But the bright moon shines on the ditch

During the summer heat in the 13th year of Wanqing's reign, Xu Zhiliu returned to Jingdezhen.

The moment he disembarked from the boat and landed, he was in a trance.This scene had appeared many times in his dreams, and many times he had heat rolling in his throat, vowing to untie the old and new grudges one by one, and find his own position in this homeland with a new identity and attitude.

However, when the dream came true and he stood solidly in this homeland, the enthusiasm faded and was replaced by an inexplicable melancholy.

There seemed to be several new shipping lines on the shore, and familiar merchants were sailing away. The workers were busy working in an orderly manner. The upper and lower gates faced each other in parallel, and there was a porcelain shop carrying mountains of porcelain. Workers boarded the boat, and some workers disembarked carrying large bundles of silk cloth shipped from afar. The Huangjiazhou Beach not far away was still crowded with people, and the gold-lettered signboard of the Suhu Guild Hall next to it was even better.

He raised his head and looked around, then settled on one spot, making eye contact with the tall figure who had been waiting for a long time, with a slight smile on his lips.

Wu Yin strode forward, hugged his former friend, and patted his shoulder heavily several times. Just as he was about to say hello, his eyes fell on a beautiful figure coming out immediately behind him. He was silent for a few breaths, and his eyes widened: " Why are you here?"

Wu Jia raised a smile: "Why can't I come?"

As she spoke, she raised her arm Yingying, and Xu Zhiliu naturally faced back, took the hand she offered, and helped the person to stand steady under the boat.Wu Yin looked at the scene in front of him and was completely dumbfounded.

"what's the situation!"

This starts from the day of Wanshou.

Northern rogues sneaked into the capital, intending to plot against the emperor Wanshou. This incident was discovered by a ceremony official from Honglu Temple, who reported it to the emperor in advance and made a great contribution.

The Queen Mother was very grateful when she heard about this and called someone over to have a look.

In the early years, Mr. Shiraishi was famous all over Beijing and attracted many noble ladies to fall in love with him. Unfortunately, he was a sick young man. There were countless heart-wrenching love stories written about this incident, and the theater troupe rewrote it and sang it everywhere. His reputation was so great that even The nobles in the palace's backyard also heard about it.

I still remember that there was a woman from a high-ranking official's family who fought for him and made such a fuss that she couldn't find a good marriage in the capital and was finally forced to marry out of town. Now looking at the husband in front of her, the Queen Mother nodded. She is unique and unique among young outstanding people.

People like beautiful things as they get older, and beautiful flowers are the same as beautiful people. The Queen Mother held the person and talked for a long time. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and she insisted on giving a reward.

He refused, saying he wanted to ask for grace.

The Queen Mother asked what it was, and he said that he was young and frivolous. Not only did he not make great contributions to the clan, but he also incurred a lot of romantic debts, which was really a pity.Fortunately, God was merciful and spared his life. Now his health is much better than before. If he has the opportunity, he would like to go out and do some practical work for the court.

The Queen Mother was even more approving after hearing this.

With this springboard, it would be reasonable for the civil servants to maneuver around and select him as the new Fuliang County Magistrate.As expected, the eunuchs blocked him, and Baishi Langjun was so angry that he became ill and lingered on his bed for many days.

When the news reached the harem, the resolute Queen Mother immediately called An Qian and his son to the front, and put on a great show, alerting the entire Imperial Medical Office to come to inquire.

As the saying goes, old age is still hot. An Qian was made disgraced by the empress dowager's bitter teasing, so he had to surrender and approved the personnel transfer submitted by the Ministry of Personnel.

In the end, Xiaojiu was told by the Queen Mother herself: Mr. Zhou played a huge role in saving my son. After he went to Jingdezhen, he had to trouble Mr. An to take care of him.If he has any bad intentions there, the Aijia will question you.

Anjiu Nono should be.

Mr. Shiraishi's beauty trick worked so well that he gave the civil servants new ideas. He joked about Wu Fangyuan and pushed the bottom of the box with his good chess, almost being buried.

Wu Fangyuan felt miserable in her heart, and she couldn't express her pain.

This handsome guy, I just had a fight with him not long ago.

The cause of the matter is Wanshou! !That day, when the rogues invaded, Xu Zhiliu walked around the imperial city all night. At dawn, his consciousness returned and he remembered something, so he rushed to the Wu Mansion to ask for a meeting.

Wu Fangyuan's ancestors were all military commanders. Although he is now a civil servant, he has the habit of doing morning exercises every day. So when Xu Zhiliu asked to see him, he was already up and playing with the red tassel spear in the courtyard.

After finishing the pole and standing still, when he turned around and looked back, he saw a young man walking step by step from the end of the misty corridor. The courtyard was deep, and the young man's brows were deeply furrowed, like the heavy snow that had been falling for many years.

The figure that used to be dignified and measured now looks a little impatient.

Wu Fangyuan specially stepped forward to ask what was going on. Unexpectedly, the young man couldn't help but asked: "Did you do it? Are your skills at the end of your game? Why would you sacrifice the lives of innocent people?"

Wu Fangyuan was confused. After careful questioning, he found out that the representative of the folk kiln who was supposed to enter the palace to receive the reward last night did not show up and did not leave the imperial city after the cholera subsided.If something went wrong while being hijacked by rogue bandits, the Forbidden Army would report it to the emperor, but until the end of the banquet that night, the emperor's face was always cheerful and did not show a trace of displeasure.

If Xu Zhiliu hadn't mentioned it, Wu Fangyuan wouldn't have even known that the trouble was caused by rogue bandits, and the emperor's attitude made it clear that he didn't want to make it public.He expected that when the envoys left one by one, the emperor would have to settle accounts in the future.

Wu Fangyuan had a headache when he thought of this.

"Perhaps there was a moment of confusion, so I hid somewhere. When the city gate opens today, I will ask someone to check out the news. Don't worry yet." After saying that, he put the red tassel gun back into the training ground and asked, "Are you with me?" Is that person an old acquaintance?"

Xu Zhiliu nodded slightly hesitantly.

Wu Fangyuan's expression changed and he scolded: "Remember, you are no longer Xu Zhiliu."

Xu Zhiliu knew that he had made a mistake and was willing to admit his mistake. However, regarding this matter, he still showed some seriousness and impatience that surprised Wu Fangyuan.Xu Zhiliu, who has always been smooth and considerate and good at forbearance, why is he like this?

"She was summoned earlier than me, and she was not expected to face the bandits." There was a time difference. The bandits would not arrive in the imperial city until after Liang Peiqiu had received the reward and left.

How dare she, a commoner, linger in the inner courtyard of the palace at will?There were people leading the way in and out, and even if she wanted to, she would have been kicked out long ago.

Therefore, something must have happened to her inside.

He thought for a night. With her current status, An Jiu would not do anything to her. Even if he wanted to, he would not choose to do anything in the palace at this juncture. This would undoubtedly be too old to cause trouble.However, she is a commoner, who deserves to take action?What is the purpose?
He couldn't help but look at Wu Fangyuan again: "Perhaps someone wants to use her to knock down the mountain and shake the tiger?"

Wu Fangyuan sneered: "What do you think we are? Butchers like An Gou! Besides, she was summoned at the last minute, how can we predict and make arrangements in advance?" Xu Zhiliu frowned.

"If I wait for arrangements for this matter, I will admit it if I do it. Why should I lie to you?"

Wu Fangyuan immediately called the housekeeper and asked someone to wait at the city gate.

The young man was very angry, so Wu Fangyuan didn't care too much about Xu Zhiliu's recklessness. He was more concerned about the fact that the bond between Xu Zhiliu and Jingdezhen seemed to be deeper than he imagined. This kind of excess made it impossible for him to judge whether his decision to change the situation was correct.

But now that the matter has come to this, with my life and fortune on the line, I can only take one step at a time.

Not long after, the housekeeper came to report that An Jiu took people to the hotel.The Imperial Guards in the palace cleaned the battlefield all night long, but no Yu Gu was found.Xu Zhiliu breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Fangyuan motioned for him to sit down, becoming somewhat curious about this matter.Since it was not done by a civil servant or an eunuch, how could such a good person stay in there all night?

When any normal situation cannot be explained, only abnormal situations remain.

Xu Zhiliu still prefers that something happened to Liang Peiqiu before the rogues entered the palace.As for what happened, apart from the struggle between the two parties, it could only be related to her personally.

her identity.

her purpose.

Her royal porcelain.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.After verification, he saw with his own eyes the ten porcelain kings presented by Jingdezhen, and several of the porcelain kings engraved with the Hutian kiln mark were indeed made by him.

He gave the land deed to Yunshuijian to Liang Peiqiu. If nothing else, these pieces of royal porcelain must pass through her hands, and then pass through the eyes of the imperial kiln factory and An Jiu before they can reach the palace, and finally be stamped with the imperial seal of imperial porcelain. It can be passed down through the ages.

He didn't know which part of the process went wrong, whether it was Zhang Lei and Shi Nian who discovered in advance that they had removed the batch of porcelain, or whether they were forced to put his posthumous works in them due to the pressure of creating and burning ten pieces of porcelain. Today’s result?If not, would she still feel compassion for him or his porcelain?
Just thinking about it like this made him give up the idea.

He attributed all the recent events to the fact that the sorting out of the past had not reached the "spotless" state he expected. As soon as the dust settled, an allergic reaction like sneezing from a cold would come, making him repeatedly unbalanced, panicked, and then... Big mess.

He said to Wu Fangyuan: "I will correct my position as soon as possible, please rest assured."

Wu Fangyuan sighed.

"It doesn't matter if you can't do it at the moment. Don't make it too difficult for yourself. You, and you..." Just as the words were about to blurt out, Wu Fangyuan's hand cup slipped and shattered to the ground.

Xu Zhiliu bent over to clean up the mess, not noticing Master Wu's gaffe.

Wu Fangyuan also quickly held his breath and concentrated, sorting out his thoughts.

"You don't have to worry about the affairs of the government. I have already made my decision. You can go back and take up your duties as usual. When the matter is settled, you can take Wu Jia to Jingdezhen with you."

Xu Zhiliu was surprised: "Isn't Miss Wu discussing marriage?"

Wu Fangyuan shook his head.

It was related to the honor of his daughter's family and it was not suitable for people to discuss it. Wu Fangyuan only said: "I will edit a letter and you can bring it to Wu Yin. After reading it, he will know how to do it."

So at the dock where people were coming and going, Wu Yin opened the letter impatiently, read ten lines at a glance, and fell into a faint sadness.

In fact, few people know that underneath his seemingly rough appearance, he is quite thoughtful.Even though the two families didn't have much contact, he had already noticed that Wu Fangyuan and Sun Min were not the same people.

If the children of the two families are tied together for the friendship of their childhood classmates and the favor of promotion at the low point, even if they form Qin and Jin, they may not be as good as Qin and Jin.

Wu Fangyuan can figure this out, which is a good thing for Wu Jia, but it may not be a good thing for Wu Fangyuan.

Sun Min was a wily and powerful person, especially the chief envoy in Jiangxi. He was his direct subordinate and the boss of the place. Offending this man would be a difficult case no matter how you looked at it.

Wu Jia was curious and wanted to come over to see his father's arrangements.Wu Yin collected the letter and stuffed it into his waist, and turned her head away: "Put your marriage on hold for the time being, and stay with me during this period of time."

Wu Jia was overjoyed: "Seriously?"

In fact, she had already thought about it all the way here, and Xu Zhiliu also analyzed it in this way, but she was still uneasy until she got confirmation from her own mouth.

Now that I have Wu Yin's trust, I feel very relaxed.She was so happy that she didn't know what to do. She couldn't help but hold Cuan Rong's hand and spin around in circles. Then she rushed over to hug Wu Yin's arm and acted like a baby. Finally, she turned to Xu Zhiliu and smiled like a flower.

Wu Yin thought of the previous scene of Xu Zhiliu leading his sister off the boat, and alarm bells rang in his mind: "You, you?"

Xu Zhiliu chuckled and said, "She pestered me and insisted on teasing you."

"You agree?"

Xu Zhiliu touched the tip of his nose and was embarrassed to admit that he owed a lot to his savior.Moreover, they came all the way alone, even if they had official documents, if they didn't have a reasonable identity to hide their identity, they would only cause trouble.

Therefore, Wu Fangyuan had adopted him as his adopted son before departure, and now he and Wu Jia are treated like brothers and sisters.It's just a trivial matter for the adopted brother to help his adopted sister to scare his real brother, but it's not a trivial matter if it falls into the eyes of someone who cares!
Soon, there was a rumor in the town that the new county magistrate Zhou Qiguang and the sister of Mr. Wu, the inspection department, were about to get married.

Welcome back Liu Liu~