Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 40 Dongyang Ruoshui
"Master Chen, this way please."

Wearing a brand-new straight gown, a tobacco gray crane cloak outside, and a diagonal square scarf on his head, Chen Shouzhang walked along the corridor to the side hall of Beizhen Fusi under the guidance of several small officials wearing stickers.

Ever since the little man from the Duke's family came that day, Chen Shouzhang has never returned to the dark prison, but changed to another stone room with windows. In addition to the windows, there are brand new beds. Futons, tables and chairs made of jujube wood, and braziers.

Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi, who was extremely rude to him before, not only came to greet him personally, but even invited a doctor to treat his eyes. After being in prison for a long time, not only his eyes were damaged, but his body was also invaded by cold evil. After knowing this, he even asked the prescription of medicinal bath, and bought another bathtub to pour the boiled soup into it to recuperate his body.

Not to mention the food, in just a few days, the roast pig from Xiaoxinglou, the fish soup from Acuralou, the venison in clear soup from Heminglou, and the roasted carp with pine nuts from Zuixianlou...Although Chen Shouzhang was clean half his life, Before the official, his family was considered well-to-do, and he had never lived in such luxury. He only felt that the little flag offered him was ten times more attentive than the ancestral tablet.

At the first meal, Chen Shouzhang thought it was a severed meal, and he was scrubbed and washed in advance. He still secretly sighed in his heart. After that, I just sat there waiting to die.

Unexpectedly, he waited and waited, and waited for the second good meal.Chen Shouzhang was in a bit of a dilemma right away, he couldn't eat twice the head-decapitated meal, and he wouldn't be cut off again if his head was chopped off. He closed his eyes and ate the fish soup again. He didn't expect to sleep peacefully all night, but no one let him die. On the contrary, he waited for Xiaoqi to welcome him in various ways.

"Is it still the young adult who called me down to meet?"

The little official didn't dare to say anything, the two walked through the courtyard of the guard house which was much empty than usual, and finally arrived at the side hall.

His eyes were healed, Chen Shouzhang stood in front of the door, and finally saw the appearance of the young adult clearly.

With just one glance, Chen Shouzhang thought of a sentence: "There is a gentleman who is full of ears and will be as handsome as a star." This young man who had talked with him was not only young, but also admirably handsome. , and not just handsome, a golden sprout grew from the top of the emerald tree made of white jade for the branches and jasper for the leaves. human feeling.

The young man also saw Chen Shouzhang, put a gold bookmark in the book in his hand, put the book away, stood up and saluted him: "Master Chen, Wansheng is here to bother you again. I had to advise you before. Suddenly enlightened, thank Master Chen again."

The young man in a silver-white flying fish suit is quite tall, with broad shoulders and a slim waist, and a black gauze cap on his head. He can't suppress the bright light in his eyes.

Chen Shouzhang hurriedly replied: "Mr. Chen was supposed to be a sinner, but he was helped by the lord. I should thank the lord. I couldn't look down before, so I didn't know that the lord is so handsome."

The young man raised his hand to ask Chen Shouzhang to sit down, took a silver pot from the table and poured out a cup of green tea from it.

"Master Chen has a lot of research on tea, why don't you try what kind of tea Wansheng brought this time?"

Hearing this sentence, Chen Shouzhang relaxed his shoulders, glanced at the big bucket in front of him, and said with a slight smile: "The tea brewed in the first-class silver pot has no odor at all. Zhenghe is used to drink white tea. This tea The aroma is clear but not overpowering, and the soup color is clear, so it must be Wuzhou Dongbai tea."

After finishing speaking, he took a sip of the tea soup and smiled again: "This year's top-grade new tea, if I hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, I would have missed it."

Before, he drank several cups of good tea in front of the other party, and Chen Shouzhang did not hide his love for this tea. He tasted it first and then drank it.

"Your Majesty Chen is too polite." The young man lifted the silver pot and filled his large cup.

After drinking two more cups of tea, Chen Shouzhang wiped his mouth with the corner of his sleeve: "My lord came to see me this time, what do you want to ask?"

The young man glanced at the "Shangshu" that he had placed on the case, with a slight smile on his face, as if he was just talking about a trivial matter:
"This morning, His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation of the deficits in the Shagong and various Taipu temples, and the officials who dealt with it will make up for the deficit before October, and they will be given a lighter sentence."

A shocking incident was said lightly by the young man, but the thrill remained unchanged. Chen Shouzhang got up from his chair and sat down slowly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...Your Majesty is holy!" He knelt down towards the imperial city and kowtowed three times.

From the day he wrote the memorial, it is not like he has never had such a dream, dreaming that His Majesty Gan Gang arbitrarily cleared up the deficit and wiped out the accumulated evils, but when he woke up from the dream, it was a fierce spirit who rushed into him to reward the Jinyiwei who arrested him.

Who would have thought that when he was already disheartened and ready to die, things would turn around again.

Your Majesty actually decided to eliminate the ills? !
Excited, Chen Shouzhang actually cried: "Your Majesty, at such a young age, does not shy away from medical treatment, and is willing to face the chronic diseases of Dayong's generations. This is really a blessing for Dayong! The blessings of the people in the world!"

The young man sitting on the chair lifted the teacup with his hand, took a sip of the clear tea soup, and smiled lightly on his brows and lips.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be so cheerful. Your Majesty is used to it. Maybe today you want to check the Taipu Temple, and tomorrow you want to use the money to repair the garden. If your Majesty also takes the money from the Taipu Temple in the future, you are not in vain. kneeling."

These words were really unruly. Chen Shouzhang covered his face with his sleeve and cried and laughed:
"Not afraid of the adults' jokes, I handed in the memorial, and I knew that I had no choice but to die. In desperation, I also contacted a few people who were comrades with me, and told them that even if I died, they must choose another opportunity to tell His Majesty. What does Dayong look like today? If I can have today's fruit, I will die without regrets!"

The young man still had a smile on his face, stood up, and supported Chen Shouzhang's arm: .

"Master Chen, you should get up first."

Chen Shouzhang staggered to his feet, his brand new crane cloak already covered in dust.

"I've lost my composure and made my lord laugh at me!"

The young man just shook his head with a smile.

After a long time, Chen Shouzhang drank a few cups of tea and finally calmed down.

"My lord told me about this matter, do you have anything to ask me?"

"To be honest, Wansheng came here to ask Mr. Chen..." Looking at Chen Shouzhang's face, the young man suddenly paused, and then changed the subject, "Who are those friends of Mr. Chen?"

Chen Shouzhang stroked his beard, and laughed: "It's just a petty official like me who speaks lightly."

After finishing speaking, Chen Shouzhang thought for a while, and smiled again: "However, if you want to make friends, I have a little friend to recommend to you. My little friend said the other day that when His Majesty is determined to investigate the deficit, he will go straight to the palace. The day of entering the cabinet."

These words are really mad.

The young man in the flying fish suit smiled: "Master Chen is a very interesting little friend."

"That's right! Although he is only the head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he has a very broad vision. Knowing that I insisted on submitting the letter, he even wrote to tell me that after my death, he can continue my incense for six years, and it is only six years, because after six years , he either hangs his seal and leaves impoverished, or he also dies in Fusi, Beizhen."

This guy sounds really interesting.

The young man was a little interested, so he refilled another cup of tea for Chen Shouzhang: "I also ask Mr. Chen to introduce this interesting person to Wansheng."

"Okay, okay, his name is Ming Ruoshui, from Dongyang, he is from the same place as the tea we are drinking today!"

In front of the gate of Fusi in Beizhen, a man in a white shirt was talking to the guard Jinyiwei:
"Although my friend is locked in the prison of Fusi in Beizhen, he has neither been questioned nor arraigned, nor has he been classified as a felon who cannot be visited. Why can't I visit?"

The Jinyi guard guarding the gate didn't say a word.

Beizhen Fusi, which can stop children from crying at night, is a place that others avoid, but this person has a paper bag in his left hand and two small wine jars in his right hand, as if he regards their majestic Beizhen Fusi as a place for a poetry gathering Place.

At this time, a Jinyiwei Xiaoqi came out of the gate, and when he saw this person, he couldn't laugh or cry:

"Master Ming, why are you here again? Didn't you say that you were transferred to leave Beijing, why did you come back so soon?"

The man looked at the familiar little flag, smiled and cupped his hands: "Zhang Xiaoqi has not seen me for a long time. I was transferred to Jiangxi to judge the prison, and I was assigned to the Xuanfu to cooperate with the bandits on the way. Because I offended Zhang Dusi, I can only feel depressed. I’m back, to tell you the truth, I’ve already resigned from office.”

Zhang Xiaoqi had nothing to say for a moment.

Since Chen Shouzhang entered Beizhen Fusi, he has been in charge of guarding him. On the second day Chen Shouzhang came in, the former head of the criminal department named Ming Ruoshui came to Beizhen Fusi every day to block people. He knew that Chen Shouzhang was guarding Chen Shouzhang. The scholar who looked a bit poor at first glance gave him ten taels of silver and asked him to help take care of Chen Shouzhang.

Zhang Xiaoqi didn't think he was a bad person, and he let go of Chen Shouzhang even after accepting his money. How could anyone who entered Beizhen Fusi not be tossed?Although the top didn't say that Chen Shouzhang would be tortured, it was too easy for small flags like them who had little power to ruin a person.If it weren't for these ten taels of silver, Chen Shouzhang might not have waited until later to turn around.

Thinking of that noble person, Zhang Xiaoqi pressed his shoulders down again, and Chen Shouzhang turned over. How could he show embarrassment to Chen Shouzhang's friends?He just said with a smile: "Young Master Ming, if you want to see Mr. Chen, there is nothing wrong with it. It's just that Mr. Chen was caught with a cold and hasn't recovered yet. You can smell the smell of medicine on me. It's just for Mr. Chen. My lord got infected after looking at a doctor, you just go home with peace of mind, I will definitely take good care of lord Chen."

The man saw that Zhang Xiaoqi's expression did not seem to be fake, and he realized in his heart that the direction of the wind had changed, and these people naturally became more polite to Chen Shouzhang.

He took a step back and saluted Zhang Xiaoqi: "Thank you, thank you!"

That little flag hurriedly returned the gift: "Young Master Ming, don't be polite to me!"

A carriage quietly came out of the side yard of Beizhen Fusi and turned to the main entrance.

The person sitting in the car lowered his eyes in thought.

Chen Shouzhang can be used, but he can't use it too much. This person is very stubborn, and he is a bit foolish and loyal. If he is not careful, he will set himself on fire.

She needs someone more suitable.

Hearing the words "Young Master Ming", the person in the car rolled up the book in his hand and gently raised the curtain of the car.

"The one outside is Mr. Mingruo Shuiming?"

Hearing someone calling himself, the man turned around, and saw the pendant protruding from the book shaking dangling on the car curtain.

The people in the car looked at him with a smile.

"Young master Ming, you are sinking into Lizhen, and you have heard about your name for a long time, can you come to the car and talk about it?"

The sunset glow soaks the weeping willows and swallows the cool breeze.

The bright moon hangs in the tall tree overlooking the wet rain.

The moment he saw those eyes, these two long sentences came to Ming Ruoshui's mind for no reason.

　It's hard to say how Ruoshui and Yiji can be considered "two males", and Yiji is more involved in the scene.

　　But obviously, Ming Ruoshui is more similar to that kind of male second from the perspective of traditional romance.

　　*An elegant gentleman has bright jade around his ears and a bright star on his hat, from "Qi Ao" in "The Book of Songs · Wei Feng".I think this sentence can better highlight Ah Qing's "nobility" than the well-known "There are bandits and gentlemen, who are as sharp as they are, and as sharp as they are polished."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)