Qin Cha's surname is Feng, he is in his thirties, his face is thin, his eyes are cold and bright, he is wearing a stone blue robe, his body is slender, like a long bamboo, bullying frost and snow.

Jiang Buzhuo stood next to Jiang Quinoa and reminded in a low voice: "Master Feng has a rough life, he lost his life when he was young, and he grew up eating hundreds of meals. He came from a peasant family and understood the hardships of the peasant family very well. Over the years, he has been an official outside, and the people under his rule all say that he is a big man who is in charge of his life. Three years ago, he was the general judge of Yangzhou, in charge of grain transportation, family land, water conservancy and litigation and other matters, in the spring and summer to inspect the river, found that Yangzhou and other places in many places of the river blocked, the newly built river embankment even cracked, the heart was shocked, with seven or eight account men to check the Yangzhou river accounts for three days and three nights. Seeing that the officials were expropriating violently, shoddy, and cutting corners in the construction of the river, he was in a hurry, and wrote a report to the imperial court on the one hand, and led people to dredge the river and strengthen the river embankment. At that time, the prefect of Yangzhou was Luo Xian, the third son of the second house of the Songjiang Luo family, and he also had a cousin who was the Liangyuan of the fifth prince. It is said that after this matter was found out, some people persuaded Lord Feng to make a big deal small, saying that there were people above Luo Xian, and even if this matter was reported, no one would investigate it thoroughly, and he might not even put himself in it. ”

"Lord Feng righteously rejected the persuasion of the visitor, he said that he grew up eating hundreds of family meals, if he didn't make decisions for the people, it would be better for this official to do it, it would be better to take off his official uniform and go home to sell sweet potatoes as soon as possible." Jiang Bu said in a low voice: "I heard that Lord Feng suffered several assassinations during that time, but fortunately, there were two guards with strong martial arts around him, so that he could turn evil into good fortune, but in this way, he was stabbed by an assassin once. Centered on the chest. If it weren't for the fact that Lord Feng's heart was different from others, he would have fallen. And then it reached the ears of the saints. He also praised him for his loyalty and courage. ”

Jiang Qu looked at the lonely figure and was in awe. turned his head and was about to go to the lobby with Jiang Buzhuo. Suddenly felt a strong gaze fall on her, turned her head to look, but the sight disappeared again, and a young man in the hall stared at her with a smile, Jiang Qu was suddenly embarrassed.

Peeking and being discovered, it's really embarrassing to lose face.

Usually, the people who come and go at home are also Jiang clansmen and village people, and everyone is not so particular about their relatives. Wang Li said several times that the rules should be set up, and it is not good for Jiang Quinoa to see a foreign man directly, but the conditions do not allow it. Jiang Quinoa, they didn't care.

At this time, Jiang Quinoa deeply regretted that he should have pestered Wang Li to embroider a big screen for her in the first place, otherwise it would not be so awkward now.

Lord Feng has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he strictly obeyed the words of the sage, and this time he didn't expect the Jiang family to be so simple and poor, and he didn't even have a screen, and the eldest lady of the Jiang family was in the cardamom years, so it was too rude to meet him rashly. It's also that he doesn't think about it.

Lord Feng was awkward for a while. I also thought about it in my heart, since people have already seen it, it is not good to return empty-handed for some reason, as long as he is open in his heart, why should he be too stubborn?

Jiang Quinoa had a good impression of Lord Feng. He looked at her calmly, spoke politely and politely, and treated her like a nephew even when he was a little girl. It's easy to get close to, but it's not flattering. Unlike Kochi Prefecture. Every time she came, she affectionately called her virtuous niece, and kept saying that she was a brother to her father Jiang Xun. But if you disobey him at the slightest point, he will immediately put a smile on his face. Such a person is too hypocritical and exaggerated, and he is not a person to be friends with.

"Food is not only difficult to buy but also difficult to transport, Feng is presumptuous, can you know where Miss Jiang bought the food and how it was escorted?" Lord Feng asked.

Jiang Quinoa looked at Qing Bo, hesitated slightly in his heart, but still gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Feng, I won't hide it from you, I bought this grain from the government." ”

Lord Feng didn't seem to be surprised at all, and looked at Jiang Quinoa encouragingly, waiting for her to continue.

"Actually, we said that we were panicked, and we told the public that the money to buy food was the dowry left to me by my grandmother, but you see where there is so much money in a family like ours. Even if there is, I have parents, and this thing should also be kept by my parents, and when I leave the cabinet, I will buy a dowry, how can I squander it at will? Jiang Quinoa gradually dissipated his nervousness as he spoke, and the more he spoke, the smoother he became: "The money to buy grain was actually won by a relative of mine from gambling. ”

The young man sitting on Lord Feng's left hand side widened his eyes and opened his mouth, looking surprised. Even Lord Feng was not as calm as before.

"The money to buy grain comes from gambling?" Lord Feng's voice rose slightly at the end of his mouth, with a slight surprise.

Qing Bo looked at Jiang Quinoa and sighed in his heart, the eldest lady is too kind.

Jiang Quinoa took a few deep breaths, and when she went to the city to play, she met a fortune teller and calculated that there would be a natural disaster this year, how could she tell others that no one believed it. The elders of the family feel that such a thing would rather be believed than trusted, and want to do something to prepare for the disaster. But he had no money in his hand, so he had to give the only 100 taels of silver to a relative who gambled all the year round, and asked him to gamble.

“…… We are also trying to resign ourselves to the destiny of God, thinking that if we can win, we will use it to buy food, and if we lose all this money, then we can only pray that there will be no drought this year. Jiang Quinoa patted his chest as he spoke, and said happily: "Fortunately, my relative won the money, and he happened to hear that the yamen was recruiting short-term workers, and he had the heart to inquire, and it turned out that the county was going to sell the old grain in the granary to a restaurant in the field at a low price." My relative was also an active man, so he asked a merchant from another place to help him buy this batch of grain. ”

Jiang Qu looked up at Master Feng, and said with some apprehension: "You also know that we are poor ordinary people, how dare we fight with the official master?" My relatives were worried that the county would find out about his grain purchase, so they stored it in a warehouse at a small dock nearby. Later, the drought in the county became more and more serious, and we learned that the grain in the yamen granary was about to bottom out, so we donated the grain in our hands. ”

Master Feng pondered for a moment and asked, "Who did you hear that the county was going to sell old grain?" "Not only do you know that you are selling old grain, but you also know who you are selling it to and what price it is selling, and the person who wants to reveal the news should also know the details.

"I don't know about that." Jiang Qu pointed to the door: "My relative is outside, adults may wish to ask him if they have any questions." ”

Master Feng nodded. Zhao Liang was called in.

The first time he saw such a big man, Zhao Liang felt up and down. After entering the door, he knelt down: "Ginseng, see your lordship." After saying that, there was a bang, and there were several knocks.

There was a moment of silence in the room. Master Feng was stunned for a while before he remembered to have someone stop Zhao Liang and ask him to get up and talk back.

At first, Zhao Liang was stumbling and messy when he spoke, but Master Feng guided him patiently, and his attitude was very friendly. It may be that Lord Feng's attitude infected him, he slowly relaxed his nervousness, and his answers began to look good.

There is nothing to do with herself here, and the gaze of the head makes Jiang Quinoa feel like a thorn in her back, and she finds an opportunity to retreat. Leave the lobby to Lord Feng for questioning.

Out of the door of the hall, the sun shone warmly on her body, Jiang Quinoa took a long breath, and looked back, everyone's attention in the lobby was on Lord Feng and Zhao Liang, and even the young man sitting on the upper left who had been staring at her just now frowned and seriously thought about what Zhao Liang said, as if her feelings just now were all her own imagination.

Jiang Qu didn't notice that the moment she turned around, a young man behind the young man with his head lowered raised his head and stared thoughtfully at her distant back.

"Miss. How's it going? As soon as Jiang Quinoa entered the door, Xingni pounced and grabbed her hand, and asked hurriedly.

Jiang Qu patted her hand soothingly, and said, "Don't worry, Zhao Liang didn't do anything bad, and Lord Feng won't trouble him." ”

Xingni also knows this truth. But my heart is always unsteady: "In the eyes of those officials, ordinary people like us are like ants on the ground, lifting their feet and stepping on them lightly. How can I not be worried? ”

"Don't worry, Zhao Liang has grown up. He knew how to deal with these people. Lord Feng is high-spirited and bright, and he cares about the people. It's not unreasonable like Kochi Prefecture. Jiang Qu said.

Jiang Chun was also beside him to persuade him, and finally calmed Xingni's heart.

At noon, Lord Feng and the others stayed at Jiang's house to eat, and there were two dishes on the table, a plate of fried pickles, a plate of cold pickles, and a plate of pickled vegetable soup.

Qing Bo came out with a pot of porridge, added a bowl of porridge to Lord Feng, the two teenagers, and the patriarch who came to accompany the guests, and said apologetically: "These are the only ones at home, please don't dislike them." ”

When the patriarch came, he was still a little worried, and at this time he had to bite the bullet and say: "Lord Feng, I have been working for almost a year, and there is no harvest in the field. "I think that when Jiang Quinoa and them dug wild vegetables, he was still laughing at their short-sightedness and only seeing these worthless weeds. Now he regrets it in his heart, if he had dug up some wild vegetables, he couldn't say that their family would have one or two plates of wild vegetables to change the flavor every day.

Although she eats wild vegetables, Aunt Rong has good skills, one wild vegetable and three methods, each of which is very refreshing and delicious, and Lord Feng is also very happy to eat.

After eating, Lord Feng and Li Zheng drank tea in the hall house, waiting for Li Zheng and the village chief to come back from the surveying fields.

In the backyard, Jiang Quinoa and the others were listlessly doing needlework, thinking about the things in the front yard. finally waited for Lord Feng and them to leave, and hurriedly went to the front yard to find Zhao Liang, who knew that they were in vain.

Jiang Cheng rushed in from outside the door, shouting, "Go and see, someone in the village chief's house is making trouble." The schadenfreude in his voice was palpable.

Jiang Chun's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Who, who is making trouble." ”

"A lot of people have made a fuss, and I don't know who it is. My father said let me tell you that you should not go to the village chief's house to collect the seeds at this time, because if you are swept inside, you will suffer. Jiang Chengdao.

Jiang Qu suddenly remembered that in the morning, Qingbo said that he would go to the village chief's house to receive the seeds sent by the imperial court, could it be that they had already gone?

"Did you see Qingbo?" Jiang Qu asked with some trepidation.

Jiang Cheng scratched his head: "Huh? Qingbo: Have they already gone? Then I'll go to the village chief's house and have a look. After saying that, he pulled his legs and ran.

"Hey," Jiang Quinoa shouted, feeling really uneasy, and took Jiang Chun and Xingni to chase after them.

From a distance, I saw a lot of people crowded in front of the village chief's house, and there were faint noises and shouts.

As I got closer, my voice became clearer: "Why is it unfair that my five acres of land have winter wheat seeds, but their two acres of land have barley and sorghum." If you don't give me an explanation today, and if you don't give me the seeds, I won't leave. ”

Jiang Quinoa and Jiang Chun looked at each other, and they both felt that this voice was very familiar.

"It seems to be the youngest son of Uncle Fangzhi's family, we usually call him Brother Xiangzi." Xingni is still familiar with the people in the village, and she knows who it is just by listening to the voice.

"What kind of seeds each family is drawn by lot, and everyone agreed to this method at the beginning. You Lao Tzu personally came to catch the lot, and I want to regret it in two days, if you don't want to ask for seeds, let you Lao Tzu come and talk about it himself. The village chief said angrily.

Jiang Jixiang looked like a scoundrel and said with a smile: "Village chief, don't scare me with my father." My dad didn't know that you would send a seed and give special treatment, otherwise I wouldn't have let him catch this lot if I killed him. ”

Hearing him say this, the buzz in the crowd became louder.

"Eldest nephew, whatever seeds are sent are all by lot, it's not right for you to say that." An angry female voice retorted.

When the voice came, Jiang Chun's eyes widened, and he shouted, "It's my mother." As he spoke, he pushed through the crowd and ran into the house.

Jiang Quinoa and Xingni followed her and went into the house.

In the house, Jiang Chun, her mother, and Qing Bo stood on the right, and a man in a ragged coat with trembling legs, and the seventh uncle stood on the left, and the two sides were in a confrontation state. Li Zheng and the village chief stood in the center of the hall, still holding the account book in their hands.

In the center of the hall are scattered sorghum and winter wheat seeds.

When Qing Bo saw them break in, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he whispered, "What are you doing here, go back quickly." ”

Jiang Quinoa had a score in his heart, but he was still very curious about how things came to be like this, standing behind Qing Bo, and promised in a low voice that he would not say anything, and the other party here began to be aggressive again, Qing Bo had no time to take care of their little girls, and only told them not to open their mouths no matter what happened, and leave this matter to him to deal with.

Jiang Qu nodded a few times to show that he understood, and stood behind to listen to Jiang Tiezhu explain the reason for the matter.

After listening to Jiang Chun's hateful stamping: "It's too much to deceive people!" ”

Xingni also frowned, she was kind-hearted and didn't know how to scold, but she also felt that it was wrong for Uncle Seventh and Brother Xiangzi to do this, and looked at each other with disapproval.

Seeing that the noise outside was getting louder and louder, Jiang Jixiang puffed up his chest faintly with some pride, and his eyes swept over Qingbo, Jiang Chun, her mother, Jiang Chun and others one by one, and finally landed on Jiang Quinoa with a little malice.

In her previous life, she saw a lot of such eyes, and Jiang Qu instantly knew that this matter should still be aimed at her, but because she had nothing to attack on her, she began to start with the people around her.

"Seventh uncle, I don't know what happened to Wang Zongshui and Jiang Youcai?" Jiang Quinoa asked sweetly, satisfied to see the uncontrollable twitching of Uncle Seven's face twice. (To be continued......)