Aspirations

Chapter 181 Why is Your Excellency different from the wind, soaring to ninety thousand miles

Xiajiazhuang has begun to take shape, and has been renamed Xiajiayao and Caijiayao. The craftsmen are busy and busy.The busiest ones are the refugees, who have drawn the foundations of their houses and are helping the craftsmen to build the houses.There were also children who laughed happily after running and running, and some children drew pavilions and pavilions on the ground.

The entire Xiajiazhuang is in the middle of thousands of fields, and it is a manor layout layered on top of each other.Daxia Manor inherits the style of Spring and Autumn and Warring States, and has been further improved on the basis of Datang Manor.The manor ranges from a few miles in size to more than a dozen in size, and it is full of fertile soil, with rivers running through it.There are as many as hundreds of tenants and thousands of households. Every household has high-rise buildings and large courtyards, with ample food and clothing, just like a country within a country.

Although it was only in its infancy, Xia Xiang could vaguely see the future of Xiajiazhuang—official roads in the front and Xigang in the back.The surrounding green strands are like smoke, and the green shades around seem to be dyed.The ground is full of cattle and sheep at the corner of the house, and chickens and ducks are flocking in the threshing field.The peach blossoms and willows are green outside the wall, and the population is thriving inside the wall.As the owner of the villa, he sits upright in the thatched cottage, and is taken care of by the tenants inside and out. Lian Ruohan and Cao Shuli shuttle back and forth...

Next to his house in the center of Xiajiazhuang is Wenyuan.In Wenyuan, lost crafts are listed everywhere, and skilled craftsmen are busy, weaving or making exquisite items by hand.

... No, Xia Xiang woke up from a dream. He is a majestic official of the court, not a contented manor owner.

Looking around, Lian Ruohan and the others were standing on a high ground, pointing around, as if pointing the country, the fright she had suffered before was gone, and she had regained her composure to control everything.

"Mr. Xia Lang, I really didn't misunderstand you. You are indeed the pillar of the country. It is the emperor's blessing and the people's blessing to have you." Jin Jia was full of emotion, stroking his beard, standing for a long time, nodding repeatedly, "At the beginning The emperor asked you to come to Zhending, but the old man is still not very willing. Zhending is a place where dragons and tigers have dens. Letting you come, wouldn’t it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger? Now it seems that the emperor is wise and knows people well. "

"Mr. Jin Jia, do you know that the poor Taoist is also responsible for this matter?" Ye Muping chuckled, his brows and eyes full of kindness, "The emperor was also hesitant, and the poor Taoist said a word, and the emperor made up his mind." determined."

"What did Ye Laoer say to make the emperor change his mind?" Jin Jia smiled with squinted eyes, "You always like to play mysteries, and all the good things in the world are achieved by you alone. Why don't your Excellency make the wind rise and skyrocket to [-] miles?"

"Mr. Jin Jia means that poor Taoists don't want to go to heaven?" No matter how sneering Jin Jia is, Ye Muping never gets angry. This matter has to be judged by Mr. Xia Lang, and Mr. Xia Lang must have guessed at this time that you are really determined to take office, and it is not all because of His Royal Highness Xing Wang?"

Xia Xiang was both surprised and delighted. To his surprise, as expected, behind his coming to Zhending, there was the emperor's single-handed push. What pleased him was that besides the emperor, there was also Ye Muping's power.

Xia Xiang is dubious about Ye Muping's statement that he is one of the gods. Although some rumors about Ye Muping are widely spread, some people have seen Ye Muping's martial arts with their own eyes. Even Yan Hao is not his one-stroke enemy, but the gods After all, Piaomiao is deeply influenced by Confucianism, respects Zibuyu, strange powers and chaotic gods, and dare not draw conclusions lightly.Although he is also clear that in ancient times, there were many books about fairy legends, which were deleted by Confucian scholars in later generations, lest they affect Confucian orthodoxy.If it is really handed down, I am afraid that many myths are real history.

Xia Xiang suppressed the excitement in his heart, nodded and said: "To tell the truth, Ye Zhenren, I always thought that Lai Zhending's appointment was the result of Xingwang's push, and it was Xingwang who wanted me to fall into Zhending's den. Later After a long time in Zhending, I realized that things were far from as simple as imagined. Although Zhending is a dragon's lake and a tiger's lair, it is also a place where dragons thrive. Later, Zhending became more and more turbulent, and the official saw one thing more clearly Things, the land of Longxing back then will now become a place of meeting again."

"What a place where wind and clouds meet!" Ye Muping pointed at the hot weather not far away, "The weather right now is the air of wind and cloud. It's just that Zhending has been silent for a long time, and the air of wind and cloud is very weak. It needs to be dredged to recover. Boost your morale, otherwise you will be trapped in the shallows."

"After all, don't you want Mr. Xia Lang to dredge the Hutuo River?" Jin Jia chuckled lightly, with a look of contempt on his face, "Don't talk so magically, just say that dredging the Hutuo River can destroy the river in front of you." How good is the game?"

Jin Jia took a step back and patted Xia Xiang on the shoulder: "To this day, some things should be known to you. Don't listen to Ye Laoer pretending to be a ghost, and how mysterious he is. In fact, the thing is like this... At that time, you When the list revealed Wen Changju’s cheating, the emperor looked at you with admiration. Later, during the palace examination, the emperor appreciated you very much. Originally, the officials wanted to send you to Guangdong to take up the post, but the emperor disagreed. Later, Xingwang proposed to let you go to Zhending, the emperor I don’t agree either. The old man also doesn’t want you to come to Zhending. After all, the situation in Zhending is too complicated. After Ye Laoer said something to the emperor, the emperor changed his mind. But what did Ye Laoer say to the emperor? , the old man doesn't know, and it's the old man who doesn't want to hear him playing tricks."

Ye Muping chuckled: "How dare the poor Taoist play tricks in front of the emperor? The poor Taoist only said one sentence to the emperor, no, it should be two sentences. Suffering his will, exhausting his muscles and bones, starving his body, depleting his body, and disturbing his actions, so he is motivated to endure and gain what he cannot do. The second sentence is-how can you get a tiger cub if you don't enter the tiger's den?"

Xia Xiang smiled helplessly: "I'm not afraid of exhausting my muscles and bones and starving my body, but I'm afraid that I don't know anything about what's going on behind the scenes. If I do something wrong and delay the emperor's important event, I will regret it."

"God will send a great mission to you, and will tell you in advance? Stupid, what are you thinking?" Jin Jia didn't care that Xia Xiang is now the magistrate of a county, and knocked Xia Xiang on the head, "If I let you know earlier The emperor's heart, how would you know whether you are loyal to the emperor or to the Star King?"

Xia Xiang patted his head: "If the official falls to Xing Wang, wouldn't the emperor's painstaking efforts be in vain?"

"No, the poor Taoist watched the sky at night and then looked at your face. You are a loyal minister and good general." Ye Muping laughed, "The poor Taoist has seen countless people, and he has never lost sight of him."

Well, Xia Xiang didn't want to say anything more. Knowing how much the emperor valued him, he didn't feel relaxed, but felt his shoulders became heavier. Suddenly, he heard a crisp call from his ear: "Mr. Xia Lang is here, why? Are you done with the official business? There are so many things, it’s rare that you can handle them so quickly. "

It was Lian Ruohan with a spring face.

Behind Lian Ruohan were Cao Shuli, Xiao Jia and Man Tuo.Although Man Tuo has not fully recovered, he still does not leave Lian Ruohan every step of the way, for fear that she will be kidnapped again.Although Yan Hao was seriously injured and Fang Shiniang was arrested, she was still not at ease.

Lian Ruohan naturally knew that Xia Xiang had too many things to deal with, and thought that Xia Xiang didn't have time to come to Xiajiazhuang. She didn't want Xia Xiang to look relaxed, which surprised her.

Xia Xiang said with a smile: "The business can never be finished, so it's better to leave the problems to others. Anyway, others have given me a lot of problems. It's not bullying to make them difficult. Liu Changting, Fang Shiniang and Yan Hao has been handed over to Cui Fuzun, and how Cui Fuzun will deal with it is his business."

"Let me guess..." Lian Ruohan tilted his head and smiled, "Master Cui will definitely kill Liu Changting and Fang Shiniang. As for Yan Hao, he will definitely treat him carefully and send him back to the capital. It's just a pity for Fang Shiniang." , such a good girl, with such high martial arts, but ended up like this. What I can't figure out is, why on earth did she want to kill you?"

"That is, why did she kill Xia Langjun? Xia Langjun and her have never lived together, and he never abandoned her. Why did she have to put Xia Langjun to death?" Cao Shuli hated Fang Shiniang very much, and gritted her teeth, " No matter what, she deserves to die anyway, but unfortunately I don't know martial arts, otherwise I would kill her with my own hands."

Xia Xiang gave Cao Shuli a loving look: "Ms. Cao's plain hands are for making soup, not for killing people. It is better to let others do the killing. By the way, Mrs. Lian, the matter of the granary is progressing." How's it going?"

Lian Ruohan pointed to the distant soil slope with his hand: "Ma Yuanwai and Xu Yuanwai decided to build a granary here to store grain for the refugees to sow in the coming year. The granary of Liu Changting and Xie Huagai is in the city , It was built for the new law. Liu Changting is now in prison and his life is in danger, and I don’t know if Xie Huagai will still undertake this matter?"

Cao Shujun slapped his head: "Speaking of Xie Huagai, I think of Gao Jianyuan, Yanhao became a eunuch, why didn't Gao Jianyuan come to ask Mr. Xia Lang Junxing for his crimes? Is he scared stupid or scared away? Oh, look at me This crow's mouth says that Cao Cao is here."

Everyone followed Cao Shujun's finger to see that two fast horses galloped towards the official road in the distance, and the person in front of them was Gao Jianyuan.

Gao Jianyuan took the lead and came to Xia Xiang. He lifted the reins suddenly, and the horseman stood up, with his front hooves vacated, and almost missed Xia Xiang.Xia Xiang neither frightened nor dodged, and looked at Gao Jianyuan calmly.

Gao Jianyuan didn't dismount, and pointed at Xia Xiang with a big knife in his hand: "Xia Xiang, if Yan Hao has any good or bad, I will kill you!"

Mantuo made a move with his long sword: "Xia Xianzun, I might as well take his dog's life first, lest he bark and bite."

Xia Xiang stretched out his hand to press down the Mantuo long sword, and took a step forward. The tip of the knife was only a few feet away from his nose. What does the injury have to do with me? If you want revenge, you will also find Fang Shiniang, but whether you can beat her or not is another matter. Also, I advise you to take Yan Hao back to Beijing as soon as possible , a real doctor may not be able to save Yan Hao's life."

Gao Jianyuan trembled with anger, really wanted to end Xia Xiang's life with a single blow, but he didn't dare, not to mention that Mantuo's long sword was in his hand and staring at him like a tiger, but that Ye Muping's whisk was not moving automatically, in case he was a little bit Any abnormal movement would kill you on the spot. He suppressed his anger and withdrew his knife to fight back: "Xia Xiang, don't be complacent. One day, His Royal Highness Xingwang will let you die without a place to bury you."

"It's not too late for Xingwang to clean up the mess first before he speaks big words..." Jin Jia chuckled, "Gao Jianyuan, it's not that the old man speaks ill of you, but you look unhappy, your seal is dark, your eyes are dull, I'm afraid there will be a bloody disaster recently. "

"Since when did the majestic Mr. Jin Jia become a quack warlock?" Gao Jianyuan didn't believe Jin Jia's nonsense.

"Xia Xianzun, although Liu Yuanwai disrespected you, he also tied up Mrs. Lian. He was indeed guilty, but he was not worthy of death. Why did you sentence him to be executed?" A man flashed out from behind Gao Jianyuan. Restraint.

Seeing that it was Xie Huagai, Xia Xiang nodded slightly. He had a good impression of Xie Huagai. Compared with Liu Changting, Xie Huagai was still self-restraining and returning to courtesy. Make a decision?"

"Xie is not a fool. You don't need to listen to anyone to know that Xia Xianzun wants to kill Liu Changting right now." Xie Huagai suppressed his anger, "Just before Xie came, the official document from the government office was reported to the capital. Three days later, the Ministry of Punishment will reply, and Liu Yuanwai will be executed."

Cui Xiang moved fast enough, and within an hour, he submitted the approval document. Xia Xiang was secretly surprised. Since he knew Cui Xiang, he had never seen Cui Xiang act so vigorously.Years of ups and downs in the officialdom have cultivated Cui Xiang's prudence that he thinks twice before acting. He doesn't want to be above Liu Changting's matter. His actions are so steady and ruthless, which shows that Cui Xiang is also a powerful character.

"Mr. Xie is confused or doesn't understand the rules of Daxia's officialdom?" Xia Xiang turned around and smiled at Cao Shujun, "Even Mr. Cao Lang knows that as a seventh-rank magistrate, I only have the right to adjudicate cases and have no right to judge." Judgment power, whether Liu Yuanwai is dead or alive, is not up to the judge."

One word awakened the dreamer, Xie Huagai said "Oops", and suddenly slapped his head: "Confused, really confused, the one who wants to kill Liu Yuanwai is the Cui Fufu! Xia Xianzun, offended." As soon as he finished speaking, he Get on the horse and run away.

"Taiwei Gao hastened to go back to take care of Taiwei Yan. Be careful that Taiwei Yan's injuries suddenly worsened and he died." Xia Xiang chuckled, "It's an eventful time now, and something weird might happen."

Gao Jianyuan's face changed, he swallowed what he wanted to say, got on his horse immediately, and galloped away.

Xia Xiang looked at the figures of Xie Huagai and Gao Jianyuan leaving one after the other, and they all smiled in unison.But what Xia Xiang and others didn't notice was that among the refugees, there was a pair of vicious eyes staring at Xia Xiang.

It was Li Xiaosi.

A few days later, several pieces of news came out one after another, which not only shocked the government and county government, but also shocked the entire Zhending City. All the people were frightened by the series of news.

With the spread of several pieces of news, Zhending also ushered in the first rain since the beginning of winter.The rain was icy cold, shrouding Zhending City in smog and cold.

(End of this chapter)