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Fang Dehai knew that Zhang Qingting was also kind, and laughed self-deprecatingly, "What can I do?" Don't you know all about my heart? Don't compete with Chengcai, there must be a limit to the quarrel between young couples, if you really leave him, where can you find such a good person? Who can stand your temper? It's just not for yourself, but also for Xiniu. It's not easy for two people to have a good home, you have to know that cherishing blessings is"

Zhang Qingting didn't expect that he didn't persuade people, but was beaten down.

Just as he was about to defend a few words, Fang Dehai said earnestly, "I know that you and you don't complain about this matter, and the main responsibility is still on Chengcheng's mother, but now that they are all separated, slowly, she can always understand." I'll take a break another day, and I'll talk about Cheng Cai going, but don't make a fuss, when it's about the same, just give him a step down. Are you really going to forgive him in this life? ”

Zhang Qingting was moved when he heard it, knowing that he really cared about himself, "Master......"

Fang Dehai waved his hand, "You don't have to thank me, if it's my good, you can take care of more pearls for me in the future."

Belch? Zhang Qingting was stunned, why did he suddenly say such a thing?

Fang Dehai knew that he was speechless, so he quickly changed his words, "This person is old, and he always nagged about some things about Chen Sesame and Rotten Valley, you go, I'm going to be busy too."

He walked straight away, only the indescribable heaviness and hardship of his steps.

Zhang Qingting was very puzzled, what happened to this old man?

Yan Mansion.

Since Yan Huaijin and Pei Jing passed away, the house where they used to live has been lifted, and there is no one to guard it. It's just that Zhu thought about his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and didn't touch a single grass or tree inside, but still arranged for servants to clean up on time, and kept the appearance of the day.

I have nothing to do today, and I am playing in the courtyard with my son Abao, and suddenly I smell a faint fragrance of plum blossoms on the tip of my nose.

The girl next to her smiled reluctantly, "I think it's the plum blossoms in the old lady's courtyard, do you want to take the little young master over for a walk?" Don't stay bored in the house."

A few days ago, Yan Bozhai suddenly forcibly accepted Zhu's personal maid Chunmei as a concubine, although it is a mourning and no happy event, but every night in the dead of night, not far from the master bedroom where Zhu lives, everyone can hear the study of Yan Bofu, faintly heard the female indulgent shout, so that everyone who hears it is sideways.

And Zhu's face became whiter and whiter day by day, and the maids were sad. is also more cautious in words and deeds, even beads of flower fat powder, and dare not dye wantonly.

Zhu couldn't fight at all to appreciate the flowers, but looking at the person who was still lively and active but had to be locked up in the house for a long time, she still relented, "Okay, you go and get the key to the old lady's house, let's go and take a walk."

The girl happily obeyed, and soon accompanied their mother to the small courtyard where Pei Jing lived.

Unexpectedly, at the gate of this small courtyard, there was already a woman standing, looking at the back, Zhu was a little surprised, "Chunmei? ”

The woman looked back in a daze, isn't it the new favorite of Yan Bozhai who is talking about it in the house-Chunmei?

But there was no trace of joy on her face, but it was frighteningly pale, and although she wore a brightly colored new dress and two gold and jade ornaments, she could not hide the haggard and desolate under the thick powder.

Suddenly seeing the old master, she was startled at first, and suddenly knelt down straight with a thud, tears streaming down her face, "Miss Miss" was choked with a thousand words in her throat, unable to speak, or did not dare to say a word.

Zhu's brows furrowed slightly, looking left and right, she knew that Yan Bozhai had always planted eyeliner by her side. She knew who it was, but she had to pretend she didn't know.

Chunmei is the dowry maid she brought over, and she still has some confidence in this girl's loyalty. Besides, with Yan Bozhai's coldness, he doesn't even care about his own children, how can he really love a girl? It's just a demonstration for yourself. Even if the sound of intercourse at night is heart-wrenching, it still makes people hear a bit of miserable crying and begging for mercy. Looking at her now, what else does Zhu don't understand in his heart? See, it's only been a few days? The person has lost such a large circle, and his face is as white as a ghost, and the day can be imagined.

Actually, for this girl, Zhu is more sympathetic. It was because of sympathy that she stepped forward with a calm face, and took out the demeanor of the housemother and reprimanded her severely, "Since you are from the old man's house, and you haven't done anything wrong, you don't have to make this big gift when you see me in the future." Hurry up."

"No" Chunmei shouted almost heartbreakingly, kneeling forward a few steps forward, holding her feet, "slave...... The slave maid wants to ......"

"Chunmei" Zhu suddenly shouted and kicked her away, "You are now the master's person, and in the future, you will have to remember what the master told the master to do to you, you will do it, but don't keep taking whose girl you want, you know?" ”

Chunmei also grew up in a big family since she was a child, why didn't she know that Zhu was reminding herself euphemistically, don't let the trouble come out? It's just uncomfortable, she feels really uncomfortable, but she doesn't dare to say anything at the moment, so she can only lie on the ground and cry bitterly.

"Okay, okay," Zhu frowned and made a look of disgust, "What about the people who follow you?" Why don't you help her back? What is the big cry and cry like? When you go back, wash your face, and if you have time, come to me and ask for rules."

These words fell in the ears of others, which was undoubtedly a signal that the Zhu family wanted to this girl, but when they fell in Chunmei's ears, it was no less than getting a pardon, although she was still crying, she was in a much better mood, and she left with the little girl.

Zhu Shi looked at her back, still with a cold face. The nurse who told the whistle last time stepped forward to please again at this moment, "Come out and see a flower, and you are also defeated by a little goblin, Mrs. Zhizhi, don't go to your heart"

"Of course I won't go into my heart," Zhu didn't say much, and took his son into the small courtyard.

Because Pei Jingsheng has ** flowers, her residence has always been full of flowers in all seasons. In this cold winter, the red and white plum blossoms arranged in her courtyard for the last time are still blooming. Zhu couldn't help but think of the lively scenes where her mother-in-law held flower parties in the past, but now, things are different.

After enjoying the plum blossoms for a while, Zhu asked the girl to open her mother-in-law's room and come in to inspect. Pei Jing was of noble birth, and many of the dowries in the house were valuable antiques, as well as jewelry and jade, all of which were extremely precious. But now, the house was empty, and many things were missing.

Zhu was surprised in his heart, but he didn't make a fuss, just asked lightly, "Did the master let him put it away?" ”

"Yes," a housekeeper came out and replied, "Yesterday, Steward Qiu personally brought someone to check and seal it, if Madame wants to see it, there is an account book here." ”

"No need," Zhu waved his hand, his eyes still looking up and down the room, "It's time to clean up here." She said this, but her footsteps were still walking towards the house, and she asked, "Has the old man's place been cleaned up?" ”

"Then I don't know, that's not a place for slaves and maids."

Zhu nodded, stopped when he walked to Pei Jing's eight-step mahogany bed, and looked at the curtains and bedding, "These things, wait for the good day after the New Year, and take some time to wash and dry, put them away, so as not to raise ashes in vain."

The housekeeper said with a smile, "Yesterday, Steward Qiu also said the same thing, the things used by the old lady here in the past are all colored things, especially the clothes in the box, if they are not good to be harvested, it will not be good for the insects to rot, and Steward Qiu said that he will come in person when the time comes."

This grandmother came up to take care of things after leaving Qiu Sheng, so she said good things about him everywhere. Zhu understood in his heart, and praised with a smile, "It's hard for him to think about it thoughtfully, let's go."

But before leaving, she seemed to be naughty because of Ah Bao, and accidentally dropped the handkerchief in her hand to the ground, and the girl next to her didn't have time to squat, so she squatted down and picked it up by herself, and happily picked it up, "The little villain is naughty"

Then, quietly walked away. But as soon as he turned around, the Zhu family quietly sent a henchman to Yan Huaijin's place to investigate, and sure enough, Qiu Sheng brought someone there to count things today.

On the surface, it seems to be understandable, Qiu Sheng's move was also approved by Yan Bozhai, but when Zhu squatted down beside Pei Jing's bed, he clearly saw the two shallow finger prints on the top

The mystery in her heart is getting bigger and bigger, what kind of inventory does it need to be lifted even under the bed? Or, this Qiu Sheng, what is he looking for?

Closing the scroll, Meng Zhan felt a chill down his spine. The dark bookshelves pressed his vision like cramped rock walls, making people feel stuffy in their chests and breathless.

This is the Hanlin Academy of Bei'anguo, in addition to compiling and repairing books, it also has the responsibility of recording the history of the current dynasty. And he is now in front of the bookshelf where the inner hall records the history of the court.

Now, in the book he was looking at his hand, a woman's incomparably short but turbulent life was clearly recorded:

"Filial piety to Queen Xu, Langya people. At the age of sixteen, he was elected to the palace with both talent and appearance. Because of his outstanding virtue, he was very pleased with it, and he became the queen. The following year, he was born and became the eighteenth Emperor of Sejong. Because he was born on the first day of the first month, he was named Xuanyuan. Another year, there was a great drought in the sky, and because the country prayed for blessings, he fell ill and died. His mother was so sad that she died in December of the same year. ”

Is there such a coincidence in this world? It's also the birthday of the first day of the Lunar New Year, one died at the age of the year, and the other entered the Tianyi Temple to practice at the age of the year? Meng Zhan remembered an old court incident he had heard from adults when he was a child.

The first Empress Xiaolie of the first emperor was the biological mother of Jinshang. But he was at odds with the first emperor. There is no other reason, which can be seen from her title.

Empress Xiaolie is jealous of the palace, but anyone who has a slightly outstanding appearance is placed in the cold palace and cannot see the king all year round. Even if she was favored, she was troubled by her in many ways, and it was very difficult. At that time, the most outrageous thing Empress Xiaolie had ever done was that she was so jealous that she could leave the palace in anger for the sake of the emperor's favor and other concubines, which simply disgraced the royal family

At that time, Empress Xiaolie's maiden family was powerful, and the first emperor had to make many compromises. But the relationship between husband and wife, it is conceivable that Empress Xiaolie has been in the palace for many years, and in the back position, but only one, that is still her luck, she was pregnant in the first month of entering the palace, and since then even the pregnancy letter has never been passed out half a sentence, and many jokes about its unfavored, are still jokes among many ministers who are familiar with court allusions.

Finally, Empress Xiaolie died after more than ten years of hard confrontation with the first emperor. And only half a year later, when her body was still cold, the first emperor agreed to the minister's request to set up a new queen, which shows how indifferent the emperor and queen are.

Langya Xu was favored by the first emperor and included in the palace as the new queen in the beauty pageant of that year. Langya Xu, who is also from a famous family, but also from the Eight Great Families, is obviously more capable of being a person than Empress Xiaolie. Not only young and beautiful, but also good at figuring out the holy will. The years when she entered the middle palace, although the time was not long, but it was a holy favor, the first emperor spent almost most of the time in the queen's Kunning Palace, even after the Xu family was pregnant, it did not see the decline of honor and favor, but became more and more intense.

On the day she gave birth to the dragon on the first day of the first lunar month, a strange scene full of red clouds suddenly appeared in the sky above the capital, and some people also said that they saw the golden dragon in the clouds descending to earth and went straight to Kunning Palace.

All the heavenly officials of the court predicted that the birth of a new was a good omen. At that time, the call to set up this natural vision of the emperor was in the dust, and the first emperor was also very tempted, but he finally put it aside for the time being because he was afraid of recruiting people because he was young.

But since the birth of this little emperor, it can really be said that he is loved by thousands of people, and no one has any doubt that he will inherit the unification in the future, but the premise is that he can grow up peacefully

Disasters always happen when people are caught off guard. Just when this little emperor was getting his favor, a horse plague quietly spread near the capital of Bei'an, and it spread quickly

The economy of Bei'an is supported by horses, and if this horse plague spreads throughout the country, the consequences will be unimaginable. The first emperor was busy with affairs, and of course he did it himself. At that time, he was interested in the current emperor, the emperor at that time. However, there are many more who propose the eighteenth emperor, who has been controversial since birth.

In the end, the officials of the Qin Heavenly Prison publicly recommended that the Eighteen Emperors were extremely strong and blessed, and if he had personally gone to pray for blessings, this disaster would have been avoided. In desperation, the first emperor agreed to this move.

The little emperor was sent to the main hall in the palace with a full guard of honor, and began to pray all day and night. By the time the seven-day prayer ceremony was over, what came out of the hall was already a dying little pitiful. The horse plague that plagued the capital was miraculously solved, but the little emperor had given his life for it.

The officials of Qin Tianjian also said that this is the little emperor sacrificing his life for righteousness and sacrificing his ego for the sake of all the people in the world.

Meng Zhan didn't know if the first emperor at that time could believe such an explanation, but he definitely didn't believe that such a nonsense story was repeated, how could a child who was only a year old kneel for a few days to solve the horse plague? I'm afraid there is another driving force behind this

Perhaps the first emperor had already seen through such a ruse, but he was unable to do so, but he still had to accept such an arrangement. Maybe he was lucky, hoping that this child could really be blessed and escaped, which was undoubtedly an important political bargaining chip for the young eighteen. It's a pity that people are human beings after all, and the little emperor can't stand such a toss, and he dies.

But is he really dead? If you don't die, why do you want to go to Tianyi Temple to become a monk? Is this dusty history really the truth that I should pursue?

Meng Zhan is a curious person, but he is even more of a person who knows how to advance and retreat. If such an existence does confirm its own conjecture, then it can also be said that such an existence must have been acquiesced in by the first emperor. Otherwise, where would anyone dare to take in such a child of unknown origin and raise him in the capital? If the first emperor decided to give up this, why did he have to get to the bottom of it and disturb this rare tranquility?

Now that it has been decided, the result of needlessly provoking disputes is nothing more than another river of blood and fratricide. In this world, the killing is already heavy, why should you be a villain in vain?

With a long breath of sullen breath in his chest, Meng Zhan put down the scroll in his hand. In order to hide people's eyes, he took out the volume next to him and pretended to look at it casually.

Unexpectedly, what he saw was the file of the crime of King Yan, who was once in the limelight, and Meng Zhan sighed slightly in his heart. Looking back on the past, King Yan was indeed a hero, but when Nai was not good, he ended up like this. This has been a king and a loser since ancient times, if the king of Yan has become a thing, then I am afraid that this historical record will have to be rewritten again.

was about to close the scroll, but he noticed that there was a paragraph with a few words in it, privately making Gu medicine and raising the dead...... Meng Zhan's heart moved, and he took another look, and after a closer look, he could see where the clues were. It is clearly recorded in the annals of history that King Yan made a strange medicine, which made people lose their minds and obey him. Let him be sent, even if he dies.

Scrolling down further, it's vague again. It's just that in the end, it is clearly recorded that the several adults who presided over the trial of King Yan's case back then, and the one in charge of copying the house was Yan Bozhai

Meng Zhan's heart tightened, but he felt that something was wrong, Yan Bozhai was ordered to raid King Yan's mansion, after the new emperor ascended the throne, at that time, Yan Bo had already killed Meng Wei and was sentenced to exile.

But no, Yan Bozhai made a great contribution in this raid, because he led people to raid a secret mansion of King Yan and seized many account books, letters and other items for rebellion. Then how could Yan Bozhai be so coincidental and just found there?

There is only one reason, that is, he has long known the secret stronghold of King Yan, if he has known about this place for a long time, then wouldn't it be very difficult to steal one or two bottles of ** from it?

Thinking of this, Meng Zhan couldn't sit still, immediately put down the book, and went to the Internal Affairs Office. The family property and other things confiscated by the prince are all returned to the treasury, and if you can find that kind of **, you may be able to find some clues

The ninth day of the first month.

In the past few days, although the doors and windows of the hut where Fang Dehai lives are tightly closed, there is still a strong aroma of spices, which makes people feel appetizing when they smell it. But when asked what he was messing with, the old man kept his mouth shut, not revealing a word.

Because of the secret recipe of other people, Zhao Chengcai stopped Zhang Qingting from asking more, but he also sighed, "With such a fragrance, even a god can't help but go down to earth."

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon Zhang Qingting who is more and more worried, what is wrong with this old man?

Packing up the cloth and putting it into the warehouse for days, today is the last batch, Bao Shiming came back with this batch of goods, and after counting the warehousing, Qiao Zhongda was sitting around with them, and saw Qiao Minxuan coming back bouncing.

The little guy carried a little rabbit lantern in his hand, "This is made for me by Aunt Lian, let me take it to the lantern market on fifteen, Daddy, do you look good?" ”

"Good-looking" Qiao Zhongda hugged his son into his arms with pity, and said to everyone, "You have also worked the fifteenth day, I will be the east, please go to the capital to drink a glass of water and wine, and just go to the lamp market at night."

"Okay," Bao Shiming agreed very boldly.

The Yan brothers smelled the unusual smell on Qiao Minxuan's clothes, and they all frowned slightly, "Minxuan, where are you?" Why is it so fragrant? ”

Qiao Minxuan said happily, "It's Grandpa Fang who is making things there, it's so fragrant."

The Yan brothers were even more surprised, "Master Fang? What's he doing? ”

"I don't know" Qiao Minxuan shook his little head left and right, "Grandpa Fang doesn't show people that he is making food"

It made Qiao Zhongda also interested, and he continued, "Master Fang can make a good seasoning, and those dishes for the New Year are fragrant, or I'll ask in a while, and see when I go to their house to disturb them again."

"That dare is good" Yan Xinan responded, but he made a look with his younger brother, and the two came out under the pretext of coming to the small courtyard where Fang Dehai lived.

There was still that strong aroma in the air, and the Yan brothers smelled it for a long time, looked at each other, and nodded in unison. Although it was mixed with other spices, they still smelled something special

"But big brother......" Yan Xibei hesitated, "Let's go and ask so rashly, I'm afraid it's not big, right?" ”

Yan Xinan was also a little hesitant, but at this time, he saw Zhang Qingting sneaking out of the house, and the two brothers dodged to the side, so they listened to her explain things to Jixiang, "If the master wants to go out again these days, you will carry this bag of millet in your arms when you arrive, and you will sprinkle a handful as soon as you go, and I will quietly follow you then, but don't let him find out, you know?" ”

(This paragraph is coded out.,It's really not good to divide chapters.,Just send it together.,Relatives read it once.,The effect twice hehe)