In the middle of summer, in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was the plum season, the rain was more diligent, and the misty stone city was full of splashes of water on the oil-paper umbrella, and Zhu Youxiao was also sitting in a painting boat on one or two floors at this time, and the stuffy air made him only have a thin shirt, long hair scattered, lying on a rocking chair and eating the lychees peeled by Lingxin to himself. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Now under her own nourishment, Lingxin is also more and more moist and charming, no longer has the shyness of the first experience, and even gradually understands the way of joy, is full of offense, and can withstand Zhu Youxiao's attack. Even at this time, her pair of charming eyes were aimed at Zhu Youxiao, and she approached Zhu Youxiao from time to time, hoping that some charming places could stimulate His Majesty's adrenal glands, and in this way, she could occupy one more moment of the emperor before returning to Beijing.

Zhu Youxiao didn't understand a woman's mind, at this time he was looking at the bluestone street under the drizzle, the foggy Jiangnan ancient street can also be seen in modern times, the reason why he was fascinated was not this scenery, but the shacks built between these narrow streets and the children who were crying in the sheds, still standing under the eaves and looking at the adults who showed a desperate look in the drizzle in front of the door.

In the eyes of the upper class, the Jiangnan in front of them may be a beautiful scenery, but in the eyes of the people at the bottom, it is the crops that are about to be harvested and the famine in autumn.

However, what Zhu Youxiao didn't understand was why Stone Town, which was the capital of Liudu, suddenly had so many shanties in this hidden small river when he went out on patrol today.

And when he first came to Jiangnan a few days ago, he didn't see this, maybe the officials covered it up, Zhu Youxiao thought of this, and his mood was a little bad, even if Lingxin was already snow-white and half-dewed, Zhu Youxiao didn't have the heart to go into battle with a gun, and when he ordered someone to stop the boat and dock, he happened to see a member of the staff walking in the rain with clogs accompanied by a servant with an umbrella and walked to a shantytown, and shouted: "Song Lao Wu, when will you pay the money you owe, if you don't give it today, you will order someone to drive you out!" ”

At this time, a thin man coughed and got up from the edge of the bed: "Chen Yuanwai, please do well, can you give a few days, the first few of the little ones were sick, spent a lot of money, and the mother-in-law in the family is pregnant again, and now I really can't take out the money to pay for the house, or use the deposit first, and we will pay the January house money and the January deposit next month." ”

"Hmph, you said this last time, and now you still say so, you think that this member is easy to bully, so you will be deceived", this Chen Yuanwai said and waved to a few slaves behind him and said: "Go and find something valuable, even if it is a stitch and a thread, take it, and use it as the house money, and people will also be driven out, and they will not report to the official for the time being, who is called the most merciful and poor person outside the member." ”

As he spoke, a few slaves broke in, pushed the shriveled woman hiding behind the door to the ground, and began to search the things in the house, except for a few broken bowls and clay pots, they didn't find anything for a long time, but outside the staff outside, they saw Song Lao Wu pressing the pillow deadly, so they came over and said, "Go and see what is hidden under the pillow?" ”

Song Lao Wu couldn't help it at this time, and begged hurriedly: "Chen Yuanwai, you don't hide anything, you don't hide anything, you can do it, give us a few more days, and in a few days, I will definitely give you the house money." ”

"Get out of the way!" At this time, a slave under Chen Yuanwai directly pushed Song Lao Wu away, lifted the pillow and saw that it was a few dollars of broken silver, and Song Lao Wu wanted to hide when he saw this: "That's the money we bought grain seeds, return it to me, cough cough!" ”

This slave directly pushed Song Lao Wu away, and handed the silver to Chen Yuanwai, Chen Yuanwai couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, you Song Lao Wu, you dare to lie to me that you have no money, and now I have found out, no matter what, I don't care about you like this people, pull him and his mother-in-law out!" ”

Saying that, the two slaves pulled Song Lao Wu and his mother-in-law out, and Song Lao Wu was also coughing at this time, and shouted weakly: "You don't let us live, return my deposit, I gave you a month's deposit." ”

"The deposit, according to the contract, is written in black and white, more than seven days will not give the house money, the deposit will not be refunded, you calculate how many days you have not paid the house money, and you are embarrassed to ask me for the house money", this Chen Yuanwai said and walked to the front of the house and pinched his nose and said: "Give him back the night pot, and the rest will leave enough money for the house and the money for the compensation for ruining my house." ”

"You, you deceive people too much", Song Lao Wu coughed violently after saying a word.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao ordered Dongchang Fanzi, who was accompanying him: "It is inconvenient for me and the prince Li Ge to reveal their identities, you go and buy the shed for Song Lao Wu, and send another person to check the details of this Chen Yuanwai, I didn't expect that I Daming also has such a domineering and unreasonable landlord." ”

Although everyone felt that His Majesty was very surprised by the word "landlord", they could also understand what he meant, so the Dongchang Fanzi took the order and walked over and patted Chen Yuanwai's shoulder: "How much is your shed, I bought it, it is not easy for two people to be sick and weak, you just let the family stand in the rain and get drenched, and you are ruthless, seeing that you are also a meritorious person wearing a square scarf, why are you so femme fatale." ”

This Chen Yuanwai originally saw that this person spoke with a foreign accent and wanted to buy his own shed, and he thought about extorting him at a high price, after all, he could extort a lot of silver from renting this shed, and since he wanted to sell it, he had to charge a higher price, but he didn't expect that this outsider would reprimand himself for being nosy with a mouse.

As this Dongchang fan said, this Chen Yuanwai also because he is a student Xiucai, he didn't expect that this guy in front of him who looked like he was just a green shirt and cloth could have a rich background, so he also shouted and scolded: "I said who are you, dare to come here to teach this staff a lesson, if you want to buy this shed to be a good person, give 10,000 taels, if you don't have this money, get out of the way!" ”

As the fan of Dongchang, he has always been a person who fights directly without saying a word, but now because he is in front of His Majesty, he has to keep a low profile, and even with the training of people, he only teaches a few words verbally, but he didn't expect to be despised by the Chen Yuanwai in front of him, but forced this Dongchang fan to show his waist card: "Do you see it clearly, if you don't see it clearly, I don't mind using my fists to make you look long." ”

Dongchang Fanzi didn't dare to really do it in front of His Majesty, but this Chen Yuanwai was still frightened and turned pale, and he immediately took his Hao slave away without asking for the silver, and this Song Lao Wu couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask this old man's name, I don't know if I can bring back the few coins of silver I waited, that is our family's grain seed this year." ”

This Dongchang fan directly threw a few coins of silver in front of him: "This kind of trivial matter can be used by this master, it has been smoothed out of his waist, you wait to enter the house, this rain is about to get bigger, don't get wet, this is five taels of silver, enough for you to live for a while." ”

Song Lao Wu hurriedly took the five taels of silver, and kowtowed directly to the Dongchang fanzi: "Thank you, thank you, master!" ”

"You don't have to thank me, if you want to thank your majesty today", this Dongchang fan came to Zhu Youxiao and resumed his life, and Zhu Youxiao turned around and entered the boat: "Spread my will, tomorrow the officials above the seventh grade of Nan 0 Beijing will enter the palace to discuss matters." ”