Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 734: Cousin's Generosity
When Fan Qing returned to the bedroom, he was in a daze, his steps were slow, and he was holding a demon-subduing pestle in his arms, which seemed so heavy that he could not hold it in his hands.

Her eyes were out of focus and she didn't know what she was looking at.

Meizhen was wearing a small top and pants with a satin quilted robe on the outside, and looked cute standing in front of her.

"Hey?"

Mei Zhen waved her little hands in front of Fan Qing, smiling, but teasing her in a sour tone.

"Why did it take so long today? Maybe the tricks I taught you worked."

"Huh? What took so long?"

Fan Qing was startled. I...had I been peeking for a long time?
She felt a little guilty and her face was a little hot: "This mansion is quite big, so...so it will take a little longer to patrol it."

Mei Zhen curled her lips, she didn't believe it.

Look at the rosy face of the younger sister-in-law. She is even more charming than when her fifth sister-in-law came out early in the morning on the second day after her wedding night. Who is she trying to fool?

However, she was too lazy to expose it.

I heard from the seventh sister of the third room that men prefer wives who are not as good as concubines, and concubines who are not as good as secret lovers. Maybe this is the little interest between Fu Shuai and his younger sister-in-law.

Fan Qing was afraid that she would ask again, so he hurriedly asked, "It's so late and you're still not asleep, where have you been?"

Mei Zhen's eyebrows immediately danced with joy: "Let me take a look at the surroundings of the house. We will live here permanently in the future, so I have to see if there is anything I want to change."

Fan Qing was even more surprised. How could he live here permanently?

Fan Qing retorted, "Impossible! Isn't Yang Yuan going to move the government to Jianzhou soon?"

"Yup!"

Mei Zhen slapped his forehead, but immediately became excited again: "Then... Jianzhou's government office will be rebuilt, and it's just right to design it according to our ideas from the beginning."

"we?"

"Yes, aunt, let's live together so we can take care of each other in the future."

Fan Qing thought, well, within three years, it’s not impossible.

After spending some time together, she discovered that although her little niece had a sharp tongue, she was actually very kind-hearted.

When she hated herself the most, she was just throwing tantrums, just a somewhat spoiled rich girl.

"it is good."

Fan Qing nodded.

Meizhen smiled again, her smile as beautiful as a flower.

During this period of time, she also discovered that her aunt, perhaps because she had lived in the mountains since she was a child, was actually not very scheming.

Look, you kept denying it, but now I've tricked you into telling the truth, right?
It turned out that my aunt had gone to hang out with Yang Yuan just now.

Seeing the timid and shy look between Fan Qing's eyebrows, Mei Zhen couldn't help but feel a little itchy.

Is that kind of thing really so miraculous?
I have heard my married sisters and married sisters-in-law say this before, but I never quite believed it.

But looking at my aunt's current look like a little nun longing for the secular world, it seems to be true.

Fan Qing felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her. She found that her telepathy was becoming less and less accurate and she could not distinguish too complicated emotions.

But, I still instinctively feel uncomfortable being stared at.

"go to bed!"

After Fan Qing finished speaking, he put down the demon-subduing pestle, took off his robe, and turned over to the bed.

Ever since the first night when Mei Zhen said he would watch over her and let her sleep on the inside, Mei Zhen has always slept on the outside.

Mei Zhen blew out the light with a smile, turned around and got on the bed.

Fan Qing has already turned around.

But as soon as the lights went out, she immediately recalled scenes that she had never seen or thought of before.

Fan Qing couldn't help but curl up like a kitten, as if that was the only way he felt safe.

……

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Dao Feifei dressed herself up nicely, put the purse she had embroidered in her arms, and mustered up the courage to go find Yang Yuan.

"Miss Dao, Mr. Wang and Mr. Han came early in the morning and said they had something important to discuss with my master. They are in the study now. Look..."

"Oh?"

Dao Feifei gathered her cape embroidered with gorgeous camellia flowers and smiled at Da Zhuang, "I don't have anything important to do, so I'll go back first and talk to you when Fu Shuai is not busy."

Before Da Zhuang could say anything, Dao Feifei turned around and walked away gracefully.

Da Zhuang frowned.

He has now begun to learn to read people's expressions.

The knife girl looked a little nervous and expectant just now, but after hearing that she couldn't see the master now, she felt a little disappointed but also a little relieved. Why was that?

That feeling...

Yes, just like when he was a kid in elementary school, the teacher assigned homework in advance and said that there would be a test the next morning.

He was nervous all night, and when he rushed to the school early the next morning, the teacher called someone to say that he had something urgent to do, and asked the students to study on their own in the morning.

That’s… strange.

Could it be that my master also gave her homework?
Da Zhuang shook his head and walked away in confusion.

……

In the study, Yang Yuan stood up suddenly: "Mr. Wang, are you telling the truth?"

Wang Changsheng said confidently: "It can't be wrong. After I found it, I naturally had to confirm it again and again, and inspect it repeatedly to make sure it is correct."

After hearing this, Yang Yuan paced around the room excitedly.

He has always been calm and composed, but now he really can't control himself.

Han Qianchen had just brought him a lot of good news, especially the existence of the saltpeter mine, which solved his urgent problem.

Unexpectedly, Wang Changsheng had even more exciting news.

Although the economy of Sichuan and Xia is so developed, it is still severely restricted by the monetary policy of iron money.

If enough copper could be mined, they could apply to the court to establish a coin minting institution in Tongchuan Road.

At present, the coinage institutions of the Song Dynasty are mainly located in Lizhou Shaoxing Mint, Raozhou Yongping Mint and Muzhou Shenquan Mint.

They all rely on places with abundant raw materials.

If rich copper mines can really be discovered, the history of using iron coins in the four routes of Sichuan and Xia will become a thing of the past.

Wang Changsheng said that there were rich gold mines there, and with enough gold, the issuance of Jiaozi would be guaranteed.

However, Liangshan Prefecture now belongs to Dali Kingdom...

Yang Yuan walked to the wall, where a map of the four routes of Sichuan and Xia and the surrounding areas was hung.

This is a military-grade map. After Wang Changsheng and Han Qianchen enrich this map based on their more than a year of survey, they will have a more detailed map.

However, this map is enough for Yang Yuan now.

Yang Yuan looked carefully at the location of Liangshan Prefecture, and the more he looked, the more envious he became.

Han Qianchen had been an official after all, although he was just a forgotten fortune teller in the Privy Council. Han Qianchen frowned and said worriedly: "General Fu, that is the territory of Dali."

Yang Yuan didn't even turn his head. He stared at the map, looking at the border area where Dali borders Chengdu Fu Road, Tongchuan Fu Road and Kuizhou Road.

Yang Yuan said word by word: "Mr. Han is wrong. The Dali area has been the territory of our Central Plains Empire since ancient times."

Yang Yuan came back to his senses and said seriously, "It has been like this since the Qin Dynasty. It was not until the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty that it split off and established its own country."

Han Qianchen grinned. This... this was not something he could respond to.

However, Han Qianchen still said with a stiff upper lip: "But, the former Dali King Duan Heyu submitted to our Song Dynasty and asked for a title, and our Song Dynasty also approved it.

If we want to go to war with Dali, I'm afraid the court may not agree, right?"

"Not bad!"

Yang Yuan paced again: "We are the army of justice, we must have a legitimate reason. It's not easy to turn against us without an excuse."

The corners of Han Qianchen's lips twitched a few times.

Fu Shuai, do you want to listen to what you are saying?
Yang Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks, his eyes lit up: "Yang Liangao! This man can be used."

Fortunately, he shamelessly followed me to Tongchuan City and has not returned to Dali yet.

Are you ambitious?

It’s okay, I’ll help you.

Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie...

Yang Yuan's smile faded: "The data you two gentlemen have collected over the past year is more important than gold, pearls, jade, and more important than a hundred thousand troops. It is right to put it in Santai Mountain.

Later, I will go to Mount Santai again to listen to the two gentlemen’s detailed explanation of the survey results.

Gentlemen, please go back first. I have noted your contributions and will reward you soon!"

Wang Changsheng and Han Qianchen were delighted that their talents were finally valued.

However, the two of them were still humble before saying goodbye and leaving.

As soon as they left, Yang Yuan stood in the corridor and called out, "Da Zhuang, go and invite Young Master Yang from Dali."

Dao Feifei, on her part, returned to her own yard hesitantly.

Just when I mustered up the courage to confess my feelings to Yang Yuan, it was a sudden burst of courage that I relied on.

Suddenly I was interrupted by an accident, and now I became nervous.

That's not right. I'm just wishful thinking. Does that mean Yang Fushuai will definitely like me?

He... he is so good, and there is no shortage of beautiful women around him.

For a moment, I became somewhat worried and anxious.

A pair of shoes suddenly appeared in front of her. Dao Feifei looked up and saw her cousin Yang Liangao looking at her with a smile.

He is still handsome and elegant.

But suddenly, Dao Feifei lost the feeling she once had.

"Fei Fei, did you just...go to give a purse to Yang Fushuai?"

Yang Liangao saw where she went, so he waited here.

Now, without waiting for her to return to her room, he couldn't wait to greet her.

Dao Feifei pursed her lips and nodded slightly.

Yang Liangao felt a little empty in his heart. After all, she was such a beautiful girl, and her heart and eyes were full of him.

Now that he was pushed into the arms of another man with his own hands, how could he feel comfortable?

However, when he thought about establishing contact with Yang Yuan and gaining a strong ally, which would make it easier for him to compete for the throne in the future, Yang Liangao's sadness was replaced by surprise.

However, he naturally couldn't show it in front of Dao Feifei.

Yang Liangao's expression became very complicated, with three parts of shame, three parts of pain, and four parts of reluctance.

He stretched out his hand, excitedly grasped Dao Feifei, and said in a trembling voice:

"Fei Fei, it's all because of my cousin's incompetence that you have to do this for me..."

For some reason, seeing Yang Liangao’s painful expression, Dao Feifei suddenly didn’t feel uncomfortable anymore.

Even... some pleasant feelings.

She retracted her hand, avoided her cousin, lowered her eyes slightly, and said faintly: "Cousin, please call me cousin from now on.

It is not convenient for my cousin to call me Feifei anymore."

Yang Liangao's expression froze, and suddenly, he felt really uncomfortable.

Dao Feifei looked down at her toes, thinking: If Yang Yuan was in a situation where he was trapped both internally and externally, would he be willing to give up the woman who loved him wholeheartedly to solve his problems?
Do not!
He will not!
He is such a domineering man.

Moreover, when he was at the Nanzheng parade ground, he said that he was very stingy.

I, Dao Feifei, just like his stinginess!

My cousin is too generous. I don’t like him anymore.

At this time, Da Zhuang came and when he saw Yang Liangao, he stopped and said, "Mr. Yang, my master wants you to go to the study to discuss something."

When Yang Liangao heard this, he was overjoyed.

Haha, the effect is immediate.

As soon as my cousin confessed her love to him, he immediately looked at me differently.

Yang Liangao was about to take a step forward impatiently when Dao Feifei suddenly raised her hand to stop him.

"Cousin, please wait a moment."

"what's up?"

Yang Liangao still thought that his cousin still had feelings for him, and he felt very proud.

but……

Yang Liangao glanced at Dazhuang quickly out of the corner of his eye.

Yang Fushuai's accompanying servant is standing next to us. If my cousin says something affectionate and the servant reports it to Yang Yuan, it will ruin my bright future.

Thinking of this, Yang Liangao immediately straightened his expression and said solemnly: "Marshal Fu invited you, it must be something important. Cousin, if you have anything to say, wait until I come back and tell me."

"No, cousin doesn't have something to say to cousin."

Dao Feifei said: "It's just that when I went to see Yang Fushuai just now, he had a guest in his study, and I haven't seen Fushuai yet."

Dao Feifei said softly to Yang Liangao: "Now that General Fu is free, then...it's time for my cousin to go see him."

When Da Zhuang heard this, he said, "Oh, that's right. Miss Dao went to the study just now.

It's my fault, it's my fault, I forgot to inform the master just now, otherwise, the master should have seen Miss Dao first."

"Look, cousin, I didn't lie to you. I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious.

You wait a moment. Otherwise, my cousin can go with me and you can wait outside. That's fine too."

After saying that, Dao Feifei gave Yang Liangao a faint smile, then turned around and walked towards Yang Yuan's study.

(End of this chapter)