Three days later,

Wu Conghai hurriedly entered the palace and asked to meet the emperor.

Although the time was not right, after a long wait, he still met Emperor Yongming. Before the two monarchs and ministers could say a word, the emperor instructed Li Dongyan to send all the other people in the hall out, leaving Li Dongyan to serve closely.

The two of them had a secret conversation for a long time......

Until a thunderclap exploded over the Forbidden City, shaking the windows in the hall and popping, the first rainstorm since the beginning of summer poured down without warning.

Wu Conghai looked out through the rhombic hole in the partition door, and could only see the stone railing on the Dan Majesty outside the hall, and the dense raindrops hit it, which had blurred the original outline of the railing.

He thought thoughtfully, strange to the world, he always felt stuffy in his chest today, very similar to the feeling when Jiangnan entered summer, it turned out that the sky had changed......

He also stayed in Jiangnan for a few years, so naturally there is a comparison, in the north, there is rarely a southern summer 'steaming', as if you are soaking in water all day, and it seems to be wearing wet clothes, which makes people uncomfortable.

In May, there was a torrential rain in the north, and a plum day in the south.

Nanjing City, on the banks of the Qingxi River,

There is a delicate small courtyard near Dazhong Bridge, the courtyard is also called the courtyard house in the south, there is no corridor, but the houses on all sides are surrounded into a patio.

In the courtyard of the small courtyard, a Xinyi tree was planted, which had been here for some years, and the branches were leaning out. At this time, the flowering period has passed, so the abrupt branches look a little weird, but the strange is quite meaningful, if it is the Xinyi flower in full bloom, it must be another charm.

There is a natural stone table under the tree, and there is a reclining chair on the side, and a person is lying on it, and he is still reading leisurely: "Qingxi is full of Xinyi trees, not as good as Dongfeng peach and plum blossoms......"

This person is Gu Jue, and this quadrangle house is the residence of Xueyi. He only dealt with the contract yesterday, and the money was handed over properly, a full 700,000 taels, a lot of money, and all the silver deeds were paid.

Xueyi next to her was eating cherries, and the sweet and sour taste made her can't help but eat several in a row, and it happened that Gu Jue read that sentence, and she couldn't help but want to talk about him when she heard it, so she spit out the cherry pit, and the red juice on her mouth said,

"Yo, how much does the ancient prince look down on Xinyi trees, I only have Xinyi and no peach blossoms, but I like Xinyi and hate peach blossoms."

Gu Jue lowered his head, looked at the woman in front of him who was talking very impulsively, and saw that her lips were still stained with red juice, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and gently rub it with his thumb, and put it in his mouth, which was really sweet and sour...... It's also spicy.

His heart moved, and he couldn't help laughing: "Why do you hate peach blossoms so much?" ”

Xueyi said angrily: "Pretentious, what's so good?" Just you men...... Whining. ”

Gu Jue suddenly reached out and pinched her two lips, so that the words that came to her mouth were wrapped in her mouth and couldn't spit it out, her mouth was pinched, and her cheeks were still agitating, like a duck trying to open its mouth to speak.

Gu Jue looked at it, and couldn't help laughing, and then her fingers suddenly let go, and she was defenseless and couldn't control her breath again, and the words that were still wrapped in her mouth were like cannons...... Spit it out.

Gu Jue bent down with a smile, beating his chest, pausing his feet, and constantly slapping his thighs. Xueyi was teased by him like this, her face instantly turned red, and she was only stunned for a moment, and then she began to resist with shame and annoyance.

"Okay, you Gu Jue, you don't make such a fool of yourself!"

She leaned over and stretched out her fist to 'beat him', but her small body was a man's opponent, Gu Jue took advantage of the situation and pulled her into her arms, and also used two strong arms to suppress her hand that tried to 'rebel'.

Xueyi rode on his body, not moving, not moving, the two were so deadlocked, for a while, Gu Jue suppressed his voice and said,

"Don't move! I can't help it anymore......" He 'threatened' her and buried his head in her body.

Xueyi could feel the heat of his breath spraying on her body through the thin clothes, her heart palpitated, she looked down at him, her black hair was not messy, and she also had a hosta with an excellent water head, and a net towel was covered in front of her forehead, making her sideburns fit and look refreshing and clean.

is such a man, Xueyi is really a little moved.

Gu Jue seemed to feel her gaze, raised his head and looked at her, so close that his pupils imprinted each other's figures, his breaths intertwined and entangled, and he looked at it stupidly, as if he had forgotten who he was.

The birth of love is also in the moment of selflessness in life......

After a long time, the snow clothes were tired, the body softened, and he lay on Gu Jue's body, although the wet weather made the two not very comfortable, but they just didn't want to be separated like this.

Xueyi suddenly remembered something, and said to him with a smile: "Gu Jue, I will enter Beijing in two days." ”

Gu Jue didn't move, and he said lazily for a long time: "Because of you Master Du?" ”

"Yes, the master accepted the invitation from the palace and wanted to perform, and I, as an apprentice, naturally had to wait with the attendants."

"I'm going to go back later......"

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Liuhe County Ya,

The wet weather made Fang Siwei feel a little irritable, and he thought to himself, why didn't God rain happily?

I still have the Tang Bao I just got, as well as the latest issue of the "Southern Business Daily", which has the latest news of the imperial court's decrees, but the "Business Daily" seems to be more comprehensive than the Tang Daily.

Master Huang walked in with a pu fan, wearing a Taoist robe crookedly, almost to the point of exposing his chest and breasts, fortunately, he was already on duty, and there were no outsiders in the back hall of the yamen, if he let others see it, it would be a bunch of gossip.

"It's a hell of a day, and everyone is going to get moldy!"

Fang Siwei is a native of Tongcheng, and he has long been accustomed to this kind of rotten plum day, but Master Huang is an authentic northerner, how could he have ever had such a wet summer?

"This is just the beginning, why don't you have to come out at the end of June and July."

Master Huang frowned when he heard this, and shook the fan a few times, as if that way he could clear the heat and cool down.

"Hey, the old man's life......"

Fang Siwei didn't continue to pay attention to him, he was still studying the Tang newspaper, Master Huang howled twice and saw no response, so he had to put his thoughts away and pay attention to the newspaper.

There are two main pieces of news in the Tang newspaper, which are very critical for him and even Liuhe County, one is that the north-south road that is about to be rebuilt happens to be in the neighboring county, and the second is the economic zone of the three counties in Jiangbei, which happens to also have Liuhe County.

Especially this economic zone, Fang Siwei fell into deep thought, which couldn't help but remind him of Wu Yan's racecourse, is there a relationship between the two?

Seeing that he was always frowning and didn't speak for a long time, Master Huang knew what he was anxious about in the newspaper, thought about it, and said to him,

"Now that it's just been discussed by the court, it's still too early to be implemented, so there's no need to worry, just let it be."

Fang Siwei slowly raised his head and looked at him, with confusion in his eyes: "How to go with the flow?" ”

"Clear the land step by step, and let the public land go on as usual."

Fang Siwei's eyes rolled, and he finally had some expression: "That's right!" Either way, it's always right to keep doing it. ”

"As for the economic zone...... This old man has to ask you, why don't you just write to the Wu girl and ask? ”

Why bother thinking about it alone, and you can't figure it out for a while, why bother?

"I always think it's just a little bit worse, so a little bit, I can figure it out......"

Master Huang had to roll his eyelids and give him a big white eye.

"Forget it, the old man is looking for ice cubes...... "I'm not talking nonsense with you here."

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Five miles outside the county, Xichen,

There used to be an inconspicuous alley here, but since the opening of Fulai Pavilion, this alley is no longer lonely and nameless, and has begun to become lively. But now, everything is back to its original appearance, just like after the hustle and bustle, there is always loneliness.

The Cao family's house is next to Fulai Pavilion, and the two families are also neighbors.

In the past, I always thought that Fulai Pavilion was noisy, and the hot pot smell was heavy, but now that it is quiet, I miss it a little.

There is a rockery stacked in the garden, which is not high but quite steep, and you can climb it if you wind up the gentle slope next to the mountain. Halfway up the mountain, set up a small pavilion with four corners, the bamboo curtain on all sides is half hanging, there is only one stone table and four stone piers in the pavilion, and the stone table puts an official old pottery pen wash, which is filled with clear water, and is soaked in a few beautiful rain flower stones.

The texture and color of these rain flower stones are different, and the magic is that they are suitable for matching, and the water is slightly rippling, as if these stones have life.

Cao Shuyu sat in the pavilion, wearing an ordinary fine Ge robe, with a silk ring tied around his waist, and his legs were crossed, revealing a pair of clouds on his feet. He buried his head, and the two thin bands of the flowing towel hung down, just sweeping over the fat face of the big orange cat in his arms.

The big orange cat curled up lazily in his arms, and nothing around could disturb it, but Cao Shuyu was a little suffering, and in the wet weather, it was like holding a big stove in his arms.

"What do you think you're doing here? Find your shovel officer......"

He began to talk to himself, as if he was afraid that the fat cat would not leave him.

"Okay, okay, you're not leaving, are you? I'm going to let you go...... In this way, this son is a good man to the end, and he will send you to the capital to find your shovel officer, how about it? ”

The orange cat didn't even lift its eyes,

Cao Shuyu raised his head to look somewhere, but his eyes were not focused, he subconsciously took a deep breath, as if he was capturing some familiar taste. However, the moisture in the air sticks to the nose and mouth, and it seems that the sense of smell and taste is lost.

There was not a trace of wind blowing, and there were few insects and birds singing in the silence around.

However, the orange cat suddenly reacted, it moved its ears, opened half of its eyes, and let out a small meow ...... its mouth.

After a while, a figure appeared on the mountain road, stopped not far from the half-mountain pavilion, and then bowed to the pavilion and said: "Master, Wang Dalong, the head of the Liuhe Wang family, asks to see." ”

"Please ......"

"Yes," the visitor said, turning and leaving.

It didn't take long for two figures to appear on the mountain road again, and the orange cat didn't react much, and fell back into Cao Shuyu's arms.

The two of them came to the pavilion for a short pause, and then one of them bowed down and entered the pavilion......

In fact, this man did not delay for too long, but after half an hour, he came out of the pavilion again, and then left with him.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, Cao Shuyu got up and left the Four Corners Pavilion and returned to his study in the garden. Uncle Quan was already waiting here, and when he saw his master coming back, he said,

"Master, the ticket numbers, money dealers and pawnshops under my Deshantang in the southern provinces have begun to transport silver to Nanjing, and the northern provinces are a little slower, but they are also ready and ready to be shipped at any time. And ......"

"What is the situation of those account offices in the capital now?"

"It's already done, but the biggest problem in the capital at the moment is probably the lack of silver, and of course it may only be affected in the short term."

"Lack of silver...... That's a good thing, too. ”

"Master, can this Wang family be trusted?"

"Heh, as long as you're smart enough."

"Master...... The old slave has a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not? ”

"You're afraid you'll play too big this time? Can't take it? ”

"Uh...... The old slave will not interfere with the master to make any decisions," Uncle Quan couldn't help but sigh secretly, this time he didn't just play big, he simply pressed his full net worth.

"That'...... Is the capital still going? ”

"Go, let's go the day after tomorrow."