanshan last time, so she wanted to see how she would treat her next on the basis of doubting Nanshan?
Shangyuan's thoughts have always been difficult to guess, just like she came to Xu's mansion today, she seemed to be sitting idle, but there was always an indescribable meaning-don't think that only that person is watching you, your every move is also affected by you. It's all within my control.

This seems to be a silent wrestling that cannot be put on the table, and it is like the wind that is constantly pouring into the pavilion, which makes people unable to calm down.

Even though it was windy outside, Pei Qu still had to go to Wannian County as scheduled.

Early in the morning, Pei Qu had already arrived at the county seat before the weather warmed up.Wearing a blue official uniform, it is very refreshing and good-looking, making the appearance seem younger.Pei Guangben looked him up and down, and snorted disdainfully—it's useless to be good-looking!After a month, you will be tanned into charcoal!

As soon as he finished humming, he heard: "Pei Mingfu, someone is here to deliver zongzi!"

Last time, Pei Guangben was not satisfied with the sweet rice dumplings sent by Nanshan, so he made an appointment for salty rice dumplings.Hearing this voice now, Xin Dao is really a good boy, too trustworthy!
Although the Dragon Boat Festival has passed...

When he was happy, he waved Pei Qu away: "Get out from behind."

Pei Qu did as he said, and after going out from the back door of the county house, he turned a corner and entered the alley.

At this time, Nanshan sent the salty rice dumplings to Pei Guangben's residence, and he praised him a lot, so he found an excuse to go out.

In fact, she has close contacts with Chi County and even Jingzhao Mansion, not limited to Wannian County.She is very good at being a person, and she can use the resources of the government to achieve her goals to the maximum extent, but she still makes others think that she is innocent and harmless, and she is really a leader in the world of misleading.

She has a lot of places to go today, and the time is limited so there is no room for waste, but just after leaving the county gate, when she turned a corner, she saw Pei Qu walking leisurely.

The duplicity teacher glanced at her and said, "What a coincidence."

The teacher threw away his face and acted out a coincidence, but the apprentice dismantled the stage uncooperatively.Nanshan looked at the corner of the alley, then looked at him, and said sincerely, "It's just a coincidence."

The teacher's thin face was torn into pieces by the heartless students, but he remained calm and said: "I have something to do with you, come here."

At this time, Nanshan was several steps away from him. She didn't rush to go there, but instead asked, "I heard from Pei Mingfu that the teacher has to visit Wannian County this month. Could it be that he doesn't know the way and is waiting for students here?"

The student is indeed a fine individual, and people don't know what to say when they speak so bluntly and directly.Fortunately, Pei Qu's face was torn to pieces, so he replied more bluntly: "Yes."

Let me tell you earlier, why bother to pretend to meet again, and put on an appearance of "the teacher has a good thing here, come here to give you sweets".

Nan Shan was also straightforward: "I'm going to several families today. In Changxing Yongle Erfang, if the teacher has no plans, just go with the students."

For such a generous and sensible student, the teacher did not say "Okay, I have a carriage for transportation" to reward with practical actions, and secondly, he did not say "Thank you for your hard work and trouble", but said: " You go ahead, the teacher will follow."

Nanshan then passed him and walked to the front.If her ears were not so good that she could hear the inaudible footsteps behind her, she might have to look back all the time, or tie a rope around her waist to drag the teacher, so as not to know that the teacher was lost.

The more you walk, the more poisonous the sun becomes. When you reach Changxing Square, the sun can burn your face.Nanshan is very skillful, put a small burden on his head to block the sun, and he can walk like flying.After walking for a while, she passed the Inspiration Temple, she stopped and looked back, huh?What about people?

She took a closer look, only to see Pei Qu wandering out from the gate of the temple slowly, holding a piece of melon in his hand.Nanshan was so focused on walking that he didn't even notice when he went to get melons.She was extremely thirsty at the moment, and when she saw the teacher holding a melon under the scorching sun, she felt that his whole body was glowing, as if a Buddha had just come out of the temple.

Pei Qu took advantage of his position to grab a piece of melon in the area under his jurisdiction, but he didn't eat a bite, so he gave it all to his disciples as a reward.Then he said: "You just go on your own and completely forget about the teacher. Isn't it inappropriate to act like this?"

Nan Shan lowered his head and gnawed on the melon. Hearing this, he finished the last two mouthfuls. He naturally took the handkerchief Pei Qu handed over, wiped his mouth and hands, and found out that the handkerchief was lent to him on a rainy day last time. Yes, she was about to put the handkerchief in her pocket, but Pei Qu took it back.

Nanshan's heart skipped a beat, and he blinked back to what he said just now: "Does the teacher want me to introduce this workshop while walking?"

Without giving Pei Qu time to answer, Nanshan continued immediately: "Every door and every household is introduced. I may not be able to walk through Changxing Square all day. Why don't I go back and draw the layout of the workshop to the teacher. The teacher is now Just go to Fangjiao Wuhou shop to order a seal."

In order to effectively supervise Pei Qu's street patrol, Pei Guangben asked him to go to the Wuhou shop in the corner of the square to get a seal after completing a tour, which counted as an assessment.

Nanshan's method is undoubtedly the best. The students are masters in the field of memory, and so are the teachers. This kind of cooperation is simply too easy.Pei Qu naturally knew that this method was good, but he felt displeased that the students just rushed forward and ignored him at all.

So he nodded and accepted the proposal, and at the same time he said to Nanshan: "When you encounter a door that opens to the street, you have to tell me. There have been too many changes in nine years. As a teacher, he just returned to the court, and many personnel and affairs are not good. It's clear."

He said it so pitifully, Nan Shan readily agreed.

Only high-ranking officials and dignitaries are qualified to open the door to the street, but small doors and small households are not allowed.What Pei Qu wants to know is naturally not the common people, but these officials and royal relatives.

Nanshan suddenly realized his purpose, so he talked to him decently.

She is like a monster that has eaten countless things, she can spit out things continuously, and no one knows how much stuff is stored in that little head.

For example, when passing by Secretary Liu Shaojian's house, she told Pei Qu about Liu Shaojian's current situation and some contacts, and Pei Qu said, "Liu Shaojian seems to be very frugal." Because the house looks really shabby.

She then said: "During the early morning in winter, the road was terribly cold. Liu Shaojian thought the hand stove was too expensive and extravagant, so he didn't eat anything before going out. He went to the shop in front to buy a piece of steamed cake, and used his sleeve robe to warm his hands. It’s almost enough and then eaten, without wasting a single bit. He also told the secret to his colleagues in the secretary’s province, claiming that it can warm hands and stomach, which is unspeakably beautiful. I really don’t know how much fun it is to save money. Where did it come from..."

Pei Qu said: "When I left, the secretary province was full of sick old men. I don't know what's going on now."

Nanshan said: "It's much better, much better, Liu Shaojian is very healthy!"

Walking to General Li's mansion, the mansion was built extravagantly, which shows that its owner is also rich and powerful.Pei Channel: "I remember that General Li had a garden in Da'anfang. I don't know if it has changed ownership now?"

"There is no change of owner, but because the green bamboos in the forest are lush and haunted, Jingzhao heard that General Li's secret guards were hidden in it, and this matter was heard by the Holy Lord, and General Li made people pull out all the bamboo overnight. To show innocence. Now the garden is nothing to see."

Pei Qu didn't answer any more, and Nanshan led him to continue walking to a garden: "Nine years ago, this was Ma Xianggong's garden. Later, Ma Xianggong took his family back home, and this garden was dedicated Gave it to the Holy One."

"I remember that Ma Xianggong seems to have not yet reached the age to become an official."

"That year, there was an apricot tree in the garden that bore surprisingly large apricots. When the sage knew about it, he only said, 'it's unreasonable to bear such big apricots, it's too weird', and Ma Xianggong dedicated the garden to it in a hurry. , and soon resigned and went back.”

"The Holy One seems to know everything."

It's okay to know the rumors in Jingzhaofang, even the older apricots in people's homes know, what else in this world does he not know?General Li and Ma Xianggong are also ministers who have experienced the wind and rain, but each of them has become a bird of fright. It can be seen how deep the fear brought to the courtiers by Wei Luo weaving these years.

Nanshan answered concisely, "Yes."

"You seem to know everything, too."

Nanshan, who had always been very relaxed while speaking, stared into Pei Qu's eyes without hesitation.Pei Qu had a calm expression on his face, as if the words just said were just casually without any deep meaning.

The two looked at each other for a while, and ended with Nanshan's sentence, "Students only have this little ability".

Nanshan's originally high spirits dropped quite a bit, she turned around and continued walking, stopped at the gate of a house, suddenly turned around, and said a little stiffly: "I want to replace Mrs. Song in Anyi. Speaking of love, if you don't want to wait, Mr. Wu can go to Wuhou's shop to get a seal and go back."

She turned around and passed the post to the porter, completely ignoring Pei Qu behind her.The address attitude also seems to have returned to when they first met, even more unfamiliar.

Pei Qu naturally understood what she meant, so he stood outside the door and waited until she came out.

Along the way, Nanshan didn't say a word of nonsense, even introducing the portal was very businesslike.I went to two more families in Changxing Square, and it was already afternoon.After going to Yongle Square next door, she went to Mrs. Sun's house to talk about the marriage proposal, and when she came out, she saw Pei Qu standing outside the side door waiting for her.

"Do you still have somewhere to go today?"

"My eldest grandson's house." She was in a better mood now, holding a piece of ice in her hand and hanging a small bundle on her wrist.Pei Qu stepped forward and untied her bag without any explanation, then tied it up to carry it for her, and said, "Let's go."

Nan Shan lowered his head and took a mouthful of ice, Pei Qu turned his head to look at her: "Where did you get it?"

"Aunt Sun gave it to her. She has ice in her house."

In the scorching summer, ice is a rarity, and it is not available to non-rich people.Nanshan obviously cherishes this piece of ice and eats it very carefully.It's so cold that it makes the tongue numb, and it seems that a little bit of sweetness can be tasted vaguely.

"Does it smell?"

Nanshan said without hesitation, "Sweet."

Pei Qu sighed quietly: "Ice is not eaten like this."

Nanshan continued to walk forward without speaking.

Pei Qu experienced her unhappiness today, and it can be regarded as gaining wisdom from a fall.

Nanshan suddenly broke off half a piece of ice and handed it over. Pei Qu was taken aback for a moment, but finally took it.

Nan Shan sat down in front of Wang Sheren's ruined house.Wang Sheren was poor and clean. Although the lintel was broken, there was not even a speck of dust.The sun has sunk a bit, and there is still an hour and a half before closing the workshop.The eldest grandson's wife's house was not far away, so she didn't need to worry, so she sat down and ate ice slowly.

Following her example, Pei Qu lowered his head and ate a mouthful of ice, but he couldn't comprehend the meaning of it, so he let it melt slowly in his hands.

The pagoda trees lined the street, and there was a cool breeze from the sky. Pei Qu asked her, "Why is it called 'Nanshan'?"

The front of Chang'an City is straight to Nanshan Mountain, and the back rests on Longshouyuan.Regarding Longshouyuan, it is rumored that a black dragon came out of Nanshan Mountain, drank the Wei River, and the trace it followed was Longshouyuan.Because of the terrain, geomantic omen, and various factors, even the palace where the emperor lived was perched high on the Longshou Plain, overlooking the whole Chang'an.

It is not very rare to have the surname Nan, but it is rare to have the name "Shan".

After eating the ice in his hand, Nan Shan took a deep breath, raised his head to look at the sun that had been tilted, squinted his eyes and said: "My nickname is not that, 'Shan' is my own name. "

As Xu Miaowen said, her parents were gone before she reached Ji, so if she doesn't depend on her relatives, it's understandable to use her own name to mess around.

"Then why use the word 'mountain'?"

Nan Shan turned sideways and exaggeratedly shrugged his shoulders: "Does it look like it?"

Her explanation was simply unreasonable. Before Pei Qu had time to say anything, she got up and planned to go to the eldest grandson's house.

But as soon as she stood up, she heard a lot of movement from the west.She squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, only to see a group of people marching forward, seeming to be escorting many people.

Pei Qu also stood up, and saw that the group of people was getting closer and closer, and when they were three or four zhang away, he realized that it was the Yamen who had arrested the person, and the one riding on the horse was none other than Pei Jiashiro. Serving Yushi Pei Liangchun.

Pei Liangchun's horse was getting closer and closer, Nanshan whispered at this moment: "Something happened to the eldest grandson's family."

Pei Qu was silent, Pei Liangchun had already seen him, but in an instant he shifted his gaze to Nan Shan who was beside him.

And in this look, it seemed that there was a knife hidden.

Although Pei Liangchun saw an acquaintance, he didn't rein in his horse to stop. Instead, he led the minions of the Criminal Department and escorted the suspect away without looking back.

The sound of the horse's hooves went away, Nan Shan came back to his senses and said, "Is that the imperial servant Pei Silang just now?"

Pei Qu has never met Pei Liangchun after returning to the country. Although he and Pei Liangchun are brothers, they are now separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.As soon as he returned to the country, he went to Luoyang, and Pei Liangchun had already set up another family. He built a house next to the Prince Chu's mansion in Pingkangfang, raised his "looted" wife, and rarely returned home.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is "robbed".Pei Liangchun's wife, Wei Shi, was originally Mrs. Duan Langzhong's official wife. Three years ago, Mr. Duan was imprisoned due to a misfortune.As soon as the wife's letter arrived, Pei Liangchun made a fuss to marry Wei Shi back home.

Because of this, there are always people saying that Duan Langzhong was falsely accused and imprisoned, and the charges were all fabricated, and even Pei Liangchun forced him to write the letter to release his wife.

The story of Pei Liangchun using all means to win a wife was widely spread at the time, and because of this, Pei Liangchun voluntarily moved out of his home and built a house in Pingkangfang, where he lives until now.

Pei Liangchun has been serving as an imperial censor for three years, and he is responsible for prosecuting bureaucrats and prosecuting prison lawsuits, but from the sixth rank, it plays a very important role.When you are an official, you can't just look at the rank. Although the rank of the censor is not high, it is an extremely noble and rare position.The reason why it is noble is because the censor serves the emperor, he is the eyes and ears of the sage, close to the core of power, and can speak well.

Pei Liangchun was a well-known black censor, with a stern, selfless, ruthless face, and he inherited the fine temperament of several of his superiors.To what extent?Even if his father, Pei Jin'an, who is the Minister of Zhongshu, was at fault, he would impeach and expose it without hesitation, let alone an insignificant younger brother like Pei Qu.

If Pei Qu made a mistake one day, I am afraid that Pei Liangchun would be the first to drag him to Yushitai.

It is also because of Pei Liangchun's rise to power that everyone in the family treats him very well - don't offend the censor who is in the limelight, they cannibalize people without blinking an eye.

Everywhere Pei Liangchun went, it always seemed a bit chilly.

Nan Shan shivered, and nudged Pei Qu: "What is the teacher thinking?" Pei Qu had been distracted for a long time, and did not respond for a long time.

He responded, and only said: "My elder brother looks majestic now."

"Pei Yushi is a student of Cao Zhongcheng. It is not difficult to follow the teacher's jade belt all the way to Qingyun." Nanshan was talking about Cao Zhongcheng's self-appointed Yushi three years ago, and he brought his favorite student from the secretary province.

The so-called "self-invention" is a system in which the chief censor selects the censor, and then removes the imperial censor in the name of the sage.

Originally, the selection and appointment of officials below the sixth rank was a matter for the Ministry of Officials, but because of the special position of the censor, it was treated separately.

Pei Liangchun has a good brain, he has a good teacher, and he is born with a black heart. It is foreseeable that he will become a dignitary in the official career in the future.

When the teacher and the student were thinking about discussing Pei Liangchun, suddenly a horse turned back, and the one riding on the horse was not Pei Liangchun, but one of his minions.That minion's posture was arrogant, and he didn't dismount, but condescendingly relayed Pei Liangchun's meaning: "Pei Yushi has something to tell the two of you."

Pei Channel: "Please tell me."

Minion said: "Pei Yushi asked Pei Shaofu to return home early today." He said and looked at Nanshan again.

Nanshan also followed Pei Channel: "Please tell me."

The minion said: "Pei Yushi asked the Southern media official to come to the house today."

Pei Liangchun's invitation sounded a bit like a Hongmen banquet, which made the invitees feel a little uneasy.Nan Shan glanced at Pei Qu, no doubt asking for help: "Teacher?"

Unexpectedly, the teacher said to the minions: "Got it."

When the minion got a response, he turned his horse's head and galloped away quickly.

"The teacher agreed like this?"

"I'm already living in the mansion now, and I have to go back sooner or later, why can't I agree?" Teacher Wuliang took her burden and turned around, "It's your own business that you can refuse in the future. I didn't do it for you as a teacher." Decide."

Violent and unreasonable, as if revenge for her cold face just now.

Nan Shan knew that he hadn't made any sense, so he quickly caught up with Pei Qu: "Teacher, please return the burden to me."

Something happened to the eldest grandson's family, so naturally they couldn't say goodbye, and today's plan ended ahead of schedule.Nanshan followed Pei Qu who didn't say a word to Chongyifang, just when the drums of the closed workshop sounded.

Chongyi Square is the second square from north to south from the east of Zhuquemen First Street, where most dignitaries live.Pei Jin'an is now an official to Zhongshu Ling, wearing a purple robe and jade belt, he is a gentleman, and the house he lives in covers an area of ​​twelve acres, with gardens and pavilions, not too big or too small, which fits his status.

The gate of the mansion opens across the street, and the first thing that catches the eye is the screen, followed by the vermilion gate. After entering the gate, there is an outer house for outsiders to have tea and rest, and then to the inside is the middle gate, where you can see the courtyard. Passing through the courtyard to the middle hall, it is a formal layout of a big family.

Although Nan Shan was with Pei Qu, he couldn't enter the hall directly.Thanks to the teacher's favor, she didn't have to wait in the outer house, but went into the courtyard and waited in the east hall, where someone served her tea.

Pei Qu did not enter the east hall with her to wait, he sent her here and walked first.

After Nanshan ran all day, his stomach was already empty.The servant brought fresh fruit, she took one from the wooden lattice, she was in a trance, it took a long time to recover, she stuffed the soft waxy fruit into her mouth, chewed and swallowed hard, there was a trace of pain on her face The color is as if there are sharp shards of ice crushing through the fragile and narrow throat.

Her complexion suddenly became extremely bad, and the maid next to her who was very winking quickly offered hot tea.Nan Shan took it and took a few sips of it, then he calmed down a bit, and then carefully looked at the furnishings in the hall.

There are pictures of horses painted on the wall, but they still seem to be the same after many years; there are six wooden screens in the hall, with clouds, cranes, mountains and rivers painted on the paper, which seem to be newly replaced; Clean, presumably very warm in winter.

Nan Shan was fascinated by watching, but he heard a knock on the door, and another maid came in and bowed and said: "Mr.

Nanshan immediately got up and straightened her clothes, she even felt that she looked a bit down and out.

She has been so down and out since many years ago, she should have gotten used to it by now.So she put away all her thoughts and went to the middle hall with the maid.

The hall is also paved with carpets, and the furnishings are just right.But she couldn't see too closely, because the one sitting in the hall was...

Huh?She actually met Yuan Shide, the grand master of this dynasty!
Yuan Shide is the teacher of Pei Jin'an, who has served three generations of emperors in his life.But Nanshan thought that Yuan Shide was just an old man through and through.

At this time, the old man Jing was sitting at the head of the middle hall of Mr. Pei's mansion, Pei Jin'an was sitting at the second seat, and Pei Qu was at the third seat.And the cases opposite Pei Qu must be reserved for Pei Liangchun.

Although the sky had not yet darkened, the torches and lanterns were lit in the mansion, and the halls were even brighter.Nan Shan entered the hall, stretched out his hands and bowed to complete the salute, then sat down at the last seat without being humble, and waited a little nervously for the next sentence.

Just at this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor.Nanshan listened carefully and guessed who was coming.Sure enough, the maid opened the door, and it was Pei Liangchun who entered the hall.

He hadn't had time to change into his official robes yet, so it could be seen that he came back in a hurry.

Pei Liangchun saluted Grand Master Yuan and his father, just sat down after a few cases, when his father asked: "Fang came back from the yamen?"

"That's right." Pei Liangchun responded, and said, "I met Qilang and Nanmeiguan in Yonglefang earlier, so I privately proposed to invite Nanmeiguan here. Qilang's marriage has not been settled for a long time, and I'm afraid he can't either." Procrastinate any longer."

What he did was reasonable and reasonable, and he even put on the hat of "thinking about the seventh brother".

But Pei Liangchun doesn't look like a person who does good deeds?Not to mention Nanshan, even Pei Qu didn't trust him.

But the person has already arrived, so what?Pei Liangchun glanced at Nanshan, and asked: "I heard that at the beginning of this month, the Nanshan media official made a special trip to Luoyang for Qilang's marriage. I wonder if there will be any results?"

"Back to Pei Yushi—"

Nanshan just opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Pei Qu beside him: "There is no result."

There was a distance between each case, Nanshan turned his head and glanced at Pei Qu, only vaguely saw that his expression was indifferent, and he could not see any emotion.

There was a sense of tension between the two brothers, Grand Master Yuan said at this moment: "Marriage is the most important thing in life, and you should not rush for success." He looked at Pei Qu very kindly, "Yun Qi, don't worry, it's time to come Always come."

Although the old man didn't tell Pei Liangchun not to meddle in his younger brother's business, he made his position clear with one sentence.

But he immediately said to Pei Liangchun: "Your seventh brother is young and doesn't understand your painstaking efforts, and his words are a bit blunt, so don't take it to heart."

Then he said to Nanshan: "Under the marriage order, the official media office is also busy all day long. It's really hard work. I hope to overcome all difficulties and do my best."

"Here." Nan Shan lowered his head in response, he had already pictured a cunning old man in his heart, but on the surface he was as usual.

After Grand Master Yuan finished speaking, Pei Jinan spoke again and quickly changed the subject: "Today, Yushitai arrested the eldest grandson servant?"

Pei Liangchun replied: "Eldest Sun Ji accepts bribes, raises magicians for astrology, and the rest of the crimes are still pending trial."

Grand Master Yuan pinched a handful of beard, responded slowly, and looked at Pei Qu again: "Yun Qi, what do you think?"

Pei Qu, who should know nothing about the affairs of the DPRK and China, has other plans in mind at this time.Changsun Ji was arrested, presumably not just because of the crimes of accepting bribes and raising magicians for astrology.These are just appearances, the real reason is probably——

At this time, the word "National Seal" popped up in Nanshan's mind, but she suppressed it immediately.

Extremely thirsty, she quietly picked up the jade cup on the table and took a sip of the buttermilk secretly, when Pei Qu replied, "I don't know, junior."

What a smart man, Nanshan swallowed the cold buttermilk, and then slandered again - what a smart, cunning, and hypocritical man.

"It's normal for him not to know." Pei Jin'an spoke for his youngest son, then glanced at Nanshan who had started to steal food, and said, "Let's eat."

So Nanshan drank the buttermilk openly, but before she finished a cup, Pei Liangchun, who was diagonally opposite, said without restraint: "The Nanshan media official is very similar to someone I know. The seat of the southern media officer has been used." He said and looked at the two old men on the second chief seat, "Does the grand master and father think the same?"

Pei Liangchun underestimated the two old men on the first and second seats.

Taishi Yuan looked at the student with a confused face, "Who? Why don't I know?"

Pei Jin'an was also confused: "The students don't know much about it either."

Then both of them looked at Pei Liangchun together.

Pei Liangchun looked at Nanshan and said, "Chaoge, the Southern media official is very similar to Chaoge, isn't he?"

Nan Shan slowly turned the utensils in a circle, while Pei Qu casually took a sip of wine.

Yuan Taishi said: "Which one is Chaoge?"

Pei Jin'an frowned and thought for a while, then returned to the teacher and said, "Chaoge is..." He has always had an excellent memory, but now he looks like his brain has been beaten to pieces. He has thought hard for a long time but still has no result, "Student I only have a slight impression that I am really old and can't remember many things."

Pei Liangchun never expected that the two old men would pretend to be ignorant, so he simply said: "Chaoge lived in the mansion for more than a month nine years ago, and my father doesn't remember it?"

Pei Jin'an was in deep thought, and suddenly raised his head and said: "Chaoge, ah, that child." Then he explained to Grand Master Yuan, "I don't know if the teacher still remembers a little girl that Yun Qi brought back that year, she was so thin , but seven or eight years old, it seems that her parents died in the famine, and she was helpless. The teacher once came to the house and saw her."

Grand Master Yuan narrowed his eyes, as if he was slowly recalling: "Nine years ago, yes, there seemed to be such a child, I don't know if he was dumb, he couldn't say a word, and he was pretty. She looks similar to the Southern media official, but—” Yuan Taishi looked at Nanshan who was holding chopsticks in his left hand, “That kid is different from the Southern media official, he is not left-handed, and his life seems to be very thin.”

"It is true that the blessing is too shallow, and in the end I lost my life early."

One teacher and one apprentice agreed with each other, and turned the matter around, which suddenly hurt the past.

What Pei Liangchun wanted was not this, he refused to let it go, so he said: "It is true that Chaoge disappeared after leaving the mansion, but no body was found, how can father be sure that Chaoge is dead? With this identity, I can live well in this city.”

Grand Master Yuan was still kind-hearted, and when he heard Pei Liangchun being entangled like this, he felt annoyed: "Little bastard really can't open any pot, and Chao Ge is a person who deserved to die a long time ago. Now let's take it to the stage and say it's true." It's endless, if there are too many censors, it will really rot your mind!
Of course Pei Jin'an knew that the teacher was very upset, so he hurriedly stopped his son: "The world is dangerous, but a little girl, who left here with no relatives and no reason, how can she change her face and live?" It's dead, don't mention it again."

Pei Liangchun responded: "It's stupid, I hope the grand master and father don't blame me." He said and looked at Nanshan meaningfully, "I just met the Nanshan media official and recalled the past, if I have any presumptuousness, please ask Nanshan Media officials don’t take it to heart.”

His attitude is already very good-tempered.Nanshan was almost flattered, for the cruel and ruthless Shi Yushi to say such polite words, he really got the honor of the grand master and Zhongshu Xianggong.

She said, "Where is that?" Then she glanced at Pei Qu who was drinking.

The teacher stayed out of the matter from the beginning to the end, and said nothing, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

After eating this meal, it was already dark outside the house, and the door of the workshop was closed long ago.However, it is impossible for Grand Master Yuan to stay overnight in Xianggong's mansion, and the closed workshop has little effect on him. He only needs to rely on a goldfish bag to run amok in the capital.

As for Nanshan...

All he could do was stand on the porch in a daze, waiting to be "handled".

The whole family left after sending the grand master off, and only then did they think of Nanshan.The arrangement Pei's family gave her was - a serious guest house, and she was finally allowed to live there.Nanshan used to live outside often, but he would tell Fengniang in advance.Things happened suddenly today, Feng Niang didn't believe it, seeing that Nanshan didn't go back now, she might be worried.

She was worried, but she couldn't go to Pei Xianggong and say "please take me back with your fish bag", so naturally she didn't have much good mood.

The maid led her to the guest room to rest, and on the way she saw Pei Liangchun talking with Pei Qu in the pavilion.Pei Qu sat with his back straight, and Nanshan felt that that was the posture she knew Pei Jun should have.

She didn't stop, just took a look or two, and then went to Xishe.

After washing up, Nan Shan didn't feel much sleepy, so he sat down on a pillar in the corridor outside the house.She lost her mind unknowingly, but within half an hour, she seemed to have had a spring and autumn dream, and she didn't even know where she was after waking up.

She returned to her senses for a while, subconsciously turned her head, but saw Pei Qu standing diagonally behind.

Probably because she was not fully awake yet, she didn't stand up in a hurry, but turned around again, staring at the courtyard in a daze.

Pei Qu walked to the other side of the pillar and sat down. Nanshan raised his hand and rubbed his face vigorously, as if to wake himself up.She looked at the gradually plump moon and said, "Master, you still lived in this mansion nine years ago?"

"Yes."

"So when Chao Ge lived in this mansion, the teacher was still there."

"Yes."

"Teacher knows Chaoge."

"Yes."

"Then why did she leave this mansion later?"

Nan Shan turned his head, but he could only see a thick pillar and Pei Qu's hand resting on his knee.Nanshan couldn't see his face, so it was difficult to see his expression.

Pei Qu slowly returned to her through the pillar: "I sent her away."

"Ok?"

"I had to go on a long trip that year, and I didn't know when I would be able to return, so I sent her away."

"teacher."

Nan Shan suddenly called out to him solemnly, Pei Qu's stagnant heart suddenly jumped.

"Teacher is too cruel. It's very sad to throw him out after being rescued." Nanshan paused while speaking, "So, is that all?"

"That's it."

"Doesn't the teacher know her current whereabouts?"

"do not know."

Nan Shan sat bent over, resting his chin with one hand, and said again: "Why don't you find out?"

A trace of pain appeared on Pei Qu's face hidden in the dark: "At that time, I thought it would be the best for her to live incognito. No news is probably the best news."

"But bad news?"

"Yes."

"What kind of news?"

"The person who was entrusted wrote to me later, saying that she was separated from her. At that time, I was far away from home, and it seemed that I would never come back, let alone return to Chang'an. Later, I often thought, since the capital cannot tolerate Her, I can take her away quietly." His gentle and sad voice was like a river that couldn't be more gentle, with no waves to be seen, but quiet and hopeless.He added, "I also tried to find her after I came back. At one point I even thought you were the child back then."

Nanshan supported his chin with another hand, and asked in surprise, "Me?"

"I don't know why I feel that way, because you're not like that. The kid is poorly talkative, and you're talking; the kid is right-handed, and you're left-handed; the kid eats very slowly, and you ..." He stopped in time, "If we were not looking for similarities, there might be only one, and you all have a photographic memory."

Nan Shan raised his chin with both hands, and asked him thoughtfully: "So the teacher didn't treat me like other media officials, and even accepted me as a student. Is this the reason?"

"It's just one aspect." Pei Qu seemed to be very honest, "The more important reason is that I need you."

It sounds gross but it's the truth.

As far as Pei Qu is concerned, being in this court hall now is undoubtedly tantamount to being in a dark valley, where he can't see clearly.And Nanshan is a guiding light that appeared in his world, able to reach out to clear the fog and lead him forward.

He did need her.Although there may be other options and methods, Nanshan is a shortcut.

Nanshan didn't mind being used. She accepted the reality calmly, and asked Pei Qu: "Then what am I in the teacher's eyes? And, what can I get from the teacher?"

She works as a handyman for the ladies of the Chashan Association, and she can get good rice and cloth; she does errands for the teacher and serves as a guide light, so she naturally asks for a benefit.

Pei Qu replied one by one: "You are my student, what do you want?"

Nanshan thought seriously for a while: "I want to eat oranges, fresh sweet oranges hanging on the tree."

"It's not difficult. There are as many as 24 states that pay tribute to oranges. I can take you to other places to pick oranges and eat them."

"I don't want to go anywhere."

"There are no citrus trees in Chang'an, and even if they grow, they are not delicious."

"I don't want to go anywhere."

She had already shown stubbornness in her words, Pei Qu had experienced her temper, so he stopped shaving against her hair, fearing that she would get angry again, he just said: "Okay, I will remember it for the teacher."

He agreed so simply, Nan Shan didn't know what to say.The atmosphere suddenly sank to the bottom, as if the two of them were about to be crushed by this dark scene.She opened her mouth to the crescent moon, and finally closed her mouth out of boredom, stood up and said, "I'm going to sleep, and the teacher also rests earlier."

"Wait a minute." Pei Qu suddenly stopped her at this moment.

"Huh?" Nanshan still looked to the other side through the pillar, this time she saw his feet completely.

"Since my elder brother suspects you today, he won't let you go easily. I know a thing or two about his temper, so you have to be careful."

"I know." Nanshan nodded, "Mr. Xie reminded me, see you tomorrow." She turned around and planned to go back to sleep, but Pei Qu got up at this moment.He blocked Nanshan's way with his body, looked at her condescendingly, and said softly, "Open your mouth."

Nan Shan actually opened his mouth by accident, and Pei Qu stuffed a small piece of food into her mouth as quickly as possible, with a very gentle expression on his face: "Is it delicious?"

Nanshan had [-]% trust in him, thinking that it would not be poison, so he chewed and swallowed it.She nodded: "Delicious."

"Tell me what it smells like."

Pei Jun, who had always been gentle, had a burning gaze at this time, as if he wanted to see through people, but Nanshan was a little panicked when he saw it.Compared with panic, she felt more fear at the moment.She backed up subconsciously, but was stopped by Pei Qu's hand extending behind her.

She suddenly came back to her senses, met Pei Qu's gaze, and replied calmly: "It tastes good, that's it."

But obviously Pei Qu didn't intend to let her go so easily, his changing eyes seemed to have seen through her mind, and he asked aggressively, "Is it sweet or salty, sour or spicy? Can you tell the difference? "

This undoubtedly put great pressure on Nanshan. She was thinking to hold on, not to be overwhelmed by the evil forces, but she couldn't hold the hand under her sleeve.She frowned and asked, "What did the teacher want to say?"

"You know what I'm going to say." His voice was the same as before, but there was hidden pressure from the top, which made Nanshan feel uncomfortable.

The confrontation between the two sides lasted for a long time, Nanshan turned his head: "I'm not a bug in the teacher's belly, I can't guess what the teacher is going to say."

She was obviously very upset, but Pei Qu felt that there was no better opportunity than this, so he calmly announced his deduction: "You can't taste it."

Nanshan turned his head back to stare at him.

"In the restaurant outside the White Horse Temple on the third day of junior high school, the cold drink was mixed with alcohol, and you couldn't drink it." He was not in a hurry, "On the fourth day of junior high school, I was in the Luoyang house, and the apricot cheese porridge I gave you was not put Sugar, but you said it was very sweet. You eat quickly because you can’t taste the taste, so you want to deal with it sloppily. Why are you lying?”

Nanshan's chest heaved and heaved at what he said, as if she was holding her breath, but she was able to calm herself down quickly, staring at Pei Qu's eyes without blinking, and asked: "It's an honor not to be able to taste the taste." matter?"

"No."

"Since it's not an honorable thing, why should I confess it to others? Is it okay for me to know?" She justified, "Whether it's sick or not tasty, it's all a student's privacy, and I don't want others to know. Is there something wrong?"

"correct."

"Then stop here." She held her breath and was about to collapse, lowered her head and lowered her voice, "Students are going to bed."

Showing a pitiful appearance is a very skillful show of weakness, but in this show of weakness, there is a lot of sadness hidden.

Pei Qu raised his hand slowly, subconsciously trying to comfort her.The fingertips were about to touch the back of her head, but Nanshan suddenly raised his head.Pei Qu withdrew his hand little by little, and said slowly: "Master, I understand that you don't want others to know, but this is not a minor illness. If it can be cured, you don't have to hide it and procrastinate." He then asked, "When will you start?" Can't taste it anymore?"

His voice was so close at hand, Nanshan felt as if he was still trapped in a big spring and autumn dream and did not wake up.She stood quietly for a while, and when all her emotions calmed down, her voice became extraordinarily calm: "I don't really remember, I got sick for a while, and then it was like this. If you do the math, it's been a few years That's all."

This peace of mind is a helpless compromise and acceptance.Tasteless food, loss of the most basic joy of being a human being, it is easy to detest oneself, and thus completely abolished.She has worked hard to live these years, but she often feels bored and bored, and her diet is a burden, so it is difficult to be happy.But she had to live, to live like this.

But what has she lived like?Is this appearance what she really wants?

Nan Shan was dejected, but he pulled himself together and smiled, looking up at Pei Qu.

Her eyes seemed to be able to speak, and they were full of hard-fought hopes. She opened her mouth and finally said: "Then, if the teacher knows a good doctor, please introduce me."

After finishing speaking, she immediately turned around, bypassed Pei Qu and went back to the house.

She didn't turn on the light, she moved freely in the dark, quickly tidied herself up, and lay down on the bed.There was an unstoppable chirping of insects outside the house. After waiting for a long time, I heard Pei Qu's footsteps gradually drifting away, and finally disappeared in this unclear moonlit night.

Nanshan seldom dreamed, and when he did dream, it would be extremely long and procrastinated.With the dawn light outside the house, she sat up from the bed and rubbed her face with her hands, but there was still no taste in her mouth.She dreamed of a lot of citrus, carrying them into the house one by one, and she ate them without restraint, until the orange juice was sticky on her hands after peeling.The sweet smell in the fragrance, and the delicious sweetness of citrus flesh, which is more coveted than sugar, constitute the most unforgettable part of her whole dream.

In the dream, she was still very young, and she was taught by her grandfather because she ate too many oranges, and she always said the same sentence: "If you eat like this, you will spoil your stomach. No matter how good everything is, you must be in moderation. If you want Understand this truth."

Grandfather would always take every opportunity to teach her a lesson, but now that he thinks about it, he only remembers this sentence.

A moment of confusion flashed across Nanshan's mind, but she quickly woke up and climbed out of bed.As soon as he was fully dressed, he heard the maid outside knocking on the door.The wash water and breakfast were brought to her, and she hurriedly settled them before heading forward.

At this time, the people in the mansion who were supposed to go out had almost left.Pei Jin'an naturally went to catch up with Chang Shen early in the morning, and Pei Liangchun also went to the Yamen early, but the idler Pei Qu was currently picking horses in the stables of the main courtyard.

The largest square in Chang'an City is nearly two miles from north to south, and the smallest square is also one mile from north to south. Wannian County occupies about half of Chang'an. It would be very hard to complete the tour on foot within a month, so Pei Qu decided to ride a horse.

Due to the high demand for war horses, ordinary people do not know how to raise horses, except for powerful officials.For example, Mr. Lin Lin, Grand Master Yuan, has been rewarded dozens of times, and there should be countless horses in his family.However, Taishi Yuan was quite self-aware, so he handed over the rewarded horses and cubs to the imperial court, and kept only a few for his own use.

If you raise too many horses, you will be suspected of having a rebellious heart. Of course Grand Master Yuan would not dig such a pit for himself and jump into it.In fact, as an important minister under the late emperor, he was suspected countless times by the emperor, and the emperor probably wanted to get rid of him, but this old guy is really weird, even though the emperor dug countless traps, he would not even glance at him, let alone kill him. went in.

In today's situation, non-intelligent people cannot live.But cleverness also needs to be controlled, otherwise it will cost your own life, it is really difficult to grasp.

In short, for the people of Chang'an, horses are still exclusive to rich and noble families.Ordinary people can only borrow or loan horses if they want to use them.Some said that the impoverished son wanted to go to Pingkangfang to have sex with prostitutes, and borrowed a good horse to pretend to be a son of a rich family who beat his face swollen and pretended to be a fat man; Riding a donkey, although it looks very poor, is very open-minded." It can only explain the horses in disguise - especially the gold of good horses.

There are about a dozen horses in Pei's residence, and Pei Qu took two of them today.

He led the horse out of the outer courtyard, and waited for Nanshan at the door, apparently to give her a horse to ride.His reason is also very simple, since the apprentice can help patrol the workshop, it is natural to reward him with some benefits, such as this tall horse.

What's more, he made the apprentice so unhappy last night, so he should comfort her well.

When Nanshan came out and saw this scene, he was taken aback for a moment, but when he saw the teacher handing the rein to him proudly, he immediately reacted: "Is it for me to ride?"

"Yes."

She asked greedily, "Do you want to pay it back?"

"want."

Pei Jun didn't change his stingy nature, but Nan Shan still thanked him.

It was getting late, Nanshan jumped on his horse and said, "Teacher, let's go quickly, the sun is a bit poisonous."

The apprentice was so active that the teacher had no choice but to keep up.

Nanshan is quite skilled in riding horses.Even if he is used to riding a donkey, it is impossible to get to this situation.Pei Qu followed behind, seeing her as usual but somewhat different back, almost distracted.He followed up again: "Are you going to leave the teacher behind again? Wouldn't it be better to walk slowly? Whose house is that?"

Nan Shan glanced quickly, then turned around and said, "Master, don't you really know? This is Pei Yushi's family."

I don't even know where my brother's house is. It seems that the relationship is too ordinary, but it is understandable.According to the ranking, Pei Qu has several elder brothers, apart from his cousins, there are two in his own family, one is Pei Dalang, who is now an official in Yizhou; the other is Silang Pei Liangchun.

Pei Dalang and Pei Qu were born to the same mother, and the mother was Pei Jin'an's official wife, so they were counted as descendants.But Pei Liangchun came from a concubine's room, so there was naturally a gap between him and the two brothers.

Pei Liangchun's biological mother, Mrs. Zhang, is very beautiful and is also very much loved by Pei Jinan.That year when Pei Jin'an's wife passed away, there was no one on the top of the Zhang family to overwhelm him, but in a blink of an eye, Pei Jin'an married a woman with five surnames and came back to continue the family. Zhang's family was overwhelmed by this young and arrogant woman with five surnames. Son.

According to household marriage regulations, a concubine is a concubine, and a wife is a wife. Taking a concubine as a wife is a reversal of the crown, disorder of the etiquette, and violation of the law.

So Mrs. Zhang can only be a concubine for the rest of her life, and no matter how arrogant she is, she can't become the mistress.

She has been subject to this status for too many years, and her heart has gradually become vicious, and even taught her precious son to be black-hearted and ruthless.

People cannot choose their own origin, which is the inherent limitation of everyone.

Pei Liangchun understood this truth very well, so he worked hard to climb up; Nanshan also understood this truth, so he worked hard for these years.

The weather was so dry that there was dust everywhere, and looking up, it was all gray. The elms and willows on both sides of the road were all listless. The master and the apprentice rode horses to patrol the street for two days, and they were all burned by the sun. .

Unexpectedly, when the evening approached, what sounded together with the street drums was a burst of "rumbling" thunder.

"It's going to rain!" A child in the corner cheered happily. Pei Qu reined in the reins and called to Nanshan: "Let's go here today. If it rains halfway, you can find a place to hide and don't get wet." Wet and sick."

Nanshan responded in a sloppy manner, and as soon as he clamped the horse's belly, he left in a hurry.

She lives in Chang'an County to the west of Chang'an City. Compared with Wannian County to the east, there are much fewer dignitaries, but there are many poor people.It seems that because of poverty, there is no high wall to separate them, but the neighbors get along harmoniously.

As soon as she entered the workshop, someone greeted her: "The Southern media official is back! Oh, it's raining so hard, it's going to be soaked, go home and change clothes!"

At this time, the rain was getting heavier, and Nanshan was drenched, but she didn't feel annoyed or anxious at all. Instead, she wanted to soak for a while longer.

The horse ran fast, and when it was about to reach the door, the aunt next door suddenly rushed out when she heard the sound.

"Nan Niangzi!" The woman stopped her anxiously, ignoring the heavy rain outside.

Nanshan suddenly had an ominous premonition, and she immediately reined in: "What's wrong?"

"Feng Niang——Feng Niang was taken away by the yamen!"

(End of this chapter)