685. Chapter 685
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Comparing her current appearance with the girl sitting on the wall and singing in her memory, Chu Qingyan felt that he liked this carefree Mu Xiaoluo more. Pinshu.com
Rong'er ...... Would you like to sing a song for me?" Chu Qingyan suddenly missed her singing voice and begged in a low voice.
"What are you singing?" Mu Xiaoluo was in a good mood, and when she saw that Gongzi Chu was drowsy in a hurry, she agreed.
"That ...... last time" Chu said lightly, and suddenly remembered the lyrics, and shook his head violently: "It's not good, it's not good, you can change it again, and everything else is fine!"
What were the lyrics last time: Hongchen is ridiculous, infatuation is the most boring...... Eh, infatuation is not boring, he hopes that his appearance is more infatuated with him, the better!
"I'll sing you a song of the four seasons!" Mu Xiaoluo thought about it for a long time, and felt that this song was more suitable, and it was better than those "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and the like!
"Okay, okay!" As long as Miss Mu San is willing to sing, even if she hums casually, Young Master Chu will be happy.
Mu Xiaoluo laughed, cleared her throat and pretended to regret: "If only there was a piano, now I can only listen to Miss Ben's cappella!"
"I'll give you a high-five accompaniment!" said Chu Gongzi flatteringly.
So Princess Mu's singing fluttered from the rhythmic applause of the 'groom' and resounded over the convoy, making the team feel her good mood......
Make your heart beat
"The red sun breeze urges the seedlings, the birds outside the clouds know the spring dawn, which loves to dream, and when I wake up, the butterfly by the bed flies away.
The boat shook briskly at the bottom of the bridge, how much wind and rain did you know on the bridge, half singing and half a ballad, and the lotus flowers on the lake were beginning to bloom.
Where the gods shook the fan, leaving the frost and snow to know how much, the ants have caves, the home has a door, and the wind is howling outside the door.
The four seasons are like a song, cold and warm, coming and going, and like a windmill that can't stop, making your heart beat ......"
The lyrics of "Make Your Heart Beat ......" are catchy, and the tune is unheard of, Chu Gongzi forgot to high-five the accompaniment when he heard it, and looked at Mu Xiaoluo a little stupidly, feeling that not only the singing made her heart beat, but also her smart eyes, as well as her slightly upturned nose and moist lips...... Let your heart beat wildly!
Not far away, Jiang Yu rode on a horse and accompanied the carriage, and he listened to all the singing in his ears without missing a beat. The cheerful singing voice expressed the singer's good mood, and he couldn't help but suspect that overnight, this princess had encountered something happy, and she was in such a good mood!
He looked at the carriage in front of him with complicated eyes, imagining the woman singing, and his heart was a little confused. I was a little dazed, how could this woman be completely different from the legend? Legend has it that she was talentless, virtuous, jealous, and shameless......
However, she is brave and resourceful, loving to the common people, and approachable to the soldiers! She is smart, good at martial arts, and most importantly, she has a pure heart...... With such a woman, how could the third prince be so ruthless as to break her legs?
Thinking of the legend about her and the Three Princes, those memories that she thought she had forgotten for a long time slowly came back, she once loved the Three Princes so much, how sad she should have been when her leg was broken!
Can she sing so happily now, does it mean that she has let go?
What kind of man is worthy of her! Jiang Xi's gaze was blurred, and he remembered the legend of the blue-eyed demon in the capital......
He had seen Chu Qingluo, a famous wealthy businessman in the capital, a little unsightly, so how could an arrogant person be involved with Mu Xiaoluo? Jiang Yu didn't want to admit it, but he couldn't help but think that Mu Xiaoluo had stayed with Chu Qingluo in the months since he disappeared......
What happened between them? Why didn't they get together?
Countless doubts made Jiang Yu more and more desperate the more he thought about it, he didn't know anything about their world at all, was this the distance between him and her?
How can there be a woman like Mu Xiaoluo in this world? Obviously not gentle, but she gives people warmth like water; she is obviously disabled, but people dare not look down on her; she looks younger than herself, but she is a person who is not suitable for her age......
Thinking about what happened to her, Jiang Yu was full of pity for her, this is the epiphany of putting her to death and then being born! Only by seeing through life and death can people truly mature......
What kind of woman is this! Jiang Yu didn't understand it, but he just ...... The more he got to know this woman, the more he couldn't ignore her charms...... He didn't know how to erase her figure in his heart, so he had to let himself go further and further without his own will......
Jincheng - the capital of Shu is finally at the foot, looking at the mottled city wall in front of you, the crumbling city gate...... Everyone was a little dumbfounded, everyone still has an impression of the prosperity of Qiongzhou in front, this capital is known as Jincheng, is it not as good as Qiongzhou?
When he saw Jincheng, Jiang Yu sent someone to inform Yuan Hua, the governor of Jincheng, but until everyone had arrived at the gate of Jincheng, Yuan Hua was not seen to greet him. Everyone waited for a long time, but there was still no one, and seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Mu Xiaoluo advocated going to the city gate first and going directly to the county office.
Gu Qing agreed, changed into a royal dress in the car, cheered up and shared a carriage with Mu Xiaoluo into the city, in order to prevent disturbing the people, Jiang Yu only brought a hundred soldiers into the city with him, and the rest were led by Tao Li and stationed outside the city.
The group entered from the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate were quite dutiful, interrogated, and after knowing that they were the men and horses of the four princes sent by the imperial court to take over the fiefdom, they let them go, and enthusiastically pointed out to them the direction where the county government was located.
On the way, they met a soldier sent by Jiang Cao to report the news, and the soldier reported that Yuan Hua could not be found in the county office, not even officials such as the chief manager and the chief manager.
Everyone was very strange, how could such a big government not be able to find a single person!
When they came to the county office, when everyone saw the almost deserted courtyard, they finally understood why they couldn't find anyone!
The dilapidated gate and the Jincheng County government sign are all hung crookedly, and the red paint of the gate has peeled off to the point where there is not much left. Through the crack in the open door, you can see inside, and there is barely much except for a few bare trees.
Jiang Yu pushed open the door and walked in carefully.
"Anyone? We are the guards of the Four Princes...... Anyone?"
When he walked to the backyard and didn't see anyone come out, Jiang Yu was angry and yelled: "Is there anyone alive?
After a while, when he was about to give up, a hoarse voice came out with the sound of dada footsteps: "What are you yelling, what are you yelling, who is arguing with your uncle's dream?"
"Who are you, uncle?" Jiang Yu shouted angrily, turned his head and saw a man, wearing a white-washed robe, his clothes were not buttoned yet, his hair was scattered on his head, looking at his face in his forties, that face was as white as paper, if it was night, at first glance, it would make people think it was a ghost!
"Who are you? Why did you break into the backyard of the county government!" the man was startled by Jiang Yu's roar, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Who are you!Governor Yuan?" Jiang Yu was very disdainful of his timidity, frowned and looked around, deciding not to be as knowledgeable as him, and asked directly.
"Are you looking for Governor Yuan?" the man yawned and said bitterly: "What a coincidence, I want to find him too! If you want to see him, please help me say, I won't do anything about this master, let him invite another master! If I stay any longer, I'm afraid I'll get moldy!"
"What about the others here?" Mu Xiaoluo and the others followed in, and interjected when they heard the words.
When the lord saw that so many people had come, and the people led by him were wearing official uniforms, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly pointed at them and shouted, "You...... You are the four princes, who have come to take over the fiefdom?"
"It's our Highness...... Ahem, you don't have to be rude!" Hou Jie pressed his hand down in displeasure, and his fingers almost pointed at Gu Qing's head.
"Fourth Highness?" The lord straightened his clothes, and suddenly said rudely to Gu Qing, "Your Highness, do you have ten taels of silver?"
Gu Qing frowned, seeing that he didn't know why, Mu Xiaoluo smiled: "Don't say ten taels, we also have one hundred taels, the question is why are you asking this?"
The lord Bo rushed into the house, and after a while, he took an abacus out and crackled at Mu Xiaoluo, and said while beating: "My month's salary is five dollars of silver, and Governor Yuan owes me a total of twenty April's money, and after deducting my weekday withdrawal, you give me ten taels of silver, and this county government is your ......."
She smiled, found a chair and sat down, beckoned to the lord Bo and said, "Come here, I have something to ask you, don't say ten taels if you make it clear, I will give you twenty taels!"
The master Bo looked at Mu Xiaoluo, and then at Gu Qing, who was obviously in poor spirits, frowned, and hesitated.
Jiang Yu said angrily: "Our princess called you, why don't you go over?"
I don't know if it was Jiang Xi's tone or the temptation of silver, the master walked over with his shoes in tow. Gu Qing beckoned the others to sit down and rest, and waited for Mu Xiaoluo to say hello before making the next step.
"This gentleman, your surname!" Mu Xiaoluo asked Banqin to move a chair for the master to sit down and start talking.
"Don't have your surname Qian, the word is double!" The master Bo probably saw that Mu Xiaoluo had a lot of status, and he also restrained his contemptuous attitude, and sat up straight and replied.
From Mu Xiaoluo and Qian Shuang's questions and answers, everyone finally figured out why the county government was like this.
It turns out that Jincheng is not not prosperous, but the prosperous area is not in Dongcheng District, which is on the side of the county government, but in Xicheng District.
Why is this happening, this has to start with the five major families in Jincheng. These five families are Gong, Luo, Yang, Xie, and Yan. Among them, the Gong family is the head of the five major families, and it is also the largest silk brocade family in Jincheng, and their family is counted as thousands of workers. Its assets include thousands of acres of land, several large mulberry trees, and several large silk weaving workshops.
Many businessmen who came to Jincheng came to the silk of the Gong family, and the Gong family slowly formed a king's atmosphere in Jincheng, and those businessmen smelled business opportunities from it, so they naturally moved closer to the Xicheng District where the Gong family was located, and over time, Xicheng District formed a strong business atmosphere.
The Gong family is the boss in Jincheng, not only all the merchants must respect the horse, but even the government also looks at their faces. Shu is far away from Beijing, and the road is difficult, and the Gong family will give face to the places that the court can't take into account, so when the Gong family takes the lead in not paying taxes, the governor has no choice.
If you can't fight and fight, it's not realistic to expect the court to send troops, so it's good to turn a blind eye, as long as people can let them get by, if you don't pay it, you won't pay it!
It's just this connivance, and the result is that in the first two years, people still look at the governor's face, filial piety, and silver taels to maintain the survival of the lower government, and then see that the governor is weak and can be bullied, so it becomes a reward when asking for it, making the dignified governor worse than a beggar, and doing things depends on the face of the Gong family.
All the people under his command are waiting for Yulu, and if the governor comes to the money, everyone will not be stunned, they are all free to wander around, and each will find his own way. In less than two years, there are not many people left, and the governor is in no mood to care, so he can do whatever his people like. He was because his family was still in the capital, otherwise he would have run away.
Ambitions are useless, and the Governor often lingers in the wine country of sleep, and where to find good wine, there is a good chance that the Governor can be found......
Mu Xiaoluo noticed that Qian Shuang didn't mean to look down on the governor when he said these words, but the resentment that the indignant Huai Cai didn't meet overflowed from the words, which made her heart move, this Qian Shuang don't look sloppy in appearance, in fact, he is also a bloody man! Give him a chance, maybe it will be a dragon.
Thinking in her heart, Mu Xiaoluo didn't show it, and asked Qian Shuang some questions in detail, before asking Qiao Lian to take twenty taels of silver to Qian Shuang.
Qian Shuang generously took ten taels, put the remaining ten taels back on the table, and said to Mu Xiaoluo: "Princess, all Xiaosheng's Yulu is ten taels, this is Xiaosheng's hard work, and he received it calmly." The rest is not obtained by Xiaosheng, thank you Princess for your kindness, Xiaosheng can't take it!"
This sentence made Mu Xiaoluo have a very good impression of him, a gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, although this Qian Shuang looks down, he is not greedy for money, such a person is a person who can achieve great things!
Mu Xiaoluo smiled and said, "Where does Mr. Qian plan to go after taking these ten taels of silver?"
Qian Shuang frowned, as if he was a little displeased with Mu Xiaoluo asking him where he went. Mu Xiaoluo then said: "Mr. Qian, if you don't want to leave Jincheng, why don't you stay and help us? We are new to Jincheng, and we are not familiar with life, and we need someone like Mr. to help us! Please stay, okay?"
Qian Shuang's face twitched, looking at Mu Xiaoluo's sincere expression, hesitating.
Mu Xiaoluo stood up with a cane, looked around and sighed: "The dignified county government is dilapidated, it is really a shame for the imperial court! General Yao, General Hou, you will let people come in to clean this county government later, and clean it up today...... Tomorrow, I will invite some craftsmen to repair and repair this county office...... This will be our home from now on, and we must not only make it more stylish, but also make everyone live comfortably! Mr. Qian...... Do you have any craftsmen you are familiar with? Can you take them to hire someone tomorrow?"
Qian Shuang agreed in the conflict: "Good ......"
After finishing speaking, he realized what he said, looked at Mu Xiaoluo with wide eyes and annoyance, and added: "I only promised to take you to invite craftsmen, but I didn't promise to stay and help you!"
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