[Qing Chuan] Five elder brothers intermittent salted fish

"Which one?" Li Jinqing saw the fifth elder brother chasing his life as soon as he entered the door, and asked about the little girl next door. He picked up the teacup and took a couple of sips before he realized it.

Who else?That must be the little girl from the Guerjia family next door!Can climb trees, can bicker with the fifth elder brother, who else but her.

Li Jinqing put down the teacup in his hand, and said with a faint smile: "She! That's the little niece of the leader's family next door. Her parents are both in Shengjing, so she has been raised at her uncle's house. Fifth elder brother, how did you know this one? ?”

Before Yinqi could answer, Li Jinqing said dumbfoundedly: "But with your temperament, you can really play with her. That lady's temper is beyond the control of the leader. To be honest, such a naughty girl It's the first time I've seen her."

Yinqi sat alone on the high chair, his legs couldn't even reach the ground, he just shook his legs, and said in a nonchalant tone: "I don't think she is naughty! On the contrary, my sister has a round face She's so cute! I still want to play with her."

Almost as soon as Yin Qi finished speaking, Li Jinqing and Liu Qinghui raised their heads at the same time. The way they stared at each other was too tacit.The fifth elder brother naturally doesn't dislike the naughty girl from the Guerjia family. He himself doesn't know how many times naughtier than other girls, so there is nothing to dislike.

Liang Shan, who was waiting at the side, saw his elder brother's expressionless expression, and hurriedly said: "Fifth elder brother, it's getting late, we have to go back to the palace earlier! If we go back late, Long Live Lord asked, next meeting It won't work if the Empress Dowager speaks for you again!"

This is because he was afraid that his elder brother would get excited, so he really ran to the next yard to find a girl to play with. Although Liang Shan had only met her girl twice, just by looking at this, he knew that this master was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. If he plays with the fifth elder brother, I'm afraid Mr. Li's family will be demolished.

Li Jinqing naturally agreed with Liang Shan's words, and echoed again and again: "Eunuch Liang's words are reasonable! Brother Wu has been out for a long time today, so why not go back to rest earlier! Although I will not be on duty tomorrow, there will always be other masters who want to Check your homework, if you are still so reckless and sloppy, do you want or not to have Eunuch Liang and Qing Hui's hands?"

Yinqi nodded slightly, but nodded very persuasively, and climbed down from the grand master's chair neatly, and after paying homage to Li Jinqing and Liu Qinghui one by one, he said solemnly: "Master Li's teachings, Yinqi a little Keep it in mind, you must prepare your homework carefully when you go back, and you will definitely not disappoint Master Li, and you will not let Huihui get beaten again."

Although Liu Qinghui smiled on his face, he didn't believe a word of Yinqi's polite nonsense in his heart. Even so, Liu Qinghui still maintained a calm smile and replied: "Fifth elder brother said it politely."

"You're welcome! You're welcome!"

"You're welcome! You're welcome!"

After the two made false prevarications, Liu Qinghui suddenly raised his hand and said: "Oh! I remembered, Master Jin Fu asked me to go with him to the suburbs of Beijing to see the pests in the fields tomorrow. I was like Master Li in the morning. I asked for leave, but I haven't told you yet. Hey~ It seems that tomorrow I can only ask Liang Shan to take care of the fifth elder brother!"

As soon as Liu Qinghui's voice fell, Liang Shan felt that his spine was numb. Even if he was hit by a board, it would be tomorrow, but at this moment he already felt the familiar feeling of being slapped on the palm.Liang Shan swallowed hard, and smiled numbly.

"Young Master Liu really forgets things! You should have said it earlier!" He paused slightly, reacted for a few seconds, and then suddenly said loudly: "It will be the August Festival soon, tomorrow! I will do as usual I am going to accompany Eunuch Jiang from the Empress Dowager’s Palace to the House of Internal Affairs, so I really don’t have time to see Fifth Brother off. I thought to myself, there is still Young Master Liu here! I don’t know..."

Liu Qinghui looked at Liang Shan who was struggling to make up nonsense, and really deceived himself like an ordinary child. After all, he was a child who had seen the world with his father and Lord Jin Fu, and he knew what he meant when Liang Shan opened his mouth. It was made up on the spur of the moment, and its purpose was of course just to save you from suffering.

A talented young man like Liu Qinghui could see it clearly. Yin Qi, a peerless cutie, simply believed it. He just pouted and groaned in frustration, then walked out while leading Liang Shan while thinking about it.

Li Jinqing, who was standing in front of the hall, looked at the backs of the big and the young, and couldn't help shaking his head.I don't know whether to complain or complain, and said: "This Eunuch Liang is also a very smart person, but when he comes to the fifth elder brother, he still has to make up such clumsy nonsense to fool him. There is really nothing to do with this little elder brother." ah!"

Speaking of which, Li Jinqing was going to continue to pick up the teacup and rest for a while. Finally, this delicate little ancestor left, and he was able to let go of all the burdens and enjoy tea.But looking at Liu Qinghui who was still standing aside, he asked a little strangely: "What is Mr. Jin Fu asking you to do in the suburbs of Beijing? Could it be that you also made up some nonsense for our fifth elder brother?" So fooling around?"

"Of course not. What the student said is true. It is indeed a letter from Mr. Jin Fu." Liu Qinghui saluted slightly, and said with a solemn expression on his face: "I also received many messages from the people in Beijing. There seemed to be locusts in the area. Originally, my father and Mr. Jin Fu thought that these locusts might not live long in late autumn, but as time passed, these things not only disappeared, but more and more.

For this reason, Master Jin Fu invited me to go together to see what was going on. "

Liu Qinghui, who was clearly still a young boy, talked about these government affairs like a grown-up, and being strict and well-behaved was not what a child of his age should say.

Li Jinqing is naturally used to his appearance, just looking at his appearance and expression, you can tell that you are really not joking. Li Jinqing frowned slightly, thinking carefully and said: "Could it be that the locusts from the north are from the Mongolian grassland? Isn’t it because of the locusts that caused the famine in the Mongolian grasslands! I remember that Lord Baylor of the Horqin grassland even went to the capital to meet the Lord Long Live because of this incident!”

"This... is unlikely! Although Mongolia is a long way from the capital, if there is a locust plague that lingers for several months and cannot be cured, how can everyone in the capital know and do nothing!" Liu Qinghui said with a slight sigh. Said, but he always thinks that the possibility is not too great.

But Li Jinqing, who has been in the officialdom for decades, is completely unable to be like this naive child, who thinks too little and turns around and is relieved.After all, a child is still a child. Mountains are mountains and water is water. They can only see the surface but not the depth.

Or it could be said that he, an old man who has experienced ups and downs in the officialdom for decades, has already regarded suspicion as a normal thing.For him, when looking at the mountains, one should be able to see the climbing road under the clouds and mist; when looking at the water, one should be able to see the fish and shrimp swimming among the turbid water plants;

There will never be so many coincidences in the world. Why would the locust plague in Mongolia, which was not very serious in the newspapers, bother the Queen Mother's nephew Horqin Baylor to go to Beijing in person?How can there be such a large number of locusts in the late autumn season?All these incidents added up to make Li Jinqing feel worse and worse.

He raised his head slightly, looking at the gloomy weather outside, it seemed as if a thunderstorm was about to resound through the four or nine cities.

And Yin Qi, who had just left Li's house, would naturally not follow the plan and return to the palace obediently as he said.But it didn't mean that he deliberately held back where to go to play, it was because the carriage was driving all the way on the road, so he was curious all the way.

Liang Shan listened to the jingle of the bells hanging on the corner of the eaves with the wind when the carriage was driving. The crisp bronze sound still had its own uniqueness in the noisy downtown. He looked at it like this with his back to him, the fifth elder brother. The excited look seems to be no different from the five or six-year-old children in the whole capital. He is envious of the scenery and bustle outside and is unwilling to be trapped in the loneliness and coldness of the cage.

Yinqi's body was covered with a somewhat large plush cloak, and the cloak hat on his head sometimes bumped against the inner wall of the carriage and twisted a bit, but its owner was so preoccupied with the outside world that he couldn't care less about it. It, the cold wind at night made Yin Qi's loose braids slightly messy, but he only shrank his neck slightly and continued to insist on refusing to let go, refusing to put down the car curtain.

Refusing to let go of this car curtain, this door is the most widely connected passage with the world he doesn't know.

"Candied haws! Candied haws! Stop quickly, man, I want to eat candied haws!" Yin Qi said, before the carriage stopped, he was about to rush down. If Liang Shan hadn't been quick to help him, he would almost fall on the ground In the carriage.

Liang Shan shouted helplessly: "Oh my elder brother! You should be slow to eat a candied haws! Turn around and fall yourself!"

Yin Qi didn't care about all this, he just waited for the carriage to stop and then hurriedly slid out of the carriage, fearing that the candied haws seller would disappear.

Liang Shan followed behind in a hurry, as soon as he got out of the car, he was about to be sweated by this little ancestor, fearing that his elder brother would get lost, disappeared, or bumped into him. , This... No matter which master he said in front of him when he went back, it would be a great sin.

Wrapped in bright icing, inside is the big red hawthorn, just looking at it like this, Yinqi already feels sweet and sour.He had been thinking about the taste of this candied haws for some time, thinking about it, Er Niang got it into the palace from nowhere when he ate it last time.

Today he finally seized the opportunity, and he naturally refused to let it go. He went straight to the biggest and reddest candied haws on the pile and pointed on tiptoe, "I want that bunch!"

Liang Shan hurriedly took out the silver and pointed to the bunch of candied haws that his elder brother asked for by name, and said, "Please, give our young master two bunches of candied haws. I want the biggest and sweetest!"

"Don't worry! I don't have any candied haws here that are not too big and not too sweet." The merchant quickly picked up two and handed them over, only looking at the big bright red hawthorn in his hand, it was so tempting.

Yinqi couldn't wait to eat it. The sweet and greasy taste made Yinqi so satisfied that he didn't want to move. He just wished he could eat up the bunch of candied haws in his hand now. How could he remember that he had to go back to the Forbidden City earlier? thing.

He swallowed the saliva he had endured for a long time, opened his small mouth and bit on the candied haws—the topmost crystal clear hawthorn fruit.The instant sweetness lasted from his little tongue to his brain almost instantly.The sweet taste always makes people feel extra happy for some reason.

However, such happiness did not last long.Or in other words, the illusory happiness he felt was quickly shattered by the cruel reality.

"The young master has pity on us! We haven't eaten for a long time."

"Poor us! I'm so hungry! My baby is dying!"

It was only the time when Liangshan paid a silver tael, a group of beggars gathered around from nowhere, all of them in ragged clothes ran towards the gorgeous Yin Qi, thinking of begging for some food and money.

The half-sweetened hawthorn fruit that Yin Qi bit into his mouth suddenly gave off a sour taste for some reason, but all his attention was shifted to the girl who was as old as Shaohua standing in front of him.

That girl has the same gentle milk voice as Shaohua, but her skinny skin and pitch-black skin are in stark contrast to Shaohua. She timidly grabs her mother... that can't be called clothes, but rags The cuffs are tight and refuse to relax.

After a long time, she just whispered amidst all the pleadings: "Mom! I also buy candied haws!"