Naturally, Shen Liufeng had never seen such a battle.
Just now, he only focused on talking to Jun Huailang, and for a moment forgot whose car it was. It was only now that he saw the arrogant father-in-law who turned around in front of him, he suddenly noticed the regulations on this car.
Looking in through the car curtain again, he met Xue Yan's gaze.
Although his eyebrows were only slightly raised, and there was no expression on his face, his eyes were rather cold and dignified. With just one glance, Shen Liufeng shivered in fright and put the car curtain back.
"Then we'll see you there, Huailang!" His voice faded away with the sound of horses' hooves.
"Hey...?" Jun Huailang was taken aback by this sudden change.
He didn't really like horseback riding. If the road is bumpy like this, when you arrive in Yangzhou in the afternoon, you will definitely have back pain, and it will be difficult for a day or two.
He was playing Tai Chi with Shen Liufeng, but he didn't expect Shen Liufeng to run away suddenly.
He turned around in surprise, and saw Xue Yan was quietly reading with his head down, without even raising his eyes.
As if he just noticed Jun Huailang's gaze, Xue Yan raised his head and glanced at the window beside him.
"Gone?" he asked.
It was as if he suddenly realized that Shen Liufeng had gone far.
Jun Huailang nodded.
Seeing Xue Yan rubbing his brows, he said, "Jinbao is ignorant."
His tone was quite sincere, as if he was really blaming Jinbao for being too talkative, and driving Shen Liufeng away by bullying.
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The car swayed all the way, and the inside of the car was quiet. Perhaps the smell of this sandalwood was too soothing to help the mind and sleep. Halfway through the journey, Jun Huailang actually fell asleep gradually.
In the dream, there seemed to be a very light sandalwood fragrance that held him firmly, and even though he walked on the official road that was not smooth, it made him sleep quite peacefully.
It was not until the treasure outside the car knocked on the carriage, saying that he had arrived at the official post in Yangzhou, that Jun Huailang faintly woke up.
It was a little dark in the carriage, and someone should have put out the lights. And he seemed to be resting on something, and when he turned his head slightly, he realized that it was Xue Yan's shoulder.
It turned out that he actually slept on the other side.
Jun Huailang was startled and quickly sat up. Before he could speak, he heard Xue Yan's hoarse voice in the dark: "Awake?"
Jun Huailang snorted, and when he heard his voice was a little hoarse, he asked, "… Wangye just now, is he asleep too?"
Xue Yan in the dark paused, hummed, and said nothing.
Jun Huailang smiled slyly: "I'm really sorry, I didn't sit still in my sleep, didn't I press the lord's shoulders numb?"
On the other side, Xue Yan, who watched him dangling to and slept unsteadily while he was asleep, snatched the other party on his shoulders, and quietly extinguished the candle, said calmly, "It doesn't matter. "
Saying that, he raised his hand and touched the curtain of the car.
Jinbao understood, opened the car curtain, brought the footstool, and helped the two of them get out of the car.
With Duke Yongning present, the inspection schedule was very full. They ate in the post house, rested early, and left Yangzhou City early the next morning to go to the surrounding villages and towns.
It has been raining heavily this year, and many villages and towns in the south of the Yangtze River have been affected. Houses are washed away, rivers overflow, these small problems will occur more or less.
But Yangzhou is different from other places.
Although Yangzhou has a vertical and horizontal water network and numerous large and small rivers, none of the fields have been flooded this year. It is said that Yangzhou's water conservancy was built by a local official decades ago according to the local topography of Yangzhou. After that, only need to reinforce it every year to ensure that it will not be flooded.
Yangzhou Zhizhou accompanied them all the way to introduce them. Jun Huailang was surprised, so he found a pen and paper and listened to it all the way. Although the documents and materials sent back to Chang'an from various places are comprehensive, they cannot be so detailed, not to mention that the case is in front of you when you come here in person, and it looks much more intuitive.
After a few days, Jun Huailang took a lot of notes, and even Shen Zhifu discovered it.
"The prince actually likes this?" On the way back, he asked Jun Huailang for his notes, and he read it carefully. He saw that he not only remembered concisely, but also had his own thoughts. The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became. , After reading it, don't forget to show the note to Duke Yongning. "I never thought that His Royal Highness is so talented!"
Duke Yong Ning took the note and looked at it, with a smile on his usually deserted face.
"Huailang has been interested in water conservancy since then," he said. "Now, it seems that he was in Jinling this year, and he did not learn in vain."
When Shen Zhifu heard the words, he repeatedly said that he was modest.
After that, Shen Zhifu handed the note back to Jun Huailang, and exchanged with him about the issues he had written down.
Jun Huailang responded fluently and asked him some questions. Gradually, the two of them chatted more and more vigorously, and Duke Yongning spoke from time to time to chat with them.
Xue Yan sat quietly on the side, he didn't talk to him, and others didn't dare to disturb him easily.
The carriage drove all the way back to Yangzhou City.
Jun Huailang talked with Shen Zhifu all the way, and he also benefited a lot. After entering the city and looking at the bustling crowd outside the window, he couldn't help but ask: "Sir Shen, with so much rain this year, the river water is bound to rise. I wonder if Jinling's dykes will be able to prevent it?"
Hearing this, Shen Zhifu didn't think much, then smiled and said, "It's definitely fine. Although Jinling's embankments are not as ingenious as Yangzhou's, they also don't have such a complex and vertical water system. When it comes to the rising tide of the Yangtze River, even if it rises two more times. Thirty percent is also manageable."
Hearing this, Jun Huailang nodded thoughtfully.
20 to 30 percent is too high for river water. No amount of rain would have allowed the river to rise so high.
Therefore, the dams in Jinling are supposed to be fine, but something must have gone wrong that caused the breach in the previous life...
He pondered all the way, and it didn't take long for the carriage to stop.
Jun Huailang looked out the window and saw that the carriage had stopped by the Slender West Lake. There is a painting boat nearby, which should be the famous music square in Yangzhou City.
Jun Huailang has been here for a year and has gotten to know the local officials quite well. At a glance, he knew that this was another game saved by Shen Zhifu.
Sure enough, as soon as the car stopped, Shen Zhifu patted Duke Yongning on the shoulder and said, "Prince, when you come to Yangzhou, you can't help but eat the whole fish feast by the Slender West Lake. We have been running around for a few days. You can't give it to me."
Duke Yongning said displeasedly: "It's always like this. We come to Yangzhou because we are on business, so how can we enjoy ourselves here?"
Shen Zhifu had long known that the grandfather in front of him was a stubborn old man who would not eat hard or soft. But the officials accompanying in the past few days include both Beijing officials and local officials in Yangzhou. If they don't have a meal here, the Beijing officials will be exhausted by boats and cars, and the local officials will feel that they have not entertained them well, and they will feel uneasy, which will cause misunderstanding and trouble for both parties.
Therefore, he had already arranged this table meal. The painting boat is transparent everywhere, and it is prosperous and lively here. You can enjoy a meal of local characteristics in an open and honest manner.
Shen Zhifu didn't think he was embarrassed at all, and smiled and persuaded him, saying: "Because I have been in Yangzhou for many days, and I am greedy for this fish, you have the right to accompany me, okay?"
A group of people went to the painting boat in a lively manner.
Xue Yan was naturally surrounded by the front. The officials around were chatting lively, but he was the only one who didn't say a word and didn't show any expression on his face.
Everyone knows that he has such an unfathomable temperament. Although he is talking, he is also watching his every move.
Jun Huailang followed behind, and Xue Yan's back could be seen from a distance.
He felt a little funny for a while.
He also knew that Shen Zhifu's long sleeves, good dance and self-control, were the most popular in the officialdom. Ordinary officials big and small, who doesn't like him like this
But Xue Yan didn't like it.
Somehow, at such a distance, Jun Huailang could feel the impatience in Xue Yan.
However, no one else noticed, and they cautiously approached him and chatted with him for a reason. When Xue Yan turned his head slightly, Jun Huailang saw his eyebrows.
There was no expression, but those amber eyes were full of tiredness and impatience, like a trapped beast in a cage.
"Huailang, what are you laughing at?" At this moment, Shen Liufeng suddenly came up and patted Jun Huailang on the shoulder.
"Well, what?" Jun Huailang was startled and turned his head to look at him.
"What are you laughing at?" Shen Liufeng said with a smile, looking straight in the direction Jun Huailang was looking at. "Alone, and smiling so tenderly, what did you see?"
Jun Huailang was taken aback.
He didn't even realize it, he just laughed.
But I looked at Xue Yan more than once...
But immediately, Jun Huailang returned to his senses and asked Shen Liufeng, "Why are you here?"
After all, they went out of the city to patrol the past few days, and Shen Liufeng found it troublesome and boring, so he didn't go with him at all.
"You guys are back from the inspection, I'm here!" Shen Liufeng said with a smile. "I heard from my uncle, how can you miss me today if you want to eat fish by the Slender West Lake?"
Jun Huailang smiled and nodded, "Of course I can't live without you."
The lively and playful temperament of this family is also inherited from their Shen family.
Shen Liufeng raised his hand quite casually, and put his arm on Jun Huailang's shoulder: "By the way, Huailang, I got a map these days, and tomorrow, my uncle and the others are going to Yangzhou government office, so you can go with me. I'll go into the mountains together, where is that magic doctor?"
After speaking, he also assured: "Don't worry, you will be back before dark that day."
This is the second time Shen Liufeng has asked him. Jun Huailang only thought about it for a moment, thinking that the dam inspection was over, and there was no need for him to go with him tomorrow, so he nodded and agreed.
Hearing this, Shen Liufeng happily patted him on the shoulder twice.
"I'll let them feed my two horses tonight!" Shen Liufeng said. "Tomorrow you will ride my horse!"
Jun Huailang smiled and nodded.
The group entered the painting boat.
When Xue Yan crossed the bridge, he turned his eyes slightly and happened to see the two young people following at the end of the team.
A bright wind and moon, clear and straight, from a distance it looks like the bright moon in the sky.
The other one had two hanging eyes, and at first glance he didn't look like a good person.
The young man, as if he had no bones, actually climbed on Jun Huailang's shoulders, hooked his shoulders and said something to him intimately.
And Jun Huailang also smiled slightly at him.
Xue Yan's expression darkened.
Even the officials around him felt the changing aura around him, and even the official next to him who was carefully flattering him stopped half of what he said.
For a time, the officials looked at each other in dismay.
"...Your Highness?" Shen Zhifu hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile. "But what's wrong with this painting boat, or do you have any taboos?"
Xue Yan glanced at him.
That Shen Liufeng just now was the prefect's nephew, right
They follow everywhere, and they have to eat a meal of fish, which is really useless and annoying.
"You don't have to talk about it next time." Xue Yan walked in with a sullen face. "This king doesn't like extravagance."
These words sounded rather unconvincing when combined with the sandalwood in Baoguo Temple, where a pill on his body was worth a thousand gold.
Shen Zhifu responded repeatedly, but he knew it in his heart.
Why doesn't this lord like extravagance? It must have been a short-sighted person who made him unhappy and led him to make a fuss about it.