[Rebirth] The lord wants a minister to die

In the next few days, He Zhan no longer went to Yulong Mountain to hunt, and handed over the autumn hunting affairs to the deputy general. Yang Yingzhao and Yang Kun were responsible for leading the team to patrol in various areas.

There are bounties as rewards, and the two consecutive months of autumn hunting activities are almost full of rewards.On the night when the autumn hunting ended, just in time for the winter solstice, the army held a celebration party as usual.This time, there were not only good wine but also good meat. Among them, dozens of people who were happy to drink held hands and sang and danced around the campfire, which was particularly lively.

Ning Jin's injuries have all healed.He has always disliked excitement, so he didn't go to the celebration party, and only invited He Zhan to spend the winter solstice with him.

Since Ning Jin recovered from his injury, He Zhan has not lived in the South Courtyard again.Ning Jin has been thinking, besides slashing his chest twice, is there any other way to get He Zhan to live in again?

No.

It was evening when He Zhan came.

Dumplings are rarely eaten during the winter solstice in the south. He Zhan felt that Ning Jin came from the north and should still be used to the customs of the north, so he borrowed some minced meat and dough from Huotouying, and prepared to make dumplings with Ning Jin.

Ning Jin is very good at cooking, but after being named Marquis, he hasn't been in the sun for a long time.When He Zhan came with noodles and minced meat, he suddenly laughed out loud, rolled up his sleeves, and took it.

Ning Jin rolled out the dough with his sword hand all the year round, but He Zhan couldn't make the dumplings well. As soon as the meat stuffing on one end was plugged, the other end popped out again.He Zhan was so anxious that his head was sweating profusely, and his hands were covered with flour mixed with minced meat. Ning Jin couldn't stand it, so he switched places with him and asked He Zhan to roll the dough.

However, He Zhan can't even roll the dough well.It is either thick or thin, flat or round, which is always inappropriate.

In desperation, Ning Jin only let He Zhan watch from the sidelines, while he took over all the work of making dumplings.

Sitting next to him, He Zhan felt deeply that his IQ had been insulted.

Seeing him frustrated, Ning Jin said with a smile: "When I spend the winter solstice in the Taoist temple, Gu will be like my brothers and sisters. They are not as good as the third uncle. They are all troublemakers." Ning Jin squeezed the gap between his words. Two round dumplings, beautiful like silver ingots.

He Zhan felt even more like a troublemaker.

Thinking about the winter solstice in the past, He Zhan scooped out a ball of dough from the porcelain basin, and after a while squeezed out a little rabbit, and put it together with Ning Jin's dumplings.He smiled proudly: "Haha, I didn't expect to be able to squeeze it out!"

When He Zhan saw that it was a little white-faced rabbit, he was taken aback.

He Zhan didn't look at him, and said to himself: "I still learned this craft in Kyoto. During the winter solstice, I used to go to Qingping Palace to ask for dumplings to eat. In fact, I sent noodles to Ning Zuo and Ning You to play with rabbits. In the end, their brothers are good, they don’t eat the bunny buns, they just let them dry and rotten, and they are moldy, and they come to the mansion crying one by one to ask the minister to save the bunny.”

As he said that, he put a bunny head on his hand again, and opened his palm to show Ning Jin, which can be regarded as saving himself some face.

After pondering the words in his stomach, He Zhan suddenly realized that he had mentioned Prince Qingping's Mansion.He hastily lowered his head and said, "I have no heart..."

Ning Jin was very frank: "When I was alone in Prince Qingping's mansion, I once saw two of their brothers holding a rabbit with a face, which aroused the envy of others. The rich man rarely sees such gadgets, and he always thinks they are better than pearls and agates. They were all curious. They said it was pinched by the third uncle. After hearing this, the other young masters also wanted uncle to pinch one for each of them. Ning Zuo refused, so those people said he was stingy and broke the bunny's face. Ear, because of this, he also fought with those people."

"Yes... is it?"

"At that time, Gu always thought that there would be such a bunny, which would make others envious and attract others' attention. Children, I always have such thoughts." Ning Jin said lightly while making dumplings, as if Just judging another person's past objectively.

Ning Jin added with a smile: "It's different now. What I wanted before was a bunny, but now I want my third uncle."

"... "

Please, brother, don't say such misleading words!He must have misunderstood!

Ning Jin didn't seem to see He Zhan's stiff face, raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "Thinking about what I wanted before, it wasn't such a small thing. I just saw that the two brothers had everything, but Gu had nothing. It's so unfair. What do you think, third uncle?"

He Zhan said: "There will be one in the future, every year."

Ning Jin put down the last dumpling, held the noodle bunny in his palm, and said, "Only one person has it?"

He Zhan touched his hair and nodded heavily: "Yes."

Ning Jin smiled and squeezed He Zhan's face with his flour-stained hands: "Uncle is so kind to Wuchen."

"Well... don't touch it! Hey! Don't! Your hands are dirty! Hands are dirty! Dirty!!"

He Zhan blocked it with his hands and hid, but Ning Jin still wiped the flour on his face.

He Zhan saw that the little bastard was still bullying him, so he randomly wiped a handful of flour from the chopping board, and spread it on Ning Jin's face with his hand.

He froze when he was done.

Hastily, hastily, died young!Why can't I control my cheap hand!May I ask if there is any courtier in this world who dares to put flour on the face of the lord, besides He Zhan, there can be others!

He Zhan stammered and wanted to explain: "Chen...Chen..."

Unexpectedly, Ning Jin came over, held He Zhan's face in his hands, and rubbed all the flour on his face to his face in revenge.He kept laughing in a low voice, which made He Zhan's heart tingle. He hadn't heard such a laugh for a long time.

"Come on, let's get some dumplings." Ning Jin rubbed the tip of He Zhan's nose with his nose.

"it is good…"

He Zhan had asked someone to set up a small clay stove in the wing room of the south courtyard earlier. The pot on it was not big, just enough for two people.The two ate and chatted around the tandoor.Ning Jin thought about it all night, but he didn't think of how to keep He Zhan.

In the middle of the night, after the celebration party in the camp ended, He Zhan left the South Campus and went back to his tent to rest.

Not long after that, the food officer reported that this year's military rations were not enough.There have been several torrential rains this autumn, and the rice fields have been watered and the harvest has been poor. It is difficult for the people to support themselves.

In order to find out the situation, Ning Jin and He Zhan went to Tian Town to inspect in person.The severe food shortage this time is because the water conservancy projects used for drainage and irrigation have been paralyzed due to disrepair, and the rice fields cannot withstand the torrential rain.

After returning to Yongzhou Mansion, Ning Jin immediately ordered the renovation of water conservancy, reduced taxes and food, and opened official warehouses to help the people.When Ning Jin ascended the throne, the wealthy gentry in the city distributed food for three months, which relieved the pressure on the people of Yongzhou a lot.In addition, due to the large-scale autumn hunting before, the army has saved a lot of rations, as well as the grain and grass stockpiled before, which should be able to last until the beginning of next spring.Without the big black hole of military rations, this food shortage is indeed not as difficult as imagined.

Ning Jin personally stood on the city tower and passed on the policy to deal with the food shortage to the people. As soon as the order to reduce taxes came out, the people in the city fell to the ground and shouted, "Your Majesty is holy."

As the wind blew, He Zhan stood beside Ning Jin, watching the smile on Ning Jin's lips, and lowered his eyes in satisfaction.His lord should have been so proud and charming, attracting everyone's attention.

However, He Zhan's real thought is this: the cabbage that has been well-raised and juicy can finally be held in his arms, and the seven aunts and eight aunts next door can have a look.happy.

Facing this level well, Yongzhou ushered in the rare snow in ten years.Unlike the goose-feather-like heavy snow in Kyoto, the snow in Yongzhou is as fine as salt particles. It took a long time to accumulate a thin layer on the ground, but it looks like frost.

He had already made preparations to deal with the food shortage, and when it snowed this day, He Zhan was in a particularly good mood.

Fearing that Ning Jin would not be able to withstand the wet and cold winter in the south, the south courtyard burned the ground dragon early.When He Zhan came to the South Courtyard, he had to take off the velvet fur on his body, otherwise he would be a little hotter in the room.

Yang Yingzhao was also in the hall, talking with Ning Jin about the things in the Taoist temple, the two talked and laughed, very happy.Seeing He Zhan coming, Yang Yingzhao first said hello: "Uncle He, are you here to discuss something?"

He Zhan put the document hidden in the velvet fur on the copy, then took off the fur robe and put it on the back of the chair.It was cold outside and hot inside the house. After entering, the hands that had been frozen outside felt a little itchy.He Zhan clasped his hands unconsciously, rubbed them lightly, and answered Yang Yingzhao's words: "Yes, there's no rush."

Yang Ying raised her chin: "It's not something important, it's just..." Ning Jin winked at Yang Yingzhao and shook his head at her, as if not to let her speak.

Yang Ying closed her mouth amusedly, put on her cloak and sleeves, bowed to the two of them, and said, "I won't stay any longer, Yang Kun said he can eat barbecue, I'll go and see if he really knows it. You... do whatever you want."

At the end, the ending sounded rather meaningful, and he looked at He Zhan with a slightly teasing look.

After Yang Yingzhao left, He Zhan asked Ning Jin: "What's the matter? Is there something else I'm hiding from the minister?"

Ning Jin replied: "It's not an important thing." Birthday is indeed not very important.

Seeing that Ning Jin didn't say anything, He Zhan just smiled and revealed the matter.He Zhan said: "I have been following up on the renovation of the palace, and the arrangements have been made there. When General Han returns to the camp, my lord can go back to Weiyuanhou's residence."

Ning Jin said: "Okay, when the lonely government is not busy, I will go to Tianji Mansion with my third uncle to see our new home."

"…it is good."

Ning Jin asked He Zhan to sit with him on the couch under the window.There is a small coffee table on top of the bed, and tea towels are stacked on the coffee table.Ning Jin made tea for He Zhan to drink, and in the light of the snow outside, he drank it comfortably.

He Zhan sighed in his heart: "The snow in Kyoto is still beautiful, and there are lots of it."

Ning Jin said, "Are you homesick, Uncle?"

He Zhan smiled self-deprecatingly: "How can I count as my family? It's just that I have lived in the capital for a long time, so I naturally have some feelings. Maybe I will miss Yongzhou when I return to the capital. I have long and hopeful Shu, and I am not greedy enough."

"I just feel that being able to be with my third uncle, whether it's Kyoto or Yongzhou, is the best place."

He Zhan's heart was beating violently. He took a sip of tea to suppress his heartbeat, and said with a habitual smile: "Thinking about it, Yongzhou is better. When the lord gets married, I still want to live in Yongzhou."

"... Marry a wife?"

"You're not young anymore, it's time to think about these things." He Zhan said, "Shui Ling, a woman from Yongzhou, is gentle and delicate, if..."

Ning Jin cut off his words: "Where is the third uncle? The third uncle is not young, when will you think about these things?"

He Zhan was silent for a while, and said: "I... have a lover in the capital. However, I will not be lucky enough to be with him in this life." He is the one who wants to become emperor. I would rather never take that first step.But it was too difficult to hold back this first step.

Ning Jin put the teacup down: "Really? Who is so lucky to make Uncle so fond of his mind?"

He Zhan said with a smile, "I am not worthy of you."

Seeing that he refused to name that person, Ning Jin just nodded slightly.

For a long while, the two were relatively silent.Ning Jin said, "I'm a little tired."

He Zhan got down from the couch, saluted respectfully, and said: "The minister will leave first, and my lord will rest well."

He Zhan put on his fur and went out, holding a black gold paper umbrella, and walked out of the south courtyard step by step.

As soon as he walked out of the south courtyard, he heard the sound of teacups breaking from inside the house.

He Zhan closed his eyes and told himself over and over in his heart——

He Peizhi, you have done a good job, and you must do better in the future.