Chapter 77 Return to Beijing
The reason why Lin Ye set the location where the two met was in Fanlou was that in addition to being close to Zijing's mansion, most of the people who came here were having a playful attitude and their attention would be distracted from the surroundings.
If you go to places like Jinyulou or Shifang Pavilion, no one may notice Lin Ye, but someone will definitely know Zijing. Now that the third brother is the governor of Quan, he will soon be the governor of the political affairs department. I don’t know how many levels of the jump have been, which has caused many people to be jealous. There are too many involvements at this time, which is not good for him.
It’s just that it’s a little troublesome when entering the building. The imperial officials went shopping in brothels in broad daylight, which didn’t sound very nice.
Lin Ye waited in the wing room for about half an hour, wearing a black robe, two beards and wry beards, Zhang Zijing pushed the door open and entered. His skin was not white at all, and with these two beards, he looked much older.
"Ouch! Why do you look lifeless in this outfit, like Black Wuchang?" Lin Ye joked, pouring two glasses of wine.
"I don't want to be recognized by my second brother." He sat down at the table and drank the wine in his glass.
"It's not a good idea to sit high!" Lin Ye filled his quilt again.
"Yeah." His face darkened, as if he was touched.
"Those old men were afraid of me and wanted to win me over. They stared at me with all their eyes, always trying to take advantage of my loopholes and then write a memorial." Lin Ye could see that he was very upset. He had to resist the tricks from the dark, and he also refused to please him on the surface.
"You can't help you with this, your seat will be higher in the future and you will have to face more. You can only adapt slowly."
"I know." He sighed, and suddenly noticed the box at Lin Ye's hand, as if it was something for his daughter's home use, and couldn't help but feel a little curious.
"What is this?" he pointed, but did not go to get it. There was no secret between brothers, but they had to be sensible and self-aware.
"Sister Yihe gave it to you, please take it away!" Lin Ye smiled bitterly and gave him the box.
Zhang Zijing only felt that this box weighed a thousand pounds, and it was difficult to add to the heavy mood.
"I went to see her when I arrived in Jiangcheng." At this time, Zijing had already opened the lid of the box, tied her long black hair with a red rope, and lay quietly inside.
"She has a good life, she is just alone in Jiangcheng, so she can't help but feel lonely." Lin Ye's voice was very light, allowing him to deal with his emotions quietly.
"She asked me to bring you a word."
"What?" He closed the lid and placed it on the table, returning to his usual calmness.
"She is waiting for you to marry her in Jiangcheng. If she can't wait for you, she will die there." Lin Ye didn't say anything more, but just filled two wine glasses.
Zhang Zijing touched the words on the lid, which was a poem, a very special poem: When the flowers are blooming, you must fold them, don’t wait for the flowers to be broken. Do you want to have fun in time? Where can I have that blessing?
"Let's talk about it! Second brother, don't worry about this matter, I will write to her to reply." The two continued to drink, and not long after, the wine pot was empty.
"This time I went to the south to meet my elder brother." Lin Ye suddenly said something, which scared the other party.
"Really? Is he okay with his elder brother?" When he met his elder brother last time in Yizhou, there was no news about him since then. Although he knew that the man was mature and steady, he was still worried.
"It's great. My elder brother is in Liangshan now. It seems that the purpose of the adoptive father's arrangement for my elder brother to enter the world is here." If the world is in chaos, the elder brother who has made a name for himself in the world will have a place.
"Brother has entered Liangshan?" Zijing frowned. This was his little habit. When he thought about things, he would frown unconsciously.
"Well, I'm here this time to talk about this. I want to recruit Liangshan and let them deal with Fang La."
"How is this possible? They are all rebels. How can they beat their own people? Even if you succeed in recruiting them, they may not necessarily go to fight Fang La."
"This kind of thing is a step by step, but my chances of successful recruitment are very high. Chao Gai is dead and there are no leaders. According to what my elder brother told me, I think Song Jiang is likely to be in the position of command. He has a very popular reputation in Liangshan, and there are many people following him. When Chao Gai is still there, a situation of competition was almost formed. The elder brother told me that Song Jiang has the intention to recruit him."
"Then this matter is very feasible. As long as Tong Guan gently rubs the opponent's sharpness during the matchup, this matter is very likely to be done."
"I think so too, so I came here this time to ask about the capital, especially those related to the Lord. After all, I have to ask for an imperial edict."
"What else can it be! I'm so worried. There is an uprising in the south, and the Jin people in the north have already urged me several times. If we don't send troops, they will attack the Liao Kingdom by themselves. I heard that they have been angry several times. Second brother, you have to be more at ease and don't touch your eyebrows." He laughed, as if this was the only thing to be happy about.
"There is another thing. I want to tell you that I have asked Uncle Gao to secretly implement military tactics in Hanjiang City. My adoptive father also agreed on this matter. If there is any mistake in attacking Liao this time, I hope this measure can leave some hope for the Song Dynasty!"
"So, I have to step up my pace in the capital. This uprising is an opportunity, allowing the emperor to see how relaxed the Song Dynasty's military is. It is time to change." Since the mountain master agreed, he was not worried about the implementation of Hanjiang City.
"You can do this by yourself! It is naturally great to be able to facilitate it." Lin Ye felt a sense of depression in his heart.
After a while, a young man in black walked out of the gate of Fanlou with a box in his arms, blocked the box with his sleeves, and sneaked into the crowd.
"Mr. Lin, please invite me." Lin Ye looked at the girl with her head down in front of him and recalled the woman who was as hot as ice.
Of course, someone would inform Shishi when Lin Ye came. Humans are not long-lasting animals, but they are just good at describing their emotions. After so long, she herself couldn't tell what kind of feelings she had for Lin Ye, but she could still hope to meet him.
Shishi was in the west building, and the girl took her around several long pavilions and entered a yard. There were two women guarding her outside the yard gate. Seeing Lin Ye's eyes full of surprise, no man could enter his sister's residence! But when he saw the girl leading the way, the two of them did not stop him, suppressing the doubts in his heart. Who would this person be?
The yard is very large, but it looks very empty, and there is no planting of flowers and plants. Only a big banyan tree next to the wall on the right is lush with branches and leaves. Each cluster of banyan leaves stretched out like an umbrella. He noticed it from a distance, and when he walked closer, it was much bigger than he thought.
"Ying'er can only bring this place. If the young master has any instructions, he just needs to call me." The girl lowered her eyes and bowed her face and prepared to leave.
"I'm working hard." Lin Ye sighed in his heart that he was worthy of being Fan Lou. Compared with the maids of wealthy families, his behavior and etiquette were no less than that.
Under the banyan tree, Shishi moved a huge couch from somewhere and placed it under the shade of the tree. The fences on three sides of the couch were removed, allowing people to lie on their side or lie down. There is a low table in the center of the couch. The couch began in the Qin Dynasty, popular in the Han and Wei dynasties, and began to decline at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The number of families using couches gradually decreased. The wealthy and noble families could make one or two pieces of art. There is also a name in the couch in this boudoir, called "Beauty Couch".
Shishi was wearing a white wide-sleeved long skirt, dragging it to the ground, and her long black hair was tied to the back of her head with a ribbon. The woman sat cross-legged and was picking the pieces from the board into the chess jar. She also had a chess score at her hand. It seemed that she was playing the ancient score just now.
"Miss Shishi." Lin Yekuli, after all, he is still a normal man. He is nervous and expects three points, but he secretly reminds himself that humans are really complex animals.
"Do you and I still need so much courtesy?" A slight anger appeared on her face, her brows frowned, and her beautiful eyes stared at him.
"Uh..." Lin Ye was a little confused. Are they so familiar with each other?
"Please sit down!" Shishi reached out and signaled him to sit on, but he did not take off his shoes and just sat on the side.
"Can you know how to play chess?"
"How to be a little bit, but not very good."
"Then let's have a game with me! It's boring to play alone." The woman said with a smile, holding the pants in her hand and putting down her seat.
"Uh, okay!" Shouldn't you say a pity at this time? He actually didn't dare to look at her directly. There are women in this world who are more beautiful than her, but their aura is different. The charm she inadvertently reveals is fatal to any man.
The reason why people are promiscuous is that they cannot control their own hearts and give their bodies the opportunity to indulge.
"Why haven't you seen Mr. Lin recently? Are you busy with something?" Perhaps she was tired of cross-legged legs, so she took the pillow and placed it on her left hand, laying on her side, freeing her slender legs. She didn't care about his existence at all, poured a glass of wine on her own and drank in small sips.
Lin Ye noticed that she was barefoot and had a pair of bells wrapped with red ropes at her ankles. The crisp sound was a bit confusing.
"My grandfather was on his birthday, so he went to Jiangnan and was not in the capital."
"Then I blamed the young master for the wrong reason."
Lin Ye did not lie before. He was really good at playing. His chess skills were so bad that he had only taken a corner of the chessboard. His black piece had already died in small pieces. Shishi held the chess piece and was frowning. She didn't know where she wanted to let the water go.
Later on, it became a must-have game. Lin Ye became more and more let go of himself, and his move became less and less common sense. Instead, the woman guessed a few steps wrong and missed some flaws.
"Is there anything wrong with Miss Shishi coming to me today?" At this time, there were fewer and fewer places for him to make a move, and no matter how much he remedy it, there was no hope.
The woman straightened her body and blinked her eyes, as if she was thinking about how to speak.
"Last Shangsi Festival, do you still remember the lyrics I gave me?"
"Of course I remember that the Red Rafts's little story, telling all the business." It was his improvisation. At that time, the woman gave her the feeling that she was like a bunch of thoughts that no one told her.
"I like that poem very much, so I specially left my master's writing and put it away."
"The girl is intent." Lin Ye didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned this.
"After the Shangsi Festival, I never had the chance to meet the young master again. But whenever I fell asleep, I would think of the young master's voice and appearance." The woman was not shy at all, but had a faint sorrow, as if she was very distressed about this matter.
Lin Ye turned his fingers and said nothing.
"But I understand in my heart that that kind of concern is definitely not a love between men and women. I originally wanted to see you and then understand it, but now my heart is a little messy."
"I have lived for so long and have seen many people, who are so open-minded as girls, and I have never seen them." Under the cultural atmosphere of the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the second one in the world can say such words to a man indifferently.
"There are so many worries in the world, and you will feel more comfortable if you have less, and you will not be open-minded." Although she is so glorious, everything is proportional. If you give you sweetness, you will always find some pain elsewhere to give you some pain.
"Maybe I guessed some of your thoughts, so you treat me as a friend. Whenever you have troubles in your heart, you will unconsciously think of me. If you can go out and see the outside world, you will not have such troubles."
"A friend? This is the first time I heard that the word "Fengchen woman has friends." She was a little self-deprecating, but what she said was the fact. A better one is called a guest of the temple, a more literary person is called a confidant, a more vulgar person, a more vulgar person, a more vulgar term, a more mischievous term, a word "friend" is too high.
"I have a sister who is very similar to you. In this world, if you don't have a confidant, you will live a lonely life without friends." Lin Ye thought of An Yihe. Isn't it the same in Jiangcheng? It's just that she is in charge and has much better trouble than her, except for Zijing.
The woman said nothing and just drank a glass of wine silently.
"It's quite hot this summer. I don't know if the drinks here are expensive. I don't have much money in my pocket. I'm afraid I won't find such a good place next time."
Lin Ye smiled for the first time when he saw her, and his smile came from the bottom of his heart, without deliberately concealing it, nor was he afraid of losing his composure.
"If the young master comes often, I will naturally have enough wine. As for whether the wine is expensive, it depends on how long the young master stays!" Her eyes were cunning, like a seductive fox.
The reason why Lin Ye said that just now was that he didn't want her to feel that he was pitying her. If he gave alms, then this friendship would be unequal.
After drinking, Lin Ye said goodbye. Shishi wanted to send him off, but finally gave up. She had no shoes and was directly carried by Ying'er from the bed.
Shishi looked at the black piece hiding from the chessboard and thought to herself, "Friend, am I really qualified to ask for something?"
Chapter completed!