Ninefold above

Chapter 50
In fact, Jin Yiwei's seat has another advantage, as there is no need to rush to the morning court before dawn.

After taking a bath at night, the whole yard was quiet, except for the sound of the night wind blowing over the sycamore trees in the garden. Lu Chengfeng sat at the desk, slowly flipping through the accounts of the Fan family.

On the second watch, Qing Feng knocked on the door and entered, holding hot tea and approaching: "Master."

Lu Chengfeng raised his head, took the tea and drank half a cup, and said, "I want to find some connection between Fan Jie and Han Shushan from this ledger, but I have nothing to do."

She swallowed her tea again, and simply closed the account book: "Since it's not in the book, then he chased him so closely back then, could it be for someone else?"

Qing Feng said: "This range is huge."

Lu Chengfeng leaned back: "Han Shushan is deep-minded and a bit arrogant. Such a person is the most stubborn. In our words, he is stubborn. It is not easy for such a person to pry his mouth open." .”

Han Shushan obviously knew something about Subei's affairs, and Lu Chengfeng came to Jinyiwei with this purpose in mind, she wanted to pry Han Shushan's mouth open, but she knew that it was not easy.

Lu Chengfeng got up and pushed open the window, the night wind came in suddenly, she looked at the night, and said: "Wang Ning values ​​loyalty and friendship, he thought that no one would know that he secretly buried Chen Ying's body, but he didn't expect that I would do it for the sake of austerity." As for the matter of the North, we must not miss even the slightest clue, and he is not bad, otherwise he would not still sit firmly in this position when he is not reused by Meng Fanzhong."

There was a black shadow in the night, Lu Chengfeng looked familiar, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to catch it.

June landed firmly on her forearm.

Lu Chengfeng was slightly surprised, she didn't take June with her when she moved out of Qinyuan, how did it find it here?
Qingfeng followed her words and said: "Master wants to use Wang Ning to force Han Shushan?"

Lu Chengfeng lowered his head and followed the pigeon's feathers, with a smile in his eyes unconsciously: "One Wang Ning may not be able to deal with Han Shushan, but if you add me, this matter will be easy. Now it depends on Wang Ning's choice. Don't worry, he's a smart guy and knows how to choose."

Lu Chengfeng took three steps at a time, counted people's hearts thoroughly, suddenly raised her eyebrows lightly, took off the letter paper on the pigeon's leg, and slowly unfolded it.

Qing Feng closed the door and went out.

Lu Chengfeng was too familiar with the handwriting on the letter paper.

Xie Jiuxiao didn't say anything, just wrote two words: sister.

Obviously he didn't write much, but Lu Chengfeng insisted on protruding his grievance from inside, and there was a hint of coquettishness.The tiredness was suddenly swept away by these two words. She sat down and looked at the two words carefully, thinking that Xie Jiuxiao hadn't come to the door these few days, and she didn't know what mood she was in for a while.

But she didn't feel that she had done something wrong, even siblings should behave properly, let alone they were not real siblings.

Lu Chengfeng felt that she had overlooked something, she thought about it for a while, shook her head in vain, and put down the letter.

For two consecutive days, Lu Chengfeng went to the commander's office to stay for half a day. She didn't call anyone, just browsed at random, and returned home around noon.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw a person standing in front of the mansion gate.

Lu Chengfeng's eyes suddenly darkened, he thought about the name silently in his heart, and stepped forward.

Tan Chengyi heard the movement and turned around, holding a box in his hand, and smiled slightly after seeing Lu Chengfeng: "Miss Lu."

Lu Chengfeng said: "Why is Mr. Tan here?"

Tan Chengyi said with a smile: "Cheng Yi was in response to the girl's housewarming. He was busy with business before, and today he specially came to congratulate her. He never thought that things would change forever. Now it's time to call Master Lu."

Lu Chengfeng opened the door, invited him in, and said, "Mr. Tan is polite."

Lu Chengfeng led people into the living room, but Qing Feng was not there, so she boiled water and made tea for others by herself, and waited for a long time, Tan Chengyi was not impatient, looked at the tea brought by Lu Chengfeng, took it with a smile, and said : "This cup of tea is worth a thousand gold."

Lu Chengfeng was surprised and said, "Why do you say that?"

Tan Chengyi held the tea and looked at it, and said: "First of all, there is this cup of fine sapphire porcelain, which is produced by the Nanling official kiln, which is no longer available in the market. Then there is this tea, made by Mr. Lu himself, which is even more rare. "

Lu Chengfeng smiled, sat down opposite him, skimmed the tea foam, and said, "Mr. Tan is really eloquent. I just have no one in the house, so I have to do it myself."

Tan Chengyi smiled, swallowed his tea, and said, "Why don't you buy a few servants?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "I'm afraid my hands and feet will be dirty."

Tan Chengyi was a little surprised by her frankness, thought for a while, and said, "Do you know Xiaoyao City?"

"Xiaoyao City?" Lu Chengfeng shook his head: "What is that place?"

"The underground market in the West District of Yanjing sells everything there, and the government generally doesn't care about it. The servants and maidservants in Xiaoyao City should be what you want."

Lu Chengfeng nodded clearly, and was about to speak when Tan Chengyi said again: "If you want to go, the free market will open in two days, you and I together?"

Lu Chengfeng listened to the first half of the sentence and said, "Two days later?"

Tan Chengyi said: "You don't know about this. Xiaoyao City opens every seven days, and it opens at dusk until the whole night of the next day. The last time was five days ago, and we have to wait two more days."

Lu Chengfeng became interested, put down the teacup, and said, "This is interesting."

Tan Chengyi said casually: "Then it's settled like this?"

Lu Chengfeng thought for a while, thinking that he had never been to this Xiaoyao City, and it would be nice to have someone he knew well, so he nodded and said, "Thank you."

Tan Chengyi smiled for a moment, took the wooden box, and said, "I haven't wished you a happy housewarming yet, but I also wish you a happy promotion."

Lu Chengfeng was very puzzled by Tan Chengyi's repeated gestures of goodwill. She also considered whether Tan Chengyi had some conspiracy, but she had nothing.

Tan Chengyi opened it, Lu Chengfeng took a closer look, and suddenly choked on the tea.

She coughed a few times, and then looked at the golden lock that was as big as a fist in the box with puzzled eyes: "What is this?"

Tan Chengyi smiled and said, "It's a housewarming gift."

Lu Chengfeng: "...a housewarming gift? A pair of golden locks?"

Tan Chengyi said solemnly: "I've thought about it, you just bought this house, you probably don't have any savings on hand, the custom of gift-giving in western Shanxi is to give gifts carefully, if I give you porcelain vases, jade or famous paintings, that's right. It's not of much use to you."

"...So you just sent a box of gold?"

Tan Chengyi said: "This is a golden lock. It is a housewarming gift from me. It has nothing to do with me if you replace it with another one. I appreciate it."

Lu Chengfeng finally understood that the relationship guy was trying to solve her embarrassing situation in a different way, she hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said: "...Although this gift is very suitable for me, I can't accept it. "

Tan Chengyi had expected that she would refuse, and said in a warm voice: "I asked Mr. Hu about this gift, and he also thought it was good. If you don't accept it, wouldn't it be a waste of work for the two of us? Yanjing City will meet you soon." It takes a lot of work to hit such a big lock."

Lu Chengfeng couldn't laugh or cry, Tan Chengyi saw her expression, half-jokingly said: "Master Lu, this is not official bribery, you have to respect the customs of our Western Shanxi."

He called Mr. Lu this time, with teasing intimacy, and the distance between the two seemed to be shortened a lot.

Lu Chengfeng only hesitated for a moment this time, and said, "If you say that, I will look like a mother-in-law if I don't accept it."

Tan Chengyi liked her straightforwardness, took a cup of tea with downcast eyes, took a sip, and said, "Are you still used to being in Jinyiwei?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "Very good, at least these few days."

"Jin Yiwei is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, it's just a friendly appearance."

Lu Chengfeng said with a smile: "Even you think so, it seems that there is a big trouble waiting for me."

Tan Chengyi pondered, and said: "Jin Yiwei was ordered to investigate the case of Liu's family in Suidong. Liu Fei was escorted back to the Zhenfu Division two days ago. The people of Ganzhou in Suidong begged for a Wanmin umbrella, and Yan Zhihua led the way to Yanjing. They think Liu Fei is a good official."

While Tan Chengyi was talking, he observed Lu Chengfeng's expression and saw that she was listening, so he knew that she was not clear about this matter, and said: "Originally, a crime committed by a local prefecture should be managed by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and Liu Fei can be charged with crimes." The facts involved are complicated. This Liu Fei is quite talented, and he has a deep friendship with Yan Zhihua, a well-known literati in Suidong. The Wanmin Umbrella made by Yan Zhihua is dreadful. If the case is not judged as they like, it will be bad if there is trouble."

Lu Chengfeng thought for a while, and said, "How is this Liu Fei?"

Tan Chengyi shook his head and said, "It's too far away, but since I got the Wanmin Umbrella, the people must be quite satisfied with it."

Lu Chengfeng said: "Oh? What are the charges?"

"Treason."

Lu Chengfeng looked serious: "Treason?"

Tan Chengyi said: "To be more specific, you have to go to the Zhenfu Department. This case involves the public opinion of Suidong, and it is quite difficult to handle."

Lu Chengfeng nodded thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)