The sunset shone through the clear pond, and a carp spitted a bubble, turned around and drilled under the lotus leaves, and the ripples spread out layer by layer to push the reflection of the pavilion.

In the cicadas, the sound of the piano in the pavilion is gentle, and a woman sings gently. Min Yuerou looked at the waves of the pool. In the clear and gentle tone, she vaguely saw a scholar's shadow swinging in the water patterns.

Three years have passed since she left her hometown. The battle between Chen Chao sometimes woke her up like a nightmare. She could hear hysterical shouts and killings, crying and screaming, as if she could still smell the bloody smell that was filled at that time.

Her father was once the Minister of the Chen Dynasty, Pushe, and was in a high position. He was stubborn and famously hard-necked. After the city was broken, his father was unwilling to surrender and was sent to prison. He and his mother were also taken into custody. Later, somehow, the second prince of the Sui Dynasty personally went to the prison to recruit surrender. He took a lot of words to explain his father. After entering the Sui Dynasty, his family moved to Chang'an to live.

Everything in the past seems to have passed for a long time. She is almost twenty years old and is almost an old girl. But it’s good. She is guarding her parents, sometimes she also thinks about the situation in Nanchen, and the white-robed scholar who is out of the world, holding an old donkey and lying on her shoulders. It is also a memory that ordinary people rarely have.

Outside the pavilion, footsteps came, and the fingertips that plucked the strings stopped. Min Yuerou raised her gaze and saw the maid Rabbit Bell holding the iced sour plum soup coming over, and carefully held the flower-colored porcelain bowl in her hand.

"Miss, this soup was brought by my wife, so delicious."

"Let's go there."

Min Yuerou smiled with an apricot eye, signaling her not to hold it. She stroked the silk string that had the strength to tremble slightly, got up and took out a handkerchief to wipe the soup on the little maid who was a little furious.

"When will it be corrected if it is urgent or dry?"

Since I came to Chang'an with my father, I used to be dancing with guns. I don't know if I first came to Chang'an and got sick due to a serious illness or my age, but I gradually became happy with quietness. When I was fine, I learned the piano and sat in the pavilion to entertain myself.

Wiping the little maid's hands, then patting her back lightly, Min Yuerou smiled and said, "Okay, you don't need to be here. I'll be shot for a while and then go to have a meal."

Over there, Tu Ling came over with a smile. She was not old, but she was weird and quite shocked. She could hear any messy news in the mansion.

"Miss, I'm afraid it's a little late for dinner today."

Min Yuerou sat back on the stool, tweaked the strings, and a "典" echo sounded, and looked at her with a smile.

"What's wrong?"

"When the rabbit bell came, the master seemed to be angry, and scolded the four scholars who had just come to visit and didn't dare to say a word."

"Four scholars?"

Yue Rou, who wanted to play the piano again, frowned slightly, and her beautiful face showed doubts: "Isn't it an official under her father?"

"No." Rabbit Ling shook her head, and a small hairpin with a bell hanging on her hair bun, whispering: "Rabbit Ling also saw that the four scholars were tall and short, and they looked dusty. The accent was not from Central Plains, but like the southern dialect that the young lady had said before."

"Listen to the accent?"

Min Yuerou raised her eyebrows and glanced at the little maid, "I heard from the corner of the wall again, and I'm not afraid of being in charge to arrest you."

"Ah..." Rabbit Ling covered her mouth, her eyes bent into crescent moons, and she quickly shook her head: "Miss, I won't dare next time."

"You said that last time."

The master and servant had a good relationship. Min Yuerou was not used to the first time she came to Chang'an, and she didn't even want to come out of the door. If this little maid hadn't been with her every day, and the weird and weird things often made her laugh and cry, she might have passed away like the depressed and happy chattering mentioned in the naive story.

"By the way, Miss, you heard that a big fish came out in Anbao County in the north, and the corpse was to be sent to Chang'an. It seems that it will be coming tomorrow. Miss, please take the rabbit bell to see it."

"What's so good about a big fish?"

"But people outside said that it was a fish demon who was making waves in the water and was killed by experts. He left his corpse to testify to the people of the cow. He heard from the aunt who bought vegetables in the kitchen that the corpse was so big, even bigger than ordinary houses."

The little maid stared at her eyes, cushioned her toes, stretched her arms outwardly, and used her limbs to describe the picture she imagined in her mind.

"But so what? I don't want to see."

Min Yuerou re-plugged the strings and focused her eyes. That night three years ago, she had seen a bigger monster, even two. Even the legendary dragon could see a little bit. A fish demon, fish bone, could it be bigger than those two big monsters? At most, it would be to enlarge the fish I usually eat.

But the little maid over there was still talking nonsense, her hands and feet were gestured, pouring out a bunch of information she had found.

"Auntie also heard from people outside. Anyway... I will enter the city tomorrow, so I must be very big. I also heard that the master looks like a scholar and there is an old donkey around me."

The fingertips of the strings hung in the air. Min Yuerou was stunned for a moment. The rabbit bell on her side looked at the lady's appearance and asked subconsciously.

"Miss, did Tu Ling say the wrong thing?"

"No."

Min Yuerou smiled, her hovering fingertips fell down and plucked the strings, but the sound of the piano was much lighter than usual, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The light and pleasant string sounds filled the backyard of the mansion, and the birds flew past the setting sun, and they chirped to the corner of the eaves of the study in the front yard. Suddenly, they heard an angry shout, and they were so scared that they flapped their wings and flew away in fear.

In the open window frame, the old man in black clothes was covered in gray hair and his beard was slapped and angry. He slapped the table and stared at the four scholars lined up below.

"I, Nanchen scholars, have lost all my face by you!"

A voice among the four people spoke tremblingly: "Mr., there is no Nan Chen anymore."

"Shut up!"

Another bang slammed the table, and the old man angrily stood up, his eyes swept over the four Nanxiang Sixiu who were so scared that he tightened his neck.

"As early as a month, I and four of you should come to the Ministry of Personnel to report. When and what festival is now? The vacancy has long been gone. If you want to be an official, you can go to the northwest. There are so many vacancy there!"

Wang Feng, Ma Liu, Zhang Ti and Zhao Tang were immediately panicked when they heard this and rushed over and bowed.

"Min Shilang, how can we get to the northwest? The wind and sand are strong, the Turks, the poor and barren people are poor, how can we bear it?"

"Yes, yes, there are more bandits on the way, and maybe they will be gone before they take office."

"Mr. Min, no matter how we say we are from Nanchen, we can't squeeze and take a free ride..."

"roll!"

Min Changwen waved his sleeves and almost called Zhao Tang who said this, pointing out the door with anger: "It is because of the fact that they were both from Nanchen people that I have given you four vacancies, and the northwest counties, you will choose them yourself! Now get out of here, and you will be angry when you see you four!"

With a bang, the wooden door opened.

The four scholars ran out in a mess, ran over the crescent door quickly, and almost ran into the manager in the mansion. The latter looked back and walked into the study.

"Master, what's wrong with these four people?"

"Opportunistic people."

Min Changwen really hated these four people in his heart. It was reasonable to defend the city and then surrender, but the Sui army had just arrived at the port. The four people opened the door as if they were welcoming their parents...

How could Min Changwen, who was working hard for Chen Chao, not angry?

After taking a sip of tea, the old man sat back behind the desk, calmed down, and asked what to do if he was in charge. The latter said that the palace had sent a message and asked Min Changwen to enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and to watch the corpse of the fish demon with the Chinese military officials in the court.

Fish demon corpse?

During this period, the old man had heard some of this rumors, but he didn't take it seriously. He was busy counting the documents of the Ministry of Personnel and participating in the formulation of the salaries of officials.

‘It’s another demon, could it be that some other person who is a slutty person who takes this opportunity to get into the court?’
Chapter completed!