Chapter 42: Solving the Puzzle of Bamboo Sound (Part II)
Seeing that his anxious face turned red, Zhuyin couldn't help but sneer, and said: "I believe this, I don't think you do it like that, I mean you have never been soft on women, especially for beautiful women, if such a woman has a little affection for you, then you can't do it, knowing that she is sinister and you will try your best to maintain it." ”
He Ran was a little embarrassed and said: "I have this problem, because I have always felt that beauties are made of the essence of heaven and earth, and they are a wonderful gift from God to the world, even if they have some small mistakes, they should be tolerant and considerate." ”
Zhuyin glanced at him and said, "This is lustful, most of you men judge people by their appearance, and your excuse is just more gorgeous than others." Without waiting for him to defend, he continued, "Nan Camellia is clear-minded, she has already seen you this, in fact, you don't have to worry about whether you really did something wrong with her, she is a smart person, and she will not easily use this kind of self-defilement to defile people, so don't worry that she will say this, her real purpose is to think that she has affection for you, tie your heart, so that you will not hurt her in the future." ”
The more He Ran listened, the more reasonable he felt, and he was convinced: "It is worthy of wisdom in the world, beauty and wisdom are combined, it is really a blessing to marry such a beautiful wife." ”
Zhuyin raised his chin proudly and smiled,
He Ran was provoked by her pretty appearance and couldn't help but lean over and kiss her, and said: "After listening to your words, my heart is not confused, but you say, why did she use this trick, it is said that she has secured the position of the queen, as long as she is not a ghost, you don't need to tie me first, I won't do anything to her, it is that she wants to be disadvantageous to Yiguo." ”
Zhuyin pondered for a while, and said: "I can't guess this, but since we thought of choosing a concubine for Pingjiang, maybe she also thought of it, she must have been very anxious for such a long time, and she expected that we would mention the matter of the concubine sooner or later, and she thought of holding you in advance." ”
"It's such a coincidence, we just discussed this matter, and she just acted at this time." He Ran was quite skeptical of Zhuyin's guess,
"Even if she wants to do it early, she won't have that many chances, isn't it just in time for you to get drunk in the palace."
"Also, she rarely sees me on weekdays." He Ran felt reasonable now,
Zhuyin warned: "Is it because only she knows this in her heart, anyway, you should be careful in the future, don't give her another chance." ”
He Ran said with palpitations: "Well, this woman is really a stunner, fortunately it is me, I am afraid that someone else would have been fascinated by her a long time ago." Seeing Zhuyin looking at him with a smile but not a smile, he said with a little emptiness: "I really haven't been deceived by her, I have a good idea of right and wrong, friends and wives can't be bullied, I have never thought about it from the bottom of my heart." ”
Seeing that Zhuyin was still looking at him with that expression, He Ran suddenly said: "It's not all because of my mental skill, although she is a stunner, how can she compare to the wife of my family, who is the first of the four beauties in the world, how can I see the light of the sun and the moon and the light of the fireflies." ”
Zhuyin smiled at this time, flashed his eyes and asked: "There are not a few days and moons in your family, but I don't know which ones are the days and which are the months." ”
He Ran smiled and said, "You are naturally the sun." ”
"Then who is the moon?" Zhuyin smiled and pursed her lips and waited for him to answer,
He Ran laughed and said: "Occasionally, I don't know what to ask you for, you really think I'm stupid by Nan Camelina, so I won't be fooled by you." ”
"I'm going to have you say it." Zhuyin giggled and threw him down on the seat, tickling him incessantly,
The husband and wife frolicked together,
Xiao Lai, who reported the incident, walked to the door, and when he heard the voice inside, he couldn't help frowning, and retreated outside to stop Xiao Qu who was coming over and said, "Tell you something, just now the inner servant came to tell me that the king and queen will come to our house in a while." ”
"Really." Xiao went to look at her excitedly,
"Sister Xiaozhu just came over and said, I'm going to go in to report, but I heard him talking inside, I don't want to see him, I promised to make me a novel paper kite last time, but I haven't done it yet." Xiaolai is quite resentful,
"You're really, you dare to delay such a big thing, I'll go." Xiao went to run in a panic,
Xiaolai snickered and walked out quickly, and as soon as she arrived in the courtyard, she heard the princess's reprimand from inside, and she covered her mouth and ran out of the courtyard.
Su Pingjiang was relieved about the matter between He Ran, Xu Tong and Su Ge, so he came over to talk to him in detail and came to see his sister by the way.
At this time, the etiquette of the monarch and the ministers has not evolved so complicated, and the king's visit to the courtier's house is not a great event, but it is just a few more lanterns hanging in the house, and the idle people try to avoid it.
When I arrived at the military division's mansion, the gift of the monarch and the minister to meet was saved, according to the rules at this time, not to mention that it was in the palace or in the court that Su Xiyao, the eldest princess, did not have to salute Su Pingjiang, and now it was Su Pingjiang who should salute, He Ran should salute, but he himself was exempted, Zhuyin pretended to salute, and without waiting for Su Pingjiang to speak, Nan Cheng stepped forward to help him,
The main hall talked for a while, and Su Pingjiang pulled He Ran up and said, "Let's go, let them talk here, let's talk a few words in another place." ”
After entering the west hall room, Xiaozhu reset the tea set, and after she went out, Su Pingjiang said: "Why don't you make trouble to this point." ”
He Ran understood what he meant, and said with a sinking face: "It's not because of greed, Xu Tong is also okay, he is a straight man, after your wine yesterday, we met this morning and we have been much better, I am sure to convince him, as for Su Ge ......, hmph, he also knew that he was wrong, and asked his sister for his guilt, but you also saw his appearance yesterday." ”
Su Pingjiang was embarrassed: "I know him, although he is shrewd but sometimes he is very stubborn, don't worry too much about him, if the two of you are stiff, it is difficult for me to speak in the middle, his loyalty to the Su family is well known, if I turn my back on you, it will hurt many people's hearts." ”
He Ran waved his hand and said: "It's not necessary, although I quarreled with him a few words, but I still treat him as a brother in my heart, I never thought about what to do with him, political disagreements between ministers are common, I am angry with him and I are yin and yang, for my own selfish interests, I have repeatedly shown my face, some selfish desires are nothing, he has not thought of restraining him by accumulating money in violation of regulations, but it is too much to take state affairs as a coercion." ”
Su Pingjiang cautiously weighed his words and said, "You...... Don't think too well, the bad habits of officialdom are hard to change, and there are many officials similar to Su Ge, in fact, we are already much better here than other countries, beware of emergencies and changes, you see if the elected officials are released in advance, little by little. ”
He Ran smiled and said: "If you don't let go, you can't do it, the battle between the Qi State and Xiping can be big or small, if the Zhao State messes up the situation, then we can be involved in it at any time, the current gist is to maintain domestic stability, I have asked them to stop preparing for the matter of elected officials, and we can only leave it for the future." ”
Su Pingjiang put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "That's good, what about the matter between you and Su Ge, or the three of us will have another drink tomorrow." ”
He Ran said angrily: "Forget it, you, I'm still dizzy after drinking, are you such a bully." ”
Su Pingjiang laughed and said, "Then you say how I can help you resolve it, you have an idea." ”
He Ran shook his head and said: "He has developed some temper in the past few years, he is self-assured of hard work and loyalty, and he can't stand any grievances, if you want to help me, just say that you support the new policy to him, as long as you can make the Su family forever the king of peace and don't care about delegating power to the people, he will always use the words to maintain the royal power of your Su family." ”
Su Pingjiang nodded and said: "This is easy, in fact, I have already told him such things, then I will tell him again from the bottom of my heart, this is my original intention, I want him to understand my sincerity." ”
He Ran snorted contemptuously and said: "They are like mirrors in their hearts, but some people are really worried about you, and some people want to protect their own interests under this banner, worried that if you really let go of power, their current good life will go with it." ”
Su Pingjiang said kindly: "Su Ge must be sincere for my Su family, don't wronged him with this." ”
He Ran slowly picked up the teacup and said, "Before, he was indeed very focused on your Su family, but now that the family has a big business and has experienced the taste of living a good life, I am afraid that some of his thoughts have been transferred to his own family." ”
"I can't say that, the family has a lot of heart to take care of, human nature, his loyalty to my Su family is undiminished." Su Pingjiang also picked up the teacup and took a sip,
He Ran smiled noncommittally and said: "I didn't say that he was wrong like this, as you said, this is human nature, but if it goes on like this, extravagant pleasure will become more and more intense without control, if a person is immersed in extravagant pleasures, then loyalty will gradually be eroded, at the beginning it was slackness of duty, and then it was ** difficult to stop, and there are a few ministers in the past who are not like this." ”
Su Pingjiang nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a while, and said, "He really amassed a lot of money. ”
He Ran put down the teacup and said: "I naturally won't investigate him, but it can be seen from the case of Dongzhicheng alone, to be honest, I really didn't take his matter to heart, and I also know that some case-handling officials deliberately concealed it when they found him, in fact, even if those officials don't hide it, I will signal them to stop here, before I thought he was not greedy, when the new policy was first introduced, his family property and customers were less than Xu Tong's, but this period of Xu Tong's customers became fewer and fewer, and his customers became more and more, Relying on his reputation and your favor, he is a little fluttering, and it is time to remind him of it, otherwise he will ......" He stopped and did not continue,
Su Pingjiang frowned slightly and asked, "I'll go talk to him." ”
He Ran squinted his eyes and said: "If you don't have a good face to speak, don't say it, just snub him appropriately, he is a shrewd person, and shrewd people love to ponder by themselves, just wait for him to ponder until he starts to be afraid." ”
Su Pingjiang pointed at him with his hand and said: "It's really yin, you are smarter than him, do you often think about yourself to the point of being afraid." ”
He Ran smiled proudly and said: "If you have no desire, you will be strong, and if you are selfless, you will be right, my heart can learn from the sun and the moon, what is there to be afraid of." ”
Su Pingjiang stood up with a smile and said, "You have to go, everything that should be said has been said, I don't want to listen to you boasting, let's go out." ”
He Ran grabbed him and said, "Wait a minute, I still have something to tell you." ”