In mid-June, there was a heavy rain in the capital, which lasted for five days. Many fertile houses were flooded. The Ministry of Industry was busy dredging the sewer in the capital. Even Empress Dowager Zhuang’s mansion was temporarily suspended. Lord Gu was recalled. In danger.
The Ministry of households is busy helping the people to restore farming.
Some Hanlin officials who knew agronomy were also transferred to the countryside, and Xiao Liulang was among the recruits.
The day before departure, he went to Renshou Palace to say goodbye to Empress Dowager Zhuang.
The Empress Dowager Zhuang in the study looked at the book and hummed: "It's not a long way to go, it's just a day's drive, and it's worth saying goodbye!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Qin walked in with his bag: "Xiao Xiuzhuan, the things for you are all picked up by the queen mother herself, and the servant was going to send them to Bishui Hutong, but it happened that you came by yourself! "
Xiao Liulang looked at the two big bags full of things, and then looked at his aunt.
Oh, what about saying goodbye
Empress Dowager Zhuang glared at Eunuch Qin!
Eunuch Qin rubbed his nose angrily: "Oh, the servant remembers that he still has a few books to read! The servant will go first!"
After all, he ran away in a hurry!
"When do you leave?" Queen Mother Zhuang asked.
"Tomorrow morning." Xiao Liulang said.
Empress Dowager Zhuang asked, "Who else is there besides you?"
Xiao Liulang said: "Wang Xiu wrote, Li Xiu wrote, Yang Shi read."
Empress Dowager Zhuang said indifferently: "Someone."
Eunuch Qin stepped inside: "Queen Mother, what are your orders?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "There are several volumes of scriptures to transcribe here in Aijia. You go to the Hanlin Academy and ask Yang Shidu to copy these scriptures."
"There's no need for Auntie." Xiao Liulang said, "How can you kill a chicken with a bull's knife? I can handle it."
Empress Dowager Zhuang thought about it, she really can't be over-protected. This kind of small fish and shrimp is used for this kid to practice his hand, and it can be regarded as the other's good fortune.
"Is dinner ready?" Empress Dowager Zhuang asked Eunuch Qin.
Eunuch Qin hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm just waiting for the Queen Mother to pass the meal!"
Xiao Liulang accompanied Empress Dowager Zhuang for dinner at Renshou Palace, and then planned to leave.
Empress Dowager Zhuang said calmly, "Ai's family has been sitting all day, so I just went out for a walk."
Xiao Liulang's lips curled slightly: "Okay."
The grandfather and grandson left the Renshou Palace.
A torrential rain not only flooded half of the capital city, but also flooded many boundaries of the palace. Fortunately, Renshou Palace was the most powerful palace. All the accumulated water was cleared and the road was filled up until it reached the palace. The door is open to travel.
Also unblocked is the Huaqing Palace.
Today is a beautiful sunset and the weather is cool. Concubine Jing is sitting on a sedan chair with a canopy, wearing a nun's clothes and a nun's hat, which is out of tune with this gorgeous sedan chair.
Ever since Princess Dajing was injured, she has been recuperating in Huaqing Palace. It rained heavily for several days. The imperial doctor said that she could not stay in the palace all the time and should go out to breathe.
So the emperor asked someone to carry her out in a sedan chair.
In order to walk with Xiao Liulang, Empress Dowager Zhuang did not sit in her own phoenix.
The two sides met unexpectedly, but Concubine Jing was on the top.
"Big-"
Eunuch Qin wanted to scold why he didn't get off the sedan chair when he saw the queen mother
Xiao Liulang opened his mouth one step ahead of him. He made a salute to meet the monk and said, "Master Jing'an."
The face of the palace servant beside Jing Taifei changed.
What is Mrs. Jing'an? This is Princess Jing!
Even His Majesty called her mother concubine!
Concubine Jing's expression remained unchanged.
Xiao Liulang introduced: "Concubine Jing has been away from the palace for too long. She has become a monk, and she must have forgotten the past of the world. This is the empress dowager."
Speaking of which, no one can but bow to Empress Dowager Zhuang.
"Drop the sedan chair." Concubine Jing raised her hand and looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang.
Empress Dowager Zhuang also looked at her.
The eyes of the two were extremely calm, and no one could guess what the two were thinking.
Grandma Cai stretched out her hand and helped Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing was still in pain, the main injury was not the place, it was embarrassing and slow to heal.
Concubine Jing supported Grandma Cai's hand and slowly came to Empress Dowager Zhuang and made a Buddha salute: "Poor nun..."
Before she could finish speaking, Empress Dowager Zhuang left without looking back.
Concubine Jing's body froze as she saluted, and all the palace servants saw her embarrassment and embarrassment at this moment.
Empress Dowager Zhuang's aura is undoubtedly powerful and shocking. She doesn't have to despise anyone, she is born with an aura that is number one in the world.
"Princess Concubine..." The little palace maid stepped forward to support her.
Concubine Jing's eyelashes trembled: "I'm fine."
Empress Dowager Zhuang kept accompany Xiao Liulang to the imperial garden, Xiao Liulang stopped and said to her: "Auntie please come back, it's getting late."
"Well." Empress Dowager Zhuang replied lightly, looking into his eyes and admonishing, "Be careful in everything."
"I understand." Xiao Liulang nodded, glanced in the direction of Huaqing Palace, and said, "Jiaojiao asks Auntie to take care of her."
Empress Dowager Zhuang rolled her eyes: "Aijia's Jiaojiao, Aijia will take care of her, do you need to tell me?"
Xiao Liulang chuckled: "Then I'll go first."
"Yeah." Empress Dowager Zhuang watched Xiao Liulang disappear at the end of the trail before turning around and planning to go back to Renshou Palace. She found that Eunuch Qin was in a trance and glared at him, "What a daze! Go!"
Eunuch Qin said with emotion: "Xiao Xiuzhuan smiles... It's very good-looking..."
Empress Dowager Zhuang thought, of course she looks good, how could the young marquis, who was thirteen years old and crowned the capital of Zhaodu, not have any good looks
It's just that this kid doesn't like to laugh.
It doesn't seem right to say that, he used to love to laugh, and when he was a child, he giggled so much that the whole Imperial Garden was his voice.
It was the fire in the Guozijian that destroyed his smile.
Was the fire really an accident
If Xiao Heng survived, then who was the scorched corpse of the person who died in the fire? -
When Xiao Liulang woke up the next day, Gu Jiao had already packed his luggage. This was not his first time to travel. It used to be an exam, but now it's a business trip.
"Mosquito coils are in this bag, mosquito medicine, diarrhea medicine and motion sickness medicine are in this sachet, and there are some fruits and dry food eaten on the road."
Gu Jiao knew that he didn't have much money on him, and what he earned was either paying the rent or making a household for her.
Gu Jiao put one hundred taels of silver notes and a bag of broken silver and copper plates in the innermost part.
Xiao Liulang took over the burden: "You can go back in half a month at the earliest, and it won't exceed the next month at the latest."
"Take care." Gu Jiao put him on the carriage.
Liu Quan first sent him to the Hanlin Academy, and all the Hanlin officials went to the countryside in a carriage.
Xiao Jingkong went to school and missed this farewell.
After Xiao Liulang left, Gu Jiao went to the medical center for a whole morning, then changed into men's clothes and put on a mask and went to Tai'an Martial Arts Center.
It's been a busy day, and I haven't been here for a long time.
She has to regain her strength as soon as possible, she doesn't want to run away with the next time she sees the dead man!
She's going to put him in a sack!
She didn't meet too difficult opponents today, and Gu Jiao came out with a lack of interest after playing a few games.
She rubbed her wrist and walked back.
Because some of the streets in the city were still flooded, she did not take the same road as before, but took a long detour. On the way back, she encountered the beggar who set the chessboard on the roadside.
The beggar still covered his face with the book, as if asleep.
In front of him was a different chess game from last time.
Gu Jiao glanced curiously, this time the chess game was obviously a bit difficult, and she didn't solve it as quickly as last time.
She began to deduce in her mind. There are more than ten moves in this game of chess, and each move will generate dozens of chess faces. Ordinary people simply cannot perform such a large-scale deduction in their minds.
About half an hour later, Gu Jiao opened her eyes, picked up a chess piece and dropped it on the chessboard.
Just as she was about to leave, a thin old hand suddenly grabbed her wrist.
It's the old beggar.
Just now, she was concentrating on playing the chess game, unaware that the opponent had woken up.
The old beggar grabbed her wrist and said, "Eh? You want to leave after playing my chess? Didn't you see what was written on the sign?"
It was a broken wooden sign that Gu Jiao had seen before, and it said 12 taels per game.
"Oh." Gu Jiao stretched out her hand.
The old beggar looked at his empty hands and was stunned: "What are you doing?"
"Don't you want to give me money?" Gu Jiao pointed at the wooden sign, "Ten taels."
The old beggar took a deep breath: "You gave me ten taels!"
No, listen to the voice... This little doll is a woman
Oh, so it's not asking someone to solve the chess game.
Gu Jiao misunderstood, she thought for a while, and said strangely, "But is this kind of broken chess game worth ten taels?"
The old beggar almost choked to death. He pointed to the chess game on the ground: "You, you, you... What did you say? A broken chess game? You call this... a broken chess game?"
Gu Jiao said innocently: "Ten taels of silver is the living expenses for a family of ten in the countryside for two years. You charge so much, at least it has to be difficult, right?"
(End of this chapter)