Minister

149 [Jiankang Nine Years]

The weather gradually became hotter, and one or two early cicadas began to sing.After taking a nap, Ms. Liu was going to get some needlework to do, but she picked up the needlework and searched for it for a while but couldn't find the thimble.Thinking that there is no one else in the yard, it must be Mei Yue who borrowed it and forgot it somewhere!Mama Liu's temper is not very good, she is the most impatient with a stupid girl like Mei Yue, and she doesn't bother to ask people at the moment, she stands up and walks into the yard, wanting to hit her a few times before she gets discouraged.

The servant's small room is just outside the main garden, and it's only a few steps away. Mama Liu stepped inside as soon as she opened the door.

Except for a big banyan tree, there were no other flowers in the yard. Mama Liu saw a figure closing the side door and going out in a daze.The sun was not yet in the west, so Mother Liu thought she was dazzled, and suspected that it was Mei Yue, a bastard who slipped out to play, so she didn't care.But after thinking about it, the stature was quite different, and I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Mother Liu closed the door gently, walked carefully to the side door, and put her ears on it.

The one who spoke seemed to be his wife!Mother Liu's heart skipped a beat!It is true that my wife and the master are not close, but they are respectful and respectful on weekdays.What's more, as an old man of Feng's family, seeing Mrs. Qi marrying in, he has really worked hard for more than ten years!This this?

Ms. Liu was panicking and anxious when she heard another voice. His tone seemed to be that of a man, but his voice was softer than ordinary men, like the tone of a teenager.

Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, the other person outside must be his wife!Mother Liu is really full of mixed feelings at the moment, and she doesn't know which direction to think about.

The two people outside the courtyard seemed to have a lot to say, and Ms. Liu could hardly hold back her panic, and listened carefully again—it seemed to be about the accounts...

After listening for a long time, I really only heard words like 'pawn shop', 'accounting', 'you made a mistake'.Mother Liu felt relieved a little, and was about to open a crack in the door to have a look, when she heard a bang in the room behind her!She was so scared that she almost hit the door panel!

Mei Yue on the other side was dozing off by the table. Before going to sleep, there was a scratching paw beside her hand. She fell asleep and couldn't hold it steady.Mei Yue jumped up in fright, just knocked over the pen holder and pen stand, and swept down the pile of books in front of the inkstone with her sleeves, making a big noise!

"Mother Liu!" Seeing Mother Liu coming in, Mei Yue turned pale with fright.

"You...came into trouble again!" Mother Liu saw that it was Mei Yue, so she pretended to be innocent and scolded: "You...you! Hurry up and clean it up! Madam will punish you when she comes back!"

Mother Liu left in a panic after she finished talking.

Seeing that Liu's mother seemed to be in trouble, Mei Yue was glad that she was not beaten, so she quickly cleaned up the things on the ground, and honestly found a job to do.

Mother Liu went back to the house, closed the door tightly, and was at a loss.

She has been with Madam Qi for ten years, she still understands this madam's temper, let alone an affair between a man and a woman, she doesn't even look at other men.Who in the old family doesn't know that she is a decent person?Aren't all the people who come and go in so many fields and shops all men?Aren't those men the wife to deal with?This decent person can say serious things when he meets anyone, so he shouldn't be suspicious of his wife!

Ms. Liu slapped herself—too old-fashioned!What should we do?

Having said that, Mama Liu couldn't rest easy. A person who is usually very capable either kicked down the broom or walked into the wrong yard today.Ji's mother, who came to Beijing with her, saw her flustered and couldn't help pulling her aside and asked: "Mother Liu, what happened to you today, what happened to my hometown? What kind of relationship do you have with me? I'll help you."

Ji's mother is serving the master now, and the two of them came to Beijing together under the order of the old lady. Logically, Liu's mother should discuss this matter with her.

But Ms. Liu did not dare to say that, after all, she believed that Madam was a decent person. Wouldn't these pretentious things ruin her reputation?

"Didn't sleep well..." Mother Liu went around in circles: "Stiff neck..."

That night, Mama Liu tossed and turned - Madame is a serious person!Maybe he was talking about business with some people...but...why don't these things go the right way?Why don't you come into the house if you want to talk for so long?But... Madam is indeed a serious person...

Who should I discuss this matter with?Or should I ask Mrs. ...Impossible...It's already rude to eavesdrop outside the door...What's more, if it really happened, who would admit it? ... Bah bah bah!Madame is a decent person!

All night, Ms. Liu got up and sat up and down several times, until the rooster crowed before she figured it out: Don't worry about anything else, after all, the master watched and grew up by himself, and he is an old man sent by his hometown. It's not good for anyone if you don't figure it out.It's just that it's not appropriate to tell others about this matter. It's better to tell the master directly. After all, the master and his wife are husband and wife, and they know some things outside the hospital. If you make a mistake, you should ask the truth earlier to avoid yourself.Master's background as a scholar is no better than those reckless people or chatterers, on the contrary it is more suitable!

After making up her mind, Mother Liu fell asleep confusedly.

The next day, Mother Liu calculated the time correctly and went around to the study to wait for the master to come back, but after the time passed, there was no sign of anyone.Ji's mother laughed at her: "what's the matter with you, old woman? Dangling around?"

Mother Liu was also a little uncomfortable: "I just came to see...why hasn't the master come back yet?"

"Oh! Master has an appointment today, maybe he won't be back until after dinner..."

Master Feng's date is Wei Chi...

Wei Chi and Master Feng's cousin are indeed well matched, which made Master Wei's rejection very difficult.If it's a royal relative or something else, it's okay, what I'm afraid of is this kind of tepid forced marriage!

Wei Chi looked at Feng Shixun who was blocking the door, and what he thought in his mind was: forced marriage.

"Master Wei, today is a good time. My cousin's family just came to Beijing to visit relatives. Her father is also a very elegant person, and he is proficient in everything. Let's go and pay a visit?" Feng Shixun smiled.

Wei Chi secretly found out about it - to make Feng Shixun so interested, the other party is indeed not an ordinary person. The family's status is not high, but the financial resources... are very strong.Feng Shixun speculated that an official like Wei Chi would marry an official or a wealthy businessman, and there was absolutely no reason to marry an ordinary woman.On the official side, Geng Yunmei was already married. If the Wang family didn't have that intention, there really was no other candidate, and he had done a good deed, otherwise Wei Chi wouldn't have gotten to know such a big businessman.

How similar is this route to Mr. Feng's marriage strategy back then?It's just that Mrs. Qi not only has assets, but also status, and can give him more...

Wei Chi's prejudice naturally spread to this cousin and her family, and he felt a hundred disgust in his heart.But after all, I have been in the imperial court for several years, and there are still some things in the city, so I had to pretend to be happy and agreed to go, but I was secretly thinking about how to use 36 tricks.

After the yamen was cleaned up, Wei Chi and Feng Shixun went out together without riding a horse, and took a small car to visit 'cousin'.Before entering the door, Master Feng kindly looked at Wei Chi to make sure that there were no folds or other unpleasant things on the young man's clothes.

Feng Shixun smiled very satisfied: "Brother Wei Xian, to be honest, I think your demeanor is better than mine."

"Just run on me." Wei Chi pretended to be useful: "I'm also curious about seal cutting, among other things, let's go and have a look!"

This family's surname is Han, and they also do silk business, but it is bigger than ordinary businessmen. The girl's father is the head of his family, with high prestige, and he dotes on his daughter, so he came to Beijing to discuss this marriage. .Although Yiqing is only a follower, he has also received extremely high courtesy.The old man of the Han family is a little too old, maybe he is an old woman, and he cherishes it very much. During the conversation, he looked at his family up and down several times.Thinking about it, she was very satisfied, Yiqing was secretly proud of herself - Needless to say about her appearance, many people said that her master was more handsome than her daughter's.What else is there to say?No one in the imperial examination, a fifth-rank official, even the young masters of those high-ranking officials have this rank!What's more, our master is both civil and military... Yiqing is almost happy when he thinks of this.

In fact, Mr. Han was very happy for a long time. He greeted people to watch tea and seats, nodding and bowing.

Yiqing stood behind Wei Chi, his back straight.There were two beaded curtains on both sides of the main hall, and the beaded curtain facing her shook slightly. Yiqing saw a figure flashing past—is that Miss Han?

Yiqing chuckled.

But unexpectedly, although Wei Chi hit it off with Master Han, he quickly stood up and prepared to say goodbye.Master Han hurriedly asked him to keep him after dinner, but Wei Chi seemed to have difficulty expressing his feelings.

After all, the officials are higher than the people, Master Han can't say much, so he can only look at Feng Shixun with help-seeking eyes.

Feng Shixun secretly grabbed Wei Chi's sleeve: "I said, brother, do you still have something urgent to do today?"

Wei Chi looked embarrassed: "It's not urgent. Today I wanted to take advantage of the time to visit an old friend in the Ministry of War, so I made an appointment for dinner in advance. Didn't you tell me in advance, Mr. Feng... Otherwise, I will let Yi Go and report to see if we can change the time with him."

Feng Shixun was a little unhappy: "Who is it?"

"Ahem... General Wang..." Wei Chi said with fear on his face.

"..."

"..."

"King? General?" Feng Shixun repeated.

"Hmm..." Wei Chi smiled apologetically at Master Han: "Although there is no official contact now, he is my old boss after all, and I will see you when I have time."

Wei Chi wasn't lying, Wang Yunyi did let him go for a walk when he was free...but it's definitely not what this guy said he had to go.

And he didn't invite Wei Chi to dinner.

But who dares to ask Wang Yunyi these things?

Master Feng was finally defeated by Master Wei's small calculation: "You are really a busy man!"

When Wei Chi walked out of the gate of the Han family, he secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"My lord! My lord!" Seeing that there was no one else around, Yiqing hurried up and said, "I saw Miss Han."

"What Miss Han?" Wei Chi asked angrily.

"It's that Miss Han!" Yiqing thought Wei Chi was shy: "She's hiding behind the curtain and watching! Although she can't see clearly, she should be a beauty! My lord! When will we marry a wife? ah?"

Wei Chi was amused: "You are older than me, so worry about yourself! If you are free, worry about Chen Hu."

Yiqing got married at the end of the year, so it's really embarrassing to be told by Wei Chi, so it's not easy to laugh at him: "... are you going to Mr. Wang's house now?"

This is not the right direction.

"Ah?" Wei Chi looked at the sky: "Go over there and eat a bowl of sugar soup, and then go home!"

Wang Yunyi sneezed in the distance.

The candy soup in this store was a bit watery today, so Wei Chi bought some snacks to eat while walking.When I walked out of the restaurant, I saw a waiter chasing a beggar with a broom.The little beggar was not dressed in ordinary rags, he was so sloppy that he couldn't see clearly, and he didn't smile flatteringly like ordinary beggars. He just avoided the broom and didn't know how to say flattering words.

Wei Chi came here often, so this Xiaoer recognized him, and he was a little embarrassed to see him coming: "You little beggar who came from somewhere, came here before the meal time..."

The face of the shopkeeper standing next to him shook violently: "Why are you talking so much! Hurry up and get some steamed buns!"

Mr. Wei, who came even before the meal time, is not a narrow-minded person: "Hehe..."

Only then did Xiaoer realize that he had slipped his words just now, and hurriedly saluted: "My lord... my little one..."

When the word 'adult' came out of Xiao Er's mouth, the little beggar's eyes suddenly lit up: "You... are an official?"

"Go, go!" The shopkeeper came over to chase her away: "Give her a steamed bun and let her go."

Wei Chi didn't stop the shopkeeper from chasing people away, Xiaoer roughly carried the little beggar to the corner, threw it into a corner, and threw a steamed bun on the ground: "I don't even look at myself..."

The little beggar was already dizzy from hunger, so he couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north after falling like this, and it took him a while to get up.

"You...!" The little beggar leaned on the wall and looked at Wei Chi in surprise.

Wei Chi walked into the corner and signaled him not to be afraid: "I have some snacks here, you can eat some first, don't worry."

The little beggar dared not move.

"I know you are not a beggar. I am indeed an official. If you have something to say to me, eat something first, and then speak slowly when you have the strength."

The little beggar burst into tears, nodded, and took the snack from Wei Chi's hand.

"What's your name? Where are you from?" Wei Chi asked him seeing him eating.

"My name is Lian'er, and my family calls me... Lian girl. My family is in a small village in Guangdong, called Xintian."

girl?It turned out to be a little girl?Seeing her dark face, Wei Chi couldn't tell: "Your home is so far away, why did you come here alone? I haven't heard of any fleeing famines this year?"

The little girl knelt down with a plop: "I beg the master to be the master of the little girl's family!"

The spring breeze has already warmed people, but Wei Chi was sweating coldly behind his back!Yiqing didn't understand the girl's dialect very well, but saw that Wei Chi's face became more and more ugly.

"My lord...?" Yiqing asked cautiously.

Wei Chi wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and asked the girl, "After you entered the capital, have you told other people about this?"

Lian girl kowtowed again: "Who dares to say this matter. Only an elder in the family pointed out that no one will make decisions for the little girl until she arrives in the capital."

Wei Chi heard something in her words: "Who... are you looking for?"

"Yu Mian, Master Yu."

Yu Mian!

Wei Chi thought that it is not suitable to stay here for a long time: "If you trust me, stay here and don't move, someone will come to you soon."

Wei Chi didn't care about etiquette, he pulled Yiqing up and left, Yiqing was still a little confused: "My lord, my lord? Who is that child?"

Wei Chi looked at Yiqing's silly look, and suddenly felt Chen Hu's reliability, but this matter is of great importance, and it is not appropriate to let more people know. After thinking for a while, he still said: "The sun will set soon, you alone People come over and bring this child back from Xiaolu. Don't delay along the way. If this matter is not done well, many people will lose their heads. You should be careful. If your family asks about it after you come back, just say it's a human being. You must not miss a single word about the rough maids you bought from your hands."

It was the first time Yiqing saw Wei Chi so serious, so he nodded solemnly.

After returning home, Wei Chi locked himself in his study, in a dilemma—if such a big incident happened in the south, if it broke out, maybe Li Pan would step down. Can't get rid of the relationship.If this matter doesn't make a big deal, then sooner or later the matter in the south will make a big deal!At that time, it will really stir up a civil uprising... Lily Novel Group 28089784 (non-author group)

And Yu Mian!Although it was only a one-time relationship, but his temper is full of people who don't know, if he knows about this, he will never let it go.Calculated by the number of years, this year is the time for him to be promoted... If this incident happens, there is no certainty what the result will be.

There is also this child, who came to the capital all by himself, and his heart is not endless... If it is said that he is not at all excited, not at all distressed... that is not the case.

However, now that the general situation of the court has just been settled, if there is another big wave, what can I do for her, for the people in the south of the Yangtze River, for Yu Mian, and for the court?If this wave really comes, how many people will stir up the muddy water for others, and how many people will take the opportunity to stir up the muddy water for themselves?

Wei Chi pushed open the window, and the setting sun outside the courtyard just sank into the mountains.The flowers on the courtyard wall seemed to bloom and then withered, just like Wei Chi's mood, fluctuating, depressed and restless.

After Feng Shixun bid farewell to Wei Chi, he stayed at his cousin's house for dinner. When he came back, it was just time to light up the lights, and when he walked to the street, he saw Yiqing running with a dirty child in his hands.

"Yiqing? Where's your adult?"

Yiqing seemed to be taken aback: "Feng... Master Feng! Why are you alone! I... our family just bought a poor maid, hehe."

"Where's your lord?" Feng Shixun felt that Yiqing was always quite spirited, but for some reason today, his words were wrong.

"Oh! If you go back to your lord, my lord should have dinner at home."

"General Wang didn't leave your adults to finish the meal today? Tsk tsk..." Feng Shixun smiled and looked at the little girl he pulled: "Even a rough maid doesn't have to buy this kind of thing? I'll give it to you when I go back." My lord passed a message, saying that I will go to him for tea later, and ask him to prepare some snacks, haha."

Feng Shixun was really hard to figure out what this young man like Wei Chi was thinking. He might have to worry a lot more as a matchmaker, so he made a few jokes with Yiqing before entering the courtyard.

As soon as the door passed the word, someone reported that Mama Liu had been looking for him for a day.Feng Shixun thought that this was an old servant from his hometown who usually took care of some households in his hometown. He thought he had something to bring, so he ordered the front room to prepare, and went back to the backyard together when he saw her.

It was still sunny during the day, but suddenly the east wind turned north at night, and a little bit of inverse spring cold came.Qi Yuan had no choice but to ask Mei Yue to find the cloak again. Mei Yue searched for a while, but couldn't find a suitable one. Qi Yuan blamed her for not cleaning up for a while, so she had to ask her to ask Mother Liu.

It wasn't too late, and Qi Yuan was just about to light the headlights when Liu's mother came in.Mei Yue took the lampshade from Qi Yuan's hand: "Ma'am, really, be careful that you burn your hands."

Mother Liu didn't say much, she took the lamp, opened the cabinet and looked for it: "All the thin ones are here, which one does Madam want?"

Qi Yuan thought of Wei Chi saying that she had never seen trendy silk, so she remembered that when she got married, her family specially made a silver cloud and trendy silk cloak for her: "I want that trendy silk."

Mother Liu flicked her hand and almost spilled the lamp oil.

"What's wrong?" Qi Yuan saw that Liu's mother was in a different mood.

"No..." Ms. Liu found the cloak, and when the lights came on, the embroidery was radiant.

"Oh! It's so beautiful! Ma'am, I've never seen such beautiful silk!" Mei Yue exclaimed.

Qi Yuan smiled at her: "Although this is not the best item, it is rare. Don't be chattering about it. How come you don't remember the items you collected together? You don't remember them? It's a good thing you just take care of these few things." One thing! Thank you, Mama Liu."

"No thanks, no thanks... Such a beautiful color is just called Madam, and it will be just right to bring it when other Madam invites you to enjoy flowers later."

Qi Yuan thinks about it too, such a toss is not all for Wei Shaohu alone.After Liu's mother and Mei Yue went out, Qi Yuan looked at the cloak on the hanger and made up her mind - since she made it, this was the first time she wore it, right?At that time, I wanted to make green plain clothes, and wanted to wear them for a longer time.But my mother insisted on choosing such a bright color...I didn't seem to understand the intention, but then I understood it, but it was useless after understanding it, and it was indeed unnecessary.