Huan Rong

The Shangsi Festival is five days after the Cold Food Festival.

The city of Jiankang is very lively, young ladies come out together, and surround the gentlemen who are out for an outing. Flower hairpins and silk handkerchiefs are scattered like rain, and the fragrant wind soaks the riverside. It is another year of prosperity and prosperity.

Xie Xuan and Wang Xianzhi were in the same car, and when a young lady threw a flower hairpin, scarf and handkerchief, both of them could calmly deal with it, occasionally seeing a gold hairpin, they also smiled freely, which caused a commotion in the crowd.

"It's a pity that Brother Rong is not here." Wang Xianzhi leaned his back on the cart, recalling a new roll of bamboo slips, and regretted, "I just got a new book, which is actually written by a famous master in Qin Dynasty. If Brother Rong is here, I will discuss it with him. .”

"A few days ago, I heard that Brother Rong was rebuilding the city in Yandu, expelling the shady households, recruiting the refugees. He is busy every day, and I am afraid that he has no time to talk about poetry and calligraphy with Zijing."

Wang Xianzhi was not interested in official career, when Xie Xuan mentioned Huan Rong's New Deal, he couldn't help frowning.

"Could it be that Youdu also wants to be either side?"

Xie Xuan just smiled, neither denied nor nodded, shook his long sleeves, pointed in the direction of the crowd, and said, "Zijing, let's see who that is."

Seeing a familiar carriage behind the crowd, Wang Xianzhi's face changed slightly.

"Why is it her again!"

He was really annoyed by Sima Daofu's entanglement.

If the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, it can also be called an affair.However, he has a wife in his family, and the other party has also married into the Huan Mansion, so blatant and unscrupulous, he can only become a laughing stock in his mouth!

Sima Daofu acted recklessly and didn't care about folk rumors, but he couldn't.

Thinking of this, Wang Xianzhi's expression became colder, and his mood of going out of the city to enjoy the scenery faded a lot.

Behind the crowd, Sima Daofu sat in the car, looking at Wang Xianzhi's direction, fascinated.About twenty steps away from her, there was another inconspicuous ox cart. In the cart was a woman dressed as a woman, wearing a skirt and skirt, her black hair was combed into a single bun, and the tail of her hair was tied behind her head, tied with a silk ribbon. into a bunch.

The woman's appearance is elegant, and it cannot be amazing at first sight, but she is so quiet and graceful, with a gentle temperament, which can really make people admire.

"Ma'am, do you want to leave the city?"

"No." The woman shook her head lightly, glanced at Wang Xianzhi surrounded by the crowd, then at Sima Daofu behind the crowd, and said to the servant girl, "Go home."

The woman is none other than Xi Daomao, Wang Xianzhi's first wife.

Xi Daomao and Wang Xianzhi have been married for several years, and they only have one daughter.The couple were deeply saddened by the death of their daughter last year.After finally getting out of the sadness, the relationship between the two is stronger than ever.

I don't want to, Sima Daofu came back from his aunt, he didn't care about Wang Xianzhi, whenever Wang Xianzhi went out, he would meet Huanfu's carriage at the entrance of the alley.

There were many rumors in the city, and the maids and servants at home were also whispering.

The personal servant did not dare to hide anything, and reported everything to Xi Daomao.When the latter heard about this, he was neither angry nor shed tears, but just made a small poem and put it on Wang Xianzhi's writing desk.

After reading this poem, Wang Xianzhi respected and loved his wife even more, and even reduced the number of times he went out, just to avoid Sima Daofu.

Because of the disgraceful rumors, Princess Nankang ordered Sima Daofu to be detained in Huanfu, and the rumors in the city gradually dissipated. Both Wang Xianzhi and Xi Daomao thought that the matter should be over.

Unexpectedly, when the sun was dark, Sima Daofu went to the river again.During the cold food festival, the princess of Yuyao County appeared again.On the Supreme Si Festival, Xi Daomao was driving out, and sure enough, he saw the other party again.

Both the maharaja and the lord have passed away, it is not good for the elder brothers to intervene in this matter, and her father-in-law is in trouble at the moment, it is not good to be bothered by these things, Xi Daomao can only rely on himself.

"Go home." Xi Daomao ordered his servants to open the hood of the car to cover the warm sun that was getting stronger.

Through the curtain of the car, the human voice became hazy.

Xi Daomao closed his eyes, his expression was as gentle as before, but his heart was not calm for a long time.

On that day when the water was flowing, Xie's, Yin's and Yan's masters all had excellent works, and the children of the Wang family in Taiyuan did not fall behind.The Langya Wang clan's lords were different from previous years, especially Wang Xianzhi, not only didn't compose poems, he didn't even write a picture of his good characters. Send it home.

Xi Daomao was also quite surprised to see her husband so drunk.After the maid served him hot water, he personally wiped his face and hands.

"Sister," Wang Xianzhi turned over and grabbed Xi Daomao's hand, his face was flushed and his eyes were clear.

"My husband is pretending to be drunk?"

At this moment, Wang Xianzhi didn't look like a romantic gentleman, he pulled Xi Daomao to his side, put his head on her lap, and said: "Sister, if I no longer have talent and fame, will my sister abandon me?"

Xi Daomao was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand to order the servants to retreat.Combing Wang Xianzhi's hair with her slender fingers, she said softly, "Do you still remember the letters between the Lord and the Lord?"

"Remember." Wang Xianzhi closed his eyes, took Xi Daomao's hand, and gently pecked it on his lips, "It's my grandfather. I'm one year younger than my aunt. I'm afraid that it will be too late, and my aunt will be begged by another family."

Xi Daomao leaned on the couch, withdrew his hands, and continued to comb Wang Xianzhi's hair.

"It doesn't matter if the official slave is talented or not, since I am your wife, I will definitely be with you for the rest of my life. Unless..."

"unless?"

"One day the officials and slaves change their minds, I will leave."

The voice is soft and gentle, but the eyes are tenacious and tenacious.

Wang Xianzhi leaned in Xi Daomao's arms, holding his wife's wrist with his backhand, getting tighter and tighter.

In the Huan mansion, Sima Daofu returned to the courtyard, drove out all the servants, closed the door, knocked down the screen, and smashed the jade articles on the shelf.

The movement was indeed not small, and it quickly reached the ears of Princess Nankang.

"Don't worry about her." Princess Nankang leaned on the couch, teasing two chubby civet cats, and smiled very happily when she saw the cats rolling into a ball.

"Sent from Taicheng, do you like it?"

Mrs. Li gently squeezed Princess Nankang's shoulder, and said: "I often mix incense, and I can't keep these little things in my room. If something is knocked over, it will be another trouble."

"That's right." Princess Nankang propped her forehead with one hand, and ordered her maid to carry the cat down.Seeing those round cat eyes reminded her of Huan Rong who was far away in Yandu.

"Sister, the people around Princess Yuyao have been found out." Mrs. Li said softly.

"there's a few?"

"There are six people in total, one is a close servant, three are brought out from Langya Palace, and the rest are born aunts."

"They are all bastards?"

"Five confirmed, but one uncertain."

"Oh?" Princess Nankang raised her eyebrows.

Mrs. Li leaned over, her red lips brushed against Princess Nankang's ear, her voice became lower and lower: "Sister would never have imagined that the reason she inquired about the news was not Gushu, but Prince Langya's residence."

"You mean King Langya?" Princess Nankang frowned.

"Judging from the confession I asked, it doesn't look like King Langya, but more like the prince."

"It's him?" Princess Nankang frowned even deeper, "A child less than ten years old has such a trick?"

"Sister, Lang Jun went to Kuaiji to study at the age of ten, and he was called a good talent and beautiful jade by Zhou's great scholars. Now that he is an official in Yandu, the decrees formulated and the methods used are fierce and decisive. Let me ask, how many dances are there? Can the young man do it? Besides, if the son can't do it, how can there be no one around him?"

Princess Nankang sat up, thought seriously about Mrs. Li's words, and finally nodded.

"Don't say anything about this for now."

Sima Yu, king of Langya, was quite talented and famous, and had friendship with Wang Tanzhi, Xie An and others, and was known as a contemporary celebrity.Although he has no military power, he is the prime minister, and his power in the court is not small.

Whether this was Sima Yao's own decision, or Sima Yu's acquiescence, Princess Nankang was not sure.If the investigation is carried out with great fanfare, it may be self-defeating and offend Sima Yu.

With her status, there is no need to worry too much.However, considering Huan Rong who is in Yandu, he must act cautiously.

"Sister, why not send someone to Gushu to pass the news to Second Young Master."

"Tell the bastard?"

"The second son is narrow and suspicious, so he will definitely investigate to the end."

Not only can he pick himself out, but he can also try the reactions of Gushu and Langya Prince's Mansion, he can kill multiple birds with one stroke, why not do it?

"Good!" Princess Nankang smiled, "Just do as my sister wants."

Even if the news leaked out, Sima Yu couldn't blame Princess Nankang, but would be grateful instead.

It is not a glorious thing to put eyes and ears next to a married daughter, and Princess Nankang can go to the palace for accountability.She chose to suppress it, because she gave Langya Palace a great deal of face.It was Huan Ji who persisted in the investigation, and this was the one who should be blamed, and it was also the one who wanted to make a feud.

After the agreement, Princess Nankang handed over the matter to Ah Mai, and Mrs. Li summoned her servants, and continued to stare at the courtyard of Princess Yuyao County and Huan Xin.

"A few days ago, my aunt came with a letter from Da Sima. Lord Sanlang burned it on the spot after reading it. I didn't know the details, but I can only infer from the mouth.

"I see." Mrs. Li nodded, and was about to step out of the corridor when she saw a maidservant hurrying over with a look of panic on her face.

"Why are you so anxious?"

"Mrs. Murong pushed Ma to the ground, almost hurting the two young masters."

"How bad is it?"

"The two young masters were just frightened, Ma Shi seems to have injured his foot."

"Go get a doctor." Mrs. Li said, "Tell Mrs. Ma, if the injury is too serious, I will ask His Highness to temporarily move the two young masters away. In addition, lock Murong up and let him out after three days."

"Ma'am, don't you report this matter to Your Highness?"

Mrs. Li smiled slightly, swept up and down the servant who reported the letter, and said, "Are you questioning me?"

"I don't dare!" The maid hurriedly lowered her head and said, "It's just the rules."

"Okay." Mrs. Li didn't stop her, and said to A Mai who heard the sound, "Take her to see His Highness."

"promise!"

The servant got his wish, but he didn't know that when he saw Princess Nankang, he saw the princess sneered before he could say anything, and ordered someone to drag her down.

"Smart thing!"

On the same day, the doctor treated Ma Shi's injury, saying that he had injured a bone, broke his right ankle abruptly, and clamped it with a wooden board again.Ma Shi's screams came out of the room, the faces of the servants in the corridor were as white as paper, the two sides were fighting, and the sweat was like rain.

Murong was dragged into a dark room and deprived of food for three consecutive days, except for a bowl of clean water.On the fourth day, when he saw the millet porridge brought by the servant, he took up the bowl and devoured it hungrily.

The two concubine sons did not move out of the Ma family's courtyard, but moved to another room, where they were looked after by the nanny and the servants.

Ma Shi's fake injury turned into a real injury, and Murong Shi did not get any benefit from pretending to be crazy.

Sima Daofu didn't care about the two of them, it was all a joke.Huan Xin thought he had grasped the clue, and after writing a letter, he secretly sent someone to Gushu.

When Princess Nankang saw the intercepted letter, she thought it was related to the government, but she didn't expect it to be such a mess, so she laughed angrily on the spot.

"The old slave left him in Jiankang. He really made a mistake."

Mrs. Li nodded and smiled slightly, and scented the fragrance with her bare hands.

In other words, it's better for a fool not to pretend to be smart, the more noisy he is, the faster he will die.

"It's rare that this concubine wants to be a good person." But some people are ignorant and insist on annoying the princess.It wasn't because there were so many things going on recently, and the princess was busy every day, that she didn't bother to care about these clowns.

Mrs. Li closed the porcelain jar with a charming smile, carrying a trace of unexplainable charm.

"Someone wants to die, so why stop them." Princess Nankang picked up the tea soup and said, "Don't worry, sister, it's a pleasure to touch something dead with your finger. Besides, without their troubles, I would I didn't realize that the old slave left that bastard in Jiankang, so it was his idea."

Spy news?

It's a pity that the mud can't support the wall, and the business is put aside, but I am thinking about the details of these back houses.

At the same time, the decree to keep Xi Yin in power arrived in Jingkou.

On the day of receiving the decree, Xi Yin went to the court, saying that he was confused, that the Northern Expedition had not been completed, the garden mausoleum had not been restored, and he would never say goodbye to his old age.

The success or failure of the Northern Expedition is still unknown, and the restoration of the garden mausoleum is by no means a matter of overnight.You need to know that the tombs mentioned in the Biaoshu are the tombs of the emperors of the Western Jin Dynasty, which are now in the territory of the Hu people.

Who will let you go to repair the mausoleum casually?Unless the site is laid down first.

With the current strength of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this matter is not easy.

According to Xi Yinbiao's statement, if the garden mausoleum is not repaired, he will not resign for a day, and Huan Wen can no longer force him to give up power.

In other words, the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not break into the borders of the Hu people and took back the prefectures and counties where the five emperors of the Western Jin Dynasty built the mausoleum. He will always stick to his post and lead the Beifu army to guard Jingkou until it can't be suppressed.

The Biaoshu was sent to Jiankang, Zhongshu Province exerted its highest work efficiency, delivered it to Taicheng on the same day, and handed it over to the emperor to stamp and seal it, and a plan to seize military power fell through.

Historically, the Beifu Army, which was supposed to be under the control of Huan Wen, was still firmly in the hands of Xi Yin, which brought a lot of variables to the upcoming third Northern Expedition.

Yandu County

Relying on the technology of Gongshupan and the technology of Xiangli Brothers, in the middle of March, the stone houses in the west city were completed one after another, and the five-meter-high city wall gradually took shape.

The stone piers at the city gates have been removed, and the foundations have been laid and stones laid.After several discussions and three revisions of the drawings, the Xiangli brothers finally selected the location of the Wengcheng and quickly broke ground.

Following the West City, the North City has also become a large construction site.

The refugees who re-registered their household registration got up early every day, those who were assigned to fields were busy with spring plowing, and those who were not good at farming went to work in saltworks and docks together.

According to the "Da Sima Tiao Order", the number of refugees reached [-]. Huan Rong and Shi Shao discussed and did not rush to re-register the household registration.

"Two meals a day, half a month to get wages, double the wages of experienced hands!"

Knowing that there is a wage to receive, everyone's first reaction is not joy, but surprise and disbelief.

"Dare to ask my lord, is this true?" An old man stepped forward and asked, judging from his words, deeds and conversation, he was definitely not an illiterate person.

"Indeed!" the head of the pavilion said loudly, "Carpenters and stonemasons, skilled slaves, those who are over 45 years old, please report as soon as possible, and the Lord has other arrangements."

The officials have their own duties, and things are arranged in an orderly manner.

Many of the refugees recruited were knowledgeable, and soon discovered that something was wrong.These orders of the Yandu county magistrate did not seem to be preparations for the Northern Expedition at all, but more like leaving all 3000 people behind to fill Dingkou, the county seat.

But, is it possible?

With doubts in mind, the people were sorted out according to the requirements, and reported their names, ages, hometowns, and skilled crafts to the record officials.

Huan Rong originally thought that pies falling from the sky are rare, and this group of refugees may not be able to dig out many treasures.Unexpectedly, on the first day, there will be one, no, three big fish!

Yingchuan Xunshi, Yingchuan Chenshi, Yingchuan Zhongshi!

Anyone who has read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms will be familiar with the names of Xun Yu, Chen Qun and Zhong Yao.These few big fish are not from the direct branch, and they have suffered from wars and separated their relatives. Their knowledge is not as good as that of their ancestors, but their knowledge and skills are still beyond ordinary people.

Looking at the recorded name, Huan Rong grinned to the ear.

Get rich, get rich!

If he can do this every time, he doesn't mind eating a few more buckets of rice and being a scumbag a few times.

However, with this lesson learned, it is estimated that the scumbag father will not easily write to him, and the letter may not be stamped with a private seal.Things can never be repeated, if you want to continue cheating, you need to find another way, and then find another way.

"These people will record separately and send someone to observe carefully."

"promise!"

The officials took orders, and Huan Rong left contentedly.

The reason why he didn't immediately welcome him into the county government office was that he kept his mind on the fact that his talent was true, and his character had to be checked again.If you meet someone who is talented but not virtuous, and double-faced, you will cry without crying.

Huan Rong was extra careful, the spies and assassins sent by Gu Shu were a little dumbfounded.

The county government is surrounded like an iron barrel, and they can't get close to the target for fifty paces. How can they stab?

Huan Rong left Beicheng and was on his way back to the county government office when he heard the crowing of eagles overhead.Looking up, it is the goshawk returning from the north.

"Hey——"

Amidst the chirping of the eagle, the goshawk circled for two weeks and landed in front of the frame.There is no bamboo tube tied to the eagle's leg, only a piece of silk cloth.

Huan Rong unwrapped the cloth and unfolded it carefully.

"Murong Chui refused to return, and the Di people sent troops to Shancheng."

"The fleet will arrive in five days, and Jing will accompany the ship."

Seeing the first article, Huan Rong was not surprised.Unless Murong Chui is a fool, there is no way he would obediently hand over his military power and stick his neck out to be slaughtered.

As for the second point... Huan Rong rubbed his chin, and calculated the time when Qin Jing left last time. Considering the distance between the two places and the current environment, does this person travel south a little more frequently?