Spring Forest Evening

Zhou Heng didn't smear the yellow powder that has some disguise effect on his face at the moment, he looks very fair and bright, and although he is dressed like an ordinary girl, but a light pink spring shirt, matched with her The bright appearance, coupled with a lively appearance, still made people passing by take a second look, especially a few young people, who showed a look of surprise, so Aunt Peng walked quickly Come over and urge her to get in the car:

"There's a lot of dust outside, don't blow it!"

Before coming here, Mrs. Peng had already known the whole story from Uncle He, and she also expressed her admiration for this brave Miss Zhou family. The two are not familiar with each other now, but seeing her, she took the initiative to call herself "Aunt" was even more fond of her, and even her face, which had always been serious, softened in a rare way.

Zhou Heng is actually an acquaintance, an office worker in the 21st century, who cares whether he is born or not, and now he is excited about going to Zhongnan Road, which is similar to a spring outing. He waved his hand and said: "It's tiring to ride in a carriage, let's do more activities." It's much more tiring than taking a long-distance bus before.

In this way, several people drank rough tea at the roadside stall and took a rest. Anyway, there were already people from Prince Jing's mansion accompanying those people along the way, and there was Miss Zhou, a precious girl, in the team, and Zhongnan Road was not counted. It's far away, three to five days' trip is enough, Uncle He doesn't think there is any need to hurry.

After that, the group of people took the official road and officially set off to Zhongnan Road. Zhou Heng was quite excited at first, but Aunt Guan Peng kept asking:

"Aunt, have you been to Zhongnan Road before?"

"It's okay, let's call you aunt. You can afford it at your age, and you keep calling me that way, so you won't be afraid of revealing your secrets."

"I've never been to Zhongnan Road, so where were you before? Northwest Road? Taiyuan? Taiyuan I...haven't been." Almost blurted out that I've been to Taiyuan, Zhou Heng flashed his tongue for this, and quickly opened the curtain to borrow Looking at the roadside scenery outside the window as a cover.

Aunt Peng looked at it, but she only thought that Miss Zhou was very interesting. She had been working as a rough woman in Tangquan Town for many years. Before that, she mostly lived in the market. Seeing that she is so lively and easy-going, and has a good-looking person, she naturally feels cordial. Therefore, she followed Zhou Heng's question with great interest and talked about the good times when she was in the Northwest Road.

This said, the time on the road was easily passed. When we got off the carriage at noon for dinner, Uncle He was very surprised to learn that the two girls had been listening to the senior sister "telling stories" during the meal. It's okay, because the two met again suddenly, and the senior sister was also very excited, and she took the initiative to say something.

But afterward, perhaps she regained her strength. The senior sister didn't talk to me like she did back then, and she only said a few words to her own inquiries. Later, she could even be said to be indifferent, and her face remained expressionless. It was these difficult years that made her change a lot.

For this reason, when he persuaded her to go to Zhongnan Road with him, Uncle He didn't have much confidence. He was afraid that his senior sister would reject him with the excuse of living here. After two days of consideration, he finally agreed, and Uncle He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. , I just feel that there is no other expectation in my heart.

I never thought that after sitting in the same carriage with Miss Zhou for so long, the senior sister actually had a long-lost smile on her face.

So once again, Uncle He was glad that he made up his mind to persuade Shen Fu to let Zhou Heng go with him to Zhongnan Road.

You know, at that time, he just raised his head and asked Miss Zhou to follow him to Zhongnan Road, so that he could easily identify the thieves who might appear there, but Shen Fu flatly refused, frowning with a firm attitude and a very harsh tone. OK, that means there is no room for negotiation:

"Uncle He, this is not feasible. Don't talk about anything else. How should I explain to the Zhou family? I promised my uncle that they would protect Ah Heng well. Even in Tangquan Town, it was already an excuse to send her to Zhuangzi to take care of her health. When the Zhou family sends someone to visit, how do you want me to reply?"

Fortunately, I also made preparations at the time. First, I mentioned the meaning of Brother Wang and his son in the front shop, and euphemistically hinted at some unpredictable risks of a girl’s home away from home. Seeing that Shen Fu hesitated after hearing this, he then Strike the iron while the iron is hot and quickly explain, saying that Ms. Zhou has been consulted on this matter, and she has already agreed. For this reason, Shen Fu, who looked annoyed, showed his emotions in front of him rarely, and directly went to I found Miss Zhou.

The later result was as I expected: less than half an hour later, Prince Jing came out with a complicated expression, followed by a smiling man who comforted him while expressing that he was looking forward to going to Zhongnan Road. Miss Biao.

At that time, I saw it in my eyes, and suddenly felt that the previous decision not to let Miss Zhou stay in Tangquan Town was correct. Originally, Shen Fu's majestic Prince Jing had always been listened to by others, but now it seems that this Miss Zhou can do so. Convince him quickly, knowing that in his mind he is no longer an ordinary person, so it is even more impossible to let her stay in Tangquan Town and be contaminated with unnecessary right and wrong.

Although the marriage between the two is premature, and some things really need to go with the flow, it is better to avoid the foreseeable troubles earlier.

Of course, taking the Miss Zhou family to Zhongnan Road does not mean that there is no risk. After all, according to the news from the front, that group of people met another group of people along the way, and the conversation was a bit unusual, Uncle He I faintly feel that the truth behind this matter may be more complicated than I imagined.

Fortunately, seeing that senior sister and Ms. Zhou are getting along well now, although senior sister is a bit stubborn, she has always given her heart and soul to those who caught her eyes, so Uncle He secretly comforted himself, with Chun Yu and senior sister protecting him, In the future, Miss Zhou's family should be able to return to Beijing with him safe and sound as when she came here, which can be regarded as an explanation to Shen Fu.

…The official road is busy, and Zhongnan Road is not too far from the capital. Listening to Mrs. Peng’s story along the way, they stopped and stopped, ate and drank, and finally arrived at the main city of Zhongnan Road at noon five days later. Not only did Heng not feel tired, but when he settled down at the inn, he still asked at the dinner table with a look of anticipation: "Auntie, do you want to take a nap?"

Aunt Peng was a little embarrassed to ask this question, but Zhou Heng realized it after seeing it: "I'm tired of dangling on the carriage for the past few days, let's take a rest!"

Although everyone dozed off in the carriage from time to time, Mrs. Peng might have to take a rest in order to continue telling those exotic scenery and interesting stories as she got older.

As for himself, Zhou Heng glanced at Chun Yu next to him, and winked at her. Now that they have been together for so many days, they have already established a tacit understanding with each other, and the latter understands, "Cousin, I'm fine."

These words naturally hit Zhou Heng's heart: "I'm fine too, so what, Dad, why don't you take a nap, and Ah Yu and I go out for a stroll?"

All right, since Prince Jing can be subdued, he can naturally win over the maids in the mansion now. Uncle He doesn't want to be too restrictive about this cousin lady, and besides, he also wanted to use this time to talk to her. The senior sister had a good talk, and thought that nothing would happen if she walked around the street in broad daylight, so she agreed after admonishing her.

So the two girls went out happily hand in hand after dinner.

In the evening, the two happily returned to the inn with a bunch of food bought from the snack street, only to see that both Uncle He and Aunt Peng had solemn expressions. Zhou Heng did not expect such a scene, and went to the table Put the food on the table to invite the two to eat, and asked in a low voice:

"What's the matter? Did they find out?"

"That's not true," Uncle He was afraid that she would be worried, so he gave a negative answer first, and then explained to her in a low voice:

"When those people arrived at Zhongnan Road, someone had already picked them up and led them to live in a courtyard in the north of the city. Our people watched for a few days and didn't see anyone coming in or out, but yesterday morning, we found that there was someone who knew him people have come to this yard."

"What kind of talent is he?" Zhou Heng blurted out, and seeing Uncle He smiled slightly, he knew he had guessed right, and he didn't think there was anything wrong: "Anyway, we only know these few people. Talented scholars set out to come here first, so naturally they arrived first."

Uncle He nodded and continued: "The man surnamed He came out after staying there not long after, and our people followed him all the way, only to find that this man finally entered the Governor's Mansion!"

"Governor's Mansion?" Chun Yu suddenly felt a little troublesome. If this matter was related to the largest official in Zhongnan Road, then things would be troublesome.

"Governor's Mansion!" Zhou Heng, who didn't know why, was very excited. Sure enough, it turned out that Shen Fu was missed by the lady of the Governor's family. , Do what you want, and only then will you have the courage to commit crimes in broad daylight.

Uncle He, who had a dignified face, never thought that Zhou Heng had such an expression, and for a moment he didn't know what she was thinking. After a pause, he asked a little confused: "Ah Heng, do you know what is behind the Governor's Mansion? Who is it?"