Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 135 Another birthday
The two got the evidence of Chi Zhifu's greed for ink over the years, called a young servant to ride a fast horse, secretly went to Bai's house, and sent it to Bai Yushi.

It was only through these brochures that they realized that not only was the money used by the government office for the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, but Chi Zhifu would spend more than half of it for every large-scale event that the government office planned to hold.

And last year when the prefectural school recruited students, the subsidy used for the students went into his pocket without a penny.

Four years ago, the imperial court allocated funds to build dams on Dajiang, and the money was transferred to Chi Zhifu, so the repaired dams...

The people in Jinling are really lucky. They have not encountered any floods in the past four years. Otherwise, if the floods burst the new dams, how many houses and fertile land would be destroyed?
The sage read the excerpts of the letter, and Long Yan was furious, and his official position was dismissed, and he was recalled to the capital with an order to wait for punishment.

The trembling Mr. Chi seemed to have aged ten years overnight. On the day people from Beijing took him away, he almost couldn't recognize this magistrate who once covered the sky with his hands in Jinling.

As for Chi Pingye's loss of official position, all the errands in Jinling Mansion were managed by the county magistrate of Jiangning County.

After being overwhelmed, He Shaoguang finally found out that his birthday had been quietly missed.

Last year's birthday was in the mansion, and everyone spent it with her. Before that, she counted the days until that day.

However, this year the environment changed, and I was thinking about other things, so I even forgot my birthday.

When she ran to question Lu Xiaowen why he didn't remember either.Lu Xiaowen didn't answer her immediately, but a few days later, when He Shaoguang forgot about it again, he was coaxed by Nijun, dressed up, changed into brand new clothes and jewelry, and pulled out the door.

The carriage was rolling, and He Shaoguang reached out to lift the corner of the curtain to see where he was, but Ni Jun pressed it down: "Oh, we will be there soon."

It wasn't until she dozed off that she heard a long cry from the groom and stopped.

Ni Jun actively rushed ahead, waiting under the car to help her.

"Ma'am, look at this place, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, isn't the scenery wonderful." Ni Jun introduced to her as if offering a treasure: "Let's go further, the scenery over there is more beautiful and suitable for rest, you must be tired! "

He Shaoguang snorted, and held her back: "Don't just go on, tell me, why did you trick me here?"

What you love and what I want, how can this be called cheating?

Ni Jun complained to himself: "People just see that you have been worrying a lot recently, and they are afraid that you will be tired, so they take you out to relax."

This place should be the shade of Qixia Mountain, which is rarely visited by people.

There is a green grass at the foot of the mountain, and there are not so many tourists disturbing at the entrance of the temple on the front. It is a clean and good place.

The further you go, the narrower the space is, and the thinnest part is a narrow path sandwiched between the cliffs on both sides, which only allows two people to pass side by side.

Passing through the trail, the field of vision suddenly became brighter.

He Shaoguang breathed in the fresh air here hard, feeling that the space here was at least five degrees cooler than the outside, and the air was inhaled into his lungs, and he really felt what it meant to be "refreshing".

There is a small waterfall hanging on one side of the mountain wall, and the water waterfall pours down, forming a small pool at the bottom of the cliff, nourishing the surrounding creatures.

The outside is like a steamer, and any strong flowers that have been exposed to the sun are as if they have withered. The temperature here is pleasant, the flowers are red and the willows are green, surrounded by a huge peach tree in the middle. The tree was still open.

The wind blew the fragrance of the flowers, and the peach petals fluttered up and down, and fell on the top of He Shaoguang's hair. She reached out to take it off, and couldn't bear to throw it away.

"Do you like the girl?" Ni Jun peeked at her, smiled mischievously, and called her "girl" after a long absence.

He Shaoguang didn't correct Ni Jun's name, she felt that being here was very relaxed and her heart was soothed.

"There is a qin there, Madam, would you like to try it?" Ni Jun pointed to the xylophone under the peach tree, it is not a good qin, otherwise the master would not have put it on the ground casually.

"No need, what if there is an owner?" He Shaoguang was moved but hesitant, if someone lived in seclusion here, it would be bad if he played the piano without authorization.

"Then just use the piano to make friends, doesn't it mean that you can find a bosom friend in the mountains and rivers!"

Ni Jun thought freely, so He Shaoguang walked over, simply sat on the ground, put the piano on his lap, and played a few rhythms at will.

"The sound is clear and crisp, it's a good piano!"

Ni Jun also sat cross-legged beside her, looking at her master like this.

"Have you heard it?" He Shaoguang took out a melody and asked Nijun.

Ni Jun shook his head honestly, let alone never heard it, never dreamed about it: "It is said that the sound of the piano can reflect people's hearts, Madam must be very happy at this moment."

"Yeah, it's such a beautiful place, and I'd like to thank my Ni Jun for bringing me here."

She closed her eyes, sniffed the fragrance of flowers floating in the air, and whispered a light melody flowing from her fingertips.

This is a song I used to learn when I was a child on the electronic piano, and I played it again on the guqin, adding a touch of nostalgia.

"Why are you so unhappy in the sound of the piano?"

After staying alone all afternoon, she got into the carriage near evening and went back the way she had come.

"What smell? The pot is burnt?" She sniffed her nose, and keenly caught an unusual smell in the yard.

"Uh... Ma'am, the meal has been set, I will serve you and wash your hands." Zhi Jun came out to meet her, and said awkwardly.

Stepping into the door and looking at the dining table, there is only a simple bowl of noodles on the table.

"What's the matter? The kitchen only made one bowl of noodles? What about yours?"

She looked at Lu Xiaowen who was sitting opposite with a smile, and asked in disbelief.

"Just taste it." Lu Xiaowen urged.

She picked up a bowl of noodles with chopsticks, but found that she couldn't find the end, so she picked it up a few more times, poking here and there, only to find that there was a poached egg lying underneath. The bowl of noodles still had no breaks, but a whole root.

"Longevity noodles?" She guessed it right away, put it in her mouth, the noodles were soft and chewy, and the noodle soup was light and refreshing, it was just...

Seeing that she hesitated to speak, Lu Xiaowen hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

The guess in He Shaoguang's heart gradually took shape, and a big smile appeared on his face: "It's okay, it's delicious."

"It's good that it's delicious. I'm going to finish eating the longevity noodles for your birthday gift." He obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and it was not in vain to waste the noodles that he had cooked from the bottom of the pot.

"I didn't expect someone like you to be able to cook."

He Shaoguang really finished the bowl of noodles Hululu, and even showed him the shiny bottom of the bowl.

Lu Xiaowen became embarrassed: "This... how do you know I did it?"

"Okay, let's go to eat with me!" He Shaoguang ignored his question, and pulled him to take a stroll in the yard.

"I'm homesick." He Shaoguang looked at the sky and threw out this sentence aimlessly.

(End of this chapter)