Qi Huang

After several days of drought in succession, the sky seemed to be gloomy, which was a harbinger of imminent rain.

When building the Supervision Department at the beginning, Xie Xuan did not ask people to plan a large area in order to make the best use of everything as soon as possible.As a result, four people squeezed in at once, and the normally adequate front hall seemed extremely small.

Bai Lu injured his muscles and bones, and was carried down on all fours. When others came to lift Ye Yi, Ye Yi refused and struggled to get up by himself.

Feng Jiuyuan struck quickly and ruthlessly, as if he knew that there were people in the courtyard, he raised his palm and went straight towards the two of them, Ye Yigen had no time to react.

For the meager self-esteem of the head of the dark pavilion, Ye Yi did not leave in despair, but put on his dislocated arm, and pretended to stand beside Qin Ting with arms folded.

It is commonly said that beating a dog depends on the owner. When Feng Jiuyuan first appeared on the stage, he slapped one of them, obviously hitting the faces of the two behind him.

Qin Ting could still greet him with a smile, but not Li Zheng.

On the square table, the four of them sat opposite each other, but because the three of them didn't deal with each other, they forcibly sat in a posture of Chuhe Hanjie, leaving gaps every other person.

Xie Xuan cleared his throat and spoke first: "What are you doing here?"

Three pairs of eyes instantly fell on Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan: "..."

Even though he was as calm as him, he felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by six eyes so bluntly.

Fortunately, Feng Jiuyuan was not an embarrassing character, he looked away after a few glances, picked up the teapot like a master, and poured a cup for each of the people sitting there, with a dignified and elegant demeanor.

"I heard that the Nanqu Canal is about to be completed, so I came here to congratulate you."

Li Zheng glanced at Qin Ting: "Same."

Qin Ting: "Look at what I do. I came here with His Highness, and I will leave together. Every brick and tile of the Supervision Department was built from the hands of the Qin family. If I can't come, there are Who can come?"

Feng Jiuyuan smiled faintly, and took Xie Xuan's hand: "So that's the case, no wonder I haven't seen you for a long time recently. You never like to bother people close to you. It's time to correct this problem in the future."

Qin Ting: "..."

Feng Jiuyuan said again: "The Feng family has lived in the cold and remote northern Xinjiang for a long time. Although the family wealth is not as good as the world's rich businessmen, they still pay some taxes to the national treasury every year. A few years ago, the Empress Dowager also said that if there is no Feng family, I am afraid that the national treasury will The money in it will be reduced by half."

Xie Xuan: "..."

"Ah-"

Suddenly there was a gust of strong wind volleying together.

The sharp-mouthed teapot placed firmly on the table suddenly trembled violently, and was tilted by the wind. It was about to fall into the hands of Feng Jiuyuan and Xie Xuan, but Feng Jiuyuan and Xie Xuan were holding each other. Stretching out his finger, he could straighten the teapot.

He turned his head and looked at the silent culprit: "Why, Master Li doesn't like this teapot?"

It is rare for Feng Jiuyuan to show his sharpness like this, and occasionally, it is very novel.Xie Xuan was still apprehensive at first, but seeing this now, a sense of nothing to do with herself gradually rose in her heart to watch the excitement.

This group of people is better than the other, he wants to see what they want to do.

"I'm not pleasing to anyone, please take care of me, my lord."

Li Zheng picked up the teacup leisurely, and in Feng Jiuyuan's sight, he poured the tea backhand.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the direction of the fall happened to be between Feng Jiuyuan and Qin Ting, and the inertia caused the tea to splash like blooming flowers.

Fortunately, Qin Ting was holding a red fan, and quickly blocked it with his eyes and hands, but Feng Jiuyuan was caught off guard, and a large piece of his drooping robe was instantly soaked.

Feng Jiuyuan raised his eyes lightly.

Li Zheng: "I'm sorry, I'm lame."

He apologized without sincerity, and poured himself another glass.He held it twice with his fingertips, as if he felt that the tea was a bit hot, so he raised his head to look left and right, and finally leaned over to take out the tea spoon that Xie Xuan had already used.

Afterwards, he twirled the tea leaves like no one else was there, stirred them a couple of times, and just as he was about to quote, a folding fan flew towards him from the side.

With a "snap", it happened to hit Li Zheng's wrist.

Li Zheng had been prepared for a long time, raised his eyes, and waved off the folding fan.However, if you can guard against a wolf, you can't guard against a tiger. Feng Jiuyuan saw the opportunity, pinched his two fingers, and came with a strong wind of internal force.

For a moment, the three of them tangled together.

It's a pity that on this small tea table, restricted by the square inch, even if the three of them had 72 changes, they couldn't make it out.A cup of cold tea was tossed back and forth in the hands of the three of them, you punched each other, and in the end most of it was spilled.

Among the three, only Li Zheng has neither internal strength nor martial arts.But even so, he still has the upper hand - at least the cup of tea is always firmly in his hand.

Exhausted of patience, Feng Jiuyuan slashed out with a palm in the air, Li Zheng dodged quickly, but he didn't notice for a while, and was attacked by Qin Ting on the other side, and the teacup flew out of his hand at a pouring angle in an instant.

Seeing that the teacup and the excellent Tieguanyin inside were about to meet the fate of being broken, outside the battle, a hand suddenly caught it.

Xie Xuan picked up the teacup, drank the remaining tea in it, and then slapped it on the table with a "thump".

He glanced around and said coldly, "Is it fun?"

The sound of war drums faded away.

But the sound of rain gradually began to patter down.

The raindrops were not heavy, only as thick as silk threads, and occasionally a few drops drifted into the window lattice.But it was indeed the first rain in months.Amidst the humming of thunder, a cool breeze came through the hall.

Xie Xuan stood under the porch, reached out to catch a few drops of rain from the tile eaves, and frowned.

He turned around and wanted to go inside to get an umbrella—he wanted to go to the embankment again.

There's something wrong with this rain.

Although it is small at the moment, it is obvious that the work on the other side of the river will not stop because of this.Even to a certain extent, it is even more necessary to continue working when it rains.Only when the river is in the rainy season can we know the maximum flow rate and how deep and high the water can be accommodated.Although some projects have already been calculated, it is not as good as the actual survey.

Xie Xuan looked back at Feng, Li, and Qin.

Besides, these three people suddenly "gathered together", how strange it looked.

He didn't believe Na Laoshizi's words of congratulations.

After half a stick of incense, the rain is like a bead curtain.

It's not Xie Xuan's style to wait any longer, he opened his umbrella, just about to leave the three of them behind and leave, but he saw a person running towards him amidst the continuous rain.

Looking at the figure, it was Qingzhu.

He didn't hold an umbrella, and he didn't use his internal strength to cut through the rain and fog. He seemed to have forgotten these things for a while, and rushed in with his eyes closed and covered in wind and rain.

He staggered, as if there was a ghost chasing after him.

Xie Xuan managed to help him up.

"Your Highness!"

In a hurry, Qingzhu didn't care, grabbed Xie Xuan's arm, panting heavily and wanted to say something, caught a glimpse of the three people from the corner of her eye, and suddenly stopped talking.

"What?" Xie Xuan frowned and said, "Speak directly."

The three people on the side heard the movement, and they came to pay attention in unison.

This time, seeing Qing Zhu's throat choked even more, and she became silent for a while.

But as long as he sees these three ancestors, Qingzhu will never forget his purpose of coming here.He grabbed Xie Xuan's arm hastily just now, but now that he thinks about it, he feels that it is too much.

But everything has been done... Moreover, he absolutely wants to keep Xie Xuan away from the three of him!

Qingzhu lowered her head, not only did not loosen her hands, but her mind was spinning fast, but her mouth seemed to be lagging behind and couldn't keep up: "Uh... Your Highness..."

What reason should I look for?

He had just heard someone say that the three ancestors had come, so he rushed back without even thinking about it, and now he didn't even think about what to say.

Xie Xuan thought that something happened to the workers, her voice became colder: "...What happened?"

The sound of rain could cover the sound of footsteps, Qin Ting approached quietly, leaned against the wall behind Xie Xuan, and fanned leisurely: "Yes, just say what you want, Your Highness doesn't know how to eat people."

Qingzhu choked out a sentence: "...Your Highness, follow me."

Feng Jiuyuan frowned: "How can a servant call himself 'I'?"

He didn't know Qingzhu, but Li Zheng could recognize it.

I saw him standing not far from Xie Xuan, first glanced lightly at the hand on Xie Xuan's arm, then hummed softly, and finally said darkly: "I'm afraid someone didn't teach it well. "

Xie Xuan: "..."

He endured the blue veins on his forehead that were about to burst, and grabbed Qing Zhu's collar: "Say."

Qing Zhu buried her head lower: "Your Highness, follow me first... the river bank, um... the river bank..."

Xie Xuan suddenly let go of his hand.

He finally understood that Qingzhu's hasty appearance seemed to be a big mess in the front-line project, but he actually had other thoughts!

If there is something wrong with the project, the construction supervisory department has already become chaotic. How can it be an outsider's turn to report it?Besides, isn't Tan Xia still following?What could a bodyguard know?

Why, worried that he would be gnawed down to the bones by those three people, so he rushed here to guard his family's wealth for his husband?

Xie Xuan endured it, but still couldn't hold it back, he couldn't help crying or laughing, he pointed his finger at the green bamboo, then pushed him away, and cursed for the first time: "Get out!"

When it comes to bows and arrows, Xie Xuan pretended to be pitiful, but also threatened and lured, which was worthy of Qingzhu's guilt.It is impossible to say that Qingzhu is completely towards him, but the things he explained have not been done yet!At least I can figure out who my current master is!

Why did they run away as if they had lost their souls when they heard the three gods coming, for fear that they would run away with others?

What do you think of Xie Xuan?

Qing Zhu was severely scolded, her head was almost buried in her arms.

One is guilt, and the other is embarrassment. He has never done this kind of thing, and he did it on behalf of his husband, and he was exposed!

Mister shouldn't blame him...

He was dejectedly reflecting over there, but he didn't know that a hidden guard squatting in the corner was casting a sympathetic look at him.

Brother, Ye Yi said silently in his heart, we share the same disease and pity each other.

I was interrupted several times to go out, and when I wanted to start again, the rain had completely poured down.

Standing in front of the rain curtain, Xie Xuan sighed sincerely.

"What should I do?" Xie Xuan looked at the three people behind who had nothing to do with him, "You all call the wind and call the rain, can you ask God to do a good job, let me go out when the rain is lighter?"

Qin Ting: "I can carry you away, I am good at lightness."

Feng Jiuyuan: "The one with Xinglan on his shoulders like an umbrella? Why don't you come with me, my sedan chair is waiting outside."

Li Zheng: "On the muddy river bank, the prince's sedan chair may not be able to walk. Xinglan, wait a moment, I will contact a thousand households in the nearby town army, and ask him to borrow some things for marching in the rain."

Xie Xuan: "..."

Destroy it!

It is said that after a long drought comes rain, and after an abnormal drought, there is a downpour.

This kind of weather is most common in valleys, and they are usually so powerful that mortals cannot contend with them.With rumbling thunder and dazzling lightning appearing alternately, Xie Xuan was thinking about the possibility of breaking out.

This rain was within his expectation.

Some time ago, he almost lived on the front line, and learned some skills of watching the weather from the working people.These ordinary people who have dealt with God all the year round can be described as superb in observing God's face.

The elder brother who leaked his words once vowed: "Within half a month, there will be floods nearby."

Right now, the big brother's prophecy is about to be fulfilled.

Xie Xuan had been waiting for this opportunity.

In the square-inch courtyard, the sound of rain and thunder mingled, and some officials also guarded the porch, watching the rain all over the place.

It is already difficult for human eyes to see whether there is anyone in the rain.

As soon as this idea came up, Xie Xuan turned his eyes, and actually caught a glimpse of a figure on the winding path.

Gu Shiqing walked slowly while holding an umbrella.

Fortunately, the paved stone road in the courtyard will not make your feet muddy.With his head buried, he carefully moved forward step by step, and finally walked in.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Gu Shiqing was taken aback.

"Lord Li...Lord Qin...Your Majesty?!" Gu Shiqing looked around, "Why, why are there so many people?"

Xie Xuan: "Don't worry about it, why, what's the matter with you coming back now?"

Gu Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not that...the rain was too heavy. I taught the supervisor to take the workers to rest a quarter of an hour ago. It would be bad if something happened to such a heavy rain."

"Has the embankment been artificially reinforced?"

"Yes..." Gu Shiqing nodded, suddenly keenly felt that his back was like a light, and he raised his eyes blankly, and happened to meet the gentle but sharp eyes of Feng Jiuyuan who was closest to him.

He shuddered, suddenly remembering the stupid thing he did before.I thought, the Ninth Prince wouldn't know that rebellious thing I said once!

It's over!We have to change the subject quickly!

"That's right, Your Highness!"

Gu Shiqing suddenly leaned down and made a bow to draw a clear line with Xie Xuan, "Well, isn't the South Canal about to be connected and the boat launched? To be sure, Master Yu and I are discussing to find a gentleman who is proficient in Fengshui Come and see, it can be regarded as a prize."

Saying this, regardless of Xie Xuan's reaction, she turned around and shouted into the rain: "Sir, come in now! Your Highness agrees!"

Xie Xuan: "..."

When did I agree!

Finding someone to share the pot is not like this!

I don't know how the man hiding behind the rain heard the shouts in the rain that was falling like arrows.

He walked slowly through the archway outside the courtyard.

I don't know whether it was because of the heavy rain that he couldn't see the road clearly, or because the irregular stone bricks affected his pace, so he walked extremely slowly.Like a toddler just learning to walk.

The torrential rain was deep, and he was dressed in dazzling white clothes, as if borrowing a beam of light from heaven and earth.

Gu Shiqing was still saying: "This Mr. Feng Shui has a handicap and walks a bit slower, Your Highness... Your Highness?"

While speaking, Gu Shiqing suddenly noticed that Xie Xuan was in a daze.

what happened?

Is it because this gentleman can't find it well?Or did his actions displease Xie Xuan just now?

Gu Shiqing was puzzled.

He tried to find the answer from the eyes of everyone behind him.

However, in the silence, a waiter was the first to speak out.Gu Shiqing remembered that this person was the assassin who cut him once, named Qingzhu.

Qingzhu's eyes widened, her voice was so high that she almost lost her voice: "Sir?!"

In the narrow main hall, there were two more people.

Gu Shiqing was dragged away by Qingzhu and Ye Yi, and went to the back room, he was still inexplicable and reluctant when he left.

Before the table, the last gap was finally filled.

The thunder is about to tear up three mountains, and the sound of torrential rain is like pouring down hundreds of rivers.The last ray of light in the sky was also swallowed by billowing thunderclouds.

The wind is rustling.

Facing the four people, Xie Xuan put down the teacup in his hand, and said slowly: "Why don't we eat first?"