"Daddy... Daddy..."

The little fat girl fluttered a few times in Chen Kan's arms, and Chen Kan rubbed her little face vigorously, which immediately made her giggle.

"Ouch, baby, it's time to lose weight, otherwise Daddy won't be able to hold you in a few years."

Lifting Fengyang high, Chen Kan couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

I don't know how this child grows, whether it is him or Chang Ning, they are not people with obesity genes, this little fat girl has grown into a small ball.

Cute is cute, but this weight is getting heavier and heavier.

Whose child is one and a half years old and grows to thirty pounds?

The soft Feng Yang didn't know what it meant to lose weight, and thought that Chen Kan was playing with him, his chubby little hands and feet were constantly fluttering, just like this tooth and claw, he was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp when he grew up.

The father and daughter played around for a while, and Chen Kan picked up Fengyang, grabbed her under his armpit and walked towards the backyard.

There was a commotion in the backyard, and Chang Ning was directing the maids in the mansion to turn around.

Seeing that Chen Kan came back with Xiao Fengyang, he just glanced at him, and then commanded his subordinates to continue to be busy.

Chen Kan leaned in with some curiosity and asked, "What are you doing, and you want to move again?" ”

Chang Ning glanced at Chen Kan, pointed to the small courtyard where the people were busy and said: "Our family is weak, many yards in the backyard of this Hou Mansion are empty, and the weather is good today, so the concubine is thinking about letting the people move out the things in the yard to dry and remove the musty smell." ”

"Oh~"

Chen Kan nodded thoughtfully.

The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is humid, and many things have not seen the sun for a long time, and they will indeed become moldy.

Wrong!

Chen Kan suddenly reacted, he is the Hou Ye, there are so many servants in the Hou Mansion, how can they put things moldy.

What's more, this Hou Mansion has been renovated after returning from Beijing.

So, Chen Kan leaned into Chang Ning's ear again, blew into her ear, and asked, "Are you hiding something from me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chang Ning suddenly smiled and said playfully: "Yo yo yo, this has been seen, my husband has been good at it recently." ”

Chen Kan pulled the corners of his mouth and subconsciously rolled his eyes.

Seeing this, Chang Ning stretched out his hand and took Feng Yang, who was staring at his father and mother curiously with big eyes, into his arms, and then said angrily: "Your little lady is coming back, I'll make a yard for her to live in, can't you?" ”

"Little lady?"

Chen Kan looked suspicious, then reacted and asked, "Yun Niang is coming back?" ”

Chang Ning nodded impatiently: "Yes, I'm coming back, what's the matter, people are out there to make a lot of money for you to squander, and now that people are coming back, don't you welcome them?" ”

Listening to Chang Ning's words, Chen Kan rolled his eyes without a trace.

Then he stopped indifferently: "Okay, you're busy, I have to go to the teacher's house in advance, and you don't have to wait for me to eat at night." ”

After speaking, Chen Kan wanted to walk towards the study.

"Husband, wait~"

Chang Ning suddenly spoke, and Chen Kan paused.

"Is there anything else?"

Looking at the smirk on Chen Kan's face, a treacherous look suddenly flashed in Chang Ning's eyes, and he hugged Fengyang and came to Chen Kan's side to smell it.

Then he straightened up and asked: "Husband, there are two women like Concubine and Yun Niang in our backyard now, Yun Niang is still not at home, and the concubine can't find someone to talk to, otherwise the concubine will be the master and give you a few concubines, so you should enrich our backyard?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Kan suddenly sneered.

"Hehe~"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, do you believe this?"

The cunning look in Chang Ning's eyes did not decrease, and he asked reluctantly: "You just say it's okay, if you nod, the concubine will do it." ”

Chen Kan pretended to ponder for a moment, and then nodded matter-of-fact and said, "Okay, why not, there must not be more than a dozen small courtyards in our backyard, you can find someone to live there." ”

After saying a word, Chen Kan's face was very cooperative, and he continued to add: "By the way, remember to find the kind of young person with a big chest, a thin waist and a big buttocks, like you, well......"

As he spoke, Chen Kan looked Chang Ning's figure up and down.

How to say it, he has to admit that Chang Ning's figure is still very durable, he will not be stingy where there should be meat, and his slender waist can only be grasped by Yingying, especially after giving birth to Fengyang, the whole person inexplicably exudes a certain mature charm.

However, since it is a flirtation, of course Chen Kan can't pick a good one.

There was a look of disappointment on his face for a moment, and he shook his head and said, "Like you, you don't need to look for it, it's too thin, too thin." ”

Chen Kan shook his head as he spoke, and Chang Ning's smile suddenly froze on his face.

In the next second, Chang Ning showed her motherly nature, put Feng Yang on the ground and rubbed her head, and said gently: "Feng Yang is good, can you go and play with Mama?" ”

Feng Yang tilted his little head, looked at his mother and father with a smirk and a look of disappointment, nodded decisively, and quickly ran away on his short legs.

"Whew~"

Seeing Fengyang being taken away by the two little maids, Chang Ning straightened up and let out a sigh, looked at Chen Kan's handsome face, and suddenly opened his mouth and screamed.

"Ah~"

"!! surnamed Chen"

"Death to Hongu~"

"Tsk, I can't afford to play, I can't afford to play, can I?"

"Ah~"

Chen Kan's screams resounded throughout the Hou Mansion, but strangely, no secret guard jumped out to protect his safety at the first time.

On the contrary, all the subordinates and servants in the mansion avoided the direction from which the screams came from like a plague god.

It can be called a model of people's hearts and moral corruption.

After a few minutes, Chen Kan's screams stopped.

Chang Ning stretched his waist comfortably and continued to turn around the group commanded by the maid in the backyard.

As for Chen Kan, he could only look at the clear bite marks on his arm with a resentful face, and walked towards the study tremblingly.

He also had to visit Fang Xiaoru.

Visiting Fang Xiaoru, it is naturally impossible to go empty-handed, and Fang Xiaoru, an ordinary gold and silver thing, is not eye-catching.

Therefore, Chen Kan could only endure the pain and bring a lone interpretation of "The Original Dao" in the study as a souvenir.

Carrying the gift and rubbing his aching arm, Chen Kan took the guard Wang Can out of the Hou Mansion again and headed towards the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Officials in Nancheng.

Chen Kan went to Fangfu, it would be the same as going home, and there was no need to go through it at all.

Ordering Wang Can and others to guard at the door, Chen Kan pushed open the wooden door and walked straight into the small courtyard.

Noticing the noise in the courtyard, two women came out of the room.

"I've seen Master Hou."

Chen Kan didn't care about it and asked, "Is the teacher here?" ”

One of the maids pointed in the direction of the study and replied in a low voice: "The master is in the study, if the master is looking for the master, just go in directly." ”

Chen Kan nodded, and after thinking about it, he decided to go and see his master Zheng first.

Since Fang Xiaoru was imprisoned the year before last, Zheng's body collapsed all of a sudden, and this year, it is even more difficult to move.

And the Fang brothers had their own things to do, and it was impossible for them to stay by the old man's side at any time, so they invited two maids to take care of Fang Xiaoru and Zheng's daily life.

Chen Kan stepped into the door, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine came to his nose.

"Yuansheng is here?"

Zheng was lying on the bed, but he still keenly noticed Chen Kan standing at the door.

Chen Kan put down the gift to Fang Xiaoru, walked quickly to the side of the bed and stopped the Zheng family who was about to get up from the bed.

I moved a stool and sat down on the edge of the bed, and asked, "Is my sister getting better recently?" ”

Zheng leaned back on the bed, shook his head with a smile and said, "People are old, I'm afraid they won't get better." ”

Zheng's spiritual head is okay, but he is very old, and his hair is completely white, which is almost like two people a few years ago.

Hearing this, Chen Kan couldn't help but shake his head and said, "What did Shi Niang say, you are not yet sixty this year, cultivate your body well, and you will get better sooner or later." ”

"The old body is an old bone, and I can only lie in bed every day and rely on some decoction to continue my life, and I can live every day."

Zheng He chattered with Chen Kan about some homely things, listening to Zheng's nagging, Chen Kan's mood was also inexplicably a little heavy.

Zheng's life has been too hard.

There is no way, marrying a man like Fang Xiaoru is destined to work hard in this life.

However, Chen Kan still tried his best to pick up some words of comfort, after all, the old man is already old, and it is better to say something good and comfort the old man's heart.

The old man and the young man chatted for a long time, until a woman entered the room and whispered, "Madam, the sun is about to set, and the slave will help you out to bask in the sun." ”

Hearing this, Chen Kan tacitly stopped talking.

Zheng is now weak and the summer sun is scorching, so he can only go out in the morning and evening to stay in the yard to bask in the sun.

Zheng nodded, smiled at Chen Kan and said, "Yuansheng is here to find your teacher, go quickly, I'll let Xiaohua'er cook, and you can eat after you finish talking." ”

Chen Kan nodded, and together with the maid, he helped Zheng to the wheelchair, pushed the wheelchair into the small courtyard, and then walked towards the study.

"Knock knock~"

Chen Kan symbolically knocked on the door, and Fang Xiaoru's voice came from behind the door.

"Come in."

Chen Kan pushed the door and walked into the study, and after closing the door, he saluted Fang Xiaoru and said, "Teacher." ”

Fang Xiaoru snorted, and said lightly: "You can find a place to sit by yourself, the old man still has something to do, and he will be able to finish it soon." ”

Chen Kan straightened up, moved a stool to sit next to Fang Xiaoru, and began to wait quietly.

This is half an hour later.

Fang Xiaoru finished dealing with the matter at hand, put some folds into a box, and then turned his head to look at Chen Kan and asked, "Go to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?" ”

Chen Kan came back to his senses, hurriedly got up and replied respectfully: "Yes, the student went to the East Palace today, and also went to Zhan Shifu for a walk. ”

Fang Xiaoru put the wooden box in his hand back on the bookshelf and asked, "Since you went to the East Palace, you know everything that happened in Yunnan." ”

Chen Kan bowed slightly, and responded: "I know, the students are here to ask the teacher, how should the students deal with this matter?" ”

Fang Xiaoru sat down in front of Chen Kan, held his beard and muttered for a moment, and said indifferently: "What are you going to do?" ”

"The student's idea is that during this period of time, His Majesty has a sense of guilt towards His Royal Highness the Prince, and he should behave as arrogantly as possible, of course, the crux of the Yunnan affair is still on His Majesty in the final analysis, and I am afraid that this matter still has to start from His Majesty."

After listening to Chen Kan's thoughts, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but slowly shake his head and muttered: "The East Palace wants to show its sense of existence, which is understandable, but Your Majesty will never regress in this matter, a Yongjin Temple is a trivial matter, but if the court is allowed to pay this money, I am afraid that the old monk Daoyan will make trouble with Your Majesty again." ”

Speaking of this, Fang Xiaoru paused, and then continued to add: "There is also the Daomen, Zhang Laozhen is said to also have plans to enter the Beijing Division for permanent residence, once this opening is opened, the country's finances will not be able to support such a big stall." ”

After listening to Fang Xiaoru's analysis, Chen Kan couldn't help but be silent for a moment.

These truths are very simple.

At the beginning, Zhu Di started to build the palace, and his own purpose was to save the land and population in the hands of Buddhism and Taoism.

Now that the population and land are in hand, Zhu Di will definitely not be so kind to repair those unfinished palaces and temples.

If an opening is made in the Yongjin Temple, how can the monks and Taoist priests in the more than 200 palaces and temples in the entire Ming Dynasty be willing?

Of course, Chen Kan understands these truths.

Therefore, after he learned what happened to Li Tong in Yunnan from Zhu Gaochi, he felt that this matter was tricky.

It is not because the decree of the court cannot be implemented in a county, nor is it from the impeachment of the imperial history of the court, but because this matter involves too many things and involves too many aspects.

If Li Tong couldn't withstand the pressure of Tusi and allocated money to repair the Yongjin Temple, the court would not be able to cope with the pressure from the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism.

Daomen is good to say, although it has a great influence among the people, it is still subject to the constraints of the imperial court in the official face after all.

But Buddhism has a Tao, which is very difficult to do.

Whether it is Zhu Di or Fang Xiaoru, for the old monk Shang Daoyan, he is not so confident in his heart.

Even if Li Tong can withstand the pressure of the local toast, he is bound to be separated from the local toast.

The national policy of the imperial court to change the land and return to the stream will be torn open by him A huge gap, and when the time comes, the Tusi in other places will learn and behave, and the matter of changing the land and returning to the stream will become a dead letter.

These things are the real tricky things to wait for, not a matter of a county town and a liuguan, otherwise Mu Sheng would not have entered Beijing last year.

Seeing that Chen Kan fell into silence, Fang Xiaoru couldn't help but sigh.

Unless one of the parties compromises, this matter is basically insoluble.

And it is impossible for the imperial court to compromise, so the compromising party can only be Tusi.

But Yunnan is a place where even a small village like Mochizuki Village is dedicated to the Buddha, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Buddha country of the Ming Dynasty.

To compromise with Toast, this matter is not ordinarily difficult.

The master and apprentice looked at each other without saying a word.

Chen Kan was silent for a moment and asked, "Teacher, can there be a conclusion on this matter from Xipinghou's side?" ”

Fang Xiaoru shook his head and said: "Although Xipinghou has skills, even Xipinghou is not easy to interfere in the matter of religious beliefs, not to mention that the Tusi in Yunnan is not guilty of chaos. ”

Fang Xiaoru's implication, Chen Kan understood.

After all, Mu Sheng is a general guarding Yunnan, and it is not good to meddle in the internal affairs of Yunnan, and the separation of military and political affairs is also something that Zhu Di has been doing since he ascended the throne.

After thinking about it, Chen Kan said with some interest: "Otherwise, the student will go to Yunnan in person, the last time the student went to Yunnan, he had dealt with the Maggie Toast and the Pengyi Toast in Tonghai County, and there were some friendships with no more, no less." ”

The friendship that Chen Kan said was naturally an idea to help them repair the canal.

Tonghai Dam is now a land of fish and rice, for the sake of that canal, if he goes to Yunnan, the two clans should not embarrass him.

And after Fang Xiaoru heard Chen Kan's plan, he also nodded subconsciously and said, "That's the only way." ”