Chapter 119: Nosy Zodiac Week
After arranging the matter of grain and grass casually, Xu Liang put his mind on Feng Suqin. Under Mr. Zhang's careful treatment, Feng Suqin seems to have improved in the past two days, and her spirit is much better than before, Xu Liang looks happy, as long as Feng Suqin gets up, she will stay by her side and chat about some topics.
It's just that Mrs. Feng, who was accompanying her, secretly wiped her tears several times. Xu Liang saw it by accident, so he asked the reason strangely, but the old lady didn't tell the truth, just sighed and shook her head.
Xu Liang turned to Mr. Zhang and asked why.
In the end, Mr. Zhang is a sincere person, and he knows how to do things for others when he takes people's money. When Xu Liang asked, he said bluntly: "Lord Xu, don't hide it, the prescription that the old man prescribed for Mrs. Zun is a big supplement, but it is also a big supplement, and dryness hurts the body." In the past two days, the adults may not have noticed that Mrs. Xu drank a lot of water and her lips were chapped, which was because of this. ”
"But, I see that Suqin's spirit is much better?"
"Alas, my lord," Mr. Zhang sighed, "Mrs. Xu is only afraid that she will be angry and angry, and she will return to the light, and it will inevitably run out of oil and lamps in the near future, and she will lack the skills to return to the sky......"
Rumble! Xu Liang was stunned. Although he had expected this to be the result, Xu Liang still found it difficult to accept it when this day came out of a doctor's mouth.
Returning to Feng Suqin's house in a daze, Feng Suqin really talked softly with Mrs. Feng, and when she saw Xu Liang coming in, she smiled and said: "Xianggong, I heard that the water and grass on the Jianchang River are all green, go and see that I saw it once when I first arrived in Jianchang, and I haven't had time to see it this year?" ”
"Ah," Xu Liang nodded sullenly and said with a forced smile: "I returned from the patrol camp two days ago, and I took a look, and it was indeed a long time. ”
"Oh." Feng Suqin's face was happy, and then when she thought of her condition, her eyes dimmed, and she sighed: "It's a pity that I can't go and see it in person." ”
Old Madam Feng said: "There are some miscellaneous flowers and weeds growing by the river, what is there to see." When the osmanthus blooms in October, Qin'er's body is also well, and she will accompany you for her mother. ”
"I'm afraid it's going to take a long time." Feng Suqin said.
When Mrs. Feng heard this, she turned her head and remained silent. At this time, Xu Liang squatted down, looked at Feng Suqin, and said, "It will take a long time, Suqin wants to go, let's go now." ”
"Huh? Are you sure? Not okay? Feng Suqin was pleasantly surprised, and hesitated: "Why don't you forget it......"
"Go now." Xu Liang said, "I'll go and tell someone to pack up a carriage and come out." ”
"Xu Liang, it's windy outside, Qin'er has gone, I'm afraid it's going to be cold again." Mrs. Feng said worriedly.
"It's okay, let's just take a look in the car, it won't blow any wind." Xu Liang said, without waiting for anyone to answer, he strode out of the house and found someone to prepare for packing.
When the people in the house heard that the young lady was going out, they were all shocked, Yahuan Chun'er and Xia Er wanted to dissuade them, but when they saw Xu Liang's unkind face, they stopped talking and turned to do everything possible to arrange the carriage for travel. The rear windows of the carriage were covered with thick curtains, the windows on both sides were also covered with gauze, and a soft quilt was padded under the mats. The other carriage was also loaded with tea, snacks, umbrellas, etc., and two drivers with the best driving skills were carefully selected, and accompanying escorts were arranged, so that the line looked like it was going to go far away.
After Xu Liang led Feng Suqin out, carefully sat in the carriage, this team started slowly, went out of Dongmen Street along the street, turned to the south city gate, went out of the city, and went in the direction of Jianchang River Dam.
It was a sunny day with a warm breeze. Xu Liang accompanied Feng Suqin to sit in the carriage, put down the book yarn, and looked at the scenery along the road through the curtain.
Two days ago, Jianchang was still raining lightly, today is the first time to sunny, many of the work that was delayed due to the rain rushed to do it today, yes, Xu Liang's team of people walked all the way, and there were a lot of pedestrians on the road, and the number of people was naturally lively.
Feng Suqin was really bored in the Xu Mansion, although she couldn't really see it through the curtain, but she was also very interested.
There is only one straight road leading to Jianchang Wharf outside the south gate of Jianchang City, built along the river dam, and a small road was built on the waist to fold to the top of the dam, Xu Liang originally wanted to climb to the top of the dam on this fork.
When I was about to reach that fork in the road, I saw many carriages parked in front of me, with large bags of cloth on them, and more than a dozen or hundreds of men leaning on the side of the carriage, raising their heads to look at the excitement ahead.
It's just that in this way, these carriages blocked the entire road, and Xu Liang's carriage couldn't pass even if he thought about it.
The two talked in the car and waited for a while, and Chun'er, who went to check the news, ran and said, "Young master, young lady, there is a quarrel ahead." ”
"What's going on?" Xu Liang asked.
"The maid doesn't know, it seems that these guys want to send grain to the dock to load the ship, but they were stopped by a group of officers and soldiers in front, and they are arguing."
Delivering food? Xu Liang's heart moved when he heard this, and he looked at the more than a dozen full carriages in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the five thousand stone grain and grass.
Xu Liang thought about it, so he said to Feng Suqin: "You are resting in the car, I'll take a look." He jumped out of the carriage and instructed Chun'er: "Chun'er, you go to the car to accompany the young lady." ”
With two guards, Xu Liang went around to the periphery of the quarrel.
Along the way, Xu Liang was almost certain that this was the grain and grass that Jianchang was going to transport, but for some reason he was stopped and there was a dispute. Ten paces ahead, a group of soldiers gathered around a blue-robed officer, staring at the surroundings. And the official, judging from the color of his uniform, looked like he was about six or seven grades, and he was angrily reprimanding the three green-robed officials opposite.
Xu Liang fixed his eyes and looked at it, heh, aren't the three green-robed officials all officials from Jianchang County, and the one among them is Liu Yuan, the head of the household who received the grain and grass.
"This lord, our Jianchang is in strict accordance with the requirements of the official document, raised all the rated grain and grass, and is about to send it to the dock to be loaded and shipped. Director Liu accompanied the smiling face and patiently explained.
"Shipping? What's the luck? The official raised his voice, pointed at Mr. Liu, and shouted, "Do you know what this is? This is military rations! That's going to be sent to Shaanxi! When the official left Beijing, he heard that the saint was deliberately transferring troops into Shaanxi, why has it been a month, and the grain and grass are still being raised! It's just that's still being raised! But look at what you've raised! As he spoke, the official grabbed a handful of black grain from a bag of cloth scattered on the ground and scolded, "This is also called grain?!" Your charcoal fire is not so black! Can this be eaten? ”
"Sir!" Director Liu was quite helpless, looked at the black chaff that fell down the gargle, and argued: "This may be the old millet that was moved by mistake when it was carried from the warehouse, and it has been moldy......
"Hey, let's put it lightly!" The official sneered: "You open the bags on the other cars, and the official will check and check to see if it was moved by mistake!" ”
When Director Liu heard this, his face changed. At this time, another household scribe shouted with a red face: "Hey, I said this lord, who are you, let's build Chang to transport grain and grass, do you have anything to do with it?" ”
The blue-robed official raised his head and said, "It's okay to sue you, this official Hanlin Academy is cultivating the Zodiac Zhou!" ”
"What?" When Director Liu heard this, his nose was almost crooked, and he was just stopped by people shouting, looking at the other party's official robe, he was a civil official from the sixth grade, and he also brought soldiers with him, and he was also an unannounced official sent by the government or the province.
Director Liu straightened his waist, swept away the smile, and snorted coldly: "This Lord Huang, you are an official of the Hanlin Academy, but you can't control the affairs of our Jianchang County!" You, hurry up, get out of the way, the little ones still have to send grain and grass to the boat! ”
"Yo ho!" Hearing it from the Liupin Xiu Zodiac Monday, he screamed angrily, shook his arms and cuffs, raised his feet and stepped on the grain bag in front of him, and shouted: "The people in the court can take care of the affairs of the court!" This official now suspects that you Jianchang County is corrupt and perverts the law, shoddy and shoddy, and uses some bad grain to pass off as military rations! Come on, untie all the bags on these cars for the official, and the official will check them one by one! ”
"You dare!" Director Liu was also anxious, and immediately tore his face, pointed at Huang Xiuzuo's back, and shouted: "I sue you, this is a military ration that is in a hurry to be loaded on the ship, and the shipping schedule has been delayed, and it is going to lose your head, I see which of you dares to move!" ”
"Are you bluffing?" Huang Xiushu didn't seem to be a vegetarian, he sneered when he heard this, waved his hand and shouted: "Do it!" ”
"Who dares to move?!"
This quarrel, the lively guys and people on the side saw that the shape was wrong. The fight of the officials, we ordinary people don't want to be implicated! With such a mentality, the people who were turning around scattered a little.
Even the soldiers standing behind Huang Daozhou were a little hesitant when they heard that this was military food, and a small colonel leaned into Huang Daozhou's ear and whispered something, probably to persuade Huang Xiushu not to meddle in his affairs, but Huang Xiushu frowned and shook his head when he heard it.
Director Liu is more anxious than anyone else. He was really worried that if this half-killed Hanlin Xiu insisted on opening the bag, then he would not be able to cover anything, let alone lose his position, and it would be light to lose his head. Yes, after he shouted "Who dares to move", his eyes were scattered, thinking that he would call more people to come to the town, so that people would dare to return to Jianchang to report the news.
Director Liu looked at it, but saw that the people's husband took a few steps back, and couldn't help but be more anxious, and when he looked at it again, his eyes were stunned, and then he was overjoyed, and shouted: "Ah, Lord Xu is here!" Saying that, he took three or two steps to Xu Liang, who was standing on the periphery, and saluted respectfully: "My subordinates have seen Lord Xu, but I can't think of some trivial things, but I actually alarmed you, my lord!" ”
The other two household scribes also came to salute.
Can't hide! Xu Liang sighed lightly, walked in front of the blue-robed official, looked at the cloth bag he was stepping on, which was full of gray, black and gray grains, and asked the three envoys in a deep voice: "What's going on?" ”
Director Liu replied: "When I moved the grain bag in the morning, I probably moved the wrong old grain, and the carriage on the road scattered a bag, so that this passing Huang Daren bumped into it, and he just stopped him from ......leaving."