I live in Dayu Changsheng

Chapter 88, Picking Flowers

Under the low sky, the westerly wind blows snow, and it's freezing outside; inside the house, however, there is a raging charcoal fire, and the warmth rises, forming a hazy flow of water vapor on the carved windows.

The warmed old rice wine becomes more fragrant, and the beef offal, duck intestines, and chicken gizzards are served on fire, which makes people appetite.

Bursts of hearty laughter exploded in the room like fireworks.

In this kind of weather, eating and drinking with public funds in Yamen is really different from drinking alone at home.

——It is not appropriate to say that it is "eating and drinking with public funds". It is probably the gray income from investigations, which is divided into funds for dinners within the yamen.

Fang Rui led Li Bold, Niu Bajin, and Xun Buhuo's three big captors. The four of them sat around the brazier table. It was the time when the wine was hot.

Li boldly talked about a strange case: "There is a flower picker in our area, but the picker is not a woman, but a man. It is the guests of Chunfeng Building. Recently, several of them have been knocked out. behind..."

"Li Daudao, how did you know? Didn't it..." Niu Bajin asked with winks.

"Niu Bajin, you are looking for a beating!"

Li Boldly tried to fight, and Niu Bajin was so frightened that he quickly hid behind Fang Rui.

Under the persuasion of Fang Rui and Xun Buhuo, he just let Niu Bajin go, and said with a groan, "It's one of my subordinates who took over the case the day before yesterday, and yesterday he came to ask me for leave with his hands on his butt, and I asked him..."

Li boldly said, with an indescribable smile on his face.

"Hahahaha!"

The four of them laughed together.

"That's right, I don't dare to go to Chunfeng Tower recently!" Niu Bajin muttered.

'Men should also protect themselves outside? '

Fang Rui shook his head, but didn't pay much attention.

The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. In the past year or so in the Shenhun Division, I have seen many strange things. Among them, this case can be regarded as a relatively unusual one at best.

"Anyway, I've been fine for the past few days. There are no major cases, so I'll take over."

Li Boldly drank a large bowl of wine and asked, "Boss, this case can be investigated, can it be investigated to the end?"

Being in the Shenhun Department, there is also helplessness, and many cases are not dared to investigate in depth.

"can."

Fang Rui waved his hand: "It's just a flower picker, I can cover everything that gets involved."

"That's good!"

Li Boldly said with arrogance, his chest thumped loudly: "You guys just watch, I will definitely close this case within three days."

"Bold, don't be too careless, take it easy!" Xun Buhuo, who had been drinking without speaking, suddenly said.

"Hey, Old Gou, you still can't trust me? We are seventh-rank warriors, what can happen?!"

Li Bold didn't care at all: "If I really want to meet that flower picker, I still want to take it out and compare it with him..."

"Hahahaha!"

Another big laugh.

Fang Rui opened his mouth, didn't say anything, but took a deep look at Li Bold: "Bold, you are so crazy to plant flags, I hope people are really okay..."

……

Two days later, the snow began to clear.

Niu Bajin came to him mysteriously: "Boss, Li Boldly fell!"

Before Fang Rui could ask, he couldn't wait to say it: "Li Daudao went to the office yesterday and felt a little unwell. I asked him, but he didn't say anything. I bought him a drink last night. Boss, you know that Li Daudao If you drink too much, you can talk about everything..."

"Then I found out, the day before yesterday, Li Boldly went to investigate the case, and then passed out halfway, woke up butt..."

Niu Bajin said mysteriously.

"Li Daudao, the other party can get along with such a big-bodied and thick-skinned person... What the hell! '

Fang Rui finally couldn't hold back, shook the tea bowl in his hand, and sprayed Niu Bajin all over his face.

"Boss?!"

Niu Bajin looked over resentfully, his chin was still dripping, feeling aggrieved.

"Bajin, I didn't mean it, it's really about this...haha!"

After Fang Rui laughed, he packed his things and got up.

Seeing this, Niu Bajin showed joy on his face: "Boss, are you going to do it yourself?!"

He had seen Fang Rui take action before, good guy, a bandit who was a sixth-rank martial artist, he was captured alive in Fang Rui's hands like a monkey being tricked.

Such an unfathomable and promising superior is worthy of his flattery!
——That's right, in Niu Bajin's view, this kind of work of flattering and currying favor also requires vision!

"What's the deal?! Isn't it Xiu Mu tomorrow? It's getting late, and it's time to go to the office."

Fang Rui stretched his waist and walked outside: "By the way, if you don't want to let the case go, let Lao Xun investigate first..."

"Old Gou... No, Lao Xun asked for leave today."

"That old slicker! Li Bold is now...injured, so it's not good for him to stare at him anymore. If you are free, you might as well..."

"Don't! Boss, you can't do this... forgive me!"

……

Fang Rui said it was Xiu Mu, but it was the real Xiu Mu.

The next day.

Fang Ruicong took Fang Ling, Nannan, and the eldest maid, Qingyun, out of the city in a carriage to go fishing in Mochou Lake.

The Mochou Lake in Huaiyin Mansion just has the same name as the Mochou Lake in the previous life. There are as many lakes with the same name in this world as there are people with the same name, so it's not surprising.

Mochou Lake.

The entire surface of the lake is frozen, like a mirror, surrounded by green mountains that are not towering, the mountains and the lake are hidden, and there are large snow trails beside the lake.

From time to time, there are unknown waterfowls, and the most common one is a kind of water gull called bald-headed gull, with long white hair on its head, like a white-haired old man, which is very interesting.

The air was slightly cold, and the three big dogs were hachihachi, their breath turning into white smoke.

A bonfire was lit by the lake.

Two little girls, Fang Ling and Nannan, were sitting next to each other, chatting in low voices, scribbling, writing and drawing, with great interest.

——The paints for painting and so on were all made by Fang Rui, and they were gifts for their children last year.

Fang Rui was fishing a little ahead, and he didn't feel worried if he couldn't catch any fish for a while. He swung the yellow leather gourd on his waist and sipped his wine from time to time.

The eldest maid, Qingyun, was sitting on a blanket on one side, taking care of the two little maids, tilting her head to look at Fang Rui from time to time.

"What is Qingyun looking at?"

"Look at the master! The current master is very similar to the person in the book. His demeanor...I'm stupid and can't say it, but I just feel good."

"Hahaha!"

Fang Rui laughed loudly: "I'm just being myself and acting rashly, but the people in the book are accidental."

"Little friend said well!"

At this time, Ge Changgeng of Baiyun Temple, also known as Fuyun Layman, came with the boy.

The two are fishing friends.

Fang Rui suspected that Ge Changgeng was a spiritual cultivator, but he didn't covet the other party's inheritance, not to mention that there are government channels now, even if he didn't know about it before, and there was no channel, he never had any evil thoughts.

As a long-lived person, he is naturally very patient, just treat him like a friend, through decades of ups and downs, adversity reveals the truth, and time sees the hearts of the people.

In the end, it doesn't matter if you can get better or not.

Therefore, Fang Rui didn't make friends with Ge Changgeng on purpose, and they met a few times, and they just made friends lightly. They got together for dinner, said a few words, and then dispersed in a hurry.

The truth is: the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

Ge Changgeng greeted Fang Rui, took the boy to the other side, and went fishing by himself.

Covered by mountains and rivers, the surrounding fields are open, and water birds fly up and down from time to time.

Time passed so slowly.

noon.

Fang Rui didn't catch any fish.

On the contrary, Fang Ling and Nannan lost their patience in the middle of the painting, went to play and smashed the ice, scalded the ice hole with a fire stick, and brought out a few small fish.

at this time.

The two little girls pouted their buttocks, turned their backs to Fang Rui, and muttered to each other.

"My brother didn't catch any fish all morning, how pitiful!"

"Yes! Yes! Brother A Rui must be very sad that he didn't catch any fish!"

……

After a while, the two little girls, Fang Ling and Nannan, came over hand in hand and told Fang Rui that Fang Rui would roast the small fish they cooked up for lunch, and the two of them would just have pastries for lunch.

"Haha, no need. I said I'm grilling fish for you at noon, so it must be grilling fish. Look, I've borrowed a big fish for you!" Fang Rui laughed.

"Did you borrow it from Grandpa Daoist? We just went over to see it, and Grandpa Daoist only caught a few small fish!" Fang Ling had an expression of "We have thought about it a long time ago".

"Little fish! Little fish!" Nannan nodded her head like a repeater.

"It's not from that Taoist priest."

Fang Rui shook his head and looked towards the water: "The fish is coming!"

Just at this moment, a white-headed gull flew overhead with a big fish in its mouth, and then the big fish was shot down by a stone, and fell into Fang Rui's hands alive and kicking.

"Wow, brother is good or bad, grab the white-headed gull's fish!" Fang Ling yelled.

"Bad! Bad!" Nannan is still Fang Ling's faithful repeater.

"What is snatching? It's borrowing. I smashed the holes for them to catch fish. Besides, it's a big deal. After roasting the fish, I will divide it in half."

As Fang Rui said, he disemboweled the big fish in his hand, seasoned it, put it on a wooden stick, and started grilling it on the fire.

Then, the two little girls who vowed not to eat this "fish that came from you" ate it until their mouths were full of oil.

The bald gull circled.

Fang Rui followed his advice and threw half a grilled fish over.

"Cuckoo!"

After the white-headed gull flew away with half a grilled fish in its mouth, it seemed to thank Fang Rui, and it seemed to want Fang Rui to continue grilling the fish, so it threw two or three big fish over in a row.

Fang Rui didn't care, he turned himself into a fish griller and grilled all three.

"Lady Baiyun, have you eaten yet? Let's eat some together?" He shouted.

"coming!"

Ge Changgeng wasn't too polite, and brought Tong'er over to eat and drink, and exchanged drinks with Fang Rui. After eating and drinking, they parted ways.

In the end, Fang Rui, the maid Qingyun, Ge Changgeng, and Fang Tonger ate two grilled fish, and gave the remaining one to the white-headed gull.

……

half afternoon.

The dark clouds were dark, and the wind was blowing with snow particles flying, and the snow began to fall again.

Fang Rui got up with Fang Ling, Nannan, and the maid Qingyun, ready to return to the city.

"Is the Daoist going?" He asked loudly towards the other side.

At this time, Ge Changgeng's Tong'er had brought coir raincoats for him and himself, and each put them on.

"There is no need to return to the slanting wind and fine snow." Ge Changgeng said.

"Little friend is leaving?" He asked again.

"Come here with pleasure, now that it's snowing, you'll return when you're done."

Fang Rui waved his hand, indicating that Ge Changgeng didn't need to see him off. He took Fang Ling, Nannan, and the eldest maid, Qingyun, and left gracefully, parting ways with Ge Changgeng and his party.

"Cuckoo! Cuckoo!"

At this time, the bald-headed gull flew over and dropped two lively big fish.

"Haha, dinner is here!"

Fang Rui picked up the fish, laughed and left.

The Tong'er looked at the back of Fang Rui and his party leaving, and said, "Master, that man is so strange!"

"He's a strange man." Ge Changgeng stroked his beard lightly, saying so.

Wait for a group of people to come to the carriage.

Fang Rui looked back and saw Ge Changgeng was fishing with his children in the snowy expanse beside Mochou Lake, and there was an indescribable sense of harmony with the surrounding scenery.

It's a bit of a "lonely boat and hat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow".

"Master, that Taoist priest is a very interesting person!" said the eldest maid Qingyun with a smile.

"Yeah, an interesting guy."

Fang Rui greeted the two little girls Fang Ling, Nannan, and the big girl Qingyun to get into the carriage, and he drove the carriage back to the city.

……

Return to Fangfu.

Fang Rui didn't go out again in the afternoon, just nestled at home, together with the third lady who returned from Sihai Building after a busy morning, and Fang Xueshi, gossiping about the day's experience and telling some stories.

In the mansion, all the maids and maids who had nothing to do came over to listen, and Fang Rui didn't stop him, allowing Yingying and Yanyan to gather together, which was very lively.

Until the sky dimmed and the lights came on.

In the afternoon, the two big fish presented by the white-headed gull turned into a fragrant fish soup, which became today's dinner.

Hugh Mu's day passed like this.

……

Another two days later.

Fang Rui took Li Bold, Xun Buhuo, and Niu Bajin to arrest him and came to Chunfeng Building in plain clothes to attend the "Meeting in the Snow".

The so-called "meeting in the snow" is a grand event held by the Spring Breeze Building for the girls in the building to groom out of the pavilion. Well, to put it more simply, it collects men's IQ tax.

I see:

Outside the pavilion, heavy snow is flying.

Among the pavilions, the beautiful girls who have not left the pavilion in the Spring Breeze Building, wearing light gauze clothes, appear on the stage one by one, dancing in the music of silk and bamboo.

From time to time, there are petals of various colors sprinkled down.

It's really like a fairyland.

All around, on the viewing platform with a superb view, there are young masters and playboys commenting.

"This is beautiful!"

"No! No! It's not as good as Cai'er!"

"No, tonight I must sleep one, two, three, four, five... Gudong!"

……

In a box near the front.

'People in this world just know how to play. '

Fang Rui sighed inwardly.

Not to mention anything else, just holding this 'Snow Fair' will cost a lot of human and financial resources.

First of all, we must study the weather and choose a day where the snowflakes are not too big or small. Only in this way can we show the graceful beauty of the snow and people.

Secondly, those out-of-season petals are said to be related to spiritual masters. Of course, this stuff is far from the difficulty of cultivating big medicines and elixir medicines.

Also, the floor heating in the pavilions and private rooms is full of spring, and I don't know how to design it-of course it is necessary, otherwise how can I play when I become a snot-nosed bird?

……

"Boss, you just came here to investigate the case after waiting for today's 'meeting in the snow', right? If such a grand event is expected, the flower picker will definitely come!"

Niu Bajin was flattering wildly, "High! It's really high! Why didn't I think of that?!"

"What investigation? Go aside and don't block my sight."

Fang Rui pressed Niu Bajin's face and pushed it aside.

Niu Bajin was dumbfounded, and looked to the side.

Li Bold's eyes were staring straight, his eyeballs almost popping out; even Xun Buhuo, the always serious old dog, slowed down his drinking speed.

Only Fang Rui... Well, even though he was watching, he still held a pure and appreciative light. As expected of the boss, he was tall!

'Women in this world are indeed beautiful, not only in their appearance, but also in their manners and manners! '

Fang Rui looked at the women on the pavilion, each with its own merits and charms.

Not to mention anything else, just walking, that is, walking quickly, moving feet but not moving, with a graceful posture, and it seems to be extremely visually pleasing.

For details, you can refer to the [-]th edition of "Journey to the West".

until a woman appeared.

From this woman, Fang Rui actually saw half a dozen shadows of a familiar star in his previous life, he couldn't help but startled, his expression was perplexed, and there was a hint of memory on his face.

But immediately, he shook his head again, thinking to himself: "This woman is wearing colorful gauze, with heavy makeup, cinnabar and various flower petals on her face, but she is too enchanting!" '

"The most suitable attire for this girl is to get hibiscus out of clear water, to be carved naturally, with light makeup, and to wear a white gauze..."

Niu Bajin saw Fang Rui's expression on the side, his eyes rolled wildly, and he quietly slipped down to give orders.

Not long after, another woman appeared.

"Got you!"

Fang Rui put down his wine glass suddenly, his eyes fixed.

……

(End of this chapter)