Ministers and others get married by decree

"Brother He is this?" Prefect Chen looked at him in surprise.

He Fengxian glanced at Gu Jiuniang and the two, then smiled at Chen Zhifu: "Today, Mr. Meng won't give up, and I have figured out the limelight. Since I came to the banquet, how can I be empty-handed? I heard that Mr. Wang loves painting, so I looked for one." A picture of pheasants in a bamboo forest from the previous dynasty. This painting is not considered a treasure, but fortunately it is well preserved, the color is still bright, the brush strokes are lifelike, and the painting is vivid and interesting."

Gu Jiuniang almost subconsciously went to see Qin Fengchi, but held back.

Is it for this painting?

Qin Fengchi smiled coquettishly: "My family loves fine brushwork when I have nothing to do in my spare time. The staff said this painting is so good, I want to take a look at it." After saying that, he rolled up his gauze sleeves, and started to pick them with his fingertips painted with Dan Kou The tabs of the lacquered box.

"No!" He Fengxian yelled, grabbing his wrist tightly.

Gu Jiuniang's face turned pale with fright, and she hardly dared to look at the expression on the face of Prefect Chen beside her.

Qin Fengchi yelled "Oops", raised his hands to cover his chest, and looked at He Fengxian with a pale face: "My lord, what are you doing, you scared me to death!"

Only then did He Fengxian realize that he had lost his composure, he quickly let go of his hand, glanced at the lacquer box hurriedly, raised his head and smiled awkwardly: "Hey... I——I am—"

Qin Fengchi snorted softly, put his wrist in front of his eyes, and said angrily: "Mr. He, look at this wrist of my family, it is all red. It is worth more than my family's because of its good painting!"

This sudden sound of coquettishness eased the atmosphere.

He Fengxian was still tense a second ago, but now he has held the woman's white wrist with an apologetic smile, rubbed it, and relaxed all over, then he lost his mind and sighed: "Hey, this painting from the previous dynasty, the paper is brittle. Bo, I'm afraid that you don't know the importance of your little hands, if you damage the painting, how can you explain to the adults?"

Chen Danian glanced at them both with a half-smile, moved the lacquer box to him, opened it gently, and found a bound light yellow scroll inside.He casually opened it slightly, exposing the tail feathers of the pheasant, and then closed it again.

Qin Fengchi watched eagerly, and softly begged Chen Danian: "My lord, can I let the servants take a look?"

Gu Jiuniang simply wanted to drag him regardless.

He Fengxian was not nervous at the moment, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Miss Qin is also a person who loves painting, it would be a beautiful thing if the adults would join hands with the lady to appreciate it."

He is also generous, seeing this beauty staring at the magistrate, he might as well take the initiative to sell it.Anyway, Mrs. Qin is in Gu Jiuniang's music class, so she can't escape.

Gu Jiuniang: "..."

Congestion, suffocation.

When Chen Tianyong brought Chu Lou over, Chen Zhifu had already taken Qin Fengchi out to the study for a while.

Chen Tianyong greeted He Fengxian with a smile, and went to Gu Jiuniang's side.

"Master Gu, you can meet my good brother, he is a general!"

Gu Jiuniang's eyes hadn't left the narrow road outside. Not long ago, it was two maidservants who held up lamps to lure Chen Zhifu and Qin Fengchi away from that road.She was distraught, and really couldn't figure out how Qin Fengchi could get away from Zhifu Chen without being discovered by the other party.

She was short of breath, her eyes were scattered, and she smiled reluctantly at Chen Tianyong.

Even an idiot Chen Tianyong could see something was wrong.He suppressed his smile and asked, "Master Gu, why are you uncomfortable? Do you want to go back earlier?"

Gu Jiuniang tried to stay calm, and smiled: "The yamen laughed, maybe it's because it's hot today, and I'm a little bored." She looked up and saw the blue-clothed boy behind Chen Tianyong, and seeing him frowning and staring at her, she couldn't help saying: "This is it?"

Chen Tianyong came back to his senses, and hurriedly smiled and said: "This is the general who I told you just now. He was born in the general's mansion. I came here specially with me to meet Mr. Gu."

But Chu Lou couldn't control this much, and asked, "Master Gu, where is your new apprentice?"

Gu Jiuniang shuddered, looked at him in surprise, and then at Chen Tianyong.

Chen Tianyong was also surprised, and turned to look at Chu Lou.

"...Brother Lou, you didn't say that you fell in love with that little lady, didn't you?" I said it earlier, why was he so pious just now, it made him nervous for a long time, and he was secretly ashamed!

Chu Lou stared at Gu Jiuniang with a very serious expression.

Gu Jiuniang was flustered by him, but how could she spoil Master Qin's important affairs?What's more, she didn't know who this young man was, let alone answer him, so she calmed down and prepared to find a reason to prevaricate.

He Yuanwai at the side was interested, waved his fan casually, and interjected: "This little general is so nervous, could it be that Mrs. Qin's friend?" The word "friend" was held in a very ambiguous tone by him.

Chen Tianyong was taken aback, and looked at Chu Lou suspiciously.Gu Jiuniang was in a hurry, and she couldn't find a reason to stop He Yuanwai.

Member He winked at Chu Lou: "You can come a little late, Mrs. Qin accompanied the magistrate to the outer study to enjoy the paintings."

Chu Lou took a deep breath, his face pale.He didn't care to look at Chen Tianyong's reaction, he just felt his brain roaring.

If he had to express his heart at this moment in one sentence, it would be——

The boy was sincere, but he paid by mistake after all.

The corner of Chen Tianyong's mouth twitched, and he patted Chu Lou's shoulder carefully for a long while: "...Brother Lou? Are you okay?" How do you say that!He also can't run to grab a musician from his uncle.There was nothing he could do to help this fact, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Chu Lou was silent for a moment, then looked at Gu Jiuniang: "Master Gu, may I ask... is Miss Qin's trip voluntary?"

Gu Jiuniang was about to die on the spot, and she was complaining crazily in her heart.

My lord... How did my lord and this young master know each other?How can an adult disguise himself and provoke these yamen?

Her face was slightly pale, and she whispered: "My lord is worrying too much."

There is no need for any reason, it is just a musician climbing high, do you need to explain to others?

Chu Lou naturally understood, and was a little disheartened.

He said to Chen Tianyong: "Brother, thank you for your hospitality today, I will take my leave now."

Chen Tianyong really didn't dare to stop him right now, and even hoped that he would leave as soon as possible.He sighed, patted Chulou vigorously, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Where is there no fragrant grass in the end of the world, you want to open it."

What an old line, Chu Lou secretly rolled his eyes.

He refused to let Chen Tianyong see him off, and followed a little girl to the outside of the garden.

The two of them gradually moved away from the tea room one after the other, the sound of the sheng and flute gradually faded away, and the surrounding became deep and quiet, with occasional cicadas singing.The little girl held a lantern in her hand, and always sneaked a sneak peek at the blue-clothed boy when turning a corner, and saw that he was tall and tall, with clean and handsome features, and his thick eyebrows slightly frowned were also very good-looking.After walking for a short distance in this way, Chu Lou stopped when he saw that he had bypassed the big lake where the opera was being listened to and arrived at the outer courtyard.

"Sir?"

Chu Lou looked at the dark blue courtyard wall covered with roses not far away, and asked slowly for a while, "Is that the outer courtyard study over there?"

The little girl is very naive, seeing him good-looking, she always peeks at him.What Chu Lou asked her was something that everyone knew, so she nodded her head vigorously, and answered impatiently: "Yes, there is a corner gate in front that you can go through, but there is a woman guarding it. The adults outside are visiting, They all went directly from the front yard."

Chu Lou smiled with satisfaction, his eyes were crooked, and his whole body exuded a pleasant atmosphere.

The little girl couldn't help but blush.

"Thank you very much," Chu Lou nodded at her, smiling softly, "You go back, there are only a few steps left to reach the front yard, I know the way." After saying that, he took out a few cents for her .

The little girl took the money in a daze, and by the time she recovered, she had already returned to the backyard.

What about Chu Lou?

He slowly tucked the hem of his robe into his belt, and flew over the wall with a kite.

The outer study of the magistrate’s yamen is located in the second of the two outer courtyards. There are side rooms on the left and right, connected by verandas. The open space in the middle is paved with stones. Only peace jars are placed at the four corners, and another old plum tree is planted. Tree.

The servants did not guard outside the study room, but gathered in the first tea room, chatting some nasty words, and they couldn't get around the second study room.I heard that a musician came in from the corner gate today, and it was so beautiful.As they chatted, they involuntarily turned their ears sideways to listen carefully, as if they could overhear the liveliness and fragrance inside as soon as they entered the yard. Finally, they all looked at each other and burst out laughing, then quickly covered their mouths, They exchanged glances with each other.

The study room was really quiet, without a single sound.

Chen Danian was tied to the grand teacher's chair, his mouth was also strangled by cloth strips, his eyes stared at Qin Fengchi in horror, and he let out a "ho ho" sound in vain.He didn't struggle much, not because he didn't have the will to live.

The key is not to move!

The well-dressed woman in front of him was leaning lightly on the table, raising her hand to pick up his chin with a short dagger.This dagger is short, sharp and well-forged. It is one of his favorite collections, but it is on his own neck at this moment!

His chin could feel the coldness of the blade, as if it would swim to his throat in the next second...

He was very frightened and angry, and kept thinking in his heart, which god did his family offend, or was Gu Le's team some kind of rebellious organization?

"Don't worry, magistrate, you won't die today." Qin Fengchi said leisurely, his voice really deep.

Chen Danian was shocked!Yazi eyes cracked!

male!

This woman is a man!

If Chen Zhifu could open his mouth, he would probably have started scolding his mother, but unfortunately he couldn't open his mouth, and he couldn't even ask this musician why he deceived his feelings!

Qin Fengchi calmly lifted the corner of his skirt, and stepped on Chen Danian's grand teacher's chair. The toe of the large crested shoes was still embroidered with beads, trembling.He held a dagger in his right hand, and shook the picture of pheasants in a bamboo forest in his left hand, and the scroll unfolded in front of Chen Danian.

"Prefect Chen, you have colluded with He Fengxian to smuggle salt, and this matter has been reported to the Yamen of Jiufu. I don't need to talk about the territory there," he shook the scroll, and said, "Let's cooperate with each other, and you hand over the account book , I have successfully completed the assignment, and you will be less tortured."

"I say that, you understand me?"

When Chen Danian heard the word private salt, his face turned pale.

impossible!

How could it be discovered?

He stared at Qin Fengchi, frantically thinking about his actions over the years.Selling illicit salt is a major event for family raids and extermination, but the huge profits are also irresistible to him.But he has cooperated with He Fengxian for many years, except for a few people and the long-term follower who has been serving him since childhood, even his wife doesn't know about this business!

For so much profit, he has been extremely cautious in the evaluation of officials, and has been wandering around. It can be said that he has even given up most of his future in the cabinet. How could it be easily discovered by others?

He forced himself not to look at the picture scroll, and looked up at Qin Fengchi, whimpering in anxiety.

Qin Fengchi couldn't help laughing, that smile was dazzling, but in the eyes of Chen Danian at this moment, it was as terrifying as a Rakshasa.

"I let you speak, but you have to be careful," he patted Chen Danian's face with the dagger, "If the voice is too loud, I will send you to the palace to serve the official's house." After saying that, he cut off the strip of cloth.

Chen Danian's mouth was full of saliva, and he was in a panic.

It can be said that, apart from the hardships he suffered from being poor when he was a child, he has never been in such a state of embarrassment since he was studying for the exam.But compared with wealth and life, what is dignity?

He took a breath, and looked at Qin Fengchi very earnestly: "This... my lord, I don't know where you are from, but I beg you to trust me--I don't! I don't dare to bend the law for personal gain! This, this, this must be a villain who framed me as an official! Then He Fengxian, he just gave me some gifts... I am greedy at most, and selling private salt is a felony, I don’t have the guts!”

Qin Fengchi looked at him carefully, and said with disappointment for a long while: "I think you'd better shut up." After saying that, he blocked his mouth.

Chen Danian was choked by him, his eyes darkened, and he almost passed out.

Qin Fengchi sat on the desk in front of him, casually pulled out the scroll head of the painting, and tapped it lightly on the table.

Chen Danian stared at him resentfully, not looking at the scroll at all.

"Master Zhifu, don't stare at me," Qin Fengchi sneered, "these are just some worthless banknotes, I know." He retracted the dagger, casually playing with the sandalwood shaft.

"I'm not here specifically for you, I'm just selling favors to help you," he said lazily, "Anyway, you openly accepted bribes, and the amount is huge, enough for you to be sent to the Jiufu Yamen's prison. It’s none of my business if I don’t sell private salt.”

He jumped off the table, wandering back and forth in the study flirtatiously, with red hairpin bumping on his head, Chen Danian's eyes followed him involuntarily, he felt his heart and soul bumping against him, his body was hot and cold.

Is it really going to be planted this time?

Just like what this person said, it doesn't matter whether he pays the account book or not this time, as long as he goes to the Jiufu Yamen, [-]% of the time he won't want to come out again.This person has this ability, and he is not from the Jiufu Yamen, maybe he can really intercede for him?

but--

Chen Danian gritted his teeth, no way!

He didn't care about his life or death, but his big family—his wife, several daughters, and his nephew—he couldn't let go!As soon as he let go, his last chip was gone, and his whole family couldn't keep it!

He Fengxian is not worried, there is also a big family over there... Now the most critical account book is only with him, and the people under him have changed hands several times, and they don't know much. The worst is to break him and He Fengxian, but if It's worth it to save the family!His nephew is filial and will definitely take good care of his wife and daughter!