[Qing Dynasty] "Gege" is polite
Chapter 37
When Shang Zhilong came home, his face was not very pretty.
Over the years, the emperor seems to trust him on the surface, but in fact he still has suspicions about him.He knew that before he went to Beijing, He Shuo Gege died first, and then lost his child. All of these can be combined to determine that there is something wrong with Shang Zhilong's surrender.But Shang Zhilong has nothing to do, the events of the past happened one after another, and when he finds something is wrong, it will not be easy to investigate further.
"What is madam doing?" Shang Zhilong went back to the study to change clothes, and casually asked about his wife's condition.The attendant said in a low voice, "Madam said she is unwell and is resting in the house."
Shang Zhilong was worried, and hurried to the main courtyard.His current wife only got married three years after he entered Beijing, she married a clan, and she looks good.The relationship between the husband and wife is considered harmonious, but suddenly knowing that his wife is ill, Shang Zhilong is also worried.
Shang Zhilong had a heroic face and a tall appearance. His hurried walking posture brought a breeze to the main courtyard.The maid guarding the door raised the curtain to let Shang Zhilong in.And his lovely wife, Tong Jiashi, was lying on the bed and sleeping in a daze, her soft and beautiful appearance was really touching.
After being appeased by Haosheng, Tong Jia suddenly said, "Husband, I remember, in a few days, it will be the anniversary of my sister's death. Do you want to offer incense to my sister?" In the past, Shang Zhilong always went, this time This is no exception, even the adopted daughter is also a princess of the royal family, and he even set up a longevity card for her in the temple.
After Shang Zhilong left, Tong Jia's complexion became ugly. She pulled the handkerchief and summoned the maid, "Go over there and see if you found anyone this month?" When the maid came to report, Tong Jia Only then did he know that the man had disappeared.This news made her even more resentful than the fact that Shang Zhilong was going to worship his ex-wife just now.
When Tong Jiashi married Shang Zhilong, she was tender and affectionate, but as time went by, she gradually discovered that although Shang Zhilong had no impression of his former wife.But for his lost daughter, he sighed and sighed. Occasionally, he would go into hysteria when he was drunk, which made her feel like a knife was piercing her heart.
She has never had children, and Shang Zhilong has two other sons under her knees.She hoped and hoped, until now four or five years ago, there is still no one child and a half daughter. Although Shang Zhilong loves her, she can't stop her concubines from becoming pregnant one by one. Feeling resentful, I found people a few years ago and asked them to drive out people with similar appearances from the capital one by one.Even if there is even a possibility, they will not allow people to enter Beijing.
After using all kinds of methods, they didn't really hurt people's lives. Tong Jia's small methods have never been discovered by Shang Zhilong, and he has gradually become accustomed to it, and even takes pleasure in this matter every month.As long as she thinks how many of them may be Shang Zhilong's daughter, Tong Jiashi will be happy.
It's just that this matter was discovered all of a sudden!Tong Jiashi was worried and became seriously ill a few days later.
The turmoil in Shang's mansion has nothing to do with Zhenbei Le's mansion.Yinzhen's people stopped when they found out about Shangfu. If Kangxi found out that Yinzhen had something to do with Shang Zhilong, it would not be a good thing for Yinzhen.As for what Shang Zhilong's wife did, naturally it will not be found on the woman's head, but as a husband, Shang Zhilong will have a hard time in the next few days.
As for how these Xiasanjiu who wandered around the capital couldn't recognize the difference between Wen Liang, I can only say that Wen Liang's disguise every time he went out was too ordinary and in place, and the streets near Baylor's mansion were their forbidden area, which is why they made a fuss. Such an oolong.
Wen Liang didn't know what was going to happen next, and didn't intend to continue exploring.Since Yinzhen intervened, he would clean up everything.With his ability, this is just a trivial matter.
After the third month of Yangchun, Wen Liang guessed the time, now it is the 41st year of Kangxi, and it has been a few years since he came here.Kangxi's emphasis on Yinzhen is no longer just on the surface. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Industry and others made Kangxi furious for building houses for corruption. After that, many things were handed over to Yinzhen, and Yinzhen arranged them properly.Afterwards, no one in the capital was heard of freezing to death. Kangxi was overjoyed because of this, and he praised Yinzhen a lot, and he even gave numerous awards at the annual banquet.
It's just that the deeper Yinzhen's position in Kangxi's heart, the more people will see Yinzhen's dissatisfaction. The prince's dissatisfaction with Yinzhen is no longer just hidden in his heart, but expressed openly.Last month, the crown prince entertained all the brothers in the East Palace, and he embarrassed Yinzhen at the banquet. If it weren't for Yinhu and others to fight, it is unknown how it would end up.Kangxi knew about this incident, scolded all the elder brothers who participated in the banquet, and closed the door for three days.
Yinzhen didn't feel much in the past three days, he should eat and drink, which made the waiters heave a sigh of relief.
Although Wen Liang never took the initiative to inquire, but the news was still coming to him continuously.Now in the front yard, besides Yinzhen, Wen Liang can be regarded as the first one who keeps his word.
It's not difficult to guess Yinfeng's mind, he could bear Yinfeng's presumptuousness, but he couldn't hold back Yinzhen's sudden rise.Yinfeng's provocative confidence partly stems from his elder brother's identity and concubine Hui. After all these years, Yinfeng has already gotten used to it.But Yinzhen was the one who always followed behind him silently, so suddenly, it seemed that he had poked his trachea, it was unbearable.
The man who was the proud son of heaven from birth, finally discovered at the age of [-] that for Kangxi, nothing could compare to sitting on the throne, and it was indeed a bit too late.
Wen Liang just thinks that the prince is a person who was fooled by Kangxi in the first half of his life and fooled by his brothers in the second half of his life. He is not out of his mind, but... not everything can follow his mind, and a good hand can turn into a bad one. Turning around and starting over is not for everyone.
"Gege, Lord Baylor is here to invite you."
Su Peisheng personally came to invite Wen Liang, this is the norm these days.Now in Baylor's mansion, Yinzhen must have a warm and cool figure at all the meetings where Yinzhen will call his staff, and the staff in the mansion have long been used to it.
After Wen Liang got up and changed her clothes, she went to the outer study.
Today's Yinzhen is more like his home in the outer study. No matter when he comes back, the first thing he does is to go back to the outer study, then go to the inner courtyard to sit, occasionally look at the children, and return to the main courtyard at night.
Wen Liang heard that Yinzhen eats fast on the first and fifteenth day of every month, as if he really started to indulge in Buddhism.This is not just a gesture, Wen Liang knows that Yinzhen really admires Buddhism and Taoism.
When he went to the outer study, it happened that Dai Duo had also arrived, the two of them went in together, Shen Zhu and others were also there.This time Yinzhen invited quite a few people, and after taking their seats one after another, they had nothing to say to each other, after all, the rightful lord hadn't appeared yet.
It was exactly a quarter of an hour later when Yinzhen came in.
His expression was indifferent, and he couldn't tell what he was going to discuss. The faint coercion on his body made people dare not look directly at him, with an inexplicable oppression.
This is the four Baylor in the weekdays.
Wen Liang watched Yinzhen come in, and suddenly had this idea in his heart, it seemed that Yinzhen's personality would always be much gentler in private.
Not to mention Shen Zhu, but even Dai Duo, they usually treat Yinzhen in awe.This is not due to the fear of identity and background, but the feeling of Yinzhen.
Four Baylor, always with an unfathomable feeling.He suddenly remembered what Dido had said.
It was on the way back side by side, Dai Duo and Wen Liang were talking casually, and for some reason suddenly brought up this topic, "If it is a character like Babeile, after contacting him, you will know that this person is with the city. All of them felt confused and did not dare to go deeper."
"But Lord Baylor is different. He is the kind of person who stings at the first touch, with the illusion of innate fear. But after a long time of contact, he thinks that he is a sincere and down-to-earth person." He faced the warm and cold Eyes said, "This is indeed the truth, but the frightening thing is that Lord Baylor has easily integrated these two different temperaments together. I will never see through Lord Baylor."
At that time, Wen Liang had only one thought after listening to it, "Aren't you afraid that I and Lord Baylor will inform you when you tell me this?"
Dai Duo laughed freely, "If you really do this, it can only prove that I have misunderstood Miss Wen's character. If you do this, you deserve to die."
Thoughts came back here, Wen Liang realized that the conversation had already begun, and his eyes fell on Yinzhen's face calmly, seemingly calm, but he was actually concentrating on trying to get what he just said from their conversation. topic of.
Yinzhen has noticed that eyes have been falling on him since just now, and that feeling is very strange, making him frown and glance at the people in the room, and then find the warmth and coolness looking at him openly.His face was as usual, wearing a cold mask, causing the others to stop talking following his movements.
"Master Baylor..." Dai Duo tried to speak, but he stared at Miss Wen. Could there be something inappropriate?But then he found out that although it was said that Yinzhen was staring at Wen Liang, in fact, it wasn't Wen Liang who was staring at Yinzhen.
Cough, it's kind of weird.
Wen Liang said very calmly, "Cai was distracted just now, so he didn't dare to express his opinion."
Dai Duo and the others were relieved. It turned out that Lord Belle was planning to ask Wen Liang to make a suggestion just now, but it's really rare for Miss Wen to lose her mind, which made them a little bit dumbfounded.
After all, the only person who can stare directly at Lord Belle like this is Miss Wen.They usually don't stare into Lord Baylor's eyes when they talk to Yinzhen. They don't have the guts to say that it's against the rules.It might be a bit embarrassing to say such a thing, a few of them big men are not as good as a girl like Wen Liang, but that is actually the case.
They won't panic about the future for the sake of their so-called face.
Yinzhen nodded, accepting the statement, and then said, "I called you here today to discuss the flight route."
As soon as the word route was uttered, Wen Liang's expression became serious.
This is a surprising thing, he thought that Yinzhen had shelved his suggestion a long time ago, but he didn't expect that after a few years, it was Yinzhen who brought up this matter again.
Shen Zhu was the first to say, "Master Baylor, you mean to send someone to open up the route in private?"
Dai Duo went on to say, "Opening a route requires a lot of manpower, money and material resources, such a big move will definitely attract the attention of other elder brothers, not to mention that the imperial court was proposing to ban the sea a few days ago, if at this juncture Making noise is really bad for Lord Baylor."
Yinzhen waved his hand and said calmly, "What I mean is to privately fund the caravan to go to sea, but this matter has been completed, and the final result has come out."
Everyone present, including Wen Liang, was a little surprised.
Ever since Wen Liang started advising Yinzhen, he began to pay attention to this matter. After all, there has been a constant influx of foreign goods in the capital over the years, and that kind of strange things really attract the attention.It's just that at the very beginning, Yinzhen didn't really take this matter to heart.
The Qing Empire is a kingdom of heaven. Even though there are other countries overseas with different cultures, there is nothing worth introducing to the Qing Dynasty.The Qing Dynasty possessed a huge land in the Central Plains, and the overseas countries were nothing but barbarians, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
Therefore, in the years when Kangxi began to value certain missionaries gradually, and his attitude towards missionaries was slightly relaxed, Yinzhen still maintained the same attitude towards this matter.Not only him, from Yinxuan to Yinhu, there is almost no one who does not have such thoughts, and occasionally talks about the countries on the sea, for them, it is a wasteland.
Until that day, he saw something called a globe in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Seemingly an ordinary instrument, the round and glossy sphere is set off by the black and red frame, with a natural beauty.The spheres are marked in detail with the hitherto known countries and large areas of ocean.For a moment, he suddenly realized that apart from the Qing Dynasty, there were indeed other such large lands. This strange feeling hit Yinzhen, and he began to value Wen Liang's suggestion.
Find a fleet, become the benefactor behind the scenes, and then ask them to go to sea to bring news from overseas.Yinzhen started to work on this matter two years ago, and it started to pay off recently.
The court’s current ban on the sea is very hot, the reason is still the old saying, Japanese pirates are rampant along the coast, anti-Qing and Ming-ming forces hide in the sea, avoiding the court’s investigation, and fishermen’s identities are difficult to discipline, which is another difficult thing.Yinzhen was originally one of the supporters.
Wen Liang pursed his lips and said, "Master Belle, did the sea voyage gain unexpected benefits?" Yinzhen nodded lightly and asked Su Peisheng to bring everything up.
Among the dazzling array of things, one of the dark things attracted everyone's attention.Among the staff, a middle-aged man named Ma Yuan was the first to say, "Lord Baylor, what is this?" surprise.
Yinzhen picked up the thing and said in a low voice, "This thing is a Western gun, which is more powerful than the blunderbuss deployed by the army today. And Westerners don't have much restriction on this thing for the time being, and it is also being reformed. "
Shen Zhu murmured, "If that's the case, people from Western countries and other countries should be careful." This gun is much smaller than a blunderbuss, if it is hidden anywhere on the body, it is difficult to find it.Moreover, very few people in the Qing Dynasty could obtain such things, so it would not be a good thing if such goods entered the country.
Yinzhen's voice became colder, "When you saw this thing, your first reaction was to close the door and let them continue to develop?" Although it is impossible for Yinzhen to change his mind because of one or two voyages, the ever-growing West Ocean Things are indeed eye-opening.If you look closely, if they have a dispute with the Qing Dynasty, are they really comparing guns with bows and arrows?
Dai Duo touched his chin, and said suddenly, "Master Belle intends to introduce beneficial things from the West, so that he can use them for his own use?"
Yinzhen nodded.
Wen Liang was listening and knew Yinzhen's general thoughts.He didn't expect that Yinzhen was really interested in sailing, and put a lot of effort into it.Throughout the ages, except for the stage starting from the Tang Dynasty, there has been little attitude of acceptance.Even the Ming Dynasty sailed to the West many times, and they also carried the pride of the celestial kingdom to promote the country's prestige.As the feudal system deepens, self-pride and contempt become more serious, which only leads to more and more narrow-mindedness.
Yinzhen only pays attention to utensils, not to ideological matters, Wen Liang has already felt it.It is impossible for any person born in feudalism to accept those emerging ideas, not to mention that it is almost impossible for a person who is a vested interest and can confront the entire class.Today, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is still weak, unable to really promote change. If it weren't for this, Wen Liang would really feel ready to move.
He can't do it, but Yinzhen has such capital.
"Sir, what do you think about this?" After a while, there are very few people in the staff who accept Western culture, only Dai Duo and a few people, and most of them still have a vigilant attitude towards this, and it is even more unacceptable. Alien barbarians.
Wen Liang said, "I think that Master's idea is correct. Changes will prevail, and generalizations will last for a long time. It is impossible to stagnate." As long as Yinzhen is wary of Xiyang, as long as Yinzhen does not maintain a complete attitude towards Xiyang He will of course support the attitude of resistance.
When the debate ended, there was a bit of anger between each other, but when it really came to an end, they all returned to normal.Such is the case with discussions. It is impossible for everyone to have the same opinion. Different people debate and come to different conclusions. It is also a process that can be considered by the superior.
Yinzhen is exceptionally magnanimous in this regard.
"Miss Wen, Miss Wen..." Dai Duo caught up with Wen Liang and said through a gap of greenness, "Did you really think so of what you said in the study just now?" A point raised in the debate.
Wen Liang believes that in the next few decades, the power of the navy will receive more and more attention.A country that does not develop a navy will inevitably fall behind in the future.Although the staff members have long been accustomed to Wen Liang's straightforward way of speaking, it is rare for him to be so forcefully emphasized on one thing.
Dai Duo couldn't see Yinzhen's thoughts, but he felt that Lord Belle must be grateful for this.It's just that it's impossible for him to go to Yinzhen for comparison, so he can only come to find Wenliang.
Wen Liang said indifferently, "It's natural, things will always change. Like the dynasties of the past and present, even if there is no problem with the neighboring countries, there will be wars within a hundred years. Now all countries are developing, and the Qing Dynasty is powerful. But the Western countries are also catching up, do you really think that the Qing Dynasty in a hundred years will be the same as it is today?"
"If it really remains the same, it will not be a good thing for the Qing Dynasty." The country is always developing in motion. If it does not change for a hundred years, those once advanced systems will gradually decay, and those clear and bright ideas will age and decay, and eventually lead to annihilation. the result of.
"Sir is right."
The sudden appearance of Yinzhen's cold voice made Dai Duo tremble violently, and when he turned around, he saw Yinzhen pacing forward, as if he had heard the whole process of them.The attendants behind him all lowered their heads and said nothing, making Dai Duo hesitate a bit.
The topic they just talked about is really a bit thrilling.
Wen Liang glanced at Yinzhen calmly, leaned over and said, "Could it be possible that Master Baylor still remembers the wine that I owe you?"
"Since Mr. remembers, it would be great." Yinzhen's tone softened, giving Dai Duo a feeling of spring breeze blowing on his face. He stood there for a while, thinking that something was wrong with him.
Yin Zhen and Wen Liang left together, Dai Duo stood on the spot and patted his head, and decided to go back to find Shen Zhu for a drink to refresh his mind.Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Shen Zhu's place, he was teased by Shen Zhu, "You chased after Miss Wen just after you left the house. Could it be that you really have a crush on Miss Wen? If so, don't wait any longer. , Miss Wen is now 20 years old."
Dai Duo threw up his sleeves and left, showing by action that he would not conspire against a friend, and then drank silently in the yard. Could it be that the relationship between him and Miss Wen was really so...cough, but he really didn't have that kind of thought about Miss Wen .It's a sin, a sin, it's better not to get too close to Miss Wen in the future, so as not to have a bad influence on Miss Wen.
When Wen Liang and Yinzhen arrived at the small courtyard together, Zhu Bao was terrified. What's the matter with this natural feeling of getting along with each other? The two masters are not gentle people!
Wen Liang said to Zhu Bao, "Dig out a few jars of the wine buried years ago and see the situation." Although it is true that Wen Liang drank less often after he stopped drinking, the habit of making wine still remained. It's okay to have a drink once in a while.Zhu Bao was ordered to lead people to dig under the tree for a long time, and came out holding the wine jar with fresh mud.
Wen Liang patted open a jar of wine, and the sweet smell wafted out, it was done.
He doesn't brew much every year, but he keeps two altars each time.Most of the wines get better with age, Wen Liang wanted to know if the same is true for this type of wine.After he counted half of it, Wen Liang asked someone to cover it back with soil.Seeing the servants digging and covering the soil, Wen Liang had an inexplicable thought that if he planted crops here, he wondered if it would be successful, and the land had been loosened many times.
"Mr. Wen?" Yinzhen asked slightly puzzled, "Are you feeling unwell today?"
On weekdays, the concentration of Wen Liang's spirit can be said to be rare.But today, he was distracted frequently, which was strange.
Wen Liang frowned slightly, as if he didn't notice anything wrong.He raised his hand and touched his forehead, and the sleeves that fell from his wrists fell to his elbows, revealing his fair complexion.Even in the summer, Wen Liang wears women's clothes with the thickest fabrics, and the skin color on her body is rarely exposed to the outside world, so it is a bit dazzlingly white.
"Master, someone has a fever."
Yinzhen's vision was still white, and he was caught off guard by Wen Liang's indifferent words, as if he was saying that the weather is very good today.Yinzhen couldn't help showing a delicate look, with helplessness hidden between his brows, "Sir, your body seems to be unable to withstand such a toss."
When Yinzhen asked Su Peisheng to preach to the doctor, he still heard Wen Liang's serious explanation, "Master Baylor's words are wrong, so-and-so didn't make a fuss, only twice." Then Yinzhen bumped into him both times.
After the doctor came over, he opened a bunch of medicinal herbs that felt astringent and bitter in his mouth after looking at them, and sent the doctor away calmly, and then discussed with Luyi, "One bowl a day."
Luyi smiled softly, "Ge Ge, the doctor said it was twice a day." She went out with the prescription, and had to rush to get the medicine, and then boiled the medicine for Wen Liang.
Wen Liang sat on the spot, the sun slanted in from the window, and fell scatteredly on Wen Liang's body, his side face in the shadow seemed to have an inexplicable feeling of grievance, which made Yinzhen laugh.
I never thought that Mr. Wen would reject bitter medicine so much.
At the beginning, Wen Liang accepted the fact that the good medicine was bitter, but after a few months of continuous broken hand, since then, he developed an inexplicable sense of resistance to the word "good medicine", which is indeed very pitiful.
"Sir, good medicine tastes bad, so you can't take it casually." Yinzhen said.
"Someone knows." Wen Liang nodded, but it's a pity that the greenery is strict, otherwise the trees outside would be a suitable place.
Not long after Yinzhen left, there was a smell of medicine in the house. Wen Liang smelled the smell, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and decided to pretend that he didn't know it. It was reasonable to have a good rest. When Wen Liang woke up, it was night again.
As time passed, the night in late spring still had a slightly cool arc, and I was sweating from sleeping in Wenliang. I got up, wiped my body, changed my clothes, and decided to move a chair to sit outside.Luyi Zhu Bao couldn't persuade her, so she took a small blanket to cover Wen Liang, for fear that she would catch typhoid fever again in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, after sitting down, Wen Liang didn't make any fuss, and slowly swayed the chair, then looked up at the stars, with a contented appearance rather comfortable.
By the time Wen Liang recovered from his illness, it was already April and May, and Kangxi was escaping the summer outside the Great Wall, and another day of ordering elder brother to accompany him began. Fortunately, Yinzhen was selected again, and then he packed up and went out.With the departure of the owner of the Baylor Mansion, the Four Baylor Mansions became quiet again.
After Yinzhen left, Wen Liang began to focus on sailing.Now that Yinzhen has begun to attach importance to this matter, then Wen Liang may have a certain idea.In ten or eight years, he may be able to go to sea, but he doesn't know how the current sailing technology is.
Wen Liang was thinking like this, but the gestures of his hands were non-stop. Zhu Bao came in to pour tea, and he was not surprised to see Wen Liang holding a pen in his left hand.When we first met, I couldn't understand why Gege wanted to practice his left hand. Later, after Wen Liang's arm was injured, Zhu Bao watched Wen Liang continue to write vigorously without restriction, and suddenly felt that Wen Liang was farsighted and thoughtful, and he really was all-rounder.
After finishing what he was about to write, Wen Liang stopped his movements and stretched his muscles a little.He went straight to the house to change clothes, and then prepared to go outside for a walk.Speaking of which, after so many years in ancient times, Wen Liang found that what he was most used to was dressing up and changing clothes.Different occasions have different attire, and now it is not a big deal to change into ten sets of clothes a day.
Traveling in the warm and cool, the greenery will naturally follow. This hot summer is indeed difficult to bear in the capital.
Before Yinzhen left, he asked Wen Liang for his opinion, but Wen Liang didn't want to cause trouble. Kangxi began to enter troubled times after 40 years, so he declined.
Wen Liang is holding an umbrella by herself, and Lu Yi behind her is also holding an umbrella by herself, it is really a sight.After all, the troublesome slaves that people see in ordinary times hold umbrellas for their masters, so there is no reason for the masters to hold umbrellas by themselves, and the maids to hold umbrellas by themselves.It's just that there are so many people coming and going in the front yard, and they are all used to it.
What Wen Liang wants to go to is the garden, there is flowing water near the rockery, it is a clean place in summer.The two walked slowly on the stone path, one in front and one behind, without making any movement.After all, Wen Liang has also practiced martial arts, and this habit of holding his breath and being quiet is also there.
When passing by the rockery, a slight movement attracted Wen Liang's attention. Even if he hadn't listened carefully, Wen Liang knew that someone was hiding on the opposite side of the rockery and whispering.Facing this familiar yet unfamiliar scene, Wen Liang raised his eyebrows slightly. He thought that the TV series Wen Wen watched were illogical enough, but he didn't expect that the reality could be even more illogical than the TV series.
So what if you hide behind a rockery, whispering will only attract the attention of others, hiding behind you can't know the situation ahead, if you accidentally show your feet, there is no place to escape, how can anyone really think that this is the only way to escape? is the safest place?
Wen Liang didn't want to listen to other people's private affairs, and planned to move on, but Lu Yi disrespectfully tugged on Wen Liang's sleeves lightly, with a slight anger on her face, and mouthed, "Ge Ge, what are they doing here?" speak ill of you."
Wen Liang was taken aback by Lu Yi's actions, and during this mistake, words from the opposite party came one after another.
"Are those aides okay to serve?"
"Come on, it's not as good as Gege's life. You only need to serve Gege alone. There are not many staff members, but it's too troublesome to serve them. Scholars are picky and picky."
"But Grid's end, hehe, didn't someone say it was this?"
"You're going to die, what gestures do you make? Although she is a woman, she is everyone, and she is a valuable staff member of Lord Baylor. Don't act dead!"
"Hmph, I'm just saying, who here can know what the two of us said. You see, the habit of Manchu people is that domestic servants are valued. Don't look at the face of Lord Baylor, but who knows What do you think? Let me tell you, our Eunuch Su is the first one."
"How can this be compared? Gege is a staff member, and father-in-law is a personal servant. It is different."
"Hey, you don't know. I don't know that on the other side of our emperor, all the respected ministers are self-proclaimed slaves, and the Han ministers are all ministers. Monarchs and ministers, slaves and slaves, that kind of intimacy is not ordinary. "
Not to mention, Wen Liang felt the intoxicated feeling of shaking his head.
There was not much warmth and coolness in the two people's words, but the other person's vague sense of contempt made Lu Yi very annoyed.There is some truth in what they said, and it is indeed the case in the court today.In front of Kangxi, the Manchus called themselves slaves, and the Han people called themselves ministers. Apart from the differences between the Manchus and the Hans, it was indeed because the Qing Dynasty was closer to the Manchus.
This is also the reason why in Baylor's house, children born at home are more popular than slaves bought from outside.
But talking is fine, but pulling and stepping is not.Lu Yi raised her voice and said, "I don't know where the foul language came from. Eunuch Zhang is too kind to the people below. Once Lord Baylor is gone, he won't even be able to speak!"
Wen Liang originally planned to ignore it, but when she saw that Luyi was even more angry than him, she stopped and let her do what she did, and soon Zhang Qilin rushed over to take away the two servants who knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently. Apologize, "Ge Ge, this is due to the poor discipline of the slave, please forgive Ge Ge."
"Eunuch Zhang doesn't need to be too polite. It's human nature to gossip. You just need to teach and discipline him." Wen Liang nodded lightly.
Zhang Qilin responded with a smile on his face, scratched his head and caught the two people as a model and severely punished them.This Lord Baylor has just left, and this demonic wind can't be stopped. It's true that he has become soft-hearted after eating fast and reciting Buddha, otherwise it would not be the current situation.
Wen Liang was speechless all the way, and Lu Yi looked at Ge Ge cautiously, afraid that he would look a little bit unsatisfactory.With Wen Liang's personality, he couldn't bear Lu Yi's stare in the end, stopped and said, "The matter just now doesn't need to be remembered, it's just a trivial matter."
Lu Yi pursed her lips, looking a little restrained, "It's good that Ge Ge doesn't dislike the meddling of slaves."
Wen Liang shook his head, and asked suddenly, "Do you feel uncomfortable when you call yourself a slave to me?" He didn't want to be the incarnation of justice to advocate equality for everyone in ancient times, but he just listened to the words just now, and felt grateful in his heart.
Luyi shook her head blankly, "Isn't this the proper title?"
Wen Liang nodded thoughtfully, walked a few steps, turned her head and looked at Lu Yi again, with a serious look in her eyes, "So, do you want me to call him master?"
Luyi coughed a few times suddenly, purely choking on her own saliva.She really couldn't keep up with the leap of Ge Ge's thinking, why did she suddenly bring up this matter again?
Wen Liang turned her head silently, looking at Lu Yi's appearance, she probably didn't want to.
Yinzhen, who was far outside the Great Wall, sneezed several times, scaring Yinxiang in front of him, "Fourth brother, are you alright?"
Over the years, the emperor seems to trust him on the surface, but in fact he still has suspicions about him.He knew that before he went to Beijing, He Shuo Gege died first, and then lost his child. All of these can be combined to determine that there is something wrong with Shang Zhilong's surrender.But Shang Zhilong has nothing to do, the events of the past happened one after another, and when he finds something is wrong, it will not be easy to investigate further.
"What is madam doing?" Shang Zhilong went back to the study to change clothes, and casually asked about his wife's condition.The attendant said in a low voice, "Madam said she is unwell and is resting in the house."
Shang Zhilong was worried, and hurried to the main courtyard.His current wife only got married three years after he entered Beijing, she married a clan, and she looks good.The relationship between the husband and wife is considered harmonious, but suddenly knowing that his wife is ill, Shang Zhilong is also worried.
Shang Zhilong had a heroic face and a tall appearance. His hurried walking posture brought a breeze to the main courtyard.The maid guarding the door raised the curtain to let Shang Zhilong in.And his lovely wife, Tong Jiashi, was lying on the bed and sleeping in a daze, her soft and beautiful appearance was really touching.
After being appeased by Haosheng, Tong Jia suddenly said, "Husband, I remember, in a few days, it will be the anniversary of my sister's death. Do you want to offer incense to my sister?" In the past, Shang Zhilong always went, this time This is no exception, even the adopted daughter is also a princess of the royal family, and he even set up a longevity card for her in the temple.
After Shang Zhilong left, Tong Jia's complexion became ugly. She pulled the handkerchief and summoned the maid, "Go over there and see if you found anyone this month?" When the maid came to report, Tong Jia Only then did he know that the man had disappeared.This news made her even more resentful than the fact that Shang Zhilong was going to worship his ex-wife just now.
When Tong Jiashi married Shang Zhilong, she was tender and affectionate, but as time went by, she gradually discovered that although Shang Zhilong had no impression of his former wife.But for his lost daughter, he sighed and sighed. Occasionally, he would go into hysteria when he was drunk, which made her feel like a knife was piercing her heart.
She has never had children, and Shang Zhilong has two other sons under her knees.She hoped and hoped, until now four or five years ago, there is still no one child and a half daughter. Although Shang Zhilong loves her, she can't stop her concubines from becoming pregnant one by one. Feeling resentful, I found people a few years ago and asked them to drive out people with similar appearances from the capital one by one.Even if there is even a possibility, they will not allow people to enter Beijing.
After using all kinds of methods, they didn't really hurt people's lives. Tong Jia's small methods have never been discovered by Shang Zhilong, and he has gradually become accustomed to it, and even takes pleasure in this matter every month.As long as she thinks how many of them may be Shang Zhilong's daughter, Tong Jiashi will be happy.
It's just that this matter was discovered all of a sudden!Tong Jiashi was worried and became seriously ill a few days later.
The turmoil in Shang's mansion has nothing to do with Zhenbei Le's mansion.Yinzhen's people stopped when they found out about Shangfu. If Kangxi found out that Yinzhen had something to do with Shang Zhilong, it would not be a good thing for Yinzhen.As for what Shang Zhilong's wife did, naturally it will not be found on the woman's head, but as a husband, Shang Zhilong will have a hard time in the next few days.
As for how these Xiasanjiu who wandered around the capital couldn't recognize the difference between Wen Liang, I can only say that Wen Liang's disguise every time he went out was too ordinary and in place, and the streets near Baylor's mansion were their forbidden area, which is why they made a fuss. Such an oolong.
Wen Liang didn't know what was going to happen next, and didn't intend to continue exploring.Since Yinzhen intervened, he would clean up everything.With his ability, this is just a trivial matter.
After the third month of Yangchun, Wen Liang guessed the time, now it is the 41st year of Kangxi, and it has been a few years since he came here.Kangxi's emphasis on Yinzhen is no longer just on the surface. At the end of last year, the Ministry of Industry and others made Kangxi furious for building houses for corruption. After that, many things were handed over to Yinzhen, and Yinzhen arranged them properly.Afterwards, no one in the capital was heard of freezing to death. Kangxi was overjoyed because of this, and he praised Yinzhen a lot, and he even gave numerous awards at the annual banquet.
It's just that the deeper Yinzhen's position in Kangxi's heart, the more people will see Yinzhen's dissatisfaction. The prince's dissatisfaction with Yinzhen is no longer just hidden in his heart, but expressed openly.Last month, the crown prince entertained all the brothers in the East Palace, and he embarrassed Yinzhen at the banquet. If it weren't for Yinhu and others to fight, it is unknown how it would end up.Kangxi knew about this incident, scolded all the elder brothers who participated in the banquet, and closed the door for three days.
Yinzhen didn't feel much in the past three days, he should eat and drink, which made the waiters heave a sigh of relief.
Although Wen Liang never took the initiative to inquire, but the news was still coming to him continuously.Now in the front yard, besides Yinzhen, Wen Liang can be regarded as the first one who keeps his word.
It's not difficult to guess Yinfeng's mind, he could bear Yinfeng's presumptuousness, but he couldn't hold back Yinzhen's sudden rise.Yinfeng's provocative confidence partly stems from his elder brother's identity and concubine Hui. After all these years, Yinfeng has already gotten used to it.But Yinzhen was the one who always followed behind him silently, so suddenly, it seemed that he had poked his trachea, it was unbearable.
The man who was the proud son of heaven from birth, finally discovered at the age of [-] that for Kangxi, nothing could compare to sitting on the throne, and it was indeed a bit too late.
Wen Liang just thinks that the prince is a person who was fooled by Kangxi in the first half of his life and fooled by his brothers in the second half of his life. He is not out of his mind, but... not everything can follow his mind, and a good hand can turn into a bad one. Turning around and starting over is not for everyone.
"Gege, Lord Baylor is here to invite you."
Su Peisheng personally came to invite Wen Liang, this is the norm these days.Now in Baylor's mansion, Yinzhen must have a warm and cool figure at all the meetings where Yinzhen will call his staff, and the staff in the mansion have long been used to it.
After Wen Liang got up and changed her clothes, she went to the outer study.
Today's Yinzhen is more like his home in the outer study. No matter when he comes back, the first thing he does is to go back to the outer study, then go to the inner courtyard to sit, occasionally look at the children, and return to the main courtyard at night.
Wen Liang heard that Yinzhen eats fast on the first and fifteenth day of every month, as if he really started to indulge in Buddhism.This is not just a gesture, Wen Liang knows that Yinzhen really admires Buddhism and Taoism.
When he went to the outer study, it happened that Dai Duo had also arrived, the two of them went in together, Shen Zhu and others were also there.This time Yinzhen invited quite a few people, and after taking their seats one after another, they had nothing to say to each other, after all, the rightful lord hadn't appeared yet.
It was exactly a quarter of an hour later when Yinzhen came in.
His expression was indifferent, and he couldn't tell what he was going to discuss. The faint coercion on his body made people dare not look directly at him, with an inexplicable oppression.
This is the four Baylor in the weekdays.
Wen Liang watched Yinzhen come in, and suddenly had this idea in his heart, it seemed that Yinzhen's personality would always be much gentler in private.
Not to mention Shen Zhu, but even Dai Duo, they usually treat Yinzhen in awe.This is not due to the fear of identity and background, but the feeling of Yinzhen.
Four Baylor, always with an unfathomable feeling.He suddenly remembered what Dido had said.
It was on the way back side by side, Dai Duo and Wen Liang were talking casually, and for some reason suddenly brought up this topic, "If it is a character like Babeile, after contacting him, you will know that this person is with the city. All of them felt confused and did not dare to go deeper."
"But Lord Baylor is different. He is the kind of person who stings at the first touch, with the illusion of innate fear. But after a long time of contact, he thinks that he is a sincere and down-to-earth person." He faced the warm and cold Eyes said, "This is indeed the truth, but the frightening thing is that Lord Baylor has easily integrated these two different temperaments together. I will never see through Lord Baylor."
At that time, Wen Liang had only one thought after listening to it, "Aren't you afraid that I and Lord Baylor will inform you when you tell me this?"
Dai Duo laughed freely, "If you really do this, it can only prove that I have misunderstood Miss Wen's character. If you do this, you deserve to die."
Thoughts came back here, Wen Liang realized that the conversation had already begun, and his eyes fell on Yinzhen's face calmly, seemingly calm, but he was actually concentrating on trying to get what he just said from their conversation. topic of.
Yinzhen has noticed that eyes have been falling on him since just now, and that feeling is very strange, making him frown and glance at the people in the room, and then find the warmth and coolness looking at him openly.His face was as usual, wearing a cold mask, causing the others to stop talking following his movements.
"Master Baylor..." Dai Duo tried to speak, but he stared at Miss Wen. Could there be something inappropriate?But then he found out that although it was said that Yinzhen was staring at Wen Liang, in fact, it wasn't Wen Liang who was staring at Yinzhen.
Cough, it's kind of weird.
Wen Liang said very calmly, "Cai was distracted just now, so he didn't dare to express his opinion."
Dai Duo and the others were relieved. It turned out that Lord Belle was planning to ask Wen Liang to make a suggestion just now, but it's really rare for Miss Wen to lose her mind, which made them a little bit dumbfounded.
After all, the only person who can stare directly at Lord Belle like this is Miss Wen.They usually don't stare into Lord Baylor's eyes when they talk to Yinzhen. They don't have the guts to say that it's against the rules.It might be a bit embarrassing to say such a thing, a few of them big men are not as good as a girl like Wen Liang, but that is actually the case.
They won't panic about the future for the sake of their so-called face.
Yinzhen nodded, accepting the statement, and then said, "I called you here today to discuss the flight route."
As soon as the word route was uttered, Wen Liang's expression became serious.
This is a surprising thing, he thought that Yinzhen had shelved his suggestion a long time ago, but he didn't expect that after a few years, it was Yinzhen who brought up this matter again.
Shen Zhu was the first to say, "Master Baylor, you mean to send someone to open up the route in private?"
Dai Duo went on to say, "Opening a route requires a lot of manpower, money and material resources, such a big move will definitely attract the attention of other elder brothers, not to mention that the imperial court was proposing to ban the sea a few days ago, if at this juncture Making noise is really bad for Lord Baylor."
Yinzhen waved his hand and said calmly, "What I mean is to privately fund the caravan to go to sea, but this matter has been completed, and the final result has come out."
Everyone present, including Wen Liang, was a little surprised.
Ever since Wen Liang started advising Yinzhen, he began to pay attention to this matter. After all, there has been a constant influx of foreign goods in the capital over the years, and that kind of strange things really attract the attention.It's just that at the very beginning, Yinzhen didn't really take this matter to heart.
The Qing Empire is a kingdom of heaven. Even though there are other countries overseas with different cultures, there is nothing worth introducing to the Qing Dynasty.The Qing Dynasty possessed a huge land in the Central Plains, and the overseas countries were nothing but barbarians, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
Therefore, in the years when Kangxi began to value certain missionaries gradually, and his attitude towards missionaries was slightly relaxed, Yinzhen still maintained the same attitude towards this matter.Not only him, from Yinxuan to Yinhu, there is almost no one who does not have such thoughts, and occasionally talks about the countries on the sea, for them, it is a wasteland.
Until that day, he saw something called a globe in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Seemingly an ordinary instrument, the round and glossy sphere is set off by the black and red frame, with a natural beauty.The spheres are marked in detail with the hitherto known countries and large areas of ocean.For a moment, he suddenly realized that apart from the Qing Dynasty, there were indeed other such large lands. This strange feeling hit Yinzhen, and he began to value Wen Liang's suggestion.
Find a fleet, become the benefactor behind the scenes, and then ask them to go to sea to bring news from overseas.Yinzhen started to work on this matter two years ago, and it started to pay off recently.
The court’s current ban on the sea is very hot, the reason is still the old saying, Japanese pirates are rampant along the coast, anti-Qing and Ming-ming forces hide in the sea, avoiding the court’s investigation, and fishermen’s identities are difficult to discipline, which is another difficult thing.Yinzhen was originally one of the supporters.
Wen Liang pursed his lips and said, "Master Belle, did the sea voyage gain unexpected benefits?" Yinzhen nodded lightly and asked Su Peisheng to bring everything up.
Among the dazzling array of things, one of the dark things attracted everyone's attention.Among the staff, a middle-aged man named Ma Yuan was the first to say, "Lord Baylor, what is this?" surprise.
Yinzhen picked up the thing and said in a low voice, "This thing is a Western gun, which is more powerful than the blunderbuss deployed by the army today. And Westerners don't have much restriction on this thing for the time being, and it is also being reformed. "
Shen Zhu murmured, "If that's the case, people from Western countries and other countries should be careful." This gun is much smaller than a blunderbuss, if it is hidden anywhere on the body, it is difficult to find it.Moreover, very few people in the Qing Dynasty could obtain such things, so it would not be a good thing if such goods entered the country.
Yinzhen's voice became colder, "When you saw this thing, your first reaction was to close the door and let them continue to develop?" Although it is impossible for Yinzhen to change his mind because of one or two voyages, the ever-growing West Ocean Things are indeed eye-opening.If you look closely, if they have a dispute with the Qing Dynasty, are they really comparing guns with bows and arrows?
Dai Duo touched his chin, and said suddenly, "Master Belle intends to introduce beneficial things from the West, so that he can use them for his own use?"
Yinzhen nodded.
Wen Liang was listening and knew Yinzhen's general thoughts.He didn't expect that Yinzhen was really interested in sailing, and put a lot of effort into it.Throughout the ages, except for the stage starting from the Tang Dynasty, there has been little attitude of acceptance.Even the Ming Dynasty sailed to the West many times, and they also carried the pride of the celestial kingdom to promote the country's prestige.As the feudal system deepens, self-pride and contempt become more serious, which only leads to more and more narrow-mindedness.
Yinzhen only pays attention to utensils, not to ideological matters, Wen Liang has already felt it.It is impossible for any person born in feudalism to accept those emerging ideas, not to mention that it is almost impossible for a person who is a vested interest and can confront the entire class.Today, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is still weak, unable to really promote change. If it weren't for this, Wen Liang would really feel ready to move.
He can't do it, but Yinzhen has such capital.
"Sir, what do you think about this?" After a while, there are very few people in the staff who accept Western culture, only Dai Duo and a few people, and most of them still have a vigilant attitude towards this, and it is even more unacceptable. Alien barbarians.
Wen Liang said, "I think that Master's idea is correct. Changes will prevail, and generalizations will last for a long time. It is impossible to stagnate." As long as Yinzhen is wary of Xiyang, as long as Yinzhen does not maintain a complete attitude towards Xiyang He will of course support the attitude of resistance.
When the debate ended, there was a bit of anger between each other, but when it really came to an end, they all returned to normal.Such is the case with discussions. It is impossible for everyone to have the same opinion. Different people debate and come to different conclusions. It is also a process that can be considered by the superior.
Yinzhen is exceptionally magnanimous in this regard.
"Miss Wen, Miss Wen..." Dai Duo caught up with Wen Liang and said through a gap of greenness, "Did you really think so of what you said in the study just now?" A point raised in the debate.
Wen Liang believes that in the next few decades, the power of the navy will receive more and more attention.A country that does not develop a navy will inevitably fall behind in the future.Although the staff members have long been accustomed to Wen Liang's straightforward way of speaking, it is rare for him to be so forcefully emphasized on one thing.
Dai Duo couldn't see Yinzhen's thoughts, but he felt that Lord Belle must be grateful for this.It's just that it's impossible for him to go to Yinzhen for comparison, so he can only come to find Wenliang.
Wen Liang said indifferently, "It's natural, things will always change. Like the dynasties of the past and present, even if there is no problem with the neighboring countries, there will be wars within a hundred years. Now all countries are developing, and the Qing Dynasty is powerful. But the Western countries are also catching up, do you really think that the Qing Dynasty in a hundred years will be the same as it is today?"
"If it really remains the same, it will not be a good thing for the Qing Dynasty." The country is always developing in motion. If it does not change for a hundred years, those once advanced systems will gradually decay, and those clear and bright ideas will age and decay, and eventually lead to annihilation. the result of.
"Sir is right."
The sudden appearance of Yinzhen's cold voice made Dai Duo tremble violently, and when he turned around, he saw Yinzhen pacing forward, as if he had heard the whole process of them.The attendants behind him all lowered their heads and said nothing, making Dai Duo hesitate a bit.
The topic they just talked about is really a bit thrilling.
Wen Liang glanced at Yinzhen calmly, leaned over and said, "Could it be possible that Master Baylor still remembers the wine that I owe you?"
"Since Mr. remembers, it would be great." Yinzhen's tone softened, giving Dai Duo a feeling of spring breeze blowing on his face. He stood there for a while, thinking that something was wrong with him.
Yin Zhen and Wen Liang left together, Dai Duo stood on the spot and patted his head, and decided to go back to find Shen Zhu for a drink to refresh his mind.Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Shen Zhu's place, he was teased by Shen Zhu, "You chased after Miss Wen just after you left the house. Could it be that you really have a crush on Miss Wen? If so, don't wait any longer. , Miss Wen is now 20 years old."
Dai Duo threw up his sleeves and left, showing by action that he would not conspire against a friend, and then drank silently in the yard. Could it be that the relationship between him and Miss Wen was really so...cough, but he really didn't have that kind of thought about Miss Wen .It's a sin, a sin, it's better not to get too close to Miss Wen in the future, so as not to have a bad influence on Miss Wen.
When Wen Liang and Yinzhen arrived at the small courtyard together, Zhu Bao was terrified. What's the matter with this natural feeling of getting along with each other? The two masters are not gentle people!
Wen Liang said to Zhu Bao, "Dig out a few jars of the wine buried years ago and see the situation." Although it is true that Wen Liang drank less often after he stopped drinking, the habit of making wine still remained. It's okay to have a drink once in a while.Zhu Bao was ordered to lead people to dig under the tree for a long time, and came out holding the wine jar with fresh mud.
Wen Liang patted open a jar of wine, and the sweet smell wafted out, it was done.
He doesn't brew much every year, but he keeps two altars each time.Most of the wines get better with age, Wen Liang wanted to know if the same is true for this type of wine.After he counted half of it, Wen Liang asked someone to cover it back with soil.Seeing the servants digging and covering the soil, Wen Liang had an inexplicable thought that if he planted crops here, he wondered if it would be successful, and the land had been loosened many times.
"Mr. Wen?" Yinzhen asked slightly puzzled, "Are you feeling unwell today?"
On weekdays, the concentration of Wen Liang's spirit can be said to be rare.But today, he was distracted frequently, which was strange.
Wen Liang frowned slightly, as if he didn't notice anything wrong.He raised his hand and touched his forehead, and the sleeves that fell from his wrists fell to his elbows, revealing his fair complexion.Even in the summer, Wen Liang wears women's clothes with the thickest fabrics, and the skin color on her body is rarely exposed to the outside world, so it is a bit dazzlingly white.
"Master, someone has a fever."
Yinzhen's vision was still white, and he was caught off guard by Wen Liang's indifferent words, as if he was saying that the weather is very good today.Yinzhen couldn't help showing a delicate look, with helplessness hidden between his brows, "Sir, your body seems to be unable to withstand such a toss."
When Yinzhen asked Su Peisheng to preach to the doctor, he still heard Wen Liang's serious explanation, "Master Baylor's words are wrong, so-and-so didn't make a fuss, only twice." Then Yinzhen bumped into him both times.
After the doctor came over, he opened a bunch of medicinal herbs that felt astringent and bitter in his mouth after looking at them, and sent the doctor away calmly, and then discussed with Luyi, "One bowl a day."
Luyi smiled softly, "Ge Ge, the doctor said it was twice a day." She went out with the prescription, and had to rush to get the medicine, and then boiled the medicine for Wen Liang.
Wen Liang sat on the spot, the sun slanted in from the window, and fell scatteredly on Wen Liang's body, his side face in the shadow seemed to have an inexplicable feeling of grievance, which made Yinzhen laugh.
I never thought that Mr. Wen would reject bitter medicine so much.
At the beginning, Wen Liang accepted the fact that the good medicine was bitter, but after a few months of continuous broken hand, since then, he developed an inexplicable sense of resistance to the word "good medicine", which is indeed very pitiful.
"Sir, good medicine tastes bad, so you can't take it casually." Yinzhen said.
"Someone knows." Wen Liang nodded, but it's a pity that the greenery is strict, otherwise the trees outside would be a suitable place.
Not long after Yinzhen left, there was a smell of medicine in the house. Wen Liang smelled the smell, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and decided to pretend that he didn't know it. It was reasonable to have a good rest. When Wen Liang woke up, it was night again.
As time passed, the night in late spring still had a slightly cool arc, and I was sweating from sleeping in Wenliang. I got up, wiped my body, changed my clothes, and decided to move a chair to sit outside.Luyi Zhu Bao couldn't persuade her, so she took a small blanket to cover Wen Liang, for fear that she would catch typhoid fever again in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, after sitting down, Wen Liang didn't make any fuss, and slowly swayed the chair, then looked up at the stars, with a contented appearance rather comfortable.
By the time Wen Liang recovered from his illness, it was already April and May, and Kangxi was escaping the summer outside the Great Wall, and another day of ordering elder brother to accompany him began. Fortunately, Yinzhen was selected again, and then he packed up and went out.With the departure of the owner of the Baylor Mansion, the Four Baylor Mansions became quiet again.
After Yinzhen left, Wen Liang began to focus on sailing.Now that Yinzhen has begun to attach importance to this matter, then Wen Liang may have a certain idea.In ten or eight years, he may be able to go to sea, but he doesn't know how the current sailing technology is.
Wen Liang was thinking like this, but the gestures of his hands were non-stop. Zhu Bao came in to pour tea, and he was not surprised to see Wen Liang holding a pen in his left hand.When we first met, I couldn't understand why Gege wanted to practice his left hand. Later, after Wen Liang's arm was injured, Zhu Bao watched Wen Liang continue to write vigorously without restriction, and suddenly felt that Wen Liang was farsighted and thoughtful, and he really was all-rounder.
After finishing what he was about to write, Wen Liang stopped his movements and stretched his muscles a little.He went straight to the house to change clothes, and then prepared to go outside for a walk.Speaking of which, after so many years in ancient times, Wen Liang found that what he was most used to was dressing up and changing clothes.Different occasions have different attire, and now it is not a big deal to change into ten sets of clothes a day.
Traveling in the warm and cool, the greenery will naturally follow. This hot summer is indeed difficult to bear in the capital.
Before Yinzhen left, he asked Wen Liang for his opinion, but Wen Liang didn't want to cause trouble. Kangxi began to enter troubled times after 40 years, so he declined.
Wen Liang is holding an umbrella by herself, and Lu Yi behind her is also holding an umbrella by herself, it is really a sight.After all, the troublesome slaves that people see in ordinary times hold umbrellas for their masters, so there is no reason for the masters to hold umbrellas by themselves, and the maids to hold umbrellas by themselves.It's just that there are so many people coming and going in the front yard, and they are all used to it.
What Wen Liang wants to go to is the garden, there is flowing water near the rockery, it is a clean place in summer.The two walked slowly on the stone path, one in front and one behind, without making any movement.After all, Wen Liang has also practiced martial arts, and this habit of holding his breath and being quiet is also there.
When passing by the rockery, a slight movement attracted Wen Liang's attention. Even if he hadn't listened carefully, Wen Liang knew that someone was hiding on the opposite side of the rockery and whispering.Facing this familiar yet unfamiliar scene, Wen Liang raised his eyebrows slightly. He thought that the TV series Wen Wen watched were illogical enough, but he didn't expect that the reality could be even more illogical than the TV series.
So what if you hide behind a rockery, whispering will only attract the attention of others, hiding behind you can't know the situation ahead, if you accidentally show your feet, there is no place to escape, how can anyone really think that this is the only way to escape? is the safest place?
Wen Liang didn't want to listen to other people's private affairs, and planned to move on, but Lu Yi disrespectfully tugged on Wen Liang's sleeves lightly, with a slight anger on her face, and mouthed, "Ge Ge, what are they doing here?" speak ill of you."
Wen Liang was taken aback by Lu Yi's actions, and during this mistake, words from the opposite party came one after another.
"Are those aides okay to serve?"
"Come on, it's not as good as Gege's life. You only need to serve Gege alone. There are not many staff members, but it's too troublesome to serve them. Scholars are picky and picky."
"But Grid's end, hehe, didn't someone say it was this?"
"You're going to die, what gestures do you make? Although she is a woman, she is everyone, and she is a valuable staff member of Lord Baylor. Don't act dead!"
"Hmph, I'm just saying, who here can know what the two of us said. You see, the habit of Manchu people is that domestic servants are valued. Don't look at the face of Lord Baylor, but who knows What do you think? Let me tell you, our Eunuch Su is the first one."
"How can this be compared? Gege is a staff member, and father-in-law is a personal servant. It is different."
"Hey, you don't know. I don't know that on the other side of our emperor, all the respected ministers are self-proclaimed slaves, and the Han ministers are all ministers. Monarchs and ministers, slaves and slaves, that kind of intimacy is not ordinary. "
Not to mention, Wen Liang felt the intoxicated feeling of shaking his head.
There was not much warmth and coolness in the two people's words, but the other person's vague sense of contempt made Lu Yi very annoyed.There is some truth in what they said, and it is indeed the case in the court today.In front of Kangxi, the Manchus called themselves slaves, and the Han people called themselves ministers. Apart from the differences between the Manchus and the Hans, it was indeed because the Qing Dynasty was closer to the Manchus.
This is also the reason why in Baylor's house, children born at home are more popular than slaves bought from outside.
But talking is fine, but pulling and stepping is not.Lu Yi raised her voice and said, "I don't know where the foul language came from. Eunuch Zhang is too kind to the people below. Once Lord Baylor is gone, he won't even be able to speak!"
Wen Liang originally planned to ignore it, but when she saw that Luyi was even more angry than him, she stopped and let her do what she did, and soon Zhang Qilin rushed over to take away the two servants who knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently. Apologize, "Ge Ge, this is due to the poor discipline of the slave, please forgive Ge Ge."
"Eunuch Zhang doesn't need to be too polite. It's human nature to gossip. You just need to teach and discipline him." Wen Liang nodded lightly.
Zhang Qilin responded with a smile on his face, scratched his head and caught the two people as a model and severely punished them.This Lord Baylor has just left, and this demonic wind can't be stopped. It's true that he has become soft-hearted after eating fast and reciting Buddha, otherwise it would not be the current situation.
Wen Liang was speechless all the way, and Lu Yi looked at Ge Ge cautiously, afraid that he would look a little bit unsatisfactory.With Wen Liang's personality, he couldn't bear Lu Yi's stare in the end, stopped and said, "The matter just now doesn't need to be remembered, it's just a trivial matter."
Lu Yi pursed her lips, looking a little restrained, "It's good that Ge Ge doesn't dislike the meddling of slaves."
Wen Liang shook his head, and asked suddenly, "Do you feel uncomfortable when you call yourself a slave to me?" He didn't want to be the incarnation of justice to advocate equality for everyone in ancient times, but he just listened to the words just now, and felt grateful in his heart.
Luyi shook her head blankly, "Isn't this the proper title?"
Wen Liang nodded thoughtfully, walked a few steps, turned her head and looked at Lu Yi again, with a serious look in her eyes, "So, do you want me to call him master?"
Luyi coughed a few times suddenly, purely choking on her own saliva.She really couldn't keep up with the leap of Ge Ge's thinking, why did she suddenly bring up this matter again?
Wen Liang turned her head silently, looking at Lu Yi's appearance, she probably didn't want to.
Yinzhen, who was far outside the Great Wall, sneezed several times, scaring Yinxiang in front of him, "Fourth brother, are you alright?"
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