Chapter 404: The strong dragon also crushes the head snake
When Chen Lan opened his eyes early in the morning, the pillow was about empty, as if the madness of last night was like a dream. There are not many traces of Ling 1un on the bed, the air is full of lily fragrance, even her body is clean, and her underwear is buttoned well. Therefore, "lying there, she looked blankly at the top of the ink silk tent and recalled the situation of last night, but finally felt a faint pain in her head, so she stretched out her hand to open the tent a little.
"Someone."
This languid voice is very easy to attract people.
Seeing that it was Yun'er with a happy face, Chen Lan supported Ban Lean to get up, and asked angrily: "What is so happy to laugh like this early in the morning?" "The master is back, isn't this thing worth rejoicing? Yun'er didn't notice Chen Lan's long sighing expression, and was busy hanging the tents on both sides on the silver hook, and said with a smile, "Of course, the happy thing is that the master feels sorry for the lady." In the middle of the night, he didn't let us serve on the side, and personally changed your clothes......"
Before she finished speaking, she saw that Chen Lan's face was a little delicate, and she immediately didn't mention it again, only squeezed her eyes and said: "The master went out early in the morning, and when he left, he told his wife that he would definitely come back before sunset." Ah, I almost forgot, the old man originally wanted to borrow the thing that Hongying was carrying, but Hongying didn't agree, and said that he wanted to ask his wife, but the old man didn't let him, so he left empty-handed. β
It turns out that he is really back!
The sun was still a little painful, Chen Lan finally remembered that yesterday evening, she was happy for a while and asked the people under her to prepare some more wine, and the husband and wife opened the window in the room to drink to the moon, and after drinking, she had no other memories except for indulging in madness. Therefore, she almost didn't pay much attention to Yun'er's last half of the words, helped people's hands and pulled her shoes and clothes to wash, and when she sat down in front of the dressing table, her mood really calmed down.
"Ma'am."
Glancing at the seven or eight hairpins presented by the red snail, she was pointing to the simple and concise bright silver butterfly hairpin, "I only heard a somewhat cringing voice from behind." Seeing through the mirror that the person standing with his hands hanging down was the red tassel, she couldn't help but feel a little strange, picked up the hairpin and handed it to the red snail who combed her hair, and asked: "Hanging your head early in the morning, what is this for?" β
"Madam, it's all slaves who have disobeyed the master's orders."
This brainless sentence made Chen Lan stunned. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered the incident that Yun'er mentioned before, and after thinking about it carefully, she said: "He asked you for something" is useful to him, but you are not wrong to be dedicated to me. Even if he said not to wake me up, it is not necessary to come to this day. But then remember, I am one with him, and if he wants to do anything, tell me at once, and pay no attention to what he says. β
"Yes, slave maid understands."
Hongying breathed a sigh of relief, then took off the burden on her back and held it in front of Chen Lan with both hands, and said pitifully: "Madam, did the master take this thing, so that the slave and maid don't have to continue to be furry all day?" There are powerful people around the master, although this thing is not committed, but it can be carried all day long, and the slave and maid are a little unbearable. β
"Yo, you can't bear it with your wife at this time? Before, I wanted to carry it with you, but you didn't want to! Changdi happened to come in from outside with a plate of things, so he naturally picked up and said, "Madame, don't listen to her, she's withdrawn." She's a lot stronger than me, and it doesn't matter if she carries it for another three or five years! But if someone next to the master is replaced, someone else will feel distressed! β
As soon as these words came out, Chen Lan, who had already put on the hairpin, saw that Yun'er beside him was pursing her lips and snickering, and then she saw that Hongying had already made a mess with Changdi's laughter" She couldn't help laughing, and when she turned around, she saw that Hongluo was silently lowering her head and cleaning up things on the dressing table, and there was a suspicious red cloud on her cheeks. Thinking about Changdi's joke, she didn't feel it.
After having breakfast with his mother-in-law, Chen Lan appeared, and Yang Jin came back on Monday, as if he had more backbones for the whole family. Originally, it wasn't that there was no laughter, but there were often a little more deliberate ingredients in the laughter to make her happy, unlike now, everyone has straightened their waists when they talk and do things, and they can be as loud as they should be, and they are even afraid that people will not hear them, and they raise their throats and shout there, as if noise has become a way to express joy.
The family is like this, and when Steward Zheng came to see him, he was full of joy after kowtowing. After signing his seat diagonally, he was accustomed to rolling up his sleeves a little, and said with a smile: "It's really a day where the sun and the moon change the sky, and since yesterday, the whole city of Nanjing has been turned upside down." When His Royal Highness King Jing came back, he first went to the Governor's Palace, asked Governor Ye of Feng, to come forward immediately, and ordered Xuezheng to be carried to appease Xue, and thoroughly investigate the case of Shangjia's boycott. Nanjing garrison Lord Xu was under martial law all over the city, and directly watched Jinling Academy. Speaking of this, he paused to moisten his throat, and continued: "Weiguo Gong Luo Shi went to the four major academies of Jinling Mansion, but he left Jinling Academy in the latter one, so when he reacted over there, the other three academies had already been dispatched from the mountain chief to the teaching and learning, and persuaded many students who had taken the exam. As for Xiao Shi, he sorted out all the merchants who were vassal at that time who responded to the strike, and it is said that it was Governor Feng who detained all the people to YaΓ©n, and he had already judged that he would be flailed to show the public! β
Since Yang Jinzhou came back yesterday, Chen Lan has never asked about the situation outside, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved that the haze was gone. It's just that, thinking about the boatman who once went to Jinling Zaiya and said that the sea wind 1n capsized the ship, she couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then asked, "What about the boatman who was held in the palace?" β
Steward Zheng thought that he had missed a stubble, and immediately explained: "This morning, in the morning hall, the Zhu Tui official of Jinling Mansion has already been tried, and he was sentenced to death for his nonsense, curses, confusion and other crimes. It's just that this is a real capital crime, and it has to be reported to the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, and the list of only announcements has been posted. That's right" because a lot of people were put in to listen to the trial, and it is said that the boatman bit a lot of people and came out, and there was a lot of discussion in the streets and alleys. β
Who is this biting person, Chen Lan naturally has no interest in asking in detail, expecting that those men who have been suppressed for a long time will not let go of this excuse and good opportunity that fell from the sky. Thinking of Mrs. Ai's elegant and clear dress, her kind and kind smile, and the plots planned behind her, she sneered in her heart.
Self-inflicted, nothing more!
As if to confirm his words, "Before sunset, Yang Jinzhou had already returned, and there was another news accompanying him back." He had already completed the first cut of the General Military Mansion, etc., and the General Soldier, who had been hiding in the General Military Mansion to watch the excitement, actually began to clean up his things immediately under this kind of fanfare, and left immediately after three days of preparation. In other words, she will have to pack her things in the next few days and prepare to move into the general military mansion when the time comes.
"I'm used to living here, I really don't want to move, how many times have I moved in the past few months!"
Jiang is also very dismissive of the need to move every time he lives in a place for less than a long time, although he doesn't have much luggage, he can count on his fingers, during this period of time, he moved from the Puppet Garden to Wanquan Villa, and from Wanquan Villa to the Yangning Hou Mansion at the entrance of this street. Therefore, "when Yang Jinzhou took out a hu roster and said that it was a servant girl hired in the backyard of the General Military Mansion, etc., her face was not good-looking."
"Such a thick one? What's going on, is it possible that the cost of employing people in the backyard "should also be recorded in the accounts of the General Military Office?" β
"It's the old giant." Yang Jinzhou glanced at Chen Lan, and then helplessly threw the hu roster on the high list, ""Officials have always been allowed to live in rented houses when they take office, and they must live in the yamen, and few people will bring seventy or eighty people to take office, so most of the upper and lower yamen in Jiangnan are hired by the government, from rough maids to servants, and they are all complete, except for the officials' families who are close to their own people, and these people below are all used one term after another.
I flipped it around when I came back, and there were at least fifty or sixty people on it. β
"All yamen are like that?" , Chen Lan asked, and seeing Yang Jinzhou nodded, she couldn't help but frown and ponder. But before she could come up with a reason, she suddenly felt that her hand was being held tightly, and when she looked sideways, she saw that her husband next to her seemed to be fine, and his face did not move.
"Originally, I wanted to sift through it and use it again. But since we take advantage of this 1un elephant, it is better to clean up the backyard of the General Military Mansion, so as not to collude with these old officials who have been doing it for many years and the local people, and there will be something unthinkable. Since Ah Lan already has such popularity, my idea is very simple, divide these fifty or sixty people into several groups, whether it is the other three major academies, or the Jiang family, each place will help us accommodate a few, just say that the General Military Mansion can't use so many people, in short, try not to stay, but also let them have a bite to eat. Even if there are not enough people to move in, you can ask Steward Zheng to help you find a way, and you don't have to use any more brains in this kind of personnel! β
When Jiang saw Yang Jinzhou say this, although his eyes did not glance at Chen Lan's face, the hands of the two were tightly clasped together, and he didn't know what was going on in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, but he was relieved.
It's tiring enough to stay up for so many days, and it makes no sense to have to NT after moving; Unlike the previous moves, this time it was Yang Jinzhou who was officially performed, and the whole family was naturally busy. The man in charge of the house is back, and now there are many heroes in the city of Nanjing, Chen Lan, who breathed a sigh of relief, naturally put aside his hand and didn't care about those things outside, and only concentrated on preparing for all kinds of things to move, among which the natural thing is to employ people.
This day is the chosen auspicious day. After Yang Jin left early on Monday morning, the courtyard at the entrance of the street became lively. Steward Zheng had already prepared sufficient manpower, "plus the four carts of the Yang family's cages are more than enough, plus Yang Jin Zhou has already officially taken over as the commander-in-chief of Liangjiang, and at this time, he is dealing with the complicated situation in the entire Jiangnan with King Xiao Lang and Luo Xu, Lian Lan has already instructed him to keep a low profile, so he didn't think about putting on any pomp, he just planned to quietly move over and count." However, before a few big cars got out, there were already puffs of smoke and dust on the street in front of them, and several distinguished customers came one after another.
"This housewarming is also a big deal, I don't know, I have to have a fun time when I know, and by the way, it's also an apology."
In front of Mrs. Yang's wife, King Jing changed his usual lack of seriousness, not only said very sincerely, but even got up and took a deep look, "The Jiang family hurriedly retreated." And Xiao Lang, who was traveling with him, was much simpler, and he just arched his hand directly to the Jiang family and said: "Auntie, it seems to be calm in Nanjing now, but in fact, there are still undercurrents. Just in case, it's better to be more prepared and cautious when moving," so I brought all my own soldiers. β
Compared with King Jing and Xiao Lang, Luo Xu got acquainted with each other in front of him, at this time he sat there and looked at it, and saw that King Jing said King Jing's, Xiao Lang said Xiao Lang's, the two of them were serious and neither looked at each other, he didn't feel funny in his heart. When Xiao Lang finished speaking, he turned his head and saw Chen Lan standing beside Jiang's side, smiling and holding his mother-in-law's shoulders with both hands, with a comfortable smile between his eyebrows, he couldn't help but think of the coquettish smile that his wife often showed, and he was stunned and coughed lightly.
"Your Highness, Xiao Shi, today is a good day for housewarming, why do you have to talk about those troubles outside at this time? It's just that there are so many of us here, what else is there to worry about? Your Highness, don't forget ...... before."
"Ahh King Jing immediately couldn't maintain the solemn and solemn expression just now, and hurriedly said with a courteous face, "It's not too early" Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Yang, if everything is already taken care of, let's move immediately!" β
Seeing Xiao Lang glance at King Jing coldly, and then nodded silently, Chen Lan couldn't help but become more suspicious in his heart. Just thinking about it, she really couldn't think of what moths could be moved out of this good move, so she didn't bother to think about it. After Aunt Yun and Aunt Liu went to check their luggage and count the manpower and came back, she took the Jiang family out of the carriage and got into the carriage.
As soon as the curtain fell, there was a faint sound of the wheels of the car turning and the whip of the coachman shouting outside, and the Jiang family couldn't help but ask: "Daughter-in-law, I always feel that there is something wrong with His Royal Highness King Jing and Luo Shixiao Shi today, they won't have something to hide from us, right?" I'm just weird, all three of them came, but Uncle Quan didn't even see a shadow, but it seemed like the three of them colluded. β
"Mother, even if it's really collusion, it won't be a bad thing." Chen Lan comforted the Jiang family in his mouth, but his hand lifted the curtain and glanced outside, and saw that he was gradually onto the bustling street, so he let go of his hand again, turned his head sideways and said thoughtfully, "I guess it's probably His Highness going to do something with this incident, let's just watch the excitement." β
"It's good to watch the excitement, as long as you don't let me use my brain." Jiang Shi smiled for a while, and then pressed Chen Lan's hand and said, "You too, the days of hard work have finally come to an end, watch the excitement with me, don't bother anymore." β
"Mother, look at what you said, now there are many heroes in Nanjing, and it is my turn to use my brain?" Chen Lansuo hugged Jiang's arm with a smile, blinked his eyes and said, "How can I have so much spare time, instead of caring about what they think, I might as well arrange the manpower." Speaking of which, Steward Zheng replied to me yesterday, saying that the person who used to play J in our family happened to come to Jiangnan, and he was familiar with the work of the staff, and he had already recommended four proper Γ©ns and two cooks. β
"Oh, that's the guy who calls Boss Mu?"
Jiang thought about it for a moment, and Shen YΓn nodded after a while. Well, at this point, she had to discuss with Chen Lan in a low voice about the matters at that time, and she forgot anything else for a while. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked without distraction all the way, until a burst of firecrackers suddenly rang out, and the two of them were shocked at the same time.
Chen Lan almost stood up at once, hit his head on the roof of the carriage and sat down again. Fortunately, at this time, the car has stopped, the driving horse outside is steady, she opened the curtain and looked out, just to see the opposite side of the eight-character wall and the high stone archway, and then inside is a magnificent Γ©n building, "The plaque under the sun is a few gold lacquer characters of the Liangjiang General Military Mansion."
Knowing that she had reached the ground, she deliberately observed the surroundings, and saw that the crowd around her was not like the usual idlers in the past, but many of them were dressed in silk and satin, and the scene was not maintained by the officials of the government and county government, but a team of heavily armed soldiers, she couldn't help but feel awkward. Until the sound of firecrackers finally stopped, "The still carriage moved forward again, and she slowly lowered the curtain", and when she turned her head, she saw that Jiang was also lowering the curtain.
"I didn't expect such a big battle, fortunately, Brother Quan is not here, he said that he should be more low-key, and when he sees this pomp, he may have a cold face again."
Seeing that the Jiang family shook his head helplessly, Chen Lan smiled and said: "Where is he really fine, he will throw a cold face, today it seems to be a momentum, maybe he will have to stand up, even if he knows, at most he will settle accounts after the fact." So many people in silk and silk will stand on a street and spread it out tomorrow, and the streets and alleys will be able to talk for days, and it will be enough to create any momentum. β
"It's okay, we were tossed so much before, but now they are relieved."
Jiang said so, and when the carriage and horses stopped at ErΓ©n, she followed Chen Lan and got out of the carriage, and was still startled when she saw the warbler Yanyan standing respectfully in the courtyard. Different from the previous banquets in Yangzhou Mansion, "this time, all the ladies are dressed quite decently, whether it is a dress or ornament, they all reveal a hint of subtlety, but the degree of ecology is more attentive than before." Before she could stand firm, a crowd of people came up and saluted, and one by one the names came up one by one, and she forgot about it in a trance, until a familiar figure came forward, and she came back to her senses.
"Mrs. Yang, the county lord of Haining."
Compared with others, Mrs. Ai's title is naturally unusual. Jiang didn't care about this, because Mrs. Ai had been here several times before when she was in Wanquan Villa, and she got along well with Chen Lan, she politely greeted others, but Chen Lan waited until that politeness was over before saying lightly: "The so-called county lord, once he marries a wife, he will be called by her husband in front of people, Mrs. Ai is the wife of the mountain chief of Jinling Academy, and she will not know this truth."
Jiang didn't expect Chen Lan to suddenly be more honest in terms of title, and he was a little confused for a while. However, seeing that Mrs. Ai's face suddenly became very unsightly, and there seemed to be something hidden in her eyes that she could not understand, she immediately swallowed it back into her stomach when she came to her mouth and was about to play a round. As for the other ladies who had been watching coldly for the past few days, how could they not understand why the-for-tat at this time had come and most of them moved to the side silently. After a while, "Mrs. Ai's side was empty."
"It's because I remember it for a while, but I can't change the title." Under Chen Lan's cold gaze, Mrs. Ai smiled for a long time, "Mrs. Yang has a lot, won't you break our previous relationship just because of one title?" β
In the year when Chen Lan struggled in the Hou Mansion, she had already cultivated the ability to be happy and angry, however, at this moment, in the face of such an NV person, she wanted to be Ren XΓ¬n for the first time, and said bluntly at the moment: "Mrs. Ai said that I can't afford it." If it weren't for the fact that my lord Ji Ren has his own natural appearance, otherwise according to the rumors, where would he be lucky? β
Speaking of this, seeing that Mrs. Ai's face was white, and her chest was rising and falling violently, as if she was pressing hard, she no longer paid attention to such a person, and helped Jiang to beckon the other ladies in. Mrs. Ai stood there alone for a long time, but after all, she took a deep breath and exhaled to calm her mood, squeezed the handkerchief in her hand and raised her head to follow. However, what she didn't expect was that not far after entering the road of Eren, she saw a person walking towards her from the corner, with a vaguely familiar face, as if it was a mother beside Chen Lan.
"Mrs. Ai." When Aunt Liu came closer, she politely bent her knees, and then said word by word, "There were many people just now, and it was inconvenient for my wife to speak, so let the slave and maid tell me." If you want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. Mrs. Ai, you should always know how many things you have picked in the back. β
Mrs. Ai was originally able to maintain a face that was just easy to turn around, but after hearing this, her face was inevitably blue again. Seeing that Aunt Liu said lightly, she couldn't help but sneer, and then gritted her teeth and said, "Tell your wife, don't think that she won like this." The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and it is difficult to say whether the winner or loser is very clear! β
Aunt Liu was about to speak, when she suddenly saw a figure coming behind her, and immediately stood aside silently. At this time, Mrs. Ai felt that something was wrong, and when she turned her head, she saw a pair of indifferent eyes that made her heart tremble.
"Since it's a self-proclaimed head snake, then why bother to go up here to worship?" Yang Jinzhou stared at Mrs. Ai for a moment, and then looked away, "Aunt Liu, send off!" βοΌ