Chapter 53: Timely Rain
When the county officials rushed back to the official office with Yuan Lingjun, the sun was already in the west, but the suffocating residual heat had not yet dissipated.
Ninety thousand pressed the knife and sat under the porch, his dark skin the color of the scorching sun, and the green and luxuriant leaves of the trees shaded his head.
Yuan Lingjun's hearty laughter suddenly came from the open door behind him, and then, with one footstep, countless county officials withdrew from the house, and Jiuwan got up and retreated to the side.
"Fujun, you find some books to order the history, copy them overnight according to the method described in the letter, and distribute them to all places."
The county guard and his subordinate officers received the order. Yuan Lingjun strode away from the official office, his sleeves were especially windy, and the palace silk jade on his waist collided and swayed lightly, rippling a crisp Lingling in the afterglow.
Yuan Lingjun was in a particularly comfortable mood, and when he returned to the county where he was staying, he even asked for more food.
Kunjiao finally swept away the haze on her face for many days, and prepared a sumptuous dinner, this time the lord for the drought, the sleep was not good, the food was not sweet, she saw it in her eyes, anxious in her heart, but there was nothing to do, and now the lord got the plan to solve the big trouble, and he prepared all the things that the lord likes to eat on weekdays for her to choose.
"It's fucking hot!" The next bedroom opened, and a woman in a long emerald dress lazily stepped out, stretching her waist and legs exaggeratedly in front of the porch.
Gongsun Zixi woke up naturally from sleep, stretched his waist and came over, and saw his niece sitting under the porch to enjoy a cool meal, only to find that she was also a little hungry in her belly, she leisurely leaned over and beckoned the maid to hand over the double chopsticks.
"Auntie, why do you keep eating me and robbing me? There are still many in the kitchen, so go and serve them yourself. ”
Yuan Lingjun was busy protecting the dishes, his cheeks bulging high, and it seemed that he had stuffed a lot.
"Who made you look better than mine! Don't be stingy. Gongsun Zixi poked his niece's cheeks, and gestured to the spoon in her hand Nunu to use it.
In Gongsun Zixi's threatening eyes, Yuan Lingjun still shook his head resolutely and protected the food to the end.
Gongsun Zixi sighed helplessly, spread out his hands, and reclined on the mat, indicating that he would not rob her.
Yuan Lingjun looked at him suspiciously, and his cheeks slowly moved. "Where did my aunt come from?" Yuan Lingjun slowly relaxed his vigilance, stuffed food into his mouth, and did not forget to interrogate his aunt's comings and goings.
"Didn't you say that? I'm from Fangzhou County, I heard that my nephew is there, so I stopped by to take a look. "Obvious facts, what is the point of asking again. Gongsun Zixi lazily propped up half of his face and straightened the folds pressed out of his clothes.
Yuan Lingjun took a bite of rice and rolled his eyes: "It seems that there is a distance of seven or eight thousand miles from Beisai to Fangzhou County, and it is still a detour, and it is not a way." It's funny for an aunt to tease her niece like this? ”
Gongsun Zixi reacted and glanced at her indifferently: "It seems to be." However, it is more important to see my niece and son-in-law than to supervise the class. You see how much weight you have in the girl's heart, and you have to go to the back of the row for business......"
"Auntie." Yuan Lingjun interrupted, choked a little, and pounded his chest fiercely: "You mean, you were ordered to supervise the county?" ”
"Slow down, the starving ghost is reincarnated." Gongsun Zixi sat up, patted her back a few times, and naturally took her chopstick, slowly picked up the sliced pork, and put it in his mouth to chew.
Yuan Lingjun was unaware, and she didn't seem to be sure about this matter yet. What happened in Lin'an? It is too unusual for Gongsun Zixi, who is in an important position, to appear here at a critical juncture.
"I was ordered to investigate, and on the surface, the scenery was actually an errand that could not be idle. After the victory of the Northern Sai War, Pi Liben held the military talisman in his hand, and tried to empty my military power, and drove me to Hanchuan Pass to garrison, my grandmother was seriously ill in the spring, and the princess called me back to Beijing to serve. Now that the princess is in power, the Xu family has embarked on a major blood change in the imperial court, and they will definitely take the Gongsun family, who are loyal to His Majesty. ”
"Why didn't Gongsun Tan follow?" The rhino is not separated from the sandalwood, and the sandalwood is not separated from the rhino. This pair of masters and servants have always been inseparable, and it is very strange that they did not appear at the same time at this time.
"She's stationed in Guiwu."
Kunjiao and the maid came back and forth and delivered a meal to Gongsun Zixi.
"How can the drought be solved?" Gongsun Zixi was also not polite, and he ate a few days ago.
"Locusts do not like rainy and shady wetlands, and generally lay eggs and reproduce in dry and warm places, Changshan has a lot of wasteland this year, and there are few fields for growing grain, so if you want to avoid locust plagues, you must plant a large number of trees and crops on the surface." Yuan Lingjun took the silk towel and wiped the rice grains at the corner of his mouth, and continued, "The person who came up with the solution strategy is not a childe, but an anonymous god who rushed from Feiwu County to Fangzhou County, and that god man is sure that it will rain tomorrow morning, so let me wait for good news." ”
"He knows a lot, and he even knows that he observes the changes of the wind and clouds to predict the time of rainfall, and the guests of the shogunate in the army also have people who know this technique, but the ten ** are not allowed, I suspect that it is a swaggering warlock, the gods are chattering, and Pi Liben is still offered as a baby."
Yuan Lingjun took a sip of cold fruit pulp, looked at the dark sky and swaying flowers and branches in the atrium, and said helplessly, "Auntie, there will definitely be a famine this year, the cotton planted in Changshan accounts for the majority, and there is not much grain in stock, and my mother has made a mistake for the first time." It is said that the exiles of China and North Korea have poured into the border of Longxi, and the king of Shu ordered the army to drive them away, if the exiles poured in from the northern vassal states, the scene of Changshan Kingdom did not dare to imagine. ”
Gongsun Zixi let out a "hmm", buried his head, and was busy picking up rice to fill the pit.
The night was unusually hot and sultry, Yuan Ling couldn't sleep, Kunjiao asked the maids on duty at night to take turns fanning, and only fell asleep with his eyes closed until the third watch.
On the second day, while the sky was still bright, the rain began to pour down.
Before the official street drum was beating, the Lizhong and urban areas were in an uproar, and the cheers were higher and higher, as if they wanted to raise the whole county in a loud voice.
I finally fell asleep last night, and I was woken up again before the hour. Yuan Lingjun frowned and rubbed his eyes, kicked off the quilt, his eyes were still not open, Kunjiao hurriedly took the robe, shoes and socks for her to wear, saying that it was rain from the sky, and the people were so happy.
The county guard had already gathered outside with his well-dressed subordinate officials to congratulate Yuan Lingjun and secretly thank the anonymous operator for his clever calculation.
"O king, the heavens are raining down, and the people are gathered on the road, singing and dancing to express their joy."
"It's really raining, the drought is finally over."
"Listen, the king, they're singing 'The Mansion'."
The wind and drizzle, the drums of the official street sounded in unison, and the passionate drums resounded in the foggy sky.
Relieving the hunger of all people is the greatest joy in life. The men stood outside the house, bathing in the hard-won sweet rain, the elderly, women and children also threw away the pu fan that did not leave their hands all day, ran into the rain curtain, stretched their arms, and accepted the baptism of wind and rain on their backs.
"Where is the king? It's raining. ”
The county officials chased after them, not caring about the rain wetting their clothes.
People were still cheering, singing and dancing, and a man held the child on his head, and the child giggled and pulled his father's hair in a bun. No one thought of the strict question of whether they were badly dressed or groomed.
At this moment, their young queen strode out of the county with her face to the sky and unkempt hair, and walked quietly into the crowd, singing and dancing together.