Changqiao is located fifteen miles southeast of Yongchang Didu, and is named after the stone bridge above Changshui that flows through here. Businesses and travelers entering Beijing from the southeast direction often pass by, and send off relatives and friends to the east and south, and they often break up here. There are many willows planted on both sides of the Changqiao, and willows are homophonic to Liu, so there is a custom of folding willows and giving them to each other. During the Warring States Period, He Renguang, a great scholar in the Warring States Period, wrote the words "Did you get away with the wind and snow of Changqiao every year", making "Changqiao wind and snow" one of the beautiful scenery of Yongchang.

On July 28, the official road was full of traffic as usual, and a convoy of eight carriages was mixed inconspicuously. Jiang Anyi was riding charcoal at the front of the convoy, and his light blue shirt was stained yellow by dust.

The emperor ordered him to enter Beijing at the end of July. Jiang Anyi dared not delay it. Arriving one or two days late is nothing for ordinary people, but for officials, it is a resolute disobeying orders. He came out of the Li family and brought two aides Li Donghong and Li Laigao, as well as twenty-two servants sent by the Li family, including ten men and twelve women, who came to Beijing to serve Tong'er.

After getting eight big cars and carrying such a large group of people and miscellaneous things, how could Jiang Anyi's itinerary be quick? Huang Zhu left early, and more than twenty people were invisibly required to prepare their residence in advance. Jiang Anyi asked him to inform the Shitou couple to prepare. He couldn't let these people stay in the inn.

Li Laigao rode his horse with Jiang Anyi in front of the convoy. When he saw the lively scene in front of him, he asked, "Brother Jiang, where are you? Why is it so lively? Calculate the schedule, it should be not far from the capital."

The car behind him lifted up, Li Donghong looked over and smiled, "This is arriving at Baqiao. You will be able to enter Beijing in half an hour. An Yi, why not take a rest here and let everyone take a look at the scenery of Changqiao."

Changqiao has become a lively market, with dense pavilions along both sides of the official road, with everything from food to utensils, and the hawking sounds are everywhere. The circle of acrobatics is often filled with loud shouts, which attracts pedestrians to stop and stretch their necks to look in. Changqiao is a place for farewell, of course, the most common ones are wine shops, a small shop with a shed cloth and several stools, and a restaurant with flying eaves and ridges. The pavilions and pavilions on the mountains and rivers are full of tourists. Poor, the weeping willows on the shore are all over the heads of the weeping willows on the shore and are pulled out to a bald roof by the people who bid farewell.

Jiang Anyi looked around and was about to find an open space without anyone to park. Someone shouted loudly on the high building next to the avenue: "Brother Jiang, Anyi, Anyi."

Looking in the voice, Xiong Yian waved to him with a spring breeze on his face. Jiang Anyi's heart sank. He learned from Tian Shoulou's letter that Xiong Yian was promoted to Mingyi Man and transferred to the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Works to continue to check whether there were any personal corruption in the fees allocated by the Ministry of Works to the Dushui Supervisor. He was so red that he appeared in Changqiao, and he saw him as soon as he arrived at Changqiao.

Li Laigao rolled his eyes and smiled, "Who is this master? You shouldn't have made a special trip to wait for Brother Jiang here, right?"

Xiong Yian hurriedly went downstairs. As Li Laigao expected, he had been waiting for Jiang Anyi on the Wangliu Tower in the past two days. He Xigui and his wife went to Beijing first and bought all the houses around Jiang Anyi's house for a large price. The three houses were connected together, which was much more generous. The confidant Huang Zhu brought news that Jiang Anyi brought two subordinates and twenty-two members of the Huang family. Dong'er bought two connected houses at a price of 1,000 taels higher than the market price. In addition, the previous move, the four houses cost 32,000 taels of silver, which caused a small sensation in the capital.

Xiong Zhian has always been paying attention to the time when Jiang Anyi entered the capital. During this period, the prince's regent was not as smooth as he expected. The prince suppressed several ministers who were close to King An of Chu. King An of Chu immediately turned against him and impeached several princely divisions through the Censorate. The devoured officials, the emperor sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and each beat fifty boards, and took the opportunity to clean up the administration.

Prime Minister Kong Sheng was sloppy in his work and did not offend him. However, the right Prime Minister Ma Suizhen turned to King An of Chu. Most of the ministers in the court were biased towards the crown prince, but the voice of King Shi Chongjie became higher and higher.

After more than a month of regent, many ministers gave the prince beautiful women and treasures for the future. The prince was still tense at first, but he could not stop the ministers' slutty faces. He also saw the beauty style. The prince was inevitably a little proud and often sneaked out of the Eastern Palace to enjoy himself.

Xiong Zhian advised many times, Shi Chongwei was arrogant in person, and later he became cute. The princess was pregnant with Liujia and could not restrain him, so he had to shed tears in the palace. Xiong Zhian repeatedly thought about the most suitable people who could advise the prince were Wei Youcheng and his wife and Jiang Anyi. However, Wei Youcheng went to Hengzhou, Fangzhou, Fuzhou to inspect the administration, and Princess Anshou took her two sons to Yanshan Manor for summer vacation. If Princess Anshou was alarmed, it would be equivalent to alarming the emperor and the queen Wang, which would be a loss.

It happened that the Jiang family bought a house in Taipingfang. Xiong Zhiren sent someone to Jiang Mansion to inquire. He learned that Jiang Anyi had returned to Beijing on the 27th. Xiong Zhiren asked his son Xiong Yian to take a leave and took several family members to Changqiao to welcome Jiang Anyi.

Xiong Yian understood his father's mood very well. Recently, he was promoted and promoted to the title and took three girls from Linhua County Yan'er Meier and Lele as their concubines. It was a proud spring breeze. It was the blessing that Jiang Anyi gave him. He knew that Jiang Anyi was a person who was relied on by the prince. In the future, he wanted to make a difference in the court. It was very important for him to make a good relationship with him. Therefore, the city gate opened and took people out of the city and waited until the city gate closed before returning home.

After learning about Xiong Yian's identity, Li Donghong looked happy. He offended the Prince of Ningling Prince Li Mingxing and could not stop the disaster for him. He felt sorry for following Jiang Anyi into the capital, for fear that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and that he would lose all his face when he was driven back to his hometown. Before he entered the city, the prince's wife and brother came to welcome him. Seeing this show, it seemed that Jiang Anyi had a great influence in the capital. With the prince behind him, there was no need to be afraid that Prince Ningling would be bad.

Li Laigao felt like he was losing something, followed behind Jiang Anyi and dismounted, whispering: "If you give me a courtesy, you will have something to ask for."

Jiang Anyi smiled lightly and said, "Why might as well see what the gourd sells?"

Xiong Yian walked out of Wangliu Tower quickly and said happily: "Brother An Yi, Xiong has been waiting here for many days and finally welcomed the big car. I worked hard all the way, and Xiong has asked someone to arrange a banquet to wash Brother Jiang's dust."

Li Laigao murmured softly at Li Donghong: "This young master Yu gave birth to a good skin, which is a little worse than mine."

According to seniority, Li Laigao is Li Donghong's nephew. Li Donghong laughed angrily and amusedly: "If you have a tall face, you will naturally be thicker than this young master. As for the skin, you will be better than the young master."

Jiang Anyi turned around and introduced to Xiong Yian: "These two are talents from the Anqi Li family, Li Donghong and Li Laigao, this is Xiong Gongzi, a member of the Mingyi Male Works Department. The Jiangnan Transportation Department case is full of the battle with Mr. Xiong, who is strategizing and winning thousands of miles."

Xiong Yian was very satisfied with Jiang Anyi's introduction. Most people should focus on introducing him as the Crown Princess. They revealed that he was because of nepotism. Today, Jiang Anyi mentioned that the case of Jiangnan Transportation Department was scratching his itch. Xiong Yian smiled more and more vigorously and said humbly: "Brother Jiang, you are slapping your face. Others praised me for being shameless, but I am not worth mentioning in front of Brother Jiang."

He bowed to Li Donghong and Li Laigao with a spring breeze on his face and said, "If the two brothers Li can get the eyes of Brother Jiang, they must be knowledgeable and will be more close to each other in the future. Xiong often asks you for help. Please, please upstairs."

As he said that, Xiong Yian and Jiang Anyi joined hands to climb the tower, Li Laigao curled his lips behind him,

Young Master Yu seemed to be polite in his face, but in fact he was extremely arrogant inside and did not really take the two of him seriously. Li Donghong didn't care. He spent five years in the capital and was used to seeing these noble young masters who looked higher than the top. Xiong Yian's appearance was pretty good. She thought that she was still in Anqi County. She was so arrogant and arrogant that she would suffer a great loss. When she had time, she would warn him carefully.

A table full of wine and food, Xiong Yian made a lot of witty words, Li Laigao spoke humorously, laughing and cheering at the reception banquet, and half an hour passed by. Jiang Anyi said, "Thank you, Brother Yian, for your kindness, wait until Jiang settles down and asks you back. It's not too late, it's time to leave and enter the city."

Xiong Yian smiled and said, "It's the time of the day, and the sun is fierce. Brother Jiang will sit down for the time being. I specially invited Miss Zhuxi from Dingfang Pavilion to sing and dance to cheer up Brother Jiang."

As he said, the bear Yi'an's palms hit each other, and the sound of silk and bamboos on the side of the curtain rose, like a yellow oriole coming out of the valley and melodiously, singing sweetly: "Inorganic becomes a journey, and the middle of the night goes up to the river tower. The clouds are as clear as the moon, and the water is as cool as autumn..." It was what Jiang Anyi did in front of the gate of Zechang Academy on July 15th, and it actually reached the capital in less than half a month.

Xiong Yian closed his eyes slightly, looked intoxicated, and waited for the song to stop, patted his palms and praised: "Brother Jiang's poem is like a painting, and it makes people calm down when reading it. No wonder Miss Zhuxi heard that she was singing a song for you, and she made an exception and followed me. It is the most difficult to accept the kindness of the beauty. An Yi should not let Miss Zhuxi down."

The footsteps were shattered and the curtains were raised, as if a beauty was floating out of the painting. She came timidly and said in a deep voice: "I have seen Jiang Cixian."

When Jiang Anyi was the governor of Huazhou, he had to deal with brothel women in official social activities. He was known as a fairy and looked pretty. He was young and high-ranking. Many women had the intention of throwing their arms and hugging them. However, Jiang Anyi was in a central position. His beautiful wife and concubines at home had already put off their thoughts of being flirting with their wives and women, and at the same time he also developed a skill to deal with the scene.

With his hands weak, Jiang Anyi said softly: "Miss Zhuxi invites her to get up. The girl's singing is crisp and pleasant. Jiang is so intoxicated that this poem is shining because of the girl. Jiang respects the girl with a cup."

He took a clean cup, poured half a glass of wine and handed it to Zhu Xi. Zhu Xi glanced at Jiang Anyi quickly, took the wine glass with a blushing face, but did not hand it back to the wine glass. He came to the table and filled the wine glass. He held it in his hands and came to Jiang Anyi, lowered his head and said softly: "Zhu Xi is fortunate to meet Cixian. This glass of wine is Cixian's longevity."

Xiong Yian laughed and said, "Brother Jiang, Miss Zhuxi has always been rude to others. Xiong has known her for several months and has never given her a cup of wine. Brother Jiang's face is unmatched."

Jiang Anyi took the cup, drank it all, and smiled and said, "It is Jiang's blessing to be able to get the girl's green eyes. Thank you for your kindness. When you have the time to go to Dingfang Pavilion, you will listen to the girl's wonderful music."

Zhu Xi Bingxue was smart and heard the coldness in Jiang Anyi's words. He lowered his eyes, curled his body and bowed his head, turned around and left, tears dripping. Xiong Yi'an sighed: "This girl clearly has something to do with Brother Jiang, so how can he bear to refuse each other?"

Jiang Anyi stood up and said, "After listening to the singing and dancing, Jiang said goodbye. I will get drunk with Mr. Yu the next day."

Seeing that Jiang Anyi had no intention of leaving, Xiong Yian had to get up and said, "I'm not hiding it from Brother Jiang, Xiong has sent someone to Beijing to deliver a letter. Please stay for two more moments. Maybe the prince will come to welcome Brother Jiang."

In order to win over Jiang Anyi, Xiong Zhiren made a plan to let the prince come to welcome him to show his favor, but Xiong Yian was not sure about the prince's brother-in-law's temperament, so it was time for the reply from Jingzhong to come.

At this moment, horse hooves were gushing on the avenue, and Xiong Yian looked through the window, and the two apricot yellow dragon flags were swaying in the wind, and the prince's stone was coming.
Chapter completed!