By Jia Xiuzhen

Since moving into the garden, everyone has returned to the forest like birds, with indescribable joy and excitement.It's just that this year is strange, when spring should have started, it was still too cold to stretch out, and the cold wind was blowing like midwinter.The canal opened when it was difficult to cope, and the merchants who were preparing to go south were naturally worried.Only in Miaoyun Temple, Taoist Cangpu stood under the eaves and smiled lightly.

When Jia Zheng came back from the Yamen that day, he was puzzled when he saw that Mrs. Wang had sent someone to wait at the door.Then I thought that this day was the day to enter the palace for an interview, so I hurriedly talked to a few gentlemen of Qing Dynasty and then went back.

When Mrs. Wang saw Jia Zheng coming in, she also sent Caixia and the others out. She didn't even have time to give up a cup of tea. She waited for Jia Zheng to sit down and said in a low voice, "I handed over the sign the day before yesterday, and I will see you in the palace early this morning." Li Yuaner..."

Jia Zheng stopped her and said, "How can a nobleman's name be said lightly?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly said: "I am reckless. There are many people serving by your side, and it is hard to say which one can believe and which one can't. There is only one sentence that has been repeated several times. I think it must be important. I especially remember to come back and say it The master knows it. It is "the holy plan, step by step, must not be disobeyed lightly."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng pondered over it twice, but couldn't figure it out, so he asked her, "Did you mention anything else? Tell me carefully."

Mrs. Wang didn't know the point, she just said: "I also talked about the new cloth samples in the south of the Yangtze River, and now some of them have been selected into the inner tribute. I also talked about Baoyu at home... By the way, I also talked about the Beishifu. There is also a road to be built, and there happens to be a nobleman whose surname is Lu, and it is a coincidence that her family is in charge of the affairs there."

Jia Zheng opened his eyes and said, "Okay, I probably know the number."

Mrs. Wang was puzzled, and said anxiously: "What does the empress mean, the master explained it clearly. When my sister-in-law comes tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I can also ventilate to my brother."

Jia Zheng shook his head: "This matter has nothing to do with my uncle. It turned out that the Ministry has been arguing about the matter of the Technician's Mansion in the past few days. Zuo Shilang's inscription merged the Technician's Mansion into the Ministry of Works, and the technicians there discussed meritorious deeds." Others said that he was crazy. Some craftsmen, who may not even know how to read, wanted to talk with the court officials. Hearing this from you, it probably means that I should not contradict this matter. "

Mrs. Wang said: "It's good that the master understands."

But Jia Zheng shook his head: "I didn't plan to get ahead of this matter. Only the left servant is alone, how could it happen. I said what it does."

Mrs. Wang said: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that... the left servant means the meaning of the Holy Majesty?"

Jia Zheng nodded and said, "These are in the hands of Prince Xin, but there are two possibilities. But, if you only talk about this, it won't work no matter what. If everyone in the technician's mansion talks about Shangguan, in the future There is no need for imperial examinations, I just learned to be a carpenter. What the empress said, it should be about this matter, but it is not what I am talking about. Wait for another two days and see."

Mrs. Wang's knowledge of outside affairs is limited. Seeing that Jia Zheng has realized something and has nothing to do with the Wang family, she also throws it away.

Sure enough, within two days, this incident happened again.Zuo Shilang and the ministers of the Ministry of Industry failed to debate in court, and another memorial was published the next day, requesting that the Technician's Office be included in the Ministry of Internal Industry.The mention of this caught everyone by surprise, and they didn't know what it meant for a moment. Jia Zheng was so lucky at that time, and he winked with the others, and they all thought it was better than the previous method.The matter was settled in a muddle, the technician's mansion in the south of Beijing was merged into the Beishi's mansion, and a group of people were selected among them to travel to and from Jiangnan Jiannan Shi's mansion.The North and South Technician Offices are under the management of the Ministry of Internal Works among the six internal departments.Without waiting for everyone to react, Prince Jiu Wangcheng took over the internal six departments and served as the minister in charge of internal funds.This King Cheng is an outlier among the old sage's sons. He has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, but he is only interested in farming.The "Emperor Field" in the northern palace has received a lot of "care" from this man.He has never been close to anyone, and has never given any face to anyone. The old sage has always loved this son very much, saying that he "works in the community and benefits the people."Now it's really strange to take care of his seventh brother's internal affairs.

The technician's mansion in the south was merged to the north, and there were more and more people there, and even Caotianzhuang also benefited.After trial production years ago, soap workshops, dim sum workshops, vermicelli workshops, and pickle workshops have all been set up.It was still the two houses built at the beginning, the pickle shop was in one place with the dim sum shop, and the vermicelli workshop and Zaoer workshop were in the other.The canteen is also still open, but not as it used to be.In Mr. Yu's handwriting, the name of the dish was written on a cypress film, with the price marked underneath, and hung in two and a half rows in front of the hall.People who come here only look at the brand to order, and then the chef cooks it himself.This brand is not static. In rural areas, there are all kinds of food, so naturally they change according to the seasons.Since Jia Lan brought his senior brothers here a few times, they seemed to be leading the way, followed by an endless stream of academy students, and soon, even the technician's mansion came.It's more lively than ordinary towns.

This day, Jia Lan came to the village to have dinner with his fellow apprentices again. Nanny Xu and the others would not usually stay in the dining hall, so they didn't know he was coming.He didn't tell anyone about his karma with this village, so as not to cause trouble.Several people ordered food, but no one drank.The meal was lively, when the door curtain moved, Mo Yansong came in.Seeing this, Jia Lan immediately put down his chopsticks and stepped forward to salute.The rest of the senior brothers also threw away their bowls and chopsticks, and they all said they were full after a quick meeting, the black as black charcoal senior brother threw down a dime of silver and ran away with a group of juniors.

Jia Lan didn't understand, and didn't care about theory, he just stepped forward and asked Mo Yansong, "Uncle Mo, do you want to use wine or not?"

Mo Yansong sat down at their table, and said calmly, "Call Master."

Jia Lan scratched her head: "Didn't the master say that the relationship with the husband is just a cloud? It's the same as everything?"

Mo Yansong glanced at him: "You are fine."

Another senior brother was afraid that his legs would weaken from fright. Jia Lan didn't know what Mo Yansong was, so he scratched his head again: "Uncle, if you want to drink, I'll find it for you."

Mo Yansong looked at the leftovers on the table, and said, "Nonsense, I want some more decent dishes." Jia Lan went to make a fuss, "the disciple will do his best."

When the food and wine were ready, Mo Yansong picked up the wine glass and sprinkled it on the ground first.Jia Lan was suspicious, and Mo Yansong said: "Respect your master." Jia Lan hesitated and asked: "Isn't your master a good person?" Mo Yansong said: "That's why I respect him." Jia Lan thought for a while, and went He spilled a glass on the ground and said, "Respect, Master." Mo Yansong's forehead twitched twice.

While eating, I looked out from the window, and a few more people came from a distance.Jia Lan recognized Mr. Yu, Dr. Su and Lao Yutou from the village.Thinking that they didn't know their identity, they didn't take it to heart and just ate their food.But seeing the uncle who had been as steady as Mount Tai stood up, he didn't even care about knocking over the wine in his hand, he turned around and was about to run out.After thinking about it, he turned around and grabbed Jia Lan, and rushed out through the small door on the other side.But this Mo Yansong also has a bit of kung fu, and he ran a long way in the blink of an eye.Just on a hillside, I found a stone to sit on, and then put Jia Lanlai down.Jia Lan just felt that he must have offended the Stove Lord today, why did he have such a messy meal.

Seeing his doubts, Mo Yansong sneered and said, "You're still dreaming! If it wasn't for me, you would have been on duty at the Palace of the Underworld." Jia Lan was even more puzzled.

Mo Yansong asked him: "Do you know why your senior brothers saw me as if they had seen a ghost?"

Jia Lan shook his head, and Mo Yansong said: "In our school, everyone learns differently. The so-called 'applying what you learn', 'what you learn on paper will eventually become shallow', there must be some place to try to know the truth of what you learn. It turns out There are no people on that mountain, and besides, it is not easy for us to get involved with those ordinary people. Most of us will try our hand at senior disciples or reincarnated disciples. However, I do not have any disciples, so I had more contacts with your senior disciples back then. .”

Jia Lan frowned: "Uncle Master didn't do anything to me."

Mo Yansong nodded: "You are late."

"Oh, that's weird, but the seniors may not know." Thinking of the group of seniors who always talked to me when they saw me on weekdays, and took me to eat and have fun when they had time, it was a bit pity, about It was when I had a hard time living under my uncle.

After thinking for a while, he asked again, "Then why did Master run away?"

Mo Yansong said: "I tried it, at most it would make people sad. If the man tried it just now, it would be fatal. Fortunately, he escaped."

Jia Lan asked, "Who the hell is it?"

Mo Yansong shook his head: "If you know it, you will inevitably show something strange in front of you, and then you will be stalked by others, and you will even harm me! Don't say it, don't say it." No matter how Jia Lan asked in every possible way, Mo Yansong could only Don't let go.

Jia Lan asked again: "Master, what did you study?"

Mo Yansong rolled his eyes: "You don't even know what I learn, so you refuse to be my apprentice? There are many people in the world who want to be my apprentice, but few people are so lucky. If you don't look In... Humph, hum." If it weren't for your filial piety, you wouldn't be able to say these words, so you could only snort a few times.

Li Wan could only have a rough idea of ​​how Jia Lan was in the academy.She is also fascinated by common sense, she only knows that it is a place to gain knowledge, and now she doesn't expect Jia Lan to become an official, so naturally she doesn't care too much, as long as he is safe and happy.Although there are two "fine works" of square cake and dumpling, they can't follow in the academy.Every time it was delivered, several people would stay in the community courtyard outside the Erdao Mountain Gate. If they wanted to find out what happened to Jia Lan, they had to report to the deacon of the academy, and then send someone to inform Jia Lan.It is also the rule here, even the princes, who studied here when they were princes, cannot bring their attendants in.There are a few who are not used to this, so they drop out of school on their own, and no one cares about them.As for the "Worry Relief Photo", the mother was worried, but the son himself was not worried, and Jia Lan usually didn't use it.Therefore, gradually, Li Wan didn't know much about his son's activities outside, and this is also a helpless road that parents must go through.

If you don't know, you have nothing to worry about.Although the beginning of spring this year was late, it finally came.In front of the court, the magnolia is just blooming, and there are new green velvet everywhere.Nanny Chang also wanted Nanny Xu to bring a lot of weed seeds from the farm on a whim, and sprinkle them all over the mountains and plains.Li Wan is now having someone move the wooden table and bench, and is sitting on the small slope in the front yard drinking tea and watching the scenery.The weather has changed, although it is still windy, it is not as cold as before, with a little warmth and softness.If Li Wan were to say it, it would be like changing from Mrs. Wang to Yingchun.

When she was leisurely, she saw a group of people coming to visit the green fence. Tanchun, the leader, saw Li Wan sitting on a bench, and said cheerfully: "If the master sees it, he will exaggerate that my sister-in-law has wiped out all the pomp. Thank you, where did you find it. "

Li Wan asked them with a smile: "Why do you have the energy to climb this slope? Where is this going?"

Tan Chun smiled and said, "The Eldest Master said he was ill these few days, Madam asked us to go and have a look. Come by and tell sister-in-law."

Li Wan nodded: "I see, I'll let Lan'er pass when I turn around."

Xichun asked: "Is Lan'er not here now? If so, come with us."

Li Wan said: "It was still there, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye. Just now, Madam Yan went out to look for it. I don't know how long it took to find it."

Xichun looked at Tanchun and said, "Third sisters, go first, I'll wait for Lan'er."

Yingchun said: "You two are seven and eight years old, how do you go, you have to wait, I will accompany you too."

Tanchun stomped his feet: "It's so long-winded, why don't you let me go first?" After saying that, they all sat down, and Suyun and Biyue poured tea.

After a while, I saw Jia Lan coming back from the outside with his feet down. Daoxiang Village is on a small slope, with his head resting on the branch of the stone mountain in the garden.Seeing Jia Lan's ups and downs, he came to the door. Seeing many people there, he stood up and took two steps slowly.Before Li Wan could reprimand, Xi Chun was already clapping her hands happily: "Look at my nephew, he is really amazing!" Everyone looked up at the sky.Li Wan told him about the matter, and asked Nanny Chang to pack up a batch of medicinal materials, and let him go with Yingchun and the others.

After everyone left, Mother Chang smiled: "Grandma, what kind of medicinal materials are you giving? If you want me to tell you, I'm afraid it's appropriate to send two jars of wine." Seeing that there was something in her words, Li Wan looked back at her and raised his eyebrows. Signal her to continue.Suyun and Biyue also came over, frowning at Yan Momo who just came back.Nanny Chang whispered: "I heard from the other side that the Eldest Master didn't suffer from any kind of illness. He was out for a banquet a few days ago and didn't come back until late at night. Passing by a remote place, he seemed to have summoned some kind of monster to scare him out. Sickness! You said, shouldn’t you give me two jars of fortifying wine?”

Biyue was scared and curious after hearing this: "Nurse, what kind of monster? Has anyone seen it?"

Nanny Chang laughed and said: "I heard from them that the car was going well, but the little Yaoer who was serving inside shouted and stopped straight. It fell out of nowhere. After closing the curtain, I saw the old man stretching his hand to the side of the empty space and sticking his face, and he was still calling 'beauty, little lady'..."

Before she could finish speaking, Suyun rushed to the side and spat a few mouthfuls, but Biyue's paws were numb with fright, and she asked directly, "What about later?"

Nanny Chang patted her: "What later! Seeing this, how dare you delay in the wilderness? Naturally, the whole group drove back in a hurry. The next day they said that the old man fell ill."

Bi Yue breathed a sigh of relief, stroked her chest and said, "It's okay, it's better than what Miaoer and the others said."

Nanny Chang then asked her: "What new things have you heard? Look, I told you all about it, why did you just go and enjoy yourself after hearing it, and didn't know to tell us?"

Bi Yue anxiously said, "I'm so happy! I was scared to death. Especially, now that I've moved to the garden again, there's no one around. Speaking of it, talking about it..."

Suyun took advantage of the opportunity to pat her on the back of the waist, only to make Biyue scream in fright.The rest couldn't help but laugh.Biyue came to her senses and refused to let Suyun go. Suyun and his party hid themselves and laughed, "I'll let you know that only people who scare people scare people to death."

No matter what Mammy Yan said about "silent words, strange powers and distracted spirits", it was useless, and several people still got together and told all the ghost stories they heard.Biyue didn't dare to listen, but she couldn't bear to listen, she was trembling with fright and said: "I will keep watch tonight, I will keep watch, and I am more courageous outside Grandma's house. If someone shouts, Grandma will definitely They will come to save me. If I'm with Suyun, I'm afraid that she will come and scare me in the middle of the night." Everyone who said that laughed again.

Li Wan also said: "Usually, I didn't hear any strange things. How many storytellers have come here now? It's hard for them to make up such a thing, and each of them is not the same."

After hearing this, Nanny Chang said seriously: "Grandma, don't just listen to it as a joke. I saw that there are a few that look like that. If there really are these fox ghosts, what should we do?"

Li Wan said casually: "Hey, it was there in the first place, but it's just..." Then he realized that he had slipped his tongue, so he had to continue, "It's just that we are not in the same way, and come to the world to do something well, isn't it? They were all sealed in the list of gods earlier."

Everyone saw her making jokes, and was about to make fun of her, but they heard someone outside the door saying: "Fox ghost, do you want to meet?"