"Tea, sir."

The boy, who was not yet table-high, put tea on the table.

The prefect was frightened when he saw it, lest the hot tea would sprinkle the child's head, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and took it: "I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself." ”

The boy took the tea from him, and he didn't know what to do, and stood on the sidelines.

The prefect glanced at him and pointed to the fruit plate on the table: "Eat." ”

The boy thought about it, and sure enough, he reached out and grabbed a handful, and stood behind the table to eat.

This is clearly an ignorant child, and the prefect shook his head helplessly.

The young lady's maid was sick, she only had this one maid, and there were not enough people in Dou County, and the Guangzhou Mansion couldn't get rid of people, so she let her attendants go.

The prefect was originally going to send his attendants, but Mrs. Wu did not allow it.

Now that there is a shortage of people at this time, don't let people waste on such trivial things as serving people, there is nothing to do to serve people, you have your hands and feet to do it, as for other small things, let the children come.

The young lady is to relieve the worries of the state government and raise more orphans, driven by the young lady Wu, these officials will also send the family to do things, and the female dependents are also doing their best in the house.

"Is the young lady angry inside?" The prefect drank tea, intentionally or unintentionally, inquired into the child, and looked inward.

Mrs. Wu caught two letter-writers on the street and came back, and it has been spread all over the place, and of course the prefect also knows about it.

The young lady didn't send people to the mansion, did she have to deal with it herself? Angry?

The child's mouth was stuffed with dried fruit and he shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"You go inside." The prefect instructed him, "If the young lady is angry, I will leave first and come back later." ”

The ignorant child did not obey: "The young lady let me wait." ”

"Let me wait, not let you wait." The prefect said unhappily.

The child stuffed the dried fruit into his mouth and tiptoed to look at the tea on the table: "It's not for me to wait, it's for me to watch the tea." As he spoke, he went to carry the teapot on the fire.

Seeing him carrying the teapot and swaying, the prefect hurriedly shouted: "No need, no need, no drink, no drink." ”

"Why don't you drink it? Isn't it a bit too medicative? Li Minglou said, stepping in from the outside, "This is a new tea, which can drive away the cold." ”

The prefect hurriedly stood up and shouted to the young lady.

Li Minglou bowed his head and said to the child carrying the teapot: "Your business is done, go to the yard to play." ”

The child replied by putting the teapot back on the stove and running out, not thinking that there was one more person in the room and one less cup of tea.

The prefect picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Li Minglou, and Li Minglou thanked him.

"These children still need to be taken care of by the young lady." The prefect said, looking outside the door, the child was really playing in the yard, and he looked at Li Minglou again, the woman in the white dress seemed to be sitting on the clouds, "The young lady is actually not a few years older than them." ”

Li Minglou smiled: "So it's just right." ”

Whether it's appropriate or not, she has the final say, the prefect just expresses her concern, and she doesn't need to really worry about it, what is the difficulty for Mrs. Wu to really want to be an attendant? Don't have your own reasons for not wanting to.

The prefect got back to business: "Young lady, the matter of asking the family to borrow the land discussed last time didn't seem to go well. ”

Li Minglou's voice was very beautiful, innocent and clear: "They don't want to? ”

"It's not that they don't want to." The prefect understood what these people were thinking, and said, "They are worried that there will be trouble in taking it back in the future." ”

Li Minglou smiled: "It's really interesting, they are not worried about whether they can survive now, but about the future." ”

The prefect sneered and had plastic surgery: "Yes, they just have a good life and are comfortable, and they have forgotten their previous fears." ”

"Adults need to let them know what the situation is." Li Minglou said, "Whether it's a field or a property, what's the use of people when they're gone?" He told them to stay in Gwangju if they borrowed, and if they didn't borrow, they would leave Gwangju. ”

This is really scary, and the prefect is also neatly responding.

"She! What did she say? ”

The men who sat in a circle in the restaurant and waited for the feast shouted in disbelief.

The prefect looked calm: "Yes, I didn't lie to you. ”

"It's a threat! It's snatching! An older man sat down with a slight sneer, "What's the difference with the rebels?" ”

The prefect did not argue angrily because of his accusation, but smiled: "It's not a secret, Mrs. Wu Shao is such a person, and the people all know that Mrs. Wu Shao is benevolent, charitable, and good to save the world, but saving people in this world depends on killing people." ”

He pulled out his chair and sat down, took a sip of the wine he had poured on the table, and looked at his glass.

"If she is not cruel, how can she be able to guard the people who live in the city today, do you really think she is a little girl who appreciates the flowers and the moon in the boudoir?"

The men in the hall glanced at each other, of course they were not innocent young people, even if this woman was, her man was not, and neither were the people around her.

A man sat beside the prefect, raised his wine glass, and said seriously: "Lord Song, you can't do this in this matter." ”

The prefect clinked glasses to him: "Tian Baye, there is really no other way to do this, we are all grasshoppers on a rope, we can only resist difficulties together, survive first, everything else is easy to say, if there is no thing, you can still come back, if the person is gone, can you keep that thing?" ”

Tian Baye was about to say something, and someone next to him spoke first: "Lord Song, it's not that we don't fight the difficulties together, it's that we can't accept this way." ”

The prefect looked at him: "What way?" ”

The man was polite and elegant, and his voice was not impatient: "Since it is a joint resistance, then we can't just give money and things, we should also give people." ”

The prefect pinched the wine glass and laughed: "Your people can't fight, so you don't need it." ”

"It's not okay to fight, we can make decisions." The man said, "My lord, now that the Gwangju Mansion is in charge of half of Huainan Province, only your government and Mrs. Wu are working too hard. ”

The prefect understood: "You want to replace the government?" ”

"What do you call substitution?" The man corrected, "It's a share, we help the government to do things." ”

The others spoke.

"Yes, since it's a joint resistance, then treat us as individuals, don't just treat us as cattle and sheep."

"We have so much to do, and which one doesn't have young talents?"

"If you don't use a knife or gun, there's no problem with the pen."

"Let's not steal the limelight from Young Lady Wu, we don't come out on the outside, it's always okay to be obscure on the inside, right?"

There was a noise in his ears, and the prefect hurriedly raised his hand to stop it: "Okay, okay, I understand what you mean." ”

Everyone stopped and looked at him.

The prefect put down the wine glass and looked solemn: "No." ”

Everyone was stunned and immediately made noise and accusations again, and the persuasion was chaotic, but no matter what they said, the prefect just shook his head.

"If there is a need for manpower, we will choose and assign it from among you, but if you want to divide the power of the government, it is impossible." He said, he stood up as he spoke, "Needless to say, you better go back and quickly persuade your family to tidy up the fields, otherwise pack up your things and prepare to leave." ”

The people in the hall were chaotic, watching the prefect throw off and walk out.

"Song Jiacheng! You won't speak for me? One of them shouted loudly, "You are from our Gwangju Mansion, and the young lady of Wu is an outsider." ”

The prefect hadn't been nominated for a long time, and his steps paused slightly.

"Brother Jiacheng, do you just want to be driven under the hands of the Wu couple?" The man said word by word, "The Wu clan is just a military general, and the foundation of this world is not them." ”

The prefect turned his head: "This official is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he is the official of the parents of the people of Gwangju Prefecture, and only the Son of Heaven and the people can drive this official." ”

After that, he walked away without pausing, and the door opened and closed, isolating the shouting and scolding inside.

It was already dark outside, and the thin snow particles brushed down, and the entourage stretched out the umbrella to cover the prefect.

"Your Excellency." As a personal attendant, although he didn't enter the hall, he could hear it almost when he stood by the door, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Why don't you help them persuade Mrs. Wu?" ”

From beginning to end, the prefect obeyed Mrs. Wu, and refused to say good things for these families, and even suggested to Mrs. Wu Shao to discuss it.

As those people said, in fact, these big families are the foundation of Gwangju Mansion, and this young lady Wu is an outsider in the end.

"I still remember that the adult first came to Gwangju Mansion to work, and spent a year visiting and befriending these families, when the little one was wronged by the master, and the lord said that if you want to stabilize the Gwangju Mansion, you must stabilize these people, why now"

"I only knew after experiencing life and death, and I used to think too simply." The prefect wrapped his cloak and smiled: "The family is very important and powerful, but at that time, the Gwangju Mansion was besieged, and I asked them for help, but none of them came forward, either closed their doors or fled with their families." ”

Although it was his entourage, the entourage still wanted to defend those people: "My lord, this is embarrassing, they have no soldiers and horses, and they can't help." ”

The prefect looked at him and smiled: "Yes, so, why should I stabilize them?" Of course, I followed the young lady Wu who was not afraid of being attacked by thieves and soldiers on both sides, and was not afraid of hitting stones with eggs, and personally led a group of people to save the city to save me. ”

This explanation is also a scoundrel, and the entourage can only laugh helplessly.

There were not many pedestrians on the street, and there was the sound of patrolling horses' hooves in the distance, and the prefect was escorted by soldiers and horses to the palace.

When he woke up the next day, the entire Gwangju Mansion was covered in snow, and Li Minglou stood under the porch and watched seven or eight boys and girls clear the snow.

said that it was snow clearing, but it was actually playing with snow, giggling and laughing, and Li Minglou's face also appeared with a smile from time to time.

It is the best waiter to make Miss happy, Yuan Ji looked very satisfied outside the door, Fang Er walked over, holding a letter in his hand: "Someone outside wants to see Miss." ”

Yuan Ji took the thin letter: "Merchant? ”

Merchants are at the back door, and if it is a government or a family, they all enter and exit from the front of the government.

Fang Er nodded: "It is said that there is a treasure that Miss wants the most." ”

This is also a common thing, Yuan Ji checked that there was no poison and walked over to Li Minglou.

Li Minglou took it and opened it, showing a strange smile: "Why does everyone know that I am in danger now?" ”

Yuan Ji looked at it and saw a line of words on the open letterhead, which was very familiar, and he had just seen it a few days ago.

Mrs. Wu Shao, in danger.

"Xiang Nan is gone." Yuan Ji affirmed, frowning at Fang Er, "Who is outside?" ”

Fang Erdao: "It's a man, about twenty years old, wearing a cloak and a hat, I don't see it, and the accent is not from Gwangju Mansion." ”

Deliberately covering your head and face? Is it afraid that people will recognize it or what? The accent doesn't matter, most of them here change accents.

Li Minglou said, "Please come in." ”

Who is the other party and wants to do what, there is no need to bother guessing, you will know when you see it.

Fang Er turned around and went out in response, and soon walked in with a person.

Dressed in a white cloak, he walked in the snow as if he were one with it, and as he crossed the threshold, the children were throwing the snow around, kicking up layers of snow mist.

A ball of snow happened to hit him, and he stopped and looked up, and the wind blew his hat up, revealing his face.

The voices in the courtyard disappeared at this moment, and all eyes were focused on him.

What a beautiful person.

"Lian Xiaojun, I've seen Mrs. Wu."

Everyone heard him say in a clear voice.