Ji Cheng's belly was crooked, but after thinking for a while, she understood what Shen Qian meant, she smiled bitterly in her heart, Shen Qian didn't say it clearly, she couldn't rush up and say that she had no intention of Chu Zhen, right?

After Shen Qian went, Ji Cheng felt tired when he thought of these men and women, and it was better to read a few account books to be refreshed. And because she slept a lot during the day, she slept at night, so she simply asked Nan Gui to take her to the secret room under the Jiuli Courtyard.

Now this secret room dedicated to Ji Cheng is very different from the roughness of the past. On that day, Shen Che asked Ji Cheng to arrange this secret room according to his preferences, but Ji Cheng didn't ask for it, she thought that she would probably have to settle here from time to time in the future, so she carefully drew the drawings and handed them to Nangui to arrange.

Today, Ji Cheng is the first time to see the "Snowy Night Moon Fasting" after seeing this arrangement.

Lanyue Zhai was still empty, and only according to Ji Cheng's arrangement, a thick, wide and snow-white long blanket was spread. Ji Cheng was actually just a picture drawn by anger at that time, such a big long blanket is very rare, but he didn't expect to be really found by Nangui. Of course, there must be a hint from Shen Che here.

There is a natural small table on the blanket, and there is a lazy stand on several sides, and the shelf is leaning on a large soft pillow with dark green embroidered jade lotus petals.

On the wall behind the lazy frame stands a row of low cabinets, which are used to house ledgers. There was only a half-man-tall olive-shaped floor lantern in the corner, and then there was nothing else.

Oh yes, there is still something, that is, all four walls are pasted with white paper according to Ji Cheng's meaning.

When Nan Gui first laid it out, he suspected that he had read the wrong drawings, and he looked at it three times, but he couldn't figure it out, so what was so good. And why is this secret room called "Snowy Night Moonfast"?

Although Ji Cheng was sick, she was more affectionate than usual, she touched the long-haired snow blanket, and rubbed her face on the fur, which was very soft and comfortable, and she was very satisfied with Nangui's arrangement.

Ji Cheng asked Nan Gui to light up the paper lantern, "Have you prepared all the pen, ink and paints I asked you to prepare?" ”

Nangui nodded, took out the pen and ink pigments from the cabinet and put them on the small table, and took out a few brushes the size of bowls to put them aside.

Ji Cheng said: "You can go, just leave me here alone." ”

Ji Cheng has been tinkering in Lanyue Zhai for several nights in a row, Nan Gui's curiosity has been aroused by her, and she begged for a long time to be able to enter the new Lanyue Zhai.

Nan Gui stood at the door, staring at the walls around her without blinking, she was born in martial arts, and she was not interested in the poems, calligraphy and paintings that ordinary women were used to, and she didn't look at them, but today she had some different feelings.

"Girl, this painting of yours seems to be different from other people's. I've never seen a painting like this, but it's not because it's big, it's just different. Nangui said plainly.

Ji Cheng pursed his lips and smiled, "Then you can see what's different." ”

Ji Cheng sat cross-legged on the snow carpet, lit the white paper lantern in the corner of the wall, took a brush and dipped it in ink, but a few strokes outlined a vigorous old plum trunk.

Nan Gui walked in a little bit, stretched out his hand to touch the wall, obviously feeling that the cluster of green bamboos in front of him was still seven feet away, but his hand touched the wall.

Nan Gui said with some surprise: "Girl, I found out that your painting seems to be real, I see that the moon is obviously hanging in the sky, but when I reach out and touch it, it is on the wall." ”

Ji Cheng smiled, "Well, it just took a little trick to blind your eyes." ”

If you use the modern people of a thousand years later, Ji Cheng's painting is actually quite simple, that is, the three-dimensional perspective is used when drawing the plane, so that the scenery on the painting seems to be alive.

Ji Cheng on the wall of this "snowy night moon map" is very magnificent, the other three walls are dark blue, the color gradient, like the night sky under the moon, there are faint plum shadows in the ink blue, there are also faint strange rocks, and the unique moon is on the wall, first painted a window and the real window of the same size, the window is open more than half at the moment, revealing a clump of green bamboo outside the window, a round of ice moon is painted in the sky above the green bamboo. The shadows of mountains and rivers can still be faintly seen on the moon.

Being in Lanyue Zhai, I can't feel that this is an underground secret room at this time, and there is no feeling of suffocation, and I can even feel a cool wind blowing in from the window, with a faint plum fragrance.

However, this plum fragrance is not something that can be depicted by a brush, but the burning aroma of the plum fragrant cake prepared by Ji Cheng himself, which is cold and pleasant.

"If I hadn't known what this moon was like before, I wouldn't have seen it as a secret room when I first walked in." Nangui sighed.

The moon in the sky and the plum lanterns on the ground were shining, Ji Cheng leaned on the lazy shelf and began to flip through the ledger, occasionally coughing twice, indicating that the disease had not been completely cured, and he didn't know how much he had eaten steamed pears in Chuanbei, and he had also used several cans of loquat ointment, but he didn't see the roots.

Nan Gui didn't understand why Ji Cheng didn't rest, but tossed around.

Ji Cheng is not idle, lying on the bed only feels that her whole body is sore, looking at the account book, and then dealing with the letterheads from Jindi, she is more stable in her heart.

Ling Ziyun's reply has arrived, and the letter is full of concern, since he was a child, it was Ji Cheng who asked him to go east, he would not go west, this time such a big thing, Ling Ziyun also responded in one bite. However, it is still his father who is in charge of his family, so Ling Ziyun will inevitably be restrained when doing things, Ling's father means that he will not stop the Ji family from eating the business of the Tan family and the Chen family, but at this stage, he can only wait and see.

This is already the best situation that Ji Cheng can think of. The Tan family and the Chen family occupy eighty percent of the armament business in Jindi, and have been operating for more than ten years, a rising star like the Ji family wants to eat the Tan family and the Chen family, which is not inferior to an idiot's dream, if the Ling family is unrighteous and sells the Ji family backhandedly, the Ji family will be destroyed, and now Ling's father agrees to wait and see, thinking that Ling Ziyun has said a lot of good things about the Ji family.

Of course, if this business is successful, the Ling family will also make a lot of money, and no one wants to be subservient, so Ling's father will give the Ji family face.

After getting Ling Ziyun's letter, Ji Cheng was looking for Shen Che, but she didn't expect that the two seemed to have a good heart, so she put down the letter, and a rattle rang outside the door.

Shen Che's eyes first looked around, and then fell on Ji Cheng's face, "Why do you come here with such a haggard face?" ”

"I can't stay idle." Ji Cheng responded, he was afraid of giving others his sickness wherever he went, but this place became Ji Cheng's comfort nest.

Shen Che smiled, lifted his robe and sat down opposite Ji Cheng, "Stretch out your hand." ”

Ji Cheng stretched out his hand and asked with a little curiosity: "Where did Cousin Che learn this Qihuang technique?" On the way back to Beijing in Nanyuan, Shen Che also touched Ji Cheng's pulse once and prescribed medicine, Ji Cheng chose the medicine according to the prescription he gave, and the effect was not bad, but Shen Che had not seen anyone for a long time, so Ji Cheng could only take the medicine of Dr. Song in Shen Qian's mouth, and the root of the disease has not been broken.

Shen Che's fingertips rested on Ji Cheng's wrist and carefully measured her face, "Stick your tongue out and take a look." ”

Ji Cheng stuck out his tongue again, Shen Che changed his hand to cut the pulse, and he didn't give Ji Cheng a medical explanation, so he directly picked up the pen and prescribed the medicine.

Ji Cheng held his chin in his hand and looked at Shen Che who was moving quickly, thinking that this person was really a bit of a famous doctor when he was strict, and he was even contaminated with a little fairy aura in the snowy night picture, if his eyebrows turned white again, then he could fly into the sky.

Shen Che wrote the recipe and handed it to Ji Cheng, Ji Cheng took it and looked at it, there was nothing wrong, and he carefully received it aside, "When Cousin Che diagnosed my pulse, it seemed to be different from other doctors, I felt as if there was a breath of qi that had penetrated into the bloodline." ”

"This is my master's master's mastery, using qi to diagnose the pulse, not only the body can be detected, but also the skin, spleen and stomach can be seen." Shen Che said.

said so wildly, Ji Cheng was only skeptical, she was actually more interested in how a prince like Shen Che could learn the art of Qihuang?

Shen Che seemed to be able to hear Ji Cheng's words in his heart, and replied, "It's just interest." It's just that although he is only out of interest, he can already make most of the people who practice medicine in the world embarrassed. Shen Che practiced the world's first martial arts, and when he learned the art of Qi Huang, he naturally worshipped the most famous divine doctor in the world.

But Ji Cheng didn't think about the name of the miracle doctor, after all, the old man had already gone west in the legend.

"You take two pairs of this medicine first, and I'll check your pulse in a few days." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng was about to refuse, and then listened to Shen Che and said: "You are already extremely lucky this time, next time you will calculate people unless you have to use bitter meat tricks, if you don't have a good physical foundation, this time alone can reduce your life expectancy by decades." ”

So exaggerated? Ji Cheng smiled: "Naturally, I was extremely lucky, thanks to my cousin's willingness to diagnose my pulse." ”

Shen Che thought for a while, "If you are willing to undress and let me give you a needle, your illness can get better faster." ”

Ji Cheng hurriedly shook his head, "Illness is like a thread, everything is not done quickly, and it doesn't hurt to be slow." ”

Shen Che snorted coldly, "Did the Ling family reply to the letter?" ”

Ji Cheng nodded, "Uncle Ling only promised not to interfere, the Ling family is such a big family, he can't be without scruples, when he sees that we are here, he will definitely help us." ”

Shen Che did not comment, and instead said: "I received a letter from the secret agent, the Tan family will sell a batch of weapons to Yanqi a year ago, and I will let people rob them in the middle of the road, and I must not let Yanqi get so many weapons, otherwise the balance of the Western Regions will be broken." However, Yan Qi was defeated in the battle of Lebo Fort with Qiuzi, in order to prevent him from slumping, the ordnance still has to be given, and you can use the relationship of the Guò Ling family to bear 20% of the ordnance transportation. With such a large number of weapons, you will never take the same road, when the time comes, I will give you the route to ensure that you are okay, as for whether you can make Yanqi only trust your Ji family in the future and be disappointed in the Tan and Chen families, it depends on your own ability. ”

"Okay." Ji Cheng responded, and suddenly remembered the past, "Four years ago, the Tan family and the Chen family also had a heavy loss, which hurt some vitality, otherwise they would not agree to let our Ji family meddle in the ordnance business, do you think that time is also the handiwork of Cousin Che?" ”

"What are you trying to imply?" Shen Che didn't answer the rhetorical question.

Ji Cheng is actually not hinting anymore. She had thought about a lot of questions these days, although Shen Che was several years older than Ji Cheng, but in terms of the position he was in now, it could be said that he was too young.

Ji Cheng thought that the reason why Shen Che was timid in the matter of Jindi ordnance was probably that he was fledgling, otherwise he could have served the Tan family and the Chen family together, and wouldn't it be more appropriate to cultivate his own forces later?

Ji Cheng also thought that it might be that Shen Che's Shangfeng was unwilling to move the Tan family and the Chen family for some reason, so he had to make such a roundabout. But today, since she guessed that what happened four years ago was done by Shen Che, then Shen Che should have the ability to deal with the Tan family at the beginning, why didn't she do it later?

"I didn't hint at anything, and Cousin Che also said that if a smart person like me can't know the cause and effect, it's easy to go wrong when he does things." Ji Cheng said.

Shen Che laughed, "No wonder the saints say that only women and villains are difficult to raise, and if you are close, you are not inferior, and if you are far away, you will be resentful." Shen Che leaned over to Ji Cheng, "Don't you think that the latter sentence is what the saint said about you?" ”

Naturally, it was not big, when Shen Che diagnosed her pulse just now, Ji Cheng already felt too close, and at this moment he leaned over, and the fragrance of pine sandalwood between his noses was almost sprayed on Ji Cheng's face, she had to lean back, put her face away, the roots of her ears were red, and she was defeated.

Fortunately, Shen Che didn't make any further moves, but instead sat up straight and said, "Ah Cheng is so smart, he has already figured out the trick, right?" ”

Of course, Ji Cheng thought of the trick. The armament business of the Tan family and the Chen family is very prosperous, and it is impossible not to leak the news at all, and the court has also sent the imperial history to visit Jindi, but whether it is the Qiao Yushi who came to beat the gong and drum clearly, or the Zhu Yushi who visited Weifu privately, he was not promoted to make a fortune alive. One died halfway through, and the other was killed as soon as he left Jindi. As for who killed him, it is still an unsolved mystery.

But in Ji Cheng's opinion, this is not a mystery case at all, and the murderer is so obvious. But why can't the imperial court deal with the rich in Jinzhong? It must be someone who covers the sky with one hand as a guarantor.

All the state affairs of Great Qin are decided in the political affairs hall, and only the big guys in the political affairs hall can protect the Tan family and the Chen family.

But Ji Cheng couldn't know who it was, her identity was too low.

When the two tigers fight, there must be an injury, Ji Cheng is waiting and preparing all the time, and when the time comes, she will either retreat with her whole body, or take the position from this.

Ji Cheng wanted to know who Shen Che's opponent was, but he also knew that Shen Che would not be stupid enough to sue her.

"I know that my cousin has his own difficulties, but as long as it is for the country and the people, I will definitely help my cousin." Ji Cheng said loyally.

"Rhetoric is better than singing." Shen Che said sarcastically. Shen Che knew that Ji Cheng had always had two hearts, but he didn't take it to heart, if Ji Cheng was really smart, he should know what to do best. This businessman is no different from the female history of the Qinglou, they are all driven by profit.

Ji Cheng no longer plays tricks with Shen Che, in fact, Shen Che has already answered her just now, he does have political enemies in the court, and Jing Shijun is not invincible, and the important weapon of the country is still in the political hall, not in the hands of Jing Shijun, who is only responsible for detecting intelligence.

"Since my cousin has the intention to invest in the Jindi ordnance, he should also know that the ordnance depends on the mine. Iron is produced around the Jin land, and although the iron ore on the bright side belongs to the imperial court, it is precisely because the Tan family and the Chen family have the ability to take the state-owned mines as their own that they have their dominance. Ji Cheng said, "If we can't get the mine, it's empty talk to curb the Tan family and the Chen family." ”

Shen Che said: "When Concubine Wang Shu was pregnant, the emperor had already tacitly accepted that the Jin Land would be the fief of the eldest prince, and the qiē mineral deposits would naturally belong to the eldest prince by default. The prince is young, and the emperor's dragon body is not safe, and the income from the mine is considered to be given to the Wang family by default, just to support the Wang family to protect the prince, in case the emperor has any accidents, the Wang family can protect the prince and compete with the princes' mansions. ”

Only then did Ji Cheng know why the Wang family was so arrogant in the Beijing Division, it could be said that they were walking sideways. It is no wonder that Shen Che can't move the iron ore rights of Jindi.

It was originally a mine of the country, but it was given to the ministers by the emperor as private property, and these ministers betrayed Daqin for their own selfish interests, sent weapons to the hands of the people of the Western Regions, and then beat Daqin in turn, it is really ridiculous to think about it, but the initiator is the emperor himself.

"If the emperor knew that the Wang family sold the ordnance produced by the iron mine to the people of the Western Regions, wouldn't he be able to bring down the Wang family?" Ji Cheng asked.

"The Wang family was not involved in this matter. They are only responsible for collecting money, and it is not only the Wang family who can grab the benefits here, and it is not appropriate to touch their big pie for the time being, if it causes a counterattack, the gains outweigh the losses. If it is really reported, it will only be the Tan family and the Chen family who will be convicted, and there will be other Li family and Zhang family in the future, but it will definitely not be your Ji family. Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng lowered her head and was silent, she didn't believe that Shen Che had no choice, he was the emperor's own nephew, and he was still favored when he heard his meaning, Shen Che could obviously hit the Wang family in a bright way, he just didn't want to, but why didn't he want to?

Ji Cheng thought about it for a long time and still asked questions.

Shen Che chuckled and said, "You can afford me." ”

Ji Cheng hurriedly defended, "With Cousin Che's ability to calculate people's hearts, I think it's really a tricky matter, and there is nothing you can't solve." It's up to you whether you want it or not. ”

Shen Che took out the gentle teapot from the tea barrel next to him, poured a cup of tea, and drank it with a frown, "You are really a waste of tea." ”

Ji Cheng has also learned to boil tea, cook tea, and recognize tea and water, but she is not such an elegant person in her bones, but she has been forced out in the past few years, and tea is a hungry thing for her, and it is a waste of time to bother to make tea. From this point of view, she and Chu Zhen are really a bit of a match.

"Originally, I still had some artistic conception when I saw your picture of the moon on a snowy night, but your tea was burned and boiled by the crane." Shen Che said.

Background determines many habits of a person, such as things that Ji Cheng feels indifferent, but Shen Che can't settle down. Ji Cheng watched him get up and go out, and after a while, a servant brought in the lotus stove and Chozi for making tea, and other items such as Shen Che's usual tea utensils were also sent in.

Since you want to make tea, you naturally have to talk for a long time.

It is a long talk, it is really uncomfortable to sit uprightly, anyway, Ji Cheng has no image in front of Shen Che, and to say something ugly, I am afraid that she can be reported to him by the spies around her if she goes to the toilet several times a day, but Ji Cheng did not hold it, lazily leaned back on the lazy shelf, and a green silk fell on the snow-white blanket, reflecting the light of the plum lamp and showing a satin-like luster, which made people can't help but want to reach out and touch it.

Shen Che's eyes lingered on Ji Cheng's hair for a moment, and then he moved back into the bamboo spoon in his hand, and slowly scooped water and boiled tea from the ancient stone jar where he had just moved in.

"This water is made of old snow water, and after being filtered through bamboo pipes and fine sand, it is not considered a good tea." Shen Che said slowly.

His voice is very good, like a clear spring in the night, not a crisp color, but a rich and low mellow moisturizing color.

Ji Cheng is a soft mouth that eats people, and naturally has a soft mouth when he drinks people, not only is Shen Che not annoying when he makes tea, but it simply makes people don't want to blink. His posture is not pretentious, it is casual, and the poetic tea is revealed from his cuffs and fingertips, freehand and graceful. Compared with Ji Chengxue's set of tea brewing methods, it is much more natural and wonderful.

Shen Che didn't wear a winter brocade jacket and fur, Ji Cheng remembered that she had seen him several times recently, but he was only wearing a thin jacket, which was as clear as a cloud pine in the snow, Ji Cheng would inevitably think that this person really loved beauty.

However, Shen Che is indeed favored by God, with dark colors, he is dignified and solemn, simple and elegant, and his light clothes are handsome and dusty, and he is scorching and jade, just looking at it makes people enjoy it.

Ji Cheng felt that maybe he had been staring at him for too long, so that he was very pleased with this cousin who liked to be merry, and she actually heard Shen Che say, "I have a bamboo house, Linxi, where it is not interesting to make tea in early spring and summer, and we can go and sit in the beginning of spring." ”

Ji Cheng was simply flattered, but she managed to practice a pampered posture without being surprised, and only lightly opened her lips and said, "Okay." ”

The beauty is like this, lying in light clothes, racing snow with bright wrists, and cherry blossoms with red lips.

Ji Cheng didn't like to dress up because he was sick, so he came here late at night, and there was no need for appliqués, and even his hair full of green silk was just a jade comb. Although people are a little haggard because of illness, they still deserve the beauty of "but they don't think fat powder pollutes the color".

Such a beauty, reflected in people's eyes, has become a landscape of its own, and then moved by Shen Che to his mountain bamboo dwelling, the beauty is like snow, the green trees are full of clouds, even a famous painting is difficult to write its meaning, so it is only because of the invitation generously.

However, Ji Cheng was a layman, and soon began to urge Shen Che to continue the topic just now, she couldn't stay here until dawn, she had to go back to Xiaokuan Courtyard.

Shen Che looked at Ji Cheng's wrist that was exposed due to the slipping of the cuffs, which was only the size of a child, and the skin was frosty and snowy, and there were slight red marks on it, which should have been left when he fell the horse last time, white and slightly flawed, which was a pity in Shen Qian's eyes, but in someone's eyes, he wanted to add a red mark on her fingers.

Shen Che opened his eyes, closed his eyes and recuperated, and sure enough, the benefits of seeing Ji Cheng were very beneficial.