Minister

50【Six Years of Jiankang】

Saul Hahan was not in the capital, and Wei Chi's work was reduced by half. Every morning, except for routine business, he could hardly leave the courtyard. Waiting for dinner in the room.

Wang Yunyi was busy at the moment, and he was really not in the mood to click on his subordinates, so Wei Chi experienced the most leisurely period since he became an official.But it's not boring, the exotic style is a kind of adjustment, and it's a pleasure to wander around.Leisure is leisure, Wei Chi felt a little alone.Chen Hu would not go out with him casually. He was very timid. He was afraid that the yard would be empty and he would not be able to find someone to send a message, and he would be scolded. He was also worried that Wei Chi would be in danger if he went out. , but also to persuade Wei Chi in turn.After talking about it several times, Wei Chi couldn't bring it up anymore.Du Ranunculus and Populus euphratica are both busy, taking ten days to take a half-day rest, Du Qihuan and Xu Yue are okay, but Du Qihuan is a sleepy bug, who sleeps when he is free, and no one can talk about it; Xu Yue likes to run outside the city, Picking up stones all over the hills, Wei Chi followed him a few times with a cloth bag, but felt that it was really boring, so he gave up the idea.

Xu Lang invited Wei Chi to the tavern several times. He was a nice person and had something to talk about. The hateful thing was that he didn't pay the bill every time. He watched Wei Chi pay the money with a wicked smile.Wei Chi hurt him a few times, but the rich dude still clutched his pocket and didn't let go, laughing happily.

Monan's short but precious summer is coming to an end in such a muddled way.

"Hey!" Wei Chi was in a daze with a book in the yard when a voice came from the wall.

Wei Chi looked up, who is that wild girl?

"I said!" Wei Chi quickly closed the courtyard door, and caught Xiangnaji off the wall: "You give me a letter every time you come here! It looks like a ground mouse popping up out of nowhere."

Xiangganaji flicked the dirt on his body: "I am the only one who can come by my side! I have come, so why not report!"

"Your father isn't here today?" Wei Chi brought her a glass of water, the little girl took it, and gulped it down.

"I don't know who will go. It's rare to see him at home recently." Xianggnaji wiped the corner of his mouth: "Go out with me today!"

After getting along with her for a long time, Wei Chi understands why her father dotes on her so much - something will happen!New tricks can be produced every day, and the chickens and dogs will not stop without tossing.After getting more and more familiar with Wei Chi, he forgot the reservedness he had put on at the beginning, and exposed all the things he did to her at home.

"It will be my birthday soon! You promised to thank me, what have you prepared?" Xiangganaji asked mischievously.

What have you prepared?Wei, who is a little shy in his pocket, has no bottom in his heart: "What do you like?"

Xiangganaji secretly thought, can't you give me?Really, of course I dare not say it out of the mouth, this Wei Chi is not good at martial arts but likes to play tricks at every turn. The first few times when he went out, he either caught snakes to scare himself, or secretly stuffed flowers with worms in her pockets to scare her. She couldn't help crying even though she was crying, she just smirked from the sidelines.

Xiangganaji rolled his eyes: "Would you like to visit my lake?"

'My Lake', Oh!A person of high status like Shangzhu will have a chartered water area as a sustenance for his birthday.Wei Chi thought of the lakes he saw on the way to the Frodama Palace, but those are small ponds that appear in accordance with the seasons, beautiful and perishable.All birthdays are entrusted to lakes that will never dry up.

Wei Chi looked at the little girl with a smile and nodded.

After entering the territory of the Qi army, of course there is no need to sneak out.Being a man also has its advantages, and others will only praise it as 'fair'.Wei Chi took a fan, put it away, and asked Chen Hu to call the official chariots and horses to wait at the back door, and went straight out of the city.

It's just a convenience, of course Wei Chi's pony carriage can't compare with that of His Royal Highness the Princess, but the road is relatively flat and the ride is comfortable.After less than half an hour, the two of them arrived at a small tribe not far from 'Sami Goya'.Samigoya is formed by a branch of the big river outside the capital city. The water is clear and deep in the center. It is said that some fishermen have caught a five-foot-long herring from it.This lake is the 'Lake of Xiangge Naji', the lake used to bless her Tianze.

After the driver was arranged, the two went to Sami Goya on foot.The end of summer is approaching now, and Monan is so beautiful, the fragrance of flowers and grasses all over the mountains and plains rushes to the face, and there are wild birds hidden in the grass nests, singing endlessly.After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, a piece of blue water appeared in front of us. The water surface was as quiet as a stone mirror. The water area was not too wide. Standing on the hill, you could see the edge of the lake, but the area to the north was extremely deep. Blackish indigo on the surface of the water.

"Is this big place given to you?" Wei Chi asked, pointing at the lake.

"No!" Xiangganaji pointed to a temple by the lake: "That's mine."

It turned out that the award was for this small temple, the lake did not belong to Sangkarnaji or her family, it was the honor she enjoyed.There are still several temple-like buildings by the lake, and it seems that there are other nobles who share this honor.

"Those, those, belong to other Shangzhu, but they are all old. When I was born, His Majesty Wang allowed my father to build this one to protect me."

The two descended the hill and walked towards the lake.In addition to the temples, there are some shack-like dwellings by the lake, which are the residences of fishermen.Fishermen's residences are not divided into villages, but they are still built as close to the temple as possible.It is said that on days of heavy rain and strong winds, these temples will open special places for these poor poor people to avoid disasters, and on weekdays, these fishermen have to take turns to do some chores to worship the temples.

Although he was not a slave, he also lived a poor and humble life.

Wei Chi approached a small nest where a five or six-year-old child from Monan was teasing a black dog on the beach.The black dog was very big and thin, and when he saw Wei Chi and the others approaching, he jumped and barked.The child was startled when he saw two gorgeously dressed people, pulled the fur on the dog's back, and greeted the inside of the shack.A middle-aged woman with a dark complexion rubbed her hands and came out. When she saw the two noblemen, she was also startled. She kicked the black dog and fell to the ground.

Wei Chi took a few steps forward, signaled the woman to get up, took out three 'coins' from the purse, held them in his hand, pointed to the boat by the lake, and shook the money in his hand.

The woman was a little perplexed, but seeing the brightly dressed but polite appearance of the visitor, it was hard to refuse, so she went into the house and took a piece of broken fishing net, padded the bottom of the boat, and then handed over the narrow fishing oar to Wei Chi hand.

"She said you don't know how to row!" Xianggnaji was worried and translated the woman's words to Wei Chi.

"Don't be afraid. I grew up by the water since I was a child. Although this boat is small, it is wider than our fishing shuttle. I can handle it. You can go on it."

Xiangganaji was scared, but he boarded the boat cautiously. When she sat firmly, Wei Chi pushed the side of the boat violently, and when the boat floated, he jumped onto the sampan nimbly.The boat, like a white frog jumping into the water, rowed straight to the center of the lake.

"The pond in our place has a lot of reeds growing beside it. At the end of summer, it will be a vast expanse of whiteness. There is a kind of 'water chestnut' on the reeds stems, which grow in circles and form knots. The red fruit tastes so sour. We little boys like to chew it to show off how brave we are. Looking back now, it seems like it was yesterday." Wei Chi drank the oar, while caring for himself said with a smile.Xiangganaji is different from Saul Hahan. As long as Wei Chi's sentences are long and there are many partial words, she will be confused and don't know what to say, but sometimes she is more willing to nag to such a person. The half-understood look made people laugh, but also a little more casual, forgetting all the cautiousness in the past.

The boat moved forward steadily, Xiangnaji rested his chin and listened to Wei Chi talking about his childhood thousands of miles away.She didn't know what 'Shui Li'er' was, and she didn't know what 'Luhao' was, but she could hear that naughty energy that the man around her had never had, and it was never similar to her own.

"At that time, there was a family living by the pond. The members of the family were very capable. Her youngest daughter was especially handsome, and she was as eye-catching as her beautiful mother. I still remember that her name was 'Xiao Aying' ', every time she secretly picks the mushrooms from her house, she would hit us with mud eggs. After returning to the academy, the steward of the teacher knew that we had committed a mess again after scolding us. She was escorted to her house to make amends. Her mother was very nice, she just humiliated us with her fingers, and didn’t really blame us. When the manager calmed down, she asked little Ah Ying to fry some summer peanuts for us to satisfy our greed. Later, little Ah Ying got married, I have grown up too, sometimes when I pass by her house, her mother will come out to greet me, saying how did such a little mud monkey become a scholar official, and come to pick mushrooms today? Hehehe..."

"Married?"

"I'm married, married to a family surnamed Li in an outer town. The day she sat in the wedding sedan chair was our college's annual examination, and by the time I handed in the papers and left, the sedan chair had already disappeared. Knowing that she is married to the person she has never met, whether she is happy or not, whether she is happy or not."

"It must be very happy." Xiangganaji said seriously.

Seeing her sure look, Wei Chi was a little curious: "Why are you so sure? They haven't met before, and they don't know whether the groom is tall or short, fat or thin, whether he has a good temper, whether he drinks or not, and whether he works hard or not." Diligence. Hey... I just feel that life is impermanent."

There is some sadness behind the curiosity. The little girl in the deepest memory has long blurred her eyebrows, but as far as Wei Chi is concerned, this clever young lady is a post station in the ignorant childhood, and it is the boring life of the academy year after year. in bright colors.At that time, she was going to get married, and Wei Chi responded to his parents' invitation and helped her draw a picture of mandarin ducks playing in water for her to embroider a red hijab.The painting was extremely lively, and when Wei Chi handed it over to her family, the family was overjoyed.Little Ah Ying was already a daughter-in-law ordered by someone else, and being alone with a half-grown boy like Wei Chi would invite gossip, so Ah Ying had no choice but to pack a bag of candied fruit and said that she would send him out of the hospital.

'Is it worth being so happy to be married to someone you don't know? 'Wei Chi was very dumb when he was a child, and he threw out such a sentence as he walked.

'My silly brother! Ah Ying flicked Wei Chi's forehead, and stuffed the candied fruit into his arms.Wei Chi was still unhappy, with a straight face and a stiff neck.

When Wei Chi walked to the entrance of the village in a fit of anger, he heard someone singing a ditty behind him from a distance.

"The crescent moon falls on the top of the mountain, hello, the fishing boat stops by the waterside, hello, Langguan'er looks at Yaomei from the top of the mountain, and Langguaner looks at Yaomei by the river.Hey, if you embroider it into a gold purse, give it to Lang Guan to keep you safe. If you save up a gold hairpin, give it to Yaomei as a hairpin.The purse and silk hairpins are a good match, and Langguan Yaomei is a pair. Hey...'

There was no shadow of Ah Ying, only the melodious song flying very high and far.

Is Lang Guan Yaomei a pair?Wei Chi laughed: "How can there be so many good matches?"

"You can be happy even if you're not a good match." Xianggnaji spread his hands: "If you give one point to happiness, she will give nine points, isn't it ten? Sometimes, you give four points and she will give four points. Okay, but only eight points. Do you think a good match is a gift from God, or is it something else?"

Wei Chi laughed at Xianggnaji's crooked reasoning: "Then tell me, what if someone doesn't give you a cent?"

Xiangganaji lowered his eyes: "I will give him ten."

I will give him ten!

"The phoenix flower blooms with fifteen petals, and Yaomei'er has only one petal in her heart. Lang Guaner has not come back in the boat, and the younger sister is waiting for eight or ten years. Yaomei is unable to raise a thousand gold, but her heart is stronger than a thousand gold." Hello……'

The song traveled through time and space, echoing unsteadily but firmly on the water.White jade tofu, spicy oil noodles, the wind of the hometown far away in the sky seems to blend with the humidity on the grassland.

Wei Chi smiled: "You and little Ah Ying are quite similar."

Wei Chi boasted that he was good at rowing, but he didn't dare to go deep. Anyone who is really good at water knows that there are many eddies hidden in the calm water, especially the deep lake, which is even more unpredictable.After the two of them had dissipated the heat from the journey on the lake, Wei Chi paddled to the shore.

Xianggnaji started to listen to the story as soon as he got on the boat. He only thought the story was good, and he didn't care where Wei Chi was rowing. Later, he felt a little cold on his body. He only watched Wei Chi paddling a few times, and the shore of the lake was in front of him.The woman took the boat rope from Wei Chi's hand and saluted deeply. Xianggnaji was about to lift his feet up the hill, but saw Wei Chi smilingly taking out a small thing and stuffing it to the child.

"What?" Shingaji asked.

"A few days ago, I got a reward from playing polo. I couldn't take out something from the emperor to exchange for money. I happened to have one in my hand. I saw that the child was cute, so I gave it to him."

Xiangganaji's temple was built on a hill, which looks like a "little golden bell" buckled on a high ground from a distance.The monk guarding the temple is her family's family monk. When he saw his master coming, he quickly packed up the seat to entertain him.

The head monk asked about Wei Chi's origin, and served him a cup of tea himself.Wei Chi took a sip. It was green tea, a new tea with an elegant taste.The small teacup is round and cute, with the words "Hanxi Liufang" inscribed on the belly of the cup.

Xiangge Naji drank tea in a hurry, and hurriedly pulled Weichi to worship the 'main temple flag'.Unlike the Phrodama Palace, this is a sacrificial temple. Instead of worshiping gods and Buddhas, there is a piece of streamer on which Xiangganaji's birthday is embroidered. The streamer is hung behind the curtain, and cigarettes and fruits are offered in front. Wish to pray.There is a statue of a little monster on each side of the door. It is said that it is a goblin who protects the master.

"Does your eldest princess have a temple like this?" This temple is not very formal, as long as the royal family approves it, it depends on the master's wish to repair it.Xiangganaji's temple is not decorated much, which is related to her carefree temper.What kind of temple will Qi Qige, who looks sweet but not sweet at all, build?Wei Chi was really curious.

"She's not a human being, she doesn't have a temple." Xiangganaji was a little unhappy, and said, "Just say you like her! Think about her for everything! Hmph!"

Wei Chi blushed: "How can you say such nonsense!"

Xiangganaji turned his face away in anger: "She is a living Buddha! To bless others, why do you need a temple? You don't even think about liking her, she doesn't like any man."

Wei Chi was furious, not knowing how his sudden curiosity turned into wishful thinking and unrequited love.Also, what is 'any man'?

"Thousands of people like her!" Xiangganaji gestured: "You have to queue outside the city!"

Wei Chi was angry and funny, but fortunately there was no one else in the room, so he felt free to tease her: "As for letting me line up outside the city? At most, line up to the gate of her palace?"

"You do the math," Xianggnaji pointed his fingers: "The three great families, the new nobles, the important officials, the cousin nobles, the clan nobles, the sealed nobles, and the Jiaoming nobles, how many people are there? Don't push you out of the city." ?”

"Yes, yes, yes," Wei Chi joked, "All of you Monan like her! Come and tell me, whoever ranks first will get it."

"I won't tell you!" Xianggnaji glared at Wei Chi: "Anyway! You are the last one!"

Wei Chi couldn't help laughing: "Why do you dislike her so much? Every time I said something casually, you pouted like a pig's nose."

Xianggnaji pursed his lips in embarrassment: "Do you like her more than me! I didn't hate her before, but now I hate her! I hate her the most!"

"Hey, the agreement comes first!" Wei Chi shook his finger.

Xianggnaji stomped his feet: "I know! But whatever, do you want to like me more! Or I will always hate her, so it's decided."

Although Wei Chi didn't quite understand the friendship between men and women, but in order to prevent odds, he made an appointment with Xiangganaji on the first day.This method also comes from her elegant mother-since your mother has told me to treat you like a younger sister, can I not follow?In the end, I frightened the little girl for a while, saying that if the man in the Central Plains is engaged in a private engagement, he will... well, be immersed in a pig cage.She also held back her laughter and exaggerated the 'dipping pig cage', which frightened the little girl so much that she never dared to propose marriage to Wei Chi again.

"Why, I'm also a younger sister, and she's not someone like you, so don't like her, huh?" Xianggnaji shook Wei Chi dizzily.

"Yes yes yes, I don't like her, promise! Guarantee!" Wei Chi thought to himself, if Qi Qige knew about this, he didn't know how he would laugh.

After getting Wei Chi's perfunctory assurance, Xianggnaji was even more unhappy, and it took him a while to coax him back.

"I'll show you my baby!" Xianggnaji acted as if he hadn't grown up, and he was fine after coaxing her, pushing Wei Chi to let her into the courtyard.The rooms in the courtyard are almost like embroidery rooms.

It's not babies, it's babies!

Wei Chi sighed with emotion as he walked through rows of high cabinets.Xianggnaji led Wei Chi to the depths, knelt down on the spot and said, "Look!"

Xiangganaji opened a cabinet drawer and took out a round box. When the lid was opened, there were many small compartments inside. The small compartments contained the special gemstone of Monan - prismarine.Wei Chi looked familiar, because Xianggnaji's mother gave her a big one, which was set on a gold ring. The gold and gemstones once made Wei Chi's heart beat very much.Thinking of the fiancée I made nonsense—the owner of the ring, besides blaming myself, I also blamed Wang Yunyi and the noble lady of Shi Fengya's family, and I also blamed Qi Qige by the way, feeling that the water is getting more and more muddy .This little girl who didn't know the details was just blindly being kind to herself, and was content with the virtual image drawn by her cunning and selfish desires.

It seems that one day I really need to find a time to introduce that non-existent 'fiancée' to the little girl, so that she won't let her enthusiasm lie on her heart and dog's lungs, and waste her youthful ambition for a woman.

Xianggnaji didn't know Wei Chi's apology, but carefully selected the gemstones - each prismarine is unique, which one is like Wei Chi?If the orange one looks like mother, the blue one looks like father, the big brother is green, and the third brother is red, um... what about Wei Chi?Wei Chi does not seem to be a color, but a smell, faint, like magnolia fruit after rain.

this!This is it!Xiangganaji chose one and showed it to Wei Chi. It was a nearly transparent stone, brighter than crystal, and it looked like amber if you looked closely. The warm inner wall was interlaced with golden lines.Speaking of sea crystal, it is also a bit magical. This kind of stone itself is colorless, because it contains different minerals in it, which makes it colorful.The top layer is the miscellaneous flowers—the more colorful a stone is, the better it looks—and the one on that ring is very nice, almost multicolored.

This one may contain some gold dust, but in terms of fineness, it is just average.

Xianggnaji was very satisfied, and after showing it to Wei Chi, he took a closer look at it himself.After playing with it for a while, I clamped the two ends of the gemstone bead with two fingers, twisted, pushed, and twisted vigorously, and the round ball was divided into two halves.

It turns out that this is an organ!A capable craftsman has long made an inner groove with stone beads and divided it into two halves. The pattern of sea crystal stones is so dense that no good fortune can be seen even if you look closely.Xianggnaji took half of it and put it on a small drawer on a high cabinet: "This is yours!"

Only then did Wei Chi notice that the small drawers on those big cabinets all had small handles, and the handles were half prismarine.The drawer was so neatly finished that it was difficult to open without this little handle.

Xianggenaji stuffed the remaining half into Wei Chi's hand: "It's like this in Monan. You have to come to the lakeside for your birthday, and you should visit here besides the festival. Before your birthday, all friends and relatives will give the birthday ceremony Send it here, put the half of the stone in the drawer, and the monk will write down the name. When the time comes, you bring the stone, and the monk will welcome you.”

It seems that this gift can not be given by anyone!Wei Chi's tongue snapped!If there is no such an elegant play, even if you want to please Naji, you still can't do it!These aristocrats are really gossiping... Suddenly, I remembered the little princess who didn't know her name. She met General Xue on the way back from her birthday lake, right?From the joy of receiving a gift to the tragedy of family ruin, hey, I have a sin too.

"What? Are you unhappy?" Xianggnaji looked at Wei Chi with a pale face.

"No, no." Wei Chi smiled gently: "I will definitely give you a good present."

as compensation.

At this moment, Saul Hahan, who has not explained his itinerary to anyone, has just returned to the Princess Mansion. On the one hand, he is going to have a face-to-face with Wang Yunyi, and on the other hand, he has to deal with some backlogged routines.After finishing chores, Saul Hahan remembered one thing: "Have you gone to Huta Yasi?"

"My slave has gone and informed General Wang's adjutant, but Wei Cejian has gone out."

went out?Saul Hahan flashed a hint of displeasure: "Go and have a look." After saying that, he changed his mind: "No, it's getting late now, so there's no need to look for her."