Wei Qiao looked at the people who were a little shorter than him and smiled.

Several people here are considered close to the Wei family, and they will rely on a lot in the future.

Wei Qiao's eyes turned around, fell on Qian Fang, and said with a light smile: "Money shopkeeper, things have been busy recently, and the matter of cooperation should be let go a little, how about it?" ”

Where can there be elders at this time, Qian Fang was excited, and said with a calm smile: "Hehe, understand, Qian is not in a hurry now, haha." At the end, I couldn't help but laugh.

- What a wise decision he made.

The crowd would have noticed the same, and the room immediately rumbled with laughter.

Not to mention that now that Wei Chu is merged, the Wei family is like Zhongtian, and Shan Weiqiao is hot, even if he goes to Wei Qiao, Qian Fang is excited enough to not sleep for half a month.

Everyone laughed for a while, and Wei Qiao said again, "Well, I don't know much about business, the Wei family still looks at the sister-in-law, and if there is anything in the future, just look for the sister-in-law directly." If there is any problem in the official face, you can find me, and if you can help, you will never refuse. ”

When everyone heard this, they also nodded. It is indeed inappropriate to hold on to these things as Wei Qiao, and it may not be eye-catching. As for the truth or falsehood of his words, they don't have to think about it to guess, it is enough to have this sentence.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but look at the young man in front of them with a vague look in their eyes. Now the Wei family can be said to be three points more dazzling than Wei Zhong back then, and it is hard to pull up a Wei family who is on the verge of death, and it is this young man who raised his hand lightly.

Wei Qiao could also see that a few people were looking at him, smiled indifferently, got up and said, "Everyone, I'm here to drink today, let's go, let's go out to meet everyone, and we'll talk about the rest in a few days." ”

He only needs to make the Poseidon Needle, if he says too much, it is not good, everything in the mall is still headed by Li Xiluan.

Li Xiluan also stood up with a light smile and said, "The wine and food have been served, everyone can drink as much as you like today!" ”

Everyone immediately stood up with a smile and nodded yes.

Wei Qiao and Li Xiluan walked side by side in front, and the others followed behind and walked towards the door.

"Miss." As soon as Wei Qiao and Li Xiluan went out, Yu'er quietly walked up to Li Xiluan and whispered a few words.

Li Xiluan frowned slightly, leaned sideways and whispered in Wei Qiao's ear: "Uncle, the Chen family's gift has arrived." ”

Wei Qiao's eyes flashed in surprise, and he immediately smiled, "Then please come up." ”

Li Xiluan blinked, then nodded thoughtfully and waved his hand at the fish.

"Chen Jiali has arrived."

Not long after the fish went out, a shout came from the receiving place.

"A pair of agate jade lions, a pair of assorted unicorns, and a ...... Lantian jade seal"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they thought that the Chen family was here to make trouble, but they didn't expect that they would be extremely precious treasures.

'Could it be that the Wei and Chen families have reconciled? A thought crossed through everyone's hearts in shock, and their eyes seemed to turn on Weiqiao Li Xiluan.

But as a fat figure walked out at the gate of the courtyard, everyone's eyes turned again. Seeing the comer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If there is a real reconciliation, it should not be this person.

"I've seen Master Wei, oh, Lord Wei." In the strange eyes of everyone, Chen Li walked over with a smile on his face, stood at the bottom of the stairs and hugged his fist towards Wei Qiao.

Wei Qiao smiled faintly at him and said, "Gongzi Chen is polite, everyone who comes is a guest, sit down and drink, and I will go to Chen's Mansion to return the gift." ”

"Oh, that's a good feeling." Chen Li immediately smiled, clenched his fists and turned around to find a position.

"This Chen Li is really a strange flower." Wei Shan touched his beard, and the corners of his mouth said strangely.

Everyone also smiled strangely when they heard this, and looked at Chen Li's back with his head stretched out to look left and right, and couldn't help but laugh in a low voice.

Wei Qiao is not surprised, he is 'well-informed'. With a wave of his hand, he smiled lightly, "Everyone, come to the table." ”

"Okay, take a seat, take a seat." Everyone humbly said a few words and walked towards the table arranged in the courtyard.

Seeing a few people leaving, Wei Qiao turned to Li Xiluan again and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, be careful over there of the Chen family, I always feel that the Chen family is a little weird." ”

Li Xiluan nodded softly and said in a low voice: "Well, the shopkeeper you asked me to contact last time, they have also been making a matchmaking with the shopkeeper recently, but I have been dragging it out and not in contact." ”

Wei Qiao smiled and said, "Well, I'll just say it, you can do the rest, it's almost, let's go down too." ”

Li Xiluan smiled lightly and walked down with Wei Qiao.

Wei Qiao is completely relieved of Li Xiluan, women are more careful than men. A series of carrot sticks are waved down, and now that Jinling's interests are redivided, Li Xiluan has basically controlled the situation, and it is not surprising that the Wei family is going to expand fiercely.

Wei Qiao looked around, those old relationships naturally had Li Xiluan to greet him, and he walked towards the acquaintance with a wine glass.

"Hehe, Lord Liu, congratulations, thank you for the light......" Wei Qiao held his wine glass and smiled at Liu Zhengxu.

Liu Zhengxu naturally knew that Wei Qiao had taken over his position, and he knew more clearly that he was transferred to make room for Wei Qiao, although now that Pin Yi has been promoted to real power, the superhuman superiority of Wei Qiao before is gone.

"Rejoice and rejoice, Wei Gongzi is now a bumper harvest in his career, and he should congratulate ......"

"Haha, please ......"

"Please ......"

"Lord Shao, thank you for the ......"

"Brother Jiang, thank you for your support......"

"Tianmiao, hehe, drink well......"

"Brother Han, drink ......"

"Yunya, Qingyao, come and drink ......"

In the courtyard, the chips are staggered, the lights are swaying, and there is a lively scene.

Li Xiluan held the wine glass and shuttled back and forth on the wine table. She is not like Wei Qiao who drinks one by one, she clinks glasses with others but tastes it at a superficial level. Even so, it didn't take long for her to blush and be extremely charming.

Under the light of the bright moon, the noisy courtyard gradually quieted down, and until late at night, the half-drunk people said goodbye one after another.

"Uncle, are you okay?" In the living room, Li Xiluan took a towel, wiped the face of Wei Qiao, who was flushed, and asked softly.

Wei Qiao closed his eyes and quietly calmed the surging wine in his stomach. Today, he didn't deliberately suppress it, he drank with his surname, even if the degree was shallow, Wei Qiao still had a headache after drinking too much.

Suddenly, Wei Qiao opened his eyes, reached out and pulled Li Xiluan's jade hand that he was about to retract, and said with a smile, "Are you happy?" ”

Li Xiluan's face flushed, glanced at the fish who entered the door, and said in a low voice: "Don't let people see it." ”

Wei Qiao smiled, ignored it, and said, "You said that you were happy, and I would let it go." ”

Li Xiluan's pretty face turned crimson, glanced at him charmingly, and said in a low voice, "Happy." ”

Wei Qiao smiled, very dishonestly did not let go, and said, "Then how do you repay me?" ”

The fish, who had come in with the water, immediately blushed when they saw the movements of the two, quickly put down the water, turned around and fled, and closed the door smoothly.

Li Xiluan's pretty face was better when she saw it, she pursed her lips, and her pretty eyes flashed and she didn't speak.

Wei Qiao also heard the sound of the door closing, and looked at Li Xiluan's pretty face crimson, charming and charming, and extremely beautiful, his heart couldn't help but move, he sat up lightly, and said in a low voice: "In other words, how do you want me to repay you?" ”

Li Xiluan couldn't hear the meaning of Wei Qiao's words, looking at the flashing light in his eyes, his heart was pounding as if he was about to jump out.

"Hmm......"

Before Li Xiluan could calm down and reply, her delicate body softened, and she was in someone's arms. In an instant, Li Xiluan only felt shortness of breath, and his mind was blank.

- Tonight is a little different.

Although Wei Qiao was half drunk, his consciousness was still there, and he immediately used his hands together, and a rapid gasp sounded in the room.

The fish outside the door pursed its small mouth, its ears were pressed against the door, its pretty face was flushed, and its eyes were full of shy smiles.

"Uncle ......"

Li Xiluan, who finally got out of trouble, was blocked again before he finished speaking.

The bones of Wei Qiao, who was screamed by an uncle, were crispy.

Wei Qiao stood up, grabbed Li Xiluan's buttocks, hugged him and walked to the room. Less than halfway through, there was not much left of the clothes on the two of them.

The bed creaked, and the mosquito net fell.

Li Xiluan's pretty face was flushed, her pretty eyes seemed to be closed, her delicate Qiong nose was a little sweaty, her breasts were straight, undulating, rippling with bursts of seductive arcs. The lower abdomen is flat and greasy, the long legs are tight, and a pair of jade-like feet tremble gently in mid-air.

Wei Qiao glanced at it, his eyes were hot, staring at the seductive little mouth, leaning over and bowing his head to kiss it.

It didn't take long for the big bed to creak and creak, the seductive shallow singing, the rapid gasp, and the high and low melody, rippling with bursts of blood-pumping sounds.

I don't know how long it took, but with a sharp sound of the big bed, the two people on the bed immediately stiffened, and everything came to an abrupt end.

After a long time, the mosquito net, which kept shaking the waves, gradually subsided, and the moon, which had hidden in the clouds, quietly appeared again.

Li Xiluan's pretty face was still hot on Wei Qiao's chest, her pretty eyes were slightly closed, and her heart was still difficult to calm down. A jade hand was placed on Wei Qiao's chest, and a jade finger was gently turned in a circle, recalling the thrilling past month, she was now in a dream.

After some intense exercise, the half-drunk Wei Qiao woke up suddenly, and his mind was clearer than ever. In the same way, he is also reminiscing about himself in the past month. Thinking about the changes before and after, I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart. Maybe it's pride, maybe it's depression, maybe it's something else, recently he has been so restless in his heart that he has completely deviated from his previous indifference and calmness, and there are even some signs of loss of control.

But fortunately, I woke up in time.

A smile appeared on the corner of Wei Qiao's mouth, he lowered his head slightly, and kissed Li Xiluan's forehead gently.

Li Xiluan's heart beat sharply for a long time, and gradually calmed down, rubbing Wei Qiao's chest with a pretty face, closing his eyes and not speaking.

On the quiet big bed, Wei Qiao hugged Li Xiluan, pressed her hair, and whispered, "Xiluan, thank you." ”

That's a lot to say.

Li Xiluan's delicate body trembled, and the bitterness and suffering she had suffered over the years surged into her heart for a while, and she thought that now the bitterness was exhausted, her pretty eyes flashed with tears, and she didn't know what to say for a while. just stretched out his arms and hugged Wei Qiao tighter.

Wei Qiao also gently hugged her, hugged her in his arms, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, everything will be with me in the future." You no longer have to look at other people's faces, you don't have to beg people everywhere, and you don't have to go to great lengths to maintain the Wei family. Don't work hard to make money, just live in peace, all the wind and rain, I will block it for you. ”

Li Xiluan couldn't hold back any longer, bit her cherry lip and raised her head, her pretty eyes were misty, and she looked at Wei Qiao with a pretty face: "Uncle......"

Needless to say, Wei Qiao lowered his head and kissed again.

Like crying, like complaining, like admiration, low and continuous coquettishness, gently rippling, pervasive, non-stop.

The window was getting brighter and brighter, and the lonely summer cicadas were calling more and more urgently, and the dew resounded throughout the Wei Mansion before it dried.

"Uncle...... Uncle ......"

With Li Xiluan's trembling cry, the big bed shook violently.

With a low roar, everything was quiet again.

After a long time, Li Xiluanqiao's blushing face did not go away, and she pursed her cherry lips and touched her hot cheeks and whispered: "Uncle, let's get up, Yu ......"

Wei Qiao hugged her jade back and smiled lightly: "No, the fish knew that I stayed last night and wouldn't come to disturb us." ”

Li Xiluan's face was already thin, and when she heard it, her face turned even redder, and the thin sheet covered her seductive body, lying on Wei Qiao's body, her heart was still trembling, and she bit her cherry lip in Wei Qiao's ear and said, "Then, you let go of me, let's talk." ”

Wei Qiao smiled, let go of his arm, and let her slide off her body, but she was still in her arms.

Li Xiluan glared at him with a charming face, then obediently lay on his shoulder, rubbed, took a breath, and closed her pretty eyes again.

After a period of silent enjoyment, Wei Qiao stroked Li Xiluan's smooth jade back, and said softly, "Sister-in-law, you say, should we also learn from our father and leave a back hand for the Wei family." ”

Li Xiluan was stunned, opened her pretty eyes, frowned and thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Well, I'll arrange this." ”

Wei Qiao nodded, his eyes flashed: "Regarding the matter of the second uncle, you can set up a general management body to oversee the business of the Wei family and the Chu family, don't merge, slowly cooperate and merge, this kind of thing can't be done overnight." ”

This is indeed a headache for Li Xiluan, listening to Wei Qiao's words, Li Xiluan pondered carefully and said, "Well, listen to you." ”

"For the Chen family, don't be in a hurry, it's best to let him fend for himself, and then let's clean up the mess." After all, the Chen family is still relatively strong in the background, and the Wei family opened their mouths to swallow it urgently, even if they succeeded in the end, they would break a few teeth.

Li Xiluan nodded lightly, she has always ignored the Chen family. It's not that I'm worried that the Chen family's dog will jump off the wall in a hurry, but because Wei Qiao is now in the official career, she is worried that the Chen family's backer will wear small shoes for Wei Qiao.

Wei Qiao rubbed Li Xiluan's hair, smelled the faint fragrance and said, "As for the matter of Qian Fangsuzhou, slow it down first, Brother Yun's Tanzhou Thorn History will take office soon, and then take Tanzhou first." ”

"Hmm." This Li Xiluan also plans to do so.

Wei Qiao thought for a while, and said, "As for the inside of the Wei family, you can do it." The bottom should be on the top, and the management should be stricter in the future, and the account must be clear. ”

After some tossing, Li Xiluan also gained a lot of experience, listened to Wei Qiao's words, and nodded lightly.

At present, the Wei family is concerned with these issues, and the others are irrelevant, so Li Xiluan naturally has to consider them. As for the tree big wind and the like, Wei Qiao believes that Li Xiluan naturally has her considerations, but she doesn't have to tell her about some small things.

The two of them were tired of being crooked for a long time, Li Xiluan was thin-skinned, and she couldn't stand it, so she drove Wei Qiao out of bed with a red face.

Four or five times a night, although Wei Qiao was still unsatisfied, he had to take care of the impact, smiled, got dressed, and had breakfast here before walking to his small courtyard with some taste.

When she walked in the door, Xiangling was studying the abacus very seriously, Wan'er was sorting out the quilt for Wei Qiao, and Xu Mao pulled her sleeves and wiped it vigorously on the table.

The master is not there, and the subordinates are still so diligent, the average master will definitely be happy and praise.

However, Wei Qiao rolled his eyes for a while, knowing that the three of them must have known that he had stayed in Li Xiluan's small building last night. Shaking his head, he turned and walked towards the study.

When the three of them saw that Wei Qiao didn't say anything, they quickly turned their heads to look at each other, saw Wei Qiao enter the study and hurriedly came over, looked at Wei Qiao's back, and laughed lowly.

Wei Qiao didn't pay attention to the three of them, spread out the rice paper, picked up the brush, looked cold, and waved the pen heavily.

'The trip of a husband and a gentleman: quiet to self-cultivation, thrift to cultivate virtue. There is no ambition without indifference, and there is no far-reaching ambition without tranquility. The husband must be quiet to learn, and he must also learn. There is no way to learn without learning, and there is no way to learn without quiet. If you are slow, you can't study fine, and if you're sinister, you can't take care of your surname. ’

Wei Qiao put down the pen and slowly dried it.

Last night, Wei Qiao not only tasted his long-cherished wish, but also calmed down in his mind. Thinking back to the recent series of actions, he was very restless and lost his heart.

"Young Master."

Wei Qiao was looking at it intently, and when he looked up, he was stunned to find that there were six more palms in front of him.

Wei Qiao looked strange and said, "What are you doing?" ”

"Give the joy money." Xiangling's white and tender little hand raised a lot, and said crisply.

Xiangling's eyes widened and said justifiably, indeed, although there are no regulations for this kind of thing in the big family, it is customary. Generally speaking, when the master has good deeds, he wants to give some reward to his subordinates as a sign.

Wei Qiao glared at her angrily, needless to say, the other two were all instigated by her.

Wei Qiao took it out into his arms, and there were a few pieces of broken silver, two pieces per person, looking at the three of them with smiling looks, Wei Qiao also smiled, "Okay, this matter is not allowed to be spread outside, do you know!" ”

"It's the young master." The three of them got the reward, so they naturally happily agreed.

In fact, Wei Qiao is a thief, as long as someone wants to inquire, the affairs of the two of them can't be hidden at all.

Wei Qiao just wanted to wave a few people away, but hurriedly said: "Xiangling, bring the official uniform, by the way, there is also an abacus." As he spoke, he handed the freshly written words to Wan'er and said, "Frame it and put it in the study." ”

The two agreed and turned to leave, Xu Mao watched the two leave in a daze, and then looked at Wei Qiao and said, "Young Master, what am I doing?"

Wei Qiao glanced up at him and said, "After a while, go and get the sedan chair ready, let's go to the Yushitai." ”

"Ao" Xu Mao agreed, and hurriedly turned around and ran out of the door.

After preparing in the house, Wei Qiao estimated that the time was about the same, so he changed into his official uniform, took the abacus and walked out of the door. Sitting in a sedan chair, swaying towards the Yushitai to work.

—————————————————— "Wei Zhongcheng." ”

"I've seen Wei Zhongcheng."

"Wei Zhong, please."

When Wei Qiao stepped into the gate of the Imperial History Tower, everyone he saw greeted him very respectfully. A smile on his face, a look of enthusiasm.

Wei Qiao secretly sighed in his heart that these people were well-informed, nodded and smiled, and walked straight to the back of the third courtyard.

The road was unimpeded, and Wei Qiao walked directly in the class room of the imperial doctor.

Walking in the door, Wei Qiao raised his eyes and saw Niu Yilang lying on the desk and writing excerpts intently.

Wei Qiao was stunned for a moment, and was about to clench his fists to ask, but found that on another table not far in front of Niu Yilang, Fu Ming was leaning on a chair and reading a book in his hand.

Wei Qiao raised his eyebrows, then smiled lightly, raised his feet and walked over, hugged his fists and bowed, "Wei Qiao has seen Master Fu." ”

Fu Mingzheng raised his head and looked at Wei Qiao, put down the book, pointed to the chair on the side and said with a smile: "Here, sit." ”

Before Wei Qiao sat down, Niu Ichiro on the side looked at it with a burst of jealousy. Although he and Fu Mingzheng have been working together for a long time, they have always been respectful, and the two can be regarded as 'respecting each other', Niu Yilang has never had this kind of treatment!

Wei Qiao hugged his fists and thanked him, and sat down generously.

Soon, the servant came over with two cups of tea, put down the tea and bowed out.

Fu Ming was holding the tea and said with a smile, "How is it, are there any unaccustomed to it?" ”

Wei Qiao looked indifferent and said with a smile: "Not yet, although it is unfamiliar, it can still be adapted." ”

Fu Mingzheng nodded, put down the tea, and said, "Well, it will be uncomfortable at first, but it will be good after a long time." Well, yesterday the ministry handled it well. ”

Wei Qiao nodded and smiled, no squeak. Fu Mingzheng's words are equivalent to taking his vote.

Fu Mingzheng glanced at Wei Qiao again, and said with deep meaning, "You probably don't know yet, the cabinet wants to release Wang Yuanhui." ”

Wei Qiao's heart moved, and he said lightly: "Where are you going?" ”

A smile flashed at the corner of Fu Mingzheng's mouth, and he said, "The reaction is good." Originally, he refused, but the cabinet was very resolute, so he retreated and asked to go to Chongzhou. ”

Wei Qiao raised his eyebrows, Chongzhou is the main artery of the former Wei family's business, even if Chongzhou is a prosperous place, it is difficult to say that Wang Yuan will go there without the selfishness of retaliating against Wei Qiao.

Fu Mingzheng looked at Wei Qiao with interest, "How is it, what do you think?" ”

Wei Qiao shook his head with a smile and said, "If it was before, I might have blocked it, but now it's not necessary." ”

Fu Mingzheng was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said: "That's right, Tanzhou is much bigger than Chongzhou, and the Wei family can deal with some things in Chongzhou." ”

Wei Qiao didn't expect Yunfei's matter to be hidden from Fu Mingzheng, so he nodded with a light smile.

Fu Mingzheng said again, "But I want to stop him, what do you say?" ”

Wei Qiao frowned slightly, understanding that this was Fu Mingzheng's test for him. He lowered his head and groaned for a while, and said: "The disaster in the northwest is not reduced, you can set up a deputy disaster relief envoy or something, raise the specifications a little higher, and send Wang Yuanhui over." ”

Fu Mingzheng nodded with a smile in his eyes, and he also understood what Wei Qiao meant. It is nothing more than a bright ascension and a secret descent, giving Wang Yuanhui a false position and depriving him of real power.

The two chatted in a low voice, not like bureaucrats, but like friends. Fu Mingzheng is very talkative, he has dabbled in strange things and anecdotes from all over the world, astronomy and geography, and miscellaneous books and strange talks, and he often says that he is interesting but there is no lack of philosophical surnames. And Wei Qiao listens to more and says less, often one sentence or two sentences to the point, occasionally a thought-provoking sentence, and from time to time there are a little rebellious but deep physics that people can't refute.

This is the first time the two have chatted, and it can be said to be very pleasant. Fu Mingzheng's appreciation for Wei Qiao is getting heavier and heavier, and he even has a bit of a New Year's friend.

These Niu Yilang, who has been working hard, have a hot eye, and have a good relationship with Fu Mingzheng, and it is unreasonable not to fly Huang Tengda.

Wei Qiao's expression always smiled lightly, and he had long seen that Fu Ming was cultivating him, as if it was because he was a little similar to him when he was young, and many people thought so.

— but he's sure it's more than that!

Not long after, Lin Fengzheng also came back from the court, and when he saw that Wei Qiao and Fu Mingzheng were chatting happily, he hurriedly crept to his desk, picked up the official document, and did it himself.

Both Niu Yilang and Lin Fengzheng are already accustomed to Fu Mingzheng's style, as long as the two of them do their own things honestly, Fu Mingzheng will generally not bother.

The conversation between the two continued, and unconsciously talked about the civil uprising.

After listening to Wei Qiao's words, Fu Mingzheng frowned and said, "Well, that's right, the officials forced the people to rebel, and the root cause of the people's rebellion was still the officials." However, it may be a bit troublesome to directly hold local officials accountable. ”

Wei Qiao also knows that it is not only a problem of officials protecting each other, but sometimes the problems are also very complicated, and it is not easy to hold people accountable at all, and it is difficult to find the person responsible.

Wei Qiao pondered for a while, and said, "The imperial court generally puts aside its responsibilities first and calms down the situation, and only after the situation will it be thoroughly investigated. I think it can be like this, the respective rights and responsibilities must be clear, and they must be clear to the individual, and when the time comes, they will be directly investigated all the way, upper, middle and lower, and sit together. ”

Fu Mingzheng's brows furrowed, and his eyes flickered slightly. Obviously, Wei Qiao's words seemed to move him.

Fu Mingzheng thought for a long time, looked up at Wei Qiao, and said, "Well, this method is good, not only in the locality, but also in the six cabinet departments." ”

Fu Mingzheng's bland words, Lin Fengzheng, who had been seemingly working diligently behind Niu Yilang, couldn't help but shake his right hand.

The six cabinets involve countless people, if he really does what Wei Qiao said, then it is estimated that he will be hated to death by countless people. Moreover, it is estimated that the resistance will be unprecedented, and it is unprecedented beyond everyone's imagination.

Wei Qiao is not a fledgling stupid boy, after listening to Fu Mingzheng's words, he lowered his head indifferently and drank tea without squeaking.

Cabinet Ministries, can anyone enter? Who doesn't have seven aunts and eight aunts, the six parts that seem to have a clear division of labor, and the complexity of the intertwined parts, it is estimated that no one can figure it out. Don't say that Fu Mingzheng is right, even if Shoufu wants to implement it, it is estimated that it will be difficult, even if it is under the emperor's holy decree, the difficulties will still not be reduced much.

Fu Mingzheng saw that Wei Qiao didn't speak, and he also knew what he was thinking, so he smiled faintly, holding the teacup, and his eyes flashed thoughtfully.

(To be continued)