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Chapter 101 Salary

Buckets of hot water were poured into the bathtub. Li Wen stretched out his hand to test the water temperature and said, "Okay, this much water is enough." Two big men carrying buckets went out. Li Wen turned to the boy who was waiting beside him and said, "I don't need you to serve me here anymore. You can go back to your room and rest. You can clean up the things in the room tomorrow." "Oh, okay, Master, If you need anything, just call me." Although Li Tong wanted to stay and serve his young master, he couldn't disobey the young master's order, so he had no choice but to go out.

When he went out, Li Tong closed the door with his backhand and went back to the house where he lived.

Hearing the sound of footsteps leaving, Li Wen glanced at the corner and said, "Come out." He had long known that there was an extra person in the room, so he asked the waiting boy to go out.

Zhao Xiangyi came out of the darkness. Just now he let the groom go, turned over and entered the Liuyuan Mansion. He walked into the young man's house with familiarity, and stood in the dark waiting for people to leave before he came out.

Li Wen was not surprised to see people appearing in his room, and he had long been accustomed to it. He started to untie his belt, took off his clothes, and hung the clothes on the screen. When he saw the man standing there looking at him, the corner of his mouth curled up, Li Wen invited the man, "Together?"

Seeing The young man in front of him peeled off his clothes layer by layer. Zhao Xiangyi's throat rolled, his mouth suddenly became dry, and he walked towards the young man with uncontrollable legs.

The two stood face to face. Li Wen looked up at the taller man, and the corners of his mouth curved up into a smile.

The two people's eyes met, and Zhao Xiangyi reached out to touch the young man's cheek, looked into the young man's moist eyes, obeyed his inner desire, lowered his head, and kissed the young man's lips. The two people were kissing and pulling each other's clothes off. No one noticed when the clothes they took off fell to the ground.

The two people entered the bathtub together and soaked in the hot water. Li Wen let out a comfortable sigh, "It's so comfortable."

The bathtub is not small, but with a mature man sitting in it, it also looks... It was so small that he was almost sitting in Zhao Xiangyi's arms. The man's kiss fell between his eyebrows, along his nose, and onto his lips.

Li Wen asked the man to kiss him while raising his head. He nibbled on the man's chin with a naughty smile on his face, but soon he couldn't smile anymore.

The smell of the bath completely changed after taking a bath, and the bath water was almost getting cold. The tall man hugged the boy from side to side. Get up from the water and carry the person to the bed. This intimate sexual intercourse between lovers begins with another one and continues...

There was snow falling all night outside, and the two people on the bed hugged each other and fell asleep.

The fire in the fireplace was still crackling, and the room was warm.

After a dreamless night, he woke up alone on the bed. Li Wen opened his eyes and looked, and found that all the clothes that had fallen on the floor last night had been taken. He picked it up and hung it neatly on the screen.

The clothes belonging to the other man were no longer there. It was obvious that the man had taken them away.

He seemed to have been impressed when he left. , the man coaxed him and he fell asleep again. He

still had to get up early the next day to go to court.

There was probably a benefit to being promoted, that is, he moved up to where he stood before the court, and no longer had to stand at the door. There was a cold wind blowing there, so congratulations!

Surrounded by a group of old men who could be his grandfather, and standing in the middle was a boy with no hair on his chin. Li Wen received peeping glances from many of his colleagues around him. While spying on him, he was also taking care of the people around him.

Since the eldest prince was punished by the emperor to stay at home for three months, he was nowhere to be seen in the morning. It is expected that the eldest prince will not be able to go out for the next three months. . Some ministers in the court did not know why the eldest prince was punished by the emperor. There were also officials who defended the eldest prince and interceded for the eldest prince. However, these officials were all punished by the emperor without exception. Naturally, no one dared to defend the eldest prince. The prince came forward.

As for Concubine Chen in the palace, who wanted to go to the emperor to plead for her son, the emperor didn't even see Concubine Chen. It can be seen that the emperor was really angry this time.

Li Wen only heard about what happened in the palace. I don't know much about the affairs in the palace.

The morning court started with shouts of "Long Live" and ended with the shouts of "Long Live".

At the end of the court, I fought with the man who quietly left his bed in the morning. After a face-to-face meeting, the two of them nodded and said hello. Without any words, the two of them walked out together in a tacit understanding.

After leaving the palace gate, Zhao Xiangyi was busy with his business, while Li Wen himself went home.

After two days of working in the Ministry of Revenue, Li Wen gradually became familiar with some of the internal operations of the Ministry of Revenue and the

responsibilities of his position. The emperor did not ask him to play chess in the past two days. Li Wen guessed that the emperor had not asked him to play chess. Maybe he didn't want to see him recently. The emperor didn't summon him, so he just stayed here at Hubu and didn't bother the emperor.

When he first arrived at Hubu,

he kept a low profile. The teacher and his family each sent a letter. The letter to his family simply mentioned the promotion, but at the same time he reminded his father at home to keep a low profile. In his teacher's mind, he talked in detail about Xiangzhou and his transfer from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Revenue.

It took two days just for the letter to be delivered, but I thought it would not arrive so soon.

However, he thought that Nanyang was well-informed, and his teacher should be able to know some news about the DPRK relatively quickly.

After getting along with each other for the past few days, he found that the biggest advantage of these two deputies was that they did whatever they were told and didn't talk much. Li Wen said to Du Ruoheng, "Oh, yes, Ruoheng, please ask someone to send over the account books of the Department of Revenue's expenditures for the past ten years. I want to take a look.

" Statistics and expenditures are equivalent to the revenue and expenditure of a country's finances. He must first figure out their country's fiscal revenue and expenditure before he can continue with the following work.

"Yes, sir, I will go get it for you right now." Du Ruoheng went out after saying that.

The people below came over to talk about the account book that Li Liuyuan wanted to pay. Zhu Guangquan paused while holding the pen and said, "Give it to him."

He, Zhu Guangquan, wanted to see what Li Liuyuan wanted to do!

Li Wen didn't know that Zhu Guangquan had people watching him all the time. Maybe even if he knew, he wouldn't be surprised.

When I saw a steady stream of wooden boxes being carried over, these boxes had not been moved for an unknown period of time. They were covered with a thick layer of ash, and as soon as they were put down, the sky was filled with smoke and dust.

"...Ahem." Li Wen choked and coughed twice, covering his mouth and taking a step back.

When the last box was brought in, Li Wen's mouth twitched when he saw the boxes in this room.

Is he really too naive?

"Sir, all the ten years of your expenditure account books you requested are here." Du Ruoheng said.

"Yeah, okay." Li Wen reached out and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling that he had dug a big hole for himself. Forget it, now that he jumped into this trap, he couldn't go out if he wanted to. He might as well do things in a down-to-earth manner, so as not to live up to the emperor's expectations of him.

"Ruo Heng and Shen Cheng, you two stay, and the rest of the people will go and do their work first." Li Wen ordered Du Ruoheng and Shen Cheng to stay and assist him, and let the rest of the people go about their business.

He made two forms and asked Du Ruoheng and Shen Cheng to fill in the data as he said. However, he did not explain the purpose and significance of this to them for the time being, and only asked them to prepare it and leave it to him.

"Yes, sir." It was the first time that Du Ruoheng and Shen Cheng saw this strange form, but neither of them had any objections and followed their master's instructions.

As soon as

Xiaohan arrives, the coldest day of the year in Kyoto arrives, with heavy snow falling outside.

At this time every year, the year is coming to an end. In previous years, officials in the central and central government could not take a bath until the new year. So in a few days, officials in various government offices can take a break and go back to prepare for the New Year. .

Before that, the Ministry of Household Affairs must distribute the monthly salary to officials in various ministries.

The doctor of the Ministry of Revenue was already in charge of the salaries of court officials. Li Wen went to his superior to sign and seal the salary lists for each ministry for the current month, as well as the salary lists that had been owed by the Ministry of Revenue in the past and had not yet been paid. The money coming in and out of the Ministry of Hubu requires the signature and seal of the Minister of Hubu, so he must ask Zhu Guangquan to sign and seal the money before he can approve it.

"I'll put these aside for now." Zhu Guangquan picked out a few of the lists. His meaning was very clear, he just wanted to keep delaying them.

Li Wen saw that they were all bills for monthly arrears from the Ministry of Revenue. He raised his eyebrows and said expressionlessly, "My lord, if I remember correctly, you said personally that you would pay the bills before the year before. The monthly arrears of the ministries will continue to be paid. If this monthly payment is not paid, the New Year will be over in a few days. "

At that time, he followed the seniors from the Hanlin Academy to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money, and the military attachés were also making trouble with them. Zhu Guangquan personally agreed to this, and he still remembered it clearly.

If the Ministry of Household Affairs really had no money, it would be okay to say so. In fact, the Ministry of Household Affairs did have money. Now he could not agree with Zhu Guangquan's approach.

"Don't forget, you are in the Household Department now, and you must start from the Household Department first." Zhu Guangquan's face turned dark and he said.

"It's because I am in the Ministry of Revenue that I have to protect the credibility of our Ministry of Revenue." Li Wen said with an expression on his face, "I am doing this for the good of our Ministry of Revenue." People must be true to their word, and a plan must also be honest in what they say. If they don't deceive others over and over again, no one will dare to trust their household department in the future.

So he finally forced Zhu Guangquan to sign and seal the order.

Li Wen is not afraid that Zhu Guangquan will wear small shoes for him in the future. If soldiers come to block him, if water comes and earth comes to cover him, no one is afraid of whom!

On this day, the Ministry of Household Affairs paid all the monthly money owed to several deployments such as the Beijing Suburban Camp and the Hanlin Academy.

For nearly half a year, the military attachés and soldiers in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing received half a year's monthly salary. One by one, the poor jingle soldiers received the money, and they all had tears in their eyes. They finally had money to buy wine!

"Tell me, did Li Liuyuan help with this matter?" Xie Yunfei turned Zhao Xiangyi around with his hand and asked.

Zhao Xiangyi looked forward and said nothing.

Chapter 102: The Sealed

Sky was overcast and the wind was blowing loudly.

One after another, the prison cars went to the Nan Vegetable Market, leaving several deep car marks on the ground. The prisoners in the prison cars were escorted from the cars by officers and soldiers, and people were surrounding them. A row of prisoners kneeled on the ground, and behind them stood an executioner with a knife.

Some people are about to die, and others are shouting, "Sir, the common people have been wronged..."

"Sir, the common people don't want to die..."

"Sir, please spare my life..."

The timid man knelt on the ground and shivered, frightened by the fear of death. Even urine came out.

The people watching were pointing, "These dog officials should have been killed a long time ago!"

"Bah!"

"Dog officials!" "

The supervisor looked up at the sky, took out a token from the barrel on the table, and threw it to the ground. As the token fell to the ground with a crisp sound, the supervisor shouted sharply, "Behead!

"Behead! " ,'

"Poof——,'

The knife in Jizi's hand fell, and the heads fell to the ground one after another, spraying blood all over the ground. The headless body twitched twice on the ground, and then stopped moving. The blood on the ground continued to spread, staining the ground.

The people watching slowly dispersed, and no one cried for the injustice of these corrupt officials. More people felt happy after seeing these corrupt officials removed

. The separated corpses were carried and thrown onto a four-wheeled vehicle and covered with straw mats. The officers and soldiers pulling the cart took the corpse to a mass grave outside the city and threw the body into the mass grave. The blood stained the south. There was blood all the way to the vegetable market and the car.

Knowing that a group of corrupt officials in Xiangzhou were beheading themselves in public, Li Wen did not go to see it, and he did not let anyone in his family go to see it. Obviously, the emperor did not intend to let these people go. Living through this new year is also to cover up the fact that the prince was involved in this matter, killing people to silence them. Only dead people can't speak. This way the emperor can feel at ease.

At this time, Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were sitting in a wine shop in the capital . In the private room upstairs, white smoke was rising from the tea on the table,

"Have the executions been completed over there? "Li Wen reached out to touch the cup. His throat was a little dry, but in the end he retracted his hand without taking the cup.

"Well, it should be over. "

Seeing the young man's dazed look, Zhao Xiangyi reached out and held the young man's hand, pulled the young man into his arms, and let the young man sit on his knees. He kissed the young man's pale lips, and the man lowered his head. She comforted him, "It's not your fault, it's them who deserve to die.

"But you should know that some of them are not guilty enough to die. " "Li Wen shook his head, looked up at the man hugging him, raised his hand, and asked blankly, "If my hands are covered in blood in the future, will you still be like this? Will you continue to love me?

"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't killed more people than you on the battlefield. Are you afraid of me? " "Zhao Xiangyi must have killed more people than the young man. They killed all the people who deserved to be killed and deserved to die. If his hands were stained with blood, it was his first. Zhao Xiangyi asked the young man, "Will you? Because of this, you are afraid of me and don't want to be with me? "

Hearing the man's words, Li Wen's eyes widened slightly and said, "No.

Seeing the young man shaking his head, Zhao Xiangyi continued, "When they did those things, they should have thought of today's capital crime. " Think about the evil things they have done and killed so many people. Their current fate is just what they deserve, and it was not caused by you, so you don't need to feel guilty. From now on, if you have me protecting you, let me kill the person you want to kill. You don't have to do it yourself. "

Li Wen understood this and felt uncomfortable. He knew that not all of these people should be sentenced to death, and part of it was due to the emperor's selfishness.

- He even doubted whether the emperor would Kill him and silence him one day?

Zhao Xiangyi could feel the boy's uneasiness, and he used this method to comfort his boy with a delicate kiss. The man's voice was a little hoarse, and his eyes were a little helpless. , looked at the young man with a soft light in his eyes, and said in the young man's ear, "Little fool, how could I not love you? As long as you still want my love, I will continue to love you." "

How can he not love his boy? Even if one day his boy stops loving him, it is impossible for him to not love his boy.

Li Wen turned his head and looked at the man in front of him, holding the man's hand with both hands. Zhao Xiangyi put his head on the man's neck

and felt better. He put one hand around the young man's waist and stroked the young man's back back and forth with his other hand. He was happy that the young man would show such a vulnerable side in front of him. , which made him feel sorry for the young man, but at the same time, he thought that he was still there.

The two of them stayed in the restaurant's wing for a long time before leaving.

There was a heavy snowfall at night, and the blood stains on the ground of the Nan Vegetable Market were covered. Heavy snow covered the ground below.

In the next few days, the people in the capital were still talking about the vegetable market that day.

The same incident also gave the officials in the capital a wake-up call. It was very likely that they would be next. Himself. Therefore, during the period at the end of the year, the whole situation was unusually quiet, and the officials in the capital were much more low-key.

Li Wen went to work as usual in the household department, and he felt dizzy when he looked at the account books every day. He would definitely not be able to finish the entire room of ledgers this year, and he would save the rest for next year.

Thinking that there were still more than a dozen rooms of ledgers waiting for him to look at, he thought in his heart. What a huge trap!

From the day he entered the Hanlin Academy, he knew that his superior did not like him. However, Zhu Guangquan did not like him, but he did not find fault with him. He ignored Li Wenxin even when he passed by. I think you'd better ignore me to the end! Unless he has something to do with Zhu Guangquan, he won't hang out in front of Zhu Guangquan. However, he is now in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he will inevitably encounter Zhu Guangquan when he goes out, so the meeting is here. It's inevitable.

As for the reason why Zhu Guangquan doesn't like him, Li Wen has some guesses.

There are many people in the household department and the relationships are complicated. In such a short period of time, he has not yet figured out the background of these people. Apart from Zhu Guangquan's old face, he always had a smile on his face and dealt with his interpersonal relationships first.

As for the subordinates who worked with him, Li Wen observed them for a few days and found that some of them were pretty good and he could slowly take care of them in the future . He doesn't have many available people at the moment. To put it bluntly, he just lacks the manpower to do things. But for now, he doesn't know much about many things in the household department, and these things are still needed. He went to find out for himself.

Afterwards, the emperor secretly summoned him. He came out soon after entering the palace.

On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor sealed the seal from the second day until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the next year . , the civil and military officials of the DPRK no longer need to go to court, unless there is something special that they can go to the palace to report to the emperor. Except for special institutions such as Jingzhao Mansion, most of the government offices in the capital have begun to close, and the officials below have begun to close their doors. There is no need to go to the office. The office will not be resumed until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the following year. So this means that they will have a holiday after finishing work for this day and go back to

prepare for the New Year.

After careful calculation, they had nearly a month of vacation before and after the Chinese New Year, but this time was definitely not enough for them to go back to Qingping for the Chinese New Year. The time on the way back and forth was not enough.

If you are traveling far away at this time, if you encounter a heavy snow day and you are stuck on the road, you don't know how long it will take to leave, so don't even think about going back to your hometown to celebrate the New Year with your parents and relatives. They will definitely celebrate the New Year here in the capital.

But when he thought that he would have more than 20 days of vacation, and that he could sleep in every day without going to court, Li Wen's eyes suddenly filled with enthusiasm, and he was so moved that he wanted to cry.

Damn it, the court only gave him such a small salary, and he had to get up at midnight every day to go to court!

When I talk about going to court, I shed tears of bitterness. I used to think that studying was hard, but after I became an official in the court, I realized that being an official is not any easier. I really miss the days when I didn't have to go to court! But anyway, now that he is on vacation, he won't have to go to court or go to work in the household department for nearly a month, so he happily wants to roll around in bed.

The day before, Li Wen specially asked the child to go to Yipinlou to order a roast suckling pig. On the way back, he stopped by Yipinlou to pick up the roasted suckling pig. Today he deliberately did not go out to socialize and eat. He went to the restaurant to pick up the roast suckling pig and then went home. There were already people waiting for him to eat at home.

As expected, people feel doubly happy when they have a holiday!

Li Wen's walking pace became much more relaxed, and he felt happy.

"Brother, what are you bringing back?" Li Haopeng's nose twitched and he chased after the food box Li Tong was carrying. Li Wen asked Li Tong to open the box, take out the roasted suckling pig inside, reach out and scratch the boy's nose, and said, "You are such a bitch, didn't you say you wanted to eat roasted suckling pig last time? Go ahead, brother." Do you like the roasted suckling pig from Yipinlou?"

"Yeah." Li Haopeng nodded vigorously, "I like it."

Ever since I tasted the roasted suckling pig from Yipinlou, I can't forget the roasted suckling pig.

The business of Yipinlou is the best in the entire capital. The dignitaries in the capital like to eat at Yipinlou. Eating at Yipinlou is a status symbol, and the prices of things are naturally not cheap. Yipinlou is

famous for its roasted suckling pig. If you want to eat it, you have to make a reservation in advance, and it may not be available. However, Li Liuyuan asked someone to order it, and one roasted suckling pig is still no problem.

He was not in the capital some time ago, and when he came back to the capital, he was transferred to the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance had many things to do, and he had too much to learn when he first arrived, so Li Wen didn't have much time to spend with his children at home.

I don't remember that children like to eat roast suckling pig, so I asked Li Tong to order one just to make the children at home happy.

Chapter 103, 2nd update:

"It's getting a bit cold. You can put it on the fire and turn it around."

It was cold and the roasted suckling pig got cold on the way back. Li Wen asked Li Tong to skewer it and put it in the fireplace for a turn.

In addition to heating, their fireplace can also be used to roast chicken, duck, etc. He just dislikes roasted suckling pig as too troublesome, and the roasted suckling pig at Yipinlou is indeed pretty good. There is nothing wrong with it except that it is a bit expensive. .

Li Tong skewered the suckling pig on a stick and roasted it over the fire.

"Brother..." Li Haopeng's eyes were following the roasted suckling pig, and he swallowed, with a "want to eat" expression on his face

. "Wait, I'll eat it in a while. It doesn't taste good when it's cold now, so warm it up." It's better when it's hot." Li Wen patted the kid on the head, "Look at how greedy you are, wipe the saliva from the corner of your mouth, be careful Yangyang laughs at you."

After hearing his brother's words, Li Haopeng wiped it subconsciously. Wiping the corner of his mouth, "..." Then he looked at his brother with a resentful look on his face, obviously he had no saliva.

Bai Jingyang shrugged his shoulders and chuckled.

"Yangyang, don't laugh!" Li Haopeng pounced on Bai Jingyang and knocked him down. The two children were rolling in Nuangkeng.

The academy had a holiday two days ago. The two children were at home for the holiday. Now there is an extra boy at home. , the two children are about the same age. They usually go to the academy to study together and come back together after school. The two children can be companions, which Li Wen thinks is good.

The two Bai brothers stayed at his place after arriving in the capital. Since there were many rooms in the house, there was enough room for these two people, so Li Wen let Bai Yu stay at his place with peace of mind.

He slowly handed over some of his business to Bai Yu. As expected of the Bai family who have been in business for generations, Bai Yu's learning ability was faster than he expected. He would be able to take charge of his business by next spring at the latest. Leave it all to Bai Yu to take care of.

Seeing the two children making trouble, Li Wen couldn't help but smile.

"Li Haopeng, are you bullying Yangyang again?" Li Jinwan came in from the outside and saw Li Haopeng, the bunny, pressing on Yangyang's body. His butt was facing her, so she reached out and slapped the boy's butt.

Li Haopeng just let go of Bai Jingyang, and the two boys turned red in the face.

"Is Bai Yu back? Go and call Bai Yu to come over for dinner." Li Wen said.

"Master Bai is back. I'm going to call Master Bai right now." Yingchun responded and went out.

After everyone arrived, the suckling pig was served warmed up.

"Bai Yu, please sit down and eat too." Li Wen cut a suckling pig leg for each of the two boys. When he saw Bai Yu coming over, he asked Bai Yu to sit down and eat together. Bai Yu said "yes" before sitting down.

"Thank you, brother." Li Haopeng bared his teeth and smiled at his brother.

Bai Jingyang then said "Thank you, sir".

"Eat it, you guys. Use your chopsticks to pick up whatever you want to eat." Li Wen no longer corrected the names the two Bai brothers called him. He didn't treat the Bai brothers as slaves, or even the people he served at home, he just treated them as part of the family.

It's just that Yingchun and Xihe never ate at the same table as them. It was difficult to change these people's deep-rooted ideas for a while, so Li Wen just let them go.

Taking a knife and cutting half of the roasted suckling pig, Li Wen said, "You can take these and eat them. What we have here is enough. It would be a waste to eat more than you can eat." If you think about the cost of such a roasted suckling pig, Thirty taels of silver, one tael of silver wasted, "You go to eat, we don't need you to wait here."

"Thank you, master." Knowing his master's temper, Yingchun did not shirk it, and let Xing Que take it. The master didn't need her to serve him here, so she went down to eat.

Everyone was satisfied after the meal.

After the meal, Li Wen asked people to remove the things on the table, brought a pot of tea, and sat down with Bai Yu to drink tea. The two little ones sat cross-legged on the warm pit, and from time to time they would steal a piece of snack on the table to eat.

"Brother, is your yamen on holiday?" Li Haopeng lay on his brother's back, hugged his brother's neck with both hands, and asked.

"Well, it's holiday. Do you want to take you shopping tomorrow?" Li Wen patted the boy's butt and asked the brat to get off his back. Li Haopeng sat cross-legged in front of his brother, looked at his brother with a pair of bright eyes, nodded humbly, and said, "Brother

, you are so kind." Let me pass you." Li Wen stretched out his hand and scratched the kid's nose. It's not hard for them to be ugly. Their facial features look like their father's, and he will be a tough man when he grows up.

He looked at Bai Jingyang. After raising this child for a while, his skin became whiter, his face grew a little longer, and he became even cuter. Li asked a few questions about whether the child was used to studying in the academy and whether he could keep up with his husband's progress.

Bai Jingyang nodded and replied obediently, "Yes."

"Brother, if Yangyang doesn't understand, come back and I'll teach him." Li Haopeng said, asking for credit.

"You're the best!" Li Wen saw that the boy wanted to steal some snacks. He slapped the boy's hand and said with a straight face, "Still eating!"

"Just one piece?" Li Haopeng gestured with his finger.

"Haha..." Did you feed all the food you just ate to the dog? Are you hungry again so soon? Li Wen had nothing to do with this brat. He knew that the child was full and wanted to eat snacks when he saw them. He had no choice but to say, "Just the last piece, one for each person

." Thank you brother. "Li Haopeng happily went to get two pieces and gave one piece to Yangyang.

Li Wen asked someone to take the snacks away and put them on the table to prevent his little one from taking

Yingchun again while he wasn't paying attention. After taking the snack,

Li Haopeng's eyes followed him all the way, and finally he could only look at his brother with a sad face.

Li Wen pretended not to notice. He looked at Bai Yu who was sitting opposite and asked, "Xiao Yu, what's on your feet?" Is the injury better now? Have you finished taking the medicine? "After returning to the capital, he dragged on the prince's relationship and asked the palace doctor to come and see Bai Yu. The doctor who came gave Bai Yu a prescription.

"You haven't finished the medicine yet, you can still take it for a few days. Bai Yu thanked him, looked at his legs, and said, "It's much better now." "

Originally, he had given up on his leg, but he didn't expect that he would ask the imperial physician to come and examine him. After he took the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, he could feel that the injury on his leg was much better. There was no more pain at night and he couldn't sleep all night. This gave him a little hope that his legs might be healed.

Now the dog official who killed more than 30 people in the Bai family has been beheaded. Bai Yu had something on his mind and let go of the hatred in his heart. He brought his younger brother to the capital with the adults and lived in the adults' house. The adults changed their household registrations and provided for the two brothers to live and eat for free. , and also provided for his younger brother to study in the academy. In the future, if the younger brother wants to be successful, he can get an official position. After the tragedy of the Bai family being wiped out, Bai Yu no longer plans to go back to Xiangzhou. He has made up his mind. I want to stay in the capital and work with the adults, and I have made up my mind to follow the adults for the rest of my life.

"Well, okay, you take the medicine first, and I will ask Dr. Chen to come over to my house another day and take a look at it for you." "Li Wen saw that Bai Yu seemed to be in better spirits than when he first arrived in the capital, and he was happy for him in his heart. He said, "Take good care of your body. There will be many places that can use you in the future.

"Yes, sir. " "Bai Yu thanked him.

It's completely dark outside, and it's cold in winter. People go home early to sleep if there's nothing else to do.

He slept in a daze at night, feeling like he was falling into a familiar embrace. Li Wen's eyelids moved, but without opening his eyes, he buried his head on the man's chest and continued to sleep on him. Zhao Xiangyi looked at the little head squirming in his arms and couldn't help but smile. He kissed the top of the boy's hair and asked, "I'll pick you up tomorrow and stay with me in Zhuangzi for two days?"

"... ...Hmm." The sleepy boy couldn't stand the man's harassment. He scratched his ears and opened his eyes to look at the man who was teasing him. His eyes were full of accusations, which made it difficult for him to have a good sleep!

"Haha, go to sleep, I won't bother you anymore. Remember, I will pick you up tomorrow." Zhao Xiangyi looked at the confused young man and couldn't bear to mess with him, so he had to let him go to sleep.

When he woke up the next day, Li Wen remembered what he had promised the man last night.

"..." Li asked.

He also agreed to take the two boys at home shopping today, so there shouldn't be any conflict between the two things? They can go shopping first and then go to Zhuangzi. It will be so happy. Decided! Two little carrots were leaning against the door, peering into the crack of the door. They were chattering without knowing

what they were saying. Li Wen was sitting on the bed in the room when he heard some sparse sounds outside.

I thought my home was being robbed by two little thieves.

The two boys waited at the door for a while. Li Haopeng couldn't hold it any longer, knocked on the door gently, and asked in a pinched voice, "Brother, are you awake?" ? "

Li Wen had no choice but to get up from the bed and reach out to hook up the clothes lying beside the bed to put them on. He knew that there must be many marks from men's bites from his neck down, even if he didn't need to look in the mirror. The marks on his body would make two When the kid saw it, he really couldn't explain it.

As for the barbarian who ran into his bed yesterday, he climbed over the wall and got out early.

How could they be like having an affair? Li asked. I thought depressingly

, "Oh, my young master, why did you come here? "Li Tong came over and saw two little ones lying on the door. The eldest young master finally had a good sleep, and the young master ran to the eldest young master's door to call for someone. This is really fatal!

" My brother said he would take us out shopping yesterday. Li Haopeng squeezed his little hand and said, "Let's see if my brother is awake

. "Let them in."

A voice came from the room. Hearing that it was their young master asking him to let the young master in, Li Tong had no choice but to open the door.

Li Haopeng pulled Bai Jingyang and got inside.

"Brother, are you awake? When should we go out?" This was not the first time Li Haopeng entered his brother's room, but once he entered, he still looked around curiously. Li Wen glanced at his boy, and his head began to hurt. He had just woken up and was still a little out of bed, so he said with a dark face, "Sit there and don't move around."

"I agreed . If I take you out, I will take you out. If you don't obey, I'll lock you in the house and won't let you go out."

"No, brother, I'm very obedient." Li Haopeng hurriedly stopped when he saw his brother's black face. He asked Bai Jingyang to sit down, not daring to run around in his brother's room, with an expression on his face: "Brother, look at me, am I very good?"

Bai Jingyang felt a little scared. If he had known that he would not listen to the second young master, he would come to the master and the master would be angry.

Seeing the two little carrot heads sitting obediently, Li Wen's expression softened a little.

Li Wen took the towel and wiped his face. After wiping his face, he handed the towel to the child beside him. I took a toothbrush and dipped it in some salt to brush my teeth, rinsed a glass of water, and then took another tea cup and drank half a cup of warm water.

Chapter 104: The twenty-third lunar month of the twelfth lunar

month is the twelfth lunar month of the twelfth lunar month.

Folks have the custom of sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves on Xiaonian Day to pray for peace and wealth in the coming year. Early in the morning, Li Jinwan led the people in the mansion to clean up the house. Everyone in the mansion was busy cleaning the courtyard, wiping down everything in the house, and cleaning up in preparation for the New Year.

When Li asked, he heard noises outside. After asking, he found out that the house was being cleaned.

"Brother, are you going outside today?" Li Jinwan asked when she saw her brother.

"Well, we are getting ready to go out. Do you want to go out together?" He promised the child yesterday and could not break his promise. Knowing that the house was being cleaned, Li Wen could not help him much, so he had to say, "If there are not enough people at home, you can see what can be done outside." We can't hire a few day laborers and hire a few people from outside to help. "

The house is large and there are not many people at home. Normally, I don't think there are too many people, but now when we have to work, it seems that we don't have enough people.

It's just that the family usually doesn't need so many people to work, and it costs money to support so many people. If he only relies on the monthly salary from the court, he can't even support himself in the capital, let alone support a whole family. A lot of maids and slaves.

Li Wen is not a person who likes extravagance. If he was alone in the capital and Li Tong was waiting for him, the most he could do was hire a cook to cook, and he might not even be able to buy a maid.

"I won't go out with you. I can't leave here at home. You go and play. Xiaobao has been talking about going out for many days. It's rare that you are free today, so take Xiaobao out to play. "With so many things waiting for her at home, she is not in the mood to go shopping right now," Li Jinwan said.

"There is no need to invite people. The people invited do not know the rules of our house. If we work harder, we can finish it in a few days. There are still a few days until the New Year, and we still have time." Invite people from outside. Li Jinwan didn't feel too relieved when some people didn't know the basics and let outsiders into the house casually.

In the almost a year since she arrived in the capital, she has been exposed to many things and has naturally learned a lot. She is not a girl from the countryside who didn't know anything when she first came to the city.

Her brother was an official in the capital, and she didn't understand the things in the officialdom. She could only try hard not to hold her brother back. Her brother is out every day, so she helps take care of the house. Her brother is not married yet. When her brother gets married one day, her sister-in-law can take care of the house work, but now she can only do it as a girl. .

"Then it's up to you. Just make the arrangements. If you need something at home, just make an order and ask someone to buy it outside." Li Wen usually doesn't pay much attention to the affairs of the house, and he doesn't know much about these things. When he saw the two little ones looking at him eagerly, he knew that they wanted to go out after waiting for a long time.

"I'll take them out for a walk and won't come back for lunch at noon. If Mr. Zhao asks someone to come to the house to find me, just tell him that I went to the street and ask him to wait for me at Yipin Building." He still remembered. Last night, the man said he would pick him up to play in Zhuangzi today. He was afraid that someone would leave home and look for him later, so Li Wen left a message first to prevent that person from coming to find him.

"Okay." Li Jinwan knew that her brother had a good relationship with Mr. Zhao. She had met Mr. Zhao several times and knew that Mr. Zhao.

"If other people in the house come to see me, you have to ask me clearly if they have something to do with me. If they have something to do, please leave them alone and wait until I come back to deal with it. And when I am not at home, if anyone comes to me If you send gifts from people you don't know, we can't accept them indiscriminately in our house, and it will be the same in the future. Anyone who asks me to do something will be rejected. "This is the Chinese New Year ,

and all kinds of gifts are popular among people. Some things coming and going are unavoidable, but dealing with them is at least a little troublesome.

He is now in officialdom, and some interpersonal interactions are inevitable.

Li Wen added one more sentence, "If it's a gift from some of my colleagues and friends, you have to note which house it comes from one by one, so that you can return the gift when the time comes. If you encounter something you don't understand, wait until Just ask me again when I get back.

These things are complicated, and Li Wen himself doesn't have much experience in these matters. He used to be a junior editor at the Hanlin Academy, but now he was promoted to a full fifth grade. The doctor from Hubu is gone, and he is still a popular person around the emperor. There is no guarantee that anyone will send gifts to him.

Li Jinwan actually doesn't know much about these things, but she also knows that you shouldn't accept things from people you don't know. . Her brother told her, so she just did it, "Oh, okay, brother, I remember everything you said." If you want to go out, go ahead. "If you don't understand anything, just ask her brother when the time comes.

She still has a lot of work to do, so she doesn't want to talk to her brother anymore.

Li Jinwan also didn't forget to tell her brother not to run around when he goes out. There are many human traffickers outside at this time, and they especially like to steal such older children. Li Haopeng replied, "Fourth sister, I know, you have said it many times. You

still think I am verbose," Li Jinwan said angrily. Rolled his eyes.

"Master, young master, please go slowly." Yingchun saw the master and young master to the door.

Li Wen waved his hand and asked people to go back to the house, and he took them away.

There was a street just outside the place where they lived, so they did not go out in a carriage. Li Wen walked out with the two little ones, accompanied by Li Tong and Ah Chen to help look after the two little ones. There were many people outside at this time, and he couldn't bear to see the two little ones alone. If one of them disappeared in the blink of an eye, he really didn't know where to find anyone.

The snow that has been falling in Kyoto for several days has finally stopped. The weather today is nice, sunny, and there is a little sunshine.

There are more pedestrians and cars on the street than usual. It is the end of the year, and the people and officials in the capital are rushing to buy new year's goods and prepare for the new year. Businessmen are rushing to finish the last business of the year so that they can go back to celebrate the New Year. There are a dazzling array of products on the streets, vendors are shouting and selling, and people are bargaining with vendors in front of stalls.

They came out from home in the morning and hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so they deliberately left their stomachs open to look for food outside. Passing by a stall selling sesame cakes on the roadside, Li asked two boys if they wanted to eat sesame cakes. Li Haopeng nodded, "Yes, even if you want to eat,

children think the food outside is better than the ones at home.

" Go buy some sesame cakes and come over. No need . Buy my share. We'll wait for you at the teahouse in front. "Li Wen asked Li Tong to buy sesame cakes. In fact, he often used sesame cakes to satisfy his hunger and was afraid of eating them. He thought he didn't want to eat sesame cakes for a while.

Li Tong went to buy sesame cakes.

There happened to be a teahouse in front of him at this time. The business of major restaurants and teahouses in the capital is at its best, and there are many people in the teahouse. Li Wen took the two young ones inside. Fortunately, they were lucky, and there happened to be an empty table in the lobby. They were here. He sat down and asked the waiter to bring a few bowls of noodles, a plate of steamed buns and a portion of sauced pork.

"Okay, gentlemen, please sit down for a moment." "The second brother hurriedly went to let someone make some food.

Hearing the call for newspaper sales outside, and someone in the teahouse calling for a newspaper seller, Li Wen took out three copper coins and bought a newspaper to read.

"Thank you, sir. "The boy selling newspapers gave him a newspaper and took a few copper coins.

There were many people drinking tea in the teahouse at this time, and soon the boy sold more than a dozen newspapers. The boy put the copper sticks in his pocket and spoke. Everyone called him "Master" when he saw him.

Just at this time, Li Tong came in from the outside after buying sesame seeds. Li Wen was flipping through the newspaper when he saw two people standing next to each other like two pillars. He raised his eyelids. , said, "You two should also sit down, you don't have to stand.

Li Tong and Ah Chen looked at each other and sat down.

"Masters, please take your time." The waiter brought the noodles and food. Li Wen ordered them according to the head, which happened to be a bowl of noodles for each person. He was reading the newspaper and said without raising his eyelids, "Eat it. , you can go outside for a walk after eating."

Li Haopeng pushed Bai Jingyang to eat quickly. The two little ones were grabbing the chopsticks and lying on the bowl, pulling the noodles.

Li Wen was eating while reading the newspaper. On weekdays, the newspapers at home were delivered by shopkeeper Zhang. He would flip through the newspapers every day when he came back, mainly to read the gossip news in it. The gossip news in it was a bit It's like the entertainment version of a modern newspaper, except that the protagonists in the entertainment version here are high-ranking officials in the capital. Occasionally, they also write about minor figures in the capital, and the latter are relatively rare.

The main page of today's newspaper was still full of major news from the imperial court. It published news that major government offices would be closed and would not open until the 16th day of the new year. The newspaper briefly mentioned the snow disaster in the north and other matters.

The people in the teahouse were reading the newspapers in their hands and discussing the matters above.

Li Wen listened to what the people next to him were discussing, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

His original purpose of running the newspaper was to disseminate information and the policy trends of the court through the newspaper, so that ordinary people could read major current affairs news from the newspaper. Of course, controlling public opinion well is also a weapon.

They sat in the teahouse for a while and almost finished eating.

Seeing that the two young ones had also finished their noodles, Li Wen knocked on the table and asked, "Are you full? You'll leave when you're full."

"Hiccup—" Li Haopeng burped, nodded, and said, "Brother, we're full. Let's go and

call the waiter over. After paying the bill, they came out of the teahouse.

"哓哓狠-"

Hearing the sound of the gong, the people gathered in front of him couldn't help but Li Haopeng knew what he was looking at, and it was very lively when he saw it.

Li Haopeng dragged his brother to the front to take a look. Li Wen was dragged by this brat. The brat was so strong that he couldn't shake him away. " Hey, hey, hey, don't drag me, I will leave, please let me go.

"Brother, please walk faster. " "Walking so slowly, like an old man, of course Li Haopeng did not dare to say this in front of his brother.

"Why are you walking so fast? There are so many people here, be careful not to bump into others. "Li Wen was still dragged here by the boy at home. The boy pulled him as hard as a calf. He had the illusion that when he went out to take his pet away, he was taken away by the pet instead.

Chapter 105:

There was a sideshow stall here before the second watch. They found an empty seat and stood on the edge to watch.

The pretty little girl was throwing colored balls. She controlled several colored balls to spin with both hands, but none of them fell down.

After throwing the colored balls, the little girl performed a show with a big man. The little girl was thrown onto the big man's shoulders and stood. The big man below held a plate in one hand and threw it to the little girl standing on his shoulder. The little girl took it and put the plates on top of her head.

"Okay, okay." People around him clapped their hands and cheered.

Li Haopeng took Bai Jingyang to the side to watch the excitement. The two children also clapped and cheered when they saw the good spots.

Li Wen was not interested in this kind of juggling performance and didn't think it was anything interesting, but the two children liked it. He watched along with him.

After watching for a while, an old man and a woman came over with copper plates to collect the reward money. The onlookers all ducked back, and only a few people put a few copper plates on them. The old man holding the copper plate came in front of them. Li Haopeng turned to look at his brother, took out a few copper plates from his arms and put them on the copper plate.

"Thank you, young master." The old man took the silver reward, thanked him, and went to the next person.

After watching it for a while, Li Haopeng felt that it was not interesting anymore, so he pulled his brother's hand. The meaning was obvious. Li Wen knew that the boy didn't want to watch anymore, so he pressed the boy's shoulder and said, "Let's go."

"We were watching the performance just now. These people were running around and doing sideshows, but they were just trying to get some money to live." Let's go. When they came out, Li Wen told the two children that the juggling performance they just saw was a way for others to earn a living.

Ever since Li Haopeng was born, their family's life has gotten better. The child has never suffered much since he was born. Naturally, he doesn't understand how hard it is for other people to perform on the street in order to make a living. Li Wen didn't want to raise a younger brother who didn't know the sufferings of the people, so while they were walking on the road, Li Wen told the child some people and things he saw, teaching the child how to see the various aspects of life.

Everyone I see along the way is different. Most people are running for life, but everyone works hard in a different way. Unless they belong to a princely family and enjoy endless wealth and splendor from birth, most people still have to rely on their own hard work in exchange for the capital of life.

If the Bai family had not collapsed, Bai Jingyang would definitely still be the favored young master in the family. However, things are unpredictable and no one can predict what will happen in the future. Li Wen reached out and touched the child's head. The child turned back and looked up at the adult with a silly smile on his face.

What a silly little boy! Li Wen reached out and pinched the child's face, and also laughed.

Fortunately, the two Bai Yu brothers met him, otherwise the two brothers from the Bai family would not know where they were. Li Wen believes that when people meet, there is a thread pulling them. This is probably what people often call "fate."

They were walking on the street at this time, and Li Wen didn't know that someone was looking for him at the house.

"Our master has taken the young master to the streets. The master has given instructions that if the master comes looking for him, tell him to go to Yipinlou to look for him." Yingchun recognized Mr. Zhao, and when he saw Mr. Zhao coming to find his master, he told him that he Tell Mr. Zhao if you want to.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded, turned around and got on the carriage, asking the driver outside to go to Yipinlou.

The winter sun hits people without much warmth, and white smoke rises from the mouths of those who speak on the street. The winter in Beijing is colder than that in Nanyang. The temperature difference between day and night is large here. It is very cold at night, but it is slightly better during the day.

They strolled around the street, and Li Wen bought a lot of snacks for the two little ones.

When they reached Yipinlou, they happened to be tired from walking, and Li Wen led people inside.

He had been to Yipinlou several times, and the shopkeeper recognized him and said someone was waiting for him in the wing upstairs. Li thanked him and followed the waiter who led the way upstairs.

"I have seen Mr. Li. The master is waiting for you inside."

Before they could knock on the door, the door opened from the inside, and the person who opened the door invited them in.

Li Wen came in and saw Zhao Xiangyi in the room. With him was his younger brother Zhao Ruichen. He smiled and said, "Chenchen is here too. Long time no see. Chenchen looks a little taller. Come on, let me give Chenchen Chen introduced, this is my little brother Li Haopeng, whose nickname is Xiaobao, and this is Bai Jingyang, Yangyang."

Zhao Ruichen looked at the two boys about his age curiously.

Li Wen turned to his boy and said, "Xiaobao, this is Mr. Zhao's younger brother, Zhao Ruichen. You two know each other, let's play together." He had made an appointment with Zhao Xiangyi before, saying that he would take him to the house when he was free. Children come out to play together and get to know each other. They were never free up front, so they didn't see the top.

I think Zhao Xiangyi went to his house to look for him today, but couldn't find him, so he came to Yipinlou to wait for him.

Three children, you look at me and I look at you.

It was the cheerful Li Haopeng who made the move first. He took two steps forward, handed over an uneaten candied haws in his hand, and said, "I am Li Haopeng. You look so young. If you want to call me brother, I will call you." Brother Chenchen. Brother Chenchen, let me treat you to some candied haws."

"..." Zhao Ruichen.

When Zhao Xiangyi saw that his boy didn't take it, he reached out and patted the boy's back. Only then did Zhao Ruichen reach out and take it, whispering "Thank you."

"Hehe, you're welcome." Li Haopeng was happy that he had an extra child.

"Have you ever gone to my home to look for me?" Li Wen sat down on the chair and poured a cup of tea himself. His words were a question, but he was sure that the man had looked for him. Zhao Xiangyi nodded. He had gone to Liuyuan Mansion to look for someone but couldn't find him, so he came here to wait for him.

Li Wen touched his nose and lowered his voice and said, "We agreed yesterday to go shopping today."

So I forgot to tell you this, I'm sorry.

"It's okay." Zhao Xiangyi would not be angry over such a trivial matter.

There are three little ones sitting next to me on a small bench. You are looking at me and I am looking at you.

When Bai Jingyang saw that Li Haopeng's candied haws-glut was given to someone else, he gave it to Li Haopeng, but Li Haopeng didn't ask for it, "You eat it."

And Zhao Ruichen, who got a candied haws-lub in vain, had only eaten it once on the street in his whole life. The taste It was sour and sweet, he still remembered it to this day. He looked at the candied haws in his hand, stretched out his little tongue and licked it. It was sweet, the taste of memory, and the child smiled.

Li Haopeng looked at his smiling brother and thought that his smile looked really good.

Li Wen and Zhao Xiangyi were talking, and his boy came over to talk to Zhao Xiangyi's younger brother. Zhao Ruichen looked cool and didn't answer much. Because of his poor health, the child's complexion is pale and a little sickly, with a small face no bigger than the palm of a hand

. "When I first saw Chenchen, I thought he looked a lot like you when he grew up. But after a second look, I realized that you two are not very similar." Like." Li Wen took a sip of hot tea and said to Zhao Xiangyi.

"Chenchen's eyes and eyebrows are like mine, and the rest of her looks like my grandma. I look more like my dad," Zhao Xiangyi said.

"Your father is still at the border gate now?" Li Wen asked.

"Yeah." Zhao Xiangyi nodded.

So it was the Chinese New Year and he couldn't come back. Li asked if he could continue to ask, so the topic was stopped here. He knew that General Zhao was guarding the border. He probably couldn't go home for many years and couldn't see his wife and children at home.

He thought of his master, and Li asked, "Why hasn't my master gotten married for so many years? Is it because he hasn't met anyone he likes, or?" He thought of his master who had been alone for so many years. From the time he knew his master, His master lived alone at the foot of the mountain with a dog, and he seemed to be alone now. I never heard him say anything about having a partner.

"It's a long story." As a younger generation, Zhao Xiangyi only heard about his elders and had not seen it with his own eyes.

"Then keep your story short and focus on the key points." Li Liuyuan's eyes shone with curiosity, urging the man next to him to speak quickly. Facing the young man's eyes looking at him, Zhao Xiangyi had no choice but to say, "My fourth uncle once had a person he liked, and we were together for some years. But then..." "

That person died on the battlefield . . The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and no one can predict that he will survive to the end, so what happened at the beginning was a big blow to the fourth uncle. "Zhao Xiangyi is not a person who talks about elders, so he never talks about these things. It has never been mentioned to outsiders, and this is the first time it has been mentioned to others, but this person is not an outsider, so he will say it.

On the battlefield? Li Wen caught a key word and asked, "The master's lover is also a man?"

"Yes." Zhao Xiangyi nodded, not wanting to continue talking about this issue.

Seeing this, Li Wen stopped asking any more questions about this matter. The ending of this story was not a good one. No wonder his master had been the same person for so many years. In fact, if possible, he still likes his master to find someone to love again, so that he can have someone to accompany him for the rest of his life, instead of being alone in the world.

But it can't be said that he is alone, and he is his apprentice. He said back then that he would provide for his master until he died.

Bah bah bah!

Where did he think of this?

Every year when winter comes, heavy snow begins to fall here in Yanmen Pass, and the barbarians outside the pass also stop at this time. Firewood was lit in the tent and Zhao Si ran to his elder brother's tent. General Zhao glanced at his fourth brother who was lying there with his legs crossed. He endured it for a long time before driving him out and turned his attention back to his hands. On the Art of War, continue to watch.

The two brothers were in the same tent, you were reading your book, and I was in a daze, and they had nothing to do with each other.

"Second brother, I think a battle with the Hu people is inevitable in Nian." Zhao Si was thinking about the Hu people. In the autumn, the Hu people came to provoke them many times, actually to test them. The enemies all came down to the city to make a fuss. If they stayed in the city and did not dare to go out, wouldn't they be called a bastard? He went to challenge him twice, winning once by a narrow margin and drawing a tie the other time.

The opponent's strength is not weak either. If the two parties really start a fight, their chances of winning are slim.

General Zhao put down the art of war in his hands and wanted to say something. In the end, he said nothing. But when he read the book of war later, he couldn't read a word of it.

Chapter 107: Second

watch Li Wen shook his head and smiled. He really felt sorry for Zhang Mingyu. He would definitely leave more meat for them when he comes back. He stood at the door and shouted, "Hey, we're done playing. The barbecue is ready. Do you want to come and eat barbecue?" He held a skewer of barbecue in his hand and only took two bites, leaving half of it.

"Brother, I want it." Li Haopeng, who was not in the car, saw his brother eating and ran over. He looked eagerly at the barbecue in his brother's hand and wanted to eat it too.

Li Wen took a sign and asked the child to take a bite of the meat and asked, "Is it delicious?"

"Yeah." He nodded desperately.

He has never eaten such delicious barbecue!

"Brother." I still want it!

After eating a few pieces of meat, Li Haopeng licked his lips. He still wanted to eat.

"Go in later, they're roasting inside, and there's more." The soldier over there pulled the two children over. Li Wen reached out and lifted one child down, and the other child was also lifted down. He led the The three little ones went in

, and Zhang Mingyu and others came in. When they saw that all the grilled meat skewers had been eaten, they screamed that the grilled meat was not yet cooked.

"Go and turn on an extra stove and ask the kitchen to cut more meat." Li Wen saw that there were so many people and there were fewer stoves. The meat skewers must not be enough, he said to Zhao Xiangyi. Zhao Xiangyi called a minion over and gave some instructions.

"Yes, little one, go and order the kitchen."

The little slave took the master's order and went to the kitchen.

On a cold day, a group of people had a great time barbecue outside. The whole yard was filled with the smell of barbecue. Zhao Xiangyi also asked his servants to bring several jars of wine over. A group of people gathered together to drink and eat meat. There is nothing more satisfying in life than this.

After a mouthful of wine and a mouthful of meat, Xie Yunfei squinted his eyes in happiness, "Life, if you can drink and eat meat every day, your life will be in vain."

"You will be satisfied with just a few skewers of meat and a cup of wine. You Is this pursuit of life too low?" After hearing Xie Yunfei's words, Li Wen laughed at him.

At the same time, he did not forget to take care of the little ones. Li Wen asked some people to grill some skewers of meat without any spices for the little ones, as well as vegetarian dishes. Now they were sitting on the pavilion eating. The three little ones each sat on a stool, and their mouths never stopped.

"Chenchen, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much of this food, it won't be digested." Li Wen saw that the child had eaten two skewers, so he stopped giving it to him. The child's health was not good, and his stomach and intestines were probably not much better. , this requires overeating, and you will definitely suffer when you go back.

The child looked at him helplessly, and he felt that the child was very pitiful.

The porridge was cooked in the kitchen, and he asked someone to bring several bowls of porridge over for the little ones to eat.

Seeing that he was no longer allowed to eat meat, Zhao Ruichen didn't bother to continue eating. He sipped the porridge in small sips, but kept looking at the barbecue on the table. Li Wen suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "Let's eat a little first, and then eat some more when the venison there is cooked. The rest will wait for the next time. We will also come to barbecue, and then let Chenchen eat it, okay?" ?"

The child thought for a while and nodded, agreeing with what the adult said.

When Li Haopeng saw his elder brother holding his younger brother Chen, he was a little bit interested in it at first. But later, when he got something delicious, he didn't care who his brother hugged.

Zhao Xiangyi saw that the young man was very patient with his younger brother and coaxed the child very well. He was away from the capital a few years ago and only came back in the past two years. The younger brother has grown up to this age. He didn't spend much time with him, but he knew This child is a bit petty and not very obedient. This child sometimes gets angry and doesn't even listen to his mother-in-law's words. This is the first time I see such an obedient and well-behaved look on his face.

The whole deer on the shelf was roasted for a long time before it was cooked, and it was golden in appearance. Zhao Xiangyi had someone cut a deer leg over. A few young ones were given a few thin slices of meat. They were only allowed to taste it, but Li Wen refused to let them eat.

The rest is still roasting on the fire, and whoever wants to eat can take a knife and cut it.

As the sun sets, the sky in the west is dyed pale yellow, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines down.

The sun sets early in winter. As soon as the sun sets, the wind picks up outside. They move from the outside of the yard to the house. There is a large plate of meat on the table, and the wine jar is also moved into the house. These people drink from bowls. Pretended.

Li Wen knew how much he could drink. He didn't touch the wine in the bowl in front of him, and only took a sip occasionally. Originally, he wanted to spend half a day in Zhuangzi and then go back, but it seems that they will still spend

one night and return to the city tomorrow.

This was not the first time they had a drinking party here in Zhuangzi. A large group of people drank until it was dark outside, and then dispersed.

Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu also stayed here in Zhuangzi.

The three little ones lived in the same house. After settling the three little ones, Li Wen went to Zhao Xiangyi's house.

They both ate venison and drank wine. When they met, it was like dry wood meeting a fierce fire. , she was tortured by a man at night until she cried and begged for mercy, but Zhao Xiangyi did not let her go. Only then did Li Wen realize that this man was usually polite with his attacks, but this time the two of them had not made it to the end. Thinking of the pleasure of being on the verge of death just now, Li Wen felt a sense of fear in his heart.

"Are you feeling better?" Zhao Xiangyi asked, holding the boy in his arms and stroking his hand back and forth on the boy's back.

Li Wen lay in the man's arms. It took him a long time to recover. He was so angry that he bit the man's shoulder, leaving a row of clear teeth marks. She was lying in the man's arms, so she didn't notice that the man's eyes turned red. This bite simply destroyed the man's last bit of patience.

"Little thing, you messed with me." The man moved his arms vigorously and easily pressed the young man lying in his arms on top of him, lowered his head and kissed the young man's lips.

"Uh huh..."

The protest is invalid!

Being ruthlessly suppressed!

How he fell asleep later, Li asked himself, couldn't even remember.

The wind blew loudly at night, and light snow drifted for a while, but it stopped when it was almost dawn.

Inside the bed covered by the curtains, there was a ball inside the quilt. The person under the quilt struggled twice, exposed his head, and opened a pair of sleepy eyes. Li Wen reached out and rubbed his eyes. When he woke up, he was the only one on the bed, and the other person was no longer there.

When his body moved, his waist felt like it was not his own. Li asked, "..."

Someone's upper and lower teeth chattered loudly. He really wanted to bite that beastly man to death!

It's already dawn outside, and it should be getting late by now.

He slowly got up from the bed, picked up the clothes lying beside him and put them on. The person outside the house probably heard the sound inside and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

After he finished washing, Li Wen went out of the house and saw a large group of children and a three children in the yard. Zhao Xiangyi was teaching the three children to box. The three children stood upright and looked really good. He learned so well that he couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Xiangyi looked up and saw the smile on the young man's face. When he saw the young man's smile, his heart moved and he had an indescribable feeling. He liked the young man's smile, "Are you awake?"

"Yeah." Seeing this man, Li Wen remembered what happened last night and glared at the man. After being glared at by the young man, which was neither painful nor itchy, Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man very close to him and couldn't move his eyes away, as if he couldn't see enough.

"Brother!"

As soon as Li Haopeng saw his brother, he didn't put on any airs and immediately ran towards him.

Li Wen touched the boy's head, called the other two boys over, and asked them if they had had breakfast. Seeing the kids shaking their heads and knowing that they hadn't had breakfast yet, he said to the man, "Let's go have breakfast first.

Zhao Xiangyi asked someone to bring the morning food over.

The food in the kitchen has been prepared long ago. After a while, the servants below brought the food up and placed it on the table one by one. Li Wen asked the young ones to sit down and eat, and served porridge to the two young ones. There were also snacks, steamed buns and side dishes on the table. , "Xie Yunfei and the others are gone? "He asked.

Zhao Xiangyi said, "Go back to the camp.

"Oh, don't you have a bath during the New Year holidays in your camp? " Li Wen saw that the two boys in his family ate like little piglets. Only Zhao Xiangyi's boy ate like a little girl. He grabbed a steamed bun for the child and said, "Look at what Xiaobao and Yangyang are eating." Does it smell good? Would you like to try eating it with big mouthfuls? "

The child looked up at the person who gave him the steamed buns, took it, and looked at the two little friends beside him who were snoring and enjoying the delicious food. Seeing Brother Chen looking at him, Li Haopeng bared his teeth and gave the little friends a small one. He snorted and took another mouthful of porridge, grabbing the steamed bun and taking a big bite.

Xiao Yangyang raised his head, looking confused, and then lowered his head to eat.

"..." When Zhao Ruichen

arrived at the back, the child ate a little faster. Wen watched the child's every move and smiled.

Zhao Xiangyi said, "In the military camp, you are generally not allowed to go out unless there is something special. "Of course these soldiers will be freer and don't need to stay in the camp all day.

"Oh, that's it. "Li Wen nodded, somewhat understanding.

After breakfast, they were ready to go back.

Seeing that the youngest member of Zhao Xiangyi's family refused to get on the carriage, he stood aside and didn't know what was going on. After asking, Knowing that he wanted to take the car he played with yesterday back to the city, Li Wen felt a little dumbfounded. After understanding the reason, he asked someone to bring the car over and

get the little toy he wanted . Satisfied.

Li Haopeng looked at the car in Zhao Ruichen's hand with a longing expression. Seeing that this boy also wanted this car, Li Wen quickly said, "I'll give this to brother Chen first. I'll ask the carpenter to give it to him when he gets back." Each of you will do one.

"Brother, you should do it for me when you get back." Li Haopeng nodded happily.

"I know, I know." Li Wen had a headache.

After finally getting the three little ones into the carriage, they got on the carriage and headed back to the city.

Chapter 108 The matchmaker came to

the carriage and sent them back to the door. Li Wen got off the carriage with the two young ones and invited Zhao Xiangyi to his home for tea. Zhao Xiangyi declined politely, "It's inconvenient today. When I'm free someday, I'll bring my younger brother to visit."

"Okay, you can come over anytime you are free." Li Wen knew that Zhao Xiangyi had sent When he comes back, he has to rush back to the general's mansion. The two of them are not outsiders. They have slept in the same bed countless times at night. Not to mention that the door of his Liuyuan Mansion is always open for this man. Even Li Liuyuan's bed is always made for this man. .

The child sitting in the carriage lifted the curtains, and a pair of eyes looked at them quietly from behind the curtains. Meeting a pair of dark eyes, Li Wen smiled and waved to the child.

The two people said a few words, and Zhao Xiangyi got on the carriage.

After seeing the carriage leaving, Li Wen took the two little ones back to the house. Before they even stepped into the door, something was thrown out, almost missing them, so that he could react quickly, even if he pulled Pass the two little ones and stand aside.

"Get out!" came an angry roar.

Li Wen recognized that it was his sister's voice. What was going on?

Li Xiaobao covered his chest and said, "It's so scary." The child stretched his head and looked inside, then turned around and said to his brother, "Brother, it's the fourth sister and a few people I don't know."

Then Li Wen listened . I heard a voice saying, "It's not that I, Huang Po, am boasting. No one in the capital knows my name as Huang Po. I have worked as a matchmaker, ranging from one thousand to eight hundred. The girls I married have all lived a good life. Today The Chen family invited me, Matchmaker Huang, to come here to arrange a match. It is your good fortune that the third young master of the Chen family has taken a liking to you. You

are going to marry me as the third young mistress. Are you here to be a matchmaker for his girl?

Which Chen family? Li Wen thought to himself,

"Let's go in. "

After waiting at the door for a while, and seeing that nothing was thrown out, Li Wen stood up with the two little ones, crossed the threshold and went in.

As soon as he walked in, he saw a lot of things placed in the yard. , there were several well-dressed servants, and his eyes finally fell on a man wearing bright red floral clothes. He was undoubtedly a matchmaker at first glance. Needless to say, it was this matchmaker who had been persuading his sister to get married just now. "

Oh, what's going on? ^" Li Wen asked aloud.

"Brother, Xiaobao, you are back. "Li Jinwan saw her brother coming back with his younger brother, and shouted. When Yingchun and Xique saw their master coming back, they all saluted and shouted, "Hello, master, hello, young master, and hello, master Yang." "

Matchmaker Huang turned her head when she heard the voice, and her eyes lit up when she saw Li Liuyuan. He is so handsome and young. He has become a high official at such a young age. His future will be limitless. Here she is. I haven't seen Mr. Li for several times, but today I met Li Liuyuan for the first time. With a smile on her face, the matchmaker took two steps forward and asked in a pinched voice, "This must be Li Liuyuan." Sir, the slave family has met Mr. Li. "

..." Li Wen saw that the powder on this woman's face was thicker than the wall. When she smiled, the powder on her face fell down. He subconsciously took a step back, for fear of the powder on this woman's face. The powder fell on him.

Li Haopeng pulled Bai Jingyang back in an exaggerated manner, with a look of horror on his face.

"..."

The smile on Huang Matchmaker's face froze, and she quickly recovered. She doesn't have the shamelessness to be a matchmaker, "I don't know if Mr. Li has promised to marry me. There is no girl in the capital that I, Matchmaker Huang, don't know. The girl in the Sun family is twenty-eight years old. She has a pretty face and a shy face." The face of the flower is just right for Mr. Li. If Mr. Li is thoughtful

...

"No need." Li Wen raised his hand to stop the matchmaker from continuing and asked, "What's going on with this pile of things?"

"Go away!" Li Jinwan pushed away the matchmaker who was standing in front of her brother, and went forward to complain to her brother in a few words, "Brother, you don't know what this woman said to me when she came back last time. I worked as a side room, and when I came back, I was asked to fill in the house. This time, I was asked to marry some third young master, who knew this third young master, and he fell in love with me at first sight, bah..."

Oh, how dare I fall in love with this! Isn't this the first time he's back?

Is he still renting a house? If he guessed correctly, he must be the third son of a concubine who spends his time visiting brothels or brothels. Such a loser wants to marry the capable fourth girl in his family? Li Wen narrowed his eyes, and anyone who knew him knew that this was a prelude to his anger

.

"Hey, girl, it's not me . There is nothing wrong with the young master. Mr. Chen is also an official in the capital, and he is a perfect match for you in Liuyuan Mansion..." This is not the first time Matchmaker Huang has returned to Liuyuan Mansion. She thinks that this girl has good looks. If Mr. Li hadn't come to the capital to become an official, this girl would be nothing more than a country girl. It was because of her elder brother, Mr. Li, that she was attracted by the official wife in the capital. Otherwise, who would be in the capital? The family wants to marry a country girl to their son as his wife?

She has run away several times, but this girl still looks like she has nothing to do with herself. What is wrong with the third young master of the Chen family? After marrying, she will become the third young mistress. , enjoy endless glory and wealth in a lifetime, how wonderful it is, a good thing that no one else can ask for, falls on her head, why doesn't she nod her head?

"Okay, I know what you said. . "Li Wen really didn't want to listen to what this yellow matchmaker kept talking about, Mr. Chen, right? And the third young master of the Chen family, right? He remembered the father and son! He watched the pink on this man's face keep falling. The matchmaker has a strange smell, which is really unbearable. "This one, Huang Matchmaker, with me as your brother here, you don't have to worry about my sister's marriage."

As for the marriage of the third young master of the Chen family, please reply truthfully and say that my brother wants to keep his sister at home for two years and is not in a hurry to marry her off. The girl in my family is not destined to be with his Chen family, so let this marriage go. Also, you don't have to come to Liuyuan Mansion anymore. I will take care of the marriage of my sister, so I don't need to waste your time. "

Brother..." Li Jinwan burst into tears when she saw her brother. She was so touched!

Her brother was so kind to her!

"Sir, how can I keep this..." Matchmaker Huang didn't give up and wanted to match her up like this. A marriage, if it happens, her money will be indispensable.

"Come, let's see you off!"

"And these things, wherever they came from, you can carry them back to where they came from. " "Li Wen looked non-negotiable. He didn't want to waste his precious time here with this matchmaker. If he had this time, he might as well go home and have a good sleep. He didn't get much sleep last night and his back was very sore at the moment. , I still have to stand here and listen to the matchmaker chirping,

"And from now on, don't let anyone in this house! "He really thinks that Li Liuyuan is a vegetable market where anyone can come in!

"Yes, sir.

"Mother Huang, please. " "Yingchun stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation to the matchmaker.

Several servants carried the things they had brought out, along with Matchmaker Huang who was "invited" out. Matchmaker Huang took a look at the things hanging above. " "Liuyuan Mansion", he snorted, cursed "I don't know what is good," twisted his waist, twisted his big butt, and walked away with the people. The inner courtyard of the Chen Mansion

in this book

The matchmaker followed the Chen family's servant to the Chen Mansion, and sent Master Li's words to the third aunt of the Chen Mansion with added insults.

"Master Li, did you really say that?" After hearing this, the third aunt had a look of anger on her face.

This third aunt was just a maid serving Mrs. Chen in the past. She was somewhat pretty. Later, she climbed into Mr. Chen's bed. After being favored by Mr. Chen a few times, she became pregnant with a child. This woman also has a good belly. She gave birth to a big fat boy in one fell swoop and was promoted to the third aunt. She is considered favored in the Chen family.

Third Yiniang is a scheming person, otherwise she wouldn't be where she is today.

Now she wanted to plan for her son. She knew that her son was a concubine and was not as good as a legitimate eldest son. As a mother, she wanted to plan a good marriage for her son. She didn't know where she heard that there was someone in Li Liuyuan's family. A girl asked the famous matchmaker Huang in the capital to come to Liuyuan Mansion to arrange a marriage for her son, which led to what happened today.

"That's not true." Matchmaker Huang said angrily, "Madam, it's not me. Matchmaker Huang said that if Mr. Li hadn't been an official in the court, she, a girl from the countryside, would have been able to marry the third young master. It is the blessing that she has cultivated in three lifetimes. She is not willing to do something good that no one else can ask for. "

"Madam, Yi Laonu thinks that this girl from the Li family is just occupying an official. My brother, I don't know how rich the world is!" said an old woman next to the third aunt.

When he entered the door of their Chen family, he would not let her get round and flattened!

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the third aunt, and she said to Matchmaker Huang, "Our Chen family intends to get married to the Li family. Please ask Matchmaker Huang to make another trip tomorrow. If this marriage is successful, you will be indispensable for the money."

Beside her . The standing maid took out a few taels of silver and stuffed them into the matchmaker's hands.

"Yes, madam, I, Matchmaker Huang, will do my best to tell you." Matchmaker Huang stayed in the inner courtyard of Chen's house for a while, and then left after getting a few rewards from the master.

As soon as the matchmaker left, Mr. Chen came back from outside and returned to the inner courtyard. He saw a bunch of things on the ground

and asked casually. The third aunt told the master with an aggrieved look that she asked a matchmaker to go to Liuyuan Mansion to arrange a marriage for her son, but she was rejected.

"Nonsense!" Master Chen's face changed immediately when he heard what was going on, and he cursed, "Can you go to this Liuyuan Mansion casually?" When they saw Li Liuyuan, they all wanted to go around him. , this ignorant woman in his family was lucky enough to send herself up.

"Why can't you go? It's time for the male college students to get married and the female college students to get married. Five out of ten girls in Li Liuyuan's family will be married this year. Without Li Liuyuan, she would be just a country girl. I also heard that she is not Li Liuyuan's biological sister. , she is just a cousin in the clan, but this marriage is still high in our family." The third aunt said a lot in the master's ear, "Think about it, if this marriage happens... Li Liuyuan will be promoted to a senior citizen in the future. Officer, it is of great benefit to our Chen family. Maybe we can help you, right?"

In the end, Mr. Chen was really shaken in his heart after listening to what the third aunt said.

His third son is going to marry Li Liuyuan's sister, and he and Li Liuyuan are related by marriage. Li Liuyuan was favored in front of the emperor. Not long after he became an official in the dynasty, he was promoted to a fifth-rank official. It took him more than ten years in the officialdom to climb to the fifth-rank position. This person compares himself to others, which is simply annoying. dead!

Li Liuyuan will definitely be able to climb to a higher position than the fifth rank in the future. If this marriage is successful, maybe Li Liuyuan will give him a hand in the officialdom in the future? He can still move up a notch at this position...

Chapter 109: After

entering the room at the second watch, Li Wen sat down on the chair, and someone brought him tea. He opened the lid, took a sip, and said, "Okay, don't be angry. There is no need to get angry over such things. Little girls will get wrinkled if they are angry.

If anything happens at home in the future, please tell me. Although I am usually busy, it does not mean that I don't care about you or what happens at home. " After all, he is the head of the family. His parents did not follow them to the capital. He is the eldest in the house, so it is best for him to handle some matters.

The two younger ones came in and sat down on the chairs.

Li Jinwan sat down opposite her brother, sighed, and said, "I see you are too busy, so I don't want to bother you with such a trivial matter." She didn't want to bother her brother with such a trivial matter. , so she didn't tell her brother about the little things at home.

"Why is this a trivial matter? It is related to my sister's marriage. Naturally, my brother has to make the decision for you." Li Wen glanced at this silly girl. He didn't know what to say to this silly girl. This kind of thing is Can she, a girl, make the decision on her own?

Li Wen said, "If a matchmaker comes to your door in the future, just ask Yingchun to go out and handle it. There is no need for you to go out and tell them. If they don't want to give up, just say that you can't make the decision on these matters yourself and let them come to them." I say that's it, you don't have to lose your temper with these people. These people have no way of talking. If you say good things to them today, they will go out and say bad things about you later, and it will be bad for your reputation. "

It's not like he didn't know about the capital. His words were spread from one word to another, and in the blink of an eye, everyone in the capital knew about it. The reputation of a girl's family is important. A bad reputation may affect future marriage plans. He doesn't want his girl to have a bad reputation.

"Brother, I understand." Li Jinwan didn't think so much at the time, but she was so angry that the matchmaker was so angry that she was irrational. However, she didn't quite agree with what her brother said. The little girl said proudly, "People who like me in the future will still like me if they know I have this temper. Or people who don't like me, No matter how good-tempered I am, he may not like me."

She also knew that these matchmakers came to propose marriage to her because of her brother's reputation, not because of her.

"That's what Li said. When I asked this girl, who looked unrepentant, I really had nothing to do with her, "You still have to change your temper in the future. It's a good thing to have a temper. Others can't bully you easily. But in the future, you You must marry into someone else's family. Your mother-in-law may not like your temper, so when the time comes, you have to be softer to get along well with her husband's family. "

How did you become the eldest brother to him? Has the girl started this topic? Li asked Jiong.

"..." Li Jinwan looked at her brother with a look of resentment, "Brother, you just said that you would keep me at home for two more years, but now you want me to marry into someone else's family.

" ..Her

brother doesn't even love her anymore...

"..." Li asked.

"That's not what I meant." Li Wen looked at his girl's expression that was about to cry. Even though he knew that the girl's expression of wanting to cry might be fake, he still had a headache. However, this question seems to be really unclear. He reached out and pinched the center of his eyebrows and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this matter."

"If you meet someone you like in the future, you can marry if you want to. If you like me, don't marry if you don't want to. I can't afford to support you for the rest of my life!" And this girl doesn't need him to support her at all. Zhuangmeng Pavilion is making a lot of money every day, and she earns it herself. Even if she never gets married, she won't have to worry about running out of money.

His aunt was unreliable, and his second uncle later took a concubine, who gave birth to a son, and all his thoughts were devoted to his son.

Because his girl was born a girl, her father did not love her mother since she was a child. She has been following his brother since she could walk. He has watched this girl grow up. Li Wen cannot ignore this girl. He brought people to the capital. Apart from asking in his heart at the beginning, his second uncle never heard from him again and never asked about his daughter. No wonder this girl refused to go back to her hometown. That kind of thing My parents really have nothing to worry about.

Forget it, he, the third brother, should help plan his sister's marriage. There are many young talents in the capital, so just take your time and find the right one before marrying her off. If you really can't find the right one in the end, what's the point of raising it for the rest of your life?

"Brother, you are so kind. You are my brother." Li Jinwan's face lit up with joy and she smiled, wishing she could rush over and give her brother a hug.

"..." Li asked, if I don't have a real brother, am I still a fake brother?

Yingchun, who was standing by the side, couldn't help but smile when she heard what the master and the fourth lady said.

"Brother^" Don't forget my little car! When are you going to hire someone to make a small car for me? Li Haopeng couldn't sit still and leaned towards his brother. He looked at his brother with blinking eyes, and everything he was thinking was written on his face.

Xiao Yangyang also had a look of desire, but it was not so obvious.

"..." Li asked, all of them were debt collectors. "Dede, I didn't forget your car."

"What car?" Li Jinwan asked curiously.

"La la la la..." Li Xiaobao babbled and said how fun the little car his brother made for him was, but it was a pity that his brother Chen took it away. His brother promised to ask the master to make it for him when he comes back. Li Wen shook his head and told Yingchun, "Have someone ask Master Zhou to come over."

Master Zhou was a carpenter who would be invited to do carpentry work in the past.

"Yes, Master, I will ask Master Zhou to come here." Yingchun responded and went out.

"Brother, you are so kind." He will be able to drive his own car soon!

Li Haopeng looked at his brother with sparkling eyes.

Okay, this is a good guy card! Li Wen stretched out his hand to scratch the boy's nose and asked, "Brother, if you don't let someone make a small car for you, your brother and I will be in trouble, right?" It's also his brother's fault, he usually just stares at me When this child was studying, he forgot that he was playful at this age, so he didn't prepare any small toys for the child.

Okay, don't you want toys? This time you will be satisfied!

"That's not good. Brother is the best." Li Xiaobao looked at his brother with a look of "You are my brother, you are the best."

"Ha!" Li Wen snorted and asked Li Tong to get the pen, ink and paper. The original drawing was taken away by the master at Zhuangzi and was not returned. He just drew a new one.

In addition to small cars, he also drew seesaws, swings, etc., all the things he played in the small park downstairs at home in his previous life. Since we have hired a master to make it, we might as well make all these things together, and then we can invite a few more children to play with us at home.

"Brother, what is this?"

"This is a Jianjian board. For example, you and Yangyang sit at one end. You weigh more than Yangyang. You raise Yangyang, but Yangyang should be added to Chen's younger brother. "The two of them can lift you up." "

Oh, I understand. ... I know this, it's a swing, right?

"

Come up.

Li Wen communicated with the carpenter for a while and roughly explained how to make these pictures.

This was the first time that the carpenter saw these interesting things. After hearing Li Liuyuan's explanation, the carpenter knew how to make these things. Only Li Liuyuan could come up with these interesting things, and he was immediately impressed. Incessantly.

"Master, do you understand?"

"I understand."

"Master, let's see if we can make it in the next few days." Li Wen asked someone to pay a deposit in advance, and Yingchun took out a piece of silver and gave it to the carpenter. Li Wen said, "This is the deposit paid to the master. The remaining balance will be paid to the master after the work is completed. Is it okay?"

"Yes, yes, I will arrange for two more apprentices to work together. Try to do it in the new year. " I'll make something for you in advance." The master didn't expect that he would take on such a big job even though he was ready to take a break at the end of the year. However, these drawings didn't look complicated and could be completed in a few days.

After making an agreement with the master, Li Wen asked someone to send the master out.

After lunch at noon, he sat for a while. He felt so sleepy that he couldn't hold on any longer, so Li Wen ran back to his room to take a nap.

Ever since the eldest son had a stove built in the house to light a fire, the house has never been colder this winter. It is much warmer than burning charcoal in the house. The youngest son is in better health this winter than before, and the second wife of General Zhao's mansion, Mrs. Wang, has a smile on her face.

The eldest son took the younger son to play in Zhuangzi for a whole day and night, but no one came back. The younger son has never left her even when he has grown up. Knowing that nothing will happen to the younger son if the older son is with him, Mrs. Wang still feels a little uneasy. .

It wasn't until she saw the younger child being brought back by the older child that a smile appeared on Mrs. Wang's face.

"Auntie, I brought my little brother back." Zhao Xiangyi took the little brother's hand back and sent him back to the yard where Auntie lived.

Zhao Ruichen is young and has been in poor health since childhood, so he has been living in his grandma's yard and

being looked after by his grandma herself.

A servant came in behind them and placed a small wooden cart into the house.

"Hey, you're back. Did you have fun at Zhuangzi?" When Mrs. Wang saw her youngest son coming back, she held her little son in her arms, touching him here and there, as if she couldn't get enough. The child, who was held in A Niang's arms, nodded, with a little joy on his face, obviously having fun playing outside.

Seeing her youngest son's eyes looking at the small wooden cart on the ground, Wang asked, "What is this?"

Zhao Xiangyi explained that he did not hide the fact that Li Liuyuan brought his younger brother with him, saying that the wooden cart was Li Liuyuan's. Come up with it and let the master make it.

"Oh, that's it." Mrs. Wang nodded and said, "If Chenchen likes to play with Mr. Li's younger brother, you can invite them to your home to play more in the future."

Zhao Xiangyi did not nod or shake his head.

There were too many rules in the General's Mansion, and he knew that the young man was not a person who liked so many rules. Moreover, in the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion, the young man was a man and was not suitable to enter, so he had no intention of bringing anyone to the General's Mansion.

This is why he often goes to Liuyuan Mansion but rarely invites Li Wen to the General Mansion.

Are you going to put this thing outside to play with? How can we let our little son play outside on this cold day? As soon as Mrs. Wang saw this wooden cart, she wanted the old slave beside her to take it and put it away. When Young Master Zhao saw that someone was about to collect his car and leave, he broke away from his mother's arms, grabbed his car, his eyes widened, and said, "No, this is mine."

What he meant . That is, others cannot take it away.

Seeing that her youngest son refused to be taken away, Mrs. Wang said hurriedly, "Okay, okay, don't take it away, don't take it away."

"And this is a gift from Li Liuyuan to you." Zhao Xiangyi asked someone to take a few boxes. Come.

In fact, Wang is not too old. She is in her thirties or almost forty, and her charm is still there. Her facial features are regular and her skin is fair. The more people look at her, the more beautiful she becomes. All women love beauty, and naturally Mrs. Wang is also a woman who loves beauty. Naturally, she knows about Zhuangmeng Pavilion in the capital. She also asked her maid to buy things several times, and she had to grab them every time. arrive.

When I saw the picture of Zhuangmeng Pavilion printed on this box, so many things are from Zhuangmeng Pavilion? Zhuangmeng Pavilion also restricted each person to only buy one set. Where did Li Liuyuan get the ability to buy so many at once?

Wang's eyes widened, guessing a possibility, and asked, "Zhuangmeng Pavilion is the shop opened by Li Liuyuan in Beijing

?"

Zhao Xiangyi nodded. Didn't he tell his mother about this?

Wang put it away He showed a surprised expression on his face and said with a reserved look, "Let Li Liuyuan worry about it. When I get back, grandma will prepare a gift, and you can give it to Li Liuyuan on my behalf."

"No, I will take care of the return gift. " "Zhao Xiangyi said expressionlessly.

"..." Mr. Wang

sent his younger brother back to his grandma's house. Zhao Xiangyi left his grandma's yard and went out of the general's mansion.

Not long after his eldest son came back, he After leaving the house, Mrs. Wang sighed in her heart and wanted to keep her son in front of her to say a few more words. Her son had a dull personality and couldn't even beat a fart with a stick, but she, the mother-in-law, couldn't hold it back. Ah.

The eldest son is very different from the younger one. The eldest son is already so old, and this son has not been attached to her as a mother since he was a child. He has a silent and self-disciplined temperament. Sometimes she, the mother-in-law, doesn't know what her son is thinking.

But when I think about all the marriage talks for my eldest son, there are rumors that her son is going to be killed by his wife! Oh! It's just because of the outside world that she, the mother-in-law, is not going to die! These messy pictures passed around by people have caused the young lady in the capital who is worthy of her eldest son's status to reject her son's name without even thinking about it...

Hey,

even a mother like her . She wanted to arrange a good marriage for her son, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable when she saw no one around her son and no woman waiting in the house when she came back. At this

moment, Mrs. Wang was thinking in her heart, no . She wants to find a girl of the right family for her son, as long as she has a clean background, good looks and good conduct. Her requirements for her future daughter-in-law have been lowered again and again, but she has not found a suitable one

. The power of their general's palace came with other purposes. She would not be stupid enough to find a woman with a purpose for her son.

Whether this matter was urgent or not, she would go out for a walk later and see. Let's see if there are any good girls in the capital to look at for her son, Wang thought in her mind. Seeing

that her youngest son didn't look away from the small wooden car, Wang sighed in her heart.

Seeing that her youngest son had eaten half a bowl of rice too much, the gloom in Ms. Wang's heart suddenly disappeared, and a smile appeared on her face. She coaxed her younger son to eat two more bites of rice, which made her happier than going out to pick up gold. After lunch, the

child felt sleepy, so Wang asked someone to take him back to his room to sleep

. "Young Master Zhao, whose eyelids were twitching, still hasn't forgotten his little wooden car, and he has to let someone pick up his little wooden car.

"Okay, okay, it's yours, take it to the house, Young Master." "Ms. Wang had a headache, so she had to have her youngest son's wooden cart brought to him.

Young Master Zhao had his cart placed not far from his bed, where he could see it when he opened his eyes. That would give him peace of mind. She closed her eyes and went to sleep

until she put the little master to sleep, and then the nurse who took care of the little master gently withdrew.

Chapter 110: Update 1

The next day, the newspaper in the capital published an article about a certain man who was admitted to the imperial examination, abandoned his poor wife at home, and married the daughter of an official family in the capital. The sons were left in their hometown and ignored for more than ten years. And within a few days, someone claiming to be the biological son of that adult came to the door to recognize his father, and there was a good show in which the son recognized me, but I did not recognize his son, and the son sat in front of the Chen Mansion, crying and making a fuss. .

Mrs. Chen, who had always regarded herself as superior to others, suddenly changed from the main wife to the concubine, and her children became the children of concubines. Naturally, Mrs. Chen gave up.

There was a lot of excitement in the Chen Mansion for a while. The few aunts below were hiding aside to watch the show. Anyway, they were all concubines and it was not their turn to be the principal wives. However, they could see the eldest lady today. Several The aunties were enjoying themselves secretly.

The upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked. I am Chen Shimei, and my son is proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution, and gambling. A certain third young master either went to a brothel or a gambling house. He owed gambling debts and refused to pay, and his clothes were stripped off by people in the gambling house. He and his trousers were thrown on the street, and people from gambling houses took the IOUs and went to Chen's house to ask for some silver.

Anyone who can open a brothel and gambling house in the capital must have a backend, not to mention that the other party comes to the door with a signed and thumbprinted IOU. This money must be given by the Chen family whether they are willing to give it or not. Give.

The capital is a city where there is no shortage of gossip news. The common people's fun after dinner is to talk about all kinds of gossip.

Since the newspaper came out, what the common people in the capital love to read every day is the gossip news written in the newspaper today. They have been reading it for a while. After that, the common people all knew that the articles written in this newspaper were not just fabrications or fabrications, but were actually true, and they liked to read them even more.

"...It turns out that Mr. Chen abandoned his first wife for the sake of his future and married another official lady."

"A father who doesn't even recognize his own son, haha..." Sure enough, he is not a good person.

"The day before yesterday, someone who claimed to be Mr. Chen's biological son went to the Chen Mansion to look for his father. Did you see

it with your own eyes?" "No, I didn't see it. Did any of you see it with your own eyes?"

"Of course, it's so exciting. How can you not go to see the good show, I tell you..."

A group of people gathered around the teahouse to talk about the Chen family. In their hearts, the people despised Mr. Chen, who had abandoned even his own flesh and blood. What kind of official position is it if a son doesn't want it?

Ever since the matchmaker came to the door that day, and when the matchmakers came later, none of them could enter the Liuyuan Mansion, and they were all blocked from the door. No matchmaker has come to her door recently. Knowing that her brother really loves her as a sister and is not in a hurry to marry her off, Li Jinwan feels much better.

Hearing the maid serving beside her talk about Young Master Chen, Li Jinwan twitched the corner of her mouth, snorted, and said, "It's just a guy like this who still wants me to marry him? I just don't have a man to marry, so I wouldn't choose such a man!

Sure enough, all the matchmakers in the world are the most shady, and they will kill people without paying for it!

Li Jinwan was very lucky that she ran to find her brother and followed her brother to the capital, otherwise she would have stayed in the village at that time. She was probably forced to do so by her lazy cousin.

"Yes, miss, it's a good thing you didn't agree to the marriage. "Magpie often runs out of the house and brings back some gossip news in the capital to her young lady. She also brings back news about the Chen family to her young lady.

Yingchun, who is standing aside, shakes her head and is not interested in this matter. What's going on?

"I'm stupid enough to just listen to a matchmaker's nonsense and then just nod. Hey, don't talk about this kind of person anymore, it ruins my good mood. Li Jinwan waved her hand and said, "Let's go to the kitchen and have a look."

"Oh, yes, miss. " Magpie reacted and asked hurriedly, "Miss, do you want to do anything in the kitchen? Just tell me to do it."

"If you don't know how to do it, follow up. " "Li Jinwan said without looking back.

Well, maybe she really didn't understand. The little maid followed the master, and the master and servant went to the kitchen.

At this time of the year, Zhuangmeng Pavilion's business was so good What's terrible, there are long queues outside the store every day, and there are not enough goods on display in the store to sell. The more things are available, the more people rush to buy them, so it's them. The store has a limit on how many items can be sold every day, so the money is not lost at all, and the store's reputation is getting bigger and bigger.

Li Jinwan has prepared the goods in the store a month in advance, and there are people specially invited to the store. People are watching, so she doesn't need to keep an eye on them all the time. She just needs to go over and take a look when she has time. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and she has to be busy with things in the house and deal with some things in the house in advance. It took a few days to clean the house from top to bottom, inside and out, and the whole house was completely new.

When Wu saw the young lady coming to the kitchen, the young lady usually came to the kitchen from time to time, so Wu saw that the young lady came to the kitchen from time to time. The young lady was not surprised when she came to the kitchen and asked, "What is the fourth lady coming to the kitchen to do?" Fourth Miss, just tell us and we will do it. "

In addition to Mrs. Wu in the kitchen, we also hired another woman to help with the work.

The masters in the house are not difficult to take care of. In the past, they were rarely harsh on servants like them, and they were treated well.

" I'm thinking about making some snacks. It's okay. You don't know how to make them. I'll teach you how to make them first and let you come next time. "The Chinese New Year is in a few days, and I have a little free time today. Li Jinwan took Xiyun to the kitchen, thinking about making some snacks for the Chinese New Year, and then giving them to others.

"Okay, let's follow Miss . Just learn it and let us do it next time. Mrs. Wu became interested as soon as she heard this and asked, "What snacks does Miss want to make?"

"Haha, you will know in a moment. " "Li Jinwan learned how to make and eat snacks from her aunt. Later, she thought about it on her own and came up with something different. The snacks bought outside are expensive and not as delicious as the ones she makes herself. , it's better to put some effort into making it yourself.

"Eggs, flour, sugar..."

Now that the Chinese New Year is coming, everything in the kitchen is ready, and basically everything she needs is available. Li Jinwan reported to her while looking at it.

If you want anything, someone will quickly bring it to you.

"...Is there any goat milk? " If not, go to the sheep pen in the backyard to express some goat milk. "I didn't see any goat's milk," Li Jinwan said.

"There's no goat's milk. Fourth Miss, please wait a moment. I'll go back and get some." "

If there is something missing in the kitchen, let people go out and buy it, and they can buy it back soon.

After everything is ready, Li Jinwan directed a few people to divide the work, and everyone was busy after a while. Miss Zhi took Magpie to the kitchen Yingchun, who came from outside, saw everyone busy here, and she came over to help.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the half-day passed quickly with

plates of baked cookies . After coming out, Li Jinwan tasted a biscuit herself and asked everyone to try it too. Everyone had never seen this kind of food before. After they all took a piece and tasted it, they all said it was delicious. Li Jinwan smiled and said, "I'm not lying. You guys? Is it delicious? "

" Crunchy and delicious.

"The fourth lady made it with her own hands, so it's naturally good. "

Li Jinwan taught others how to make the remaining unbaked biscuits. She carried the freshly baked biscuits to find two small items. Sure enough, as soon as she appeared, the two children ran towards her. When Li Haopeng saw what his fourth sister was holding, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "It's biscuits!"

"Fourth sister, did you make the biscuits?"

What are biscuits? Xiao Yangyang has never eaten it.

"Well, yes, they are biscuits. They have just been made. Bring them over for you to try." Li Jinwan put the plate on the table and called the two little ones over to eat. As soon as the two little ones saw food, they ran to her like puppies who saw bones. Li Jinwan couldn't help but smile, "Hey, eat it and get it yourself."

"Hey, fourth sister, you are so kind. "Good words don't cost money, it doesn't matter how much you give."

While patting his fourth sister's horse, Li Haopeng grabbed a biscuit and gave it to Xiao Yangyang. He took one himself and took a sip. It was delicious...

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, eat it."

"Kacha!"

Xiao Yangyang took a bite of the biscuit and made a crisp sound. It was the first time for him to eat this kind of biscuit, but it was delicious. After finishing one, he wanted to eat the second one. When he was hesitating to get the second piece, another biscuit was thrust into his hand. When the fourth lady looked at him, the child felt a little embarrassed.

"Eat, it's all made for you." Li Jinwan liked this child very much. He was very well-behaved, much more well-behaved than her kid.

But this kid in her family is also very cute...

Thanks to a capable girl at home, Li Wen was busy outside almost all the time before that, and barely spent time at home.

At this time of the year, some etiquette comings and goings are indispensable.

He had just arrived at the Ministry of Accounts not long ago, and his relationship with his colleagues in the Ministry of Accounts was average, and he did not have a deep relationship with them. He could just let others deal with these interpersonal matters, and he did not need to deal with them personally. But there are some things that he still needs to deal with personally, so he has been busy with these tedious things in the past few days before the year.

During the New Year and the holidays, Li Wen did not forget to send a gift to Master Zhan's house. Master Zhan and his teacher were colleagues and friends. As his teacher's student, he could not have the etiquette that others should have in the capital. Less. When he went to Zhan's house that day, he found out that Master Zhan was not in good health. He had been infected with cold recently and was bedridden. It was inconvenient for outsiders to visit him. So he sent things to the housekeeper, said a few words of greetings to Master Zhan with the housekeeper, and left. Went.

He has always had a good relationship with several seniors in the Hanlin Academy. Li Wen wanted to continue to maintain this relationship, so at this time of the year, there was little etiquette exchange. He personally went to give New Year's gifts to several seniors in the Imperial Academy, including good wine and meat. The wine was all made by himself, and the meat was bacon sent from his family. Each person could give two kilograms to taste.

The things are not important, but they are things that cannot be bought with money outside. What is important is the thought.

These old Hanlin officials had promised to sort out the manuscripts for him before, but he had little free time in the first half of the month after he arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, so the matter was postponed to now. I took advantage of the opportunity to visit the elders before the year, and also asked for the manuscripts from the seniors. It was not enough to just get the manuscripts, but I also had to draw a handsome and elegant portrait of the seniors, which would be used for the cover of the book.

"You have to make my painting more elegant and beautiful."

"Yes, it must be elegant and beautiful."

Li Wen didn't know that all these old Hanlin officials were so ugly, and he was worried that the painting he painted didn't look good! However, those who are able to become officials in the imperial court must at least have good facial features. In addition, these old Hanlin officials have spent half their lives studying and reading books for most of their lives, and they have an elegant temperament about them.

As he gets more and more manuscripts, he draws more and more portraits. The more he draws, the more familiar he is, and the faster he will draw later.

"... At this time, everyone is preparing to go back to celebrate the New Year. I think I have to wait until after the New Year for the collection of essays to be published. When the books are printed, I will return them with the original manuscripts." It's almost the New Year at this time, and tomorrow's bookstore will be there It was closed, and he had to sort out the manuscripts when he went back. He had to wait until the bookstore opened next year before the master could print the book. When Li Wen took the manuscripts away, he would explain them clearly to the old scholars one by one.

"Okay, you can use it." Old Hanlin waved his hand, not caring whether he brought it this year or next year.

They didn't believe others, and they didn't believe Li Liuyuan?

After the trip, Li Wen collected a lot of manuscripts. These are all original manuscripts. They will be put on the market later. These are priceless treasures. But at this moment, these old Hanlin officials don't seem to care too much about these things that can be written casually.

But speaking of it, he has been in the capital for nearly a year, and he really doesn't have many close friends. Some of them are candidates he met during the scientific examination. After the examination, those who failed the examination all returned to their hometowns. , not many people who passed the exam can stay in the capital. We don't have much contact with each other, they are just casual acquaintances, and the personal relationship is not deep.

Several of his best friends are not here in the capital. Lu Zhishu went to Sanjiang County, Huaishui to serve as an official. He could not return to the capital for three to five years. The two of them would exchange letters. It's just that the journey is far away. If you send a letter over there, he will receive it here and write another letter back. It will take three to five months each time, so after all, he can't write many letters in a year. letter.

Shen Zijing and Su Yuan were preparing for the scientific examination two years later, and he abducted them to work part-time as teachers in Lijiacun. Li Wen wrote back to them a few years ago, asking if they would like to come to the capital after the new year to prepare for the exam and also help him with some things. However, based on the results of the two of them, as long as there are no accidents, it will definitely not be a problem to be admitted to the Jinshi in two years. Su Yuan's performance in the examination room has always been more stable than Shen Zijing's, it just depends on where they rank.

After going through the cruel talent selection process of the imperial examination, Li Wen knew that the imperial examination was not the end, but just another starting point. But the height of your starting point determines how high you start, so naturally the higher your ranking will be, the more choices you will have in the future.

Not knowing when the next time the four of them would get together again, Li Wen felt slightly melancholy and missed his good friends very much.

At

this time, Lu Zhishu, who was far away in Sanjiang County, Huai River, looked at the falling white snow outside the window and wondered what Master Lu was thinking.

This place is different from the prosperity and bustle of Beijing. It can even be said to be very poor and backward, much poorer than Qingping Town where he grew up. Although he had thought about many possibilities on the way here, nothing was as shocking as when he came to this place and saw it with his own eyes.

There was also a moment when he asked himself why he did not wait in the bustling capital to come to this place.

Later, he spent more time studying and reading what his friend wrote for him, and slowly found some different insights from it. In the next three months, Lu Zhishu led his men over many mountains and entered the mountains to learn about the lives and customs of the people living in the mountains,

the cultivation of , and the sources of livelihood of the people. wait.

At the beginning, Lu Zhishu would also feel that the current life was miserable. After he slowly adapted to the life here, he found that the life here was not as miserable as he imagined. He began to have a clue and knew what to do next, but in the process, he encountered many problems.

At the same time, Lu Zhishu also took the time to re-read the case files that had been judged over the years, singled out the problematic files for re-trial, cleared the grievances of the wronged people, and arrested the criminals who were at large and brought them to justice. It's just that because of this, he will inevitably offend some local aristocratic families.

But it gained a good reputation among the people.

However, he did not do these things because of fame.

"Mr. Lu, it's cold outside. Why did you open the window? You might catch a cold." A hand reached out from behind him and closed the window in front of him on his own initiative.

Lu Zhishu turned his head and looked at the man who had closed his window. When he saw the smile on the man's face, he couldn't get angry anymore, so he shook his head and had to give up. Seeing the adult turning away, the tall man followed him, poured a cup of hot tea for Master Lu with his own hands, and said, "Master Lu, please have a cup of hot tea."

"Thank you." Lu Zhishu smiled. , reached for the tea cup, opened the lid, blew on the tea in the cup, and took a sip. The tea is the tea he brought from the capital. It tastes sweet, unlike the local tea, which has a bitter taste.

He was used to drinking good tea, but it seemed a bit difficult to drink the bitter local tea. He said in his heart that he was picky.

But it is true.

The man opposite saw the smile on Lu Zhishu's face and watched the young man gently blow on the tea in the cup. In his eyes, these actions had an indescribable beauty.

"Huh?" As if he felt something strange about the way he looked at him, Lu Zhishu raised his eyes and looked at

the man opposite. The man's face returned to its usual gentle smile. Mr. Lu didn't notice anything and lowered his head and continued to drink his tea.