After learning the cause and effect of the incident, Shi Yiqing was about to leave Xingyuan, but Wen Yiheng opened his mouth to keep him: "Lord Shi doesn't have to leave in a hurry, there are still some things to explain to you later, you will have lunch with us in Xingyuan today." ”

Wen Yiheng opened his mouth to ask to stay, Shi Yiqing had no reason to dare to go, and immediately saluted respectfully, and said politely: "Thanks to your love like Wen Xiang, then it is better to be respectful than obey your fate." ”

Being able to sit at the same table and have lunch with the prime minister of the current dynasty is also a face-saving thing to talk about, and Shi Yiqing is naturally happy about it.

Shi Yiqing was overjoyed when he learned that the so-called Shanxiu Daoist and inkstone cotton cloth were just Su Jiudong's plan to let Yin Cigui pay money to set up a porridge factory, and he couldn't help but say something heartfelt to Wen Yiheng.

"I thought that the drought in the city was suppressed by the prince, and he couldn't report it to the court for a long time, and the lower officials were already ready to fight against the water, and planned to empty their own family funds and take out the silver to help the victims..."

"Fortunately, there is no endless road to heaven and earth, and there is the virtue of good life. Before the imperial court's disaster relief silver and grain and grass arrived, the heavens sent you Wen Xiang to help the officials and the people in the city tide over the difficulties, which is really a blessing in misfortune..."

Wen Xiang, who returned victoriously, led the victorious army back to the city of Xishou, and even stayed after learning of the drought in the city and actively asked for donations for the drought, so that in the current situation of no relief from the imperial court, the city was still stable, and there was no riot after the catastrophe.

Now the situation in the western city seems to have improved, officials and wealthy households have "actively" donated money and grain, and even the "iron rooster" has opened a porridge factory under Wen Yiheng's instructions, so that the victims will no longer suffer from hunger.

Su Jiudong ordered the servants to present the lunch one by one, which was nothing more than Su Jiudong's medicinal food. Shi Yiqing saw a table of six vegetarian dishes in front of him, and was even more amazed that Wen Yiheng could continue to insist on eating a vegan feast after praying for rain at the opening of the altar.

Shi Yiqing saw that Su Jiudong started to cloth vegetables for Wen Yiheng, kelp winter melon barley soup, chrysanthemum fried radish, winter flower Sichuan shellfish stewed papaya... The Tao is a real vegetarian dish, and I can't help asking: "Wen Xiang is planning to eat vegetarian every day in the future?" ”

Wen Yiheng smiled indifferently: "Ha, although I am not a person who is careful about my appetite, I don't plan to eat all vegetarian food in the future." It's just that the victims are still trapped in the drought in the city, and as an official of the DPRK and China, there is no reason for the people to eat noodles and eat big fish and meat. ”

"Therefore, the prime minister plans to temporarily eat vegetarian food during the drought in the city, not only to share the suffering with the victims, but also to recuperate the body, and to cultivate the body."

Wen Yiheng didn't want outsiders to know that Su Jiudong prepared medicinal food for him because of the deep reason that there was Bailuo skirt poison in his body, so he was known as self-cultivation to the outside world.

Although Wen Yiheng's vegetarian medicinal diet is not entirely for the victims of the western surrender city, at least he insisted on eating vegetarian food after opening the altar to pray for rain, so that he could deal with it calmly when facing Shi Yiqing's inquiry.

can make Shi Yiqing completely convinced of his vegetarian diet, which is one of the political means to buy people's hearts for officials.

Shi Yiqing immediately used tea instead of wine to salute Wen Yiheng and said: "Wen Xiang suffers with the people, which is really commendable. To tell you the truth, Xia Guan has seen examples of officials pretending to be vegetarians before. ”

Wen Yiheng couldn't help but be curious: "Is there such a thing?" It's the first time I've heard of it, how to pretend about vegetarianism? ”

Shi Yiqing, who had a lot of knowledge about "vegetarianism", immediately gushed endlessly:

"In the early years, the lower officials worked as a knife and pen official in the Liangzhou City Government of Guannei Province, and I had seen the county order at that time in order to seek a good reputation, and the diet was vegetarian. At first, Xia Guan believed that it was true, but after careful investigation, he found that Shangguan's vegetarian diet was not really vegetarian. ”

"That Shangguan eats porridge for breakfast, noodles at noon, and steamed buns at night. It does seem to be a clean and honest official. However, the porridge for breakfast is made with bird's nest mixed with rice, and the ingredients added when eating the porridge are ground with Ganoderma lucidum and deer antler velvet. ”

It was also the first time that Su Jiudong had heard that the so-called vegetarian diet could have such a false practice, and he couldn't help but shake his head while listening, but he was very curious.

"Just for breakfast, there are Ganoderma lucidum antler velvet as a dressing, and if you eat so heartily and nourishingly, won't lunch and dinner be more expensive and extravagant?"

Wen Yiheng said coldly: "Whether it is expensive and extravagant is another matter for the time being, just saying that such a small action of stealing the sky is really despicable." ”

"Isn't it... As a parent of the people, but deceiving the people, it is indeed worthy of the people. Shi Yiqing couldn't help clenching his fists as he spoke, and even the palms and fingertips that were oozing with sweat from the clenching were dissatisfied and angry with those unconscious officials.

Shi Yiqing finished venting his pickled indignation about this matter, and continued to say to Wen Yiheng:

"In addition, the noodles for lunch are made of polished rice, the oil used to cook them is fine lard condensed like cream, and the soup is made from the fresh fish of the day. In the evening, the steamed buns are stuffed with finely chopped pork or minced beef and mutton. This kind of vegetarian diet is far better than many meat dishes. ”

Rao is the well-informed Wen Yiheng, and it is the first time that he has seen such a "vegetarian" reputation, and sighed:

"The emperor is far away, and these officials who are far away from the capital are deceiving in order to gain a good reputation as a clean official, and they will live a more enjoyable life than those Beijing officials who deceive the world and steal their reputation. He ate so lavastly every day that he seemed to have no money to spend. "Let's do it

Shi Yiqing said: "Officials and rich people secretly communicate with each other, and they are mutually beneficial. With the 'nourishment' of the wealthy, some officials naturally enjoy endless food, clothing, and enjoyment. ”

Just as he was talking about the rich family, someone from outside the house came to spread the word, saying that Yin Cigui had sent someone to send the fragments of the deposit bills that had been torn up and eaten by the wild cats in accordance with Wen Yiheng's instructions.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." Wen Yiheng got up and went to pick up the wooden box sent by Yin Cigui in person, and when he opened it, he saw that it was indeed full of paper fragments.

"Hide the truth and be obedient, or you will say that your identity as the prime minister is really bluffing. It is said that he was covered by officials in the city of Xishou, and he was rampant in the township, and as soon as he met you, he actually sent the pieces to him..."Su Jiudong also stepped forward to watch.

Seeing the fragments of this box, Shi Yiqing thought of his trespass just now, and actually reported it to Wen Yiheng, who was the highest prime minister, and disclosed the truth about the vegetarian corruption of the officials in the early years, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Shi Yiqing secretly glanced at Wen Yiheng, who looked calm, and then tried to calm down his emotions, and forcibly calmly agreed: "Yin Ji is naturally used to being overbearing to the people, but he is still obedient when facing officials. ”

"Now that several porridge factories funded by Yinjigui have been opened, and they have really distributed fragrant porridge to the people, should we just wait for the horse craftsman to show up, and then ask him to repair the receipt of the deposit bill for Yinjigui?"

Su Jiudong waved his hand disapprovingly: "We don't have to wait for any horse craftsman to appear, there is no such character as a horse craftsman from beginning to end, it's just a character we made up to deceive the hidden second." ”

"What's... The horse craftsman turned out to be a fake character? ”

Shi Yiqing was surprised: "The chief of the mountain show is fake, the horse craftsman is fake, and the inkstone and cotton cloth have no peculiar effect?" Is there not even a trace of truth in the whole scheme..."

Honest as Shi Yiqing, he couldn't help but sigh and wonder, isn't this strategy of Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng the empty glove white wolf in reality?

Su Jiudong couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "The whole plan is true and false, although there are many fakes, but at least the little girl can ensure that the inkstone is a real inkstone, and the cotton cloth is also a real cotton cloth." ”

Since the person who promised to piece together the receipt of the deposit bill for the hidden return was Wen Yiheng, Shi Yiqing looked straight at Wen Yiheng and asked worriedly:

"Although the horse craftsmen are apocryphal, the deposit notes that were torn and eaten by the wild cats are real. Now that there is no capable person who can piece together paper, how can we explain to the hidden return? ”

Shi Yiqing had to admire the courage of Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong.

These two people not only went to the silver two of the hidden return and opened a porridge factory, but now in the absence of a master like the "horse craftsman", Wen Yiheng dared to brazenly agree to the request to piece together the silver deposit notes for the hidden return.

Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong looked at each other and smiled when they heard this, tacitly. Only Shi Yiqing, who was kept in the dark, was still in a hurry: "Is it possible, we have to go into battle by ourselves to piece together the fragments of the bill?" ”

Wen Yiheng invited Shi Yiqing to sit down again, and personally brought him a cup of tea: "Master Shi is calm and don't be impatient." Although there is no figure like the horseman, we still have this piece of black cotton cloth. ”

Su Jiudong took the black cotton cloth in his hand and Qingqing weighed it, and explained: "With this cotton cloth, we don't have to work hard to piece together the pieces, just copy it by hand." ”

Shi Yiqing looked at the ordinary black cotton cloth in Su Jiudong's hand again, and was still puzzled: "Rong Xiaguan said bluntly, isn't this just an ordinary cotton cloth?" ”

"This piece of cotton cloth does look unremarkable, but the inside story is enough to amaze Lord Shi... Lord Shi might as well go to the courtyard with the little girl to see the inside story. Su Jiudong came to the courtyard with a cotton cloth in his hand.

It's autumn, but the afternoon sun is still abundant. The golden sunlight sprinkled the entire courtyard, and it was a golden scene as far as the eye could see.

Su Jiudong unfolded all the black cotton cloth, raised it above his head, and gestured to Shi Yiqing: "Lord Shi, the inside story of this cotton cloth is here, you can come and see it before Wen Xiang." ”

Wen Yiheng laughed loudly when he heard this, and his eyes towards Su Jiudong were full of tenderness and smile, and his pupils reflected Su Jiudong's beautiful figure.

Due to the dazzling sunlight, Su Jiudong at this time half-lowered his eyes, the brilliance in his eyes suddenly appeared, and the long and dense eyelashes cast a curly projection on the moist skin. The beauty half-lifted the cotton cloth pavilion and stood in the intertwined light and shadow, converging into a simple word, captivating the country and the city.

Shi Yiqing knew that Wen Yiheng and Su Jiudong had a close relationship, but he didn't know that the two had already been intimate.

Now that Su Jiudong "gifted" Shi Yiqing to Wen Yiheng to see the strangeness of the black cotton cloth first, and then look at the dazzling and glamorous Su Jiudong in the sun, Shi Yiqing couldn't help but blush and his ears were hot.

"Lord Shi, what are you doing in a daze? Come and have a look. ”