"The tide of the spring river is even with the sea, and the bright moon on the sea is born together. Thousands of miles with the waves, where there is no moon in the spring river. The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlit flowers and forests are like hail......"

Wang Cuiqiao's attainments in music are really not covered, and can only be described as a deep education, and it is estimated that he can throw off the popular first-line singers in modern times. This song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" is played eloquently and movingly, the sound of the flute is sometimes soft and quiet, sometimes joyful and noisy, sometimes deep and low, sometimes bright and excited, sometimes affectionate and charming, so that the listener unconsciously depicts a beautiful picture of "the bright moon shines on the spring river, and the falling flowers are listened to at night in the quiet night".

Xu Jin's nerves are tense like a tight bowstring these days, and he can't sleep well and eat well, at this time he quietly listened to this tactful and melodious "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", while enjoying the shoulder massage of the pretty maid's small hands in early spring, his mood gradually relaxed, and fatigue immediately hit like a tide.

After drinking another cup of tea brought in early summer, Xu Jin felt even more tired, his eyelids were heavy, and he unconsciously leaned back in the chair and fell asleep.

"The river flows in spring, and the moon falls in the river and the lake slopes westward. The oblique moon sinks into the sea fog, and the stone Xiaoxiang has an infinite road. I don't know how many people will return to the moon, and the falling moon will shake the river trees......"

The sound of the flute lingered in a low voice, gradually dissipating the last string of notes. After the song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" was blown, Wang Cuiqiao gently put down the bamboo flute between her lips, raised her low-hanging eyelashes, and gently glanced at Xu Jin, who had fallen asleep, and couldn't help but show a touching smile on her lips.

The women were afraid of waking Xu Jin, so they didn't dare to move him, took a thin quilt and gently covered Xu Jin's lower abdomen and thighs, and lit the wormwood incense that repellent mosquitoes, and then moved lightly to the courtyard and chatted quietly.

The yard is planted with all kinds of tall flowers and trees, so it is very shady, and there are rockery fishing ponds and living water, which is not a typical Jiangnan garden scenery.

It is said that Xu Jin, the temporary governor of the Yamen, used to be the residence of the eunuch in Hangzhou, with an area of more than 4,000 square meters, more than a dozen large and small courtyards, nearly 300 rooms, and planted with precious flowers and trees, the cost is estimated to be 50,000 taels. Because Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi abolished the eunuchs from all over the country after ascending the throne, this mansion was vacant, and now it has become Xu Jin's temporary yamen.

There are several osmanthus trees planted in the yard, and the golden autumn of August is about to begin, and the osmanthus flowers are in full bloom, so the courtyard is filled with the intoxicating fragrance of osmanthus flowers. The ladies chatted for most of the hour, during which Chu Chun lightly entered the house to look twice, and found that the master was still asleep, so he retreated out of the yard, just when Chu Chun was about to enter the house for the third time, Er Niu came in, and hummed, "In early spring and early summer, Mr. Wen is outside to see the master." ”

Mr. Wen in Erniu's mouth is Wen Zhengming, last time Xu Jin intended to hire Wen Zhengming as a staff member in Suzhou, Wen Zhengming agreed without hesitation, and this time he also followed Xu Jin to Hangzhou, and now he is mainly doing clerical work.

Both early spring and early summer couldn't help frowning, the old man finally had a good night's sleep, and the two naturally didn't want anyone to disturb them, so early summer didn't want to say "The master is resting, and let Mr. Wen come back tomorrow!" ”

Erniu sighed, and planned to go out to send Wen Zhengming away, but at this moment, Xu Jin walked out of the house, stretched out energetically, and said, "Wen Zhengming is here, let him wait in the front living room first, and the official will be there soon." ”

Wang Cuiqiao saw that Xu Jin had business, so he got up to say goodbye and took Yahuan Qiuyan back to the courtyard.

"The master finally managed to sleep peacefully, this Wen Zhengming really doesn't know anything." In early summer, while serving Xu Jin to wash his face, he pouted and complained.

Xu Jin stretched out his hand and pinched the pretty maid's sweet face and said, "Put water in the bath and wait for Master Ben to come back and take a bath." ”

In the early summer, the little hoof suddenly knew the meaning of the song, hummed happily, and then walked out of the house with a washbasin and light steps. Chu Chun put on Xu Jin's official uniform with a flushed face, and almost groaned, because the master's hands were taking the opportunity to break her chest.

"Serve Master Ben to take a bath tonight and early summer!" Xu Jin got dressed, took the pretty maid into his arms and made love up and down, the fire has been serious recently, and Master Xu obviously feels the need to pour out the fire fiercely, and decompress by the way.

Chu Chun blushed and hummed softly, straightened the collar of the master, and said shyly, "Go quickly, the maid will depend on you for everything!" ”

Xu Jin's heart fluttered slightly, grabbed the pretty maid's bright lips and kissed her, and then left for the front yard.

"Lord Xu!" Wen Zhengming was waiting in the living room of the front yard, and when he saw Xu Jin, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Xu Jin smiled politely and said, "Brother Zhengming doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

Wen Bi and Tang Yin are close friends, and Xu Jin and Tang Yin are equals, so they have always called Wen Bi "Brother Zhengming".

After Xu Jin sat down in the main seat, Wen Zhengming sat down in the guest seat, and someone served tea.

Xu Jin took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother Zhengming, are you still used to these days?" ”

Wen Zhengming is talented, proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, known as the "four unique talents", and rarely has a calm and pragmatic personality, which is completely different from Tang Yin's arrogant and cynical talents, so Xu Jincai gave birth to the heart of hiring him as a staff member.

And Wen Zhengming is undoubtedly yearning for his career, he has participated in the Tianfu Township Examination seven times, but unfortunately he failed to win, he is over fifty years old and only shows his fame, it is almost impossible to be a member of the office in this life, and now he is suddenly "appreciated" by Xu Jin and hired him as a staff member, so he immediately agreed.

Although the staff is not an official position in the imperial court, but with Xu Jin's current status, it is not easy to find an official and a half position for him in the future.

Wen Zhengming writes well, and also writes good articles, during this period of time doing paperwork under Xu Jin, he is like a fish in water, and even drafted and polished a few copies for Xu Jin. As a showman, he is naturally not qualified to give the emperor a recital, but being able to draft a recital by himself also makes Wen Dacai very excited, after all, this is equivalent to realizing his dream for many years in another way.

However, Wen Zhengming is obviously not satisfied with doing clerical work, as a qualified staff, he naturally wants to actively give advice to his benefactor, and he came to see Xu Jin today to give advice to Xu Jin.

The two chatted for a few words, Wen Zhengming couldn't bear it, and took the initiative to cut to the topic, "The battle situation is not good now, I don't know if Lord Xu knows the reason?" ”

Xu Jin said quietly: "What does Brother Zhengming think? ”

Wen Zhengming cautiously said: "My subordinates have heard that dozens of Japanese soldiers have chased and killed thousands of Ming troops, for example, last year, the Imperial Tribute Envoy of the Great Inner Sect set up only a few hundred people, from Ningbo Mansion to Shaoxing Mansion, and traveled hundreds of miles as if they were in a no-man's land, and even kidnapped and killed many high-level military attachés of the guard. Therefore, his subordinates secretly thought that the decline of the current battle situation was all caused by the lack of combat strength of the guards and the lack of courage to fight to the death! ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he asked, "Then Brother Zhengming has a good law!" ”

"My subordinates thought that the current plan was that they could only transfer an elite army from elsewhere to help in the war."

Xu Jin suddenly became interested, nodded and said, "The official's idea coincides with Brother Zhengming, but where did this elite army come from?" ”

"Nine-sided elite!"

Xu Jin shook his head in disappointment and said, "It is difficult to save the near fire from far water, and the border soldiers are not accustomed to water warfare, this method will not work, not to mention that now the treasury is empty, and the consumption of the border soldiers is too great, and it is not cost-effective!" ”

Wen Zhengming frowned and hesitated, "In this case, then we can only transfer Guangxi soldiers." ”

"Soldiers?" Xu Jin looked puzzled.

Wen Zhengming nodded, and explained, "My father was an official in Hezhou, Guangxi, and he was quite familiar with the local area, and his subordinates had heard what his father said.

It is said that these wolf soldiers are not poor, and often work for others for a bag of food, so their subordinates feel that it should not cost much silver to recruit a group of wolf soldiers. It's just that these barbarian and ugly people don't obey the indoctrination, and I'm afraid that they will be controlled by refugees. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but be greatly moved, and inquired about some details in detail, and immediately decided to adopt Wen Zhengming's proposal, and wrote to the imperial court to ask the Guangxi wolf soldiers to be recruited into Zhejiang to participate in the war.

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