"Does it look like it's a bit like deliberately killing both of us in the name of robbery?" Who would have thought that Yin Zhen didn't even raise his eyelids before opening his mouth to take Ling Ruo's words, "I thought of this possibility when I was on the road with Lao Thirteen, but unfortunately, when Lao Thirteen and the prefect of Jiangning led troops to encircle and suppress, none of those bandits had escaped, as if they had already expected this." ”

"Who is so bold to plot against us, let me know that I have to break his neck!" Yinxiang gritted his teeth and said.

Yinzhen stood up and said in a deep voice: "Wait, there will be a day." "This Jiangnan action has affected the interests of too many people, and it is inevitable that some people will take risks with a grudge. If you have revenge, you will not be a gentleman, he Yinzhen has never been a good man and a woman, and if he dares to move, he must be mentally prepared to pay the price.

"That's it, let's not talk about this for now, let's eat noodles." Yin Zhen waved his hand, pointed to the silver silk noodles that had already swelled a little, and said, "This is the osmanthus nectar noodles I talked to you about last time." ”

Yinxiang took a bite of the noodles with osmanthus nectar, nodded and said, "Sure enough, it is sweet and delicious and mixed with the aroma of osmanthus, it is very delicious." After putting down the bowl of noodles between himself and Yinzhen, he wiped his mouth and said exaggeratedly: "The little sister-in-law's noodles are even more delicious than those made by the imperial chef in the palace, which makes people want to eat it and want to eat it." ”

"If the thirteenth master likes it, just come over and eat more in the future, and a few bowls of noodles and concubines will not be stingy." Ling Ruo pursed her lips and smiled, put away the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "The fourth master and the thirteenth master talked about things slowly, and the concubine retired first."

After Ling Ruo retreated, Yinxiang casually picked up the glazed paperweight on the bookcase and played: "Fourth brother, when we faced the saint yesterday, Huang Ama intended to clean up the arrears of the household, who do you say will take this errand?" ”

"This is another errand that offends people!" Yin Zhen touched the neatly combed braids behind him and sighed: "In my opinion, I'm afraid no one will pick up this hot potato." By the way, the eighth is coming back soon, right? ”

The glazed paperweight was thrown down by Yinxiang in his hand, "Well, it's just a matter of the past few days, I heard that he did a good job in Henan disaster relief, those disaster victims were properly settled, and there was no outbreak of the epidemic, according to the news I received, Huang Ama intended to crown him the king of the county, heh, now he is even more proud." Yinxiang is only close to Yinzhen among the elder brothers, and the others are just average, and when he said this, he said with a little disdain: "He can have silver for disaster relief is not dependent on us peeling the skin of those salt merchants in Jiangnan, and he finally came back after almost dying, but Huang Ama didn't have any reward, it's really annoying to think about it." ”

"We're not doing an errand to reward us, what's there to be angry about. What's more......" Yinzhen looked at the pattern painted with gold and silver on the roof and said: "I believe that Huang Ama has his own number in his heart, and he has his own reasons for not rewarding him." ”

Yinxiang shrugged his shoulders indifferently, he was a person who didn't care, but it was not worth it for Yinzhen, he paused and said solemnly: "Fourth brother, if Huang Ama asks you to recover the debt, you will never be able to accept it." ”

"Why, the desperate Thirteen Lang is afraid of offending people sometimes?" Yin Zhen looked at Yin Xiang with a smile.

Yinxiang threw the glass paperweight on the table and said nonchalantly: "What am I afraid of, horizontal and vertical is just one person, I'm just afraid that once the fourth brother takes it, the prince will not be able to explain it, and he will not be satisfied with the silver hundred officials, but let him return it, do you think he will be willing?" Do you have any money back? Besides, why should you be scolded for the fourth brother, and you will have to be famous for the eighth brother. ”

Yin Zhen didn't know this, he sighed and said: "If everyone doesn't accept it for fear of offending others, then who will do this errand?" Do you want to let the treasury be empty? This time the Yellow River has passed, so what about next time? It's always something to be addressed. ”

"But in this way, the infamy on the fourth brother is only afraid to be even stronger." Yinxiang shook his head, always disapproving of Yinzhen taking this errand.

"If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell, as long as I can really do practical things, what if I am infamous for a lifetime, I believe that there will be a public opinion after the ages."

"After all the ages?" Brother for many years, Yinxiang knew that Yinzhen had made up his mind, and it was useless to persuade him, so he patted Yinzhen on the shoulder with a wry smile and said: "That's it, there is no afterlife for brothers, if the fourth brother really wants to do this, don't pull my thirteenth child down." ”

"To be able to get the good brother of the thirteenth brother in this life is really my blessing Yinzhen!" Yin Zhen laughed and held Yin Xiang's hand tightly, all words were not enough to describe the friendship between the two at this moment.

A few days later, Yinxi returned to Beijing, and Kangxi rewarded him for his disaster relief, and promoted him to the king of the county, and gave him the title of Lian, which was the king of Lian County. I don't know if I have been too tired in the past two months, and as soon as I returned to Beijing, I couldn't afford to be sick, although I had the heart to recover the money owed by the household department, but I couldn't do anything.

Kangxi said in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military that which brother can recover the arrears of silver will be promoted to who is the prince, but still no one dares to respond, and in the end Yinzhen took it, Yinxiang cooperated with the errand, in order to recover the arrears as soon as possible to fill the treasury deficit, you must know that the Ministry of Household Affairs still owes the Ministry of War a whole year's salary, if it really provokes a mutiny, this consequence can not be resisted.

A storm that swept the entire capital was coming, and everyone in the civil and military forces was in danger, worried about when this storm would blow on their heads.

This night, Ling Ruo took the ginseng soup to the study, saw Yinzhen lying on the table and napping, knowing that he must have worked hard for days and days, and never rested, she took the cloak on the side and carefully covered Yinzhen's body, her movements were very light but still woke up Yinzhen, stroked her face and woke up and said: "You are here." ”

Ling Ruo handed the ginseng soup to him distressedly and said: "The household has been sinking for a long time, and it cannot be solved overnight, and it is useless for the fourth master to be in a hurry, not to mention that the fourth master has injuries on his body, and it is really not advisable to be overworked." Ling Ruo, the only woman in the house who knew about his injury, although he went to Nian's place on the night he returned to Beijing, he never stayed overnight, and he never called anyone to sleep after that.

Yin Zhen took a sip of ginseng soup and said with a wry smile: "The treasury is almost out of silver, how can I not be in a hurry, and finish this errand earlier." This time I went to Jiangnan, Ruo'er, do you know what I saw? ”

"I don't know about the concubine." Ling Ruo pulled out the silver hairpin on his head and brightened the wick, and said slowly: "But I can see that the fourth master is quite touched." ”

Yin Zhen stared at her and nodded solemnly, "On my way back to Beijing, I passed through a place called Jiangxia Town, which was bought as a manor, as a gentry, he didn't have to pay taxes or grain, and the entire people in Jiangxia Town became the house slaves of that Master Liu, and we walked for three days before we walked out of his territory." This is the first time I've ever seen such a rich man. The faint light danced in his eyes, "The country is in great difficulty, but those people are still spending all day and money there, and the two million taels I took away are really nothing compared to those individuals." The time has come when the rulers have to be reorganized, and Huang Ama knows it in his heart, otherwise he will not order me to take over this matter. He suddenly grabbed Ling Ruo's hand, so hard, as if he wanted to integrate her into his body, "Ruo'er, maybe I will be abused and hated by countless people this time, will you always be by my side?" ”

Ling Ruo was deeply moved by that determination, even if he was infamous for a lifetime, did he have no regrets? Yinzhen, in fact, why do you need to ask again, whether you are glorious or down, I will not leave you.

She held his hand and gave him a peaceful but tenacious smile back, "No matter how difficult or rugged the road ahead, the concubine will go down with the fourth master until the earth is barren and the sea is dry and rotten!" ”

The light and shadow of the stars and the moon intertwined from the dense carved window edges, there was a quiet and gentle in it, Yinzhen was deeply moved in his eyes, stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms, and used that soft body to remove the most uneasy back, "Yes, until the day when the earth is barren and the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten, I want you to be by my side."

Correct...... In the dark place that Ling Ruo had never seen, there was sadness in Yinzhen's eyes, Mei'er...... Mei'er ...... He called in his heart over and over again, no matter how warm the body in his arms was, his heart was cold, Ruo'er...... How nice it would be if you were Mei'er......

[Author's digression]: The baby is still not very good, there is still coughing and vomiting, but 19 years ago it was so frequent, and I vomited several times before going to bed tonight, alas, when will it be all good, worrying