Broken Iron Clothes

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Zhong Dingshan poured another glass of wine and said, "Not yet. Later, we thought about going to Yingzhou, and we could find someone to help us, but we didn't know that when we got there, we found out that the whole city was slaughtered. Huaichuan was so sick , Several times passed, and he survived by himself, the medicine on hand was getting less and less, and at this time, I met Gu Xiaozi, who had been hungry for three days and three nights, and still had blood on his body I was too busy taking care of myself with Huai Chuan, and I wanted to throw Gu boy away, but Huai Chuan pulled me and asked me to save him first with medicine. At that time, I didn't heal my injury well, and I already..."

Zhong Dingshan realized that he almost said about Jiang Shiqing's poisoning, so he stopped talking quickly.

Tan Ningxue is a highly poisonous poison unique to Da'er. Everyone knows that after the Da'er robbed Wei Xu's family members, he fed Tan's blood to everyone, and then sent them back to Ningzhou, offering the antidote in exchange. , let Lu Sheng open the city gate.If Yuan Mucheng knew that Jiang Shiqing had been hit by Tan Ningxue, he would naturally be able to guess his true identity, but Jiang Shiqing changed his name and surname to avoid being silenced and to take revenge smoothly. Naturally, the less people know about his identity, the better.

But Yuan Mucheng didn't give up, and asked: "What is it?"

Zhong Dingshan had no choice but to put it another way: "The injury was serious, and the root cause of the disease fell, and now this body is so weak."

From the very beginning, Yuan Mucheng was more or less hostile towards Gu Nanxing. Now that he heard that the relationship between him and Jiang Shiqing had been formed nine years ago, he felt even more uncomfortable, so he had to drink a sip of wine to cover it up. Only then said: "So Gu Nanxing followed you and Huaichuan at that time."

Zhong Dingshan nodded: "At that time, there were no strangers in Yingzhou, only the big people would come to sweep around from time to time. I didn't dare to stay with Huaichuan for too long. His injuries can't be delayed, so I planned to go southeast I went in the direction, thinking that it would be best to bring him back to Crane Valley as soon as possible, so I wanted to lose Gu Xiaozi again, but the boy followed behind, kowtowing every step, just begging me to take him with me, now I want to come too I'm afraid, if my heart had been harder at that time, I'm afraid Gu Xiaozi would not be able to survive now."

After drinking a glass of wine, Zhong Dingshan felt more and more guilty in that bout of drunkenness, half of it was due to Jiang Shiqing's weakened physique after being seriously injured, and half of it was due to his two attempts to give up Gu Southbound Ruthless.

Seeing his melancholy, Yuan Mucheng opened his mouth to break the silence, and asked, "Then, in the future, are you going to meet Grand Master Jiang?"

"Not yet," Zhong Dingshan said, "We rescued another child within two days. The child is also strange. Huai Chuan just saw that he was so hungry and handed him an apple. Sticky, but then the child got lost by himself, and we couldn't find it, so we had no choice but to give up. After that, we met Yu Chuan, and he helped me take Gu Xiaozi and Huai Chuan back to Crane Valley. Stayed there."

Yuan Mucheng lost his mind for a while, but Zhong Dingshan drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and said in a loud voice as if he was relieved: "Okay, I tasted the wine and said the words, you better not give me a chance to come to ask for crimes, my boy. The kung fu that Zhong Dingshan has learned is not just for saving people."

Hearing this, Yuan Mucheng took the wine jar and filled the empty glass, then raised the wine glass to his chest with both hands, and said: "Drinking this wine is like a child with no regrets, please witness."

Yuan Mucheng raised his head and drank the wine, bowed to Zhong Dingshan, then slowed down his tone a little, and said: "But I also take the wine and meat agreement just said seriously, you have to give me some chances, after all I gave You save the time of coming to the door to inquire about the crime, and you always want me to take advantage of it, don't you?"

A smile appeared on Zhong Dingshan's face: "I found that your kid's ability to play close is not bad, it's a bit muddy, but it's quite likable."

"Come on," he said, adding wine to the two empty glasses, and said happily, "Touch one!"

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April has arrived, and Peng Yan has just finished liquidating the military rations that were sent to Yuzhou in the previous two months. It is difficult to make up for the shortfall now, and he wants to delay the time. He was urged enough, and when he saw an opportunity, he sued Feng Ruoping and Xu Bing.

"This Yuan Mucheng is really able to do things because of his friendship with His Majesty. He acts like a rascal every day. When he comes, he sits in the household department with his legs crossed. He wants me to be soft before he is willing to leave. People, but the lack of food and grass can be exchanged for real gold and silver and sent to General Yanhua. It is not a way for Xiaguan to spend it with Yuan Mucheng every day. I don’t know what Xu Taiwei and Yizhonghou have. Goodbye?"

Feng Ruoping opened the mouth and said: "There is also a granary in Yuzhou that was opened for emergency. There is no war in the northern border right now, so the military needs should not be in a hurry. Yuan Mucheng is so eager to urge the household department to allocate grain. I think he has already guessed the grain that you will withhold. Reselling will force you to spit out all the money you swallowed.”

That's what he said, but Feng Ruoping didn't mention how to help him at all. Peng Yan was calculating in his mind. Although he picked up some small profits from it, most of the money went into Feng Han's pocket and was used to privately raise military equipment. Now that Feng Ruoping got the benefit but didn't want to take the trouble, he just perfunctory him.

Peng Yan couldn't bear this loss, so he said openly and secretly: "There is no disaster or disaster at the moment, and there is no war in the northwest, so it is difficult to find an excuse to raise food. Well, it’s hard to say whether we can survive this time, according to Yuan Mucheng’s temperament of holding grudges, the investigation will be deep, and the good things of Lord Hou and General Yanhua may be ruined.”

Only then did Feng Ruoping panic, he turned his head and said a few words to curry favor with Xu Bing, then reached out and handed him a cup of hot tea.

Xu Bing took the tea and said slowly, "I remember that due to frequent changes in the grain roads in Yuzhou, in order to reduce the loss of grain transportation, a new official warehouse was built near the upper reaches of the Bianwu River connecting Yucheng and Yuzhou last year. Now the grain and grass sent to Yuzhou are stored in the newly built official warehouse, right?"

Peng Yan replied, "Yes."

Xu Bing asked again: "Are the escort officers and grain and grass transport supervisors all yours?"

"It is." Peng Yan said.

Xu Bing nodded, took off the lid of the cup, blew, took a sip, and said: "There are some counterfeit goods in the tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass. Cangqian accidentally fell into the river and found nothing, can Yuan Mucheng still trouble you?"

When the grain and grass were transported out, Yuan Mucheng stayed in the city and had no time to take care of it. When the time came, he would find someone to do something to prevent the grain road from being blocked by rocks, and then change the route to transport by water, and another accident happened when the ship overturned the grain on the way. The vacant [-] The stone grains and grasses naturally disappeared with the river water.

Peng Yan saluted him with a smile, and said, "Taiwei is wise."

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Jiang Shiqing went to Yue Teahouse for several days after the fever subsided, and Yuan Mucheng also went to the household department every day.Until the issue of grain and grass was settled, Yuan Mucheng finally had some free time, and went to Jiang Zhai to look for people for two or three days, but Jiang Shiqing was nowhere to be seen when he came back. Sometimes he specially chose to go during the curfew. He fell asleep, so counting, he hadn't seen Jiang Shiqing for nearly ten days.

On this day, Jiang Shiqing went to Yue Tea House to inquire about Jiang Yu's recent situation, and what he heard was still "I'm fine".A few days ago, he also asked Meng Xia to check the progress of Yan Youqian's investigation. Today, he got the news. After hearing a general idea, he reported the names and appearance characteristics of several people, and asked Meng Xia to help find out these people Afterwards, he sat in Yue Tea House until sunset before leaving for Jiang's house.

After entering the front yard, just as Jiang Shiqing stepped onto the stone bridge, the fish in the water pushed their heads to the surface of the water. He stopped and stood on the bridge, staring at the pool for a long time.The school of fish disrupted the reddish purple reflected on the surface of the pool, and the subsequent layers of waves reflected the sunset, and the sparkling water flashed, which made the pool full of good colors.

Yuan Mucheng, who had been waiting for someone in Jiang's mansion, stood under the bridge for a long time. Seeing Jiang Shiqing not moving for a long time, he went up the bridge and walked to his side, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of him: "Every fish knows they are coming to beg for you." After eating, isn't Vice-Master Jiang still feeling hungry?"

Jiang Shiqing came back to his senses and turned to look at him, but Yuan Mucheng smiled happily, took out a sprig of peony from somewhere and put it next to his ear, then stroked down his auricle and gently rubbed his earlobe , smiled and said: "The affectionate peony contains spring tears, and the weak rose lies on the dawn branches. The only peony flower that blooms in Prince Jingping's mansion is the most suitable for you."

The cold petals were attached to the temples, and they looked even more charming under the sunlight, which set off Jiang Shiqing's tranquil cheeks and clear and shallow eyes.Yuan Mucheng looked at that face, moved closer, and asked, "Why don't you speak?"

Jiang Shiqing raised his hand to Yuan Mucheng's chest, and said coldly, "Speak directly, I can hear you."

Yuan Mucheng glanced down at the hand on his chest, then snapped off the wrist and pulled it to his side.Jiang Shiqing slammed into his arms, his senses and every inch of skin instantly recalled the man's wild biting and kissing, and the heat on his body was also magnified. He was distracted for a moment, so he had to push the man back .

Yuan Mucheng suddenly lost his patience, pinched his waist and hugged him in, then lowered his head and bit his ear, and said: "I think it's you, Jiang Huaichuan .”

Jiang Shiqing's face turned red from the light bite, but the two of them were so close that he couldn't find a place to retreat, so he simply raised his head and leaned into Yuan Mucheng's ear, and made trouble with that man: "It's not like playing for a while. Just let me go, why did the general renege on his promise and get fat now, could it be that he was too comfortable to be served by me that night, so he couldn't bear it?"

"Yeah," Yuan Mucheng leaned into his ear and said word by word, "I don't want to part with it."

His skin was thicker than that person's, Jiang Shiqing pursed his lips and stopped talking, and wanted to push him away again, but Yuan Mucheng held his back neck tightly, and rubbed his back waist with the other hand, all the way down, with a lazy voice: "Keep talking, don't hide behind if you dare to say these words to tease me."

Jiang Shiqing was itchy when he touched him, and he thought that this was in the Jiang mansion. If Xu Guo or Lin Song saw this scene, he would not be able to explain it clearly, so he pulled the peony by his ear and straightened Throwing it behind Yuan Mucheng's ear, he cursed: "Are you deaf, you have to get so close to say it!"

Yuan Mucheng laughed out loud, rubbed the back of Jiang Shiqing's head before letting go, then looked at him playfully, and said, "Compared to me as an asshole, Vice-Master Jiang made a mistake."

Jiang Shiqing cleaned up his slightly sullen expression just now, and was about to walk away from Yuan Mucheng, but the man caught his fingers.

Yuan Mucheng hooked his fingers all the way up, took advantage of the situation and took the whole hand in his hand, and said: "Where are you going? Today, Mr. Yuan invited you to drink. Everyone is sitting and waiting for you. Don't let anyone Wait until you're hungry."

Jiang Shiqing looked down at the two people's holding hands, and said, "Eat as soon as you eat, why are you so tired of playing?"

Yuan Mucheng smiled, pulled the people inside and walked in: "It's dark at night, I'm afraid your legs will be weak and you will stumble, Mr. Yuan will lead you away."

Jiang Shiqing shook his hand, smiled at him, and said, "You use your feet to walk, not your hands."

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"Sentimental peony contains spring tears, powerless roses lie on dawn branches." From "Spring Day" by Qin Guan in Song Dynasty