All rivers and mountains are safe

Zhizhou's mansion is not far from the city gate, Wu Jitong is very extravagant, originally thought to win over the officials who came to monitor this time, and everyone can get some benefits together, but now it seems that it doesn't work, so people hurry up on the way The dancer who was called to perform the dance was withdrawn, and everything was kept simple.

There was a charcoal fire burning in the mansion, and it was as warm as a spring day. Shen Mingan sat in the hall holding hot tea, and the chill on his body gradually dissipated.

Wu Jitong's mansion is more than twice as big as the magistrate's mansion. The tables and chairs are made of huanghuali wood, with interlaced grains and bright color. The landscape paintings hanging in the mansion and the inscriptions on the door plaques are all masterpieces. You will know that it is worth a lot of money.

There was a faint fragrance in the mahogany-carved display cabinet, and there were several emerald green and transparent jade pieces on it. Shen Mingan stood in front of that shelf for a long time, frowning at the Hetian jade ornament in the middle.

Shen Ming'an has a calm temper, and he is rarely so interested in something. Lu Ciheng didn't know when he started to like jade. He saw that Shen Ming'an was concentrating on it, and took a closer look.

The Hetian jade is about the size of a palm, and it is a relatively large square jade pendant. Below the jade pendant is a complete piece of white jade with a little yellow on it, which is carved into a lifelike koi shape. The moon, which means the fish leaping over the dragon's gate, the sun and the moon shining together, is elegant and gentle, very delicate.

Lu Ciheng asked him: "Do you like it?"

Although this Hetian jade is exquisite, it is not conspicuous compared with other jade pieces placed in a cabinet.

"No, I just feel a little familiar." A vague memory seemed to flash by, Shen Mingan seemed to have seen this ornament somewhere before, he had never done much research on jade, and he didn't know where this familiarity came from.

Lu Ciheng said casually, "The sun and moon are engraved on this jade. It looks like a clear character at first glance, but it suits you."

Shen Ming'an's eyebrows jumped, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Lu Ciheng, with a moment of surprise in his eyes, he hesitated for a moment and then reached out to take it down.

Before his fingertips touched the jade pendant, Wu Jitong came out from the room and invited them to have dinner with a smile on his face.

After all, it is someone else's property, Shen Mingan's action is really a little offensive, he puts down his hand uncomfortably, and responds.

Most of the dinner was some local seasonal dishes in Yizhou, which were made from common ingredients, but they were delicious in color and fragrance. After the two entered the hall, besides Wu Jitong, there were also Yizhou prefects and judges sitting together at the table.

Zhou Tongzhi is over fifty years old, and still looks hale and hearty. A few years ago, when he went to Beijing to report on his work, Shen Mingan met him once.Tongpan is still young, and seems to have a good personal relationship with the prefects. He is in charge of grain transportation and water conservancy. As soon as Shen Mingan and Lu Ciheng are seated, Tongpan will detail the relief funds and some related situations in Yizhou. Report to them one by one.

Compared with Wu Jitong, the magistrate, Tongsan obviously cared more about the people of Yizhou, and the proposals he proposed were all feasible, unlike Wu Jitong who didn't know what to ask. When Tongsan was discussing with Shen Mingan and Lu Ciheng, Wu Jitong thought Express yourself but can't get in the mouth at all, so you can only drink and eat food, and then smile and answer a few words from time to time.

When the discussion between the few people was almost done, Wu Jitong had already drunk most of the pot of wine, and his drunken speech began to be awkward, "What Master Shen said is very reasonable! Tomorrow, I will do as Master Shen said tomorrow, and I will let the people in the mansion The servants all, all go to count the number of people in each household, and then distribute the food and clothing for disaster relief according to the number of people, so that there will be no omissions.”

Wu Jitong's face was flushed from drinking, holding the wine glass with one hand and resting on Tongpan's shoulder with the other, smelling of alcohol all over his body.

"There are a lot of people in Yizhou. Wu Zhizhou can let the village chiefs of each village be responsible for this matter. The servants in the government only need to ask the village chiefs about the number of villagers in the village. It will be faster." Shen Mingan hesitated again and again. He opened his mouth again, "I saw that there are many jade wares in Zhizhou's front hall. They are all extraordinary in color and softness. I don't know where Zhizhou got them from?"

"Master Shen also likes jade articles?" As soon as jade was mentioned, Wu Jitong immediately became interested, thinking about what he liked, with an unsatisfactory tone, he talked endlessly: "I searched for these jade articles everywhere. It is still a treasure from the previous dynasty, just like the jade ruyi on the shelf, when the jade merchant sold it to me, it was said that it was given to the prime minister by the emperor of the previous dynasty, but now the price is probably more than ten times higher."

"Is the jade pendant carved with the sun and the moon on the shelf also a relic from the previous dynasty?"

Wu Jitong couldn't get his head around all of a sudden, and after thinking for a while, he remembered which jade pendant Shen Mingan was talking about, and replied with a big tongue: "That jade pendant was a gift from a close friend of mine. He is from Jiangzhou, and I don't know him. Where did you get it from? I don't think the jade pendant is very expensive, but it looks good, so I put it on the shelf."

Shen Mingan blurted out almost subconsciously, "Is this friend from Zhizhou surnamed Wang?"

Wu Jitong was shocked and said: "It is indeed Wang, called Wang Xingyan..."

"You know him?" Lu Ciheng asked with a frown.

Shen Mingan shook his head, he slowly let go of his tightly clenched fist under his sleeve, his palm was dripping with sweat, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Coincidentally, the same surname is Wang, but he doesn't know this Wang Xingyan, maybe he just thinks too much.

"Then how do you know his surname is Wang?" Lu Ciheng's voice was gloomy and his face was very unhappy.

"Guess." As soon as Lu Ciheng heard these two cold and indifferent words, he knew that Shen Mingan was trying to play him off.

Shen Mingan paid too much attention to this jade pendant tonight, and just based on Wu Jitong's words, he could think that this person surnamed Wang must be a very familiar person. Since Lu Ciheng saw Shen Mingan for the first time when he was eight or nine years old, There are traces of Shen Ming'an in his life for more than ten years, especially in the past few years, he knows almost everything related to Shen Ming'an, but when he knew Shen Ming'an, Shen Ming'an was already the prince and grand tutor. He hadn't participated in it for 20 years. He only knew that Shen Mingan was from Jiangzhou, but he didn't know anything about Shen Mingan's childhood, his parents and brothers.

And Shen Ming'an obviously didn't want to tell him, which made Lu Ciheng feel a sense of crisis out of control.

"I remembered that Mr. Shen is also from Jiangzhou, and he is from the same town as Wang Xingyan. Maybe he really knew him. Wang Xingyan lives in my house, but recently he went back to Jiangzhou for something. When he comes back, I will definitely introduce him. Here it is, Mr. Shen!" Wu Jitong slapped the table and stood up, almost stepping on the stool, Lu Ciheng gave him a cold look, and he seemed to notice that he was like a drunk in an inn , the posture was not very elegant, put down the leg that was about to be lifted, raised the wine glass and said eagerly to Shen Ming'an: "Master Shen, I didn't expect that we have a deep connection, for this friendship, I have to have a drink no matter what!"

Wu Jitong didn't know whether he had drunk too much and forgot his identity or was trying to get Shen Mingan drunk. After this meal, he toasted Shen Mingan five or six times, but Lu Ciheng stopped him every time. It wasn't that Lu Ciheng just drank it for him.

I don't know if Wu Jitong recognized that he was there when the case was heard in Dali Temple that day, but in this case, it is impossible to justify his refusal. Shen Mingan picked up the wine glass and stood up. Lu Ciheng grabbed his thin wrist and said, "You coughed?" Dare to drink?"

"It's okay." Shen Mingan lightly touched Wu Jitong's wine glass, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

The spicy wine slid down his throat, and Shen Mingan covered his lips and coughed a few times, only after a while did he feel the burning hotness in his stomach.

After eating this dinner for more than an hour, Wu Jitong wanted to drink, and it was boring to drink alone, so he kept toasting to several people on the table one by one. Naturally, Lu Ciheng would not talk to him, Zhou Tongzhi shirked that he was getting old He didn't drink much, only the judge couldn't push it, so he could only drink with Wu Jitong one cup at a time. He was not very strong at drinking, and he was drunk before a stick of incense, but he still couldn't escape. Being pulled by him to say some irrelevant bullshit.

Shen Mingan didn't talk much in the first place, but after drinking a glass of wine, he talked even less, and sat upright at the table.

Seeing that he didn't move his chopsticks much before, Lu Ciheng drank another glass of wine, and was worried that his stomach would be uncomfortable, so he added a lot of food to his bowl, and then propped his head to watch him slowly swallow like a cat. He would eat whatever Ciheng gave him, and he was very obedient, he didn't even move when Lu Ciheng took his hand and took him to the wing of the mansion.

The wing room in the mansion was arranged by Wu Jitong, unlike in the inn on the road, where he shared a room with Shen Mingan whenever he wanted, Wu Jitong naturally arranged a room for him and Shen Mingan alone.

Although the two rooms are adjacent, there is no reason for him not to sleep with Shen Mingan. After sending Shen Mingan back to the room, he went to the next door to get his own clothes, and asked Li Xingyuan to watch outside, then turned around and went to Shen Mingan's room again. The room, but just opened the door, there was a pillow hit the face.

Lu Ciheng's sight was covered, and a moment later the pillow fell to the ground, and he heard Shen Mingan's usual cold voice, "This is my room, your room is next door."

The pillow was soft, but the force used to hit it was not light, Lu Ciheng half-closed his eyes, and said coldly: "You try hitting me again?"

Shen Mingan sat on the bed, turned his head and looked at him silently, Lu Ciheng snorted and approached him, and before he took two steps, another pillow hit his head.

In the blink of an eye, two pillows were piled under Lu Ciheng's feet.

Lu Ciheng was stunned by the two soft pillows, Shen Mingan still sat on the bed without changing his face, his eyes were wet and bright, looking straight at him, causing Lu Ciheng to punitively slap him on his bed. Biting on his lips.

Shen Mingan pushed Lu Ciheng away, and after a moment of stunned he said slowly: "Why are you biting me?"

Shen Mingan's reaction was a bit unusual, Lu Ciheng looked at his flushed face from strong alcohol, and asked, "Are you drunk?"

"No."

Shen Ming'an came back quickly, but he didn't look like he was not drunk. Combined with his unusually obedient performance today, Lu Ciheng was almost sure that Shen Ming'an didn't even have a small drink.

If he had known that Shen Mingan was so obedient and obedient after drinking, he would have offered Shen Mingan a small glass of wine every now and then, but with Shen Mingan's body, if he drank a lot, his cough might not get better. reluctant.

Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Lu Ciheng hugged his slender waist and held him in his arms, trying to coax the words out of his mouth, and asked him softly: "Ming An, tell me , Who is the surname Wang you mentioned today?"

As soon as the person surnamed Wang was mentioned, Lu Ciheng obviously felt the person in his arms trembling slightly. Shen Mingan pressed his forehead on his shoulder, gasped twice, and said in a deep voice, "I don't know."

This dependent action made Lu Ciheng extremely satisfied. He felt a little scared when he mentioned this person, Shen Mingan, so he changed the way of asking and asked tentatively, "Is he your relative or friend?"

"I don't know." Shen Mingan broke away from his embrace, "I'm going to sleep."

The more Shen Mingan refused to speak, the more Lu Ciheng scratched his head and wanted to know, but Shen Mingan's mouth, whether he was sober or drunk, could not be pried open like a clam shell.