The first daughter is poisonous, the lord goes to bed obediently

Chapter 178
The eyes of the prefect of Yingzhou lit up immediately, and he said earnestly, "What should the Second Prince ask me to do?"

Ruizhu glanced at Feng Xihe, took out an ordinary bamboo hairpin, and put it in his hand.

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince believes that this Miss Xia is a bodhisattva with a heart. She went to give porridge to the people in the winter, so she should accept the gifts from the people in Liming."

The prefect of Yingzhou took a closer look at the bamboo hairpin and saw that it was ordinary, with only a few flowers carved in the dark, he couldn't help wondering, it was too shabby to give this to her.

However, after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to be shabby, otherwise it would be too expensive, and Xia Haiyan would catch him.

"Then, there is Miss Lao Ruizhu." After a while, the prefect of Yingzhou smiled shyly, turned around and was about to walk towards Feng Xihe with the bamboo hairpin.

Ruizhu hurriedly pulled him to persuade him: "Master Taishou, you can't go now. Otherwise, even a fool will know that this matter has something to do with me and the Anle County Lord."

The prefect of Yingzhou explained it cheerfully, Ruizhu then returned to Yun Changyi's side, and continued to help Yun Changyi with the porridge, but the actual efficiency of their porridge was not high.

On Feng Xihe's side, a charcoal fire was lit under several large pots, and beans, dates, chestnuts, lotus seeds, and rice were rolling in the pots.

She and Qian Yun divide the work and cooperate, one person takes the spoon and the other takes the bowl, the efficiency is much faster than their side.

Qian Yun tilted her head, looked at Yun Changyi's place, and asked curiously: "Miss, is Anle County Lord too quiet today?"

Feng Xihe glanced at the two masters and servants from the corner of his eyes, the corners of his lips raised slightly.

"I'm afraid her silence is temporary."

Not long after, because Feng Xihe's delivery of porridge was relatively fast, many people who lined up in the porridge shed next door came to Feng Xihe's side one after another.

Ruizhu said to Yun Changyi indignantly: "Master, is it just that they are so beautiful?"

Yun Changyi lowered his eyelashes lightly, "Let's all go, the more people there are on her side, the better."

Afterwards, she asked Ruizhu to bring a gong over, and announced something by beating the gong and drum.Then, Feng Xi and some of the old, weak, sick and disabled who were lined up here passed by Yun Changyi.

Feng Xihe listened, and realized that Yun Changyi was letting the widows and widows, the old, the weak, and the sick pass away, so they could give priority to porridge.

The people praised Anle County Lord for his thoughtfulness.

Feng Xihe's expression did not change. After a while, she saw that the medicine shed not far away was also bustling, and she knew that Mulanyou had come out for free consultation again.

Now, all the necessary medicines are ready, and the burden on Mulanyou's heart can be regarded as let go.

Feng Xihe's eyes narrowed slightly, and he secretly planned that after the porridge was over, it was time to find Mulanyou.

While she was thinking this way, several scholars in coarse clothes came to her medicine shed and asked her to speak.

When they reached the place where there was no one outside the porridge shed, they bowed and thanked one by one: "Master Xia and Miss Xia can come to Weicheng to rescue the disaster in person. Miss Xia is a rich man, and she can brave the severe cold to come to the west of the city to give porridge. The good fortune of the people."

"The grassroots are not talented. On behalf of the people of Weicheng, I want to give Miss Xia something in return."

When Feng Xihe heard that he wanted to send something, he repeatedly waved his hands and said no, but saw that one of them had already taken out a bamboo hairpin and handed it over.

The scholar sighed: "Miss Xia also knows the current situation. Whether there are people who are injured or not, the family can't open the pot. The only thing we can get is our own wishes. I hope Miss Xia can accept it with a smile on the little bamboo hairpin." .”

As soon as he finished speaking, other people also echoed and persuaded Feng Xihe, "Miss Xia, you can accept it. Could it be that you don't want to accept this gift because it is too light? The fair and honest sister Xia should not It's you."

At this time, Ji Shiliu came over from not far away, looked at the bamboo hairpin, and frowned, as if she didn't like it.

Then, he took the bamboo hairpin by himself, twirled it a few times at his fingertips, and took a closer look, "It's not a good thing, but sending goose feathers from thousands of miles away is light in gift and affectionate, Miss Xia, it doesn't matter if you have more bamboo hairpins. "

Feng Xihe couldn't refuse, so he stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, and took the bamboo hairpin.

Then, she said to Qian Yun, "Help me put the hairpin in the bun."

She used this to express the importance she attached to this ceremony, and the few scholars left slowly.

Then, Feng Xihe continued to give porridge, and Ji Shiliu didn't stop any longer, walking like the wind.

One morning passed, and the pots of porridge had bottomed out, but there were still many people waiting in line with bowls.

The prefect of Yingzhou approached enthusiastically and asked Feng Xihe: "Miss Xia, you've been busy all morning, you're tired enough, let's call it a day."

Feng Xihe glanced at him, smiled, and asked people to go to the back of the porridge shed to continue cooking.

"Then let me open the granary and send someone to bring over a batch of ingredients?" the prefect of Yingzhou asked eagerly.

Feng Xihe said with a smile: "My lord, my brother is at the granary right now, and I don't need you to go there for the time being. If you are free and want to help me, why don't you add a pot to the porridge shed? Also give porridge with me and the Anle County Lord."

When the prefect of Yingzhou heard that Xia Haiyan was there, he couldn't help but feel depressed, so he followed her advice in dismay.

The group was busy for a long time, and whenever the prefect of Yingzhou wanted to go to the granary, Feng Xi would always find a reason to stay.

The team is moving slowly, and everything seems to be in order.

However, not long after, someone suddenly screamed, "There is a snake!"

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice, only to realize that he accidentally stepped on a slender green snake.

The snake was still spitting snake letters out of its mouth, and began to crawl up the padded coat of the person next to it. It seemed that it was very interested in him, and the person threw the bowl in his hand to the ground in fright.

However, after the bowl fell to the ground, the green snake also left his body, returned to the ground, and licked the porridge spilled on the ground.

Afterwards, one after another green snakes crawled over from all directions, and crawled to the side of the porridge sprinkled on the floor with great interest. Many green snakes raised their heads high, as if they were going to crawl towards the people next to them.

The crowd panicked all of a sudden, and everyone stepped aside one after another, looking at the Laba porridge held in their palms in fear.

Seeing this situation, Yun Changyi showed a worried expression on his face, and a smug smile flashed across his eyes.

"Master Taishou, can you tell us why this happened?" Someone in the crowd said angrily: "Snakes do not appear in caves in winter, but why do they appear collectively?" Here?"

The prefect of Yingzhou rolled his eyes, remained silent, and gave Yun Changyi a look for help.

Feng Xihe watched Yun Chang walk up to the crowd step by step, with a worried expression on his face, "Everyone, I think that everyone should not blame the prefect. The ingredients for the Laba porridge were made the day before yesterday, Mr. Xia It was transported overnight without passing through the hands of the prefect."

After the words fell, everyone panicked even more. They had already heard about the food shortage in the market before.But Xia Haiyan said swearingly that the imperial court had delivered the food, so they don't have to worry about it. Could it be that they were being deceived?
It was really hard for them to imagine that Xia Haiyan, who was just and fair to the people, would deceive them.

"Miss Xia, please ask Mrs. Xia to come out and give us an explanation!" Everyone transferred their grievances from Yingzhou prefect to Feng Xihe, "Or, if you know, then you can tell everyone!"

Feng Xihe lowered his head, frowned slightly, and said nothing, as if he felt embarrassed.

Yun Changyi whispered a few words to Rui Zhu, and then said loudly: "Everyone, don't press Miss Xia again and again, maybe she doesn't know anything. Even if there is something inside, Master Xia may not say it clearly."

"Why don't you take advantage of this time and ask the prefect to go and check if there is any problem with the ingredients for making porridge, and where did this batch of food come from?"

Everyone thought about it, and after nodding their heads one by one, the prefect of Yingzhou began to ask his own people to investigate.

The porridge was temporarily stopped, and the soap officials went to catch all the green snakes outside into the bamboo baskets, and everyone was waiting for the results.The atmosphere at the scene was quiet, and even the crowd from the medicine shed came here curiously.

Qian Yun pulled Feng Xihe's hand nervously, and said softly: "Miss, the people who went to investigate are all the prefects of Yingzhou, will there be no problem?"

Feng Xihe held her hand and asked her to relax first.

Half a day later, when the people sent by the Yingzhou prefect came back, they clasped their hands and reported to the Yingzhou prefect: "Master Taishou, after checking with my subordinates, I found that the batch of food the day before yesterday was not allocated by the imperial court, but that Lord Xia came from another place. Shipped from one place."

"Where is it?" the prefect of Yingzhou shouted.

The subordinate hesitated for a while before saying, "A snake lair."

"The food has been in the pile of snake eggs for a long time, so it naturally smells like snake eggs. As a result, the snakes that were dormant in the cave were attracted, followed all the way to the granary, and some followed to the porridge shed."

Before the words were finished, all the people who were still holding porcelain bowls put the bowls aside, gagging non-stop.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly warm Laba porridge came out of the snake's lair.

As a result, the crowd was excited, and many people rushed to Feng Xihe, while some cautious people first served the porridge, and after smelling it, they felt that there was no peculiar smell, so they couldn't help feeling that there was something strange in it.

At this time, the prefect of Yingzhou took a step forward, took a bowl of Laba porridge, put it under his nose and smelled it, and said earnestly: "Everyone calm down, I just smelled this bowl of porridge and found that there is no unusual smell. .”

"Maybe, this matter is just a misunderstanding. After all, Lord Xia is an imperial envoy sent by His Majesty. It would be better to explain to everyone in person after he comes over."

Everyone's emotions calmed down a little.

Not long after, a maid who was serving the prefect's wife hurried over and knelt down in front of the prefect of Yingzhou.

"Master Taishou, Madam discovered something was wrong with the bamboo hairpin that Miss Xia had chosen a few days ago, so she sent a slave to inform Your Excellency."

"What's wrong?"

The maid raised her head and spoke decisively, "In the beginning, Miss Xia chose a plain bamboo hairpin, Madam didn't think it was too strange, but today, after she saw Miss Xia pull out the hairpin and stir it in the porridge pot, I feel there must be a problem.”

(End of this chapter)