The three of them entered the city of Taiyuan, but they saw the lights and silver flowers, prosperous and self-victorious, and the countryside outside, like two worlds.

Chang Sihao turned over and dismounted, and handed the reins to Chen Sheng: "Brother Chen, now that we have arrived in Taiyuan, let's say goodbye." ”

Chen Sheng was shocked and said: "Brother, are you going to part with your brother?" Chang Sihao said: "Since Taiyuan has arrived, I will go to find Lord Cheng's mansion and return the jade pendant to his family, which is also Lord Cheng's wish." Jing Lingyu smiled: "Brother Xiao Hei is heavy on color and light on friends, and he is in a hurry to find his mother-in-law as soon as he arrives at the place." ”

Chang Sihao thought about the scene before Lord Cheng died, his mood was heavy, he ignored her jokes, and said: "The jade pendant is all with you all the way, and you have had enough fun, give it back to me." ”

Jing Lingyu touched his little head: "Ah, don't you say that I can't remember, I forgot all the way to the mountains and scenery, where did I go? Ouch, I really can't find it." Chang Sihao said hurriedly: "You flip over quickly, maybe pinned in your waist, or fall out of your pocket." Jing Lingyu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, you can't marry the old lady of the Cheng family, I will compensate you for a big girl." Chang Sihao said hurriedly: "You look for it quickly, if you lose it, I can ...... I ......" Jing Lingyu said: "How are you?" took out the jade pendant and knocked him on the head quickly, grinned, and put it in his arms again.

Chen Shengyi asked, "Brother Chang, where is Lord Cheng's mansion?" I'll go with you." Chang Sihao frowned: "I don't know this, at that time, Master Cheng only said that he was in Taiyuan, but he didn't have the opportunity to elaborate on the address." Chen Shengyi: "Taiyuan City is very big, you have to walk for half a day from south to north, and you have no silver on your body, if you can't find it for a while, do you want to live on the streets?" Jing Lingyu grinned: "Brother Chen, we are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, and we don't have to twist and pinch, you have money there, borrow us a few flowers, won't it be over?"

Chen Sheng smiled and said: "Of course it's easy, but no matter how much I give, it's limited in the end, it's better to live in the Qin Mansion with my brother temporarily, the Qin family's power is all over the Jin region, and you have also seen the brothers who have responded to the cities, prefectures and counties, and you should know that I am right." The foundation of the Qin family is in Taiyuan, and it is very easy to find an official's mansion by sending out people's hands. The brother will be in the Qin Mansion for a few days, and when he finds it, he will send the jade pendant directly to the mansion. ”

Chang Sihao said: "On the edge of the Yellow River, I originally said that it was to send you, but it turned out that the food and accommodation all the way were all big brother expenses, and I really didn't want to go, now that I have arrived in Taiyuan, how can I ...... again" Chen Sheng said: "Brother, this is bad, above the rivers and lakes, in the martial arts, even if it is a friend who does not know each other to visit home, in addition to arranging meals, before leaving, he also has to give a plate to wrap the road expenses, this is the rule left by the elders, and the emphasis is on a righteous word." When you and I see each other, we are like brothers, why are you still polite to my brother?"

Jing Lingyu said with a smile: "Yes, Xiao Hei, do you know that the entire Shanxi is the world of the Qin family, it's amazing, when you get to Shanxi, if you don't eat him and drink him, you will look down on him." Chen Sheng knew that she was mocking, and laughed. Chang Sihao thought to himself that in the vast sea of people, it was indeed not easy to find, if he could get the help of the Qin family, he would save a lot of effort, so he agreed.

The three of them led the horses, the street was bustling with pedestrians, it was very lively, the shops on both sides of the road were brightly lit, the restaurants and tea shops were overcrowded, the guys were shuttling back and forth, busy, and the street stall owners placed jewelry, needlework, dried and fresh fruits, shouting. There are even more women in green buildings, leaning against the door and leaning against the frame, their eyes are slanted, the sound of swallows and warblers, when they stop customers on the street, a small trader on the corner of the street can see it straight, and even the sugar man in his hand is blown out, which destroys his livelihood. All this Chen Shengyi is commonplace, but Chang Sihao sees it freshly, and his eyes are not enough. After walking for a while, I saw that behind the merchant house, a corner of the high wall appeared, with blue bricks and white walls, and the ridge of the temple was towering, extremely majestic. Chen Sheng led his horse and turned across the commercial street and attracted it to this side. Jing Lingyu said: "This compound is not small, is it the Qin Mansion?" Chen Sheng: "No, this is the Martial Temple." Further on, after walking through two streets, another wall appeared in front of me, which was three feet two feet high, with pink and white walls, and green eaves. Hidden in the wall to paint the pavilion cloud building, the momentum is extraordinary. It's been a long time, and there's no end in sight. Chang Sihao thought to himself, I don't know what kind of temple this is, but it is much more than Nawu Temple. As the saying goes, the poor tell fortunes, the rich burn incense, and if there is no wealth from the rich family, where can such a large temple be built? These people would rather buy incense and burn it to ashes than give a little to the poor.

After a long time, there is a small door that is not high in front, the door frame lintel, the threshold, and the steps outside the door are all made of stones, and the connecting places are tightly seamed, which is obviously made by the craftsman who is finely smoothed and occluded. Look at the stone, the texture is fine, extremely hard, grinding is not easy, Jing Lingyu saw it in his eyes, and secretly sighed in his heart that this small side door, the project is not small. There was a servant outside the door, and when he saw the three of them coming, he was not in a hurry or hurried, and bowed respectfully: "Second manager, are you back?" Chen Sheng nodded. The servant withdrew to the side, and Chen Sheng turned around and said, "Brother Chang, Miss Jing, please." Chang Sihao thought to himself: Oh, it turns out that this is the Qin Mansion.

Jing Lingyu was displeased: "Brother Jing, is this your way of hospitality? Since you look down on us, we just turn around and leave, but we don't suffer from your idleness here." ”

Chen Sheng was stunned: "Miss Jing, why do you say this?" Jing Lingyu said with a small mouth: "Oh, my father is also the prime minister of the Hundred Swords Alliance, a dignified swordsman, I am his own good daughter, although I am not a distinguished guest, but I will not be reduced to the side door of your Qin Mansion." ”

Chen Shengyi laughed and said: "It turns out that Miss Jing is for this, I can't hide it, this is the front gate of the Qin Mansion, it is definitely not the back door of the door, Miss doesn't believe it, but you can go around the courtyard for a week, and you should know that what Chen said is true." ”

Jing Lingyu looked at him, as if he was not lying, but it was really incomprehensible to make such a big house and such a small door, and asked: "Is the Qin Mansion short of money? Why is the main gate not in the main position, and it is so small, it is not magnificent at all." ”

Chen Sheng said: "Miss doesn't know, this is to avoid the taboo of opening the door in the south of the royal family, and the door is in the center, and the second door is small, which can prevent the leakage of wealth." ”

Jing Lingyu's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "Old Man Qin is a heroic and uninhibited person, what kind of wealth leaks, but he may not be afraid, but this gate is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is true." The doorman's eyes rolled and stared at her face, the light of his eyes flashed, and Jing Lingyu said in his heart: This servant's skill is not low, what is the intention of me to break this door? Chen Sheng smiled lightly and said, "Please." ”

The three of them came into the door, and a servant had already led the horse over, and turned a corner, and a hall appeared in front of them, and looked out in the courtyard, this hall was nine rooms wide, and the golden plaque was hung high, and it was written: Foot sweeps the thorns. The wooden pillars in the hall are in a row, the outer side is square, the inner side is round, two feet high and eight feet, and the layers are advanced, all of which are fine mahogany. The octagonal lanterns are hung high, scattered and scattered, illuminating the wooden pillars and filling the hall. Chen Sheng led the two forward, and said: "This is the sedan hall, the guests get off the sedan chair here, and it can also be regarded as the main entrance of the house, Miss Jing, what do you think?"

Jing Lingyu nodded: "Well, it's a bit like here, so-so." ”

She looked at the inscription on the plaque, only to feel that the pen is strong, majestic, the payment is Yuchen, although the word is small, but the pen is like a knife, like the wind destroying the grass.

Jing Lingyu said: "I heard my father say that the old lady Qin is up and down the river, the word Yuchen, I think this is the title of his old man." ”

Chen Shengyi: "Exactly, that was the forty-first year of Jiajing, when his old man celebrated his birthday. ”

Jing Lingyu said: "Oh, that's just a few years ago, forgive me for the sin, the old lady's state of mind in her later years is not very good." Chang Sihao hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense if you are impolite." ”

Jing Lingyu said: "It's not that I don't know the etiquette, but that there is already a revelation in the words, and the foot sweeps the thorns, from "Reward the Public to See": I am not mourned, and I mourn this lonely life. Ping lives in the blue field, and ploughs the thin land. Years of Yan lose taxes, in order to Feng Zhengsheng. In the morning, the grass and dew are not shining. Watching the fireworks at dusk, the burden returns. I smell a guest, and my feet sweep the thorns. It's about seclusion and loneliness, friends visiting and leaving, not very happy, more bleak. Old lady Qin must have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and she is tired physically and mentally, so I am afraid that she has a great desire to retreat. ”

Chen Sheng said that she was a naughty little girl who loved to play, but she didn't expect to read a lot of books, and she was worried that the big sword fruit was worthy of the prime minister of the Hundred Swords League, and she had a good family education. The three of them passed through the hall, and in front of them was a high-walled gate, with eaves and ridges, carved bricks, and there were characters and birds on them, which were lifelike.

Jing Lingyu still thought about the meaning of the plaque, pointed to his lips, and said as he walked: "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, that's normal." Old lady Qin can't retreat, so he sighs, if there is someone in the Qin family, I'm afraid that his state of mind will not be like this. When Chen Sheng heard this, his face twitched, and his face was a little ugly.

Chang Sihao was about to stop him, but when he saw the door in front of him open, a voice said: "Who dares to talk nonsense in my Qin Mansion!"