Chapter 338: I heard you love to recite poetry? [Thank you all for your support!]

Jinming Pool Garden,

located in the west of the city,

the water surface is wide and generally square,

the entrance for carriages and horses is on the east side facing the city wall, near Xinzheng Gate,

and the tents of the nobles and officials of each family are also in the southeast corner of the pool garden, which is close to the Linshui Palace, and the prize pole is inserted between the two places, which is the best position to watch the prize-snatching in the water.

And walking north along the pool from here, the tents of each family are arranged according to imperial favor, official position, etc.

When you reach the northernmost side, turn left and continue walking west along the pool, you can see the Aowu where the huge large dragon boat is placed,

and there are many small boat docks near the Aowu, where the pleasure boats of the nobles and officials of Bianjing are parked.

After passing the Aowu and walking for a while, you reach the northwest corner of Jinming Pool,

which is the water inlet of Jinming Pool. If you can dive into the water, pass through the water gate of the garden wall, and go upstream, you can reach the "Fishing Leisure Area" near Wu Daniang's polo field.

Because Jinming Pool is only open for a little over a month a year, and fishing is only allowed during this period, and there is living water at the inlet in the northwest corner,

so the fish here are numerous, fat, and stupid, which is simply a paradise for anglers, and you can catch fish even with your eyes closed.

There is still some distance from the southeast corner to the northwest corner, which is the furthest point.

In order to save effort and time, Xu Zaijing and others have to ride horses and bring fishing gear over.

After dismounting, everyone pays money, takes a card, sits down, puts on bait, casts the hook... as before.

A quarter of an hour later,

Liang Han smiles proudly at Xu Zaijing, then uses force in his hand, and a fish more than a foot long is pulled out of the water, struggling hard on the fishhook.

The fishing cart servant on the side hurriedly walks over and puts the fish into a wooden bucket with a landing net.

Xu Zaijing doesn't care about Liang Han's appearance. He is staring at the swaying fish float with bright eyes. He says, how could he possibly... every time...

A moment later,

Xu Zaijing shakes his head and puts bait on the fishhook again.

After a while,

there are already three fish in Liang Han's water bucket,

and Gu Tingye, Qiao Jiulang, and others also have gains. Only Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng have empty water buckets beside them.

"Young Master, don't worry, Jing Ge'er hasn't caught anything either..."

Buwei stands beside Qi Heng and persuades in a low voice.

Xu Zaijing scratches his forehead with his index finger, takes a deep breath, and points at Buwei, who is looking at him with a flattering smile, in the air.

At this moment, Qi Heng's fish float moves constantly, and Buwei hurriedly says:

"Young Master, don't move first..."

Buwei's words attract everyone on the side to look over.

"Young Master! Pull the rod!"

Qi Heng: "..."

Liang Han: "Pfft..."

Gu Tingye: "Hmph"

Xu Zaijing looks at the fish jumping on the fishing line, which is only the length of a finger, nods and says: "Tsk, Heng Ge'er, very good!"

Qi Heng nods and puts it into the water bucket with Buwei's help.

The shore is quiet again.

Xu Zaijing continues to sit on the folding chair, bored, holding the fishing rod with one hand and supporting his chin with the other hand on his knee, looking at the water surface.

At this moment,

his fish float moves violently.

The violent movement also attracts Liang Han's gaze, and Liang Han says urgently:

"Wow! This movement, big fish!"

Xu Zaijing's eyes light up, and without saying a word, he pulls hard!

"Snap!"

Xu Zaijing holds the fishing rod broken in half, stunned...

A huge fish shadow turns over under the water,

and then Xu Zaijing's other half of the fishing rod turns on the water surface and "swims" toward the depths of Jinming Pool.

Liang Han pats Xu Zaijing on the shoulder with feigned difficulty: "Jing Ge'er, don't take it to heart."

Everyone sitting on the side laughs again.

Xu Zaijing shakes his head, changes his fishing gear by himself, and continues fishing.

"Oh oh~"

Liang Han stands up and whistles, puts another big fish a foot and a half long into the water bucket,

then, while letting the fishing cart put bait on for him, he says to Xu Zaijing and others:

"Several talents, in such a beautiful scene, I have a wonderful sentence, would anyone like to hear it?"

Gu Tingye on the side turns his body and says: "Thank you, no!"

Qi Heng doesn't even move his head, looking at the water surface and nodding in agreement: "Second Uncle is right."

Qiao Jiulang nods: "Liang Liu Lang, it's really unnecessary!"

Liang Han rolls his eyes at them:

"Pfft! You are jealous!"

"Jing Ge'er, you didn't speak! You must want to hear it!"

Before Xu Zaijing can speak, Liang Han reaches out and recites:

"Ah!"

"Liang Liu Lang is a dashing and beautiful young man, holding a rod and looking at the blue sky with golden scales."

"The Emperor calls me, but I won't get on the boat, I call myself a fishing immortal!"

Turning his head to look at Xu Zaijing, who is squinting and looking into the distance, Liang Han says:

"Jing Ge'er, is this poem good?"

Xu Zaijing smiles warmly at Liang Han, points to the distance and says:

"Liang Liu Lang, whether the poem is good or not is another matter!"

"Look at that girl on the shore..."

Liang Han is stunned: "Girl? What girl? Is she good-looking?"

As he speaks, Liang Han turns around quickly, tiptoeing and looking in the direction Xu Zaijing pointed for a while.

Then Liang Han puts the fishing rod in his hand into the hands of the fishing cart, walks to the place where the horses are tied, rides a horse, and runs toward the Aowu.

Watching Liang Han's somewhat anxious appearance, the others who were concentrating on fishing hurriedly said:

"Jing Ge'er, what's wrong? What girl?"

Xu Zaijing raises the fishing rod leisurely, shakes his head helplessly at the empty fishhook. He is indeed the kind of fishing person who helps restore the fish population.

Xu Zaijing doesn't speak, but Qi Heng on the side looks and says:

"It seems to be a girl beside Wu Daniang."

"It's the daughter-in-law of Liang Liu Lang's eldest concubine-born brother..."

Xu Zaijing puts on bait and continues fishing.

Subsequently, Gu Tingye looks at Liang Han and Chunge, who are pulling and pulling, and says:

"Liang Liu Lang is still smart, knowing to avoid other people's eyes and take people behind the Aowu to talk."

"What they are doing can only be seen from our side."

Watching the young man and woman standing very close in the distance, Qiao Jiulang says with envy:

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, how old is Sixth Brother this year!"

"Yo yo! They hugged!"

"Hahaha, the girl pushed him away!"

"What does Liang Liu Lang mean by waving at us? Asking us to go over?"

Qi Heng says suspiciously and is about to stand up from the folding chair.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye glance at each other and stand up with a smile.

Then Liang Han in the distance bows and makes obeisance repeatedly, and waves again.

The fishing cart on the side, looking at Liang Han who is showing him hard in the distance, bows and arches his hands, and says embarrassedly:

"Several young masters, my young master's meaning might be to ask several to turn around."

As he speaks, the fishing cart bows repeatedly.

Gu Tingye sighs and says: "Alright! Let's face west and continue fishing without looking at them!"

As he speaks, everyone sits down again.

Seeing Xu Zaijing and the others with their backs to them,

Liang Han stands in front of the Chunge girl who is crying like rain.

After the love words and greasy words are finished,

after Liang Han swears an oath, he sends Chunge on the way back to the tent.

Watching the Chunge girl walk away with the maids, Liang Han turns his head and sees Xu Zaijing and the others looking straight here.

Xu Zaijing even waves at Liang Han.

Liang Han gets on his horse, returns to the place where he was fishing, and after dismounting, bows to everyone repeatedly:

"Several are my Liang Han's closest brothers, please brothers must hide it for me!"

"Otherwise, if Mother finds out, she will definitely beat me to death."

As he speaks, Liang Han bows deeply. After standing up, he sees everyone nodding except Xu Zaijing.

"Jing Ge'er?"

Xu Zaijing smiles warmly: "Liang Liu Lang, you said you love writing poetry just now? Why don't you write one, if I'm satisfied, I will definitely help you hide it!"

"If I'm not satisfied..."

Liang Han: "Uh..."

Rong Feiyan rides a horse along the side of the tent near Jinming Pool.

Along the way, with the tents of each family blocking, and wearing a veil to block the willow fluff, it is convenient.

Rong Feiyan circles a few times and walks to this side. Looking at the Liang family's eldest concubine-born daughter-in-law who is waiting not far away, she nods slightly.

At this moment, the Chunge girl, whose face is still a little red, walks over from the direction of the Aowu with the maids.

Ningxiang, who is standing beside Rong Feiyan, whispers:

"Miss, aren't those young masters fishing over there? She just said she was looking at the shore, how does this look like she walked over?"

Rong Feiyan curls her lips behind the veil and says:

"Who knows."

After speaking, Rong Feiyan pulls the reins gently, turns the direction, and continues to pace on the shore.

When returning to the vicinity of the Rong family tent, Rong Feiyan curiously looks at a team of imperial guards escorting a person walking toward the Linshui Palace in a hurry.

In front of the Linshui Palace,

in the large tent,

the Emperor sits behind the imperial desk, talking and laughing with the important ministers of the court,

occasionally rewarding some things.

At this moment,

the Grand Eunuch walks over and says a word in the Emperor's ear.

The Emperor's face doesn't change, still smiling, but there is not much smile in his eyes.

The Emperor turns to the side, says a few words to the Empress beside him, and stands up, taking the Grand Eunuch toward the Linshui Palace behind.

Subsequently, several important ministers of the court are notified by the little eunuchs to stand up and leave the banquet, also walking toward the back.

Sheng Hong, sitting at the very bottom, looks at the scene in the large tent with curiosity in his eyes.

Inside the Linshui Palace,

in a spacious room,

at this time, there are only the Emperor and the personal Grand Eunuch.

The Emperor sits on a chair, squinting at the memorial in his hand, his expression slightly nervous.

"Your Majesty, Minister Li and Minister Huangfu have arrived."

Hearing the little eunuch's announcement, the Emperor puts away his nervous expression, takes a deep breath, and his whole expression becomes relaxed, looking like he has everything under control, and says:

"Let them in."

The Emperor talks with the ministers,

and soon, there are many important civil and military ministers of the Great Zhou in the room.

Holding the memorial and looking at the crowd, the Emperor smiles:

"My dear subjects, the Jin Kingdom has sent a letter saying that they will conquer the Great Bohai Kingdom next month as agreed."

"Both the Imperial City Division and the Military Machine Division have sent secret reports by carrier pigeon that the Jin Kingdom had already ordered the gathering of troops in late February."

Hearing this, the important ministers in the room discuss it.

Most of the noble military generals have joy on their faces, while the civil officials frequently look at the Emperor.

If they really want to go to war with the Bai Gao Kingdom, not only will the military officers have the opportunity to make contributions, but the civil officials responsible for overall planning in the rear can also share the credit.

As for the head of the Hai family, he is already sitting in Taiyuan Prefecture behind the Marquis Yongyi,

whether there will be changes in the other directions, such as the Duke of England and the Marquis of Lady Ningyuan, depends on the Emperor's thoughts.

Three quarters of an hour later, the Emperor walked out with the important ministers.

But the atmosphere in the large tent was slightly tense.

At the hour of Shen (after four o'clock in the afternoon),

the Emperor's procession had already returned to Bianjing.

On the streets in the city,

it was still bustling,

but there were many more carriages and horses coming and going with the signs of various families than on weekdays.

Later in the night,

Jiying Lane,

Shou'an Hall,

Fang and Cui, the two Mamas, were standing inside and outside the door.

In the hall, there were only Sheng Hong and the Old Madam.

The Old Madam sat on the Luo Han bed, on which was a small table,

the Old Madam supported her left hand on the small table, clenched her fist slightly, and slowly rubbed her thumb and index finger.

Listening to Sheng Hong detail the events of the day.

After Sheng Hong finished speaking, the Old Madam's thumb also stopped. After pondering for a moment, the Old Madam sighed:

"Hong'er, you said the ministers' expressions were serious after you spoke?"

Sheng Hong nods.

The Old Madam says:

"They are all officials who have become refined. If they can be like this, the matter is not small."

"Eight out of ten... the north is going to be restless."

Looking at the several long wooden boxes on the small table with a worried look, which contained the Xuancheng brushes, the Old Madam continued:

"If we really have to go step by step, then there will be too many hard battles and strong cities to fight!"

"It's not easy to fight! I don't know how many people will die again..."

"Hong'er, now your Wei Dalang is purchasing things in the south."

"Write to him and tell him that as long as he doesn't lose money, choose the best things, and people won't treat him badly in the future."

"Yes, Mother."

Sheng Hong bowed slightly and replied, then looked at the Old Madam and said:

"Mother, then these brushes..."

The Old Madam waved her hand:

"Tell Da Niangzi that the Xu family is not short of these things, just leave them for the young masters and young ladies in the family."

"Yes, Mother."

At this moment, Cui Mama at the door lifted the curtain and came to the door, saying:

"Old Madam, Da Niangzi is here."

As she spoke, Wang Ruofu walked in with a smile, followed by Liu Mama holding a bundle in her hand.

"Mother, these are the nourishing treasures that the Emperor and Empress asked me to bring back."

"I have already entrusted the Feng family to send the portion for my mother in my maiden family!"

Fang Mama smiled and took the bundle from Liu Mama's hand, placed it on the table in front of the Old Madam, and untied the bundle.

The Old Madam looked at it, her face slightly smiling: "Da Niangzi has put in the effort! Suqin, put it away."

After talking with the Old Madam for a while, Sheng Hong and his wife left Shou'an Hall.

In the hall,

the Old Madam stood up from the Luo Han bed, walked in the hall with her hands behind her back, and sighed.

Then the Old Madam came to the Buddhist hall in the back room, lit a stick of incense for a spirit tablet, and said:

"Suqin, come! Divide some of those things just now, find an excuse to cover it up, and send it to Jin'an Study!"

"By the way, call Minglan back."

"Yes, Old Madam."

Quyuanjie

Marquis Yongyi's mansion,

when Xu Zaijing accompanied his mother and sister-in-law into the door, there was already the smell of rain in the air.

Main mother's courtyard,

after dinner,

Xie Shi and Xu Xu Zaizhang and his wife had already left and returned to their own courtyard.

Madam Sun looked at her little son with a smile and said:

"Jing'er, what's wrong? Why don't you go back yet?"

"Mother, is there something wrong?"

Madam Sun was stunned:

"What could be wrong with your mother?"

"The child just feels that you are a little unhappy."

"Nonsense! Go, go, hurry back to your own courtyard."

"Oh!"

Xu Zaijing scratched his head and walked out.

Watching Xu Zaijing walk out of the room with the maids,

Madam Sun smiled with relief and entered the inner room with Zhu Mama.

Zhu Mama helped Madam Sun take off her hairpins, and Madam Sun sighed:

"My little son still loves his mother, Xu Xu Zaizhang's eyes are all on his wife."

"That is also the daughter-in-law you asked for yourself."

Madam Sun smiled and shook her head, then sighed deeply, hoping that her husband would be safe and sound.

Just as Madam Sun was about to lie down to rest,

Dan Mama came to the bedroom in a hurry and said:

"Da Niangzi, someone from the Huyan family's Pan Daniang has come."

The next day,

in the misty spring rain,

Xu Zaijing took Qingyun and rode a horse to the gate of the Marquis of Lady Ningyuan's mansion.

A quarter of an hour later,

Xu Zaijing invited Ren Yiniang, who had taken care of Pingmei before, sat in the Gu family's carriage, and followed out, rushing toward the Huyan family.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 339 =====