After the salted fish is married

120. Name rectification

It rained heavily for two days and two nights, and the rain did not decrease until noon on the third day.Five embankments of the Minjiang River broke, eight prefectures and counties outside the city were flooded, and the low-lying areas inside the city became a land of water.Ji Song and his officials squatted at the breached embankment, blocking the breach for two days and one night in a row before mending the breach.

Yan Xining let go of all the Zhuangzi shops under the name of Prince Rong's Mansion to take in the victims, but in the face of so many victims, it was only a drop in the bucket.One more person means one more mouth. Even if the warehouse can distribute food, it is not known when it will be distributed to everyone.

More and more disaster victims gathered at the four gates of the capital. They dragged their families and mouths in the rain, trying to find a shelter in the city.The officers and soldiers guarding the city did not dare to open the door to let people go. Standing on the city wall and looking down, they would see that there were crowds of people under the city wall.

Prince Rong's mansion was under a lot of pressure. Tang Jue and Yuniang exchanged all the silver that could be transferred from Zhuangzi's shop into supplies, and they could only last for a few days.In this case, it's okay if no one helps, but the documents of impeachment of Ji Song are piled up on Emperor Pingyuan's desk.

When Ji Song returned to the capital tiredly with the officials and guards from the Ministry of Industry, he was stopped by the eunuchs from the palace.The eunuch bowed worriedly: "His Royal Highness, you are back, you should go to the palace to have a look, the Holy Majesty was very angry."

Ji Song nodded, he took a deep breath to drive away the tiredness of the past few days: "Let's go."

In the imperial study room, the censors knelt on the ground, and Emperor Pingyuan sat on the dragon chair in a peaceful manner.Ambergris floated slowly from the censer on the desk, covering the dampness and musty smell brought by the water vapor, but it couldn't cover the sound of dripping rain outside the imperial study.

The censors complained in their hearts, they had been kneeling here for almost half an hour, why didn't King Rong come?Pity their old arms and legs, they are about to break.However, they didn't dare to show anything, Emperor Pingyuan didn't make a sound, so they could only kneel obediently.

Emperor Pingyuan called urgently, and the imperial guards in the palace carried Ji Song's wheelchair and sent him outside the palace.The wheels of the wheelchair were filled with mud, and when the heavy rain washed over, the muddy water scattered from the wheelchair, quickly staining the neat green bricks.

This is true for wheelchairs, let alone Ji Song.He led people to repair the embankment for several days in a row, but at this time his clothes were filthy.His clothes were drenched with mud, his eyes were bloodshot, and his pale face was splattered with mud.

Eunuch Yang walked out quickly when he heard the movement. Of course, when he saw Ji Song's appearance, Eunuch Yang's eyes turned red: "My lord, why did you become like this?"

Ji Song's voice was hoarse, and he tried his best to gather his spirits: "Forgive me, Father-in-law, Rong Chuan came in a hurry, and I lost my manners."

Eunuch Yang ordered the maids on the left and right: "Hurry up and wait for His Royal Highness to change clothes!" Not to mention how holy this look is, Ji Song's expression is extremely exhausted, if he is not allowed to take a good rest, he will collapse.

Emperor Pingyuan's voice came from the imperial study room: "Is the King Rong outside?"

Ji Song raised his spirits: "Report to my father, I am a son-in-law."

Emperor Pingyuan responded: "Bring it up."

The guards carried Ji Song into the imperial study room. As soon as he entered the study room, the hot air came to his face with the smell of ambergris, and Ji Song couldn't help but sneezed.

After the wheelchair was stabilized, Emperor Pingyuan looked up at Ji Song. He paused, and the folder in his hand fell on the desk with a "click".Ji Song raised his hand and saluted: "My son, I will see my father."

Emperor Pingyuan's complexion changed again and again, and finally he stood up and walked towards Ji Song.He touched Ji Song's forehead first, and then his hand: "Come here, please wait for His Royal Highness to take a bath and change clothes first, and then invite the imperial doctor to come."

When Ji Song returned to the imperial study room after washing and changing into dry court clothes, he found his dirty clothes were lying on the dirty wheelchair.The heads of the censors next to the wheelchairs hang lower, and the crown prince, second prince, and fifth prince kneel in front of the censors, and a group of people kneel neatly.

Emperor Pingyuan snorted coldly: "Ji Rongchuan is here, come on, don't you want to impeach him? I'm giving you a chance. If you have anything to say, say it in front of him."

Only then did Ji Song understand what had happened, he pursed his lips and lowered his brows to hide the coldness and exhaustion in his eyes: "I don't know what the censors have to say to this king."

As soon as the words fell, none of the censors present dared to answer.When they saw the broken wheelchair and the dirty clothes on it, their faces were slapped several times.

Emperor Pingyuan picked up a booklet from the desk and handed it to Ji Song: "You can read it yourself."

When Ji Song opened it up, his brows were slightly frowned.The disaster relief in Chu and Liao was handled by the government, and the censor Shen Jisong and his wife abused their power to accommodate the victims, and the two had a huge amount of property under their names whose origin is unknown.

Now dozens of shops in the city have hung red lanterns from Prince Rong's Mansion, that's all, and more than 20 Zhuangzi outside the city have also hung red lanterns.The censor felt that Ji Song, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, failed to manage the river well, which was a serious dereliction of duty. There are still so many Zhuangzi shops, so they should be strictly investigated.

Ji Song silently closed the booklet and rubbed between his brows, not wanting to say a word to defend himself.

Emperor Pingyuan took the notebook out of Ji Song's hand, and he unfolded it: "Rong Wang and his wife abused their power, I want to ask what kind of power he abused. Zhou Yushi, you wrote the notebook, tell me."

Zhou Yushi wiped the sweat from his brow: "I would like to report to Your Majesty, the resettlement of the victims should be handled by the government, but King Rong resettled the victims without the approval of the Minister..."

Ji Liu carefully moved his body and moved closer to Ji Nan: "His Royal Highness, the new censor you recruited seems not very smart."

Abuse of power corresponds to the use of power for personal gain. In order to resettle the victims of the disaster, the Rong Wang Mansion wished to empty out the family property.What can the victims give them?What can they get for resettling the victims?

Zhou Yushi took a deep breath and looked desperate: "On the surface, Prince Rong is selfless. In fact, Prince Rong is suspected of buying people's hearts!"

As soon as Zhou Yushi finished speaking, Ji Nan also nodded with a headache: "It's really not very smart..."

No emperor wants to see his heirs fighting for the throne before he steps down, but any emperor will inevitably encounter this kind of problem.Before Emperor Pingyuan hated him the most, the first three princes were stumbling each other. If Ji Song's legs were intact, Zhou Yushi's words could be said to directly hit the emperor's heart and lungs.

Which emperor can tolerate himself having an ambitious son who covets the throne?

After hearing this, Ji Song smiled wryly: "Father, my son is like this now... What's the use of wanting people's hearts?" His hands fell on his knees, a paralyzed prince, and he will never be destined for the throne in this life.

At this time, Eunuch Yang walked up to Emperor Pingyuan and whispered, deep pain flashed in Emperor Pingyuan's eyes, he nodded slightly: "Zhou Yushi didn't know that it was not Rong Chuan's idea to release the property of the palace to accommodate the victims , The person who said this is Princess Rong."

Eunuch Yang raised his voice and said, "Princess Xuanrong enters the palace—"

Yan Xining, who heard the call, took a deep breath, and then walked quickly into the hall.

Yan Xining has been very busy these two days. Since Zhuangzi and the shop began to take in the victims, he can no longer stay in Wenzhang Garden properly.Yuniang said that he had to go to the shop and the village more often, now that Ji Song was out to help the disaster, he had to make decisions about the important affairs of the mansion.Even if he doesn't have to do it himself, he still has to sit in several villages with a lot of people.

How could he turn a blind eye when he went to Zhuangzi and saw the plight of the victims?So he gathered people to build a shed that could keep out the wind and rain, and took people to cook porridge... In the past two days, he was so busy that the soles of his feet were smoking. He only thought that the rain would stop soon, and the victims could return to their homes as soon as possible.

Just now when he was serving porridge in Zhuangzi, the imperial guards brought him to the palace.

As soon as he entered the imperial study, Yan Xining noticed Ji Song in the wheelchair with his back facing him.Hearing footsteps, Ji Song turned to look at him.The four eyes met, and the two had a panoramic view of each other's face and expression.The moment they saw each other, the busyness and exhaustion of the past few days dissipated a lot, and the two looked at each other and smiled for a while.

Even though we haven't seen each other for a few days, why does it feel like a long time has passed?

After laughing, Yan Xining knelt obediently in the imperial study.To tell the truth, he felt a little nervous, not knowing why the emperor called him here.

Emperor Pingyuan saw Yan Xining in rough clothes, and thought of the two children, one of whom was helping the disaster outside the city and the other was emptying his family to save people. His voice could not help but slow down a bit: "Princess Rong, I ask you. The person who proposed to take in the victims Is it you or Rong Chuan?"

Yan Xining was a little puzzled, but she still answered honestly: "Reporting to the Emperor Father was proposed by the son-in-law."

Emperor Pingyuan walked back and forth a few steps: "Why did you think of taking in the victims?"

Yan Xining said embarrassingly: "I have no ambitions, I just want to live a stable life in this life. On that day, I saw the prince leaving home to provide disaster relief regardless of safety, so I thought about doing something. Rong Chuan knows that disaster relief is inconvenient. People, it's easier for Erchen to move around with healthy hands and feet than him. If you can help one, it's one..."

The more he talked, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he asked weakly: "Father, but my son did something that shouldn't be done?"

Emperor Pingyuan laughed: "No, you've done a good job. You're right. People with disabilities rushed to the embankment of the Minjiang River. How can people with able-bodied hands and feet lie down and let others come to rescue them?"

After a pause, the smile on Emperor Pingyuan's face turned into anger: "But in my court, there are always some smart people who talk about benevolence and morality but don't behave like human beings!"

Yan Xining was bewildered, and he secretly looked at Ji Song.Ji Song gave him a comforting look, and Yan Xining felt relieved.

Emperor Pingyuan threw the zhezi in front of Zhou Yushi: "As a courtier, seeing the victims pouring into the capital, he didn't want to rescue the disaster and calm the people, but he was concerned about how many shops and villages King Rong has?! To tell you the truth, how many family properties does King Rong have? I understand clearly. Rong Wang’s mansion was rewarded by me, and the Zhuangzi’s shop in Wang’s mansion was given by me!”

"Zhou Yushi, you said that Rong Wang, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is responsible for the flood disaster? How long has Rong Chuan been in the Ministry of Industry?! Are you blind?"

"Where is the prince!"

Ji Nan who was called out shrank her neck: "My son is here."

Emperor Pingyuan scolded: "What did you do to flood the East Palace this time? Tell me."

Yan Xining's face changed from a confused one to a blank one, he finally understood that someone had impeached Ji Song for helping the disaster victims in the Prince Rong's mansion.He was very speechless. Are these ministers in a hurry?If you have the leisure to impeach others, why don't you go outside the city and take a look?

121. Poisonous Mushrooms

Yan Xining knelt on the ground at first, but after Emperor Pingyuan scolded the crown prince, he turned around and found him kneeling.So he bent down and helped Yan Xining up from the ground: "Yang Shunping, bring a chair for Princess Rong."

Yan Xining was overwhelmed by flattery: "Father, my son can just kneel." While speaking, Eunuch Yang had already asked the little eunuchs to move the chairs and put them behind Yan Xining.

Emperor Pingyuan pressed him on the chair, and he said with a pleasant expression, "Sit down with Rong Chuan."

What else could Yan Xining say, he could only sit down obediently.After sitting down, he suddenly felt a chill coming from the back of his hand, and when he looked down, Ji Song's hand was as cold as ice.He covered Ji Song's hands with both hands and rubbed them, then lowered his voice: "Why is it so cold?"

Even if Ji Song didn't go to battle in person, after soaking in the rain for so long, it was difficult for his body to keep warm.Feeling the warmth in his palm, Ji Song smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yan Xining smiled and shook her head: "I don't have to work hard, you have to work hard." Seeing the dirty wheelchair and muddy clothes in the imperial study, Yan Xining didn't know what kind of life Ji Song had been living these days.

Emperor Pingyuan began to scold the prince, and when he finished scolding the prince, he scolded the second prince, and after scolding the prince, he scolded the courtiers.Yan Xining was dumbfounded, it was the first time he saw Emperor Pingyuan who was so angry, it was no wonder that when the imperial army brought him into the palace, everyone's faces were livid.

Emperor Pingyuan scolded very well, and he didn't repeat his curse sentences.This made Yan Xining, who couldn't swear, admired to the extreme. It would be great if he had the level of Emperor Pingyuan.

Emperor Pingyuan was so angry that he scolded for as long as two cups of tea, which made the censors blush and the princes dejected.Hearing that Yan Xining was very angry, she deserves to be scolded for not doing anything with her salary.

After Emperor Pingyuan calmed down, he turned to Ji Song: "Rong Chuan, I haven't asked you yet, how is the embankment collapse of the Minjiang River?"

Ji Song felt that Emperor Pingyuan's face was a little blurry, he shook his head: "Report to Father, the dam has been repaired, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Song's eyes went dark, and his upper body limply fell in the direction of Yan Xining.Yan Xining only felt that Ji Song's hand sank suddenly, and he suddenly felt bad.His body was much faster than his consciousness, and when he came to his senses, he had already hugged Ji Song tightly: "Song, Song Song?"

Ji Song's eyes were closed tightly, and he was completely unconscious. No matter how Yan Xining called, he was unconscious.

Chickens and dogs jumped in the imperial study room, and the voice of Emperor Pingyuan came: "Come here, come here! Imperial doctor!"

When Ji Song woke up, it was already three days later.He opened his eyes in a daze, and the sound of Cangfeng and Xiaosong fighting came from outside the house.The cool wind blew into the room from the window, and the rain seemed to have stopped. After realizing this, Ji Song felt relieved.

Yan Xining came in with a big bowl of traditional Chinese medicine: "Songsong, are you awake? Doctor Ye is really good, he said when you wake up, you really woke up at this point."

Speaking of which, Yan Xining walked quickly to the bed, and he helped Ji Song to sit up: "Come, drink the medicine."

Ji Song was still a little dizzy: "What's wrong with me?"

Yan Xining smiled and said, "You fainted." Ji Song fainted in the imperial study, but Emperor Pingyuan was terrified.After the imperial doctor's pulse diagnosis, Ji Song was overworked and soaked in the rain for a long time and caught the wind and cold, so he collapsed due to exhaustion.

This was actually not a bad thing, Emperor Pingyuan was anxious and ashamed, he passed down an order to ask Ji Song to take good care of his body.When will the body recover, and when will I go to work in the Ministry of Industry.

Ji Song took the Chinese medicine bowl and gurgled the Chinese medicine, while Yan Xining sat by the bed and told him what had happened during this period: "After you fainted, the crown prince and the second highness opened up their lives one after another. Taking in the victims, under their leadership, many ministers in the court have money and land, and the victims have been properly resettled."

The connections and power the prince and Ji Liang had far exceeded Yan Xining's imagination. After they decided to follow Ji Song's example, within half a day, all the disaster victims inside and outside the capital disappeared.Yan Xining suffered from lack of money and food before, fearing that the people in Zhuangzi would not be able to finish their meal, but this problem was quickly and properly resolved.

With the opening of several free warehouses near the capital, everyone received enough food.Fortunately, when the flood happened, the wheat had just been harvested near the capital, and the victims could rely on the grain in the warehouse until the autumn harvest.

Of course, the food is not given to the victims for free. Chu Liao has a complete disaster relief mechanism, and those who receive the food can work as relief.After the flood receded, they had to dredge waterways and rebuild their homes under the guidance of officials.

The palace also sent generous rewards. The rewards for defeating the Liaoxia envoys hadn't been distributed yet, so they were simply distributed together with the rewards for this disaster relief.Yan Xining was surprised to find that the money they spent on disaster relief came back.

Just like what Emperor Pingyuan said, he knows more about how many backgrounds the Prince Rong's Mansion has than Ji Song and his wife.Yan Xining didn't understand it at first, but when he saw Li Liheng, he understood.Ji Song said that Li Liheng is a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and one of the people awarded to him by Emperor Pingyuan.

With a big eyeliner like Li Liheng, didn't Emperor Pingyuan know the foundation of the palace clearly?But this is a good thing, the more Emperor Pingyuan understands, the more at ease he will be with Ji Song.

After drinking a large bowl of medicine, Ji Song suffered physically and mentally.Yan Xining skillfully took out a piece of crispy plum from a jar on the side and stuffed it into Ji Song's mouth: "The crispy plum that I made a few days ago, would you like to taste it?"

Ji Song took Yan Xining's hand and put the plum in his mouth, his tongue lightly brushed Yan Xining's fingertips: "Sweet."

Yan Xining withdrew his finger as if he was electrocuted, his scalp was a little numb, why did Ji Song eat like Xiao Song and lick it?

After Ji Song finished eating a crispy plum, Yan Xining asked, "Are you hungry? Is there anything you want to eat?"

After thinking for a while, Ji Song said, "I want to eat the mushroom oil noodles you made." During the days when the embankment was blocked, his mind was tense and he didn't feel hungry.In his spare time, what he misses is the mushroom oil noodles cooked by Yan Xining.The plain mushroom oil noodles are nestled with golden-fried eggs and served with smooth noodles. One bowl makes the whole person feel comfortable.

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Okay, you lie down first." There is mushroom oil at home, so it is not difficult to make mushroom oil noodles.

Ji Song lay down for several days, and if he was asked to lie down again, he felt uncomfortable all over.So he skillfully put on his clothes and sat in the wheelchair. When he controlled the wheelchair and got under the eaves of the corridor, his pupils shrank.

Good guy, the moon lake has spread to the shore, and the koi can swim in the vegetable field.The water corridor on the west side has been flooded, but thanks to the high position of the newly built plank road, it can still pass normally.

The water surface of Lanyue Lake is several times wider than usual, and it is full of water at a glance.It's just that today's cloudy day does not see the sun. If there is sunshine at this time, you will definitely be able to see the sparkling lake.

Green smoke rose from the chimney, and the voices of Yan Xining and Bai Tao talking softly came from the kitchen.Ji Song relaxed his body and leaned back on the chair. Just as he was breathing the familiar air comfortably, he saw Ye Linfeng walking out of Plum Garden.

Ye Linfeng was carrying a big pannier on his back, his face was gloomy, and he seemed to be in a bad mood.Ji Song didn't want to get into trouble, so he greeted lightly: "Doctor Ye."

Ye Linfeng put the basket on the eaves of the verandah, and without a word, he grabbed Ji Song's veins.While feeling the pulse, he glared at Ji Song with his eyes, and Ji Song was puzzled by his stare: "Why does the genius doctor look at me like this?"

Ye Linfeng smiled but didn't smile: "Next time you try to be brave? You are amazing. There are so many officials in Chu and Liao. Without you, Ji Rongchuan will be defeated, right? Do you know your body? The situation? How dare you run on the embankment of the Minjiang River with your body? Once the embankment breaks, others can run two steps, and you can only feed the fish with your wheelchair!"

After thinking for a while, Ji Song was serious: "My wheelchair is made of iron wood, and fish shouldn't be able to eat it."

Ye Linfeng clenched his fists and endured it again and again, but finally he couldn't hold it back, he gave Ji Song a brainstorm: "Can't you eat? Fish can't eat your iron bones, can you?! Little bastard, I should have known You are so careless, when you were born, this old man shouldn't show mercy to you!"

Ji Song was taken aback: "Birth?" Could it be that what kind of friendship does Doctor Ye have with his mother?

Ye Linfeng consciously slipped his tongue, he cleared his throat: "It's nothing."

As he spoke, he sat on the other side of the corridor with his back basket in hand, and lowered his head to pour out the contents of the back basket.There was half a basket of black mushrooms in the back basket, and each mushroom had a round and full canopy, and the black canopy had dots of white dots on it, which looked really nice.

Ji Song had never seen such a strange mushroom, and he steered the wheelchair to roll to the side of the mushroom.Just as he was about to reach out and pick one up, he heard Ye Linfeng say: "Don't move, this thing is a poisonous mushroom, it will seal your throat with blood. You put it down for the old man."

Ji Song withdrew his fingers, he hadn't forgotten his purpose of coming here: "Does Doctor Ye know my mother?"

Ye Linfeng didn't deny it: "Why are you asking these things? It's all in the past."

Ji Song arched his hands: "If senior knows my mother, I would like to ask about my mother." He heard everything about my mother from Emperor Pingyuan.Emperor Pingyuan said that his mother was gentle, virtuous, dignified and generous, and she was the most gentle woman in the world.It's a pity that his relatives are not close, it's just that he has never met his mother, and there is not even a portrait of his mother in the palace.

Ye Linfeng lowered his head to deal with the mushroom: "I will tell you when the time is right. Stay away from me, I told you that the mushroom is poisonous, and you will be fainted by the poison in a while, so you can only carry it by yourself."

Hearing this, Ji Song took two steps back, and looked at Ye Linfeng with complicated eyes.Ever since he asked about his mother, Ye Linfeng didn't look up.Ye Linfeng's temperament is so perverse, he doesn't even pay attention to Emperor Pingyuan.If he really knew his mother, why didn't he talk about his mother?

Just when Ji Song wanted to ask further questions, Yan Xining came out with a large bowl of noodles: "Mushroom oil noodles are ready. I also fried matsutake with butter, come and try."

Ye Linfeng dropped the poisonous mushroom in his hand: "Oh, I like this noodle!" He quickly took away the noodles from Yan Xining's hand: "Hey, how about two poached eggs? Xi Ning, you are too kind to me. It's not in vain to go over mountains and ridges to pick mushrooms for your man."

Ye Linfeng picked up the chopsticks and ate the noodles in big mouthfuls: "Yeah, it's delicious."

Yan Xining: ...

Forget it, he'd better order another bowl of noodles.