Fengmou in troubled times

In the 29th year of Cangjue Zhaodi, the eighth day of the first lunar month.Fangshou, the king of Gaoshan County, was ordered to go to Beijing to face the saint, presenting umbrellas for the people who were hit by floods around the Gao River. What he praised was not the achievements of the local officials, but to express the people's admiration for Emperor Zhao and King Xiuze who went to relieve the disaster. Feelings.

Emperor Zhao received the memorial from Baili to Beijing in a hurry. Originally, Longyan Dayue specially ordered the Second Prince Fang Liancheng to go out of the city to greet him on his behalf. Unexpectedly, when King Yaoshan drove to Luoyan Mountain outside Liangcheng, the imperial capital, he was killed by a group of people. The bandits stopped.Fortunately, Gao Shanwang's elite soldiers defended Gao Shanwang, who was not seriously injured, with one soldier as ten, and only then did they arrest the bandits.Those gangsters wanted to live a hard life in the mountains, but they didn't notice the sign of the government office on the mountain king's car, so they provoked the officials in a panic. Instead of robbing gold and silver as they wished, they were tied up and escorted to Beijing.

Hearing that King Gaoshan was seriously injured when he met bandits outside the city, Emperor Zhao was worried about King Gaoshan’s injury, and ordered the Imperial Hospital to appoint Yi Qingxing’s disciple, King Xiuze Fang Linyuan, to take care of King Gaoshan on his behalf. Instead, the arrested gangsters were handed over to the Fourth Prince Fang Jinghui for trial.

Although Fang Hua didn't reveal it on the face, but no one in the capital knew that it was the second prince's father-in-law Liu Xiao, British Duke Liu Xiao who led the troops to wipe out the bandits in Luoyan Mountain Langya Village before the New Year. His Majesty reduced the patrolling force outside the city.It has only been peaceful for more than ten days now, and there is news of bandits robbing, and they are bold enough to rob the clan's children, His Majesty can't get over it, naturally Longyan is furious, and the officials are on holidays It was also shortened by seven or eight days, so I had to go back to the yamen and handle my errands carefully.

However, Fang Shou, who was ordered to live in Xiuze Palace to heal his wounds at ease, lived a very comfortable life.

"Ayin, Ayin, I want to eat the chicken sauce gauze noodles you made for His Highness the Seventh Prince tonight!" In the backyard of Prince Xiuze's mansion, Fang Shou, the "seriously injured" king of Yaoshan who was rumored to be seriously injured, was following On the back of Feng Yinran's buttocks, he said, "I'm a wounded man, even Your Majesty wants me to eat and drink well so that I can recover quickly. You won't even listen to His Majesty's words, will you?"

The servants of Prince Xiuze's mansion had been ordered by the steward, and they did not dare to comment on the fact that Feng Yinran was Wang Shuhou of Rongshao Kingdom, and Fang Shou had only been here for a short time, so they didn't know that he had wanted to marry him. What is the real identity of Ah Yin who is employed as a cook? "I'm talking about the prince of the county, how can anyone bravely kill the enemy and get twice stabbed, still alive and kicking and enjoy the food and wine every day?" Feng Yinran finally found a travel note that he hadn't read before on the bookshelf. Fang Shou, who was behind him, took a book and sat down by the stove, "Besides, the cooks and servants in the mansion are available for you, the prince of the county. If you want to eat a bowl of noodles, what's the difficulty?"

Fang Shou touched his nose, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he could still hear the strong rejection in Feng Yinran's words. "Those stupid servants, how can you have better craftsmanship than Ah Yin? The bowl of chicken sauce gauze noodles you made for His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince in Yaoshan City, just smelling the fragrance can make people salivate !” He said, Shi Shiran sat on the chair opposite Feng Yinran, and took tea to drink, totally ignorant of politeness and self-restraint, “Let me tell you, Ah Yin, if one day you stop being an assistant, You can open a restaurant, with your craftsmanship, you can keep your customers like a cloud and make money every day."

Staff?It turns out that in Fang Shou's eyes, his lazy appearance can be counted as Lin Yuan's staff.Feng Yinran shook her head when she heard this, but she smiled without saying a word, she just flipped through the book in her hand, seeming to concentrate on reading it.

Fang Shou looked at Feng Yin's side face like a jade carving, the first person who shocked him when he came to Beijing this time was Ah Yin who took off his veil.He thought, in a trance, he complained that he shouldn't speak freely. He had already guessed about Ah Yin's identity. If he was lucky enough to guess, the mere word "staff" would be too insulting to Ah Yin. .It seems that there is no Ah Dian around to help him control his mouth, I am afraid that Fang Shou will only realize later if he offends someone in the future. "A Yin, I was talking nonsense just now, you are not angry, are you?"

Looking up at Fang Shou with a funny face, Feng Yin ran the pages of the book and said, "Your Highness speaks like this, as if he is apologizing to a girl he likes. Calm down?"

"A Yin, you know I don't mean that!" Fang Shou rubbed his hands anxiously, "Speaking of which, you are somewhat similar to that guy A Dian, and you can't refute it with your eloquent tongue. Anyway, I can't say no to you. I should have known about Ah Dian." Just bring Dian together to help me out."

Seeing that Fang Shou's cheeks were flushed as he spoke, he really looked a bit embarrassed when he was bullied by others with his clumsy tongue and tongue.Feng Yinran looked funny, and couldn't help laughing when thinking of Song Dian who was often scolded by Fang Shou by jumping up and down in anger. "As if I could really bully you."

But Fang Shou seemed to take it seriously, got up and rushed towards the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk. "No, no, no, I have to write a letter to call A Dian over to help. I can't do anything about you alone. If you add His Highness Seven, you will kill me just by talking about it!"

"What are you talking about so lively?"

The two who were talking and laughing looked up at the door together, only to see Fang Linyuan who had just come back from the palace in the afternoon, walking in without taking off his court clothes, presumably something important happened in the palace. "Our Yaoshan King misses Master Song Dian and is about to fall ill. You should think of a way to transfer Master Song back to Beijing earlier, so that you can relieve the suffering of the county prince's lovesickness." Feng Yinran looked teasingly while speaking. Glancing at Fang Shou, pretending that he didn't see Fang Shou's furious appearance, he turned around and poured hot tea to warm Fang Linyuan's hands, "How is the situation in the palace still calm? The incident of the reappearance of the thief caused a lot of uproar, and even several military camps around the capital were alarmed, but what did you find out?"

Fang Linyuan cleaned his hands and drank hot tea. The steward had asked the eldest maid Shu Lan to bring over the ordinary clothes she wore at home, and waited for Fang Linyuan to change clothes in the suite before she came out to sit down and talk. "Although those captured bandits kept saying that loyalty was the most important, they gradually lost their courage when they saw the various instruments of torture in Dali Temple. They have already confessed that they hid years ago and pretended that the cottage was destroyed by a My lord's bribe." Fang Linyuan doesn't have a serious official position yet, and going to court is just a matter of occasion, not comparable to Fang Jinghui, the fourth prince, who has painstakingly prepared for a long time for the British Duke's case.

"I don't know who sent the whistleblowing letter to Brother Sihuang through Dali Temple, asking him to avenge the soldiers in the Gyeonggi military camp who were deducted from their salaries." The Ministry of War was originally in charge of the fourth prince Fang Jinghui, but Within a month, the British government requested an order to suppress the bandits, and this was responsible for a month's rations and the transfer of sergeants.After all, the British Duke is very old, and he never thought that he would fall into the trap that Fang Jinghui had set up long ago. "The matter of private use of food and salaries is true. The British public cannot argue with a hundred words. They have already been thrown into prison, waiting for the father to deal with it. Even the second brother who pleaded for him was reprimanded by the father and relieved of his previous job in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. "

If it wasn't for pretending to be injured, Fang Shou would definitely have entered the palace to watch this good show. "The Fourth Prince's investigation is really clean and quick. I only sent the bandits to Beijing on the night of the eighth day of the lunar new year. Today is only the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and he has already investigated the matter to the bottom. It is inevitable that people will suspect that this is intentionally framed." As Fang Shou was speaking, seeing Feng Yinran looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help curling his lips and said, "Why, I'm not allowed to be smart again? I just don't understand why the Fourth Prince is in such a hurry to pull it off since he has been planning for so long. But what about Duke Ying and the second prince behind him? Are you not afraid of appearances?"

"You're right. Maybe Brother Fourth Emperor has other plans..." Fang Linyuan pondered for a moment, tapped the table with his fingertips, and thought of something, "The British Duke's case seems to be closed. , but the bandits in Langya Village haven't been cleaned up yet. Brother Sihuang may want to take this opportunity to lead troops out of the city to suppress them. Although he was in the Ministry of War before, he didn't have a tiger amulet in his hand, so he couldn't mobilize the soldiers in the Jingji camp. "

Tiger Talisman... Deploying troops... Fang Linyuan thought about it, dipped his hand in tea and wrote a wooden word on the table, and Feng Yinran, who was opposite, added a word on the outside of the wood for him.The two looked at each other, and both laughed, already understanding what the other was thinking.Fang Shou on the side was confused, "Sleepy? Don't just laugh, what is the relationship between this word and what we just said?"

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Feng Yinran intentionally put on an unfathomable look, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, our guess is right, we will have an answer within a few days."