Jinghong Tower

Chapter 325: Catching Insects (two chapters in one)

Zhang Shigong's five-member team is still in Huweijun.

Zhou Cangyue felt that they must have told He Ran.

"Okay, this is a secret tip to Ran Jun."

After thinking about it, Zhou Cangyue became happy again.

Sister Ran cares about me!

Sister Ran not only wrote letters of condolences, but also sent so many medicines.

These are not medicinal materials, but already prepared pills.

There is no need to cook the medicine according to the prescription, you can take the pills directly.

Attached to each medicine box is a note detailing the purpose and dosage of the medicine.

Although these notes were not written by Sister Ran herself, they must have been ordered by Sister Ran.

Sister Ran was too kind to him.

Zhou Cangyue swayed her feet, so beautiful that she wanted to spit bubbles.

At this time, Bai Gou ran in with a mean smile on his face: "Wuzhi County has sent you another daughter. She has already arrived."

Zhou Cangyue frowned: "Didn't you say I didn't want it and send him back?"

Bai Gou: "The one I sent this time is not the one last time. It is more beautiful than the last one. And there are three for you to choose from. If you like them all, then keep them all."

Zhou Cangyue looked around subconsciously, lowered his voice and asked, "Where is he?"

Bai Gou: "Ah, you can't wait any longer?"

Zhou Cangyue slapped him on the head: "Shit, you can't wait any longer. Let me ask you where you are?"

"Just, in the flower hall in front." Bai Gou touched his poor head.

"Why were they brought to the flower hall?" Zhou Cangyue was unhappy.

"No need to bring it with you. They live here originally. They are more familiar with this place than we are."

This is the county government. After they moved in, Wuzhi County and his family moved out. Wuzhi County is still in the examination period. If he passes the examination period, he will continue to be his county magistrate. If he fails to pass, he will go back to where he came from.

This is what He Ran followed. Every time Ran's army captured a city, this was how it was done.

The Wuzhi County magistrate has several legitimate daughters, concubines and goddaughters. A few days ago, he sent one, saying that he would be a maid to Zhou Cangyue. Zhou Cangyue confiscated it, so today he simply sent three.

Zhou Cangyue lowered his voice: "How many are Zhang Shigong and the others?"

Bai Gou: "Only Zhang Shigong is in the yamen, and the others have all gone to the streets to appease the people."

As soon as Bai Gou finished speaking, he received another blow on the head: "Blow those three goblins out quickly, hurry up, hurry up!"

Looking around, I immediately saw the dog beating stick leaning against the table.

He was poisoned a while ago, and he staggered for several days when he was just able to get off the ground. Marshal Zhou did not forget his original intention, and the dog-beating stick became a crutch.

"Take this and drive the people out, quickly!"

The white dog was startled. The cute little girl rushed out with the dog-beating stick. What if she accidentally beat someone up?
But before Bai Gou could ask any more questions, he was pushed out by Zhou Cangyue.

Zhang Shigong came out of the study and saw Bai Gou and several soldiers, each holding a dog-beating stick, driving several people out.

Among them, three beautiful little girls were crying, not to mention how pitiful they were.

"What's going on?" Zhang Shigong said, pulling Huang Dou over to watch the excitement.

Huangdou: "Sent to the Generalissimo. The Generalissimo doesn't like it. Isn't this why he is rushing out?"

"You don't like it?" Zhang Shigong asked.

Huangdou: "Yeah, look at these three. Their chins are so sharp that they can poke people to death, and their waists are so thin that they can strangle people. Of course the Generalissimo will look down on them. Mr. Zhang, don't you know? Our Generalissimo likes to be strong and bearish. Kill a bear with a punch."

Zhang Shigong's mouth opened wider and wider. This generalissimo has a character!

In the capital, He Ran was studying the Jin Gui Gu. She picked up a worm with tweezers and brought it to Jin Gui Gu. Jin Gui Gu did not move.

Are these bugs not to your liking?
The bugs were caught by Winter Melon. Winter Melon thought they were being fed to Xiao Ba. The ones they caught were all fat and big. One bug was three times as big as Jin Gui Gu. No wonder Jin Gui Gu refused to eat it.

He Ran changed to a smaller one, but Jin Gui Gu still obviously had no appetite.

Mu Ling also said that Jin Gui Gu is easy to feed, but this shows that he is very picky about food.

It's a pity that Mu Ling has left the capital and returned to Guidi, so I can't ask her.

He Ran simply put all the worms into the box and ate them if she liked them. If she didn't like them, she would be hungry. She was not used to it.

At this time, Xiaoli called her outside, and He Ran put the box away and went out.

There was a bunch of official business waiting for her.

He Ran put Jin Gui Gu behind for the time being.

In the evening, when she returned to Laomofang Alley, Xiao Ba complained to her and to Dong Gua because Xiao Ba saw Dong Gua catching sparrows again.

Ba Ye couldn't bear it.

Hearing the name of Winter Melon, He Ran remembered the Golden Return Gu.

Don't let those big bugs eat such a small Jin Gui Gu, otherwise Nong Liu Niang's efforts will be in vain.

He Ran ran into the study at a trot, opened the box, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Jin Gui Gu and the insects were all well.

As expected, this picky little guy didn’t even eat a single worm!

She touched one of the worms with tweezers. It was very light and thin. With a little force, the outer shell of the worm broke.

She checked the bugs one by one. They were all the same.

These bugs are already empty shells, with all the meat and internal organs inside being hollowed out.

He Ran looked at the Golden Return Gu in surprise. The tiny one actually ate all the bugs.

The next day, He Ran put a small snake in the box. When he came back at night, there was only snake skin in the box.

He changed a big box and put a big snake in it. In the blink of an eye, the golden Gui Gu was rolled into the belly by the big snake with its core. He Ran was shocked, and the golden Gui Gu was eaten just like that. ?
But the next moment, the big snake rolled over in pain. He Ran quickly jumped three feet away, and could still hear the sound of the snake's tail slapping on the ground.

After half an hour, the big snake finally stopped moving. When He Ran took a closer look, he saw a small bag on the originally smooth snake, and the small bag was moving around.

He Ran stared at the small bag with keen eyes. The small bag was about the same size as the Jin Gui Gu. It seemed that it contained the Jin Gui Gu. He Ran breathed a sigh of relief, Jin Gui Gu was still alive.

This was the first time in three lifetimes that He Ran saw the power of Gu with his own eyes. Although it was only reflected in a snake, it was shocking enough. Just imagine what if this was not a snake, but a human.

He Ran wanted to pick up the big snake with a bamboo stick, but as soon as he touched the snake's body, the snake's body moved again. It turned out that the snake was not dead yet.

The corners of He Ran's mouth twitched. She could guess how painful the snake was now.

It took another half an hour before Jin Gui Gu had enough to eat and drink, and crawled out of the big snake's body satiated.

Jin Gui Gu ate for five whole days before eating the big snake dry.

He Ran thought that it would be better to feed the bugs in the future and leave the task of catching bugs to Winter Melon.

The weather was getting cooler day by day, and it was harder to catch bugs in the capital. Yuan Xiaodong had stayed in the palace, so he knew there must be bugs in the imperial garden.

Although Donggua was not yet an adult, it was not convenient for him to enter the palace, so He Ran asked Yuan Xiaodong to catch some bugs while paying respects to his godfather Yuanying.

Now Yuan Xiaodong is not on duty in the palace. Although he is in the capital, he cannot often serve Yuanying. Therefore, he got up early today and bought some food that his godfather liked.

Yuan Ying was very happy to see Yuan Xiaodong. He had so many godsons and grandchildren, but he never expected that the most filial one would be the one he recognized last.

The father and son chatted for a while and heard that Yuan Xiaodong wanted to find bugs to feed the birds to the boss. Yuanying called a servant and said, "Take him to the bridge by the lake. There are bugs there. The day before yesterday, Lao Hu was looking for them to kill." As for the insect medicine, it’s a good thing we didn’t find it, otherwise it would have been gone.”

The so-called lakeside bridge literally means that the bridge is not on the lake, but on the lakeside. It was originally a very unique scenery. However, after the capital was moved, the imperial garden was not taken care of, and the lakeside bridge also suffered from the lack of maintenance. It was in disrepair and had a few pieces of wood broken. It looked desolate, and no one usually went there.

Lao Hu was originally an old chamberlain who was responsible for cleaning up the dirt on the lake. After the capital was moved, there was no serious master in the palace, and the remaining concubines had no intention of going boating on the lake. Lao Hu was very free.

At that time, the palace was at a loss, so Yuanying had no choice but to plant vegetables in a remote area in the imperial garden, which could save some money on buying vegetables.

Lao Hu is one of the few servants responsible for growing vegetables. There are now vegetable fields around the lakeside bridge.

After He Ran came to the capital, Yuan Ying told He Ran that they were growing vegetables in the palace, and He Ran even praised him a few times. From then on, the vegetable gardening matter was overturned, and the vegetable plot was expanded several times. Even the vegetables that King Zhao eats are grown by the palace itself.

Yuan Xiaodong followed the chamberlain to the lakeside bridge and saw an old chamberlain with gray hair sticking his butt out to catch insects.

"That's Lao Hu. You may not have seen him when you were in the palace. He used to be in charge of the lake." The chamberlain who led the way introduced.

Although Yuan Xiaodong had stayed in the palace, he was a person close to Min Ji, and he did not know a chamberlain like Lao Hu who did menial work.

Yuan Xiaodong said hello to Lao Hu, then bent down to help Lao Hu catch insects.

After a while, the old and the young became familiar with each other.

Lao Hu said to Yuan Xiaodong: "These brats in the palace used to have the best life for you. I used to serve the emperor, and now I serve the head of the family. Who else has a better life than you?"

Yuan Xiaodong quickly corrected him: "It's not the Emperor, it's Min Xi. You keep changing your story."

The new emperor in Jinling issued an edict early in the morning, deposing Min Ji's throne on behalf of his ancestors.

That is the son of the Min family, not the Zhou family, and he is not worthy of being emperor.

Therefore, everyone in the world calls Min Xi by his first name, and no one calls him emperor or late emperor anymore.

Lao Hu sighed: "Yes, if you want to change your words, you have to change your words. When this person in the palace ascends the throne, you will change your words again."

Yuan Xiaodong smiled and changed the topic and talked about these dishes.

Lao Hu said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you catch this insect or not. It's getting cold and this is the last crop."

Yuan Xiaodong praised Lao Hu for his good vegetable planting. The two talked for a while. Lao Hu suddenly looked around and saw that the eunuch who led the way had gone off to slack off, and there were only the two of them in the vegetable garden.

Lao Hu lowered his voice: "What good places are there in your hometown?"

Yuan Xiaodong was startled and tensed up: "There is a Jinghong Tower in my hometown, where relatives and friends from all over the world gather together."

Lao Hu smiled bitterly: "No wonder your boy is so lucky, he turns out to be one of our own."

Back then, when Yuan Xiaodong entered the palace, there were three people, all children of about the same age. Li Jinxiu told them that there were people in the palace who would take care of them when they were in trouble.

After Yuan Xiaodong entered the palace, everything went smoothly. Later, he went to Jinling and never saw the nails put in by Jinghong Tower.

Lao Hu's hair is all gray and he has been in the palace for many years.

"How many years have you been here?" Yuan Xiaodong asked.

Lao Hu felt a little proud and stretched out four fingers towards Yuan Xiaodong: "Forty-two years, ten months and eight days."

Yuan Xiaodong asked: "I have entered the palace before, why didn't you come to recognize me?"

Lao Hu rolled his eyelids and said, "It's just a shame to recognize each other. You are just a visiting relative. Boy, let me tell you, even if you follow the boss now and you are no longer a nail, you must remember that even if you know who is a nail, You can’t say it out loud either. Sometimes, just one more word from you can ruin years of hard work.”

Yuan Xiaodong nodded repeatedly. Of course he knew that when Li Jinxiu picked the three of them out of a bunch of orphans, he knew at that time that he would be a member of Jinghong Tower for the rest of his life.

"Then why did you come to see me today?" Yuan Xiaodong asked.

Lao Hu's voice dropped even lower: "This month, King Zhao and Feng Cairen met three times in the Imperial Garden. In two of them, King Zhao was alone, and Chunwang was not with him.

This is unusual, you must tell the boss. "

Yuan Xiaodong didn't know who Feng Cairen was, but since King Zhao didn't get married, the one who could be called Feng Cairen in the palace should be one of the former emperor's concubines in the two courtyards.

Yuan Xiaodong took a jar of worms and happily left the Imperial Garden to say goodbye to Yuanying.

When he walked out of the imperial garden, he happened to meet King Zhao and Chunwang coming towards him.

King Zhao was dressed in a light blue brocade robe and held a folding fan in his hand. It was cold, so the folding fan was just for show.

He Ran took Yuan Xiaodong into the palace, and King Zhao remembered him.

Looking at Yuan Xiaodong's back, King Zhao said to Chunwang: "Go and ask why he came into the palace."

Chunwang came back soon after asking about it, and said to King Zhao with a smile: "My lord, do you remember the parrot raised by the master? Yuan Xiaodong is here to catch insects for the parrot."

King Zhao frowned slightly: "Going into the palace to catch bugs? Really?"

Chunwang smiled and said, "It's true. I asked about it before. There were bugs in the vegetable field. It happened that Yuan Xiaodong wanted to catch bugs to feed the parrots. Manager Yuanda asked someone to take him to catch bugs. I heard that a large number of bugs were caught. Where’s the jar?”

King Zhao nodded, opened the folding fan, shook it a few times, and said to Chunwang: "Let's go and see if those pots of chrysanthemums are blooming."

Chunwang's heart sank, isn't it just catching bugs? Doesn’t the prince believe it?
He has been with King Zhao for several years. Since he learned to hold a fan, whenever King Zhao lies or wants to hide his thoughts, he will shake the fan a few times.

In the past few years, especially in the past two years, King Zhao has had more and more thoughts, and it has become increasingly difficult to guess.

I'll find an opportunity to send a message to the boss.

It would be great if Mr. Bai was still here.