Chapter 232: Dark Tide
The husband and wife talked and laughed until dawn, Liu Meibao slowly fell asleep, after she fell asleep, Lu Yan carefully put down the hands and feet on her body, got up carefully, covered her with a futon, and looked at his wife's sleeping face with a smile, then turned around and got out of bed, did not wear shoes, and walked out barefoot with clothes while wearing them.
There was a maid outside, and when she saw him come out, she hurriedly bowed down and gave her salute.
Lu Yan sat down and was about to bend over, but the maid had suddenly walked over and half-knelt on the ground.
"My lord, let the servant come." She whispered, putting on his shoes.
Lu Yan was used to doing it himself, but he was not uncomfortable with others serving him, and he climbed into his shoes and stood up with the maid's movements.
"Breakfast is ready." The maid said again.
"I'm not eating." Lu Yan waved his hand and walked out.
"Eat a little bit of it, adults, or it's not good for you," the maid said after a moment of hesitation.
Lu Yan glanced at this maid, and saw that she was fourteen or sixteen years old and clean, since Liu Meibao was pregnant, the housekeeper was worried that the servants were old and slow, so he specially bought four or five more girls, and assigned them to Liu Meibao to serve tea, because they didn't like to have a lot of people in front of them, so he couldn't remember who these girls were until now.
"I didn't eat it, and when my wife asked, she said I did." He shook his head and said.
"Yes." The maid looked up at Lu Yan, and quickly lowered her head and bent down in response.
Lu Yan strode out.
The maid listened to the hostess in the room sleeping silently. He tiptoed through the door, sat down on the steps, took out the needle and thread from the sewing basket next to him, and started to do it.
A cold person walked over.
"Sister Azhi, what is this?" A girl of the same age jerked out of her hand and chuckled under her breath.
The maid was startled and reached out to cover her mouth to stop her screams.
"My wife is still asleep." She hurriedly stretched out her hand and pointed into the room, glaring at the girl.
The girl grinned and sat down next to her. Looking at the needle and thread of this Sister Azhi in his hand, this is a belly pocket, embroidered with Wufu, which is very fresh and lovely.
"Sister Azhi, your needlework is so good." The girl whispered, "It's made for the little boy, right?" ”
Ah Zhi smiled. Then follow the flying needle and the line.
"My wife is good, and I don't have so much work every day, so I can't always be idle." She chuckled.
"Mrs. is good, Sister Azhi, you are also very good, you are doing so well, Mrs. must like it." The girl grinned, "I'm sure I'm going to reward you."
"What is there to reward or not. We're here to make a summoner, Mrs. Jean. It is duty for adults to be happy. Ah Zhi lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled, a hint of flushing appeared on his face.
After that, he looked up and listened to the house, Liu Meibao was still sleeping.
"Let's be quiet." She whispered to the girl.
"I know." The girl giggled and nudged her.
The rising sun cast shade in the courtyard through the branches, and the two little girls murmured in a low voice, and everything seemed so peaceful and peaceful.
But at this time, the atmosphere in a mansion in Hezhong Mansion was very bad, and after a crackling sound of things being knocked over, a large group of maids and servants hurriedly withdrew from the house.
Four or five men ignored the panicked subordinates and entered the room with calm faces.
"Woo, it hurts me to death.." There was a fat man lying on a beautiful couch in the room. Around thirty, at this time, he was only wearing a white silk shirt, and he was calling continuously.
"This damn King Luyan, I'm not done with you..."
"Dare to let people beat me..."
He wailed, and when he saw the men enter, he stood up.
"Shibo, you are here. You see, we can't live this day, and he Lu Yan is too arrogant..."He cried with a sad face, and he didn't know if it was angry or the wound hurt.
"Who told you to mess with him." A middle-aged man in a green cloth shirt snorted and said, "That's the one who doesn't understand four or six." ”
"Messing with him? Am I messing with him? The fat man said breathlessly. I have drilled a well and opened a ditch, so why don't I let my land be watered? Donkey ball, he doesn't look at who I am? It's the first time I've heard this from the Kang family in Pingyang! ”
This time Lu Yan opened up the wasteland, and also drilled a few wells and dredged the abandoned canals, there are many rich families in these wastelands, because it costs a lot of money to dig wells and dredge the canals, none of these people want to go out, and they don't care about this bit of land is wasted, now seeing that Lu Yan has done a good job, they will naturally be happy to use, their family background is not only in Hezhong Mansion, but also in Pingyang Wei is famous and famous, there are military generals in the family, there are civil officials in the court, and they have never known what it means to refuse for so many years in Hedong.
But this time they tasted it, and the people of Hedong Fort flatly refused to allow them to use the well water canal.
Thinking that it was indeed not easy to dig a well and dredge the canal, these people took a step back in line with the principle that you respect me and I respect you, and were willing to pay a slightly higher royalty than the market price, but Hedongbao refused again.
Kang Fatzi was used to flying and domineering, and took his family to make trouble with the people in the conduct hall, but he was surrounded by officers and soldiers three times and twice, and it was a good blow to disrupt official business with the intention of splitting his head and covering his face.
It's okay for these family members to scare and scare the common people every day, but I didn't expect these officers and soldiers to really dare to beat them, and they were caught off guard for a while and were quickly beaten to the point of crying dad and mother, if it wasn't for the prefect who heard the news and brought people to stop them, these people were likely to be killed on the spot.
After the incident, Lu Yan not only did not punish the soldiers who beat people, but came to apologize and comfort, but even said that he fought well, does this have the appearance of being a conduct officer? Is this something that parents can do to maintain stability and support the people?
"Why, our land is not registered in the books..." The fat man panted and patted the couch and shouted, "This donkey ball, is it pretending to be stupid or deliberately making trouble!" Who is stupid to register all the land? Yes? Don't talk about Hezhong Mansion, it's the whole Shanxi that he can find a family for me, I call him ancestor! ”
"Alright, stop talking nonsense." Another man interrupted him with a frown.
There was silence in the room.
"Shibo. He can't be left to mess around like this anymore. The fat man gasped and said, pointing at his ass a little funny, "My Kang family has never been beaten in a few lifetimes, this is a slap in the face of my Kang family..."
He pointed to his ass and said that someone in the room couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Shibo, I can see it. This kid is really a person who doesn't understand four or six, flying and domineering, relying on the king of Jin, no one looks at him, and now he doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick...."The fat man snorted and said.
He spoke. He looked at the man standing in the middle and hadn't spoken since he came in.
"Sixth Master Ji, did you say?" he asked, with a hint of a smile on his chubby face.
With his question, everyone looked at the man, and the expressions on their faces were also meaningful and even a little gloating.
Ji Liuye snorted and did not speak.
"And. I heard that this kid has already emptied his family by paying the autumn grain this year, and he doesn't know how to slap his swollen face and become fat to make a reputation and raise so many people, I'm afraid that next year's autumn grain will be helpless, I look at what he means, it seems that he wants to hit our idea..."The fat man said again.
"He dares!" As soon as these words came out, two or three people immediately shouted at the same time.
"What would he not dare?" Ji Liuye said slowly at this time.
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and seriously thought about this kid's past behavior, and there was really nothing to dare to.
Everyone's expressions became solemn.
"Looks like he should be taught to know." Ji Liuye sneered and said, "If it weren't for the support of a vassal king, this Hedong Mansion would be his own world." ”
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In the prefect's mansion, the prefect was also persuading Lu Yan in a serious manner.
"To balance and maintain stability, these big clans can't be easily offended." He said that his mouth was dry.
Here, Lu Yan's face was still indifferent.
"According to my lordship, we still have to be subject to their control?" He said with a frown.
The prefect shook his head, knowing that he didn't understand the big truth with this reckless man, and after a long time of contact, he also knew that this reckless man simply didn't listen to the big truth that he didn't agree with.
"When Gaozu Zhou Pingzhang was appointed as the governor of Jiannan. Because the problem of land tax offended the local clan, as a result, the Jiannan businessmen went on strike, and the students boycotted the school, causing prices to soar and the people panicked. He whispered.
Lu Yan's expression became solemn. He had never seen these things in the newspapers.
Seeing that his expression finally became serious, the prefect also nodded.
"Lu Yan, you and I are officials, speaking of it high and majestic, but you must not provoke the anger of the public, once you provoke the anger of the public, you and me can only be the scapegoats, in ancient times, Shang Ying's change of law is to offend the powerful and wealthy families, what will happen to him..."He continued.
Speaking of this, seeing Lu Yan looking at him with a curious expression, he couldn't help laughing, it is estimated that Shang Yan doesn't know who this guy is.
Sure enough, Lu Yan immediately asked who Shang Ying was.
Well, I still have to preach and teach to solve my doubts, and the prefect took a sip of tea and told him seriously.
"The Kang family has gone to Taiyuan Mansion to cry, saying that your lord, you are greedy for good names, deliberately oppress them, and rob the rich people, they are also honest people, but they have some money, and they have also accumulated from their ancestors, why are they bullied because of this." The prefect said, seeing Lu Yan's thick eyebrows, he hurriedly patted him on the shoulder, "I have persuaded them to come back, find a time for us to sit down and have a meal and drink together, just say it." ”
Lu Yan didn't say anything more, the prefect said too many things, and he needed to think about it.
When Lu Yan's carriage left the prefect's yamen, Liu Meibao was preparing to go out.
is about to give birth, because one of them borrowed the corpse to return the soul and the other is that the ancient fertility technology conditions are backward, she is always uneasy in her heart, and she heard that the incense in the grandmother temple in the south of the city is very spiritual, so she is ready to go to worship, and would rather believe that it is not credible and has no intention of comforting her.
The two servants carefully helped her down the steps.
"It doesn't have to be like this." Liu Meibao only smiled.
"Madam, adults don't like you to go out alone, you make him worry so much." The servant woman frowned.
Behind her, the maid Ah Zhi also wanted to speak and stopped, with a faint resentment in her eyes.
Liu Meibao just smiled when she heard this, and got into the carriage.
"What is this, ma'am?" The servant woman sat down with her, and suddenly saw a piece of paper stuffed under the blanket, so she pulled it out, "Did the lady drop it?" ”
Liu Meibao found a comfortable position and sat down, and when she heard the words, she saw that there were words written on a piece of paper, and the servant woman was illiterate and was looking at it.
"I'll see." She reached out and took it.
When I unfolded it, I couldn't help but turn white.
"Ma'am, what's wrong?" The servant woman noticed her strangeness and asked hurriedly.
Liu Meibao regained her expression and folded the paper in her hand.
"Nothing." She said, thinking for a while, "I still won't go today, I feel that this leg is a little weak." ”
Hearing this, the servant woman hurriedly helped her down, and the group turned back again.
At this time, Lu Yan was riding on a horse, holding a piece of paper in his hand, looking at it with a gloomy face, and the white paper and black words were clear.
King Lu Yan killed people like hemp, did many evils, and cut off his children and grandchildren.
He looked up and could faintly see paper flying scattered across the street. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )