There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 496: The grapes are sweet, the sun is warm, and the beauty is with you, how wonderful!
The next morning.

Duji Road.

Huaizhou.

Huaizhou is across the Yellow River from Henan Prefecture, where the divine capital is located. The deposed envoy of Duji Road who is responsible for disaster relief is stationed here. This person is from Liu Shizhong, who has always remained neutral in the court.

The deposed envoy of Duji Province had just finished his early work and was preparing to personally inspect the disaster area. Suddenly, a letter came from his subordinates. He glanced at the cover and raised his eyebrows slightly, saying:

"It's actually a letter from Princess Lanling!"

"Princess Lanling's letter at this time is to...borrow food?" A subordinate guessed that the lack of food in Hebei Province was not a secret among them.

"The reason why Hebei Province is short of food is because Princess Lanling misappropriated military rations for disaster relief... After all, it is for the people. If she really wrote to borrow food..."

The deposed envoy of Duji Road stopped mid-sentence.

The subordinates looked at him one after another, waiting for what was going to happen next.

"Hebei Province is indeed no better than Duji Province, where the capital of God is located. In fact, if we squeeze out the food in our hands, we should be able to support part of Hebei Province." He finally said.

The subordinates nodded slowly, after all, they were doing it for the people of Daliang.

The deposed envoy of Duji Province opened the envelope and read it, then raised his eyebrows again and looked strange.

The subordinates were very confused when they saw this and couldn't help but guess:
"Princess Lanling, could it be that... the lion opened his mouth?"

"The princess did not write to borrow food, but...in the letter she mentioned a way to prevent the plague."

"Prevent...plague?!"

"This is impossible!"

"..."

After the subordinates also read this letter, their expressions became strange.

The deposed envoy of Duji Province finally sneered:

"I have heard of Su Xian's name, but judging from this incident, he is nothing more than a child...Princess Lanling is eager to make contributions, but she has gone astray. In the end, the gain will outweigh the loss!"

"It's just a pain to the people of Liming in Hebei Province!"

"..."

in the afternoon.

at dusk.

East Road.

The dismissal envoy of Hedong Road was also a member of Qian Zhongshu and the prince, and his reaction after receiving the letter was exactly the same as that of the dismissal envoy of Henan Province.

While laughing, he threw the letter and envelope into the stove and burned them to ashes.

……

……

Princess Lanling and Su Xian, who were far away in Hebei Province, had no idea about the reactions and choices of the deposed envoys.

In addition to the distance, it was also because they were busy. In the north, they were busy fighting with the "Liao negotiators" and in the south, they were busy implementing Su Xian's method of preventing plague.

He has no time to care at all.

Four days have passed since Su Xian's wedding leave ended.

During this period of time, Su Xian has been giving guidance to the Zhou Diary Office from a distance. Although they communicated for a long time, some problems can only be discovered after actual operation.

As for the tug-of-war with the "Liao negotiators," Su Xian did not participate.

With Wang Sima in charge, he doesn't have to worry.

It is said that the negotiations have come to an end, and although Prince Nanantu is reluctant, he is ready to agree to Wang Sima's conditions——

A prisoner was exchanged for five stones of grain, or equivalent food, such as beef and mutton jerky, etc.

Thirty thousand prisoners can be exchanged for 15 shi of grain.

There is a huge food shortage in Hebei Province. 15 shi is enough to last for three months. After three months, the court must have solved the crisis of food shortage, so 15 shi will be enough.

Day [-].

Today is the day of rest.

Su Xian usually likes to arrive late and leave early, and today it is even less likely that he will go to the camp in the north of the city to eat.

When he had nothing to do, he remembered that he had not gone out to play with Liu Huixiang, so he was going to take her out to go hiking, sightseeing, picnicking... and cooking.

However, Liu Huixiang held Su Xian and did not want to go out. The reason was that the disaster in the south was not over yet. As an official of the imperial court, Su Xian should not go out for fun.

Su Xian thought about it and thought it made sense, so he gave up the idea of ​​going out for fun.

But once the desire to play arises, it is difficult to lower it. Since you can’t go out to play, let’s play in your own house!

Su Xian ordered someone to kill a sheep, set up a barbecue stall, and prepared to have a barbecue in his garden. This could be regarded as a picnic.

Liu Huixiang was very happy to see this, and then behind Su Xian's back, she sent someone to invite Tang Shuwan over as a guest and have a barbecue together.

Tang Shuwan hesitated, but finally came.

The moment Su Xian saw Tang Shuwan, he almost threw away the barbecue stick in his hand, because Tang Shuwan was the "marriage partner" that Tang Ju and Tang Su had negotiated with him.

Meeting like this suddenly was really unexpected.

Later, Su Xian learned that Tang Shuwan was invited by Liu Huixiang, and he suddenly felt weird...

In addition, Tang Shujing also followed, probably because she was worried that her sister would be bullied, such as being pulled, hugged and kissed by some dishonest guy.

But she was attracted by Su Xian's cumin kebabs, and her mouth was full of oil. When Su Xian exchanged poems with her sister, she was stunned and didn't notice.

"..."

"Everyone, what do you think of today's kebabs?" Su Xian had eaten and drank enough, lying on a rocking chair to bask in the sun, drinking strong tea to relieve his tiredness.

"When did my husband learn such cooking skills? I am ashamed of myself." Liu Huixiang smiled and sat next to Su Xian's chair to drive away mosquitoes for him.

"The taste is really unique. I didn't expect that cumin and mutton roasted together would taste so good...it's just that my brother is..." Tang Shuwan wanted to say that Junzi was far away from the kitchen, but she thought for a while and then closed her mouth.

"It's delicious! It's delicious!" Tang Shujing was still swallowing dates. Her mouth was full of oil and she had no image. She had the most empty bamboo sticks around her.

Yan Dashan also smiled and said:
"Liao people also like to grill mutton, but the taste is not the same as the young master's cumin mutton skewers. It's quite a treat to be with the young master."

"It's delicious!" Yang Zhilan rarely speaks, but this dish of cumin kebabs, which is enough to be included in her "delicious menu", is worth her mouth.

"..."

On the other side, separated by a bamboo forest, Zhang Cuihua and a group of servants and women in the mansion also laughed and said: "It's delicious, it's delicious, I almost swallowed it with my tongue."

Su Xian smiled happily when he saw this.

Lying on the chair, he was leisurely basking in the sun. The sun was warm, and there was a beautiful woman by his side... Wonderful, this was his ideal life.

At this time, there was another person busy in front of the barbecue grill. She was Chen Keyan who came to join in the fun but was arrested by Su Xian to work.

Chen Keyan moved into the Su Mansion as Yang Zhilan's distant cousin, so she was a guest rather than a maid, but since Su Xian asked her to help with the barbecue, everyone had no objection.

Eat, eat, eat, I won't kill you... Chen Keyan had a dark face... No, it was the charcoal ash on her face due to sweating. She was cleaning up the barbecue stall while complaining in her heart.

She is a golden princess, but in the end she was treated as a cook by Su Xian... But then she thought about it, after returning to Nanchen, she could make cumin kebabs to please her father, and she finally felt less angry. .

Su Xian glanced sideways at Chen Keyan who was still busy, not to mention how beautiful she was.

"what."

He opened his mouth, and Liu Huixiang beside him immediately brought a grape and fed it into his mouth.

He ate sweet grapes and basked in the warm sun, feeling wonderful.

If there weren't so many light bulbs around, he could rest his head on Liu Huixiang's lap... That's probably how comfortable it would be to lie drunk on a beauty's lap.

However, at this moment, a voice broke the beauty and shouted:
"It's not good, it's not good... it's a disaster, it's a huge disaster... It's been said outside that Hanjiacang City in Daliang has been burned down, and there's not a single grain left in the entire Daliang!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)