[Qing Chuan] Qing Chuan Wu Shi

The two had their own concerns, and they were silent for a while in the dark, Wu Ning couldn't help but look sideways at the fourth elder brother.

The fourth prince's silhouette is cold and smooth, and he can still see clearly in the dark, and his eyelashes cover his face one by one in the shadows.

He closed his eyes.

If it wasn't for the few conversations just now, Wu Ning almost thought that the fourth prince had fallen asleep.

Wu Ning propped himself up slightly, and looked at the face of the fourth elder brother.If the fourth elder brother felt something, he didn't open his eyes, and just said indifferently: "What happened on the Lantern Festival...".

Wu Ning's heart skipped a beat, one hand was propping up on the soft quilt, and he couldn't help but grasp the quilt tightly.She swallowed, gently grasped the quilt in her hand, and let it go again, feeling really hesitant in her heart—to be honest?Say eighth brother?That is courting death!Tell lies?With the shrewdness of the fourth elder brother, he must see through it at a glance.

Wu Ning thought, it's better not to speak first.

Putting yourself in a passive position is not a good idea.

The fourth elder brother just waited, didn't say a word, and didn't look at Wu Ning's face. After a while, Wu Ning couldn't stand the torment of this oppressive atmosphere any longer, and took the initiative to say: " I don't know what Master thinks, anyway...it's not what Master suspects." If outsiders hear these words, they will feel inexplicable and incomprehensible, but they know it well.

Wu Ning hesitated for a while on the word "doubt", and carefully observed the expression of the fourth elder brother.

This little hesitation was keenly captured by the fourth elder brother.He moved his eyes over, as if about to speak, but paused, and reverted to a statue with smooth lines in the darkness.

"Suspect?".The fourth elder brother spit out these two words abruptly.

Wu Ning was a little embarrassed.

The fourth elder brother didn't wait for her to speak, and stared directly at her face with piercing eyes.

Wu Ning secretly complained that his answer was too stupid, but on the other hand, he also felt that if he wanted to practice Tai Chi in front of the fourth elder brother, he would be humiliating himself!

But the fourth elder brother seemed to see through Wu Ning's mind immediately, turned around and stared at her, after a long while, suddenly sighed secretly, and said in a gentle and calm tone: "You don't want to say it, I always believe you.".

Wu Ning was startled, and asked himself in his heart: Is that so?Is that how it's done?

After all, she was not a fool. After a long time, she woke up.My heart felt hot for no reason, and the circles of my eyes were a little red. I opened my eyes wide and turned to look at the fourth elder brother. Suddenly, courage came from nowhere. He pecked lightly.My heart relaxes.

The fourth elder brother raised his mouth slightly, reached out to wrap his arms around Wu Ning's shoulder, and patted it lightly, saying: "Flood disaster relief, these days all the brains are concentrated, Huang Ama is calling urgently again, your master these days You are very tired, go to sleep."

Wu Ning was a little embarrassed, blushed and shrank back under the quilt, and whispered: "Flood disaster relief?", feeling a little strange.

How can this season be the time for flooding?

The fourth elder brother nodded slightly, put his chin on top of Wu Ning's head, and said in a low voice in the dark: "Huang Ama often said that 'the river rises and the river falls maintains the crown, and whether the people's hearts are safe or not is related to the Qing Dynasty'. The Yellow River is unstable. The Huaihe River lost its estuary and flooded. The people in the Qing Dynasty were displaced and the agriculture was damaged. How could it not be a stone in Huang Ama's heart?".

Wu Ning rolled his eyes in the darkness, but said nothing.

The fourth elder brother said again: "A few years ago, Huang Ama visited the river workers during his southern tour. In the first month of this year, the south embankment of Wujiazhuang in Fengxian County had just been built, and the north dam was broken again. When the weather gets hotter, we don't know what the river will become. Situation!" Having said this, he sighed.

Wu Ning muttered in his mouth: "The people are displaced, the agriculture is damaged...", the fourth elder brother heard something, but thought of something, his expression turned cold, and said: "Huh, what's even more hateful is that there are still disasters besides natural disasters. Man-made disaster. The previous day, Emperor Ama personally dealt with a guy who embezzled disaster money, and this person was very appreciated in the first place!".

Wu Ning wondered: "Since he is very appreciated, why did he do such short-sighted things? What's so good about this person?"

The fourth elder brother said: "He has done a good job of dealing with bandits. It took only three years to go down there. He didn't close the door at night and didn't pick up things on the road."

Hearing this, Wu Ning couldn't help but said: "That's very good! Don't close the door at night, and don't pick up lost things on the road. That's the virtue of touching the people." The fourth elder brother smiled lightly and said: "Dehua? It's just that he died last year. There are 4000 people in the yamen!".

Wu Ning was taken aback, and said: "4000 people!", counting silently with his fingers, thinking how could this be an official?He is a living king at all!Then he said: "I don't believe it, how could so many people commit capital crimes? Besides, if it is averaged out every December, hundreds of people will be dealt with every month. How can there be time? There must be There is injustice."

The fourth elder brother said lightly: "There must be grievances. When a cruel official does something, he always asks for a good scene." Wu Ning heard this, and stopped answering the conversation anxiously. Wu Ning continued this topic, closed his eyes and said simply: "Sleep.".

On the second day, as soon as the fourth elder brother left the gate of the mansion, he heard a person from across the street calling in a low voice: "Fourth Master!".

The fourth elder brother looked up and saw that it was one of his guards who seldom showed his face.The guard was tall and thin, with a pale complexion and scattered veins on the back of his hands. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was a practitioner.

The fourth elder brother paused, and said to the people around him: "You go back first." The guard came over, saluted in the street, stood up neatly, pointed his head slightly, and said, "Fourth master, the one on the Lantern Festival My subordinates checked it out..." followed by a whisper.Su Peisheng cast a glance in the distance, not knowing what the two of them were talking about, but seeing the fourth elder brother's brows moving slightly, Su Peisheng quickly turned his eyes away to avoid taboo

In a blink of an eye, spring is gone and summer is here.

Unfortunately, Si Age's prediction about flooding in the Yellow River was confirmed.

The summer sun is scorching, and the situation is getting worse-the Yellow River is flooding, causing disasters for thousands of miles.Kangxi, full of worries, personally toured the south, and the fourth elder brother Yinzhen also accompanied him.As early as a few days ago, Fujin directed and helped the fourth elder brother pack his luggage.The female family members of the mansion escorted Yinzhen out of the mansion, and the fourth elder brother went to the Forbidden City again, joined Kangxi's brigade, and started this southern tour in a mighty manner.

The flood in the Yellow River was very noisy, but it was a different scene in Si Age's mansion: Fujin was still copying scriptures and painting as usual, but because of the calligraphy incident, she was very quiet for a while.Song Gege took care of little Gege wholeheartedly, wishing that her day would become a month's growth, and it would be best if she could dance and dance before the fourth elder brother came back to please others.Li Gege raised her baby with peace of mind, because Song Gege suffered when she gave birth to Xiao Gege, she learned a lesson and did not dare to eat more, her stature did not change much, but her face became more swollen, and her double chin appeared faintly trend.For a while, the mansion was calm.

The scorching summer came in June, and the bedroom was as hot as a steamer. Even though there were icebergs on it, it was still of little use.Wu Ning is very fortunate—fortunately, during the major renovation of the mansion a while ago, he designed the drawings himself, leaving a small pond in the backyard, and there is a big tree next to the window of his bedroom, covered with thick shade, where people sit When standing by the window, the face is reflected green, which is probably the same as the elegant scene that the ancients said "the room is full of green".

The lotus in the pond had just bloomed, Wu Ning remembered the method he had read in an ancient book, and ordered Zhuqi to put a small amount of tea in a cloth bag and put it in the flower center, and take it out the next morning, add The rainwater stored before is used to make tea together, and the taste is very clear.Thinking about waiting for fourth master to come back, he would also invite him to drink this ingenious tea.

The fourth elder brother originally sent a letter to Fujin's family, saying that he would be back soon, but because Kangxi extended the time, his itinerary also changed accordingly.The news from the disaster area only said that the situation was getting worse, and some places where the imperial court could not take care of, there was a tragic situation of changing children and eating.Fujin took the lead in asking everyone to copy scriptures and pray for blessings, and he even knelt in front of the Buddha and burned incense all day long.Costs were reduced again and again throughout the mansion: clothes, bead ornaments, and meals were all restricted and prohibited. Although Li Gege was pregnant, he could not save them at all. I relaxed a little.

Kangxi's southern tour finally ended after a full 52 days. When the sun was scorching hot, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen returned to the capital.

One day, Wu Ning was dozing off under the shadow of the "self-made screen" beside the small pond, when she suddenly felt a buzzing sound in her ears, she raised her hand to shove the mosquito away, only feeling a little thirsty in her throat, so she opened her eyes Opening his eyes, he asked Zhuqi, "Is the sour plum soup from earlier still available?".

Zhuqiben was fanning her on the sidelines, and hurriedly said: "There is no sour plum soup, but there are a lot of red bayberries! It's still frozen! The servant will go get it.", Said, put down the fan and got up, and after a while , and brought a wooden tray with two blue and white bowls in the middle, one bowl contained only bayberry, and the other contained a lot of ice cubes. The bright red bayberry floated in the crystal clear ice, and the ice cubes It was dyed red by the bayberry juice, and before I got close, I smelled a sweet and sour taste.

Zhuqi handed over the small spoon, and said: "Master, you can't eat more of the cold bowl, use less, just quench your thirst."Wu Ning took the spoon, picked a red bayberry and put it into his mouth, nodded and praised: "It's so sweet!".Zhuqi was holding the wooden tray, and was serving Wu Ning's food, when Qingming suddenly picked up a willow branch, walked over excitedly, and said: "Master! Fourth master has returned home!".