Xu Ping looked at the girl, this scene seemed familiar. rescued Liu Xiaomei from the bamboo basket back then, and vaguely seemed to be the same. However, although the girl in front of her was about the same age as Liu Xiaomei back then, she did not have Liu Xiaomei's charm. The love for life in the eyes of the girl who was full of scars back then made Xu Ping never forget, and how many years have passed are like in front of him.

After calming down, Xu Ping stepped forward and asked in a soft voice, "What's your last name?" What is your name? What news do you want to tell me? ”

The girl looked at Xu Ping, her eyes were full of distrust, and her body was on her side, as if she was going to dodge at any time.

"Who are you?" The girl looked at Xu Ping for a while before asking vigilantly.

Xu Ping smiled and said: "My name is Xu Ping, and I am the promotion of the cane sugar business, and I am also the general judge of Yongzhou. ”

"Then are you the biggest official in Taiping County?"

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, this girl asked strangely, it was the first time she had heard someone so straightforward. But no matter what aspect he says, he is the number one leader in Taiping County, and nodded to the girl: "Yes, whether it is sugar or Taiping County, I can still be the master." ”

Hearing this answer, the girl's body shrank back, her eyes were full of vigilance, and her voice became sharp, as if she was frightened: "This is Taiping County, isn't the biggest official surnamed Duan?" Isn't the magistrate the biggest official sent to the local area by the emperor? How do you get the last name Xu? ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, the biggest official in the county is the magistrate, and the magistrate is Duan Fang, this girl's Luo Ji is so clear! But who told you that there can't be a bigger official in the county than the magistrate, and the jurisdiction of Kaifeng County and Xiangfu County does not include the imperial palace. The palace happened to be a blank space between the two of them. But there is still Kaifeng Mansion in the two counties, and there are a lot of imperial court officials, hundreds of which are larger than Zhixian!

He frowned and thought for a moment. Xu Pingcai said: "Who told you this?" Let me tell you, this sounds reasonable, but in fact it is too biased! Yongzhou City can also be regarded as Xuanhua County, but Zhizhou is bigger than Zhixian. You say, don't you? ”

"I don't know. I only know that I want to enter the largest yamen in Taiping County and find the biggest official, and that official is surnamed Duan, and I have a letter to give to him! ”

Xu Ping saw the girl's scared and determined expression. I didn't know what to say for a while. How can anyone admit such a dead reason? Who said that the largest yamen in the county is the county yamen, and the largest yamen in Kaifeng is still the imperial palace!

Seeing that the girl was already full of vigilance against herself, it didn't look like she could explain it clearly. Xu Ping thought for a while and said: "I know, what you are looking for is the county magistrate Duan Fang, but the person who confessed to you probably doesn't know here, the biggest yamen in Taiping County is not the county yamen." It's my lifting division here. So be it. Duan Fang went to Yongzhou City to do business, and he couldn't come back within a few days, but he has a daughter in my yamen, I called her over, can you hand over the letter? ”

"Is it called Duan Yunjie?" The girl's expression was visibly relaxed.

Xu Ping nodded: "Yes, I'll come when I go, you wait here." ”

Of course, there is no need for Xu Ping to call Duan Yunjie, he is wearing a suit of armor and is uncomfortable. I sweated a few times on a hot day, so I took this opportunity to go back and wash and change my clothes.

instructed the soldiers to find Duan Yunjie. Xu Ping went back to his residence to change clothes.

Xiuxiu is sitting in front of the door doing needlework, since Huang Conggui is ambushed, Xiuxiu has been much normal, and she can take care of things in life by herself, and she will no longer poke out the basket for no reason. But he still rarely smiled, his temperament calmed down all of a sudden, and he became diligent, and slowly Xu Ping's food, clothing, housing and transportation were taken over by her. Just like in Zhongmu's manor back then, Xiuxiu became Xu Ping's little girl who knew cold and hot again.

In the past, when Xiuxiu was crazy, Xu Ping was annoyed and thought about how good Xiuxiu was before, no matter what she did, she would take good care of her. Now Xiuxiu is really like when she was a child, but Xu Ping feels that her surroundings are dull, and she always feels that something is missing.

Whether it's good or bad, it's not easy for people to accept change once they get used to it, and Xiuxiu's change is too sudden, even if it's what he has always hoped for, Xu Ping still can't accept it for a while.

Seeing Xu Pingxiuxiu hurriedly stood up and saluted, put aside the needle and thread in his hand, and followed Xu Ping back to the room to help bring his change of clothes in addition to the uniform.

Xiuxiu went out, Xu Ping washed hastily in the room, removed the smell of sweat, changed into a loose shirt, and only felt refreshed.

At this time, thinking of the girl just now, Xu Ping understood that he was afraid that what he brought was not military intelligence, but more likely to be related to Duan Fang and Ah Shen's affairs. Ah Shen was taken by Huang Conggui to Jiatong, and has been detained there ever since, Xu Ping negotiated several times in the name of the Yongzhou government, but Jiatong refused to let him go.

If you want to say how important Ah Shen's identity is, Jia Yu will not get any benefits from it. Duan Fang is just a magistrate, an official with a sesame mung bean in the eyes of the imperial court, and he has not been born as a jinshi, and Ah Shen and him are also not right, and they want to blackmail them with bad brains.

I can't think of a clue after thinking about it, these barbarian leaders and Xu Ping's thinking is not the same way, I can't figure it out, so I don't think about it at all.

When he went out of the room and saw Xiuxiu still sitting there doing needlework, Xu Ping suddenly remembered and said to Xiuxiu: "I won't come back for dinner at night, and a few of them will drink with Sang Xiucai, don't wait for me." ”

Xiuxiu put down the needle and thread and got up, and said, "I know, I'll make you a sobering soup." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "That's the best." By the way, if you have anything you want to eat, I'll bring it back to you. ”

"The officials go early and come back early, I don't have anything to eat."

Xu Ping listened, smiled and walked out the door. Now Xiuxiu's appearance reminds him of the past, and the carefree life in Zhongmu Manor, that kind of life is really comfortable.

Out of the door of his yard, with Tan Hu waiting at the door, Xu Ping went all the way back to the flower hall.

Duan Yunjie had already come over, and she was sitting beside her, with her back to her back, not knowing what she was thinking. The girl sat beside her, her eyes staring at the ground with a blank expression.

Xu Ping was in a good mood, and when he saw that the matter was resolved, he stepped forward and asked the girl: "You don't believe what I said just now." Why did she believe it as soon as she saw Miss Duan, and she didn't have a paragraph engraved on her face. ”

The girl said indifferently: "I believe it when I look at her, except for Ah Shen in the world." Who else can raise such a daughter? There is no second one. ”

When Xu Ping heard this, he was also curious about what Duan Yunjie's mother looked like to give people this kind of confidence. He had already heard Duan Yunjie mention that she didn't look very similar to her mother Ah Shen, so it was a miracle that the girl could be so convinced.

Seeing that Duan Yunjie turned her back and ignored herself, Xu Ping asked the girl again: "That's right." Just now I asked you what your last name is, but you haven't answered. And what kind of letter did you bring with you? ”

The girl said: "My name is Xiaozhu, and I don't have a surname." Since birth, he has been a servant of the Huang family and has been by Ah Shen's side. Ah Shen was sick and helped me escape—"

The girl didn't say anything more, but Xu Ping was stunned for a while.

The barbarian is called very casually. It's not like the Han people have countless rules. Although the girl is the maidservant next to Ah Shen, she is also directly called Ah Shen, and she does not shy away from it.

Xu Ping is not surprised by this, Nong Cunfu's wife is called Anon, and now she is still called like that when she is a queen, she still has the same surname. As for not having a surname, it is not surprising that many lower-class barbarians do not have a surname, and they used to use the surname of the main family when they really wanted to use it. Now that the bracket method has been practiced, everyone consciously does not follow the master's family name.

But the girl's sentence that Ah Shen was sick surprised Xu Ping. Only then did I remember that Duan Yunjie had been ignoring herself with her back all the time. There was a bit of vague ambiguity between him and Duan Yunjie, and everyone around him knew this, so everyone pretended to be confused together.

Local officials can't marry wives and concubines in the tube, let alone Duan Yunjie's identity, no matter what his father says, he is also the head of a county, and there is no reason to be a concubine. Of course, the law is the law, and the favor is the favor, and no one will do anything if they really show their faces, but they just cut off their future. If you don't have any pursuit in your career, this kind of thing can be taken seriously, but if you want to make a difference, you can't let people grasp this kind of handle.

Xu Ping's promotion in the past two years has been very fast, which will naturally make some people red-eyed, if this kind of thing really happens, someone in the court will definitely make a fuss. He has no nobles to take care of him in the court, and if there is no miracle, it is possible to be a petty official in the local area for the rest of his life. Not to mention that Lin Suniang served his parents at home alone, raised his young daughter, and did something sorry for her, and was poked to death with his fingers.

As for Duan Fang's status as an official eunuch, it is secondary, although this kind of thing is not good, but it is not that no one does it, and the background of people in this era is not very particular. Su Er was still from an official eunuch family, and she was sold to the Lin family to be Lin Suniang's personal maid.

Seeing Xu Ping's embarrassed face there, Tan Hu glanced at the soldiers around him, and led them silently out of the flower hall, only guarding the door.

Xu Ping let out a sigh of relief, went to Duan Yunjie's side and asked in a low voice, "What happened?" You name it, and everyone has a discussion. ”

Duan Yunjie turned around and silently handed a piece of paper in his hand to Xu Ping, without speaking. There were still tears on her face, and she was obviously crying silently with her back just now.

This is the first time Xu Ping has seen Duan Yunjie crying, this woman has a strong personality, she never shows her thoughts in front of people, and only in front of Xu Ping will she occasionally say a few words in her heart.

Duan Yunjie's face is handsome, but it doesn't give people a coquettish feeling, and even when she cries, she doesn't look like a pear blossom with rain, and she still has a kind of strength in her sadness.

The letter was written by Ah Shen to Duan Fang, saying that he was in poor health and felt that his life was short. After so many years of perseverance, death is no longer terrible for her, but there are only a few things that I regret and can't rest assured.

“…… I have been separated from you for more than ten years, the same hole is unexpected, the future life is unknown, and it is a pity in life every time I think of it. gave birth to a daughter and didn't raise it, and I don't know what it looked like, so I went to the front ......."

Xu Ping looked at the letter, didn't know what to say for a while, and only sighed secretly in his heart.

"Can you knock down Jiadong and reunite our mother and daughter? Even if it's just to see one side. ”

Duan Yunjie asked Xu Ping softly.

Xu Ping stood there stunned and did not answer.

"I have never begged you for a thing, for I know it is useless to ask you. You are a man, such a military event, you will not do anything for the sake of a woman. Alas, it's good for you to do this to men, but, sometimes think about it, is it really good? ”

Duan Yunjie said softly, as if talking to herself. Xu Ping's temperament is like this, to put it seriously, he is not the kind of person who ignores women's feelings, but he will never agree to major military affairs as soon as his head is hot, even if he agrees in his heart, he will plan carefully, and he will not say it.

"The road from Siming Prefecture to Pingxiangtong has been repaired, and I will go to Pingxiangtong next month."

After being silent for a long time, Xu Ping said in a deep voice, and finally did not say the sentence "I promise you". (To be continued.) )