Wang Zhiwang, the squire of the military department, is not very tall, and even has a small belly, with a white face and no beard, wearing a cyan wide-sleeved round-necked robe in casual clothes, especially the jade pendant hanging on the waist is very conspicuous, and the kind smile on his face belongs to the typical image of a court official.

Looking at Tang Hexi who was standing at the door of the study to greet him from afar, the smile on Wang Zhiwang's face became even bigger, and even with a hint of pride, he walked forward quickly and said: "How dare the lower official Lao Gongzi greet him at the door, it is really a shame for the lower official and the son." ”

"Lord Wang is polite, you came to visit in person, Hexi should have been waiting at the gate of the mansion, but it was just a grind, and it was too late for Hexi to go to the door." Although Tang Hexi was polite, he still generously accepted Wang Zhiwang's first salute, and then saluted slowly.

"The son is so grand, the lower officials can't stand it. Childe please. Wang Zhiwang looked at Tang Hexi's gesture of false invitation, hurriedly took a step back, and stretched out his hand to let Tang Hexi go first.

When the grandson of Tang Siwei, the right minister of the court, and the son of Tang Shuo, the secretary of the military department, is like the heir of an official in the previous life, or the wife of an official, in a yamen, like a deputy of the yamen.

Otherwise, in the previous life, there would not have been a situation where the director of the unit fell ill, and then his wife came out to preside over the work, which was ridiculous.

Tang Hexi is such an existence now, I dare not say that in the entire court, at least in the eyes of the officials of the Ministry of War, Tang Hexi is the existence of the little squire of the Ministry of War, and what he said is as important as what his father Tang Shuo said.

The two sat down on the Taishi chair in the study, and Tang Jing, who was the housekeeper of the Tang Mansion, didn't have to wait for Tang Hexi's instructions, so he immediately motioned for his subordinates to serve tea.

"Lord Wang came to the door in person today, but there is something important? But let's say it first, no matter what today, I hope that Lord Wang will not shirk, and must give Hexi a chance to feast on Lord Wang. Tang Hexi smiled, his attitude was very low, at least on the surface, he couldn't see that because his grandfather and father were officials in the court, he seemed arrogant and domineering, but it gave people a kind of affinity.

"Xia Guan can't afford it, so let's do it, let Xia Guan do the east, how about asking the son to move to Fengle Building? I heard that two days ago, on the West Lake painting boat, the famous Oiran was invited to Fengle Building, and the son may not have seen the beautiful face, right? Wang Zhiwang hurriedly refused and asked Tang Hexi to invite himself, unless he didn't want to continue to work.

"Really? I haven't gone out much in the past two days, but I haven't heard of it, so in that case, I can't sweep Lord Wang's Yaxing, Tang Jing, and set the best seat in Fengle Building. Tang Hexi stretched out his hand to invite Wang Zhiwang to drink tea, and then said to Tang Jing who was standing aside.

Wang Zhiwang picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put down the teacup and lowered his voice a little and said, "Childe, the lower officials came here to disturb him today, because he wanted to tell Childe something." ”

"Lord Wang, please speak." Tang Hexi put away his smile and looked straight to show his respect for Wang Zhiwang.

"Two days ago, Yan Hongyuan, a famous rich businessman in Lin'an, didn't know that Gongzi could know?" Wang Zhiwang looked at Tang Hexi and nodded solemnly, and then continued: "Yan Hongyuan found Xia Guan in private and wanted to rent our forbidden army, so Xia Guan thought about it, the two people who were exiled from the Shenjin Army to the forbidden army a few days ago just had nothing to do. So he took matters into his own hands and sent the two to Yanfu as guards. Xia Guan did this thinking that from now on, whether these two people live or die, we will have some easier control, and, importantly, there is no longer the possibility of getting up. ”

Tang Hexi nodded silently, although Wang Zhiwang did not name names, but he didn't have to guess to know that one of the two people who were exiled from the Shenjin Army to the forbidden army must be Ye Hong's younger brother Ye Qing, who had just met yesterday.

He didn't seem excited because of Wang Zhiwang's deliberate flattery, but he still thought about it and said, "The documents have all been signed and drawn?" ”

As if playing a dumb riddle, Wang Zhiwang looked at Tang Hexi and nodded silently.

Then Tang Hexi slowly showed a smile on his face, looked at Wang Zhiwang with a sense of appreciation, and said tacitly: "It's very good, but it's not in a hurry, let's see." ”

Wang Zhiwang looked at Tang Hexi obviously didn't want to tell him the truth, so he no longer asked if he needed to do anything next, but took out two documents from his sleeve pocket, slowly pushed them to Tang Hexi, and knocked them on the documents with his fingers.

Tang Hexi didn't pick it up and look at it, but pushed it back with a smile and said, "Is Hexi someone who doesn't believe in Lord Wang?" Put it here for adults first, and if Hexi needs it, then bother Lord Wang at that time. When the time comes, I hope that Lord Wang can fully support Hexi. ”

"Childe's words are serious, this is the duty of a lower official. The matter of the son, the lower officials have always kept it firmly in mind and dare not forget it for a moment. A flash of disappointment flashed in Wang Zhiwang's eyes, but he quickly returned to normal.

Both of them have their own ghosts, and Wang Zhiwang hopes to pull Tang Hexi onto the thief ship that the forbidden army is rented for profit, so as to ensure that his position as a squire in the military department is stable enough.

But Tang Hexi obviously knew that he couldn't easily conspire with Wang Zhiwang, if once he was the father of the secretary of the military department, because of the affairs of the court, when he wanted to promote someone else to replace the squire of the military department, the relationship between himself and Wang Zhiwang at that time might cause a passive situation of restraint to his father.

Therefore, before Tang Hexi had murderous intentions against Ye Qing, and before he had fully trusted Wang Zhiwang, he would not easily bind himself to him.

What's more, Ye Hong's death was only known to him, and the specific inside story was still committed by his father and grandfather.

Although Wang Zhiwang in front of him revealed to himself that he knew some inside things through the conversation just now, it was still prudent to be cautious before communicating with his father.

Ye Qing on the other side had already bought four straight horns from the pharmacy and came back, holding the empty horns in his hand, he was somewhat relieved, otherwise, he didn't know how to hollow out the horns.

When I got home and looked at the second floor, I didn't see the familiar figure in plain clothes, so I put the horns I bought into the room, and went to the kitchen to look at the pot, which was obviously not suitable for cooking horns.

Ye Qing believed that if he used the pot at home to cook the sheep's horns, then Bai Chun would definitely take that knife and fight with him.

sighed silently, touched the broken silver that was still more than three taels left in his pocket, and then looked at the empty yard, so he planned to build a simple stove in the yard first, put a pot on the shelf and put a horn to try.

It was not very late, and most of the shops would not close, even at night, many shops were still open for business, which was completely different from Ye Qing's imagination of curfew at night and the doors of all shops were tightly closed.

And now most of the walls in Lin'an City have been demolished, and the court doesn't care whether the people are still making a living at night.

After buying a pot and picking up a few stones from the door that could build a stove, he looked at the kitchen and there was still no Bai Chun, and after muttering a few words in the yard, Ye Qing began to roll up his sleeves and build a stove against the wall in the yard.

Bai Chun, who was sitting on the second floor, watched coldly through the gap in the window as if no one was busy in the yard.

When she saw the pot, as well as a few stones and other things, she had already guessed in her heart that Ye Qing was going to cook sheep's horns, but she didn't think that Ye Qing would be able to build a good stove anytime soon.

But the next scene made her feel quite surprised, only to see Ye Qing take the head of the yard, dig a small pit in the ground, take a straight wooden branch and make a few random gestures, and then put the stones aside, clapping his hands as if he had already built the stove.

But in her opinion, it was impossible for the simple stove to boil the water completely, let alone boil the horns that were as hard as stones.

But Ye Qing below, who seemed to be quite satisfied with his craft, brought water from the well in the center of the courtyard, and the pot that looked good didn't even wash it, so he put it directly on top of a few stones, and then poured water.

There are a lot of firewood neatly piled up in the yard, and after bringing firewood from above, I saw Ye Qing with a handful of hay, and I didn't see how hard he made a fire, and after a while, there were bursts of green smoke under the pot, and then I saw firewood as thick as a child's arm, which was placed in the small pit under the pot.

"The horns still have to be polished, thanks to which I thought of it a long time ago, what a genius me." Ye Qing boasted to himself, unaware of Bai Chun, who had been standing on the balcony upstairs for a long time.

The outer layer of brown of the sheep's horn needs to be removed, and then the inside will be revealed, the color of topaz, and it looks quite transparent when you look closely, which makes Ye Qing have to admire these ancient people, how can this kind of thing be thought of being used to make lanterns?

Holding a polished horn for a long time, he needed to go to the straightest part of the middle to hold it up with a spindle-shaped last to make it almost transparent.

The last is what is put in the shoe pit when making shoes, but Ye Qing needs spindle-shaped lasts of different sizes, and the spindle shape is better understood for Ye Qing, with the widest middle and the two sides tapering.

However, the lantern naturally does not need an absolute spindle shape, and it is good to make it like the previous life, and the shape of the trimmed holly is good.

Ye Qing, who was busy with himself, didn't notice at all that Bai Chun on the second floor didn't know when he walked into the courtyard, looking at the boiling water that had begun to boil in the pot, and just put a sheep's horn in it, Yu Guang saw Bai Chun standing not far from him.

"Why do you walk without a sound? People are scary, and people die. Ye Qing was startled, turned her head to look at her sister-in-law with a cold face and said.

"Are you sick?" Bai Chun asked in a light tone with a hint of concern.

"Do you have medicine?" Ye Qing was taken aback, and his tone was naturally not kind, so he opened up directly.

"You...... You're sick! Bai Chunqi's face was blue again.

The sheep's horn originally had the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving convulsions and dissipating stasis, and the reason why Bai Chun asked Ye Qing so much was because of his act of cooking the sheep's horn, thinking that he was sick, so he asked with concern.

Who knows, but it was kindly treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and replied with such a sentence that made her almost angry.

But fortunately, when Ye Qing walked into the kitchen to cook, she still took the initiative to tell her that she planned to use this horn to make a lantern.