The secret of the hand beads.

Qiao Zhao stared intently at the string of hand beads.

What was the secret of this string of hand beads that had caused her so much trouble? She had fumbled many times, but found nothing.

"Zhaozhao, look at these lines. Shao Mingyuan pointed to one of the beads.

Qiao Zhao raised the agarwood hand beads to look at it.

Deep color, smooth oil line, round and full beads.

Qiao Zhao walked to the window and looked at the sunlight again, his eyes suddenly shrank.

Those lines that originally looked at nature would still be ignored without Shao Mingyuan's reminder, but now that they are carefully distinguished, they have found a clue.

"These lines are colored—"

"Yes, not only the color, but the craftsman, who is good at carving, enlarged the beads with a special tool and saw a lot of interesting things. Zhao Zhao, look—" Shao Mingyuan slowly unfolded a picture scroll.

On the picture scroll is a landscape map, with four small characters written on the picture: Qianling Nine Stacks.

"This is-" Qiao Zhao closed his eyes, countless fragments flashed in his mind, and finally froze, opened his eyes and looked at Shao Mingyuan, "Lingnan?"

She is not familiar with every mountain and river in Daliang, but she has read a lot of books about Lingnan in the past year or so, so the words "Qianling Nine Stacks" quickly found the source.

It is a waterfall located in Chongluan County, Lingnan, and is named after its grandeur.

Shao Mingyuan's eyes flashed with appreciation, and he said with a smile: "Zhaozhao, do you know, these four words were found from these four beads. Oh, the dark spot at the end of this dark stripe is magnified and it is a 'stack' word. ”

The four beads pointed out by Shao Mingyuan were not adjacent, but were distributed irregularly throughout the bracelet, and the so-called black spot was only the size of a needle tip.

Qiao Zhao was silent.

Grandfather said it right, there are always people outside people in this world, there are mountains outside the mountains, and many strange people can be incomprehensible to ordinary people.

"Then what does this landscape map mean with the addition of 'Thousand Mountains and Nine Stacks'?" Qiao Zhao muttered.

Shao Mingyuan stretched out his hand to soothe her eyebrows: "Don't worry about it, I've already sent someone over there, I believe that if you really see the real scene, you will always find some clues, it's better than trying to break your head." ”

Qiao Zhao's eyebrows stretched: "What you said is, I don't want to." ”

Shao Mingyuan smiled: "I'm hungry." ”

"There is rabbit soup simmering in the kitchen, and I asked Ah Zhu to bring it to you. Qiao Zhao turned around and walked out, and was hugged by Shao Mingyuan from behind.

"Tingquan?" Qiao Zhao shouted.

Those big hands covered her abundance.

"It's daytime ......"

The man's chin rested against the girl's plump green silk, and sighed lightly: "Zhaozhao, you grow up quickly, I'm so hard." ”

The girl's voice was inaudible: "When it comes to the first month, I will be in time." ”

Qiao Zhao was born in the twenty-fifth year of the first lunar month, and he will be fifteen years old after this year.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's eat porridge. Qiao Zhao broke free from Shao Mingyuan's embrace, straightened his sideburns, and pretended to be casual and shouted, "Ah Zhu, bring the porridge." ”

It seems that she needs to give someone some decoction to drink.

Soon the end of the year will come.

Although Ming Kangdi was a hundred reluctant, he still had to go out of the customs.

He is not a willful faint king, and he always has to go out for the New Year.

Year pass, year pass, people who owe rent and debt must repay their debts at this time, and he, the emperor, is no exception.

At this time, sitting on the dragon chair in the imperial study, listening to the voice of the cabinet ministers and the six Shangshu competing to cry poor, the blue tendons on Emperor Ming Kang's forehead jumped suddenly.

"This winter's continuous heavy snowfall, dozens of counties were affected, and many people froze to death and starved to death. ”

"What Sun Shangshu said, do we have rice in the Ministry of Industry? Those houses that have been crushed by heavy snow don't need to be repaired? Not to mention anything else, even the collapsed Yuwen Hall in the palace is still on display. Not to be outdone, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu said.

Kou Xing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, sighed again and again: "Because of the snow disaster, there are many more displaced people in the capital, and there are more and more traitors, but if these displaced people are not settled, this problem cannot be solved from the root." ”

How do you settle the displaced people? Of course, it costs money!

At this time, the official department Shangshu interjected: "The homeless people need money, but the officials of all sizes don't need it? ”

The so-called wax gift is the year-end reward issued in the name of the Son of Heaven before the seal of each yamen, which is different from the fixed monthly salary, and the amount increases and decreases with the abundance of silver in the treasury every year.

For the officials of the Great Liang, the wax gift has only decreased but not increased for several years, and it was simply not issued last year, saying that it was issued together with this year's wax gift, who knew that the stars and the moon were not expected to come to a copper plate.

The official Shangshu had a headache when he thought of those lower officials who cried and wiped away their tears, and even a lower official complained to his colleagues after getting drunk, saying that he had been a part-time calligrapher for a winter, and if he continued like this, he could only go to the gate of Shangshu Mansion to sit quietly.

Hearing the accusation of the Ministry of Officials, the roots of the Household Department Shangshu's teeth were sour, and he couldn't wait to spit on the old bacon face.

They don't give them a gift? Is this what they like?

Last year, when the emperor burned incense and cultivated the Tao, he accidentally set the palace on fire, so did he let the emperor go to sleep on the street? Of course, he had to pay for silver to repair it! Now that the library is clean and even the rats are gone, what kind of hair do they have?

This is really not a family, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are!

"You all shut up!" Ming Kangdi snorted coldly with a dark face.

He has just come out of the customs, and these wine bags and rice bags are chasing him for money?

Everything has to be arranged by him, the emperor, what else do they want?

Thinking of a way? Emperor Ming Kangdi was suddenly stunned, and his gaze slowly swept over the faces of the important ministers.

It seems that there is no way, these old guys cry to him one by one that they are poor, but in fact, which family is not so rich that they are so rich? As a result, he is now the poorest emperor!

Didn't you just accidentally burn down the palace and use some silver, these old bastards grabbed the last year's Laci and reminded him again and again.

Hehe, he's the one who will be threatened?

Well, lately he has to brace himself and keep an eye on whoever makes a mistake and fills the treasury.

The ministers suddenly felt a chill on the back of their necks.

What's the matter, isn't the window closed tightly, and the cold wind outside is blowing in?

Lan Shan, who didn't say a word from beginning to end, teased his eyelids, and a light smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

It seems that next year's Laci has fallen, but I don't know whose money it is, anyway, it's good not to use his family.

Thinking of this, the smile on the corner of Lan Shan's mouth deepened.

Ming Kangdi's eyes flashed, and his gaze fell on Lan Shan's face.

Lan Shan was excited, and hurriedly put on an appearance of looking at his nose and nose.

"Alright, you all stand down. Ming Kangdi said lightly.

"The ministers retired. ”

The imperial study instantly fell silent, and Ming Kangdi gently tapped the dragon case with his fingers.

Well, is it a decision to throw a copper coin, or wait and see if you make a mistake?