Chapter 103: Cloudy Wind and Rain

Xu Snapdragon’s feet before leaving, Lingzhou’s miscellaneous generals and lieutenants gradually gathered outside a mansion, with the general’s concierge to submit the name of the door certificate, mostly expensive famous paper material, written in clay and gold, can’t expect this group of generals of the family of the old style, in the street, the highest threshold of the residence of the Secretary of the General, it is reasonable to say that the visitors are the most abundant, but Lingzhou generals of the new mansion of the traffic, let a person marvel at the traffic. Inside the mansion Xu Fengyen is chatting with Xu Beihuan, I did not expect Xu Beihuan heard that in Li Gongde’s side to ask for an official can not, but not strange, but said this is reasonable. Xu Fengyen also do not see through this guy is in praise of his slippery, or sneer at him fox fake tiger Wei are not things, but since the future to wear the assassin’s official hat of Xu Beihao are not in a hurry, Xu Fengyen on the slope, happy to wait for the news. House steward Zheng Fulu is drawn from Qingliang Mountain to the old people of the royal family in Lingzhou, people over the middle-aged, good-looking, before His Highness the son of the heavy money to buy poetry and literature, silver are Zheng Fulu over the hand, work is very reliable, now full of joy trotting to the door of the study, with the son of the endowment of the House of the bustling hustle and bustle outside the door, holding a large pocket of the name of the visit invitation, cut down on the top of the gold dust, I guess that all can go to the Tiger Hill House in Lingzhou to eat a meal does not fall! Flower wine, Xu Fengyen and Zheng Fulu shook his hand and said: “All pushed, just say one are not seen.”

Zheng Fulu bent down and answered, without any doubt and talk a lot, the original way back, said that the general of Lingzhou today do not see guests, and then directly to the door of the house closed, even the side door did not let go, clear that there is no room for any accommodation, so that all people are completely dead, these in Lingzhou rampage of martial arts ate the closed door, there is not much gray face of the mourning look, would have been to call out to his friends and friends to blindly group to The first is a group of friends to blindly join in the fun, who really expects to rely on that will not be a few days as the general of Lingzhou to give their own rank and title? In the end, or the identity of the son of Northern Liang so that they have to lower their stature to drink this northwest wind. And the Northern Liang officialdom, there is an unwritten rule, Youzhou is Yan Wenluan’s, half of Lingshou is Zhong Hongwu’s private backyard, the two sides have always been well water offending river water, this set of people is mostly the old part of the great general of Huaihua, some of them were deeply favored by the bell general of the direct line of the heart, but also not even happy to show up, such as a few lieutenant under the vice generals of the real power of the school captains, they all have a common sense of the heart to get together around the stove to cook wine, and privately slandered, this son is also too hard-hearted, but also the most important thing is that he has no idea what to do. This son is also too ruthless, only folded the face of the old general Zhong, but also refused to see the good end, strutting to Lingzhou to the old general has fallen on the ground face and step on a foot, not his so unkind young people, one by one, filled with righteous indignation, to fight for the old general, one or two short-tempered lieutenants on the spot beat up, a few deeper city, drinking is also a face of water, the eyes of the shadowy. To build them against the Xu family, give a hundred guts also dare not, but these years in the official field after immersion, also know a lot of know-how, every thing idle, handy, and they are not only martial arts group, present all of you who with the official field of Lingzhou civil lords have no in-laws, these sitting in the official Yamen behind the paperwork of the old oily deep understanding of the rules of the yardstick, and even do not have to say anything angry words, the operation of the official field of Lingzhou is also not functioning! The key is that no one can find fault, you foreign scholar is not to come to Lingzhou to grab jobs? Taking people’s official hats is far more than the hatred of the sword, these lieutenants exchanged some discussion and weighing, after leaving the grim smile.

Beiliang less scholars, so more is the humble origin of the Xuxu officials, this group of people in fact do not lack of talent, naturally keen to camp, if the high official is on the stage of the King of Yan, then this group of people is even more difficult to deal with the watchman of the small ghosts, some Xuxu officials if the means of the clever, and even be able to hollow out the officials, manipulation of the field of officialdom, so that their bosses to become a setup, Zhang Julu governance of the dynasty, one of which is to address the ills of the Xuxu, and the other is to be considered as a bad thing, the state of the country is not a good thing. It is considered as a scourge that will hurt the country’s prosperity, but Zhang Julu is recognized as a good ruler of the country, only the combing of the Xu Ling, has not seen any improvement, and the important officials in the court also have many criticisms and ridicule, especially some of the temple pillar of humble origin is to choose to look on with a cold eye. If the court, which is dominated by scholars, is still so bumpy, Northern Liang is naturally even more difficult to be spared. Nearly 1,000 scholars went to Liang, and the Lingshou officials, whose branches and tentacles are not too thick but penetrate every corner of the officialdom, undoubtedly bore the brunt of it. Thus, Lingshou, which was just finishing up a year, was soon in a state of panic, with paperwork gradually piling up, gangs fighting in the marketplace, inmates in the prisons killing each other, and the official government’s grain silos either caught fire for no reason or rotting by a few inches, and all sorts of trivial things were popping up just like the rain, not to mention the fact that those county governors were so anxious that they were afraid they would not be able to have a clean year, not to mention that they were afraid that they would not have a clean year. Fear of not having a clean year, is even the Secretary Li Gongde began to cope with tired, every day there are subordinates to complain about, on the contrary, Huangnan County seems to stand out from the rest, the size of the political affairs of the clear, Longqing County is the opposite, the situation is particularly miserable, eight leakage, it is said that the magistrate Zhong Chengxin must be personally, busy to the night to pick the lamp, have been worried about a few gray hair.

Lingshou officialdom a mess, Lingshou General House in front of the court is cold, with the cold winter season is very appropriate.

A carriage quietly drove out of Lingzhou city, heading to Huangnan county, the horseman wearing a yellow wolf skin short coat, the more stout the figure, the more shabby it looks, I’m afraid no one would dare to believe that this is the vice general of Lingzhou.

In addition to Xu Fengyen in the carriage, there are maidservant Huyan Guanyin, these days Xu Fengyen are in the night detailed review of Lingshou officials resume, more than Zhu Pen circle, did not pay much attention to this if you come to Beiliang earlier in nine cases to be on the list of rouge positive evaluation of young women, this trip, Xu Fengyen in the threshold of the time, only decided to let Zheng Fulu go to call to her accompanied out of the city, I do not know if the water and soil are not convinced, Huyan Guanyin not as lively as the grassland when in deep trouble. Deep in trouble to come lively and angry, dull, no longer when the spirit, Xu Fengyen thought of returning to Lingshou, there is an opportunity to send her to a place of peace and quiet, better than in the high house in the head of the sickly, slowly destroyed. Some women, not dead clutch in the palm of the hand is really cherish, but it is a waste, originally if Huyan Guanyin adapted to the Northern Liang, Xu Fengnian naturally do not mind raising in the side, eat or not eat does not matter, look at the pleasing to the eye, eye also good. Xu Fengyen this ride also did not idle, there is a Huangnan County several major officials in the hand background, these densely packed showy lowercase, are Wutong courtyard of the gang of second-class maids all night long to organize out of the blood, which is from the hand of the green ants which cucumber pen, and they have lived with them for many years of Xu Fengyen a glance can be identified.

Xu Fengnian rubbed his brow, put down the stack of letterheads, in his head over again, and then lifted the curtain, the unique cold breath of the cool ground came, Xu Fengnian did not put down the curtain for a long time, Huyen Guanyin out of the city after some sleepy, huddled in the corner of the carriages can not stay up to the sleep, dozed off slightly, was blown by the wind, suddenly wake up, quietly look at the side of his face, biting the thin lips, brightly colored, so that people mistakenly think her! teeth would bite out a few drops of blood with a little force.

Xu Fengyen saw that she was a little unaccustomed to the wind and cold, quickly lowered the curtain and smiled warmly, “Last night, I couldn’t sleep, and wandered around the mansion like a wandering spirit, and I saw that there was a pot of Anemone flowers in the window of your house, and it is clear that the flowering period has long passed, but how is it possible that they can still bloom in the freezing cold of the sky and the earth?”

Huyan Guanyin blinked her eyes and softly said, “When the slave girl just entered the mansion, she saw a few flowers rooted in the corner of the mansion wall, it did not look like the mansion was planted, so she bravely transplanted a plant in a small pot, and did not know that it was called the phoenix fairy flower, let alone knowing the flowering period.”

Xu Fengyen nodded and smiled, “It ah, same as our Beiliang’s current Xuxu official who gave me trouble, not a popular product, but don’t look at it as delicate, it can grow anywhere, a poor place like Beiliang is not an exception, some women who can’t afford to spend money on rouge and powder like to paint their nails with its sap in the summer and fall, it’s very eye-catching. Although this kind of words by the respect for the famous chrysanthemum peony Jiangnan celebrities denounced as cheap, and even took a chrysanthemum maidservant harsh alias, but I do not care whether or not the chrysanthemum maidservant, not only for people to watch, but also can dye nails, even if the best use of the money, I do like it. My home over there, there are a lot of, full of chaotic growth, other famous flowers and trees can not block, but never seen it bloom in the winter, I think no one is happy to be planted in pots to move back to the house for the sake of your mistake delayed the flowering period. By the way, this anemone is very leathery, my second sister gave it a nickname, called ‘acute’, under the scorching sun, the wind blows, or you take a fingernail pinch, the seeds will pop out a long way, when I was a kid every time I pissed off my second sister, she was black with me for a few days without saying a word, I always like to take the acute to pop her in the face. I’d rather have her roll her eyes and scold me than ignore me.”

As a result, Xu Fengyen saw Huyan Guanyin looking straight at herself, Xu Fengyen said awkwardly, “You haven’t made any mistakes, where would I want to scold you, besides I currently just have a lot of things at hand and am very congested, it’s not that I don’t want to pay attention to you. I’m a person to control anger and self-reflection four words to write is written, written not worse than the calligraphy masters, but unfortunately has been doing poorly, often angry, you have not seen me with my father angry light, when I do not understand that time, as long as there is something wrong, all to him on the fire, can take the broom to kill him 108,000 miles. But now think back, childish to childish, in fact, there is not too much guilt, who let him be my father, is my closest person? Right? Besides, at that time he was still very leggy, running fast, others all honor him as the king of Beilang and the great general, I just shouted at him to run the road general.”

Huyan Guanyin looked at him and grinned, that smile, surprisingly child general innocence. Huyan Guanyin lowered her eyebrows, not meeting his eyes.

Xu Fengyen saw her timidly retreating, some self-deprecating, could it be that he looks like an outlaw with the word “lecher” engraved on his brain, remembering that her entire tribe on the grassland treated him as a god, so soon his original form was revealed? Xu Fengyen retrieved his thoughts, also lowered his head and continued to pick up the letterhead stacked on his knee, quickly focused and concentrated, gave the Secretary General Li a few days, probably the sudden cloudy winds and rains in the officialdom of Lingzhou, so that this Uncle Li was busy with political affairs, temporarily unable to care about the promotion of Xu Beihao. Although it is not to the heart, Xu Fengyen is willing to put up with it again, when the Yan family chose the path to escape from Lingshou in the night, if he did not hint to Xu Snapdragon, Yan Jiexi may not be able to leave Beiliang so smoothly, Xu Fengyen admonished himself to never be so soft-hearted in the future. Huangnan County is the home of Li Gongde, Li Gongde although the reputation of the official is not good, but the ability to recognize and use people are not small, nepotism is natural, but there are a few disciples are counted in the Beiliang Road officialdom number of capable officials, Li Gongde if not these people to help him face, relying on the Xu and Li two families of the love, Xu Snapdragon will not be generous enough to allow Li Gongde to become a person under the Secretary General. Huangnan County governor Song Yan is one of the best, there is no significant teacher, self-taught, magic potential and use, if not for Xu Snapdragon more than dissent, coupled with the rest of the “legs” with Li Gongde can not urinate in a pot, can not do each other to help each other, otherwise it will never stop at a county governor. The reason why Li Gongde is really concerned about this time, anxious, just in the Huangnan County is unusual, which in the past is a bright achievement, but in the situation of the new general of Lingzhou into the quagmire, Huangnan County will not become a piercing bird out of the forest? His Royal Highness is in the mud, you Song Yan in the high branches of how to count things, even if you clearly did not make a sound, but also let the people who have the heart to feel croak. Li Gongde heartache Lingshou assassin, pretend to be confused that is, is not a crime, afraid of only because of Huangnan County’s sake, was the first time to walk in front of the Beilang stage of the world son of His Highness to bear a grudge.

Xu Fengyen let out a breath and narrowed his eyes in contemplation. Unsurprisingly, Song Yan must have received one or two secret letters from Lord Jingliu Envoy’s bitter words, asking this protégé to hasten to tarnish his own reputation.

The people under his hand are too good at being an official to care about doing things, what a headache. Now there is Zhong Hongwu as a warning, no one will be stupid with him this Lingshou general hard, so it is all about some of the soft tactics to avoid its sharpness, but more and more disgusting people. Xu Beihao this guy is not righteous, did not get the Lingshou assassin, returned to Longqing County to watch the show. A copper coin that was no longer in circulation in the marketplace slowly rolled between Xu Fengyen’s fingers, Huyan Guanyin watched the copper coin roll without looking at it, boringly back and forth, but she watched it with great interest. So much so that when Xu Fengyen raised his head to look at her, the woman did not even notice.

Xu Fengyen collected the copper coins that the Yan Zhi Wang Shi Zi returned to him and said softly, “I’m going to go back to Liangzhou before New Year’s Eve, when that time comes, you can leave Lingzhou together as well, do you want to go back to North Mang Grassland or go to Jiangnan to have a look around?”

Huyan Guanyin asked as if she was an afterthought, “With you?”

Xu Fengnian couldn’t help but say, “Of course you’re alone, where can I get away.”

She blinked and lowered her head again.

Xu Fengyen stretched out his finger and tapped her on the head, laughing in anger, “The entire officialdom in Lingzhou has conspired to play dirty with me, how come, you’re also learning from it now? Believe it or not, I’ll kick you out of the carriage?”

She raised her head, still silent.

Xu Fengnian had a flash of insight, froze, and asked in a low voice, “You just want me to talk to you?”

Huyan Guanyin’s pretty face blushed.

Xu Fengyen laughed, reached out and pinched her delicate cheeks, then helplessly said, “Should I say you’re stupid or stupid. You are so stuffy, of course I thought that you were not happy around me, so I thought of letting you go to a place where you can be happy. You know that in the grasslands, you dared to take the initiative to goat into the tiger’s mouth and ride on me to spread your wildness, and then look at you now, you’re dead in the water.”

She blushed with desire, Xu Fengyen sighed, letting her sit sideways on his lap, one hand around her rounded shoulders, his chin resting on her head, continuing to look through those letters.

This is called a saint’s sitting still.

It’s really unconscionable that I can’t be a land god in this life.

The woman sitting sideways leaned forward, her breasts squeezing one of his arms.

Xu Fengnian at first did not pay too much attention, just as she is not comfortable, but when the arm more and more clearly feel her share of the not too restful quite clever, and soon have self-awareness, it seems to be unable to do not be a land god immortal is not strange.

Xu Fengyen put the stack of letters on the ground, only picking up one, the other hand slipped into her neckline, just through a layer of thin satin, holding a slippery fullness, five fingers slightly sunken.

Huyan Guanyin head tilted back, pillowed on his arm holding the letter paper, charming eyes like silk, tilted her head to look at this guy, not knowing what to do, quietly issued a hint of delicate nasal sound.

Xu Fengnian was outrageously moralistic, pretending to be calm.

The clueless woman bit a green finger in order not to make a sound.

This natural flirtation was what tantalized to the extreme.

Xu Fenian looked down and asked himself, why don’t we stop thinking about being a land god first today?