Wangfu Shenyuan

After Xia An returned to Si'en Courtyard, he didn't bother to mention that he recommended himself to serve in the Prince's study.But the thing that can't be hidden in the mansion is the matter. No matter how far away the Si'en courtyard is, the protagonist is here, and the wind will follow here.

For several days, there were always people pointing around and staring at him with strange eyes.After being kicked out, Xia An was in a bad mood, and now she had to silently endure other people's strange gazes, and she was in a daze all day long, and she even ate less.

Manager Han took the time to look for him, took a cigarette in his mouth, and seemed to be in no better condition than him. "I heard that you stayed in the prince's study for half a day?"

"……,Um."

Manager Han patted him on the head, and said encouragingly, "It's just a matter of gaining insight. I've lived for more than 30 years, and I haven't even entered the prince's courtyard."

Xia An was greatly encouraged.

Then I heard Guanshi Han continue to say: "But in the future, we should refrain from doing such risky things. If you want to do it, you should discuss it with me in advance. Especially, no matter what you do, don't provoke the manager, okay?"

Xia An lowered his head, and understood that the manager should have given Manager Han a look because of him.

But he doesn't want to stay in this yard forever. Of course, staying in this yard is nothing forever. Now he is taken care of everywhere because of his young age, but he still can't bear it. How long can he last? What about these cares?

He wants to leave the house, wants to be free.Thinking that if he had money, he would completely buy the land where his father was buried, and then live in a nearby village, open a school, teach a few children, and live the rest of his life in a mediocre manner with Shu Xiuping.

The floor tiles of the meat forest in the wine pool will be ready in two days. I heard that the warehouse in the palace has prepared good wine, and the wine will be poured in as soon as the wine pool is finished.

Xia An lamented the prince's extravagance.At first, he thought that Jiuchi Roulin was just a name, but he didn't expect the prince to come for it.

"I don't think the weather is too good today." Manager Han exhaled smoke.

Xia An was puzzled by Guanshi Han's sudden smoking of dry cigarettes, because Guanshi Han who smoked seemed to be more than ten years old rapidly.Ah Fu also sighed all day long, but Zheng Da became much more cheerful, complaining about his wound pain all day long, and ordered Xia An, who was half dead from the field, to chop firewood and carry water.Neither Ah Fu nor Han Guanshi commented on this phenomenon.

Knowing the reason, Xia An silently allowed Zheng Da to treat herself as an iron servant.Even though his leg hurts terribly and he staggers when he walks, he still fulfills Zheng Da's request even if he carries half a bucket of water until late at night.

For Zheng Da's "bullying" the newcomer Xia An, many people murmured and expressed their dissatisfaction, and they also somewhat saw Zheng Da's intentions, so they always tested Han Guanshi's tone intentionally or unintentionally.Han Guanshi's intention is very firm: After Zheng Da's death, Xia An will take over his work.

On the night when Manager Han came to talk to him, Xia An just fell asleep after chopping firewood when he heard Manager Han banging the gong in his hand desperately.Everyone put on their clothes one after another and came out, and they saw strong winds and black clouds pressing down on the city.

"Everyone hurry to the venue, a heavy rain is coming soon."

The wine pond has just been laid with bricks, and part of it is still not dry. The meat forest was transplanted with a batch of trees just the day before yesterday. They are extremely precious but also extremely delicate.After this heavy rain, the wine pool and meat forest will be ruined.

Everyone didn't care about their clothes, and ran to the foot of the mountain after putting on their shoes.Manager Han sent a few fast-legged people to the warehouse of the palace to fetch large felts.Xia An tried her best to follow the group and not to fall behind. Halfway through, the rain poured down.When we arrived at the venue, the people who took the blankets had already returned. Some of them were working hard to cover the wine tank with blankets, while others were adding soil to the new trees to stabilize them.

Xia An couldn't find a shovel, so in desperation, he used his hands to hold the soil that others had scattered around to the roots of the tree, and stepped on it firmly with his feet.

Shocking thunder flashed a chilling light, and exploded with a bang.Everyone was soaked, and no one rested, but it couldn't stop the destructive force of the strong rain.

Xia An wiped away the rain that hurt her eyes with her sleeves, and saw Ah Fu coming with many sacks, followed by Zheng Da who couldn't get out of bed for the past two days.

Xia An yelled at them: "Brother Zheng, you go back." The burning finally stopped, and if it rained again, it would be like sending yourself to the king of Hades.

Maybe Xia An, who has always been well-behaved and gentle, suddenly yelled at them.Both Ah Fu and Zheng Da were taken aback for a moment, then Ah Fu bypassed Xia An and went to the rescue.

Zheng Da put one hand on the wound on his leg, and said to Xia An with a smile: "I feel better this afternoon, and I want to go down for a walk. Today, my body has improved a lot, and I feel like I'm getting better soon."

Xia An opened his eyes wide, and said in surprise: "Is it true?" Then he pushed Zheng Da again: "Then you can't get wet in the rain, and finally get better, don't get sick again."

"It doesn't matter to me, but your legs are not ready for cold water yet?"

Xia An's legs have been recovering very slowly due to lack of good rest.Although it is still summer, the night rain pouring on the body still makes people feel chilly.There is no way to leave people here, Xia An didn't want Zheng Da to worry, so he coaxed: "Fortunately, it doesn't hurt too much, the imperial doctor's medicine is very effective. You should go back."

Compared with ordinary people in the palace, Zheng Da's meaning to Xia An is naturally different.

Someone nearby shouted at them both: "Work quickly, don't stand around stupidly." Zheng Da stopped talking nonsense with Xia An, and leaned over to Ah Fu, neatly packed the soil into the sack, then moved it to the big cloth felt and pressed it well .

Seeing that Zheng Da had regained a lot of strength, Xia An felt relieved and followed suit.

Everyone was busy for more than an hour, but a few trees were still down, and some floor tiles of the wine pool were washed away.Howling wind and torrential rain, their strength is definitely not something that more than forty people can resist.

The covered cloth felt was blown up, and the sacks were not enough, so they were crushed here and fell there.Xia An thought about going on like this, sooner or later the wine pond and meat forest would all be destroyed, so he shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't be so hasty, let's lie down on the place where there are no sacks."

Everyone had no objection after hearing this, and quickly spread out and lay down.Xia An lay on the felt, turned her head and saw Zheng Dahuang lying not far away with a face on her face.Xia An said to him: "Brother Zheng, it's more comfortable to turn around and lie on your stomach."

Zheng Da said "hmm" and didn't move.

Xia An's heart skipped a beat, and he said to Zheng Da: "Brother Zheng, are you tired?"

"I'm a little sleepy." Zheng Da's voice was very low, Xia An listened carefully to hear what he said clearly.Xia An was very scared, and crawled towards Zheng Da, shook Zheng Da's body, and his tone became serious and could not be refused: "Go, I will carry you back to sleep in the house, we will not be here in the rain."

Zheng Da came to his senses, shook off Xia An's hand, opened his eyes and sat up, pointed at Xia An and cursed: "What are you doing when you go back? You want to die, but I don't want to die. The wine pool and meat forest are gone. Do you think everyone is still alive?" I can survive. I won’t go back, I want to save my life, I came out to earn money to support my family, and my wife is still waiting for me at home.” After finishing speaking, she fell straight back.Xia An reached out to catch it, Zheng Da's pupils began to dilate, Xia An hugged him, cried and said to him: "Don't fall asleep, don't leave me."

After dawn, the rain stopped.Everyone cleaned up the mess listlessly, and two or three people couldn't help but sat on the edge of the ground and cried bitterly.Manager Han scolded them a few times, but it didn't work, so he couldn't help feeling annoyed, and sat down on the ground sullenly.Ah Fu led other people to try to save it, but everyone knew in their hearts that it was impossible to recover.

Suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes on the main road, everyone was afraid, they all stood up and looked in the direction of the person coming, and after seeing who the leader was, everyone turned pale.

On the first day of the new year, Rong Li had to go to the palace early to pay his respects, but the palace sent someone to come at dawn, saying that the idle king was preparing for a big wedding, so there was no need to make a special trip to the palace.Having already woken up, Rong Li was no longer sleepy, he heard from the boys that there was a heavy rain last night, so he thought about going to the wine pond and meat forest to have a look.

He expected that there must be a miserable scene here, but although he saw a lot of damage, it was far better than he imagined.what happened?Rong Li frowned his well-shaped eyebrows.

When everyone saw the prince frowning, they naturally thought that they were angry at them for not taking good care of the wine pool and meat forest. Everyone was so frightened that they fell on the ground, and a middle-aged man's pants were already wet.Xia An was still dumbfounded, Ah Fu held him down and knelt down.

Steward Han didn't want to kneel at the front, but when everyone saw the prince coming, they all consciously retreated behind the steward.Han Guanshi trembled and couldn't speak.Ah Fu had no choice but to let Xia An go, took two steps forward on his knees, kowtowed and said: "My lord, there was a heavy rain last night, and the servants have tried their best."

Rongli came back to his senses, and sneered: "Is this the result of trying my best?"

"Slaves... will try their best to recover." Ah Fu still didn't dare to say "definitely". He was really not sure that he could build a complete wine pool and meat forest before the deadline given by the prince, which was the day after tomorrow.

"Hmph, try your best." Rong Li rode forward with a cold smile, and everyone who was oppressed by the powerful momentum dared not look directly at him.He pulled out his bow and arrow from the side of the saddle and aimed at Guanshi Han at the front: "Can it be built the day after tomorrow?"

Steward Han's voice trembled: "This slave will definitely do his best."

"Can it or can't it?" Rong Li slowly pulled the bow away, as soon as he let go, a bloody hole would appear between Guanshi Han's eyebrows.

Neither Guanshi Han nor Ah Fu dared to answer rashly.Even if you say "can" at this time, you still won't be able to hand in the work when the time comes. I'm afraid you will die even worse, or life will be worse than death.The two hesitated, and everyone was frightened and listened to the answer with ears pricked up.

"Yes, I can." From behind the kneeling crowd came the clear and crisp voice unique to teenagers.

Rong Li's eyes narrowed: "What if it can't be done?"

"But it's up to the prince to deal with it." The voice was not loud, but it was extremely firm.Everyone looked back, not knowing whether to be happy or worried about such a bold person's answer.Xia An went on to say: "It's just the slave's guarantee. Even if it fails in the end, it's up to you if you want to kill him or not, but please let the others go."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes on Xia An suddenly became simple. No one expected that this little hate favored by the supervisor would be so responsible.

Hearing this, Rong Li's eyes became more gloomy and bottomless, and what he said was like ice scum: "Very good, I don't have time to redo it anyway, so I will give you one chance, if you fail, this king will take You are the fertilizer of this forest."

"Thank you, Lord."

Rong Li didn't say any more, and went straight to the back mountain to see his beloved dog.

As soon as the prince left, the pot exploded immediately, and everyone surrounded Xia An to ask if it could be completed.Director Han knelt on one side, still not recovering from the fright.Ah Fu calmed down a lot, stepped forward to dissuade the siege, and then said to Xia An: "You are not a kid who talks nonsense, but do you have an idea?"

Xia An nodded and said, "I'm not very sure, but you might as well give it a try. Everyone needs to be busy these two days."

Ah Fu pondered for a moment, clapped his hands and gathered everyone together, and said sternly: "Everyone is not ungrateful, but remember clearly, who saved today's life is what we owe Xia An, if anyone thinks that this matter After this has passed, it has nothing to do with him whether the Jiuchi Meat Forest can be completed or not. Well, well, there will be no living person like him in the Si'en Courtyard from now on."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, Ah Fu was clearly threatening, but it was undeniable that Xia An did save their lives.No one answered.A Fu went on to say: "Xia An still needs to save the situation and employ people. If any of you are willing to stay, you must obey Xia An's command, and you must not disobey or raise objections."

Everyone whispered to each other for a while, and a sharp-eyed person noticed that Xia An was dragging Zheng Da's body from the low puddle to the high ground. His heart softened, and he said loudly: "Xia An is a person who values ​​friendship, I will stay." After finishing speaking, Then he trotted to help Xia An move the body.

In the end, no one left, and of course there were those who were unwilling, but because of the threat in Ah Fu's words, they did not dare to leave the group.Whether they like it or not, those who stay, including Guanshi Han and Ah Fu, are all under Xia An's arrangement.

The gardener also arrived early, and when he saw more than a dozen trees being knocked down, he couldn't help worrying about the punishment he would receive.Although everyone knew that this was a natural disaster and not their fault, the palace is not a reasonable place.

Xia An first assigned a small group of people to retrieve the undamaged floor tiles that had been washed away by the water, and then picked them out and rebuilt them.Let Guanshi Han take some people to pour out the soil in the sack first, and then take the sack to the mountain to find some dry soil. The land under the cover of caves or cliffs is fine, as long as it is dry.

An older gardener disagreed with Xia An's approach: "These rare trees are very delicate, and they simply cannot survive on the barren land."

Xia An said: "I know, but far water can't quench near thirst, all trees must be replaced with soil, otherwise there will be too much water in the soil, and they will die gradually. They can't wait for us to transport soil from other places. Master Lin, You should work with other masters to find a way to save those fallen trees. We can only erect them, but if the roots are damaged or other problems, you experts have to solve them.”

"Brother Afu, can you go to Huaying Courtyard to see if you can add some of the same floor tiles for us, the palace should prepare more, even if there are none, just send someone to buy them right away."

"Several big brothers, please go to the nearby forest to find some such thick, thin and long branches."

Xia An was busy, and from the corner of her eye, she saw the supervisors approaching.The supervisor actually entered the mansion early in the morning. He first found out that something happened here, so no one dared to come. Later, he heard that the prince gave him another chance, so he dared to come together.

"Dead? You, come here and throw him to the back mountain to feed the dogs." The supervisor flicked his whip majestically.

Xia An leaned over and said cautiously, "I'll go."

"Hmph, you're not afraid of death and you're addicted." The supervisors didn't know what Xia An was responsible for, and thought that Xia An's brain was not working well, so they risked their lives to avoid work.

Xia An carried the corpse to a hidden cave not far away, and sprinkled the insect-proof ant-proof grass that he picked around the corpse.He straightened Zheng Dali's messy clothes, and said: "I have to go to work first, and if I can't fix it, I have to accompany you. I don't want to die, I'm the only son, my father said, no matter what, I have to be good." Leave incense at home. I will bury you properly after I finish my work."

After returning, Xia An called Gardener Lin to try to transform the dry soil: "This tree needs some flower fertilizer, shall we mix it into the dry soil?"

"How can this be done? It's not good to apply too much flower fertilizer. It has to be appropriate."

"Yes, so you can sprinkle an appropriate amount into the soil." Xia An has always disliked pedantic people, he looked back at the dry soil he had collected, and said to the gardener: "Look at how to mix dry and wet, How much flower fertilizer is added, and you can direct them to do it?"

Gardener Lin shook his head: "This is impossible. How can trees like yours survive. They have high requirements for soil and fertilizer, and their roots are easily damaged when changing the soil."

"I know, but if you don't change it now, it means watching them die, no, it should be watching me die. I want to fight for myself, can you cooperate with me?" Xia An took out a way to deal with his teacher, Blinking her moist eyes, she looked at the other party pleadingly.

Sure enough, Lin Huajiang sighed: "Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

"Thank you, Master Lin. Hurry up and change the soil."

The person who went looking for the branches also came back. Xia An checked it and said: "These branches, after the trees have been replaced with soil, use them to fix the trees. Just wrap a few laps of hemp rope on the branches. Remember, don't overdo it." Don’t be too tight.”

Someone asked: "If the tree is planted, will it still fall?"

Xia An said: "Do you know why Han Guanshi and Ah Fu dare not promise the prince that they will be able to recover? They will reload the tree and lay the floor bricks. Naturally, they also want to give it a try with hope. The biggest reason why they dare not promise It's because they know that there will be another rainstorm tonight, maybe even bigger than last night, and we can't resist the measures we took last night. So, I came up with this idea, hoping it will have some effect. "