148. Chapter 148
In the end, nothing was found out about this matter, and the servants involved disappeared without a trace, Wei Lang knew that if it weren't for masters like Dafang and Erfang plotting behind their backs, who would have done this? However, he had no choice but to give up, and sometimes family affairs were more difficult to deal with than state affairs.
In Yamen, suspects can be arrested and interrogated, but what about family members? When there is no evidence, it is difficult to open your mouth, because a basin of sewage will be splashed at you at any time.
He knew that Old Man Wei hadn't slept well because of this, so he moved his fingers away from his knees, stood up and said lightly: "Even so, grandfather, you don't have to dig into the horns, maybe it wasn't our Wei family, or political enemies......"
Old Man Wei interrupted him: "Such a carefully planned thing, or in the Wei family, how can it be someone else?" He gritted his teeth and said, "It must be the second fool, who has not made any political achievements for more than ten years," he pointed to his head, "There is a ball of grass stuffed here, and the spearhead does not know how to target the outside, and it is specially aimed at you!" β
Wei Langwan'er: "Grandfather, you said that there is a ball of grass, can the second uncle come up with such a plan?" even knew how to use the eldest uncle, but fortunately the eldest uncle did not interfere. β
He didn't believe that Wei Chunfan had this ability to play with everyone in the palm of his hand, if so, he should have been a man of the hour in the court.
"Fools also have vicious times, when you were young, you ......" Old Man Wei was incoherent, and almost said that Wei Chunfan bullied him by taking advantage of Wei Lang's young age, but when he thought about whether this was harmful or useless, he paused and said, "I will make people stare at him, if he makes another move, no matter how old he is, I will have to serve him in the family law!" β
The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and Wei Lang came back.
This incident made everyone feel estranged and suspicious of each other, but it also made the family calm and quiet, a rare peace, so Luo Baoying still decided to take the time to go to Hengxian, the farm cost five thousand taels of silver, a large amount, you have to see it with your own eyes to rest assured.
Mrs. Wei San agreed: "Let's go, this is the future of our three houses, you have to tell the head of the village to pay more attention to those hired farmers, don't treat them harshly, but don't condone the planting of good crops." Let's plant sugarcane in a village in Huangxian County, which year did we plant sugarcane or what, ouch, there was an insect plague, maybe it was that thing was sweet, and all the crops were eaten. If you don't have any experience, don't change your species, so it's not easy to make mistakes. β
Today, Mrs. Wei San knows even more that their three rooms are not tolerated, otherwise they would not have framed her son like this!
Since you have to rely on yourself sooner or later, you still have to plan ahead.
Luo Baoying said with a smile: "I know, mother, I just want to go and see how those hired farmers are, and besides, I plan to leave another family to accompany the house in the village." "There is only one Zhuang head, it is inevitable that the power is in hand, which day will give birth to disloyalty, it is more appropriate to have two families to contain each other.
She had always had her own ideas, so Mrs. Wei San didn't say much, but only stayed on her lower abdomen for a while.
Luo Baoying's cheeks were a little hot, she also knew that Mrs. Wei San wanted to hug her grandson now, but this kind of thing is providential, not that it will be possible to have it soon if you work hard, thinking of Wei Lang's hard work without picking time, she thought to herself if she should go back from the village to pay a farewell to Guanyin? Anyway, she was only going to go for ten days.
When she turned around, she asked the two girls to pack their luggage.
Knowing that she was leaving while Xiu Mu was leaving today, Wei Lang ordered more than a dozen small servants, including six guards, to her: "When you go out, you be careful and come back early." β
Luo Baoying agreed, and he sent her to Ermen to take the car.
Looking at the luggage moving to the flatbed, he raised his eyebrows and said, "It's only a few days, you have to bring so many things?" β
"Who knows what is in the village, I have brought everything I can bring, in case I am not used to it." She leaned on his arms, "I'm leaving, you remember to have lunch, I asked the cook to burn it every day and ask Tiandong to send it over, don't be busy with a bite." She pinched his face, "I haven't gained weight at all, and I have dinner, don't come back every day if I'm not there." β
"Where can I go if I don't come back?"
She snorted, "Don't you know? Those officials went to the land of Fengyue by discussing political affairs. β
Wei Lang smiled loudly: "Then don't go, okay?" You're gone, what if the official can't help it? You know, sometimes it's hard to be gracious! β
"you!" She stretched out her hand to push him, "I don't care if you go or not, I'm going to leave today anyway." β
Yi Xi Yi Yi, delicate and moving, Wei Lang caught her, bowed his head and kissed, and said half-loudly: "I may not have time to come over, if you encounter something to discuss, write a letter to send someone to Kyoto." He caressed her cheek with his fingers, from her eyebrows to her chin, and said softly, "I'll miss you." β
She pecked him on the lips, "I don't want you." β
Seeing that he was slightly annoyed, she blinked and left with a smile.
It wasn't until the carriage left sight that Wei Lang turned around and instructed Jiuli: "Prepare a sedan chair." β
The sedan chair went to the Yichun Marquis Mansion.
Hearing that his sister had just gone to Heng County, Luo Tianchi was surprised: "Why didn't you go with your sister?" She's a woman on the road alone, you're not afraid of danger? I think it's better for me to go too, anyway, it's idle now. "I'm just waiting to marry Luo Baozhu.
"There won't be anything in the guards, and besides, I can't accompany her for a lifetime, you have to believe that Bao Ying has the ability to solve it herself." Wei Lang asked him to sit down, "We have more important things." β
Luo Tianchi raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?" β
"Didn't you catch eating empty pay before, in the Yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, I remember that the thousand households were called Song Cheng, he was Sun Zhong's right-hand man, although Sun Zhong himself was clean, but ......" He took out the file, "I made people check, not only the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and even in Dengzhou and Shanxi, there are empty salaries." Guess who, it's all at the head? β
"Isn't it all related to Sun Zhong?"
"Although I don't know the specific number, Sun Zhong has won many battles for no reason, he is generous and willing to seek benefits for his subordinates, although he no longer needs to be greedy for wealth and nobility, but his subordinates do, he turns a blind eye to them all, in exchange for others' loyalty to him." Wei Lang said, "Your Hou Mansion has a deep relationship with the generals and soldiers, and it is much easier to check down than me, so I will leave this matter to you." β
"Okay." Luo Tianchi smiled, "I'm also trying to uproot them!" β
Seeing him gearing up, Wei Lang smiled, picked up the teacup and drank: "How is your Royal Highness the Pope teaching?" β
"My little nephew is smart, and now he has learned to wield a sword."
"Do you still meet with the people of the Sun family?"
Hearing this, Luo Tianchi showed a sarcastic smile: "Then Sun Yan wants to see Jin'er, but I told SΓΉ Jin'er what she did, saying that she was hurting people, guess what?" It turned out that she was not only outside the palace, but also in Jin'er's place, and she also slapped a maid's face, Jin'er didn't like her, he was very gentle like his cousin-in-law. β
Wei Lang said lightly: "The eighteen changes of the female college and becomes a look, but a person's temperament is not the same from childhood to adulthood. β
Luo Tianchi's heart sank.
"The Sun family will not fall, and it is difficult to say what will happen next." Wei Lang said, "Although the Sun family has a feud with our Wei family, it is best for him to fall and have nothing to do with you and me, but...... In the end, it is not us who can govern the Sun family. β
Just see if the emperor will take Sun Zhong under the knife.
However, with Sun Zhong's mistakes, an ambitious emperor must not be tolerated.
Yang Xu likes to control everything in his hands, and sometimes they are courtiers, and sometimes they only use to add fuel to the fire.
He got up and finally advised: "Don't be impatient, I have been investigating this matter for several months." β
Luo Tianchi's face was solemn: "I understand my brother-in-law, I will do this well, and take out both of us, it is difficult for military generals to come out today, and there are many people who want to make meritorious contributions." β
"The children can be taught." He tapped him on the shoulder and took his leave.
Luo Tianchi looked at the file for a while.
At dusk, Luo Baoying arrived in Heng County, earlier it was to come to the Wei family's farm, this time it was her own, she was excited, she had not owned such a large farm for a long time, although Luo Tianchi wanted to give it to her, but that was not appropriate, after all, it was the emperor's field that could not be sold lightly, but now she has.
Walking on the ridge, she was smiling and patrolling the green.
Zhuang Tou hurriedly came over to greet him, and saluted: "Oh, why didn't the young lady say it in advance?" The villain didn't prepare anything, for fear that the young lady would be uncomfortable. β
"Don't you have a place for me to live?"
"Of course there is, of course there is, but I don't eat ...... it."
"I don't want big fish and meat, you can just ask the kitchen to cook a few country vegetables at night, and I brought it myself."
Zhuang Tou looked forward and saw that the two flatbed trucks were full of things, so he laughed: "That's good, young lady, please come with the villain." β
Because it is surrounded by mountains, this farm is next to the Wei family, and it is also built on the mountain, it is very cool, and you can see green trees everywhere, which grow unevenly, unlike the well-organized garden in Kyoto, revealing the primitive beauty and mystery, occasionally hearing the sound of birds, so a call, the whole echoes in the valley, back and forth several times, melodious and pleasant.
Stepping on the stone steps, Luo Baoying walked to the village on a high place.
The old house built up by a large piece of bluestone shows full of simplicity, and there are even wind chimes hanging under the eaves, but there is no sound when it is broken, there is a spring flowing through the courtyard in the east corner, and there are a few gorgeous petals floating on the water surface, which makes the spring water clear and translucent. She stood here and understood why Mrs. Wei and the He family wanted her to buy these six hectares of land in the first place.
In fact, this Zhuangzi is worth it, like a peach blossom source, which makes people forget about earthly things.
It's so pretty, she laughs inside.
Zhuang Tou pointed to the front and showed her, a row of five side rooms: "This is the place where you live, young lady, and the villain makes people clean it every day." β
Luo Baoying walked in, and it was really clean and clean.
"Okay, you can go, I'll let Yahuan clean up." She said, "Wait for Ming'er, you will take me to the field to have a look...... As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a few rooster crows, and she smiled, "Is it in the backyard?" How much do you raise? Bring the ledger in a moment. β
"I raised sixty chickens, and a few dozen chicks hatched a while ago." Zhuang Tou said, "The young lady can rest in peace, and the villain will tell you again." β
When he left, Luo Baoying leaned on a rattan chair made of bamboo and asked Lan Ling: "This yard is even more beautiful than my grandfather and grandmother's, right?" β
"Yes, it can be seen that the lady is quite interesting, you see, whether it is the table and chair are made of bamboo, unlike there are a full set of precious wood, here, it is more like a family in the countryside." Lan Ling smiled and opened the box, took out the same things, and wanted to drool, "The slave and maid estimate that the wild vegetables cooked by the cook must be delicious!" β
"Gluttony."
Lan Ling said, "Don't you want to eat it?" β
Luo Baoying glanced at her: "I know that Mrs. Ben is hungry, so I don't want to urge the kitchen to burn faster." β
Lan Ling hurriedly put down her things and left.
In this quiet place for a few days, Luo Baoying went to see the farmer farming with the head of the village during the day, and came back at night to play the piano to the night sky, and lived a very comfortable life. She always thought of Wei Lang, thinking if he would suddenly come over to surprise her, but he didn't come every day. She was going to leave in two days, but she didn't look forward to it so much, she put away the piano that day, slowly walked back to the house, closed the window and was about to rest, when she lay down and found that there was someone else on the bed, and hugged her from behind.
"It turns out that you are living a fairy life, no wonder you don't want to come back." He whispered hoarse and kissed her on the neck.
He is still here in the end, Luo Baoying was overjoyed, but said: "What kind of fairy day, I still help the hired farmers catch insects today, I think their potion is not very effective, or let's go back to Kyoto, you can help go to Shanglin Yuan and ask, what do they use." β
"Asked, you use it? Am I hurting the public and private interests? He held her under him, "You have gained from it, what will you repay me?" β
Hands honestly and unceremoniously wander around.
Although it was only a few days apart, his body was like a dry land encountering rain, and he couldn't help but suck it wantonly, seeing her entangled around him like a beautiful snake, the corners of Wei Lang's mouth twitched, it seemed that he was not only impatient, he let go of his hand: "Forget it, I'm just coming to see you." β
Luo Baoying half-hung on him, opened her confused eyes and said, "Take a look? Is it time to go again? β
"Yes." He said.
When she heard this, she wanted to punch him, and she was about to leave, what did she do and teased her, she sat up, put her messy hair behind her ear, and frowned: "You've finished reading, let's go!" "It's better not to come for a while, I really don't know what he's going to do!
Wei Lang put on his shoes slowly.
She didn't want to pay attention to him, but she still couldn't help but say, "Is it easy to hurry when it's dark?" β
"Nothing, I'm familiar with this place." He stood up and straightened his robe.
In the moonlight, the white crane woven with silver thread seemed to break through the clouds.
She turned her head: "Since you think it's okay, then let's go quickly, it's even worse if it's late." β
"You're not sending me?" Wei Lang asked.
"No." She was angry, her waist tightened, and the whole person was hugged by him, and his playful voice was in her ears, "Silly girl, you don't know me yet, I'm the one who will take a look and leave?" I don't have such idle time! β
was tricked by him, Luo Baoying was annoyed: "Let me down!" β
Wei Lang laughed: "Don't let it go, I'll take you out." β
He left the room with her in his arms, and the two maids outside were about to follow, but he stopped him: "It's just me and Bao Ying tonight, don't bother." β
In the night, he carried her along the path to the mountains and forests.
Luo Baoying knew this road, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar she became, she had long forgotten the anger just now, and said in surprise: "You want to take me to see Liuying?" But it's not the most important day! β
"I wanted to wait until that day, but I've been busy lately, so I can only wait for this day...... Today is not less. He smiled, "Enough for you to see." β
She looked up at his face, full of tenderness, only to feel that her heart was sweet, and she said, "You thought about it a long time ago?" At home, he also told me that he might not have time to come, hmph, he knew how to tease people. She pinched his arm, "I don't want to hug me, you carry me." β
Wei Lang let her down.
She didn't wear any shoes, and her white socks stepped on the stones, like small jade lotus.
He bent down, she wrapped her hand around his neck, jumped up, and he caught her leg and carried it smoothly.
"Is it more comfortable to carry?" He asked.
"No, it's punishment, I can see you, you can't see me." Luo Baoying smiled.
He tilted his head, and sure enough, he couldn't see her face.
The two of them talked and laughed and went to the valley.
There were not as many days as that day, but they were too many to count, like the stars in the sky were shattered and turned into powder floating in the air, Luo Baoying jumped down from her back, opened her hand and said, "If only I lived here!" She was unrestrained, and ran in.
"Beware of hurting your feet." Wei Lang said in the back, "I forgot to bring you shoes." β
She laughed like a silver bell, and didn't care at all: "What can there be, the ground is full of grass and mud, and at most it stains my socks." β
Standing in the middle of the wide valley, she looked up like an innocent child without worries.
He walked over, and she reached out and begged, "You're so bad, you must have brought that thing, didn't you?" β
Wei Lang laughed, took out a jade bottle, and sprinkled it on her skirt.
The fireflies of the valley flew towards her in an instant.
It was as if a bright moon had fallen on her body.
She opened her hand, spun in circles, and ran from the east of the valley to the west of the valley, and the stray fireflies followed her one after another, leaving behind her a long, moving galaxy.
He stood and watched her until she had her fill and Hotaru left.
After exerting all her strength, she sat down in his arms, and whispered softly: "But I am tired of running, do those little ones bully me when they have wings, you see, they are flying again, but I can't walk at all." β
He smiled, looked at her coquettish sweetness, and couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her.
She was like mud, surrounded by his tenderness like strong wine, and she couldn't exert her strength more and more.
Looking up at the dark night sky, the sparkling fireflies around her, and the tip of her nose smelling the fragrance of the grass and earth on her back through her robe, she was sometimes awake, sometimes confused, indulgent and blooming in this night. When I woke up in the morning, I saw that I was still lying in his arms.
He was wearing a moon-white undergarment, and the robe was covering her, and sensing her move, he said softly, "Did you sleep well?" β
Seeing a whole collapsed place in the middle of the grass, her cheeks were a little red, and she pouted: "Who told you to stop, you should have carried me back to sleep." β
Obviously, she likes it too, but she is always hard-mouthed, Wei Lang smiled and hugged her up: "Let's go." β
She leaned against his chest, saw him so obedient to herself, smiled softly, put her arms around his neck and said, "I had a dream last night. β
The voice sounded like she was not awake and tired, Wei Lang lowered her eyes, saw her fair face, and asked softly, "Is it a good dream?" β
"I don't know...... I dreamed of the sun, and a lot of fireflies turned into a big sun, and you didn't see it, I don't know how spectacular it was. She yawned, put her hand to her lips and covered it, "Don't sleep outside in the future, I haven't slept well at all." β
Wei Lang said: "You can ride a horse, and you can be like this when you sleep outside?" Or do I sleep with you in my arms, not softer than a quilt? He paused, "Have you been sleepy lately?" β
Luo Baoying shook his head: "No, just today, no, there were some yesterday." β
When Wei Lang heard this, he hurriedly quickened his pace and went straight to Zhuangshang.