Volume II, Section 23 Rats and Rats Have No Food

Tian Xian cleared his throat and said, "I didn't say anything about the six princes fighting for Chu yesterday. In fact, it was the sixth prince and the crown prince who fell in love with a palace maid that day. It is said that this palace maid was the daughter of the Hongtian ancestor who was previously conscripted by the Yuanyue Kingdom, and was used as a palace maid by the royal family of the Yuanyue Kingdom. ”

"And then?" Shui Yun got up and sat down next to the two of them, and asked with great interest.

"Then, then I don't know!" Tian Xian looked at Shui Yun's eyes that were about to eat people, and hurriedly continued, "But now that there is a queen in Yuanyue Country, how can a palace maid be a queen, right! It means that the palace maid must have chosen the six princes!"

"What do you mean..."Shui Yun pondered and asked, "The sixth prince left the Yuanyue Kingdom because of this palace maid, and what does this have to do with this dispatch of troops?"

"That's... I don't know. ”

"Then I'm going to blow it up?" Shui Yun asked, looking at Fuyun.

Fu Yun thought for a while and said, "No need, wait and see." ”

At this time, the country of Nehua.

"National teacher, where are we going?" asked Zhuzhu curiously.

"I remember, during the dinner the day before yesterday, you said that Tianji Pavilion was depressed. Aren't you happy to come out now?"

"Happy... It is... Curious!"

"This is Guanyang Town, I'm going to check the river project. Where do you want to go when you're done? I can take you there. ”

Since the last time he sent bamboo to Xugu about his grievances, Xugu has accompanied Xiangzhu every day, and often brought back some jewelry and clothes in the palace. Sending bamboo gradually became bolder, and he was no longer afraid of the void.

"The national teacher's business is important, and when the national teacher is done, he will think about where to go to relax. ”

Xugu nodded and got out of the carriage with the bamboo send. The county magistrate of Guanyang Town was already waiting at the door, nodded and greeted Xugu and sent bamboo, arranged a room for the two, helped the two of them to take care of it, and told Xugu the time for tomorrow's inspection, and then left.

"Why did the national teacher suddenly remember to inspect the river?"

Xu Gu rubbed his eyebrows and said, "The Ministry of Industry has not been taken away by Lord Liu yet, there is a lot of oil and water, and it is difficult to check the accounts with the emperor living in the temple, and he is not afraid to avoid it, so it has become a swill field under the emperor's nose." It was full of rats, sucking the blood of the people.

"In this case, this time, the national teacher must not only look at the river, but also check the silver. "Send Zhu said a little unevenly.

"If they rush to check the accounts, can they still spit out the money and make up the accounts? Or will they all dismiss and investigate all these corrupt officials and corrupt officials? Wouldn't they tell the people about the emperor's mistakes?"

Xiangzhu thought about it a little embarrassed and said, "In this case, the emperor must know that there is a big gap in the river work, and the national teacher came over like this, isn't it the emperor's order to fill the gap? If the emperor blames it..."

"Are you worried about me?" Xugu smiled softly, "Don't be afraid, with a handle, are you still afraid that you won't be able to hold the Ministry of Works?" ”

On the second day, the national teacher walked along the river embankment with Zhuzhu to inspect the repair and construction, followed by a group of officials who nodded their heads, and at this time they were flattering and did not dare to slack off for a moment.

"The flood season is coming, you also have to work hard to repair the embankment, it doesn't matter if the water is pumped down, if the flood season comes, the river water will pour down from the mountain, then it will be like a fierce horse, breaking through the mountain and breaking the wall, and the momentum is violent. If the waves roll and hit the embankment, once the embankment crosses and the people on both sides of the bank suffer, you will have a thousand times more to accompany those people who are suffering. ”

Seeing that there was no fault in the middle of the riverbank, he no longer looked downstream, and said quietly.

When several adults heard this, they looked at each other. They have been officials for many years, and they know very well that this is the way of being an official, and they have already become hob meat. As soon as the national teacher said this, they immediately licked their faces in response, for fear that the national teacher would find out something.

At this time, Yan Yiguo.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, our 150,000 troops are ready, and we can set off with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at any time. ”

Mo Zhichou smiled comfortably and said, "Don't worry, the narrow road of Lanxiang Country is easy to defend and difficult to attack." When both sides of the battle with Yuan Yueguo are defeated, let's take advantage of the weakness again. ”

"The crown prince is smart, the queen has been in charge of state affairs for so many years, and she can be regarded as looking forward to your return!"

Mo Zhichou said a little unwillingly, "I was not good back then, I didn't make a good plan, I went to Lanxiang Country alone, I wanted to cooperate with Yan Yi Country, but I didn't want to, I still got into the way! ”

"It's the demon girl of the Lan Xiangguo who is really cunning, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not blame herself. Now that she has returned safely, the queen can be considered at ease. ”

Mo Zhichou thought for a while, and asked with a serious face, "The crown princess hasn't been found yet?"

"Back then, the crown princess didn't say goodbye to you in order to find you, and there is no news until now. We have already sent more people in the past few days, and the Fengqi Pavilion in the rivers and lakes has been used, and I believe there will be news soon. ”

"No matter what way you do, the princess must come back safe and sound!"

"How can your subordinates not know the relationship between the prince and the princess's childhood sweetheart! Your Highness can rest assured, even if it is the life of his subordinates, he will definitely find the princess back!"

In the Void Ancient House.

It was really hard to send Zhu to see Xugu in front of the account book in the afternoon, so he found someone to buy some snacks in Guanyang Town and sent them to Xugu.

"The national teacher is really powerful, as soon as he finished speaking, those officials were afraid that you would find something, so they honestly sent the account book. Let's take a break and get something to eat, shall we?"

Xu Guzheng was making calculations with an angry face, and when he saw that Zhuzhu came in with pastries, his face finally eased a little, and he suppressed his anger and said, "The ones sent are all fake account books!

As he spoke, Xugula sat on his lap and opened a page of the ledger at random, pointed to one place, and said, "Look at one place at will, one stroke at a time, look at this! Dongjie does forestry art, and plants a few trees and counts eight hundred taels! I don't know what kind of cash cow is worth this price? This is even more outrageous! I have approved 1,000 taels for repairing the road! I have approved 2,000 faces for repairing the bridge! I can't do fake accounts, and I still have the face to be greedy for silver!"

"It's like the national teacher is very good at making fake accounts!" When Xiangzhu heard this, he immediately couldn't help laughing.

"I will. I can't see the accounts I made. I have a lot of things, do you want to try it?" The national teacher smiled when he saw Xiangzhu, and his anger subsided, and he hugged Xiangzhu and teased.

"What are you talking about, national teacher!, I hate it!" Xiang Zhu said goodbye embarrassedly, and asked again, "How much did the national teacher find out?"

"Such a large group of old rats! One problem is bigger than the other, and none of the dozens of ledgers are right! I originally wanted to check 1,800 taels to control the Ministry of Industry, but now I can't run away without 10,000 numbers. ”

"The national teacher... What are you going to do now?"

"Fix the ledger they did wrong and give it back to them. Naturally, they know how to do it. Xu Gu smiled faintly, and patiently explained to Zhuzhu, "Tomorrow, I can take you around." I heard that there is a marriage tree in the town, do you want to see it?"

"It turns out that the national teacher wants them to make up the money obediently! Those who can't make up for it when the time comes, they naturally want to come to ask the national teacher! The national teacher, you are so smart!"

After listening to this, Xugu smiled knowingly. Holding the bamboo on his leg from behind, he put his chin on the shoulder of the bamboo and said softly, "You have been afraid of me since I was a child, and I am still timid." What are you afraid of me? I'm the one behind you. ”

"The national teacher... I..."

Xugu stretched out his fingers and pressed the lips of Xiangzhu, and said in a gentle but firm voice, "In this life and this life, you are my wife in life, and in death, you are the national teacher and forget his wife." Whether you live or die, you are my woman, and I am alone. ”

Xiangzhu didn't speak, let Xugu hold him, but his eyes were a little fluttering at this time, and he didn't know what he remembered.

If, on the second day, the national teacher does what he says, when he wakes up, he will take Zhuzhu to the town to relax. It's just that as soon as Xiangzhu went out, he was pulled back by the national teacher and put on a veil, so he agreed to accompany Xiangzhu out on foot.

"National teacher, you see there are ice bowls sold there! Let's buy some!"

The national teacher grabbed the excited bamboo, and said with a straight face, "I've been cold since I was a child, and it's not summer yet, so I'm going to be greedy?"

"Oh..."Xiangzhu walked past the ice stall with some loss, and his eyes suddenly lit up again, "National Teacher! Sugar Man!

The national teacher looked around and said, "Let's go to that tea stall and drink a pot of tea." Turning his head to the sugar man boss, he pointed to the three sugar men who had just sent bamboo and said that they were good-looking, and said, "Boss, please help us make these three more, we will wait at the tea stall next to us." ”

As soon as he sat down, the next person was sweating and came to Xiangzhu with an ice bowl.

"Ice bowl?" "Zhuzhu looked at the national teacher in surprise, "Isn't it... You can't eat it..."

The subordinate hurriedly said, "The national teacher just instructed the small one, and told the boss that he could not put cold things such as watermelon and grapes, and said that Mrs. loves to eat hawthorn, so she asked to put more, so it was delayed again!"

"Huh?" Xiangzhu looked at the national teacher with a touched face, not knowing what to say.

"That's all there is to it! Don't think about it again in the summer!"

The national teacher said with a straight face, but at this time, he was not afraid of sending bamboo at all, and happily ate it with an ice bowl.

"Why do you still see that the food is so unproductive?" asked the national teacher helplessly.

Since she was a child, she saw delicious things, especially sweet things, no matter how fierce Xugu was, she followed behind her.

Xugu only thought it was interesting at the time, so he would often bring some candy and pastries on his body, and every time he couldn't send the bamboo back secretary, Xugu would take out the candy for her after she finished murdering, and she forgot about what she had just been scolded in a blink of an eye after eating.

"Hehe~ National Teacher, you can also taste it, it's delicious!" Xiangzhu raised his head and smiled embarrassedly at Xugu, but he didn't intend to give Xugu a taste.

Suddenly, Xiangzhu looked at the courtyard in front of him full of people, noisy, patted Xugu and pointed over, "National teacher, look! What are you doing!"