Opposite the entrance hall

Perhaps it was because the Xingqing Festival was approaching, and the rain was even more irregular. At first, it was just a drizzle, but after changing clothes, the sky was full of dark clouds as soon as the door was opened, and the bean-sized raindrops were tightly packed. Then it fell down, smashed on the lake surface, and ripples appeared in circles. The koi was bubbling, and as soon as it stretched its head out of the lake, it was hit by raindrops, and it hurriedly jumped into the lake , disappeared in a flash

Ji Si glanced sideways at the water waves on the lake, then looked away, followed Du Heng and strode forward, the three of them walked across the yard to the eaves of the front hall, shook the rainwater from the umbrella and handed it to the waiting girl , Soothing the moisture all over his body, he lifted his foot and stepped in.

The front hall of the Dou Mansion for banquets is not big, and it is even more crowded today when a group of people squeezed in. When the three of them appeared, everyone sitting in the hall got up and turned their heads to look. Except for the officials from Xiangzhou, There was also a man in a scarlet official uniform inside.

This man was about forty years old, with a Chinese character face, his eyes were radiant, his eyes glanced back and forth at the three people at the door for a moment, then he got up to greet them, bowed and saluted, "Xiaguan Liu Renxin, chief envoy of Longxi, participated in politics I met two adults."

Among the people sitting there, Ji Si had the highest official rank and was also an official in the capital. In name, he came to Hunan by order, so he naturally had the most say. He stood in front of everyone at this moment, and when Liu Renxin finished speaking, he just said in a flat tone, "Yeah." " He said, then went around the man and sat down, looked around, and said displeasedly: "Where's the tea?"

Ji Si has a eccentric personality and is moody. Neither the chief envoy nor the Xiangzhou officials have had any contact with him. The only knowledge he has is only a few words from other people's hearsay, so he is not sure what he means. Each of them maintained their original movements and did not dare to make a single movement.

On the contrary, after hearing the words, Judge Wang hurriedly ordered the servant girl to serve tea, and when the hot tea was served, the hard-to-serve household servant warmed his hands slowly, put down the teacup and looked at the situation in front of him with a puzzled face, and stretched his big hand He waved, "What is this for? Why are you standing up, sit down!"

The people standing were stunned, and then took their seats one after another. Liu Renxin was the last one to take a seat. Just when his butt was about to touch the chair, he heard the man above him utter a strange voice, "Lord Liu."

Liu Ren's confidence sank, and he hurriedly got up and said, "The next official is here."

Ji Si used the tea cover to poke the tea stalks floating on the top, then lowered his head and blew on the hot air, took a sip slowly, and spit it out in the next second, frowning and smacking his tongue, "This tea is also for people. Did you drink it? It's bitter and astringent."

While talking, he placed the teacup heavily on the table, and after a while he continued: "Master Liu is the chief envoy of Longxi to participate in politics, right?"

"Exactly."

"Oh," Ji Si raised his eyebrows, "Xiangzhou belongs to Longxi. This flood, food shortage, and people's houses and fields were flooded. It is reasonable to say that you, the chief envoy of Longxi, are responsible for this. If Benzene Huan didn't remember Wrong, the chief envoy's yamen was built in Taizhou, only two days' journey away from Xiangzhou, how could such a big event happen, my official and Mr. Qi traveled thousands of miles from the capital, but they still walked in front of you Longxi chief envoy Si Qiantou didn't know that Taizhou is farther than Lin'an."

His tone was so soft that no one could hear the slightest displeasure, but Liu Renxin still felt nervous, and some cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He hesitated for a while before saying: "Your Excellency, I don't know that Longxi is located in the valley of the Chang'an River." The reason for this flood is that the water level of rivers and lakes has risen and collapsed due to continuous rainfall. As a result, flash floods have flooded down the hillside and flooded the houses and farmland at the foot of the mountain. Apart from Xiangzhou, eight other prefectures have been affected. The flood disaster, however, was suppressed and not reported to the central government because of the timely reporting of the local governors, and the disaster situation was under control. The people went to gamble and did their best to open warehouses and release food to save the people, which wasted time. The fact is that the land in Xiangzhou is flat and open, and most of the villages in the counties and counties are fields. It's used for farming, and the mountain torrents can't stop it, the chief envoy has never neglected his duties, my lord is clearly aware..."

After these words, Ji Si felt a little drowsy. He propped his chin and waved his hand impatiently, interrupting Liu Renxin's long speech, "It's alright, alright, I don't have time to listen to what you said, the origin of this flood The official is not interested, what I want to know is the situation of the disaster and the solution, and it will be easy to answer when I return to the emperor in a few days."

"This... I don't know," Liu Renxin was a little embarrassed, and then slightly raised his head to look at Dou Yuanliang, "I think Dou Cishi knows better in his heart."

Dou Yuanliang twisted his beard and sighed, "It's a mistake and negligence of the lower officials. Recently, they have been counting the affected villages. They have called people to dig ditches to divert water. It's just that the granaries have been opened for several days, but there are so many people. At that time... oh..."

He didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but the meaning was clearly expressed.

If the grain in the granary in Xiangzhou ran out, and the emperor had not dispatched silver grains in time, then the people in Xiangzhou would starve to death if they were not drowned by the flood.

They didn't know it in their hearts, but Ji Si and Qi Ran clearly understood that without money, the emperor would not give money easily, and the money would not reach Xiangzhou unless it was absolutely necessary.

The hall suddenly fell silent, and Qi Ran, who was silent from the beginning to the end, suddenly said: "Dare to ask Mr. Liu, the flood in Xiangzhou is so urgent, where are you Longxi chief envoys now?"

"Master Cui, he..."

"It's here." Before Liu Renxin finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the courtyard outside, and then a young man walked in slowly. Rain, the color is as dark as ink, the temples are stuck together and dripping water, the face is handsome, the facial features are deep, the eyes are black and blue, the face is a little haggard, although the sound is like a bell, but it can't hide the exhaustion, and the steps are extremely fast After a while, he crossed the threshold and approached, glanced around, looked at Ji Si, finally met Qi Ran's eyes, nodded slightly, "These two must be Mr. Ji Siji, the servant of the household department. Let’s go to Master Qi Ran, the Shaoqing of the Lisi Temple, Cui Hao, the chief envoy in Xialongxi.”

As soon as he appeared, the atmosphere in the hall changed again. The officials from Xiangzhou stood up and saluted again. Ji Si fiddled with the jade pendant around his waist with lowered eyes. It seemed that no one in the room was as interesting as this jade pendant.

Cui Hao didn't care about his attitude, and after pretending to greet each other, he found a place to sit down by himself, and without compromising, he took a cup of herbal tea and drank it like a cow, and finally wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, and spit out the roots. The tea leaves, laughed loudly: "Tsk, this tea is better than our chief envoy's. Governor Dou really knows how to enjoy it."

Dou Yuanliang didn't dare to answer, he just buried his head in embarrassment and smiled.

After the man finished speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Qi Ran, "As soon as I stepped into the yard, I heard Master Qi mention my name, I don't know what I want to ask?"

Qi Ran tilted his head slightly and smiled and said, "It's nothing serious, I'm just curious about the reason Cui Buzheng came late despite the heavy rain."

Cui Hao relaxed his body and leaned back on the chair back a little later, pools of water dripping from his clothes covered the surroundings of his chair, "Master Qi, what do you think?"

"The flood in Xiangzhou is usually caused by Governor Dou's improper management, and it is caused by the negligence of the governor of Longxi." Qi Ran thought for a while, "The biggest problem now is the shortage of food, and other states are already too busy to take care of themselves. , not to mention helping Xiangzhou, Master Cui must have gone to Wuyang to borrow food."

There are ten roads in the Great Jin Dynasty, and Wuyang is to the north of Longxi.

Hearing this, Cui Hao stared at Qi Ran vigilantly, the smile on his face dissipated, and he walked towards Qi Ran step by step, but when he came to him, he suddenly stopped, leaned closer and said: "Master Qi really knows things like a god, I really do. I went to Wuyang to borrow fifty loads of grain. There was no grain in Xiangzhou, no grain in Longxi, and no grain in Beijing. As long as we still have a ration of food, the people of Xiangzhou must also have it!"

When he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Qi Ran, his eyes were full of sincerity and firmness, Qi Ran was a little moved.

"Okay," Ji Si, who was almost asleep, yawned and stretched, "Why did he come here, if there is food, let's finish the calculation soon, so that I can return to Beijing sooner. This place is really unbearable.”

As soon as Ji Si made a sound, he disrupted the situation in the hall, suppressing the eagerness of all parties, and everyone didn't know why he came up with this idea, but no one dared to question it, and hurriedly began to arrange orders, Just like that, a group of people were driven to run around in the heavy rain by his words.

Although it has been a few days since he came to Xiangzhou, Ji Si stayed in the Dou Mansion almost all day long and never went to the refugee camp, so today was his first experience.

The city of Xiangzhou is not very big, the houses of the refugees in the surrounding villages and towns are gone, and seeing the horror of the flood coming in, they are frightened and swarm here. The city was overcrowded and smoky, so Dou Yuanliang gathered them together and temporarily set up a refugee shelter. The government provided food for three meals a day, and occasionally sent some soup, medicine and cotton wool. Although it was a bit embarrassing, at least there were Food and clothing can withstand the wind and rain.

It is said to be a house, but it is actually just an abandoned house. There is an open space in front of it, several sheds have been built, and dozens of low houses have been built with wooden boards and stones. In the hall, under the corridor, under the eaves, many people gathered. Men, women, old and young, all of them were black heads. Dozens of people lived in a small room. The world is full of confusion and fear.

Surrounded by officials from Xiangzhou, Ji Si and the others stood far away, with oil umbrellas on their heads, and the people around them laughed along with them. There was no wind and rain on their skirts, and the wooden fence in front was like a line of separation. , separating this end from the other end, one side is the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and the other side is full of devastation, Ji Si feels that the Haiqingheyan he saw before his eyes is for the peace of the few, and the troubled times for the majority .

The people from the government set up several big pots and started to cook porridge. The smell of rice fragrance caught in the wet soil floated in the air. The big pots were filled with smoke. Without blinking.

They were distributing porridge at that time, a bowl of white porridge and a pancake that was not as big as a palm. Inside the fence, they live together in groups, like poultry being driven away in the livestock pen, humble and miserable.

People looking at this picture feel a little uncomfortable, obviously it shouldn't be like this, Lin'an is talking about the prosperity of the country and the people, and the people are singing about the peace and prosperity, is it like this?

Ji Simu looked at it with a face, and didn't know who to blame for a moment, but frowned and said coldly: "Go back."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked the way he had come and went. The officials behind him looked at each other in blank dismay, and hurriedly followed.

Because of the chief envoy of Longxi, and because of the face of the fifty tans of grain, Dou Yuanliang specially hosted a banquet. There was no big fish or meat, but the rice soup must be considered excellent. My stomach has been eating green vegetables for several days, and today it can be regarded as a little meaty.

The rain continued, and the clouds were thick.

After Ji Si washed up and turned off the light in the room, it became dark all of a sudden. He carefully opened the window and poked his head out to look left and right. After making sure again and again, he turned over and jumped out, and sneaked under Qi Ran's window , reached out and knocked three times, but didn't move.

He frowned, and was about to knock three more times, but the window in front of him creaked open, and Qi Ran in the room looked at him from top to bottom, with an unhappy tone, "If Mr. Ji likes Xiaguan's room, Tell me that the subordinate is willing to exchange."

"That's fine," Ji Sile said, "but there is one thing left in the house."

"Ok?"

"Of course it's you, Ziheng."

Qi Ran frowned even tighter.

Seeing this, Ji Si quickly changed his words, "I'm here to talk to Ziheng, don't you have to be in this room?"

This person's words became more and more inaccurate, Qi Ran was too lazy to talk to him, turned around and walked in, Ji Si didn't mind being left outside, so he quickly jumped into the room and sat down at the table without talking nonsense. : "I don't know what Ziheng thinks of Liu Renxin, who participated in politics in Longxi?"

"Liu Renxin?" Qi Ran was a little puzzled, "Shouldn't it be Cui Hao?"

"No," Ji Si said in a deep voice, "There must be a first-come-first-served approach. Let's start with Liu Renxin. What he said today actually has three meanings. Other states are too busy to take care of themselves, Dou Yuanliang concealed the disaster, and... ..."

He paused for a moment, stared at Qi Ran, curled his lips, and said slowly, "There is food in Xiangzhou."

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small theater:

When Cui Hao and Qi Ran said to get closer:

Ji Si: [os] Fuck!What is that male silver doing!I didn't even dare to get so close!Ahhh, the water from his hair dripped onto Zi Heng's body!Ahhhhh!He still looks at Ziheng's eyes!I'm going to kill him!kill him!

Qi Ran: [os] Why is it that no one talks, but I find it very noisy.

Ps:

Xingqing Festival is Qingming Festival

I explained it to everyone yesterday so that everyone can see it clearly. I am worried that some cuties don’t read Weibo, so I put the timeline here.

timeline:

In the 18th year of Chengde, Li Si and Qi Ran were born, and Ji Si was three years old

Chengde 27, Yongan Wang Li Jianxuan died in battle, Li Qi was nine years old, Pei Zhan was ten years old, Yan Zhao was seven years old, Ji Si was 12 years old

In the 30th year of Chengde, Princess Yong'an was seriously ill, and there was civil strife in Shuzhou. Emperor Chengde took Li Si back to Lin'an. Li Qi was 12 years old and Ji Si was 15 years old.

In the 31st year of Chengde, Pei Zhan [-] joined the army, and Ji Si [-] entered Beijing

Chengde's 33rd year, the first half of the year: Li Si went out of the palace and entered Yong'an Palace, Zhongkang King Li Hongzhi was hidden in a yellow robe, Qi Xu was imprisoned, Qi Xiangfang knelt in front of the Taifu Palace for a long time

The second half of the year: The Qi family takes power, Qi Xu is seriously injured and released from prison, the Qi and Yang families get married, and Qi Ran prepares to take the imperial examination.

At the end of the year: Pei Xinchi died in battle, Pei Zhan was in charge at sixteen, Ji Si entered the household department at eighteen, and Li Qi was fifteen

In the 34th year of Chengde, Li Si fell ill, and Qi and Li broke up.

In the 35th year of Chengde, Qi Ran became famous, Pei Zhan became famous in the first battle, Ji Si was reused, and Li Si was weak.

In the 36th year of Chengde, Li Si died of illness, and Qi Ran went to high school.

In the 42nd year of Chengde, Ji Si was injured and died. Li Si was 27 years old and resurrected with a dead body.

Hope you all like my story.