When the steward left, Su Yanyan looked at Mr. Xun, "Uncle Xun, what do you think?"
Mr. Xun said with a smile: "I remember that Mr. Xia wrote an eloquent article in Sishui Prefecture on the concubine's marriage proposal. His words were penetrating, and his courage to have a bird's eye view of the overall situation has been fully revealed."
Su Yanyan nodded, "I've read that article too, and it really gave me a lot of inspiration. I didn't expect that he didn't talk about royal education and good governance, but divided the entire local governance into political affairs, financial matters, etc. Goods, weapons, and culture are each explained in detail. Although this theory is new, it makes perfect sense if you think about it carefully."
"Although there is no doubt about Xia Jingyun's ability, I am still very surprised that he was able to make Su Yuanshang pay so much attention to him and discuss this matter with Bingzhuye."
Su Yanyan opened her beautiful eyes slightly, confused, "Why is this?"
Mr. Xun said with a smile: "There are indeed such geniuses in the world. They know the world affairs without leaving the mountain. But such people tend to focus more on the overall situation, such as charting the development of the world situation, such as formulating the important policies of a country. Because these things can indeed be read from books.”
"But Su Yuanshang is a local official, and I have been in contact with him before. He is a person with rich political experience. It is difficult for him to be willing to talk to him for such a long time with some empty talk."
Su Yanyan was a little surprised and said: "Uncle Xun means that Mr. Xia not only has vision and ideas from a high place, but also has many detailed political opinions?"
"That should be the case." Mr. Xun smiled, "But it doesn't matter. I will order someone to send a message later. Su Yuanshang will naturally come to visit. We can ask clearly by then."
Su Yanyan hummed and said with a smile: "If this is true, this Mr. Xia is not just a person who only knows about romance, but a talented person who governs the world."
"Nine times out of ten, this long conversation can't be because of Baiyunbian, right?"
"Haha, that's true."
Su Yanyan thought of the rumors around Baiyun and couldn't help but smile, "In that case, I'll ask Uncle Xun to make arrangements. I'll go down and take a rest. Uncle Xun will send someone to call me."
"Miss, please go."
Su Yanyan walked towards her temporary residence. The maid Zingxue had already made the bed early, laid out the utensils, and packed everything. When she saw her return, she helped her freshen up a little and sort out the fatigue from the journey.
Before she had rested for long, Mr. Xun came in a hurry, knocked on the door and walked in. He looked at her seriously, "Miss, something happened."
Su Yanyan was worthy of being the apple of his eye, brought up by his old husband. His magnanimity was truly unparalleled. Hearing this, he calmly poured a cup of tea and handed it to her. Then he looked slightly calm and said, "Uncle Xun, something happened." What's the matter?"
Being interrupted like this, Mr.
"The Luo Su family we met in Zigui County that day was actually Su Yuanshang's biological sister. Su Yuanshang took a desperate risk and rescued her from death row, but the news was leaked. Now she is known to the censor of the state. , Lord Zhou Mu personally ordered him to be imprisoned pending trial."
"The clan has already discussed the results. We will not try to keep him, but will try to recommend someone else to take over the position of Qingshan County Governor."
After hearing this, Su Yanyan opened her mouth slightly with a look of astonishment.
Is there such a coincidence?
Mr. Xun sighed, "Personally, Su Yuanshang cares about blood ties and is willing to take risks for it. He is certainly a kind and righteous man, but as a prefect of a county, his clan is declining day by day, and he bears such an important responsibility." It’s really stupid to do this!”
Su Yanyan frowned slightly, "Tell me, could this be the work of Mr. Xia?"
Mr. Xun was stunned for a moment and then raised his eyebrows. Not to mention, it was quite a coincidence.
He was the one who sent Luo Su to prison, and then he came to Qingshan County to meet Su Yuanshang.
"That's not right." Su Yanyan shook his head again and denied his previous thoughts, "We inquired at the beginning that Mr. Xia was just meeting in Zigui County by chance. He could not influence the Luo Su family's lawsuit, let alone Su Yuanshang's choice. I must have made a malicious guess."
"It's such a coincidence that it's normal for the eldest lady to have doubts." Mr. Xun sighed, "As bold as possible, I'll collect information from various sources first and see if I can find any clues from it!"
"Then." He looked at Su Yanyan, "Miss, let's take a short rest in Qingshan County to see the local customs and continue our journey tomorrow?"
Su Yanyan frowned slightly, "We will set off early tomorrow morning. We will reduce the number of stops along the way and go home as soon as possible. This is too coincidental. I always feel that something is wrong."
Mr. Xun immediately nodded seriously, "Yes!"
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In the following days, Xia Jingyun and Bai Yunbian walked forward without encountering many stories.
In this Yunmeng Prefecture, which is rich in water and soil, Xia Jingyun walked through it. The people's livelihood was in decline and the economy was withered. It was exactly the same as the sorrow in Sishui Prefecture, which made people's hearts heavy.
From the perspective of the nobles Tianhuang and Huang Zi Gongqing who live in the temple, although it is not true that the common people are like grass and grass, it is also somewhat unreasonable.
But even if it is grass, there is still a huge difference between the lush and strong green grass and the dry and browned weeds.
When a ball of fire falls into the green grass, the fire will be slowly exhausted by these tenacious grass and grass, but the peace will still remain;
But under this withering yellow landscape, maybe it only takes a little spark to start a prairie fire.
This worldly world is like a scorching sun, scorching these grass bit by bit, squeezing out the moisture in them bit by bit, pushing the world towards the abyss full of withered yellow.
The squeezed water flowed into the high-rise courtyards of each household, which made Xia Jingyun filled with emotions.
On the night after the seventh or eighth day, Xia Jingyun stopped at a place called Huarong County.
"After passing this county, Yueyang City is ahead."
Bai Yunbian stood by the window of the inn, looking into the distance, with endless emotion in his words.
Xia Jingyun said: "Don't say it so sentimentally, it's not like we will be separated after passing Yueyang City."
Bai Yunbian turned his head and rolled his eyes at him. Xia Jingyun felt blessed in his heart and showed a gossipy smile, "You admire the eldest lady of the Su family?"
The white clouds looked at Yueyang from afar, and chanted slowly, "The phoenix bends down and expresses love, and the phoenix blinds the real person."
You are still giving in. Xia Jingyun translated: "It means that you have pursued others, but they ignored you?"
Bai Yunbian turned his head and glared angrily.
Xia Jingyun quickly raised his hand, "What kind of person is this eldest lady of the Su family?"
Bai Yunbian nodded slightly, "She's pretty good."
Xia Jingyun:.
Is this a new popular quote?
"Of course I know he's a good person, I mean, what he looks like, what his personality is like, and what's unique about him."
The white clouds seemed unheard.
Xia Jingyun turned slightly sideways and looked at Bai Yunbian's profile, "Have you never seen it before?"
"I'm tired, let's rest!"
Mr. Bai became angry with shame and walked away.
Xia Jingyun held his stomach and laughed for a while, then lay down lazily on the bed, looking at the wooden beams and tiles on the roof, and murmuring to himself.
"Yueyang Su Family, Mr. Su, the Pearl of Dongting"
While Xia Jingyun and his party were resting in the inn, a team went straight through Huarong County. Under the respectful and regretful watch of the Huarong County Magistrate, they went to Yueyang City overnight.
Not far from Huarong County, a cavalry team of 200 people came forward.
After a period of respectful greetings, they joined the team and silently took on the heavy responsibility of defense.
The torches gathered into a fire dragon and moved towards Sujiawu.
At this moment, in Sujiawu, the four direct brothers were gathered together again.
It is still a three-legged situation with one person joining in the fun.
The head of the Su family looked at the handsome man on his left and said, "Second brother, if you have anything to do, you have to come and discuss it at night."
The second child hurriedly said: "Brother, third child, the brother-in-law of the fourth child has agreed to come to Qingshan County and is willing to help us stabilize the relationship in Qingshan County. The operation of our side has begun to show signs of improvement, and the problem is not big. But There is one thing, shouldn’t our Su family also express something?”
The boss frowned, "What do you mean?"
"The governor of Qingshan County is still one of ours, and many of our businesses in the county can continue to be maintained, but they help us with so many things, we can't just let the horses run away without giving them grass, right?"
The third child had some ominous premonitions in his heart, and he was impatient, "Second brother, just tell me what you have to say!"
"Hey! What I mean is that we have to give others the things that Su Yuan still had before."
The boss nodded slowly, "This is what it should be. Even if you are a relative of your own, there must be benefits. Then what do you say, second brother?"
The second child glanced at the third child, "What I mean is, just turn all the things in Su Yuanshang's hand over to show our attitude, and then the fourth child will add one or two extra Zhuangzi, a few A shop."
"No!" Before the boss could speak, the third child immediately objected, "Most of the things in Su Yuanshang's hands are mine, why should I take them out? He belongs to the fourth child, and if he wants to take it, the fourth child should take it. Or you can take it!”
He didn't feel much about handing over the position of prefect before, but when his wife reminded him, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was wrong. Now that he wanted to take his property, he was naturally unwilling.
The fourth child shrank his neck and did not dare to say a word.
The second child said: "Third child, what are you talking about? What is mine and yours? Aren't we all members of the family? If Qingshan County is stable, our Su family will not suffer big losses! And taking your things is Because these things were previously under the control of Su Yuanshang, this is just convenient and appropriate, and you can also feel our sincerity!"
The third child said with a cold face, "Then it would be more sincere if you just take your property. He is yours anyway! When Su Yuanshang became the governor of Qingshan County, I didn't let you get any rewards!"
"Okay!" the boss said majestically, stopping the quarrel.
"What are you saying? Can a little wealth make brothers fall out? Do you still have the tolerance of the Su family? How did my father teach us back then!"
After scolding the two brothers into silence, he took a deep breath and said, "Third brother, do as the second brother said. The things you hand over will be recorded in a directory and the family property will be replenished for you."
"Second brother, get this thing done. The clan is so cooperative in this matter. If you fail to handle it, your second brother must give me an explanation to the elders of the clan!"
It was the head of the family who made the decision to deal with this, so the two brothers naturally had no objections and had no choice but to agree.
"Report!"
"Master, the second master, the third master, the fourth master, and the eldest lady have arrived ten miles away from the dock!"
The boss stood up happily and said, "That's all for tonight, let's go about our business!"
After saying that, he hurried out of the room, ready to call his wife and concubines to greet his precious daughter.
The second and third children looked at each other, moved away awkwardly, and each walked out of the lobby.
The fourth child quickly followed the second child.
There was no one sitting in the luxurious hall.
(no more)
(End of chapter)
