Wu Shizhen and Wang Lin have not spoken to each other since they argued in front of the saint, and their faces were also iron-blue, as if they were not angry with each other, and only then did they return to their usual intimacy. Wu Shizhen personally sent Wang Lin out, and when he saw that the sky was already dark, and there were not many pedestrians outside the house, he pulled Wang Lin under the courtyard wall and said softly: "Thanks to your wit, you will quarrel with me if you land on the words of the adult, otherwise you and I will look at the same shape in the eyes of the emperor, and I don't know what kind of suspicion to have." As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh to himself, and said: "When I went to Beijing to report on my work a year ago, the emperor didn't seem to be like this, but somehow more than half a year has passed, and his heart has become so powerful. ”

Wu Shizhen also sighed: "The seedlings of the heavenly family are born more suspicious than others, and the emperor is now in the court, so he is naturally not the same as when he lived in the harem." In this way, you and I should be more cautious. ”

Wang Lin said: "Yes, a few months ago, fortunately, the adults were negligent because of the improvement of the seeds, and only then did they find out the news of the emperor's micro-service from the mouth of the official post, if we did not prepare in advance, tomorrow when I accompanied the saint to inspect the ridges, I am afraid that it will also be the day when my head falls to the ground." After that, he shivered to himself.

Wu Shizhen helped him on the shoulder and said: "Lord Wang, don't mess with yourself, the emperor has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and the prince and Lord Lu are also people who are not engaged in farming, and they can't see the clues." Tomorrow, you and I only need to stabilize the emperor and prevent him from going down to the field to take a closer look, and everything will be fine. ”

Wang Lin hugged his fists and said, "Everything depends on the adults." It's getting late now, and the emperor is resting, so why don't you and I go to the field to see how it is, so that we can discuss tomorrow's things in detail. ”

Wu Shizhen nodded yes, and the two of them immediately took advantage of the night and hurried to the fields outside the city.

The next day was a sunny day, Zhu Shiyang got up early in the morning and was in a good mood, and after breakfast, he led everyone around Luzhou City before going outside the city. Luzhou really deserves to be an important town of agriculture and mulberry, walk all the way from outside the city gate, only to see thousands of miles of fertile fields gently undulating, the field of vision is extremely broad, and you can see the sky at a glance. The crops in the field are in full bloom, the blue waves ripple between the ridges and acres, and even the breeze that crosses the plains seems to be contaminated with the vigorous green between the stems and leaves of the seedlings, and it is a little cool. In the fields, there were scattered peasants bending over the fields, and the ploughing oxen scattered on the hills were grazing, and occasionally they heard a distant noise, and they let out a few dull low noises.

Such a leisurely and comfortable field scene, Zhu Shiyang had only seen it in calligraphy and painting before, but now that he suddenly came to his eyes, he realized that the description and painting in the painting, even if it was lifelike, was less than one-ten-thousandth of today's. Although the scenery in front of you does not have the exquisite carving of Qionglou Yuyu in the palace, nor the ghostly craftsmanship of the splendid rivers and mountains along the way, it is enough to make people's hearts sway. He looked around greedily for a long time, and then Wu Shizhen and Wang Lin led him to a hillside and overlooked the field from a high place.

From here, the whole fertile field is like a green carpet spreading, extending infinitely to the brilliant sky, and the neatly divided ridges are the gorgeous ornaments on this carpet. The wheat seedlings are pitching in the field with the wind, as if thousands of courtiers and people, long live the mountains. The scorching sun on the horizon rendered the golden light, and the wheat on the ears was glowing with brilliant yellow, causing people to think about the prosperity of the harvest. Zhu Shiyang looked around on the hillside for a week, and said with a smile: "The wheat in this Luzhou Mansion grows really well, unlike the previous Zhangde and Ruzhou, which are all green and yellow, and you can know that the harvest after the year will not be good." ”

Governor Wu Shizhen bowed down and said with a smile: "Luzhou has fertile soil, the most suitable for crop growth, and Zhangde and Ruzhou are both north of Luzhou, not only the land is not as fertile as Luzhou, the climate is not as warm as Luzhou, and it also suffered from drought last year, so it is reasonable that crops grow poorly." ”

Zhu Shiyang glanced at him and said with a smile: "You are willing to speak for the other two prefects." It's okay not to mention Zhangde, but when I mention it, I have to think of the rebellious Xia Kang, and it's just that he doesn't treat the land, and it also makes King Kangping sick, I really get angry when I think about it. As he spoke, he looked back at Zhu Shiji with a slightly worried look and asked, "King Kangping, how do you feel about your body?"

Zhu Shiji sat on the horse and shook his head and smiled: "Brother Chen has been fine for a long time, the imperial brother doesn't have to worry, but Lord Lu has always been frail, and he hasn't spoken for half a day, is he a little sad by the scorching sun?"

Lu Wenyuan was confused because the emperor was repeatedly angry with Xia Kang, just because Xia Kang was picked up by him, and the emperor was dissatisfied with him, wouldn't he be dissatisfied with himself?

Zhu Shiyang guessed his thoughts, and immediately went over and whispered: "Don't think about it, I am dissatisfied with Lord Xia because he is not angry and does not do your business." Seeing that Lu Wenyuan smiled bitterly, he took the reins of his horse and said, "Let's go, this wheat grows so well, how about you accompany me to take a closer look?" The crowd followed.

At the bottom of the hillside, the wheat seedlings in the field can actually drown people's calves. Zhu Shiyang got off the horse, walked a few steps into the wheat field, bent down and pulled out a wisp of spikes and played with it in his hand. If there was no one else, according to his temperament, he was afraid that he would be like a prodigal in the market, taking the ear of wheat into his mouth, but after playing for a while, Zhu Shiyang gradually frowned, turned the ear of wheat in his hand and looked at the shield carefully, and said suspiciously: "Lord Wu, this wheat looks really good from a distance, but how can it be planted a little shriveled and strained recently, and the stalk is also soft and weak?"

The prefect Wu Shizhen was covered with cold sweat, stabilized his mind and replied in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, this is due to the drought last year, and the quality of the seeds left behind is not as good as in previous years. The farmers picked and picked, and the wheat grown with the best seeds of last year was only like this, and it was Weichen who had the idea of introducing improved seeds from the Sichuan and Shu areas. This is all due to the unfavorable rectification of Weichen. ”

Zhu Shiyang sent Wu Shizhen up, and sighed: "Master Wu is wrong, it's just that I can't govern the country." When the first emperor was there, he would reclaim a piece of land in the imperial garden every year and cultivate wheat and rice himself. During the harvest season, the palace can also eat the rice harvested by the emperor himself. But since the death of the first emperor, that piece of imperial land has been abandoned by me, and now it is only used by the servants of the imperial dining room to grow some small pieces such as onions, garlic and leeks. Last year's drought was about the punishment that Heaven and the Emperor gave to me because of this. Zhu Shiyang said, slightly gloomy, looked up at the scorching clear sky, and then looked at the wheat field stretching in front of him, thoughtfully, and said: "It's better for me to plow here today, even if it's just to pull out weeds and water, it's good, I just hope to make up for my past mistakes." ”

Wu Shizhen persuaded: "The emperor thinks twice, this scorching heat, your dragon body is precious, if you work too hard and are contaminated with the heat, this official can't afford to die 10,000 times." ”

Wang Lin also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, at this time, there is everything in the wheat field, and the emperor is carefully pounced on by mosquitoes." ”

Zhu Shiyang had already made up his mind, and while walking towards the depths of the wheat field, he waved his hand indifferently and said, "Okay, I'm not afraid of the heat, let alone mosquitoes." I think when I was young, I often caught crickets in the imperial garden, and I was happy. I've been bitten by ants. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to show Lu Wenyuan beside him, Zhu Shiji teased a few words on the side, and quickly turned the conversation away.

Wu Shizhen and Wang Lin couldn't persuade them when they saw it, so they had to go to the edge of the field to find an old farmer, secretly admonish a few words, and find two big straw hats to cover the heat for Zhu Shiyang and Lu Wenyuan. Zhu Shiji was recovering from a serious illness and should not be too tired, so he was arranged by Zhu Shiyang to rest and drink tea in the grass shed in the field.

Zhu Shiyang, accompanied by Lu Wenyuan, took off his outer robe, only wore a pure white middle coat, carried a hoe and plow on his shoulder, and wore a straw hat on his head, and walked towards the wheat field. It turned out that Zhu Shiyang was born and raised in the deep palace, where had he done farm work before, and he couldn't even find a balance to carry water, even if Lu Wenyuan was helping behind, he also splashed all the way, and when he got to the field and looked again, there was only less than half a bucket of water left in the front and back, but the trouser legs were wet with the water that was splashed, and the splashed mud was really embarrassed, and the monarch and the minister couldn't help laughing.

Since the clothes were dirty, there were no worries, and he could let go of his hands and feet when he got to work, so Lu Wenyuan picked up the soil for the wheat seedlings with a hoe and a plow, and Zhu Shiyang followed the old farmer to pull out the weeds. The old farmer was obviously accustomed to farm work, and his movements were extremely neat, and the weeds were uprooted one by one under his hands, and the wheat on both sides of the ditch became more and more neat and vigorous. Zhu Shiyang followed for a while, feeling a little tired from bending over and hunchbacking, so he simply knelt and crawled on the ground, and after a while, he rolled all over with dirt chips, like a mud pig that had just run out of the pen.

At this time, the crickets in the field have not yet grown, but the sharp-beaked gnats can jump very high. Zhu Shiyang was a child, and while weeding, he was inevitably attracted to attention, and when he saw a thumb-sized blue grasshopper jumping in front of him, he couldn't help but climb two steps with it.

It's a pity that although the gnats were fat, they were very alert, and the two mustaches on their sharp beaks moved, and they flew away with all their strength. Zhu Shiyang pounced into the air, raised his head, and couldn't find the shadow of the grasshopper for a long time, but he caught up with Lu Wenyuan not far away, and his figure was stunned, as if he was pulling something out of the field. Zhu Shiyang was a little curious, and stepped forward to take a look, but it turned out that the hoe and plow were stuck in the soil and couldn't be pulled out.

Zhu Shiyang was a little funny, and after seeing Lu Wenyuan's embarrassment on the side, he stepped forward to take the hoe handle from him, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll help you." ”

Lu Wenyuan had already used his strength at this time to make Jiang Xuebai's handsome face red, and the tiger's mouth was also sharpened by the rough plow, so he had to let go and retreat to the side. Zhu Shiyang glanced at him with a smile, and with the strength of his hands, he realized that the hoe was stuck by a stone under the soil. Zhu Shiyang didn't have the skills to do farm work, but his brute force was very good, and with a little force, he turned the rock out of the soil, and also implicated a few wheat plants around him.

Lu Wenyuan took the hoe from him, expressed his gratitude, and said: "The emperor quickly plant these wheat seedlings back, the farmers treat the crops like their own children, and if the old man sees the wheat seedlings poured later, he will be angry." So saying, he squatted down and replanted the fallen wheat.

Zhu Shiyang's mind was not on this at all, he stopped him, stretched out a hand and said, "Don't be busy first, you can hold my hand hard and try it." ”

Lu Wenyuan didn't know why, but he didn't dare to ask for a while. Zhu Shiyang's hand was stretched out in front of him, although it was stained with mud, he could still see that the hand was well-maintained, his skin was like jade, his five fingers were slender, and his palm lines were sinuous and clear. Lu Wenyuan subconsciously looked at his hands and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the minister's hands are stained with mud, and they are very pickled, I'm afraid it will ......."

Zhu Shiyang was impatient and interrupted him: "My hands are not clean. I told you to hold it, and you held it. ”

Lu Wenyuan couldn't help it, so he wiped his hand vigorously on his clothes. He rubbed it very seriously, and even Zhu Shiyang laughed when he watched it from the side. Lu Wenyuan hesitantly reached out a hand and held Zhu Shiyang's palm, but he didn't dare to use force, just lightly stuck to it.

Zhu Shiyang held him with his backhand and said, "You hold me hard, you can use as much strength as you want, don't be afraid of hurting me." ”

Lu Wenyuan became more and more suspicious, the emperor was full of thoughts, and he always liked to come up with some novel ideas, but he couldn't figure out what the intention of this time was, so he had to exert a little strength and hold the emperor's hand tightly.

Zhu Shiyang didn't seem to be satisfied, raised his eyebrows on one side, and asked, "You just have such an idea?"

Lu Wenyuan only used five or six points of strength, just because Zhu Shiyang said that he didn't have to be afraid of hurting him, but he was the emperor after all, and Lu Wenyuan didn't dare to use all his strength. After being questioned a little this time, Lu Wenyuan felt a little weak, so he had to exert a little more strength and clenched the emperor's hand even more.

Zhu Shiyang still shook his head and said, "You try it with two hands." ”

Lu Wenyuan had already guessed that the emperor was probably testing his strength at this time, so he added another hand and held the emperor's hand together. Zhu Shiyang felt his strength, and felt that although it was a little painful, it was nothing more than that, so he withdrew his hand and said to Lu Wenyuan: "It's time to try holding your hand." ”

Lu Wenyuan hurriedly stretched out his hand, Zhu Shiyang only held it with one hand, and increased his strength every minute. Lu Wenyuan only felt the pain* attacking, becoming more and more unbearable, and finally even the knuckles made a slight light sound, but Zhu Shiyang's palm was still tightening calmly. Lu Wenyuan finally couldn't help it, groaned softly in pain, and struggled to withdraw his hand. Zhu Shiyang hurriedly let go of him, and said with a smile: "King Kangping is right, you are really a weak scholar, and I haven't even used seventy percent of my strength." ”

Lu Wenyuan didn't dare to answer, so he only hid his hand behind his back and stretched it secretly. Seeing this, Zhu Shiyang took his hand and rubbed it gently, and said with a smile: "Did I hurt you?" Lu Wenyuan blushed, and repeatedly said that he was fine. Zhu Shiyang smiled again: "When I was a child, I often competed with King Kangping in the palace, not to mention you, even King Kangping was often hurt by me and ran to the master to complain." When Zhu Shiyang talked about his master, he felt very proud, and said: "My master is the old general Sun Wu of the previous dynasty, and he taught me the riding and archery kung fu. When I return to the palace another day, I will also teach you one trick and two styles, even if it is just to strengthen your body. Saying that, he was actually interested, and forced Lu Wenyuan to call him "master" first. Lu Wenyuan was willing to yell at him, and the two of them made a fuss in the field.

The commander of the Jinyi Guard, He Fanben, led more than a dozen Jinyi guards to guard the ridge not far away, and at this time, seeing that the emperor and Lu Wenyuan did not pay much attention to this side, he turned around and whispered a few words to his subordinates, and quietly went to the grass shed where Zhu Shiji was.

Zhu Shiji was sitting in the grass shed drinking tea, and several subordinates were standing behind him. Seeing He Fan come in, he put the teacup on the table, pointed to Zhu Shiyang and Lu Wenyuan in the distance and smiled at He Fan: "Look at how dirty that pair of mud monkeys are, I really want to laugh to death this king." ”

He Fan didn't have a smile on his face, he saluted Zhu Shiji, and then lowered his head and didn't speak. Zhu Shiji understood and retreated from the people behind him, He Fanfang stood up, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid there are some problems with the wheat in that field......"

Zhu Shiji was a little suspicious, and frowned slightly: "Oh, how can you say this?"

He Fanfu took another step forward, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. Zhu Shiji's face changed, and then he turned his head sideways and looked solemnly

He Fan looked at him and said, "You can see it clearly?"

He Fan took a step back, respectfully hugged his fists and said, "If you go back to the prince's words, your subordinates can see it very clearly." The subordinate was born in a peasant family, and he has been farming with his parents since he was a child, and he will not be mistaken, and there are a few people under his command who can see it. I am afraid that the field is not wheat......"

Zhu Shiji interrupted him with a wave of his hand and said, "Have you ever told others about this?"

He Fan shook his head firmly and said, "Back to the prince, no." As soon as the subordinates realized that something was wrong, they rushed to report to the prince, and instructed the subordinates who saw it not to make a public statement. ”

Zhu Shiji nodded and said, "You did a good job." This king will have his own plans for this matter, you go back quickly, and don't be discovered. ”

He Fan made a promise and retreated. Zhu Shiji picked up the teacup and sipped slowly, the thick tea mist loomed his handsome eyebrows, and the light of contemplation flashed more and more. 166 Reading Network