SEC Chapter 160 1 Field 2 Use
Chapter 160 1 Field 2 Use
The night is long and hard to endure.
How did you spend your days in the capital?
Censor Li stayed in Wangque Tower. Except for the days when he would go out for a stroll, he had three meals a day in Wangque Tower. He would come back at mealtime, very punctually, and never miss the midnight snack. He even gained a little weight.
If there is one bad thing, it is that the alcoholic drinks that the spoiled girls take out for midnight snack will make it easy for them to get up at night after drinking them.
But it did not affect his spirits the next day.
He goes out alone every day, and he thinks no one knows what he is doing.
He was dressed in ordinary clothes and would just squat in the crowd for a long time, talking about everything and asking everything.
Anyway, there are a lot of people coming from outside Yuncheng recently, so he is not worried about being recognized.
He often did this when he made secret visits to the capital. The common people were honest and had few ulterior motives.
He carefully observed Yuncheng for several days, and Yuncheng gave him a very comfortable feeling.
It is strange that a city that has just experienced drought and plague gives people a feeling of comfort.
What's even more strange is that he is not the only one who has this feeling. He has carefully observed people who come to Yuncheng with various purposes.
The pace actually slowed down.
You rarely see them during the day, but they will definitely come out at the night market. At first, it was the young master with his servants.
Later, there were two or three young masters with servants, and later they had families...
More and more people gathered...
A city can attract people. He only has this feeling in the capital, but that is because the capital is under the feet of the emperor.
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Censor Li's guest room was very comfortable. There was ice in the room, as well as incense to fume mosquitoes. His work was almost done, and he had no pressure in his mind, so it was a perfect time to fall asleep.
But he was a little sleepless tonight.
How about getting up and reading a book?
This is what he has been doing for a long time. When he can't sleep, he reads.
But... I can't watch it tonight.
Censor Li left the guest room and wandered around the courtyard.
There is a spiral well in the backyard of Wangque Tower, and there is a pavilion not far from the well.
He walked to the well and looked inside. The dark well reflected a full moon, which was quite scary...
Like a man-eating monster.
Censor Li shook his head, prepared to sit in the pavilion for a while, and then go back to sleep.
But suddenly, I saw that the top floor of Wangque Tower was brightly lit and there were sounds coming from it.
He couldn't sleep anyway. Although Lao Lin had invited him many times, he had never played mahjong.
Well, let's go check it out tonight.
Censor Li walked up the stairs slowly.
Before I even got close to the top floor, I heard Lao Lin's voice.
"Two bamboos, two bamboos, I don't believe it. I heard the cards so quickly, and I can't win. You three, don't cheat and bully the old man. If I catch you, hehe!"
Censor Li's cheek twitched slightly. He thought, "Why not go back to sleep?"
He wanted to turn around and leave, but a little girl from downstairs came up to him with a plate of fruit.
Old Li was so scared that he staggered.
"Lord Li, are you okay?" Qingyou quickly reached out and picked up the old man who was about to fall.
If the girl gets scared by the court officials, will her husband keep her in Yuncheng as a teacher forever?
At the right time, Lao Lin's voice came from the top floor: "Hey, Lao Li, come quickly and help me. These three little bastards are bullying me. I'm going to lose everything I own."
Then there were three muffled laughs.
Then the man's cheerful voice said, "It's obvious that Master Lin only sees the fruit. You can't see the cards."
"Even when he's looking at the cards, he only cares about his own cards and never looks at the cards on the table." The woman continued.
"Jiaojiao, why are you teaching him? All the business you do in Yuncheng is losing money. If you let Lord Lin do more, you can relax a little."
Each of the three people spoke one sentence.
Censor Li's face cracked.
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The top floor of Wangque Tower.
Censor Li, who was warmly invited, sat in the seat of Minister Lin.
Minister Lin, who always spent money, acted as a military strategist on the side. "One, four, and seven beat one. Two, five, and eight beat five. Three, six, and nine beat nine. Three gold, seven silver, and two stinky eight. I would rather lack the three provinces in the east than the three cakes on the border. When I listen to the cards, I play fifty thousand. Be careful of one and four..."
Crowd:…
Censor Li: ... I finally understand why this guy always loses.
The brain that creates the waterwheel of emotions is not brought to the mahjong table at all.
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The easiest way to bond with others is at the mahjong table. After three rounds, conversations between people become much easier.
The main reason is that Censor Li felt much more relaxed.
He spat out the cherry pit that Minister Lin had fed him and threw out a ten thousand. "Things in Yuncheng are almost over. When are we going back?"
Minister Lin: ... The hand that was feeding Cherry paused, is this us?
It turns out that he was still worried about Old Man Li. He felt lonely traveling alone, but he couldn't let go of his pride.
It’s better to eat the cherries by themselves, they are more fragrant.
"Yes, if we don't go back soon, the letters urging him will replace the firewood in Yuncheng." Minister Lin couldn't help but mutter.
Xie Xiao and Lu Liang didn't say anything, but turned their attention to the woman who was concentrating on playing cards.
The things the woman had prepared in the backyard were not enough for the two men, and they both knew that she would have something to do next.
I just don't know how long this will take.
It wasn't just the emperor who sent letters from the capital, there were many other letters, all of which were thrown into the brazier.
"Wait two more days, I'll do it as soon as possible. Pay!" Li Jiaojiao held a long piece of mahjong in both hands, and pushed it down!
Although she is not short of money, the feeling of winning money is so great!
Wait two more days until the peanuts in Yuncheng are harvested!
Li Yushi took out the money with a dark face...
Although he was not short of money, the feeling of losing money was unpleasant...
"Is there anything the county lady hasn't finished yet?" Censor Li went to ask Minister Lin to borrow money. He was out at night and didn't bring any money with him. "Master Lin, take out the money."
Almost every inch of this cloud city has been reasonably utilized, and the biggest problem of water shortage has also been solved.
The girl even explained the drainage measures that would be needed for the upcoming rainy season.
He really couldn't think of anything that was still unfinished in Yuncheng.
He raised his hand to stop Minister Lin who was trying to feed him cherries again. It was very strange for the two old guys to do this.
The little girl who had scared him before made him a cup of tea with great tact.
There was ice in the room, so it was quite cool, so the tea was not served cold.
Censor Li held the hot teacup and took a sip of tea. He felt a warm current slowly flowing into his throat and his whole body relaxed.
Great tea!
Extraordinary good tea!
Another reason why he stayed in Wangque Tower was because the tea here was good, exceptionally good.
It’s better than the signature “Longjing Tea” of Beijing teahouses.
He drank it in one gulp and handed the empty teacup to the little girl, "Another cup."
When Li Yushi finished tasting his tea and had no intention of drinking any more, Li Jiaojiao slowly spoke, "I plan to plant some peanuts in the sweet potato field, so that one field can be used for two purposes. The people in Yuncheng are suffering too much. If we can get more harvest, their hard days will end sooner."
Censor Li's hand that was touching the cards stopped, and Minister Lin's hand that was eating cherries also stopped.
Xie Xiao stopped knocking on the table, and the smile on Lu Liang's lips disappeared.
Everyone paused, but no one looked up at the woman.
There was a moment of silence in the room, with only the fluttering of the veil and the boiling of the tea on the stove...
In the blink of an eye, everything returned to normal.
Censor Li ordered another cup of tea, sipped it slowly and said, "County Lady, can you please give me some tea for the fact that I lost a lot tonight? I like this tea very much."
Minister Lin: ...Old fox, he actually established connections before him.
"County Lady, I like Cherry very much."
Li Jiaojiao: ... a little confused, "Okay." Anyway, she has plenty of time, and these two old men are pretty cute.
Lu Liang, Xie Xiao: ... Jiaojiao always attracts people to follow her.
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