"What's wrong?"
Jun Huailang heard Xue Yan's voice from behind. He looked up and saw Xue Yan walking forward and looking down at him.
Judging from the color alone, these two pairs of eyes have the same appearance.
"There is a cat." Jun Huailang raised his head and said to Xue Yan with a smile in his eyes.
Xue Yan met the soft smile in his eyes, and his heart softened involuntarily.
Then, he turned to look at the little tabby in the corner.
Half of his soft fur was wet, and the rest jumped up on guard, as if to make himself look fierce.
But it backfired, the meowing sound was so soft and whistling.
Xue Yan only glanced at it, then turned his eyes away in disgust.
Jun Huailang stretched out his hand towards the kitten.
"The rain won't stop for a while, such a small thing, I'm afraid it will freeze to death if left in the rain." Jun Huailang said, and touched it tentatively.
The kitten made a gesture to bite him, but the little deciduous teeth fell on the back of his hand, but he didn't have much energy, as light as a spoiled child.
At this moment, Fu Yi, who was not far away, sneezed.
Jun Huailang suddenly remembered, turned around and said to Fuyi, "Aren't you able to touch such a hairy animal?"
He remembered that when he was young, he touched a puppy with his coat, and the dog's hair stuck to his body, causing him to sneeze and get a rash, and it took him two or three days to get better.
Fuyi said ashamed: "Young master, don't worry about me."
Where is the owner who doesn't keep cats because slaves can't touch animals
Jun Huailang retracted his hand hesitantly.
Keeping a cat is a small matter, but Fu Yi is by your side every day, so you can't avoid contact.
But when he looked at the kitten's eyes, the crystal clear amber color made him inexplicably reluctant.
"Otherwise, talk to the concierge and ask them to take the cat back." Jun Huailang said, but did not get up, his eyes fixed on the cat. "Always save it first, and the rest..."
But at this moment, a slight but long sandalwood incense lingered around him from back to front.
Xue Yan's breath was close, and then he stretched out his hand and picked up the cat on the ground.
He didn't have the consciousness to hold the cat, and he could easily hold it by holding the middle part of its body with one hand. The cat was suddenly picked up, struggling with its four claws, but it was useless.
Jun Huailang looked up and saw Xue Yan standing behind him, leaning over to catch the cat.
"I'll take care of you." He said lightly. "Whenever you want to see it, come to me and see it."
He didn't say it, he couldn't see the reluctance of the other party. It's just a little beast, and if you want to raise it, you can raise it. What's the reluctance to make him embarrassed about such a trivial matter
But I don't know what kind of picture is in front of Jun Huailang at this time.
One is a tall and stern young man, tall and slender, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, standing in the rain like a pine tree, and his whole body is cold and indifferent like a superior; Small baby teeth.
Two pairs of amber eyes were looking at him.
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His Royal Highness King Guangling is one of the most honorable people in the world. Although he wants to raise cats, he naturally won't let him do it himself.
The cat was taken back to the room by him like a prisoner of war, and threw it to Jinbao. Jin Bao quickly and carefully wiped the cat dry, heated it up, gave it food and water, and instructed the maids to build a nest for it in the house.
The master can naturally leave it alone, but if the kitten dies, he will probably have to pay for his life.
But fortunately, the kitten was smart, didn't get too much rain, and was still alive and kicking when he came back. Now that I have eaten and drank enough, I am very energetic, and I still have the energy to open my belly proudly, and let Jinbao touch it with dignity.
Jin Bao couldn't help but slander, this cat is more attractive than his master.
Xue Yan returned to the room and went to the study to sort out the information on the water conservancy inspection today. In addition, many official documents were sent to his desk. Before he came, the highest-ranking official in Jiangnan was Duke Yongning, but now that he came, these official documents were naturally sent to him.
Xue Yan is used to it now, and these small things are also handy for him.
The rain outside the window was not small, and it gradually fell into the night.
At this moment, a subtle cat meow came from his study.
Xue Yan looked up and saw that the cat slipped into his study at some point. When he was doing things on weekdays, no one in the room dared to make a sound, only this little beast who had just arrived, dared to meow casually here.
Xue Yan looked up at him.
Seeing the wet, rather embarrassed little kitten, he was already refreshed at this time. It walked around in the catwalk, patrolled Xue Yan's study, and then jumped to Xue Yan's desk.
Xue Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at it.
It turns out that not only people can be pampered and arrogant, but also such little beasts. Relying on the blue eyes of Jun Huailang, he dared to sway around here, as if it had become its territory.
Xue Yan slowly put down the pen in his hand, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pinched the back of his neck and brought the cat to him.
With a cat meow, the little tabby fell into Xue Yan's hands again.
The servants in Xue Yan's house naturally like this furry little raccoon slave. It was brought here today, who doesn't touch it carefully? Only Xue Yan, who was grabbed and dragged, showed no mercy.
He was so suffocating that the kitten started to meow again.
Xue Yan held it with one hand and looked up and down coldly.
There's nothing special about it either. Xue Yan looked indifferent and thought silently in his heart. I don't know where he got his blue eyes, he must have a good heart, and he couldn't see this little beast getting wet.
Thinking of this, Xue Yan smiled lightly.
When Jinbao hurriedly pushed the door and came in, what he saw was such a scene.
The owner of the house was sitting at the table. For the first time, he didn't concentrate on his work. Instead, he held the cat with a slight gentleness, with a contemptuous expression and a smile on the corner of his lips.
The cat had already sensed the danger, and was meowing at this moment. But this little milk cat, no matter how miserable it is, still has two points of whining, but it makes the scene in front of her look unspeakably weird.
Jinbao swallowed his saliva.
"What's the matter?" Xue Yan raised his head, put away the smile on his lips, and asked lightly.
Jin Bao finally came to his senses, and quickly put the letter in his hand on Xue Yan's table: "Go back to the prince, Duan Shishi is back."
Xue Yan casually put the cat on the table.
The cat stumbled and stepped into the inkstone on Xue Yan's table. It jumped out in fright, ran two steps, and stepped on a few plum-shaped footprints on the brand new secret letter on Xue Yan's desk.
Xue Yan raised his head and glanced at Jin Bao.
Jinbao understood, and hurriedly came forward and hugged the cat away.
"Don't let it enter my study again next time." Xue Yan opened the secret letter with his eyes down and said. "Go out."
Jinbao hurriedly hugged the cat and walked out.
Xue Yan took out the letter in the envelope. As soon as he arrived the day before yesterday, he sent Duan Shishi out to investigate the current situation in Jinling. This kid is worthy of being from the East Factory. He used it much more easily than Jin Yiwei. Within two days, the news was sent back.
The letter was concise and to the point, without redundant information, and all the important local officials in Jinling were listed on it.
Xue Yan looked down.
The news that came back from the probe was similar to what he had observed in the past two days. Although the prefect of Jinling was a bit oily, there was nothing wrong with it, and most of the group that followed Duke Yongning were scholars who had entered official positions in the imperial examinations, with clean households and nothing to check.
Then, his eyes fell on a name.
Guo Rongwen.
This person was also an official in the imperial examination, and he was also a jinshi on the same list as Duke Yongning, and now he works in the Ministry of Households.
He had some relationship with Duke Yongning back then. Back then, he entered the imperial examinations in Beijing from Lingnan alone. His family was poor and penniless. After arriving in Chang'an, he relied on writing letters for others to exchange money for pen, ink and books. After that, Duke Yongning sponsored him, and he also found a place for him in the government's mansion, until he was named on the golden list and became an official in the dynasty.
Therefore, Guo Rongwen and Yongning Gong have always had a good relationship. Even though Duke Yongning's official career has been flat over the years and no one cares about him, this Guo Rongwen is still as good as ever.
This person is supposed to be okay, even reassuring. They went south this time, and Duke Yongning also assured him of the various accounts of Jinling Mansion to monitor.
He really didn't do anything wrong.
But Xue Yan's eyes fell on a line of words.
On a certain day in a certain month, just over a week before he came to Jinling, Guo Rongwen met people in the Wan'an Restaurant. He didn't talk about anything, but he paid the exorbitant wine price for others, and then bought a geisha with a lot of money and sent it to a house.
That house is exactly where the young master of the Xu family lives. And that Young Master Xu was the one who knocked Shen Liufeng into the lake because of a dispute between Su Xiaoqian and Jun Huailang on the East Lake that day.
And this Xu family is not another Xu family, it is the Xu Xiang family who is a very high-ranking official in Beijing.
He is the only direct son under the eldest son of Xu Xiang's direct descendant. He was born weak and sickly, so he was raised in the back house since he was a child, and he basically never went out. After that, a wandering Taoist priest came to Chang'an and prescribed a prescription for him.
And it just so happened that the Taoist wandering Fang died a few years after he started the prescription, leaving only a young disciple. In order to repay his kindness, Xu Xiang sent his disciple into the palace and into the Qin Tian Prison.
It was the Lingtai Lang who had an affair with Yi Jieyu.
And after the illness is cured, the back house will not be able to keep the young master who has been pampered since childhood. In the past two years, this young master has been traveling around in the mountains and waters. During this period, he happened to arrive in Jinling.
stayed here.
Xue Yan looked at the line of words, pondered for a moment, and showed a smile that was almost invisible.
"Duan Fourteen." He said.
The shadow in the dark appeared: "The subordinate is here."
Xue Yan raised his eyes and asked, "Where did the girl who brought you back that day sang before?"
Duan Shi Shi clasped his fists and said concisely: "Wan An Restaurant. On the day Guo Rongwen went, she had an argument with Xu Cong'an."
Xue Yan's smile deepened.
That being the case, it makes sense.
Even if Guo Rongwen hasn't done anything yet, there is only one reason for him to work beside Yongning Gong and to curry favor with the young master of the Xu family.
The Xu family bribed him, waiting to arrange for him to do something.
As for what happened, Xue Yan didn't care much. All he needs to do is to let him do something wrong and let himself grasp the handle by using this sloppy young master, and that's enough.
"Keep an eye on him." Xue Yan ordered. "Go find some trouble for that Xu Cong'an, and find trouble for him to be short of money."
Saying that, he looked up at Duan Shi Shi, and continued, "If he wants to go to Guo Rongwen, don't stop him. If Guo Rongwen embezzles money from the public account, he can do whatever he wants."
After speaking, he took his eyes back and said lightly: "As long as he moves the money in the account, you will find a brothel, a fireworks girl who has not received customers, and after bribes, just spend money to support her, and make her a courtesan. Famous in Jinling, go to monitor Xu Cong'an's movements."
Duan Fourteen took the order and was about to retreat.
At this moment, Xue Yan raised his eyes and suddenly said, "Do you hate Duan Chong?"
Duan Shishi paused, raised his eyes for the first time, and looked at Xue Yan.
Those dark brown eyes seemed to be calm and unwavering, but there was a sharp edge hidden in them.
He didn't speak.
Xue Yan couldn't be more familiar with his expression.
Duan Chong wanted to keep a dog and a weapon that could seal his throat with blood, so he wouldn't treat him as a human being.
He only thought that Duan Shishi was easy to use, but he had already forgotten that this dog that wouldn't wag its tail, even if he was obedient, was still an unfamiliar wolf.
What's more, Duan Chong thought that Duan Shishi didn't know that he was the enemy of Duan Shishi's murder of his father and mother.
Xue Yan met Duan Shishi's gaze without hesitation and raised the corners of his lips.
"Do my job well, and I'll give you a chance to kill him and replace him," he said slowly.
Duan Shishi didn't make a sound, and after a while, he clenched a fist at him and hid himself in the darkness.
Xue Yan withdrew his gaze, as if he didn't say what he said just now, slowly put the secret letter on the lamp, and burned it to ashes bit by bit.
He knew that Duan Shishi agreed to his proposal.
There were two people in the room, but it was dead silence. There was a male lion lying in the open, and a jackal was lurking in the dark.
The quiet air was almost stagnant.
Just then, the door was pushed open again.
Knowing that it was Jinbao, Xue Yan frowned impatiently.
"What's the matter?" He threw the remaining corner of the letter into the candle, and the fire lit up.
Jinbao hurriedly said: "Go back to the lord, in the house of His Royal Highness the East, the tiles were washed away by the rain! The rain is leaking in the main house at the moment, so it must be impossible to live in!"
Xue Yan's eyes suddenly moved away from the candlelight, and immediately got up: "I'll go take a look."
Having said that, he has already passed Jinbao and walked out of the study.
Just now, the calm and sullen sullenness on his body has long since disappeared.