Xie Ming

Chapter 285 Plum Rain
Taking advantage of the sudden appearance of refugees from the north in the fields, Xiao and Qiu discussed the launch and preparation of the future united front work in the south and behind enemy lines in the north while taking shelter from the rain!
Xiao Langyan had an idea. He wanted to select a capable official from among them to be in charge of the publicity work!

Qiu Zhizhong took it seriously, so while talking to him, he suddenly turned serious and solemn as he thought about it!

moment!

As Zhizhong was pondering, an idea suddenly occurred to him.

"Eh?!"

"Old Xiao, what do you think of Hu Juncai?!" Zhi Zhongkan asked.

"kindness?!"

"Hu, oh!"

"You mean Jizu's brother-in-law from Baoding?"

"Haha, what?!"

"Is he also in the army now?"

"I didn't know that!" Xiao Lang was quite surprised when he heard Lai Zhizhong recommended this person.

"Haha, no, that person is not accompanying us now!"

"Jizu, your brother-in-law, is a poor scholar who is powerless and cannot even tie a chicken. He is therefore not qualified to join your army!"

"However, when I was in Baoding before, I saw that he was quite diligent in his work, and mainly because of his relationship with Jizu, so I took him in as my subordinate!"

"He is not of high birth, nor of high renown!"

"If these were put on the official career path of the imperial court, then they would be completely useless and it would be difficult to be admitted!"

"But, every disadvantage has its advantages!"

“Not having passed the imperial examination does not necessarily mean you are inferior to others in ability!”

"Without fame and achievements to rely on, there will be no more demons of being overambitious and self-righteous!"

"For more than a month, I have been his superior, and I feel that he is very capable and a good leader!"

"Furthermore, after investigating the details, I know that his father and generation also had some connection with opera and miscellaneous arts."

"I think it would be most appropriate for him to organize this drama troupe!" Zhizhong Shiyu said.

"Ho ho ho."

"Okay, great!"

"Mr. Feiyu, you are a great chess player!"

"This united front work is indeed of great importance!"

"It is safer to use this person, as he is related to my ancestor. We can check and balance each other!"

"Row!"

"Everything is subject to Mr. Feiyu's orders!"

After finishing his words, Xiao Jingchuan teased and clasped his fists as a sign of courtesy.

This made Zhizhong laugh.

Not long after, the rainstorm suddenly stopped!

The leaden clouds in the sky were scattered and messed up, revealing a ray of bright sunshine shining through the clouds!
To the southeast, a gorgeous rainbow appears in the sky!

"General!"

"General, the rain has stopped!" Under the poplar tree, Xiao Lang followed his personal soldiers who were guarding the garrison. Seeing that the sky had cleared up, he hurriedly reported to them and reminded them.

Upon hearing this, Xiao and Qiu turned their heads away.

Zhizhong even stood up straight and stretched his arms and legs hard.

"Ah" yawn.

"Old Xiao! Now that the rain has stopped, should we hit the road again?!" Zhizhong said casually.

"Ouch!"

"It's really a lot fresher after the rain!"

"Not urgent!"

"It has just rained heavily, the ground must still be muddy and difficult to walk on!"

"Wait a little longer." Xiao Lang responded.

"Eh?!"

"Um, Wei Guaner (a guard soldier)?"

"Go boil a pot of water and notify them that we will rest here for another half an hour and then set off after half an hour. We will go straight to the evening by then. Tell everyone to eat something in advance!" Xiao Langling ordered.

"Yes!" the soldier reported.

After he finished speaking, Xiao Jingchuan also stood up, headed southeast, took two steps forward, and looked with his hands behind his back!

"Feiyu."

"Do you think Nanjing is about to enter the rainy season?"

Watching his behavior, I don't know why, but it seems that he has a lot of thoughts coming to his mind, and it is difficult to sort them out in an instant.
The plum blossoms are ripe in the season of rain, and the late spring is lush and green.

The monkeys of Chu are worried at night, and the roosters of Yue are broken in the morning. The sea fog reaches the South Pole, and the river clouds darken the North Jin.

The white clothes have now all turned into dust, no longer turning into dust in the imperial capital.

On the third day of June, in Nanjing, the plum rain continued to fall without stopping!

By the Qinhuai River, the rain is hateful and the clouds are sad, and a few wisps of lonely smoke are curling away to the horizon!
The East Pailou Street in the city is a deep alley with stone paths, blue tiles and white walls. In the misty evening, everything is dark and there are few people around.

Tick ​​tock!

Tick, tick!
At the corner of the alley, raindrops fell from the eaves, suddenly!
Suddenly a carriage came from outside the alley!
The people in front of the car, holding a bamboo umbrella in their hands, wearing a bamboo hat on their heads and a straw raincoat on their bodies, walked slowly, but they always felt a bit cold!

moment!

"Uu——"

"Whoa!" The old man driving the carriage gently stopped the carriage.

The man in the straw raincoat and bamboo hat just glanced at the carriage and immediately walked towards the door of a house on the east side of the alley!
thump.
dong dong!

Boom boom boom!
No one answered the door!

dong dong!

Boom boom boom!
thump.
"Ouch! Who is that?!"

"What time is it? Knock! Knock!"

"It's really annoying!"

Suddenly, I heard a woman in gorgeous clothes muttering to herself as she walked towards the door.

Wow!

One of them pulled the door open!

"Who is it?!"

"Which one are you?!"

"Right now"

The woman who opened the door was still muttering, and as the door opened, she raised her eyes and glanced at the person who came in.

At first, the man in the straw hat and raincoat had a gloomy face and didn't notice anything.

As he spoke, the man under the bamboo umbrella suddenly raised his head.

at once!

The woman let out a cry and stepped back a few steps.

Under the bamboo hat, the man had an unfriendly face, which made him even more terrifying. What's more, his left eye was white, and the black pupil was missing!

Who else could this person be, if not Yuan Ping, the swordsman from Dongping, Yanzhou, who rescued Yuzhen in times of danger? !

"what!"

"Yes, you are a human or a ghost!"

"Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha."

"Hurry! Go away!"

"If you don't leave, I'm going to report it to the police. I'm telling you!" the woman said in panic.

"Excuse me, is this the residence of Mr. Shen Zhengwen?!"

"If an old friend is here, please let him know and ask him to come out to see me!" Yuan Ping turned a deaf ear to the woman's fuss and continued to deliver the message in a hoarse voice.

Shen Zhengwen was actually the eldest young master mentioned by the old butler Xue Zhong in the Duke's Mansion in the capital!
Zhu Chunchen’s eldest son, and Yuzhen and Yu’e’s brother from the same father and mother, is Zhu Zhengwen!
He had a stubborn temper since childhood and often had conflicts with his father, so he left home very early.

Later he settled in Nanjing and Yangzhou.

Moreover, in his early years, this Duke Zhu Chunchen had been an old friend of a Huizhou merchant named Shen Chaozong, and they recognized each other as brothers for life.

So Zhu Zhengwen settled here and was taken care of by the Shen family.

Then three years ago, for some unknown reason, he suddenly changed his surname to Shen, following Shen Chaozong's surname.

Xue Zhong had no idea what details were hidden here, so he had no choice but to ask Yuan Ping to call Master Shen so that he could meet him and discuss the details in person!

"Ouch! Looking for Master Shen?!"

"Which one are you again?"

"Well, it's already dark now. If you have anything to do, you can come back tomorrow, okay?!"

The woman was flustered when she first came down, but when she saw that Yuan Ping spoke properly and did not move, she suddenly became proud again.

As he spoke, his pair of mercenary eyes kept looking towards the carriage behind Yuan Ping, and he fiddled with the gold bracelets and jade rings on his wrists with his hands, looking so proud!
"Hehehe"

"Hoohoo!"

"Madam, my name is Xue Zhong, and I am, haha, your Master Shen Zhengwen, so we are old friends!"

"I hope Madam can help me and tell them that Old Man Xue is looking for me!"

"He, he will definitely come out to see me!"

(End of this chapter)