The carriage creaked against the ground and drove into the alley, raindrops falling on the tarpaulin on the roof of the green-skinned carriage. All of a sudden, all that was left in the sky was the rustle of rain hitting tarpaulins.

When he arrived at the door, Sun was going to knock on the door.

Mama Yuan thought that Wang Shu would not come back today, but she didn't expect to come back in the evening. put on a piece of clothing and came to greet him in person, and took the opportunity to mention that the people from the Wang family came to the Xiao Mansion in the afternoon.

"Who has been here?" Wang Shu tightened her clothes and turned her head to look at Mama Yuan, who came over with an umbrella.

Xiao Yan is on the mountain, and there is no master mother on the Xiao Mansion now, so Yuan Mama temporarily took over the responsibility of managing the inner house. There was some movement in the house, so he naturally reported to her: "A tall mixed-race foreign man, said to be called Toheti." ”

"Toheti has been here?" Wang Shu frowned, "Did you say what was the matter?" ”

"According to him, the people of the Yamen went to the Wang family." Mama Yuan saw that the corners of Wang Shu's clothes were wet by the rain, so she hurriedly turned the umbrella to her side, "It was said that this morning, the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family went to the yamen to report that the chief bookkeeper Zhang Yaomin had an affair with the Mao family." ”

Wang Shu: "!! ”

Why did the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family go to the yamen to report Zhang Yaomin? Why is this so weird?

"It is said that because this matter involves the private affairs of officials, the movement is quite big. Now the people of the entire county are watching, and the county order is ruthless, and it must be investigated. ”

Mao's death itself did not cause much splash. Human life is not worth much these days, and the death of one or two people is not a big deal. The reason why the yamen will manage the Mao family is that someone reported the matter to the yamen. Someone stabbed it, and the death of a woman on the side of the road couldn't be ignored. In good terms, the county magistrate is a parent official, and he must uphold justice and maintain a fair order.

However, the yamen in Lin'an County has always been foolish, and they are not very careful in investigating cases. But this year, it happened that the yamen entered a few newcomers, and several of them had real skills. This time, Mao's case just happened to hit the newcomer. This newcomer's family has been doing this kind of investigation for generations, and he is very serious and observant, named Guo Yong, who is only twenty-four years old.

The most serious Guo Yong just took Mao's case, and he held on to it, and the case was investigated intensively.

I thought it was a case of an ordinary woman who was forcibly killed, but who knew that it involved the youngest master of Lin'an County. The master is not very old, twenty-seven years old. At this age, he is famous and famous, and he can be regarded as a noble son. Suffering from a poor family, he was unable to go further. But the victory is that he is smart and clever, and he is very appreciated by the county order.

I heard that it was the time when the spring breeze was proud recently, and he was taken by the county magistrate, and he was about to marry his concubine to him......

Wang Shu listened to it and felt that something was wrong, how could there be so many coincidences?

Coincidentally, it must be man-made.

Wang Shu turned her head to look at Mama Yuan, who was gossiping with her with a flat expression, and Mama Yuan blinked.

Wang Shu thought about it, but still chose to ask: "...... It's nothing to do with you, right? ”

"I don't want to deal with a woman who is not a threat." A smile flashed almost invisibly on Mama Yuan's face, and she did not answer positively.

Wang Shu: "......" is related.

Did Xiao Yanxing start to attack Zhang Yaomin? Wait, Zhang Yaomin climbed to the Liu County Order?

“…… The county order wants to marry Zhang Yaomin's daughter, could it be Liu Xiwei? "Liu Xiwei is the Liu family, and she was kicked out of the door by the Liang family in the Xiao Mansion by catching rape in bed. I heard that when she returned to her parents' home, she was sent to the countryside to recuperate.

Speaking of this, the smile on Mama Yuan's face faded.

She didn't speak, but the meaning was self-evident.

Regardless of whether the Liu family is favored by the master or not, he has entered the door of the prince's mansion. Even if they are kicked out now, they shouldn't be so. Liu County Ling was so bold that he dared to marry his daughter in such a short period of time. But Mama Yuan was unhappy and couldn't help it, the Prince's Mansion lost power, and the people below naturally watched the dishes.

Liu County's move may not be without the meaning of Xiao Zhai's side.

If you don't mention it, it's just an abandoned concubine.

The two talked carefully as they walked, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the door. Even if Mama Yuan tried her best to cover Wang Shu, her skirt was still wet.

"Jun, rest." Mama Yuan came to inform her of this incident in order to make Wang Shu have a bottom in her heart, and when the person was sent to the door, she retired, "The slave and maid also retired." ”

Wang Shu nodded, saw her figure disappear into the corridor, and turned around and entered the house.

Xiao Yanxing was not there, and he felt that the whole house was a lot quieter. Wang Shu just came back, and she didn't have time to have dinner yet. The magpie went to fetch dinner and came back. Wang Shu simply filled her stomach, bathed and changed clothes, and finally fell asleep.

The things in her hands are really complicated, and many things need time to be sorted out slowly, and now she can only take one step at a time.

The next day, it was another rainy day.

There must be a process of finding the granary and instructing the people below to do it. It happened to be a rainy day again, and it was estimated that it would be two days late. She wanted to go to the northern suburbs to see Wang Xuanzhi today, but it was inconvenient to go out in such a heavy rain. I was going to take a break. It just so happened that she was tired from running back and forth in the past few days, and the carriage sat back and forth so that her bones hurt.

After sitting in the house for a long time, with nothing to do, she got up again.

Let's go get some little snacks and sweet mouths. Wang Shu pondered that the snails were very good to eat that day, and last time Master Zhao also said that if he encountered a snail fisher, he would buy some back. Wang Shu planned to go to the back kitchen for a look.

While Wang Shu went to the back kitchen to wander around, in the back wing room of the Linshui Temple on the mountain, the atmosphere was tense.

The Liang family impersonated his sister to marry into the prince's mansion, and the capital made a decision.

The Liang family gave a glass of wine to death, and the Liang State Mansion, which shielded the Liang family for the crime of defrauding the king, withdrew the title and was demoted to a concubine. confiscated the family wealth and exiled Liang's biological father to Youzhou. The Ministry of Internal Affairs also paid the price for the draft. It is a big mistake to let others deceive the king without approving the identity of the show girl. The chief of Ouchi is jointly responsible for all the relevant palace people of the Liang family, and all the people are killed.

As the main person in charge of this draft, Ye Huiqiong, the favored concubine Niangniang, retreated. Not only has he not been held accountable for dereliction of duty, but he has not even been reprimanded. was even frightened by this incident, and was accidentally found out of the old clam Huaizhu, and won a lot of rewards from the old emperor.

Although the new crown prince Xiao Chenghuan was punished for implicating the old emperor in mocking his brother Xiao Yanxing, he escaped because his mother was pregnant. I can't think about it behind closed doors, and the old emperor still entrusts me with important tasks. handed over the matter of controlling the floods in the south of the Yangtze River to him.

"He's so confused!" Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table and said angrily.

Although he knew that the emperor was confused and mediocre, he didn't know that he was biased to such an extent. In order to gild the new prince, he was able to agree to anything.

He shouted angrily, and the atmosphere in the chamber became even more stagnant.

The head Xiao Yanxing closed his eyes, and his face was already blue.

For his father, he has long had no expectations. Ignorant and incompetent, suspicious by nature, jealous of meritocracy. And now there is one more, that they will not take the lives of the people as their lives. originally thought that he was confused enough to use Enke to carry a sedan chair for Xiao Chenghuan, but he didn't expect that there would be no bottom line.

Zhang Xianzhong is a violent temper, he doesn't care if Xiao Yanxing is still there, and what he said is that he wants to kill his head. His old face was bruised, and his face was red with anger.

He stood up and paced around irritably, tugging at his beard.

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and my beard was pulled a lot: "...... What practical things has he Xiao Chenghuan done? I don't even know where the door of the Ministry of Industry is open, and I haven't even stepped into the door, and I don't even know where the door is entrusted, and I am not crazy to entrust him with such an important matter as controlling the floods in the south of the Yangtze River?! ”

With so many people in Jiangnan, how many lives are involved in the floods?

Giving such a case to Xiao Chenghuan, who has no experience, is child's play!

"With Cheng Mingsi to follow him, there shouldn't be a big mess." Mr. Yan's face is not good-looking, but he can only be so relieved.

Although Cheng Mingsi, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, has a somewhat annoying temperament and has such and such problems, he is indeed quite talented.

Ten years ago, when he was still a member of the Ministry of Works, he led a group of people to control the floods in Lingnan. This man had the foresight to not only contain the flood in time and divert the water, but also to suppress the cholera epidemic that almost broke out, with great success. Seven years ago, he was ordered to personally preside over the construction of the north-south Cao Yun. Nowadays, it is connected to the north-south waterway, which greatly facilitates water transportation.

Jiangnan Shui is suffering from him, and it is indeed unlikely that there will be trouble. But if the flood is in charge of this trip to control the flood, Xiao Chenghuan is fully responsible, and Cheng Mingsi assists in the management.

It is obvious that the old emperor asked Cheng Mingsi to carry a sedan chair for the new prince to improve his prestige.

The new crown prince Xiao Chenghuan is the crown prince appointed by the emperor who insists on going his own way, and when he was crowned the crown prince, he did not have any outstanding achievements.

Not only did she not, but she was even criticized by scholars for not paying attention to her morality because of her feminine character. However, these infamys are nothing in the eyes of the old emperor, but they really make Xiao Chenghuan, the crown prince, a little embarrassed.

At the same time, there is the former prince Xiao Yanxing's pearl and jade in front, Xiao Yanxing has been conscientious and conscientious for 20 years, very smart, and famous. If it weren't for the sudden hysteria and madness four years ago, the old emperor would not have been able to abolish him at all. And Xiao Chenghuan, a prince who has never had merit and fame, suddenly ascended to the throne, and the government and the opposition naturally inevitably compared, causing a burst of whispering.

Xiao Chenghuan needs merit, and he needs merit that everyone in the world remembers, so that he can block the mouth of the world.

At this point, the old emperor is not indifferent to Xiao Chenghuan's son.

But if only Cheng Mingsi went, Xiao Yanxing's people would naturally not be worried. Cheng Mingsi does have real talent and learning, and he is also a doer who is willing to bow down and do practical things. Xiao Chenghuan is not the kind of person who humbly accepts advice.

Xiao Chenghuan is not only stubborn and self-serving, unable to listen to persuasion, but also quite impulsive and reckless.

Xiao Yanxing knew too well. Xiao Chenghuan has been like this since he was a child. Because of the favor of the old emperor, he looked down on Xiao Yanxing in his selfish heart. felt that Xiao Yanxing's temperament was cold and cold, and he was not as clever as he was good at perceiving people's hearts. What Xiao Yanxing can do, he can also do. Not only can it be done, but it can even be done better. Xiao Yanxing just took the position of the middle palace concubine and robbed the natural advantage of the eldest son.

"Is Xiao Chenghuan such an honest person?"

Mr. Mu smiled coldly, "I'm afraid that he will draw a snake and not measure himself." ”

Mr. Mu was once one of several teachers who taught the prince. It's not the crown prince, but it's also quite weighty. At the beginning, Xiao Chenghuan was stuffed by the old emperor and was taught together. Mr. Mu knows too well the temperament of this second prince.

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the floor.

Xiao Chenghuan's temperament is naturally known to everyone in the Prince's Mansion. Not only did they know it, but some of them had actually suffered from him. But no matter how angry they are, there is no way to stop it, the holy decree has been given, and this matter is certain.

After a long silence, one of them spoke: "Your Highness, do our people still want to go?" ”

The flooding in the south of the Yangtze River is related to the lives of the people of Taizhou, a state capital in the south of the Yangtze River. If it doesn't matter, it's another life in a state capital. But if they secretly helped Cheng Mingsi to control the water, they succeeded, and they made a wedding dress for Xiao Chenghuan.

It's so aggrieved.

"Send someone over and keep an eye on it first, and don't move." As a king, he should be responsible for the people of the world. Xiao Yanxing is naturally not willing to wipe Xiao Chenghuan's buttocks, but there are some things that cannot be done, and some things that must be done.

"At that time, we will act at the right time, and if the situation is serious, the interests of the people will come first."

Xiao Yanxing's slender fingers rested on the edge of the table and tapped twice. A slight noise made the room quiet again. He just wants to help, and he can't let Xiao Chenghuan take advantage of it in vain. Thinking of this, Xiao Yanxing remembered that Wang Shu had come to him some time ago to help him check the fact that the shop in the south of the Wang family had changed its shopkeeper. Speaking of which, he did find something.

The new shopkeepers of the Wang family's shops in Jiangnan actually had a relationship with the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. It's a lot of guts. And this Jiangnan Weaving Bureau is unclear with the internal affairs government of the capital.

Anyway, he hadn't seen her in days.

If he doesn't go down, she won't go up. After a hurried farewell to the mountain last time, this girl seemed to have no such person in her eyes. He was not given food to eat, nor was he given a message. No response. Xiao Yanxing had no choice, so he asked Mama Yuan to order her.

As a result, I ordered someone, but I didn't see any movement from this girl...... It's sad.

Chapter 55

A few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Wang Shu has no time to go to Linshui Temple.

I really didn't think about it, but things weren't ordinary.

The flooding situation in Jiangnan is more serious than expected, and it is not just a state problem. Xiao Yanxing not only kept an eye on Jiangnan, but also devoted his attention to pay close attention to Qiuzi's movements.

The candidates for the new border generals have been decided. is not the Huang family, but another Huang family who has never dealt with the Han family, Huang Qiuyu.

Speaking of this Huang Qiuyu, there is an old story here.

It is said that twenty-three years ago, Huang Qiuyu once asked his eldest son Huang Daoying to marry the late Xiaoxian Empress Han Lingsu of the dynasty. is Xiao Yanxing's biological mother. However, at that time, Han Lingsu did not like the reckless men of the five big and three coarse, and preferred the white-faced and handsome scholars, and rejected the Huang family's proposal to marry. Huang Daoying was trapped by love and rushed to the battlefield in a negative mood. As a result, he died on the battlefield soon after. The Liang son of the An family and the Han family ended in this way.

However, although the two families do not deal with each other, the Huang family's family style is still quite upright. The Huang family is stationed in the northwest, which is generally not a bad thing.

Huang Qiuyu will arrive in Liangzhou in the near future. The people of the dart bureau are in full swing to arrange for Han Jiajun to be incorporated into the Wang family dart team. Master Lin, Liao Xiwen and others have already started to transport the Han family army out of the city in batches, and there is no delay here in Qinghe Town.

Wang Shu instructed the Wang family to determine the location of the granary, and at the same time, let them build the houses allocated to the soldiers in a very fast time.

There are houses in the villages, but there are not enough houses to live in. If you just build the simplest adobe house, you can build a lot in half a month. In order to be in a hurry, Wang Shu specially instructed his subordinates to let the strong men from various villages help build houses together at a price of 30 wen per day.

Sure enough, it's very efficient. Ten days were needed to build enough houses.

Now these people have moved into various villages one after another. Mingle with the villagers as a tenant of the Wang family. For this reason, Wang Shu also deliberately called the mayor and the township chief. Let these men with foreign faces stay reasonably.

At the end of September, the autumn rain suddenly became more abundant. For several days on a row, it was a whole day.

Wang Shu looked at the rain curtain and began to worry about the grain harvest in October. Now that the paddy has grown, it is waiting for a good harvest in good weather. But I have been looking forward to it for many days, but I have not seen the sunshine. She had a bad feeling in her heart.

It is rare that this year's experimental field has such good results, but these paddies cannot be allowed to rot in the ground.

She wondered if it would take another two or three days, if it wasn't clear. I had to brave the rainy days and work hard to harvest these paddies.