Queen's Development

Chapter 30
After lunch, Lin Jia was studying in the study, while Yuzhi was serving tea.

Lin Jia was very attentive in studying, and there was silence in the study.

Seeing this, Yuzhi quietly took out a thin collection of poems from the bookshelf, stood in front of the bookshelf and started to read silently.

Lin Jia closed the book, intending to talk to Yuzhi, but when she looked up, she found that Yuzhi was reading a book intently, and she couldn't help being startled.

The Great Zhou Dynasty emphasized that women who lack talent are virtues. Many ladies are illiterate, but Yuzhi, a little maid, can not only read, but also write letters. It is really rare. How did she do it? of?
Yuzhi noticed that someone was looking at her, so she looked up and found that Lin Jia was looking at her, she couldn't help but smiled, and closed the book in her hand: "My lord, what do you want?"

Lin Jia looked at Yuzhi with gentle eyes: "Which poem did you read just now?"

He has already recognized that what Yuzhi is holding in her hand is "Nineteen Ancient Poems".

Yuzhi squinted her eyes and smiled, a pair of small dimples appearing and disappearing on her snow-white cheeks, she was extremely cute: "My lord, it's "Plucking Lotus in Shejiang River"!"

Lin Jia's heart moved, and she said softly, "Can you recite it?"

Yuzhi's eyes were shining brightly, showing a hint of pride: "Picking hibiscus in the river, orchids are full of fragrant grasses. If you want to leave them behind, your thoughts are far away. I still look at my old hometown, the long road is long.

Concentric and separated, sad to end old..."

At first, she still had a complacent look on her face, but after carrying her back, the smile on her face disappeared, and the complacency in her eyes gradually turned into sadness.

Yuzhi's voice was clear and delicate, but it fully expressed the sadness and sadness in this poem, and Lin Jia's always sensitive heart was also touched.

After a while, he said softly: "Can you...can you remember it?"

Yuzhi tried her best to get out of her sad mood, and said with a smile: "My lord, generally speaking, articles or poems that are not too difficult to pronounce can be recited by servants after reading them once!"

She thought for a while, squinted her eyes and smiled to herself, a pair of dimples appearing and disappearing: "Master, if the servant is a man, he can be the son's book boy, and if he is older, he can be the son's secretary——" It's a pity that the servant is a woman!"

Lin Jia sized up Yuzhi, and saw that her forehead and eyebrows were aligned, her black hair was tied into a delicate peach heart bun, and the rest of her long hair was hanging down smoothly. Her small face was as white as jade, and her eyes were black and watery. Yes, her cherry lips are fresh and rosy, and her slender body is wearing a button-up jacket with a vertical collar and narrow sleeves with a jade-white base, and a black lilac skirt, which makes her look like a delicate gardenia in the wind. , Fragile and beautiful - such a girl wants to be a book boy?

He couldn't help laughing.

Lin Jia seldom smiled, Yuzhi was almost stunned when she saw him smile for the first time, and said to herself: You have such a beautiful smile, young master!

Knowing that Lin Jia was in a good mood at the moment, Yu Zhi took the opportunity to say: "My lord, I want to ask you something..."

She has always been in charge of cleaning the inner study room. She has been coveting the books in the room for a long time, but she dare not move, so she has to hold back and wait for the opportunity. She did not expect this opportunity to come today.

Lin Jia saw that she was looking at him mischievously, and couldn't help laughing secretly, "Speak!"

Yu Zhi smiled and said: "My lord, the servants like to read books, but the books in the bookstore are too expensive, I don't know... the books in the inner study... can the servants read them?"

When she was talking, she glanced at the books on the bookshelf, and looked at Lin Jia reluctantly. It was obvious that she liked those books too much, but she was worried about being rejected by Lin Jia.

Lin Jia saw that she was like a child admiring a favorite toy. As soon as her eyes fell on the bookshelf, her eyes sparkled. She was so cute, so she smiled and said, "You can read those books if you want, just don't move." The documents and letters on the desk and in the drawer."

Yuzhi was overjoyed, her heart was pounding, she hurriedly bowed her knees and saluted: "Thank you, Young Master!"

After thinking about it, she added with a smile on her face: "Young Master, please rest assured, this servant will never touch other things in the study!"

Lin Jia stood up and said, "I'm going to the county government hall, you can pick a few books and read them first!"

Yuzhi agreed, and sent Lin Jia out of the inner study respectfully. Seeing Ah Cheng accompany him out, she hurriedly turned around and went back to the inner study to choose her favorite books.

In the afternoon, Lin Jia had just tried a case of murdering her husband. When she returned to the inner hall and was reading the records written by the secretary, Ah Cheng came in to report: "My lord, Helian County Commissioner and Hu County Commissioner are asking to see you!"

Lin Jia still looked at the files on the desk, and said, "Please come in!"

Ah Cheng agreed and withdrew.

Lin Jia closed the file and got up to greet her.

The tall and handsome county captain He Lianshan and the beautiful and weak county magistrate Hu Yingzhi came hand in hand. Seeing the young county magistrate Lin Jia coming out, they hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted: "I have seen you, my lord!"

Lin Jia returned the gift, and invited He Lianshan and Hu Yingzhi in.

After chatting about business for a while, Hu Yingzhi said with a smile: "Your Excellency came to Zhao County, he took good care of me and others, and the whole family admired us a lot. We set up a banquet, and entrusted you to come out with Lord Helian and invite you to come!"

Lin Jia smiled faintly, and said, "How dare Lin refuse to follow orders!"

As he spoke, he looked at his two deputies without any trace.

He Lianshan has sharp eyebrows and star-eyed eyes, and he is quite upright. After observing these days, Lin Jia found that He Lianshan is far-sighted and fair in doing things, and he has empathy for the people.

As for Hu Yingzhi, Lin Jia felt that his name was extremely inconsistent with him. His name was so heroic, but Hu Yingzhi himself was so thin that he couldn't bear clothes. His beautiful face was sickly pale, and his eyes were like a cold deep pool, unfathomable. .

He also observed Hu Yingzhi for a period of time, and found that although Hu Yingzhi was beautiful and weak, he had a wide range of friends and strong abilities, and he was a talent.

Hu Yingzhi noticed that Lin Jia had a thoughtful face, as if he was looking at himself, so he looked at Lin Jia quietly, and said in a light and ethereal voice, "My lord, the next official and Lord Helian are waiting for you at the east side door of the county government office. !"

Lin Jia nodded slightly.

Hu Yingzhi and He Lianshan didn't want to disturb Lin Jia, so they got up and left.

Lin Jia stood in front of the window, watching He Lianshan and Hu Yingzhi gradually going away in the howling wind, thinking in her heart: What are their plans?Are you planning to take refuge explicitly, or do you have other plans?

After returning to the East House where he worked, Hu Yingzhi took the hand stove handed over by the boy and hugged him in his arms. He curled up in the armchair covered with fox fur, biting his snow-white and tender fingers, thinking for a while, and ordered the boy to Si Kunpeng said: "You take ten taels of silver and five catties of clear water cotton to Li Xixi's house in Yanzhi Lane, and tell her bustard that I will take someone there at the next hour, and let her Li Xixi get ready and dress up. Be tidy, and call Jin Meier and Jinsale from Rouge Lane to accompany the guests."

Kunpeng agreed, but stood there refusing to leave, his eyes only on Hu Yingzhi.

Hu Yingzhi frowned and said, "Why don't you leave?"

Kunpeng stammered: "My lord, my servant listen... listen to people say..."

Hu Yingzhi hesitated most annoyingly, and his voice turned cold immediately: "What are you talking about?"

Kunpeng was really worried that his master wanted Li Xixi to accompany him, so he said boldly: "Master, that Li Xixi is small and beautiful, and looks young, but she is actually 19 years old, don't be fooled by her! "

"The slave also heard that she slept with Zhang Chengxiang, the owner of Chengxiang Wool Shop several times. Everyone said that Zhang Chengxiang had a heart disease recently, and his bottom was rotten. Li Xixi accompanied him for those days..."

Seeing that Kunpeng cared about him, Hu Yingzhi's face gradually eased, and he said lightly: "I understand. Just do as I tell you, I will care about myself."

When Kunpeng saw Hu Yingzhi's eyes, he knew that his master had other plans, so he didn't say anything more, took ten taels of silver and five catties of clean water cotton, and sent them to Li Xixi's house in Yanzhi Lane, and passed Hu Yingzhi to the bustard. Yingzhi's words.

The bustard looked at Yin Dingzi and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Kunpeng, please don't worry, the slave's house has already arranged the table for people to ask for from the Meixi Tower. Mei'er and Sai'er are also here, and they are accompanying my family carefully!"

Kunpeng left with a heavy heart.

It gets dark early in winter, and it is completely dark by Youtian.

Ah Cheng, Ah Chi, and Ah Lan who was leading the horse accompanied Lin Jia to the east side gate of the county government office.

He Lianshan and Hu Yingzhi had already been waiting there with the boy leading the horse.

The three of them greeted each other and got on their horses one after another.

A Cheng watched A Chi and A Lan go with the horse, and vaguely heard that they were going to drink at Li Xixi's house in Yanzhi Lane.

After the figures outside disappeared into the deep twilight, Ah Cheng turned around and went back to the inner house - he had to explain to Yu Zhi that he didn't have to prepare dinner for the young master tonight!

Yuzhi was rolling up her sleeves and chopping vegetables. Hearing Ah Cheng's words, she couldn't help laughing, and said, "Is it the Helian county lieutenant and Hu county magistrate who invited you to drink?"

Ah Cheng took a peeled orange from Qingcha, ate a piece, and said, "That's right!"

Yuzhi said casually, "Where are you going to drink? You and Ah Qing have to pick it up later!"

Ah Cheng felt that the oranges were sweet and sour and delicious, so he stuffed the whole thing into his mouth, and after eating the oranges, he said, "I heard it's Li Xixi's house in Rouge Lane!"

After hearing this, Yuzhi stopped chopping vegetables, her bushy and beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, and said in her heart: I went shopping for vegetables earlier, but I heard people say that Rouge Lane is a fireworks cave, and Li Xixi is obviously a girl's name Who would call a girl by a girl's name... Could it be that the Helian county lieutenant and Hu county magistrate took the young master to the Xingyuan?

She thought about Lin Jia's description, and couldn't help but secretly startled: Young Master is only 16 years old this year. Although he looks deep, he is still young and has not yet reached the age of knowing personnel. , his body is so weak, if he gets some other dirty disease...

Thinking of this, Yu Zhi's face turned pale, she quickly asked Ah Cheng: "A Cheng, do you know where Rouge Lane is?"

Ah Cheng shook his head.

Yuzhi asked again: "Do you know where Wang Qingyu is?"

Ah Cheng smiled: "He is on duty in the duty room at the east side gate of the county government office tonight!"

Yuzhi hurriedly ordered the tea to prepare for the fire: "Qingcha, don't light the fire yet, stay at home and watch the door, Ah Cheng and I will go out for a while!"

Ah Cheng looked at Yu Zhi in surprise.

Yu Zhi didn't have time to explain, she took Ah Cheng's arm and ran outside: "Take me to find Wang Qingyu!"

Wang Qingyu is a native of Zhao County, so she should know where Rouge Lane is.

(End of this chapter)