As soon as Xu Xiao left, the miscellaneous generals and school captains and captains of Lingzhou gradually gathered outside a mansion, and handed over to the general's gatekeeper the name of the gate, most of which were made of expensive famous paper and written in lacquer. Man, what a noble and ancient style, on this street, the threshold of the mansion is the highest, and the visitors are the most popular, but the traffic of the general's new mansion in Lingzhou is amazing. Xu Fengnian in the mansion was chatting with Xu Beizhi, unexpectedly Xu Beizhi heard that Li Gongde's official position was not good enough, so instead of being surprised, he said something that made sense. Xu Fengnian didn't know whether this guy was praising him for being naughty, or ridiculing him for pretending to be a tiger, but since Xu Beizhi, who was going to wear the assassin's hat in the future, was not in a hurry, Xu Fengnian took advantage of the slope to go down the donkey, happily waiting for the news. The steward of the mansion, Zheng Fulu, was transferred from Qingliang Mountain to the old man of the palace in Lingzhou. He was middle-aged and handsome. In the past, His Royal Highness paid a lot of money to buy poems and essays. The money was all in the hands of Zheng Fulu. He was very reliable in his work. Now his face is full. Joyfully ran to the door of the study, told the prince about the hustle and bustle outside the mansion, took a big bag of visiting cards, cut off the gold powder on them, and reckoned that he could go to the Huqiu Tower in Lingzhou to have a meal without losing his reputation Xu Fengnian shook hands with Zheng Fulu and said, "I pushed all of them away, so I just said that none of them were seen."
Zheng Fulu bent down and responded without any doubts, turned back the same way, said that General Lingzhou would not see any visitors today, and then directly closed the door of the mansion, not even letting the side door go, making it clear that there was no accommodation There is no room for everyone to give up completely. These domineering warriors in Lingzhou have been shut down, and they don’t have many dispirited and dejected expressions. In a few days, the general of Lingzhou will add an official to himself? In the final analysis, it was the status of the sons of Beiliang that made them have to lower their bodies to drink this northwest wind. Moreover, there is an unwritten rule in the officialdom of Beiliang. Youzhou is probably owned by Yan Wenluan, and most of Lingzhou is the backyard of Zhong Hongwu's private house. The well water from both sides does not violate the river water. Most of these people are the former troops of General Huaihua Some of the confidantes who are deeply favored by General Zhong are not even willing to show their faces. Like the lieutenants with real power under the lieutenants, they all gather around the stove to cook wine and secretly slander. The prince was so ruthless that he broke the face of the old general Zhong, and he refused to accept it when he saw it, and swaggered to Lingzhou to step on the face of the old general who had fallen to the ground. He was not as careless as a young man. People, one by one, were filled with righteous indignation, fighting for the old general, and one or two bad-tempered school lieutenants rose up on the spot, and those who were a little deeper in the city had their faces sinking like water and their eyes dark when they drank. If they were to rebel against the Xu family, they wouldn't even dare, but after being immersed in the officialdom for these years, they also knew a lot of tricks. The civil servants in the state officialdom have no in-law relationship. These old fritters sitting behind the official office copywriting are well versed in rules and standards, and they don’t even need to say angry words. The operation of Lingzhou officialdom is not working well. The key is that no one can pick it Something went wrong, didn't you scholars from other places come to Lingzhou to grab jobs? Seizing a person's official hat is far more hateful than seizing love with a knife. These school captains discussed and weighed in whispers, and all smiled grimly after leaving.
There are fewer nobles in Beiliang, so most of them are subordinate officials from poor families. In fact, this group of people is not lacking in intelligence, and they are naturally keen on making money. Little devil, if some subordinate staff are clever, they can even take the officials out of the way, manipulate the officialdom, and make their immediate superiors a display. Zhang Julu governs the government, one of which is to target the disadvantages of the subordinate staff, which is directly regarded as a scourge that hurts the country, but Zhang Shoufu recognized that he was good at governing the country, but the management of the subordinate staff had not been improved, and there were many criticisms and ridicules from the important officials in the court, especially some pillars of the temple who came from humble backgrounds chose to stand on the sidelines. If the imperial court, where scholars dominated, was so bumpy, it would be even more difficult for Beiliang to escape. Nearly a thousand scholars went to Liang, and the branches and tendrils were not considered strong, but the Lingzhou subordinates who penetrated into every corner of the officialdom undoubtedly bore the brunt. Therefore, Lingzhou, which was at the end of the year, quickly ran wild, and the papers gradually piled up. Fighting in the downtown area, inmates killing each other in the prison, the granary in the government house either caught fire for no reason, or it was moldy and rotted. Even Li Gongde was tired of coping with the economic strategy, and his subordinates came to complain every day. On the contrary, Huangnan County seemed to stand out from the crowd, and its political affairs were well-organized. On the contrary, Longqing County was in a particularly miserable situation. By the time I turn on the lamp every night, I have already lost a few gray hairs.
The officialdom in Lingzhou is a mess, and the front of the general's mansion in Lingzhou is deserted, which is very suitable for the cold winter season.
A carriage quietly drove out of the city of Lingzhou and headed for Huangnan County. The groom was wearing a yellow wolf fur jacket. The taller he was, the more shabby he looked. I'm afraid no one would believe that this was the deputy general of Lingzhou.
In addition to Xu Fengnian, there is also the maid Huyan Guanyin in the carriage. These days Xu Fengnian has been reading through the resumes of Lingzhou officials in detail all night. On this trip, when Xu Fengnian crossed the threshold, he decided to let Zheng Fulu call her to accompany her out of the city. Recovering her original spirituality, Xu Fengnian thought that after returning to Lingzhou, he would send her to a stable and peaceful place if he had the opportunity, which would be better than being sick and slowly ruined in a deep house with high gates. There are some women who hold it tightly in their palms or really cherish it, but waste everything. Originally, if Huyan Guanyin adapted to Beiliang, Xu Fengnian would naturally not mind keeping it by her side. It doesn't matter whether she eats or not. Xu Fengnian was not idle on this trip, and he had a copy of the life backgrounds of several major officials in Huangnan County. These dense and elegant lower scripts were all the painstaking efforts of the second-class maids in Wutongyuan all night, and which ones came from green ants? Xu Fengnian, who has been with them day and night for many years, can tell which cucumbers are in his hand at a glance.
Xu Fengnian rubbed the center of his brows, put down the stack of letter papers, went through it in his mind, and then raised the curtain, and the cold air unique to the cold land came to his face. Xu Fengnian didn't put down the curtain for a long time. The corner of the carriage could not survive the drowsiness, dozed off slightly, was blown by the wind, suddenly woke up, quietly looked at his side face, bit her slender lips, the color was so bright that people mistakenly thought that her teeth were a little bit harder, A few drops of blood will come from the bite.
Seeing that she was not used to the cold, Xu Fengnian quickly put down the curtain, and said with a warm smile: "I couldn't sleep last night, wandering around the mansion like a ghost, I saw a pot of impatiens placed in the window of your house, and the blooming period is over early tomorrow. How can flowers bloom when the sky is freezing?"
Huyan Guanyin blinked, and said softly: "When I first entered the mansion, I saw a few flowers in the corner of the mansion. They didn't seem to be planted in the mansion, so I bravely transplanted one in a small pot. I don't know it's called Impatiens, and I don't even know the flowering period."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said with a smile: "It is the same as the petty official who caused me trouble in Beiliang. It is not high-class, but don't look at it as delicate, it can grow anywhere, and a poor place like Beiliang is no exception. Some women who can't afford to buy rouge and gouache like to use its flower juice to paint their nails in summer and autumn. The harsh alias of maid, but I think it doesn’t matter whether it’s the maid of chrysanthemums. It can be used for people to watch and dye their nails. , other famous flowers and famous trees can’t stop it, but I’ve never seen it bloom in winter. It must be because no one is willing to plant it in a pot and move it back to the house. You accidentally delayed the flowering period. By the way , this impatiens is very skinny, so my second sister nicknamed it 'Quick Child'. When exposed to the hot sun, the wind blows, or you pinch your nails, the seeds will pop out far away. When I was young Every time my second sister gets angry, she will keep my face black for a few days without saying a word, I always like to play her in the face with my temper. I would rather she turn on me and scold me than ignore me."
As a result, Xu Fengnian saw Huyan Guanyin looking straight at him, Xu Fengnian said awkwardly: "You didn't make a mistake, how can I be willing to scold you, besides, I have a lot of things at hand and I am very worried, it's not that I don't want to pay attention to you. I am a person I can write the four characters of anger control and self-examination, and my writing is not much worse than that of famous calligraphers. Unfortunately, I have not done well all the time, and I often vent my anger on others. You have never seen me get angry with my father. My son, as long as something goes wrong, I will get angry at him, and I can chase him for thousands of miles with a broom. But now that I think about it, I am childish, and I don’t feel too much guilt. Who told him to be me? Dad, he is my dearest person? Isn’t that right? Besides, at that time, he was still very agile, and he ran very fast. Others respectfully called him the King of Beiliang and the Great General, but I just called him General Runaway.”
Huyan Guanyin looked at him and grinned, that smile was as innocent as a child. Huyan Guanyin lowered his eyebrows and did not meet his gaze.
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself when he saw her timidly shrinking back. Could it be that he looks like a villain with the word "prostitute" engraved on his forehead? I remember that the whole tribe she belonged to on the grassland regarded her as a god, and she revealed her true colors so quickly? Xu Fengnian withdrew his thoughts, lowered his head and continued to pick up the letter paper stacked on his knees, and quickly concentrated on it. He gave Mr. Li a few days, probably because of the sudden cloudy wind and rain in the Lingzhou officialdom, which made this uncle Li busy. For government affairs, I can't take care of Xu Beizhi's promotion for the time being. Although it was not to his liking, Xu Fengnian was still willing to endure it. Back then, the Yan family chose a small path to escape from Lingzhou overnight. If he hadn't hinted at Xu Xiao, Yan Jiexi might not have been able to leave Beiliang so smoothly. Xu Fengnian warned himself not to be so soft-hearted in the future up. Huangnan County is the place where Li Gongde made his fortune. Although Li Gongde has a bad reputation as an official, he is very good at knowing people and employing them. It wasn't for these people to help him gain face, just relying on the love of Xu and Li's family, Xu Xiao would not be so generous that Li Gongde became a manager under one person. Song Yan, the prefect of Huangnan County, is one of the best. He has no distinguished teacher, is self-taught, and uses both spells and powers. If he had no objections to Xu Xiao, and Li Gongde's other "dog legs" couldn't urinate in the same pot, he wouldn't be able to do it. Help each other, otherwise you will never stop at the prefect of a county. The reason why Li Gongde really cares this time and is so eager is that Huang Nanjun is unusual. This is usually a brilliant achievement, but with the new general of Lingzhou in the quagmire, wouldn't Huang Nanjun become a dazzling out of the forest? bird? His Royal Highness is stuck in the mud, what is going on with you Song Yan on a high branch, even if you clearly did not make a sound, it will still make a caring person feel noisy. Li Gongde felt sorry for the governor of Lingzhou, he pretended to be confused, it was not a crime, he was afraid that because of Huang Nanjun, he would be hated by His Royal Highness who walked in front of the North Terrace for the first time.
Xu Fengnian let out a breath, narrowed his eyes and thought. If there were no accidents, Song Yan must have received one or two secret letters from the master, asking this disciple to quickly tarnish his reputation.
The people under him are so good at being people and officials that they don't care about doing things. What a headache. Now with Zhong Hongwu as a lesson from the past, no one would be foolish enough to confront him, a general of Lingzhou. In this way, they are all feminine tricks to avoid his sharp edge, and on the contrary, they will become more and more disgusting. This guy Xu Beizhi was not righteous, he failed to get the governor of Lingzhou, so he went back to Longqing County to watch a play. A copper coin that was no longer in circulation was slowly rolling between Xu Fengnian's five fingers. Huyan Guanyin watched the copper coin rolling back and forth boringly, but she just watched it with relish. So much so that Xu Fengnian raised his head to look at her, but the woman didn't notice.
Xu Fengnian put away the copper coins returned to him by Prince Yanchi, and said softly: "I will go back to Liangzhou before New Year's Eve, and then you will leave Lingzhou together. Do you want to go back to Beimang Grassland, or go to Jiangnan to see one look?"
Huyan Avalokitesvara asked as if belatedly aware, "Are you with me?"
Xu Fengnian couldn't help but said: "Of course you are alone, how can I get away."
She blinked, then looked down again.
Xu Fengnian stretched out his fingers and tapped her on the head, and said with an angry smile: "The entire officialdom in Lingzhou is in collusion with me to play tricks on me. Why, you can use what you have learned now? Believe it or not, I will drive you out of the carriage?"
She raised her head, still silent.
Xu Fengnian had a flash of inspiration, he was stunned for a while, and asked in a low voice: "You just want me to talk to you?"
Huyan Guanyin's pretty face was flushed.
Xu Fengnian laughed out loud, stretched out his hand to pinch her delicate cheeks, and then said helplessly: "Should I say you are stupid or stupid. You are so boring, of course I thought you would have a hard time by my side." Only when you are happy will you want to let you go to a place where you can be happy. You must know that on the grassland, you dared to take the initiative to enter the tiger's mouth and ride on me to play wild, and look at the present, lifeless."
She hesitated to speak in embarrassment, Xu Fengnian sighed, let her sit sideways on his lap, put one hand around her round shoulder, rested his chin on her head, and continued to read the letters.
This is called the sage's calmness.
It's unreasonable that I can't be a land god in this life.
The woman sitting sideways leaned forward, squeezing one of his arms with her chest.
Xu Fengnian didn't pay much attention to it at first, he just thought she was uncomfortable, but when his arms became clearer and felt her uneasy balance, he soon became self-aware, and it seemed that it was not surprising that he couldn't be a land fairy.
Xu Fengnian put the stack of letter papers on the ground, just picked up one, and slid his other hand into her neckline, only separated by a thin layer of satin, holding a slippery and plump ball, with his fingers slightly sunken.
Huyan Avalokitesvara leaned her head back, resting on his arm holding the letterhead, her winking eyes were like silk, she looked up at this guy, at a loss, and let out a soft nasal sound.
Xu Fengnian's sanctimonious appearance was outrageous, pretending to be calm.
In order not to make a sound, the ignorant woman bit a green finger.
This natural charm is extremely alluring.
Xu Fengnian looked down and asked himself, why don't we stop thinking about being a land fairy today