The time passed with the endless chirping of cicadas.

One day, Gu Qinghuan, wearing a silk shirt as thin as cicada wings, opened the window of the small building and lay on the window.

The golden light of the setting sun immediately filled the small building and fell on Lu Bai's panting body.

A gust of wind started its journey from the lake at the end of the field of vision. After setting off waves, it passed through the golden wheat fields, passed through the orchards, and poured into the small building. All of a sudden, it blew up Gu Qinghuan's silk shirt and window screens, and moved around the house.

After the circle, he went out from the east again, whirring towards the distance.

Lu Bai regained some energy.

He looked up at Gu Qinghuan and saw the wind blowing her long hair up like a curtain or a waterfall, holding the silk shirt as thin as a cicada's wings close to her body, making all the uneven curves appear.

Lu Bai stood up, raised his head and took a sip of wine. He walked to Lu Qinghuan and looked out the window, "What are you looking at?"

Gu Qinghuan tucked her messed up hair behind her ears, rested her chin on her hands, and looked at the mountains and rivers outside, "Look at the mountains, look at the scenery -" She wanted to keep it all in her heart.

Some leisurely time, once passed, will never come back, so people can't help but want to hold the sand in their hands and the sunshine in the box, and try their best to retain all the good things.

Lu Bai understood this feeling.

He has always felt that life is an inexhaustible journey. Once you leave a certain place, you can never come back and everything becomes a memory, so he is always reluctant to leave.

Every time I leave, I feel like a journey is over and a life is over.

"In this case, we should enjoy the present moment." Lu Bai smiled.

Such time cannot be wasted.

So, Lu Bai gently lifted up his silk shirt as thin as a cicada's wings, and gave it to the man easily. The two of them had a long way to go, and they already knew the basics. Gu Qinghuan just fluttered his long eyelashes, and then looked at the setting sun.

After a while, she turned back and wiped the sweat from Lu Bai's body.

Lu Bai took a sip of wine and looked at the deserted mountains, forests and fields. The sky was blue, the land was vast, the sun was warm, and the surface of the lake was like a mirror, leaving the shadows of birds returning to the forest in an instant of time and space.

Lu Bai took another sip of wine and had the ambition to ride a horse and conquer the world.

A figure appeared on the path under the setting sun.

Wearing a green dress, she carried a basket and climbed up the steps along the mountain road. She did not look away, only looking at the road under her feet. When she reached the fruit tree, she picked a few fruits and ate them in the clear channel flowing from the mountain spring.

After washing them in the water, they put them in the basket. They continued to walk forward, stood under the jujube tree again, stood on tiptoes, picked some bright red jujubes, washed them by the river, and put them in the basket again.

After finishing these tasks, she walked around the orchard, and a courtyard with white walls and black tiles, located halfway up the mountain, surrounded by bamboo trees, appeared in front of her.

Leaves fell on the platform paved with bluestones in front of the yard, and a few birds sang a cappella on the trees.

Yun Niang listened for a while, then pushed the door into the yard, washed her hands, washed the fruits again, put them on plates, made another pot of tea, and put them all on a tray. The tray was set aside for later use.

She then went to prepare the water for washing. After preparing it, she carried it to the small upstairs and said, "Madam."

The door opened.

Gu Qinghuan was combing his hair, and there was sweat on his forehead.

Lu Bai was sitting on the window drinking wine, wearing thin clothes.

Yun Niang walked in with her head lowered, put the basin down, took out the facekerchief from the basin, handed it to Lu Qinghuan, and then left.

After a while, she brought the fruit plate over.

At this time, Lu Bai had finished scrubbing, handed the empty wine gourd to Yun Niang, and took the tea from her hand.

"Sir, the city lord's palace has sent someone over to ask you to come over and discuss the matter of recruiting people to participate in the spring examination next year." Yun Niang lowered her head and said.

"Can you try?"

Lu Bai lowered the tea cup to his lips.

Because the mountains are high and the roads are far away and there are many monsters, when people go to Beijing to take the exam, they are escorted by Jin Yiwei.

"Is Yang Liangting still qualified to take the test?" he asked.

After all, Yang Liangting had been in a prison cell and almost asked Qiu Hou to kill him. Lu Bai didn't know if he was still qualified.

"He is an unjust case. As long as he is not dead, he can go to Beijing to take the exam." Gu Qinghuan said.

However, she asked Yun Niang, "How is he doing in the academy?"

Yun Niang replied: "Miss Yu Shuang said that he does not reject the courses and concepts of the academy in the academy, but he has some discomforts -"

Gu Qinghuan nodded, "It's okay if you don't get used to it."

Yang Liangting is not a genius, how can he adapt to Lu Bai's whimsical ideas in just one month?

Lu Bai came down from the window, handed the tea cup to Yun Niang, and went straight to change clothes, "It's rare that this city lord has something he can do. I'll go take a look."

He was wearing a wide robe, and he was like a cloud. He suddenly broke through the air and reached the outside of the small building. Then the wind blew him away and went far away.

Gu Qinghuan took a sip of tea and said, "Change the sheets."

Yun Niang agreed.

When Lu Bai arrived at the city lord's mansion, Xichang's father-in-law Zuo Qing was also there.

When they saw Lu Bai, their expressions were very bad. The city lord had a cold face and didn't say a word to greet him. Zuo Qing nodded coldly.

Lu Bai didn't take it seriously. After sitting down politely, he said: "Let's discuss the matter."

It was said to be a matter of discussion, but it was just for Lu Bai to make the final decision.

If Lu Bai doesn't make a decision, no matter how many things they discuss, they won't be able to get out of the city lord's mansion.

"Lu Qianhu, spring will be held every three years next February. Yancheng has high mountains and long roads, so we should set off as soon as possible. You must know that this spring is a major event for the imperial court. If the imperial court's selection of talents is delayed, we will not be able to bear the consequences.

Let’s go.” City Lord Lu said coldly.

Lu Bai looked indifferent, "In that case, pass it on, and we will set off in half a month."

It just so happened that he was going to the capital to look for Lian'er, and he could escort them to the capital on the way.

After Lu Bai made the decision, no one spoke, and the city lord's mansion became quiet for a while.

Lu Bai stood up and said, "Is it okay? It's okay -"

"Lu Qianhu——" Zuo Qing stood up, as if wanting to stop him.

Lu Bai turned around and took a sip of wine, "Is something wrong?"

Zuo Qing glanced at City Lord Lu and didn't know what to say. He could only smile and said, "Sit for a while, sit for a while, let's catch up on old times——"

Lu Bai was happy, "We have nothing to talk about."

Seeing him take another sip of wine, the city lord said in a strange tone: "How unbecoming is it to drink openly during a meeting?"

Lu Bai was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly saw Dongchang Supervisor Shen and his entourage leading several young eunuchs to come over, "Lu Qianhu, stay here——"

Lu Bai stopped, looking confused.

Shen and his party are pensioners in Yancheng and rarely come out on weekdays. What are they doing here today?

Lu Bai couldn't help but look at the yellow cloth held in his right hand.

Shen and his party walked in, looked around, and said with a smile: "Since you are all here, I will save the Zajia family from asking people to invite you. Everyone, the imperial edict has arrived, please accept it."

Lu Bai was still muttering just now that it couldn't be an imperial decree, but he didn't expect it to be an imperial decree.

He retreated again and stood still with City Lord Lu and others.

City Lord Lu and Xichang's father-in-law Zuo Qing looked at each other with joy on their faces, and looked at Lu Bai with gloating.

Lu Bai understood.

They filed lawsuits, one for committing crimes, another for interfering with salt affairs, and they probably also reported Lu Bai for selling illegal salt. All in all, they felt that Lu Bai was going to be in bad luck.

Lu Bai smiled, took another sip of wine, hung the wine gourd on his waist, and stood in his seat.

Seeing everyone standing still, Shen and his party opened the imperial edict with a smile: "By God's blessing——"

The three of them bowed hurriedly.

Lu Bai still liked this aspect of the Southern Dynasty, kneeling to the sky and kneeling to his parents.

Only the emperor represents the emperor. When holding ceremonies such as praying to heaven, all officials must kneel down and bow down. The rest of the officials must bow down and not kneel down.

I don’t know who made this rule, but Lu Bai wants to give him a thumbs up.

After reciting some polite words, Shen and his party reached the critical point in announcing the imperial edict.

City Lord Lu and Xichang's father-in-law Zuo Qing looked forward to it, but their smiles froze at the first sentence.

The imperial edict did not warn Lu Bai as they expected. Instead, it first praised Lu Bai for his meritorious service in maintaining order in Yancheng, and also praised Lu Bai for his diligence in practicing martial arts. This was indeed a great blessing for the imperial court.

So, naturally, amid the astonishment of City Lord Lu and Zuo Qing, the father-in-law of Xichang, Lu Bai was promoted to be the envoy of Fusi Town in Jinyiweinan Town.

"Well--"

To be honest, Lu Bai did not expect that he would become the governor of Nanzhen Fusi Town.

However, the imperial edict was not over yet. After talking about Lu Bai, he also mentioned Zuo Qing, the father-in-law of Xichang. The imperial edict actually warned him, such as failing to do things well, etc., and finally decided to fire him from the Salt Supervision Department and work with Lu Bai. Let’s go back to Beijing together.

As for Lord Lu——
To be continued...