Chapter 214: Confrontation
You must know that drinking alcohol is generally a man's business. In order to maintain their demeanor in front of others, women generally do not take the initiative to drink. And it's such a decisive and capable drink. Although the wine itself is not high, it is not common for a man like Zhang Yan. For Jiang Xinyu, there is no problem.
As soon as the Xuanli is running, the wine is decomposed into water before it can be eaten, and the wine gas is quickly discharged into the air through the pores on the skin. Therefore, Jiang Xinyu can actually be regarded as a thousand cups.
"Concubine Xue..."Zhao Changle was shocked.
"Nothing. Hongu punished himself with a drink. I'm sure you'll be able to forgive me. Jiang Xinyu smiled and put down the wine glass in his hand.
"Concubine Xue is really a heroine among women." Zhang Yan didn't know what to say about Jiang Xinyu. In my heart, I still have a little respect for Jiang Xinyu who made such an action.
Many of the men present also shared Zhang Yan's thoughts, so they raised their glasses together and toasted Jiang Xinyu with a glass of wine.
The wine was drunk. Zhang Yan clapped his hands and began to serve the food.
The dishes are not too bustling and complicated, most of them are more home-cooked dishes, and the meat dishes are also very good.
"Xue Niang, you have to try our food here. Although in terms of style and richness, there is no way to compare with the dishes of the palace, but it is also a piece of our heart, and I hope that Niangniang can taste it just now. ”
None of the people sitting here have started to move their chopsticks, no matter what, from the bright side, Jiang Xinyu is the highest status person here, and the rule is that if the person with the highest status has not moved the chopsticks, then no one can move the chopsticks.
"Since it's everyone's heart, then the main palace will naturally taste it." Jiang Xinyu picked up the silver chopsticks that had been prepared on the table a long time ago, the silver chopsticks were not prepared by Zhang Ting and them, and they were brought by Jiang Xinyu himself, after all, using silver chopsticks can better prevent others.
There is a fish-flavored shredded pork on the table, which on the surface looks like it is made with fungus, bamboo shoots, carrots, and a little diced meat, which is just a little diced meat. And most of the others are served with vegetarian dishes. Although this dish looks relatively simple on the outside, it is still more important in Jiang Xinyu's nose, and the sweet and sour aroma of fish-flavored meat has penetrated into Jiang Xinyu's nose.
I took a bite and put it in my mouth.
Jiang Xinyu chewed it, and although a few side dishes such as fungus, bamboo shoots, and carrots all looked hard, there was indeed a melt-in-the-mouth feeling in this meal.
"Not bad." After tasting it, Jiang Xinyu praised it without hesitation.
"Taste it, too. Although this should be a dish that you are used to, it really has a different feeling than the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the palace. And she didn't smell anything abnormal in the dish, thinking that the dishes should be clean, and these people didn't dare to do it when they came.
"Yes." Zhang Yan still took the lead. Naturally, the crowd followed. picked up the chopsticks one after another, the so-called food is silent, sleep is silent. Although most of the people sitting there should not have such rules, but no one made any noise during the meal, Jiang Xinyu guessed that it might be that the two brothers Zhang Yan and Zhang Ting had already told them in advance.
After the meal, this is the real theme.
"Let's all get down."
The people collected the leftovers and gave them a few melons and fruits. Jiang Xinyu is rich in abuse, while Zhao Changle is the same as Zhang Ting.
"I don't know, Concubine Xue, what you think about such a meal." Zhang Yan filled himself with a glass of wine and looked at Jiang Xinyu with a smile.
"Of course, Zhang Gongzi's careful preparation is good." Jiang Xinyu responded without saltiness, she knew that now was the official battlefield.
"Nice?" Zhang Yan shook his head as he spoke. I swallowed a full glass of wine in one gulp.
"I'm afraid I've lived too many good days, and I don't know the suffering of us homeless people. What we have eaten today is probably enough to feed our people for several days. Zhang Yan's expression became bitter as he spoke.
"Yes, this palace doesn't know about this yet." Jiang Xinyu continued his words: "But this palace remembers that the emperor approved a batch of grain for the homeless." And there are no less. Jiang Xinyu looked at Zhang Yan directly, this is an indisputable matter, and it is also the first bargaining chip in her hand.
"Huh." Zhang Yan's face became slightly embarrassed. You must know that this batch of grain was given to them. But this amount is empty no matter what, at that time they have lost the best opportunity to resist, after taking the grain, there are some people who exploit it, saying that there is so much food, but it is not worthy of the name.
"Niangniang may not know, but there are hundreds of us. Although those grains can solve the urgent need, they are not a solution in the long run. ”
"Yes, the number of homeless people in this palace is only about one hundred and fifty people, but the grain sent by the emperor is enough for three hundred people to eat for half a year, I don't know how it will be gone." Jiang Xinyu didn't know that there was an inside story, but she still snorted angrily.
"Moreover, when the emperor handed over your grain, he asked Xu Chengwei, the household servant, to hand it over to you, and now that Lord Xu is also here, it is impossible for there to be any corruption of court officials, right?" Jiang Xinyu was afraid that Zhang Yan would make a fuss about the corruption of the imperial court, and this corruption also really existed. In order to avoid this situation, she had to strike first.
"Concubine Xue, that's not right." Hu Yong seems to be a relatively honest person, and when he heard Jiang Xinyu's words that seemed to shirk responsibility, he immediately objected.
"To say that our homeless group is advancing and retreating together. There's no way anyone is holding these life-saving things. In the final analysis, it is not the problem of those corrupt officials in the imperial court. One Xu Chengwei, and maybe others. That's all it takes to get into our hands. If you really want to say it's us. That's really wronged, but we. There was also indignation on Hu Yong's honest face. It's like a person who has really been wronged.
Jiang Xinyu sneered in her heart. This nonsense is really pretending to be like that. If she hadn't learned a little bit about his back. Jinghe is a person, but I am afraid that he will be deceived by him.
"Didn't Xu Chengwei inspect the work here, and then live here, then just invite Lord Xu to come over and confront him." Jiang Xinyu took advantage of the situation to pull Xu Chengwei in. That's one of the purposes anyway.
"When will Xu Chengwei inspect..."Hu Yong subconsciously took over the topic, but he remembered that Xu Chengwei was still in that dark prison, why was Jiang Xinyu, a woman, said that he was really patrolling in the camp.
Zhang Yan glanced at Hu Yong, "Ahem." Of course, of course. Naturally, Lord Xu has been patrolling here for a long time, and it is good to live here for more convenience. It's just that it's not too hasty to find Xu Chengwei now. ”
"What's so sloppy about that." Zhao Changle said goodbye. I knew in my heart that this was shirk. No one in the court knew that Xu Chengwei was actually arrested by them as a prisoner of their ranks. Now that Jiang Xinyu proposed it so suddenly, if Xu Chengwei was brought over immediately, there would be no way to hide the appearance on his body, and I didn't know if Xu Chengwei was sober at that time.
"Hehe, actually. Lord Xu dealt with things very late last night, and he didn't rest until noon, if he went now, wouldn't he disturb Lord Xu, this is not good, but Lord Xu is also working for the imperial court. "What Zhang Yan cares about now is that Jiang Xinyu is not insisting that Xu Chengwei meet now. Originally, Jiang Xinyu was in a hurry, and he didn't take care of Xu Chengwei, but now he must still be in prison. It's best to delay a little time so that someone can deal with it.
"Oh, it turns out that Xu Cheng is still a dedicated official?" Xu Chengwei is a good official? Joke. The original spearhead among the displaced people was a corrupt official like Xu Chengwei. Now he is defending him again, and it's no wonder that he is not tired.
"Of course, of course." Zhang Yan wiped the sweat on his forehead weakly.
"Tomorrow, then. Let Lord Xu have a good rest today, and come back tomorrow to listen to the situation that Lord Xu has been observing here these days. "Jiang Xinyu doesn't care, even if she finds Xu Chengwei now, she just looks like she has been punished, Jiang Xinyu originally didn't have a good impression of a corrupt official like Xu Chengwei, so she didn't want to pursue this at all. Therefore, no matter what Zhang Yan and they say, she will agree. What I said just now was just blocking Zhang Yan's topic.
"That mother, we..." Hu Yong was a little anxious, how could this topic turn to this Xu Chengwei's person. Shouldn't we discuss now how much more grain and grass the court should allocate to them?
"That's right,..."
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Many people are also anxious.
"Xue Fei Niangniang, don't jump away from the topic. Let's not talk about Lord Xu, let's be honest, we are now almost to the point of food shortage, and I still hope that Niangniang can go to the court and give us some more relief. Zhang Ting also hurriedly said to Jiang Xinyu.
"Oh, lack of food? No way. As I said earlier, the imperial court originally gave you enough food for half a year, but now it's not time yet. And what reason is there for this palace to be written. ”
"This! As soon as this topic came out, this person didn't know what to say, after all, he just said this topic, and it was really difficult to answer if he brought it up again.
"Everyone knows what kind of situation we are in now, and we are not in a prosperous stage at this stage, not only natural disasters but also man-made disasters. In the case of natural disasters, Hongu does not say much. You are all suffering from this. ”