Not only Cen Yin knew the little starling, but the little scorpion also knew this stupid starling, with a strange expression, if it weren't for the bird's ability to speak, he really wanted to ask what it was doing with it?

The little starling glanced at the little scorpion and shouted twice: "Really! True! ”

The little scorpion silently looked away, and said in his heart: Okay. The bird can still say a few words.

Yi Cheng was stupid again, he didn't expect this crow, no, this starling turned out to be the overseer's bird, he really wanted to slap himself in the mouth. What stupid thing he just said!

Cen Yin didn't pay attention to Yi Cheng, and looked at the little starling thoughtfully.

True! True!

Isn't it "Zhen Zhen"?

Could it be that this little starling is rarely smart, understands what he and Duanmu Jun said, and knows that he is going to find Duanmu Fei, so he followed?

Cen Yin gently scratched the little starling's chin as he learned from Duanmujun, not knowing whether to praise this starling for being smart or scolding it for being bold.

It's been out for a long time, and Duanmujun may have found out that it's gone...... She's going to be in a hurry.

Cen Yin turned his left arm towards the little scorpion, sent the little starling to it, and ordered, "Little scorpion, you personally send it back." ”

The little scorpion hurriedly took the order and was about to catch the little starling, the little starling seemed to feel something, and climbed up along Cen Yin's left arm, and suddenly climbed to his shoulder, screaming and jumping on Cen Yin's shoulder excitedly, shouting "badly".

The little scorpion did not dare to think deeply about whether the stupid bird was scolding himself or the Overseer, and was a little embarrassed, for fear that he would collide with the Overseer when catching the bird, and that the bird would be so frightened that it would climb on the Overseer's head......

Cen Yin looked down at the little starling on his left shoulder, and he could see at least a little-

It is easy to please God, but it is difficult to send God.

This stupid bird obviously didn't want to go back, and he couldn't reason with the bird.

Cen Yin quietly looked at the little starling and was silent, while the little starling was very noisy, "bad", "quack", "quack", "true", "beautiful...... I went through all the words I could say.

Cen Yin sighed silently in his heart, he hadn't felt that feeling of powerlessness for many years, and instead ordered the little scorpion: "You go and tell Miss Duanmu." ”

"Yes, Overseer." The little scorpion has always obeyed Cen Yin's orders, and he clenched his fists to receive the order.

Before he turned to leave, he couldn't help but glance at the stupid bird on Cen Yin's shoulder, his eyes were a little complicated.

The Overseer had always been strong-willed, and almost no one could make him change his mind, but this time he made an exception for a mere starling.

I'm afraid I don't believe anything when I say this, right?!

The little scorpion hurriedly walked out of the courtyard, rode his horse in the night and went in the direction of the capital, and the Dongchang fans outside were confused when they saw him returning to Beijing, and no one dared to inquire about the overseer casually.

Cen Yin, who stayed in the house, naturally couldn't let the stupid bird escape, so he closed the doors and windows, and then sent the post man to fetch some millet.

However, the little starling didn't give face at all, he just refused to eat, and he almost didn't kneel down when he saw it, he swore to heaven and earth that he brought the freshest and best millet.

The little starling jumped restlessly up and down on the table, spilling those fine pieces of millet all over the ground, and under the light, the golden bird's eyes kept staring at Cen Yin.

Cen Yin suddenly understood something, and poured out all the pine nuts in one of the purses in his sleeve, mixing them with the millet on the table.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

The little starling didn't scream anymore, but pecked the pine nuts intently, and carefully picked out the pine nuts one by one from the millet.

"......" Cen Yin lowered his eyes and looked at it, his brows moved, and he couldn't help but have a certain thought in his heart: It wasn't to find Duanmufei, it wouldn't be just to eat pine nuts, right?

After eating the pine nuts, the little starling was satisfied.

It lay on Cen Yin's shoulder again, its eyes closed, its head tilted, its beak half open, and it never moved again.

Yi Cheng looked at it without blinking, counted silently in his heart, counted to fifteen, and did not see the bird move again, and said tentatively: "Overseer, is your starling brother asleep?" "Shouldn't he, then, step aside, lest he disturb the sleep of the Overseer's precious bird?

Yi Cheng was hesitating in his heart, when he saw Cen Yin wave his right hand and send him away.

Yi Cheng hurriedly made a long gesture in an orderly manner, then tiptoed back, and closed the door for Cen Yin.

The room was quiet and brightly lit.

Until the little scorpion rushed back at the fourth watch, the light in the window was still on.

"Knock knock."

After the little scorpion knocked on the door twice, he heard Cen Yin's soft voice sound: "Come in." ”

"Squeak." When the door was pushed, the door shaft made a subtle sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent middle of the night, and the little scorpion entered with light steps, and saw Cen Yin sitting by the window, holding a copy of "Liutao" in his hand, flipping through it casually.

The little scorpion naturally also saw the stupid bird sleeping on Cen Yin's left shoulder in a strange posture, and it was hard to say anything in his heart.

This stupid bird is so bold that it didn't turn into a roasted starling!

The little scorpion walked closer, bowed his head and said: "Overseer, my subordinates saw Miss Duanmu, and also said that Xiaoba secretly followed you, Duanmu Lady said, let Xiaoba and the Overseer go to Jiangnan to find the fourth girl of Duanmu." ”

While speaking, the little scorpion's expression was more complicated, in fact, it should be said that there is a master and a favor. Whether it is the eldest girl of Duanmu or the fourth girl, they are all very bold.

Cen Yin was stunned, and then looked at the little starling who was sleeping sweetly on his shoulders with some amusement, the corners of his lips were slightly curled, and his long black and narrow eyes shone like jewels under the illumination of the lamp.

That's exactly what she would say.

He put down the book of war, raised his hand and made a gesture to send the little scorpion away, but when his right hand fell, his fingertips touched the black feathers of the black bird.

The little starling who was disturbed from his good sleep immediately pecked the back of Cen Yin's hand, then rolled his eyes and continued to sleep.

"Purr, purr, purr......"

The snoring of the birds mingled with the howling of the cold wind outside, and it began to snow again in the early hours of the morning until dawn.

The convoy continued to set off for the south early the next morning, unlike Qian Yibin's "800-mile expedited" day and night when he went north, this way to the south was relatively much more leisurely, to eat, to sleep, to hurry, to take a boat when he should cross the river.

The convoy gradually moved south, and the weather in Layue was cold and howling from north to south.

When they arrived in Gusu, the inside and outside of Gusu City was also a cold and snowy land, covered in snow, and it had snowed heavily for the past two days, and today was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the sound of crackling firecrackers could be heard everywhere echoing in the air.

"Stepping on ......"

The hooves of the horses with iron hooves galloped on the official road, the snow and water mixed with the muddy water, and the Dongchang factory guards wearing black cloaks and brown pointed hats looked like a large piece of cold black eagles flying by, releasing a kind of breath that no one should enter.

The pedestrians on the official road all avoid, compared to Jinyiwei, the East Factory rarely haunts in the south of the Yangtze River, but the south of the Yangtze River is a prosperous place with many businesses that go south and north, some people can see at a glance that this is the terrifying East Factory, so scared that they almost didn't fall off the horse.

Everyone's eyes inevitably fell on the beautiful young man at the front of the factory guard, the young man was wearing a black cloak embroidered with a white eagle, in the cold wind, the cloak flew wantonly with the wind, hunting, and a blood-red robe was faintly visible under the cloak......

When Cen Yin and his party came to the north gate of Gusu City, the soldiers on the gate had already seen them from a distance and hurriedly went to report to the Meng Governor's Mansion.

There was no news from Governor Meng's mansion, and Cen Yin and the others had already arrived outside the city gate.

Since the sinking of the Fengling boat, Gusu City has been in a state of alert, it stands to reason that more than 100 people like this can't be put into the city at will, and they need to be checked and verified, but today is an exception.

Guarding the gate of the city are not only the guards of the gate of Gusu City, but also the people of the Jinyi guards.

Jinyiwei immediately cleaned up all the idle people inside and outside the city gate as quickly as possible, gave priority to welcoming Cen Yin into the city, and accompanied him on the side, opening the way for Cen Yin with the people of Dongchang.

"Quack!"

As soon as he entered the city, a blackbird finally flew out from under Cen Yin's cloak and flapped its wings excitedly, circled Cen Yin twice, and finally landed on his left shoulder.

"Quack!"

The little starling shouted at the top of his voice while jumping to his feet, full of spirit.

Unfortunately, it didn't make a few noises before it was overpowered by the thunderous hooves of the horses and the neighing of the horses.

However, the little starling is never a bird that will give up easily, and his perseverance in screaming also swept away the cold momentum of the convoy.

Some children on the road excitedly pointed at the little starling, shouting:

"Mother, look, it's a crow!"

"Quack! Little crow! ”

"What a crow, that's starling, okay...... Not. ”

Those adults were afraid that the child's nonsense would offend this group of officials, so they hurriedly covered the child's mouth.

"Crackling, crackling......"

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the sound of firecrackers on both sides of the street seems to welcome the arrival of Cen Yin and his party.

Halfway through, Governor Meng finally arrived with the local officials and confronted Cen Yin and the others.

The horses on both sides stopped, and as the sound of horses' hooves gradually stopped, the streets were quiet, and those ordinary passers-by looked at Cen Yin, Meng Zhifu and others, and only the sound of horses snorting echoed in the cold wind.

Governor Meng and the others hurriedly dismounted to greet each other, and respectfully saluted Cen Yin on the horse: "I've seen Lord Cen Governor." Xiaguan is the prefect of Gusu Meng Lu. ”

While saluting, Governor Meng looked at Cen Yin cautiously.

Of course, he had heard of Cen Yin's name, after all, the other party was a dignified eunuch and the supervisor of the Dongchang factory, and he was deeply trusted by the emperor, so he could be said to be in power.

But this was the first time he had seen Cen Yin.

Cen Yin's facial features are perfect, like a masterpiece of heaven, that kind of handsomeness is not only breathtaking, but also exudes a sense of aggression, especially the eyes that fly obliquely at the tail of the eyes are as deep as a bottomless abyss, which makes people dare not look directly.

"Quack!" The restless little starling screamed twice more urgently, as if to say, why did it stop?

Its rough cry broke the solemn atmosphere, and Cen Yin raised his hand to rub it on its chin to calm it down, and soothed: "Don't make trouble, it's almost there." ”

Qian Yibin, Cao Qianhu and others in the rear didn't even raise their eyebrows, their expressions were cold as usual.

Once, when they saw Cen Yin so kind to this starling for the first time, they were so shocked that their jaws were about to drop, but this way south, they had long been surprised. Who let this be the pet of the Governor sister!

Ahead, Governor Meng, who was still maintaining a posture of pretentiousness, was ignored like this.

Meng Zhifu's expression was subtle, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he thought: I have long heard that this Lord Cen has no one in the capital, relying on the emperor's favor and the Dongchang under his subordinates, and is rampant...... It seems to be groundless, not necessarily without cause.

Although Governor Meng was slightly dissatisfied with Cen Yin in his heart, his face did not show half a point, he cleared his throat and said: "Lord Cen Governor, you have come all the way, you have been tired all the way, and you have worked hard all the way. The lower officials will not delay the time of the superintendent, please follow the lower officials to Canghailin to meet the emperor. As he spoke, Governor Meng hugged his fists in the direction of Canghailin.

Cen Yin said lightly: "Annoying Lord Meng led the way." His attitude was lukewarm, and there was a taste of superiority in his description.

Governor Meng hurriedly got on the horse again, stopped the reins and turned around, and stretched out his hand to Cen Yin to make a petition, "Lord Cen Governor, please." ”

The crowd marched in the direction of the Canghai Forest in the center of the city.

As the sound of horses' hooves faded away, the vicinity of the city gate was calm again, and for these ordinary people, it was to watch a lively and inconsequential.

Under the guidance of Governor Meng, Cen Yin and his entourage went all the way unimpeded, and they came to Canghailin in less than a stick of incense.

Since Governor Meng came with Cen Yin, he naturally wanted to ask the emperor for peace.

Cen Yin dismounted at the gate, and the waiter who had already heard the news was waiting there, and the waiter respectfully saluted Cen Yin, and said: "Governor, the emperor is watching the snow and appreciating the plum blossoms in the West Garden, and he will come with the little one." ”

The waiter also saw the little starling on Cen Yin's shoulder, couldn't help but take a look more, didn't dare to ask, and took Cen Yin, Meng Zhifu, Cao Qianhu, Qian Yibin and others to the West Garden, and most of the other Dongchang factory guards were sent down to wash and rest, including the little scorpion who was in charge of waiting for the little starling.

After the snow, the sea forest is another beautiful scenery, the snow is covered in the cornices and corners, the branches and flowers, the rockery pavilions, the beauty is cold and quiet, and the fireworks in the world are not stained.

There are many palace maids in the garden who are clearing the snow, clearing the snow on the courtyard, corridors, and paths, so as not to accidentally slip on any nobleman.

"Brush Brush ......"

The sound of snow clearing can be heard from time to time along the way.

I don't know how many doors they passed, everyone entered a silver-covered garden, and the little chamberlain pointed to the flower hall by the lake in front of him and said, "Overseer, the emperor is enjoying the snow in the flower hall." ”

Although the weather was bitterly cold, the windows on all sides of the flower hall were still wide open, and you could see a few people sitting by the windows in the hall, and the sound of laughter and laughter occasionally came faintly with the cold wind.

The waiter refers to the flower hall, but Cen Yin is looking at the rockery group by the lake, the rockery group is composed of many strange peaks and strange stones, the caves and ravines are circling, twisting and falling, at first glance, the strange stones are strange, as if there are many wild beasts inhabiting the lake, or squatting or standing or lying or crawling or howling......

At first, the chamberlain thought that Cen Yin was interested in this rockery, and was about to introduce a few words, when he suddenly saw two girls behind a rockery looking at the flower hall with their heads probed, pointing.

These two girls only cared about looking at others, and they didn't notice the praying mantis catching cicadas at all, and the yellow finch was behind, and they themselves had already fallen into the field of vision of Cen Yin and his party.

The chamberlain looked at it and immediately recognized these two people, yo, isn't this Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess and the Fourth Girl of Duanmu?

If someone else peeked at the emperor, the chamberlain would have asked people to drive people away, but these two little masters were a little difficult to handle......

Cen Yin looked at Duanmu Fei's cheerful side face, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and his ghostly eyes softened a lot.

Cao Qianhu in the rear saw that the overseer smiled, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The four girls and the overseer are really brother and sister!

Cen Yin raised his hand and made a gesture, and a small attendant who accompanied him hurriedly leaned over to obey the order, Cen Yin whispered a word, and the little attendant glanced at Duanmufei, and hurriedly retreated.

Cen Yin, on the other hand, continued to walk forward, towards the pair of cousins who were sneakily hiding behind the rockery.

As I got closer, I could see the scene in the flower hall more clearly, not only the emperor was there, but also three or four young people dressed as students.

Han Xing looked intently, didn't pay attention to the footsteps behind him at all, and said to himself: "Cousin Scarlet, this palace listened to this article made by this surnamed Zeng is simply bells and whistles, flashy, in fact, there is neither a clear point of view, nor an argument, no measures, and the logic is chaotic......"

The more Han Xing spoke, the more dissatisfied he became, and his mouth was so pouting that he was about to go to the sky. The father is so visionless, and the matter of picking a horse must not be handed over to the father!

Yes, this Zeng Yuan Festival is too pompous. Duanmu Fei nodded approvingly, and agreed: "Yes." He only said that he wanted to reduce taxes and reduce the burden on the people, but he did not elaborate. Taxation is related to the people's livelihood, all dynasties and dynasties, is a difficult problem, only our Dasheng Dynasty, taxation is extremely complicated, there are Ding tax, household tax, land rent, commercial tax, customs duty, conscription, military service, etc., which affect the whole body, if any reform does not fall into detail, not only can not achieve the goal of reducing the burden, may be self-defeating......"

Han Xingzhi nodded, feeling that his cousin knew a lot, and he was worthy of being the granddaughter of Shoufu.

If they hadn't come to eavesdrop, Han Xing really wanted to pull Duanmu Fei to argue with these vain people in the flower hall.

The cold wind was blowing, blowing a few plum trees beside the rockery swaying, the shadows were sparse, the dark fragrance was floating, the snow on the branches fell one after another, and accidentally got into Hanxing's neckline......

Han Xing was so frightened by the cold that he screamed to pat the snow on his neckline.

She made too much noise, and there was silence in the flower hall, and the emperor and several students inside looked in the direction of the rockery......

Han Xing intuitively took Duanmu Fei's little hand, quickly retracted his head behind the rockery, pursed his lips and smiled at Duanmu Fei, feeling like they were playing hide and seek together.

"Ahem......"

There was a familiar cough from behind, and the faces of the two little girls froze, as if they had been caught by a mischievous child.

Both of them turned their heads to look at each other, and a familiar and beautiful face came into view.

Duanmu Fei saw that Cen Yin, who was supposed to be in the capital, appeared here, and his eyes widened in shock, and he almost pinched himself.

Surprise flashed in her heart, although she didn't know why Cen Yin came, she immediately smiled obediently, and her smile was more well-behaved and cute than a docile milk cat.

No matter what happens, in short, it's important to sell first!

Looking at such a delicate and sweet smiling face, Cen Yin couldn't help but think of the little starling who liked to sell well-behaved the most, and the corners of his lips were hooked, he raised his hand and made a silent gesture to Duanmu Fei, and then continued to walk directly in the direction of the flower hall, not slowly, as if walking in this snow-covered garden to enjoy the snow.

"Ah Yin!" The emperor in the flower hall also saw Cen Yin through the open window, and his face was overjoyed.

It turned out to be Ah Yin!

The emperor wanted people to go out and have a look, but when he saw that it was Cen Yin, he didn't think much about it, and withdrew his eyes from the rockery.

Han Xing glanced at the flower hall again, patted his chest, and looked like he had "escaped a catastrophe".

The cousins looked at each other and smiled silly.

"Ah Yin, you're here!"

As soon as the emperor saw Cen Yin, he felt relieved, as if the big trouble could be solved, and he smiled and ordered to "give a seat", and the chamberlain hurriedly moved the chair.

Of course, the four young students led by Zeng Yuanjie on the side also saw Cen Yin, and saw that his appearance and temperament were very outstanding, so they couldn't help but take a few more looks, and only thought that he was the son of a noble family.

Cen Yin crossed the threshold in his robe and strode towards the emperor, even in front of the emperor, he was still calm.

The kind of calm and calm look at Wen Yongju's eyes on the side, which is particularly dazzling.

Wen Yongju stared at Cen Yin with gloomy eyes, and as soon as Cen Yin came, he was afraid that there would be no place for him to stand.

He clenched his fists tightly, the green tendons on his neck appeared, and he arched his hand at Cen Yin in a strange way and said, "Lord Cen Governor, you are here." The emperor has been looking forward to you since a few days ago! His tone was a little meaningful.

Anyone will calculate this time, Qian Yibin is 800 miles from Jiangnan to the capital in an expedited manner, calculate the days, if Cen Yin hears the news, he will set off immediately, and he should have arrived almost three days ago, I am afraid that Cen Yin relied on the emperor's favor and delayed in the capital for a few days before leaving!

Also, Cen Yin has always been in power, and if he doesn't arrange things well, how can he leave Beijing with confidence!

Recently, the more the emperor looks at Wen Yongju, the more unpleasant he becomes, and he feels that he can only say empty words and can't do anything practical.

The emperor didn't bother to pay attention to Wen Yongju, and said to Cen Yin, who was about to salute, "Ah Yin, don't be polite, sit down and talk." ”

As he spoke, the chamberlain had already hurriedly brought a circle chair and placed it less than half a zhang away from the emperor, which was enough to show the emperor's closeness to Cen Yin.

Of course, the four students also heard Wen Yongju's address to Cen Yin, and froze for a while.

At this moment, they understood the identity of the person who came.

The "Ah Yin" in the emperor's mouth turned out to be the factory governor of the East Factory.

The students' expressions were a little complicated, and to their surprise, this rumored eunuch Cen Yin who killed violently was actually like this, if he saw him outside, he was afraid that he would think that this was the son of a family of which family.

Cen Yin didn't care about these students at all, and sat down directly, and this scene also made several students even more dissatisfied with him, and secretly shook their heads in their hearts: Although the emperor exempted Cen Yin from the courtesy, this Cen Yin couldn't help but climb up the pole too much.

This eunuch is a eunuch, and he doesn't know the etiquette.

Several students quietly exchanged glances, and a disapproving light flashed in their eyes.

I have long heard that now that the eunuchs of the court are in power, the emperor did not appoint a prince, but handed over the government to a eunuch, and it turned out to be this person.

Zeng Yuan, who was wearing a blue straight jacket, looked at Cen Yin with disdain, originally planned to give Cen Yin a salute, but now that he knew his identity, he changed his actions on the spot, did not make a move, but just arched his hand casually.

"Lord Cen Governor."

The other three students looked at him with his head and arched their hands.

Of course, this scene also fell into the eyes of several attendants in the flower hall, and their faces were stained with a little contempt when they looked at these students.

Originally, seeing that the emperor appreciated these Jiangnan students, the chamberlains didn't mind giving them some face, after all, maybe these scholars would rise to the top in the future, but at this moment, seeing that these people were stupid to read, they dared to be so disrespectful to Lord Cen Governor, and the eyes of these people were like looking at ignorant ants.

How daring!

Thinking about it, the eyes of the attendants became even colder.

On the contrary, Wen Yongju's eyes lit up, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is his friend, but if he can't be a friend, then it is a help.

These Jiangnan students are obviously quite disdainful of Cen Yin, maybe they can be used!

Wen Yongju lowered his eyes silently, and a grim cold glow passed under his eyes.

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This chapter is so enjoyable to write!

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