A world of glory

Qin Yi smiled gently and agreed.Lanyue and Nongyun got busy, and Lanyue ordered people to find Danqing ink, and ordered the little maid to bring in water to help Qin Yi wash and change clothes.Nongyun ordered several women to take ice cubes and put them in the ice basin in the carriage.

Just as he was about to go out, he heard the servant girl outside saying: "The general's mansion sent someone to send the post." Qin Yi heard this, and only smiled and said: "Take it in." As he spoke, he took a handful of bamboo The silk gold embroidered folding fan was playing with the gold silk and white jade unicorn fan pendant with his fingers. The pendant was delicate and delicate, against the sunlight, the luster was flowing like flowing clouds on Qin Yi's fingertips.

Not long after, a little maid came in with a box pasted with yellow asparagus bamboo, Lanyue opened the box, took out the lacquer post, and handed it to Qin Yi.Qin Yi took a look at the post, but smiled slightly, and smiled at Lanyue: "I said I was just going out for a walk, but now I have to come back at night." Lanyue listened and tied Qin Yi's cloak , smiled and said: "But you don't like me, just don't ask people to get candied fruit when you are drinking medicine." Qin Yi only smiled when he heard this, and didn't say much.

In the general's mansion, red bridges and white boats, pavilions, towers and pavilions are reflected in the water, flying swallows fly low, fish float and sink, and in the clear curtain of the white boats, the soft and charming sounds of babbling come with the wind, tactfully like a flowing oriole.Qin Yi had just crossed the bridge when he saw his cousin coming out to greet him. He was wearing a golden gown with a blue border and auspicious cloud patterns, a sapphire travel crown, and a gold folding fan carved with ivory. His eyes were clear and handsome. Refined and elegant, quite a bit of literati style.Seeing Qin Yi, he smiled and said: "Today is a good time to welcome a good guest." Qin Yi listened, and just smiled: "Cousin, you will bully me as soon as you come back, be careful, I will tell uncle to go." Hehe smiled, and said, "Let's go, I just keep away." Qin Yi couldn't help laughing either.

In the boat waiting to enter, I saw heavy gauze hanging down to the ground, beautiful and bright. Behind the gauze curtain, there was a singer playing the piano and singing, but the song was "Qing Ping Le": "Dawn at the green window. I heard birds singing on the pillow. No I hate the king and grandson for not returning early. I only hate the fragrant grass at the end of the world. Red tears in brocade books and thousands of lines. I think about it in a spring. I folded the willows and sent them, and every trace is full of sorrow." The words are fragrant and soft, and the voice is soul-stirring , Qiubo careless pass, tenderness.Hearing that Qin Yi just nodded with a smile, the Major General didn't care, took Qin Yi's hand and walked up to the second floor.Qin Yi knew that his two cousins ​​grew up with his uncle in the military camp.Although this second cousin is eloquent and gentle, he still has a carefree temper in his bones, which is really incomprehensible.When we got to the second floor, the banquet had already been prepared, and a maid brought the wine by the side.The major general took the first seat, but Qin Yi declined and took the first seat.Seeing that there were only me and my cousin, I asked with a smile: "Is it just the two of us?" The major general replied with a smile: "There are still people, but I can't come. But I'm stuck." Qin Yi smiled and said: " It's not a problem at all, but I don't see it as it used to be, so I asked a question." As he was talking, he saw a pool of hibiscus downstairs, fragrant red, colorful green cover, and four or five small boats swung into the pool. On the boat sat a dancing girl with a pretty face and a long skirt and short sleeves.Listening to the sound of silk and bamboo from the boat, the singers sang in a tactful manner, and the dancers also danced lightly.

Qin Yi raised his glass and said with a smile: "It's like a golden thread meeting a neon dress, the world is the best." After hearing Qin Yi's words, the major general only smiled slightly, turned away from the maid upstairs, and said with a smile: "Brother Yi, next year will be the best." Chunwei, are you sure?" Qin Yi said with a smile: "There are so many talented people in the world, but I just try my best." The major general nodded and smiled, and then said: "This time I went to various places in the south and west of the Yangtze River, but I also saw a lot. Young scribes. There are also young men who become famous, but they are full of ambition, but a little less calm."

Qin Yi heard this, and only asked: "Why have you been away for half a year? I originally prepared things for my uncle and eldest cousin, but because I am in the mansion, it is inevitably inconvenient, and it is not easy to ask someone to take them." Major General Smiling, he just sighed: "Why else? It turned out that there was a problem with the river on the Jiangnan side. It's also because the world has been at peace for a long time, and all kinds of monsters and monsters have appeared. The memorial issued by the General Secretary is biased towards Dali. The temple searched and only caught two small shrimps. I had to go to the south of the Yangtze River. This investigation took another month or two. It was finally over. Before I could enjoy the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, something happened in the northwest, okay? It's easy to calm down. I've been busy for half a year, and now I'm free."

Qin Yi smiled again and said: "In my opinion, the second cousin wants to be free right now, but he can't do it." The major general was puzzled and said, "Why do you say that, and what's the reason?" Qin Yi drank a glass of wine and only said: "Second cousin Xu didn't know that this year, there was a severe drought in Linzhou and Gaozhou. The fields have cracked and the rivers have dried up. Although the imperial court has exempted taxes and allocated money and food, I am afraid that many people will use the relief money and food. Furthermore, I went out of the city to look a few days ago, and there are faint traces of drought in the suburbs of the capital. If it does not rain for a long time, even if there is no shortage of money and food in the capital, there will be water shortages in the capital." Seeing the young general nodded slightly, Qin Yi He also said: "The capital is fine. In the land of Wuhua and Tianbao, even if there is a water shortage, it is not serious, but it takes some manpower to fetch water outside the city. If there are refugees, there are also officials and families to help. The court does not need much effort. Only this forest In Gaozhou, the land is barren and the people are tough, if the relief is not effective, it will be another civil disorder, it is really a disaster without reason."

The major general heard the words, thought carefully, nodded, and said softly: "You have thought well, it seems that this time, I don't know how many people have fallen to the ground." Although the tone was soft, there was a deep chill, and there was a faint murderous intent.Qin Yi didn't take it seriously, just smiled and said: "If you talk about these people, it won't be wronged to die one more time. It's not good to be greedy, and take life-saving money and food. Besides, those who have the ability to use this money and food, official positions The status is not small, and the money is not bad. If the government of the previous dynasty was corrupt, you can still use the low salary as an excuse. Afterwards, although the outdated rules such as fire consumption and color discounting were abolished, the salary has been doubled several times, and with the addition of four annual rewards, these people are no longer satisfied, but they are looking for their own death."

After speaking, Qin Yi also felt at ease. Who told him that he was just a commoner in his previous life, and what he hated most in his life were corrupt officials. He couldn't see the fate of corrupt officials with his own eyes.The major general nodded slightly, poured another glass of wine for Qin Yi, and said with a smile: "Leaving aside these troubles, I have brought a lot of things back for you when I went out. I came back this year, and the income is quite good. As you said, those southern barbarians are all ignorant savages, and they wasted so much land." Qin Yi smiled modestly: "I just read two more books Miscellaneous books, I found some notes from the predecessors, but I don’t have much ability.” Then asked: “There are a lot of minerals in this southern border, and the land is even more fertile. I don’t know if the imperial court has a plan?”

When the major general heard Qin Yi's question, he only smiled and said: "The memorial was submitted, but I should not take this idea. Right now, the war in northern Xinjiang is still going on, and there is still a drought in the court. If we move to southern Xinjiang again, there will be some It's not the time." Qin Yi only smiled slightly after hearing this, and replied with a smile: "Even so, we still have to make some preparations. The climate in southern Xinjiang is humid and hot, and there are many mosquitoes and pests. Medicines, soldiers’ belongings, don’t have to be prepared in advance, it’s a hassle to make preparations when it’s time to move.” The major general clapped his hands and sighed: “That’s not exactly the case, I was negligent, and I will enter the palace tomorrow Miansheng, just hand in another memorial to make up for it." Then he bowed to Qin Yi: "No wonder my father often praises my cousin as careful as dust, and I've seen it today." After joking for a while, the major general said in dialect: "Just now What are the things my brother mentioned to my father and elder brother?" Qin Yi said with a smile: "It's not a rare thing, it's just a few ingenious handicrafts that I mentioned to my uncle earlier, I'm thinking that Beijiang can use them , I thought about taking it to my uncle, but it was inconvenient to ask someone because there were a few blueprints in it, and now that my second cousin is back, my troubles have been relieved.”

It's too late to wait outside the general's mansion.All the horses and chariots were available, Qin Yifang got into the car, and Danqing asked by the side of the car: "Young master, are you going back to the mansion now?" Qin Yi thought for a while, opened the folding fan, and asked with a smile: "Is the porridge from the family temple the best?" When is it?" Danqing is smart, he doesn't know much about the affairs of the inner court, but he is a novice when it comes to the affairs of the outer court and the mansion, so he hurriedly replied: "The old ladies and wives in the mansion are all benevolent. People don't have a fixed time, and they serve sixty barrels of porridge every day until they are all finished, and it's not time now, so I think the porridge has not been finished when I come to that temple." Qin Yi laughed and said: "Then Let's go to the family temple first, and then go back to the mansion." All the servants accompanying the carriage agreed.

Swaying all the way, Qin Yi drank a lot of wine in the general's mansion after all, his body was quite weak, lying on the soft couch in the car, he fell asleep vaguely.Perhaps he has been working too hard recently, and he can't be pure in his dreams. In his dream, he vaguely saw a vast ocean, boundless, but there was a rolling cloud in midair. On the clouds, there were lofty mountains, white jade palaces, and purple air. Soaring, dense and flying, there is a faint sound of wind and thunder.Suddenly, in the northern sky, a golden light dispelled the clouds and controlled the air, as fast as lightning.When he was about to see clearly what the golden light was, someone suddenly called out: "Young master has arrived at the family temple." Qin Yi woke up suddenly, and suddenly realized that he was in a dream.

Qin Yi sat up and stretched out his hand to lift the window screen, but he saw dense trees and bright buildings, surrounded by short white walls, surrounded by three or four acres of land, and there were several houses inside.There is a winding white stone path on the right side of the family temple, but it is lined with pines, and it goes straight up the mountainside.