Chapter Eighty-Six: The Undercurrent

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I'm also going to go to him, and I'm going to ask him for help with the dog's affairs and the land's affairs. Although this old man is not easy to fool, he has already figured out what to say.

Chen Ruolan couldn't laugh, she was obviously a little confused, and specially confirmed it with Xing Zhutou.

Xing Zhutou was very sure, how could he hear this kind of thing wrong, in addition to Lord Li, Lord Gao did indeed summon Chen Ruolan.

Chen Ruolan couldn't think of anything that Gao Ji could do when he summoned her, but looking at Xing Zhutou's face, it shouldn't be a good thing, there could be no more holy decree, right?

Wait a minute......

Divine decree?

In addition to the two shops, the intersection between her and Li Qingshan was rewarded by the imperial court together. Gao Ji summoned both of them at the same time, presumably it must have something to do with the holy decree.

Thinking of this, Chen Ruolan suddenly felt a little worried, although she couldn't say this feeling, but her intuition had always been very accurate.

It shouldn't be a good thing.

She couldn't help but look at Li Qingshan, but saw that he seemed to have forgotten the terrible speculation just now, and only heard him say: "...... Xing Zhutou, I bother you to go back and report to Lord Gao, and Miss Chen and I will be here later. ”

The young man said and glanced at the big black dog, seemingly unintentionally, "...... This black dog is not trivial, that is, the tall man does not look for me, but I am afraid that I will have to go to the tall man in person later to discuss countermeasures. ”

As he expected, his casual remark really attracted Xing Zhutou's attention.

He had long been curious about what was going on with Li Qingshan and Chen Ruolan all gathered here at the back door. At this time, I heard Li Qingshan talk about the black dog. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. I couldn't help but take a few steps forward, trying to see the dog's appearance.

Although he had been mentally prepared, but when he saw it clearly, Xing Zhutou was still shocked, as if he couldn't believe it, and his hands subconsciously clenched the Pu knife at his waist, looking like he was facing a great enemy.

After a long time, I saw that the black dog had a fierce face. But obviously there was no intention of taking the initiative to attack, Xing Zhutou relaxed slightly, turned his head, opened his eyes and asked in astonishment: "Lord Li, I take the liberty of asking, this black dog ...... It can't be the neighbor's one, right? ”

"Huh? How did Xing Zhutou find out, it seems that you have also heard the rumors of this dog? Li Qingshan asked, but he was not surprised by his reaction.

"I've heard some of them. But...... Lord Li, the stakes are high, is this really the dog of Lianggou Ziyi? Are you sure it's the same one? ”

Xing Zhutou obviously still had the illusion of the last trace of luck. I only hope that Li Qingshan can tell him immediately that all this is just a misunderstanding.

Li Qingshan sighed and said, "It should be the one that is correct." There was an old man Qiu outside. It was from Lianggou Ziyi, according to him, this dog had done evil in that area before, and he had seen this dog in the local area with his own eyes, more than once. Although he is not young, I see that he is in good spirits and his eyes are not bad, so he should not be wrong. ”

Hearing him say this, Xing Zhutou couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart.

He had already heard all kinds of terrible rumors about this dog, and he had already heard them from his comrades. A few days ago, a few people got together to chat, and when they talked about it, they were secretly glad that the dog fortunately did not appear in the area of Tangerine Xiangyi, otherwise this hot potato would not fall into their hands?

Lianggou Ziyi and Tangerine Xiangyi are neighbors, most of the officials over there are familiar with them, one of them came to Tangerine Xiangyi on business two days ago on business, and was ridiculed by a large group of them, saying that the officials of Lianggou Ziyi are really unproductive, and they can't even handle a dog.

The other party was very unconvinced at the time, but when it came to the dog, he didn't have a point, he just cursed them jokingly and said, I hope you can have such a vicious dog in the post, and then you will know how terrible it is.

Unexpectedly, only two days later, this curse was fulfilled, and this dog was really cursed!

Xing Zhutou was already worried at this time, how to inform the brothers about this matter when he went back.

He followed Gao Ji to this orange fragrance post to serve, and he had been working under Gao Ji before, and he has always been very clear about Gao Ji's pro-people style, and he has always supported it, and he feels that he can follow such an official to run errands, and he is not a white-collar official.

But it is precisely because Master Gao likes to do practical things for the people that he has two heads and two big at the moment, because he has already guessed that when Lord Gao heard that there is such a vicious dog under his rule that may bite people to death at any time, his first reaction must be: "Xing Feng, this matter must be taken seriously!" In this case, you immediately gather your men and see how you can come up with a way to get rid of this dog as soon as possible and restore peace to the local people......"

If you say a sentence above, you have to break your leg below. If it's an ordinary thing, it's just a little harder and more tired, but this dog ......

Xing Zhutou swallowed in fear.

When he left, he seemed very worried, and stared at the black dog for a long time before leaving.

It seems that it is really a thing to drop a thing, these days, the ruffians are afraid of the dung spoon, and the hunt is afraid of the vicious dog.

After he left, Li Qingshan immediately instructed Wang Liu to prepare some things, and explained the way to take care of the dog, and then set off with Chen Ruolan to the post house.

The post house is located in the very center of the orange fragrance business district, next to the market, in fact, it is not far from the north and south wine shops.

could have walked directly to it, but Chen Ruolan insisted on taking the carriage. She clearly attached great importance to this meeting, because it was the first time she had been summoned by a local official since she had been here, and it was always right to be more formal, more solemn, and show respect for the other party in the details.

Li Qingshan could probably guess her thoughts, and felt that it was understandable, so he let her go.

This woman's sincerity and attention to detail were actually taught to him the last time they sorted out the materials and compiled the books together.

He doesn't think it's a shortcoming, but he thinks it's a good character.

The coachman was still Niu Laosan, Chen Ruolan sat alone in the carriage, and Li Qingshan rode the big yellow horse from the previous time, sticking the car next to him.

The small curtain on the left side of the carriage was lifted all the way, Chen Ruolan asked some questions from time to time, and Li Qingshan answered them one by one.

Niu Laosan originally had some questions about raising horses, so he wanted to consult Li Qingshan. However, the eldest lady has been talking to Li Gongzi. The old man had no choice but to bury his head in the car. Recently, two horses had scabies again. He wanted to ask Li Qingshan if there were any home remedies that could be used.

It's no wonder that Chen Ruolan kept asking, the things that Li Qingshan asked Wang Liu to prepare just now were really a little strange.

"Li Gongzi, I can still understand a little bit about the gong, it is nothing more than to drive away the black dog, if it really goes crazy, the sound of the gong should also be able to alert the surrounding passers-by...... Fishing nets though. I really don't understand what's the use? ”

Li Qingshan said with a smile: "Miss Chen, that black dog is very dangerous, and fighting it is the next step. Needless to say, if you are bitten by it, you will be scratched by it with its claws, or you will make a slight cut, but you are afraid that you will also be infected with rabies, so you can only think of other ways......"

"Then according to what Li Gongzi said, those fishing nets were used to catch it? However, this is not possible. That black dog is so fierce that it can't be tied! ”

This is really unlikely. The black dog had long been wary of people, and because of rabies, it became more and more manic, not to mention using a net to catch it, even if you just approached it, I was afraid that it would be immediately resisted.

There is another question that Chen Ruolan wanted to ask in her heart, but she was embarrassed to ask, and she wanted to open her mouth several times, but she still wanted to stop talking after all.

Because it's so humiliating.

In addition to the gong and the fishing net just now, Li Qingshan also instructed Wang Liu to find a female dog, and specially explained that it was best to find a female dog who was in estrus.

When Tang'er heard the words "estrus", she was still ignorant, but Chen Ruolan was red on the spot, so she could only pretend not to hear it.

She is two years older than Tang'er, and those secret things between men and women have been taught to her by a special aunt in the boudoir, so she can vaguely understand these three words.

When women reached a certain age in ancient times, female elders would pass on this knowledge to prevent jokes on the night of the cave room in the future, which should be regarded as an ancient physiology lesson.

However, why did Li Gongzi find a female dog in estrus?

The big black dog was a male dog, although Chen Ruolan faintly felt that the purpose of finding such a female dog was nothing more than one, that is, to do that shameful thing, but she still couldn't understand why Li Qingshan did it.

This style of painting is inevitably too strange, as long as she thinks of this, Chen Ruolan's face is a little hot.

Li Qingshan saw that she looked like she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, he had already guessed eight points in his heart, he couldn't help but smile faintly, thinking to himself, she must be curious.

If it was Tang'er, I was afraid that he would take the opportunity to tease a few words, but the other party was Chen Ruolan, but he didn't have this mind.

It's not that he doesn't like Chen Ruolan, it's just that the feelings in his heart are completely different for these two sisters.

Tang'er is brutal by nature, a willful girl, and after getting acquainted with him, she will even twist him or beat him twice, but Chen Ruolan is different.

She has always been elegant and calm, perhaps because of her business, this beautiful girl exudes a mature temperament that is extremely incommensurate with her age.

Li Qingshan could even vaguely feel that she seemed to be carrying some kind of mission or something else. In short, this is a peculiar feeling, although it is inexplicable, Li Qingshan feels that it must exist.

This invisible mission and the like pressed this intelligent woman, driving her to be diligent, day after day, towards a certain goal.

She rarely jokes, and she always talks about things seriously, and after a long time, Li Qingshan is also a little used to it. Between him and her, there seems to be a feeling of sympathy and respect for each other.

Although he is a little hip-hop by nature, he is always unconsciously a little restrained when facing Chen Ruolan, as if he wants to show his elegant side in front of her, so it is okay to tease Tang'er, but he can tease Chen Ruolan, but he is not easy to start.

This reminded him of a sentence, which can be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed, and his feelings towards Chen Ruolan are probably like this.

Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Li Qingshan had no choice but to change the topic, and slowly talked about Gao Ji and the wasteland.

Li Qingshan told her that in front of Gao Ji, she categorically did not mention that the dog might have been deliberately lured here, and Gao Ji did not need to know about this matter.

Chen Ruolan knew that there must be a reason for him to say this, so she nodded immediately, and originally wanted to ask a few more words. But the inn has already arrived.

I only heard the shouting of Niu Laosan sitting in front of him. The carriage came to a slow stop.

Li Qingshan also took advantage of the situation to brake the yellow horse under his crotch. Turned over and dismounted, glanced at the post house, and praised it unconsciously.

Because the scale of the orange fragrance post is far better than other post stations, so correspondingly, the post house of the orange fragrance post is obviously more magnificent than the post houses in other places, and the area is also larger, and the two stone lions at the door are majestic, and even catch up with the county government of some small counties.

The inn is made up of several parts. Gatehouses, post houses, and halls are all indispensable for receiving postmen who come and go here, temporarily preserving documents, etc., which are equivalent to official inns operated by the government.

Later, because the post order here has always been appointed by the imperial court, most of them are outsiders, so after the expansion, a residential area was also built, and all the large and small officials transferred from other places provided accommodation, and some local officials who served in the government. There is also a place to rest at noon.

The whole post house is very large, and there is a fence around it. There are also quite a few separate buildings inside.

After passing through the post house, the mansion in the hall that you can see at a glance is the current mansion of the post order Gaoqi.

At this time, Gao Ji was already waiting in the front hall, he was pacing back and forth, obviously having a headache.

At the moment, this matter is a little tricky, so I have to summon Li Qingshan and Chen Ruolan urgently.

A domestic servant took the two to the front hall and then retired on his own, Gao Ji was already in a hurry, and asked: "Lord Li, the seven-star ladybug, and the book "Cure Aphid Records", is it really you and Miss Chen who made it?" ”

Li Qingshan couldn't help but be stunned, is this thing still fake, just kidding, the holy decree has been issued.

He hurriedly nodded yes, Chen Ruolan glanced at him, and then said: "Lord Gao, this method was indeed thought up by Lord Li, and it was first implemented in Huangyi Village, and then the villagers of Gujia Village saw that this method was effective, and immediately followed suit. ”

Gao Ji nodded, his face finally softened, and he asked again: "Then the book of "Governing Aphids" is also compiled by Lord Li?" ”

"Lord Gao, when it comes to the book "Aphid Treatment", most of it must be attributed to Miss Chen."

Chen Ruolan was a little worried about this matter, and then saw that Gao Ji really asked, and immediately said: "Lord Gao, when Lord Li took the villagers to put ladybugs for the first time, the folk girl was at the scene, and felt that the effect of the rule of law aphid was very good, and it was easy to implement. If you talk about the credit, it is still the credit of Lord Li, and the people's daughter is just responsible for compiling, which is really insignificant. ”

Gao Ji nodded again.

He was accustomed to watching people's words, and the two young men did not change their faces under his heavy questioning, and they spoke eloquently, not like they were lying.

As for the doubts on their faces just now, it didn't seem to be pretended, which made their words more credible.

Chen Ruolan saw that Gao Ji was asking strangely, and couldn't help but ask again: "Lord Gao, is there anything wrong with this matter?" ”

Gao Ji sighed lightly: "Lord Li, Miss Chen, if anyone questions these things you just said, you may prove it?" ”

Li Qingshan and Chen Ruolan looked at each other again.

"Tall, please forgive me for being foolish, these things ...... Why proof? To prove, which part do you want to prove below? ”

Gao Ji didn't speak, but turned around and took a few books from the desk, took out two of each, and handed them to the two of them.

Li Qingshan took it casually, looked down, and was a little dumbfounded.

Isn't this the pirated book that Chen Ruolan just showed him just now?

"Lord Li, I won't tell you the truth, a large number of such books have suddenly appeared in the market recently, and the compilers are different...... However, one thing is the same. ”

Chen Ruolan seemed to have guessed what Gao Ji was worried about, she flipped through the books in her hand casually, and said softly: "Yes, one thing is the same, these books are not in the name of the people's daughter and Lord Li. ”

This is Ghost Li.

Uncle Li Kui is here, what are you afraid of?

Li Qingshan smiled: "What should I do, Lord Gao, just a few pirated books, you won't be gullible, right?" The time when these books appeared was after Miss Chen and I were heavily rewarded by the imperial court, which is too coincidental. If it was really made up by these cats and dogs, why did they go there earlier? ”

Afraid that Gao Ji would not believe it, Chen Ruolan also said: "Yes, Lord Gao, in order to print this book as soon as possible and send it to the disaster area, the folk girl also specially purchased a complete set of tools for engraving, printing, and threading. ”

Gao Ji waved his hand and said: "No need, this official understands this matter in his heart, in fact, the official does not suspect the two, but right now, this matter is a little troublesome, if it is not handled well, I am afraid that you and I will be in trouble." ”

Li Qingshan was surprised and said: "I don't understand what Lord Gao said, Your Majesty's holy decree has already been issued, these cats and dogs, why should we bother?" ”

"Lord Li, you don't know how powerful this is," Gao Ji shook his head, "It's because the holy decree has been issued and the reward has been issued, so if this matter is not handled well, it will be fatal." If the decree has not been issued and the court has not yet rewarded them, these pirated books will appear first, and the official can first investigate the matter slowly and clearly, and then report it, and then the court will reward it, and naturally no one will have anything to say. ”

He paused, and then said: "But at this time, so many impostors suddenly appeared in the market, if some people with ulterior intentions reported this matter to the court, and the heavens listened, if Your Majesty did not notice for a while and believed these words, then not only Lord Li and Miss Chen would be severely punished, but also the officials, even if they were the officials, they would not be able to escape the responsibility!" ”

"What is the culpability of Lord Gao?"

Gao Ji Zhengse said: "Lord Li, this matter can be big or small, to put it mildly, this official is just a temporary dereliction of duty, and he hurriedly reported this matter without a thorough investigation, but if it is exaggerated by people with ulterior motives, I am afraid that it will be said to be a crime of bullying the king!" This crime of bullying the king is not trivial, the two of you are afraid that you will also sit together, and when the time comes, Long Yan will be furious, and the three of us are afraid that we will not be able to eat all of them! ”

It turns out that this is the case, it is related to the future of Wusha, no wonder Gao Ji attaches so much importance to it.

As for the people with ulterior motives he said, Li Qingshan also seemed to have thought of a suitable candidate.

Gao Ji summoned them here, he should have hidden it from Du Zhongfang, right?

Thinking of the scheming Du Zhongfang, as well as the faint disagreement between Gao Ji and him, Li Qingshan seemed to see this matter more thoroughly.

Those pirated books were obviously not going for the profits of selling books, Li Qingshan had never figured out before, how could someone be stupid enough to pirate books that couldn't be sold for money, but at this time, it suddenly became clear.

It turned out that there was such an undercurrent surging in this seemingly calm orange fragrance station, and he and Chen Ruolan were inadvertently involved in this undercurrent.

Gao Ji saw that Li Qingshan didn't seem to care, and hurriedly reminded him: "Lord Li, if this matter is really big, not only will the official be in trouble, but the lord's title will also be withdrawn, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the lord will ...... Even his life is in danger! (To be continued.) )