The wife is the king of the palace

Lin Xu was also a little curious about Jin Qi's younger brother that Lin Xu had hardly met face to face, after all, Lin Xu should have stood where he was.

If it wasn't for the fire during the exam, if it wasn't for the sudden appearance of General Ghost Face, maybe he is already at the border right now.

Although he may not have the achievements of General Ghost Face, he should be a lieutenant general. Lin Xu, who has read military books and strategies, is still very confident in this.

Since breaking through the last layer of paper with Jin Qi, he has learned more and more about General Ghost Face, including many things about General Ghost Face when he was a child.

Knowing that General Ghost Face was rescued from the cold palace, but he studied with Jin Qi and Xu Lan for three or four hours, and he has achieved what he is today. Even Lin Xu had to marvel that he is a genius who leads troops to fight.

The letter sent by Jin Qi quickly received a response, General Ghost Face promised to come back, but the time was only less than half a month.Even so, Jin Qi was in a state of excitement, and since then, he couldn't do without him.

Jin Qi was very excited, and the border was not quiet. After the first month, Xia Guo didn't know what stimulated him, and he sent troops several times in a row.

When summer came in early May, there had even been three wars at the border.

During the three wars, General Ghost Face defended the border. In the last time, General Ghost Face led a large number of soldiers and chased the opponent for dozens of miles, which shocked Dayu and made many people in the court start talking about sending troops to conquer.

Before May, in April, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all waiting for the flood to finally come.

After a heavy rain that lasted for more than ten days, the water flow in many places increased significantly, so that news of floods came one after another, and the court continued to discuss this matter for more than a month.

When May was approaching, there was also news from Jingshan City that what Lin Xu and the others had been waiting for had finally happened.

An embankment at a key location in Jingshan City could not resist the torrent, and in the end it still burst, so that a large low-lying area downstream was affected.

As soon as the incident happened, Lin Xu and others gathered in the imperial study to discuss the matter that afternoon.

In the room, Jin Qi pinched the bridge of his nose while looking at the map, "I can't stop Jin Yi anymore, and now that something like this is happening, it's impossible for me not to let him go back."

The place where the incident happened was Jin Yi's territory, and he had to go back and take control of the overall situation.

After reading the information from the other station in his hand, Xu Lan's face was extremely ugly. The flood situation this time was more serious than before, because the snow fell extraordinarily thick this winter, which also made the water flow much larger than in previous years. many.

"What did the Ministry of Industry say?" Lin Xu looked at Su Fanyi, who was turning blue.

After being named, Su Fanyi glanced at Jin Qi with a livid face, and then said: "The Ministry of Industry is already sorting out, but so far no abnormalities have been found, this breach of the embankment is more like a natural formation rather than man-made. "

As soon as Su Fanyi said these words, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became more serious.If the flood was really a natural disaster and not man-made, then why did they work so hard for half a year?

Jin Qi looked up at Lin Xu, sure enough, Lin Xu's expression was also ugly at the moment.He was the one who noticed this at the beginning. If it is God's will to conclude this matter now, wouldn't it mean that Lin Xu was wrong.

Everyone was silent and stopped talking, but Jin Qi spoke at this time, he could not refuse, "Wanyu, you should allocate the relief funds first, and follow my instructions before, this time I will know the flow of every account. Clearly."

"Yes." Wan Yu agreed.

"My minister, please order me to visit again." Wu who stayed quietly at the side stood up resolutely.

Since Wu Yiran was transferred to the Ministry of Industry by Jinqi, he has been working with Su Fanyi. He is the son of a high official, and he knows a lot about the affairs of the court. He also made a name for himself, and now he is highly valued by Su Fanyi.

"No need, that's all for now." Jin Qi refused.

Jin Qi looked at Lin Xu, it wasn't that he didn't trust Lin Xu, but

It's obviously beyond their ability to do this.

It was agreed that the disaster relief funds were allotted, and Jin Yi also packed his luggage to prepare for Qichen. The only thing Jin Qi could do was to use the excuse that the ghost-faced general returned to the court to hold a celebration banquet, so that he could stay in the palace for a long time. Half a month, because Wanyu could send the money to Jingshan City before him.

Like an omen, the flood must be followed by midsummer, and the flood will cause the weather to get hotter day by day.

When General Ghost Face returned to the capital with his elite cavalry, it was obviously only May and June, but the weather was already as hot as nine dog days.

The sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear, General Ghost Face and his party entered the city and the palace amidst the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and the endless chirping of insects.

General Ghost Face's return to the capital is a major event, and most of the officials in the court came out to welcome him, among which Jin Qi was naturally inevitable.

Jin Qi hadn't seen General Ghost Face for a long time, he was going to meet him at the gate of the city, but it was too much for the emperor to go out of the city to meet the general, he was persuaded by everyone for a long time, and finally decided to stay in the palace.

General Ghost Face has guarded the border for many years, and his victories are innumerable. Even before he came back, he had only fought one battle, which added to the endless victories. His appearance made the whole capital lively like a Chinese New Year, with great momentum.

After a brief meeting, Jin Qi waved away the other officials who came to greet him, leaving General Ghost Face and Xu Lan and Lin Xu alone.

Without outsiders, Jin Qi instantly relaxed a lot, and the smile on his face became deeper.

"There is no outsider here, so just take off the mask on your face!" Jin Qi looked at General Ghost Face excitedly.

They are in the imperial garden at the moment, Jin Qi has no general mansion for the ghost-faced general to stay in the place cleaned up in the palace, and there are no outsiders at this moment, in Jin Qi's view, it is his own family talking.

General Ghost Mask is wearing a ghost mask. The mask is made of black iron with these weird patterns on it, which looks rather pervasive. Coupled with his pair of eyes that seem to have no emotion under the mask, his whole aura is even more bleak and cold. Reject people thousands of miles away.

Hearing Jin Qi's words, General Ghost Face glanced at Lin Xu, who was more than before, but he didn't move or ask.

Jin Qi noticed that the ghost-faced general was looking at Lin Xu at the side, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened a bit. Jin Qi opened his mouth to say something, but the ghost-faced general suddenly clasped his fists and said, "Since there is nothing wrong, I'm going back first."

After finishing speaking, General Ghost Face turned around and left without waiting for Jin Qi to open his mouth.

General Ghost Face doesn't need to salute in front of Jin Qi, this is Jin Qi's own decree, although it would certainly not be so courageous to change someone, but General Ghost Face is different, he doesn't seem to regard Jin Jin as the emperor.

The ghost-faced general left, and Jin Qi looked at Lin Xu with a pitiful face across his face. He was planning to introduce the two to each other.

"If the emperor is fine, I will take my leave first and leave." Lin Xu spoke calmly and moved gracefully, as if he didn't care much.

Jin Qi choked, he opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Seeing Lin Xu also turn and leave, Jin Qi took a long time to look away, and before he could speak again, Xu Nan had already left when he turned around.

The three left one after another. Jin Qi was full of bitterness and had nowhere to say it, so he went back to his bedroom and took the fish food to feed the fish. While feeding him, he thought about why he suddenly became unloving and unloving to Lin Xu. Even Xu Lan felt a little disgusted.

General Ghost Face returned to Beijing, and Jin Qi's mood was always high, and Jin Qi arranged for the celebration banquet two days later, and Jin Qi made careful preparations.

When the ghost-faced general came back, Lin Xu also went to Xu Lan to confirm Xu Jun's matter with him.

Regarding this matter, Xu Lan agreed, and he had to agree. Xu Jun was making trouble at home these days, so he couldn't be free for a moment.

Xu Jun is a smart man, he is noisy, but not too much.Knowing that his father never eats hard food, so he can be as soft as he likes, and he said something soft, and even persuaded his mother to rebel against his mother.

Xu Lan agreed, and made arrangements at home, waiting for the introduction of the celebration banquet.

On the day of the celebration banquet, Lin Xu put on the new clothes specially sent by Jin Qi and entered the palace early.

The celebration banquet was held in the imperial garden, and the palace was busy with the evening celebration banquet. Lin Xu didn't see Jin Qi when he arrived, so he found a place to cool off.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, even in the evening, the scorching heat still makes people restless.

"Why don't you go to Zhen's place to enjoy the cool air?" Jin Qi's voice sounded abruptly, and Lin Xu looked back, only to see Jin Qi, whose forehead was covered with sweat, was walking towards him.

Jin Qi didn't need to start preparing for the celebration banquet, but he couldn't calm down, so he just stood aside and watched, and he didn't find Lin Xu until he just learned that Lin Xu had entered the palace.

"The sun has set." Lin Xu had no intention of getting up.

Jinqi is the emperor's study room and resting place, and ice cubes are always placed to cool it down, which is naturally much cooler than outside.

Jin Qi wanted to say something, but when he looked up, he saw that Lin Xu didn't even have a trace of sweat on his body, so he stopped talking.

Jin Qi stepped forward and sat down in front of Lin Xu. He took Lin Xu's cup and raised his head to drink to quench his thirst.

Not long after, the sun went down and the last rays of the setting sun disappeared into the sky.The palace gradually became lively, and the ministers had already waited in the side hall, just waiting for the banquet to begin.

Jin Qi waved his hand and gave an order to let the officials outside come in, but he himself led Lin Xu and the two to sit in the back.

Naturally, there is no reason for the emperor to arrive before the officials at the court banquet, and Jin Qi is not prepared to disturb the interest of the officials.The same is true for Lin Xu. If he and Jin Qi are at this kind of banquet, all the officials will be uncomfortable.

The two sat down in the back room. Not long after, there was a burst of talking outside the door. Many officials came in, including Xu Lan's voice.Now that Xu Lan doesn't care much about court affairs, the officials are less afraid of him.

After another long time, the chief eunuch came over and said that everyone had arrived and the time had come.

Lin Xu, Jinqi and Qi glanced at the sky, and saw that the lanterns had been lit in the corridor, and the sky had turned gray, so they walked towards the imperial garden one after the other.