Ye Jianqiu

After Ye Jianqiu hastily cleaned the yard, he rushed to the backyard immediately.

A tall and slender figure was feeding the red horse in the stable, and Ye Jianqiu immediately stepped forward to help.Seeing Situ Jin bring some hay, Ye Jianqiu immediately brought the guillotine and looked at him eagerly, as if saying, let's do it together!

Situ Jin didn't speak, just put a handful of hay under the guillotine, and Ye Jianqiu squatted beside him to help put the hay under the guillotine. His hands trembled a little, Situ Jin said, "Be careful with your fingers."

"Oh well."

Hearing Situ Jin speak to him, Ye Jianqiu's hands trembled even more.

After the fodder was cut, Situ Jin went to find a bucket and a brush to wash the horse. Ye Jianqiu stepped forward and said, "I, I'll come, I can wash!"

"Be gentle with your hands and feet, and I have a strong temper."

"No, it doesn't matter."

Situ Jin put down the bucket and left. Ye Jianqiu was very disappointed. He really wanted to work with Situ Jin, but he left instead.

Just as Ye Jianqiu was brushing the horse's hair in frustration, Ye Xiaoxi came running in from outside, clapping his hands excitedly and shouting: "Brother! Brother! The master of our house is here! How can Mr. Situ be?" What a talent! One hundred times better looking than Yang Tutou!"

"Well, I see."

"Grandma Ma asked you to make big dumplings! Brother! Go quickly!"

Ye Xiaoxi swallowed, he had authentic dumplings filled with pork for lunch today, he hadn't eaten dumplings for many years!

Ye Jianqiu came to the kitchen, cleaned his hands, rolled up his sleeves and started kneading dough.The helpers in the kitchen were also very excited, washing, cutting and chopping, laughing and laughing like a Chinese New Year, and the maids were still whispering happily, discussing the handsome new master in a low voice.

Even Ma Youdao sneaked back from the concierge, smiling like a walnut, chopping meat with all his strength, the sound was loud, and the kitchen was as lively as a symphony.

Ye Jianqiu's hands and feet were very nimble. When kneading the dough, he added a few more eggs, and after thinking about it, he added some salt. After kneading the dough, he covered it with a damp cloth to let the dough wake up slowly.

Then he adjusted the stuffing himself, and put his own special seasoning in it.Soy sauce made from straw mushrooms and soybeans, dried and crushed aniseed noodles, sesame oil and dried mushroom powder.As soon as the stuffing was mixed, the rich aroma wafted out. Everyone was not hungry at first, but after smelling the aroma, their stomachs started to growl.

Soon, the preparatory work for making dumplings was completed.

After the noodle table was set, Ye Jianqiu put on a big blue coarse cloth apron, put a handkerchief on his head, and sat down gracefully like a celebrity on stage, sitting in front of the chopping board and starting to work.

Ye Jianqiu rolled the dumpling wrappers with both hands left and right. His speed was so fast that those dumpling wrappers couldn't keep up with his rhythm. They complained that the dumpling wrappers were almost sticking together and couldn't even be peeled off.

Ye Jianqiu rolled the skin for a while, then stopped to help pinch the dumplings together. There were two panel curtains beside him, and the dumplings on one panel curtain were small lump-shaped quick dumplings that he quickly squeezed out with two hands. On the curtain are dumplings with lace carefully made by him.

A girl asked curiously: "Brother Jianqiu, these dumplings are so beautiful, I want to eat them! What kind of tricks are these?"

The dumplings made by Ye Jianqiu are in the shape of ingots, Sixi, crescent, wheat ears, and pointed sugar triangles. They are exquisite and unique like handicrafts.

"I'll teach you how to do it later. I don't have time today. The masters have to wait to eat. These beautiful dumplings are for Mr. Situ to eat."

Immediately, someone pouted in dissatisfaction and whispered: "I really know how to curry favor."

Ye Jianqiu didn't care at all, and still pinched the dumplings quickly with all his heart.

As soon as Chao Ge and Jin Bo came to the mansion, they smelled a special fragrance, and they unanimously got off their horses and came to the kitchen to check.

Seeing that everyone was busy in the kitchen, Chaoge's face changed, and he said coldly: "Brother, the treatment is really unusual when we come here. Every time we eat here, it's always the same steamed buns and noodles cooked in a big pot! Ye Jianqiu is eccentric to death!"

"Just wait for the light!"

Uncle Jin thought it was funny, and went to the study with Chaoge to discuss matters with Situ Jin who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Situ Jin was sitting in front of the desk writing something, when he saw the two coming, he stood up and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"No, I'll just wait for you to drink. In this hot day, a lot of people run away."

Chaoge pulled a chair and sat down, and Uncle Jin was sitting on the small couch in front of the bed. A little girl was going to make tea. Chaoge quickly handed her a can of Longjing on the desk, and Situ Jin stepped forward to take the tea can Duo Xia said: "Just get some herbal tea."

"Brother, aren't you even willing to let your brothers drink good tea?"

"Keep the good tea for my mother, you can just drink the tea foam."

Chao Ge looked at Uncle Jin aggrievedly, and Uncle Jin smiled and said, "Jun Zhi is right, the good tea should be reserved for the old lady, and it's good if we have saliva to drink, so don't be so particular about it."

The little girl bowed and retreated, and went to make tea foam.

Seeing Chaoge's stinky face, Uncle Jin began to change the subject: "Where's the old lady? Why didn't you come back together?"

Situ Jin said: "My mother was left behind by the Holy Concubine, and they went to Qingquan Temple to burn incense and eat vegetarian food together. It is estimated that they will have to wait for a few months."

Situ Jin's mother, Mrs. Lou, and the Holy Concubine gave handkerchiefs. Lou originally planned to go back to Qingyang with her son, but he didn't know when he would return to Linyue City after this trip, so the Holy Concubine was reluctant to give up, and kept some more. day.

Jin Bo said: "Junzhi, how is the old lady?"

"Mother's body is not bad. The climate in Linyue City is humid, with plenty of rain, and she is not sick. The holy concubine has many attendants and doctors to take care of her, so don't worry."

Uncle Jin nodded and said, "That's good. A few days ago, Yang Xiaomi sent some items, which looked very expensive. Junzhi, how do you think about it?"

Situ Jin said without hesitation: "Take it and sell it."

"Not one thing?"

"Well, I won't keep any of them. The money sold will be paid to the brothers. Chaoyan owes the salary for more than four months. We can't wait any longer."

"Well."

Uncle Jin nodded silently again.

There are rumors from the outside world that the inspection department is a place with a lot of money, but Situ Jin knows in her heart that the inspection department is so poor that it is almost impossible to solve the problem!If it weren't for the army's urgent need for money to pay for its military equipment, Situ Jin would not have opened the warehouse door to do business easily. Except for occasionally asking Yang Xiaomi to do a few transactions through relationships, the army was still waiting for news from the court most of the time.

Situ Jin once sent a lot of letters to the higher authorities asking for payment, but there was no response. He sighed and said, "I've been away these days, did my brother leave again?"

"Yes, there are more than a dozen brothers asking for help, saying that there are other offices to take over, and they have already proposed to me, and we will wait for you to come back to discuss."

"Put a big seal on it and let them go. Next time you encounter this kind of thing, don't need to discuss it with me, just let them go."

"Well."

Uncle Jin and Chao Ge looked at Situ Jin, who was frowning tightly, and the three were silent.

Since the climate change in Qingyang Town, Situ Jin was sent by the imperial court to Qingyang Town to take over as the Chief Officer of the Inspection Department. The imperial court sent him to secretly investigate the strange incident in Yingtou Mountain.

Situ Jin brought people to visit Yingtou Mountain every day, but found nothing.Except for the unusually high temperature of the sun, he didn't understand what happened, so he had to write to the court, hoping that Qin Tianjian would check the astrology.

The reply from the imperial court was noncommittal, saying that the astrology of Linyue in the capital city was normal, and that there was no abnormality in the Golden Crow, so he was asked to continue investigating here.

Situ Jin wrote another letter, expressing his intention directly. He hoped that Chaoyan would send a Qin Tianjian to Qingyang Town to investigate for himself, to see if there was really a ghost.In the end, after waiting for several months, he finally waited for a reply letter. The reply letter was violent, and Shangfeng was not only furious, saying that Situ Jin had neglected his duties and shirked his duties, that he didn't care about the tightness of the national treasury, and wanted to be paid.Moreover, he also blamed him for trusting the chants of the market, heresy and heresy, and confusing the court, it is not a trivial matter... This hat is too big, Situ Jin is also angry, and never writes to Chaoyan again.

But the anger returned, and the helpless Situ Jin had no choice but to continue running in the Gobi desert.He has been here for more than three years, and there has been no rain. Many wells no longer produce water, and the river water has become much thinner. Drought-resistant trees have sprung up. , still growing vigorously.

As time passed, the imperial court gradually lost interest in this land, and even the salary was not paid on time.

This Qingyang Town itself is a frontier town, thousands of miles away from Linyue, Kyoto, and it takes more than a month to ride a fast horse, and the bureaucrats procrastinated for more than half a year to receive one reply.Qingyang Town is close to Li Country, which belongs to the country. Although the land area of ​​Li Country is small, it has not been affected by weather changes. It is not only rich in products, but also has a strong people. They are often harassed in this land. Situ Jin is tired of coping with it every day. Somewhat powerless.

After so much anticipation, finally another document came, and Situ Jin was full of joy, thinking that the court finally remembered him.Unexpectedly, Shangfeng not only did not continue to send more troops, but also decided to only pay half of the salary, and the remaining half had to be raised by the local government. At that time, Situ Jin was so angry that he slapped the table and cursed.

The officials and squires in this place are very repulsive to him, the inspector who was airborne by the imperial court. This self-financing is nothing but empty talk!

It seems that the court has given up on Yingtou Mountain, or it may have given up on Situ Jin!

At that time, one of Situ Jin's outspoken brothers, Hai Daniu, yelled angrily, dare to owe the army salary, it's against his mother!As a result, Situ Jin beat him with twenty army sticks and he became honest.

In fact, Situ Jin knew in his heart that he was the one who got a bunch of brothers involved.

Before Situ Jin came to Qingyang Town to take office, the capital city Linyue was already undercurrents, the old emperor was critically ill, and more than a dozen princes fought to the death for the throne.

He was originally the subordinate of Qiao Huanmin, the general of the capital. This General Qiao belonged to King Qi. King Qi was defeated by the new emperor. Killed everything.

And Situ Jin was one of the arms of King Qi who was cut off in advance.This Situ Jin had already been sent to Qingyang Town before King Qi mobilized his troops. When he was sent to Qingyang Town, Situ Jin still complained a lot. He used a sledgehammer to kill the chicken, but now it seems that he barely escaped the catastrophe.

The new emperor, King Qi, was kind enough to only confiscate his family property, sell his slaves, and put him under house arrest in the Ancestral Temple.Moreover, his mother, the holy concubine, was still kept as a concubine, so that she could be raised in the palace.

This approach made everyone in the court sigh. Some people said that the new emperor is kind and soft, and there is no emperor's style, and some people say that the new emperor is a generation of Mingjun with great benevolence and righteousness... Anyway, he, Situ Jin, has been kept in Qingyang Town, which also shows that the new emperor Attitude.That is, although you, Situ Jin, were the champion of martial arts back then and a famous captain of the Imperial Guards in the capital, but if you lost power, you would become yesterday's old flower. The new emperor didn't kill him, but exiled him to this place. Barren land left to fend for itself...

Afterwards, the imperial court occasionally sent troops, but they were felons who were escorted and exiled to the mines of Yingtou Mountain to be coolies for a lifetime.It seems that Yingtou Mountain, which was extremely glorious in Qingyang Town at the beginning, is like the extremely cold place in the farthest part of Qingluan country, which hardly sees sunlight all year round, and it will also become a place for exile.

Situ Jin felt very uncomfortable, and he admitted that he had no hope of official career, but these brothers who followed him were brought here from Linyue, Kyoto, and they were sent here not only to suffer, but even their salary could not be paid on time.

Without money, there is no way to carry out official duties, how to guard the prisoners?How to train soldiers and raise horses, how to fill up armaments, how to let brothers eat?These are the most troublesome things for Situ Jin right now.

When Situ Jin corresponded with his colleagues who used to work together in Linyue City, he really realized that he was really abandoned by the court.

Some colleagues were sent to the coastal border, not only can use the waterway official ships to go out to do business, but also there is an abundance of aquatic products alone.Sending colleagues in the inland with prosperous commerce, the local filial piety alone is enough money!And those counties and towns with high agricultural yields, at least people have food to eat, and they can't live without hunger!

But he brought his brothers to this place where rabbits don't shit!wrong!It should be a place where rabbits love to shit!

Although the sky is filled with yellow sand, the number of rabbits is astonishing. There are holes made by rabbits everywhere near Yingtou Mountain, and the rabbits seem to have mutated, and their shapes have changed a lot. Chaoge once hunted the largest rabbit, a big one. Like a little calf!At that time, the officers and soldiers thought they had caught a monster, but the rabbit didn't dare to eat it and burned it directly.

He had no choice but to take his brothers back and forth in the desert, catch a deserter, catch a thief, catch a smuggler, occasionally fight with the barbarians on the border, and take the opportunity to confiscate some loot, which is not enough to stick between his teeth!

Even so, they are still grabbing food from the police officers of the Yamen of Jixian County. Yang Xiaomi is the head of the police in Jixian County, and he often gives advice to him. The next job is too busy to die, and the extra money has shrunk significantly.

Situ Jin still went his own way. Apart from occasionally selling some of the goods he found, he also subsidized his few salaries to his subordinates who were in urgent need of money.

Over the past year or so, many people have seen that there is no hope of returning to the capital, and those with connections have quietly left through their connections, or have told them bluntly that they want to go back to their hometown.Regardless of whether the people under his command left or stayed, Situ Jin never stopped him. Once the big seal was stamped, he let them go. One less person was also less of a burden for him.

In the end, there were still more than 100 loyal brothers left behind. Some of these subordinates resigned to their fate and settled down in Qingyang Town, married wives and had children.Situ Jin herself is also planning to bring her old mother from Linyue to settle in Qingyang Town, and to be by her side to fulfill her filial piety.