Qing Jialu

Since Shen Jia left Beijing, the emperor went to the court to govern and receive ministers as before, there was no difference.But the eunuchs and maids serving in front of the imperial court obviously felt oppressed.

Even Eunuch Chen once said to Mu Mian worriedly in private: "Master Shen is not here, His Majesty seems to have lost his soul and never smiled again. Even the Hall of Mental Cultivation is much deserted and lifeless."

This time, Eunuch Chen agreed to the emperor's trip because he was worried about His Majesty and wanted him to go out to relax.

However, who would have thought that Xiao Yi would meet Du Huan on the boat before he reached Hangzhou?What's more, Du Huan mentioned Shen Jia without mentioning anyone.

"Brother Shen has done a lot of practical things since he came to Hangzhou." Du Huan was not affected by the stiff atmosphere at all, and continued to talk, "The imperial court has implemented the 'one whip method' for more than two years. But it has been procrastinating. If it wasn't for Brother Shen, he would have used thunderous means to attack several big families in Hangzhou, otherwise he would have been delayed until what year, month, and day. Now, he has finally completed the Qingzhang before the end of the year. The merchant returns the land to the people."

Xiao Yi gave a faint "Oh" without any expression on his face.He already knew it in the capital, Jin Yiwei has been secretly reporting Shen Jia's every move to him.

Mu Jin frowned and stared at the back of Du Huan's head, thinking that he really had a big heart.Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, it must be this dear friend.

"Brother Xiao and Brother Shen have been in contact recently?" asked the dear friend who was not opening which pot was carrying which pot.

Xiao Yi had a reaction this time, he raised his eyes and glanced at Du Huan lightly, then lowered his eyelids, and casually said: "It's just a casual acquaintance, and now I haven't contacted him anymore, and you don't have to tell him that I have arrived in Hangzhou." .”

"Yes, is it?" Du Huan felt a slight strangeness.Although he had only met Brother Xiao twice, he could tell that Shen Jia and Brother Xiao should be old friends, and the adept atmosphere between them made it impossible for a third person to penetrate.

But now, why did they suddenly break off their friendship?

Seeing that the situation was getting more and more embarrassing, Dr. Fan hurried to save the scene, "Don't mention those past events, come, come, drink, drink."

"Yes, yes, come and taste our wine." Du Huan followed Dr. Fan's words and hurriedly changed the subject.As he spoke, he got up to pour wine for Xiao Yi.

At this moment, Kapok came forward, took Du Huan's jug, touched it with his hand, and said to His Majesty: "The wine is cold, servant girl to warm it up."

"it is good."

Kapok took out the jug and went out to Jin Yiwei for a drug test. When he came back, the banquet was lively again. Du Huan was asking Xiao Yi, "How long will Brother Xiao plan to stay in Hangzhou this time?"

"A month at most." Xiao Yi said.

"Brother Xiao wants to go to Hangzhou. If necessary, I can take you all around Hangzhou. The West Lake must not be missed. The Leifeng Pagoda is also good, and there are Su Causeway and Lingyin Temple..."

"No," Xiao Yi interrupted him, "I am inconvenient in my legs and feet, so I mainly come to Hangzhou to recuperate."

"Oh, I always forget." Du Huan realized that he had said the wrong thing again, and when he was annoyed, he saw Mu Mian came back with a flagon, as if seeing a savior, he took the flagon and filled everyone with wine, " That, Brother Xiao, Brother Fan, let's drink, drink."

"Brother Du, give him less." Dr. Fan stopped Du Huan, and said to Xiao Yi, "Don't forget your legs. Now that your condition is getting worse, don't drink too much."

Xiao Yi's cold poison is more severe than a year ago, and now not only is it because of the cold weather, but also his legs hurt from drinking too much alcohol on weekdays.This year Xiao Yi hardly touched alcohol, he never thought that Du Huan made an exception when he first came to Hangzhou.

"Then I'll just have one drink, you can do whatever you want." Xiao Yi raised his glass and clinked glasses with the two of them, "It's done!"

After Du Huan was full of wine and food, after Du Huan left, Doctor Fan smiled and said to His Majesty: "That idiot is a bit naive, I really don't know how he does business, isn't it all at a loss?"

Xiao Yi said: "Doctor Fan's mouth is getting stronger."

"I'm just telling the truth." Dr. Fan continued to comment, "It can be seen that he is a scholar, and he has learned the sourness of the literati on the wine table. Talking to literati is tiring."

But Xiao Yi thought of another person. Not only did Dr. Fan not feel tired talking to him, but they also became close friends.

When he saw Jin Yiwei's secret report before, Xiao Yi felt that Shen Jia was a little too hasty, so he decided to come to Hangzhou Weifu for a private visit.Hearing Du Huan talk about Shen Jia's political achievements now, he was not only displeased, but even more worried.

After all, those big families are not easy to offend, the centipede is dead but not stiff.He could imagine that Shen Jia, relying on her own enthusiasm, had a hard time hitting her head and breaking her blood, so she forcibly broke through in Hangzhou.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi felt extremely contradictory. He knew that Shen Jia had worked so hard for himself this year.

Afterwards, the water was calm, and we arrived in Hangzhou soon.Du Huan picked up his bags and let the two servants get off the boat first, while he waited for Brother Xiao, wanting to say goodbye to him.

However, he never expected that he would see Brother Xiao sitting in a wheelchair and being pushed down by Mu Jin.He thought Brother Xiao was just tactfully evading his refusal when he said that his legs and feet were inconvenient, but he didn't expect it to be a real "inconvenience".

When he was in a daze, Xiao Yi greeted him first.

"Brother Du?"

"Ah, Brother Xiao." Du Huan cupped his hands, "Thank you Brother Xiao for letting me take the boat, and I'm leaving here."

"Wait a minute." Xiao Yi suddenly called him, "I didn't know it was Brother Du before, so the boarding fee is unnecessary."

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, Kapok took the money and wanted to return it to him.

"Don't don't don't, it's natural to pay for the boat. I was willing to pay for it when I boarded the boat. There is no reason to take it back." Du Huan refused to accept it. Thank you."

After Du Huan finished speaking, he quickly trotted off the boat, fearing that brother Xiao would overtake him.

Xiao Yi shook his head helplessly, and let him go.

Doctor Fan snickered beside him, "This fool is really rich, that's all, anyway, his family has a lot of money. His Majesty doesn't want the money, so why not just give it to me."

Mu Jin couldn't help but choked on him when he heard the words: "Doctor Fan, you can really say it. You shouldn't have let him take the boat in the first place, and you insisted on blackmailing him."

"I didn't know that he was a fool. He really paid such an expensive price." Doctor Fan wanted to tease the boatman for fun, so that he would be discouraged by the "price", but unexpectedly met the landlord's house silly son.

"Mumian, give it to Dr. Fan." Xiao Yi said, "I know that Dr. Fan loves 'robbing the rich and helping the poor'. Even if he has money, he spends it all on the poor patients. Dr. Fan is a benevolent doctor. A greedy person."

Doctor Fan was embarrassed by what Xiao Yi said, scratched his head and took the purse with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"When we arrive in Hangzhou, there are too many people talking, Doctor Fan, don't call me that."

Doctor Fan immediately changed his mouth and said, "Yes, Brother Xiao."