The more Lin Shuhan spoke, the more annoyed he became, and he roared loudly: "What's wrong with Qinglou? He is also a person who reads poetry and books, how can he not know the truth of 'out of the mud without staining'? I see that there are some self-proclaimed literati in Shilin, and they are all honey-bellied, and they are really not as good as the prostitutes of Qinglou! ”

Wu Ruofei listened blankly on the side, and his heart was also very touched, his eyes were full of tears, and he was almost about to cry.

Qiu Yizhi said: "Mr. Lin, this is wrong!" Mr. Lin said that Ling Zun is obsessed with secular prejudices, is Mr. himself detached? ”

Qiu Yizhi's words seemed to be a slap in the face, which made Lin Shuhan stunned for a moment, and then said, "What do you mean by Lord Qiu?" ”

Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "I mean, Mr. Lin didn't let her enter the gate of the Lin family because he was obsessed with Miss Wu's identity; Why should Mr. be obsessed with the word 'reputation', and let Miss Wu Mingmei marry into your Lin family? There is a saying that 'if the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight'. Mr. Lin and Miss Wu can stay together for a long time, compared to those so-called couples who respect each other like guests and raise their eyebrows, I don't know how strong it is! ”

When Lin Shuhan heard Qiu Yizhi's words, it really had the effect of initiation, and he immediately burst into tears and laughed, and said: "Lord Qiu is really far-sighted, and my surname Lin is only open today." I see what I boast of 'respecting each other like a guest' and 'raising my eyebrows', but I don't know what happened behind my back! Even if it's true, it's really not interesting for husband and wife to be so pretentious. ”

"Sir, you're right." Qiu Yizhi took over the conversation and said, "I remember that before I went to Beijing, I invited Mr. Lin to live in my Shanyin County. Now it seems that it is just right to avoid Ling Zun's ears and eyes, and sing poems and books with Miss Wu, isn't it beautiful? ”

Uncle Lin pondered for a moment, and immediately smiled: "Lord Qiu is really a good idea. I said that it was a mess in Jinling City, which was not conducive to reviewing homework, so I asked the old man for a leave and went to Shanyin County to study hard to prepare for the exam. When the old man heard this, it was too late to be happy! I'll be let go right away. "It's just laughing.

Wu Ruofei saw that Lin Shuhan's mood was improving, and he also laughed for a while, but he seemed to remember something, and his face was gloomy. I only heard her say faintly: "Sir will go and prepare first, and when I have collected all the money for redemption, I will come to meet with Mr. again." ”

Qiu Yizhi knew early that this Wu Ruofei was the number one Oiran in Jinling City, and the redemption of silver must be extremely expensive, and it was not surprising that it was difficult to get together for a while, so he smiled and said: "The big thing has also been settled, Miss Wu, who has a lover, can she still make a mistake in this ruthless thing?" I also have a lot of savings in the next place, so I lent it to Mr. Lin first, and I was not afraid that he would run away, so I let him pay it back slowly. I just don't know how many vacancies are missing? ”

Wu Ruofei glanced at Qiu Yizhi, his eyes flashed with hope, and said, "I begged my old mother for a long time before she was willing to let me out." I want to redeem 300,000 pieces of silver—the silver I have accumulated over the years, together with my jewelry, is worth about 70,000 or 80,000; Mr. Lin can come up with 50,000 yuan here, which is less than half, and I don't know when I will be able to fill it up......"

Qiu Yizhi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and stammered: "I...... I can only come up with a total of 30,000 or 40,000 taels, or the salary in advance...... Unexpectedly, this old bustard's heart is so black, it's like a lion's mouth! ”

Wu Ruofei lowered his head and said: "Although my mother is greedy for money, she is not a bad person, and she has never used to be strong in the guests I don't want to take." What's more, in the past few years, the income I brought to Qianyunlou has been around 100,000 taels every year, and her price is not too ......."

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he was already stunned - he knew that in the Han Dynasty, the annual tax revenue was only five or six million taels of silver, and the annual expenditure was at most two or three hundred thousand yuan at the end of the year, and sometimes it was inevitably short. But he didn't expect that Wu Ruofei would be able to have about half of the balance of the treasury with the money he earns every year, which is really appalling.

Qiu Yizhi was stunned for a long time, and then said, "That's fine." His Royal Highness has arrived in Jiangnan, he has money tightly, and when he is free, I will temporarily borrow 100,000 taels of silver from him, I am afraid that it will not be much worse. What's more, after the emperor decreed that Miss Wu was pardoned, the old bustard had no reason to detain the girl. When the girl left, she ran to my Shanyin County, if the old bustard wants to come over again to provoke, she will naturally be dealt with below! ”

Wu Ruofei listened to Qiu Yi's words here, and only then did he feel a little relieved in his heart, and sighed lightly and said: "It's all about it now......" She saw that no one moved the chopsticks on the table of dishes on the table, and said, "They all blame me, for my little thing, delaying the adults to eat, you see these dishes are cold." I'm afraid that after the heat, it will lose its original flavor, or should I go down and redo it? ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If Miss Wu does it again, I'm afraid I will really starve to death." With that, he picked up a piece of sweet and sour chops wrapped in shredded rock sugar, put it in a bowl and feasted on it, exclaiming, "Delicious, delicious!" ”

Yu Chi Jiming on the side was also hungry, and only because Qiu Yizhi's uncle didn't put down the chopsticks, he couldn't stand it. Now that he saw that Qiu Yizhi was eating happily, he couldn't wait to pick up what he liked to eat and stuff it into his mouth, completely ignoring any ladylike etiquette.

When Lin Shuhan and Wu Ruofei saw that they were eating well, the sorrow in their hearts also dissipated, so everyone talked for a while, and then went to bed.

The next day, Qiu Yizhi got up very early and talked with Lin Shuhan about the scenery of the capital and the allusions to Jinling. The two of them were very speculative, and before they knew it, it was noon, and after lunch, they were about to find a good place to continue talking, but someone from Zheng Xin's mansion came to give an order, saying that Yin Chengliang had led the Jiangnan officials back to Jinling, and Zheng Xin was going to convene Jiangnan Wenwu in Qixia Temple to give a lecture, and asked him to hurry up.

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, of course he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly called Wei Chi Jiming to come to Qixia Temple on horseback.

The gate of Qixia Temple has been parked with sedan chairs and horses used by civil and military officials at all levels in the south of the Yangtze River. Qiu Yi saw that it was Zheng Xin's old housekeeper who was directing the order at the scene, so he hurriedly went up to inquire about the situation, only to know that all the Jiangnan officials had arrived, just waiting for Qiu Yi to be one of them.

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he didn't dare to delay, and after thanking him, he dismounted and hurried to the temple.

Entering the temple gate, Qiu Yizhi saw that Zheng Xin was leading nearly 100 officials of all sizes in Jiangnan Province to enjoy the garden landscape of the temple, Yin Chengliang, Cai Min and others were also among them, and many of them had just fought with him.

Qiu Yizhi was not afraid of embarrassment, and ran forward with a shy smile, and after saluting the adults of Jiangnan Province, he was about to bow down to Zheng Xin.

Zheng Xin hurriedly hugged Qiu Yizhi and said, "Aren't you Qiu Yizhi of Shanyin Zhixian County appointed by your father?" Father and emperor gave you to see the official and not worship, although I am the prince, but I am also a courtier of the Han Dynasty, how dare I disobey the holy will? But I don't know if your foot injury is getting better? ”

This set of rhetoric has already been discussed by the two brothers.

Qiu Yizhi also said with a smile as he said yesterday: "Thanks to His Highness's thoughts, the lower official's foot injury has almost healed. Let's bow to His Highness first! ”

After that, Qiu Yizhi bowed to Zheng Xin with both knees.

Zheng Xin saw that Qiu Yizhi, a righteous son who was very favored by his father, also bowed to his feet, and his heart was indescribably happy, but he suddenly remembered the weight of his righteous brother in front of his father, so he hurriedly bent down to help him up, and said, "Lord Qiu, why bother? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he half-jokingly said to the Jiangnan Provincial officials present: "Don't spread this matter, if the emperor knows about it, I can't explain it...... "Haha" laughed.

Jiangnan officials didn't know the reason, so they had to laugh a few times.

After laughing for a while, Zheng Xin said to Yin Chengliang, who was in the lead: "Yin Thorn History, are there any officials in your Dao who are absent?" If not, why don't I go to court? ”

When Yin Chengliang heard this, Zheng Xin made a gesture and said: "Back to Your Highness, the civil and military officials of the forty-seven counties of eight prefectures in Jiangnan Province, except for four who are sick and five who are worried, have all arrived. He had just suffered Qiu Yizhi's loss in Shanyin County, and with a look full of resentment, he glanced at Qiu Yi, and added, "Lord Qiu is the last to arrive, and I would like to ask His Highness to give instructions." ”

He originally wanted to deliberately point out this sentence in order to make Qiu Yizhi leave a bad impression in front of Zheng Xin, but unexpectedly, this powerful highness didn't seem to hear it, and said to the officials with a smile: "That's good, and there is no instruction." I just followed my father's order and went south to take a look at the customs and customs of the people in Jiangnan. In this case, I see that the sun is in full bloom now, why don't I wait until I am in the house and talk about it in detail? ”

He didn't wait for Yin Chengliang and the others to agree, so he walked to the depths of Qixia Temple by himself.

Of course, everyone did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly followed him closely.

Qixia Temple has already vacated a side hall that was originally dedicated to several Arhats for Zheng Xin's use in accordance with Zheng Xin's instructions.

It is said that although the Arhats of this Buddha country are "powerful", they are still not as powerful as the authority of the worldly princes. Qixia Temple has long been in Jinling, the land of gold powder of the six dynasties, and even the presiding abbot is quite humane, and led the monks to invite a few Arhats out overnight, making room for the boss in the side hall. However, more than 100 officials from Jiangnan Province rushed in, but they still filled this temple to the brim.

Although Qiu Yizhi's actual identity is extremely noble, on the surface, he is the lowest grade and the least senior among this group of officials, so he has to stand at the end of the civil official queue according to the rules and listen to Zheng Xin's speech from afar.

I only heard Zheng Xin's words full of anger: "I was ordered to come to Jiangnan to inspect the people's situation, and it has been a few days since I came. This Jiangnan Province is indeed a place where things are rich and treasures and humanities are gathered. Let's take Jinling City as an example, such a prosperous scene, I'm afraid that even the capital Luoyang may not be comparable. In my opinion, this is all the result of Lord Shi Yin's good governance and the hard work of officials at all levels of your Dao! ”

Zheng Xin intentionally or unintentionally learned his father Zheng Rong's style of speech and behavior, although sometimes it was a little exaggerated and pretentious, but he did develop a unique awe-inspiring nobility.

Yin Chengliang, who was standing at the top of the brand, listened, just took a step forward, and said humbly: "I am ashamed to be praised by His Royal Highness, these are all the merits of the emperor's education." What the lower officials did was just according to the plan and step by step, if there was any credit, it was just that the officials were still clear. ”

When Zheng Xin heard this, he sneered in his heart, and thought: You old puppet speaks beautifully, and I don't know how many bad things I have done behind my back, otherwise how could I have come to investigate you by the emperor's secret order?

However, he couldn't name this little thing, but said, "Lord Yin is too humble." It's just that when I left Beijing, I had a long talk with the emperor. The emperor said that Jiangnan Province is rich in the world, and the new Jinshi would rather come to Jiangnan to be a county magistrate than go elsewhere to be a state pastor, but is there such a saying? ”