Summer Solstice (10)
The genius was bright, and Lao Li and the first few people started to do their own work, and no one came to call Xue Ling. Lao Li Tou and Lu Yu are very accustomed to Xue Ling lying in bed, and they also listened to her orders, just if the power did not exist. Not to mention Aunt Zhao's two children.
Xue Ling pretended not to hear the sound outside, covered the quilt more tightly, and squinted in confusion for a while. It wasn't until the sunlight shone through the edge of the bed that she opened her eyes, pinched the corner of the quilt and lay down for a moment before getting out of bed. When I went out, I saw that there were several dustpans in the yard, which were full of newly picked treasures from old plums. Seeing Xue Ling come out and drop the things in his hand, Baba ran over and said, "Miss, you're awake, wait for me to give you a good thing." ”
After speaking, he walked to the well a few steps, pulled up a wooden barrel, opened the lid and showed it to Xue Ling: "My mother was afraid that you wouldn't have enough to eat last night, so I specially told me to put some in the well water to cool, and then fry it in oil today." ”
It is early summer in May in Beijing, but it is cold in the deep well, this method is really ingenious, and it can only be figured out by people who are used to living a life. Xue Ling is well-informed, when he has never seen these, he feels very strange, looking at three or four cakes on a plate in the bucket, his fingers unconsciously touched it, the bread is indeed cold and soaked to the bone. I remembered that I didn't eat at all last night, and I was a little happy at the moment. Being remembered is always a very happy thing, and the time agreed with Princess Yongle was still early, so she said to Lu Yu: "I'll fry with you." ”
Lu Yu closed the lid, and walked ahead without forgetting to tell Xue Ling: "Be careful not to step on Uncle Li's medicine." ”
Xue Ling secretly slandered "a bunch of rags", but he replied a few times absentmindedly, "I know". The two entered the kitchen and said that they were together, but in fact, Xue Ling would only add to the chaos. Lu Yu hadn't done much rough work in Qi Mansion, and she was not familiar with these things, and Xue Ling was even more hurried when she was on the side, but Aunt Zhao would go out now, and she couldn't find anyone to ask for help for a while. The two of them finally got a few cakes cooked in such a hurry, and they didn't look good, but they looked like they could eat it.
Lu Yu put a few cakes into the bowl, but said anxiously: "It's over, Uncle Li said that the raw grass can only be dried in steam, and the juice in the sun is gone for a long time, and it will have no effect, so Miss you can eat it slowly." As he spoke, he pushed the bowl into Xue Ling's hand and ran out.
Xue Ling took the bowl, didn't bother to find chopsticks, and reached out to pick it up and eat it. The cake that had just come out of the pot was still hot, and as soon as she touched it, she was busy withdrawing her hand and blowing desperately. I didn't want to feel that a voice suddenly sounded behind me at this time, shouting "Xue Ling". In this fright, the remaining hand did not hold it steadily, the bowl fell to the ground, shattered into several pieces, and the cake rolled a few times, and it was full of ash before stopping.
Xue Ling saw that he hadn't eaten it, and he was angry and anxious. I wanted to pick it up, but I realized that it was impossible to eat it. I could only raise my head and stare at the person who came viciously. There are few people who can call themselves Xue Ling, not to mention that the voice knows that it is Jiang Yufeng as soon as he hears it. The dog came out of the house and didn't say anything, but ran to this place to spread wild.
Jiang Yufeng was also stunned when he saw that the things in Xue Ling's hand had fallen. He didn't think he could scare Xue Ling, but he didn't want Xue Ling to be distracted and worry about a few cakes. Looking at Xue Ling's ugly face again, I don't know if it was not a coincidence that he came, but it was unfortunate that he also came. He pretended not to see the mess and said, "I'm coming to you." ”
Xue Ling took a breath, squatted down to pick up the pieces and cakes on the ground, and said angrily: "If you don't come to me, it's hard to come to Lao Li Tou to recuperate, you have to come here to talk about something." ”
Jiang Yufeng said: "Yesterday I sent someone to deliver you a letter, I was waiting in Jiang Mansion, but you didn't arrive, my father asked me to come and see it in person." ”
Xue Ling put aside the things he picked up, pinched his wrist, and said, "Come to me in person, it's as if you and your Young Master Jiang are so big-faced, I knew that your dog actually followed me to this place, I had to poke them blind." After speaking, she walked out of the door, no matter what Jiang Yufeng came for, she couldn't let him stay for a long time anyway. And in the future, the Jiang family can't be allowed to come, and no one can come.
Jiang Yufeng followed behind Xue Ling, not knowing where he had offended this eldest lady. Xue Ling back then, it wasn't so difficult to serve. He was suspicious in his heart, but what Xue Ling thought about in front of him was, but it was a pity for those few cakes.
People are like this, the more you don't get anything, the more you have to think about it. She didn't eat it last night, and she didn't eat it today, so she was really annoyed, and secretly decided to let Aunt Zhao make a few more when it was empty.
However, in this life. Xue Ling didn't even eat the cake.
Walking out of the corner of the kitchen, seeing that he was about to reach the courtyard, Xue Ling stopped, turned to look at Jiang Yufeng and said: "Where you come in, go out from where, don't show others, I'll go to Jiang Mansion later, remember to prepare something to eat, I just have a few cakes in the morning, it's gone." Anyway, he didn't care about Jiang Yufeng, turned around and walked to the kitchen, wrapped a few cakes in his arms casually, and planned to find a place far away to throw them away. lest the Green Gardenia family see that there are too many words, and let Lao Li know even more. She used to coax Lu Wen'an like this, and she would also do these things subconsciously.
When he arrived at Jiang Mansion, Jiang Yufeng was already waiting, and he was really ready to eat. I didn't see Xue Li on the side, I don't know if it hasn't dispersed yet. Jiang Hong sat in the main seat, and his complexion was much better than that time when he saw Xue Ling. "I wish it was a return to the light." Xue Ling didn't have a good face yet, and muttered to himself. She was not polite, sat down in a chair, reached out and took the snack and ate it. Anyway, with the life-saving pill given by Tao Hongzhi on her wrist, she was not afraid that the Jiang family would want to poison herself.
Jiang Hong was angry when he saw Xue Ling's appearance, he thought that Xue Yihan had raised a son with extreme arrogance, and he didn't have the slightest sense of proportion as a junior. The co-author is a daughter, and these actions are put on her daughter, and the word arrogant is no longer enough to summarize, it makes people hate itchy.
To say that he really had plans to kill Xue Ling, he even secretly discussed this matter with Jiang Yufeng. It's just that I can't help it. He was not reluctant to Xue Ling, but reluctant to Xue Li. Xue Li is the only remaining hope of the Jiang family in the court, without Xue Li, his Jiang family will go up again, and he can only wait for the next generation, but Yufeng's son is only a toddler, and it is very early. Even if the hands and feet are clean, Xue Li is always in the Jiang family, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will find out something one day. Back then, Xue Yihan's matter was already a stab, if the Jiang family killed his own sister again, then everyone would have no face at all.
Originally, the Jiang family was still hesitating, and there was another incident of Wei Long's forced marriage, so Jiang Hong and his son decided to completely stand in the same boat with Xue Ling. Wealth and danger are sought. In Beijing, there are several princes, even though they seem to be useless, but the original Wei Long is also harmless to humans and animals on the surface.
If you can support one Wei Long, you may not be able to support the second.
Jiang Hong said: "You didn't come yesterday." The information he gave to Xue Ling was only a few numbers, one was that he was afraid of falling into the hands of others, and more importantly, of course, it was to lure Xue Ling to take the initiative to come to the door and beg the Jiang family. After all, Xue Li is still a member of the Jiang family. Even if it's a boat, it's clear who is at the helm.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a day and not seeing Xue Ling come to the door, Jiang Hong couldn't help but suspect that he had looked away. No matter what they want to do to Wei Long, the Huo family can't get around. If Xue Ling couldn't think of this, it would be really difficult to make a big deal. He originally wanted to go with the flow, but in the end, he couldn't hold his breath and sent Jiang Yufeng to call Xue Ling.
Xue Ling ate a snack and said casually: "What am I going to do?" The Jiang family didn't have much impact on the situation, and she didn't bother to think about it, she didn't expect Jiang Hong to have so many eyes.
Jiang Hong didn't know if Xue Ling was pretending, and he was helpless, so he had to say: "The emperor and Wei Long have a disagreement, you don't come to ask about the situation, the Huo family was the real culprit in your father's affairs back then." ”
Xue Ling choked on the snack in her mouth, Daddy, she remembered the experiences described by Princess Yongle. Daddy's matter, she has already checked eight or nine of them, and she is only a little bit away. That's how Daddy died in prison. Wei Long spent so much effort to frame Daddy, even if there were many variables, it was impossible to assassinate Daddy with such a clumsy trick in advance. She suspected that Mrs. Su was lying, maybe Daddy did not die on the twentieth day of Taoyue, but was indeed condemned to death. However, when she saw Huo Yunwan, she would know that since this news was revealed by Huo Yunwan, she must know the truth.
Xue Ling swallowed the dim sum in his mouth hard, and put half of the piece in his hand back on the plate, then looked at Jiang Hong and said, "Guogong might as well have something to say." ”
Jiang Hong didn't say why, but just asked Xue Ling, "Don't you think this matter is strange?" ”
Xue Ling looked at Jiang Hong and smiled sarcastically, she didn't know what the old fox was planning, but she was still in a hurry to go to Princess Yongle in the afternoon, and she really didn't have time to make a detour, so she said directly: "Does Guogong want to say that there is a gap between Wei Long and Huo Zhun, what should I do, I have to make a plot with this?" Without waiting for Jiang Hong to answer, Xue Ling simply poured beans into a bamboo tube and said all his conjectures, including Tuoba Milling, and then asked with a smile: "Guogong thinks what I said is right?" When she talked about these things, she was so impressed that she didn't show half of her own guesses, but Jiang Hong was stunned.
What Jiang Hong and Jiang Yufeng thought was nothing more than the situation between the DPRK and China, which was similar to what Xue Ling knew, but the two of them were far from expecting the relationship between Tuoba and Milling, and they would undoubtedly be very surprised when they heard Xue Ling talk about it. Jiang Yufeng said: "How do you know, you haven't looked for Xue Li." ”
Xue Ling looked to the side disdainfully, the Jiang family only knew that there was a Xue Li, but they didn't know that they had also put a Su Li in front of the emperor. Even if it won't be used, it's okay to ask a few words. At a glance, the Jiang family's usefulness is really getting smaller and smaller.
Jiang Hong thought that his thoughts were already very thorough, the matter between Xianbei and the Xian clan must be a game between the emperor and the Huo family, the two sides were probably going to fight, and he originally asked Xue Ling to discuss how to reap the benefits, but he didn't expect that a Tuoba Milling would be involved. It's just that where did all this Xue Ling get the news?
Xue Ling ignored the two fathers and sons of the Jiang family, and said, "I will go to Xianbei by myself in the near future, Tuoba Mill can communicate with the Huo family, and naturally he can also communicate with me." ”
Jiang Yufeng said: "Xue Ling, that's collusion with foreign clans. ”
Jiangfu's dim sum is delicious, and expensive things are always not bad, Xue Ling took another piece and said: "How is it collusion, I just took advantage of it, and afterwards, maybe I can take the opportunity to kill him, don't you become a hero." ”
Jiang Hong and Jiang Yufeng glanced at each other, and at the same time saw a little fear in each other's eyes. The person in front of him is thoughtful and unscrupulous, and he is really not a good friend. The Jiang family may be seeking skin with the tiger.
In the end, it was Jiang Hong Laocheng, who suppressed his anxiety and asked, "I don't know which one Young Master Xue chose." ”
"Whatever". Xue Ling didn't understand what this question meant.
"There are many princes in Beijing, since you have a plan, there should always be a choice." Jiang Yufeng said it very vaguely.
Xue Ling didn't care about Jiang Yufeng's words, and when he heard the meaning of his words, his eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "You want to find a new emperor?" ”。 She clapped her hands twice and said, "Okay, okay, Wei Long's dog is dead, someone should sit on it."
Jiang Hong's face was pale, and he didn't know how to answer. Some things, talking about it, may be about to lose your head, and the person in front of you shouted so loudly. He and Jiang Yufeng were still looking at each other, but Xue Ling's tone was lowered again: "It's a pity that I don't know anyone, just look for it yourself." I'm going back first, I have something to do in the afternoon, remember to help me take care of Xue Li. ”
"Xue Ling." Jiang Yufeng got up and stood at the door, he really couldn't believe that there was such a person in the world, so out of line that he felt that Xue Ling was deliberately acting, and after shouting, he stood there to block Xue Ling's way. If you don't make it clear today, none of the three of you can get out of this room.
When Xue Ling saw it, his face also changed, he lowered his wrist, and said, "What's the matter?" ”
Jiang Yufeng said: "Since you work with my Jiang family, you should know everything, and it doesn't matter if you hide it from us in the matter of Xianbei, and today you are pretending to be crazy and stupid, which is really unconvincing." ”
The dog's tone was unbearable, and he slid out calmly. Xue Linggan laughed twice, didn't take Jiang Yufeng in his eyes, turned around and looked at Jiang Hong and said, "Is Guogong too self-exalted?" Working together, what together? I'm afraid that Jiang Fu can't figure out the situation, you.." Xue Ling pointed his sword at Jiang Hong, and then at Jiang Yufeng and said, "You two, you're just doing things for me." ”
"Xue Ling, you ......"
Xue Ling interrupted Jiang Yufeng impatiently and said, "How about me, Young Master Jiang, your Jiang family is now scattered in the court tree, if it weren't for Xue Li, I'm afraid that Grandpa Guo would still be able to catch up with Qi Shiyan in this time." ”
"It's actually your hand on Qi Shiyan?" Jiang Yufeng said angrily, he shook his head in disbelief. The blood feud is right, but Qi Shiyan really didn't do anything evil.
"Maple". Jiang Hong shouted.
Jiang Yufeng pointed at Xue Ling and said, "Dad, this person can't be trusted. ”
"It seems that your Jiang family is credible, and if it is credible, my father will not be left with bones. In addition, Young Master Jiang can figure it out that Qi Shiyan is angry with his own daughter, who is the wife of your friend. As for why, you can ask yourself, don't rely on me for nothing. ”
"Our Jiang Mansion will do things for you." Jiang Hong interrupted Xue Ling and the two of them to argue. The years of his undoubted years have passed, and no one has ever seen them. His own son is finally a little tenderer. Whose hands are clean, what's the point of fighting for those false names? Jiang Hong said: "Our Jiang Mansion is doing things for Young Master Xue, I don't know what to do, and what benefits can we get?" ”
Xue Ling was unforgiving, but when he rarely made it, when he heard Jiang Hong relent, he also lowered his voice and said: "The good thing is that Wei Long will die, and I can't care about anything else." ”
"Good". Jiang Hong only said one word, and then motioned to Jiang Yufeng and asked him to let Xue Ling go.
It's really good, it's really hard to say who does things for whom, like Xue Ling, who is bent on opening the way, let the Jiang family meet it, it's the real luck. I had to use this chess piece to kill Wei Long. As soon as this matter is completed, there should be half of the Jiang family in the world.
Jiang Yufeng stood aside with his sleeves and watched Xue Ling walk in front of him coldly. and looked at his father unwillingly. The prince is benevolent, and Jiang Yufeng can become friends with him, so naturally he will go about the same place. There is a big difference between being forced to be helpless and taking the initiative to calculate, not to mention what happened back then, he is not completely guiltless. Even though he thinks that Wei Long should not be in his position, he still hopes to use a legitimate way to please the thief and choose another Mingjun in the name of justice. It should not be taken for granted that some off-the-beaten-path means are unavoidable. How could he like Xue Ling? I only felt that it was simply insulting Xue Yihan's reputation.
Jiang Hong has become accustomed to the court's deception, not to mention the contacts between colleagues, that is, between monarchs and ministers, there are a few people who can pat their chests to ensure that they are not the slightest bit unpleasant. It's just that Xue Yihan's daughter put these on the table and said, I don't know if it's the open-mouthed man who has been raised by the world in the past three years, or the barbarian who grew up in the northwest is like this.
The two were about to talk, but Xue Ling poked his head out of the door again, and said a little shyly: "Grandpa Guo is really embarrassed, I still have something to ask for." ”
The contrast between her before and after is really big, and Jiang Yufeng is used to experiencing it a few times. Jiang Hong was still a little difficult to accept, and was startled by her sudden appearance, so he had to shake his clothes to hide his embarrassment, and said, "What's the matter." ”
Xue Ling smiled all over his face and said, "Young Master Jiang knows that I came out of the Qi Mansion and moved, and I have a very sad day, so I want to ask the Guogong Mansion to borrow some money to turn around." ”
Jiang Yufeng was angry and said, "Have you scavenged less in King Chen's Mansion?" ”
Xue Ling's whole body simply leaned out, leaned on the door frame, and said with a hippie smile: "I saw that Princess Chen had become a new widow, so I sent the silver back." Anyway, the Jiang family already has a son of the Xue family, and it is not a big deal to raise another one. The right to atone for sins." She said frivolously and meanly, Jiang Yufeng only felt that this person was extremely shameless, shook his hand, turned his back to Xue Ling and didn't speak. Jiang Hong said: "The Jiang family is big, and they can't afford to raise idlers. Where the money comes out of here, and where it will go, there must be an explanation. ”
Xue Ling lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Huo Zhun's performance was a bit like a dog jumping off the wall, but he really had to rely on Xianbei to kill the Huo family, and he was afraid that there would be many days to wait. The most important thing is that there needs to be a fire in Beijing. It's really hard to do this big mess by yourself, and maybe you have to send someone out of Jiangfu, which will put ugly things in front, and it's easier to open your mouth when you really need it. So he said to Jiang Hong: "I want to send Huo Yunsheng back to the position of the commander of the Imperial Forest Monarch, and I have to spend some money." Isn't the Jiang Mansion also waiting for the Huo family to die, is it possible to see me busy working alone? ”
Jiang Hong and Jiang Yufeng glanced at each other silently, but Jiang Yufeng didn't speak, and went to bring a cup of tea to drink. He was reluctant to talk to Xue Ling in the first place, and when he came, he felt that this person was acting too viciously, but this viciousness made people unspeakably admirable. He had to admit that Xue Ling's understanding of the Huo family, as well as his current preparations for moving down the Huo family, were more than a star and a half higher than the Jiang Mansion.
Jiang Hong also suppressed his surprise and said, "Feng'er take Young Master Xue to pay some silver." Jiang Yufeng stood up to leave, Jiang Hong lowered his head and added: "Take what you want." ”
From now on, he Jiang Mansion was willing to let Xue Lingyu take what he wanted.
It's not that Jiang Hong is not as scheming as Xue Ling, it's just that he has been a courtier for many years, which makes him have some scruples in his heart. First, when thinking about the situation, Wei Long was not counted. thought that the ultimate purpose of the Huo family was to suppress the Shen family. The second is that Huo Zhun did not have any treachery that brought disaster to the country and the people, so Jiang Hong never thought that the Huo family's struggle for power and profit would reach the point of collusion with foreign clans. And he is a civil servant, Xianbei is too far away, and it is normal to think that Tuoba Milling is a link.
However, the above is just the consequence of information deviation, and Jiang Hong does not feel much except for lamenting that the Jiang Mansion has really declined. And when Xue Ling said that he wanted to send Huo Yunsheng back to the post of commander of the Imperial Forest Army, he really felt that he had stepped into a road of no return.
The daughter of the Xue family is calculating the king.
Even if this will, Jiang Fu seems to be planning this, but after all, it has not made any substantive moves, or it has been drifting with the tide, letting an invisible force push it away. And Xue Ling is really pointing at Wei Long. To "Wei Long's death" is not just a sentence.
This room was still the secret room where Xue Ling had first come to talk. Jiang Hong sat inside and didn't go out for a long time, until Jiang Yufeng sent Xue Ling back, he was still leaning on the back of the chair in a daze.
"Dad, Xue Ling ......" Jiang Yufeng didn't finish speaking, and he didn't know how to describe it. This feeling of disgust and a little joy is distorted for no reason. He even thought that if Wei Yi was still there, Xue Ling would simply be the best courtier, just complementary to the former prince's gentle temperament. Or rather, complement yourself? Those ugly, dirty thoughts, wrists. The desires hidden in the deepest depths can be bared through Xue Ling's unscrupulous grinning in this world.
In the hearts of men, who does not trap a wild beast? Forbearance, isn't it just sticking a knife in the head?
Jiang Hong asked, "How is Xue Ling?" ”
Jiang Yufeng gave up the judgments that he wanted to say, and said, "The lion opened his mouth and walked away with two thousand taels."
"It's good, you can learn more in the future, I don't know how Xue Yihan taught his son. Has the jade glass been scattered? ”
"It's time to go back."
"It's okay, you can talk to him more, it's time to be more motivated." Jiang Hong stood up and sighed. He naturally knew about Xue Li's recent performance in the court, and he deliberately didn't ask about it, or he was afraid that Xue Ling would make some moves after he got married, dragging down the entire Jiang family.
Now that I see, it was the Jiang family who dragged Xue Ling down. He clutched his chest, remembering that Xue Ling had come to the door for the first time, and he was angry and vomited blood. can't help but be funny, when I was acting with Xue Yihan back then, I was faking to vomit, but now it's okay, and I've returned it all back.
When a person is old, he is old. Forced into a corner by a little girl. Little girl... The little girl ..... Jiang Hong glanced back at Jiang Yufeng twice, and shook her head to dispel this idea.
Where did the little girl come from, she shouted by herself, but it has always been Young Master Xue. What's more, his son has already married, it's a pity to panic.