Exclusive golden branch

Chapter 499
Jiang Zhao is not in Yamen today, but went to Furong Garden.

If this sentence were spoken by another person, Jiang Shaoyan would not believe it. After all, he came to Chang'an with them all the way, and he just entered the city.

But Ji Chongyan was an exception, Jiang Shaoyan nodded when he thought of the Yang family's correspondence that he had someone intercept.

When it comes to the Furong Garden by the Qujiang River, anyone in Chang'an City will be able to say something about it in all likelihood.

The scenery is pleasant, not to mention the magnificent scene of hibiscus in the pond.The reason why Furong Garden is so famous lies in its "expensiveness". Whether it is the former Jing or the current Dazhou, the magnificent scenery of Furong in the pond is not related to ordinary people, but only related to the royal family.

To be able to hold a banquet in the Furong Garden, if you have no power, you really don't even think about it.

The title of Uncle Dongping, which Jiang Zhao inherited, has no title but no official position, and because Uncle Dongping has been a dude for several generations, his family business has almost been ruined.So much so that when it was Dong Pingbo's turn to inherit the title, he didn't even leave behind the errands of his ancestors.

But fortunately, Jiang Zhao himself is quite capable. He participated in the scientific examination, and finally got a pretty good ranking. He ranked among the top three among the rich and powerful children who also participated in the scientific examination that year.

Jiang Zhao, who got the stepping stone of the scientific examination and hung a title of knighthood, entered the official position. Although he did not have the shadow of his ancestors, but because of his outstanding ability, he was not slow to be promoted. Now he is working in the Ministry of Industry. Approved by Immediate Peak.

Because of her status as a woman, Jiang Shaoyan naturally had no specific contact with these court positions, whether in her previous or present life.Compared with the previous dynasties, Jing and Zhou were regarded as civilized, but no matter how civilized they were, they were not so civilized to the extent that women could enter the Golden Palace as officials.

Jiang Shaoyan thought to herself that in her original time and space, there were only a handful of women who could enter and leave the Golden Palace as officials. Well, the Empress Wu was one of them, but at that time the reigning emperor was a woman, so she was naturally able to appoint a woman.When an ordinary man is the emperor, it is better not to think about women going in and out of the Golden Temple.

But even if she had no specific contact with these court positions, she still knew that the Ministry of Industry was in charge of money.Jiang Zhao is an official in the Ministry of Industry, so what he does should be related to money.

Now Jiang Zhaoren is not in the yamen, but went to Furong Garden... Jiang Shaoyan frowned, and was about to ask Ji Chongyan.

Ji Chongyan, who had been paying attention to the expression on her face, had already said it before her: "The fact that the Huaishan County King held a banquet in Furong Garden had nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry, it was just a few regular guests who attended the Huaishan County King's banquet. Into the corruption case that the Ministry of Industry is investigating recently, there should be some progress in this case in recent days, so today the Ministry of Industry went to Furong Garden."

Jiang Shaoyan said "oh" when she heard the words, thought for a while, and couldn't help asking Ji Chongyan: "Your Majesty seems to have been investigating corruption for the past few years? Last year it was the Wei family, and this year it is the Huaishan County King who has made friends with several adults." .”

Ji Chongyan glanced at her, nodded and said: "Although money is a vulgar thing, it is surprisingly useful most of the time. In the north, His Majesty wants to extend the Great Wall built by the Qin Emperor to resist the Huns; overseas, there are Dongying people who were expelled and set themselves up as bandits." Constantly harassing the fishermen fishing off the coast of Dazhou, these rogues have committed countless crimes of hunting and killing fishermen in recent years, it is natural not to let them go, His Majesty will repair the warships to drive out the rogues."

Jiang Shaoyan, who hadn't thought of this before, understood it when she heard this: "Building the Great Wall to defend against the enemy, repairing warships to go to sea, and raising soldiers, all of these require money."

So the emperor also wants to rob the rich and help the poor?No, no, you can't say that. The riches of these corrupt people are not rich by virtue of their ability.I want to return the money that doesn't belong to me.

Seeing that he was only a little bit, the girl understood, Ji Chongyan's lips curled up, and he said to Xiao Wu who was about to keep up with the girl: "You stay here, I will go find uncle with Miss Jiang Si. "

Xiao Wu didn't make a sound when he heard the words, but just looked at the girl, waiting for the girl to speak.

His master is Miss Si, and he still has to listen to Miss Si.

Jiang Shaoyan nodded and said: "It's because I didn't think carefully. People in this family think they haven't understood what's going on."

When she became Jiang Shaoyan, she was being sent into a carriage by Jiang Zhao and left Chang'an.So after careful calculation, she has never had contact with the servants of the Jiang family's mansion.

In Guangyuanzhu's memory, there are many things about obedience and disobedience, and watching people order food.Ren Shan was bullied by others, the whole Jiang family was run by Jiang Zhao, and Jiang Zhao was only Jiang Shaoyan, an only daughter.However, the servants of the Jiang family's mansion obviously didn't take this only daughter seriously. Instead, they regarded the Jiang family's second, third and old lady as their real masters.

Xiangli and the others had to be stopped when they entered the mansion. Not to mention, they have been here for so long, and they haven't seen the concierge come out to take a look, so they know how much this Fourth Miss occupies in the hearts of the servants in this house. .

Ji Chongyan is obviously aware of this, so it is necessary for Xiao Wu to stay, so as not to make things difficult for Xiangli when she does something at home.

"Xiao Wu, you stay here!" Jiang Shaoyan said, then turned her head and said to Xiangli, "Put your luggage into my yard, I haven't come back for a long time, the yard seems to be dusty, let someone clean it up! "

Of course Jiang Zhao, the owner of the uncle's mansion, loves his daughter dearly, but there are some things that no matter how much he loves him, there are times when he can't think about it.Jiang Zhao is a man, and he is not idle like Master Jiang Er and Master Jiang San. Jiang Zhao is very busy with the affairs of the Ministry of Industry and Yamen, so he doesn't think about these details at all.

Find someone to clean this kind of thing every day, even if you do, Jiang Zhao can't check it every day.In her impression, the servants of the Jiang family who did rough work were determined to fool around.

These things are all troublesome and trivial things, so there must be some setbacks.

"Xiao Wu, watch them, let them do their job well!" Jiang Shaoyan said to Xiao Wu, "If you are not obedient, you can do as you see!"

He figured it out?The knife in Xiao Wu's hand changed from his left hand to his right hand, he clenched his fist, and his joints creaked: He is a warrior who can only do things, is it what he meant by letting him do it?

"Just don't kill or cripple!" Jiang Shaoyan saw Xiao Wu's "hands-on", and added, "If anything happens, just push it to me!"

Compared with the servants in Baoling Bieyuan who haven't seen the master of the Jiang family for a long time, these servants who have been carefully "tuned" by Mrs. Jiang and others are obviously more troublesome.

It's just that she doesn't want to waste too much time on these things, so she wants Xiao Wu to "take a shortcut".

As soon as Xiao Wu heard "don't kill or maim", he understood, immediately rubbed his fists, and answered "yes".

Ji Chongyan just smiled and didn't care about the frenzy that will be staged in the Jiang family's mansion. Hearing this, he only said to Jiang Shaoyan: "Miss Jiang Si, let's go!"

Jiang Shaoyan let out a "hmm", turned around and got into the carriage. The luggage in the carriage was emptied, and it became much more spacious.Ji Chongyan walked up to Xiao Wu who was rubbing his fists, smiled at him, and said, "Borrow it!"

Ok?Borrow what?Xiao Wu's hand rubbing his fist paused for a moment, and in the next moment, he felt his head was empty, and he instinctively reached out to catch the hand covering his head, but it was in vain.

Putting the bamboo hat brought by Xiao Wu on his own head, pressing it down, covering most of his face, Ji Chongyan then got into the carriage, stretched out his hand and swung the whip.

The carriage "dede" ran forward, looking at the carriage that was leaving steadily, Xiao Wu felt his hair that was crushed by the bamboo hat, and murmured: "Your Majesty, the carriage is not bad!"

The streets of the capital lead in all directions. Thinking of An Guogong and others who were waiting in line on the main road, Jiang Shaoyan said to Ji Chongyan: "My lord, I know a small road that can go around to Furong Garden."

Although the dynasty has changed, many mansions and shops along the street have been refurbished, which is quite different from Chang'an City 20 years ago.

The prosperity is still there, but things are changing.

But no matter how things are different, things like mansions and shops have changed, but the main alleyways extending in all directions have not changed.

For Ms. Jiang, who goes out of the city in disguise every day, it is necessary to "study" the alleys in the capital.

Hearing Jiang Shaoyan's voice coming from behind him, Ji Chongyan leaned back and said, "Okay, Miss Jiang Si, come and show the way!"

The curtain of the carriage behind was lifted, and the girl leaned out of the carriage to look at the path outside, and stretched out her finger: "Go to the path on the left..."

The carriage turned left into the lane.

"Turn right at the candle shop ahead..."

The carriage ran to the right near the candle shop.

Under the command of the girl, the criss-crossing and changing trails quickly came out. Looking at the nearby deserted trail overgrown with weeds, Ji Chongyan frowned slightly, and his eyes fell not far away.

A tall gate of mottled stone stood there.

There are seventeen gates in Chang'an City, large and small. The original Chang'an City was not that big, but as it became the capital of the past dynasties, the entire Chang'an City has become bigger and more prosperous.

This abandoned Yongding Gate was also one of the gates of Chang'an City, but it was later abandoned with the expansion of the city gate.

The west part of the city is not as prosperous as the east part of the city, and Yongdingmen is full of weeds, very remote.

Beside the overgrown path, there are several dilapidated houses with broken beams. Looking at the tables, chairs, doors and windows that have been eaten away by wind and sand moths, you can vaguely guess that this was a teahouse back then. Pedestrians passing by drink tea and rest their feet.

But now the people and tea in the teahouse have long since disappeared, leaving only a dilapidated empty shell.

Halfway through the carriage, the carriage gradually came to a stop. The horses that ran all the way seemed a little hungry, so they stopped and turned around to chew the weeds on the side of the road.

Probably few people stop here, the weeds here are lush.

Ji Chongyan turned his head and asked Jiang Shaoyan: "Is there any fodder in the carriage?"

Halfway through the carriage, the horse gnawed grass hungry. This... is really ridiculous.

"Let them eat for a while! I forgot to feed them last night." Jiang Shaoyan said, and asked Ji Chongyan, "Is your son in a hurry?"

I haven't eaten anything all night, so I'm hungry.Of course, it is impossible to make the horse run and not eat grass at the same time.

Ji Chongyan shook his head, said "it's nothing" and put the whip in his hand aside, stretched out his hand to Jiang Shaoyan and said, "Miss Jiang Si, come down and walk!"

This horse still needs some effort to "eat a meal", and sat in the carriage all the way, if it was an impatient girl, I'm afraid she would lose her temper early.

Girls are not willing to give in when they encounter evil servants bullying their masters, but sometimes they have a good temper.

Moving her numb legs and feet, Jiang Shaoyan looked at Ji Chongyan's outstretched hand, and after a little hesitation, she put her hand on his and jumped off the carriage with strength.

The original owner, who seldom went out, had never been to this deserted Yongding Gate in his memory.Therefore, for Jiang Shaoyan, she did not go through 20 years of barren memories of Yongdingmen, but jumped directly from the prosperity of the last scene of 20 years to the barrenness in front of her eyes.

Things have changed in the past 20 years, and now standing here at Yongdingmen, facing the desolation that rushes towards her face, she is more and more aware that she has "sleeped" for 20 years.

The girl's eyes turned from the barren official road to the ruined walls beside the road.

Ji Chongyan looked at the girl's gaze towards the teahouse, and there seemed to be some incomprehensible things in it. After a moment's pause, he said: "I saw the pictures of Chang'an landscapes in Dali Temple, and there was originally a teahouse there. People drink tea and rest."

The girl nodded her head and said "Yes", without taking her gaze away from the dilapidated teahouse, she paused and said, "The teahouse in this place doesn't make much money, so the owner of the teahouse must be a kind person..."

Everything in the previous life flashed before his eyes like a cloud of smoke, and in his memory, there was a tyrant who killed the followers around him in anger, and the blood splashed everywhere.

The emperor got angry and lay dead for thousands of miles.Facing this kind of emperor who would be angry at any time, the people around him may die at any time.

When she was dying of consciousness, she saw countless blood splattered in all directions, and felt that the torrential rain from God had hit her body, as if she was trying to wash away the splattered blood.

The tyrant who kept saying he was obsessed with her showed only rage the moment she jumped off, turned around and killed in anger, and didn't turn back to the palace until he couldn't kill anymore.

No one paid any attention to her, she just lay there, covered by rain mixed with silt.I don't know how long later, when the memory gradually became blurred, the owner of the roadside teahouse held a coir raincoat and covered her body, shielding her from the pouring wind and rain.

Ji Chongyan looked at the girl with drooping eyes and didn't make a sound, but just watched her silently follow behind her.

The girl looked at the teahouse on the side of the road for a moment, then continued to walk forward.

The abandoned Yongding Gate is just ahead.The girl walked to the Yongding Gate and looked up at the Yongding Gate: It's not too high, but it's enough for a person who wants to die.

She lifted her foot up the stone steps and climbed up the Yongding City Gate step by step.

Yongdingmen, which was dilapidated back then, is even more dilapidated now.She stood at the top of Yongding Gate and looked down.The weeds under the city are overgrown, and there are a few unknown flowers among them. Compared with what I saw 20 years ago, it looks much better.

The city wall is not high, Jiang Shaoyan stroked it up with one hand, and her eyes fell on the weeds and flowers below the city.

As long as you hold on a little bit, you can cross over...

She leaned out most of her body and looked down the city, but before she could use her strength to support the city wall, a huge force suddenly came from behind her, pulling her whole body backward.

(End of this chapter)