Chapter 142: Old Things in the Capital
Xue Jian personally poured the tea, and sat aside with peace of mind, she is the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, so she naturally wants to understand the problems left over from history.
"This is Yukimi's own herbal tea to remove the fire." Seeing that Wang Conghan took a sip of tea, he immediately frowned, and took a few sips before putting down the empty cup, Zhou Bo then explained with a smile.
Wang Conghan nodded, and then motioned for Xiao Xing to come over, and Fang said slowly: "Xue...... The younger siblings have always been ingenious, needless to say. The faint sweetness and a little bitterness in this tea blend together, but it does not conflict, making people feel refreshed after drinking. ”
"I'm fine drinking." Zhou Bo had a faint smile in his dark eyes, "For this herbal tea, my father-in-law also contributed a lot, this summer, everyone in the house often drank this tea, and no one suffered from heat stroke." ”
"In this way, this herbal tea still has such a fire-removing effect," Wang Conghan smiled lightly on his face, "It seems that a brother has to ask for a recipe." ”
"Do you still need to say it? Yukimi had already copied the recipe. When Zhou Bo heard this, he smiled and picked up the conversation, "She is only willing to work this kind of thing." ”
"Brother and sister Hui Zhilanxin, this is the blessing of Bo Ge'er." Wang Conghan rubbed his eyebrows, and there was a hint of tiredness on his angular face.
"I think you have come all the way from afar, and you haven't taken a short rest in the county government, so it's better to take a medicinal bath first, and then take a rest, and then give you a break at night." Seeing this, Zhou Bo knew that he and Bai Yitian were rushing back quickly, so he was extremely tired, so he hurriedly called someone over to prepare for the medicinal bath.
"Very good! But Bo Ge'er, let them prepare it later. Wang Conghan nodded and said, "Let's get down to business first." ”
"Hmm." With a look, Xiao Xing and a few people also stepped back, Xue Jiancai said: "Actually, it's not in a hurry. ”
"It doesn't matter." Wang Conghan waved his hand lightly and sat up straight, which got to the point, "Brother Bo, that incident back then was really unusual. ”
"Let Yukimi see that there is nothing unusual about this." Xue Jian quickly answered, and seeing that Zhou Bo just glared at her, he continued: "I don't know who Wu Dehou is, but in short, I definitely know better than all of us what is taboo and what is disrespectful, so it can be seen that it is a holy ......."
"Bring me another cup of herbal tea!"
"Another cup of herbal tea?"
Wang Conghan and Zhou Bo said at the same time.
She is a stupid woman, but she is really the master who dares to throw gunpowder outside! Fortunately, this Wang Conghan was not an outsider, and Zhou Bo couldn't help wiping a cold sweat.
He didn't know that Wang Conghan's shock was much greater than him, such a transparent mind, such an accurate judgment,......, closed his eyes, and then slowly opened them, and glanced at the snow that has been married for half a year, and is more beautiful than a day.
Yukimi stuck out his tongue and picked up the teacup, let's drink tea with me! Why am I so broken-mouthed!
Simply Zhou Bo sent Yukimi to the kitchen to check today's lunch, Yukimi pouted and withdrew.
It turned out that although the Wudehou case was thunderous and rainy, it quickly faded out of everyone's sight, and the world only envied his glory as Wudehou. Everyone said that they were relatives of the emperor and the country, and they had made great achievements, so the Queen Mother also interceded in private. Moreover, Wu Dehou is righteous in the world, and he sends his daughter and relatives to him, which is really a pillar of the country.
Xue Jian almost smiled crookedly, only covered his face with a fan, it's really April Fool's Day, this public, it's too kind, right? What kind of concubines and relatives, what great achievements, under the cover, are even more ferocious than the male and female competition in the animal world.
originally thought that this matter would be settled like this, but then, Wang Conghan turned to the front, saying that people with a heart still know that there are many doubts after thinking about it. As Xue Jian just said, not to mention the respect of Wudehou, how can there be a clear reason for taboos in the palace, how can it be disrespectful on the birthday of the queen mother? This is one of them.
Moreover, after the Spring Festival this year, another unknown concubine of Wu Dehou was carried into the Dingguo Gongzi's Mansion as the prince's side concubine. There is no concubine for the prince of Dingguo, and it stands to reason that marrying a side concubine should also be lively, but who knows that it is done silently, on the grounds that this concubine is not suitable for publicity. Anyway, this Wudehou Mansion is still going well.
Originally, in the past six months, because there was no concubine, the prince had a lot of love for her, but she also kept the house in peace, and did not serve the pets. Due to the embarrassment of her identity and physical condition, she has never participated in the gathering of the nobles in the capital, but there is still news that this concubine looks the same as the county lord of Jinyang! The county lord of Jinyang is the first beauty in the capital, no wonder the prince likes it like a jewel.
Fortunately, everyone still remembers that the county lord of Jinyang died for Chenglu Khan on the road with his relatives, otherwise I don't know what rumors will come out.
Wang Conghan originally investigated the group of tragic imperial merchants who were only implicated by Wu Dehou, but these laces were easier to inquire about than the main topic, and they were also a small adjustment in this investigation.
After the accident of Wudehou's beloved daughter, although the saint understood the pain of losing his daughter and restored his title early, the Hou Mansion has always closed its doors and acted in a low-key manner, and even the concubine was carried into the Shizi Mansion without notifying any relatives and friends. Come to think of it, how can a concubine's family affairs remove the shadow of the tragic death of the concubine?
As a result, the group of imperial merchants who were convicted by relying on Wu Dehou were not worried about their lives, but because Wu Dehou closed his door to thank the guests, there was no statement that he wanted to be released or punished, so no one cared about it. These people on the left and right all have some family backgrounds, and the prison also has guest rooms, and the right to give the jailers a bonus.
The news brought by Wang Conghan seriously hit Zhou Bo's enthusiasm and hope, for the sake of the Zhou family, he couldn't even show half a point of vulnerability, he had a flash of inspiration, he glanced at Xue Jian, and then thought of the story Xue Jian had told before.
"Brother Yan, brother has a story here, I don't know if Brother Yan has heard it?" Zhou Bo raised his head, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and he couldn't see half of his emotions in his calm black eyes, "The story is about a mansion ......"
The story that Xue Jian told is called the mansion gate, and there is a big man who was put on death row because he was implicated in a royal grudge, if it wasn't for the second grandmother in charge who used Li Dai Taozhuang's method, then, there is no hope for the white lord to be born later.
Zhou Bo stretched out his head, approached Wang Conghan, and whispered the story with a smile and told it slowly.
The more Wang Conghan listened, the brighter his eyes became, "This second grandmother is really a character, what a good way!" There are just two key points, one is people, and the other is silver. "However, I also know that with silver, people are no longer a problem. Anyway, it's not a sin to cut off your head, so it's easier to do.
The last thing the Zhou family lacks is silver, originally Wang Conghan asked Zhou Bo to prepare some silver to check up and down, but now that he has a new idea, he can alarm some people less.
"The eldest young master, the eldest young grandmother asked the slave maid to come over and tell the eldest young master that it was time for lunch." Outside the door, Xiao Xing opened her mouth and called.
Zhou Bo raised his head and said, "You tell the young grandmother, we will be there soon." ”
"Yes." Xiao Xing bowed and replied.
When Zhou Bo heard this, he stood up and said with a smile: "Since Xue Jian is ready, they are in a hurry if they want to come to Yitian, let's come back and talk about the details in detail." ”
"It's fine." After all, they had a plan in their hearts, and both of them were in a cheerful mood, and walked towards the dining room, talking and laughing as they went.
"You two are just grinding, making people wait!" In the dining room, Bai Yitian said angrily.
Xu Cong'an smiled, this table full of meals was made by Xue Jian himself, Xue saw that this girl is getting lazier and lazier now, and rarely cooks in person, just looking at its color and smelling its taste, which has made people's appetite move, in fact, not only Bai Yitian, he can't wait to get off the chopsticks.
"It's all your own people, what's polite, just eat it yourself." Zhou Bo looked around with a smile on his face, Xue saw that he was not in the hall, and thought that he had gone back to the backyard.
"Say it earlier!" Bai Yitian was no longer polite, put down the chopsticks like electricity, and started to move in one step.
Wang Conghan couldn't bear to look at him, only smiled and glanced at the other two, before he said lightly: "This weather has entered the height of summer, but your hall is a little cool, I think there is a lot of ice, right?" ”
"It's my daughter who is careful, afraid that the old man will be so hot that she hasn't broken the ice for a summer." Xu Cong'an's voice was not high, with a deterrent atmosphere, and everyone present was happy.
Zhou Bo said with a smile when he was in a good mood because the big stone in his heart had settled: "Xue saw filial piety to his father-in-law, that is exactly what he should do." Yitian, don't stare at me, I know that you are helping Brother Yan with business outside, so this summer, there is no shortage of herbal tea and ice in my house, don't worry. ”
"What's wrong with me?" Bai Yitian ate even more happily, "In the future, Brother Bo will settle down in Anning, and I will be more at ease!" ”
"Yitian is used to being lazy and slippery, be careful that when Xue sees it, he will curse again." Xu Cong'an couldn't help but point at him.
Everyone laughed together, but they all forgot the rule of not saying anything.