Noble First Daughter-in-law

In a blink of an eye, it was dusk.

The usual bright lights all over the city were replaced by the darkness that completely merged into the night after the plague appeared. The only place where there is still light is the few mansions in the north of the city, closest to the Daxing Palace.

Among them, there is the residence of Yu Dingxing, General Zuo Xiaowei.

However, it seemed that most of the lights in the Duke's Mansion were extinguished just to keep a low profile. The lights in the Yu Mansion were also reduced a lot compared to usual times. The dim light made the whole mansion look extraordinarily quiet.

After a while, a sound of horseshoes broke the silence.

A group of people galloped towards the last slanting rays of the setting sun, and finally stopped in front of the gate of the Yu Mansion. The leader was a tall and thin man in armor. The veil tied behind the ears by two strings, because of the sunken cheeks, two pieces of the veil are also deeply sunken, making a face very sharp; above the veil reveals a pair of big and deep eyes, the eyes are cold and severe There is a bit of cunning in it, and even a bit of meanness.

This person is General Zuo Xiaowei - Yu Dingxing.

He was ordered to go outside the city to bring the plague-stricken patients into the city, so he hardly came home these two days. Not long ago, he brought back a group of patients and placed them in Yanzuofang and Changlefang respectively. Dust returned to his mansion, and as soon as he got off his horse, the people in the mansion immediately came forward to greet him, a servant led the horse away for him, and the others walked into the gate to welcome him.

While taking off the cloak on his body, Yu Dingxing asked, "How's the situation at home these two days?"

The housekeeper of Yu Mansion was a chubby middle-aged man in his fifties, and immediately said with a smile: "General, don't worry, although there are many plagues in the city, our house is fine. It's just—"

Having said that, he hesitated for a moment.

Yu Dingxing stopped immediately: "Just what?"

The butler leaned close to his ear and said in a low voice: "The general has been out for the past two days, and there is only—— Madam, she is not used to it, so she took the young lady back to her mother's house."

"……Oh."

Hearing this, Yu Dingxing frowned slightly.

Although the steward's words were tactful, but based on his understanding of his wife, how could he not know that "unaccustomed" meant being unhappy, or in other words, angry.

However, he didn't say much, he just stopped to think for a moment, then nodded and said: "I see."

After speaking, he continued to walk in.

But as soon as he reached the gate, he saw a short figure walking out of the mansion.

Although the lanterns at the gate were brightly lit, the person who came had dark skin and was wearing dark blue clothes, lowered his head and wore a veil, making it almost impossible to see his appearance clearly. Stung by the strong smell of medicine on the opponent's body, he let out a "huh" and wiped his nose subconsciously.

When someone came to see him, he immediately stopped and bowed his hands: "Meet the general."

"... Jin Daji?"

Yu Dingxing subconsciously called out his name, frowned and said, "Why are you here?"

After saying this, he seemed to come to his senses suddenly, and pursed his lips.

Standing in front of him, it was none other than Jin Daji who had just walked out of Yu Mansion just now, and was leading someone to apply medicine in Yanzuo Fang.

Yu Dingxing seemed to be a little afraid that others would see him, and even saw him coming out of his home. He subconsciously looked around again, and then lowered his voice and said, "Didn't I tell you before, if there is nothing important, these days, I can't come Come here?"

As he spoke, he looked back at the gate of the mansion again.

Jin Daji hastily smiled and said: "General, don't worry, the villain has made a detour this time, so I'm sure no one followed."

"Oh?"

When Yu Dingxing heard this, his expression eased a little.

Then he said, "Then what are you doing here?"

Jin Daji laughed and said: "The villain has something important to report."

After speaking, he leaned forward and whispered a few words in Yu Dingxing's ear. Yu Dingxing was startled, and looked down at Jin Daji: "Pei Xingyuan did this on purpose, because they want to—"

Jin Daji nodded: "Yes."

Yu Dingxing thought for a while, narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a gleam of cold light in those slender and deep sunken eyes, and said: "Since you already know the other party's plan, then you are planning to—"

Jin Daji said: "Just plan!"

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At the same time, in Longqingfang, the carriage that Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi were riding together slowly drove towards the entrance of the Duke's Mansion, which was also brightly lit.

Today, Yu Wenye took people to shuttle between various squares and cities in Xicheng for a whole day. Yu Wenye found dozens of patients, and finally sent them to Changle Square before dark. Patients who will die at home are well placed.It was getting late.

So, the two returned to the Duke's Mansion in a carriage together.

On the way, Shang Ruyi told Yu Wenye what happened during the day, and he frowned, but said nothing, until Shang Ruyi lifted the curtain and saw the lights at the entrance of the Duke's Mansion in front of her, she said softly Said: "This matter—if it gets bigger, I'm afraid Dad will ask you to explain it."

After all, while administering medicine, one is selling medicine at the same time.

No one cares about someone who is a living Bodhisattva, but someone who "cuts leeks" when the plague is everywhere, can't be ignored.

Yu Wenye said: "It doesn't matter."

"..."

"But what happened today has reminded me."

"Huh? What?"

Yu Wenye frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "In the future, things that are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, such as medicinal materials, cannot be completely held in the hands of 'Pei Xingyuan', nor can they be held in the hands of 'Guanghan Ke'."

"..."

"Otherwise, the imperial court will not be able to get anything, whether it is money or popular support."

Shang Ruyi looked at him in astonishment.

Throughout the day today, her full attention was almost focused on that "Guang Han Ke". After all, she finally knew the identity of this person who could predict the future, even if it was just a pseudonym, it made her feel far away from some kind of "truth". Taking a step closer, he thought that Yu Wenye would definitely bother about this person's identity, but he didn't expect that he was thinking about another thing.

But—it's not bad.

Through this incident, it can indeed be seen that some things related to the national economy and the people's livelihood cannot be completely controlled by private individuals.

So he nodded and said, "Yes."

At this time, the carriage stopped, and Yu Wenye helped her get out of the carriage, and while walking in, Yu Wenye said again: "But tell me, that Guanghan guest——"

Before he could finish speaking, a person walked up ahead and saluted them with a smile: "Second Young Master, Young Madam."

The two stopped immediately.

It was none other than Aunt Hui who came over.

Seeing her, Yu Wenye nodded: "Aunt Hui."

Aunt Hui smiled and said, "Thanks for your hard work. The dining room has already served dinner. The Duke asked the Second Young Master and the Young Madam to have dinner."

"Oh? Father ordered?"

"Yes."

"What about big brother?"

"The son just came back and is changing clothes. After changing the clothes, he will go there."

Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi looked at each other.

I thought that when I came back so late, everyone in the family should have had dinner, and Yu Wenyuan spent the whole day handling government affairs in the inner court. I heard that there were still official documents from various places sent to the palace until Youshi. , Even let the family sit together for dinner.

And at this time, it was definitely not the atmosphere where the two brothers were sitting together for dinner.

But since Yu Wenyuan made such an arrangement, the two of them naturally dared not refuse, so they went back to the room and changed their clothes, washed them a bit, and then went to the dining hall.

Compared with other places in the mansion, the lights have been reduced a lot, but the dining hall is brightly lit as always.As soon as he entered the gate, he saw that Yu Wenyuan was already sitting on the right seat, and Yu Wenjian had just sat down. Seeing the two of them, he smiled faintly at them.

Yu Wenye immediately walked in with Shang Ruyi, and saluted: "Father, big brother."

"sit down."

Although Yu Wenyuan didn't have any obvious expression of joy or anger on his face, the deep wrinkles between his brows could not be hidden under the bright light, and it could be seen that the pressure he had endured in the past two days, the two of them did not agree. Talkative, hurried to his seat and sat down.

Yu Wenyuan turned his head, looked at Yu Wenjian, then at Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Let's eat first."

Hearing what he said, Aunt Hui immediately asked for food to be served. Although it was just a common meal, it was rare for the whole family to sit together these days, so the dishes were quite rich. However, these people had been busy all day, Tired and hungry, but when he really moved his chopsticks, he had no appetite. Even Yu Wenyuan barely ate a bowl of rice and half a bowl of soup before putting down his chopsticks.

As soon as he put down his chopsticks, the other three also put down their bowls and chopsticks.

Yu Wenyuan looked up at them.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Jian'er, how is the situation in Dongcheng?"

Yu Wenwen said: "A total of 210 patients were accommodated in Yanzuo Square. Although 31 patients died, the current situation is still under control."

Yu Wenyuan nodded, and looked at Yu Wenye again.

Yu Wenye said: "There are a total of 460 patients in Changle Square, and 62 patients died in the past two days."

Yu Wenyuan said: "Is the situation controllable?"

Yu Wenye glanced at him and said, "It's controllable."

"..."

The answers from both sides were simple and neat, which usually satisfied Yu Wenyuan the most, but today, when he heard the word "controllable", his brows were tightened even more.

After being silent for a while, he said, "It's good to be able to control the plague in the city, but, what did Weifu hear, your methods of controlling the plague are completely different."

As he said that, he turned his head to look at Yu Wenye: "Ye'er, why did you hear that someone is cutting leeks in Changle Workshop?"

"...!"

Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi looked at each other.

Shang Ruyi's eyes could not conceal the astonishment. Although he knew that Yu Wenyuan had handed over the management of the East and West cities to his two sons, it was impossible for him to let go of them completely, but even the words "cutting leeks" could be used. To be precise, it can be seen that he at least arranged his own people in Changlefang.

Yu Wenye was silent for a while, and said: "Father, the words of such ordinary people are not worth mentioning."

Yu Wenyuan frowned and said, "You'd better not think so."

"..."

"Although the people in the market are small, their voices are not loud, but no matter how small the voices gather together, they are deafening!"

"..."

"Besides, the word "cutting leeks" is beyond the reach of ordinary people in the market!"

As he said that, his eyes deepened a bit: "A bowl of medicine for a dime, this kind of business is not done by ordinary businessmen."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Yu Wenye's expression froze again.

But Yu Wenyuan had already said solemnly: "Before becoming a father, I always thought that although the boy of the Pei family behaved a little bit loosely, his character was safe. But what he did this time is really chilling."

Yu Wenye was silent for a while, and said: "Hoarding rare goods and living in rare goods, there is nothing wrong with this kind of thing."

"..."

"My son also told Ruyi about this on the way back just now. In the future—these things related to the national economy and the people's livelihood must not be fully controlled by private individuals."

Yu Wenyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't expect him to say this so righteously.

After a moment of silence, he said, "This is natural."

"..."

"but--"

"but,"

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Wenye interrupted him, saying: "This time, with the medicine in his hands, my son is indeed helpless. The most important thing is to treat the sick in the city."

Originally, he was a little displeased at being interrupted by him, but when he heard his "powerless" excuse, Yu Wenyuan frowned even tighter.

But he didn't say anything else, he just frowned and remained silent for a while, then looked at Shang Ruyi with deep eyes, and said, "However, how can I remember that during the Battle of Fufeng, a batch of medicinal materials seemed to be added to the account of the family?" ?”

Shang Ruyi immediately said: "Then, Ruyi asked Jiang Kesheng and the others to go out of Tongguan to buy."

"Is it for this time?"

"Yes."

"Since it is the medicinal material you bought, why is it at Pei Xingyuan's place? And why, let him sell it at such a high price?"

Shang Ruyi said softly: "Please forgive me, Ruyi sent people out of Tongguan to buy the batch of medicinal materials because of Feng Chen's illness, but——because of the large amount of purchase, and the high mountains and long roads, the transportation I lost a lot of money when I came back. And the medicinal materials are usually not used much, so in order to save some expenses, Ruyi resold those medicinal materials to Second Young Master Pei."

Yu Wenyuan frowned into a knot.

But this time, without waiting for him to speak, Yu Wenzhen, who had been sitting quietly by the side, smiled and said: "No wonder, when I was in Fufeng before, my younger siblings clearly said that you bought the batch of medicinal materials, but this time it fell into Mr. Pei's hands." In the end, it was just that there was something wrong in the middle, so it turned out to be the case."

Shang Ruyi said: "Yes."

Yu Wenzhen looked at her, and suddenly smiled again: "However, I thought that with the wisdom of my younger siblings, I would keep those medicines."

"..."

Shang Ruyi's breath was slightly suffocated.

She didn't speak immediately, but raised her head and met those clear pupils. The penetrating light shining inside seemed to see through the soul of a person at once.

Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, then lowered her head and forced a smile, "This shows that Ruyi is really dull."

"..."

"If you are smart enough, you will indeed keep the medicinal materials. At least now, you can use them in Changle Fang."

Upon hearing this, there was another silence in the dining hall.

Yu Wenyuan pondered for a while, and finally turned his head to look at the eldest son, and said with a solemn expression: "Jian'er, who is the one who applied the medicine in Yanzuo Fang?"

Today is still in the annual meeting, there are a lot of things, I can only combine two chapters and post one chapter, after two days the annual meeting is over, the update will be normal, please forgive me for these two days