Hu Wenzao said: "When the famine occurred last year, both Wu County and Wujiang County suffered because they were close to Taihu Lake. At first, Suzhou Prefecture wanted to allocate a thousand shi of grain and leave the remaining 2,000 shi to Wu County. But Chen Luan told me that he hoped that I would allocate 3,000 shi of grain to Wujiang County, and he could help shelter the victims in Wu County. In this way, all the victims would be concentrated in Wujiang County, and Wu County would not be affected. good reputation."
Tang Fan raised his eyebrows: "Do you believe that Chen Luan will kindly help you solve problems for no reason?"
Hu Wenzao smiled bitterly: "Of course I don't believe it, but his uncle is the minister of households in Nanjing, and he doesn't look at the monk's face but also the Buddha's face. I expected that he might steal the grain from it and sell it to grain merchants at a high price to make huge profits. I never imagined that he would be so mad, that he didn't even leave any food for the victims, and he joined with Yang Ji to put all the responsibility on me! Lead by the nose!"
Tang Fan suddenly said, "Isn't it right?"
Hu Wenzao was stunned: "What's wrong?"
Tang Fan leaned back on the chair and hadn't slept all night. His spirit was a little weak, his voice was a little hoarse, but his expression was relaxed.
"Brother Hu, we are wise people who don't speak secretly, let you be so hoarse, angry and innocent just now, as the prefect of Suzhou, under your nose, someone exchanged 3,000 stone for 30 stone, but you I didn't notice it at all, do you think I can believe it? Don't say I don't believe it, I'm afraid you don't even believe it yourself?"
"Now that Chen Luan and Yang Ji want to push you out as a shield, you only have two options: one is to cooperate with me, and the other is, you can keep talking nonsense with your eyes open and let Chen Luan and Yang Ji be How they put all the responsibilities on you, I just need to stand by and watch, anyway, the dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist, and the person who ends up in a bleak final is definitely not me."
Hu Wenzao's face was ugly, his lips opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something to refute, but he couldn't say anything after all, he could only sit down in despair, even his back arched a little more than usual, exuding radiance all over his body. An air of doom and gloom.
But Tang Fan didn't have the slightest sympathy. As early as the day the other party remained silent, he should have expected the day he would be abandoned like a chess piece.
In the officialdom, you can't just think about promotion and fortune, but you should also be prepared to lose your job and even your head.
Tang Fan said: "I said, you can talk about it if you want. I don't have much patience. If you don't talk about it, I still have other ways to verify it."
After that, he stood up and prepared to go out.
Hu Wenzao quickly stopped him: "Wait! I said, I said!"
Tang Fan turned to look at him.
Hu Wenzao said: "If I act as a witness and expose them, are you sure you can pull Chen Luan and others off the horse and keep me safe?"
Tang Fan was very disgusted with his behavior of bargaining when his death was imminent, but at this time, for the sake of the overall situation, he had to say: "Of course. You may not know that the young man following me is the father-in-law Wynn next to His Majesty. Sent to help me."
Hu Wenzao was slightly moved: "So, Your Majesty already knows about this?"
Master Tang lied without changing his face: "Yes, I have already reported the lawless behavior of Chen Luan, Yang Ji and others, and deceived the king. Now I just need to collect more evidence. If you plead for mercy, please let the court take it lightly. Although you may not be able to continue to be the prefect of Suzhou, at least you can save your life and wealth. If you are better, it is not impossible to continue your career. "
Hu Wenzao's eyes lit up, and Tang Fan's words completely touched his heart.
"Actually, this matter," he said with some difficulty, swallowing his saliva, "don't have any secrets."
Tang Fan raised his eyebrows: "Speak clearly."
Hu Wenzao: "Suzhou Prefecture did allocate 3,000 shi of grain to Wujiang County, but Chen Luan changed it to 30 shi without permission. I was aware of this matter. At that time, Chen Luan pressed down in his uncle's name and coerced and lured me. Said that if I could keep silent and pretend not to know, the profit from the three thousand stone grains would be divided into 30%, and if I refused to obey, Yang Ji would impeach me in the name of ineffective disaster relief. I have no other choice, Had to succumb to their arrogance."
"But this matter is not over yet. We all know that this year, the imperial court will definitely send imperial officials down to inspect the disaster, and Yang Ji may not be able to hold it back. So the two of them put on a good show together. Mutual impeachment actually has three purposes: one is to clear up the responsibilities, the other is to state their respective positions to the court and give the court the illusion that they are not colluding with each other, and the third is to show merit and grievance to the court. Once it's closed, everything will be fine."
Tang Fan asked, "So, when the imperial court asked you to make a statement, did you know the inside story?"
Hu Wenzao nodded: "Yes, Chen Luan said that I just need to keep silent and say that I don't know. When the imperial court sends an imperial envoy, he will naturally deal with it, and I don't need to bother."
Tang Fan smiled and said, "As a result, now that I'm here, they put the blame on you!"
Hu Wenzao gritted his teeth: "If I had known that they would do this, how could I still pretend to be deaf and dumb!"
Tang Fan asked, "Then what happened to the five thousand stones you said in the granary?"
Hu Wenzao said angrily, "After allocating 3,000 shi to Chen Luan at that time, there were indeed 2,000 shi left in the granary. I can swear that this is absolutely true! But you also saw that there was not a grain of grain left in the granary just now, the only one. It may be that when Chen Luan and I asked for 3,000 stones, he actually pulled out all the 5,000 stones. Because I didn’t want to be too busy, I turned a blind eye and didn’t even come to the scene to ask questions. , as a result, they took advantage of the loophole! They even tampered with the food book! Now there is no proof, I, I... "
Tang Fan said, "They sold official grain to grain merchants?"
Hu Wenzao: "Yes, because of the famine last year, food prices soared. They sold official food at a high price and made huge profits from it, and only a small part was used for disaster relief."
Tang Fan's slightly tired expression concealed an imperceptible indifference: "And you know that, yet you stand by and watch the victims die of starvation and illness?"
Hu Wenzao quibble: "Chen Luan told me that he would properly settle the victims and let me move the victims in Wu County to outside Wujiang City. I didn't know he would treat the victims like that!"
Tang Fan didn't want to entangle him more on this issue: "You said that Chen Luan was in charge of all this, is there any evidence?"
If there is no evidence, the feces pots must be all buckled on Hu Wenzao's head in the end.
In order to get rid of the black pot and reduce the guilt, Hu Wenzao had to rack his brains.
"Chen Luan got the profit after the grain merchant sold the grain at a high price, and the silver note that was converted to the Maochang number was distributed to me, totaling about 2,000 taels. Can this be used as evidence?"
Tang Fan shook his head: "The silver note can't speak, who knows where you got it from, at best it can only be used as auxiliary evidence, think about it again."
Hu Wenzao was so depressed that he had to think again.
Emperor Tian paid off, and really made him come up with an idea: "Chen Luan will definitely have the correct number of grain books, but I don't know where he is hiding. If you can get the grain book, you will have evidence."
Tang Fan nodded: "The grain book is of course the most direct and powerful evidence, but the problem is that the grain book on your side has been tampered with by Liao Tongjing. It is estimated that only Chen Luan himself knows where to hide such an important thing. How to find it?"
Hu Wenzao was discouraged: "This won't work, that won't work either, what do you want me to do?"
Tang Fan smiled and said irresponsibly, "How do I know what to do? Now it's you who is in trouble, not me. If you want to save yourself, you have to think of a way. But there is something I want to advise you."
Hu Wenzao held back his breath and said, "Please speak."
Tang Fan said: "Since Chen Luan and the others have thrown you out, they will definitely not pick you up again. If you are half-hearted and have the idea of two boats, you will cooperate with me here, but you will still go there. Chen Luan surrenders, and if he dies without a place to be buried, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance."
When his mind was broken, Hu Wenzao's face was hot, and he forced a smile: "Brother Runqing also looks down on me too much, it's definitely not like this!"
In the final analysis, he still hadn't made up his mind to turn against Chen Luan completely, and he didn't believe that Tang Fan could defeat Chen Luan and others.
As the saying goes, it is difficult for a strong dragon to suppress a local snake, not to mention that Chen Luan is no longer a local snake, and can even be called a local dragon!
Tang Fan got up: "It's best if you don't have it. Your life is yours. If you don't cherish it yourself, there's nothing anyone else can do."
Hu Wenzao was finally scared: "Brother Runqing, hold on!"
Tang Fan stopped.
Hu Wenzao said dejectedly: "You are right, there is no turning back when you open the bow, and now I tell you everything, it is more or less a personal certificate, Chen Luan will definitely not let me go, I am afraid that I will encounter an accident at any time, Can you find an expert to protect me?"
Tang Fan jokingly asked, "Why, you finally decided to cooperate with me? Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to fight Chen Luan?"
Hu Wenzao smiled bitterly: "They all sold me, if I still hold out hope for them, wouldn't I be so stupid and hopeless?"
Seeing that he was telling the truth, Tang Fan nodded and said, "Well, just wait, I'll find someone when I get back."
Hu Wenzao was so frightened that he directly grabbed his clothes and refused to let him go: "What should I do if you leave, if you leave with the front foot, they will kill me with the back foot, so what's the matter?"
Tang Fan couldn't help laughing and laughing, and now he realizes he's afraid, I really don't know why he went early!
"If you don't let me go, how can I find someone to protect you? Besides, no matter how quick Chen Luan's response is, others are still in Wujiang County, so it's impossible to know the news right away!"
Hu Wenzao said nothing and refused to let him go: "Then if I leave with you, I'll go wherever you go!"
Tang Fan reprimanded: "That will only make things even more alarming. I don't want you to die more than anyone else, so just put your heart into it. What I said, Tang Runqing, has never been fulfilled! What is the reason for the dignified fourth-rank magistrate to act like this woman, what kind of manners!"
Hu Wenzao was disgraced by an official who was younger than him and of the same rank as himself, and he didn't dare to talk back, so he had to loosen his clothes.
The appearance of his now aggrieved little daughter-in-law is completely different from before.
Tang Fan had no choice but to comfort him a few words before taking Lu Lingxi away.
Standing outside the door, Lu Lingxi listened for a little while, and then asked, "Brother Tang, why didn't you keep me here to protect him? With me, no one dares to attack him."
Tang Fan shook his head: "I have more important things for you to do, Hu Wenzao doesn't know much about things, and Chen Luan can't keep his mouth shut, in fact, the difference is not big, so he's unlikely to do this kind of thing, but to keep him safe I will ask someone else to protect him later, as for you, don’t use a knife to kill a chicken!”
Lu Lingxi felt sweet in his heart when he said this, and couldn't help but bring a smile on his face.
However, there was a commotion in front of me. In the clear sky and daylight, there were actually a few playboys molesting the girl on the street.
Lu Lingxi looked at it carefully and snorted: "Isn't that the woman who fell into the water outside Yangzhou City?"
It was not clear at night that day, but now in the daytime, the girl's beauty is even more dazzling. Invite Dengzi.
Lu Lingxi is responsible for protecting Tang Fan, so he didn't want to meddle in his own business. At this time, seeing that someone had stepped forward to fight the injustice, he wanted to take Tang Fan around.
Unexpectedly, Tang Fan said, "Go and save her."
Lu Lingxi was taken aback: "Huh?"
Tang Fan: "Lu Jianbu draws his sword to help, what about your chivalrous heart?"
Lu Lingxi: "But someone has already helped, and it's not difficult to deal with those disciples. Besides, people from the government will come soon..."
Tang Fan said: "A woman's reputation is more important than Mount Tai, and even if she is saved a little later, it will be damaged. What's more, we have already saved her once before, so it's a fate to meet her, so go and help her."
Lu Lingxi was a little unhappy, and couldn't refute Tang Fan's words, so he had to step forward and drive the disciples away.
The beautiful girl obviously recognized him and Tang Fan, and not only thanked Lu Lingxi repeatedly, but also came over to thank Tang Fan in person.
"Many thanks to the two benefactors for saving each other. Previously, the benefactor did not let the slaves board the boat to thank him. I didn't expect to meet him again today. The grace of rescuing twice is really unreturnable." The girl Yingying thanked her.
Tang Fan said, "Why don't you take a few people with you when you go out, you can't escape by luck every time."
The girl said sadly: "Both parents in the Nu family's family are dead, and the family is down. Originally, I was going to go to Suzhou to seek marriage. I didn't expect that there was a famine last year. The place was settled, and because of the shyness of the money, I couldn’t afford more domestic servants, so I had to dismiss a few people, and now there is only this maid next to me.”
Tang Fan was very sympathetic: "The house leak happens to rain overnight. Your situation is indeed embarrassing!"
The girl's tears filled her eyes, she endured and endured, but she didn't fall, but turned her head, as if she didn't want Tang Fan to see her embarrassment.
However, she didn't know that such a clear state was more endearing and more able to arouse a man's desire for protection.
No matter how gentle Tang Fan is, he is still in the category of men.
"Dare to ask the girl's surname Gao?" Tang Fan asked.
The girl bowed: "The slave family's surname is Xiao, and the single name is Wu."
Sure enough, she is fresh, charming, and charming. This fragile and slender woman should have been hidden in a golden house and loved by others, and should not have been exposed to the wind and rain.
Tang Fan said, "Can Miss Xiao find a place now?"
Xiao Wu bit her lip and shook her head: "The rent here is too expensive, and the slave family is now..."
Her voice got smaller and smaller, and finally she didn't say anything.
Tang Fan naturally wouldn't expose people's embarrassment, but said thoughtfully: "If Miss Xiao doesn't give up, she can temporarily stay in the official post, and then slowly find another place to live."
Xiao Wu raised her head and stared blankly at Tang Fan, with a grateful and contradictory look in her eyes. It was obviously self-esteem that she didn't want to accept help from others, but the current situation was really embarrassing, so she was in a dilemma.
Tang Fan didn't urge him either. He was rushing to the official post before, but now he patiently waits for the other party's answer.
Lu Lingxi couldn't help but say, "Brother Tang, is it inconvenient to let her go to the official post?"
The voice was not too loud or too small, just for Xiao Wu to hear it.
The latter blushed in embarrassment, and immediately bowed to Tang Fan and the two, and turned to leave.
In a hurry, Tang Fan reached out and grabbed the corner of the other's clothes: "Miss Xiao, wait a minute, my little brother is young and doesn't think carefully about his words. In fact, he's not targeting you, it's just because there are other people living in the official post. You have seen the other two who were on the same boat with me that day, my brother is afraid of being abrupt to you, he has no ill intentions, don't think about it!"
Xiao Wu lowered her head and wanted to pull back the corner of her clothes, but Tang Fan held it tightly, and her face slowly turned red, which was not the same as the embarrassing red before.
"I, I didn't think much about it, I just didn't want to cause you trouble..."
Tang Fan smiled and said, "It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome at all, since we meet for the second time, it's fate, it's a big help for you, but for us, it's just a little effort, please don't refuse."
What a little effort, obviously bewitched by beauty! Lu Lingxi muttered in his heart that Xiao Wu's appearance, no matter how beautiful, became a disaster in his eyes at this time.
But Tang Fan insisted on keeping people, and he couldn't stop him any more, otherwise he would be cutting Tang Fan's face.
Seeing Tang Fan's sincerity, Xiao Wu finally accepted Tang Fan's suggestion, and said solemnly, "The slave family has been bothering the adults for a few days, I am so grateful for this great kindness, I don't know how to say it. ."
Tang Fan smiled and said, "Then there's no need to say anything."
This little episode took some time, and when Tang Fan and the others returned to the official post in the city, it was almost noon.
Qian San'er was waiting at the gate, looking left and right, his face full of anger and worry, as soon as Tang Fan came back, he immediately came forward and complained: "Sir, you are back! Zeng Pei and Wu Zong's two grandsons..."
Tang Fan waved his hand to stop him from continuing.
Qian San'er was also clever, and immediately realized that the occasion was wrong, and immediately stopped.
Tang Fan said to Lu Lingxi, "Yiqing, take Miss Xiao and the others to settle down first."
Xiao Wu didn't ask much, just thanked Tang Fan again and again, and then left with Lu Lingxi. That's true. Along the way, her amazing beauty has long attracted a lot of attention, even Qian San'er. After being lost for a long time, he could only react, staring at Xiao Wu's back and stammering: "Big, my lord, does this girl know you?"
On the night Tang Fan rescued Xiao Wu, Qian San'er went into the city to buy something and was not there. It was the first time he saw Xiao Wu's true face, and he was naturally stunned.
Following Xiao Wu's footsteps, many scorching eyes fell on her, but the official post was an official post after all. Even if the woman's city and country were all over the country, her personal safety could still be guaranteed, but if Tang Fan and the others returned to Beijing one day, they would A weak woman like Xiao Wu will inevitably attract a lot of covets, and her appearance is often a disaster rather than a blessing.
Tang Fan turned Qian San'er's head over: "Come in with me!"
Qian San'er just woke up like a dream, and Tang Fan had already strode towards his small courtyard, so fast that no one could catch up, he didn't look like someone who had been running all day and night.
Back in the room, Tang Fan didn't bother to wash his face, and immediately asked, "What happened?"
Qian San'er said angrily: "While you were out, the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce sent someone to send gifts, and I refused to accept them, but the two grandsons of Zeng Pei and Wu Zong accepted them in your name. , I was guarding this yard and didn't let them bring things in, so they put it outside the yard and left, I can see it, it's going to throw dirty water on you!"
After listening to his words, Tang Fan was not angry, but instead showed a thoughtful look.
"Sir?" Qian San'er was worried.
"Where are the things now?" Tang Fan asked.
"Just outside the yard, it's a small box, quite heavy!" Qian San'er said hurriedly.
"Go and bring it in." Tang Fan said.
Qian San'er: "Huh?"
Tang Fan was displeased: "What are you doing? Don't go!"
Qian San'er was in a hurry, for fear that his mind would not be clear for a while and be calculated: "But this is an established fact that they want to cause you to accept bribes! If they bring it in, no, no... "
Tang Fan smiled: "Don't tell me you put it in the yard now, so I won't take bribes? Go and bring the box in, can you handle it alone?"
Qian San'er: "I can hold it..."
Tang Fan: "Then go!"
Qian San'er had no choice but to trot out and bring the box in.
"There is a key on it, but the key is under the box. I took it in with me, you see...?"
"Open." Tang Fan said.
The moment the box was opened, Qian San'er was almost blinded.
He gasped: "This, this...?!"
Inside was a small box of gold ingots, and the gaps were filled with finger-sized pearls.
Not to mention gold ingots, even pearls are all the same size, round and clear, exquisite and lovely. Qian San'er has traveled south and north before, and even went down to the tomb of the Song Emperor, how can he not see the value of these things.
But he wasn't happy at all, because the heavier the gift the other party gave, the greater the trouble for Tang Fan.
"Sir!" Qian San'er was very anxious, "What should we do now! Do you really want to accept... "
"Accept, why don't you accept it!" Tang Fan smiled and said, "If you really want to sleep, a pillow will be handed over. If you accept such a large sum of money, you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life!"
Qian San'er opened his mouth wide and looked at Tang Fan as if he had lost his mind.
Tang Fan ignored him, but just reached out to touch the gold ingots, and picked them up to examine them carefully, as if he had been immersed in the golden color that filled his eyes.
Qian San'er was anxiously scratching his head beside him.
It is not unusual for Daming officials to accept the filial piety of businessmen. On the contrary, it is quite normal.
Even behind many big business houses, there will be court officials supporting them, which has even become a tacit understanding.
But when this happened to Tang Fan, it made people feel weird no matter how you looked at it.
When Tang Fan looked at the gold ingots and slowly smiled, Qian San'er finally couldn't help it: "Sir..."
Tang Fan interrupted him: "What I say next, you have to listen carefully."
Qian San'er's expression froze, and she didn't care about what happened just now, she straightened her back subconsciously: "Sir, please tell me!"
Tang Fan took out a waist card and a stack of silver bills from his arms and put them on the table: "You take this box and these silver bills away." Qian San'er said in surprise, "Where to take it?"
Tang Fan said, "Go to Jiang Qianhu of Suzhou Guard Station with your waist card, and tell him not to delay, and immediately send all these things to the capital and hand them over to Wang Zhi."
Qian San'er: "Sir, can Jiang Qianhu be trusted?"
Tang Fan nodded: "Yes, he is from Guangchuan. I will let Yiqing go to Beijing with him. With his relationship with Wynn, we can also have another way."
Qian San'er asked again, "I'll set off right away, do you have anything else to say?"
Tang Fan thought for a while: "Wait a minute."
There were ready-made pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the room. He didn't even need to grind the ink. He sat down and spread out the paper specially used for writing the memorial.
Qian San'er opened his mouth wide at the side. He originally didn't recognize many characters, but since helping Tang Yu manage the shop, he has gradually learned a lot, but like Tang Fan, he can easily write a brilliant memorial. Also absolutely impossible.
This made his admiration for Tang Fan even higher, but Qian San'er didn't know that these were the basic survival skills of officials in the Ming Dynasty. Although many people usually have their master's staff ghostwriting, this does not mean that they themselves Can't write anymore.
Not long after the memorial was written, Tang Fan waited for the ink on it to dry, then closed it and handed it to Qian San'er.
"Put the memorials and bank notes in the box. Bring these things to Beijing and hand them over to Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi will naturally know what to do."
Qian San'er hesitated: "Sir, Lu Lingxi's skills are much better than mine. If he's not here, who will protect the adults? If the two grandsons of Zeng Pei and Wu Zong come to bully me, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back..."
Tang Fan stretched his waist and smiled indifferently: "It's better not here, if you guys are here, how can I get close to the beauty?"
Qian San'er was stunned, and after a while, he suddenly said at a loss: "Then, what about Sui Zhen Fu Shi?"
Tang Fan: "..."
Qian San'er: "..."
Tang Fan: "... hurry up and get me out of here."
Qian San'er: "...Yes!"
Lu Lingxi came back soon. Hearing what Qian San'er said, he immediately objected: "No, Big Brother Tang! You are determined to fight against Chen Luan now. What if he jumps off the wall in a hurry and is not good for you!"
Tang Fan said: "That's why I asked you to go to Jinyiwei for help, you asked them to send two, no, four come over, two stay with me, and two go to Hu Wenzao's side for protection, so as not to avoid He was frightened all day long."
Lu Lingxi wanted to say something, but Tang Fan waved his hand to stop him: "Yiqing, this matter is very important, although these money is not the most important evidence, but with these things, His Majesty will believe my words more. I will keep it. Continue to look for Chen Luan's grain book here, and the matter of going to Beijing will be entrusted to you, and you and San'er must hand over everything and memorials to Wang Zhi or Wynn."
He doesn't want to leave Tang Fan at all now, but with the burden of righteousness down, Lu Lingxi can't say anything, so he can only be silent.
Tang Fan patted him on the shoulder and said warmly, "Okay, don't get angry, you are both talented and married, why are you acting like a child?"
Lu Lingxi retorted: "I'm not a child!"
"Okay, you're not!" Tang Fan laughed: "Although San'er is loyal, he is not good at skills, and you know Wynn well, so there must be a way to meet him in person, this matter is up to you, if it goes well , the next time we meet, it will be in the capital."
Lu Lingxi gritted his teeth: "I will give the things to Wynn as soon as possible, and then come back to you!"
He turned around and left, forgetting to say goodbye.
You said it wasn't a child's temper? Tang Fan thought helplessly.
Chen Luan's methods emerged one after another. First, he cooperated with Yang Ji to act and deceived the imperial court. Then he took Tang Fan to watch fake scenes. In the end, he gave 10,000 taels, and then sent money in the name of the Chamber of Commerce. Mixing it in, if Tang Fan's will was a little weaker, he might compromise now, and he wouldn't want to bother with those thankless things anymore.
But thinking about the disaster victims outside the city, Tang Fan didn't change his mind in the end.
Only by completely overthrowing Chen Luan can those people outside the city be properly settled, and also can warn and deter latecomers, and prevent similar things from happening again in the future.
After Lu Lingxi and Qian San'er left, Tang Fan finally felt tired from sleepless nights, and he didn't bother to change his clothes any more, so he fell directly onto the bed, and fell asleep in a short while, not knowing about personnel.
When I woke up again, it was because of the knock on the door and the woman's questioning.
"Is there anyone in there?"
The eyelashes trembled slightly, Tang Fan slowly opened his eyes, his mind was still a little stiff, and he did not fully wake up from the chaos.
This is…
The people outside asked again: "Master Tang, are you inside?"
Tang Fan snorted, rubbed his head and sat up, "Is that Miss Xiao?"
Xiao Wu: "It's me."
Tang Fan: "Is something wrong?"
Xiao Wu: "I'll bring you supper."
Tang Fan heard the word "night supper" and looked out the window, only to realize that it was completely dark outside.
He originally wanted to tell Qian San'er to do this kind of thing, but then he remembered that Qian San'er and Lu Lingxi had already been sent out by him, and naturally they were nowhere to be seen.
I don't know if Jin Yiwei, who was asked to look for them, has been found, Tang Fan thought, and got out of bed.
"Miss Xiao, wait a minute, I'll get dressed first."
"Okay." Xiao Yan replied softly.
After a while, Tang Fan was neatly dressed: "Please come in."
Xiao Wu pushed open the door and entered.
Only then did Tang Fan see that she was still holding a tray with food in her hand, and it was not light to take care of it. Fortunately, she stood outside with the food for a long time without complaining.
He got up and took the tray: "There is a Lao girl, you don't have to bring it yourself, there are guys here."
Xiao Wu smiled lightly: "It's okay, the guy also has errands for the official post, but I'm an idler, the adults can send whatever they want."
She lifted the lid of the stewing pot, and the smell of old chicken soup came out. Next to it was a bowl of white rice and a small plate of green vegetables. It was the most delicious meal.
In the past, Tang Fan must have started to eat his mouthfuls, but now, even though his stomach has begun to growl, he still remains unmoved, just staring at Xiao Wu, as if he has a thousand words to say, and again. Don't know where to start.
Under such a gaze, the snowman will melt, not to mention that Xiao Wu is a big living person.
Her face slowly turned red, and her head dropped slightly, revealing a beautiful white neck under her collar.
The atmosphere in the room gradually became hot and ambiguous.
Just then, there was another knock on the door.
Being interrupted by someone, Tang Fan was a little annoyed: "Who?"
A gruff voice sounded outside: "My lord, my subordinates are sent by Jiang Qianhu of the Suzhou Guards, who came to protect my lord."
Xiao Wu seemed to wake up from this strange atmosphere, and her face was even redder than before.
Tang Fan was very unhappy, but turned to the people outside: "Wait outside!"
Then he turned to Xiao Wu and Yan Yue said: "Why is there only one bowl of rice, Miss Xiao has used it?"
Xiao Wu bowed her head shyly: "The slave's house is used up, please use it up, sir."
Tang Fan nodded, admiring the shy and timid beauty of the beauty for a while, then reluctantly withdrew his gaze, picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of chicken soup, ready to put it in his mouth.
As soon as the spoon reached his mouth, he stopped again: "I suddenly remembered something very important."
Xiao Wu showed a puzzled look.
"Is there nothing in this soup?" Tang Fan said with a smile, "For example, arsenic, aconite, or mandala?"
Xiao Wu looked at him blankly: "Sir, what are you talking about, I don't understand..."
The disturbing knock on the door rang again.
Tang Fan smiled softly at Xiao Wu: "That's one thing to trouble the girl."
Xiao Wu: "Sir, please speak."
Tang Fan suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the person into his arms!
With Xiao Wu's small exclamation, the door was pushed open from the outside.