(two-in-one) Lin Jue rubbed his eyes and yawned, "What's wrong?" I'm dreaming. ”

The little county lord smiled: "Go back and go to sleep, I ordered someone to go back to the palace to get a waterbed, and put it in the pavilion at noon for you to sleep well." But now you're afraid you're going to get up, and someone from the house is visiting. ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Who, come early in the morning." Can't you push it? ”

"It's Lord Ma, who said that he has something important to say to you. Don't you see? Then I sent him back. Guo Caiwei stretched out her hand for Lin Jue and pulled her loose hair and said softly.

"Ma Bin?" Lin Jue sat up and said in a loud voice: "That must be seen, that must be seen." And I got up. Green Dance, the clothes I ironed for last night are still with her. ”

"The Green Dancing Girl has already sent it over. She went to the jujube orchard early in the morning. I asked her to send a few sets of clothes and some snacks to Miss Xie. I was afraid that Miss Xie would go to the theater, so she went early in the morning. Guo Caiwei said with a smile.

Lin Jue oh oh, hurriedly getting dressed. Guo Caiwei was busy helping, buttoned the cloth button under his armpit for him, which he would never be able to buckle himself, and went out to order someone to fetch water and wait for Lin Jue to wash. Lin Jue quickly finished washing, combed his hair in a bun, and walked quickly to the front hall to meet guests.

Ma Bin was sitting in the antechamber drinking tea. Lin Jue stepped in and said with a smile: "Master Ma, hehehe, rare guests." Shicai was still asleep, so it was too late, so Master Ma waited for a long time. ”

Ma Bin put down the teacup and got up with a smile and saluted: "It seems that I came at the wrong time, disturbing Brother Lin's good dreams." But I have to come. There is news about that, I have to rush to report to Brother Lin as soon as possible. ”

Lin Jue was overjoyed and said in a low voice: "Found it?" ”

"Well, I only found out last night. Your teacher is good enough, how many days have it been, and he hasn't even returned home. My brothers stared at him for so many days without any results. However, someone went to deliver something to Fang Zhongcheng last night, and my brother followed that person, followed the vine, and finally found the person you were looking for. Hey, I actually asked outsiders to help send things to Fang Zhongcheng, how much I wanted to avoid Brother Lin. Ma Bin recounted what happened in a few words, and did not forget to complain.

Lin Juexi said: "Great, great." It's hard work. Where do they stay? ”

"Oh, in Xinwazi Street, outside the Fengqiu Gate in the north of the city, I don't know the exact location, but my brother knows. And he will take you there. Ma Bin said with a smile.

"Good, good. Then I can leave now. By the way, I have worked hard for Lord Ma and your brothers. This one...... Wait a minute, I'll be right there. Lin Jue hurried away, leaving Ma Bin standing in the hall for some reason.

After a while, Lin Jue came back, already wearing a hat, riding boots, and a short dress on his body, which was a horse riding attire. Seeing Ma Bin, Lin Jue reached out and took out a few silver tickets from his arms and handed them over: "Lord Ma, just a little heart, please accept it." The brothers have worked hard, give them a drink. ”

Ma Bin waved his hand again and again: "What is this doing?" Do I have to pay for doing something for you Brother Lin? Brother Lin also looks down on me Ma Bin. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Who gave it to you, to the brother who helped your subordinates." The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and people help in vain. As for you, Master Ma, I'll invite you to a drink another day, and I'm still thinking about asking for silver, but I won't give you a tael. Hahaha. ”

Ma Bin smiled and said, "In this way, then I will accept it on behalf of my brothers and give it to them later." Here's a thank you on behalf of them, Lord Lin. ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "Do you humiliate me from time to time?" What Lord Lin, my official position has become a laughing stock in the city, and you, Lord Ma, will also laugh at me. ”

Ma Bin hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I don't mean that." Hey, but it's true, why did you only give that official? You're a good man. Your father-in-law doesn't help you run the operation, and he really teaches people to make fire. I drank with Commander Shen yesterday, and the two of us scolded for a long time, fighting for you. In other words, someone must be playing tricks behind it. I'm wondering if the last time you beat Lu Yanei, Lu Xiang deliberately corrected you. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Thank you Lord Ma for your concern, it's nothing, I'm not interested in official positions." That official position...... It's pretty good, too. ”

Ma Bin smacked his lips and said, "Brother Lin, you are a talent, the court can't treat you like this." Brother Lin, if no one is willing to help, I, Ma Bin, can help you. My Imperial City Division lacks people like you, Brother Lin. I also told my envoy about you that day, and he said that if you want to come to the Imperial City Division, he can arrange it for you. It's a big deal that you're here, and I'll give you this deputy envoy, and I'll be your brother. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "Don't dare, don't be kidding." How could I do that. Putting that aside, I'll have to find someone first. It's good for you to have a brother to show you the way. ”

Ma Bin nodded and said, "It's okay, it's not too late to talk about these things." I have to go to the Yamen, and I can't go with you, so I ordered the brother who was watching last night to accompany you. Let's talk about it later. ”

Lin Jue nodded in agreement, and at that moment Lin Jue asked Xiaohu to prepare the horses and went out of the house with Ma Bin. At the door, several brothers of the Imperial City Division were chatting under the big tree, and Ma Bin called a brother who had been on business yesterday over and instructed him to lead the way for Lin Jue. After a few words, he said goodbye to Lin Jue, and walked away with the rest of the people.

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Lin Jue, Xiaohu and the brother named Amu of the Imperial City Division got on the horse together, left the house of the Great Xiangguo Temple and went all the way to the east, and then turned north, went out of the north gate of the inner city through Mahang Street, and arrived at the street outside the Fengqiu Gate. Half an hour later, we came to the edge of a messy residential area.

Although the streets in the inner city of Bianliang City are wide and the houses are exquisite, after all, the number of rich people is still only a very small minority, and not everyone in the inner city has the conditions to live, and the vast majority of ordinary people still live in some residential areas in the outer city. The houses here are far worse than those in the inner city, and although they are not slums in the full sense of the word, they are not a habitable place with old houses, narrow roads and sewage flows.

Amu led Lin Jue and Xiaohu into this residential area, but saw that the cobweb-like alleys were connected like a labyrinth, and the half-naked children in the narrow alleys were running around dirty. The alleys lined the alleys with ditches at the base of the walls, on which dirt and fallen leaves floated, emitting a foul stench from the evaporation of the sun. Occasionally, a dirty rat emerges from the gutter and then quickly disappears on the other side. The wooden buildings on both sides also smell of mildew in the air. The various smells mix together and make people's hearts churn and sick.

In this kind of place, it is rare to see people like Lin Jue and them come in with neatly dressed people on tall horses, so Lin Jue and the other three walked in the streets and alleys and gained many curious eyes. A group of children were curiously chasing after the horses and running and frolicking, and there were also some ragged people in the houses on both sides who were full of vicissitudes of life, and cast confused eyes at Lin Jue and others.

Looking at this scene, Lin Jue's mood suddenly became extremely heavy from anticipation. How can Huanqiu settle down in such a place? Huanqiu loves cleanliness very much, and she is a girl who loves beauty, how can she endure such a filthy environment? Wouldn't Huanqiu's illness be worse in such a place? All of this was caused by himself, which made Lin Jue feel very guilty in his heart. He secretly decided that no matter what, he would see Huanqiu today and take her out of here. She must not be allowed to live in such a place.

In addition, Lin Jue also had a lot of feelings about the large area of civilians gathering in front of him. The Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed not as glamorous as it seemed. If you look at the living conditions of the common people under the feet of these days, you can see how poor and poor their lives are. The Great Zhou Dynasty has been peaceful for a hundred years, recuperating and recuperating, known as the eternal peaceful and prosperous era. But these circumstances make this slogan empty. It is not that there are no poor people in the prosperous era, but that the people are extremely poor on such a large scale, and it is in Bianliang City at the foot of the prosperous Son of Heaven, which has to say that the Great Zhou Dynasty is indeed sick, and the illness is not light.

This place of gathering of civilians is very large, and it takes half an hour just to walk through the alleys, and it is very easy to get lost when twisting to the left. If it weren't for Amu leading the way, Lin Jue and Xiaohu would probably be lost here. But finally, after passing through a dozen alleys in a row, the three of them arrived at a slightly open place, which was enclosed by a low wall, and a large locust tree could be seen standing in the distance, green leaves, and the sound of leaves.

"Lord Lin, there is a small courtyard to the east of the locust tree, which is where the villain tracked him last night." Amu leaned over and pointed to the canopy of the locust tree.

Lin Jue sighed and nodded, "Thank you brother for showing you the way, hard work brother." The brother can take care of himself, so he doesn't have to worry about the brother here. ”

"Okay, the villain will take his leave." Amu immediately took his leave, turned his horse's head and left.

Because of the low wall, Lin Jue and Lin Hu could only dismount and lead the horses to the earthen wall. The earthen wall was only four feet high, reaching Lin Jue's forehead. Lin Jue and Xiaohu spared more than a hundred steps, but they didn't find the entrance.

"Xiaohu, you lead the horse to find the way over, and I'll go over the wall to take a look. Anyway, with this big locust tree as the goal, it will not be lost. Lin Jue saw that people were heartfelt, so he said to Lin Hu.

Lin Hu knew Gongzi's thoughts, and he was anxious to see Miss Huanqiu. The terrain here is not familiar, and I don't know where to go around the road, so it is not as convenient as going directly over the wall. It may be out of order, but it's not much to worry about at the moment.

Xiaohu led the two horses away, Lin Jue tucked his clothes into his waist, found a slightly lower part of the wall, and climbed up with both hands. The earthen wall must have been built a long time ago, and it has long since been loosened by the wind and sun. Lin Jue climbed up the wall, and a mud brick on it began to collapse, and before Lin Jue could react, he rolled down the wall with a 'bang'. The soil and grass clippings fluttered and fell, even if Lin Jue had a hat on his head, he still poured a lot of it into his head and neck, and his face was full of dust.

Lin Jue spit out the loess and grass clippings in his mouth as he got up. Slapping the dirt off his body as he looked in all directions. In front of him was a man-tall patch of artemisia grass and thorns, and he couldn't see anything at all. When I stood on tiptoe to look, I could only see the roofs of a few huts in the distance near the north, but they were clearly uninhabited, for they had collapsed in half, leaving only a mess of rafters and large broken holes in the roof.

Fortunately, there is a large locust tree standing tall in the east, which is a landmark. Lin Jue parted the weeds and began to walk in the direction of the big locust tree. The one-person-tall artemisia grass blocked the view, the air was unbearably hot, and after only walking twenty or thirty steps, Lin Jue was covered in sweat, and his clothes were torn by thorns in a few places, and he was very embarrassed. But at the same time, Lin Jue also heard the sound of human voices and branches in front of him. Lin Jue hurriedly rushed forward desperately despite the entanglement of weeds, and finally stumbled out of the entanglement of the long grass, and suddenly fell into a vegetable bed.

It turned out that this area had been cleared, and the weeds had been cleared, and a small piece of vegetable furrow had been made. There are a lot of green vegetables growing in the fields. There are also shelves of beans with thin bamboo, like green fences.

Lin Jue stood up and exhaled, walked around a few rows of green bean barriers, and walked towards the place where human voices and squeaks sounded, and suddenly the scene ahead was in full view. Under the tall locust tree is a well fence. Above the mouth of the well, a woman was crouching beside the railing, and beside her was a large wooden basin, in which she reached out to wash something. And next to the wheel, a girl in Tsing Yi was rolling up her sleeves and basking her wrists, shaking the wheel hard, lifting water from the well. The wheels turned and made a creaking sound, and the woman and the girl were talking to each other, which was what Lin Jue had heard in the grass before.

Lin Jue only glanced at it, and the whole person froze there like a clay sculpture and wood carving. He couldn't be more familiar with the figure of the girl in Tsing Yi who was fetching water, and this figure appeared in his memories and dreams countless times, how did he not recognize it. That was Fang Huanqiu.

Lin Jue felt that his whole body was numb and stiff, and he opened his mouth to shout, but he only shouted a strange sound in his dry throat, like a cry of pain.

Both of the men on the fence heard the strange scream, and both stopped what they were doing and looked around, and then they both saw a man with a hat on his head and a dirty body limping towards the fence.

"Auntie, what's wrong with that person?" Fang Huanqiu frowned and asked.

The woman who was washing vegetables next to the well fence frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's a passerby, or a homeless person." Aren't you thirsty and want to come and ask for some water? Huanqiu, you bring a bucket of water up for him to drink. ”

"Well, it's pitiful, how did you get into this wall. Shouldn't it be too hot in this weather? Fang Huanqiu responded and shook the wheel again.

"Hey, isn't it? I'm afraid that there is no place to sleep, so I ran to the grass nest and slept all night. This year's situation is getting worse and worse, and many rural people come to the capital to beg for a living, but they don't even have a place to live. The inner city was not allowed to linger, so they came to our places. Therefore, it is not surprising that something was lost in the vegetable bed, I am afraid that these people stole some to eat. Just do good deeds, and don't care. The woman was rambling and working.

Fang Huanqiu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and while shaking his wheel hard, he looked at the man with a hat who was walking over. A small wooden barrel filled with clear well water exposed the well, Fang Huanqiu reached out to carry the barrel, but her eyes kept looking at the hat man who was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, her body froze, and her whole body froze. She found that the figure of the person who came was very familiar, although she couldn't see the face under the hat clearly, but the way this person walked was very familiar, which made her stunned.

"Huanqiu! Huanqiu! Is that you? Lin Jue was finally able to scream, although the sound in his dry throat was still a little weird, but this cry was extremely clear.

Fang Huanqiu's body was stunned, and his eyes widened and he stared at the person who came over. Suddenly, she let go of her hand, hid her face and ran away. The full barrel slammed into the well with a thud. The rope drove the wheel to reverse wildly, as if it was about to fall apart.

"Huanqiu! It's me. Huanqiu, you don't want to go. Lin Jue shouted loudly and ran.

The woman by the well fence stood there stunned, and when Lin Jue rushed past her, the woman asked in a daze, "Who are you?" How do you know Huanqiu? ”

Lin Jue had the kung fu to take care of her, his eyes were firmly fixed on the blue slender back in front of him, watching her disappear on the side of the earthen wall like a frightened deer bypassing a few vegetable beds and green fences. Lin Jue ran away, but behind the hedge of the bean vines, an ordinary and simple courtyard was located next to the low wall, and there were no other houses. Lin Jue rushed away, holding on to the door frame of the courtyard door of the small courtyard to catch his breath, and stretched out his hand to push the door in.

The courtyard is not big, but it is neat and clean. Next to a stone mill in the courtyard, a woman was looking at Lin Jue in astonishment.

Lin Jue recognized her at a glance, and immediately shouted in a trembling voice: "Master." ”

The stunned expression on Mrs. Fang's face slowly subsided, and then became gloomy, and she saw the face of Lin Jue who rushed in after taking off her hat.

"Lin Jue?"

"It's me, Master. It's me. My wife has always been good? Lin Jue greeted him and was about to salute.

"Don't dare to be it, the slave family can't stand Lin Zhuangyuan's courtesy, by the way, it's still the county master. Dare to ask what does it mean for the county master to break into my small farmhouse courtyard? Even if you have someone to support you now, you can't break into people's homes at will. Mrs. Fang said coldly.

"Master's ...... I...... Huanqiu, she ......" Lin Jue stammered, unable to speak.

"Let's go, can't we afford to provoke and hide? Why do you want to harm my family Huanqiu again? For the sake of treating you well before our family, you don't have to bother again, give my family Huanqiu a way to live, and give us some peace. Mrs. Fang sighed loudly.

Lin Jue's heart was like a knife, and Mrs. Fang's attitude made him really uncomfortable. But he didn't blame his wife for these harsh words. From a mother's point of view, her daughter has been hurt, how can she not stand up and protect her. Lin Jue believed that Mrs. Fang's heart must also be sad, after all, in the previous days, Mrs. Fang treated herself really well, as if she was her own son, it was not hypocrisy at all. Maybe it's because of the depth of love that there is such a big reaction.

"Master, you let me see Huanqiu, I have to meet her. Even if she is scolded by you, I want to see her. I have nothing to say about this incident. I can understand the decision that Huanqiu made in order not to drag me down. However, no matter what, I have to meet Huanqiu, I have to explain it to her, and I have to figure out some things. Otherwise I would never have left. Lin Jue said softly.

"What? Still rely on us? Don't forget, we also have a royal historian in our family, so I may not be afraid of your father-in-law. You ungrateful, what do you do when you see me in Huanqiu? Get out of here, or I'll report to the police. Mrs. Fang sneered.

Lin Jue sighed and said: "Why should my wife say such things, my wife should know what kind of person Lin Jue is, if Lin Jue is ungrateful, she will tell me to thunder five times in the sky, and there is no place to bury me." Master, I beg you, let me meet Huanqiu, I'...... I saw her, I said a few words to her, and when I saw that she was okay, I was relieved and I could go. ”

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