The days are lively, and the New Year is gradually approaching, and the bitter cold side plug also has a bit of New Year's flavor.

Ming Lanying also began to prepare things for the New Year, this buys and buys that adds, and when the things are finished, she remembers, she doesn't know the form of the New Year here, and she was busy with work in her previous life, so she didn't celebrate the New Year, and she didn't understand these.

"Ye Jielu, how do you celebrate the New Year here?"

It's almost the New Year, and the blacksmith shop has nothing to do, so it's a holiday in advance, Ye Jielu is taking Ning'er to play high, and he paused when he heard the words, in previous years, their family couldn't eat enough, where do they want to celebrate the New Year, but this year is different.

"Don't be confined to these forms, you can live as you want."

"Okay." The most important thing is to be happy.

Ming Lan Ying was studying how to draw candy paintings by herself, and the golden eagle suddenly visited, holding a snow-white and clear flower, fluttering its wings and stopping on the shed.

Hebai heard the sound of flapping wings, and hurriedly raised his head, "Sister-in-law, the golden eagle is here!" ”

Ming Lanying poked her head out of the kitchen window suspiciously, and saw the golden eagle scratching her head on the shed, "...... What are you doing here? ”

"This king has come to give you a gift, which can increase your cultivation."

Ming Lanying walked over curiously, "What is it?" ”

The Golden Eagle King raised his claws and kicked the flowers on the side of the claws to her, and Ming Lanying hurriedly went to pick it up, "Cabbage? This cabbage is a little small......"

The tentacles are cold and light, as if they are not cabbages, Ming Lan Ying raised it up and took a closer look at the sun, the five or six petals were gathered together layer upon layer, and it did look like a vegetable from a distance, but it could still be distinguished from a flower when looking closely, and it was a little familiar.

Ye Jielu didn't want to come over, so he took a look from a distance, in the end, he was well-informed, and at a glance he saw that it was the Tianshan Snow Lotus, a divine object that only grows on the top of the Snow Mountain, and there is only one in the palace that is less than the size of a fist for pampering, so it is easy not to take it out, and the one sent by the Golden Eagle King is about to catch up with the cabbage.

The Golden Eagle King cocked his head proudly, "I don't know, this is the Tianshan Snow Lotus, which can increase your cultivation, see through the opportunity as soon as possible, and dominate the world with this king." ”

"Snow Lotus?" Ming Lanying's eyes widened, and she immediately carefully held the delicate flower, "Don't worry, with this snow lotus, I will soar immediately!" ”

Ye Juelu: "......"

Ming Lanying stared at Jiaohua with excited and fanatical eyes, and mentioned in Dong Xia before, Hebai froze his meridians in the snow, even if Imperial Doctor Zhao took action, he would have to recuperate for a few years, and with snow lotus, he could be cured and even cured.

This is a treasure that gold can't buy!

Hebai couldn't understand what the golden eagle was saying, but he could hear Ming Lanying speak, and he was also stunned, "Snow Lotus? Why can my sister-in-law soar with Snow Lotus? ”

Ye Jielu slapped her on the door of the head, "Your sister-in-law is for you." ”

"Whew!" Hebai was moved to tears, "Sister-in-law ......"

The Golden Eagle King does not recommend that Hebai also share the snow lotus, after all, it is the family that Ming Lanying wants to protect, and it is the Ming Jun who cares about his subordinates and cares for his people.

"By the way, the front line is coming, your cousin is here, in the prefect's house."

Ming Lanying was stunned, "So fast? Isn't it the beginning of spring next year? ”

The Golden Eagle King pecked at the feathers, "The prefect died suddenly a while ago, don't you know?" ”

I really don't know this, so I turned my head and asked Hebai, "The prefect died a while ago?" ”

"Huh?" Hebai didn't know, she was busy teaching Ning'er to practice martial arts and eat enough every day, and this little thing really couldn't get into her ears, so she turned her head and asked Ye Juelu, "Brother, I heard that the prefect died?" ”

"Sudden death on the case."

Ming Lanying sighed and turned her head to look at the Golden Eagle King, "What does the prefect have to do with him when he dies?" ”

"I've never seen you so stupid." The Golden Eagle King yawned, "The prefect is dead, and your cousin is naturally here to replace the prefect." ”

Ming Lanying was stunned, the Ming family was in such a hurry to send someone to replace the prefect of Biansai, no matter how he thought about it, he had bad intentions.

The Golden Eagle King came to deliver a letter, and casually took away a sheep, causing Hebai to stomp his feet angrily at the back of it flying away, "This time, for the sake of you to send Snow Lotus, I will let you go!" ”

"Be content, you, snow lotus is more expensive than sheep gold." Ming Lanying gave the snow lotus to Ye Jielu, asked him to send it next door, and went back to the kitchen to continue to draw the sugar painting, "There are nine more, what are you anxious about." ”

Hebai hummed and went to bake two sweet potatoes, Ye Jielu came back and saw Ming Lanying frowning slightly, thinking of what she said just now, I am afraid that something will happen.

"Will anyone come next year?"

"Your white moonlight Song Shanshan will come back in the spring next year, are you satisfied?" Ming Lanying irritably stuffed the crooked sugar painting to Hebai to eat, "The Ming family sent a cousin of mine to be the prefect, probably for us." ”

Ye Jielu only heard the latter sentence, "Are you familiar with your cousin?" ”

"Not familiar." Ming Lanying didn't even remember his name and appearance.

Ye Jielu said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I'm here." ”

Hebai and Ning'er ate the candy painting under the corner of the wall outside the kitchen, with a sweet sugar cube in their mouths, and asked suspiciously, "Who is Song Shanshan?" ”

Ning'er licked the candy painting that couldn't be seen, and thought about it, "It's the person my mother hates, and Ning'er doesn't like her either, she wants to be Ning'er's stepmother." ”

Hebai was shocked, "How can this be reasonable!" Dare to destroy my brother's happy home, and I'll clean her up when she rushes back! ”

Ning Er nodded again and again, he will work with Aunt Hebai to protect this family and protect his father!

After dinner in the evening, Dongxia came over with a new medicine bag.

"Sister-in-law, that snow lotus is the top grade, my grandfather has never seen such a big snow lotus in his life, he is so happy, he will be able to research a new prescription after a while, and when the time comes, he can not only cure Hebai, but also use the excess snow lotus to make beauty pills!"

"Okay, just use it." Ming Lanying took the new medicine bag and threw it to Hebai, asking her to boil the medicine by herself, Hebai tried to resist, but was suppressed by Ye Jielu by force, and went to decoct the medicine bitterly.

"By the way, I heard that we have changed the prefect." Dongxia also heard other women in the village chatting and said, "I heard that the Lord Tongju next to the prefect is a handsome man, and as soon as he came, he was targeted by the matchmakers, and they did everything possible to talk to the Lord Tongju." ”

Ming Lanying smiled, "How beautiful is this?" ”

Dong Xia shook his head, "I haven't seen it, but it seems that when you patrol the street, you can get a basket of sachets and handkerchiefs." ”

"Really?" Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows and turned her head to look at Ye Jielu, who was teaching Ning Er to read under the lamp.

The warm candlelight softened his sharp and cold silhouette, deep and delicate facial features, clear eyes like a calm lake, wide shoulders and narrow waist hormones, which is abstinent and seductive in popular terms.

Even if she looks at this face every day, Ming Lanying is confident that she will disarm and surrender in less than ten seconds after looking at him, and she can't wait to pounce on him and eat him alive, make him cry, and let him show a different expression.

But she just looked at it, and didn't think about it, and the rabbit didn't eat the grass next to the nest!

Dong Xia also followed her gaze and smiled, "I haven't seen any man who can win Brother Ye in appearance, and no other man can be worthy of his sister-in-law." ”

Ming Lanying reached out and rubbed her little face, "Your courage has also grown!" You dare to tease me, huh? ”

Even if his face was pinched, Dong Xia was not afraid, and he was smiling and joking, and the father and son who were studying seriously on the other side of the room pretended not to hear.

After Dongxia left, Ning'er looked up at Ye Juelu, "Daddy is good-looking, so he is worthy of his mother, and Sister Dongxia also praises Ning'er for being good-looking, so Ning'er is also worthy of her mother." ”

Ye Jielu raised his hand and gently pinched Ning'er's little face, "Hmm." ”

After being accompanied day and night for such a long time, Ye Jielu also discovered that Ming Lanying's face control attribute would always be more patient with good-looking people, such as Ning'er, such as Dongxia and Hebai, such as him. He only had this time and was very grateful to his father and mother for giving him this high-quality look.

It's a small year soon, and in front of the festive and happy days, Ming Lanying has forgotten about the new prefect. On this day, the family was busy building snowmen in the yard to play, and suddenly two uninvited guests came to the door.

"May I ask if this is Ye Jielu's home?"

The happy laughter in the courtyard stopped abruptly, and Ye Jielu, who was clearing the snow on the roof, turned his head when he heard this, and looked at the stranger outside the courtyard with five pairs of eyes.

A man in his thirties wearing a robe of Lake Green Shu brocade, wearing a jade crown, with upright facial features, handsome eyebrows, and a pair of peach blossom eyes overflowing, was discharging at the female dependents in the yard. The other was wearing a blue-gray round-necked robe, looking like he was in his twenties, but he was clear and handsome, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, facial features, thin lips slightly pursed, cold and detached.

In terms of appearance, this is the best among the men Ming Lanying has ever seen, just looking at it is a prosperous beauty, but compared with Ye Juelu, it is not enough to see in all aspects.

Ming Lanying frowned slightly, "Who are you?" ”

Dong Xia tilted his head and thought for a long time before remembering these two people, and exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, it's the new prefect and the general judge!" ”

The younger man said coldly: "Looking for Ye Jielu and his wife, the sixth son is here." ”

Hebai knew that the new prefect was Ming Lanying's cousin, and stared at the two vigilantly, "Sister-in-law, could it be a fake?" Why can't you even recognize you? ”

Although Ming Lanying didn't recognize it, she behaved confidently, "Don't blame people, even if you can't write a single word, of course you're not familiar, right, cousin?" ”

The two people outside the courtyard were stunned, they knew from Granny Feng that Ming Lanying had changed a lot, but they didn't expect it to be so big! From more than 200 pounds in the past, she looked ugly and saltless to become a beautiful woman with a delicate figure, picturesque eyebrows and eyes like jade, beautiful like clouds, delicate like a wantang, and flamboyant but no charming? !

When the two of them were stunned, Ye Jielu came down the ladder and stood half a step in front of Ming Lanying, blocking the sight of the two of them, "In the next Ye Juelu, what are the two Excellencies doing?" ”

"It turns out that Your Excellency is Ye Juelu, who has been admired for a long time, in Xia Ming Langtao, the current prefect, Lan Ying's sixth cousin." Ming Langtao was the first to come back to his senses and arched his hand to Ye Juelu, "This is Meng Huaisu, my hair is small, and he is currently the general judge." ”

Ming Langtao smiled and said to Ming Lanying: "I didn't expect Sister Lanying to change so much, it's really impressive!" It seems that in Biansai, Sister Lan Ying has received a lot of goods, and Sister Lishu often praises you for being blessed. ”

When the words fell, he also discharged Hebai and Dongxia beside Ming Lanying, Ming Lanying hurriedly drove the two back to the house and brought Ning'er in, for fear of being touched by people who were not clean.

"Sixth cousin said with a smile, do you want this blessing for you?" Ming Lanying has no impression of Ming Langtao, but she has an impression of Ming Lishu, the most favored concubine of the Ming family, and one of the culprits who caused her to be here now, "Sister Lishu is also envious of my blessings, why didn't the sixth cousin bring her?" Let's be blessed together? ”

Ming Langtao's smile froze, "Sister Lanying has become much smarter, isn't it?" ”

Meng Huaisu looked at Ming Lanying with a complicated mood, and the gap between him and the shrew who confessed his love and courtship behind him all day long was too big, so he couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

"Speaking of which, Sister Lan Ying and Huaisu are old acquaintances!" Ming Langtao had a thick smile in his eyes, and the whole person seemed to think of something happy, "Sister Lanying liked Huaisu very much back then, and she followed Huaisu all day long to express her intentions, and often embarrassed Huaisu, but it was a pity, and in the end it didn't contribute to this good story." ”

Ye Juelu glanced at her sideways, and Ming Lanying: "......"

This evil fate! The original owner only has vague memories, and she doesn't bother to think about it, but now she is shaken out by this smiling fox to sow discord!

Ming Lan Yingpi looked at them with a smile, "The sixth cousin said that he was laughing, he was just young and ignorant, and he was fooled by Sister Lishu, just joking." ”

Ming Langtao didn't talk about this topic, and said with a smile: "We walked for a long time to find this, didn't Sister Lan Ying invite us in to drink a bowl of water?" ”

Ming Lanying looked at it twice, rolled her eyes and entered the kitchen, "Aren't you looking for Ye Jielu?" Ask me what to do, ask him. ”

Ming Langtao and Meng Huaisu turned their heads to look at Ye Juelu.

Ye Juelu, who has been ignored for a long time: "...... The prefect must have come for something important, so please sit down at the pavilion. ”

The kitchen table was moved out again, and the fire pit under the gazebo was too lazy to order, and the three of them sat under the gazebo with leaky air on three sides, drinking half-lukewarm tea, which was simply a clear indication that they would not be welcomed.

Ye Jielu is a cold and stuffy gourd, and Meng Huaisu is also a cold and talkative person, so Ming Langtao smiled cheekily, how strange the three of them looked when they sat there.

In the room next to it, a small slit was propped up in the window lattice, and three pairs of eyes were exposed in the gap, just in time to see the gazebo, and the three people in the room quietly exchanged heads.

Hebai said disgustedly: "I look at that Meng Huaisu is just like that, not as good-looking as one of my brother's toes, and my sister-in-law was blind to him before!" ”

Dongxia and Ning'er nodded in agreement, "Niang won't like this kind of person!" Must have been deceived by the bad guys! ”

Dong Xia: "Ning'er is so smart, I don't think this new prefect is a good thing, except for my sister-in-law, the Ming family is not a good thing!" ”

"I know, this bright wave is coming for my brother and sister-in-law!" Hebai can't wait to pick up a knife and cut the two of them now, "It's not good!" ”

Ning'er: "The heart is not right! ”

Dongxia: "Ill-intentioned! ”

Ming Langtao and Meng Huaisu were not high in martial arts and couldn't hear the words in the room, while Ye Jielu pretended not to hear them.

"Is there something wrong with the prefect's visit? It's cold, and the adults will go back early after speaking, and the two adults will not be left to eat. ”

Ming Langtao took a sip of tea, the tea that was not lukewarm has now become cold, the frozen person is excited, Ming Langtao put down the tea bowl without changing his face, "This party came mainly according to the instructions of the above, there is a Saibei River leading to the capital here in Biansai, which is the key transportation river, but this day is cold, the river is frozen, and the boats are not easy to drive, so the people of Biansai want to take turns to go to the river to break the ice and open the river." ”

Ye Jielu was silent for a long time and didn't speak, there were too many slots, and Ming Lanying who was eavesdropping in the kitchen was speechless.

From the moment the river began to freeze, no boats were allowed to travel on the river, whether it was for delivery or travel, it was changed to land, which was also more convenient and labor-saving. What Ming Langtao said from above was just a little means for the Ming family to retaliate, saying that it was in turns, and from the beginning to the end, there was only Ye Jielu alone, but with the dirty methods of the Ming family, he would definitely force Ye Jielu to agree.

Ming Lanying sighed, put down the food in her hand, walked over with a straight face, and sat directly next to Ye Juelu, "What about the sixth cousin?" We've been on the side for too long, but we're not too late to keep up with the policy, what kind of regulations are the canals in winter, the sixth cousin should know better than us, right? ”

"Sister Lan Ying laughed, I'm just a little prefect, and I still listen to the orders I am told to do." Ming Langtao looked at her with a smile, "And it's just broken ice, it's very simple." ”

"Really?" Ming Lanying looked arrogant and unafraid, "That sixth cousin told me who gave the order, and even let the son-in-law of the Ming family go to the canal to break the ice, I will meet him, I am not satisfied if I don't knock out two teeth from him!" ”

Ming Langtao raised his eyebrows, and his smile did not decrease, "Sister Lan Ying, don't laugh, in fact, this matter has a turnaround, and there is another thing that can transfer my brother-in-law slowly." ”

Ming Lanying looked at him funny, the ugly and shameless brother-in-law was called, anyway, Ye Jielu had to go out to find death!

Ming Lanying glanced at Ye Juelu, the meaning is obvious, you can do it yourself!

Ye Jielu reluctantly spoke, "The prefect will talk about it." ”

Ming Langtao smiled treacherously, "The former prefect died suddenly, leaving a mess, and the old accounts filled a warehouse, and I have hired several account clerks for a few days and no one can serve as them, if someone can solve the urgent needs of the prefect now, maybe the prefect can be exempted from two years of hard labor." ”

In this kind of bitter cold place, the court is too lazy to ask, how can there be any accounts to be calculated, at most they are corrupt account books, and the mess accumulates more and more over time. Ming Langtao doesn't want to carry this pot, so he hasn't signed the letter of appointment yet, and he must wait until the account book is cleaned up.

The first thing was indeed arranged by the Ming family, and as for whether to implement it or not, it was entirely up to him. And the second thing is the choice he deliberately gave, when he spent a lot of money to find Mr. Accounts, those accounts also revealed to him a very powerful Mr. Accounts, only to find out after inquiring that it was his sister who was once ugly and saltless, and had no ink on her chest.

After he couldn't find Mr. Accounts, he also inquired several times, and the account books of the big shops in the city would basically be shown to her, which proved her strength. This shocked him for a long time, and he decided to give it a try.

Ye Juelu was silent, Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows, staring at the two of them with a smile, her ability to read the accounts was not clear to the people in the village, and the shop owners in the town knew it, and she could find out if she inquired a little, "Sixth cousin, this has been known for a long time?" ”

The smile in Ming Langtao's eyes became even stronger, "It seems that it's all true, Sister Lanying really impresses us!" ”