Chapter 175: Ripples

There is Liang Ji's shadow in this, Liang Cheng didn't want to interfere, but what she didn't expect was that Liang Ji would be so stubborn, she must find her. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Liang Cheng's eyebrows were frowning, and she didn't think about how to reply to this for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and the green cocoon on the side looked at her young lady curiously, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Now, only Liang Yong, who is not far away, is still jumping up and down around the osmanthus tree playing there, and in addition, there is only the sound of the night wind crossing the treetops in this osmanthus forest.

"Miss!"

But just when Liang Cheng frowned and thought, another mother-in-law came in outside the osmanthus forest, and Liang Cheng recognized that it was Mother Liu beside the Shen family, and suddenly a smile appeared on her face, "Mother Liu, why did you come over?" Is my mother looking for me, or is my mother looking for Yong'er? ”

Mother Liu smiled: "I'm looking for the third lady and the fourth master, Mrs. asked the old slave to invite the two of you to come over, and the uncle and the uncle are leaving." ”

"Second uncle and second aunt? It's not time yet, why are the second uncles leaving? Liang Cheng asked with some surprise, this is the beginning of the banquet, the bow dance has not started for a while, why are the second uncle and second aunt going back?

Liang Cheng looked at Mother Liu in surprise, but Mother Liu just shook her head and replied: "This old slave doesn't know, it's just that Mrs. asked me to call the third lady and the fourth master to hurry over and say goodbye to my uncle and wife." ”

"That's right." Liang Mingshen groaned slightly for a while, then got up and called Liang Yong over, "Yong'er, the second uncle and second aunt are leaving, let's go and send them off." ”

Liang Yong was stunned, it's still very early, why are the second uncle and second aunt leaving? Liang Yong tilted his head strangely and looked at Liang Yong, Liang Cheng smiled, and told Liang Yong what Liu's mother had just said to her, and then led him to follow Liu's mother in the direction of Shen and Yan.

At this time, the Shen family and the Yan family were already at the gate of the Fence Chrysanthemum Garden, and the faces of the two of them were a little bad, and the Yan family said to the Shen family in a deep voice: "I really didn't expect it this time, after the incident with the handmaid last time, I thought he would be restrained, but I didn't expect him to be able to endure so deeply." ”

"yes, we all underestimated him." Shen said with a cold face: "The few goods roads in the northwest direction were originally assigned to him when his father was alive, and my mother didn't care about it at that time, but I didn't expect him to be so ambitious." This time, Yang Yuan was valued by His Majesty, and he was immediately promoted to the position of Taibu, which is really his big deal. ”

"100,000 quintals of grain, such intentions, it really deserves the three words 'generous'."

Yan's face was gloomy, and after a pause, he said: "Yang Yuan's original Yuzhou was only more than 100,000 people, and under the drought disaster of the past two years, now there are not even 100,000 people, but Yang Yuan was able to gather such a large batch of grain at this juncture, greatly alleviating the crisis in Yuzhou, helping the people survive the last winter, and successfully survived this year's autumn harvest, so that Yuzhou is the only state capital that can still be self-sufficient among the counties in the northwest state, although there is not much grain in the autumn harvest. But it has been the first to survive this drought and become the first northwestern state capital that does not need the imperial court for disaster relief. Such merits, at this critical juncture in Xiyin, how can you not let Your Majesty appreciate the promotion? ”

"It's just that the 100,000 quintals of grain, I'm afraid it's the biggest reason why Shen Ruo was able to go to the northwest last time."

Shen sneered, "In the past two years in the northwest, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and bandits have emerged in various places, Shen Ruo is just a fledgling, how can he walk around and come back in the northwest unharmed?" Now it seems that Yang Yuan is secretly responding. ”

Yang Yuan, a side branch of the Yang family of Yu County, and the second princess Yang are of the same clan, but because of the relationship between the two princesses and the Yang family, because it is not the same branch of the lineage, even if Yang Yuan was a second-class jinshi in high school and ranked among the best, because there was no family support in Beijing at that time, he could only be exiled to a remote state capital in the northwest to serve as the governor.

And this treatment is decades of time, among which even if Yuzhou gradually prospered under Yang Yuan's governance, but the court has been indifferent to him, the achievements of these decades, except for the few words of praise that the officials make hypocritically pale in the official letter every year, there is nothing else.

But the Shen family is no stranger to this little-known Yang Yuan in Jian'an.

Because he is the eldest uncle of the Yang family!

Back then, before the Yang family fell into the dust, she was also a lady from an official family, but after her father and mother died one after another, the Yang family, as the only daughter in the family, was a lonely orphan girl. Moreover, Yang's father is not a capable person himself, he is like many gentlemen in Jian'an who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, after separating from his brothers, his share of the family property is squandered long before he died.

And the rest were finally used to diagnose and treat Yang's father and mother, until they all died of illness, and the Yang family had no savings for a long time, otherwise Yang would not have fallen into the dust helplessly in the end, and became a stunning dancer who was once famous Jian'an.

As for Yang Yuan, the eldest uncle of the Yang family, he was sent to the northwest when the Yang family was still young, and their families had already separated, and the affairs of the Yang family, Yang Yuan was also told by relatives at home when he returned to Beijing after the Yang family was accepted by Liang Sixuan as a concubine.

At that time, Yang Yuan specially came to the Zhendong General's Mansion to meet Liang Sixuan, and then Liang Sixuan asked Yang to come out to see her eldest uncle.

When the two met, it was all a farewell back then, and when they saw each other, everything was already wrong, Yang Yuan and Yang also hugged their heads and cried for a long time, and finally if Liang Sixuan hadn't persuaded them, they really didn't know when they would cry.

And at that time, the Yang family was still Liang Sixuan's favorite concubine, Liang Sixuan naturally had a lot of courtesy to Yang Yuan, so Yang Yuan saw this situation, and even if he returned to Yuzhou, the contact with the Yang family has not been broken.

Otherwise, how could the Yang family, an orphan girl who had neither a maiden family nor a backer in Jian'an, still be able to live so smoothly in the Liang family after Xiao Han's entry into the mansion and the years when she gradually fell out of favor?

Although the Shen family will not make things difficult for anyone, nor will they lose anyone's food and monthly money, but if a concubine who has fallen out of favor wants to live well in the Zhendong General's Mansion with as many as a few hundred people, the reward between walks is indispensable, but how can the Yang family's monthly money, which is not rich, support her to move around the mansion?

And although Yuzhou is only a desolate state capital in the northwest, the money to support the Yang family to move around in the Liang Mansion is still something that Yang Yuan, the governor of a state, can afford, right? After so many years, if it weren't for Yang Yuan's continuous support for the Yang family, it is estimated that the Yang family would have been forgotten by most people a long time ago, how could they still know where Yan Nanyuan is in this Liang Mansion and which one is Aunt Yang?

The most everyone can know is just the mother of Liang Yi, the second son of the Liang family.

Therefore, the Shen family has always been no stranger to this Yang Yuan Yang Lord, although she has never put the Yang family in her eyes, but all the things under the nose, the Shen family knows and knows.

But even if she was so careful in everything, the Shen family still didn't expect that this time it would be such an army, Yang Yuan actually hooked up with Shen Yunchong, relying on her Shen Jiayan's ability, and quietly raised 100,000 quintals of grain to transport it to Yuzhou, so that Yang Yuan successfully turned the tables on this excellent opportunity and fell into the eyes of Emperor Wen in one fell swoop.

Taibu, this has always been a position of small officials and big powers, and anyone who enters Lantai must first use this position as a springboard, Yang Yuan is really a blockbuster this time.

And what's worse is that Yang Yuan somehow caught up with Shen Yunchong's line this time, so that Shen Yunchong also passed Yang Yuan's relationship and was actually summoned by Emperor Wen himself, which is not a good thing for the Shen family.

Now it's not just the Shen family, even Shen Yunlang and the Yan family, this time they don't know anything about this matter at this time, if it weren't for Mrs. Liu mentioning it just now, deliberately revealing a hint of tone, then the Shen family and the Yan family are afraid that they will not know about this matter until Yang Yuan arrives in Beijing to officially take office.

This time, Emperor Wen actually covered up the news so much, even Liang Sixuan didn't get the slightest information, what is Emperor Wen going to do?

Shen and Yan's faces are really cold enough to freeze three feet, no matter who sees it, they can know that something bad must have happened, so when Liang Cheng led Liang Yong and saw their figures in a distance, Liang Cheng and the two glanced at each other smartly, and then leaned over cautiously.

"Mother, second aunt!"

"Hmm." Liang Cheng and the two saluted to the Shen family and the Yan family, but they both responded lightly and then didn't speak again, Liang Cheng and Liang Yong saw this, so they naturally stood aside obediently and waited.

"Why do you want to go back so early?" And not long after Liang Cheng and Liang Yong arrived, Shen Yunlang chuckled and also came over from the Fence Chrysanthemum Garden.

The smile that had always been bright and gentle fell on Liang Cheng and Liang Yong's eyes at this time, it was like a ray of light, so that Liang Cheng, who was about to be overwhelmed by the depressing atmosphere around Shen and Yan, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's something urgent going on, and we need to get back quickly." It's hard to elaborate here, so after Yan said it simply, he urged Shen Yunlang to get into the carriage.

At this time, the Shen family on the side also nodded to Shen Yunlang, so although he was surprised, he finally obediently boarded the carriage, and before he had time to say hello to Liang Cheng and Liang Yong, and before he could send someone to call Jiang Chao back, he left with the Yan family.

"Mother's ......" Seeing Shen Yunlang and Yan's carriage disappear in front of her quickly, Liang Cheng looked at Shen with some hesitation, and opened her mouth to ask what was wrong, but Shen didn't give her a chance.

"Mo Ke, you can send Yong'er back to Que Qin Courtyard now, don't go to other places in the future, and go back to Xiaoyunyu as soon as possible to rest." After Shen said a few words to Liang Yuan, he immediately turned around and left, leaving Liang Yuan and Liang Yong in some astonishment.

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Lantai is the center and hub of Xiyin politics, anyone who wants to enter Lantai, the first step must be to fight for the position of Taibu, but this position of Taibu does not necessarily have to be someone to take office, before Yang Yuan, this position has been vacant for three years.

After the previous Taibu and the current Lantai Taichang Feng, the position of Taibu has not been held for a long time, and this morning after the edict of Yang Yuan's official appointment as Taibu announced by the Ministry of Officials was issued, all the people up and down in Jian'an were shaken.

Who is this Yang Yuan?

Countless people had doubts in their hearts at this time, because they had never heard of this person, and among those who had heard of Yang Yuan's name, there were several completely different reactions.

One of them was for example, the Ministry of Officials or some of their former colleagues, who were all shocked when they learned that Yang Yuan was about to take up the post of Taibu, and they didn't expect that Yang Yuan's salted fish would turn over so much. As for the other kind, for example, people who have often heard the word "Yang Yuan" in Lantai recently, and who are not unfamiliar with the word "Yang Yuan" for a long time, are somewhat expected to be calm at this time when they hear that Yang Yuan is about to take up the post of Taibu and become the next Lantai officials who are about to enter Lantai and become their colleagues.

But of course, there are surprises.

"Yang Yuan?" In one of the high pavilions in the center of the Lantai, Liang Sixuan held the newspaper that had just been delivered today, but his eyebrows were shallowly wrinkled.

"Why, you don't say you've forgotten who this person is, do you?" Fu Xiang, who was sitting next to Liang Sixuan, now has a copy of the newspaper that has just been delivered in his hand, and he smiled without raising his head: "This Yang Yuan is really a wonderful person, he was able to get 100,000 quintals of grain privately, and it was transported to the northwest quietly, so that Deyuzhou survived the drought this year and obtained the grain of the autumn harvest. ”

Fu Xiang said with a teasing smile, and then casually threw the newspaper in his hand aside, picked up the tea and took a sip of tea, and then buried his head back in the mountains of folds in front of him.

For others, maybe Yang Yuan is already an unattainable figure, but for Fu Xiang, he is just a complete little person, how can he bother so much for him.

Therefore, Fu Xiang didn't notice Liang Sixuan's eyebrows that were getting tighter and tighter.

Zhendong General's Mansion

On the surface, today's Zhendong General's Mansion is no different from the past, and there is nothing strange about people coming and going, nodding and smiling at each other. But in fact, everyone's hearts are already frying the pot now, although there are not many people among them who know Taibu and Lantai or something, but everyone also knows that Aunt Yang's eldest uncle is now a big celebrity in the eyes of Emperor Wen, and he has been transferred back to Dijing from the northwest and is going to be promoted to become an adult.

In the Liang Mansion, it doesn't take much time for it to spread all the things up and down, and the eyes of everyone looking at the maids and daughters of Yannanyuan at this time are suddenly different, it is simply warm and intimate.

Except for Xiao Yunyu, but now he has unusually fallen into a silence.

Qingzhu and Nian Xiang were quietly guarding outside the house at this time, and there was only Liang Cheng in the house at this time, she leaned against the window, quietly looking at the only maple tree in the backyard, at this time the maple leaves that were as red as blood were swaying in the autumn wind, as if they would leave the tree and return to dust in the next moment.

It was cold outside the window at this time, but the house was full of earth dragons, warm as spring. But Liang Cheng was standing by the window at this time, letting the wind howl, and not closing the carved peony window.

She really needs a cold wind now, so that she can calm down, and think about some memories that have long been blurred in her mind, those memories that she can never mention to others.

Since her rebirth, all of Liang Yuan's memories of her past life, except for those unforgettable paragraphs, have long been mottled, including the eldest uncle of the Yang family, Liang Yuan has no impression of Yang Yuan at all.

Originally, if Xi Yin wanted to become an important minister, then Lantai had to enter, but after entering Lantai, it was just that step, people still need to climb up little by little, after all, there is only one palm that can stand at the top, who will be willing to take the initiative to go down?

Therefore, even if there are fewer and fewer officials who can enter Lantai, and there was no one last year, but there are no people who can enter the eyes of Liang Sixuan and the Shen family, so Liang Yuan's memory really has no memory of Yang Yuan.

And at this time in his previous life, it seems that it is not the time for Yang Yuan to be promoted to Taibu, all this has been too much earlier, and Liang Cheng needs to re-sort out those mottled and confused memories.

In the previous life, Liang Yuan naturally didn't know what Yang Yuan was able to enter Lantai for, but now?

Liang Cheng's thin slender fingertips tapped lightly on the windowsill, when Yang Yuan went to Beijing to serve as Taibu, Xi Yin was not like today's external and internal troubles, and at that time, the Zhendong General's Mansion was still in chaos because of Yong'er's affairs.

Moreover, at that time, the Yang family had already begun to emerge in the Liang Mansion, and Yang Yuan's promotion was just a small pebble that could not stir up a splash in the chaotic Liang family at that time, no one noticed it at all, and it would not be like today, when the Yang family was still unknown, Yang Yuan suddenly became famous in Jian'an, which made everyone's sense of the gap between the Yang family infinitely larger, and naturally felt that the Yang family was going to gain power.

It's no wonder that before the banquet of the Nanpu Xiang Festival, the Yang family would dare to speak to her mother like that, and move out the things that her father had never promised to deal with her mother, and also think about taking over the things that the previous gift was done, it turned out that it was here.

However, this also solved some of Liang Cheng's doubts a few days ago, she has always wondered how the Yang family could be so calm after her father and mother punished her for copying family rules and grounding her for ten days, neither like the usual stumbling on her mother back then, nor like Xiao Han's attack, it turned out that she was waiting here, just waiting for Yang Yuan to go to Beijing to serve as Taibu without any news.

With Yang Yuan's exploits in Yuzhou, and in the current situation in the northwest, Emperor Wen's reuse of him is almost a matter of no doubt, then Liang Sixuan will not look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, so he will not be too embarrassed by the Yang family. And the Yang family, as long as she has a little chance, then she can definitely win sympathy in front of Liang Sixuan.

After all, Liang Sixuan's affection and gentleness, the Yang family also knows very well, not to mention that now with Yang Yuan's great help, it is impossible for the Yang family not to gain a firm foothold in the Liang Mansion.

However, Liang Cheng was not worried about these at this time, what she was really worried about now was the Shen family and the Yan family.

At this time, Liang Cheng suddenly remembered that at the banquet of the Nanpu Incense Festival a few days ago, when the Shen family finally sent the Yan family away, the expressions of the two of them were so heavy that they could drip water. At that time, although Liang Cheng knew that something big must have happened, but now that she thinks about it, it may be related to Yang Yuan's incident.

It's just that Yang Yuan can get into the eyes of his mother and second aunt, will it be a bit exaggerated? Yang Yuan hadn't even entered Lantai yet, and he didn't know that he still had to stay in the position of Taibu for a few years, how could his mother and second aunt be so depressed for him that night?

Liang Cheng couldn't figure it out, in her cognition, if she wanted the Shen family and the Yan family to be like this, it would only be right when she had entanglements with the interests of the Shen family, could it be that this time, the Shen family was also involved?

This was the only answer Liang Cheng could think of now, but she didn't dare to confirm it with Shen at this time. If things are really like what she thinks, it will be much more serious, if the mother doesn't tell her about this matter, then there is a reason not to say it, even if Liang Cheng is worried, she can't ask.

Alas...... After a long sigh, Liang Cheng finally stopped standing by the window like a statue, she rubbed her elbows that were a little numb by the cold wind, and reached out to close the window tightly, not wanting to let Qingzhu see her for a while, and then talk to her for a long time.

"Miss!"

Just then I remembered that Qingzhu came, and she really appeared, Liang Cheng smiled: "Come in." ”

The door was gently pushed open, Qingyu walked in, and said to Liang Ming: "Miss, it's not early, it's almost noon, Miss, you should go to Heshouzhai to pick up the fourth master." Qingzhu first carefully observed Liang Ming's expression, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, Qingzhu smiled and said to Liang Ming.

"It's almost noon now? Time flies. Liang Cheng was slightly stunned, and then said in surprise.

Has she just been out of her mind for so long? Liang Cheng was a little speechless, but she immediately asked Qingyu to help her freshen up and change her clothes. (To be continued.) )