The food in the Criminal Department is good. Except that there is no alcohol supply, the taste is similar to that in restaurants outside.
The key is no money.
Yun Que was so rude that he ate five bowls of rice and eight plates of meat and vegetables.
After lunch, Yun Que asked Plow Master if there was anyone selling plum trees in the city.
Tianqi City is indeed a prosperous place. According to Li Shu, the flower market on West Street not only has plum trees, peach trees, orange trees, loquat trees, but also jujube trees that are more than a hundred years old.
When he learned that Yun Que wanted to buy two plum trees, he immediately took care of the plowing. Yun Que didn't have to pay for it, he just had to wait.
Not long after, Li Shu brought in two plum trees from outside. According to Yun Que's requirements, he bought two plum trees that were not too big, as tall as one person. They were planted in porcelain pots. The trees were full of flowers and were in bud.
Yun Que carried a basin in his hands and walked into the prison.
Shitou was lying idle, and when he heard the footsteps, he immediately stood up and looked around.
Shitou was envious when he saw Yun Que passing by carrying two plum trees.
The boss is the boss. Listening to a song with two plum blossoms, they brought two plum trees. This is to take over Amei!
Amei was leaning against the wall, as if she had been hit hard. Her eyes were dull, less alert than yesterday, and she looked dazed and numb.
Seeing Yun Que again, Amei immediately tensed up and curled up in the corner, like a frightened lamb.
Yun Que was a little embarrassed.
He placed two pots of plum trees on both sides of the cell, coughed and said:
"Yesterday I was a little more aggressive. I gave you two plum trees, so I'll treat it as even."
Amei said nothing, lowered her gaze, and hid in the corner motionless.
"Actually, you can't blame me entirely. I don't recognize the Food Forbidden Gu, and you didn't explain it. How could I know that you wanted to help me? I thought you were harming me."
Yun Que said helplessly: "I have never apologized to others, and I will never apologize. From now on, I will take care of whatever you want to eat or drink in Tianlao. That's okay."
Seeing that the other party still remained silent, Yun Que frowned and said:
"You will be imprisoned in Tianlao for the rest of your life. Even if I treat you to two meals a month, that is twenty-four meals a year. You can live for at least a few decades. How much money do you think you have? My money is not blown by the wind. It’s coming!”
I don't know which words touched the heartstrings. Amei's eyes were red and tears fell silently.
"Crying again! Why do you seem like a different person, crying so much?" Yun Que said.
Amei lowered his head to prevent Yun Que from seeing his face.
Even though he couldn't see it, Yun Que could still hear the slight sound of tears falling to the ground.
Sighing, Yun Que sat next to Amei and said:
"Hey, don't cry. In the past, you would sing a song for others when they gave them two plum blossoms. Today I will give you two plum trees. Instead of you having to sing, I will sing a song for you. Prick up your ears and listen. alright."
Yun Que broke off a branch of the plum tree and used it as a small hammer. He cleared his throat, rapped the wooden bed with the branch, and sang.
"Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple in the mountain. There were two little beggars in the temple, who were poor and down and out."
"One can swindle money, and the other can hunt monsters. They have been around for more than ten years and have just enough food and clothing."
"After many years of hard work, it finally paid off. I became a beggar and rolled around like a wild dog, becoming famous and famous."
"One is guarding the city gate, and the other is working as a coward, trying to get ahead and swindle a little money. It's a good life."
Yun Que sang without any tune at all, just like a jingle. When he heard the last part, Amei burst into laughter.
Neither doing work nor guarding the city gates has anything to do with getting ahead.
Amei raised her head, with tears on her face, smiling while crying, and her eyes full of resentment.
The expression of smiling with tears is inappropriate on anyone's face, and it will definitely look weird, but on Amei's pretty face, it shows a kind of thrilling beauty, giving people a feeling that I feel pity for them. I feel so much that I wish I could hold her in my arms, protect her for the rest of my life, and prevent her from being bullied.
It was a kind of beauty that belonged exclusively to delicate women. Coupled with Amei's peerless beauty, even Yun Que was stunned for a moment.
What a disaster...
Yun Que sighed in his heart, no wonder the prince of Shaowu State did not hesitate to frame Zhongliang to get the Qiong Yin Qiong Wu sisters. Such appearance is really unforgettable.
Yun Que felt that among the beauties in the entire Jin Dynasty, Mu Qingyao was the only one who could rival the Qiong Yin Qiong Wu sisters.
The beauty of Princess Lingyun is a kind of noble and elegant beauty, pure and flawless.
The beauty of the sound and dance in the sky is a kind of enchanting beauty, just like a spirit fox, with charm in the beauty and natural charm.
"Crying too much will hurt your health. If you get sick in the prison, no one will care about you."
Yun Que said: "I am now the acting judge. If you need anything, you can come to me. If I can help, Mr. Yun will never be vague, but I have agreed in advance that there is no need to talk about borrowing money."
Amei glared at Yun Que with a pair of beautiful eyes, lowered her head and said nothing.
"Cherish words like gold. Is your voice broken? You are so familiar with it, why don't you say a word?"
Yun Que said strangely.
Amei still didn't speak.
"If you don't say it, don't say it. I'll treat you to something good tonight."
Yun Que stood up, walked to the cell door, stopped and said, "No matter how long the night is, dawn will eventually break."
After Yun Que left for a while, Amei raised her head and stared at the flowers about to bloom on the plum tree, her eyes red from crying gradually becoming stronger.
After leaving Tianlao, Yun Que has been regretting it all the time.
"It's too big... What if she wants to eat Tang Monk's stuffed buns? I can't even afford them for one tael of silver each!"
Yun Que was greatly moved when he thought of the steamed buns he and Mu Qingyao ate in the imperial city for the first time.
That thing Yun Que can eat more than thirty taels in one meal without any effort. One tael of silver per bun, which is more than thirty taels in one meal, three meals a day and one hundred taels!
Eating steamed buns every day for a month would cost three thousand taels of silver!
The two salaries combined are not enough.
When I was in Zangshi Town, I could at least afford steamed buns. When I arrived in Tianqi City, I not only lived in the fifth rank of official residence, but also served as the prince's companion, but in the end I couldn't even afford steamed buns.
I don’t know if this means I am promising or if I am more depressed.
Life is so strange.
Yun Que spent his first day in office feeling emotional.
When it was almost time to leave the office in the evening, Shangguan Hongtu, the assistant minister, summoned everyone and told them a piece of news.
The grassland barbarians sued for peace and presented hundreds of dancing girls, one of whom was the noble Bie Ji who would become the emperor's concubine in the future.
Beji, which means the princess of the grassland, is the daughter of the tribal Khan.
"Those barbarians have suffered a lot over the years, and they are finally afraid." Someone said in relief.
"The King of Funan is so famous that the barbarians have to flee!" Another person said loudly.
"The Black Iron City has copper walls and iron walls. The barbarians can hardly save their grassland, let alone plundering the Jin Dynasty."
"The marriage seems to be a helpless move by the prairie people."
Everyone was talking about it, and they all felt proud and proud.
Ever since King Funan took control of Black Iron City, the grassland people had completely lost their temper, their prestige had long since been defeated, and they had been defeated.
Shangguan Hongtu nodded and said:
"The Three Pillar Kingdom of the Jin Dynasty is not called for nothing. This time the prairie people will marry each other, and the border army will escort them all the way. After arriving at Tianqi Imperial City, the Ministry of Rites and our Ministry of Punishment will take over. The matter is very important, so we must not be careless. In other places, Before Ji enters the palace, nothing can go wrong."
Everyone should give up.
Shangguan Hongtu continued:
"One more thing. Princess Xuanyu of Shaowu Kingdom will arrive in the imperial city tomorrow. The Ministry of Rites has prepared manpower to protect her safety. We, the Ministry of Punishments, cannot be idle and have sent ten people to station at the embassy to assist the Ministry of Rites until Xuanyu The princess is married to Crown Prince Yu."
The envoy is the place where envoys from other countries stay after arriving in Jin Dynasty, and everyone takes orders again.
Shangguan Hongtu sighed softly and said with emotion:
"Three years ago, I sent one of them, and three years later, I sent the princess to marry as promised. Humph, Shao Wuguo still looks down on me, Da Jin."
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and no one dared to challenge him.
Yun Que heard the mystery from Shangguan Hongtu's words.
The person that Da Jin gave to Shao Wuguo three years ago should be Qiong Jin!
It turned out that the emperor had a private deal with Shaowu State at that time, and exchanged Qiong gold for the marriage of a princess of Shaowu State. However, the marriage had been delayed for three years and was only fulfilled now.
"Although the stakes in the marriage between Princess Xuanyu and Prince Yu are nothing, it is still a good thing. When the princesses of the two countries marry the princes in the future, the east of the Jin Dynasty will be considered stable."
Shangguan Hongtu's eyes brightened, and he said: "Shao Wu Kingdom is getting married, and the grassland people are asking for peace. As long as everything goes well, our Jin general will have no foreign enemies and can rest and recuperate. It won't take long before our military strength can catch up with Shaowu Kingdom and become a true The powerful Yunzhou country!"
The demon capital in the north has been destroyed, and the only foreign enemies of the Jin State are the Shaowu State in the east and the prairie barbarians in the south. If these two threats can be resolved, the Jin State will have no more external worries. This is also the result expected by the emperor and all the courtiers.
Yun Que learned from Li Shu that Princess Xuanyu was the daughter of Zhu Shou, the royal prince of Shaowu Kingdom, and that this royal prince was the culprit who coveted the beauty of the Qiong family sisters and did not hesitate to frame Qiong Jin.
Knowing that she was this person's daughter, Yun Que felt that Princess Xuanyu was probably not a good person. A bastard, the children he raised would most likely be bastards as well.
For the upcoming two marriages, the Ministry of Punishment seems to be even busier.
Yun Que also followed suit.
Fortunately, Tiluo Si is mainly in charge of Tianlao, and things like protecting the princess and Beiji have nothing to do with him.
However, the Crown Prince Yu mentioned by Shangguan Hongtu has a lot to do with Yun Que.
That guy still owes three thousand taels of gambling debt!
Yun Que has not forgotten this.
The account book that Fairy Gambling Dance opened was in Yun Que's hands, and there was still one Yin Tao left to pay.
Not to mention three thousand taels, Yun Que had to ask for even three taels of silver.
After repaying Fang Shi and Wu Ying's elixir money, Yun Que only had what little savings he had left with him, a few hundred taels in total. It was considered a fortune in Zangshi Town, but it was really shabby in Tianqi City. very.
It's not even enough to buy two golden sand grass.
The emperor's reward of ten thousand taels of silver seemed to be a lot, but it was nothing compared to the millions of silver needed for the master realm.
Therefore, for Yun Que, the more things like silver, the better. The more, the better.
Dinner was at the Penal Department.
You need money in the academy, but it's free here, and you can even bring a copy to Mei.
When it comes to taking advantage, Yun Que is definitely at the ancestor level.
Back at Baihua Palace, it was already dark.
A while ago, he was either gambling or fighting, so Yun Que had no time to look for Yin Tao, who owed money. Today, he happened to have nothing to do. Yun Que asked someone to inquire and learned that Yin Tao, the crown prince of Prince Yu, was in the east building.
"Pay the bill tonight!"
Yun Que sneered and went to the Yanwu Palace to find Mei Qian.
"We agreed on one hundred taels, and the money is coming, so you can't default on it," Mei Qian said.
"Brothers have settled accounts. Since when have my words not counted?" Yun Que said.
After the two returned to Baihua Palace, they first looked for traces of Yin Tao.
It happened that Mr. Donglou was very excited today. He set up a big wok downstairs and was stir-frying hard with a spatula as big as a shovel. He didn't know what ingredients were in it, but it looked bloody and bloody.
All the students from the East Building were holding their noses and standing nearby, frightened.
The gentleman made a speech today, and all the students in the East Building will have to try his new skills.
After locking Yin Tao in the crowd, Yun Que and Mei Qian looked at each other, raised the corners of their mouths, and gathered around him with a sneer.
The posture of the two of them looked like they were hunting monsters in the mountains and forests.
