Winter goes to spring, and the glacier thaws.

Spring has arrived.

Fang Ling and Nannan, the two little girls, their clothes became lighter, like a chubby duckling with hair, they looked much thinner, and their height also seemed to be taller, and they became more and more smart.

Every two days, the third lady will go to Sihai Tower, and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce will rise steadily and continue to develop under her control.

Fang Rui is still living in the yamen, and he also pays attention to the 'elixir' and 'semi-elixir', but he has not found anything for the time being.

Also, after the winter has passed, there have been more things in the Southeast Division of the Divine Capture Division - they are all trivial, there are no big things, and there are no small things, which are annoying.

He pushed as much as he could, trying his best to push it on the three big catchers under him, and stealing it himself.

……

"It's a good spring, it's better to have a dream!"

On this day, Fang Rui woke up from the yamen noon and looked out the window, the willows by the river were still clinging, the willows were shining with new green, and the river surface was white and floating, flickering like the scales of a big fish in the sun.

"Or, tomorrow, take my mother, my third sister, Ling'er, and Nan Nan to go outside the city?" His heart suddenly moved.

When I think about it, I think it's a very good idea.

In this season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, go out to go to Mochou Lake, the grass by the lake is green, the bees fly and butterflies dance, everything is vigorous, the lake is shallow, the big fish swim, and the ripples are blurred.

On the shore, grilled fish, paper kites...... Or lie on the blanket, the curtain is on the ground, a big dream, and it feels comfortable to think about it.

As for tomorrow, tomorrow is not a rest, is this a problem?

Fang Rui stretched his waist, went out, and told his subordinates Li Daring, Xun Bufu, and Niu Bajin: "Tomorrow, I'm going to take a day off......

"Boss, what's going on at home?" Li Daring hurriedly asked.

"Yes, if there's anything you need help with, just give me an order." The No. 1 sycophant under his hand, Niu Bajin looked at it with concern, and his chest was banging.

"If you don't say it, count me in." Xun is not confused by this old man, at this moment, he also stood up.

……

"Well, there is something."

Fang Rui glanced at the three of them, with a serious expression: "Tomorrow, I am going to take my family out of the city, so the affairs of the yamen will be handed over to you." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Daring, Xun Bufu, and Niu Bajin were stunned for a moment, and suddenly they all looked at them with resentment.

Good guy, do you think you have something to do, it turns out that you are taking leave to go out to play?

Look, is this talking about human words?!

"Then it's settled."

Fang Rui didn't care about the resentful three, waved his hand, and left.

What do you want your subordinates to do? Isn't it just to share the burden and carry the black pot? He doesn't need the latter, and the former's subordinates have to stand up.

Waiting for Fang Rui to leave, Li Daring, Xun Bufu, and Niu Bajin were still muttering.

"I knew that jade plums were not so delicious. These days, there is so much work in the yamen, I ......" Niu Bajin sat down with a painful face.

"Phew, Niu Bajin, don't think I don't know, you bragged outside and went to the Yumei Club, how much limelight did you have? Now it's time to pay it back, haha! ”

Li Bold ruthlessly revealed.

Although it is very painful to work, it is nothing to watch the old enemies work together and be more painful than themselves.

"Yes, I'm still relieved to be bold, it's quite sincere, but you ...... In short, so much work, don't think about being lazy! Xun Bufu warned.

……

If it was someone else, the boss was lazy to such an extent, and let the people below work so hard, the subordinates would have protested a long time ago, or simply lazy and picked on the child.

Anyway, something went wrong, and if you take responsibility, you also have a high top.

But the Southeast Division of the Divine Capture Division is different, Fang Rui made a generous move, and took Li Daring, Xun Bufu, and Niu Bajin to the Yumei Meeting; What are the benefits of usual, and the oil and water of handling cases are even more willing to be shared.

Although the distribution of gray income has its own set of conventional rules, there are also fluctuations within the rules, and Fang Rui gives benefits to the people below, and it has always been within the rules that he can give as much as he can.

On this point, go and ask, the sub-divisions of the Divine Capture Division in Xicheng and Beicheng, which size catches the head, and is not envious in my heart?

So.

Even if Fang Rui is lazy, picky, and burdens Li Daring, Xun Bufu, and Niu Bajin, they have to do it with a bitter face and a hard head.

And do a good job, and be willing to do it!

……

The next day, Fang Rui really asked for leave and didn't go to the yamen, and took Fang Xue's family, the three ladies, and the elated Fang Ling and Nannan, the two little girls, ready to go out of the city.

When you are almost at the gate of the city.

"Phew!"

The coachman reined in the horses pulling the cart and said outside, "Master, the front is blocked, and you may have to wait for a while." ”

"Huh?!"

Fang Rui lifted the curtain and looked ahead.

You must know: he is the silver medal of the Divine Capture Division, and nine out of ten people in the city can't afford to provoke the existence, usually others take the initiative to avoid it, and when he needs to wait, there are still very few.

At this look, I found that the front was blocked, and many carriages were crowded here, and in the distance, there was even a carriage with the banner of the god hunting Si Yuzhang and the god hunting on it, which was also blocked here.

'There are not many people in the city who can make the Yuzhang Divine Capture wait, and ordinary people don't have such a big face. ’

Fang Rui secretly thought and asked the coachman to inquire.

Soon, the coachman came back and reported: "Master, it was the Zheng family's convoy that went out of the city, and I heard that it was going to Nanshan Garden." ”

"Zheng family, no wonder ......"

Fang Rui muttered, instantly understood.

Huaiyin Mansion City is not like Changshan County at all, there are Lin and Xia families standing side by side, and here, the Zheng family is really a dominant family.

It can be said that in the Huaiyin Mansion, the power of the Zheng family is only under the Dayu Imperial Court, and it is inextricably linked with the former.

For example, the Jade Medal Divine Catch, the Gold Medal Famous Catch, and the Silver Medal Catcher in the Divine Capture Division, half of which are all members of the Zheng family.

And Nanshan Garden, located in Nanshan outside the city, is a garden, but it is not an ordinary garden.

There is a nursery rhyme about Nanshan Garden: 'Nanshan South, Nanshan Garden; Nanshan Garden, big and unbounded; Ten days to see, I can't finish it; The emperor sighed, and the immortals praised ......'

Not bad! This Nanshan Garden, once a Dayu Emperor visited the south, all came here to visit. And this Nanshan Garden is owned by the Zheng family.

——It can be seen that the Zheng family is full of flowers, cooking oil with fire, and is prosperous.

In that nursery rhyme, there is the emperor and the immortals, and the emperor is okay to say, but the immortals ...... Should he be a powerful spirit master? ’

Fang Rui thought secretly.

At this time, the carriage where the Xue family was behind heard the movement, and the probe asked, "Brother Rui, are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, the Zheng family went out of the city and blocked the city gate, let's wait a while, it will be fine soon." Fang Rui replied.

"The Zheng family? Well, we're not in a hurry. ”

The reputation of the Zheng family is known to everyone in Huaiyin Mansion, and even the Fang Xue family, who lives in Fang Mansion, has heard of it.

This is just a small episode.

After a short time, when the Zheng family left, the city gate was lifted, and the Fang family's carriage passed through the front group and went out of the city.

After leaving the city, the convoy headed straight for Mochou Lake, and there were no incidents along the way.

……

Come to Mochou Lake.

Today's sunny day, there are already some rich and noble families who have come to go out, but there are still relatively few people who have such leisure and leisure, or leisure time.

In addition, it is still early spring, and it is a little cold, so there are not too many upstream people overall.

Even so, Fang Rui did not follow the crowd, in this place with many people, but chose an open flat land that was relatively remote and often went fishing.

"Alright, here it is! Qingyun and Bai Shao, you take the little maids to clean up. Fang Rui commanded.

Yes, this time I brought not only two big maids, Qingyun and Bai Shao, but also six little maids.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter, wind, frost, rain and snow, plum orchid, bamboo chrysanthemum, twelve little maids, half of them came out, and the remaining half was kept to watch the house.

- Originally, two of the little maids followed Liu Pan'er, but later, because Fang Rui was familiar with them, the third lady transferred them back and re-selected two little maids from Sihailou.

After taking care of it, I started to enjoy it.

At that time.

The sky is blue and rainy, and under the sky, there are a few clouds like cotton candy, just like the scene in the comics.

The gentle sun shrouded the earth, the grass was green, the lake was green, the sky was blue, and the water and sky were the same color.

The lake is in spring, and it is breathtaking.

Being in such an environment, taking a deep breath, seems to be open-minded.

"Goo!"

Fang Rui often came here to fish, and the bald gull was already extremely familiar with him, and he was not afraid of Fang Rui and his party, so he spread his wings and flew over, stretching his wings with small steps.

"Wow, Xiaobai, come on! Come on! Remember me? ”

"Let me touch it!"

Fang Ling and Nan Nan went to touch it, but the bald gull did not dodge, but stretched out its wings and stroked their heads as if they were cubs.

made the two little girls giggle.

After a while, Fang Ling and Nan Nan, the two little girls, jumped up and down again, like birds out of the cage, on the green grass, Sa Huan ran around.

When I looked at it later, it was already under the leadership of the two big girls, Qingyun and Bai Shao, surrounded by a group of small maids, and they were putting paper kites.

It can be described as: lively and energetic.

Fang Xue and Sanniangzi were sitting by the lake, Fang Rui taught them to fish, with a light joy between their eyebrows and eyes, and there were all kinds of snacks and fruits on the blanket next to them.

In the middle of the morning.

"Wow!"

Ge Changgeng came with the boy, and he actually rode two white cranes, one large and one small, surrounded by spiritual light, flying from mid-air and falling lightly.

Such an extraordinary way of appearing suddenly caused an exclamation from the big and small maids.

"That's amazing!"

"Like the immortals in the script!"

"Hey, look, the Taoist is here? Looks like I know our master! ”

……

Fang Ling and Nannan, the two little girls, jumped up and down, and they were already the first to come up.

"Wow, Grandpa Dao, you came on a crane?" Fang Ling poked his head and said.

But the words 'riding' and 'crane' are linked, which makes people subconsciously think: riding a cow, riding a donkey, riding a goose, there is an inexplicably funny feeling, and the forced force is knocked down in an instant.

"It's Ling'er's little girl!"

Ge Changgeng stroked his long white bearded hand, subconsciously shook it, and corrected quite seriously: "It's not riding a crane, it's riding a crane!" ”

"Grandpa Dao, can I touch it?" Nan Nan asked in a soft voice.

"Be polite!"

The third lady hurriedly grabbed the girl.

Fang Xue was also reprimanding Fang Ling: "It's not big or small. ”

"It's okay."

Ge Changgeng shook his head, and really ordered the big white crane to let the girl touch it.

"Mine will let you touch it too." The little boy Qingyan next to him also hugged his little white crane's neck and sent it to Fang Ling.

'Such a white crane that can take advantage of people, even if it is because of Daoist Ge's light body technique, it must be a foreign beast. ’

Fang Rui looked at the cute appearance of the two little girls, and felt a little envy in his heart: "When, I will also get a flying beast and domesticate it." ’

Ge Changgeng brought the boy over, just to say hello, and then went to the other side to fish, without disturbing each other.

When it was time for lunch, without Fang Rui's greeting, Ge Changgeng took the little boy Qingyan and came over by himself.

After all, Fang Rui's craftsmanship is really good.

- Nonsense, Fang Rui has nothing to do, or for the sake of enjoyment, he ordered his cooking skills to Dacheng, can it be bad?

Even if Fang Rui knew the identity of Ge Changgeng's spiritual master, he was not in awe and respect, or flattered and flattered, as usual, he joked casually: "Dao Elder came over for dinner, it's not good to be empty-handed!" ”

This attitude of neither humility nor arrogance made Ge Changgeng feel very comfortable.

"Naturally there are gifts!" He slapped the white crane.

"Wow!"

The big white crane flew up with a clear roar, hovered over the lake for a moment, and suddenly swooped down, its wings folded, and pierced into the lake like a shuttle-shaped arrow.

For twenty or thirty breaths, there was no movement.

Fang Ling and Nan Nan were a little anxious, and they jumped on the spot, about to ask.

That's when —

Whoa!

The big white crane grabbed a three-foot-long, lively golden silver carp and rose from the water.

"It's a gift from the poor." Ge Changgeng watched the big white crane bring the big golden silver carp in his mouth, stroked his beard and smiled.

The exclamations of the big and small maids rang out all around.

"Awesome, that big white crane can hold its breath for so long!"

"I've heard my lord say that this seems to be some kind of strange beast."

"This silver carp is a unique species of Mochou Lake, it is difficult to catch, and it is so big...... Today, let's follow the master again! ”

……

Fang Ling and Nan Nan, the two little girls, also shouted loudly, surrounded them, and touched the big white crane all the time, touching its chest straight, and screaming comfortably.

Fang Xue's and Sanniangzi were also amazed, knowing that Ge Changgeng was a strange person with a respectful demeanor.

Only the corners of Fang Rui's eyes twitched, and he was very suspicious: this Ge Changgeng was the white crane that he specially brought when he saw his bald gull sending fish, and felt that he was very compelling.

If this kind of thinking is known to the boy Qingyan, he will definitely tell him: 'You guessed it right, since my master subdued the white crane, he has come by crane every time, and he regrets that he didn't meet you twice when he fished! ’

Speaking of bald gulls.

Fang Rui looked to the side and found that this guy was staring at the big silver carp, his eyes were straight, and he looked unproductive.

'Shame on you! ’

He patted the bald gull on the head angrily, took the big silver carp, and began to barbecue.

Not to mention, this big silver carp is grilled, and it tastes really good.

Once baked, divide into quarters.

Fang Xue's family, Sanniangzi, Nannan, Fang Ling, and the six or seven-year-old Qingyan boy were eating on the side; The big and small maids eat together; Two big white cranes and white-headed gulls eat together.

Fang Rui and Ge Changgeng were on the other side a little farther away.

"Not bad!"

Ge Changgeng ate a piece of fish, sighed in admiration, and glanced at Fang Rui: "Pure breath, it seems that Xiaoyou has not taken that spiritual jade ginseng, and he can withstand such a temptation, which is very human." ”

'My Qinggao is just because I have confidence. There are panels and robbery points, otherwise, I am afraid that I may not be able to resist the temptation......

Fang Rui shook his head, mentioning that he had caught the flower thief Kang Huaifeng, and said sideways: "Daoist Ge, if I observe the truth by myself in the future, what will I do?" ”

"This ...... Xiaoyou himself can see that it is okay, but I can't say. Ge Changgeng thought for a moment and said.

"Understood!"

Fang Rui instantly understood.

In the same vein as my Great Heavenly Empire, there are some things that cannot be said, people can't solve the problem, and they can't solve the person who pokes the problem?

As long as you hold the lid, then hello, I'm good, everyone.

"Ahem!" Ge Changgeng coughed.

This is Fang Rui's second inquiry, and he really doesn't want to say anything, especially if he eats other people's things and eats people's soft mouths......

He thought about it for a while, but decided to give a side prompt.

"Little friend, how about looking at this wine?" Ge Changgeng poured a glass of wine, suddenly pointed to the cup, and asked.

Fang Rui looked at it, and saw that in the wine glass, the blue sky and white clouds were reflected, the distant mountains were flying birds, and the lake was like a mirror.

"Okay." He couldn't help but sigh.

"What now?"

Ge Changgeng's fingers were faintly glowing, and he tapped the edge of the cup once, and the ripples rippled, as if he had pierced the appearance, and the picture in the cup changed instantly.

That is: a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, a sea of white bones, a sea of bitterness like silt, countless pale and swollen hands stretched out, and countless babies shed blood and tears......

This scene was only for a moment, and as the ripples calmed down, it disappeared in an instant, and it returned to its original state, reappearing the spring color of the lake.

"It's like a big picture." When Ge Changgeng said this, he just ate and drank quietly, giving Fang Rui time to digest.

Sure enough, the present peaceful scene, the quiet years, everything is just an illusion? ’

Fang Rui's heart was filled with turbulent waves.

Even if he doesn't want to believe it, the clues he has obtained so far: the former Jin Medal Famous Catcher Kang Huaifeng, Lingyu Ginseng, and Ge Changgeng all tell him that this Dayu is deep in its dirt and filth......

Even, just a corner of Fang Rui's understanding, he knew that the great drought in the three southern states hid a deeper calculation behind the reduction of Ding; The so-called elixir, the resources supplied by the Dayu Imperial Court to the high-grade martial artists, most of them are also blood-stained......

There are many more, which are not known at the moment.

'Da Yu, probably like this glass of wine, under the appearance of a beauty, may be...... Bone Skeletons! His heart was awe-inspiring.

After Ge Changgeng saw Fang Rui's face change slightly, he calmed down, and a touch of surprise appeared in his eyes: "Xiaoyou's reaction is much better than I imagined, it can be described as a brilliant heart!" ”

"No, it's just a guess in advance." Fang Rui smiled bitterly.

"It's not as simple as guessing, Xiaoyou can be like this, and he is also extraordinary. Don't hide it from Xiaoyou, there was once a gold medal famous old friend who had intersected for several years, and when he saw such a scene, he left without looking back, and never looked for the old way again...... Ha ha! ”

There was an indescribable bitterness in Ge Changgeng's laughter.

He paused for a moment, and suddenly asked curiously: "If such evil strikes like a shadow, what should Xiaoyou do?" ”

Fang Rui thought carefully for a moment and said, "If you are poor, you will be good to yourself and protect yourself and your family. ”

"If I say, there are no eggs under the nest?"

"Change the nest."

"Change the nest? Haha, the little friend is quick, but it's also a way. ”

Ge Changgeng bowed his head, and after laughing, he shook his head again: "I'm afraid that under the big danger, within the four seas, all the skin and flesh are similar, and the inside is similar." ”

"When I was a child, I had a vision of the world, but when I grew up, the more I learned about the world, the more pessimistic and hopeless I became. Even, what I know, is only one-sided......" he sighed deeply.

"Dao Chief, didn't you want to change in the past?" Fang Rui asked curiously.

"Change? Ha ha! ”

Ge Changgeng smiled, and there was a little sadness in his laughter: "This big yu, only the corner I see, is like an ant to the mountains, a mayfly to the sea, so that I can't breathe, how can I change it?" ”

"Besides, the poor road seems to be beautiful, but in fact, it is just a poor worm who survives and survives, and the love for the landscape is just helpless."

He sighed: "People, the less you know, the happier you are." I advise the little friend. Even if you pursue the truth, you don't have to be too anxious, you might as well enjoy the beauty of this world first. Otherwise, after knowing more, I probably won't have this state of mind. ”

"Not really."

As soon as Ge Changgeng finished speaking, he shook his head again: "If you have experienced the beauty of the world and see the truth again, ordinary people will probably be in a broken mood, right?" However, with the heart of a small friend, it is not enough, but it is also painful. ”

"I once heard a saying that the cruelest thing in the world is to try to exaggerate the beauty of a thing first, and then break it to life."

"That makes sense."

Fang Rui's thinking diverged, and he subconsciously thought: 'This is similar to a certain color text, at the beginning, it first exaggerates how unattainable the heroine is, and the iceberg is cold, and then breaks this impression and writes how depraved the other party is...... It's a common practice of some authors. ’

'No, what am I thinking?' Sin! Sin! ’

Fang Rui pulled back his thoughts and reflected on himself: "I actually have some nostalgia for the beauty of today, otherwise, I would not have faintly rejected the search for the truth in my heart. ’

With the strength of his three products, if he really wants to investigate something, he will never make the slightest progress now.

Of course, from the perspective of the immortals, if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and if you really want to be fast, it is easy to have problems.

Ge Changgeng stroked his beard, and said something more.

"Chirp!"

At this time, two phoenix-tailed swallows flew in a hurry, their fur scattered.

……

(End of chapter)