Chapter 30: The Courtyard

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After lunch, Lin Jia was reading in the study, and Yu Yu was waiting for tea on the side.

Lin Jia was very attentive to reading, and there was silence in the study.

Seeing this, Yu Yu quietly took out a thin book of poems from the bookshelf, stood in front of the bookshelf and read it silently.

Lin Jia closed the book and was about to talk to Yu Yu, but when she looked up, she found that Yu Yu was holding a book and reading it intently, and she couldn't help but be stunned.

The Great Zhou Dynasty paid attention to women's lack of talent is virtue, and many ladies are illiterate, and Yu Yu, a little girl, not only knows words, can read, but also can write letters, it is really rare, how did she do it?

Yu Yu noticed that someone was looking at him, so he looked up and found that it was Lin Jia who was looking at him, so he couldn't help but smile and closed the book in his hand: "Childe, what do you command?" ”

Lin Jia looked at Yu Yu with gentle eyes: "Which poem did you just read?" ”

He had already recognized that what Yu Yu was holding in his hand was "Nineteen Ancient Poems".

Yu Yu squinted and smiled, and a pair of small pear vortices on her snow-white cheeks appeared from time to time, very cute: "Childe, it's "Shijiang Picking Hibiscus"!" ”

Lin Jia's heart moved, and she said softly: "Do you know how to recite?" ”

Yu Yu's eyes were shining, and there was a touch of pride: "Wading the river to pick hibiscus, Lan Ze has many fragrant grasses." Whoever you want to leave behind, you are thinking about it from afar. I also look at my hometown, and the road is long.

Separated from each other with one heart, sorrowful to the end of old age......"

At first, she still had a smug look on her face, but with her back, the smile on her face disappeared, and the smugness in her eyes gradually turned into sadness.

Yu Yu's voice was crisp and delicate, but it fully expressed the sadness and sadness in this poem, and Lin Jia's always sensitive heart was also touched.

After a moment, he said softly, "You...... Can you recite it by sight? ”

Yu Yu tried his best to get rid of his sad emotions, and said with a smile: "Yu Gongzi, generally not too awkward articles or poems, slaves can recite them after reading them once!" ”

She thought about it, squinted her eyes and smiled to herself, and a pair of small pear vortices appeared and disappeared: "Childe, if the slave maid is a man, he can be the child's scholar, and if he is older, he will be the secretary of the childe - it's a pity that the slave and the maid are women!" ”

Lin Jia looked at Yu Gardenia for a moment, and saw that her forehead hair was full of eyebrows, the black green silk was pulled into a delicate peach heart bun, and the rest of her long hair hung down smoothly, a small face was as white as jade, her eyes were black and watery, her cherry lips were fresh and ruddy, and her slender body was wearing a jade white background with a vertical collar and narrow sleeve buttons, and a black lilac skirt was tied, which made the whole person more and more like a delicate gardenia in the wind, fragile and beautiful - such a girl wants to be a scholar?

He couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Jia rarely smiled, and Yu Yu almost saw him smile for the first time, so she couldn't help but be stunned, and said in her heart: Childe is so good-looking with a smile!

Because she knew that Lin Jia was in a good mood at this time, Yu Yu took the opportunity to say: "Childe, the slave maid wants to ask for one thing ...... son."

She has always been responsible for cleaning the inner study, and she has long coveted this room full of books, but she didn't dare to move, so she had to endure it and wait for the opportunity, but she didn't expect that today's time would come.

Lin Jia saw her looking at herself with a cunning and mischievous face, and couldn't help but smile secretly, and said, "Say it!" ”

Yu Yi smiled and said: "Childe, slaves and maids like to read, but the books in the bookstore are too expensive, I don't know...... These books are ...... in the inner den Can the slave and maid see it? ”

When she spoke, her eyes swept over the books on the shelves, and then looked at Lin Jia reluctantly, obviously liking those books too much, but she was worried about being rejected by Lin Jia.

Lin Jia saw that she was like a child looking at a favorite toy, as soon as her eyes fell on the bookshelf, her eyes sparkled and she was very cute, so she smiled and said: "You can read those books if you want, just don't touch the documents and letters on the bookcase and in the drawer." ”

Yu Yu's heart was overjoyed, her heart was pounding, and she hurriedly curtsied: "Gongzi Xie!" ”

After thinking about it, she added with a smile: "Childe, please rest assured, the slave will never touch anything else in the study!" ”

Lin Jia got up and said, "I'm going to the county yawaitang, you can choose a few books to read first!" ”

Yu Yu agreed, sent Lin Jia out of the inner study, watched Ah Cheng accompany him out, hurriedly turned around and returned to the inner study, and went to choose his favorite book.

In the afternoon, Lin Jia had just tried a murder case, and when she returned to the inner hall to read the record written by the secretary, Ah Cheng came in and reported: "My lord, the county lieutenant of Helian and Hu County ask to meet!" ”

Lin Jia's eyes were still looking at the file on the bookcase, and he said, "Please let them in!" ”

Ah Cheng agreed and retreated.

Lin Jia closed the file and got up to greet him.

The tall and handsome county lieutenant Helian Shan and the beautiful and sick county Cheng Hu Yingzhi came together, and when they saw the young county magistrate Lin Jia coming out, they hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted: "The lower officials have seen adults!" ”

Lin Jia returned the salute and invited Helian Shan and Hu Yingzhi in.

After chatting for a while, Hu Yingzhi said with a smile: "Your Excellency came to Zhaoxian County, you have taken care of us a lot, and you have a lot of admiration from top to bottom, set up a banquet, and ask Lord Helian to come forward and invite your lordship to come!" ”

Lin Jia smiled faintly and said, "Lin dares to disobey!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at his two deputies without a trace.

After these days of observation, Lin Jia found that Helian Shan was far-sighted, fair, and empathetic to the people, if there is no problem, it can be cultivated well.

As for Hu Yingzhi, Lin Jia felt that his name was extremely inconsistent with his own, his name was so heroic, and Hu Yingzhi himself was so thin that he was too weak to be clothed, his beautiful face was sickly pale, and his eyes were like a cold deep pool, unfathomable.

He also observed Hu Yingzhi for a period of time, and found that although Hu Yingzhi was beautiful and sick, he had a wide range of contacts and strong ability, but he was a talent.

Hu Yingzhi found that Lin Jia's face was thoughtful, as if he was looking at himself, so he looked at Lin Jia quietly, and his voice was light and ethereal: "My lord, the lower official and Lord Helian are waiting for you at the east gate of the county government when they are united!" ”

Lin Jia bowed slightly.

Hu Yingzhi and Helian Shan didn't want to disturb Lin Jia more, so they got up and left.

Lin Jia stood in front of the window, looking at Helian Shan and Hu Yingzhi who were gradually moving away in the cold wind, thinking in his heart: What are their plans? Do you plan to take refuge in the country, or do you have other plans?

After returning to the east house where he worked, Hu Yingzhi took the handstove handed over by the little maid and hugged it in his arms, curled up into the circle chair covered with fox skin, bit his snow-white and pink fingers and thought for a long time, and instructed the little maid Kunpeng: "You take ten taels of silver and five catties of water to Li Xixi's house in Rouge Lane, and tell her bustard that I will bring someone over at three o'clock, so that her family Li Xixian is ready and dressed neatly, and also call Jin Meier and Kinsale sisters in Rouge Lane to accompany the guests." ”

Kunpeng agreed, but stood there and couldn't leave, with a pair of eyes only looking at Hu Yingzhi.

Hu Yingzhi frowned and said, "Why don't you leave?" ”

Kunpeng slurred, "My lord, the slave listens...... I heard people say......"

Hu Yingzhi was the most annoying, and his voice immediately became cold: "What did you say?" ”

Kunpeng was really worried that his master wanted Li Xixian to accompany him, so he dared to say: "Childe, that Li Xixiao is small, beautiful, and looks young, in fact, she is nineteen years old, don't fall for her!" ”

"The slave also heard that she slept with Zhang Chengxiang, the owner of Chengxiang's velvet shop, a few times, and everyone in that Zhang Chengxiang said that he had a dirty disease recently, and the bottom was rotten, and Li carefully accompanied him for those days......"

Seeing that Kunpeng cared about himself, Hu Yingzhi's face gradually eased, and he said lightly: "I know." Do what I tell you to do, and I'll do what I want. ”

As soon as Kunpeng saw Hu Yingzhi's eyes, he knew that his master had other plans, so he didn't say more, and took ten taels of silver and five catties of water to Li Xixi's house in Rouge Lane, and passed Hu Yingzhi's words to the bustard.

Bustard looked at the silver ingot and smiled: "Brother Kunpeng, please rest assured, the slave family has already arranged it, and it is a banquet that people ask for from Meixi Building, which is very decent; My family has already dressed up, and the Jin family's Mei'er and Sai'er are also here, and they are accompanying my family in the back! ”

Kunpeng left with a heavy heart.

In winter, it gets dark early, and by the time you get to the day, it's already dark.

Ah Cheng, Ah Chi and Ah Lan, who was holding the horse, accompanied Lin Jia to the east gate of the county office.

Helian Shan and Hu Yingzhi were already waiting there with the little guy leading the horse.

The three of them saluted each other and mounted their horses.

Ah Cheng sent Ah Chi and Ah Lan to follow the horse, and vaguely heard that they were going to Li Xixi's house in Rouge Lane to drink.

When the figure outside disappeared into the deep twilight, Ah Cheng turned around and went back to the inner house - he had to explain to Yu Yu, there was no need to prepare dinner for his son tonight!

Yu Yu was rolling up his sleeves and chopping vegetables, and after listening to Ah Cheng's words, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "Is it the county lieutenant of Helian and the county of Hu who invited the son to drink?" ”

Ah Cheng took a peeled orange from Qingcha's hand, ate a petal, and said, "That's right! ”

Yu Yu said casually: "Where to drink?" Later, you and A-Qing will have to pick it up! ”

Ah Cheng felt that the oranges were sweet and sour, and they were delicious, so he stuffed them all into his mouth, and after eating the oranges, he said: "I heard that it is Li Xixi's family in Rouge Lane!" ”

Yu Yu listened to it, stopped cutting vegetables, her thick and beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, and said in her heart: I went to buy vegetables before, but I heard that Rouge Lane is a fireworks cave, and Li Xixi is obviously a girl's name, who will call it by a girl's name...... Could it be that Helian County Lieutenant and Hu County Cheng took their son to the Xingyuan?

She thought about Lin Jia's description, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened: Childe is only sixteen years old this year, and although he is deep, he is still young after all, and he has not yet reached the age of knowing people......

Thinking of this, Yu Yu's face turned a little pale, and she hurriedly asked Ah Cheng: "Ah Cheng, do you know where Rouge Lane is?" ”

Ah Cheng shook his head.

Yu Yu asked again: "Do you know where Wang Qingyu is?" ”

Ah Cheng smiled: "He is on duty tonight in the duty room at the east gate of the county office!" ”

Yu Yu hurriedly instructed Qingcha who was preparing to burn the fire: "Qingcha, don't burn the fire first, watch the door at home, and I will go out with Ah Cheng!" ”

Ah Cheng looked at Yu Yu in surprise.

Yu Yu didn't have time to explain more, so he grabbed Ah Cheng's arm and ran out: "You take me to find Wang Qingyu!" ”

Wang Qingyu is a native of Zhao County and should know where Rouge Lane is.