The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 244
Fang Luan scolded Liu Xiaofeng a few words, let out the tone in his heart, and felt a lot easier in his heart.

With an extremely sophisticated smile on his face, he gave Liu Xiaofeng a reassurance.

When Liu Xiaofeng withdrew thanks a lot, Fang Luan immediately put away the smile on his face, and couldn't help cursing.

"Shen Changde, that old bastard!"

Fang Luan walked back and forth in the room for a few steps, and finally made up his mind to go to the military office to meet Shen Changde in person.

The members of the Liu family followed the Fang family all the time, and Liu Xiaofeng said that he was the general of the Fang family.

Whether he can handle this "family matter" well for Liu Xiaofeng is related to his prestige in the Five Army Commander's Mansion.

Moreover, he also has other matters that he wants to discuss with Shen Changde in detail.

When the army is outside, military supplies are the most important thing. If there is less military supplies, there will be no way to continue the fight.

Ningping Town is an example. A group of soldiers defected to the bandit army due to lack of food, and in turn came to attack the imperial city.

Fang Luan didn't want to see such a thing happen again, he had to make a deal with Shen Changde, at least to guarantee the Guanzhong army's military supplies for one month.

The worst thing is to give up some of the interests of the local towns to the Ministry of War.

However, Fang Luan was in vain when he went to the Yamen of the Ministry of War. The Minister of the Ministry of War he was looking for, Shen Changde, was hiding in the cabinet's duty room at this time, sipping the freshly brewed tea leisurely.

"Brother Shen, this is a new Mingqian tea made this year. It uses spring water from Lingtan Temple. Please taste it carefully."

Since there were only two people in the value room, Qian Minzhong didn't hold back any etiquette, so he spoke casually.

Shen Changde was only focused on tasting tea, and he didn't know how many words he heard from what Qian Minzhong said.

Seeing his intoxicated expression, Qian Minzhong said with a smile: "I heard that brother Shen is a tea lover, and my younger brother specially asked someone to send some tea from Shannan. This is the only one in Beijing."

Shen Changde took a few sips, put down the teacup in his hand, and said, "Kuang Lu is extremely top, with steaming clouds and mists, it is indeed a treasured land of geomantic omen for tea production."

Qian Minzhong smiled and said: "It's rare that Brother Shen likes it. I still have some at my younger brother's house. I will send them to Brother Shen's house tomorrow."

However, Shen Changde shook his head and said: "Lord Qian's heart is appreciated by Mr. Shen. It is fine to enjoy this kind of creation of heaven and earth once in a while. If it is treasured up, it will be a waste of nature."

"Brother Shen is the Secretary of the Ministry of War. He has always been very talented. He can even drink tea and learn a lot. I really admire it."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Qian Minzhong clasped his hands and said, "Brother Shen, we are officials in the same court, and we have had little contact in the past, so it's the brother's fault. The current court affairs are difficult, and we still need to work together to overcome difficulties." Difficult times."

Shen Changde smiled lightly, and said: "Master Qian said that now, Mr. Qian is leading the cabinet, and I would like to follow Mr. Qian's tail, and Mr. Qian will follow the lead."

Qian Minzhong smiled wrinkled face, nodded and said: "Brother Shen, you are being polite. My younger brother, His Majesty thinks highly of him, and is just trying to maintain the status quo. The position of chief assistant will belong to Mr. Lu sooner or later."

Shen Changde laughed loudly, and said: "Master Qian, why should he be self-effacing? Since Mr. Liu Ge became an official, among the courtiers, the old man is most optimistic about Mr. Qian. Now Mr. Qian has a high position and authority, so he needs to take care of him."

"Whatever Mr. Shen said, even if it's not the first assistant, I will take care of it, my younger brother will definitely take care of it."

The two looked at each other with a tacit understanding and smiled, and Shen Changde said: "Fang Luan may have gone to the military office at this moment. If he can't find me, he will go to the Holy Majesty. At that time, I will ask Master Qian to speak well for me." sentence."

"It's easy to talk about it. For things like this, the six departments of ours should be in the same breath. The military department has benefited, but Fang Luan's side has lost some benefits."

It was not known when the heavy rain fell outside the window, and the wind carried the rain and kept drifting into the house.

Shen Changde picked up the teacup again, turned his head and looked out the window.

The rain was falling in a hurry, the sky and the earth were vast, and the distance between light and darkness could not be distinguished clearly. Shen Changde narrowed his eyes and smiled contentedly.

It rained for two consecutive days until the third day when the weather cleared up. Lin Zisu went to the main courtyard early in the morning to pay her respects to her mother, and met her second aunt, Mrs. Huang.

At this time, the Huang family is a rare visitor.

The Bi family didn't pay much attention to the etiquette of those high-ranking and wealthy households. Even Lin Wenjing and Lin Zisu, the two children, did not have any rules of setting the province in the morning and evening, let alone Huang's sister-in-law.

From Lin Zisu's point of view, Huang's appearance at this time must be a night owl who came into the house and came for nothing.

Before Lin Zisu entered the door, she heard Huang's loud voice.

"Sister-in-law, you don't know, that Mrs. Liu is really unlucky. She was taken away by someone in the street the day before yesterday. When she was found in the western suburbs yesterday, she was still unconscious. After returning home, she became crazy. "

These wives in the capital form a circle in threes and fives, and they are also very particular.

The wives of the old Xungui family have always claimed their own identities, and they all have orders from the imperial court, so they definitely look down on the wives of other courtiers' families.

The wives of civil servants also made up several circles, and their respective status mainly came from the status of their husbands. Depending on their status, they made friends with circles that matched their identities.

Lin Wuzan is a small official of the sixth rank, like the Huang family, he can only associate with wives of the same rank.

But fortunately, there is Kang Ningbo's mansion behind Huang, so no one dares to underestimate her.Several wives heard that her natal family was a wealthy family in Shannan, and they kept asking her about the customs of Shannan.

When she heard about Mrs. Liu's experience in other residences yesterday afternoon, she felt a drum in her heart. Taking advantage of the early morning, she rushed to look for Mrs. Bi.

"Sister-in-law, I heard that there is a mess in the capital recently, do you think it is possible to spend some money from the public and invite a few housekeepers to come over?"

After finishing this sentence, Mrs. Huang was afraid that Mrs. Bi would not agree, and said: "With a few more people in the family, it won't cost much anyway. My eldest brother is now working in the Ministry of Punishment. He must have offended many people. With guards, he can also avoid it. There have been many innocent disasters.”

Mrs. Bi laughed and said: "Your brother and sister are worrying too much. The master is always fair. Even if he seeks revenge, he will not be able to find our family. Besides, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. In a while, we will not be able to find a suitable guard."

Mrs. Huang heard that Mrs. Bi's tone was wrong, and said anxiously: "Sister-in-law, just listen to me once. The last time Mrs. Hu told me that their master is a city patrol censor and knows a lot of capable people. If sister-in-law wants to find someone As for the guard, I'll let her introduce it."

As soon as Huang's words fell, seeing Lin Zisu walking in from the door, her face tightened immediately, and she stopped talking.

Lin Zisu greeted Mrs. Bi first, then bowed to Mrs. Huang, and asked with a smile, "Second Aunt, I heard that you have been a little tight lately. Why, are you thinking about my mother again?"

(End of this chapter)