Liangzhou is very far away from the capital, and it takes a month or two to get there under normal weather. What's more, it's snowy, so naturally you have to hurry early.

The man left, and the atmosphere in the study fell silent.

Although it is already the first month, the weather in Liangzhou is still very cold. Mo then hung the map of Jiangnan on the shelf, and the faces of the few people sitting at the bottom suddenly became serious. This Chinese New Year's Eve urgently summoned everyone to Liangzhou, precisely for the runaway flooding in Jiangnan.

Since October last year, heavy rains have rained heavily in the south of the Yangtze River, washing away several cities. In order to gild Xiao Chenghuan, the imperial court deliberately asked Cheng Mingsi of the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with him to go down to the south of the Yangtze River to control the water. However, after half a year of water treatment, not only did they not stop the rapid water situation, control the disaster, and provide relief to the people, but they blocked the news in many ways to conceal the severity of the flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River.

So much so that now the situation is getting more and more serious and uncontrollable. People are displaced and miserable.

Originally, only Taizhou and Taizhou were affected. If the water conservancy is properly repaired and the diversion is done well, the disaster can be effectively and quickly alleviated. But Xiao Chenghuan has the ability to do this kind of bad thing, and he was stunned to let this flood spread to most of the Jiangnan region, washing away countless villages and fertile fields.

The victims had nowhere else to go, so they had to flee the famine by going north and south. In the great winter, it was not effectively contained and controlled, and countless people died of starvation.

Going south to control the water caused such serious consequences, Xiao Chenghuan has never made up for the loss, and he has never opened a warehouse for disaster relief. Instead, he spent most of his manpower on blocking the news that Jiangnan was facing the capital.

The disaster relief funds allocated from the household department disappeared before entering Jiangnan.

Only a small part of the food and medicinal materials provided by various localities went to the disaster areas in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of the medicinal herbs were hoarded by wealthy local merchants when they entered Songjiang Prefecture...... And Xiao Chenghuan, as the main person in charge of this water control, is not in Jiangnan at all.

The main person in charge is not in Jiangnan, what kind of water is this?

Xiao Yan threw two cups for this, thinking that this bastard was dragging his feet at most. With Cheng Mingsi in charge, it is impossible to control the water situation as effectively as in the past, at least to ensure that the disaster can be alleviated somewhat. As a result, Xiao Chenghuan was really ridiculous to this point, and he didn't take the lives of the people seriously. Disaster relief funds also dare to embezzle privately!

This matter cannot be left unattended. The well-being of the people is the foundation of the society, and Xiao Chenghuan, a fool, is moving the foundation of Daqing!

So many corpses were washed everywhere along the waterways in the south of the Yangtze River. It's winter, and there will be no big trouble because of the cold weather, but once the spring flowers bloom and the temperature rises, the epidemic will be accompanied by floods. Once an epidemic breaks out, it will have a wide impact.

Now it is the first month, and in the Jiangnan region, the spring will warm up in March.

"Master, our people in Jiangnan have sent the evidence to Dali Temple quickly. It is estimated that in the next few days, there will be great movement in Dali Temple. Lin Qing is a stubborn temper, the prince is not doing things well, causing such a big mistake and so many lives, he will definitely fight to the end with the East Palace. At that time, I am afraid that Ye Guifei will make some kind of moth, and ask the emperor to punish him lightly for a few months, and then spare it......"

It's not that they suspect that the old emperor has never been sober-minded in this heart-warming concubine and the litter of heirs she gave birth to. This Ye Guifei didn't know what Gu she had given to the old emperor, such a cold and selfish person had spoiled her for more than 20 years.

The current situation of the Abolished Prince's Mansion is not suitable for being exposed in front of people.

Tracing the whereabouts of the floods in Jiangnan and the disaster relief funds naturally has to be done by others, and if these people want to win the trust of the old emperor, they must have nothing to do with the abolished prince's mansion and have a certain influence. Otherwise, if this file cannot be delivered to the capital, it will be suppressed. Xiao Yanxing's people have been biting on persuading Dali Temple to die for half a year, and secretly assisted Cheng Mingsi to turn the tide, operating in many ways in private.

Cheng Mingsi is a neutral faction and only obeys the orders of the imperial court. However, because of this incident, there was a bias towards the abolished prince. Xiao Yanxing didn't take the opportunity to win over Cheng Mingsi, but just arranged for someone to contact him gradually.

Not to mention this matter, it is urgent to deal with the floating casualties. As long as Xiao Chenghuan is alone with this burden, he will be delayed for a day. Xiao Chenghuan must be replaced as soon as possible and replaced by someone with experience in disaster management.

In Liangzhou Mansion, the lights in the study were not extinguished all night.

Xiao Yanxing was so busy outside that his feet didn't touch the ground, and there was no time to stop here in Lin'an County.

The Wen family is determined to leave, and Xiao Yanxing's confinement of her has completely broken her thoughts about this husband who only has two sides. No matter how good-looking a person is, he is just a useless skin, and the cold and strict husband doesn't know how to pity him at all. The Xiao family, which is declining more and more, can't guarantee the glory of the rest of her life, and if she doesn't plan now, her life will only get worse and worse in the future.

has been working hard in the back house for most of her life, staying up until she is old, this is not the life she wants.

Didn't Xiao Yanxing close her up?

Yes. Shut it down, she found a way to escape by herself.

The Xiao Mansion is only how big it is, and from the front yard to the back yard, it is not as spacious as her Wen family's mansion. Can just a few subordinates still manage people? Wen hid hatred in his heart, and took advantage of the fact that his subordinates came to bring her food, knocked the person unconscious, and ran away from the back door with gold and silver.

When Mama Yuan received the news and came over, Wen's had long been gone.

Xiao Yan was not in Lin'an County, Wen fled, and Mama Yuan really didn't know what to do for a while. The master is privately involved with the Wen family, and he can't report to the official. The relationship between the two families should not be affected by Wen's actions alone. But this evil breath, Mama Yuan can't swallow it anyway. On the same day, he took a group of people to the Wen family and directly held the head of the Wen family accountable.

The head of the Wen family was angry and angry when he learned that his daughter, who had a heart higher than the sky, dared to be a fugitive concubine. He swore that his daughter's escape had nothing to do with his Wen family, and he would definitely give an explanation to His Royal Highness and expel the Wen family from the family tree.

"Think about this matter yourself, you should explain it to His Highness."

Mama Yuan hadn't been so angry for many years, and scolded the Wen family fiercely. sent a message to Xiao Yanxing that night and waited for processing.

The letter was handed to Xiao Yanxing, and he didn't even raise his eyebrows. As for whether the position of the Wen family, which Mama Yuan cared about, would be shaken by the relationship between in-laws, Xiao Yanxing was not worried at all.

The Wen family dealt with Xiao Yanxing more than the Wang family.

As early as when Xiao Yanxing's position as the crown prince was still stable, the Wen family intersected with the Han family. The Han family secretly hid more than 20,000 private soldiers, not all of whom were infantry. In fact, most of them are good at riding and shooting, and there is a light cavalry called the ghost of the grassland, which is very powerful. These horses and armor can't go through the regular channels, so naturally someone is doing it. The Wen family plays this role.

And Xiao Yanxing, as the crown prince born to the queen of the Han family, naturally knows a little.

The Wen family also took advantage of the convenience of the Han family and boarded Xiao Yanxing's boat early. Sending his daughter as a concubine of the abolished prince this time, on the surface, it seems that the abolished prince needs an in-law relationship to stabilize the heart of the Wen family, but in fact, whether there is such an in-law relationship or not does not affect the overall situation.

What the Wen family has done for the Han family over the years, as well as the convenience gained under the protection of Xiao Yanxing's forces, has developed from an ordinary horse merchant to the largest horse merchant in the northwest in a short period of time, all of which rely on Xiao Yanxing. Now it is not that the Prince's Mansion is worried that the relationship between the Wen family will break down because of the Wen family's problems, but that the Wen family is worried that the Wen family will anger Xiao Yanxing. Xiao Yanxing will therefore take back the convenience to the Wen family, and whether the Wen family can still sit firmly in the position of the largest Malaysian businessman.

Before Xiao Zhai could hear back, the Wen family was in a hurry to take the initiative to make up for their mistakes.

The Wen family's head of the family made up for it by missing an eldest daughter, and then compensated the Xiao family's eldest daughter. Only the eldest daughter in front of her needs to be removed, and the second daughter will naturally become the eldest daughter.

Not to mention that his proposal was not agreed to by the Xiao family, it was said that the Wen family, who had escaped, found Wang Shu again.

Wang Shu was really puzzled, what kind of temperament did she have that made Wen feel that she was willing to help her without asking for anything in return? Does she look like the Virgin? Why did Wen just admit that she was dead, and had to let her help her participate in the draft?

“…… Aren't you afraid I'll poke you out? Wang Shu looked at the person in front of her speechlessly.

Wen's, or Wen Ruyi. Yes, Wen has a very docile name, but his temperament is not docile at all.

Wen Ruyi has actually been hiding in the inn near the Wang Family Dart Bureau for the past few days, and has not left the city. The Wen family couldn't catch her for a few days guarding the city gate, but in fact, she had been waiting for Wang Shu to come to the dart game to block her.

After waiting for half a month, I finally waited for Wang Shu to go out and wandered around the dart game, "You won't." Don't think I'm blind, you've long been fascinated by your father's skin. I wish I was leaving, and there would be one less person to rob you of the prince in the future! ”

Wang Shu: "...... Say something useful. ”

"Wang Shu, I've only figured out one thing now. You are indeed different from me. I'm always pulling you like me, I'm climbing. Wen Ruyi's face was a little ugly, he didn't eat and sleep well when he was hiding in Tibet, and his face was blue and yellow haggard.

But her eyes were surprisingly bright and ambitious: "I am one of the more than a dozen daughters of the Wen family, and it makes no difference to my father if there is one more or less." You are different, you are the pearl of your father's palm, and you are afraid of melting in your mouth and holding your hand for fear of falling. Your father has left you a dowry for a few lifetimes, how can you understand that I need to plan for myself? ”

"It's not a bad thing to know how to plan for yourself, it's better than living in a muddle."

Wang Shu heard her say this, but she didn't mean to laugh at her, Wen Ruyi was quite sober in this regard, "There is always a day when luck runs out, I fall in a daze, I don't know how I died......"

Wen Ruyi smiled, she just knew that Wang Shu could understand her.

"This life of a person is just a few decades, if you don't do something to climb up, who knows if you will succeed?" Wen Ruyi grabbed Wang Shu's hand, "If you have that great opportunity, you have to seize it desperately, otherwise you will regret it again and again in the future, so what's the point?" ”

"How did you know that this day is wrong? If one day the master changes in the future, aren't you afraid that you will regret it? ”

"Regret is also my own choice. I don't care if this choice is right or wrong, there is no hope at all. You despise me in your heart, whether you sneer at my vanity and impetuousness, I am Wen Ruyi is such a snobbish and realistic character, and only grasps the benefits that can be seen and touched. There are unrealistic benefits, and I don't believe what others say, no matter how good they sound. ”

…… Theoretically, it cannot be said that what Wen Ruyi said was wrong.

"Can't you really help me?"

Wang Shu looked at her, a little hesitant.

Speaking of which, Wen Ruyi is right about something. The Wang family really has a draft spot. Not only here in Liangzhou, but also in Jiangnan. and all regions together, as long as the Wang family wants, they can send three show girls to the palace.

It's just that this matter was rejected by Wang Chengjin in the past, so that later the people below habitually didn't take this quota seriously, and no one asked Wang Shu to talk to him. Wang Chengjin doesn't like to deal with the government very much, and he is even more tired of having contact with people in the palace of the Internal Affairs Office. The Wang family has been eye-catching enough now, and he doesn't want to use the family business to provide a mother. The quota of show girls is also a fictitious.

Wang Shu was also entangled by the Wen family last time, and specially asked the following people to know that there was.

Raising his eyes and glancing at Wen Ruyi, Wang Shu asked herself. Do you really think about Xiao Yanxing?

Xiao Yanxing's face quickly flashed in her mind, well, she admitted, more or less there were some unhealthy thoughts. But this thought is not enough to support Wang Shu's actions and thoughts to eliminate the female dependents around him. It can only be said that if there are fewer warblers and Yanyan around this person, Wang Shu will indeed feel happy. That's all.

"You know that Ye looks silent, but he actually has a big temper, right?" Wang Shu slowly leaned back in the chair, "If I give you a place in the draft, it will be equivalent to prying the corner of the master." As his concubine, if I annoy him, I don't think I will end well. ”

"He won't punish you!"

"What gave you the illusion that the master wouldn't punish me?" Wang Shu thought what she said was funny, what does it mean that Xiao Yanxing will punish others and not punish her?

"He'll punish me, but he won't punish you!"

Wen Ruyi was anxious, holding Wang Shu's hand and clenching it hard, "No one can go up to the Linshui Temple, Concubine Lin will be punished if she goes up, and you will have nothing to do if you go up and live for two months." The house is not enough to live in, so many wives and concubines in the back house are crowded together, and you can live in the front yard alone. Later, the house was vacated after the aunt's accident, and the master did not ask you to move back to the back house. Don't pretend to be confused, the big guys have eyes and can see clearly. ”

"Can't you just help me? It's not in vain if you don't use the quota of your Wang family, isn't it? You gave it to me, I don't need you to help me with the dots, I can do it myself. I beg you for this matter, to ensure that in the future, when the meat goes to a high position, it will definitely be reciprocated. “

Wen Ruyi begged, "If the Wang family needs my help, just hand me a letter, and I will definitely help if I can." Last time, that jade pendant was given to me by my mother, and it was a token. ”

Wang Shu was so entangled by her that she couldn't help it, so she didn't agree immediately, but her heart was still shaken.

“…… You give me a few days to think about it, and five days to give you a response. ”

When Wen saw Wang Shu moved, he immediately smiled.

Wang Shu didn't want to have too much to do with her, so seeing that she finally stopped, she turned around and walked out of the inn.

Xiao Yanxing's treatment of the Wen family is very simple, with the same name as Concubine Lin at the beginning, and she will be treated with the death of illness. The Wen family tried to send another daughter into the house, but he refused. The Wen family was worried about this for a while, and sent a lot of things to the Xiao Mansion. I was afraid that it would not be enough, so I sent five hundred high-grade war horses to Xiao Yanxing's pasture north of Qiuzi, and finally revealed the matter.

Not to mention how Xiao Yanxing and the Wen family resolved this matter, Wang Shu waited for a few days and heard the news that Wen Ruyi was expelled from the Wen family tree.

The head of the Wen family really has no friendship at all, and the eldest daughter who has worked hard to raise her said that if you get rid of the clan, you will get rid of the clan, and there is no room for turning around. The second daughter, Wen Ruyu, became the eldest daughter, as if she had never had her first daughter. Wen Ruyi was sad for a while, not only sad that her father and mother were so cold, but also sad that she had lost the protection of the eldest daughter of the Wen family, and she really had nothing left so far.

Wang Shu patted her on the shoulder, not knowing how to comfort her. In the end, though, it was decided to give her a spot.

"I can't let you go as a show girl in Liangzhou, as the righteous daughter of the Jiangnan businessman Wang family." The Wang family has a wide range of industries in Jiangnan, and has some friendship with the Zhizhou adults in Jiangnan. This time, Wang Shu went to Jiangnan to transport grain to relieve the local people. As a result, the Wang family was shocked, and many business things had to be done, and the local government also gave convenience.

"Now that the Wen family has removed your name, you can also take the opportunity to change your identity." There are few heirs in the Wang family, only Wang Shu and Wang Xuanzhi. Now that his parents are gone, Wang Shu plans to open a shrine after Wang Xuanzhi is filial piety in August this year, and record him in the name of his mother Liu.

“…… Since the ancestral hall is opened, it is better for me to be the master and accept one more righteous daughter for my parents. ”

Wen Ruyi was still worried about her identity, and Wang Shu directly solved the problem for her: "It's not difficult to get a household registration or something, my Wang family still has some prestige in Qinghe Town, and it is also okay to ask the township chief to preside over adding someone to the Wang family." ”

Where did Wen Ruyi not agree? I cried with joy right now.

She knelt down with a plop and kowtowed heavily, thanking Wang Shu: "In the future, I will call Wang Ruyi, and I will be regarded as the Wang family." But Wang Shu don't worry, I will never cause trouble for the Wang family. ”

She knelt too suddenly, and Wang Shu knocked her head down without even reacting.

Wang Shu hurriedly pulled people up, which was originally an expedient measure, but it turned out to be true. Today, I can be regarded as recognizing Wen Ruyi, a righteous sister who is not worthy of her name. But since that has been said, Wen Ruyi kowtowed, and what she should do should also be done. Wang Shu had no choice but to let people take the wine, and invited a few trusted masters of the dart bureau to come over to testify, and formed this righteous sisterhood.

Wen Ruyi, no, it should be said that it was Wang Ruyi, who was secretly sent to Jiangnan by Wang Shu that night.

The situation in Jiangnan is not optimistic, and the disaster situation is somewhat serious. But the people who are most hurt by the disaster are the poor people, and the rich and noble families should live their lives as they should. The government wants to draft, or it still has to be drafted. The Wang family helped Wang Ruyi to the post station where the show girl lived, and then the officials from the Jiangnan draft led the show girl into Beijing.

Wang Shu said that she didn't care about Wang Ruyi and wouldn't help her. But he still gave her some silver taels and arranged two servants to serve her closely.

As soon as the people were sent away, within a few days, Xiao Yanxing came back from other places.

Wang Shu hadn't completely breathed a sigh of relief here, so he was blocked on the soft couch by Xiao Yanxing because of this matter.

“…… I don't understand what you're saying. Wang Shu's scalp was numb for a while, and she didn't know if Xiao Yanxing deliberately blew her up, or if she really knew what she had done secretly.

"You sent my concubine away, thinking you could hide it from me?" Xiao Yanxing didn't know where he came back, he was dusty, and his whole person was emaciated. The original clear and elegant face showed a sharp and deep posture because of the clear outline. The sword, which now looks like it is gradually revealing its edge, can cut a person's hand with the slightest touch.

Wang Shu: "......"

"Don't speak?"

"You sent people from Khotan to Jiangnan, changed their names, and added a ding to your Wang family?"

“…… Didn't you end the matter with her dying? ”

"It's over, doesn't mean it's fine." Xiao Yanxing's appearance is not like Xingshi asking for guilt, "My things, take the same and pay ten things." ”