The so-called wind and rain first wind and then rain.

There will be a storm in Lin'an, this is something that everyone knows, but no one knows how big this storm will be, and whether it will be so big that it will affect the counterinsurgency in Shuzhong and Kaifeng.

With the two ministers and a secretary of the ministry building momentum for Li Ruyu, the officialdom fritters have already seen that the empress is going to officially launch Li Ruyu and let him restrain the ambitions of the Zhao family.

However, the emperor's heart is unpredictable.

No one would have thought that everything that seemed to be the way it should have ended up being their wishful thinking.

Li Ruyu didn't expect it - don't really guess a woman's mind.

Aunt Zhou, Xie Chunzhen, came to him.

In view of Aunt Zhou's previous attitude towards Song Ci in red, Li Ruyu thought that this would be an embarrassing meeting, and he had to be told bloody by Aunt Zhou, so he could only listen.

After all, she is an elder.

However, this is not the case, life is so strange that many things are not taken for granted.

Like life.

The clouds and rain of Jiaxing City and A Mu together made Li Ruyu truly understand the beauty of women, but life is not only the warmth of the hibiscus tent in front of him, but also oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Amu ...... Can't cook.

After eating a porridge full of burnt flavor at breakfast, Li Ruyu had no choice but to cook by herself, and she had to comfort Ah Mu gently, telling her not to be discouraged, and to slowly learn to cook in the future.

Ah Mu is still very guilty.

Just when Li Ruyu was preparing the ingredients for lunch, Aunt Zhou's Xie Chunzhen came.

I didn't play empty-handed.

brought all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, large and small bags, and let the two servants of the Xie Mansion carry them over, and now Xie Chunzhen is becoming more and more beautiful.

It's just that after the servant left, Xie Chunzhen became the Aunt Zhou of Li Ruyu Fan Noodle Village again.

pulled Li Ruyu away, "Gentleman is far away from cooking, Ruyu you are not small, in the future, you will not enter the kitchen less, these things are what women should do." When he said this, Xie Chunzhen's eyes fell on Ah Mu.

Ah Mu looked guilty, lowered his head and muttered that I will definitely study hard.

Xie Chunzhen looked at Ah Mu seriously for the first time.

After hearing this, he didn't say anything, just smiled.

It's just that I can't take my eyes off it.

Compared with the red-clothed Song Ci who looks like a red face, Xie Chunzhen feels that the woman in front of him seems to be more pleasing to the eye, and her gentle temperament is more suitable for being a little lady at home.

looks good-looking, but it's not the troubled face of Song Ci in red.

That little girl can't support her family at first glance.

And this woman named Amu is different, her facial features are very virtuous at a glance, and it is not a big deal if she can't cook, so she will teach her slowly.

Xie Chunzhen forgot one thing, today's Xie Wanxi is the biggest disaster in the world.

But mother's heart......

Xie Chunzhen kept looking at Ah Mu.

Ah Mu felt that he was being scrutinized, and he felt more and more uneasy, and he didn't know what to say when he twisted his clothes.

Li Ruyu was also a little worried.

I'm afraid that Aunt Zhou will come the next moment, you better don't stay here.

However, no.

Xie Chunzhen's gaze fell from Ah Mu's face to his waist, and finally to his hips and hips, and his eyes lit up.

Don't look at this woman, she is very thin, but her hip bones are very wide.

It's so good!

Xie Chunzhen was very satisfied, pulled Li Ruyu aside with a smile, and said, "Ruyu, I look very good at this little girl, how many years older than you, right?" That's better, the female junior holds the gold bricks, and the aunt is not an unreasonable person, as long as you like it, Xiaoxiao doesn't object, and the aunt won't have an opinion. ”

Li Ruyu couldn't cry or laugh.

Who was the one who tore apart with the red-clothed Song Ci like an enemy all day long.

But the heart is very warm.

Aunt Zhou has always treated herself like a mother.

sighed, no matter what, as long as the aunt accepts Ah Mu, it will probably be much easier for the little one, it depends on whether Ah Mu can be smarter and get along with the aunt during this time.

However, Li Ruyu was too worried.

After all, Ah Mu is a woman, and she has gone through the world and is smart.

After lunch, Li Ruyu suddenly found that he had become a superfluous person, Ah Mu and Aunt Zhou, as if they had become best friends, and finally an aunt and a little Mu screamed affectionately.

Aunt Zhou even didn't shy away from asking Ah Mu if anything had happened this month.

Apparently I want to hold the little doll.

Ah Mu blushed and said how can it be so fast, Aunt Zhou complained and said that Li Ruyu's kid doesn't care, eighteen-year-old people, other people's eighteen-year-old fathers, he is good, he fights and kills all day long, and there is no plastic surgery at all.

Li Ruyu suddenly felt a little happy.

Perhaps, that's how life is?

After lunch, Aunt Zhou took Ah Mu away, and first went to the royal sister to buy and buy, and said that I couldn't treat my little sister badly.

Now Xie Chunzhen is certainly not bad for money.

In fact, don't look at Xie Lang's reputation over the years, but he also made a lot of money in the early years, in addition to the empress's reward and Yu Lu, he also collected some dark money with the flow, after all, Xie Lang has to feed the entire Chen County Right Xie.

It's just that Xie Lang has begun to clean himself up over the years, after all, Chen Junyouxie's assets are enough to make money.

The empress has been turning a blind eye.

Not afraid of official corruption.

I'm afraid that I won't do anything if I'm greedy.

And in the early years, Xie Lang was well aware of this and also adhered to the bottom line - in fact, most of the civil and military generals in the entire court were actually virtuous, but everyone kept the bottom line.

If you don't make money as an official, why don't you go home and farm?

Of course, there are also many upright and clean people in the court, such as Wang Zhushu, who is straight to the top, and a certain squire in the three central provinces, although he has achieved the position of squire, he is still poor and an official.

After buying it, Xie Chunzhen directly took Ah Mu back to Xie Mansion and said that he would cultivate his feelings well.

What can Li Ruyu say.

I can't ask for it.

Not long after Xie Chunzhen returned home, two maids and four servants came from Xie Mansion to help clean up the courtyard, and Li Ruyu had nothing to do, so he simply went to the general office of Fusi in Beizhen and received this month's salary.

Just came out of the general office of the Fusi in Beizhen, but saw Xue Shengtang, the head of the hundred eunuchs in the inner palace and now the absolute confidant of the empress, standing under the stone lion, although it was winter, this eunuch was sweating.

It seems to be trotting.

Li Ruyu was surprised, "Xue Du knows what this is doing?" ”

Xue Shengtang was no longer the old eunuch who even Jiang Zhaoyue was afraid of earlier, but when he was asked by Li Ruyu at this moment, he was still a little cramped, and said with a wry smile: "The old slave really can't sit still." ”

Calling himself an old slave.

In the whole world, in fact, there are only a few people who have this qualification.

Li Ruyu accepted it calmly, but he didn't dare to put on a fight, and said with a smile: "Xue Duzhi has something to help the juniors, if he has advice, but he can't, if the juniors can do it, they will definitely go all out." ”

knows that Li Ruyu still has a good impression of this chamberlain.

Xue Shengtang looked at Li Ruyu's expression, it didn't seem to be fake, he couldn't help but sigh, and his anxiety when he came was gone, but after all, the next thing was too important, Xue Shengtang didn't dare to be careless, "Can you ask Master Li to move?" ”

Li Ruyu smiled and stretched out his hand: "Xue Duzhi, please." ”

The two left the general office of the Fusi in Beizhen and came to a quiet courtyard backed by a Taoist temple, which was also an elegant place, and the boss was obviously a scholar and had a good name.

Ink Tea House.

Although it is a place to drink tea, it is not a place for ordinary people to come.

In this ink tea house, the ordinary rich in Lin'an are not qualified, and they are not famous and talented scholars, or civil officials who are famous, are eligible to taste ink tea.

Xue Shengtang was familiar with the road, and explained while leading the way: "This ink tea house is run by the old slave's family, and it is a property of the Xue family in Lin'an. ”

Li Ruyu nodded, speechless.

I vaguely guessed Xue Shengtang's intention to invite him here today.

Sitting down in the private room with incense on the stove, there was immediately a maid with a slender figure and a young man with a feminine appearance and snow-white skin came in.

Li Ruyu remained silent, secretly thinking that this Xue family would drill camp.

The maid or ** can always do what she likes.

However, Li Ruyu was not interested in this, after the maid and the young man poured the tea, Li Ruyu waved his hand, Xue Shengtang saw this, and softly asked the two of them to go out, and then smiled: "Lord Li, taste it, and see what is different about this ink tea." ”

Li Ruyu took a sip and smiled bitterly: "The younger generation is dull, and I really can't taste it." ”

Xue Shengtang smiled, "That's true, this ink tea is actually just an ordinary famous tea, but it has an elegant name, but this ink tea set is still a place that many literati and scholars flock to, Master Li knows why." ”

Before Li Ruyu could ask, he heard Xue Shengtang continue: "In fact, human nature in the world is like this, there is a saying that things are rare and valuable, and there is also a saying that selling quality and increasing products is respectful. ”

Li Ruyu was surprised, "I know that scarcity is precious, and selling quality and increasing quality is respectful, what does this mean?" ”

Xue Shengtang pointed to the teacup, "Take this ink tea as an example, it's obviously just an ordinary famous tea, and the ordinary teahouse is about three or five hundred wen a pot, but in the Dianmo Tea House, those who come here to drink tea, the entry fee will be ten taels of snowflake silver, if you drink tea, a pot of ink tea is fifty taels, plus pastries and the like, it must cost a hundred taels." ”

100 taels ......

Li Ruyu is a little staggered, this is a huge amount of money for ordinary people, you must know that the price of today's cold world, one or two silver can buy thirty catties of pork!

This ink tea house is a sales vault.

What's more, there are maids and **, but I am afraid that they also have the livelihood of the Qinglou.

sighed: "The Xue family has made a lot of money." ”

Xue Shengtang nodded, "Indeed, because the old slave was trusted by His Majesty, and after Xue Ju died on the battlefield, His Majesty intentionally or unintentionally favored the Xue family, so that the Xue family, which was about to decline, came back to life, and now it is even more ambitious." ”

Li Ruyu's heart moved, and the business was coming.

simply gave this Zuo Duzhi a face, and said with a smile: "I was assassinated in Yuanyang Lake outside Jiaxing City before, and one of the assassins used an iron-tire bow, and the bow and arrow were spiral arrows made of fine iron, which were quite similar to Xue Duzhi's bow and arrows. ”

How could Xue Shengtang not understand what Li Ruyu meant, he was very grateful for a while, knowing that today's matter was promising, and sighed: "Don't hide it from Master Li, this is really the reason why the old slave asked you to move to the Ink Tea House today." ”

Li Ruyu sighed.

didn't speak, and let Xue Shengtang play the rest of the words, see how he convinces himself, and how he keeps the Xue family.

Xue Shengtang said helplessly: "On the shore of Mandarin Duck Lake outside Jiaxing City, the person who stabbed you with an arrow is indeed from the Xue family, and he is also a direct descendant of the Xue family. ”

Li Ruyu was surprised, and still had a lot of respect for Xue Ju, who died heroically in the Yanyun war, "I remember when Xue Ju, wasn't his younger brother taken into the Jinshi, why did he have another brother." ”

Xue Shengtang sighed, "My sixth brother gave birth to four sons, Xue Ju is the second, and the eldest is the one who assassinated you with an arrow on the shore of Mandarin Duck Lake, called Xue Ju, who is a rare genius with arrows in my Xue family." ”

Li Ruyu nodded, "Where is he now?" ”

Xue Shengtang smiled bitterly: "Escaped." ”

Li Ruyu pondered for a long time, "So Zuo Duzhi wants me to say a few words for the Xue family in front of the empress today?" ”

Xue Shengtang was silent for a while, and said hesitantly: "I have asked Your Majesty for leave, and within three months, I must send Xue Xuan's head to Lord Li to make amends, and Your Majesty has agreed." ”

Li Ruyu was puzzled, "Since the empress agrees, then it is to give the Xue family time and opportunity, as long as Xue Duzhi knows that within three months, it is enough to kill his relatives in righteousness, why do you have to do it many times today." ”

Xue Shengtang smiled bitterly, "How can it be so simple, after the interception and killing incident on the shore of Mandarin Duck Lake, under my order, the Xue family thoroughly investigated and eliminated a group of people who were co-opted by a certain sect disciple of the Zhao family, but unfortunately I still didn't know that it was the clan disciple of the Zhao family who wanted to kill Master Li." ”

Li Ruyu bowed his head, "This person is not simple. ”

Xue Shengtang agreed, "Indeed, even today, Your Majesty doesn't know who that person is, and he hides it very deeply, but it's a pity that Prince Qiao is dead, and Wu gradually returned to the Langya Sword Shrine, if you want to find out the true identity of this person, you can only wait, or the day when Lord Li leads people to set foot on the Langya Sword Tomb." ”

Li Ruyu was taken aback, "Stepping on the Langya Sword Shrine?" ”

Xue Sheng Tang bowed, "The old slave looks at His Majesty's meaning, but he doesn't actually intend to let Lord Li be involved in the division of politics in the court, and then Lord Li will probably be able to rest in Lin'an until the beginning of spring, and then he will set off." ”

After a pause, "Horses step on the rivers and lakes!" ”

The first to bear the brunt is the Langya Sword Shrine...... Originally, there should still be the Xue family in Guangnan, but because of himself, His Majesty gave the Xue family three months, if it was not possible to completely eliminate the people in the Xue family who hooked up with the Zhao family within three months, the Xue family would have to be flattened.

But this is where Xue Shengtang is helpless.

When the Xue family was rectified, although it was not possible to know which of the Zhao family's disciples was the driving force behind the scenes, it was not all for nothing, and he knew Xue Xuan's true identity.

Xue Xuan, his real name should be Yang Yuji.

Master of archery.

How tall exactly?

After the empress agreed, Xue Shengtang once asked the Beizhen Fusi, and the file that Zhao Xin took out from the spring building of the Beizhen Fusi General Office was a description of Yangyouji by a stranger named Sun Shuao in the early years.

Raise by the base, and raise an arrow.

Invincible with one stone.

Xue Shengtang was originally the highest person in the Xue family's arrow path, and even once Da Liang missed the highest person in the arrow path, but he had no confidence in the strange person of Shangyang Yuji.

Arrows are no better than swords.

Two arrows facing each other, life and death in an instant.