Jiao Shun originally wanted to hide and relax beside Xue Pan.

But when the meeting started, he was still called to the front by Jia Zheng, and they talked about the topic of "military men joining the workforce" that has been a hot topic in the DPRK and China recently.

Until this time, Jia Zheng did not know that Jiao Shun was the instigator.

It's not that Jiao Shun wanted to hide it from him deliberately. It was actually that Jia Zheng was already exhausted from discussing the inspection team with others every day. How could he still have time to inquire about others?

It was not until the new year was approaching and the preparations for the inspection team came to an end that he heard about this major event involving the three departments of work, soldiers and households.

Because from what I heard, it was obvious that he was on the side of the Ministry of Industry.

Jiao Shun couldn't tell the truth for a while, so he only laughed and said: "Although this matter is not good for the Ministry of Works, it solves my nephew's urgent need - a few days ago I announced that I would write a letter to support General Shenwu's proposal, and the Ordnance Director

They were so frightened that they stopped and no longer dared to take the initiative to provoke."

Jia Zheng frowned slightly when he heard this, straightened his figure slightly, and said in a deep voice: "What you did is clearly a taboo in the officialdom. Even if Su Shilang appreciates you a lot, I'm afraid he will change his mind in the future -

"In comparison, it is better to endure the calm for a while."

Jiao Shun smiled wryly and spread his hands: "If my nephew is from a serious imperial examination background, he will naturally be willing to avoid the spotlight for a while. However, His Majesty specially appointed me to be an official in the Ministry of Industry, but I am afraid that he may not expect me to be noble and noble.

"

This is the difference in vision between Jiao Shun and Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng only saw that Jiao Shun acted like this, and he was suspected of cheating, and he would definitely offend his colleagues and superiors.

But Jiao Shun clearly realized that his foundation had always been anchored in the emperor.

Whether it was the original purpose of overthrowing Jiao Shun and placing him in the Ministry of Works to disgust the die-hards; or after Jiao Shun proposed the New Deal, he was generously rewarded, it all showed the emperor's positioning and expectation of Jiao Shun as a "disruptor".

With such holy will, why are the Ministry of Works trying to make tolerance more noble and noble...

Let's not talk about whether those civil servants who regard him as an alien will sincerely accept his surrender after Jiao Shunruo.

Just by failing to live up to the emperor's expectations, the gain outweighs the loss!

This is the biggest reason why Jiao Shun would rather "eat the inside out" and take the risk of offending his colleagues and superiors than bow to the Ordnance Department.

Just as he was talking, there was a sudden commotion outside, but it turned out that it was the virtuous concubine in the palace who had given the New Year's gift.

Not long after, the gift list was delivered to the flower hall. Jia She and Jia Zheng took a closer look. The first one was the old lady, followed by Jia She, his wife, and Jia Zheng's wife. But when it came to the third generation, starting from the

It was neither Jia Zhen, nor Jia Lian, nor Baoyu, but Jiao Shun was ranked first!

Others were amazed, but they didn't understand why.

When Jia Zheng thought of Jiao Shun's analysis just now, he immediately realized that this must be the emperor's affirmation and support for Jiao Shun to break the old shackles of the Ministry of Works!

As a result, he valued Jiao Shun more and more.

In the evening.

Jia Mu rushed to the Ningguo Mansion with shouts and crowds, and the stage began to sing.

Those who can be invited by Ningguo Mansion to sing in the hall are naturally famous actors in the capital.

It's a pity that Jiao Shun, a layman, really can't appreciate this national quintessence - but when he was drinking at Ningguo Mansion a few days ago, the group dance with thin spring clothes and raised legs was quite to his liking.

Finally, at 10 o'clock in the evening, Mother Jia led several children back to Rongguo Mansion. Jiao Shun also found an excuse and quietly left the big flower hall.

After asking for a package from Xiangling, she also said that she wanted to have wine with Jia Zheng and others, so she sent her home with Yu Chuan'er and Wu'er.

Then Jiao Shun carried the package and wandered alone outside the large flower hall.

I remember this was the same time last year, when I came out of the big flower hall and bumped into Jin and Yang one after another, and then...

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Mr. You seeing off Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue came out, and Jiao Shun hurriedly stepped aside.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang stopped and called him over to ask if he had any explanation for the previous gift.

"this……"

Jiao Shunqian smiled and said: "Maybe the things I did in the Ministry of Works spread to the palace."

Mrs. Wang secretly said, 'Sure enough,' and then said with a warm smile: "This is not only your own creation, but also a happy event for our family! Now because of the construction of the other courtyard, the family really can't spare any manpower. Let's wait until everything is settled.

Well, I will discuss with Feng Yatou and let your mother out so that they can live in peace and happiness."

Aunt Xue also smiled and warned: "Your mother and I have been together since childhood. You should also get closer to Wen Longduo in the future. At least don't break this lifelong friendship."

Jiao Shun responded with great gratitude.

After watching the group of people go away, he chose a slightly quieter place.

Not long after, I saw Youshi leading Yindie to the front. He kept walking, but his autumn-like eyes were staring at Jiao Shun unblinkingly, and then he moved his two moderately thick cherry lips to the back garden.

I worked hard in the direction.

This was something the two of them had agreed on long ago.

Firstly, there are so many people here today, and I am worried about being bumped into by someone at home; secondly, Jiao Shun always likes wild things, and always feels that he has a unique mood.

Therefore, taking advantage of the holiday at the construction site on New Year's Eve, the two of them entered the courtyard one after another.

As soon as their front feet crossed the threshold, a tall and slender figure flashed out from behind, but it was none other than Li Wan, who had been paying attention to their whereabouts.

I watched Jiao Shun go west along the inner wall.

Li Wanzheng was hesitant to follow up to find out what happened, but suddenly someone behind him shouted: "Who is there? What are you doing?!"

Li Wan was suddenly startled. When he looked back, he saw Third Sister You standing not far behind him with a half-smiling smile.

"Hey~ It turns out to be the eldest grandma of Xifu."

Seeing Li Wan turn around, Sanjie You shouted exaggeratedly, but there was no expression of surprise on Guazi's face.

I saw her slightly happy, and said with a smile: "Although it is my sister's house, my little sister rarely comes here in the past, and she can't find a convenient place for a while - I happened to bump into my grandma, can you please help me?"

Shall I go there?"

Li Wan is also a smart man.

Isn't this just a drunken blunder? Even if you can't find a convenient place for a while, you can't go around to such a remote place?

I immediately guessed that she was probably trying to cover up something for her sister.

After pondering for a while, Li Wan gave up the idea of ​​forcing him to follow him, nodded with a smile and said, "It's no trouble, my sister, just come with me."

Saying that, he started to lead the way.

Third Sister You was not in a hurry to follow. Instead, she looked into the other courtyard and murmured a few names.

Let’s not mention the intrigue between the two of them later.

But he said that Jiao Shun didn't know there was a "story" behind him, so he chased You to the vicinity of the boiler room, and they finally came together two times.

Jiao Shun picked up the master and servant one by one, and rubbed his love out of him like he was traveling around the mountains and seas. He was about to recommend a familiar place, but he didn't want Youshi to point in the direction of Lixiangyuan and said: "The Lixiangyuan is vacant now, so why not

Just go over there..."

"It's not difficult to get in."

Jiao Shun objected with a smile: "But in this case, wouldn't it mean that the wild fun of covering the sky and covering the ground is missing?"

After saying that, he showed the package in his hand to the two of them: "I brought a few charcoal stoves here specially. I just need to find a place that can shelter from the wind."

Youshi secretly spat, but did not object to this ridiculous idea.

In fact, with Jia Zhen's absurd and unruly temperament, how could she not have such things happen?

Therefore, she thought for a moment and then suggested again: "There is a cave at the foot of the nearby rockery, which would be quite suitable."

Jiao Shunyuan was about to recommend this place, but he didn't want to be overtaken by her again.

He was puzzled, but he pretended to be confused and asked: "I have seen that rockery, but I didn't know there was a cave - by the way, how did you know about it?"

You's passion for love and adultery is not as intense as that of Jiao Shun's house where the red flag does not fall and the colorful flags flutter outside, so he is more eager than Jiao Shun.

I took his strong arm and led him towards the cave. In a soft voice, I told him in detail about climbing up to see the distance and then going to the cave to hide in the dust.

When she arrived at the cave, she pointed at the wall and said, "There are two more Chinese characters written on it. One is completely written, and the other is missing three strokes. I don't know who carved it and what it means."

mean."

Jiao Shun is the most knowledgeable about this matter!

However, he would not explain anything to Youshi. He immediately shook off the baggage and asked Youshi and Yindie to light the charcoal stoves in the four corners.

He first spread the furoshiki on the ground, took off his woolen cloak and used it as a mattress, then placed two hand stoves one by one and put the foot stove on it. Then he chuckled and said: "Whoever wrote it, no matter who it is."

, and when we get down to business, I’ll add a few strokes to make it all neat and tidy!”

With that said, he took off his boots and sat on the cloak, picked up Youshi and placed it horizontally in his arms, and hooked Yindie with his two feet and wrapped them around him.

Before the charcoal stove could warm the cave, the three of them had already become worms linked end to end.

…………

The morning of the second day.

Youshi, who stayed up until one o'clock in the morning before going back to the upper room to rest, slept with Yindie until three o'clock in the morning before waking up.

While I got up to wash up, I heard a report from the little maid outside, saying that Third Sister You had come twice in the morning and returned to the guest house because she heard that my wife hadn't woken up yet.

Because she was her half-sister, she was not very close to her at ordinary times. When she heard that her third sister came twice in succession, You thought she had encountered some difficulties and wanted to seek help from her eldest sister.

So he ordered people to go to the guest house to summon him.

Not long after, while she was still dressing up, Sanjie You rushed over in a hurry, entered the door, and repelled Yindie and others.

Youshi knew that she had always been a carefree person, so he didn't find it strange. While facing the mirror, he curiously asked: "You are so anxious to find me, could there be something wrong at home again?"

"There's nothing at home."

Third Sister You giggled, stretched out her hand to hook You's collar, and while peeking inside, asked straight to the point: "Sister, did you go to meet your lover last night?"

Youshi was startled, quickly stood up and covered her collar, then lowered her face and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"That's what it means literally."

Seeing her getting up, Third Sister You sat down on the embroidered bed, put her two green-white fingers into the dowry and fiddled with it, and said in her mouth: "She is indeed the wife of the Duke's Mansion. Sister, I can just pick out a few items here."

I am afraid that all the jewelry can be used to finance the dowry for my second sister and me."

"You girl!"

Youshi pushed her on the shoulder and said angrily: "When you get married, there will be something better waiting for you! Come on, what did you mean by what you just said?"

"Yo~"

Third Sister You tilted her body exaggeratedly and said with a smile: "I helped my sister avoid a disaster yesterday, but she beat and disciplined me like this. This is really a good intention that goes unpaid!"

As he said that, he picked up the bottle of nail polish and put it in front of his eyes to look at it carefully.

"My good sister!"

Youshi snatched it away, plugged the mouth of the bottle at will, and forced it to Third Sister You: "Just take it back if you like it, and don't try to hide it from my sister anymore!"

"How can I not become a robber?"

But Sanjie You put the nail polish back on the table and said sternly: "Sister, since you did such a thing, you didn't know how to cover it up, so that the grandma of Xifu saw the flaw and followed you here.

The entrance to the back garden—if I had not stopped you in time, I would have ruined your good deed!"

"She, she followed you yesterday?!"

Youshi was shocked. If it was just Sister You, after all, it was a relationship of prosperity and loss, and she was not afraid of what she would say outside. As for the family, this was something that Jia Zhen approved of, so naturally it was even more important.

No need to worry anymore.

But when it comes to Li Wan, the nature of the matter changes.

Once she exposes this matter in Xifu, Jia Zhen will most likely choose to abandon her car to save her husband - not to mention that in Jia Zhen's heart now, she may not have the weight of "car".

She was so panicked here that she just wanted to find Jiao Shun for an idea as soon as possible.

Third Sister You didn't seem to understand the danger involved, and asked with a smile: "Who is my sister's lover? Could it be Mr. Lian from the West Mansion?"

Youshi was stunned and asked in surprise: "Why do you say it's Jia Lian?"

"When it comes to talents at the table, Mr. Lian is the best."

Third Sister You covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Sister steals someone behind your brother-in-law's back, you wouldn't choose someone worse than him, right?"

"You girl are really..."

Hearing that she even said the words 'stealing people', and yet she was so generous and generous without any shyness or contempt, Youshi didn't know what to say for a moment, and in the end she could only shake her head in denial: "It's not Jia Lian."

After a pause, he added: "Although Jia Lian is handsome, he is always afraid of his wife like a tiger. He only works hard on drinking and sex. How can he be called a man at such an age when he has accomplished nothing?"

Sanjie You asked curiously: "Then according to my sister, how can I be considered a man?"

Youshi said without hesitation: "You must at least have the ambition to make great achievements and become a general, and more importantly, you must have the knowledge and skills to match it."

"Yeah~!"

Sanjie You exclaimed when she heard this. She covered her mouth and asked in disbelief: "Is it possible that the person you are dating is actually Mr. Zheng of Xifu?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I have an affair with Mr. Zheng?!"

"Who is he? Is it possible that in addition to Mr. Zheng, there was also a serious official who wanted to make progress at the table yesterday?"

At that time, Jiao Shun was sitting next to Jia Zheng, but Third Sister You, who always only judged people based on their color, treated him as if he was nothing. Naturally, she never expected that her sister would have an affair with such a reckless man.

Seeing that Youshi said it so "clearly", Third Sister You couldn't help but think of Jiao Shun, and for a moment she didn't know whether to be happy or angry.

So he left her playing with the jewelry in the house while he went to find Yindie outside and asked Yindie to ask Jiao Shun for a solution.

…………

at the same time.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Wan finally found the other courtyard, covering the inner wall and looking eastward - Yesterday, You family walked west from Ningguo Mansion, and from Rongguo Mansion, she had to go east.

When passing by the rockery, the two unfinished Chinese characters appeared in Li Wan's mind inexplicably, and he subconsciously led Su Yun to look for them.

When we arrived at the cave, we found that the two characters on the wall were complete!

Looking at the remaining traces around, Li Wan still doesn't know what the word "zheng" means?

Immediately, he spat a few times, secretly cursing that he was really shameless.

When she was hiding in the dust that day, she pretended to be seeing her for the first time, but she didn't notice anything fishy at all, and even criticized her over the two words "righteous". Now that she thinks about it, she feels really embarrassed and annoyed.

However, Li Wan had no intention of exposing this matter.

I just wanted to persuade You to rein in the situation so as not to follow in the footsteps of Qin Keqing.
Chapter completed!