There was a long silence.

Zhang Yue closed his eyes slightly, and at this moment, his eyes trembled sharply, as if he was struggling in his heart.

After a while, he heard the god-like woman in his heart, and said softly: "The promise I can give you is that one day, this dynasty will lose me, and my soldiers will never stand up to the people." ”

Zhang Yue took a deep breath, his heart was full of enthusiasm, and he didn't know whether he was happy or disappointed.

Feeling that his eyes were slightly hot, he turned his head to hide it.

"Say one more thing. I want you to understand. My soldiers, the purpose of their existence is still to defend the innocent people of this land; My soldiers will never take the initiative to shoot because of anyone's selfish desires; My soldiers are just to give me the strength to protect myself when the dynasty loses me or him. Wen Zhen said lightly, "The power of the sky is unpredictable, and the wolves are around, I have no intention, so I have to do it." ”

Zhang Yue sighed deeply again.

Wen Zhen looked at him and said softly: "I'm sorry, Zhang Yue, I must have embarrassed you, right?" Looking at the dark circles under your eyes that haven't dissipated for a long time, you must be tossing and turning night after night, right? But if I don't ask, you're going to suffer so silently. ”

Zhang Yue turned his head to stare at her, he rarely looked directly at Wen Zhen's eyes like this, this is the goddess in his heart, he didn't want to blaspheme her with his own gaze, but at this moment he looked into her soft and clear eyes, and his heart was also soft, and he smiled for a while: "My lord, don't look at me like this again, don't talk like this again, otherwise this test will torment me more than your army." ”

Wen Zhen smiled, lowered his eyes, and was slightly ashamed, but he smiled calmly.

Zhang Yue looked at her softly and said softly: "My lord, do you know why you make people unconsciously follow and admire? It is because of such compassion and compassion, such delicacy and understanding hidden under the cold exterior. You can pretend not to know and let me suffer myself, anyway, you know in your heart that I will not betray you, and in the end I can only accept it silently. But you don't have ...... This is what is really moving, all those who are fortunate enough to receive this understanding and relief can't escape such a real gentle trap, Your Highness is like this, I am like this, Su Xun is like this, and even Mao Wanren is like this. ”

"No, I'm not as good as you say, don't unconsciously glorify and deify anyone because of your preferences." Wen Zhen smiled and shook his head, "Mr. is an upright person, so I dare to communicate with him." I'm not so glamorous on weekdays. And Mr. don't thank me, I should thank Mr. Mr. Xie does not remember all the deception, use and rejection since he met me, but only all the good things. I am also fortunate to have met him. ”

Zhang Yue didn't speak again, only smiled and lowered his eyes, thinking that at this moment, you didn't forget to add a sentence of "refusal", how firm your heart is for His Royal Highness.

Is...... Envy.

The gentle and sincere atmosphere quickly dissipated in Wen Zhen's next sentence, "As for the fact that the quota for suppressing bandits cannot be filled, don't worry too much. After a few days, it will be time for Yan Jue to stop. If you are in a hurry these days, you will go to the neighboring states to make up the numbers, isn't there a huge bandit entrenched in the suburbs of Dingzhou? Let's take that giant bandit and practice it. ”

"That's the bandits from Dingzhou, we crossed the line, and the history of the assassin in Dingzhou will make trouble for adults......"

"Arrange a bandit to disturb the state army after committing a crime in Huzhou, and then jump to the Dingzhou bandits' nest, the state army naturally wants to pursue across the border, and accidentally kill the bandit nest by the way while chasing the Jiangyang thieves, which can be regarded as a good deed every day, their own troubles, how many years can not be solved, we helped him solve it, and when the time comes, it will be for the sake of neighbors, and the labor fee will not be needed."

Zhang Yue: "......"

The history of Dingzhou may have to prepare a gift for you in the end.

The three generations do not cultivate, and Wen Zhen is a neighbor.

After getting the solution, and getting the news that Yan Jue will soon be settled, Zhang Yue was very happy, Wen Zhen asked how the water dragon was made, this is after she caught fire in Fengbaocang, because she came to Huzhou repeatedly encountered fires, and saw that the weather was dry, and Dongtang's fire extinguishing equipment was almost none, so according to his own memory, he designed the water dragon, that is, the thick bamboo pipe, the principle is like a water gun, up and down the sleeve, compress the water, put on the cowhide water bag, can absorb water and spray water. Zhang Yue has already made hundreds of sets, which will be distributed to various government offices and important streets, and will be equipped in every place. The two discussed business for a while. Zhang Yue hurriedly prepared to say goodbye, and went to convey the instructions of the assassin to Mao Wancheng and others, although he was under house arrest with Wen Zhen in the Assassin's Mansion, but the Assassin's Mansion had already been governed by Wen Zhen in an iron bucket, Wen Zhen attracted Yan Jue's attention every day, Zhang Yue continued to control the situation in Huzhou with the help of everyone, and watched Yan Jue jump every day.

Zhang Yue was about to leave in a hurry, and Wen Zhen, who looked down at the flowers, suddenly said: "Lord Zhang, I have something that may be imminent, think about it or let you know, in case there is any emergency, you should be mentally prepared." ”

Zhang Yue, who was about to turn a corner, looked back in amazement: "Huh? ”

Wen Zhen faced him and jerked off the wide blouse outside, "That, I may be about to give birth." ”

"Bang."

Master Zhang hit his head against the wall and fainted.

……

In the rivers and lakes in the east of Huzhou City, Jun Moxiao heard Cai Sang who slipped out of the mansion talk about Wen Zhen's premonition, and immediately stood up, pulled Cai Sang and went straight to Zhang's house, Mrs. Zhang found Wen Zhen the best stable woman in several nearby states, and just received it in the house, ready to train for a few days and then send it to the Assassin Mansion, and now this matter is going to be advanced.

Mrs. Zhang has recently quit smoking quite effectively, her face is a little richer, but her spirit is not very good, while reluctantly touching the broken cigarette stick, while listening to Jun Moxiao's frowning and discussing how to send people into the house quietly, and said that she found three stable women, and she didn't have time to screen people, so she was sent to the house, afraid that she would cause trouble instead.

Mrs. Zhang thought about it, knocked on the cigarette stick, as if she could still knock out the ashes, and took out a plum candy specially offered by Lord Shi, chewed it, and said, "It's simple." Don't send it into the house first.,Just a house next door to the adult's courtyard in the Thorn Mansion.,Everything is ready.,Just talk to me about what the adults talked to me about when they quit smoking last time.,What...... Sterilization or something, anyway, how to clean it. A few stable women are all placed there, training, and also watching, to see who is suitable and who is on in the end, and if it is not suitable, send it as soon as possible. Find a way to open a door between the house and the Thorn Mansion, or make a short tunnel, to be more secretive, once the adults have a seizure, they can send people over in a moment, and the guards can't detect it. ”

Cai Sang thought about the terrain for a while, and raised an objection: "That's not possible, in the direction of the courtyard of the Lord of the Thorn Mansion, there are all kinds of houses, a whole alley, the kind where people hear each other, any yard you get, it is easy to be discovered and surrounded by people with ill intentions, and when the time comes, the adults will produce in the houses, and it will be inconvenient to guard......"

Mrs. Zhang's broken cigarette stick waved proudly, "It's okay!" The houses in the alley next to the Thorn Mansion are all my Zhang family's, I will take back the house tomorrow, double the compensation, and ask the residents of that alley to move out in turn at night. ”

Jun Moxiao, Cai Sang: "......"

Excuse me.

We don't understand the world of the rich.

Then it was decided, Mrs. Zhang immediately personally arranged the relocation of the house, Jun Moxiao went to arrange the preparation and disinfection of the delivery room, Cai Sang took the best supplements prepared by Mrs. Zhang back to the house, and halfway through thinking of a kind of sour cake that Miss Zhang had bought for Miss last time was very interested, so she went to buy a little more, the sedan chair turned around a street and alley, Cai Sang suddenly heard a muffled sound of beating and low shouts for help outside, listening to the voice was a woman, she subconsciously opened the sedan curtain and took a look, and sure enough, she saw a dark alley next to her, There was a female beggar who was being beaten by a few beggars, and the dirty beggars had no pity for the jade, and kicked the woman like a gourd in the dirty water on the ground, and the woman couldn't scream, only the sound of whimpering sounded miserable, Cai Sang looked, and the buttocks moved and wanted to go down, and suddenly touched the pastry in his arms, and suddenly remembered his own young lady.

She followed Wen Zhen for a while, seeing the endless wind and waves, the sword and the arrow, and also knew that people's hearts were sinister, thinking that the young lady was in a very difficult period, and she must not cause trouble with many things, and then sat back firmly on her buttocks, and urged the sedan chair man to go faster.

However, as he was about to pass through the alley, the sedan curtain was lifted by the wind, and he saw a man crouching down and putting his hand into the arms of the woman who was about to faint.

Cai Sang jumped down violently.

She rushed over, and at the same time called the guards who were disguised as sedan chair men to come forward, and beat the beggars with punches and kicks, and when she was done, the girl jumped between the legs of the beggar who stretched out her hand, and the guy screamed and fainted.

After Cai Sang saved people, he took out a little money and a little heart from his arms, put them next to the half-dizzy woman, and planned to leave, and she didn't do anything more.

However, at this time, the woman suddenly said in a daze: "...... Mulberry picking? ”

Cai Sang's hand shook in shock, and then she took a closer look at the woman's face, gently brushed away the messy hair that was stuck to half of her face by sweat and water, and carefully identified it for a long time, her hand trembled more and more violently.

“…… It's you? ”

……

After watering the flowers, Wen Zhen looked at the half-dried lotus pond and frowned slightly.

This year's drought seems to be inevitable.

The June sun was already very scorching, she stood in the flower garden for a while, she was already sweating like pulp, and suddenly there was a bush of shade on the top of her head, and then she turned her head and saw Su Xun standing behind her with an umbrella, taking the kettle with one hand, and said very disapprovingly: "My lord, this kind of thing is watering flowers, just come to the gardener, you don't want to be exposed to the sun." ”

Wen Zhen smiled, and followed him to the bottom of the porch with kindness, thinking that it was likely to be about to give birth, so what could he do if he didn't move much.

As soon as Su Xun sent her to the corridor, she stood on the other side, the moment of approach under the umbrella just now seemed to have never happened, Wen Zhen glanced at him, and said: "This year is destined to be a big drought, sometimes I think, how good it would be if you could reverse this endless sun." ”

Su Xun smiled slightly and said, "How can there be such a miraculous ability in this world." ”

"Isn't your ability supernatural?"

"God wouldn't be so merciful." Su Xun replied.

Wen Zhen was thinking about whether this sentence was an answer to the previous sentence or the sentence that reversed the sun, when he heard a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, but it was King Ding's guards who came, and he was the first to say: "Lord Assassin, the people outside are holding a ceremony to pray for rain, according to the usual Huzhou military and political officials are going to worship, His Royal Highness King Ding has already left, and the order invites Lord Assassin Shi to also be present." ”

Wen Zhen looked at the scorching sun, got up slowly, Su Xun immediately went to some guards, but King Ding's guards stopped him and said, "We will protect the safety of Lord Thorn Shi." ”

Wen Zhen motioned to Su Xun not to have a seizure, and said, "I'll change my clothes and come." ”

She said to change clothes, Dingwang's guards followed suit, Su Xun was a little unable to hold back a few times, but was stopped by Wen Zhen's eyes, his face sank like water, and after a while, Zhang Yue rushed over when he heard the news, with a big bag on his forehead, and stopped Dingwang's guards without saying a word, and said loudly: "Isn't the rain prayer ceremony going to last for three days and three nights?" The adult is a woman, and her body is weak, so I will wait for the adult to go first, and the adult will naturally arrive at night! ”

"Weak?" The guard sneered, "I heard that Lord Wen can knock a steel knife with one punch, but it's a steel knife that is weak, right?" ”

Wen Zhen glanced at him and said with a smile: "Where did you see this official punching the flying steel knife?" ”

The guard was stunned, knowing that he was speechless, and refused to speak again, but said firmly: "Hasn't Lord Wen always loved the people like a son?" Why don't you even pray for rain with the people? Lord Zhang, please get out of the way, this is the king's order! ”

Wen Zhen said: "Master Zhang, it's okay, wait for me outside with them." ”

Zhang Yue came to this moment, this was the first time he faced her, but he didn't dare to look at her, his eyes slipped on her stomach, immediately drifted away, and then stopped at the entrance of the corridor, for fear that those guards would follow up even if the adults changed their clothes.

Fortunately, those people didn't dare to go too far after all, and waited at the gate of the garden, Wen Zhen changed her clothes and came out after a while, and Su Xun's eyes swept over the embroidery folds around her waist.

The last time Lord Thorn wore this dress, it was in the Blue Villa, he was held hostage and stood opposite, and saw with his own eyes that the Lord swept the roster of Dark Grid into this pocket that seemed to be embroidery.

I'm wearing this one again today, are you going to put anything in this bag?

King Ding's guards led the horse, and before Wen Zhen could speak, Zhang Yue immediately said: "The adults don't ride horses, change the sedan chair." ”

The guard said: "His Royal Highness King Ding has already arrived, don't Lord Thorn Shi hurry up to ride a horse to serve, but also sit in a sedan chair slowly, let His Highness wait for you?" ”

Wen Zhen said with a smile: "This official has never ridden a horse since he served in Huzhou, and his riding skills are not very exquisite, and the military and civilians in Huzhou know it. In case you fall off your horse in public, or if you miss something because of your poor riding skills, please help me take care of it in front of Your Highness. ”

The guard sneered, "I'll take care of it." ”

Wen Zhen slowly climbed to the horse, climbed several times and couldn't climb up, the guard stood forward impatiently, intending to raise his hand to send the woman up roughly, as soon as his hand was raised, Wen Zhen came to pick it up, his hands intersected and snapped, there was a faint flash of color in front of his eyes, and the next moment he felt disgusted in his heart, his mouth was open, and he spit out countless small insects!

There were countless exclamations from all sides, and the guards retreated in unison.

In the exclamation, only Wen Zhen smiled leisurely: "The world only hears the mouth spitting lotus, but today I have seen the mouth spitting maggots." ”

The guard had fallen to the ground, trying to vomit, but no matter how much he vomited, it was a bug, and the bug was not poisonous, but it seemed to be endless, hairy, arthropod, soft, and prickly...... From his mouth, black water gushed out, and everyone's faces twitched, and after a while, the Dingwang guards vomited on the ground.

Zhang Yue Su Xun had already been reminded by Wen Zhen, and avoided looking at it, Wen Zhen walked past the group of people, walked to the sedan chair that had been prepared, and said lightly: "It must be a black heart and rotten intestines, it has long been rotten and maggots, I helped you get rid of it today, and it will be over after vomiting for about three days and three nights, don't thank me." ”

The guy who was screaming and rolling in the pile of insects didn't say anything, and the rest of the people listened, the back was cold and sweaty in this hot weather, and they all knew that this female assassin was full of methods, but they all thought it was officialdom, who knew that it was weird like this, who dared to speak for a while, and left Wen Zhen's side a few feet away.

Wen Zhen just smiled, she had been patient and didn't make a move before, because she didn't have the time, and she really thought she was a cotton?

Zhang Yue walked over, waved a fan like a trick, blocked Wen Zhen's eyes, and whispered while his eyes slipped to her stomach: "Don't look, be careful to spit it out." ”

Wen Zhen was funny, thinking to herself, did you forget who made this bug? leaned over and hid behind his fan, and whispered: "Master Zhang, control your eyes, you always look at my stomach so much, are you afraid that others won't guess?" ”

Zhang Yue folded the fan and knocked his head with a snap.

Wen Zhen met his annoyed eyes, laughed in his heart, got into the sedan chair, and the smile gradually faded.

Huzhou begging for rain, accustomed to be in the east of the city Xuantian Temple and Dragon Temple, the two temples are adjacent, one is dedicated to the legendary Xuantian Emperor who can dispatch the dragon king, and the other is dedicated to the dragon king itself. In the middle of the square, an altar will be erected to pray for rain.

There are many customs of asking for rain in Huzhou, Wen Zhen heard Zhang Yue say on the road, he will dig dry fish, will carry out the statue of Xuantian Emperor to parade the street, and will be in the Xuantian Temple and the Dragon Temple and "rain post", which means to invite the rain. When Wen Zhen passed all the way, he saw that there were a lot of horizontal lines over the streets near the Xuantian Temple, and there were many triangular colored flags hanging on the lines.

When Wen Zhen arrived, he heard the gongs and drums from afar, not even the hustle and bustle, because only two drums and one gong were allowed to ask for rain, and the drum was the mainstay, the sound of dong dong sounded like the sound of thunder, two columns of people came out of the Xuantian Temple, carrying the statue of the Emperor Xuantian, and put the altar that had been arranged, and put a porcelain bottle containing water in front of the statue, and then everyone kowtowed under the altar, and there were special people who asked for rain to wear hats, wear robes, open heads and bare feet, sing and dance, the lyrics were very simple, "The sky is benevolent, I am raining, a cloud is coming out, and the twilight world is ......" is just under the scorching sunThe urgency implied in those sentences that sound mechanical and monotonous repetition seems to have been distorted by the heat wave, which sounds anxious and trance-like.

Zhang Yue muttered: "The wind is dancing, singing and singing......"

"Pheasant, cry for the sacrifice of rain." Wen Zhen looked at the cloudless sky, sighed in his heart, knowing that there would be no rain in two days, but the oncoming rain beggers handed over the robes, and at a glance saw that under the pergola in front of him, Yan Jue was sitting with Erlang's legs crossed, behind him were the maids who fanned left and right, beside them were chilled melons and fruits, and in front of them were kneeling people who were sweating for rain.

Seeing Wen Zhen coming, Yan Jue pointed and said, "Lord Wen is the parent official of Huzhou, this pheasant sacrifice should be the main sacrifice, Lord Wen will please go to the high platform." ”

Zhang Yue was anxious when he saw the unobstructed altar, and took a step forward and said: "Your Highness, the lower official has already written the sacrificial text, so the lower official will pray to heaven on behalf of Lord Shi!" ”

Yan Jue's eyes slanted: "Are you the history of Huzhou Thorn?" Stretching out his hand, "Since the sacrificial text has been written, it's just right, take it and let Master Wen read it first, I'll see, yo, it's not short, does Master Wen have the strength to read it?" ”

He smiled very maliciously, but at this time, the wizard-like man who presided over the rain took a step forward and said, "Your Highness, the main priest must not be a yin person......

Yan Jue's face changed, and Wen Zhen had already smiled and said, "Then the lower official won't have much to do." In fact, if you want to talk about dignity, who can be more noble than Your Highness? His Highness prayed for prayer in person, so that his heart was pious. If you can ask for the rain from heaven in one fell swoop and reach the ears of Your Majesty, you must be very appreciative. ”

Yan Jue's face was not good-looking at first, but he was a little moved when he heard the last sentence, but he didn't want to be cheap Wen Zhen, and was hesitating, when suddenly a few villagers came over and said a few words to the wizard who presided over the rain, Yan Jue vaguely heard that "Seven Girls Digging a Ditch", so he summoned someone to ask, and his eyes lit up after listening to a few words.

Zhang Yue felt bad when he saw his expression, stared at him vigilantly, and sure enough, he saw Yan Jue smiling and beckoning Wen Zhen to go over, and pointed to those people: "This king just heard that there is another item in this rain ritual, which is to dig a ditch for seven women, and to choose seven women with innocent wealth, high moral character, noble status, and chastity and flawlessness, and dig a ditch to divert water......"

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Mr. Wen lifted his shirt - short oil, I heard that the monthly pass is doubled, and you can't miss it when you pass by.

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