On the first day of the lunar month, Gong Wanran and some ministers waited in Dazaifu early, and today was the day when Bo Yao settled their achievements for a year.

Bo Yao did not appear for a long time, some of the ministers were anxious, some were worried, and more people were fearless, waiting to see the excitement, and everyone whispered and talked about it.

Gong sat on the side, still silent, and he could hear the people around him pointing at him, because today, he must be the center of attention.

Cai Kuo was still sitting next to Gong Huiran, he quietly leaned over, pushed Gong Wanran with his elbow, and asked in a low voice: "Lord Gong Hui, I said, how is your four thousand taels of gold?" Is it done? ”

Gong Wanran shook his head and did not reply.

"Not done? Or something else? I know you have set up an incense factory, and the business seems to be quite prosperous, this thing is quite profitable, in fact, if you work hard, you should be able to make a lot of money, right? But the problem is that your mouth was too big at the time, and your mouth was four thousand taels, so where did you say that you could get so much money? ”

Gong Wanran said unhurriedly: "Thank you Lord Cai for your concern." ”

"No, don't just be polite? Did you earn 4,000 taels, or did you not earn it? Brother, let me tell you, Dazai-sama doesn't tolerate sand in his eyes! ”

Seeing that Cai Kuo kept asking, Gong Huang had to whisper: "I didn't earn it." ”

"Nope!" Cai Kuo couldn't help but shout, and when he heard Cai Kuo shout, the crowd suddenly quieted down, and the ministers stopped talking and looked at Gong Wanran, waiting to see how he answered.

Gong turned around and smiled at everyone, then shook his head and didn't say anything.

Seeing that there was no response from the public, everyone continued to discuss.

"Hey, Lord Gonghui is still too young......

"Yes, young and vigorous, but I was victimized by this grandeur, I think this is the end of the public."

"No, I thought he would be a blockbuster."

Cai Kuo felt very embarrassed when he heard the ministers talking like this, so he lowered his head and whispered to Gong Wanran: "Brother, I'm sorry, I was excited just now, but I really care about you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Cai."

"But what are you going to do now? I'm really anxious for you, Dazai-sama will be angry for a while, but he will die, not to mention that you made a statement at that time! ”

"Well, I made a statement at the time, and I hope Dazai-sama can remember that I am young and ignorant, and there will be less punishment." Gong Huang Ran was still unhurried.

"I see why aren't you in a hurry? Have you already met Dazai-sama? Have you made it clear in private? ”

"Nope."

"That? Are you going too far? It's really interesting...... Cai Kuo asked very vaguely.

Gong Wanran smiled and said, "Yes, it means yes." ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good, look at your confidence, there must be a countermeasure, okay, brother, I'll wait to see how you make a splash."

Gong Wan didn't answer, but just straightened his clothes a little.

"Dazai-sama has arrived!" The guard outside the door shouted.

The ministers immediately quieted down and saluted respectfully.

Bo Yao didn't look down at these people, just swaggered and moved his fat body, and walked slowly to the main seat with a trembling step, although his arrogant and arrogant appearance was vicious, but the four sword-wearing guards behind him were terrifying, and the ministers didn't even dare to raise their heads, so they had to twist their eyeballs upward, and layers of wrinkles were piled up on their foreheads.

Bo Yao sat down in the main seat, pulled out the fat on his stomach with his hand, piled the layer of fat on his thighs, and then twisted his waist and took a deep breath.

"Ministers, excuse me." Bo Yao waved his hand at everyone expressionlessly, and then said in a low voice: "Today is the day when our civil minister settles his political achievements, how have you done this year?" Are you worthy of the king's trust? Aren't you worthy of your share? Hmph, that's about to be revealed. ”

The ministers looked at each other, and they didn't dare to speak, it seemed that Bo Yao was not in a very good mood today.

"Zeisko!" Bo Yao suddenly shouted like this, which startled Cai Kuo.

"The subordinates are ......," Cai Kuo's voice trembled slightly.

"How many homicides are there in Gusu City this year? And how many wicked people have been punished? ”

"Back to Dazai-sama, there have been nineteen murders this year, and more than 270 people have been punished."

"What about the resettlement of displaced people?"

"It's still going on, and in the past two years, there has been a large influx of displaced people, and the resettlement work is indeed difficult, and now the weather is cold, and there are still some problems with the food and clothing situation in the camping areas......

Bo Yao waved his hand and said, "Okay, take strict care, just don't let them run around." ”

"Yes...... It's ......," Cai Kuo replied in a low voice.

"What about "Si Kozhi"? Present it. ”

"......" Cai Kuo hurriedly got up and presented a roll of bamboo to Bo Yao.

Bo Yao flipped through the bamboo ceremonies, glanced at them casually, then threw them aside, patted a few cases, and asked, "Is everything true here?" This year, there is a flood of displaced people, but the situation is much better than last year. ”

Cai Kuo hurriedly explained: "Dazai-sama is aware of this, this ...... This "Si Kou Zhi" was co-reviewed by the Si Li Mansion, so it can't be fake. My lord, you can go to the Sili Mansion to find out! ”

Bo Yao smiled, raised his hand to signal Cai Kuo to relax, and said: "Lord Cai, don't be nervous, I'll just ask casually, I am deeply pleased to see your outstanding achievements this year." However, it is also strange to say, it stands to reason that this year's surge in displaced people will inevitably increase the difficulty of curing the criminals, but I didn't expect you to be able to do so well. It seems that Lord Cai has worked hard this year, hehe. ”

"Thank you, Dazai-sama, for your appreciation...... However, I don't dare to take the credit for it......"

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Speaking of which, it's thanks to Lord Gonghui." Cai Kuo said, squinting at Gong Wanran.

When everyone heard Cai Kuo say this, they all focused their eyes on Gong Wanran, only to see that he was motionless, still sitting calmly like water.

Bo Yao pouted and smiled, and continued to ask, "Lord Cai, how did Lord Gonghui help you?" ”

"Back to Dazai-sama, originally the displaced people entered the city, there must be chaos, and the resettlement of the displaced people was even more thankless, originally I thought that this year's political performance would be very unsightly, but I didn't expect that the incense factory opened by Lord Gonghui really helped me a lot."

"Hehe, interesting, keep talking."

"When Lord Gonghui's incense factory first started production, it recruited 300 people, most of these people were homeless and diaomin, these people had no land, or only a small amount of inferior land, and they were originally the most prone to chaos, but after Lord Gonghui recruited them to work, these people were all born in peace at once. Later, two or three hundred people were recruited one after another, and these five or six hundred people had a stable livelihood, and there was much less chaos in my place. ”

"So, you still have the credit for this merit?"

"Yes...... Be...... I really don't dare to monopolize ......"

Cai Kuo has always been upright, and he also seems to be extremely sincere at this time.

Bo Yao nodded, looked at Gonghui and said, "Gonghui Simin, you did a good job." ”

Gong Hui Ran immediately bowed deeply to Bo Yao, "Back to Dazai-sama, Gong Hui Ran is worthy of your high expectations." ”

"Oh? How so? ”

"At the beginning of the year, this official undertook the task of increasing the income of four thousand taels of gold, but it has not been completed so far, and I hope that the adults will punish him."

Bo Yao suddenly put away his smile and said angrily: "Gonghui Simin! You made a statement then, but now you can't do it, do you know what you should be guilty of?! ”

"According to the law, you should be killed."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

"Hmph, in that case, what face do you have to sit here today?!"

"The subordinates know that they have been, and please read that the subordinates are young and ignorant, and give them a light punishment."

"Humph!" Bo Yao snorted, "What about Si Minzhi? Bring it to me. ”

"Whoa."

Gong Hui slowly got up, picked up a roll of bamboo ceremonies, and respectfully presented it to Bo Yao.

At the same time, in a balcony in the harem, Zheng Dan was sitting in front of the window anxiously waiting. Although the snow outside the window was beginning to melt and the scenery was quiet, she had no intention of appreciating it, and her heart was full of anxiety.

Xiaomei saw Zheng Dan's sad face, and she was also anxious, she walked outside the house, looked into the distance, and saw that there was still no one coming, and she was even more impatient.

Xiaomei returned to the house and said anxiously: "Niangniang, it's been almost half an hour since you made an appointment with Xi Shi Niangniang, why hasn't Xi Shi Niangniang come yet!" I'm in a hurry! ”

Zheng Dan frowned, and said anxiously: "It's soon, it should be soon, sister, she must have something delayed, otherwise she shouldn't be late......"

"Xi Shi Niangniang won't come, right?"

Hearing this, Zheng Dan didn't know what to say for a while, she bit her lip tightly, forcibly suppressed the anxiety in her heart, and comforted herself: "It should come, it should come......"

After a while, a eunuch outside suddenly shouted: "Xi Shi Niangniang has arrived." ”

Xiaomei was overjoyed and shouted happily: "Xi Shi Niangniang has arrived, Xi Shi Niangniang has arrived!" ”

Zheng Dan raised his eyebrows and stood up to look out of the door, "Xiaomei, hurry, go and drive." ”

Xi Shi walked to the door with a few eunuchs and palace maids, and then turned to the eunuchs and palace maids and said, "You guys are waiting outside." ”

"Whoa!" The eunuchs and palace maids responded in unison.

Zheng Dan saw Xi Shi smiling, so he hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Sister, did you say that? ”

Xi Shi said coquettishly: "Yo, sister, my sister is so busy, my sister doesn't even care about a cup of tea?" ”

"Xiaomei, go and pour tea for Xi Shi Niangniang."

"Whoa!"

Seeing Zheng Dan's anxious look, Xi Shi hid his face and said with a smile: "Sister, are you so anxious?" Why can't I see what's wrong with him? made my sister so concerned. ”

Zheng Dan urged: "Okay, sister, tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”

Xiaomei brought a cup of warm tea and respectfully placed it in front of Xi Shi.

Xi Shi took a small sip slowly and said, "Sister, don't worry, I just met with that old thing from Bo Yao, and I said everything I should say." ”

"What did he say?"

"What can he say? The concubine begged him for something, did he dare not sell face? Besides, whose reason is the treasury deficit? What the hell is going on, who doesn't know? That is, the public is stupid, and he has to jump into the fire pit. ”

"He won't do one thing in the open and one thing in secret, right?"

"He dares! Hmph, if you dare to play tricks on me, I won't kill him, as long as I blow the wind in the king's ears at night, it will be enough for him. ”

"That's good, that's good." Although Zheng Dan said this, his brows were always tightly furrowed.

"Sister, you don't really like him, do you?"

Zheng Dan's face suddenly turned red to the root of his ears, he covered his face with one hand and shook his sleeves with the other, "How can there be?" My sister loves to mess around. ”

"None? Then why is my sister so concerned? Why are you in such a hurry? I don't believe that ordinary people can bother my sister so much. ”

"Sister, don't laugh at my sister."

"Haha, I can't make a mistake in this matter, my sister is tempted by him. But speaking of which, this public is really handsome, he is really one of the most beautiful men in the world, and it is inevitable that my sister will be tempted. ”

Xiaomei interjected: "Niangniang, that princess is not only outstanding in appearance, but also talented!" ”

Shi Shi sneered, "Yes, yes, it's talented." But ah, it's just a stupid person, jumping into the fire pit, and he has to wait for his sister to save him! Haha, haha! ”

Zheng Dan pursed his lips and said shyly: "Where is the stupid...... Mr. Gonghui is not stupid......"

After the three of them laughed, Xi Shi took another sip of warm tea and said, "Sister, we sisters haven't seen each other for more than half a month." ”

"Hmmm......"

"Hasn't the king come to my sister recently?"

Zheng Dan shook his head and said, "It's been half a year......"

Xi Shi sighed, "Sister, this won't work, if you continue like this, the king will forget you." ”

"The king doesn't like me, and I can't help it."

"Then what's going on, sister, I'm going to talk to the king in the past two days, and ask you to go and say goodbye to him? It's good to let the king rekindle the old love. ”

"Don't, I don't want to go......" Zheng Dan looked embarrassed.

Xi Shi was suddenly stunned, her eyes met, she knew that Zheng Dan was completely moved.

"Sister, should you? Really, really tempting, right? ”

Zheng Dan bowed his head and was silent.

"Oops! My sister, you ...... You let me tell you what is good! You're dangerous! ”

Zheng Dan was still silent.

"Sister, I always thought that you just had a good impression of Gongwanran, or some admiration, at most it was ambiguous, but I didn't expect that you were completely moved, and you didn't even want to see the king! Don't you know who we are? ”

Zheng Dan nodded silently.

"Sister, have you forgotten? Before we came to Wu, how did Master Fan teach us? Also, you won't forget why we came to Wu Kingdom, right? ”

The corners of Zheng Dan's eyes were a little moist, and she struggled to hold back her tears, "I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten ......"

"Sister, do you remember the last time you played chess with Lord Gonghui, I asked you to go to the garden to relax under the pretext of a letter from your hometown?"

"Remember ......"

"Actually, it was Master Fan who discovered your abnormality, let me remind you! At that time, I wrote back to tell Master Fan, saying that you are fine, everything is normal, but how did I know that you have already been moved by Gongwan! ”

Zheng Dan couldn't hold back her tears anymore, the long-term depression made her extremely painful, and the tears flowed silently, turning into a frozen river, imprisoning her love.

Looking at Zheng Dan's painful appearance, Xiaomei also cried bitterly, tears gurgling down her cheeks.

The synaesthesia between the sisters caused Xi Shi to suffer the same pain in her heart, and those suppressed thoughts were violently churning in her mind, but she had to control her emotions, even if her eyes were red, she must not give birth to a single tear. She bit her red lip, stretched out her hand to gently hold Zheng Dan's hair, and said sadly: "Sister, don't forget who we are." Also, Lord Gonghui is a good person, don't hurt him, okay? ”

Zheng Dan didn't dare to look at Xi Shi, but nodded with difficulty.

Xi Shi closed her eyes and exhaled deeply, then she got up suddenly, pushed the door and left, and said with a majestic face: "Drive back to the palace." ”7110