Brother Donggong

Cui Bicheng regained his composure. He took a sip of his tea, suddenly glanced sideways at me, and said, "By the way, I didn't have time to ask you just now, what happened to your hand?"

I held up Xiaolian's hands wrapped into watermelons with white ribbons and said helplessly, "I was squeezed by the door."

"Squeezed by the door...?"

Cui Bicheng looked at me like I was looking at an idiot.

I said helplessly, "Xiao Lian and I were having a fight, I was chasing him, and the door rubbed against him. It was fine, but Xiao Lian insisted on tying me up like this."

I raised my watermelon hand again, "He sincerely has trouble with me. But, hey, let him be. As long as he is happy, I will be happier. He is no better than us. He is helpless alone. If I don't protect him Just point him out, Cucumber doesn’t bully him, Xie Meng and the others belong to the prince, it’s quite annoying to use some tricks secretly.”

Cui Bicheng laughed at me, "You really are the seed of passion."

I curled my lips, "You are not much better. Young Master Du was entrusted to Zhou Xi in Yongjia by you, and his fleet was taken back to the south? You are in such a difficult situation now, and you still have the mind to take care of him. It can be seen You two are also extraordinary."

"Cut!" Old Cui said in an incoherent manner, but he looked at me seriously, "I have nothing to do with Du Yuchan, don't talk nonsense. Besides, how can Xiao Lian compare with Du Yuchan? Du Yuchan and I are two He's a classmate, we grew up together, we know the basics, Xiao Lian is different, you don't know his background? You can buy him with a few hundred taels of silver, so can anyone else!"

Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps downstairs, Cui Bicheng immediately shut up, and said, "I won't go back today, I'll sleep at your place. Do you have a guest room?"

Xiao Lian came back. He usually walked like a ghost, but this time he made a noise from a distance, thinking that he didn't want to hear something he shouldn't hear.

I immediately said, "Yes, I'm moving to sleep in the Shuixie here. My original main room is vacant, so you can sleep tonight."

Before the words were finished, Xiao Lian opened the door and came in, holding a bowl of water rice made of buckwheat grains in her hand. I like to eat this.Xiaolian said that the braised elbow was not ready yet, and Miss Feng wanted to eat it at night.Old Cui pursed his lips resentfully, and went to sleep in my main room with his idiot belly in his hands.

The main building of the palace faces south and is luxurious and grand. I slept there all winter and felt like a shiitake mushroom growing deep in the mountains. I was about to mature, so when spring came, I moved here to live in the small attic on the waterside pavilion.Here is facing the lake, willow branches and flowers, while a piece of white sand is spread over there, two cranes are raised, and a peach blossom is planted.

Looking at it during the day, there are dazzling waves and shallow spring colors, which can tell me that the seasons have changed. Of course, the most important thing is that there are hot springs here.The hot spring pool that Wen Zhan asked to repair is also here. Every night, you can soak in the hot spring first, and then go upstairs to sleep wrapped in a robe. Xiaolian and I played chess for a while, and then went to the pool behind to soak in the hot spring. I asked Xiaolian to remove all my watermelon hands, leaving only a little bruise on my wrist, which was neither painful nor swollen, so I didn't let him wrap it around any more.After lunch, I asked Cucumber to find some bamboo strips, and Xiaolian, Cucumber, and I made kites together until we reached the lamp.We made a dozen or so kites, all of which were simple versions, in the shape of cubes, with two tails trailing behind them.I picked and picked one that looked fairly square for Yuezheng, and I planned to play the rest in the yard tomorrow.

Played all day today, I went to bed after dinner, and Xiao Lian also went back to his small courtyard.

Since he came back from the third place, he has slept with me in a separate room. I always feel that he has some little secrets of his own, just like me. Since my father gave Yuxi Palace to me, I will not let my mother If there is nothing to do, just ran to my place to help me pack my things.

I slept until midnight and felt a little hungry again, so I opened my eyes and suddenly felt strange that the waterside pavilion that was supposed to be dark was brightly lit, and there were sounds of people walking and talking downstairs, and Cucumber was not by my side.

I lifted the quilt, rubbed my eyes and walked to the corner of the stairs, trying to see what happened.

Suddenly, I heard Cui Bicheng's low voice, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate for His Royal Highness to come at this time."

Prince?

What does he come to do?

Sure enough, Wen Zhan's still water-like voice replied, "Why isn't it appropriate?"

Cui Bicheng said frivolously, "Is there any need to ask? The tent is warm in the spring, and it is the time for deep affection. It is not very good for the prince to come at this time."

Wen Zhan, "Xiao Wang apologizes for disturbing Mr. Cui's good deeds."

Cui Bicheng, "My good deeds? What good deeds can I do? Now that I'm dependent on others, how can I dare to do anything wrong? It's my cousin, Lord Qi, who has a pet in his arms, so naturally he needs to comfort him more."

At that time, I almost rushed down and kicked Lao Cui on the forehead, telling him to shut up!

If you say that in front of Wen Zhan, isn't that ruining me?

Old Cui, you are impatient to live, don't drag me into the water.

Wen Zhan's Hades temper, try to be careful with him or take the blame at every turn. If you fan the wind behind my back like this and light the will-o'-the-wisp, if you stir up Wen Zhan's Hades temper, he will kill you, I don't care.

Originally I thought that Wen Zhan would turn his face on the spot, but he was beyond my expectation. Instead of turning his face, he even smiled, "What kind of person is Cheng Yi? I know him better than you. Since Cheng Yi is already asleep, I Don't bother him, I can sit here and wait."

Wen Zhan asked someone to take off his cloak, and someone hurriedly brought over a silver basin with clear water and a cotton cloth towel. Wen Zhan washed his hands and wiped his face with the cloth towel before sitting down. Cucumber made tea with his own hands. Put it by his hand.

Wen Zhan said to Cucumber, "Ask Feng Xiaosheng to cook a bowl of noodles for me. I just came from Weiyin Hall, I haven't eaten, and I feel sick to my stomach."

Cucumber quickly agreed, bowed and retreated.

Cui Bicheng sat opposite him, "His Royal Highness is really impolite, think of this as the East Palace. Since His Highness must sit here and wait, Cui will not accompany you."

"Wait a minute." Wen Zhan said suddenly, "Since Mr. Cui is here, please sit down. Xiao Wang has something to say to Mr. Cui."

Cui Bicheng walked to the door and stopped.

Wen Zhan glanced at Liu Congrong beside him, "Go out first, tell the outsiders, and take twenty steps back."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Liu Cong answered.

Cui Bicheng stepped aside to open the door, he watched Liu Congrong go out, but did not move.

"What would your Highness want to tell me?"

Wen Zhan said, "Mr. Cui is the nephew of Concubine Xiang and Chengyi's cousin. In terms of national law, you are a foreign relative. In terms of personal affairs, you are also a relative of Xiao Wang. It's just that the Tian family's flesh and blood are not as good as ordinary people, and we are not familiar with it." But if you are not familiar, you are not familiar, it is not that there is no friendship.”

Cui Bicheng put his arms around his shoulders, leaned against the door frame, and sneered.

Wen Zhan continued, "Mr. Cui, forgive Xiao Wang for being rude. To be honest, what you have done over the years cannot be called a giant businessman. The demeanor of business and government masters they uphold is actually quite different.”

Cui Bicheng put his hands down, and his face became serious.

Wen Zhan, "Mr. Cui, you are not in the officialdom, but you are in the Dazheng Manufacturing Bureau. You also receive the imperial salary, but you can't control your subordinates. You wantonly corrupt the money that should belong to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, bribe the Jiangnan officialdom, and implicate the king. Sin [-]: As a businessman, but with cunning in his heart, he secretly kept private accounts behind the court officials, did not turn them over to the court, and embezzled them for private use, intending to blackmail the head of the court. The bloody murder case in Jiangsu is the third crime. As a foreign relative, I don’t know how to restrain myself. I act recklessly in the name of King Qi, soliciting bribes, and at the same time bribe the officials in Yongjing. The whereabouts of silver is unknown, this crime is five."

"Cui Bicheng, if you pick out any one of these crimes, you are a serious crime of ransacking your family and exterminating your family. Don't you feel ashamed that Xiao Wang sits with you and talks calmly with a villainous person like you? "

Cui Bicheng stared at him steadfastly, and suddenly smiled, which smelled like misty rain ten miles from the left of the river, weeping willows, gurgling streams, and peach blossoms everywhere.

Cui Bicheng, "Some of what His Royal Highness said is true, and some are false. I know the turbulence, and His Royal Highness also knows about it. Now Cui only asks His Highness, what is his intention?"

Wen Zhan smiled lightly, holding the teacup, instead of drinking it, he looked carefully at the tea inside.This is Junshan Silver Needle, which is produced in Dongting Lake, Yueyang.

After a while, Wen Zhan put the teacup back again.

He also stood up and said, "Young Master Cui, Xiao Wang loves your talent, and he doesn't have the heart to push you like this. Xiao Wang said something clearly, if Young Master Cui is used by me, he will seal the border and join the cabinet in the future, and it will be just around the corner."

At the same time, without waiting for Cui Bicheng to speak, Wen Zhan said, "Mr. Cui has been doing business in the south of the Yangtze River. He has not been in Yongjing for a long time. He doesn't know Xiao Wang's temper. Xiao Wang can also tell him. The elder brother Chengyi who has grown up is generous, there is no exception other than that."

Wen Zhan suddenly smiled, extremely gorgeous, with a chill, he said, "Anyone who cannot be used by Xiao Wang can not be used by others. I don't know what Xiao Wang said, can Mr. Cui understand?"

Wen Zhan personally recruited Cui Bicheng, first he made a salute and then soldiers.If Cui Bicheng refused, Wen Zhan would never be merciful.

Cui Bicheng suddenly laughed, "Ha, His Royal Highness thinks highly of me. Cui does not have such great ambitions. Cui was born from a poor family, and winter melon and sweet potato may not be able to survive this life. However, he has worries and has to plan for ten years. Cui does not seek both fame and wealth, but just wants a clean place to settle down."

"It's just that Yongjing is not Cui's favorite place."

Wen Zhan, "Oh? Doesn't this house of Chengyi count? Thatched huts, the moon is light and the wind is clear. If you want, you can still have a beautiful woman as your company. Isn't this a paradise?"

Cui Bicheng looked at him, and then looked outside, "A place with His Royal Highness is not a clean place. Outside, swords, lights and swords are full of murderous aura, as well as evil aura, and the rotten aura of fame and fortune."

Wen Zhan smiled faintly, just like the tea in his hand.

"It depends on people's hearts. There are water, flowers, fields, and hunting grounds here."

"It can be fished, it can be hunted, it can be used to adjust the plain piano, it can be used to spend flowers before the moon,..."

"You can also talk and laugh to decide the world!"