Chapter 68: "Sample, I don't know you in human skin...
As evening approaches, the sky is overcast.
The imperial army dismounted first, and handed the passing documents to the post officer of the local post house. When they learned that it was an official returning to Beijing, the post officer came out to greet him in person.
"Our room here is cleaned, and the hot water is burning. You can rest first, and the food will be ready soon."
Although Shiqing is also a sixth-grade censor, but the name of the imperial envoy is hanging, this is different, not to mention that he is a Beijing official and not a local official.
Although the post officer cannot be said to be deliberately flattering, but it is certain to be careful.
Shi Qing did not have any official pretensions, so he gave an official ceremony to the post officer to express his gratitude.
Yun Zhi and the leader of the Royal Forest Army looked around the post house, while the Royal Forest Army checked the post house up and down, and found nothing unusual, not even a raw face.
Even the servants who serve inside have lived here for several years.
"Many are suspicious?"
In Shi Qing's room, the head of the royal forest sat aside and frowned slightly.
Shi Qing poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, "What's the hurry, the other party knows that I'm with someone, so they won't rush and wait."
She endured for a long time at the county seat, and there was no reason why she couldn't help but set off.
Mihe came in from outside and heard a few people talking, her eyes lit up and she thought, "Will there be a change?"
Mihe looked at Shiqing, "You forgot, during the last spring hunt, there was a guard in the Sun House who disguised himself and knocked me out, and then framed you and his friends in the tea. Second Miss Qian Family?"
The leader of the Imperial Forest Army froze, took a sip of the tea, put down the tea cup and stood up, "I'll check it again."
They are bright and the other is dark, it is true passive.
Especially when Shiqing's errands have been completed, if they are killed on the way back to Beijing, it is because they are not well protected and they are dereliction of duty.
Seeing the leader of the Royal Forest Army go out, Mihe habitually followed and walked out, almost to the door, and then patted her forehead and remembered what she was going to do when she came in.
She walked to the closet and took out the clean thin quilt, "Little master, add an extra quilt at night, it's raining outside."
It is now the end of May and the beginning of June, it is already summer, and the rain is increasing.
Torrential rains like this are common in summer, otherwise there would be no flooding.
After dinner, they simply washed up, and Shi Qing and Yun Zhi were ready to sleep.
The raindrops fell outside, dense and powerful, and it sounded especially helpful for sleep.
Yun Zhi couldn't sleep, and asked Shiqing, "Do you think they will do it tonight?"
Although the wound left by the river last time has healed, the scar is still there.
No one responded, Yun Zhi leaned over to look, thinking that Shiqing was asleep, but she suddenly grabbed the front of her shirt and pulled him down for a deep kiss.
Yun was caught off guard, so he could only put his hands on the sides of her head, so he didn't let himself be pressed into her arms.
"No." Shi Qing's eyes were bright and clear, and there was no sleepiness.
If she was the other party, she would wait again, wait for a surprise, and wait for the other party to relax their vigilance.
After all, the strength of the enemy is not much different, if you fail again, there will be no chance next time, so you must be cautious.
Yun Zhi felt relieved.
Shi Qing sent an invitation, "Young Master, can you come?"
"I'm coming?" Yun Zhi suddenly realized that he was on top of it now, and his heart started to stir.
Shi Qing smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to scratch the itch on his waist, "It depends on your ability."
With the sound of the rain, no one could hear the two of them in the room.
As for the coldness that Mihe said, it does not exist at all.
It rained all night and was safe.
After breakfast in the morning, Shi Qing and the others continued their journey in the fresh air.
I walked like this for about ten days, not to mention the assassination on the way, not even a robber.
The official road is really peaceful.
The leader of the Imperial Forest Army was not used to it, and Yun Zhi also pinched his chin and felt strange.
There are at most two or three days before the trip to the capital. Could it be that the other party is so arrogant that he wants to kill Shiqing in public at the city gate?
Shi Qing's eyes twitched, "What's wrong with you guys!"
She pointed at them both.
The leader of the Royal Forest Army rarely showed a smile, "If no one comes, this group of people under my command will be idle."
Not to mention his subordinates, even the leader of the Royal Forest Army is a little slack.
Shi Qing snorted.
"It's only two days."
Shi Qing said, nibbling on the seeds, "If she doesn't come, I will look down on her."
"Who are you talking about, Mr. Hou?"
The carriage stopped, and a familiar voice came from the window.
Shi Qing looked up at Yun Zhi suspiciously, "Have I lost my sense of eating too many melon seeds, why did I hear Li Hat's voice?"
The word "Li Hat" is quicker to say, and it is extremely easy to be heard as a "green hat".
Shi Qing made such a metaphor, Yun Zhi remembered who the other party was.
He stretched out his hand and lifted the curtain of the car, lowered his eyes and glanced down, just in time to see Li Yunqing's slightly smiling face.
Yun Zhi lowered the curtain again and said to Shi Qing with certainty, "That's right, it's her."
“…”
Li Yunqing watched the curtain rise and fall, the end of her eyes couldn't help twitching, and the fake smile on her face almost couldn't hold it.
She took a deep breath and said in a loud voice: "My minister Li Yunqing, I have been waiting here for a long time in advance to welcome Lord Hou back to Beijing."
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.
"It's really Mr. Li."
Shi Qing leaned out of the car window, holding the sunflower seeds in his hand, and asked, "Waiting for a long time? Mr. Li dislikes the slowness of my horse and wants to pay for it for me. Are you two good horses?"
"You're so polite, but since you said it all, it's not easy for me to refuse. How can you not give me Aunt Li face."
Shi Qing smiled so enthusiastically, it was as if she was seeing her own family, "I don't want that kind of expensive stuff either. You can just get me two snow-treading black horses as a token."
She said: "We don't want this horse to be expensive, we just like its smooth black body."
“…”
From the moment when Li Yunqing leaned out when she saw Shi Qing, her right eyelid started to jump up suddenly.
She is really willing to speak!
Thousands of two horses, she only needs two for one mouth!
The matter of county magistrate Cao is still under investigation, and there is no sufficient evidence to prove that Li Yunqing is the person behind, so Li Yunqing, who serves in the Ministry of Rites, came to welcome Shiqing back to Beijing this time.
As Shiqing, this honor is the first.
For the sake of the epidemic prevention and flood control documents written by Shi Qing, the emperor gave Li Yunqing a special award and asked Li Yunqing to take her back to Beijing as a sign of attention.
Li Yunqing smiled but said, "Young master has such a big appetite."
Shi Qing nodded, "That's right, you can only eat it if you have a good appetite."
She stretched out her hand and handed the melon seeds in her palm to Li Yunqing, "Come on?"
Yun Zhi in the car was afraid that she would fall, so he put his hand on her waist.
Li Yunqing dared to eat what Shiqing gave, and refused, "Don't dare, you should leave soon, my lord.
Shi Qing looked at her and said meaningfully, "Let's talk less so sounding."
Li Yunqing's eyes flashed, and her face tightened.
Shi Qing looked at her face and finished the second half with a smile, "You are just stingy, you can't bear those two horses."
Li Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, and said with the corners of her mouth: "I have paid off the debt to the treasury, and there is no spare money in the mansion. You should be clear, Lord Hou."
She almost sold all the valuable calligraphy, paintings and antiques at home, and this was all thanks to Shiqing.
After the two "friendly" exchanges of feelings, Shi Qing sat back in the carriage, and Li Yunqing also got on the carriage and drove with her.
It is not a secret that Shi Qing participated in Li Yunqing, Li Yunqing must know.
And whether Li Yunqing really sent a letter to the magistrate Cao to kill Shiqing, she knew in her heart.
It's just not torn on the surface.
Shiqing nibbled the seeds and whispered to Yun Zhi, "The fish is here."
Yun Zhi wiped the gem with his hand.
I am afraid it will be difficult to get back to the capital today. There is a post station in front of me, so I will rest overnight before rushing.
Getting off the carriage, Li Yunqing seemed to remember something and said to Shi Qing, "I haven't had time to thank Mr. Hou."
"After you suppressed the bandits last time, you revealed that it was my daughter Li Zi. During this period of time, people always throw them at my door..."
Poop!
The last word is not elegant enough, and Li Yunqing can't say it, "Even when I go out with Li Zi, I always encounter this situation."
Mountain bandits always have close friends and relatives, their ability is not enough to rob prison, so they do such disgusting things.
Li Yunqing's face was a little ugly when she mentioned this.
In the end, she sent someone to guard the door to prevent this from happening.
Li Yunqing also appealed the grievance to the emperor because of this matter, but the emperor blocked it back with a fluttering "When the Qing is young and loves to play, I must say a few words to her when I look back."
In those few days, the door of Li Mansion was all pinching their noses to watch the fun.
Shi Qing didn't expect this at all, but it didn't prevent her from pretending to be stupid, "Is there anything else?"
"They may be grateful to you, and specially sent fertilizer to water your flowers and fertilize them."
Li Yunqing, "…"
This gratitude is for you Shifu, do you want it?
Shi Qing definitely doesn't want it.
"Xiaoguan has seen adults."
The two adults stayed and the local postmaster came out to greet them.
She looked like she was in her forties, a little hunched over her chest, bowed her waist and bowed to Shi Qing and Li Yunqing.
"No." Li Yunqing put on the shelf, "Is the room ready?"
The post officer bowed his chest and said, "If you go back to your lord, you are ready."
The leader of the Royal Forest Army led people to inspect the post house as usual. The post officer looked back in confusion, and even Li Yunqing followed.
"Young master also knows that he has made many enemies, so he acts very cautiously," Li Yunqing said to Shi Qing as he walked in, "If you call me auntie today, then I will act as an elder. I advise you, don't let the limelight out in everything, it's easy to bring disaster."
When the voiceless tone rose, "Oh", "Since you kindly persuaded me-"
She laughed, "But I choose not to listen."
Shi Qing picked up the lampstand on the table and said to Li Yunqing, "Mr. Li, I am the oil lamp, the trouble is just the moth, whoever likes to die will come."
"Too little oil, add a little more."
Shi Qing took two steps and handed the lampstand to the post officer behind him.
The post officer was slightly stunned, stretched out his hands to take it, "Yes."
The Imperial Forest Army was not by Shi Qing's side at the moment, only Yun Zhi was standing a step behind her holding the sword.
The post officer looked up when he looked up, his eyes dark and dark.
She followed Shi Qing all the way, but she didn't find a good time to start.
Today is her last chance. After tonight, if Shiqing returns to Beijing early tomorrow, it will be difficult to do it.
The new master rescued her in order to get rid of the person in front of her.
Not to mention that she has a grudge against Shi Qingben.
When she looked up at Shi Qing, she didn't see the lampstand handed by Shi Qing tilted slightly, and the lamp oil spilled out and dripped on the post officer's mouth.
The post officer lowered his head subconsciously.
Taking advantage of this moment, Shi Qing quickly stretched out his hand and tore off the fake skin from the post officer's face.
The disguise was lifted, revealing Sun Da's sullen face.
Li Yunqing didn't seem to react, and pointed at Sun Da, "This, this-"
Shi Qing took two steps back quickly, Yun Zhi had a tacit understanding with her.
She stepped back, he went forward.
Shi Qing stood behind Yun Zhi, shaking the fake skin on his hand and sneered: "Small sample, I don't know you in human skin?"
When getting off the bus, when Sun Da's disguised post officer bowed to her, Shi Qing took another look.
Her rough hands are not like those of a literati.
That's why Shi Qing used the lampstand to test, for fear of wronging people.
Seeing that her identity was exposed, Sun Da didn't bother to continue to pretend, she straightened her back, threw the lampstand on the ground, and drew a dagger from her sleeve, "What if you recognize me? Don't you want to die here?"
Shi Qing vaguely heard the sound of fighting outside, thinking that it was the Royal Forest Army that found something wrong and fought with each other in the yard.
Sun Da looked at Shi Qing behind Yun Zhi with a heavy gaze, "Today we will count together the old and new hatred!"