Startled Meng

The construction of the moon dam has been basically completed. When Yan Cijing went to see it, the craftsmen were making the final adjustments, and the workers were cheering. Yan Cijing stood silently on a high place.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Seeing him frowning slightly, Yue Junshan thought there was something wrong.

Yan Cijing was taken aback, and hurriedly replied: "Very good, faster than I imagined."

The moon dam benefits the people's livelihood. The common people don't see the function of the moon dam, but Yue Junshan knows it well: "With this moon dam, the height of the water in the city can be freely adjusted in seasons when floods are prone to occur. It is really a great merit to not be afraid of waterlogging and accumulation!"

Yue Junshan has been in Jiangling for many years, and he has seen the tragic scene of waterlogging many times. He watched the construction of this moon dam day by day, and he was full of emotion in his heart: "Even if General He is unwilling to admit it, he cannot deny Master Meng's thinking back then. It's really wonderful!"

Suddenly hearing the names of He Qian and Meng Xiao, Yan Cijing's eyes froze and he remained silent.

Yue Junshan knew that he was not choosing what to say, so he laughed dryly, found an excuse and left.

At the beginning, the construction plan in the city was improved by craftsmen on the basis of Meng Xiao's plan in the past. He Qian was unwilling to send troops to help because he didn't want to have anything to do with Meng Xiao.

When Yu Fangzhi told Yan Cijing this reason, he didn't believe it, but now seeing Yue Junshan's appearance, Yan Cijing had to believe it even if he didn't.

Soldiers defending their homes and the country naturally hate traitors and subjugated slaves.

But Meng Xiao is innocent!

Yan Cijing felt powerless, only relying on Meng Xiao's achievements and character when he was an official, he couldn't really convince thousands of people like He Qian who were kept in the dark.

Fortunately, He Qian was still sensible and able to discern the seriousness of the matter, and finally let Yue Junshan bring someone here.

"My lord, drink some water."

Juniper brought a bowl of water and said it was brought by a craftsman.

Yan Cijing was not easy to refuse, so he drank a few sips, his face softened a lot, and Juniper was also relieved to see it.

In fact, Yan Cijing could see that Juniper was worried all morning because of something missing in his room.

The jade, the worthless two halves of broken jade, was gone.

This discovery made Yan Cijing terrified, and he didn't even think about when Yu Fang knew when he left.

Juniper and Duyan were all called into the room by him, but they were not found anywhere.

Du Yan, who had been guarding the mansion all the time, was terrified. He had obviously never seen anyone else come in, so how could something have fallen in Lord Yan's room?

There is no way I can't find it for the time being, Xu Shi carried it in his hand one day, and he couldn't tell where he put it in, but Yan Cijing couldn't help but blame himself, he was out of his mind all the way out of the government office.

Juniper has never seen that jade before, but he heard Yan Cijing's description, one side is carved with flowers, and the other side is carved with people. It is clear and pure in the bright place, and full of light in the dark place. It is like a peerless treasure that cannot be lost. !

Fortunately, there are many trivial matters when going out. Yan Cijing wanted to talk to the craftsman and Yue Junshan, so he forgot about the throwing of things in the room for the time being. Coincidentally, the big boss who was surrounded by everyone also came to see Yan Cijing.

"Master Yan, hello!"

Juniper didn't recognize the person who came, but Yan Cijing couldn't forget it. He just took a glance at the Yujia when he passed by, and he deeply remembered the richest man with thousands of words. .

"Boss Yu." Yan Cijing nodded.

Yu Wanqian is big, but fortunately he is rich, and he is not afraid of cutting more brocades and brocades. He can walk freely, and there are a lot of servants behind him, of course he is not afraid of him falling, and the jeweled car is not afraid of thieves. .

Most of the merchants are tactful, they speak a thousand words, and they don't bow their knees to the officials. Although they don't have a bookish air, they don't look treacherous or sinister.

When Jiangling City was in trouble, the Yu family helped a lot. Based on this alone, Yan Cijing would not show off his identity in front of him.

What's more, there is another person who knows the language and becomes his confidant.

Yan Cijing said: "In addition to the moon dam, the embankment of Linghu Lake, and the construction of the lotus pond in the city, it is indispensable for the language family to contribute behind the scenes, thank you."

Thank you for being too deliberate, he is the magistrate, and Yu Wanqian is a merchant, not to mention that he doesn't give money, so he can't be called a thank you, but Yan Cijing has selfish intentions!

Yu Wanqian doesn't know about the relationship between Yan Cijing and Yu Fangzhi, but he has always been arrogant and thinks that he can afford this word of thanks.

It is also because of Yan Cijing's sincere thanks that Yu Wanqian treats Yan Cijing differently.

"Your Majesty Yan, you are being polite. What you said was arranged by the dog behind the scenes. I only heard the general idea, so I came to take a look when I got up today."

Another craftsman introduced matters related to the construction in the middle, and Yan Cijing and Yu Wanqian interrupted occasionally to ask for details.

Yu Wanqian discovered that Yan Cijing was quite familiar with the construction matters in various parts of the city. Rescued the sick Yan Cijing.

After the craftsman left, he said: "My son behaves perversely, but he gets along well with Mr. Yan."

Yan Cijing nodded.

Yu Wanqian said again: "My son values ​​Mr. Yan, and Mr. Yan should mention him in due course."

Seeing Yan Cijing's puzzled expression, Yu Wanqian explained: "He won't listen to what I said, and an outsider like Mr. Yan has to beat him by the side."

Yan Cijing was not easy to refuse, nor was it easy to nod, thinking that Yu Fangzhi didn't seem like someone who would contradict his own father.

I just heard Yu Wanqian say: "Get married and start a career, I won't talk about establishing a career. Mr. Yan, you see that he is already twenty! A few days ago I heard that he had an eye for a girl from the Qiu family, so I sent someone to ask, but it turned out Yu Fang knows this stinks! He actually rejected the girl from the Qiu family, and made the Chen family in the west of the city cheap, okay..."

Yan Cijing didn't know why Yu Wanqian trusted him so much, and told him a lot.

Yu Wanqian said that he was busy when he was young, and he didn't have time to talk to him. As a result, he grew up in this way of going his own way, never wanting to settle down, marry a wife and have children, and mess around all day long.

"Master Yan, I have a big family of languages, but he is the only child."

What was said later, Yan Cijing didn't listen to it. After all, it was an old man with only one son who was worried about whether the incense could continue after a hundred years.

The lingering thoughts in his heart caused the old father's sorrow to rush, and he became embarrassed and hard to see others.

He doesn't have any worries, and any choice is for himself, but Yu Fang knows the difference. With the glory of Yu Fang on his shoulders, he is destined to not be able to live according to his own will.

He can embark on this road of no return, but he is not willing to let others know that his spine is poked by others.

But he had already delivered his heart, and now it was too late to worry about anything.

With a lot of farewell words, Yan Cijing walked out along the path, dazzled by all kinds of lanterns on the street, and saw the signboards in front of restaurants and restaurants, and finally remembered that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yan Cijing tilted his head and said, "A Song, this year you will be able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Ah Yan again."

Jun Jun remembered the shocking scene when Yong Shan was pushed out of the car by Yan Cijing. At that time, what he said was to reunite him and Du Yan, and his words were full of sourness and melancholy.

Juniper said: "My lord is here, Ah Yan and I feel that we are reunited!"

Yan Cijing smiled: "Okay."

Maybe he lost something important. Juniper felt that Yan Cijing was depressed and unmotivated. The festive atmosphere on the street didn't touch him. He was a little worried. He looked around and finally saw a familiar man. Yes, pointing to the man with the flagon, shouting:

"Master Yan, look, Young Master Yinyue is here!"

Yinyue was still in a white robe, but her face was blushing festively, with a jug of wine dangling in her hand, she didn't have the slightest bit of embarrassment and misery in front of the government office last time.

"Yo! Lord Yan is here too!"

Yan Cijing nodded and asked him, "Are you out to buy wine?"

Yinyue smiled: "It's a gift from someone else. It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival. I came out to pick some cloth to make some new clothes." As she spoke, she rubbed her chin and looked up and down Yan Cijing, her eyes were quite critical.

Yan Cijing was looked at uncomfortably, and asked: "What?"

Yinyue tutted out: "Master Yan is either in a blue gown or a blue gown. Although he looks extraordinary, he always wears old clothes, and he gets tired of looking at them for a long time."

Protecting the lord Juniper, he said displeasedly: "Your Majesty Yan is a clean and honest official, he doesn't pay attention to these things."

"Okay, okay!" Yinyue smiled and waved her hands, "I think the adult has firm skin and looks like a fairy, and he is more suitable for red than me."

What a mess, Juniper felt that Yinyue couldn't say anything good, pulled Yan Cijing to leave, and whispered: "It's too strange for a man to wear red!"

"Strange?" Yinyue shook her head and walked away, "Master Yujia's taste, is it strange?"

"and many more."

Yinyue turned around and looked at Yan Cijing in confusion.

Yan Cijing frowned: "You only know the language when you speak it?"

"Yes!" Yinyue chuckled, "The last time he came to Chenxi Building, he coaxed everyone to wear red."

Yan Cijing twitched the corner of his mouth: "What else?"

Yinyue recalled: "Master Yujia has a lot of tricks..."

"Don't say it!"

Yan Cijing pulled Juniper away, his face ashen.

Jun Jun didn't know what happened to Yan Cijing, he just felt that he was not very happy all day, and he still didn't say a word in the evening, and let him and Du Yan go down early, and the gate of the courtyard should be closed tightly.

The window was closed, and he was alone in the room, and he took a letter from his sleeve.

Before he could look at it, he heard something outside the window. He hurriedly put the envelope away, walked quickly to the window, and opened it.

He is no stranger to the hanging head.

"I want to deduct the monthly money of the servants in the mansion."

Yu Fangzhi was hanging upside down, swaying, and touched Yan Cijing's forehead: "What's the matter with the yamen servant? It's my kung fu." As he spoke, he jumped onto the window sill, but was blocked by Yan Cijing, He can't get in.

Yan Cijing grabbed his sleeve: "I want to sleep alone tonight."

Yu Fang was puzzled: "Why? You slept so well in my arms." Seeing that Yan Cijing's expression was not right, he thought for a moment, and then asked: "What did my father tell you?"

Even if Yu Wanqian doesn't speak, the servants around Yu Wanqian, big and small, will always pass some words into Yu Fangzhi's ears in private chats, but Yan Cijing is not afraid of him knowing.

"It's nothing." Yan Cijing shook Yu Yu's sleeves, "I can't crawl into my room like this every night."

This is easy to handle, Yu Fangzhi scratched Yan Cijing's face: "Then tomorrow I will come to the government office to propose a marriage, and I will be able to come and go freely in the name of my husband-in-law."

When a man marries a man, he is not afraid of people's jokes. Yan Cijing was amused by his nonsense: "I know you left before dawn, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, there are many things in the shop, you don't have to come to me every night."

"So you were thinking of me?" Yu Fang Zhifan grabbed Yan Cijing's wrist and pulled him over, "Come with me on Mid-Autumn Festival night, okay?"

The nose tips that touched each other were cool and comfortable, and Yan Cijing rubbed against each other: "Don't you reunite with your family on the night of the full moon?"

Yu Fangzhi clasped the top of the window, bent down, and looked at Yan Cijing at the same level, so close that he could see the smiles in each other's eyes:

"You just need to tell me, do you want to live with me?"

Seduced by the soft voice, Yan Cijing was a little dizzy and soft, staring at those two thin lips, but couldn't hear what was said, and nodded hastily.

Seeing Yan Cijing's eyes straightened, Yu Fang knew that his smile was getting stronger, he lifted his chin and kissed, there was still a hair's length away, he asked:

"What did Yinyue tell you today?"

Yan Cijing woke up like a dream, pushed Yu Fangzhi, pushed the unsuspecting Yu Fangzhi down the window, closed the window swiftly, turned and entered the room without looking back.

Yu Fangzhi slapped the window frantically: "What did he tell you?! Slander! It must be slander! Listen to me!"

"Ci Jing! Sweetheart! Don't be angry! I haven't been to the Chenxi Tower a few times! Believe me!"

He murmured something nonsense, but Yan Cijing didn't hear anything clearly, and only heard the last sentence.

"Night of the full moon, don't forget!"

Yan Cijing nodded his head in the air, and the candle on the desk flickered, which brought him back to his senses, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

With Yu Fangzhi's departure, the excitement and joy dissipated, and Yan Cijing's smile gradually faded away.

When he took out the letter from his sleeve, his face was already full of dignity.

The letter was for him. Although it was not signed, the handwriting was very familiar to him.

It was Xia Changying who was far away in Ye City.

The author says:

Yan: Careless, the language knows a lot of criminal records