There's A Beauty

Although Youshu's chin didn't click down, the muscles on the side of her cheeks tensed for a moment and then immediately relaxed. Such a subtle expression still failed to escape King Yama's eyes.He secretly smiled in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. He walked up and down the room, looked around, and then shook his head frequently.

"Integrity and diligence, loving the people like a son" is the foundation of being an official. This person has indeed done a good job, but he treats himself a bit harshly.When other officials returned home or went to Beijing to report on their duties, there were more than a dozen carts of gold and silver treasures alone, not to mention a string of beautiful family members.However, all he had was a small package and two half-old boxes, and the sum of all his luggage was worth nothing.It is said that "the magistrate was cleared for three years, and one hundred thousand snowflake silver". He used all the snowflake silver on the people, but he couldn't even make up the money before he left.

I really don't know whether to praise him or scold him, I didn't take the money I shouldn't have, and I donated the salary I should have, and I don't think about what to do if I have an emergency?King Yan Luo let out a long sigh, as if he was very helpless, but he also felt sorry for him.

He wanted to touch Xiao County Magistrate Zhao's soft hair, but he withdrew his hand in time. Seeing that the other party pretended not to know, he picked up a book and flipped through it absently. , I couldn't help laughing again.Forget it, he doesn't plan for himself, someone will always miss him.

Thinking about it this way, King Yan Luo tapped his empty money box with his fingers, and beckoned to a tabby cat wandering on the window sill, making it drop down on the table.With a muffled bang, the box fell into two halves, and a golden light shone through the crack.

Youshu seemed to be buried in a book, but she kept staring at King Yama from the corner of her eye. Seeing this scene, there was nothing she didn't understand.The other party must have seen his own predicament and tried to find a way to help him.He must have been a great man when he was alive, for his generosity and solicitude for others!

Youshu was very moved, and accepted this friendship with peace of mind, thinking: In the future, if I save enough money, I will make some exquisite sacrifices and burn them to the other party as a gift in return.He picked up the money box, and took out a few gold leaves from the interlayer of the lid. If converted into silver, it would be worth 100 taels, which is really a windfall.

100 taels, isn't that too much?Youshu quickly summed up the expenses on the road: when he arrived in the capital, he only spent 15 taels of silver, and another 35 taels were used to find a place to settle, and there was a balance of 50 taels.After giving so much at once, he had to suspect that King Yama was testing his integrity again, so he planed the extra gold leaves aside, bought rice noodles, clothes, cloth, quilts, fruits and vegetables, and sent them to Lishui Several orphanages in the government.

Seeing him act like this, King Yama couldn't laugh or cry.The extra 50 taels were for him to buy some delicious food to nourish his body, but he donated it in a blink of an eye, what a fool.However, the more dull and upright he is, the more Yan Luo Wang appreciates and loves him, so he can only let him go.

After getting ready, You Shu hired a coachman to take her to Beijing.He didn't make much fanfare, but disguised himself and left silently. No one would have guessed that the person sitting in this crude ox cart was actually Zhao Qingtian who had saved tens of millions of people in Lishui Mansion.

Vehicles dangled along the official road, with smoke-filled villages on both sides, cattle and farmers working in the fields, and children playing on the ridges.Youshu sat on the shaft of the car, looking at all the peaceful and beautiful things in the distance.As if thinking of something, he forced his mental power into his eyes, looked up, and saw the sky that was full of resentment and ghosts, but now it was covered with yellow flags and purple, and the wind and rain stopped. It was a peaceful scene.

He set up an awning and looked at it for a long time, then stood up and raised his arms, as if touching the waving autumn wind, and then smiled foolishly.King Yama, who had already appeared on the other side of the chariot shaft, immediately disappeared, staring at this rare smile for a moment.

He never knew that when Xiao Zhao county magistrate smiled sincerely, he would be so handsome and bright.Flour-faced peach cheeks, double pupils and water-cut, these words used to describe women are not inconsistent with him. He couldn't help but look and look, and he couldn't bear to appear suddenly, so as to destroy the whole situation. A quiet and beautiful scene.

After a long time, he walked over and gently stroked the slightly raised lips of Xiao County Magistrate Zhao.

Youshu clearly felt the cold on her face, but she thought it was caused by the autumn wind, so she didn't care much.He stood on the shaft with his arms raised for a long time, until the coachman and the passers-by on both sides cast strange glances at him before entering in resentment.People in this era have never seen the Titanic, so they are really puzzled.

As soon as he put his head into the carriage, he froze. He saw King Yan Luo sitting on the main seat, his eyes were flickering, and his expression was very unpredictable.Reflexively, he put on a calm posture, sat down next to the other person, and then took out a book and read it slowly to cover up his nervousness.

King Yan Luo didn't know what he was up to, so he sat for two or three quarters of an hour and didn't see anyone leaving, which made his back ache and his calves cramp.Finally, at noon, the coachman found an open space near the water and asked his owner to come down to rest for a while, and he was relieved.

Youshu jumped out of the car like a pardon, stretched her arms, kicked her legs, and walked back and forth by the river twice. Her lively appearance didn't look like a parent official, but a student who went on a long trip.Because he only had dozens of taels of coils on him, servants, maids, masters and other handymen couldn't afford it, so he had to go on the road alone, and the coachman was hired together when he rented the ox cart, so he didn't know his true identity.

But this is also good, at least the journey is very clean, do not need to listen to other people's words of gratitude or flattery.Although Youshu has a lot of cheerful personality, she is still quiet in nature.He took out a piece of dry food, sat on the big rock by the river and gnawed it slowly. King Yama stood beside him and looked up into the distance, not knowing what to think.

The coachman took out the dry tobacco, lit it, and smoked it, with a very comfortable expression, "Young man, are you a scholar who went to Beijing to catch the exam?"

"No, I'm going to the capital to do business." "Zhao Youshu" is a child prodigy. She won the first prize at the age of eighteen. Youshu took over the body for half a year. Now she is less than 20 years old, and she is younger than most scholars. No wonder the coachman misunderstood .

"Go to work. Are you from Suichang?"

You Shu never lied, she said what she could say, and kept what she couldn't say, "I'm not a local, I live in Suichang temporarily."

"Then, do you see how our Suichang is different from other places?" Hearing that it was a foreigner, the coachman got excited and said triumphantly.

"It doesn't seem to be different?" Youshu has never lived in Dayong Kingdom, so how can she say one, two, three?

The driver was anxious, and pointed to the official road not far away, "You can't even see this? Take a look at our road, isn't it very flat and wide? Let me tell you, most of the southern state capitals were destroyed by this flood. It was washed away, and it is still full of mud and sand. It is a mess. The people have nothing to eat, nothing to live in, and a miserable life. Only our Lishui, our Suichang, nothing happened. The flood just passed Xiao Zhao county magistrate personally led us to rebuild our homes, built the houses, repaired the dams, filled the roads, and the good seeds have germinated. Everywhere is thriving and full of vitality! After our Suichang If you look at the boundary again, it is simply a purgatory on earth. Not to mention, the official road is riddled with holes and ravines are difficult to level. It is very different from Suichang! The people of Suichang are blessed. A good official like Ling, if you ask me, all the county magistrates in Dayong Kingdom combined can’t compare to one finger of our little Zhao county magistrate!"

Youshu was blushed by the coachman's praise, and seeing King Yan Luo listening with relish, and glancing at herself from time to time, she felt even more ashamed, so she had to bury her face in the big pancake and gnaw on it.

The coachman is a loyal supporter of County Magistrate Xiaozhao. He talked about the great achievements of County Magistrate Zhao for countless times, and finally sighed, "I heard that the emperor values ​​our county magistrate Xiaozhao very much, and has issued an order to call him back to Beijing." He is a good man and deserves good rewards. We naturally hope that he will go farther and farther, but to be honest, we are reluctant! If he leaves, we will feel like we have lost our backbone. Terrified."

Seeing the coachman crying while talking, Youshu quickly put the dry food aside and said in relief, "Don't be afraid, I heard that the new prefect of Lishui Prefecture is also a good official. Life will be better in the future."

"Hey, I know who the new magistrate is. He used to be a magistrate in Hedong Prefecture." The coachman waved his hand, "He is indeed a good official, honest and upright, but he may not have the ability of our county magistrate Xiaozhao. Our county magistrate Xiaozhao It’s like taking one step at a time to see a hundred steps. You may find his various arrangements inexplicable today, but you will find out tomorrow that he knows things like a god. Not only does he write colorful articles, but he is also proficient in arithmetic, civil engineering, astronomy, and geography. You can tell right from wrong at a glance..."

Hearing that the coachman started to talk back and forth about his judgment, Youshu's cheeks flushed with embarrassment.If it's just the two of them, it's fine to boast, but King Yama is still here, so I always feel uncomfortable.In embarrassment, he dropped half of the pancake and rolled along the rocks into the river, attracting many fish to eat it.His eyes lit up, and he suggested, "There are fish in the river, why don't we grab some and roast them?"

The coachman hadn’t eaten meat for a long time, so he was immediately attracted to him, “Sure, the fish in autumn are plump. I don’t have any fishing tackle in the car, so let’s weave a net out of straw and vines.”

Youshu's survival skills are full, and she can naturally weave fishing nets, so she pulled the grass and vines to cooperate with him, and then she stopped.Only Yan Luo Wang felt that he still had something to say, so he sighed silently.I don't know why, but he likes to hear others admiring the magistrate Xiao Zhao, and especially likes to see his rosy cheeks, bright eyes and smiling lips when he is supported by others.No one knew that the real magistrate Xiao Zhao was far better than what they described.

However, when he is doing something seriously, his posture is also very charming, just like this moment.Yan Luowang sat next to Xiao Zhao County Magistrate, staring at his fingers moving back and forth among the vines for a moment.

Youshu and the coachman quickly finished weaving the net bag, threw some dry food at the bottom, and put it into the water, waiting for the fish to dive in by itself.I don't know if there are more people fishing recently or what, the fish are very vigilant, they just hang around outside and don't get caught.

Youshu was just talking casually, seeing that the fish is fat and strong, with a round belly, and looks very delicious, so the greedy insects came up, and they went to have a look at it every once in a while, and their expression was very urgent .

"I said, young man, don't always run to see it, it will scare the fish away." The coachman reluctantly dissuaded.

Youshu had to sit down and wait, rubbing her stomach from time to time.Seeing his greedy look, King Yan Luo laughed secretly. He planned to cast a spell to drive the fish into the net, but changed his mind.It's easy to use power, but it's also silent. How can Xiao Zhao county magistrate know that he helped him?

It's obviously not his style to be a good person and not leave your name. The reason why he escorted Xiao Zhao county magistrate to Beijing was not because of his gratitude, his love, and his closeness?Thinking of this, he rolled up his trouser legs and went down to the river to catch fish.

You Shu still couldn't figure out why Yan Luo Wang jumped down so well, but after he bent down to drive the fish over, he found out that he was actually making lunch for himself, and his heart was full of excitement and moved.Because in his opinion, the other party didn't know that he could see him, that is to say, he helped him silently without trying to repay him.

How can there be such a good person in the world?Youshu thought to herself foolishly, then she bent her big eyes, her expression secretly delighted.

The gods do not use their eyes to observe their surroundings, but rely on their consciousness.Therefore, Youshu thought that she could show her true emotions with her back turned to King Yama, but in fact, her every move was under the surveillance of the other party.Seeing him enjoying himself, King Yan Luo worked harder, and quickly caught all the fattest fish in the river.

A quarter of an hour later, when the driver went to pull the fishing nets, the nets were too full to fit, and they were all alive and kicking, making a crisp and loud crackling sound when they fell into the grass, which was very gratifying.

"Good guy, even those who rely on fishing for a living don't catch as much as we do!" The coachman exclaimed happily.

"Put the leftovers in the car, sell them in the next town, and earn some money for the trip back home." Youshu picked out a big fish, and scraped the fish's scales with a dagger.He couldn't thank the real hero, and felt very ashamed.

The ignorant coachman quickly waved his hand, "The two of us caught this fish together, and if we want to sell it, we have to share it together. If Xiao County Magistrate knows that we Suichang people like to take advantage when we travel far away, he should feel ashamed." There's no light left."

How can everything be involved in me?Youshu felt helpless, so she nodded.King Yan Luo also smiled.The two and one ghost gathered together to grill fish, and the atmosphere was very happy.

Just at this time, a few gorgeous carriages drove up not far away, a middle-aged man with a big belly led a woman with a graceful figure and a beautiful appearance, staggered to the shore with the help of a maid, and was about to take a rest .A group of servants followed in a mighty manner, some laying bedding, some lit a fire, some held umbrellas to shade the sun, and some took out food boxes and placed them one by one, looking full of style.

The coachman looked sideways frequently, obviously complaining about the woman's behavior of not avoiding men and women.You Shu turned a blind eye, and after finishing her own fish, she picked the fattest one and grilled it slowly over the fire.His culinary skills are extraordinary, and he brought all kinds of seasonings with him, sprinkled a little cumin on it, and both sides of the river bank were full of fragrance.

The middle-aged man stretched his neck for a look, sniffed it again, and shouted loudly, "Hey, your fish will be delivered to me when it's finished grilling, and I'll give you a tael of silver!"

Buying a fish for a tael of silver is undoubtedly a sky-high price. If it were an ordinary person, he would have agreed a long time ago, but Youshu waved his hand and refused, "I won't sell it!"

"Then how much money do you want?" The middle-aged man thought that the other party wanted to blackmail him, so he couldn't help showing a contemptuous expression.The woman also rolled her eyes and sneered.

"The reason why I survived the natural disaster is because of the kindness and virtue of King Yama who let me go. I am going to sacrifice this fish to King Yama. You can't eat it. If you want to eat it, you roast it yourself." Youshu didn't want to cause trouble, so she asked the driver Sent a live fish over.Can't he expressly thank that invisible friend, why not find an excuse to send him a sacrifice?

Yes, he had already unilaterally identified King Yama as his friend.He has never made friends, and no one left traces in his life except his parents and master.He has never experienced what friendship is like, so it is a little fresh, and he is also looking forward to it.

When the middle-aged man heard that it was burnt to the dead, his face turned dark immediately, and he waved his hands and said, "Fuck off, I don't want any live fish except myself! Bad luck!"

The woman coquettishly said, "Master, let's go a little further, it's scary."

A group of servants hurried forward to pack their things and moved to sit in the distance.The surroundings were finally quiet, and the coachman raised his thumb and said in a low voice, "Young man, you are worthy of being a scholar. You have a quick mind, and with just a few words, you scare away that landlord and rich man!"

Youshu didn't make any excuses, and continued to grill the fish seriously.

King Yan Luo was in a happy mood, and he wanted to hold Xiao County Magistrate Zhao into his arms and rub him well, but he had to hold back temporarily.He originally wanted to expose the fact that he had yin and yang eyes, but now it seems unnecessary.This kind of "you don't know I know you can see me" game is so fresh and interesting that he gradually became addicted and never tired of it.

Youshu grilled the fish, paid homage according to the ancient sacrificial method, and then threw it into the fire.The flames licked the fish meat and made a creaking sound, but it was burned to ashes in less than a quarter of an hour.

The coachman was stunned, and murmured, "You really dedicated it to Lord Yan? The fire is not too big, so why did it burn out in the blink of an eye? Could it be that Lord Yan really received it?"

Whether you have received it or not, you can tell with a glance from the corner of your eye.Youshu pursed her lips, looking relaxed, but she was quite happy in her heart.The tall man was holding the grilled fish skewered with wooden sticks, and he didn't know where to start his mouth.He took a bite of the fish belly, chewed and swallowed slowly, then leaned over and whispered, "Thank you."

The thick voice swirled in Youshu's cochlea, and then drilled into every pore, making his hands and feet weak and his heart trembling.You can't nod, you can't agree, you can't tilt your mouth, and you can't bend your eyes!He reminded himself repeatedly that he didn't show his flaws, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

King Yan Luo stared straight at him, how could he fail to notice his crimson ear tips, goosebumps all over his neck, and his eyes that were brighter and moister than usual.This appearance is obviously not because of fear, but because of shyness. It is really interesting to tease Xiao Zhao County Magistrate.

Yan Luowang kept laughing secretly while eating, and felt more and more that this trip was the right one.

After the two groups of people rested, they set off one after another because they were going to the next town to spend the night.Although the landlord's carriage was faster than the ox cart, it had more boxes and cages and a heavier burden, so it gradually fell behind Youshu.You Shu half leaned against the wall of the car, flipping through a book of travel notes.King Yama leaned beside him, resting his chin on his shoulder, reading together.

He can turn the real into the virtual, and from the virtual into the real, so it doesn't have much weight, it just makes people feel a little cold.But Youshu has already regarded him as a close friend, and she soon accepts it calmly, feeling quite fresh and interesting in her heart.He deliberately slowed down his reading speed, for fear that the other party would not be able to finish reading. When he was about to turn a page, he used his fingertips to lift up the next page. Small dimples.

King Yan Luo was not reading a book, he was reading County Magistrate Zhao.The other party thought he was doing it very covertly, but in fact, every move, every frown and smile was under the monitoring of his spiritual consciousness.The more he gets along with Xiao Zhao County Magistrate, the more difficult it is for him to hold on to himself, and he can take out almost every moment to reminisce over and over again, with secret joy.

How can there be such interesting people in the world?He often thinks this way, and then he can't help laughing.

When the two thought they didn't know each other, but secretly enjoying themselves, the ox cart drove into a dense forest, and then they left the boundary of Lishui Mansion.The coachman showed a nervous expression, because the border area of ​​Gein state capital is often a place where bandits run rampant, and the governments on both sides don't want to take care of it, so many bandit dens will be raised if they push around.

Just when the coachman wanted to remind his owner to pay attention to safety, there was a sound of footsteps in the woods, and then many burly men with bows, arrows and machetes suddenly appeared on the trees, in the haystacks, and on both sides of the road, shouting, "This tree is my tree." Zai, this road is driven by me, if you want to live from now on, save money to buy roads! Get out of the car, get out of the car, robbery is coming!"

The Land Lao Cai behind was similarly surrounded, sticking his head out to beg for mercy.

Youshu had already hidden the extra silver taels in the hollowed-out car wheel, and there was nothing in the package except a few taels of silver and a few pieces of clothes.He saw King Yan Luo standing on the shaft of the chariot staring at the robbers, with black light appearing on his fingertips, and then he realized that he followed him all the way to escort him to Beijing.

Thinking about it, although the new emperor began to rectify the administration of officials, the villagers who had fallen into bandits in the past had not yet been recruited. If they did not hire bodyguards along the way, they would lose money and hurt people at least, and their souls would be broken if they were not escorted. Narrow escape.Youshu was grateful, and her eyes gleamed a little, looking quite pitiful.

The bandit leader looked him up and down, saw that he was dressed in ordinary clothes, and his body was shriveled and thin, so he knew he was a poor man and wanted to let him go.

"Boss, let's do a search. Some landlords and gentry also like to pretend to be poor in order to avoid being robbed." A bandit dressed as a Confucian scholar leaned over to remind him.

"Search, search together!" The bandit leader thought it was reasonable and ordered everyone to unload everything from the car for inspection.

The landlord Lao Cai's side is naturally full of gold, silver, jewels, silk and satin, and there is nothing on You Shu's side except a small parcel and two boxes of old books.And King Yama was already standing beside him, hugging him with one hand, and storing a black light in the other hand, in case of accidents.

The bandit dressed as a Confucian scholar thought that Youshu was handsome and elegant, and that he was not from an ordinary family, so he checked his luggage himself, but found a roll of official documents, a guide, an official seal, and an official robe.He took a closer look, and his expression changed drastically, "Hurry up, hurry up, let him go! We actually arrested the county magistrate Xiao Zhao, what a crime!"