In the small huā hall, although Jiang Shiro was entertained by a good tea and a good pool, he was still a little restless. To say that he is not very old, in the clan is just a side branch of the child, failed to study the imperial examination, so he took on the errand of managing the industry, and now he has been in charge of Yangzhou Mansion alone for four or five years, and there are no less than hundreds of shopkeepers under his hands, if it is critical, the number of people who can be mobilized on hand can even reach hundreds. Living and moving, he is no longer the stunned young man he was when he just left Nanjing. But he has dealt with countless big situations, but he couldn't get a word out of the mouth of the smiling mother next to him.

In this passive situation, he had to calm down and wait. When there was a noise in the room, he finally knew that the person he had been waiting for should have arrived, and he hurriedly stood up. Sure enough, the next moment, a voice spoke: "Fourth Prince Jiang, my wife has arrived." The outside is not the place to talk, please come inside. ”

With the sound of ringing and clanging, Chen Lan entered the room through the back door. Seeing that there were four large screens carved by yellow huā pears in front of her, and there were almost no gaps left in them, she sat down. When Changdi spoke again, she only heard a sound in front of the screen, and it seemed that the man had entered the house, and was kneeling down to salute. She was a little surprised at first, but then she understood why the other party was putting his posture so low now.

"The fourth prince doesn't need to be so polite, please get up." , Jiang Shilang outside didn't even move at all, just lowered his head and said: "That fourth prince Yunyun is just the idlers in the outside screaming nonsense, and he is just a side branch of the Jiang family, and he can't afford to be called like this by his wife." Originally, I should have signed up to meet yesterday, but at that time, I lost my square inch, and I was rude to my wife. Coming here today, one is for the gift of yesterday, and the other is the matter of Xiaotaoyuan, "Jiang Si has been in Yangzhou for a few days after all, so he knows a little about one by one".

After he said this, he calmed down and waited, and sure enough, it didn't take long for a faint voice to come from above: "It doesn't matter if you are in the courtesy, whether you know it, you don't have to kneel all the time if you want to speak." Get up, Aunt Yun, and show him a seat. Mrs. Yang Chen was not only awarded the title of Haining County Lord, but also had two palace people given by the former queen by her side, this news Jiang Shilang knew for a long time, but it was only now that he realized that it was one of them who was quietly accompanying him just now" Therefore, seeing that Aunt Yun moved Jindun over, he hurriedly thanked him after getting up, and then sat diagonally on Jindun.

"How much do you know about Little Taoyuan?" Seeing that Chen Lan never mentioned the affairs of the Jiang clan, Jiang Shilang's heart froze, knowing that no matter how painstaking the plans of those bigwigs in the clan were, they might not have a chance to come in handy. It's not the time to think about these now, he sorted out his expression, and then lowered his head and said respectfully: "Mrs. Hui, at the beginning, I just heard Xu Gongzi mention this matter, because the owner of Xiao Taoyuan rarely shows up with the world, so he didn't take it to heart, but after yesterday, he immediately ordered the minifigure to investigate carefully" Only then did I learn that Mr. Nabi sold the property because a concubine didn't know what method was used to detain him. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Lanyin had already learned about this from Jun'er, and he was not surprised, but he heard Aunt Yun's exclamation from outside. Knowing that there should be something else in this matter, she unconsciously put down the tea cup she was holding in her hand: "What about later?" ”

Jiang Shilang glanced at Aunt Yun suspiciously, and seeing that she had regained her initial indifference, he hurriedly lowered his head: "Later, Mr. Bi once asked for help from the government and county government, but the person sent out was stopped at the door. Not only that, "the old man was even beaten to death in the city because of his bad mouth." Later, Xu Gongzi happened to arrive in Yangzhou Mansion and happened to buy a small Taoyuan, and after going twice, Mr. Bi signed the deed, and moved away without saying a word. ”

He deliberately aggravated the "just right", two words, and paused before continuing: "It seems to be like this, but yesterday I tried to probe the hidden story behind it, and after getting drunk with the two government officials, I learned that they were taking advantage of people and deliberately embarrassing the old man, and the county government thought about it the same."

As for the person who gave the benefits, it is said that it is a member of the Xu family. I heard that Xu Gongzi was furious after going back, and the big board discounted the legs of the two stewards, and then followed the city because of some things, the government and county government launched a big rope all over the city, and until now the four city gates are still closed, and it is extremely inconvenient to enter and exit. ”

The Xu family? How could the Xu family have such courage, they wouldn't be instructed to be pawns!

Chen Lan had many thoughts in his mind in an instant, pinching the armrest and wanting to get up, but finally held back: ", You can come here to inform these news, you are really careful." ”

Although it was only a stingy and careful two-word comment, Jiang Shilang still showed a very happy face, hurriedly bowed his body and didn't dare to say it, and then said respectfully: ", There is one more thing to report to Mrs. to know." Today, before going out of the city to the puppet garden, I once bumped into a woman on the street looking for someone in a panic, and it seemed that the person she was looking for was surnamed Bi, but then she immediately kept silent. There is an extra heart eye, let a henchman follow behind the person, and if there is any news, he will immediately inform the lady. ”

This time, Chen Lan was really taken aback. After a long silence, she suddenly stood up and turned out from behind the screen with a long dysprosium. At this time, there was nothing to hide, she simply looked Jiang Shilang up and down without any scruples, and saw that he was dressed plainly, and although his appearance was not very outstanding, it gave people a sense of success. When Jiang Shiro hurriedly lowered his head deeply after seeing her surprise at first glance, and the sitting posture became more cautious, she bowed her head slightly.

"You've got a heart."

These four words made Jiang Shilang even more excited than the two-word evaluation just now, and he stood up almost without hesitation, and said word by word with a long stroke: "Thank you Madame, you will definitely do your best." Mrs. is busy with affairs, so she doesn't dare to disturb more, so she retires first, and if there is any news, she must report it as soon as possible. ”

Chen Lan responded, and when he saw Jiang Shilang coming out of the room without raising his head under the guidance of Aunt Yun, he couldn't help but squint his eyes with a handkerchief. It wasn't until the long dysprosium next to her coughed lightly that she turned her head.

"Madam, this Jiang Si is really good at drilling, and his mind is very heavy, he doesn't want to use you to seize the power of the Jiang clan, Madam, right? At first, he kept saying that he was a side branch of the Jiang clan, and then he hurriedly asked what you wanted to know most, and finally he tried his best to climb up the pole. Such a person can't just believe it, who knows what medicine he sells in his gourd, whether he sells dog meat on the head of a sheep, or just wants to borrow you to make things happen! ”

"Yo, you're getting smarter!" Chen Lan was stunned when he heard Changdi's words, and couldn't help but smile at this big girl...... You may be right, but you must know that whether it is in Yangzhou Mansion or the entire Jiangnan, we are not familiar with the place, and he is the landlord, without such a person to report the news, we are not much different from the deaf and blind." As long as such a person is available, and the price paid is not too great, let alone violating the law and ethics, then you might as well use it. ”

Seeing that Changdi suddenly realized, and then made amends with some twists, Chen Lan couldn't help but shake his hand: "Your reminder is right, what kind of crime to atone for?" But when Aunt Yun came back, I had to ask her what was going on with her exclamation, she had always been a steady person, how could she be so out of shape. Later, I'll have to go and see if Niang Ke is up, and how the other one's injuries are. ”

However, when Aunt Yun came back, Chen Lan's original ease disappeared all of a sudden. The reason is very simple, as soon as Aunt Yun entered the house, she sent people away and made a straight call: "Madam, the aunt next to Mr. Bi is ...... It was given to him by the queen mother when he went to Beijing a few years ago. Because Mr. Bi had been widowed for almost ten years at that time, and there was no one around him who knew how to serve him, Niangniang happened to be looking for someone for a few palace maids, so she gave Fangcao to Mr. Bi. Mr. Bi is not a good woman, and he received the herbs back then, but he was just a good idea, if I am not mistaken, there should be no other women. ”

So that Fangcao is the little grandmother in Jun'er's mouth? But if that's the case, Mr. Bi obviously has such a gold medal around him, why don't he show it and let the yamen help find someone?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this pool of water was bottomless," Chen Lan frowned for a while, and finally gave up the plan to be alone. The three stinkers also put up Zhuge Liang, "Go back and wait for Yang Jinzhou to come back, and then pull Xiao Lang together to use her brain, brainstorming is better than her bothering here alone."

As if to say that Cao Cao Cao arrived, she only thought of those two people, and only heard Yun'er shouting outside: "My lord, madam" The master is back, and he is ...... right now Childe, say that if you have time, you will go over now, there is something important! ”

Chen Lan heard the news and walked out of the house, and after asking Yun'er, he learned that it was the little guy Juque beside Xiao Lang, so he naturally rushed over there immediately. Just walking on the road, thinking that Xiao Lang only had a little girl by his side, and in the eyes of others, it was simply like a fake, but a man didn't like to be red-faced, she couldn't help laughing, "Until I entered that room, the smile on my face still didn't fade."

The protagonist in the partial life did not have any consciousness, and when he saw that she was actually the letterhead in his hand, he showed a rare smile: "Mrs. Yang, there is a letter from Nanjing, it is from His Royal Highness King Jing!" ”

After only laughing, Xiao Lang finally came back to his senses, and then his face immediately straightened, and he flicked the letterhead angrily: "This guy is really good at supporting people...... I've never seen someone like him tossing, does he think we're idle and panicking? ”

............, the lower street of the drum tower in the capital, the Yiyuan of the Weiguo Mansion.

More than a dozen guards surrounded the two carriages and entered the West Corner Gate, and after bypassing the Great Shadow Wall, they walked a stone's throw east along the Yongdao, and then passed a small hall to the north, and then stopped at the Second Gate. The two mothers-in-law on the door did not wait for the car to stop and hurriedly stepped forward, and saw that the curtain of the car was lifted, and it was not a mother who stepped on the stirrups first, but a young master, and hurriedly lowered her body.

"Big grandma."

"Well, no need to be polite!"

When she was in her mother's house, she was used to being casual, and there were a total of more than ten or twenty servants up and down, and when she married into this Weiguo Mansion, the first thing she did was to take over the hand from her mother-in-law. Now she can finally be famous up and down, but she is still not used to the posture of almost no people around her.

Entering the second gate, from the mother-in-law on the door to the rough servants, housekeepers' daughters-in-law, and girls who sprinkled and swept along the road, they saluted and greeted each other all the way. When it was easy to step into the five main rooms of Changxin Residence, the chief breathed a sigh of relief, but she found that there was already a person smiling and moaning in the room.

"Huh? How did you get back? ”

"Wouldn't it be good to come back early! Could it be that you don't want to be a good wife, and you still hope that I just cancel my marriage leave and don't return home? ”

"Just know and I have a poor mouth!" Zhang Bingyun was about to glance back, but saw Xiao He'er sneaking out of the house with a snicker, and immediately became angry, stepped forward and sat next to Luo Xu angrily, and then looked at her husband with his cheeks and said, "It's rare to see you come back so early, is there an arrangement for the evening?" Are you planning to go to Gooyan Hutong at night to get together with friends, or did Xiao Chen Yan ask you to go to see Mr. Han...... Or is it that your father has a message that he wants to see you? ”

Listening to his wife's straightforward guessing three times in a row, there was not much displeasure on his face, but it was full of curiosity" Luo Xu suddenly lowered his head, sighed and said: "In your eyes, I am such a person who only cares about other things and ignores you?" It's rare to steal such a little bit of leisure, if I leave you at home like this, let alone my father-in-law, even you have to show me a face. ”

Seeing that Zhang Bingyun's eyes widened at first, and then through the small table, the small fist rushed towards him regardless of it, Luo Xu hurriedly moved back, and then raised his hands and said, "Good wife, don't be angry, I am telling the truth this time!" Now I still follow Du Ge Lao, and today I am Xiao Zhang Ge Lao...... No, no, no, it was my father-in-law who saw that I was too busy, so I didn't know what to muttered to Du Ge, and finally gave me half a day off, so sure enough, there was someone in the court who was good at being an official. ”

"A dog can't spit out ivory!" , Zhang Bingyun wrinkled his nose, and then snorted lightly, "My father is not the kind of person who does not distinguish between public and private, besides, Du Ge is so easy to fool." ”

"Yes, yes, so I'm not even more amazing to be able to pass the customs with my father-in-law and Du Ge Lao." After smiling proudly, seeing that his wife over there simply ignored him, Luo Xu stood up and sat next to Zhang Bingyun on the other side of the couch, this Feng opened his mouth and asked, "What's the matter, when you enter the palace to see your aunt today, do you have any difficulties?" Is the family still happy, did those subordinates deliberately make things difficult for you? My younger siblings shouldn't dare to mess around, right? ”

"That's your aunt, how can you embarrass me." Zhang Bingyun glanced at Luo Xu with disgust, "Thinking of Luo Guifei's words, he couldn't help but fly two red clouds on his face, and said as if to hide it, "In short, Guifei Niangniang is very good to me, don't worry about it." As for the affairs of the family, I am slowly sorting out the clues, anyway, I have the foundation laid by my mother in the past, and I am not afraid of making big mistakes. As for the younger siblings...... Compared with the stewards at home, it is more difficult to distinguish between them, and they rarely show up, almost as if they do not exist. Thinking of Xiao He'er breaking his fingers to count the concubines of Duke Luo Mingyuan of Weiguo, Zhang Bingyun's face was a little unnatural. Speaking of which, my father Zhang Wenhan and Luo Mingyuan are also about the same age, my father rarely pays attention to women, except for my mother, I have only had one aunt over the years, but my father-in-law has one left and one right, this is still said that she gave several marriages before she married in, if it weren't for this, the backyard would hardly be able to live! And Luo Mingyuan's younger siblings made her even more unsure of how to deal with them.

His wife's somewhat wandering eyes fell on Luo Xu's eyes, and she had to apologize. Although he only had the idea of resigning himself to fate at the beginning of this marriage, in the accidental and inevitable contact after the marriage, his resistance was wiped out little by little, and replaced by another kind of heartbeat, perhaps this is the saying that a hundred years of cultivation can sleep together. Compared with the situation in her own backyard, the Zhang family's end can be said to be as clean as a blank sheet of paper, and it is really difficult for her to manage the Luo family's backyard like this.

He couldn't help but stretch out his hand and gently support his wife's shoulder: "You don't have to think much about them.

In short, as long as they are willing to be motivated, they will be ready to prepare, and they will never be wronged by future marriages and so on, so it is enough. Whether it's me or my mother, it's not a compromise, so I'd rather not put my mother and eldest brother on the shelf, than I don't want them to shake in front of me all day long, and my father acquiesced. If someone is playing with right and wrong in front of you because of this, don't be afraid that it will damage your good name! ”

"What's the matter with my reputation?"

Zhang Bingyun couldn't help but reach out and slapped Luo Xu's claws, and then said word by word: "Your reputation is the most important thing!" There's nothing wrong with Mother and you, isn't it just out of sight? But in this case, you can't let them talk nonsense outside, my father and you are both officials in the imperial court, can you let them ruin your reputation? ”

"What did you say?" Luo Xu became solemn at this time, and his eyes, which were full of banter and laughter just now, suddenly revealed a serious cold light, "Is this true?" ”

"When I entered the palace today, I happened to meet Gonggong Xia going to Duanfu Palace, so I walked all the way, and it was Gonggong Xia's message. On the way back, I asked Mama Lan who was in the car, and I learned that your younger brothers and sisters have four sets of clothes, shoes and socks every season, two or two months a month, and other things are purchased by the public, but since my mother has a body, someone has quietly bought the people guarding the back door and slipped out of the door. Not only the men, but even the girls' families were not allowed to go out, how could this be? Now that they have gone out, isn't it easy to say anything outside? ”

"How can there be such a thing......"

Since the second class in high school, Luo Xu's time at home has gradually decreased, and his mother Mrs. Lin is pregnant with Liujia, and the family affairs can only be in charge of Mother Lan, and the others are in charge of the mother and daughter-in-law in charge of one thing, but they don't want to look calm on the surface, and there is such a thing behind the scenes! Looking at his wife, who didn't have the usual grin on her face, Luo Xu couldn't help but grab her hand and shake it.

"It's a shame for you to remind me" Otherwise, if you keep leaving it alone, you may be in a big disaster. In this way, I ......"

"Luo Xu, don't worry about this matter!" Zhang Bingyun interrupted Luo Xu's words suddenly, and said word by word, "You are the eldest brother who has already become a leader, and in the eyes of others, you don't have to focus on these things, you have me at home." I have already planned, I don't want any civil and martial arts teachers, and I have set aside a place at home to let them take classes every morning, and in the afternoon they will practice martial arts according to their preferences. As for the girls, ask the best embroiderers to teach them to be red, and then it's time to learn the piano. It's all slow work, and it's enough time to take them up. I personally go to evaluate them once a month, reward the good, punish the bad, and set up rules. There is also "the guard of the back door immediately punished according to the rules and then thrown out......"

Listening to Zhang Bingyun say a lot of things one by one, Luo Xu was a little surprised at first, but gradually smiled, and finally saw Zhang Bingyun pause, tilting his head as if thinking about what else to add, he suddenly stepped forward and kissed the red lips. When he moved away, he couldn't help but smile when he saw his wife's eyes widen and look at him incredulously.

"It's up to you, and the Jing Qing in the family is up to you."

Zhang Bingyun finally reacted at this time, but the first thing he did was to stick out his head and look out, and then he pinched Luo Xu fiercely: "In broad daylight, what should I do if I see it!" You, you, you, just don't be serious! ”

After being angry, seeing Luo Xu, she smiled silently, "She couldn't help but feel that a punch hit Mianhuā, and she couldn't focus on it everywhere, so she could only change the topic angrily: "This matter will be said to you, I just thought about it before, and this time I lost my father-in-law Xia to remind me." By the way, Father-in-law Xia also asked me to tell you that now that he has everything done, he wanted to tell the old man, but he didn't expect that Father-in-law Qu was not there, so he had to stay for the time being. He also said that Gonggong Qu was ordered to go to Jiangnan, "After this trip, he will return to his hometown." ”

Qu Yong, the eunuch of ceremonies, was ordered to go to Jiangnan?

After Luo Xu took the leave, he was busy in the cabinet in a pile of twists and turns, and he hardly paid attention to anything else, and only then did he remember that Qu Yong, the master of ceremonies and eunuchs, had indeed not seen anyone for a while. There are many internal eunuchs in the palace, and even Eunuch Xia has a little intersection with him because of Concubine Luo's affairs, and he is even less familiar with other people. However, "it seems to be an instinctive reaction, but whenever he sees the celebrant and eunuch Qu Yong, he always feels that the other party seems to exude an aura that no one can approach."

"This news is very important." He hugged Zhang Bingyun tightly all of a sudden, and when he saw that she was still struggling, he whispered in her ear, "In the future, if Grandpa Xia still says anything to you when you enter the palace, you must tell me as it is, this is very important." In this way, you write a letter to Mrs. Yang and try to hint at the matter. ”

The tingling heat on her ears made Zhang Bingyun a little unable to move, but it was such a serious thing, she naturally couldn't push people away. However, when these words were finished, Luo Xu hadn't let go of her hand, she suddenly understood, but the next moment, the earlobe was suddenly gently choked, and she suddenly froze there.

The little crane outside the house was bored, but she didn't know how long it took for her to see her uncle rushing out of it like a gust of wind, and then there was an angry shout from inside.

"Luo Xu, you...... You ........., you wait and see