Daming Yinghua

"Madam Zheng is too polite. That day, I just told the truth to Lord Long Live."

In the tea pavilion in the backyard of Baoxuguan, Daoist Jingzhao looked at the gifts brought by Zheng Haizhu's master and servant, and entertained with a gentle expression.

Zheng Haizhu said slowly: "The truth is the most important thing to save lives. Although the Lord Long Live is sage, the Taoist priest's final word is also indispensable. These days, the new cloth from my hometown in the south just arrived, so I hurriedly asked the staff to choose These thick materials, turn around, when the northwest wind blows, they can be used, the Taoist priest should not dislike it."

Jingzhao nodded with a smile, and said a few words of compliments such as "Madam is really good at doing business, and can be a master for the prince", and her eyes fell on the cloth that the female apprentice took from Hua's second hand .

It is not the first time that Jingzhao has seen this kind of Songjiang rhombic cloth with uniform indigo and dense texture.

She clearly remembered that when she and Ma Xianglin met again in the capital, the blue robe that General Xiao Ma often wore was made of this kind of cloth.

This Daoist Jingzhao was the girl Hu Po who was rescued by Ma Xianglin in the bandit stronghold of Qiu Wanliang back then.

Amber, as Concubine Zheng's secret stake outside the palace, was sent by Cui Wensheng to the bandit village in the water town a few years ago to help Ma Xianglin deal with Qiu Wanliang who was disloyal to Concubine Zheng and King Fu.

She pretended to be committed and became Lao Qiu's third wife and gave birth to a son. Eunuch Cui ordered her to dispose of her youngest son when she cleaned up Qiu's back house women and heirs.

Hu Po couldn't bear it, but fortunately she got Ma Xianglin's help, and there was no separation between mother and child.

At that time, Hu Po never thought that after returning to Beijing, General Ma would take the initiative to find her, inquire about her safety, and care whether Concubine Zheng found out that she did not kill the son she had with Qiu Wanliang.

Then, when he heard that Amber had to place his child in a farmhouse in Tong County in order to keep it secret, General Ma immediately pointed out that he had a confidant servant who lost an arm in the battle with the enemy and could no longer carry a gun. It is better to let the childless servant couple take care of the children for Amber.

While Amber was expressing deep gratitude, it was inevitable that she would have subtle reverie.

She secretly speculated that General Ma must have developed an admiration for her to take care of her so wholeheartedly.

Until the Dragon Boat Festival of the following year, when Hu Po heard that General Ma was going to marry Zhang Shilang's daughter, she congratulated him with complicated emotions. Unexpectedly, General Ma suddenly took off his armor. Drink freely.

Perhaps because of Jiu Jin, or perhaps because he was facing a listener with a deeper secret, General Ma in Songjiang cloth robe mentioned Zheng Haizhu.

After drinking two jugs of wine and leaving in a daze, General Ma, when he met Hu Po later, clearly revealed the faint remorse for his slip of the tongue after drinking, and of course Hu Po would not mention it again.

But Amber has no hostility towards this woman surnamed Zheng.

On the contrary, from General Ma's narration, Amber even felt that the legendary story of a lonely adventure is more exciting than the unrequited love affair, and it can arouse her curiosity about a same-sex person.

Therefore, when entering the imperial city from the Donghua Gate that day, and learned from the imperial guards that the female lecturer who was led by the servant of the ceremonial supervisor was Zheng Haizhu, Hu Po followed her all the way from afar until she experienced the turmoil and stepped forward to serve her. She testified.

Afterwards, in Yikun Palace, Hu Po was unavoidably reprimanded by Concubine Zheng for being troublesome, but Cui Wensheng on the side tried to persuade her, saying that what Hu Po did just made the emperor think that the concubine, Fang Congzhe, and Yao Zongwen were not like the ones criticized by the Donglin Party. Concubine Zheng calmed down after being connected like that.

At this moment, in the pleasant autumn light, drinking the sweet lotus seed soup, listening to Zheng Haizhu talking about the scenery of various places, but not mentioning her achievements that General Ma said about her, Amber felt more and more that the woman in front of her was about her own age. , words are comfortable and relaxing.

On Zheng Haizhu's side, he was ready to start testing.

She stopped chatting, brushed off her modesty, put on an appearance of being in charge of others, and said with a smile: "Master Daoist, the area around Susong is also a place to worship the Buddha, so when I first came to the capital, I I went to Shichahai to take a look. The Guangfu Temple there, I heard, is the office of the Daolu Division outside the palace. The surrounding area is cleared and cleared, which is much better than this place. If the Taoist leader wants to move there, I can go there The silver coin and the Yaman said close up and try to help each other."

When Hu Po heard this, her good impression of Zheng Haizhu was like a cup of tea that suddenly fell into dust and changed its taste slightly.

The woman who gradually gained fame and fortune, like those men, became self-righteous.

Hu Po then said calmly: "In Madam's opinion, why is this place not a good place? The so-called heart is far away from the self-centered, just let the world look on the outside and concentrate on meditation inside. If Madam bothers you, the poor will not move away. "

Zheng Haizhu made a dazed look, and immediately expressed his apology: "It's my humble opinion, and I ask the Taoist priest to forgive me for saying such offensive words."

She reckoned that she left a somewhat straightforward impression on Hu Po, so she got up to leave.

The amber was sent to the courtyard according to the etiquette. Zheng Haizhu glanced in the direction of the vegetable bed and saw that the father and son of the vegetable farmers were still there, so he changed his tone of compassion and sincerity: "Master Dao, I asked that old brother a few words just now. My nephew is like my nephew, who lost his mother when he was young. Fortunately, the Taoist priest is so kind. Well, we will also have Songjiang cloth shoes in our shop later on. There are quite a few dolls can wear. I will send a few pairs for this child."

Amber nodded: "Thank you Madam for your concern on their behalf."

After watching Zheng's master and servant go away, Hu Po walked to the porches near the vegetable bed.

Ma Xianglin's confidant named Qi Hu saw the figure, got up hurriedly, and walked over quickly.

"Brother Qi, did that lady meet and talk to you?"

"After asking a few words, Ayong didn't respond, and she wasn't annoyed, she was very kind. Miss Huber, who is she?"

Huber paused, and said softly: "She is a close friend of General Ma, and she never saw my face when she was in the bandit village. A few days ago, she encountered trouble entering the palace, and I helped her out, so today, she came Give a thank you gift."

Qi Hu said: "Oh, so, it turned out to be a woman whom the young master looked up to."

"Well, she has a very close friendship with General Ma, and she must be familiar with the Sichuan accent. Just now, did she ask where your hometown is?"

Qi Hu shook his head: "That's not true."

Seeing Hu Po's pensive look, Qi Hu added: "Miss Hu Po, there are people from all over the world to beg for a living in the capital. .”

Hu Po pulled herself out of the brief trance, looked not far away at her unrecognizable flesh and blood, suppressed the sharp pain in her chest, and tried to speak in a calm tone: "Brother Qi is right, the person that General Ma has acquaintance with, You must have a pure character. She said that you don’t have to dodge to send a few pairs of shoes to the baby in two days, so as not to make her suspicious.”