It was almost noon when he spoke, and Tang Tongzhang set up a few tables in the flower hall to entertain Shen Zetang and his party and the officials from various departments who came to audit the account books.

Shen Zetang swept over the table, frowned and ordered to remove the Baihua wine from each table.

Tang Tongzhang sneered, and perfunctory a few words of Yu Qing's admonition, Shen Zetang didn't say more, and took a piece of Dongpo meat into Shunyu's bowl.

Looking at Dongpo meat, I remembered Shen Huan's theory of spring painting and Shen Erye's ........ She suddenly heard the sound of cats scratching tiles on the beam, and she really wanted to come to something.

Shen Zetang naturally didn't know what he was thinking, and when he saw that her little face was inexplicably red and dizzy, he confessed: "After dinner, I will go to Niushou Mountain with Lord Tang and the officials to see Ma Changyuan. “

Shun Yu's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, and he said after a while: "As a former supervisor of Dali Temple, the circumstances of the suspected case are detailed, and the punishment must be attributed to the guilty, not to be innocent, this little carriage and horse exchange is not hard, and it must be with Lord Shen." “

Shen Zetang looked at her with deep eyes, and he didn't say anything he wanted to say.

.........

Re-walk the road to Niushou Mountain, when you reach the fork in the road, you don't see the pergola of forked wine flags, it is empty, only two or three villagers sit under the tree to rest, and the basket is full of freshly picked green dates, loquats, and mulberries. When asked where the man who was serving wine and making tea had gone, they all shook their heads blankly.

Shen Zetang no longer rode in the carriage, and walked forward unhurriedly along the field stalks, Tang Tongzhang was very rich, and he was out of breath after taking a few steps, looking at the mud on the official shoes, and frowned slightly.

Glancing at Shun Yu again, he had received a secret letter from the capital yesterday, obviously he was the supervisor of the Dali Temple, but he was said by Lord Shen to be a favorite person, and he also dressed up as a woman, this old fox, he actually did everything he did, isn't he afraid that he will be stalked about the affairs of Xiao Wu back then....... Thinking about it, I feel that my heart is in turmoil, and now Xiao Wu's life and death are uncertain, which really disrupts the whole plan.

He suddenly slipped on the soles of his feet and almost fell, but was caught by Yu Qingyan's quick hand, and when he looked down, he was suddenly disgusted, and he stepped on the cow on the bottom of his shoes.

"I often walk in the field, and it is most likely that the feces are dirty, so Lord Tang has to be cautious." Shen Zetang said lightly, Shun Yu skimmed his face and bit his lip, Tang Tongzhang's back stiffened, and he always felt that what he said had a deep meaning, but he forgot the truth of the world, the so-called gentleman is frank, the villain is a relative, and it is said that the body is not afraid of shadows, and the Ming people do not do dark things, but they have to be honest in words and deeds, and how can they be suspicious because of their usual words.

Walk to the end of the field stalk, then see the foot of the mountain smoke far away, there is a lonely family, the deep door is closed, there are dozens of red apricots from the low wall poking out, vaguely heard the dog barking chicken cry, the official stepped forward to knock on the door and did not see anyone coming, just not far away from the green field there is a farmer is busy plowing with a hoe, so he shouted to him to come forward and reply, this family has seen today?

The farmer knelt down and said: "Tao Gong bundled firewood into the city early in the morning to sell, I am afraid that before I return home, Jin Niang should be inside, but the bottom is my daughter's house, and it is inconvenient to see guests." ”

Shen Zetang looked at Shen Huan, Shen Huan understood, and shouted in a loud voice: "We are the government to come to ask about the case, if anyone bothers to greet ........" ”

Before the words fell, I heard the creak of the chaimen, and a young woman appeared, combing a phoenix tail bun and only inserting an ordinary hairpin, her pale face was not powdered, and she was wearing a honey-colored cloth skirt, Shun Yu was a little surprised, such a skilled embroidery girl, and the age of youth and beauty, but she had never woven half a flower on her clothes.

Her figure is as slender as a weak willow supporting the wind, and when she saw Shen Zetang and the others, she was not afraid, she just opened the door wide and said calmly: "Daddy has been gone for a long time, I'm afraid that he is already on the way back, you officials can come in and wait for a while." With that, she turned around and walked inside.

The courtyard is very clean, the bamboo chair is placed under the mulberry shade, a basket of peeled beans is placed, the aroma of apricot blossoms is in the wind, there are only three rooms in the house, and she entered the main room with her.

Shen Zetang and Tang Tongzhang sat on the wisteria chair in their robes, Jin Niang came with a tea tray with a few pieces of lacquer off, held the tea cup in his hands, and went to sit in front of the kang near the window to make needles.

No one said much, Shun Yu felt bored, and casually pointed out something to go out, and saw Shen Huan sitting on the platform basking in the sun, and stepped forward to kick him: "But lazy, have you carefully checked the front and back of the house?"

This little peach is really lawless! Shen Huan bit the forgetfulness grass in his mouth and glared at her half-squinted, and Shun Yu didn't say much, only put the back of his injured hand in front of him.

Shen Huan suddenly became a little short of breath, and said in a thick throat: "You still need to ask, naturally I have checked, there is nothing, and the carriage is nowhere to be seen." ”

Suddenly, a thin middle-aged man stepped into the threshold, and when he looked at the familiar person, he knew that it was Ma Changyuan.

Seeing the guards and officials with knives in the courtyard, he did not panic, took off the bamboo basket from his shoulder, and took out half a bag of rice, a long piece of fat and thin pork, and an air-dried duck. She frowned and complained, her voice was so low that she couldn't hear clearly, Ma Changyuan smiled good-naturedly, and said: "Go and soak the pheasants that were beaten two days ago in water, and stew them to eat after they are soft, and the grass carp raised in the water tank in the firewood room, clean up two and burn them. ”

Shun Yu looked back, I don't know when Shen Zetang and Tang Tongzhang came out of the room, standing under the eaves with their backs, Ma Changyuan obviously saw them too, stood up and came over calmly, saluted the two of them, and then smiled at Shen Zetang: "What wind blows you here?" also said that I would never see each other again in this life. The tone was very familiar.

The three of them walked towards the house together, Shun Yu's expression changed slightly, and she asked Shen Huan instead: "How did Lord Shen know Ma Changyuan, why didn't you mention it when you came earlier?" ”

Shen Huan wiped his nose: "Second Master Shen and Ma Changyuan were officials in the same dynasty, so they naturally recognize it, what is there to say." “

Shun Yu was suddenly congested, she regarded this place as a tiger's den in Longtan, walking on thin ice, but she thought that it was a gathering of colleagues, and he wanted to see a very happy scene, and inexplicably felt like being fooled.

Seeing Jin Niang carrying a copper basin and carrying a pork plate duck towards the kitchen, she ignored Shen Huan anymore, went to carry the half bag of rice, and followed her into the kitchen.

Jin Niang thanked lukewarmly, and began to measure the rice and cook rice, Shun Yu saw that although she was thin, her movements were sharp, and she wanted to ask if she wanted to help, Jin Niang was washing rice, and she raised her eyes to measure her, and said with a light smile: "If you really help, go and light the fire for me, otherwise don't make trouble for me here." “

Shun Yu didn't say much, only rolled up his sleeves and arms, sat in front of the stove and took the pine branch to start the fire, added the firewood to the stove, and used a shovel to disperse, and after a while, he could hear the sound of burning and burning, and the flames licked the bottom of the black cauldron vigorously, where the steamed rice was already misty, and the room was filled with a fragrance.