Two months ago, he had a stalemate with Huan Ling, left the Hou Mansion, and at first borrowed Xiao Ye's other courtyard near Xizhou City, and had moved out earlier, I heard that he had taken a fancy to a set of three-entry courtyard in the east of the imperial road, but he was shy in his pocket, and it was not enough to cope with Jiankang's housing prices, so he had to go to the north market, where the house price was slightly cheaper, and temporarily rented a set of two courtyards.

Now that it was past noon, You Xiao hurried to Beishi, found Huan Rang's not very decent mansion, and saw that the carriage was not parked in front of the mansion, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

According to her plan, Huan Rang would rush to the palace immediately, and at this time, she would also stay in the Shiqian Hall for a while to confirm whether he had gone to meet the saint.

The North City is located in the north of the Imperial City, and all courtiers who enter and leave the Imperial City can only go from the south of the Imperial City, that is, Xuanyang Gate. Therefore, Huan let the weekdays go to work and leave, and it will be better for a while.

You Xiao found Huan Rang's mansion, saw a gatekeeper guarding the gate of the mansion, hurriedly walked over, and first asked in a fake manner: "Is Huan Envoy here?" ”

The porter looked at You Xiao from head to toe, and asked casually, "Who are you?" ”

"Oh, I was entrusted by someone to send a piece of paper to Huan Envoy, I heard that Huan Envoy Jun is a noble person from the Imperial Historical Observatory," You Xiao said, taking out the letter in his arms and handing it to the porter.

But the porter didn't come to pick it up, but said: "What are you doing here to hand over the paper, send it to the Yushitai, this is the private residence of the lord of my family, and it is not an office place." ”

"No......" You Xiao pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Then the Imperial History Terrace is in the Imperial City, how can you get in?" Isn't there no way, that's why it was sent to the Huan Envoy Mansion? ”

The porter didn't give up, and he just refused to answer, and after listening, he said: "Lord Lang hasn't come back yet, you wait until he comes back." ”

You Xiao was helpless, so he had to take out a copper plate from his sleeve pocket, stuffed it into the concierge hand with the letter, and said with a smile: "This is paper, and you also know that the master of your family is on an errand in the imperial history platform, and the stakes are very high, so there can be nothing missing." ”

Sure enough, money can make ghosts grind, as soon as the porter saw the copper plate, he instantly seemed to be a different person, holding this hanging copper plate and letter, he also smiled at You Xiao, and said: "That's okay, when Lord Lang comes back, I will hand it over to him." ”

"Then, there is Brother Lao Ren."

After You Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and walked down the front steps of the house, and when he turned around, he immediately changed his face, thanks to the fact that he also brought some copper plates on him, otherwise, if he encounters this kind of gatekeeper who has no eyesight, I am afraid that he will have to shake his face!

When the porter saw You Xiao leaving, he carried the red rope stringing copper plates, looked at the few copper plates and counted them, turned his head to look in the direction You Xiao was walking and shouted: "Just give a dozen copper plates!" Leave the food to be served! ”

After speaking, he spat very disdainfully, and You Xiao hid in the dark, and when he heard this, he saw the face of the porter who was a small person, but he could only endure it.

After the words fell, I looked at the intersection at the east corner of the mansion, a carriage with a green roof came quickly, and the porter hurriedly hid a copper plate in his sleeve pocket.

When You Xiao saw that the porter was hiding the money, he knew that Huan had returned home, so he hid a little deeper.

Then I saw the carriage stop at the gate of the house, the coachman jumped out of the carriage, put the horse on the ground, and then opened the curtain of the carriage, and then saw Huan Rang slowly and leisurely walk down.

"Lord Lang!" The porter ran down the steps, walked to Huan Rang, handed the letter, and said, "Master Lang, someone sent this just now, saying that it must be handed over to Lord Lang." ”

"What's that?" Huan Rang was not in a hurry to take the things, but walked up the steps until the porter followed him and said, "The man said that there was a piece of paper in it." ”

Only then did he mention Shen'er, stopped and turned to look at the porter, and said in surprise: "Paper? ”

The porter nodded, and handed the letter over again, and Huan Rang reached out to take it this time, and while tearing open the envelope, he muttered, "Why did the paper get to me......

When he opened the paper and looked at it, before he could finish reading it, he hurriedly asked the porter: "What about the person who sent the paper, where did he go?" ”

"He just left," the porter stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction You Xiao left, and Huan Rang immediately said, "Go and chase him back!" ”

"Oh...... Be! After the porter finished speaking, he hurriedly ran down the steps and was about to chase after him, but Huan Rang stopped him again: "No need to chase." ”

Huan Rang looked at the last two lines of small characters on the paper, raised his head and said to himself: "Sili Mansion...... I actually sent one to the Sili Mansion......"

As if he was thinking about something, he suddenly ran to the carriage and said, "Enter the palace!" Fast into the palace! ”

As he spoke, he didn't care about the dignity and dignity of his master, so he picked up the horse and put it on the ground, then boarded the carriage, and urged the coachman: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Hurry up! ”

You Xiao watched the carriage drive away from the front of the mansion, and then returned to the house with peace of mind.

Outside the gate of the palace, Xie Zheng had just stepped out of the ox cart, You Jian was sitting on the seat and waiting, and Xie Zheng went in with the jade branch.

"Lady, are you sure... Will he personally report this matter to His Majesty, if he sends the paper to the Imperial Historical Observatory, then this matter, I am afraid that the foreign lord will also be implicated. ”

Even Yuzhi could see that Xie Zheng wanted to use this matter to deal with Huan Rang, but she was worried that if Huan Rang sent the pleadings to the Yushitai, then this case would be taken over by Li Rong, and if Xie Guifei's side retaliated in the future, Li Rong would inevitably suffer.

Xie Zheng said confidently: "With such a big case, which one of the Yushitai or Sili Mansion is not rushing to take it?" Huan Rang has just been promoted to serve the imperial history, and now he urgently needs a great achievement to stabilize his official position, do you think he is willing to give the credit to those people in the imperial history platform? ”

"Then will he go to King Wuling first to discuss countermeasures, and then enter the palace to face the saint, after all, Lu Huilin is the person of the King of Linchuan, and he must have expected that this matter is inseparable from the King of Linchuan."

"No," Xie Zheng glanced back at Yuzhi, and then laughed: "Because I told him that the paper was also sent to the Sili Mansion, since he wants to rob the case with the Sili Mansion, he will inevitably enter the palace quickly, as for the Imperial Historical Observatory, he still has to wait until the future time to take office, even if he wants to involve the people of the Imperial History Terrace, he will have to wait until after the future time." ”

After she finished speaking, she calculated carefully, and said: "He lives in Beishi, and he returns home from the Yushitai, it takes three quarters of an hour to take the carriage, and then turn back, it takes another three quarters, let's walk from the stop door to the Shiqian Palace, it takes about two quarters, and that adds up, it is exactly one hour, so, probably in the future, we will see him rushing over in a hurry." ”

Yuzhi was silent, as if he had something on his mind, but he didn't dare to say it to Xie Zheng.

The master and servant walked outside the Shiqian Palace, and the little eunuch in the twilight spring saw it from afar, with a look of surprise on his face, and called: "County lord? As he spoke, he wanted to approach Xie Zheng, but he took a step, glanced at the attendant opposite, and hurriedly retreated, just turning to face Xie Zheng.

Xie Zheng saw Du Chun, also with a smile on her face, she walked to the door of the hall, stood in front of Du Chun, waved her hand at the other chamberlain, and motioned for him to enter the hall to pass the word.

After the chamberlain entered the hall, Du Chun smiled with Xie Zheng: "I haven't seen the county lord for a long time." ”

Xie Zheng smiled and said, "I may not have seen you for a long time." Has Your Majesty been busy lately? ”

"I'm not busy, and I didn't have many notebooks this morning, so I've been worried about the flooding in Nanjing."

"The flood is very sad," Xie Zheng sighed, and Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Fang Cai's chamberlain who had walked out, Xie Zheng looked sideways, and the chamberlain said with a cat's waist: "County Lord, Your Majesty announced that you are in, in the side hall." ”

"Okay," Xie Zheng replied, smiled at Duchun, and entered the hall with the jade branch.

At this time, I entered the side hall, and I really didn't see Xiao Dao busy reviewing the recital as before, and there was a game of chess in front of him, and the two chess jars were placed on both sides, but on the chessboard, the black and white were in a confrontation situation, obviously Xiao Daocheng was playing chess alone.

"Deyin's greetings to Your Majesty," Xie Zhengfu saluted, while Xiao Dao was upset, glanced at her sideways, and then returned to the chessboard, "Xiao Xie, sit down." ”

"Your Majesty," Xie Zheng walked to the other end of the chessboard, sat on the ground, at this time Xiao Daocheng still had a chess piece in his hand, and when Xie Zheng sat down, he threw the chess piece back into the chess jar, and then leaned back, leaning on the table behind him a little lazily, raised his head to look at Xie Zheng, and asked: "I haven't been here for almost a month, can the injury be healed?" ”

"Thanks to Your Majesty's grace and the Imperial Doctor's order, Deyin's injuries have been healed, and this visit is to thank Your Majesty."

Xiao Daocheng put one hand on the chess jar, twisted the chess pieces in the chess jar casually, and said with a smile: "Thank you? Shane didn't see you bring me any weird gadgets. ”

Xie Zheng couldn't help laughing, and deliberately coped: "Since Your Majesty mentioned it, when Na Deyin comes back, you must bring it to Your Majesty." ”

"A word is a certainty," Xiao Daocheng said, and actually stretched out his hand again, and Xie Zheng also stretched out his hand to hook him.

Although Xiao Daocheng had a smile on his face, he was obviously smiling a little reluctantly, and he was obviously powerless, and after withdrawing his hand, Xie Zheng said: "Your Majesty looks at it, and his complexion doesn't seem to be very good." ”

"Yes," Xiao Daocheng touched his face and said, "I think my complexion is quite good." ”

Xie Zheng lowered his eyes and looked at the messy chess game, and said, "I think Your Majesty is worried about the flood, otherwise, you wouldn't sit here and play chess alone." ”

When Xiao Daocheng heard this, he sat up straight and said with a wry smile: "In the front and harem, no one can worry about me, and in this world, only you Xiao Xie can worry about me." ”

"Your Majesty is falsely praised. It's just that... Deyin heard that early this morning, the noble concubine Niangniang led a group of ladies in the harem to rush to the Daming Temple in South Yanzhou to pray for the people of Jin'an County, in fact, the noble concubine Niangniang also wanted to solve problems for His Majesty," Xie Zheng's voice fell, only to hear Xiao Daocheng laugh: "Solve problems?" They will only fight openly and secretly, where do they come from to solve problems for me. ”

It seems that Xiao Daocheng also saw through Luo Shuyi's thoughts, Xie Zheng didn't say anything, just pretended to be confused, Xiao Daocheng then said: "This matter, it was Shuyi who came to talk to me, she asked me to make an order, and ordered the concubines to lead the concubines to Daming Temple to pray for the blessings of the people, when did she have such benevolence, isn't it just to steal the limelight with the concubines?" ”

Xie Zheng smiled helplessly, after all, she was an outsider, and her identity was no more noble than that of Xie Guifei and Luo Shuyi, so it was naturally difficult to evaluate, so she still didn't speak.

"Xiao Xie, you already have a countermeasure to the flood in Jin'an County?" In Xiao Daocheng's opinion, Xie Zheng entered the palace this time not to thank her, because she is not such a person who drags mud and water.

And Xie Zheng entered the palace this time, and it was indeed not for gratitude, but ...... She didn't come for the floods, either.

But since Xiao Daocheng asked, she naturally couldn't say that there was no countermeasure, that would be too faceless.

"Flooding is nothing more than building dikes, clearing rivers, and ditches."

"How?" Xiao Daocheng asked carefully, and Xie Zheng said: "It is to strengthen the embankments on both sides of the Min River, clean up the sediment in the large and small rivers in Jin'an County, and then divert the ditch to divert the river water into the East China Sea." ”

Xiao Daocheng listened to it and thought about it, and Xie Zheng hadn't thought about the problem of controlling floods before after all, so he naturally couldn't say it in detail, so he said: "Deyin has never been to Jin'an County, and he is not familiar with the mountains and rivers there. ”

"You're right," Xiao Daocheng nodded thoughtfully, and Xie Zheng then said: "Your Majesty, in places like Jin'an County along the river, there are floods almost every year, but whenever there are a few rainstorms, the floods will come, in fact, fundamentally speaking, because the terrain is too low-lying, as soon as the water level rises, the river water will not be discharged, and it will naturally flood, so either dig a few more ditches and change the river, or let the people retreat to slightly higher ground."

What's more, Jin'an County is not only along the river, but also near the sea, so the people can't live in low-lying places. ”

Xiao Daocheng bowed his head, "I understand, I will immediately summon Si Chuan of the Ministry of Water to come over to discuss," after he finished speaking, he immediately gave Qu Ping who was standing next to him a look, Qu Ping understood, so he went to the main hall to order the inner attendant to summon, and when he turned back to the side hall, he saw Du Chun walk in and pass the message: "Your Majesty, Yu Shi Tai and Yu Shi Huan let me ask to see." ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, he looked at each other and smiled at Yuzhi, but he didn't notice that Yuzhi was smiling unnaturally.

"Huan Rang?" Xiao Daocheng was obviously not impressed by Huan Rang, and thought for a while before replying: "Pass it." ”

This summons is not because of Huan Rang, but because he is the servant of the Imperial History Terrace.

In a moment, Huan Rang had already walked into the side hall, bowing his head all the way, and after entering the hall, he knelt directly on the ground and saluted, as if he had never seen Xie Zheng.

"Wei Chen Huan rang, knock to see Your Majesty."

"Calm down, but what do you have to report?"

Huan Rang stood up, raised his head and saw Xie Zheng, he was instinctively stunned for a moment, and then turned his gaze to Xiao Daocheng, and Xie Zheng also glanced at him sideways, and she said to Xiao Daocheng with interest: "Your Majesty, since Yushitai has important affairs, Deyin will retire first." ”

Xiao Daocheng nodded, and Xie Zheng immediately got up and retired.

When she and Yuzhi walked out of the Shiqian Hall and walked down the steps, Yuzhi finally couldn't help but express her worries in her heart: "Lady, what if...... If something really happens to him in the future, how are you going to explain it to the county marquis......"

Xie Zheng obviously hesitated for a moment, and then was disdainful, "Why do I want to explain?" It was Huan who made him want to rise to prominence, so he was in a hurry to ask for credit and reckless of the consequences, which is not to blame me. ”