To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao asked: "Who has changed the prince?"

Li Yan watched him not speak, and You Miao understood it, and didn't ask any more questions.

But Li Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Master, how do you ask me to help you? According to your way of asking, the court will not let the officials eat it."

You Miao hurriedly said: "Okay, I won't open my mouth, just eat."

After eating that day, You Miao went back to Taixue, thinking repeatedly in her heart that she didn't want to study anymore, so she leaned on the porch to doze off when she was sleepy.

As soon as Li Zhifeng left, You Miao couldn't help but find someone to rely on, and immediately felt uncomfortable, and glanced at Cheng Guangwu, feeling embarrassed, so she had to forget it.

This is the first time You Miao has been separated from Li Zhifeng in three and a half years. It has only been two days and I am not used to it. Although Li Zhifeng rarely talks when he is around, there is one person who feels a little confident in speaking and doing things. .

It had only cleared up for a long time, and the rain started again, pattering down, making people feel hairy.

"Li Zhifeng." You Miao was stunned for a while, then raised her head and said.

Cheng Guangwu said: "Master."

You Miao couldn't laugh or cry and said, "I'm sorry, Guangwu, I'm used to it and I can't change my mouth."

Cheng Guangwu said, "Young Master, what are your orders?"

You Miao thought for a while, but couldn't remember what she wanted to order Li Zhifeng to do, so she said, "Forget it, it's fine."

You Miao was quiet for a while, then asked again: "Guangwu, have you gone to Jiangcheng Mansion? How is it flooded there?"

Cheng Guangwu said: "The wharf is completely destroyed, and there is no place for ships to dock."

You Miao's heart is really sad. I should have gone back with Li Zhifeng at the beginning, and I regret it a bit, but Li Zhifeng must feel that the journey is too tiring. It takes more than ten days to go back to the south of the Yangtze River, and another ten days to return to Beijing. The distance between you and the fast horse ran in ten days. No matter how healthy You Miao was, she couldn't take it anymore. Besides, she had to release the rankings halfway and wait for the imperial examination...

"Young master, drink tea." Zhang Wenhan opened the tea set and said with a smile.

You Miao moved her feet off the porch chair and lazily said, "You have been calm all day long."

Zhang Wenhan said with a smile: "The young master just eats radish salty and doesn't worry about it. These days, I'm so worried that I can't read books anymore, and I have to go to the number one scholar."

You Miao laughed and said, "It's not that I'm worried, it's because Li Zhifeng is not around, I'm not used to it, and I can't read the book."

Zhang Wenhan washed the cups, stirred the tea leaves, and said with a smile, "People, one is with the other, and they are in pairs. One day, the other will leave. It seems that there is something missing in my heart."

You Miao: "Well, it makes sense. You have always lived alone, why did you think of this?"

Zhang Wenhan said: "My father went away a few years ago, and my mother sat alone every day, screaming. After a few years, she also went. At that time, I was thinking that the two of us have been together for a long time. Already, this fate is linked..."

You Miao thought for a while and said, "But my mother has gone, why is my father still a big fish and meat, drunk and dreaming to death."

When these words came out, even Zhang Wenhan was embarrassed. You Miao said with a smile: "I won't make jokes with you. It's your father and your mother who are in love. That's a husband and wife. If my father doesn't love my mother, it doesn't matter. I wish the shrewd wife would go sooner."

"Don't say that." Zhang Wenhan smiled and made tea for You Miao, respectfully offering it to him.

You Miao said again: "Wife and wife, it all depends on who cares about whom. If you don't care, you won't be able to stay with you for a long time. You still hate each other."

Zhang Wenhan didn't dare to answer, just laughed, You Miao seemed a little touched as he talked, he looked at the rain, and then thought of the situation at home, Li Zhifeng, and his water truck, and he wanted to put down the stall, went home.

But through the misty rain, it seems to have glimpsed the continuous heavy rain and vast ocean in the south of the Yangtze River. The people suffered disasters, their houses were flooded, and the boats shuttled back and forth on the water. If there was no relief from You Miao's granary, many people would die Had to starve and drown.You Miao sighed, and Zhang Wenhan said: "I heard that the government is still arguing about the allocation of food this year for disaster relief, but it has been delayed."

Scholars love to discuss politics. Zhang Wenhan goes to Shuge every day, and he naturally hears the comments from his classmates, most of which are criticisms of the current situation. Damn, now Jiangnan is under disaster, I don't know how long it will be."

"Yes." Zhang Wenhan sighed again: "When the food is allocated and the money for disaster relief arrives, I'm afraid it will be winter. I don't know how many people will starve to death."

You Miao nodded, thinking of the great trust Sun Yu placed on him before leaving, her heart opened up again.

A few days later, on the seventh day of July, the rain stopped.On the Qiqiao Festival, there are many tourists in the capital, red men and green women, all in pairs by the river. You Miao went to Nie Dan's mansion for an appointment. The carriage stopped outside the main gate, and after paying some money, he sent Cheng Guangwu to go for a stroll by himself, and then went to the mansion. go.

There were two soldiers standing outside Nie Dan's mansion. The yard was overgrown with weeds, obviously it hadn't been repaired for many years, the door was open, You Miao greeted and stepped in, and outside the second door said, "Brother Nie!"

"Brother Nie!"

Nie Dan came out in a coarse cloth robe, saw You Miao and said, "Drink a cup of tea before the food is ready."

You Miao smiled and said, "You can do whatever you want, leave me alone."

You Miao took out a box of tea from her sleeve and put it on the stone table in the garden. Nie Dan turned around and went back to work in the kitchen. Seeing a rough clay tea set on the table, You Miao made tea by herself.

"Li..." You Miao realized that there was no one around, so she had to go out to find a carriage and bring in a jug of wine from the carriage.

"Brother Nie." You Miao said, "Is there a wine bowl?"

Nie Dan took off the lid of the pot in the kitchen and said, "Beside the jar over there."

You Miao took a few wine bowls and looked at the light. They were all dusty. Nie Dan said: "I haven't been back to Beijing for several years. The house is not cleaned up. Don't blame my brother."

You Miao hurriedly said, "No, no."

Nie Dan put the vegetables in to steam, and finally came out to rest for a while, drinking with You Miao, watching him not talking, with a smile in his eyes.

You Miao twitched his eyebrows, looked at Nie Dan, and saw that he had a healed knife wound on his wrist, and his appearance had changed compared to a few years ago. The wind and sand in the desert have worn people down. In the past few years, Nie Dan has been sunburned His skin is dark and his appearance is a bit old.

"I knew back then that you didn't want to see me." Nie Dan took a sip of his wine and said calmly, "Why do you suddenly call me Big Brother, you're so close?"

You Miao: "That's my childishness back then. General Nie has a lot, please forgive me."

When Nie Dan said this, You Miao couldn't get close to him, but Nie Dan touched the bowl with You Miao lightly, and said: "Don't take things from the past to heart, if you don't mind , still call me big brother."

You Miao laughed again and said, "Brother Nie."

There is no falsehood in this statement. Nie Dan's family is shabby and upright. You Miao has also heard about Sun Yu from before, and she really admires him.