Chapter Eighty-Seven

They walked around and around, and finally found a tea shed on the side of the road, sat down, originally they just quenched their thirst and left, but when Lin Yanzhi got up, she suddenly said "Huh" and sat back again.

After Ah Qin's two bowls of tea bottomed out, he asked puzzledly, "My lord, what are you looking at?"

Lin Yanzhi pointed at the people who kept passing by on the street, then bent one finger, and after a while, bent another finger, until it became a fist, she smiled and shook her head.

Ah Qin was still puzzled to look at those passers-by, and when Lin Yanzhi saw this, she casually pointed to someone and asked her to remember it.

She nodded, staring at the people with all her attention, and when she couldn't see anyone again, she lowered her head and picked up the bowl to drink tea, and the moment she raised her eyes, the doubt on her face became even greater.

"My lord, has the man returned?"

Lin Yanzhi nodded and said, "That's right, it's not just him, basically everyone who wanders around this street has gone back and forth at least once, and ah, you see them, especially those girls wearing jewelry, as if they are afraid of breaking them, they are very careful."

"Let's go, if we don't go, those people's legs will hurt." She laughed, and after drinking the rest of the tea, Huo Di pulled Ah Qin up and said.

After walking a few steps, I saw Mrs. Chen hurrying over: "Lord Lin, you suddenly disappeared, if something happens, Your Highness will blame, how do you tell me to bear the consequences?"

"Aren't the people of Yanzhou praising Chen Taishou? Look at this piece of Taihe, how could something happen, you say? Mrs. Chan." Lin Yanzhi said with a smile.

Mrs. Chen looked directly at her, "Lord Lin is right. Where else are you going to visit?"

"Naturally, Mrs. Chen, don't you know, I haven't stepped out of the palace gate in Shengjing, and I haven't been able to get in touch with the people, if Madam is not tired, why don't you take me to the door?"

Mrs. Chen nodded, and then led them to the front of a house, and after the next person reported the news, soon a woman walked out happily and took Mrs. Chen's hand earnestly: "Mrs. Chen, why do you have time to come to me today? They're all here, come on, let's get in."

"This is Lord Lin." Mrs. Chen pressed her and said.

The woman looked at Lin Yanzhi and said, "Lord Lin? Could it be the one from Sheng Jing?"

"What do you call Madame?" Lin Yanzhi nodded.

"Look at my happiness, I forgot the etiquette, my husband's surname is Zeng, it is the county order here, the adults are coming from afar, don't stand up, go in first and sit and talk slowly." ν.

When I entered, I saw that there were two ladies sitting inside, if it hadn't been arranged a long time ago, Lin Yanzhi wouldn't believe it.

However, one of the more interesting ones is that as soon as she saw Mrs. Chen, she immediately lowered her head in silence, and she looked like she was afraid of offending her, which made Lin Yanzhi have to pay more attention to her.

"What is this lady's name?" Lin Yanzhi deliberately sat next to her and took the initiative to ask.

The lady was stunned for a moment, then looked up and replied, "The concubine's husband's family is Zhang Tongju."

General verdict?

It stands to reason that if her husband's family is a general judge, she shouldn't be so afraid of Mrs. Chen.

So in the ensuing chat, Lin Yanzhi took the initiative to talk with Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zeng saw it in her eyes and whispered to Mrs. Chen, "Madam, look."

Mrs. Chen only glanced at her, shook her head with a light smile, and only inadvertently met Mrs. Zhang's eyes when she picked up the teacup.

Mrs. Zhang was so panicked that she immediately closed her mouth again and lowered her head, no matter how Lin Yanzhi tried to arouse the topic, she was silent.

Lin Yanzhi had no choice but to talk to Mrs. Zeng, who was also a very good chatter, and even began to talk about Lin Yanzhi's marriage: "If Lord Lin doesn't dislike it in the future, I have nephews who are about the same age as you......

"Mrs. Zeng's kindness, I understand it, and I don't have to worry about marriage for the time being." Lin Yanzhi interrupted.

"Alas, look at me, I forgot about it when I was so happy, my lord, don't talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about the concubine's connection today."

Lin Yanzhi was a little puzzled at the moment and asked, "Why?"

Mrs. Zeng hurriedly said, "If His Highness knows that the concubine is robbing people with him and gets angry, how can the concubine bear the anger?"

Robbing people?

She was saying......

"Madam, you misunderstood, I am not ...... with Your Highness."

This time, it was Mrs. Zeng's turn to interrupt her and pushed a plate of pastries in front of her: "The matter between you and Your Highness has been spread here, those books, the concubine has been chasing them for a long time, alas, my lord, you eat and look at this pastry, it is a specialty of the frost state next door, but it is delicious."

Ah Qintu leaned over and said to Lin Yanzhi, "My lord, the crystal cake in this frost state is not cheap locally."

Lin Yanzhi nodded slightly, and smiled at Mrs. Zeng: "It's really good to melt in the mouth, but I didn't expect that Madame, like me, didn't care too much about dressing, but was willing to eat." She paused, and suddenly said with a straight face, "Madam Zeng is careful."

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Zeng couldn't help but get nervous: "What do you mean, sir?"

"Because I'm going to have more of you in the future." Lin Yanzhi laughed.

Mrs. Shede also laughed when she heard it: "How can it be called rubbing, that's adults appreciating their faces, what adults like to eat, I'll let people prepare more."

"Madame is so good, I'm a vulgar person, so I like to eat expensive food."

"That's good to say, whether it's mountain delicacies or sea delicacies, you can prepare them for adults, and recently my family got a bear ......."

Mrs. Zeng said happily, and suddenly heard Mrs. Chen cough behind her, knowing that she was telling herself not to say more, she immediately closed her mouth and pretended to be comfortable with Mrs. Chen.

Lin Yanzhi saw that one or two of them stopped talking, so she got up and said, "Okay, all the ladies know me, can you take me to the door now, Mrs. Chen?"

Mrs. Chen looked up and said puzzledly, "Where do you want to go through the door? The concubine is in Yanzhou, and there are only these few ladies and friends."

"The purpose of His Royal Highness and my trip is for the people of Yanzhou, and I want to go to a hundred houses to see, if Madame doesn't know, then it doesn't matter, I can go by myself."

Mrs. Zhang suddenly spoke: "My lord said that he was laughing, Mrs. Chen is beautiful and kind, and she is even more first-class to the people of Yanzhou, and she often gives them gifts, how can she not know it. Also, when I went out into the streets, I heard the people praising my lady from time to time, and I simply regarded her as Guanyin Niangniang."

Mrs. Chen listened to her deliberately exaggerated statement, and secretly glanced at her.

Lin Yanzhi listened to her words with bone spurs, and secretly laughed, what kind of holiday did they have?

This Mrs. Zhang ......

Looks like I'll have to find some time to talk to her secretly.

"In this case, it will bother Mrs. Chen."

Mrs. Chen smiled lightly, "Don't bother, then let's go to the east of the city first, there is a family there that I am planning to visit today."

Then they went to a small house, and when they knocked on the door, an old man with a crooked neck opened the door with a cane and welcomed them in.

When Lin Yanzhi saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him, the old man felt the force from his elbow, his mouth moved, and he raised his head to say something to Lin Yanzhi.

"Shenbo, are your legs better today?" Mrs. Chen also learned that Lin Yanzhi wanted to help him.

As a result, as soon as he touched his sleeve, Shen Bo couldn't help but tremble, and hurriedly dodged away and said, "Madame has a heart, and she has already gotten a lot better."

He led them to the bamboo table in the courtyard and wanted to pour tea for them, but Ah Qin poured it first, and did not forget to pour a cup for Shen Bo, and when Shen Bo opened his mouth to thank him, he saw Ah Qin, his drooping eyelids suddenly raised, and he stared at Ah Qin for a moment, his eyes gradually reddened.

Lin Yanzhi saw him like this and said, "Shen Bo knows her? But she became an official since she was a child, and later became my handmaiden, you shouldn't know her."

Shen Bo nodded and said, "I really don't know, but when I see her, I can't help but think of my granddaughter."

"I see, then she can be in Yanzhou now?"

Shen Bo suddenly trembled again, clenched his fists and said, "She's ......."

"Shen Bo, I heard that your son is doing well in other places, maybe he will return to his hometown in the near future." old

Madame stared at him with a happy expression on her face.

Shen Bo's clenched fists clenched, and finally let go, and he stared back, "Then Madame Hope is true."

Mrs. Chen's smile was still on her face, and her eyes narrowed, "Yes."

Lin Yanzhi took a breath, suppressed the trace of anger in her heart, and asked Shen Bo with concern, "Shen Bo, what's the matter with your neck and legs?"

Shen Bo gritted his teeth and said, "I accidentally got it while working."

"Work? How old are you...... And Mrs. Chen just said that your son is doing well, so why do you need to ......?"

"Lord Lin, don't you know, Shen Bo is most afraid of being idle at home, always looking for a job to do, I have already persuaded him, but he just refuses to listen to me, he is hurt like this, last time he asked me if there is any work I can do for him, Lord Lin, what do you say?"

Lin Yanzhi watched Mrs. Chen interrupt again and again, and couldn't help but laugh angrily and said, "Mrs. Chen, you are a lady who has done a good job, and you always speak for the people."

Mrs. Chen's smile suddenly froze on her face, and she didn't say anything more after that, but the coolness in her eyes made Shen Bo not dare to say anything.

couldn't ask anything, Lin Yanzhi had no choice but to say goodbye, but when she got up, she suddenly said, "Ouch!" With a red face, he asked, "Where is your latrine?"

Shen Bo pointed, and Lin Yanzhi immediately rushed over.

After a long time, she limped back, but the red on her cheeks was thicker, and she said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry Shen Bo, I accidentally stepped on the wooden board there, you go and see how to repair it?"

Shen Bo couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's okay, it's already a little bad there, I forgot to tell the adults."

Lin Yanzhi shook her head: "No, no, no, it must have been damaged by Mrs. Zeng who just ate some more pastries and became fat, Uncle Shen, look at how much it costs to repair this, and I will compensate you."

Shen Bo had no choice but to walk there slowly with a cane, he just arrived at the door and saw a note on the ground, picked it up and looked at it, it seemed to be written with charcoal for an hour, he thought about it, his eyes couldn't help but redden, the note in his hand trembled, he remembered it and simply swallowed the note into his stomach, and picked up the broken board and returned to them.

"Shenbo is optimistic? How?"

"Look, it's not a big problem, it's just a change of plank, sixty cents."

Lin Yanzhi nodded with a smile, gave him the money, and then turned to Mrs. Chen and said, "Madam, let's go, let's go to the next house."