My historian is dying every day

After winter, the dawn is getting late.When the sun rose on the river, Wen Yanzhi had already woken up, he didn't get up from the mist, he just rested his head on Qi Yu's arm, and looked sideways at the morning glow outside the window hole, rendering layers of cloud bases, like sheets of red cakes.

In the cabin, on the deck, several boatmen were discussing to dock, and there were noisy voices not far away, someone yelled "unload", "pull away", and Qi Yu opened his eyes. eyes, hugged Wen Yanzhi's back, and kissed the back of his neck: "Are you there?"

Wen Yanzhi felt itchy, and slightly shrank his neck, "It looks like we've arrived in Qingyang."

Arriving in Qingyang means traveling from the north to the south. Everyone packed up and disembarked, and they could hear the accents around them.Qingyang is not as big as Xuzhou, it's just a small town by the river, but it's Shen Youfang's ancestral home, so when he came here, he counted it as the host, and there was absolutely no reason to let everyone stay in the inn. The carriage was safely taken to the mansion.

There is no sign on the mansion, the door is dark ocher, when you push it open, an old servant comes out, asking Shen Youfang how he is in his native accent.Shen Youfang also explained in his local dialect, saying that Qi Yu and the others are distinguished guests, so don't neglect them. In the middle of speaking, Li Gengnian picked up Qi Yu's wooden box and got off the boat. Shen Youfang paused for a while, as if he was a little embarrassed, and changed Returning to Jingqiang, he said to the old servant: "Uncle Sun, that's Li Shiwei. If you have something to tell Liu Shilang in the future, you should say hello to Li Shiwei first."

Uncle Sun quickly agreed.Li Gengnian ignored all this, and went back to move things in silence.

Seeing it, Qi Yu felt quite a headache, and didn't want to bother anymore, while walking towards the inner mansion, he only asked Wen Yanzhi, "Go for a while?"

From here, we will reach Xingzhou in about five days. Once we start to control the water, we will have no time to spare. These two days are the last rest.Wen Yanzhi agreed, and asked Gong Zhiyuan if he would go. Gong Zhiyuan said that he didn't sleep well at night and wanted to make up for it, so he didn't go.After tidying up and settling down several times, after lunch, Qi Yu and Wen Yanzhi went out, Li Gengnian waited in the front hall as promised, and wanted to discuss business with Shen Youfang.

Shen Youfang was counting the books in the backyard, but Li Gengnian simply sat down in the living room after waiting for a long time.The cook was about to go out to buy vegetables. Uncle Sun stood at the door of the front yard to give instructions. They didn't notice Li Gengnian, so they stood by the crack of the door and chatted. Although they had a soft accent, they could listen carefully. Understand.

"...Hey, I bought three radishes, the young master likes to eat crispy radishes.... Seeing that he is much more energetic today, isn't it... At least it has been six or seven years... Coincidentally, hey, I will learn from the young master , this matter can't be rushed..."

The more Li Gengnian listened, the more he couldn't wake up.

——Who is the young master?

——Could it be that Shen Youfang has a son? !

Thinking of this, he rolled his eyes, and a scheme suddenly came to his mind, almost laughing out loud.

Uncle Sun finished chatting with the cook, and when he turned around, he saw Li Gengnian suddenly appearing behind him, almost fainting from fright: "Li Li Li guards! What orders do you have?"

"Hello, Uncle Sun, I don't have much to say to you, my junior." Li Gengnian smiled very cutely, so cute that he was either a rape or a thief: "I just heard you talking about the young master, who is it? Shen Youfang's son? What's his name? Where is it?" How old? Who is his mother? Was she abandoned by Shen Youfang all the time? How did she abandon it? Hmm?"

Uncle Sun was dumbfounded by his question: "What mother, guard Li? Young master...it's the young master, not the young master's son."

"...Huh?" Li Gengnian made a bitter face, and once he realized it, he felt a chill on his back, "What do you care, is someone like Shen Youfang called 'little, young master'?"

——Tsk tsk, whose young master is so tall and still has such a mouth, can you change his name?

Uncle Sun sighed, and said sadly: "Guard Li is laughing, the old servant is also getting old, the young master has been called for so many years, and he can't change it."

Li Gengnian had never heard that Shen Youfang had an older brother, so he frowned and asked, "Do you have a young master? Why didn't you see it?"

Uncle Sun slapped his face suddenly: "Look at me!" He quickly waved his hands and apologized: "It's the old servant who made a slip of the tongue! Guard Li must not mention this to the young master, or it will be too much." After finishing speaking, he hurriedly bowed his fist and left , no more words.

Li Gengnian lowered his eyes to see the back of Uncle Sun fleeing in a hurry, his heart was full of suspicion.

In this world, the things that should never be mentioned are all sad things, just like Qi Zhengzhi's death is due to him, and the matter of King Kang is due to Qi Yu.Uncle Sun's words were full of deep meaning, that is to say, Shen Youfang has an older brother, and since he can't mention it, it can make Shen Youfang sad.

How could Li Gengnian miss a good thing that could make Shen Youfang sad.

——Could it be that he, Shen Youfang, is only allowed to investigate the guard to poke his spine, and the guard is not allowed to say a few words about him?

He laughed, and watched Shen Youfang coming from the corridor with a pile of account books, walking alone, he felt that the sourness and resentment he had accumulated on the boat for the past two days were finally dissipating, and when he thought of the things he had been unwilling to do in the past few days, This would be able to take revenge on Shen Youfang, he couldn't help being in a good mood, leaning his back against the doorpost, and shouted with a smile: "Shen Youfang, come quickly."

Shen Youfang raised his head from the ledger, and saw Li Gengnian smiling at him, he was so surprised that he even forgot to turn the page, his lips curled up unconsciously: "Let's go."

In fact, he has always felt that Li Gengnian is not a very outstanding man. If he has no expression on weekdays, Li Gengnian's face is the face of a hidden guard, stern and plain.But when Li Gengnian smiled, the brows would be raised slightly, the dimples were deep, the eyes seemed to be reflecting the sky, as if changing the lines of the whole face, his expression suddenly became warm and extraordinarily warm.

It's like the smile when Li Gengnian flew to catch him when he fell from the second floor of the teahouse when we first met him that day, his plain face suddenly became vivid, like dead branches growing leaves. The sun comes out and shines on people in harmony.

Shen Youfang took two steps out of the gate, but when he came back to his senses, he found that Li Gengnian hadn't followed him out, so he couldn't help but look back at the door, and called out, "Li guard?"

But Li Gengnian was not in a hurry, he just stepped out of the threshold slowly, with a hint of arrogance in his smile and irony in his eyes.He leaned against the stone wall by the door, and amidst Shen Youfang's gentle and elegant smile, he asked softly: "Shen Youfang, I haven't heard of it, but you have an older brother."

There is not much good shopping in Qingyang City, and there are no more places to have fun than in Xuzhou. After walking about five or six streets, both Qi Yu and Wen Yanzhi found it a bit boring, so they couldn't help but want to sit down and have a rest.

There was a tea stall not far away. After the two of them sat down, they saw that there was a pastry shop opposite selling salted egg crisps. Wen Yanzhi liked to eat crisps since he was a child, so he had to stand up to buy them.Qi Yu grabbed him and pushed him to sit on the bench: "Whatever you want in the future, you can just say it, don't get excited and run around, and when the time comes, you won't find anyone."

——Isn’t it just buying a pastry?As for what?

Wen Yanzhi sat on the long bench in a daze: "When I used to live in Changping, I used to buy crisps by myself."

Qi Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "From now on, you just sit obediently and call them if you need anything."

He pointed to the surrounding walls, and the two hidden guards were lying on the top of the wall bored, unable to wave to Wen Yanzhi.

After all, being an official in the same dynasty, the secret guards really worked hard.Wen Yanzhi also raised his hand and waved it.

The dark guard instantly became energetic: "Hey, hey, Member Wai waved to me! Member Wen waved so beautifully!" "It's obviously waving to me!"

Qi Yu swept over with a piercing gaze.

The dark guard immediately made a serious stand guard.

Qi Yu sighed lightly, shook his head, turned around and walked across the street, bought a dozen salted egg cakes, and before paying for them, he remembered that Li Gengnian also seemed to like to eat this kind of food, so he bought two more dozen.The shopkeeper wrapped the oiled paper and handed it to him. When he turned his head, he found Wen Yanzhi, no, see you again.

——You can run with just such a little effort!

——This shows that you still want to eat salted egg crisps?

Qi Yu almost wanted to throw the salted egg cake on the ground and crush it.

At this time, the two hidden guards were silently moving on the wall, pointing with four hands behind Qi Yu: Over there!Your Majesty, turn back quickly!

Qi Yu turned his head and saw Wen Yanzhi squatting at the corner with his head drooped, staring at the wall in a daze.

Qi Yu walked over with the salted egg cake, raised a hand and popped a chestnut on top of Wen Yanzhi's head, "Wen Yanzhi, don't you know how to wait for others? If you tell you not to run, you should run!"

Wen Yanzhi groaned in pain, covered his head and raised his face, inexplicably: "Why did you hit me?"

"Disobedience to the imperial decree, you should be beaten." Qi Yu raised his foot and kicked his calf, "Hurry up and eat crisps, the son of the family is squatting on the street, what are you talking about?"

Only then did Wen Yanzhi think of his business, and hastily pulled the hem of his robe: "Look, the pipes on the wall."

"What pipe?" Qi Yu lowered his eyes and looked along his hand, only to see that the foot of the wall in front of Wen Yanzhi was actually hung with a bamboo pipe. The outer wall of the bamboo pipe was half exposed outside the wall, connected end to end. It almost wraps around the four-body wall.

"Isn't this just...the bamboo tube for storing water?" Qi Yu also became interested, squatting beside Wen Yanzhi, "This is similar to the method you came up with, and someone has already used it?"

Wen Yanzhi listened with one ear, and his eyes lit up: "There is indeed water in it, and this method is really feasible."

The next moment, Qi Yu felt a gust of wind around him, and Wen Yanzhi had already run into the courtyard.

Qi Yu: "..."

It is rare for me to have such an imperial court official who devotes himself to water control. I don't know whether I should be relieved or smile bitterly.He also stood up, carrying two dozen salted egg cakes and followed behind.

Wen Yanzhi patted on the door for a long time, and an old man slowly came and opened it, asking who to look for.

Wen Yanzhi pointed to the bamboo tube under his feet and asked: "Old man, who built this bamboo tube?"

"Oh, this..." The old man thought for a while, "Two years ago, the well water here was dirty. It was a accountant who wanted to draw the water from the suburbs, so these bamboo pipes were installed. Later, the well water was also good. But this bamboo tube is still there, and it is not much used now. It is occasionally used to wash clothes."

"Where is the accountant? Can I show the younger generation?" Wen Yanzhi was a little anxious.

The old man smiled: "Oh, the accountant has long since stopped working here. He said that the brother in the family is not up to the task, so he went back to manage the property."

Wen Yanzhi was immediately disappointed.

Qi Yu asked the old man, "Do you know where his home is?"

The old man said: "Zhuxiang, it's not far from here, and it takes half a day to get there by donkey cart."

Qi Yu bumped Wen Yanzhi with his arm: "Go?"

"Go now?" Wen Yanzhi's eyes lit up again.

Qi Yu laughed: "Are you willing to go?"

Only then did Wen Yanzhi stretch his brows, "Then go." Saying goodbye to the old man.

"You idiot, I don't know what the person's name is, where did you go to find it?" Qi Yu sighed, not sure if Wen Yanzhi was in a daze or in a daze, he probably wouldn't survive a day in the wilderness.

Wen Yanzhi hurriedly asked the old man what the accountant's name was.

"I can't remember his name...as for his surname," the old man thought for a while, his eyes lit up: "His surname is Huang!"

So the two thanked the old man, and were planning to put the salted egg cake back to Shen's residence, they packed up the carriage and drove to Zhuxiang.Unexpectedly, when he returned to Shen's residence, he saw Li Gengnian who was supposed to go out with Shen Youfang, standing in the courtyard anxiously pacing around.

"Didn't you go out with Shen Youfang?" Qi Yu stepped into the door, "You promised to admit defeat, why are you still hanging around here?"

When Li Gengnian saw him, he was like a sick man meeting a drug seller, and he rushed forward and howled, "I think Shen Youfang is going to kill me!"

"Ah?" Qi Yu and Wen Yanzhi looked at him dumbfounded.

——What happened all of a sudden?Why are these two doing it again?

Li Gengnian worriedly licked his lips, rubbed his face, squatted down, stood up again, walked around twice, and finally stood in front of Qi Yu and said with a bitter face: "I just mentioned something to Shen You... His brother."

Qi Yu's expression froze: "Why are you bringing this up?"

"Do you know he has an older brother?" Li Gengnian opened his eyes and took a step closer, "Then don't tell me!" This is not a lie!

"I'm the emperor, why can't I know!" Qi Yu pushed him half a step away, and there was no one in the front yard, so he said sternly: "You stand up straight for me, and you still want to supervise the army, so What a shame to lose your composure!"

Li Gengnian stood up straight with his head drooping, curled his lips, and after thinking for a long time, he finally said: "Chen Fangcai, holding back his anger for a few days, wanted to squeeze Shen Youfang out, just happened to hear Uncle Sun say that he had an older brother who couldn't be mentioned. I think I should mention it to him, to be angry with him...how do I know...it seems, to be honest, it's too much..."

"What did you say?" Wen Yanzhi asked anxiously.

Li Gengnian swallowed: "Just jokingly ask him... Did he kill his brother to fight for the family property?"

"Presumptuous!" Qi Yu said coldly, "Then Shen Youfang should kill you."

Li Gengnian shrank his neck resignedly, "Oh, I found out too."

Qi Yu sighed deeply, feeling really bad.

——Why, as the king of a country, should I care about this black and black matter.

—I don’t know who I owe it to.

He was silent for a while, frowning, and handed the salted egg pastry to Li Gengnian.

Li Gengnian was stunned, "What is this?" Rat poison?Want to poison me?

"Salted Egg Cake!" Qi Yu kicked him on the calf angrily, "Don't you like to eat it, go in and take a bite or two to calm down, you look like a mallet now."

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Li Gengnian accepted it gratefully while jumping with his legs in his arms.