Ping An Biography

Chapter 67 Bonsai

With a smile, a frown, a smile, a smile, no matter whether she is a socialite or once stunned everyone, she will also have the side of a little girl in front of someone. Maybe it is a good thing she can't wish for in her heart.

She played around wantonly in front of Zhang Ning, although women in ancient times had so many rules and etiquette, but the innocence in joy seems to be a woman's nature.In Zhang Ning's eyes, beautiful women are all beautiful things.He didn't like to fight since he was a child, and he didn't even know how to tease children, so he seemed a bit dull at this time; but he still smiled kindly, paid attention to her, and tried to express a kind of affirmation.

Fang Ling had had enough of the squabbling, so she sat down on the stool to rest, and unceremoniously took a sip of the tea that Zhang Ning had drunk, but in Zhang Ning's view, she was much less restrained at this time, just like a natural xing, It's also kind of cute.

"Anyway, you really impressed me this time!" Fang Ling took a few breaths and looked at him affectionately, "Uncle Zheng has been walking in the rivers and lakes for many years, but he never expected to fall into your hands. You also You really have the guts to plan and handle so many things without saying a word!"

"It's a complete coincidence." Zhang Ning said calmly, "I don't want to be coerced by others. It's just to deal with Peng Tianheng. Unexpectedly, I hit the right one. Zheng Qia fell into my hands, not because I was wise and powerful, but because his subordinate Peng Tianheng was too pig; Calling an opponent who is not afraid of gods, but teammates who are only afraid of pigs. A woman of unknown origin, when she sees a woman who drools, she can easily get someone inside. If she falls, can you blame me?"

Fang Ling smiled and said, "Isn't this what you have in common? Aren't you afraid that I'm that female spy?"

Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "It's different, but if you are serious, I don't blame anyone, I am convinced."

"I just love to see you like this." Fang Ling said with blurred eyes, "Oh, Mr. Zhang, don't be self-effacing. Anyway, I think you are very powerful. Master Peng is not as useless as you say .”

"It's all just floating clouds." Zhang Ning said a little indifferently, and happened to remember that this kind of pretense|comparison technique was used by Mr. Su.Thinking of Mr. Su, Zhang Ning asked, "Is Miss Fang still practicing opera?"

Fang Ling shook her head: "Why do you practice it, who am I singing it to?"

Zhang Ning thought of the exaggerated scene of the famous "Banished Immortal in Song" who amazed everyone at the Huajian Festival that day, and was inexplicably regretful, so he looked at her with pity.Fang Ling is very beautiful, but her appearance is not the most noteworthy part of her. Beauty is nothing more than well-proportioned, symmetrical, and coordinated; the most beautiful thing about her is the temperament of her words and deeds, which is very soft and elegant, just like a light dance. There is no affectation at all, everything is natural, asking people to stay with her will greatly affect their mood, and the bottom of their heart will become soft and gentle involuntarily.

Almost no one likes the mentality of intrigue, praises darkness and ugliness, and obsesses with blood and brutality. Zhang Ning is no exception. Such gentleness, softness and beauty, he thinks, are gifts from heaven.

"Then aren't you bored here?" Zhang Ning said casually.

Fang Ling smiled and said: "Where will it be? As long as I don't worry about it, I don't mind being idle. Recently, there are interesting things... bonsai. When I was idle, I planted them casually to pass the time. I don't want to find out that it is very interesting soon. Did you see that pot of welcoming pine by the bed, I planted and cut it."

Zhang Ning looked back for a while: "I'm a layman, so I don't see any mystery. But it seems awkward that a pine tree is planted in a pot. It should be its world in the mountains of nature... just like people."

"Oh?" Fang Ling rolled her eyes, as if she had realized it, she smiled lightly, "What do you mean, you don't care if I sing in public? You are so narrow-minded!"

Zhang Ning looked at the bonsai as if enlightened, and said lightly: "Possession seems to be human nature. I am not an ancient sage, and I am no exception. But later I seem to have gradually realized that good things or As a human being, watching her grow up and live a good life can make me truly happy and calm; instead of possessing and destroying, will I really feel better in that way? We can look at beautiful things with appreciation. "

As he spoke, he sighed slightly, but felt a little uncomfortable because he thought of Miss Zhang.

Fang Ling smiled and looked at him carefully, with a pleasing face, a white collar, and clean fingers, as if he could smell the fragrance of saponins, which was light and clean.She murmured softly: "I think you are really a strange person... Sometimes when I look at what you do and what you say, there is an old and stale smell of officialdom; but sometimes you feel like a fledgling young man, Silly."

She tilted her head and thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Everyone should have their last pure land..."

"Maybe so."

……

Zhang Ning kept his promise and released him when he returned.But Zheng Qia didn't get away as soon as he had been amnesty as he imagined, instead he kept asking for the letter.This made Zhang Ning more sure of the value of the letter, and it was very useful to keep it.

"The terms of exchange brought by Miss Fang are clear and clear. I will exchange that poem with you. Now that I have got the thing, I will return it as promised. It is a fair trade, and you have to negotiate the price, so I have no choice but to avoid it." Zhang Ning said coldly.

Zheng Qia said kindly: "It's useless for you to keep that letter, why don't you send it as a personal favor? Although you and I are our own masters and have no personal grudges, why do things go too far?"

Zhang Ning showed a little anger, and stepped forward aggressively: "You are talking too much about human feelings and things with me now? Back then, your people threatened me with a poem. Have you ever heard you talk about human feelings, benevolence and righteousness?"

Zheng Qia frowned and said: "This matter is definitely not our intention, it's all up to Peng Tianheng. I also tried to persuade him, but he didn't listen."

"It's useless to talk too much!" Zhang Ning brushed his sleeves and said coldly, "It's just that you are unkind and I am unrighteous. Don't say who is wrong. It's better to leave. If the delay is unreasonable, don't blame Zhang. No letter."

"Ah!" Zheng Qia sighed, clasped his fists together, turned around and left.After all, he was a scholar-bureaucrat, Zhang Ning realized that he should be a Jinshi, and he was not rude when he fell out.

Zhang Ning pondered over the letter for many days before deciding on its use.It's time to go up and describe the official duties.

Now that he is an official, who doesn't want to be promoted step by step, and there are still officials who are looking forward to being dismissed and demoted?There are also those who are blamed for the crime, it is not that there is no choice but to resolutely not to take the blame for that bird!Peng Tianheng didn't catch it, but the person surnamed Peng is just a little-known little character in the eyes of the top management, can he compare with Zheng Qia?Taking Zheng Qia's extra-valued letter to make up for his merits, if the merits and demerits are balanced, it may be more useful than catching Peng Tianheng.

How did you get this letter?Zhang Ning has also figured out the ins and outs.When the news of Peng Tianheng's arrest was leaked, he suspected that there was an insider. The people in Biyuan were complicated.For example, what happened to the beauty Miao Ge and the three generations of ancestors?She is not the only one who is suspected, there is no place to investigate anyway, unless the mud and sand are sent to prison and tortured to extract a confession.In addition, Zhang Ning has only been in office for a few months, he doesn't know the bottom line of the people below, and he has every reason to suspect internal problems... So he avoids his subordinates to know, and directly finds his own servants to handle affairs, based on the activities of private salt dealers that Biyuan has learned , Let the domestic slaves mix in and play by ear, in order to make up for the mistakes.

Then the house slave happened to meet a suspicious person, broke into the house at night and stole some belongings and came back for business, Zhang Ning found the letter.

There are one or two suspicious coincidences in this joke, but its possibility cannot be completely denied, and it is generally reasonable.The key depends on the value of the letter. If it is something of real value, how it was obtained becomes a trivial matter;

Zhang Ning planned to take the normal route and let Zhan Zhu leave to deliver the submitted letters and important physical evidence.Although the things seemed very important, how effective would it be to give them in person? How could Zhan Zhuli's skill and experience of running the rivers and lakes be compared to Zhan Zhuli's?Besides, since Zhan Zhuli was appointed as the messenger to contact Yangzhou and Nanjing, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Hand it directly to Wu Yong, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites of Nanjing, Zhang Ning's immediate superior.In this way, if he has meritorious service, he will be given a share to Wu Yong, and he will be favored; if he does not give it to him first, it will be somewhat offending to Hu Butang if he leapfrogs his rank.

Zhang Ning sealed all the things in the letter box, stamped the letter and sealed it, handed it to Zhan Zhuli and said, "Send it to Shangfeng as soon as possible, and Shangfeng must take it personally."

Zhan Zhuli clasped his fists and answered the order.

Xie Juan on the side had a complicated expression and looked very curious, because he didn't read the content of the letter.In the past, when Shangning performed official duties, he usually discussed with two or three core people, but this time, no one participated.No wonder Xie Juan has such a look in his eyes, as if he is saying: Knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing, I have a lot of things during the holidays, Fei Bingjing, and you have spoken well, will you sell me in private with a smile? Be a scapegoat?

After explaining the business, Zhang Ning sat down beside the tea table, as if talking to himself, "Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he knows people's hearts after a long time. Just wait and see."

Although the official document submitted did not give the credit to the people below, Zhang Ning did not want to monopolize it. It is not easy to make up stories to fool people... But it does not exist at all if you talk about selling people behind the scenes. Thieves are not anyone's fault.

After hearing that sentence, Xie Juan quickly recalled it, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brothers, can't you trust Mr. Zhang? You are joking."

"What did I say?" Zhang Ning pointed to the playing outside and sang, "Listening to the opera and drinking tea, it is said that our Biyuan opera singers have made progress, and practice makes perfect is a good lesson."

"Yes Yes……"

They still sang stories about weathered bodies, teaching people to understand the principles of ethics, or legends that have been told for hundreds of thousands of years, such as Tang legends.

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