Heshen is a strict wife
Chapter 41 Guangji Temple
Sometimes, Feng Shuangzhi feels that he is still too soft-hearted, such as now.
She can definitely push out Chen Xijia who is sitting in her room and crying, but this girl was still innocent and cute before, but she didn't know when she had so many extra calculations.
It seems that before she came to the capital, she was just a girl from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, who only loved calligraphy and painting.
Feng Shuangzhi felt emotional, although she asked this question, she didn't want Chen Xijia to really say it.
Because Chen Xijia said it out, Feng Shuangzhi would definitely not help her because of the many years of friendship.
But at the same time, they should all know that this period of sisterhood should end like this.
If at first Feng Shuangzhi thought she was here for refuge, then after she said these words, Feng Shuangzhi would be able to know - in fact, Chen Xijia just wanted to settle the matter by himself.
As her friend, she was the first to think of Feng Shuangzhi. Feng Shuangzhi should be happy. She was even willing to help Chen Xijia solve the problem directly.But what did she say when she came in?
At the beginning, I didn't talk about the facts, but first probed into Feng Shuangzhi's tone, feeling that Feng Shuangzhi might have different opinions on his previous decisions, so he played in his arms, knowing that Feng Shuangzhi didn't approve of their elopement, so He took advantage of the situation and threw out his own request later, so it was logical.
This is not the way to get along with girlfriends and sisters, it is clearly just an attitude towards a person who is useful to him.
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt cold, but she didn't change her face, but said that sentence very calmly and in line with Chen Xijia's inner meaning.
So, how can I help you?
Regardless of whether Chen Xijia knew it or not, Feng Shuangzhi knew it very well in his heart - based on years of friendship, Feng Shuangzhi would help her this time, but there would never be a next time, even... It's hard to tell if you're not friends.
In Chen Xijia's words, there was a grudge everywhere, because she Feng Shuangzhi had a grudge with Fu Kang'an many years ago. Now that Chen Xijia is getting married, of course she will mind her future husband's former "sweetheart".
Although Wang Jie is poor, but this person will be regarded as the only person who can challenge Heshen in the future, and he was powerful for a while, and later became the auxiliary minister during the Jiaqing period, especially now that Chen Xijia thinks that he will not have much promise?
Feng Shuangzhi originally wanted to remind her, but then he thought again: Actually Chen Xijia had already made a decision, and with a better husband-in-law, Fu Kang'an, naturally he wouldn't look at Wang Jie again.If Feng Shuangzhi speaks well of Wang Jie now, not to mention that Feng Shuangzhi has no contact with Wang Jie at all, even if he has contact, at this time to be fair, people will only think it is—she does not want Chen Xijia to marry Fukang install.
No wonder, Feng Shuangzhi's status in this is a bit embarrassing.
She swallowed everything she wanted to say, waiting for Chen Xijia's answer.
Sure enough, Chen Xijia wiped away tears, seemed to be thinking for a long time, and then murmured: "Tomorrow there will be a temple fair in Guangji Temple, I thought I would take the opportunity to go out, but now it won't happen... I just want my sister to pass a message on my behalf. He, dare not tell the servant girl this, and I dare not write it down, if others recognize my handwriting, something will happen... Sister, sister, it is really only you, I just want him to give up—"
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt that Chen Xijia was sincere and cruel. Did she ever love Wang Jie?
If it was Feng Shuangzhi himself, how could he abandon the one he loved because of Fukang'an's momentary glory and wealth?Even if Fukang'an and He Shen are side by side, didn't she choose He Shen?But Chen Xijia...
Not to mention that Wang Jie and Chen Xijia once made a private decision for life and agreed to elope. It stands to reason that they love each other very deeply, but now Chen Xijia's performance is not flattering.
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Xijia, I can go, but you should know - I'm not a stupid person, only this time. There won't be a next time..."
She stretched out her hand and put it on Chen Xijia's. She looked very kind, and even had a gentle smile on her lips, but her eyes were too bright, as if she had directly seen Chen Xijia's heart.
Chen Xijia trembled, and bit her lips, as if regretting it, but in the end, maybe something in her heart defeated something else, she raised a small face, full of sadness: "Sister..."
However, Feng Shuangzhi was indifferent, she was cold-hearted, and she would not have any sympathy for people who were about to have nothing to do with her.There is a saying that it is one's own fault, if it were not for Chen Xijia's fragility, Feng Shuangzhi would mercilessly throw her in the face and open the door to let her go.
"Do you just want him to give up?" Feng Shuangzhi asked her, looking at her, "Even if you don't go tomorrow, he probably won't come to Chen's house to look for you. The location of the mansion, and you have to take into account the reputation of your daughter's family. When the news of you and Fukang's marriage comes out, he will understand, right? "
Isn't it easy to give up on one person?Especially standing in Chen Xijia's position.
Not to mention whether Chen Xijia likes Wang Jie or not, at least Wang Jie likes her, Wang Jie is like a donkey, it should be Chen Xijia's good fortune to be able to spot Chen Xijia, it is a lifetime thing once such a determined person falls in love with her .However, it was very simple to hurt him, all he needed was his most cherished Chen Xijia, to stab him in the heart.
If it doesn't work once, it will be done twice, if it doesn't work twice, it will be done three times, once, once, over time, no matter how persistent a person is, he will lose his patience and feelings for the torture. Where is there any chance of resurgence?
Maybe Chen Xijia also knew about it, but she cried again, and said: "I'm afraid that he will do something stupid, because I betrayed him, if he knew, he wouldn't suspect that I changed his mind, he would just think it was me. My grandfather and father forced me to come to the government. When I was in Jiangning, sister, you have heard of his reputation. Who can beat him? I just want my sister to explain clearly to him, sister I usually talk in a reasonable way, how can others be unconvinced? I only hope that my sister persuaded him for me and let him take the imperial examination. I am just a heartless person..."
Feng Shuangzhi almost sneered, she really wanted to tell Chen Xijia that she was so hard-hearted and soft-hearted, there would be troubles in the future.
A hard heart means that she covets glory and abandons her former sweetheart; a soft heart means that she has not yet made up her mind to put her former sweetheart to death, after all, there are still some things for his good.
"If I were you, if I wanted to love, I would love Da Dali. If I didn't, I would put him to death to avoid future troubles."
When Feng Shuangzhi said this, he seemed to be joking, but it scared Chen Xijia into a cold sweat. "elder sister?"
It is really difficult for others to understand his extreme thinking, Feng Shuangzhi changed the subject: "This time, I will help you, but you will marry Fukang'an in the future, as you know, my husband will meet Fukang'an If you don't agree with your heart, you may not move around much in the future."
This is just a hint of the future relationship between the two sisters.
Chen Xijia knew, and knew that Feng Shuangzhi saw her intentions, she was ashamed and angry, and finally she could only be silent.
How a person's mind is, you can only ask yourself.
Feng Shuangzhi asked some more details, and finally said: "I will help you get things done, you can sleep with me today, pack up and go back to your own house tomorrow, I will not reveal anything to others , years of sisterhood can only help you get here."
She had already said this to death, Chen Xijia couldn't hear it, and when she went to the guest room Feng Shuangzhi prepared for herself, she cried again, and finally thought that she was in someone else's house, so she didn't dare to cry anymore, she just suppressed it , and fell into a deep sleep.
At night, Feng Shuangzhi sent someone to inform the people in the Chen residence, only saying that it was Chen Xijia who asked him about something, so he stayed at her side. He didn't know that Chen Xijia didn't notify the Chen residence, and that's why this incident happened. Oolong.
Early in the morning of the second day, the people from the Chen residence came to pick him up.
With tears in her eyes, Chen Xijia bid farewell to Feng Shuangzhi before getting into the sedan chair for the Chen residence.
Liu Quan'er came back earlier and said that he was gone, so Xitao said to Feng Shuangzhi: "I heard that when I went to report to the Chen's family last night, the people in the Chen's house had strange expressions, and I'm afraid they don't know what to say about you. Ms. , no, madam, this matter... why are you taking such trouble?"
"I have been friends with her for several years. I just realized today that I have taken her as a confidant, but people never put me in the eyes of Feng Shuangzhi. It's because I don't know people. It's just that after so many years, if she doesn't A little bit of sincerity is false. It's only for the little bit of sincerity she treated me back then... I helped her this time, and I will cut off my kindness in the future."
Feng Shuangzhi felt ironic when he said that.
Everything was embarrassing because Chen Xijia was going to marry Fukang'an, but now a married person came out from Feng Shuangzhi's side crying, what would someone else think?
Gossip is out of control.
Feng Shuangzhi only hoped that other people would have more brains, not to mention embarrassing Chen Xijia himself.
In the afternoon, she said she was going to Guangji Temple, and Liu Quan was preparing for it. Feng Shuangzhi had made an agreement with He Shen before. There is no need to worry about it at all.
It just so happens... I didn't believe in ghosts and gods at first, but now I have traveled through time and been reborn. It seems difficult to say that there are no ghosts and gods in this world.
Heshen will be in the spring of next year, and seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, it is also a good choice to go to the temple fair.
At this moment, Feng Shuangzhi went out.
The sun was not bad outside, and the snow on the ground began to melt. In winter, it is common to see snow in Beijing.
Sitting in the car from a distance, opening the corner of the curtain, you can see the silver snow on the bell and drum tower of Guangji Temple. There are many tourists on the road, because it is the day of the temple fair, and the shopkeepers are pushing small trucks on the street. Wandering around, from time to time there is a scene of a family traveling together.
Feng Shuangzhi looked at those women holding children, those men holding their wives and daughters' hands, those old women sitting on the side of the road selling lanterns...
My heart suddenly calmed down.
When they arrived in front of the mountain gate of Guangji Temple, they got off the car and saw a lot of people walking into the temple. Feng Shuangzhi was accompanied by a few maidservants, and Liu Quan was behind him. Go aside and wait.
Liu Quan never asked much about the matters of the masters, just stayed aside and didn't talk too much.
After Feng Shuangzhi entered here, he walked to the Hall of Heavenly Kings. Guangji Temple is one of the famous "Eight Inner Temples" in Beijing. It has a long history and is still very popular until now.
Walking forward under the guidance of the monk, Feng Shuangzhi entered the incense, asked the maid to give the incense money, and then went to ask for a lottery. When he went to the master who understood the lottery, he saw that the man shook his head and said "won the lottery" .
Feng Shuangzhi was stunned for a moment, "Win the lottery?"
The master said: "There are flowers in the mirror of the moon in the water, there is no way to return to the mountains and rivers, and there is a bright village with dark willows and flowers. It was originally a lottery, but... the sign said it was like this, so it turned into a lottery, which is not very good. Because the front and back things are intertwined, half of them are very bad, and once they are very good.”
Feng Shuangzhi, who had accepted the signature, still made the bewildered Xitao give the silver tael, then walked out of the hall, stood on the big incense cauldron in front of the hall, looked at the hall behind him, walked out, stood In the middle of the road, he threw the signature directly into the grass.
Xitao was shocked: "Miss, what are you doing? How can you throw away this signature at will?"
Feng Shuangzhi had a cold face, and laughed: "What kind of signature, ghosts believe it! Mountains and rivers are restored, willows are dark and flowers are bright, so what if there is no way? I can get out if there is no way. I am really crazy to come here to ask for a signature."
Even if there are any psychic and powerful people in the world, they will not live in Guangji Temple.
Feng Shuangzhi turned around and was about to leave, but he didn't expect that someone would pick up the signed paper that had fallen on the side of the road.
"Is this Madam's signature?" The man came with a book, but he was reading all the way, when he suddenly saw a signature not far in front of him, he subconsciously squatted down to pick it up. He raised his eyes and said half a sentence, and unexpectedly saw a person who was unfamiliar but not unfamiliar, and who was familiar but definitely not familiar.
Feng Shuangzhi was originally here to deal with Wang Jie's affairs, and he was planning to find someone, but he ran into him halfway.
She glanced at the signature and said, "It was before, but it's not now."
When Feng Shuangzhi threw it out, the signature was no longer hers.
Wang Jie could also hear the complete meaning of this sentence.
This person who was dubbed the word "犯" is actually a dignified appearance, but because he is a bit downcast, he gives people a sour literati feeling, but as long as you look at this person's eyes carefully, you can feel the beauty of the eyes. The wisdom and shrewdness hidden in it, but it is still covered by that stubbornness.
Feng Shuangzhi and Wang Jie, who are actually enemies, are extremely jealous when they meet.
Immediately, Wang Jie pulled the corner of his lips and smiled: "It must be that this signature is not very good, so Madam doesn't like it, right? But, how can a person who has done something wrong get a good signature?"
As soon as he let go, the slender fingers put down the piece of paper, letting it fall to the ground.
Wang Jie's gaze also fell with the paper, but turned back in a blink of an eye, looking at the expression on Feng Shuangzhi's face.
Feng Shuangzhi really felt that this person was a bit stubborn and hateful, and when he thought that He Shen and this person would be regarded as mortal enemies in the future, the complicated feeling in his heart became even stronger.
Wang Jie in this life was not reused by Qianlong so quickly, and he hadn't even participated in the imperial examination. He Shen seemed to be a bachelor when He Shen made his fortune in history. I don't know if there is any change now...
Feng Shuangzhi thought about Chen Xijia's matter, and suddenly felt that Chen Xijia didn't choose Wang Jie, otherwise, when Wang Jie and He Shen fight each other in the future, what will happen to Feng Shuangzhi and Chen Xijia?
After hearing Wang Jie's sarcasm, she couldn't hold back, and retorted: "I have never done anything wrong, and I don't believe in fate. Others think I did something, but I didn't do it, so what does that have to do with me?" coherent?"
Wang Jie was only because during Qianlong's southern tour, he wanted to sue for river regulation and river engineering, but he was pushed into the water halfway. After Feng Shuangzhi asked Fukang'an to pick him up, he let Fukangan Stopped him, pushed Tai Chi with him for a while, let Fu Kang'an and Xi Ni, in the end, Wang Jie couldn't do this matter.
What Wang Jie hates in his heart is not that they ruin other things.
"You all have a clear conscience. Is it possible that I am the one who is ashamed? High-ranking officials and rich salaries don't know the hardships of the people. Those river workers worked hard to build dams. When the flood came, the dams were destroyed, not to mention the people. Everyone disappeared. Breadwinners, you guys are good, if you stop them with one sentence and report these things, you will keep the black hat on your head and the money in your pocket."
These words were so spicy that Feng Shuangzhi felt his scalp go numb when he heard it.
She is more afraid of this Wang Jie than the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan.
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt that this matter could not be resolved.
Fortunately, although their position is not too far away, it is not considered to be under the nose of too many people, and they have not attracted too many people's attention.
Feng Shuangzhi calmed down, looked at Wang Jie, took Xitao's hand, and said, "I, Feng Shuangzhi, will not pity those people, and I have never seen what you said. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Those who go against the trend don’t go far. Even if I don’t stop you that day, who can you sue? It’s an iron law for officials to protect each other. You are just a poor little scholar and master, and you don’t even have any fame, let alone any official position. You are a master, you can help more than a dozen people, and I, a high-ranking official in Mafa, can help people in a province, do you want to deny all his achievements just because of a few individuals?"
She spoke every word clearly, Wang Jie remained silent for a while.
Seeing the stubborn master standing there without saying a word, Feng Shuangzhi said again: "The matter of Jiangnan River Works has nothing to do with me, Mafa, but you choose to sue in Jiangning, and the only one who will be implicated is me, Mafa Yinglian. If I don't stop you, is it possible that I want to help you sue and let Mafa lose my official position? Please make it clear, I am not a saint, so you can pretend that I have never read those sage books. The river worker and Jiang Ning Weaving has nothing to do, but you came out when Long Live Lord visited Jiangning and lived in the Jiangning Palace, no wonder others want to stop you."
Feng Shuangzhi's words were actually extremely reasonable, and she would have convinced others long ago, but it's a pity——Wang Jie is really not an ordinary person.
Once he recognized his own reasoning, he would no longer listen to others.
It's just that Feng Shuangzhi's words were reasonable, or unreasonable, so Wang Jie didn't speak for a long time.
"I happened to meet you today, so I'll tell you—even if I don't meet you today, I'm here to look for you."
Feng Shuangzhi thought it would be better to change the topic, since Yinglian would become a corrupt official if she continued to talk about it—although she knew that Yinglian's people were not clean, but she couldn't say that to the outside world.
Anyway, Yinglian didn't reach out to the river worker.
In the early years, Ying Lian also controlled the river, but after something happened, he seemed to be very taboo about the river control. If Ying Lian knew that there was such a stubborn donkey as Wang Jie who wanted to sue him on Qianlong's territory during his tour. Yu Zhang, maybe how to deal with Wang Jie.
Withdrawing his thoughts, Feng Shuangzhi said: "Miss Chen asked me to bring you a word."
Wang Jie's expression, which was still caught in sarcasm a moment ago, froze. He came out to wait for Chen Xijia, but he didn't expect that Feng Shuangzhi came instead of Chen Xijia.I exchanged a few words of ridicule with Feng Shuangzhi, just after hearing what she said, before I had time to retort, I had already heard something new, why did Chen Xijia call Feng Shuangzhi to come?
When he was in Jiangning, these official ladies also had friendships. Wang Jie hadn't heard Chen Xijia say that she had a good relationship with Feng Shuangzhi, but hearing it now, he felt a little uncomfortable.
What a clever person he is, he knew almost instantly that something was going to happen.
At this moment, Wang Jie almost didn't want to listen anymore. His emotion made him leave immediately, but his rationality made him stand here, listening to the blood dripping and hurting his heart.
Seeing Wang Jie's expression, Feng Shuangzhi felt that he didn't need to speak anymore.
"I always think you've already guessed it. The news about Fu Heng's marriage proposal to Chen's has been spread all over the world yesterday. You should have heard of it too, right?" What are you talking about.
In fact, looking at Wang Jie's expression now, Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt that Chen Xijia might not really understand this man.
Feng Shuangzhi and Wang Jie only met once, and she only had the chance when Fukang'an asked her to go. At that time, she didn't notice Wang Jie at all, and she didn't remember who this Wang Jie was until later.
He Shen will have many friends and enemies in the officialdom in the future. It would be strange if she could really remember all of his enemies.
"She said she would come."
Wang Jie only had this sentence, and his expression was extremely calm, but Feng Shuangzhi read a bit of unspeakable conceit from his eyes.
He seemed convinced that Chen Xijia would still come.
But Feng Shuangzhi's next sentence shattered this kind of conceit: "Yesterday she stayed at my house overnight and asked me to tell you that she betrayed her heart. If she really could elope with you, why didn't she just go to Guangji Temple last night? Fukang'an is her best destination, you have no power, Chen Hongmou looks down on you, and even Xijia thinks you have no future."
Feng Shuangzhi was just telling the truth. These words hurt people, but they could cut off those nostalgic feelings in Wang Jie's heart.
This was a tragedy, and Feng Shuangzhi was just a bystander passing on the words.
Hearing what she said, Wang Jie just clenched the scroll in his hand tightly, and the veins on the back of his hand burst out, as if he had been suppressed for a long time, and he didn't know what to say.
"What else did she say?"
"She didn't come in person because she couldn't come. She didn't ask anyone else to talk to me, just because she could only trust me in the capital, and she said——I want you to give up and let you go to the imperial examination."
When Feng Shuangzhi said these words, his voice was completely indifferent, and it had nothing to do with him.
But Wang Jie took a step back, shook his head and laughed again, the mocking eyes deepened.
Feng Shuangzhi no longer wanted to stay here, so he could only sigh: "Her daughter's family's reputation is important, if you really like her, then let her go. Whether she is willing or not, there is no possibility for you. What's more What's more, I know better than you what Xijia thinks. If the trouble comes to the Chen residence, I'm afraid you won't even be able to be a stubborn master."
This was her advice to a poor frustrated man.
"Is that how she sees me? After being broken the contract, you still have the shame to go to her house to make trouble..."
Wang Jie suddenly laughed, turned around, and walked away, "I remember what Madam said before, and I remember everything I said today. Corrupt officials can't be cured by me as a young master. In the future, I will be extremely powerful." Renchen, let's take a look..."
The man left just like that, laughing and throwing the book aside, laughing, his green shirt was untidy, and he looked like a madman who didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.
The people around also only thought that this person suddenly went crazy, and they didn't know whether it was something sad or happy that he lost his composure in front of the public.
Xi Tao listened to it for a long time, and only then did she understand what happened.
She supported Feng Shuangzhi, only feeling terrified, "Ma'am, why do I feel... I feel that there is something wrong with him, here——"
Xitao pointed to her own head.
Feng Shuangzhi looked back, smiled suddenly, poked her on the head with a finger, turned around and sighed: "People only despair when they are hurt very badly. Only after despair can they see through everything. He may be ...see through it..."
The matter between Wang Jie and Chen Xijia is almost a comparison of the marriage between her and He Shen, but Feng Shuangzhi and the others are a comedy here and a tragedy there.
Feng Shuangzhi shook his head, knowing that Xijia really misjudged Wang Jie.
Although this person is stubborn, a little stubborn, even paranoid, but he is arrogant, he was betrayed by the woman he loves, and he was humiliated like this, how could he continue to stalk him?Just like this, he looked up to the sky and smiled, threw away the poems and books in his hands, turned around and left, without worries or worries.
She really doubted that this man would turn his face and become a monk.
The matter was settled, Feng Shuangzhi was about to leave, but—another person squatted down in front of him, and picked up the signature that had fallen on the ground. When Feng Shuangzhi saw this person, he was almost out of his wits, "You ...why are you here?"
The visitor smiled, unfolded the signature, approached her, and stood in front of her, "Madam came to visit the temple fair, and I also came to the temple fair for my husband. Seeing that Madam is so frightened, could it be that I bumped into something?"
She was talking to Wang Jie just now, where is this man standing?Why did this person appear in front of me without anyone noticing as soon as Wang Jie left?Feng Shuangzhi was a little helpless, with bitterness in his mouth, and he said to He Shen: "Okay, I just met him by chance. When I was in Jiangning Weaving Mansion, I stopped this man from suing imperial court and ruined his business. Son, now that I meet him, this person will inevitably stab me a few words."
He Shen didn't know about this matter, he came today with his old friends from the academy, and the brothers wanted to find someone, so they could only accompany them to the end.
It's just that He Shen didn't think about it, so he came out of the meditation room and walked around, took a breath, and saw Feng Shuangzhi talking to a man who looked like a down-and-out scholar, which made He Shen feel a little sour.
He stood there without coming out or speaking. After watching for a while, he realized that the two people should have disagreements and were arguing or something, so he suddenly felt relieved, and then he came out, picked up the signature, and spoke. Tease her a few words.
After hearing Feng Shuangzhi's explanation, he understood. After searching in his mind carefully, he got a vague impression: "Could he be... Chen Hongmou's master? He's a stubborn donkey, what's his name... "
"—Wang Jie."
Feng Shuangzhi answered, but his expression became a little strange, "You know such a little-known person?"
He Shen took her hand, seeing that she was not wearing a cloak, he tied the cloak he was wearing on her, Feng Shuangzhi hurriedly held him down, "The wind is still cold, I'm wearing a thick jacket Come out, you—”
"Put it on and don't talk." He Shen said succinctly, and Yan Han gave her a warning look, still slightly sour.
Feng Shuangzhi almost laughed out loud at the thought of He Shen who overturned the jealous jar for no reason, and she said, "Will you come back during the Chinese New Year?"
"It's still half a month. I'm definitely going to come back." After He Shen put on her cloak, he took her hand and walked out together. He didn't care about the curious eyes of others, and he held his hand openly. If his daughter-in-law leaves, who can say that he can't make it?
As he walked, He Shen unfolded the signature to read, and frowned upon seeing it, "Is this the signature you asked for?"
Feng Shuangzhi said, "Wang Jie's."
"This sign is quite easy to solve. He must have a problem." He Shen looked at it, chewed on the two lines of the revised poem, and then threw the sign to one side.
Feng Shuangzhi didn't look at the paper that flew away with the wind, but just held He Shen's hand tightly, allowing him to send him to the outside of the mountain gate, and heard him shout loudly: "Liu Quan'er—"
When Liu Quan'er heard his master's voice at first, he was excited, and immediately led the horse and ran over: "Slave Liu Quan'er pays tribute to the Lord and Madam."
"Get up." He Shen spoke very briefly. He had been out for a long time, and it would be bad if someone came out to look for him. Don't come out, be careful of freezing, I will take you for an outing in spring."
"It's spring and you want Chunwei, it's not as good as summer, take me to the lake..."
Feng Shuangzhi was helped into the car, and just as he said a word, he was about to go in, when someone shouted from behind: "Brother He, it's almost time for you to make a match. Why do you—"
Glancing back, coincidentally meeting Qian Feng's gaze, Feng Shuangzhi felt as if he had been stabbed, and quickly retracted it, fearing that he would reveal something.
He Shen saw Feng Shuangzhi's strangeness in his eyes at this moment, but didn't say anything. Seeing her go in and come back again, he told Liu Quan a few words by the carriage before letting them go.
Just before leaving, Feng Shuangzhi was in the car, but heard He Shen say: "Miss Feng San's handwriting is very similar to yours earlier, but your handwriting is no longer the same as before. Even if someone finds something, you are still me He Shen—a justifiable wife."
Feng Shuangzhi went back with some uneasiness like this, Feng Shuangzhi didn't know what expression He Shen had when he said these words.
And He Shen, standing where she was, saw her go far away, and then turned around again, looking at Qian Feng who was standing inside, "Brother Qian just sent a slave out, why did he come out by himself?"
Qian Feng said with a smile: "My brothers are punching, I don't feel like staying here, I found an excuse to come out to look for Brother He, and I happened to come out to get some air."
You can also gamble in the meditation room, these elder brothers are really out of shape.He Shen shook his head secretly.
There are everyone in there, Yi Ajiang, Fu Kang'an, and even the younger brother Fu Chang'an of Fu Kang'an also came, and there are a few people from the academy, who are either first-class in literary talent and knowledge, or have family members. Powerful.
He Shen and the others went in as soon as they were talking, but as soon as He Shen entered the door, he saw Fu Kang'an drinking sullenly.
Yi Ajiang was still teasing him recklessly: "I've said it before, what kind of ordinary person is Miss Feng Er? It's no fault of me that you, Mr. Fu, still bump into it."
Fukang'an's face was gloomy, his eyes were downcast, and he didn't bother to talk to Yi Ajiang.
In the past, he couldn't stand up for a long time, and swung his fist at Yi Ajiang.
It's just that now, he's depressed, and he really isn't in a good mood.
"However, Chen Hongmou's granddaughter is also a first-class beauty. Although she feels a little worse than Feng Shuangzhi, she is a good girl because she is knowledgeable and reasonable..."
Yi Ajiang sighed and took another sip of wine.
Someone behind laughed and said, "Yiajiang, are you despising that tigress in your family again?"
"That's a real tigress. Now my mother-in-law is training me. When she gives birth to a big fat boy, who will pay attention to her? What do you really think of yourself..."
Yi Ajiang almost couldn't hold back the "bah", but turned around and saw Qian Feng and He Shen walking in, so he stopped the conversation early and greeted He Shen: "Brother He is finally back, this pair But here you are."
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Fukang'an looked up at He Shen, but He Shen smiled with a humble look.
He felt cold to the bone for a moment, and only felt that He Shen was hiding a knife in his smile, and he was calculating every step of the way.
Qian Feng laughed at the side and said: "Just now, Young Master and I were obviously suffering from unbearable lovesickness, and went out to send our beautiful lady back. I saw it with my own eyes."
Fukang'an suddenly drank the wine in his hand, and threw the jug on the table, and the surroundings were quiet for a while, but Fukang'an turned back and smiled: "What's the matter, everyone? Keep playing, I just got drunk suddenly Crazy."
It's just that in this world, it's impossible to even go crazy with alcohol.
He Shen knew that Fu Kang'an was uncomfortable, whether he was mean or shameless, He Shen never cared about it, he was a born villain and a schemer.
Entering the crowd as if nothing had happened, He Shen went to recite poems and compose poems again, occasionally listening to their official gossip.
Before I knew it, time passed like this.
Everyone knew that Fukang'an was going to marry Chen Hongmou's granddaughter Chen Xijia after the Chinese New Year. In the capital, the couple was inexplicably hailed as a golden boy and a beautiful girl, and Feng Shuangzhi just smiled when he heard it.
Qian Feng and Feng Yunjing also got married after the new year, and after the new year, the married families in the capital were very lively.
Shichahai in winter is always shrouded in fog. Feng Shuangzhi went out to see it a few times, always thinking that she would wait until the beginning of spring to see it, but when it really came, she didn't have the heart to go.
During the Chinese New Year, I went back to Yinglian Mansion to take a look, and met Feng Xueying who came back with a big belly, still full of arrogance, because there was a child in her belly, so she looked extraordinarily proud.
As for Feng Yunjing, she was going to get married in the next year, but instead of embarrassing the maids in the mansion, she became kinder.
Maybe I won't be here for long, so I'll be a good person in the end to show off my prestige and let people come out of the house and say something nice, right?
It was the seventh day when she came back, and after spending some time with He Shen, he was going to be busy with Chun Wei.
Feng Shuangzhi only felt that in the days after getting married, there would be less gathering and more separation, but He Shen said that it would be soon after the imperial examination. After all, most of the preparations for this kind of thing did not live in his own home, and followed the school. Let's go, I would have known if there was any news.
Therefore, Feng Shuangzhi also began to pay attention to the examination questions over the years. She did not take the imperial examination, but just read it.
Later, Xizhu came to visit and suddenly told Feng Shuangzhi an interesting story: "There are a lot of cheating in the examination room, and there are missing questions every year. It's just that I don't know who wrote the papers by myself and who were the ones. It’s just asking people to catch the knife. Scientific research is the way of the Han people, and the Manchus don’t take this way, and Lord Yongzheng hates the way other Manchus imitate the Han people..."
She always felt that Xizhu's words were foreshadowing something, and then she thought of the lottery she went to the temple to ask for.
She asked Xizhu if there was something she was hiding from her, but Xizhu just sighed, pressed her hand, and said: "There are things, just calm down, there are talented and capable people, don't worry about it." Worry has no day of success."
Xizhu was gone, but Feng Shuangzhi was worried for several days, but that heart finally fell on the day the rankings were announced, or... fell.
He Shen really failed in this way.
——No one thought of it, except He Shen himself.
She can definitely push out Chen Xijia who is sitting in her room and crying, but this girl was still innocent and cute before, but she didn't know when she had so many extra calculations.
It seems that before she came to the capital, she was just a girl from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, who only loved calligraphy and painting.
Feng Shuangzhi felt emotional, although she asked this question, she didn't want Chen Xijia to really say it.
Because Chen Xijia said it out, Feng Shuangzhi would definitely not help her because of the many years of friendship.
But at the same time, they should all know that this period of sisterhood should end like this.
If at first Feng Shuangzhi thought she was here for refuge, then after she said these words, Feng Shuangzhi would be able to know - in fact, Chen Xijia just wanted to settle the matter by himself.
As her friend, she was the first to think of Feng Shuangzhi. Feng Shuangzhi should be happy. She was even willing to help Chen Xijia solve the problem directly.But what did she say when she came in?
At the beginning, I didn't talk about the facts, but first probed into Feng Shuangzhi's tone, feeling that Feng Shuangzhi might have different opinions on his previous decisions, so he played in his arms, knowing that Feng Shuangzhi didn't approve of their elopement, so He took advantage of the situation and threw out his own request later, so it was logical.
This is not the way to get along with girlfriends and sisters, it is clearly just an attitude towards a person who is useful to him.
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt cold, but she didn't change her face, but said that sentence very calmly and in line with Chen Xijia's inner meaning.
So, how can I help you?
Regardless of whether Chen Xijia knew it or not, Feng Shuangzhi knew it very well in his heart - based on years of friendship, Feng Shuangzhi would help her this time, but there would never be a next time, even... It's hard to tell if you're not friends.
In Chen Xijia's words, there was a grudge everywhere, because she Feng Shuangzhi had a grudge with Fu Kang'an many years ago. Now that Chen Xijia is getting married, of course she will mind her future husband's former "sweetheart".
Although Wang Jie is poor, but this person will be regarded as the only person who can challenge Heshen in the future, and he was powerful for a while, and later became the auxiliary minister during the Jiaqing period, especially now that Chen Xijia thinks that he will not have much promise?
Feng Shuangzhi originally wanted to remind her, but then he thought again: Actually Chen Xijia had already made a decision, and with a better husband-in-law, Fu Kang'an, naturally he wouldn't look at Wang Jie again.If Feng Shuangzhi speaks well of Wang Jie now, not to mention that Feng Shuangzhi has no contact with Wang Jie at all, even if he has contact, at this time to be fair, people will only think it is—she does not want Chen Xijia to marry Fukang install.
No wonder, Feng Shuangzhi's status in this is a bit embarrassing.
She swallowed everything she wanted to say, waiting for Chen Xijia's answer.
Sure enough, Chen Xijia wiped away tears, seemed to be thinking for a long time, and then murmured: "Tomorrow there will be a temple fair in Guangji Temple, I thought I would take the opportunity to go out, but now it won't happen... I just want my sister to pass a message on my behalf. He, dare not tell the servant girl this, and I dare not write it down, if others recognize my handwriting, something will happen... Sister, sister, it is really only you, I just want him to give up—"
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt that Chen Xijia was sincere and cruel. Did she ever love Wang Jie?
If it was Feng Shuangzhi himself, how could he abandon the one he loved because of Fukang'an's momentary glory and wealth?Even if Fukang'an and He Shen are side by side, didn't she choose He Shen?But Chen Xijia...
Not to mention that Wang Jie and Chen Xijia once made a private decision for life and agreed to elope. It stands to reason that they love each other very deeply, but now Chen Xijia's performance is not flattering.
Feng Shuangzhi said: "Xijia, I can go, but you should know - I'm not a stupid person, only this time. There won't be a next time..."
She stretched out her hand and put it on Chen Xijia's. She looked very kind, and even had a gentle smile on her lips, but her eyes were too bright, as if she had directly seen Chen Xijia's heart.
Chen Xijia trembled, and bit her lips, as if regretting it, but in the end, maybe something in her heart defeated something else, she raised a small face, full of sadness: "Sister..."
However, Feng Shuangzhi was indifferent, she was cold-hearted, and she would not have any sympathy for people who were about to have nothing to do with her.There is a saying that it is one's own fault, if it were not for Chen Xijia's fragility, Feng Shuangzhi would mercilessly throw her in the face and open the door to let her go.
"Do you just want him to give up?" Feng Shuangzhi asked her, looking at her, "Even if you don't go tomorrow, he probably won't come to Chen's house to look for you. The location of the mansion, and you have to take into account the reputation of your daughter's family. When the news of you and Fukang's marriage comes out, he will understand, right? "
Isn't it easy to give up on one person?Especially standing in Chen Xijia's position.
Not to mention whether Chen Xijia likes Wang Jie or not, at least Wang Jie likes her, Wang Jie is like a donkey, it should be Chen Xijia's good fortune to be able to spot Chen Xijia, it is a lifetime thing once such a determined person falls in love with her .However, it was very simple to hurt him, all he needed was his most cherished Chen Xijia, to stab him in the heart.
If it doesn't work once, it will be done twice, if it doesn't work twice, it will be done three times, once, once, over time, no matter how persistent a person is, he will lose his patience and feelings for the torture. Where is there any chance of resurgence?
Maybe Chen Xijia also knew about it, but she cried again, and said: "I'm afraid that he will do something stupid, because I betrayed him, if he knew, he wouldn't suspect that I changed his mind, he would just think it was me. My grandfather and father forced me to come to the government. When I was in Jiangning, sister, you have heard of his reputation. Who can beat him? I just want my sister to explain clearly to him, sister I usually talk in a reasonable way, how can others be unconvinced? I only hope that my sister persuaded him for me and let him take the imperial examination. I am just a heartless person..."
Feng Shuangzhi almost sneered, she really wanted to tell Chen Xijia that she was so hard-hearted and soft-hearted, there would be troubles in the future.
A hard heart means that she covets glory and abandons her former sweetheart; a soft heart means that she has not yet made up her mind to put her former sweetheart to death, after all, there are still some things for his good.
"If I were you, if I wanted to love, I would love Da Dali. If I didn't, I would put him to death to avoid future troubles."
When Feng Shuangzhi said this, he seemed to be joking, but it scared Chen Xijia into a cold sweat. "elder sister?"
It is really difficult for others to understand his extreme thinking, Feng Shuangzhi changed the subject: "This time, I will help you, but you will marry Fukang'an in the future, as you know, my husband will meet Fukang'an If you don't agree with your heart, you may not move around much in the future."
This is just a hint of the future relationship between the two sisters.
Chen Xijia knew, and knew that Feng Shuangzhi saw her intentions, she was ashamed and angry, and finally she could only be silent.
How a person's mind is, you can only ask yourself.
Feng Shuangzhi asked some more details, and finally said: "I will help you get things done, you can sleep with me today, pack up and go back to your own house tomorrow, I will not reveal anything to others , years of sisterhood can only help you get here."
She had already said this to death, Chen Xijia couldn't hear it, and when she went to the guest room Feng Shuangzhi prepared for herself, she cried again, and finally thought that she was in someone else's house, so she didn't dare to cry anymore, she just suppressed it , and fell into a deep sleep.
At night, Feng Shuangzhi sent someone to inform the people in the Chen residence, only saying that it was Chen Xijia who asked him about something, so he stayed at her side. He didn't know that Chen Xijia didn't notify the Chen residence, and that's why this incident happened. Oolong.
Early in the morning of the second day, the people from the Chen residence came to pick him up.
With tears in her eyes, Chen Xijia bid farewell to Feng Shuangzhi before getting into the sedan chair for the Chen residence.
Liu Quan'er came back earlier and said that he was gone, so Xitao said to Feng Shuangzhi: "I heard that when I went to report to the Chen's family last night, the people in the Chen's house had strange expressions, and I'm afraid they don't know what to say about you. Ms. , no, madam, this matter... why are you taking such trouble?"
"I have been friends with her for several years. I just realized today that I have taken her as a confidant, but people never put me in the eyes of Feng Shuangzhi. It's because I don't know people. It's just that after so many years, if she doesn't A little bit of sincerity is false. It's only for the little bit of sincerity she treated me back then... I helped her this time, and I will cut off my kindness in the future."
Feng Shuangzhi felt ironic when he said that.
Everything was embarrassing because Chen Xijia was going to marry Fukang'an, but now a married person came out from Feng Shuangzhi's side crying, what would someone else think?
Gossip is out of control.
Feng Shuangzhi only hoped that other people would have more brains, not to mention embarrassing Chen Xijia himself.
In the afternoon, she said she was going to Guangji Temple, and Liu Quan was preparing for it. Feng Shuangzhi had made an agreement with He Shen before. There is no need to worry about it at all.
It just so happens... I didn't believe in ghosts and gods at first, but now I have traveled through time and been reborn. It seems difficult to say that there are no ghosts and gods in this world.
Heshen will be in the spring of next year, and seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, it is also a good choice to go to the temple fair.
At this moment, Feng Shuangzhi went out.
The sun was not bad outside, and the snow on the ground began to melt. In winter, it is common to see snow in Beijing.
Sitting in the car from a distance, opening the corner of the curtain, you can see the silver snow on the bell and drum tower of Guangji Temple. There are many tourists on the road, because it is the day of the temple fair, and the shopkeepers are pushing small trucks on the street. Wandering around, from time to time there is a scene of a family traveling together.
Feng Shuangzhi looked at those women holding children, those men holding their wives and daughters' hands, those old women sitting on the side of the road selling lanterns...
My heart suddenly calmed down.
When they arrived in front of the mountain gate of Guangji Temple, they got off the car and saw a lot of people walking into the temple. Feng Shuangzhi was accompanied by a few maidservants, and Liu Quan was behind him. Go aside and wait.
Liu Quan never asked much about the matters of the masters, just stayed aside and didn't talk too much.
After Feng Shuangzhi entered here, he walked to the Hall of Heavenly Kings. Guangji Temple is one of the famous "Eight Inner Temples" in Beijing. It has a long history and is still very popular until now.
Walking forward under the guidance of the monk, Feng Shuangzhi entered the incense, asked the maid to give the incense money, and then went to ask for a lottery. When he went to the master who understood the lottery, he saw that the man shook his head and said "won the lottery" .
Feng Shuangzhi was stunned for a moment, "Win the lottery?"
The master said: "There are flowers in the mirror of the moon in the water, there is no way to return to the mountains and rivers, and there is a bright village with dark willows and flowers. It was originally a lottery, but... the sign said it was like this, so it turned into a lottery, which is not very good. Because the front and back things are intertwined, half of them are very bad, and once they are very good.”
Feng Shuangzhi, who had accepted the signature, still made the bewildered Xitao give the silver tael, then walked out of the hall, stood on the big incense cauldron in front of the hall, looked at the hall behind him, walked out, stood In the middle of the road, he threw the signature directly into the grass.
Xitao was shocked: "Miss, what are you doing? How can you throw away this signature at will?"
Feng Shuangzhi had a cold face, and laughed: "What kind of signature, ghosts believe it! Mountains and rivers are restored, willows are dark and flowers are bright, so what if there is no way? I can get out if there is no way. I am really crazy to come here to ask for a signature."
Even if there are any psychic and powerful people in the world, they will not live in Guangji Temple.
Feng Shuangzhi turned around and was about to leave, but he didn't expect that someone would pick up the signed paper that had fallen on the side of the road.
"Is this Madam's signature?" The man came with a book, but he was reading all the way, when he suddenly saw a signature not far in front of him, he subconsciously squatted down to pick it up. He raised his eyes and said half a sentence, and unexpectedly saw a person who was unfamiliar but not unfamiliar, and who was familiar but definitely not familiar.
Feng Shuangzhi was originally here to deal with Wang Jie's affairs, and he was planning to find someone, but he ran into him halfway.
She glanced at the signature and said, "It was before, but it's not now."
When Feng Shuangzhi threw it out, the signature was no longer hers.
Wang Jie could also hear the complete meaning of this sentence.
This person who was dubbed the word "犯" is actually a dignified appearance, but because he is a bit downcast, he gives people a sour literati feeling, but as long as you look at this person's eyes carefully, you can feel the beauty of the eyes. The wisdom and shrewdness hidden in it, but it is still covered by that stubbornness.
Feng Shuangzhi and Wang Jie, who are actually enemies, are extremely jealous when they meet.
Immediately, Wang Jie pulled the corner of his lips and smiled: "It must be that this signature is not very good, so Madam doesn't like it, right? But, how can a person who has done something wrong get a good signature?"
As soon as he let go, the slender fingers put down the piece of paper, letting it fall to the ground.
Wang Jie's gaze also fell with the paper, but turned back in a blink of an eye, looking at the expression on Feng Shuangzhi's face.
Feng Shuangzhi really felt that this person was a bit stubborn and hateful, and when he thought that He Shen and this person would be regarded as mortal enemies in the future, the complicated feeling in his heart became even stronger.
Wang Jie in this life was not reused by Qianlong so quickly, and he hadn't even participated in the imperial examination. He Shen seemed to be a bachelor when He Shen made his fortune in history. I don't know if there is any change now...
Feng Shuangzhi thought about Chen Xijia's matter, and suddenly felt that Chen Xijia didn't choose Wang Jie, otherwise, when Wang Jie and He Shen fight each other in the future, what will happen to Feng Shuangzhi and Chen Xijia?
After hearing Wang Jie's sarcasm, she couldn't hold back, and retorted: "I have never done anything wrong, and I don't believe in fate. Others think I did something, but I didn't do it, so what does that have to do with me?" coherent?"
Wang Jie was only because during Qianlong's southern tour, he wanted to sue for river regulation and river engineering, but he was pushed into the water halfway. After Feng Shuangzhi asked Fukang'an to pick him up, he let Fukangan Stopped him, pushed Tai Chi with him for a while, let Fu Kang'an and Xi Ni, in the end, Wang Jie couldn't do this matter.
What Wang Jie hates in his heart is not that they ruin other things.
"You all have a clear conscience. Is it possible that I am the one who is ashamed? High-ranking officials and rich salaries don't know the hardships of the people. Those river workers worked hard to build dams. When the flood came, the dams were destroyed, not to mention the people. Everyone disappeared. Breadwinners, you guys are good, if you stop them with one sentence and report these things, you will keep the black hat on your head and the money in your pocket."
These words were so spicy that Feng Shuangzhi felt his scalp go numb when he heard it.
She is more afraid of this Wang Jie than the fifteenth elder brother Yongyan.
Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt that this matter could not be resolved.
Fortunately, although their position is not too far away, it is not considered to be under the nose of too many people, and they have not attracted too many people's attention.
Feng Shuangzhi calmed down, looked at Wang Jie, took Xitao's hand, and said, "I, Feng Shuangzhi, will not pity those people, and I have never seen what you said. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Those who go against the trend don’t go far. Even if I don’t stop you that day, who can you sue? It’s an iron law for officials to protect each other. You are just a poor little scholar and master, and you don’t even have any fame, let alone any official position. You are a master, you can help more than a dozen people, and I, a high-ranking official in Mafa, can help people in a province, do you want to deny all his achievements just because of a few individuals?"
She spoke every word clearly, Wang Jie remained silent for a while.
Seeing the stubborn master standing there without saying a word, Feng Shuangzhi said again: "The matter of Jiangnan River Works has nothing to do with me, Mafa, but you choose to sue in Jiangning, and the only one who will be implicated is me, Mafa Yinglian. If I don't stop you, is it possible that I want to help you sue and let Mafa lose my official position? Please make it clear, I am not a saint, so you can pretend that I have never read those sage books. The river worker and Jiang Ning Weaving has nothing to do, but you came out when Long Live Lord visited Jiangning and lived in the Jiangning Palace, no wonder others want to stop you."
Feng Shuangzhi's words were actually extremely reasonable, and she would have convinced others long ago, but it's a pity——Wang Jie is really not an ordinary person.
Once he recognized his own reasoning, he would no longer listen to others.
It's just that Feng Shuangzhi's words were reasonable, or unreasonable, so Wang Jie didn't speak for a long time.
"I happened to meet you today, so I'll tell you—even if I don't meet you today, I'm here to look for you."
Feng Shuangzhi thought it would be better to change the topic, since Yinglian would become a corrupt official if she continued to talk about it—although she knew that Yinglian's people were not clean, but she couldn't say that to the outside world.
Anyway, Yinglian didn't reach out to the river worker.
In the early years, Ying Lian also controlled the river, but after something happened, he seemed to be very taboo about the river control. If Ying Lian knew that there was such a stubborn donkey as Wang Jie who wanted to sue him on Qianlong's territory during his tour. Yu Zhang, maybe how to deal with Wang Jie.
Withdrawing his thoughts, Feng Shuangzhi said: "Miss Chen asked me to bring you a word."
Wang Jie's expression, which was still caught in sarcasm a moment ago, froze. He came out to wait for Chen Xijia, but he didn't expect that Feng Shuangzhi came instead of Chen Xijia.I exchanged a few words of ridicule with Feng Shuangzhi, just after hearing what she said, before I had time to retort, I had already heard something new, why did Chen Xijia call Feng Shuangzhi to come?
When he was in Jiangning, these official ladies also had friendships. Wang Jie hadn't heard Chen Xijia say that she had a good relationship with Feng Shuangzhi, but hearing it now, he felt a little uncomfortable.
What a clever person he is, he knew almost instantly that something was going to happen.
At this moment, Wang Jie almost didn't want to listen anymore. His emotion made him leave immediately, but his rationality made him stand here, listening to the blood dripping and hurting his heart.
Seeing Wang Jie's expression, Feng Shuangzhi felt that he didn't need to speak anymore.
"I always think you've already guessed it. The news about Fu Heng's marriage proposal to Chen's has been spread all over the world yesterday. You should have heard of it too, right?" What are you talking about.
In fact, looking at Wang Jie's expression now, Feng Shuangzhi suddenly felt that Chen Xijia might not really understand this man.
Feng Shuangzhi and Wang Jie only met once, and she only had the chance when Fukang'an asked her to go. At that time, she didn't notice Wang Jie at all, and she didn't remember who this Wang Jie was until later.
He Shen will have many friends and enemies in the officialdom in the future. It would be strange if she could really remember all of his enemies.
"She said she would come."
Wang Jie only had this sentence, and his expression was extremely calm, but Feng Shuangzhi read a bit of unspeakable conceit from his eyes.
He seemed convinced that Chen Xijia would still come.
But Feng Shuangzhi's next sentence shattered this kind of conceit: "Yesterday she stayed at my house overnight and asked me to tell you that she betrayed her heart. If she really could elope with you, why didn't she just go to Guangji Temple last night? Fukang'an is her best destination, you have no power, Chen Hongmou looks down on you, and even Xijia thinks you have no future."
Feng Shuangzhi was just telling the truth. These words hurt people, but they could cut off those nostalgic feelings in Wang Jie's heart.
This was a tragedy, and Feng Shuangzhi was just a bystander passing on the words.
Hearing what she said, Wang Jie just clenched the scroll in his hand tightly, and the veins on the back of his hand burst out, as if he had been suppressed for a long time, and he didn't know what to say.
"What else did she say?"
"She didn't come in person because she couldn't come. She didn't ask anyone else to talk to me, just because she could only trust me in the capital, and she said——I want you to give up and let you go to the imperial examination."
When Feng Shuangzhi said these words, his voice was completely indifferent, and it had nothing to do with him.
But Wang Jie took a step back, shook his head and laughed again, the mocking eyes deepened.
Feng Shuangzhi no longer wanted to stay here, so he could only sigh: "Her daughter's family's reputation is important, if you really like her, then let her go. Whether she is willing or not, there is no possibility for you. What's more What's more, I know better than you what Xijia thinks. If the trouble comes to the Chen residence, I'm afraid you won't even be able to be a stubborn master."
This was her advice to a poor frustrated man.
"Is that how she sees me? After being broken the contract, you still have the shame to go to her house to make trouble..."
Wang Jie suddenly laughed, turned around, and walked away, "I remember what Madam said before, and I remember everything I said today. Corrupt officials can't be cured by me as a young master. In the future, I will be extremely powerful." Renchen, let's take a look..."
The man left just like that, laughing and throwing the book aside, laughing, his green shirt was untidy, and he looked like a madman who didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.
The people around also only thought that this person suddenly went crazy, and they didn't know whether it was something sad or happy that he lost his composure in front of the public.
Xi Tao listened to it for a long time, and only then did she understand what happened.
She supported Feng Shuangzhi, only feeling terrified, "Ma'am, why do I feel... I feel that there is something wrong with him, here——"
Xitao pointed to her own head.
Feng Shuangzhi looked back, smiled suddenly, poked her on the head with a finger, turned around and sighed: "People only despair when they are hurt very badly. Only after despair can they see through everything. He may be ...see through it..."
The matter between Wang Jie and Chen Xijia is almost a comparison of the marriage between her and He Shen, but Feng Shuangzhi and the others are a comedy here and a tragedy there.
Feng Shuangzhi shook his head, knowing that Xijia really misjudged Wang Jie.
Although this person is stubborn, a little stubborn, even paranoid, but he is arrogant, he was betrayed by the woman he loves, and he was humiliated like this, how could he continue to stalk him?Just like this, he looked up to the sky and smiled, threw away the poems and books in his hands, turned around and left, without worries or worries.
She really doubted that this man would turn his face and become a monk.
The matter was settled, Feng Shuangzhi was about to leave, but—another person squatted down in front of him, and picked up the signature that had fallen on the ground. When Feng Shuangzhi saw this person, he was almost out of his wits, "You ...why are you here?"
The visitor smiled, unfolded the signature, approached her, and stood in front of her, "Madam came to visit the temple fair, and I also came to the temple fair for my husband. Seeing that Madam is so frightened, could it be that I bumped into something?"
She was talking to Wang Jie just now, where is this man standing?Why did this person appear in front of me without anyone noticing as soon as Wang Jie left?Feng Shuangzhi was a little helpless, with bitterness in his mouth, and he said to He Shen: "Okay, I just met him by chance. When I was in Jiangning Weaving Mansion, I stopped this man from suing imperial court and ruined his business. Son, now that I meet him, this person will inevitably stab me a few words."
He Shen didn't know about this matter, he came today with his old friends from the academy, and the brothers wanted to find someone, so they could only accompany them to the end.
It's just that He Shen didn't think about it, so he came out of the meditation room and walked around, took a breath, and saw Feng Shuangzhi talking to a man who looked like a down-and-out scholar, which made He Shen feel a little sour.
He stood there without coming out or speaking. After watching for a while, he realized that the two people should have disagreements and were arguing or something, so he suddenly felt relieved, and then he came out, picked up the signature, and spoke. Tease her a few words.
After hearing Feng Shuangzhi's explanation, he understood. After searching in his mind carefully, he got a vague impression: "Could he be... Chen Hongmou's master? He's a stubborn donkey, what's his name... "
"—Wang Jie."
Feng Shuangzhi answered, but his expression became a little strange, "You know such a little-known person?"
He Shen took her hand, seeing that she was not wearing a cloak, he tied the cloak he was wearing on her, Feng Shuangzhi hurriedly held him down, "The wind is still cold, I'm wearing a thick jacket Come out, you—”
"Put it on and don't talk." He Shen said succinctly, and Yan Han gave her a warning look, still slightly sour.
Feng Shuangzhi almost laughed out loud at the thought of He Shen who overturned the jealous jar for no reason, and she said, "Will you come back during the Chinese New Year?"
"It's still half a month. I'm definitely going to come back." After He Shen put on her cloak, he took her hand and walked out together. He didn't care about the curious eyes of others, and he held his hand openly. If his daughter-in-law leaves, who can say that he can't make it?
As he walked, He Shen unfolded the signature to read, and frowned upon seeing it, "Is this the signature you asked for?"
Feng Shuangzhi said, "Wang Jie's."
"This sign is quite easy to solve. He must have a problem." He Shen looked at it, chewed on the two lines of the revised poem, and then threw the sign to one side.
Feng Shuangzhi didn't look at the paper that flew away with the wind, but just held He Shen's hand tightly, allowing him to send him to the outside of the mountain gate, and heard him shout loudly: "Liu Quan'er—"
When Liu Quan'er heard his master's voice at first, he was excited, and immediately led the horse and ran over: "Slave Liu Quan'er pays tribute to the Lord and Madam."
"Get up." He Shen spoke very briefly. He had been out for a long time, and it would be bad if someone came out to look for him. Don't come out, be careful of freezing, I will take you for an outing in spring."
"It's spring and you want Chunwei, it's not as good as summer, take me to the lake..."
Feng Shuangzhi was helped into the car, and just as he said a word, he was about to go in, when someone shouted from behind: "Brother He, it's almost time for you to make a match. Why do you—"
Glancing back, coincidentally meeting Qian Feng's gaze, Feng Shuangzhi felt as if he had been stabbed, and quickly retracted it, fearing that he would reveal something.
He Shen saw Feng Shuangzhi's strangeness in his eyes at this moment, but didn't say anything. Seeing her go in and come back again, he told Liu Quan a few words by the carriage before letting them go.
Just before leaving, Feng Shuangzhi was in the car, but heard He Shen say: "Miss Feng San's handwriting is very similar to yours earlier, but your handwriting is no longer the same as before. Even if someone finds something, you are still me He Shen—a justifiable wife."
Feng Shuangzhi went back with some uneasiness like this, Feng Shuangzhi didn't know what expression He Shen had when he said these words.
And He Shen, standing where she was, saw her go far away, and then turned around again, looking at Qian Feng who was standing inside, "Brother Qian just sent a slave out, why did he come out by himself?"
Qian Feng said with a smile: "My brothers are punching, I don't feel like staying here, I found an excuse to come out to look for Brother He, and I happened to come out to get some air."
You can also gamble in the meditation room, these elder brothers are really out of shape.He Shen shook his head secretly.
There are everyone in there, Yi Ajiang, Fu Kang'an, and even the younger brother Fu Chang'an of Fu Kang'an also came, and there are a few people from the academy, who are either first-class in literary talent and knowledge, or have family members. Powerful.
He Shen and the others went in as soon as they were talking, but as soon as He Shen entered the door, he saw Fu Kang'an drinking sullenly.
Yi Ajiang was still teasing him recklessly: "I've said it before, what kind of ordinary person is Miss Feng Er? It's no fault of me that you, Mr. Fu, still bump into it."
Fukang'an's face was gloomy, his eyes were downcast, and he didn't bother to talk to Yi Ajiang.
In the past, he couldn't stand up for a long time, and swung his fist at Yi Ajiang.
It's just that now, he's depressed, and he really isn't in a good mood.
"However, Chen Hongmou's granddaughter is also a first-class beauty. Although she feels a little worse than Feng Shuangzhi, she is a good girl because she is knowledgeable and reasonable..."
Yi Ajiang sighed and took another sip of wine.
Someone behind laughed and said, "Yiajiang, are you despising that tigress in your family again?"
"That's a real tigress. Now my mother-in-law is training me. When she gives birth to a big fat boy, who will pay attention to her? What do you really think of yourself..."
Yi Ajiang almost couldn't hold back the "bah", but turned around and saw Qian Feng and He Shen walking in, so he stopped the conversation early and greeted He Shen: "Brother He is finally back, this pair But here you are."
……
Fukang'an looked up at He Shen, but He Shen smiled with a humble look.
He felt cold to the bone for a moment, and only felt that He Shen was hiding a knife in his smile, and he was calculating every step of the way.
Qian Feng laughed at the side and said: "Just now, Young Master and I were obviously suffering from unbearable lovesickness, and went out to send our beautiful lady back. I saw it with my own eyes."
Fukang'an suddenly drank the wine in his hand, and threw the jug on the table, and the surroundings were quiet for a while, but Fukang'an turned back and smiled: "What's the matter, everyone? Keep playing, I just got drunk suddenly Crazy."
It's just that in this world, it's impossible to even go crazy with alcohol.
He Shen knew that Fu Kang'an was uncomfortable, whether he was mean or shameless, He Shen never cared about it, he was a born villain and a schemer.
Entering the crowd as if nothing had happened, He Shen went to recite poems and compose poems again, occasionally listening to their official gossip.
Before I knew it, time passed like this.
Everyone knew that Fukang'an was going to marry Chen Hongmou's granddaughter Chen Xijia after the Chinese New Year. In the capital, the couple was inexplicably hailed as a golden boy and a beautiful girl, and Feng Shuangzhi just smiled when he heard it.
Qian Feng and Feng Yunjing also got married after the new year, and after the new year, the married families in the capital were very lively.
Shichahai in winter is always shrouded in fog. Feng Shuangzhi went out to see it a few times, always thinking that she would wait until the beginning of spring to see it, but when it really came, she didn't have the heart to go.
During the Chinese New Year, I went back to Yinglian Mansion to take a look, and met Feng Xueying who came back with a big belly, still full of arrogance, because there was a child in her belly, so she looked extraordinarily proud.
As for Feng Yunjing, she was going to get married in the next year, but instead of embarrassing the maids in the mansion, she became kinder.
Maybe I won't be here for long, so I'll be a good person in the end to show off my prestige and let people come out of the house and say something nice, right?
It was the seventh day when she came back, and after spending some time with He Shen, he was going to be busy with Chun Wei.
Feng Shuangzhi only felt that in the days after getting married, there would be less gathering and more separation, but He Shen said that it would be soon after the imperial examination. After all, most of the preparations for this kind of thing did not live in his own home, and followed the school. Let's go, I would have known if there was any news.
Therefore, Feng Shuangzhi also began to pay attention to the examination questions over the years. She did not take the imperial examination, but just read it.
Later, Xizhu came to visit and suddenly told Feng Shuangzhi an interesting story: "There are a lot of cheating in the examination room, and there are missing questions every year. It's just that I don't know who wrote the papers by myself and who were the ones. It’s just asking people to catch the knife. Scientific research is the way of the Han people, and the Manchus don’t take this way, and Lord Yongzheng hates the way other Manchus imitate the Han people..."
She always felt that Xizhu's words were foreshadowing something, and then she thought of the lottery she went to the temple to ask for.
She asked Xizhu if there was something she was hiding from her, but Xizhu just sighed, pressed her hand, and said: "There are things, just calm down, there are talented and capable people, don't worry about it." Worry has no day of success."
Xizhu was gone, but Feng Shuangzhi was worried for several days, but that heart finally fell on the day the rankings were announced, or... fell.
He Shen really failed in this way.
——No one thought of it, except He Shen himself.
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