When Xu Ping returned to his small courtyard in the city, the sun had already set on the west city wall of Kaifeng, and the light was gone, glowing red, and it was kind from the inside out.

After drinking wine in Qingfeng Building for an afternoon, Xu Ping was a little drunk, and when he arrived at the front of the house, the little servant carefully helped him get off the horse and sent him directly to the small courtyard where he lived.

Lin Suniang has returned to the mansion outside the city with Panpan and her parents, and the small courtyard looks a little deserted. The little servant helped Xu Ping sit down on a stool in the yard, fetched water, and waited to wash his face.

Li Ji, who was reading in the study, heard the movement and came out to see that Xu Ping had fallen asleep on the stone table, so he took the book and sat next to him to take care of it, and let the little guy retreat.

There was no wind today, the evening sun was warm, Xu Ping slept very deeply, and dreamed strange dreams.

The sun hadn't completely set down yet, and the little guy who had just exited the courtyard suddenly came in again and said to Li Jing: "There is a person outside who came to our family official, saying that there is an emergency, do you want to wake up the official?" ”

Li Ji hesitated for a moment, and said to the little servant: "The marquis of the county has just fallen asleep, you better go outside first and ask clearly, what is the matter with that person, can you wait until tomorrow to come back." ”

When the little guy answered, he was about to turn around and go out.

"What's going on? What's going on! ”

At this moment, Xu Ping, who was asleep, suddenly woke up and looked blankly at Li Ji and Xiaowu in front of him.

Li Ji saw Xu Ping's appearance and whispered, "Didn't Mr. Mo have some nightmare?" ”

"Oh, maybe—"

Xu Ping shook his head and woke up, but found that he had forgotten everything in the dream just now, and he couldn't remember it at all, but he felt a little lost.

Li Ji said to the little servant: "Go and fetch a basin of water again and wash the face of the county marquis." ”

Xu Ping sat in a daze for a while, until the little guy fetched water and washed his face, and then he regained consciousness.

The little guy poured out the water and said to Xu Ping: "Official, there is a person outside who said that his name is Zhou Chui'an, saying that he has something to do in the house." ”

"Zhou Chui'an - let him in quickly!"

Hearing this name, Xu Ping remembered that he hadn't been to see Duan Yunjie for a while. Now Xu Ping is not alone, he has all kinds of things to be busy during the New Year, and he can't spare time for public and private affairs. Zhou Chui'an came to find him, and he didn't know if Duan Yunjie had something wrong again.

After a while, the little servant led Zhou Chuian to come and saluted Xu Parallel.

Xu Ping asked, "But the small shop behind the palace is in trouble?" ”

"The Marquis of the Imperial Palace, it can't be considered a big deal. Since the Shangyuan Festival, there is a child of a powerful family who has been in the store and entangled there every day. The lady of the Duan family was so annoyed that she asked me to come and talk to the marquis and drive that person away. ”

Although Zhou Chui'an didn't say it clearly, Xu Ping knew what he meant in his heart. Duan Yunjie is beautiful, and she shows up in the store every day, how can no one covet her beauty? Fortunately, that small shop often does business with the palace, and there are quite a few powerful chamberlains who know him, plus Zhou Chui'an takes care of it, and he can deal with it when he is provoked by idlers.

This time, Zhou Chuian came to find himself in person, that is to say, he met an incredible character this time.

Standing up, Xu Ping said: "It's okay tonight, I also miss the taste of Yongzhou, so I went to the store to drink a glass of water and wine and eat a little casually." ”

Li Ji naturally knew Duan Yunjie when he was in Yongzhou, but he didn't know that she had also arrived in the capital, so he persuaded Xu Ping: "Mr. Jiu has just woken up, if it's not an urgent matter, let's rest for one night and then go." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "It's okay, I have my own ideas." After the holiday, it is the provincial exam, you just have to study with peace of mind. ”

With two entourages, Xu Ping rode out with Zhou Chui'an. The two did not take the avenue by the Bianhe River, but walked around the west side of the imperial city by the path.

After passing the state of Xiwazi, the road was deserted, Xu Ping asked Zhou Chui'an: "What is entangled there?" It's all here, you can tell me. ”

"It's a Yanei of Zhang's family, because he watched the lights on the night of Shangyuan, and when he saw the lady of the Duan family, he was entangled. I stayed in the store from morning till night for the past two days, and I refused to leave no matter what I said, which was really annoying. ”

Xu Ping nodded and didn't say anything more.

Zhang Fuchu is the privy envoy Zhang Qi who was removed last year, and the official Shangshu is the left servant, although he is now outside Ren Zhizhou, his home is still in Kaifeng City.

Zhang Qi is most famous for two things, one is greedy for money, and the other is that he has many children. There are more than 20 sons, big and small, and daughters have to be counted separately, even in this era, even if there are many wives and concubines, the number of children is staggering. Of course, everyone has a lot of children, and it's not surprising that there is a flower and grass.

Zhang Qi is greedy for money, but he is not sloppy in the education of his children, and there are no losers among his many children. And he has now lost power, and his family has also restrained his arrogance, far less careless than Gao Yanei in "Water Margin". In this era, in Kaifeng City at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are really few people who dare to blatantly rob the people's daughters.

Xu Pingke still remembered that when he was in Yongzhou, the Privy Council repeatedly obstructed him, and he didn't make trouble for himself. At that time, the privy envoy was Zhang Qi, and he had been holding back this breath, but he didn't expect it to provoke him again.

Outside the small foot shop, the sun had already set, and Kaifeng City in the afterglow of dusk looked a little gloomy.

When he arrived outside the store with Zhou Chui'an, the two found an empty table and sat down.

Tan Erniang saw it, directly took the wine and food and put it on the table, turned her head and pouted: "Zhang Yanei, who is inside, has been entangled in the store for the past two days, making a lot of noise and making people upset!" ”

Xu Ping looked at the storefront, a young official in his twenties was sitting at a table against the wall, his eyes kept following Duan Duan Yunjie, as if there was nothing else around him.

Xu Ping said to Tan Erniang: "You go and call the Duan family lady out, I have something to say." ”

Tan Erniang got the order and turned around.

Duan Yunjie came to the outside of the store and saw Xu Ping sitting here, she was not surprised, and sat down across the table.

"Has that little yaman come to the store for the past two days?"

"Alas, since yesterday, he has come to the store early in the morning, and he will not leave until we close. And from time to time he says something indecent, although he does not disturb the guests, it makes people irritable! ”

Xu Ping saw that Duan Yunjie's expression was tired, and knew that she was working hard, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll just drive her away." When you encounter this kind of thing, you have to tell me about it earlier. ”

Duan Yunjie sighed: "When this person came to the store, he just pestered me, and there were no other evil deeds. I thought that if I flatly rejected him, I would not come again, and who knew that he would be in the store every day. (To be continued.) )