In the room, Xue Baochai looked at her and smiled, looking calm and graceful. On the white and tender neck, the blush that appears from the inside out is like the peach blossoms blooming in spring.
Brother Rong looked down, as if he were in a peach blossom forest. He forgot all about what was going on outside the house, not caring about the warblers outside or the cool breeze outside. In his eyes, the pink peach blossoms were swaying in the wind. Looking carefully, he could see the delicate pink peach blossoms trembling with the branches. Layers upon layers, blossoms are blooming.
Jia Rong knew in his heart that he would not have much time to meet Baochai. Tomorrow I will go to the kiln factory outside Jinling City again, and I cherish this good night even more.
Hearing Baochai's angry and delicate voice, he felt endless pressure at the same time.
This pressure seems to come from the abyss of the earth, as if there is a strong suction force under the earth that cannot be shaken off, and as if the gravity between heaven and earth suddenly increases.
"Brother Rong!"
Xue Baochai called out softly, and Duanxian's face became even more charming. There seems to be a spring from the East China Sea hidden in the eyebrows, and the spring water flows down in response to the sound. She felt her body sink, and her rather voluptuous body could not help but tremble. With her reserved knees closed, she relaxed her vigilance and crossed her arms to hook Brother Rong's waist.
She blushed and glanced at Brother Rong, then closed her eyes, looking even more pretty under her gorgeous dress. The voice echoed in my head, is this my husband? He also thought about the face of Brother Rong that he was looking at. He hadn't taken a good look at it recently, but his face had darkened a lot.
There was fun in the room, but outside the room the orioles had mixed feelings.
When the girl met Uncle Xiao Rong, she became even bolder after being led by him.
She, a little girl, didn't know the beauty of Peach Blossom Temple.
Even less understand the hymn written by the famous poet Tang Bohu of the previous dynasty:
"In Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, there are peach blossom fairies in Peach Blossom Temple. Peach Blossom Fairies plant peach trees."
"I come here to sleep under flowers when I'm drunk. I'm half awake and half drunk day after day."
"One on the ground and one in the sky, he has to drive and I have to be idle. Others laugh at me. I am too crazy, have no flowers, no wine, and work in the fields."
A maid like Pian Ying'er knows how to appreciate poetry very well, but even a maid like Xue Baochai doesn't know what it means to turn it over a thousand times, layer upon layer, and intricately.
Brother Rong chuckled: "I like Bao'er's wrinkles the most."
Xue Baochai opened her eyes in confusion. She was now in her youth, where did her wrinkles come from. Trapped and puzzled, I carefully studied Brother Rong's explanation, only to hear the bad guy snicker and whisper something, and then made a face turn red.
She tried to fight, but she couldn't muster the strength. With a murmur, he raised his arm slightly but couldn't help but grab the curtain next to him.
I heard Rong Ge'er smirk and say, "Although Bao'er has wrinkles, they are also the tightest wrinkles."
outside the room.
Ying'er looked at the sudden drizzle of autumn and winter under the night light and was lost in thought. The flowers that were still blooming in the courtyard seemed to be more vivid under the moistening of the drizzle. Listening to the sounds inside, she actually had the illusion that she had arrived in spring.
She walked slowly down the eaves and came to the foot of a tree while it was drizzling at night. I could only see two drops of heavenly water slowly flowing down from the stamens of the flower that had been blown by the strong winds of autumn and winter rains, and dust dripping along the petals before disappearing.
"It probably didn't disappear. It's just that the night was too dark, so I couldn't see it again." Ying'er crouched down and murmured to herself. He reached out to pick up the flower bones that had been knocked down by the wind and rain on the ground, put them on the tip of his nose and smelled them.
"Flowers that have been beaten by wind and rain will not smell as good as before, and the supposed fragrance of flowers has actually changed into something else."
She secretly sighed in disgust, dropped the flowers, and walked back from under the tree. Stepping back to the eaves, I saw flowers and plants living under the eaves again. The long and thick leaves were even brighter green after the wind and rain.
Ying'er was full of curiosity. She gently touched the thick and long leaf tips with her fingers, and immediately felt the warmth of the drizzle. Her fingertips were wet, and she curiously put her fingers into her mouth. The rainwater had a slightly sour and fishy taste.
It's really strange.
The maid Ying'er squatting under the eaves was puzzled. She opened her mouth out of curiosity and tasted the drizzle on the flowers and leaves. It was indeed a light sour taste. There is also a faint fishy smell in it.
After thinking about it carefully for a while, Ying'er, the maid, was dumbfounded on the spot when she heard the random sounds in the house.
After a long time, I heard Ying'er's name being called in the room. It was the girl who asked her to fetch water. After hearing this voice, Ying'er ran away shyly.
A few more days.
Jia Rong has returned to the kiln factory outside Jinling City. As the weather gets colder, the kiln factory in Jinling gradually looks like a factory. All rules were also drawn up with the assistance of Jia Qiang and Zong Cheng.
Calculating, I can take the opportunity to go back to Wang's house occasionally and secretly go to Xue's house in the future.
It was originally a very beautiful place, but because of Shenjing's letter, it became boring again.
"homesick?"
Brother Qiang asked him.
He said: "Yes. I have been away from Shenjing for a long time, and your sister-in-law is pregnant again. How can you not think about it."
In Wang Jiafeng, he could see her occasionally, but Qin Keqing in Shenjing could only communicate with her through letters. Although Jia Rong is a bastard and not a dedicated and good man, he still misses a virtuous and good woman like Qin Keqing.
Little did he know that at this time in the Water Transport Department of Huai'an Prefecture, a man was cursing his mother.
Tang Fufang took a stack of letters in her hand and looked at them again and again, feeling unspeakable pain in her heart. Originally, I planned to wait for the grain to be transported into Shenjing before visiting Jia's house. Now it was not enough for him to scold Jia Rong, and he started to scold the officials below.
"They are all blind people. It's not enough to ask for benefits from passing merchants on weekdays, but they actually set their sights on natural objects in the river. Can this thing be messed with? Now it's not just the people in the south of the Yangtze River who are poking at the governor's spine. , even King Zhongshun wrote a letter to reprimand him personally."
King Zhongshun blamed the governor for the delay in solving the problem of the destruction of natural objects.
The deputy governor also had a grimace on his face and picked up the letters from all over the south of the Yangtze River from his desk and read them. He said: "There must be someone behind this matter who is adding fuel to the flames, otherwise how could it spread all over the country?"
Tang Fufang snorted and cursed: "Do you still want to think about such a thing? Except for Jia Rong, Duan Yu, and that brother, only the three of them have the courage. Which of the other palace guards dares to do this with the governor? right?"
"These three people." The deputy governor sighed leisurely when he thought of the identities of Jia Rong and the others, and could no longer say anything else.
"The governor doesn't care about the people's scoldings, but now he has offended these three families at the same time. What's more, he has a bad reputation with King Zhongshun." Tang Fufang paused, feeling extremely unwilling, and then said: "King Zhongshun is the one who is innovative. Pai, where can our water transport department have a good life in the future?"
Everyone in the room couldn't help but be surprised when they heard this. Someone said: "Such a trivial matter shouldn't make the officials agree to the reform. After all, the gentlemen in Shenjing receive a lot of respect from us every year."
Tang Fufang glared at the fool who spoke. He scolded: "Bullshit filial piety. Don't the salt transport envoys in Yangzhou pay enough filial piety to the officials? Don't the thirty kiln owners in Yangzhou give enough tribute to the court? In any year, tens of millions of taels of silver are not sent to Kyoto. Not all the officials in Yangzhou’s Salt Transportation Department have been raped. Even all the officials in the yamen of Yangzhou Prefecture have to be replaced. Such a big thing should not be used as a lesson."
The deputy governor said helplessly: "In the past, all the health officials were collecting money like this. Who would have thought that something like this would suddenly happen. We have provoked the Jia family's star, now we have to think about how to solve it."
Tang Fufang secretly glanced at everyone and said calmly: "Now that King Zhongshun is in charge of this matter, he naturally has to show his attitude. I heard that Jia Rong returned to Jinling in a hurry, so he should send someone to Jinling to meet this Ningguo The Duke of Fu is the one. Can any of you recommend yourself and go to Jinling to resolve this matter?"
Everyone in the room lowered their heads when they heard the sound, not daring to answer. Tang Fufang and the deputy governor looked at each other in front, and their faces became even colder. The deputy governor cursed: "In the past, when you were collecting money, you were more anxious and diligent than anyone else. Now you just pretend to be dead if you don't go to Jinling?"
Everyone smiled bitterly in their hearts, they had to pretend to be dead. They had heard that Lord Ning Guofu was not easy to get along with, and they didn't know what they wanted to make in the end. If Ning Guofu's demands are too high, will they agree or not? In the end, I'm afraid neither party will benefit from it.
This short-term meeting of the Ministry of Water Transport did not come to any conclusion in the end.
Because they all know that things have become big.
It was made public by a 'mysterious' person with intentions. The common people in the south of the Yangtze River and the wealthy businessmen from various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River all know about it, the grain officials who come from other provinces to deliver grain all know about it, and even all the officials in the court know about it.
It is one thing for everyone to know something, but it is another thing for everyone to talk about it.
"The deputy governor should go to Jinling."
Tang Fufang sighed in disappointment. He knew how to deal with Ningguo Mansion first, and those mysterious people who promoted the "good deeds" of the Water Transport Ministry would not stop. As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, but when the momentum becomes greater, the officials in Shenjing may not dare to accept the contribution of water transport.
The deputy governor felt even more miserable. As expected, this painful job fell on him in the end.
He had a thousand or ten thousand dirty words to say in his heart.
"He scolded him, and I wanted to scold him." Duan Yu snorted angrily, "The beasts from the Water Transport Department want to ruin the bright future of these brothers. How can we still have the face if we don't give him any shame? Wear these clothes.”
Brother Lu comforted him and asked, "Brother Rong is the biggest sufferer. What did he say?"
"Brother Rong, what can you say?" Duan Yu snorted twice and said depressedly: "Brother Rong doesn't want us to pass the letter home and let the elders attack the Ministry of Water Transport. He said it would avoid having any objections to us today."
Brother Zhu nodded and said, "Brother Rong is right. It is indeed not appropriate to act like this, lest you be accused of being in contact with a clique."
Duan Yu chuckled and rolled his eyes at Brother Wei. He said sarcastically: "Brother Rong doesn't know the inside story, how can he still be ignorant? Do you want to stay in Sanhe Camp in Yangzhou from now on, guarding the two thousand soldiers in your hands? Thirteenth Master and Grand Scholar Shu Bole have already signed a letter To reform water transportation, now is the opportunity to deal with the governor of water transportation."
Brother Zhu laughed dryly and said: "You are the ones who are being harmed, why bring your brothers in."
Duan Yu said: "Brother Zhu has not been on duty with the Thirteenth Master for a long time. I guess he does not know the content of the letter here. In the future, the Governor of Water Transport will be replaced by the Governor of Haihe, and the tens of thousands of Caoding will be renamed the Navy Patrol. According to Brother Zhu's situation , I wonder if I can even get a naval officer among them, isn’t that more stylish than guarding two thousand river troops?"
Brother De shook his head. "I've only heard about the Fujian navy, but I don't know what the Haihe navy will look like. I don't want to go anywhere where Yangzhou is cool and unrestrained on the sea."
"You don't want to deal with the pirates in the southeast and northeast?"
"Um?"
Duan Yu chuckled twice and then didn't want to say anything else. But Brother Chu understood the meaning, smiled on his face, and said to please Duan Yu: "Brother, tell me how to do it, we will not delay it. Isn't he just a governor of water transportation? My brother wrote a letter to send to my father. I will definitely do it." Let’s talk carefully about the pros and cons of water transportation in front of my superiors.”
Duan Yu listened and nodded. What they are doing now is not contacting anyone to be harmed, but writing a letter to discuss the pros and cons, taking advantage of the reform of water transportation to count the bad things done by the Water Transport Ministry in recent years.
When everyone else saw the smile on Duan Yu's face, they couldn't help but wonder, why is this Shangguan possessed by Brother Rong? He actually learned that trick and stabbed people in the back.
Brother De asked again: "In recent days, there have been many songs about water transport in Huai'an and Yangzhou, but was it under the instigation of my brother?"
Duan Yu was stunned, he didn't know anything about this. He shook his head and asked, "What's going on?"
"We don't know. I thought it was my brother who instigated it. Ever since I heard that the cement at Brother Rong's house was destroyed, it suddenly spread in Huai'an and Yangzhou. Everyone knew about it, and young and old alike , there was a lot of buzz.”
"Is there such a thing?" Duan Yu asked doubtfully, "Is it possible that it was Brother Rong who instigated it?"
Brother Lu shook his head and said: "Because it's not him. Brother Rong is far away in Jinling, and there are no relatives from his family in Huaiyang. How could he instigate such a big battle?"
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Everyone was wondering.
Jia Rong is no exception.
When he saw the deputy governor of the Water Transport Ministry, he was stunned.
"It's not me. Don't wrongly accuse good people. We are serious people and we would never do such a dirty thing."
Brother Rong shook his head repeatedly, this is just a slap in the face. How dare he do anything to incite public opinion. At most, he would expose what the Water Transport Ministry had done on the spot, but he would never guide public opinion.
This thing can set you on fire if you're not careful.
The deputy governor smiled bitterly and said: "Please ask Guard Rong to show your respect. This matter really shouldn't make a big deal."
"I really didn't do it." It's definitely not a good feeling to be wronged. Jia Rong is not a fool. This inciting the people can be either big or small. Although it can have an impact on the Water Transport Ministry, it may also be impeached by officials in the DPRK. He might even become a thorn in the side of the royal family, a thorn in the side that even King Zhongshun might not be able to protect.
Brother Rong looked at the desolate expression on the deputy governor's face and murmured in his heart. Anyway, I have gotten the benefits I wanted, and got another three thousand taels of silver. Tang Fufang is also great.
Now we have to get out of it as soon as possible to avoid being splashed with this dirty water.
He smiled cordially and said: "There is just a small misunderstanding between our Ningguo Mansion and the Water Transport Ministry. Let's clear up the misunderstanding. Tomorrow I will go north from the canal to Huai'an with the deputy governor, so that the people on both sides of the strait can see that our misunderstanding has been cleared up." .”chaptererror
