Queen's Development

Chapter 60
Mrs. Xu Er kept crying, but refused to say anything.

Yuzhi didn't force her either, and sat there quietly with her.

It is already February now, and there are several peach blossoms planted in the backyard. Under the warm spring sunshine, the peach blossoms are like clouds and clouds. The sound of bees buzzing and buzzing is from time to time, and the fragrance of flowers is in the air, which is intoxicating.

In such a quiet and fragrant environment, Second Lady Xu suddenly said, "Miss Yuzhi, have you heard of the God of Salvation?"

Yu Zhi stared at Second Lady Xu with clear eyes: "I have only heard of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, but I haven't heard of the Salvation God Sect..."

Second Lady Xu lowered her head and wiped away her tears again, and said, "Go and tell your lord, if your lord has the heart, you can secretly go to the countryside of Zhao County to investigate the God of Salvation, other slaves dare not say nothing..."

Yuzhi comforted Mrs. Xu and Jin'er again, then got up and left.

Since Second Lady Xu and Jin'er entered the county government office, they have never been willing to go out, not even going out to buy vegetables.

In fact, Yuzhi had long felt strange: What are Xu Erniang and his mother and daughter afraid of?So much so that with the protection of the county magistrate, they still refuse to leave the gate of the county government?

After returning to the outer study, Hollyhock told Lin Jia about Er Niang Xu's reaction.

Lin Jia listened, thought for a while, and said, "I'll talk to Hu Yingzhi first."

Hu Yingzhi is a local, so he might know something.

Yuzhi nodded, and was about to go out to invite Hu Yingzhi, but was stopped by Lin Jia.

Lin Jia looked down at the file on the desk, without raising her head, said: "Let Ah Qing go, you make me another cup of tea!"

Hu Yingzhi was too beautiful, he didn't want Yuzhi to have more contact with Hu Yingzhi, lest Yuzhi would be seduced by Hu Yingzhi.

Yuzhi agreed, and asked Ah Qing to invite Hu Yingzhi to the county magistrate's office, while she went to make tea for Lin Jia.

According to Yuzhi's personality, whenever she does what she likes, she always enjoys it without being troublesome.

After explaining to Ah Qing, Yu Zhi began to make tea preparations.

Lin Jia waited for half a day but did not get tea. Looking up, she found a tea table made of wenge wood had been placed on the low couch in the study. On the tea table was a small red clay charcoal stove. pot, while Yuzhi was walking in with a set of bisque tea sets and a set of bisque tea sets on a tray, she couldn't help lowering her head and smiling - Yuzhi just likes to do these delicate things!
After getting everything settled, Yuzhi cleaned her hands again, sat down behind the tea table, and quietly waited for the water on the red peat stove to boil.

Lin Jia simply stopped looking at the file, but watched Yuzhi make tea with one hand in her hand.

At this time, the water was bubbling and bubbling. Yuzhi scalded all the tea sets with boiling water first, then picked up some tea leaves with silver tweezers and put them into the green porcelain pot, and poured some boiling water into the green porcelain pot to moisten the tea buds.

Seeing Yu Zhi attentively shaking the bisera teapot, waiting for the fragrance of tea to waft out, Lin Jia couldn't help but smile.

At this time, the fragrance of tea has slowly wafted out, Yuzhi picked up the biserite teapot, and carefully poured light green tea liquid into the pair of biserite teacups in front of her.

She was not in a hurry to offer it to Lin Jia, but put the boiling water for a while, then poured it into the bisque pot, brewed another pot of tea, poured it into a pair of bisque teacups, and carefully observed the four Cup of tea.

Lin Jia watched it for a long time, couldn't help laughing, and said, "Yuzhi, what are you looking at?"

Yuzhi looked up at Lin Jia with a serious face: "I want to see whether the tea made with boiling water is better in color, or the tea made in boiling water for a while before soaking is better in color!"

Seeing her being so serious, Lin Jia felt amused in her heart, smiled slightly and said, "Then what is the result of your observation?"

Yuzhi was overjoyed when she heard the words, and brought a bisque tea cup and a bisque tea cup to Lin Jia on a tray, and put the tea cups on the desk for Lin Jia to see: "My lord, look at the one that is more brown in color. it is good!"

Lin Jia observed carefully, pointed to the bisque tea cup and said, "I think the tea liquid in the bisque tea cup seems to be greener!"

Yu Zhi's big eyes narrowed into slits with a smile, a pair of pear dimples appearing and disappearing on her snow-white cheeks: "I also think this tea color is better!"

She smiled and said, "My lord, you can taste each of them and see which tastes better!"

Seeing that she was so happy, Lin Jia followed her to pick up the bisque tea cup and the bisque tea cup to taste respectively, and said, "The bisque tea cup tastes better!"

Yuzhi smiled and said: "Then I can come to a conclusion, if the boiling water is left for a while and then the tea is made, the tea will taste better!"

At this moment, Ah Qing said outside: "My lord, Mr. Hu is here!"

Lin Jia suppressed the smile on her face: "Master Hu, please come in!"

Ah Qing lifted the green gauze curtain on the door and invited Hu Yingzhi in.

Yuzhi raised her eyes and looked over, only to see Ah Qing lift the gauze curtain on the door, and Hu Yingzhi walked in.

He had already changed his official robes, and now he was wearing a white silk shirt, Tianshui Bixia gown, a soap gauze folded upper towel, peach blossom eyes with a smile, his whole person was as elegant and cold as a pole of green bamboo, and he walked slowly into the study.

As soon as Hu Yingzhi came in, he smelled the misty fragrance of Maojian filling the room, and couldn't help smiling: "This is the best Mingqian Maojian!"

He also likes to drink Maojian on weekdays, and smelling the fragrance of Maojian, he is naturally in a good mood.

Lin Jia smiled and said, "Taste the freshly brewed tea, too!"

Hu Yingzhi smiled slightly: "Since that's the case, respect is worse than obedience!"

He sat down on the yellow rosewood armchair on the west side.

Yuzhi presented Hu Yingzhi with a bisque teacup.

Hu Yingzhi raised his eyes to look at Yuzhi, with deep thought in his eyes.

When the four eyes met, Yuzhi's heart skipped a beat, she hurriedly lowered her head, and said in her heart: Mr. Hu's eyes seem to be able to speak, but my lord looks more pleasing and delicate to the eyes!
She stepped aside and stood quietly.

Lin Jia glanced at Yuzhi, seeing that Yuzhi did not blush shyly when seeing a handsome man like Hu Yingzhi like ordinary girls, so she was relieved.

He picked up the bisque teacup, took a sip, and said, "Master Hu, have you heard of the 'Salvation God Sect'?"

When Hu Yingzhi heard this, his expression immediately became serious, and he raised his eyes to Lin Jia, his peach blossom eyes were clear: "My lord, I have indeed heard it from someone. This religion of salvation was passed down from Korea, and it preaches pious faith. Saving the people of the divine religion can cure all kinds of diseases and make them ascend, so there are so many people who practice it!"

A trace of disgust flashed in his eyes: "What's even more disgusting is that believers need to dedicate their wives and daughters to higher-level believers for adultery. This is called dedication to God, and it will wash away the sins of the family."

Lin Jia didn't expect such an organization to exist among the people, and immediately asked, "Is this cult widely spread in Zhao County?"

Hu Yingzhi said: "It is mainly spread in the villages of Zhao County, and it is quite rampant. The officials have visited and found that there are also Lin County, but it has never been as serious as Zhao County."

His voice was a little heavy: "The lower official once reported this matter to the former county magistrate in detail, but the former county magistrate, Mr. Mi, thought it was a trivial matter and laughed it off, but the lower official confirmed that the spread of the Salvation Teaching in Zhao County is a major event!"

Lin Jiaxiu's long eyes were full of deep thought, and her voice was calm: "Why do you think so?"

Hu Yingzhi thought for a while, then simply said: "The Sect of Salvation originated from Goryeo. The leader and the middle and high-ranking believers of the sect are all from Goryeo. Zhao County has always produced beautiful men and women, and now Da Zhou is raising them all from the court to the mansions of officials. The concubines from Zhaoxian county were molesting children. These people were of low status, but their location was extremely subtle. In addition, Zhaoxian County was facing the sea, facing the country of Koryo across the sea, so the geographical location was very important. Salvation religion came to Zhaoxian The county has been preaching for many years, who knows if there are other plans!"

Lin Jia heard the words, took a sip of the tea cup, and thought silently.

After a while, he said slowly: "How does Mr. Hu think about the disappearance of the eldest son of the old man Xu in Xujiagou today?"

A look of thought appeared on Hu Yingzhi's face: "My lord, I feel that this case may not be what Mrs. Xu said, it's just pure adultery and murder, maybe it involves something deeper!"

He lowered his eyes, pondered for a while, and was about to invite Ying to go to Xujiagou for an open and secret visit, but Lin Jia said: "Tomorrow, Mr. Hu, would you like to go with me to investigate around Xujiagou?"

Surprise appeared in Hu Yingzhi's eyes, and he immediately got up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is willing to follow your lord and do the work of a dog and a horse!"

Back at the county government house at night, Yuzhi changed back into women's clothes and came to serve Lin Jia.

She didn't talk much, but with a pleasant smile on her pretty face, she made tea, beat her back, washed Lin Jia's feet, and even made Lin Jia's bed, holding the pillow in front of Lin Jia's. They patted and patted, and they were so attentive.

Lin Jia knew it in her heart, but she remained calm. After she lay down on the bed, she looked at Yu Zhi who was about to put down the veil for him: "Do you want to go to the countryside with me tomorrow?"

Yuzhi's big eyes were shining brightly, she nodded again and again: "Yeah!"

Seeing how cute she was, Lin Jia smiled slightly and said, "I'm worried about danger..."

Yu Zhi's eyes widened: "My lord, you are delicate and weak, and it is precisely because I am afraid of danger that I am going to protect you!"

Lin Jia: "... Get lost!"

Yuzhi put down the gauze tent resentfully, but still holding on to a glimmer of hope, she reluctantly stood outside the tent, refusing to leave.

As soon as Lin Jia opened her eyes and saw the shadow outside the gauze tent, she was almost scared to pee. She had no choice but to say: "Go to sleep, you have to go to the countryside with me tomorrow morning!"

Hearing this, Yu Zhi immediately parted the gauze curtain and hugged Lin Jia through the quilt: "Thank you, sir! You are so kind, sir!"

Even through the embroidered quilt, Lin Jia could feel the fullness of Yuzhi's chest, and he lay there stiff and motionless.

Yuzhi hugged her twice, finally let go of Lin Jia, sat down beside Lin Jia's bed, and said excitedly: "My hometown is in the countryside of Wanzhou. In the village, you have to pass a road, with tall poplar trees planted on both sides of the road, behind the poplar trees is an endless undulating wheat field, if there are many green trees in the wheat field, it is a village."

"Sometimes when I walked for a while, I saw a thatched hut beside the road in front of me. The bamboo fence was used as the courtyard wall around the hut. Several peach trees were planted in front and behind. The peach blossoms were in full bloom. From a distance, the trees were full of pink , so beautiful! There are also willow trees, with small green and light yellow buds bulging on the willow branches, fluttering in the spring breeze..."

Her voice became lower: "I will never forget that scene, but I will never go back... When my parents sold me, I swore that I would never go back again."

Yuzhi never mentioned the past, as if it never existed, this is the first time Lin Jia heard Yuzhi talk about the past.

Her voice was calm, but Lin Jia could feel the sadness in her heart.

Lin Jia stretched out her hand to hold Yu Zhi's right hand, and said softly, "Follow me from now on, wherever I go, you will go."

Yuzhi quietly wiped away her tears with her left hand, and said with a smile, "It's a deal, my lord, don't break your promise!"

Seeing her smiling sweetly but with tears in her eyes, Lin Jia couldn't help feeling even more distressed, and shook Yuzhi's right hand.

Yuzhi wiped away her tears, looked at Lin Jia earnestly, and said, "The more I read recently, the more determined I am - I want to walk a lot, go to a lot of places, and see a lot of people ——This idea, maybe it can be realized with adults!"

Lin Jiaxiu's long eyes were full of determination: "It will happen."

He also wants to read many books, walk many roads, do many practical things, and realize many ambitions...

(End of this chapter)