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Chapter 332 I heard that you love to recite poetry? [Thank you for your support! Goodbye! ]

Jinming Pond Garden,

Located in the west of the city,

The water surface is wide and roughly square.

The entrance for carriages and horses is on the east side facing the city wall, near Xinzheng Gate.
The tents of the dukes, nobles, officials and their families were all in the southeast corner of the pond, close to the Linshui Palace. The prize-winning pole was inserted between the two places, making it the best position to watch the prize-winning race in the water.

From here, walking north along the edge of the pond, you will see the tents of various families arranged according to their relationships with the emperor, official positions, etc.

At the northernmost point, turn left and continue walking west along the edge of the pond, and you will see the Ao House where the huge dragon boat is placed.

There are many small docks near Aowu, where the cruise ships of the nobles and officials of Bianliang are parked.

After passing Aowu, walk a little further and you will reach the northwest corner of Jinming Pond.

This is the water inlet of Jinming Lake. If you can dive into the water, pass through the garden wall sluice and go upstream, you can reach the "Fishing and Leisure Area" near Mrs. Wu's Polo Field.

Because Jinming Lake is only open for more than a month a year, fishing is only allowed during this period, and there is running water at the water inlet in the northwest corner.
Therefore, the fish here are numerous, fat and stupid. It is a paradise for anglers and you can catch fish with your eyes closed.

There is still some distance from the southeast corner to the farthest northwest corner.

In order to save effort and time, Xu Zaijing and others had to ride horses and bring fishing gear with them.

After getting off the horse, everyone paid the money, took the sign, sat down, baited the bait, and cast the hook as before.
A quarter of an hour later,
Liang Han smiled at Xu Zaijing with a smug look on his face, then exerted force with his hands, and a fish more than a foot long was pulled out of the water, swinging its body vigorously on the fishhook.

The servant fishing at the side hurried over and put the fish into the wooden barrel with a scoop net.

Xu Zaijing didn't pay attention to Liang Han's expression. He was staring at the shaking fish float with shining eyes. Just say, how could he always...
After a while,
Xu Zaijing shook his head and put bait on the hook again.

After a while,

There is already a third fish in Liang Han's bucket.

Gu Tingye, Qiao Jiulang and others also got something, but the buckets next to Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng were empty.

"Don't worry, sir. Brother Jing hasn't caught anything yet."

Buwei stood beside Qi Heng, comforting him in a low voice.

Xu Zaijing scratched his forehead with his index finger, took a deep breath, and pointed at Bu Wei who was looking at him with a flattering smile.

At this time, Qi Heng's fish float kept floating, Buwei hurriedly said:

"Sir, don't move yet."

Buwei's words attracted the attention of everyone around him.

"Sir! Take the club!"

Qi Heng: “.”

Liang Han: “Puff.”

Gu Tingye: “Hum.”

Xu Zaijing looked at the finger-length fish jumping on the fishing line and nodded, "Tsk, Heng, that's great!"

Qi Heng nodded and put it into the wooden barrel with Buwei's help.

The shore became quiet again.

Xu Zaijing continued to sit on the chair bored, holding the fishing rod in one hand, with the other hand's elbow resting on his knee, and his chin supporting his hand, looking at the water.

At this time,

His fishing float moved violently.
The violent movement also attracted Liang Han's attention, and Liang Han said anxiously:
"Wow! That movement, big fish!"

Xu Zaijing's eyes lit up, and without saying a word, he lifted it up with all his strength!
"Snapped!"

Xu Zaijing held the broken fishing rod in a daze.
A huge fish shadow turned over underwater.
Then Xu Zaijing's other half of the fishing rod turned on the water and swam towards the depths of Jinming Lake.

Liang Han pretended to be uncomfortable and patted Xu Zaijing's shoulder: "Brother Jing, don't worry about it."

The people sitting nearby burst into laughter again.

Xu Zaijing shook his head, changed his fishing gear and continued fishing.

"Oh~"

Liang Han stood there and whistled, and put a one and a half foot long fish into the bucket.

Then he asked the fishing cart to put bait on him, and said to Xu Zaijing and others:

"My dear fellows, on this beautiful day, I have come up with some wonderful words. Would you like to hear them?"

Gu Tingye on the side said sideways: "Thank you, I don't want to!"

Qi Heng didn't even move his head, he looked at the water and nodded in agreement: "Second Uncle is right."

Qiao Jiulang nodded: "Liu Lang, there is no need for that!"

Liang Han rolled his eyes at them:
"Tsk! You are jealous!"

"Brother Jing, you didn't say anything! You must want to hear it!"

Before Xu Zaijing could speak, Liang Han stretched out his hand and chanted:

"what!"

"Liu Lang is a handsome young man, holding up his pole and looking up at the sky."

"I won't board the boat if your majesty calls me. I call myself the fishing fairy!"

Looking sideways at Xu Zaijing who was squinting and looking into the distance, Liang Han said:

"Brother Jing, how about this poem?"

Xu Zaijing smiled warmly at Liang Han and pointed to the distance.
"Liu Lang, whether the poem is good or not is another matter!"

"Look at that girl on the shore."

Liang Han was stunned: "Girl? What girl? Is she pretty?"

Having said that, Liang Han turned around quickly, stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of Xu Zaijing's finger for a while.

Then Liang Han put the fishing rod in his hand into the fishing cart. He walked to the place where the horse was tied and rode towards the direction of Aowu.

Seeing Liang Han looking a little anxious, the others who were concentrating on fishing hurriedly said:

"Brother Jing, what's wrong? What girl?"

Xu Zaijing leisurely picked up the fishing rod, looked at the empty hook and shook his head helplessly. He was indeed the kind of fish-feeding fisherman who helped the ecological recovery of the fish population.

Xu Zaijing didn't say anything, but Qi Heng who was standing beside him looked at him and said:
"It seems to be a girl next to Madam Wu."

"It belongs to Liu Lang's eldest brother's wife."

Xu Zaijing put on the bait and continued fishing.

Then, Gu Tingye turned his head to look at Liang Han and Chun Ge who were arguing with each other, and said:

"Liu Lang is quite smart. He knows to consider other people's eyes and takes people to the back of the house to talk."

"We are the only ones who can see what they are doing."

Looking at the boy and girl who were very close in the distance, Qiao Jiulang said enviously:
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, how old is Sixth Brother this year!"

"Yoyo! I got you!"

"Hahaha, the girl shook him off!"

"What does Rokuro mean by waving at us? Let us pass?"

Qi Heng said this doubtfully and was about to stand up from the chair.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye looked at each other and stood up with a smile.

Then Liang Han in the distance bowed and waved.

The fishing car next to him looked at Liang Han who was trying hard to signal him from a distance, bowed and said embarrassedly:

"Gentlemen, my young master may mean that you should turn around."

As he said this, Diaoche bowed repeatedly.

Gu Tingye sighed and said, "Okay! Let's face west and continue fishing without looking at them!"

With that, everyone sat down again.

Seeing Xu Zaijing and the others with their backs to them,

Liang Han stood in front of the crying girl Chun Ge, whose face was covered with tears.

After all the sweet talk,
After Liang Han swore and swore something, he finally sent Chun Ge on the way back to the tent.

Watching Miss Chun Ge and her maid walking away, Liang Han turned around and saw Xu Zaijing and others looking at this side straight.

Xu Zaijing also waved at Liang Han.

Liang Han got on the horse and returned to the fishing spot. After getting off the horse, he bowed to everyone and said:
"You are all my Liang Han's closest brothers, so please keep this a secret for me!"

"Otherwise, if mother finds out, she will definitely beat me to death."

Liang Han bowed deeply and stood up. He saw that everyone except Xu Zaijing nodded.

"Brother Jing?"

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Liu Lang, just now you said you like to write poems? Why don't you write one? If I am satisfied, I will definitely help you keep it a secret!"

"If you are not satisfied?"

Liang Han: “Uh”

Rong Feiyan rode along the side of the tents close to Jinming Lake. Along the way, she was shielded by the tents of each family and wore a veil hat to block out the willow fluff, which was quite convenient.

Rong Feiyan walked around a few times and came over here. Looking at the Liang family's eldest daughter-in-law who was waiting not far away and looking at her, she nodded slightly.

At this time, Miss Chun Ge, with a red face, came over from the direction of Aowu with her maid.

Ningxiang, who was standing beside Rong Feiyan, whispered:

"Girl, aren't there some guys fishing over there? She just said she was looking at the shore, why does it look like she just walked over?"

Rong Feiyan curled her lips behind her veil and said:

"Who knows."

After saying that, Rong Feiyan lightly pulled the reins of the horse, turned around, and continued to stroll along the shore.

When she returned to the Rong family's tent, Rong Feiyan looked curiously at a group of imperial guards in a hurry, escorting a man towards the Linshui Palace.

In front of the Linshui Palace,

In the big tent,
The emperor sat behind his desk and talked with important officials in the court with a smile on his face.
Give rewards from time to time.

At this time,

The eunuch came over and whispered something in the emperor's ear.

The emperor's expression did not change, he was still smiling, but there was not much smile in his eyes.

The emperor turned sideways, spoke a few words to the empress beside him, then stood up and walked towards the Linshui Palace behind with the eunuchs.

Afterwards, several important officials in the court were notified by the eunuch to stand up and leave, also walking towards the back.

Sheng Hong, who was sitting at the very bottom, looked at the scene in the big tent with confusion, his eyes full of curiosity.

In the Linshui Palace,

In a large room,
At this time, there were only the emperor and his personal eunuchs.

The emperor sat in a chair, squinting at the memorial in his hand, looking slightly nervous.

"Your Majesty, Minister Li and Minister Huangfu have arrived."

Hearing the young eunuch's message, the emperor put away his nervous expression, took a deep breath, and then his whole expression became relaxed, as if he had mastered everything. He said:
"Let them in."

The emperor and his ministers were talking.
Soon, many important civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty entered the room.

Holding the memorial, the emperor looked at everyone and said with a smile:
"My dear ministers, the Kingdom of Jin has sent a letter, saying that they will invade the Kingdom of Bohai next month."

"Both the Imperial City Department and the Military Affairs Department received secret reports via carrier pigeons, indicating that the Jin Kingdom had already ordered the gathering of troops in late February."

Hearing this, the important officials in the room began to talk.

Most of the nobles and military generals had happy expressions on their faces, while the civil officials and ministers frequently looked at the emperor.

If a war really breaks out with the Baigao Kingdom, not only will military officers have the opportunity to make merit, but the civil servants in charge of coordinating the rear will also be able to share the credit.

The master of the Hai family was already in charge of Taiyuan Prefecture behind the Yongyi Marquis.
Whether there will be changes in other directions, such as the Duke of Yingguo and the Marquis of Ningyuan, depends on the emperor's thoughts.

Three quarters of an hour later, the emperor came out again with his ministers.

However, the atmosphere in the big tent was a little tense.

4:00 PM

The emperor's ceremonial procession has returned to Bian Jing.

On the streets of the city,
Still bustling with people,
However, there were many more carriages and horses running back and forth with signs of various businesses than usual.

Later on,
Jiying Lane

Shouantang

Mothers Fang and Cui stood at the door.
There were only Sheng Hong and the old lady in the hall.

The old lady sat on a bed with a small table on top.

The old lady rested her left hand on the small table, slightly clenched her fist, and rubbed her thumb and index finger slowly.

Listen to Sheng Hong talking about what happened today in detail.

After Sheng Hong finished speaking, the old lady's thumb also stopped moving. After a moment's silence, the old lady sighed and said:

"Hong'er, after you said that, the gentlemen looked serious?"

Sheng Hong nodded.

The old lady said:

"They are all very smart officials. It must be a big deal to make them do this."

"Eighty percent. The north will be in turmoil."

With a worried look on her face, she looked at the several long wooden boxes on the small table, which contained the Xuancheng tribute pens, and continued:
"But if we really want to take it step by step, there will be too many tough battles to fight!"

"It's not easy to fight! I don't know how many people will die."

"Hong'er, your elder brother Wei is now in the south purchasing things."

"Write to him and tell him that as long as he doesn't lose money, he should choose the best ones. He will not be treated unfairly in the future."

"Yes, mother."

Sheng Hong bowed slightly and replied, then glanced at the old lady and said:

"Mother, what about this pen?"

The old lady waved her hand and said:

"Tell the madam that the Xu family doesn't lack these things, just leave them for the brothers and sisters in the family."

"Yes, mother."

At this time, Mother Cui at the door lifted the curtain and came to the door and said:
"Madam, the lady is coming."

As she spoke, Wang Ruofu walked in with a smile, followed by Mother Liu holding a bundle in her hands.

"Mother, this is the nourishing treasure that His Majesty and the Queen asked me to bring back."

"I've asked the Feng family to take the portion for my mother's family!"

Mother Fang took the bundle from Mother Liu with a smile, put it on the table in front of the old lady, and untied the bundle.

The old lady took a look and said with a slight smile, "Madam, you are so thoughtful! Suqin, put it away."

After talking with the old lady for a while, Sheng Hong and his wife left Shou'an Hall.

in the hall,
The old lady stood up from the bed, walked around the hall with her hands behind her back, and sighed.

Then the old lady came to the Buddhist hall in the back room, lit a stick of incense on a spirit tablet, and said:

"Suqin, divide some of those things up and find an excuse to cover them up and send them to Jin Anzhai!"

"Call Minglan back along the way."

"Yes, old lady."

Quyuan Street

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

When Xu Zaijing accompanied his mother and sister-in-law into the house, there was already a smell of rain in the air.

Lord Mother’s Courtyard,

After dinner,

Mrs. Xie and Zai Zhang and his wife have already left and returned to their own courtyard.

Sun smiled and looked at her youngest son, saying:
"Jing'er, what's wrong? Why aren't you going back?"

"Mom, is there something wrong?"

Sun was stunned:
"What can I do for your mother?"

"I just feel that you are a little depressed."

"Nonsense! Go, go back to your own yard."

"Oh!"

Xu Zaijing scratched his head and walked out.

Watching Xu Zaijing and the maid walk out of the house,

Sun smiled with relief and took Mother Zhu into the inner room.

Mother Zhu helped Sun take off her hairpins and rings. Sun sighed:

"My youngest son loves his mother, while Zai Zhang's eyes are all on his wife."

"That's the daughter-in-law you asked for yourself."

Sun smiled and shook her head, then sighed deeply, hoping that her husband would be safe and sound.

When Sun was about to lie down to rest,
Mother Dan came to the bedroom in a hurry and said:
"Madam, Madam Pan from the Huyan family has sent someone here."

On the second day,
In the misty spring rain,
Xu Zaijing brought Qingyun and rode horses to the gate of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

A quarter of an hour later,
Xu Zaijing asked Ren Yiniang, the doctor who had taken care of Pingmei before, to follow him out in the Gu family's carriage and head towards Huyan's house.

(End of this chapter)