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"Chang'an, we meet again." Wang Pingting greeted the girl opposite with a smile.

Chang'an only nodded and said nothing.

The man with the golden crown looked around Chang'an and asked Wang Pingting with a smile: "Pingting, do you know this woman?"

"Of course we know each other." Wang Pingting spoke to the golden-crowned man in a sweet voice: "She is my slave's cousin."

The golden-crowned man looked at Chang'an again, with no emotion in his eyes.

When the commander saw this, he quickly said: "Master Zhongcheng, this is Song Qianhu's child."

The man didn't say anything, but looked at a few cranes and said, "This place is really interesting. There are actually many cranes raised in the city."

The commander laughed dryly: "It's not that we raised it, but the crane landed here on its own."

He also heard from his eldest grandson that last year, a pair of cranes landed by the pond in the city and laid two eggs among the lotus leaves.

Chang'an does not allow children to harass them, and they often feed them some small fish and shrimps, so this year four more flew in, which seemed to be the same family last year.

Wang Pingting glanced at Chang'an, took the arm of the golden-crowned man and said coquettishly: "I have long heard that crane meat is delicious, but I have never eaten it. Qin Kang, why don't you let them catch two of them, and we can roast the crane meat with wine tonight?" .”

The man smiled fondly and said, "Okay."

Chang'an's face turned dark as he glanced at the cranes.

The cranes seemed to feel something, and suddenly screamed a few times, flapped their wings and flew out of the city.

"Ah! They're flying! Hurry up and shoot your arrows!" Wang Pingting exclaimed and called the guards on her left and right to shoot arrows.

But the guards did not bring bows and arrows, so they could only watch a few cranes flying further and further away.

Chang'an was satisfied, turned around and left.

"Stop! Is it your fault?" Wang Pingting shouted angrily from behind.

Chang'an ignored her at all and took his maid back home.

The commander bowed his hands to Qin Kang and smiled: "The child is young and ignorant. Master Zhongcheng, please don't blame me."

Qin Kang was speechless and continued to look at the pond with his hands behind his back, but his eyes followed Chang'an until he was out of sight.

"Mr. Tao, why haven't you seen thousands of households here and come to talk?" Qin Kang asked casually.

Commander Tao: "Song Qianhu went out on inspection and couldn't come back yet."

"It's no coincidence." Qin Kang said nonchalantly, then looked at the direction where the girl disappeared and asked, "How many children does his family have?"

"A son and a daughter." When the commander heard Qin Kang asked about family affairs, his heart sank slightly.

Qin Kang: "Tao Gong can call his son to answer the question."

The commander twitched his lips and said calmly: "I'm afraid I will disappoint Mr. Zhongcheng. Song Qianhu's baby is only ten months old and can't speak."

Qin Kang felt a little embarrassed when he heard this and coughed lightly: "Oh, that's all."

As he spoke, he slowly walked around the pond with his hands behind his back.

The water in the pond is clear, and you can see small fish as long as chopsticks swimming in the water.

Lotus roots are also planted on the other side. At this moment, the leaf cover is like a plate and the flowers are in bloom.

Wang Pingting saw that Qin Kang liked this place very much, and said with a smile: "We might as well stay here, and let the people here catch a few cranes and bring them back."

Qin Kang was speechless, indicating his acquiescence.

The commander interjected: "There are more than 800 people in our group, and the guard station may not be able to accommodate them. Lord Zhongcheng, why don't you go back to Guangning with me, and I'll have someone hunt down some cranes."

Qin Kang looked at him with a half-smile but still said nothing.

"No, I still like this place." Wang Pingting shook Qin Kang's arms and said coquettishly: "Qin Kang, just stay."

Qin Kang nodded.

The commander's face turned dark, and when he looked at the woman who was neither male nor female, his eyes were particularly sharp.

Unexpectedly, Wang Pingting didn't care about him at all. She just pestered Qin Kang to stay.

In the end, Qin Kang reluctantly settled in Beishan Guardhouse. He and Wang Pingting moved into Songhe Courtyard, and their entourage and maid cook also moved in.

Hundreds of guards were driving piles outside the yard and setting up a large cowhide tent, which seemed like they would be stationed there for a long time.

The commander had no choice but to stay with Qin Kang, the governor and censor.

It's just that he and his personal guards stayed at Aunt Lin's house, and asked Aunt Lin's family to help cook.

In the evening, Song Erxiao came back from his inspection tour and was immediately called to speak by the commander.

"Er Xiao, the governor came here for an inspection today, but he didn't want to stay. During this period, you have to be careful and don't make any mistakes."

Song Erxiao frowned: "What do you mean by staying and not leaving? Are you planning to stay here?"

The commander nodded: "This man is the Queen's younger brother, Duke Qin Kang of Qi. His status is extraordinary. Let's just serve him carefully and don't worry about anything else."

There was little confrontation between the governor and the local governor, because the governor represented the emperor's spy, and would report anything bad to the emperor, and sometimes he would make false accusations out of thin air.

Commanders, like their immediate superiors, are most bothered by the governor's inspections and sometimes find fault with the surrounding military affairs.

Song Erxiao nodded, frowned and asked: "With so many people staying here, how do we calculate the cost of food? Are you going to give us cash or food?"

The commander pretended not to hear, and said to him: "Since Songheyuan is occupied by Governor Qin, from now on, my boys will stay at your house temporarily."

In the past two years, Commander Tao's children have stayed at the Beishan Health Center the rest of the time, except for going home during the New Year holidays.

The boss Tao Daqi has been incorporated into the personal guard by Song Erxiao, and he often patrols Baihu Fort with him.

Even Tao Jiaojiao has long regarded her home in Chang'an as her own, and sometimes she doesn't even want to go back during the New Year.

"Sir, what should we do with the food for hundreds of people? With more than 800 mouths, we need more than a thousand kilograms of food a day. My health center really can't afford it."

Song Erxiao's heart bleeds when he thinks of the food in the granary being eaten by these people.

The commander coughed awkwardly: "They also brought rations, so they shouldn't eat all of your food."

Song Erxiao said with a dark face: "I can provide food for one day at most. From now on, we can only let them deal with it on their own."

"Okay, I'll mention it to the governor." The commander didn't want Qin Kanglai to be here, but there was nothing he could do about it, since he was a senior official and would crush someone to death.

Speaking of Chang'an, she closed the door when she got home.

When she walked into the house, she saw Tao Jiaojiao lying on the kang, humming.

"Does it still hurt?" Chang'an put his hand on her lower abdomen and asked in a low voice: "How about I make some more ginger and jujube tea for you to drink?"

"Okay." Tao Jiaojiao came to Kuishui for the first time. She felt ashamed and uncomfortable. A little stomach pain was magnified by her more than ten times.

"If you keep patiently, I'll cook it now." Chang'an took out the red dates and dried ginger slices from the cabinet, washed them and put them into a clay pot. He also poured in some brown sugar and boiled them with water.

Tao Jiaojiao lay on the edge of the kang and asked, "Why did my nephew and the others move to your house?"

"A senior official came to inspect. They moved into Songhe Courtyard, and Tao Daqi and the others came to my house." Chang'an said.

"What high official? Are you from the capital?" Tao Jiaojiao was curious.

Chang'an: "Probably so."

Lian Xin squatted by the door, fanning the charcoal stove, and interjected: "Miss Tao, you haven't seen that there is a woman disguised as a man next to the governor. Her coquettishness is really eye-catching."

Tao Jiaojiao suddenly became energetic, "Why is it so annoying? You can show me how to do it."

"I can't learn it." Lian Xin got goosebumps all over her body just thinking about that woman's sweet laughter. How could she dare to learn it?

Xiaoju smiled and said, "I'll learn."

Then she followed Wang Pingting's example and shook Chang'an's arm, saying in her throat: "No, I want to live here."

Tao Jiaojiao laughed so loudly that she forgot about her stomachache.

Suddenly, a voice sounded outside the courtyard: "Is Song Chang'an here? Miss Wang asked you to go over and wait on me!"