Sheng Fu

Chapter 167
There is nothing to do for half a month, and the end of the year is approaching.

The young people in the square courtyard began to clean the house and trim the flowers and plants outside the courtyard.

Yu Wenjun would take a few people out to eat and drink every day. Anyway, His Royal Highness Prince Ping was responsible for paying for it. Generally speaking, these young people had good food during these days.

Both Gao Zhi and Jing Hanqing had the idea of ​​competing with Wu Mi, but in the end they both ended without problems, and they didn't make fun of themselves.

In the study, Yu Wenjun sat on a chair in a daze, thinking of Gu Yong, feeling depressed.

"You said, is he really dead?" Yu Wenjun asked helplessly.

That day Yinglong appeared in Henglong Mountain, Yu Wenjun surveyed the terrain carefully, but never found Gu Yong's trace, even he couldn't see it, and others naturally couldn't see it.

During these days in the imperial capital, Wu Mi also knew what kind of person Gu Yong was, and raised a lot of respect for that person.

"I don't know, but he is indeed gone." Wu Mi said softly.

The injury of Wen Yun is also the injury of luck. This kind of injury will only worsen and there is no possibility of recovery.

Yu Wenjun smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, I remembered that during the Chinese New Year last year, I ate hot pot with him in the yard. It was snowing heavily that day, and the scenery was beautiful."

After a moment of silence, Wu Mi asked, "Should we go to Henglong Mountain once and distribute red envelopes to the artisans and coolies there?"

Yu Wenjun pondered slightly: "That's right, but we don't need to go there. Just let Zhang Benchu ​​come back once. I'm betting whether someone will pay us New Year's greetings this year."

After Wu Mi heard about it, she wrote a letter immediately, and then came to the courtyard, waved slightly, a turbulent cold wind stopped in front of Wu Mi, and sent a letter like this.

When Gao Zhi and Jing Hanqing saw this scene in the distance, their minds shook slightly, but they were soon relieved. The people around Yu Wenjun are naturally not ordinary people, and it is also a kind of practice to accept strange things without being surprised.

Ever since, a few people were idle for a few days.

On the fifth day, Zhang Benchu ​​came back.

Long time no see, Zhang Benchu ​​has an unshaven beard and red-black complexion, but his physique is much stronger, and his eyes are more radiant than before.

Wu Mi couldn't hold back her smile and said, "Little boy, what's the matter?"

Zhang Benchu ​​patted his head and said with a smile: "I've been working all the time, and when I have free time, I will practice with senior Gong Yan and have some fun."

Yu Wenjun looked at Zhang Benchu ​​with great interest, his cultivation had improved slightly, and his true energy had improved a bit, he could barely be called a master among his peers.

Wu Mi laughed and said, "Do you want to make gestures?"

Gao Zhi and Jing Hanqing were also watching the fun, Zhang Benchu ​​was a famous person, Pu Weiqing and Gu Yong teamed up to clear Zhang Benchu's innocence, and Yu Wenjun killed Xiao Chu to vent Zhang Benchu's anger.

Therefore, the two of them thought highly of Zhang Benchu.

Zhang Benchu ​​shook his head resolutely, and said with a smile: "I have learned how powerful my sister is, so I don't need to make gestures."

The deeper his cultivation, the more Zhang Benchu ​​realized the gap between him and Wu Mi, and the gap between Yu Wenjun.

Yu Wenjun patted Zhang Benchu ​​on the shoulder and said, "If you want to eat something, just ask."

Zhang Benchu ​​thought for a while and said seriously: "The folks in Henglong Mountain don't pay much attention to three meals a day. Now that I share weal and woe with them, I won't steal them. Even if they don't know, I feel sorry for myself."

Both Yu Wenjun and Wu Mi's hearts sank at the same time. How long has it been? Zhang Benchu ​​has such an awareness. It seems that Gong Yan is still very good at training juniors.

Yu Wenjun smiled and said, "Let's have a cup of tea then."

A group of people entered the main room, and the tea table was filled with aromas, while Jing Hanqing went to work in the back kitchen.

After Zhang Benchu ​​came, he told the whole story about the south.

Forty percent of the disciples in Guyue Pavilion left, but fortunately no masters left.

The southern land has strict discipline on books, and the major bookstores are either closed, or strangers are not allowed to enter.

After Yu Wenjun heard about it, the only thing that surprised him was that Yan Beiyou did not make any noise. It seems that after Wang Changsheng came to the imperial capital once, the members of the southern family were embarrassed to make a noise.

In exchange for a short period of peace, the number of soft knives will increase day by day.

After drinking a cup of tea, Wu Mi asked, "How is the construction of the sect going?"

Zhang Benchu ​​said with a smile: "The Hengchang Sect deep in the mountains has been completely completed and can be moved in at any time. The next step is to build academies. Of the ten academies, three have been completed, and the remaining seven academies need to be spent. time."

"However, some bad things happened."

"We need some wood, and the merchants in the south are unwilling to sell it to us. Senior Gong Yan got the wood after a lot of trouble."

Wood has to be dried before it can be used for construction and cannot be used directly, so construction wood still has to be purchased from merchants.

Yu Wenjun asked: "In general, the southerners are no longer willing to do business with us?"

Zhang Benchu ​​nodded and said, "Yes, there are worse things besides this."

"The artisans and coolies who work in Henglong Mountain have also been excluded a lot. Some uncles' homes have been burglarized for no reason, and some uncles' daughters often encounter rogues and helpless. There is no direct conflict, but the disgusting thing is endless. It’s gone, and thanks to Senior Gong Yan’s unruffled and calm handling of the situation, the situation was calmed down.”

"However, many coolies working in Henglong Mountain also felt great pressure."

"The southern family's move is really vicious. It starts with the basic necessities of the people."

Yu Wenjun was very grateful to Gong Yan, if it wasn't for him, maybe the people working in Henglong Mountain would have dispersed.

Angrily, Wu Mi showed her bloody spear on the spot, and said firmly, "I'm going to kill a few people right now, to remind them."

Yu Wenjun shook his head and said: "If you kill someone, it doesn't matter. I'll say hello to Bai Xiaowei later, and let him check and balance as appropriate. Some governors have never done anything wrong, so they have to be replaced appropriately. "

"These are little things."

It involves the survival of thousands of people, Yu Wenjun believes that Bai Xiaowei, a politician, is capable of solving it.

Bai Xiaowei also had to solve it, besides Bai Xiaowei, Yu Wenjun couldn't find anyone else.

Jing Hanqing came with the food, Gao Zhi and Zhang Benchu ​​looked winkingly and hurried to the kitchen to serve the rest of the food on the table.

At the dinner table, Yu Wenjun gave two gold tickets to Zhang Benchu ​​and said, "There are 20,000 taels of gold in total. After you go back, remember to distribute a red envelope of one or two gold taels to everyone. It's a little heart. For the rest of the silver, you can see which craftsman Or if there are difficulties in the coolie's family, you can decide at your own discretion."

Zhang Benchu ​​nodded heavily.

Money is a hard commodity, if you have it, you have it, if you don’t have it, you don’t have it. Now the general expenses are paid by Gong Yan’s own pocket. The first thing in the new year is to settle the wages for Gong Yan.

Zhang Benchu ​​suddenly remembered something, and said: "Miss Si Xue has also arrived at Henglong Mountain, and now she is in charge of the stove for us, and let me tell you, after the Hengchang Sect is opened, she must be given a similar position. .”

After Yu Wenjun heard it, he laughed.

"How was she in the South?"

Zhang Benchu ​​said: "It seems that the sword has picked a few masters, and they have a good record, but they have also offended some sects."

Yu Wenjun said helplessly: "So you came to take refuge here."

"Go back and tell her that the Hengchang Sect will establish an inner and outer sect, and she will be the head of the outer sect. In addition, I will reward her with a sword technique."

Zhang Benchu ​​chuckled and said, "That's great."

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(End of this chapter)