Abduct a general to farm

"Mother, lady, I'm late." Jiang Jingjiu said. After entering the palace, he told the emperor what happened to him in the few months before he returned to Beijing. Sympathy, the other party not only comforted him verbally, but also generously rewarded him with many things, but now things are still to come.

Because there was no evidence, when Jiang Jingjiu faced the emperor, he didn't mention that he was assassinated by the third prince, even when he met someone, he didn't show any strangeness.

He went back to his room to change his clothes, and then went to the hall to eat again. The servants had already brought his bowls and chopsticks.

Seeing his tired face, Xue Rouzhi felt distressed and used the serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of thornless fresh fish for him, "Eat more, you're already skinny, but yes, the meat looks good, too thin and easy to get sick."

Jiang Jingjiu thanked him, ate the fish, and took a piece for his mother, and fed it to Mo Ran, who was full after eating the food he picked.

After eating, they went back to their respective courtyards. The General's Mansion was divided into primary and secondary courtyards. Jiang Jingjiu lived in the main courtyard, and Xue Rouzhi lived in the secondary courtyard, which was slightly smaller than the main courtyard. The two courtyards had different directions, but they were close to each other. Not too far.

Mo Ran also lives in the main courtyard, and the room is next door to Jiang Jingjiu.

Xue Rouzhi didn't think that the two of them were still unmarried, and it would be inappropriate for them to sleep in the same yard. She only thought about how hard it was for her to get a daughter-in-law. The grandson and grandson deliberately arranged Mo Ran next to his son's room.

It's just that the two of them didn't know her good intentions, and they didn't have extra thoughts, so they slept in their respective rooms in a proper manner. Occasionally, Jiang Jingjiu couldn't bear it and would slip into Mo Ran's room to sleep with him in his arms.

Since expressing his heart, Mo Ran has let go a lot, and sometimes he will take the initiative to sleep with Ajiu. Ajiu is excited but also a little sad. The lady doesn't seem to know how much pain she endured.

In just five days, officials who were close to Jiang Jingjiu and some families who wanted to build relationships almost broke through the doors of the General’s Mansion. Jiang Jingjiu socialized patiently at home and resumed socializing. See.

Five days later, seeing that no one had finally arrived at the General's Mansion, the Third Prince and his people arrived late, and announced that they were visiting General Jiang.

They haven't broken their skins yet, and they still have to pretend to be seen by the world on the surface, and Jiang Jingjiu also welcomes people in.

With a fake smile on his face, the third prince looked approachable.His mother and concubine were born good-looking, and the emperor was seduced by beauty, so in fact, the third prince's skin is not bad, and he is also a handsome man in the eyes of outsiders. If there is a list of beautiful men in the capital, he can also be ranked on the list number, but—

He stared at Jiang Jingjiu's appearance calmly, his teeth itching with hatred. No matter how others say he is good-looking, there are always two people in front of him who can't get past him. Whenever someone talks about his appearance, there will always be people behind him. Compare with those two people.

They are Jiang Jingjiu and Zhao Xuan.Zhao Xuan is his elder brother, that is, the crown prince. He is gentle and elegant, handsome, and has a warm demeanor. The one that women love the most can always attract people's attention.

Jiang Jingjiu is more cold and arrogant. If you look at it from a woman's point of view, he has a face like a crown jade, sword eyebrows and star eyes. It's cold, and women like it too.

What's more, at this time, Jiang Jingjiu was wearing a clean and bright white brocade robe, and his hair was tied with a shiny and flawless jade crown. When facing outsiders, he had a handsome face with no expression, razor-sharp eyebrows, a tall nose bridge, and a thin Her lips are tightly pursed, her eyes are like cold stars.He has a leisurely and elegant posture, but he is as graceful as a bird, with picturesque features.

These two made many beauties unintentional to him and blocked many peach blossoms, so the third prince was always jealous of their looks, but he didn't show it too much.

Behind him were two servants, each holding a wooden box in their hands.

After arriving at the main hall, he cupped his hands to Jiang Jingjiu and said, "General Jiang has finally returned to Beijing. I'll come to visit and congratulate you. These are the gifts I specially chose for the general."

The two servants presented the presents, and Jiang Jingjiu let them put them on the table indifferently, without touching them. Zhao Hua's expression was a little uneasy for a while, as if he was gnashing his teeth, but he recovered in an instant.

The maid quickly served the hot tea. Zhao Hua thought he was a gentleman, but he was actually lustful. He stared at a good-looking maid until he left, then looked at the person sitting above him, and said with a smile:

"The general hasn't returned to Beijing for four months. He must have encountered some difficult things. I'm really worried, but it's great that those vicious barbarians were not hurt. I think the general survived the catastrophe. Good fortune."

There was no change in the expression on Jiang Jingjiu's face, his attitude towards him was neither hot nor cold, and he said lightly: "Thank the third prince for auspicious words. I was indeed injured by those thieves, but I can't die. It's just that during my recovery period, there have been Some rats who are not on the stage harass me, it is really troublesome, so I have to wait until now to come back."

These words made the third prince's expression change slightly no matter whether they were ridiculed explicitly or secretly. Jiang Jingjiu was mocking him in front of him, but he couldn't refute, feeling extremely depressed.

He suppressed the violence in his heart, kept smiling and said, "That's really annoying."

He didn't come here to ask questions about his health, he changed the subject after casually saying a few words, and said in a joking tone:

"By the way, I heard that General Jiang brought back a beauty from another place when he came back. I don't know which beauty is that beauty. Is it the general's wife? You don't know how surprised I was when I heard this rumor. The general has never been close to women, I think they are spreading rumors, but everyone says so, and I am curious in my heart, so I came here to verify, can you...?"

"It's indeed my wife, but my wife is shy and doesn't like to see outsiders, forgive me." No matter how you look at it, Jiang Jingjiu would not let the third prince see his wife, he didn't want to involve him.

The third prince didn't seem too disappointed, but he said regretfully: "So the rumors are true, and it's a pity not to see the beauty, but since it's the general's wife, there's nothing wrong with hiding some. It's getting late, I still have some things to do in my house, so I won't bother the general any more, and I will leave."

The third prince left leisurely with the servant, as if he really just came to catch up with Jiang Jingjiu, his attitude was so good, it made Jiang Jingjiu feel suspicious.

He went to the study room, picked up a dossier and looked it up, it contained some information about the drought in Xuzhou City, and the crown prince had someone bring it back to him.

Before going to bed at night, he was still thinking with the file. He didn't sleep in his room tonight, but came to Ajiu's room after taking a shower and sat on the bed.

Mo Ran went out to bring a basin of ice cubes, but when he came back and saw him frowning, he asked him what was wrong.

Jiang Jingjiu came back to his senses, rolled up the file and put it on the bedside, and said softly, "It's all right, go to sleep."

Who would frown for nothing, Mo Ran obviously didn't believe it, and the other party didn't say anything, so he took the bamboo slip and read it for himself. There were a few lines on it, and the font was correct and grand:

[I have arrived in Xuzhou City for ten days, the situation is really serious, the fields are dry, and most of the plants are not alive. The granary in the city has been opened, and the food is distributed to the people. I have ordered people to buy rice from other cities for disaster relief, but I am afraid it will not last long. , in addition to transferring grain from other places, it is trying to dig wells in low-lying places close to water sources, plant plants around them, and dig canals to divert water.I hope the general will continue to preside over the overall situation in the capital, don't let the thieves succeed, I will return as soon as possible. 】

No signature, Mo Ran read it, and asked curiously: "Who wrote this?"

Jiang Jing let him finish watching for a long time, got out of bed, walked behind Mo Ran, hugged him, and said in a hoarse and sexy voice, "Prince, he is going to Xuzhou City for disaster relief."

"Xuzhou City?"

Mo Ran recalled that along the way from Yunyang City to the capital, he met many people who were sallow and emaciated, who looked like they had fled from other places. Most of them were disaster victims from Xuzhou City.

"Is the whole city suffering from severe drought?" Mo Ran asked, rolled up the bamboo slips and put them away, leaning his head back on Jiang Jingjiu's shoulder, the two hugged each other in a strange posture, enjoying the joy of time quiet.

Jiang Jingjiu played with Mo Ran's beautiful hair with his fingers. Mo Ran's hair was very soft, and it felt soft in his hands, making people just want to keep touching it.

"Drought caused famine, and many people starved to death." This is a very serious matter indeed.

He didn't want to talk to Mo Ran, because he was afraid that he would worry too much, so he stopped talking and urged him to go to sleep, but once Mo Ran put something in his heart, he would keep thinking about it until it was resolved.He and Jiang Jingjiu both lay on the bed, extinguished the candle, and the room was plunged into darkness.

There was a slight sound of insects outside, which made people fall asleep. In the darkness, Mo Ran turned sideways to face Jiang Jingjiu, speaking in a very soft voice, but did not contain a trace of sleepiness: "Ajiu."

"Huh?" The person who shared the bed responded with a nasal voice.

"You guys...what do people here do every time they encounter a drought?" Knowing that Ajiu was still up, he poked the other person's chest with his fingers.

In the next second, the naughty fingers were caught and held in the opponent's palm, so he had no choice but to settle down.

"After each city is built, several channels will be dug to divert water from other rivers, and finally a large reservoir will be dug near the city to store water, so that the normal water volume of a city can be maintained. But if there is a drought, the water brought in It will basically dry up, and the drainage channels are equivalent to useless. After the water in the reservoir is used up, in addition to spending money to transport water from other places, you can only set up sacrifices to pray for rain and resign yourself to fate. Without water, food cannot be grown.”

Even if Jiang Jingjiu is a general, there is no good way to let the prince go to help the disaster. He wants to spend money on disaster relief and try to keep the victims from starving to death. Even if he is cold-hearted, it is not what he wants to see a large number of victims starving to death arrived.As long as it lasts until it rains, you'll be fine.

The most important thing now is the lack of food.

Successful disaster relief can save the victims and impress the emperor.

If you want to be the king of a country, you must worry about the country and the people.

"Ajiu, I heard that you support the prince, are you worried about this?" Seeing that Ajiu was frowning all day long, he couldn't relax.

"It's okay, it will be resolved soon, it will be fine when it rains." Jiang Jingjiu kissed his forehead, "You don't have to worry about it, sleep well, huh?"

He coaxed, Mo Ran obediently closed his eyes, and whispered: "I'm sleeping."

A night without dreams.

Mo Ran didn't see Jiang Jingjiu when he got up, he put on his clothes and got out of bed slowly, Cuixiu took the toiletries to wash his mouth and clean his face, and then helped him comb his hair, Cuixiu's hands were more skillful than Mo Ran's Yes, the hair is neat and beautiful, and finally the fish hairpin is inserted, perfect.

"Is Ajiu in the study?"

"Go back to madam, the general has gone to court early."

Oh, yes, people with official positions in ancient times needed to go to face-to-face worship in the morning. Ajiu had to go every morning, but he couldn't remember.

"Okay then." You can have breakfast in your own yard, and you don't have to get together to eat it, so Mo Ran went to Xue Rouzhi after eating breakfast by himself, and the other party said that he would take him to get acquainted with the mansion.

The General's Mansion is very large, with gardens, bamboo forests, rockery and small lakes, and a lot of green plants planted in the mansion, which looks quite pleasing to the eye.

Mo Ran also accidentally discovered that there is a hot spring behind the bamboo forest. It is said that it belongs to Ajiu alone. He is the only person in the mansion who likes to soak in hot springs. However, this is a man-made hot spring, not a natural one.

But it was a surprise, because he also likes to relax in a hot spring.

He took this place down.

The General's Mansion is very big, and they won't be able to finish walking in a while, and they don't need to walk through all of them. After feeling tired, Mo Ran followed Xue Rouzhi back to the front yard. It happened that Ajiu came back and saw no one, and was about to find them.

Qiuhuhu is very powerful, and the weather is sweltering. After lunch, Mo Ran decided to make some ice cream for cold drinks. The general's mansion has enough ice cubes. As long as he said a word, someone immediately brought ice cubes to him.