Chapter 46: If the Wind Guards the City
"Poof! Hahaha, really? The little demon king of the Guogong Mansion was made by Qi Shu to guard the city gate?! Ning Ze was still in the study to deal with official business, but the Fuda housekeeper knocked on the door and came in to convey the gossip handed over from outside, saying that it was true and credible.
Ning Ze couldn't hold back his stomach ache from laughing after hearing this, he didn't expect Ah Shu to have such an encounter when he went to the Guogong Mansion, and now that little son of the Liu family is going to hold a grudge against Ah Shu! How did Shu do it? He was genuinely curious.
Fuda also laughed when he saw his prince smiling happily, usually his own prince was as cold as snow in February, and when he encountered the matter of the Shu girl of the Qi family, it was like a fire in July. Sure enough, the prince grew up and couldn't help but be a slave.
"Then Liu Ruofeng has already arrived at his post?" Putting down the brush in his hand, Ning Ze was finally a little uneasy. Suddenly getting that kid to guard the city gate will inevitably cause some trouble, and it won't be good if Ah Shu is involved.
"In two days, the second son of the Liu family has already arranged it." Fuda had already inquired thoroughly, so as not to let the prince ask questions carefully. This is the most basic cleverness as a minion, he has been by the prince's side for many years, and he has long had a clear grasp of the prince's temperament.
I don't know when it started, the prince became more and more concerned about Qimen Shunu, is it because of those letters that have been hijacked for five years? It's true that love has been born over time, but why shouldn't it end up in unrequited love?
Fuda still thinks that his prince should not have stumbled here in Qi Shu.
Ignoring the butler's daze, "That's it." Ning Ze didn't know why he was suddenly a little lost, as if he thought that there was a chance to get close to Qi Shu, but suddenly it was gone, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost.
After all, the first time I approached a woman, I didn't have much experience.
"Lord, next month's spring tea will be on the market, the slave heard that there will be a tea gathering before and after the Qingming Festival, I heard that the Qi family Shu girl is very fond of tea, maybe she will also participate, if she goes, the prince will also go, if she doesn't go, the prince will invite her to go, do what she likes, is the so-called killing two birds with one stone." Fuda said cautiously. As his eyes and ears, sometimes he still has to be good at reminding his prince.
When Ning Ze heard this, his dim eyes suddenly brightened, Fuda was really clever! "Just do as you say!" Ning Ze said excitedly.
"However, Lord Wang, you still have a bunch of affairs to deal with this month, so you can't take a break during this time." Fuda said with a smile, at least the prince is not free during this time.
His Majesty intends to expand the promotion of agriculture and mulberry as appropriate in the coming spring, and invite the ministers to brainstorm and write good ideas, because Ning Ze does not have any special position in the court, but only reports it through the chapters, and the people below will hand over these chapters to Ning Ze through sorting, and then Ning Ze will select and revise them and then submit them.
There are also the left and right Ercheng who are in charge of this matter, but the prime minister is already busy enough, so Ning Ze will take the initiative to help share more. At the mention of this, Ning Ze glanced at the pieces piled up on the case, and paused again.
But busy and busy, the affairs of the little demon king of the mixed world still have to be dealt with, and he can't be allowed to hold a grudge against Shang Ashu. He has a little impression of this Liu Ruofeng, although he is the little son of the Guogong Mansion, he has a benevolent heart, but the way he does things is confusing. This is also known as "robbing the rich and helping the poor".
As everyone knows, he is using the face of the Guogong Mansion to hijack and ask for money like those rich people, and others give him more because of the face of the Guogong Mansion, because of Liu Guogong's status in the court, no one dares to offend him, so it has become a situation where everyone in Shaoliang City knows quietly and no one dares to manage it.
The hijacked money was given to the so-called poor people, but some people pretended to be poor to deceive his naivety. So Ning Ze actually didn't want to say that the little son of the Liuguo family was a stunned young man, and he was a joke in Shaoliang City.
Looking at Ning Ze, who was accustomed to thinking, Fuda continued: "There is one more thing. "I remembered that the prince asked me to investigate the matter of the Shiyi Nanfeng Pavilion, but after checking it for a long time, there was no suspicion at all, and it was completely a regular business.
He sent his officers and men in to inspect them many times, even during night raids, but they found nothing.
"Say!" Ning Ze glanced at him and said.
"There is nothing suspicious in the Shiyi Nanfeng Pavilion, and there is no mistake at all."
"Just keep staring, don't alarm the people in the store." Ning Ze was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Fuda to say this matter.
"Yes, my lord, then I'll go out first." Fuda bowed and exited the study. And Ning Ze continued to brace his spirits and worked hard to deal with the official business on the case.
The peach blossoms begin to bloom in March.
Qi Shu has been exceptionally calm and comfortable this month, there is not even a breeze in the house, and even if there is a commotion outside, it has not entered Qi Shu's ears.
Women's clothes are definitely not too much. After changing into a spring shirt after the change of seasons, it's time to be busy making summer clothes. Women's clothes are either sewn and woven by themselves, or they are custom-made from tailor shops and ready-to-wear stores.
However, most of Qi Shu's clothes are bought and made by themselves, so Qi Shu and Green Orange are bathed in the spring sunshine in the yard, sewing, reading, playing the piano, painting, and doing what they like.
Such a day could not be more comfortable for Qi Shu.
If there is any trouble, her mother and father come to ask her from time to time when she plans to leave the cabinet, even if His Majesty is the lord of Qingming, she has to marry freely, so she can't stay at home and not go out. After all, Qi Luo has someone who has come to the door to propose.
But Qi Shu had no intention of doing this at all, just lying flat and letting them say it every time, and then perfunctory.
On this day, Green Tangerine went to the kitchen to get some desserts, and after sitting in the yard for a long time, Qi Shu felt a little hungry in his belly, so he asked the raw * green orange to get food, and her little gluttonous cat can always get the best kind of food.
Mozhu is weaving a handkerchief on her side, intending to embroider a round lotus pattern for her own use.
When Green Tangerine came back, she had two plates of pastries in her hand, one pink and one green, Qi Shu guessed that she should take mung bean cake and red beans, and she preferred these two.
"Miss, the peach blossoms are blooming." The smiling green orange put the saucer in his hand on the stone table they were sitting on, and then plucked a peach blossom pinned to his head.
Mo Zhu and Qi Shu both put down the affairs in their hands, and looked at the broken branches of peach blossoms with great surprise.
"Where did it come from?" Qi Shu asked.
Green Tangerine stuck out his tongue and smiled: "Chang Sheng met him when he went out with the master, and secretly turned back and told the slave." ”
"Also, it should be the end of March now, the peach blossoms at the foot of Xuandu Guanshan should be blooming, let's find a day to go out, we should also go out for a walk, you must not feel comfortable staying at home with me." Qi Shu thought for a moment and said.
Green orange and Mozhu both looked at the opposite side in surprise, great, you can go out of the house.
The Xuandu view that Qi Shu said is the Xuandu view on a green mountain outside Shaoliang City.
The Taoist priest in the temple planted many peach trees, the top of the mountain and the foot of the mountain have it, the peach blossoms bloom in March, and it is normal for them to wither in April, but the peach blossoms on the top of the Xuandu Temple are just in full bloom in April. Therefore, the flowers bloom in two seasons, one at the foot of the mountain and one at the top of the mountain.
The peach blossom season is the most suitable time to go out, and kites can also be taken out.
After the plan was made, Qi Shu and the others were like Zhang Luo during the Shangyuan Festival, and they were talking about going out to play. Green Tangerine is responsible for bringing some food, Mozhu is preparing silver coins and clothes and other sundries, and Qi Shu is planning to bring pen and ink to paint, after all, spring scenery is the most short and rare good scenery.
Qi Shangshu was busy assisting other officials in sorting out the resumes of new students and filing the arrival of new officials, so he naturally had no time to take care of Qi Shu's outing.
Tang Lian wanted to take Qi Wen with Qi Shu instead of going with him, Qi Wen had been sick again recently, and he was injured by the spring cold. Qi Luo saw that Qi Shu took the maid and had no common preferences, so he was reluctant to go.
So Qi Fu took Qi Shu and two maids to go to Xuandu Temple, originally planned to go to Xuandu Temple, but Tang Lian said to let Qi Shu go to the temple to ask for a peace charm to come back to Qi Wen, and Qi Shu agreed.
There are a lot of people who go out to travel in the spring, but fortunately it is not very crowded.
Today, Shaoliang City is full of spring, and the green plants and flowers are all awakened, showing a vibrant posture. Everyone had a happy smile on their faces, and the merchants who traveled all over the world also escorted the goods to Shaoliang City to do business.
More guards and soldiers were also sent to the four gates of Shaoliang City, and they had to be strictly inspected when entering and leaving the city to prevent any lawbreakers.
Qi Shu took the maid and the two to sit in the carriage, in addition to the coachman who drove the car, there were six guards behind him.
Coincidentally, the book was not written, and when I was inspecting the gate of Qi Shu, it happened to be the gate guarded by Liu Ruofeng, and it had only been more than half a month. If Qi Shu knew that this door was where Liu Ruofeng was, he was afraid that it would be too late to avoid it.
So this time, it's no longer a robbery, it's an investigation.
"The people inside come out!" A slightly angry voice rang out.
Qi Shu, who was sitting in the sedan chair, was shocked, how could he be stopped? Something is going on out there.
Green Tangerine was the first to get out of the carriage, looking at these soldiers and puzzled: "It's the county lord of Qingming inside, the eldest lady of the Qi family, what's wrong?" ”
When the person standing next to him heard this, he immediately handed over his luggage and lowered his head, except for one person, Liu Ruofeng, the youngest son of the Duke of Liuguo.
I saw that Liu Ruofeng was wearing military armor, with the word "pawn" pasted on his chest, back and back, his originally thin figure was even thinner under this armor, and his originally fair complexion was tanned a lot, and his eye circles were all blue and black.
Qi Shu also got out of the car behind him, there are really not many people who can stop the carriage of Qi Mansion, there will be some accidents, it is better to come down and take a look and deal with it personally. Just as soon as I got out of the carriage, I saw Liu Ruofeng, and I suddenly felt that my scalp was a little numb.
"Little Master Liu, it's okay if you haven't seen you for a long time?" Qi Shu asked against his will.
"Very bad!" The eyes that slanted at her were full of resentment, if it weren't for her, he wouldn't have come to guard the gate of Raushzi, isn't this a pit man? I want her to talk more!
Qi Shu smiled awkwardly, thinking of Liu Guogong's indisputable appearance of being angry with him, he couldn't help but sympathize with the hardships of being a parent. "Blame me for being reckless, and I hope that Little Master Liu will forgive me, for the sake of my sincerity, I don't bother with Qi Shu."
The sergeant next to him saw that Liu Ruofeng was still talking to Qi Shuqi, and couldn't help but pull his sleeve and warn him that this was the county lord of Qingming and be respectful.
During this time, Liu Ruofeng, who had been strictly restrained by the upright sergeant chief, also shrank back, and then walked to the carriage to perform routine inspections and perform official duties. There is still a long queue behind you waiting for inspection, and you can't afford to stalemate for too long. I saw that the hour would be a quarter of a quarter of a quarter of noon.
But even so, Liu Ruofeng didn't want Qi Shu to be too happy, and carefully checked inside and outside several times before he reluctantly let the person go.
When he was about to leave, he glanced left and right at the big food box in the green orange's hand several times.
"What's in there?"
"Back to the official, this is the meal prepared by the county lord of my family for a trip. The peach blossoms at the foot of Xuandu Guanshan are blooming, and we are going here. As he spoke, the green orange lifted the lid and presented it to everyone.
Everyone showed a look of longing.