Seeing the increasingly disappointed look on Liu Qing's face, Qiu Yizhi suddenly felt a pity for him and said, "Don't be too sad. 'Mr. Bansong' Lin Shuhan here is very resourceful, and I often ask for help when I have something to do." Ask him, I'll ask him for you, maybe he can have an idea."
So the two of them quickened their pace and walked towards the pavilion under half a pine tree beside the pond of the manor. They saw Lin Shuhan already waving a folding fan in the pavilion thoughtfully.
It turned out that Wang Laowu, who was delivering the order, was a scud. As soon as Qiu Yi's order was given, he knew Lin Shuhan in an instant. Qiu Yi and Liu Qing were walking and talking all the way, which delayed a lot of time, so they Instead, he walked behind Lin Shuhan.
When Lin Shuhan saw Qiu Yizhi's late arrival, he smiled and complained: "Master Qiu is so arrogant. He invited me to come over to discuss matters, but he actually walked behind me. Where was the promise he made so well and so politely? Flying to Java? "
Of course Qiu Yizhi knew that Lin Shuhan was just joking, so he walked into the pavilion with a smile and arched his hands towards Lin Shuhan. His eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of Wang Laowu holding a plate of food and rushing towards him, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "Mr. Lin said You're right, I did this rudely, but I also asked someone to order two bowls of hot noodle soup for you to taste. Although it's just a common thing in the army to satisfy hunger, it's my sincerity."
When Wang Laowu approached, Qiu Yizhi personally brought a bowl of noodles to Lin Shuhan on the plate, and then brought another bowl to herself. Seeing that there were two bowls left, she asked Liu Qing: "Have you had breakfast?" ?”
Liu Qing had been busy all night and had not actually had breakfast. He smelled the hot noodle soup and his mouth was already salivating. However, his future and life were in the hands of the two people in front of him, but he did not dare to be rude at all, so he had to He swallowed the saliva in his mouth and said something against his will: "I've eaten..."
"That's good!" Qiu Yizhi said to Wang Laowu, "Send the two bowls of noodles to Yuchi Jiming and Wen Lingjiao, and say that they are for my enjoyment."
Wang Laowu agreed, turned around, took the plate and walked away.
The three of them sat down. When Qiu Yizhi saw the steaming noodle soup in front of him, he picked up a large piece of noodles with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth. But this bowl of noodles had just been cooked and served. It was so hot that Qiu Yizhi's mouth suddenly shrank, and all the noodles that had not been swallowed were spit out.
Qiu Yizhi was impatient and couldn't eat hot food, so he had to use chopsticks to stir the noodle soup to dissipate the heat, and smiled to himself: "It seems that anyone can't be impatient, even a small matter like eating noodles, let alone a military and national event. "
Liu Qing forced out a smile in embarrassment: "It's all my fault that I didn't understand the profound meaning of His Highness Yi. How can I fix it? Please ask Your Highness Yi, and Mr. Lin will give me some advice!"
Lin Shuhan was a calm man and a great Confucian. He believed in "no words during sleep and no words when eating." He only said: "Let's talk about it. As for whether the students can help you, that is another matter." After finishing, Lin Shuhan picked up a few noodles with chopsticks, blew them a little, and concentrated on eating the noodles.
Liu Qing listened and quickly recounted what happened last night. He spoke very carefully, fearing that he would miss any small details that would affect Lin Shuhan's judgment.
Qiu Yizhi had always known Lin Shuhan's personality, and knew that this "Mr. Bansong" disdained talking to common people and fools, and would not give Liu Qing advice according to common sense. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi prepared a lot of good words in his belly, but he did not expect that Lin Shuhan agreed without saying a word of flattery. I wonder what happy things happened to Lin Shuhan...
While he was trying to figure out Lin Shuhan's thoughts, he heard Lin Shuhan say: "Stop talking. It sounds like a mess when you talk like this. How can I help you?"
Qiu Yizhi immediately came back to his senses and saw Lin Shuhan's look of disdain and disdain on his face. He then turned around and saw Liu Qing rubbing his hands with embarrassment on his face. He gave a stiff "haha" smile and asked, "Mr. Lin, what did you say just now?" You have to be fine, why are you so angry?"
He was a smart man. As soon as Lin Shuhan said a few words, he guessed that Liu Qing had said something wrong, so he taught him a lesson: "You Liu Qing, what kind of person is Mr. Lin? Even the emperor and Prime Minister Zhongli praised him. Yes, you are being petty with him in front of him. Isn’t this just a trick? Stop talking and just listen. I’ll say it for you.”
Then, Qiu Yizhi told what happened last night and what Liu Qing had done early this morning.
Qiu Yizhi was indeed a smart man. Although his words were detailed and concise, he did not miss a single key plot or key dialogue. Lin Shuhan was eating noodles in silence and nodding lightly, but his mind was racing. The ground spins and calculates.
After Qiu Yizhi finished speaking, Lin Shuhan just finished eating the noodle soup. He took a towel and wiped his mouth gently, then asked: "Sir, just now, the Yinhua girl mentioned that there are some important people up there. ?”
Qiu Yizhi nodded and said: "Not to mention this matter, I also want to ask sir for advice. They said it softly, but I really heard it down below. I just don't know which side the so-called upper side refers to, and the so-called big shot refers to Who is it again?”
Lin Shuhan got up and walked around the pavilion twice, both walking and thinking. He suddenly stopped, pointed at Liu Qing and said: "Your life has been saved. You can't withdraw from your official position for a while. Just like this, you can gone back."
Liu Qing was delighted when he heard this, and immediately stood up and saluted Lin Shuhan, but he hesitated and refused to leave.
Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi said: "Mr. Lin asks you to go back, so go back first. He is a man of great ability. If he says you are fine, then you will be fine. If you have any questions now, go back first. Besides, I will naturally send someone to find you if something happens.”
Liu Qing hurriedly replied: "No... no... I don't have any questions, I just want to ask His Highness Yi and Mr. Lin, is there anything else you want me to do?"
Lin Shuhan opened the folding fan and shook it twice, then closed his fingers and said to Liu Qing: "What you said is quite clear. Haha, you, the Jiedushi of Jiangnan Province, are also a figure. Your Highness racked your brains to think of this." You ruined your idea of saving your life in just a few hours. I am a humble student, but I don’t have the skills of Your Highness to withstand your troubles.”
Liu Qing agreed in his mouth, but he was thinking in his heart: If this poor scholar didn't talk to me like this for the sake of Prince Yi, or if his life and future depended entirely on him, he would have slapped you in the face. Got it!
But I heard Lin Shuhan continue to say: "Master Qiu's idea before was right. Now you must also follow my instructions and step up the defense of Jinling Pass. But you don't have to surround the city like a bucket. You must know how to open one side of the net and keep it sparse." Don’t miss out. Anyone who is suspicious cannot be excluded from the city. They must be let in first and then have someone keep a close eye on them, and then report to Mr. Qiu immediately. You cannot alert the enemy, do you understand?”
"I understand, I understand!" Liu Qing promised Noonuo repeatedly, said a few more words and then retreated.
Qiu Yizhi watched Liu Qing go away, but did not bring the topic to the main topic. Instead, she said with a smile: "I thought Mr. Lin looked down on Liu Qing and would not be upset for him, but unexpectedly, Mr. Lin deigned to praise him. I also watched Mr. Lin today. The face is filled with joy, is there something happy? "
Mr. Lin was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled in a self-conscious manner: "It seems that Lin is still far from the state of what the sages called 'not to be happy with things and not to be sad with oneself'. He was so happy that he was finally noticed by the adults."
With that said, Lin Shuhan took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Qiu Yizhi and said, "Sir, please take a look at what this is?"
Qiu Yizhi took it and looked at it, but it was a piece of white paper as big as a palm, with a row of small words written on it: By imperial edict, the untouchable Wu Ruofei will be changed to a good citizen immediately, and the seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs was stamped on the back.
Qiu Yizhi was also overjoyed when she saw it. She handed this document, which was as thin as a cicada's wings but weighed more than ten thousand gold, back to Lin Shuhan and said: "With this document, Miss Wu's bad record has been completely corrected. This is indeed true." It’s such a happy event, so congratulatory!”
Lin Shuhan carefully put away the household documents and said: "It was just delivered this morning. If I hadn't seen it, I don't know how happy I would be! After all, I am a woman with a small mind. I don't care whether my status is low or not. Ruofei's eyes are bigger than the sky. If you have something to write to Shanyin County, you can take this document with you so that Ruofei can feel at ease."
Qiu Yizhi said with a smile: "Since Miss Wu values me, there is no need to take it with me. I should have someone make a special trip to deliver it to Miss Wu from Shanyin County."
Lin Shuhan nodded slightly as a gesture of thanks, but then changed the subject and said, "Thanks to your lord, this matter can be handled. Lin and Ruo will have to thank you another day. You don't need to worry about it in advance. There is no one around now. We just want to talk about copper." The thing about Eye Arhat.”
Seeing that Lin Shuhan's expression was getting serious, Qiu Yizhi said seriously: "Mr. Cai just told Liu Qing that his life was safe and his official position was temporarily saved. I know that you never believe what you say. People like Liu Qing have such a big incident." , how can we save our lives and future?”
Lin Shuhan replied: "Didn't I ask you something just now? Have you forgotten it?"
Qiu Yizhi thought for a while and said: "What you sir are asking about are the so-called 'big figures' mentioned by those martial arts people? Whether this person really exists is still a question between yes and no. Maybe it's just the bluff of these people. That’s all.”
Lin Shuhan nodded and said: "Yes, he is this 'big man'. Although Lin is a scholar, he is not doing his job properly, and he has also come into contact with some people from the three religions and nine schools. To say that there is a sword hidden in a smile, and a sword hidden in a sweet talk, these are the patents of the so-called gentle people. Those who are accustomed to Although the martial people are rude and sometimes cruel and unreasonable, they speak much more honestly than the scholars. In my opinion, since they have said it, there is no doubt that they had the upper hand last night. , there is no need or intention to engage in these suspicious tactics. "
After hearing what Lin Shuhan said was very reasonable, Qiu Yizhi asked again: "It seems that in order to find out what the purpose of these people coming to Jinling is and where they are hiding now, the only way to find out the identity of this 'big shot' is . In your opinion, who is this ‘big shot’ talking about?”
Lin Shuhan knew that Qiu Yi had to ask this question, but he was not in a hurry to answer. He pointed at the bowl of noodles on the stone platform in the pavilion with his folding fan and said, "The noodles are cold. Sir, please eat first and listen to Lin slowly." Tao Lai."
Qiu Yi glanced at the steam coming out of the bowl of noodles and saw that the heat on the bowl of noodles was gradually thinning. She picked up a large piece with her chopsticks and brought it to her mouth. It was just right when it was cool and hot, so she started to eat it hungrily. (To be continued)