Opposite the entrance hall

In the morning, there was a fog in Xiangzhou, which couldn’t be blown away and pulled continuously. Wisps of white gauze covered the blue tiles of the town, and the mountains and forests were verdant and green in the eyes, and the birds were chirping in the ears. .

Ji Si propped up the window with a fork pole, and the morning wind blowing head-on with water vapor brought a moist coolness on his face. He leaned on the window frame and looked out, and saw a few flowering trees at the back of the yard blooming very well , colorful, pink, white and delicate, it rained last night, and the dewdrops on the buds are crumbling.

He stared intently, his eyes were very serious, as if he hadn't seen the scenery of spring flowers blooming for a long time, until the gust of wind blew, almost blinding his eyes, he suddenly woke up, hurriedly closed the window and called the maid to wash and change clothes and open the door go out.

Before reaching the front hall, he saw Du Heng following Wang Zhigui and leading a group of guards from the Dou Mansion to rush out. Ji Si took a few steps to catch up and asked softly, "Master Du and Wang Sansi are here?" Where are you going?"

Hearing the sound, Du Heng and Wang Zhigui stopped and turned their heads, and saw Mr. Du Shilang standing behind him, and a group of people attached themselves to salute one after another.

Ji Si waved his hand and asked again: "Master Du is in a hurry, but what happened?"

"It's nothing serious," Du Heng replied, "It's just that Governor Dou took Mr. Cui and Mr. Qi to inspect the progress of the ditch, and the chief envoy of Longxi went to a lot of people. It's not that there are not enough people in the western suburbs to distribute food. , It rained again yesterday, several sheds leaked water, Master Dou was worried about the people, so he asked Xiaguan and Wang Sansi to bring some guards to help."

"Master Qi has gone too?" Ji Si was a little surprised.

"Well, I left the house before dawn. Mr. Ji was probably still resting at that time, so it's normal not to know." Du Heng nodded.

No wonder I woke up this morning feeling like something was missing.

Ji Si thought so in his heart.

"Before Mr. Governor left, he ordered his subordinates to entertain Ji Shilang. The porridge, side dishes, melons, fruits and snacks are all ready. If you need anything, just tell the servants in the mansion. You won't let such trivial matters bother you. "Wang Zhigui bowed and said with a smile.

"Lord Dou is bothering you," Ji Si smiled, "but the emperor sent me to Xiangzhou to inspect the flood. If I stay in the house all day and do nothing, then it is deceiving the emperor. Ginseng has taken a copy, and the position of the servant of the household department of this official may need to be replaced by someone else, Wang Sansi thinks, who is more suitable?"

Hearing this, the smile on Wang Zhigui's face suddenly froze, and he hurriedly changed his words with a mournful face, "I didn't mean that, it's just..."

"Wang Sansi don't need to panic, I'm just talking casually, besides, isn't there still Master Du here?" Ji Si cast his gaze from Wang Zhigui to Du Heng, and said softly: "Master Du is here, and I'm here again How dare you neglect your duties and indulge in pleasure! Master Du, you say that is not the case."

Du Heng naturally didn't answer his words, just hung his head.

Ji Si, I don't mind, I said to myself: "What did you talk about earlier..."

He frowned, looking like he was lost in thought, and after a while, his eyebrows stretched, and he said loudly: "Speaking of food distribution, right, it happens that I am idle, so why don't you follow along to make up the number and express condolences?" People, what do Wang Sansi think?"

"This……"

Wang Zhigui was in a bit of a dilemma, after all, Ji Si was difficult to serve, and everyone could see it. Take for example the fact that the people from the Longxi Chief Envoy came to Xiangzhou the day before yesterday, and a group of them went to the western suburbs to distribute grain. At that time, they did not When he came to the front, he just glanced at it from a distance, and the lord servant covered his nose with his hands and made a dark face, looking at the group of people as if they saw something dirty, and couldn't stay for a moment longer, Frowning and returning to the mansion, the first thing he did was to take a shower and change clothes.

Xiangzhou is far away from Lin'an, so he doesn't know much about the affairs of Beijing. Fortunately, Wang Zhigui, as a magistrate of Xiangzhou, has heard the name of the Minister's Lord from Dou Cishi several times on weekdays. It is only an exaggeration, until you see the real person to know what kind of temperament it is.

During the time he came, he didn't do anything at all, but he was domineering and domineering all day long, putting on extremely high airs, as if they were all inferior people.

Yesterday when the Xiangzhou officials had a private drink, they all took him out as a joke and chatted a few words. After drinking for three rounds, their minds were not clear, and they talked a lot of dirty jokes, and the viciousness among men was vividly brought out. .

Qian Changshi was transferred from Zhangzhou, and because of his seniority, he was not able to speak well on weekdays. At that time, he burped and said slightly drunk: "You don't know, this season's servant's biological mother is a famous prostitute in Zhangzhou. At the beginning, many people wanted to kiss Fangze, but they failed. She was arrogant and looked at you with her nostrils when looking at people. Ji Kang was in vain, but after that, she became a whore that everyone could ride. What a bad bitch, I was working in Zhangzhou at the time, and I slept with that woman once after I made meritorious deeds, the feeling was ecstasy, shit! I got up when I said it."

A bunch of people burst into laughter.

"Old money eats vegetables, don't just drink, you're all drunk and start talking nonsense."

"Hahaha, according to what you say, Ji Shilang will have to call you daddy then."

"The old money has to smoke from the ancestors to be able to produce a servant."

"But let's not talk about it. Although Ji Shilang is a wine bag and rice bag this time, he is not useless. At least his face is very good. His skin is like creamy fat, his collar is like a grub, his teeth are like a gourd rhinoceros, and his head is like a moth. Waist, that face, that figure, tsk tsk tsk, there is no one in our Xiangzhou workshop that can compare." The man shook his head and said.

"Isn't this servant of his who got someone to go on a dry road?"

"Beauties and beautiful women, with plain hands and rich clothes, silk and brocade clothes are fluttering, and the language is noisy, and the jade body is lying in front of the bedroom, and the high-ranking officials are replaced by high-ranking officials..." Another person beat the dishes with chopsticks and hummed with a long voice stand up.

A group of drunken sex embryos laughed out loud knowingly.

Although there is much disdain and contempt in the secret, it is still necessary to serve him well on the bright side.

For some reason, Wang Zhigui was obsessed with thinking about the drunken talk of a group of people who had a drink at that time, and threw out the things that filled his head, looked up at Ji Si, then hurriedly lowered his head, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Minister, please."

Ji Si didn't know what was going on in this man's mind, so he just curled his lips and walked out first.

A group of people arrived at the refugee camp like this, there was no change there, but the tiredness and haggardness on the faces of the people were worse than the day before, they lined up numbly, stuffed food into their mouths numbly, and chewed one by one.

It was noisy all around, all kinds of cries, crying, cursing and rubbing together, turned into another kind of piercing piercing sound.

Wang Zhigui began to direct the guards of the Dou Mansion to distribute the porridge to repair the leaky shed. Ji Si found a clean place, and as soon as he walked over, a servant brought a chair with wit and understanding, and he sat down comfortably. , propped his chin and stared at a group of people walking back and forth, and yawned with drooping eyes when he was bored, looking a little more tired than everyone else.

When Du Heng came over, the man sat on the chair and bit his head like a chicken pecking at rice, looking like he was going to sleep or not, "Did Master Ji come here to sleep?"

Hearing the sound, Ji Si woke up suddenly, stunned for a while, rubbed his sore shoulders and looked up at him, and said softly: "I don't know why, I haven't had a good rest since I came to Xiangzhou, now I listen to the sound I feel drowsy, if Cun Xiao doesn't come over again, I'm afraid I'll really fall asleep."

"My lord servant is not too noisy."

"If a person is extremely tired, he can fall asleep standing up, let alone being noisy."

"Why don't you know how to sit but not stand all day long, and not sit when you can lie down all day, so there is no such thing as tiring if you don't exert yourself or move." Du Heng's tone remained unchanged.

Ji Si laughed out loud, relaxed and leaned on the chair and joked: "Cunxiao is good in everything, but he is too straightforward, and talking to you is a bit boring."

While talking, he stretched his waist, glanced ahead from the corner of his eye, and suddenly saw something interesting, then pointed to that place and said to Du Heng, "Look."

The latter listened to his tone, although he didn't understand what he meant, but he still patiently looked back in the direction of his finger. The place Ji Si pointed to was an inconspicuous corner of the refugee camp. Behind a shed, the two This direction happens to be clearly visible.

There were two long-haired children arguing, and they were far away and could not hear what they were talking about. I saw the taller child stretched out his hand and pushed, and the child in front of him who was pushed was not stable and staggered backwards. After a few steps, he finally fell to the ground, and the porcelain bowl he held in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. The rice porridge inside was scattered all over the floor, and even the hard piece rolled in the dirt several times.

The child who pushed the person panicked and ran away cursing, leaving only the child sitting on the ground, covered in dirt and messy, other than the two of them were seen by others, but they only glanced at it, then looked away indifferently, Keep doing what you're doing.

Du Heng frowned, from the beginning to the end, there was some anger on his face.

Ji Si looked up at him with his head up. Seeing this, he put his chin on his lips and smiled and said, "I've seen it, I've seen it, what do you think Master Du thinks?"

Hearing this, Du Heng turned his head suddenly, with a somewhat distant tone in his tone: "What does your lord servant think the next official should think?"

"How did you ask me?" Ji Si clicked his tongue, "Cunxiao is simple and unpretentious, he doesn't seek fame or profit, what he seeks is a reputation and a reputation, compared to ordinary people like me, I don't know what kind of gentleman Duan Fang must feel that the child is pitiful and wants to help him, am I right?"

"No." Du Heng said.

Ji Si was a little surprised, he didn't make a sound, quietly waiting for Du Heng to say later.

"If you are weak, you will eat. If you are strong, you will be strong. This is the truth that children from poor families have known since they were young. That child is poor. I can save him today, but I cannot save him every day in the future. It is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. If he does not know how to resist If you allow others to bully you again and again, then this pity will become pathetic," he paused for a moment and asked, "Is this answer satisfactory to Mr. Ji?"

"Let's work together." Ji Si nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, Cun Xiao must have no friends."

"Naturally, the lower officials are not as good as Mr. Ji. The acquaintances are all over the world. Fragrances are everywhere in Lin'an Xiangluo Street, and the lower officials have heard of the romantic reputation."

"..."

Ji Si couldn't continue talking today, and Ji Si smiled awkwardly.

Du Heng glanced at him, and said bluntly without any nonsense: "Master Ji went around looking for topics, and Gu left and right talked about other things. What exactly do you want to ask the next official?"

"It is true that I have a doubt that I would like to ask Cunxiao to answer," Ji Si said. "A few days ago, when you and your son... Mr. Qi inspected, did you find out any news, or what is wrong with the people of Xiangzhou?"

"What's wrong? What does Lord Ji mean by this?"

Ji Si sighed, and said softly: "The day after I first arrived in Xiangzhou, I met a doctor. He said that the flood in Xiangzhou would pass through the border, and there might be epidemics. He asked the governor's office to take precautions, and was driven out by the guards. There is evidence to follow.”

Du Heng frowned, "The rumor of an epidemic is not a trivial matter. Every year, half-hearted doctors take advantage of disasters to make money. If they are not fully sure, it is not true. If it is a rumor, once the news spreads, it will cause panic among the people. Now that landslides and floods are spreading everywhere in Xiangzhou, once the people believe this rhetoric, they will rush out of the city, what will happen then, Master Ji, have you ever thought about it?"

"It's precisely because of this that I asked Cunxiao if he found anything wrong." Ji Si said seriously.

"Let me think about it," Du Heng thought for a moment, "I heard from the soldiers guarding the city that someone died, not long before we arrived in Xiangzhou."

"Dead person?"

"Well, he was an old beggar, but he didn't die of illness. It seems that he was sneaking around a family's young daughter. During the dispute, he hit a stone and died on the spot. The body was buried well, and it was paid by the government."

Listening to his words, Ji Si frowned and fell into deep thought.

"Master Ji," Du Heng interrupted his thoughts, "When there is a flood, there are many people who want to profit from it. There are many rumors, so don't take it seriously."

"Cunxiao's words are very true, Xu Zhen really worried me too much," Ji Si smiled, "I have been out for a long time without knowing it, and I don't know when we will leave for Beijing?"

"If there are no accidents, you can go back after Xingqing Festival tomorrow."

Do Qing Festival?

Ji Si was a little shocked, he was either thinking about the flood or Qi Ran in the past few days, and he forgot to celebrate the Qing Festival.

In the past, Ji Si spent the Xingqing Festival alone, holding the brazier and sneaking to find a place to burn papers for his parents. Later, there was an extra concubine Wan, and this year, he added himself.

Burning paper money for yourself is the only one.

Ji Si laughed out loud, suddenly thought of something, and asked in a warm voice with some curiosity: "Cunxiao and Mr. Qi were admitted in the same year, so you must know Mrs. Qi's wife is He Qi's woman, right?"

Du Heng looked down at him, and said in a deep voice, "If I remember correctly..."

He paused for a moment and replied, "I probably haven't seen it before."

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Today, Kawenka is too long, and I will post it as soon as I finish coding, and I have no time to think about the small theater.

Small knowledge: Hands are like catkins, skin is like creamy fat, collar is like grub, teeth are like gourd rhinoceros, gnat head and moth eyebrows. "Poem·Wei Feng·Shu Ren"

Interpretation: The tips of the ten fingers are like white and tender thatch buds, the skin is white and moist like grease, the neck is long and tall like a longicorn larva, and the teeth are arranged like gourd seeds.It has a square forehead like a cicada (small like a cicada), and thin eyebrows like silkworm moth tentacles.

ps: Mr. Ji has a good-looking life, but he must not be effeminate. Those people describe him like this, and a large part of it is to insult. It does not mean that Mr. Ji is a sissy. He is a real man, as real as Mr. Qi man!