In August 951 AD, the construction of New Lushan County, which took two years and five months, was completed, four months ahead of schedule. Zhong Qian, the governor of Jiangzhou, stayed in Lushan County for three days and visited almost all the newly built places in Lushan County. Zhong Qian was amazed! He didn't know the names and functions of many supporting facilities, such as public canteens, public baths, public toilets, and underground sewage systems. Hearing that the iron alone cost three million taels of silver, he had no other expression except for being stunned. , this is a feat! The country built a new city without allocating any money, and it also had a strong military wall, which was no worse than the one in Jinling, the capital of the country! This requires me to write a memorial and submit it to the court to commend Yu Le! What a genius, haha!
Zhong Qian actually reported it to the court after she returned to the government. Seeing that Zhong Qian's memorial described Lushan New City so well, Emperor Li Jing wanted to go and inspect it in person, but was dissuaded by Feng Yansi, one of the "Five Ghosts", on the grounds that this When trivial matters are not enough, the emperor has personally troubled him, and he will have a rough idea by sending someone there. Feng Yansi does not want someone new to jump in front of the emperor to compete with him! So Li Jing sent Zhao Yuan, a young eunuch from the Shaofu, to go there. Of course, he also awarded the title. Tan Qiao was granted the title of Zhongxian Magistrate of Lushan County (up to the seventh rank); Yu Le was made the Zhongxian Cheng of Lushan County (up to the ninth rank). . But Zhong Qian didn’t even mention it, so her efforts were all in vain!
When the imperial envoy from the capital arrived, Lushan County was packed with people! This is the first time that an imperial envoy from the imperial court has come to Lushan County!
Zhao Yuan, the young eunuch of the Shaofu, was established after the New Year. He was cautious and quite clear-minded. He knew that this matter was just a formality. He inspected it once, conveyed the holy intention and showed the holy heart. As for other things, it was not involved. However, Zhao Yuan was very curious about Le. I heard that this kid in Lushan County, who is only fourteen years old, is single-handedly running the new town in Lushan County. I wanted to see what kind of person he is!
Tan Qiao had already led Yu Le and other people to line up to welcome him. After setting up the table and burning incense, Zhao Yuan read out the imperial edict. After all the main work was completed, Zhong Qian led the officials of Jiangzhou to clean up the affair for the imperial envoy Zhao Yuan.
Today's Lushan County Government is already bustling with traffic and bustling with people. Tan Qiao's preferential tax policy and Gao Pingchuan's beauty promotion have attracted many merchants to shop and open stores. In addition, it is important that the local tea and inkstones are relatively famous. Trading products, of course, the most important thing is that there are many rich people. The rich people who move here drive consumption and stimulate the economy, which then leads to a chain reaction. High-end wine shops, teahouses, workshops, gambling houses, inns, etc. are all available. Business is quite developed.
Tan Qiao, Yu Le and others accompanied Zhao Yuan to have a drink at Wangyuanlou, the largest restaurant in the area. After three drinks, everyone had a good meal and started chatting. Since Li Jing came to power, because he liked Taoism, he led the people of the Tang Dynasty to advocate Taoism, so that the people below also followed him and learned from it. Zhao Yuan and Tan Qiao communicated more, and the others were all listeners, sometimes smiling, sometimes nodding, like a bunch of puppets.
However, someone still interrupted the exchange between the two. A servant informed that someone from the university came to see Yu Xian Cheng. There was something urgent that Yu Xian Cheng needed to return to school to deal with. Yu Le was surprised that something could be so urgent! This was a welcome banquet for the imperial envoy. Fortunately, Zhao Yuan was not a narrow-minded person. Hearing that there was something urgent, he left Yu Le in front of him. Yu Le hurriedly thanked him and left the Wangyuan Tower to walk towards the university, but not long after he walked out He was taken home by his servants. When Yu Le returned home in confusion, he saw two village girls sitting at the dining table, devouring their meals without caring about their own image. Yu Le looked at the two of them carefully, their clothes were dirty. It's beyond description. His hair is disheveled, without any decoration, and his face is covered with black mud, as if he has fallen into a mud pit. Whose family is this that is fleeing here? If you want to go to school, you can go to school. Why did you come to my house? At this time, Yu Le saw that the two of them were hungry and didn't want to disturb them. He just waited until the two of them finished eating.
The two people just immersed themselves in the meal and didn't know anyone came in. One of them said while eating: "I finally had a full meal, hehe! It's really delicious. It must not have been made by Yu Le. He is still eating with Zhao Yuan There’s wine!”
"Yes! Miss, he is now a county magistrate, but he is in the ninth rank! He is only fourteen years old! I will definitely not look down on him, and I should be able to agree with you!"
"Oh! It's hard to say. Let's talk about it later! Ouch! Oh my joy! My feet are all covered in blisters! It hurts so much!"
Yu Le heard who was following whom, and thought: This is Ehuang who has come thousands of miles to find her husband! hey-hey! Yu Le did not disturb the two of them, quietly walked out, asked his servants to prepare bath water, women's clothing, accessories, cosmetics, and topical wound medicine, and then came back to wait for the two of them to finish eating.
"I'm full now." Ehuang burped. She looked like a young lady! "Hehe! Huanyan, you are finally at Xiaobao's side this time. Are you happy?"
"Miss, didn't I sneak out with you?" Huanyan pretended to be innocent!
"Come on! You are much more impatient than me on this road. Thanks to practicing the health regimen taught by Yule, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to walk such a long way! But you are still smart and have many ideas, otherwise we would be really It will cause trouble!"
"The key is that the eldest lady is unparalleled. This makes ordinary people feel evil after seeing her. If we don't disguise ourselves in an ugly way, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Lushan County."
"Hehe! Huanyan, don't worry, the eldest lady will be satisfied with your affairs and will definitely let Xiaobao marry you. If Lele comes, let him arrange a life for you and Xiaobao. How about letting you two get married this year? Ha ha!"
"Oh! Miss, just make fun of me, don't you also want to marry the county magistrate?"
"Um, um, we are still young. The most we can do now is an engagement, but my parents may not agree." Ehuang was a little depressed.
Huanyan saw that the eldest lady was sad, and knew that she had touched something sad for the eldest lady, so she hurriedly said: "Miss, you are here, and the master and madam can't stop you even if they want! You can't let it go according to your wishes!"
"Hehe! I hope so! Huh! Die Lele, if he dares to betray me, I will definitely let him..."
"It's an embarrassing death." Yu Le said the second half of the sentence.
"Ah! Why is there someone here!" Huanyan shouted.
The two of them turned around and saw that it was Yu Le. He was standing not far from them. They were so ashamed! She really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, especially Ehuang. She didn't want Yu Le to see her in such a mess. It was so embarrassing, my God! How are you going to see anyone after this? Die because you can’t laugh at me every day! I, I can’t live anymore... Ehuang felt sad at this time, but what was waiting was that Yu Le picked him up and strode to another room that looked like a bath, which was already filled with smoke. , Ehuang thought to himself: You are not going to give me a bath! ah! This is not possible! We, we haven’t gone to the church to get married yet, so we can’t perform the rites of Duke Zhou! You are dying for fun, I, I, I swear to the death!
Yu Le put Ehuang next to the bathtub and left. After a while Huanyan and several maids came in. Ehuang saw Huanyan come in and finally felt at ease, hehe! I said Yu Le would not be like this, so... He is a gentleman! Yu Le seems to have really lost weight, a lot taller, and a lot stronger. I haven’t seen him for more than four years, hehe! very nice.
The two happily took a hot bath, but they were curious about the tub. This was not an ordinary tub, but, I don't know how to describe it, it was a bit long, and people could lie down in it. It's not as high as a bucket, but it's quite comfortable anyway.
After taking a shower, the two of them saw clothes, accessories, blush, eyebrow pencil and other supplies. They felt so beautiful! Emperor E was even more delighted with Le. This man is so kind and considerate! And it's all top quality.
The two seemed to have forgotten the journey of hunger and cold, and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the "career" of makeup.
Half an hour passed and the two of them still didn't come out. Xiaobao was impatient and wanted to rush in. When the two beauties were taking a bath, Yu Le asked someone to call Xiaobao back. Xiaobao heard the news I ran back without even riding the horse because I had to put on a saddle to save time! But as soon as I got home, I found Yu Le drinking tea leisurely. What was going on? It turned out that the two girls were enjoying themselves, so just wait! This is good, I drank pot after pot of tea but no two people came out. This woman is really troublesome! Isn’t it just makeup? Did it take so long?
Men can never understand women's thoughts. Isn't there a song that says, "Don't guess what a girl is thinking. If you guess, you will fall in love with her." Really, the two girls also wanted to show their love the most beautiful way.
It finally came out. In Yule's heart, Ehuang is naturally beautiful and does not need to be decorated with anything. Natural beauty is the real beauty! But Yu Le didn't look at Ehuang's face. He found that Ehuang was walking with a limp, alas! Damn it, I forgot that she had blisters on her feet. Yu Le ignored Xiaobao and walked directly to Ehuang, picked him up and left. Ehuang was shocked, what is this? Why are you so anxious! Me, I'm not ready yet! But when she discovered that she had arrived in the study room, she felt relieved, but she still wondered what Yu Le was doing.
Yu Le put Ehuang on the chair, then went out, and came back after a while, with silver needles and topical trauma medicine in his hand. Yu Le took a chair and placed it next to Ehuang, then sat down and put Ehuang Putting his legs on his own, he took off Ehuang's shoes and socks. What he saw were large blisters of pus and blood on his feet. The largest ones were as big as the fingernails of his little fingers, and there were four or five on each foot. , but Yu Le felt very distressed.
"Miss, please bear with me. I'll help you get rid of the blood blisters. It will heal faster this way."
"Oh! Okay! Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt very much, just bear with it and it'll be fine. I'll get there soon."
"Hmm! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... please be gentle, it hurts so much!"
"Ah." Now it was Yu Le's turn, and Ehuang began to bite Yu Le. The two of them spent a stick of incense screaming, and then they talked happily.
At this time, Yu Le took a closer look at this natural beauty, and finally knew what the adjectives such as "the fish falls and the wild goose falls, the moon is shy of the flower, the city is charming, the country is beautiful and fragrant, and the appearance is like a fairy", etc., are indeed the sixth palace pink, a The word "absolutely".
Yu Le listened to Ehuang in his arms telling the story of his and Huanyan's "thousands of miles to join their husband". After his sister was born, Ehuang was no longer the focus of his parents' attention. He was originally a bastard in the family. His only pleasure was reading Yu Le's letters, and Yu Le's letters also made Ehuang more and more interested. He wanted to escape from his home to visit the new Lushan County and his sweetheart. Besides, he also knew about Huanyan and Xiaobao, so the two plotted a plan to join their husbands thousands of miles away. Ehuang was also a careful person, so he first thought of a way to give Huanyan I got rid of my slave status, of course, in secret. I stole the deed, and then started to save my "pocket money" for travel expenses. The most important thing was to choose the transportation method to Lushan County. The river road is fast, and it takes 12-14 days. It would only be more than a month for the land route, and the states they passed through were complicated. They were both young girls, and safety was the most important thing, so they chose to take the river route. Huanyan gave Ehuang his pockmarked face, and if he had such a peerless appearance, It's okay to appear in front of everyone. Not only is it difficult to move forward, but you might be robbed.
Huanyan also exchanged a lot of copper coins. Although she was poor and rich, she could not show off her wealth. It seemed that Huanyan was quite mature or experienced. In addition to bringing a few sets of clothes, Yu Le and Xiao Bao's letter came, and the two secretly left the house early in the morning and took the earliest passenger ship to Jiangzhou. When they left, Ehuang left a letter to his parents, saying, "The world is so big, besides living in poverty, there are also poems and distant places." "This is exactly what Yu Le wrote to Emperor E in his letter. Emperor E understood the meaning and wrote it to his parents intact. Finally, he told his grandpa and grandma not to worry about himself, as he had found his own place. After getting married, you will naturally contact your family.
After all, he was still young, which fully revealed that he was traveling with a purpose. After Zhou Zong and his mother-in-law read Ehuang's letter, they began to investigate Ehuang's recent correspondence, and found that there was no contact with outsiders. There was no correspondence between her and Yu Le. It turned out that Huanyan secretly sent and received the correspondence between her and Yu Le while she was away. Zhou Zong and his wife did not pay attention at all. This frightened the two of them and they hurriedly sent people to search for them. In the end, Uncle Fu discovered something fishy, but he didn't say anything because he found that his young lady had cyclical changes, that is, she would be happy for one or two days almost every eleven or two days, and he didn't know why. However, in connection with this matter, it seems that I have received a letter, and it must be a love letter, and the eldest lady usually talks about things in Lushan County the most, and what she talks about to the servants is "Modern and Modern History of China" edited by Yu Le , if the letter from Lushan County was really transported by river, the time would really match up, and it wouldn't have gone to Lushan County!
Uncle Fu did not tell his master directly, but requested to go to Lushan County to inspect the newly opened Sitong Cabinet Shop. After hearing Uncle Fu's request, Zhou Zong knew what Uncle Fu had in mind, and of course he agreed and ordered him to go quickly. , and you should reply quickly when you have news. Uncle Fu took the order and went to Lushan County.
At this time, of course Ehuang didn't know that Uncle Fu was already on his way, and he was still gently nestling in Yule's arms and talking about his experience of being a husband. She and Huanyan bought the cheapest boat in order not to show off their wealth. The ticket turned out to be a lower class cabin. The people inside made Ehuang unforgettable for the rest of his life. He finally knew what suffering was. More than 30 people were squeezed into a cabin of less than 10 square meters. Everyone had no place except to sit cross-legged. Fortunately, Huanyan was there and gave Ehuang a place big enough to stretch his legs. The food the two brought could not be eaten after the third day. The weather was hot, the cabin was humid, and it became moldy, so Huanyan could only buy The food on the ship was really hard to swallow, but Huanyan could eat it. Ehuang really couldn't swallow it at first, but after two days of persistence, he had to eat it too. He was hungry! Ehuang swallowed hard with his eyes closed! After persisting for eleven days, they finally landed ashore. Originally, Ehuang wanted to find an inn to take a good bath, and then find a restaurant to have a big meal, but Huanyan dissuaded him. Huanyan just bought Ehuang because of the danger. After filling up on a few meat buns and drinking a few large bowls of tea, the two of them rented a carriage to Lushan County and rode for three days before arriving at the Lushan County Office.
The two of them arrived at the Lushan County Office before the imperial envoy entered the city. Knowing that Yu Le and the others were no longer in Qiyin Cave, they inquired about Yu Le's home. Fortunately, there were many people who knew about it, so the two of them quickly found Yu Le. Huanyan frightened the servants of Yu Le's family on the grounds that they were Yu Le's distant relatives who had come to seek refuge. They heard that Yu Le had gone to receive the imperial edict, and also knew that after Yu Le was made county magistrate, the mood of the two Great, but Ehuang was anxious to see Yu Le. When he arrived at his home, the eldest lady got angry and asked the servant to ask him to find Yu Le on the pretext that there was an emergency at school. He also asked the kitchen to cook quickly, but she was hungry. It's too bad, now the Le family has become the hostess.
Yu Le was really frightened after listening to Ehuang's story. If something happened, I can't imagine the consequences! Thanks to Huanyan, he is so alert. It seems that Huanyan is no ordinary person! There must be a story between her and Xiaobao.
Yu Le looked at Ehuang in his arms and didn't know what to say. He could only return the favor with a deep kiss. Ehuang was so frightened by Yu Le's sudden kiss that his eyes widened. He was not prepared for this at all. , this is my first time! (The word first kiss didn’t exist at that time) Hee hee! Nongfu Spring is a bit sweet!
While talking, Ehuang fell asleep. This was the relaxation after being extremely tired. Yu Le wanted to send her to the bedroom, but he was afraid of waking her up, so he had to hold her, but he also fell asleep. Unknowingly, When I woke up, my servant came to report that the county magistrate had invited me to attend Master Zhao Yuan's banquet. Noon is for catching the wind, and dinner is the formal one.
Yu Le told the servant that the school matter was urgent and had not been settled yet, so it would not be over. Yu Le sent Ehuang to the bedroom anyway, and he wanted to make a delicious meal for Ehuang. This was also the first time that Ehuang ate his own food! Be sure to get a few more big dishes, haha!
