The first daughter is poisonous, the lord goes to bed obediently

Chapter 176 Kunlun Jade Statue
The prefect of Yingzhou looked over, stroked his beard, and thought, he didn't know that the commoner who revealed the imperial list would be Qian Yongchang's future son-in-law.

If he had known earlier, he would have put away the painting long ago.Speaking of which, this painting was a gift from a petty official under him a few days ago, he had heard about it for a long time, and finally got to see it.Excited, he hung the painting on the wall.

After carefully looking at Xia Haiyan, he shook his head and said, "Young Master Ji, you are joking. Luzhai's paintings are worth thousands of gold. I don't have the financial resources to buy them. I am just arty, so I hung them up at home. It's just a fake."

When he was talking, he kept observing Ji Shiliu with his eyes. Seeing that Ji Shiliu couldn't move his chopsticks several times since serving the food, he seemed to be disgusted, and his eyes could not help but think deeply.

"Fake?" Ji Shiliu frowned, and then walked to the picture scroll, "my father-in-law has always loved Lu Zhai's paintings, and there are several paintings hanging in his study, maybe I can help the prefect appraise it .”

The prefect of Yingzhou was about to refuse, but saw that Ji Shiliu had already observed it carefully, and then, Ji Shiliu sighed, "Lord prefect, this is indeed a fake."

"Look, the background of this picture is a snowy pine forest, and the season is undoubtedly winter, but how can the fur of the sika deer in winter be reddish-brown, and how can there be spots of plum blossoms on the skin?"

"Also, Luzhai's paintings are better than unique paints and painting techniques. But, Mr. Taishou, come and smell this painting. It has a strange smell. The paint is clearly made of low-quality gypsum powder. .”

When the prefect of Yingzhou smelled it, he seemed to really smell the pungent smell, his eyes were wide open.

"Young Master Ji is indeed Mr. Qian's son-in-law who rides the dragon and has a good eye." He pretended to praise Ji Shiliu, and said awkwardly: "However, I just said it, I don't have extra money to buy authentic works .”

And he was extremely indignant in his heart, thinking how could that petty official fool him with fakes.

All the people in the hall couldn't help laughing, thinking that when the prefect of Yingzhou first got this gouache painting, he slept with it all night, but now, it has been proved to be a fake.

Ji Shiliu walked back to the table, shook his head slightly and sighed, "Oh, it's a pity, my father-in-law loves to collect rare and rare treasures the most. If it is real, he will definitely be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it."

After hearing this, the prefect of Yingzhou's eyes suddenly lit up. Everyone knew that the Qian family was the most wealthy in the world, and it was absolutely possible for Qian Yongchang to spend a lot of money for his beloved.

"It's really a pity." He was disconcerted, and sighed: "However, Weicheng has just experienced a catastrophe, and I want to share the worries with the people. I don't have time and energy, and I only care about making a fortune!"

"Your prefect's words are wrong." Ji Shiliu interrupted him, and said, "If my father-in-law buys all the valuable things in your house, you can use the money as a pension, wouldn't you?" It's not a feat."

"After this period of time has passed, when the procurator inspects the political achievements of the procurator, I will remember your good name."

When the prefect of Yingzhou heard this, his mind was full of shiny gold and a bright future.

Glancing at Xia Haiyan, seeing that Xia Haiyan didn't say anything, he thought to himself, this is probably the best way to make money under Xia Haiyan's nose.

He immediately decided to entertain Ji Shiliu well. In the next few days, he would investigate Ji Shiliu's background and see how his relationship with Xia Haiyan was.

If Ji Shiliu and Xia Haiyan were not in the same group, he would take Ji Shiliu to visit the homes of other officials without telling Xia Haiyan, and let him identify which ones Qian Yongchang would like.

It would be best if they could change hands all at once, after all, letting Xia Haiyan find out about it would also set him on fire.

After dinner, Ji Shiliu returned to the room arranged for him by the prefect of Yingzhou and fell asleep, while Feng Xihe followed Xia Haiyan to assess the disaster situation all night and checked the distribution of pensions.

"Master Taishou, you are so courageous!" Xia Haiyan flipped through the list and account books for a long time, and suddenly threw the books on the ground.

The prefect of Yingzhou was taken aback, and consciously took a few steps back.

Xia Haiyan yelled at the prefect of Yingzhou: "The number of houses collapsed and people injured on the list you handed to me is completely inconsistent with what I have investigated in advance!"

As he said that, he asked his followers to fetch another list of disaster victims, and threw it on the prefect of Yingzhou unceremoniously.

"Look, it's recorded that as many as 150 villages were affected by the disaster, more than 9000 tile-roofed houses were destroyed, and more than 930 thatched houses were destroyed! More than 430 people were killed and more than 580 people were injured. .”

"In the distribution of your pension, you pay two taels of silver per person, and for children, seven cents and five cents per person. For the injured, you will be given medical expenses according to the severity of the injury. And the collapsed houses, For those who are unable to renovate, one tael of silver will be paid for each tile-roofed house, and five qian will be paid for thatched houses.”

"After this calculation, there is still a large amount of pensions left in the warehouse. Two taels of silver can't buy a thin-skinned coffin. Let me ask you, are you planning to embezzle the rest of the pensions?"

The prefect of Yingzhou trembled three times, unexpectedly, Xia Haiyan had checked the situation of the disaster in advance.

"Your official will never dare!" He said submissively: "Your official only intends to distribute pensions in different periods of time, in case of emergencies, and also to allow the common people to have money available in various periods."

Xia Haiyan was furious, as if she didn't believe his words.

At this time, Feng Xihe's eyes turned slightly, and he brought a cup of tea to Xia Haiyan and said, "Brother, don't be angry, the prefect has been in Yingzhou for many years, and he must have a deeper understanding of this place than us. Said Maybe, he really has good intentions, don't wrong him."

The prefect of Yingzhou immediately nodded, and said: "What Miss Xia said is true."

"Then I'll see how you behave next." After hearing this, Xia Haiyan calmed down a bit, and when she looked at Feng Xihe, her eyes overflowed with tenderness.

The prefect of Yingzhou carefully observed Xia Haiyan's attitude towards Feng Xihe, secretly thinking that his wife should greet this Miss Xia well.

So, when Feng Xihe sent him out, he cast his eyes and saw that Xia Haiyan hadn't followed, so he greeted him with a salivating smile, bowed and said, "Miss Xia, don't you want to see our goddess doctor from Weicheng?" How about asking Zhuojing to take you to visit her tomorrow, Xiaguan?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Feng Xihe smiled, as if he was very interested, and his voice was very gentle, like drizzle.

However, when the prefect of Yingzhou left, her eyes were instantly colder than the ice and snow in the cold winter.

Xia Haiyan walked out of the room, looked at the back of the prefect of Yingzhou, Pidianpidian, and said coldly: "I really don't know that these moths have been rampant in the area for so many years, and no one has taken care of them. What's the use of the governor in charge of inspections?" .”

As long as he thought of the face of the prefect of Yingzhou, he wanted to arrest and interrogate him all night.However, he wants to hold back for the time being, and needs to let him spit out the money he has been greedy for many years, and by the way, see who else is colluding with him.

"If it weren't for the help of the imperial court, they wouldn't be so arrogant." When Feng Xihe thought that Gu Jincheng asked the local officials to collect money for him to secretly raise soldiers and help the poison sect, even if something happened, they would not be so arrogant. Not being implicated, shattered ice suddenly floated in his eyes.

In the next two days, the prefect of Yingzhou took out all the pensions that he had hidden.

It was uncomfortable to feel the fat flying off his mouth. The prefect of Yingzhou couldn't help it, so he had to quietly take Ji Shiliu to visit the homes of officials who had ties to him, to appraise treasures.

Anyway, he also found out that Ji Shiliu was born in poverty, his parents died, he was fostered in Dongsheng Bank since he was a child, and became a luthier.

However, later on, Ji Shiliu got shit luck. Not only did he win over Zhao Chu in the Qian family's martial arts competition to recruit relatives, but he became Qian Yongchang's son-in-law, and he also took off the imperial list to offer advice, so he completed it by mistake. The process of the carp jumping over the dragon's gate.

On the way to Weicheng, Ji Shiliu continued to search for people's fat and anointment, which caused complaints.

After all, this person is like him.The prefect of Yingzhou was very satisfied.

On the other hand, the magistrate's wife took Feng Xi and his wife around Weicheng a few times, took her to a local special cosmetic shop to pick out rouge, and then went to a restaurant to taste Weicheng's dim sum.

Feng Xihe showed great interest, and the prefect's wife was also very satisfied, and took her around for a while longer.

However, whenever Feng Xihe mentioned that he was going to visit Mulanyou, the prefect's wife began to evade her words, saying that it was still early.It wasn't until before returning to the other courtyard that the prefect's wife couldn't stand Feng Xihe's repeated demands, and took Feng Xihe to Mulanyou's residence, which was also the place Feng Xihe was really interested in.

Chirping and chirping, outside a fence, Feng Xihe heard the sound of weaving inside.

She couldn't help but asked curiously: "Isn't this girl busy with free clinics for the common people? Why is she weaving at home today?"

The prefect's wife said with a smile: "She weaves to make winter clothes for the injured people."

"What a good girl." The prefect's wife covered her lips and boasted, but when she stepped forward and knocked on the door, the sound of weaving stopped abruptly.

After that, there was the sound of the door being latched.

The prefect's wife was a little embarrassed, but she quickly covered it up, "Probably Miss Mu is too busy to meet guests."

"Miss Xia, we'd better come back another day."

Feng Xihe didn't say anything, and silently followed her into the carriage.

When she heard the prefect's wife mention the word "Wooden Girl", mist appeared in her eyes, and her fingertips trembled involuntarily.

And Feng Xihe lowered his eyelashes, turned around, and did not let the prefect's wife see anything strange.

Feng Xihe went back to the other courtyard with the prefect's wife, and the Yingzhou prefect immediately greeted her with a smile, and pulled her aside mysteriously, "Miss Xia, I want to ask you for a favor?"

Feng Xi looked at him in disbelief, and then at Ji Shiliu who was standing behind him with a relaxed expression.

Seeing that she did not refuse, the prefect of Yingzhou continued, "Miss Xia, I heard from Mr. Ji that you had a very good relationship with Princess Yu before she got married?"

Feng Xihe's heart moved slightly, he lowered his head and raised his eyebrows, and said lightly: "It's okay."

Seeing this, the prefect of Yingzhou turned his head to look at Ji Shiliu hesitantly. After getting Ji Shiliu's affirmative gaze, he summoned up his courage and said, "Many years ago, Lord Yu used the rarest Kunlun jade, and asked the master to carve a The jade statue of a woman, I wonder if you can help me find out with Princess Yu, what does that jade statue look like?"

(End of this chapter)