Lin Jiabiyu

In the first month, there was a snowfall, and in February, the day has been fine. The snow melted in a few days, and the weather gradually warmed up. The winter jasmine flowers in and around the capital are in bloom on the left and on the right. ——The spring of Tianchen 24 years came late after a heavy snowfall.

As the spring breeze blew through everything and revived everything, candidates from all over the country who came to Beijing for the exam also squeezed into the capital in twos and threes, waiting for the triennial exam in the bustling bustle.It’s also spring, and the students who came early formed a couple of three or five, inviting them to go out in the spring near the outskirts of Beijing, recite a poem, show off their writing, and if they happen to meet a certain adult, they will have better luck The eyes of the nobles, that is the best.

The Marquis of Chong'an also had a little more vitality.Standing in the Yimei Courtyard, Lin Wan stretched her neck and looked at the jasmine flowers blooming vigorously in the remaining ice water, and her mood became lighter.The grain from the south has already been transported to Pingcheng, and it will arrive in the capital in three days.

"Girl, my wife is looking for it. She said that I will go to Cishou Temple to offer incense in the afternoon, and ask the girl if everything is ready." Qiu Zi took out the cloak and put it on for Lin Wan while talking. "Just now the concierge's wife came to report, and shopkeeper Zhao sent someone to deliver a letter. On the way, he made an apology to the girl, saying that shopkeeper Zhao hurt his leg a few days ago and couldn't leave." Lin Wan.

Lin Wan smiled and pushed aside the winter jasmine flowers on the ground. When the petals shook, water droplets fell, but the flowers were still in full bloom. Seeing Lin Wan's joy, she patted her frozen hands and stood there. I got up and received the letter and said to Qiu Zi: "You go back to your mother, the matter of offering incense. It has already been prepared."

Qiu Zi replied with an "ah", and Lin Wan looked at the blue sky with a smile, then slowly turned her head and arms, and then opened the letter while walking and took a quick glance.The expected content is nothing more than saying that the grain collection has failed, and an apology has come.

Entering the room, Mrs. Liu smiled and wanted to pull Lin Wan, but her face darkened as soon as she touched her hand, and she scolded: "Standing in the wind again? Your hands are so cold!"

Lin Wan wrapped her arms around Liu's arms.She explained with a smile: "It's a fine day outside. I saw that the flowers bloomed beautifully, so I took a second look. Mother, don't be upset."

"You!" Mrs. Liu shook her head helplessly, pinched the tip of Lin Wan's nose, sighed softly, and said with a worried expression: "Your grandma is still not in good spirits. Let's go back after burning incense have a look."

Lin Wan was naturally happy, nodded hurriedly, and held Liu's hand to persuade: "Mother, don't worry, grandma has always been in good health, this time it's just the wind, and it will be fine when the weather is warmer." Even so talking.But also worry in the bottom of my heart.Grandma is 66 this year, in this age.That would be a long life, hey... Thinking of this, Lin Wan's good mood just now was gradually overshadowed by sorrow.

The mother and daughter had lunch together, and Mrs. Liu ordered the servants to harness the horses and prepare the carts. Before noon, they took Lin Wan to Cishou Temple.

Just as the mother and daughter were about to leave, the Yuan family's carriage arrived at the door.Lin Wan and Liu Shi had a quick face-to-face meeting with Lin Lan, and the carriage staggered away.

Lin Lan was fascinated to watch the Lin family's carriage going further and further away.I sighed in my heart, I was still comfortable when I was a girl.

"Why are you here?" Mrs. Feng dismissed the girl, and frowned at Lin Lan. "Is everything in the house tidy?"

Lin Lan's face was thinner, but her energy was better than that of the Chinese New Year, and her eyes were brighter. She pulled Mrs. Feng to persuade her, "Don't worry, mother, everything is fine. I also came out today to avoid suspicion, so as not to embarrass my mother-in-law. "

"What's going on?" Mrs. Feng asked with a serious face, holding Lin Lan's fingers tightly.Although she got Lin Lan's letter and knew that the matter of the room was settled, but when she heard her daughter say that she should hide to avoid suspicion, she became concerned.She is from the Yuan family, why should she avoid it?

A sarcastic smile flashed across Lin Lan's face, she pulled Madam Feng to sit down, and then she spoke in detail. "Last time I listened to my mother, and with the help of Madam Zhao, I made that girl miss a few times." Speaking of this, Lin Wan's eyes became even more mocking, and there was another hint of sarcasm in the depths of the sarcasm. It's bleak. "Master wanted to protect her at first, but later he noticed something was wrong. I asked Nanny Zhao to give her a hand secretly, and after my master checked, the fourth brother was brought out! That girl has already sent Went to Zhuangzi. My mother-in-law has not looked good these days, and today my father-in-law heard the news from somewhere and made a fuss in the yard for a while. I simply hid and was clean."

Mrs. Feng was stunned for a while, then rubbed her chest and sneered, laughed a few times, then turned to Lin Wan and said sternly: "Just pretend you don't know anything about this matter! What to do in the future, so be it. After this incident , your mother-in-law doesn’t dare to blame you anymore, and you should be tougher in the future. Dalang, where he likes to go, you don’t care about him, it is right to take care of the inner courtyard! You don't have to look at people's faces to live your life if you have a step-heir!"

Lin Lan pursed her lips tightly and nodded, feeling sore and relieved at the same time, what good has she gained from devoting herself to him all these years?It's not as good as a girl who broke the wild species!That's fine too...

Outside the Marquis of Chong'an, an old beggar in ragged clothes and filthy body wandered around the door, squinting his eyes and looking at the door, until a servant's head poked out from inside, the old beggar smiled Getting up from the ground, he followed silently.

In the evening, the old beggar wandered into a small alley, turned around and almost bumped into a burly man.The old beggar was startled, glanced at the two people standing under the shadow of the lamp, his feet limp on the ground and kowtowed to say hello: "I have seen you, I have seen you!"

"Have you finished what the Lord ordered you?" The burly man kicked the old beggar with his feet, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he asked with a frown.

"Returning to the master... The old boy followed the young man for a day according to the master's order... The young man first went to Lanyue Tower, then went to Huitong Bank, and then, finally... went to a room on Chengyuan Street. The courtyard is the courtyard that the master asked to watch..." The old beggar spoke intermittently, but explained the matter clearly.

After hearing this, the man exchanged a glance with the people around him, threw a silver coin on the ground, and walked away.

"Zhao Youqian is really from the Lin family... No, he is now from the Feng family, ha ha." Out of the alley, the thin-faced man smiled softly at the burly man.

The man frowned and thought for a while, then said sullenly: "It's fine for us to keep an eye on this matter, why do you want to find a beggar?"

"Master's mind, we can't figure it out. Anyway, this old beggar is useful. At least, he can beat Feng's family."

At this moment, in the courtyard of Feng's family that the thin man said, two masters of the family were sitting together, discussing matters with smiles.

"It seems that Zhao Youqian is a little sincere. We have recycled nearly [-] shi of grain, and the eldest prince praised you a little while ago, so let's keep it secret." Master Feng stroked his beard, his eyes flashed A trace of greed.The Feng family has long expressed their loyalty to the First Prince, and now with some credit, the Marquis will be promoted back in the future!

Second Master Feng also had a smug look on his face, and just as he was about to say a few more words of complacency, the butler outside the door hurried in to report: "Master, Second Master, the spy we sent to follow Zhao Youqian has returned, and said that there is someone here today. The servant of the Marquis of Chong'an went to find Zhao Youqian. There is one more thing..." The housekeeper paused, swallowed and said tremblingly, "The spies also said that there was an old beggar wandering outside Zhao Youqian's yard today. For a while, he paid attention, and later realized that the old beggar seemed to be doing something for a certain nobleman. Now I am here to ask the two masters to show me."

Master Feng bounced up from the chair suddenly, and looked at Er Master Feng with an unclear expression.

"Go down!" The butler got the order, and hurriedly stepped back with his head down.

Master Feng Er scratched his head and thought for a while, then hesitantly said: "Could it be that the eldest prince doesn't believe us?"

"Maybe!" Grandpa Feng frowned more and more, and finally exhaled, slapped the table and made a decision: "It doesn't matter who it is, we are following the eldest prince! As long as this matter is done, we will You can register with the eldest prince, and the benefits will be indispensable in the future!"

Master Feng Er nodded in agreement.

On the other side of the capital city halfway from Chengyuan Street, in the courtyard of the Yao family, two servants supported Yao Yuzhang and limped two steps in the courtyard.

Yao Yuzhang shook off the servants angrily, and hit the two servants on the backs with a cane a few times. After venting his anger, he sat down at the stone table and looked at it with a piece of glutinous rice cake. In a blink of an eye, he threw the crutch over and hit the boy with a "slap", and said angrily: "You dog slave! How dare you bring such a thing to the Lord?" After saying that, he threw the pastry and the plate to the ground. "Aren't you going to change it for Grandpa?"

The two young men reluctantly climbed up from the ground, trembling and not daring to breathe, hurriedly ran out of the courtyard gate trembling.

Yao Yuzhang snorted coldly, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the green branch passing by outside the yard, and shouted, "Come here!" Unexpectedly, the green branch quickened his pace and walked forward with his head lowered. Yao Yuzhang was so angry that he fucked The teacup in hand was thrown over, Green Branch said "Oops", it was smashed just right, the box in his hand fell with the sound, and a few packets of spices rolled out.

"Bad maid! Are you deaf? Master told you to get lost!"

Lu Zhi tremblingly picked up the spices scattered on the ground with red eyes, moved a few steps into the yard, and under Yao Yuzhang's increasingly gloomy gaze, he said in a crying voice, "Young Master, what's the matter calling your servant?"

Yao Yuzhang was full of tyranny, just about to get angry, when he saw the spice box in Lvzhi's hand, a sneer flashed in his eyes.Suppressing the anger in his chest, his face softened a little, and he ordered to Lu Zhi: "Go to the kitchen and bring some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for Grandpa!"

Luzhi took the box and was about to leave. Yao Yuzhang's face darkened, and he shouted, "Put it down! Are you afraid that the master will take your things?"

Lu Zhi hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, bit her lower lip and glanced at Yao Yuzhang, put the spice box on the edge of the table, and then hurried to the kitchen.

Yao Yuzhang stared at the door with dark eyes for a moment, took the box over with a sneer, glanced at it, and closed it again, with a flash of sternness on his face.He is not happy, and no one should think about it! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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