The widowed sister-in-law is embarrassed, she criticizes the villain like he only wants to be a love

next day

Xinyang government office

Yan Shu followed the yamen on duty into the inner courtyard of the yamen, and came to one of the reception rooms, where the yamen brought tea.

"Mrs. Jiang, wait a moment. My lord is discussing official business with several other lords. He will come over when he is done with his work there."

Yan Shu took a sip of tea to moisten his mouth, smiled and nodded to the yamen servant: "Okay, thank you for your work."

"You're welcome. There are people on duty outside. Just tell them what you need."

After explaining the words, the yamen servant walked out.

Yan Shu was the only one left in the reception room. She sat there for a while and felt a little bored. Seeing the beautiful peach blossoms in the courtyard, she thought of going for a walk in the courtyard.

Not far out the door, I heard several men discussing from the next room.

"The seventeen counties under the jurisdiction of Xinyang Prefecture have a total population of more than 7 million. The large number of refugees who fled from Northern Xinjiang and Nanwei Prefecture last year is estimated to be 1.8 million people. Our Xinyang is already mountainous. Although the area is large enough, it is really difficult to feed so many people in the past two years. Do you have any good countermeasures?"

Yan Shu stood in front of a peach blossom tree. From this angle, he could just see the room where the meeting was held. At this time, more than a dozen officials were sitting inside.

The first person sitting was Yongding Hou Liu Bin. It was he who said those words just now.

The officials below looked at me and I looked at you, but no one had the intention to speak first.

It's not that they don't want to speak, but they really don't have a good strategy to deal with the upcoming famine.

"boom."

Liu Bin placed the tea cup on the coffee table on one side, making a crisp sound of porcelain.

"What? You are all parents and officials of the common people. Is it possible that you are all waiting for me to come up with a solution?"

Min Chunyi, the prefect sitting first on the left side of Liu Bin, said: "It hasn't rained in more than ten months since June last year. Several states and counties in the north have been without water for a long time. Several counties in our Xinyang Prefecture have been without water for a long time." There has also been a water shortage, and I am afraid that this year’s crops will not be optimistic. The official believes that the only solution for now is to report to the court and wait for the court to issue relief grains to meet the urgent need."

Another official said: "Our entire Sui Dynasty is currently in a situation of water and food shortages, and the imperial court is also unable to meet its needs. Water from far away cannot quench the thirst nearby, so we cannot place all our hopes on the imperial court."

Liu Bin's deep eyes swept over the officials present, and he looked slightly unhappy when he saw that they were talking nonsense for a long time.

"Officials in each county will count the remaining grain in each county's granary as soon as possible, and take good control of the grain merchants in your jurisdiction. Any profiteers who dare to drive up prices in Xinyang Prefecture will be arrested and imprisoned."

"Yes!"

"In addition, we are contacting some local wealthy squires to see if they are willing to donate food. As long as they are willing to donate food, Xinyang Mansion will commend them personally and vigorously publicize their good deeds."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bin raised his eyes and glanced outside, then dismissed the officials present.

He stood up and walked straight to Yan Shu.

"Why did Miss Yan come to the government office?"

Yan Shu greeted Liu Bin and then smiled and said, "I'm here to see Mr. Pei."

Pei Chengye hurried over at this time and bowed to Liu Bin: "Master Hou, Miss Yan did not break into the back office randomly. The lower official invited Miss Yan to come here because of something."

Liu Bin glanced at Pei Chengye. Although the Dongcang theft case had nothing to do with Pei Chengye, it would be dereliction of duty if the seal he was guarding was stolen. Liu Bin had some objections to Pei Chengye about this.

"I heard that Lord Pei has been investigating a person named Wu Shang these days?"

Pei Chengye's eyelids twitched suddenly, how could the Marquis know about such a trivial matter?

He looked at Yan Shu, who also showed a hint of surprise.

"Reporting to the Marquis, I am indeed looking for this person."

"Why are you looking for Wu Shang?"

Pei Chengye suppressed the doubts in his heart and replied: "I was entrusted by a friend to help find this person."

Yan Shu said: "Does the Marquis know Wu Shang? You seem to be very interested in this person."

Liu Bin put his hands behind his back and looked at Yan Shu with deep eyes.

"Do you know what my font size is?"

Yan Shu paused slightly and looked at Liu Bin inquiringly, could it be...

After the two sent Liu Bin away, Yan Shu asked Pei Chengye: "Master Pei, what is your name as a marquis?"

Pei Chengye shook his head: "According to seniority, we are the juniors of the Marquis. Only people who are close to the Marquis or of the same generation will know about the name of his name. As a military general, he rarely discloses his name to outsiders."

Yan Shu thought for a moment: "Master Pei, have you found someone named Wu Shang?"

"There are only two people named Wushang in the entire Xinyang Prefecture. One lives on Shiqiao Street in Nancheng and is a carpenter. He is now over sixty years old. The other one lives on Fuxi Street in Dongcheng and is a carpenter. Mr. Teacher, now forty-three years old.”

Yan Shu had a gut feeling that neither of these two people was the person Pei Qingwan was looking for, but there were only two people named Wu Shang in the entire Xinyang Mansion, and for now he could only let Pei Qingwan go see them first.

-

After bidding farewell to Pei Chengye, Yan Shu went straight to the Hou Mansion.

Inside the Nuan Pavilion

Liu Hanyue was sitting on a rocking chair next to the hot spring pool, holding a book in her hand and reading boredly.

At this time, Nanzhi hurriedly walked over.

"Master, Miss Yan is here."

Hearing Yan Shu's arrival, Liu Hanyue's eyes suddenly lit up. Just as he put down the book in his hand, he remembered something and snorted coldly.

"Come on, come on. Do you want me to go outside to invite her?"

The liar agreed to give him acupuncture every three days, but she didn't come for nearly half a month.

If he hadn't sent Manager Zhang to Jiang Mansion to leave a message for her, she might have refused to come.

Nanzhi stood aside and was unsure of his master's thoughts.

"If the master doesn't want to see her, then the subordinate will let her leave?"

With a cold glare, Nanzhi hurriedly shut up and lowered his head: "I understand, I will invite Miss Yan over now."

She just said that the master has been thinking about him all day long, and Miss Yan took the initiative to see the master. How could the master not see her?

Yan Shu waited for a moment and saw Nanzhi walking out of the house.

"Miss Yan, my master invites you."

Yan Shu followed Nanzhi to Liu Hanyue's Nuange and saw the red figure beside the hot spring pool.

Liu Hanyue was sitting lazily on the rocking chair. Her long black hair was draped over her body like silk and satin. Under her sharp eyebrows was a pair of narrow peach blossom eyes, which were squinting at her.

"Why is sister here?"

Yan Shu walked up to Liu Hanyue, and Nanzhi immediately moved a chair.

After she sat down, she looked at the arrogant young man in front of her.

"After I returned home yesterday, I heard that Manager Zhang had been there. Didn't you want to see me?"

"Humph, someone forgot about the three-day appointment. I thought that someone wouldn't come."

Yan Shu: Who is the yin and yang?

"You came to see me because there is news about Fozilian?"

Liu Hanyue glanced into the darkness: "Hefeng, go to the icehouse and take out that thing."

"Yes!"