Chapter 83: birthday
These days, Wen Chi has been trying to avoid thinking about Shi Ye, but when he heard Zuo Zhi talking about Shi Ye, his expression froze for a long time, and then he softly sighed .
Zuo Zhi saw Wen Chi's strangeness in his eyes, was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Master Wen, His Royal Highness has returned to Beijing a few days ago."
Hearing this, Wen Chi was surprised for a moment. He thought that Shi Ye was hiding from him by not showing his face, but he didn't expect Shi Ye to go back directly, and he didn't tell him before going back.
But on second thought—
And he Wenchi is just a little concubine, not worth the trip to Shi Ye...
Even this trip only takes a few steps.
, not feeling well.
He looked up at Zuozhi, and gave a soft nod.
Wen Chi nodded: "You guys also take care."
Getting on the carriage, Wen Chi picked a corner and sat down.
The old couple who had been arranged by Zuo Zhi sat diagonally opposite him. The old couple greeted him warmly and asked a lot of questions, which was quite pleasing.
Unfortunately, Wen Chi was in a bad mood, and when he remembered that the old couple belonged to Shi Ye, the whole person was in a bad mood. When the couple took a breather, they quickly closed their eyes and pretended to be taking a nap.
When the old couple saw this, they didn't bother him anymore.
The carriage stopped and wobbled along the way.
The carriage stopped after walking for about an hour.
"Wake up, son." The woman in the old couple said softly, "We're here."
Wen Chi hugged Zuo Zhi's baggage and curled up on the cushion like a chicken.
He didn't fall asleep, but his mind was a little drowsy, listless, and his mental state was very bad.
He opened his eyes and sat in the seat for a while with his baggage before following the old couple out of the carriage.
Leaving Zhou Mansion for too long, when he stepped into the gate again, all he could feel was strangeness.
He followed the old couple silently.
The old couple buried their heads and followed behind the servants of the Zhou mansion, and wrote on their faces the fear and confusion of coming to the prefect's house for the first time. I have to say that they pretended to be very similar. Actor's seed.
The group walked around the courtyard for a while before coming to the main hall.
Wen Chi just walked in when he heard a low sob.
"Young Master, you can come back." A peach-colored figure stumbled over to meet him, with a small face full of tears, "If the son has three strengths and two weaknesses, slaves I had to go with my son."
Wen Chi calmed down, and saw Ruofang, who was haggard in a circle, crying in front of him, unable to help herself. .
Ruofang seemed to want to touch him, but didn't dare to touch him, her hands were stiff in mid-air, and she didn't know where to put it.
Seeing this situation, Wen Chi was also at a loss. He felt guilty and didn't even know how to face Ruofang.
In the end, Ruofang took the bag in Wen Chi's arms, wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hands, and smiled through her tears: "It's just the servant's fault, it's the servant's fault, the servant should not Saying these dejected words in front of your son."
Wen Chi's eyes stayed on the burden, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "I'm sorry, Ruofang, I should have come back earlier."
"Young master, don't say that, it's not the son's fault." Ruofang shook her head, obviously her face was extremely pale, but her eyes and nose were red, like a rabbit, she beat her. He cried and comforted Wen Chi in turn, "Young master can come back safely, it is a great blessing, and there will be great fortunes in the future."
Seeing Ruofang's determined expression, Wen Chi suddenly couldn't hold back and smiled: "Then I'll borrow your auspicious words."
The master and servant talked for a while at the door before Wen Chi took Ruofang inside.
The main hall was full of people, in addition to Shi Jin and General Lin, even Hanako Zang and the group of young talents who were not used to Wenchi before.
Seeing Wen Chi and Ruofang walking in from the door, their faces were not heaving.
Among the group, only Shi Jin and General Lin who knew Wen Chi's true identity were slightly excited. They had already stood up from their chairs and walked towards Wen Chi in three steps.
Shi Jin and General Lin seemed to believe the old couple's words, looked Wen Chi up and down, and finally said that they would invite a doctor to check Wen Chi's body.
Hanako's expression changed subtly when she heard the word "doctor" not far away.
After staying in the main hall for a while, a servant from the Zhou family came to say that dinner was ready, and asked everyone in the hall to move to the side hall.
Wen Chi had no appetite, but he still had dinner with everyone. Fortunately, he is now the fourth brother of General Lin, and he only needs to follow behind General Lin, no need for him to say Too many words.
After dinner, Wen Chi followed General Lin to send away the old couple who stayed for dinner.
Before parting, General Lin took out a bag of silver from somewhere and gave it to the old couple as a thank you gift.
The old couple was flattered and quickly rejected.
The two sides pushed and shoved for a long time, but the old couple lived up to their hospitality and seemed to accept the bag of money reluctantly.
Wen Chi stood quietly by the side, quietly watching the performance of the old couple, thinking quietly - as expected of the person Shi Ye found, he was like a child The essence of wanting New Year's money and pretending to reject it is too tight.
After sending off the old couple, General Lin took Wen Chi back to the courtyard where they lived.
The courtyard where Wen Chi used to live has been vacant, Shi Jin and General Lin moved everything in Wen Chi together with Ruofang to the courtyard where General Lin lived, just to be on the safe side. There are many rooms there, which can accommodate Wen Chi and Ruo Fang.
As for the maids and guards sent by the emperor to serve Wenchi, they were also arranged by General Lin in the courtyard where he lived.
The courtyard that originally only lived in General Lin suddenly became more crowded.
I just experienced what happened before, and everyone felt uncomfortable. It was inevitable that a dull atmosphere would spread in the courtyard. Silent a lot.
Fortunately, this state of affairs did not last long.
Three days later.
Shi Jin brings good news, saying that the supplies from the capital have arrived.
The locust plague has not yet been resolved, everyone must cheer up.
After the start of construction, Wen Chi was undoubtedly the most active person, and could not wait to run out with Shi Jin all day long.
He told Shi Jin his later ideas carefully. He thought that maybe he could establish a starling sanctuary and use the power of starlings to eliminate some locusts, although this idea sounded a bit Absurd, but the cost of doing so is much lower than other methods.
After listening to Wen Chi's analysis, Shi Jin thought about it for a long time and thought it was okay to give it a try, but their current task is to appease the people, build tents and cook porridge, and first help those who can't get enough food and clothing.
So these days, Wen Chi and Shi Jin are busy distributing supplies.
Ruofang still waited in Zhou's mansion as before. After waiting, the little girl finally couldn't hold back. After dinner that day, she made a request to Wenchi with a serious expression: "Young Master , rush tomorrow's slaves to go out with you, okay?"
Wen Chi laughed: "What are you doing out?"
Ruofang looked at Wen Chi eagerly: "Although the slave does not know martial arts and is not as strong as General Lin, but the slave is careful, many people have more eyes, and the slave can also keep an eye on the son. point."
Wen Chi didn't mind if Ruofang followed him, but only thought that no one including the fourth prince took a maid out. If he brought Ruofang, it would inevitably attract attention. cause trouble to others.
After thinking about this, Wen Chi had no choice but to reject Ruofang, but he still made his concerns clear to Ruofang, and finally reassured: "Will you stay in the mansion? I try to get back as early as possible."
Ruofang is still hesitating: "But..."
Wen Chi asked: "But what?"
Ruofang paused for a while, and then said: "After all, someone encounters an accident, and the slave is still very worried about the safety of the son. You know, the Zhang family brothers who were kidnapped with the son are gone. Listen to me. It is said that the Zhang family is only their two sons, and now I don’t know how King Xuan and the others will explain to the Zhang family.”
"Brothers of the Zhang family?" Wen Chi quickly thought of two people, "You mean Zhang Heng and Zhang Huan?"
Ruofang nodded, her eyebrows full of sorrow: "It's them."
Speaking of this, Wen Chi felt a little strange.
He remembered that although Zhang Huan was beaten, he somehow saved his life. No wonder he hadn't seen Zhang Huan in the past few days.
However, many people were kidnapped and many were injured, but only Zhang Heng and Zhang Huan lost their lives.
Wen Chi guessed for a while, and always felt that Zhang Huan's death might have meant something to Ye. Shi Ye knew the conflict between him and Zhang Heng and Zhang Huan very well.
No…
Why did he think of Shi Ye going again?
Wen Chi hurriedly shook his head, and after getting rid of these thoughts, he rejected Ruofang solemnly: "It's not appropriate for you to follow me out, so stay in the mansion."
Ruofang buried her head in despair.
While Wen Chi was busy with Shi Jin, he did not forget to train according to Liu De's instructions.
He didn't want others to know that he was practicing martial arts for the time being, including Ruofang, but during the day he was surrounded by the Fourth Prince, General Lin and some guards, and at night there were Ruofang and a few maids Waiting, he can only sacrifice some sleep time for training.
Unfortunately, progress is very slow.
In a blink of an eye, three months have passed.
Since Jin has distributed some of the materials that have been drawn out, he plans to mobilize some labor from the private sector to establish the starling reserve that Wenchi mentioned before.
As for other methods, they are also slowly progressing, but that is no longer within the scope of Wenchi's work.
Wen Chi has inquired that the breeding season of starlings is from April to June each year. They build nests in groups, and it is relatively easy to set up their nests under the tail eaves, cliff cracks and tree holes. Look for.
It's a pity that it's already September, and we won't be able to wait until next year for the starling's breeding season.
Wonchi had a hunch that they might have to stay in Jinju for a few years.
That's fine...
Anyway, he didn't want to go back to face Shi Ye so soon. Although Jinzhou's security issues were relatively worrying, he was much more relaxed in Jinzhou than in Donggong.
The only thing that's not good is that Hanakozo looks at him with eyes that are always indescribable.
Every time I think of this, Wen Chi has a headache.
He always wanted to find an opportunity to sincerely apologize to Hanakozo, but since the kidnapper incident subsided, Hanakozo hides from him even more, like a slippery Like a loach, Wen Chi couldn't catch him.
In desperation, Wen Chi had to use the excuse of his birthday to invite everyone who temporarily lived in the Zhou residence.
Of course, it's not his birthday, but the birthday of General Lin's fourth brother.
After all, it was someone else's birthday, Wen Chi didn't want to make a big splash, so he planned to book a box in an ordinary restaurant. After a group of people finished eating, he went to Hanako Zang to chat alone That's it.
There are two people who frowned and shook their heads when they heard the name of the restaurant.
"No, no, Mr. Wen, today is your twentieth birthday, how can you spend it casually?"
"That's right, that restaurant is really not good. There are so many restaurants in Jinzhou, how can you choose?"
Wen Chi looked at the two people who were singing and singing in front of him, was silent for a moment, followed their words and said, "Why don't you choose for me?"
So, this night.
The group came to the most luxurious restaurant in Jinzhou with the most women - commonly known as Broth.