In the yellow plum season, every family rains, and the grass and ponds are everywhere.

If there are guests who don’t come to spend the middle of the night, they will beat chess pieces and fall lanterns.

Every year in the fifth and sixth month of the lunar calendar, when the plum blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River are ripe, the plum rain season will come as scheduled. The plum rain in the second year of Jiajing is no exception. The warm and humid monsoon brings abundant water vapor to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Often the rain lasts for more than ten months, which is really annoying.

The intermittent rain, sometimes big and sometimes small, has been falling for five consecutive days, and the air seems to be able to twist out water. Standing on the boat and looking out, I saw the misty rain on both sides of the canal, casting a mysterious veil on the graceful Jiangnan water town in Suzhou.

The imperial envoy's building ship was sailing slowly on the canal. The black yellow dragon flag on the bow of the ship had already been wet with the rain. The raindrops of both big and small hit the deck made a drizzle.

Xu Jin left Yangzhou City on May 16th and took a boat to the south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Because he had a stop in the prefectures and counties along the way, it took ten days to enter the Suzhou boundary. It took about half a day to reach Suzhou Prefecture City.

The matters in Yangzhou have been basically settled, and the land clearance work has also opened up. Zhu Wan, the new Yangzhou Prefecture General, will strictly implement it, so there is no need for Xu Jin to continue to stay in Yangzhou City, so he took a boat to continue to inspect and urged all prefectures and counties to step up the land clearance work.

Xu Jin arrested the prefect Jiang Ping in Yangzhou Prefecture, collapsed Shi Haoran, a salt transport envoy with a deep background, and also eliminated a large number of officials and gentry involved in smuggling. This undoubtedly played a deterrent role in killing the chicken and intimidating the monkey.

Therefore, where Xu Jin lived, local officials in various prefectures were trembling and walking on thin ice. Naturally, no one dared to slander and disobey. They all honestly implemented the policy of land clearing. After all, once Xu beheaded and spotted, they would have to peel off even if they didn't die.

According to the plan, Xu Jin would patrol the south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Since Suzhou Prefecture is the second largest prefecture after Yangzhou Prefecture, Xu Jin planned to stay here for a while, and then he would continue to go south to Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang.

Speaking of which, since the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy Xia Yan took down Shuangyu Port, he had sent letters to urge Xu Jin to go south several times because he arrested many gentry and merchants involved in smuggling in Ningbo, Zhejiang, or officials who provided protection for smuggling, including Zhao Rui, the governor of Ningbo Prefecture.

In addition, Xia Yan also searched the privately hidden sea ships in Ningbo Prefecture, and immediately destroyed them after finding them, so he completely angered the local interest groups and flew to Nanjing and Beijing like snowflakes. The pressure was extremely great, and he was almost unable to withstand it.

Xu Jin was not in a hurry to wipe Xia Yan's butt this time, and took this opportunity to make this stubborn donkey suffer a little, so he took the tower boat to go south slowly. In addition to his leisure, he also went to visit the scenic spots along the way, which was very leisurely!

The cabin of the imperial envoy's building was very spacious, and the rain and fog outside were hazy, but the cabin was very dry and the atmosphere was relaxed and warm.

At this time, Xu Jin was authentically sipping Dongting Bishu Chun tea brewed by the pretty maid Chuchun. The jade flute on his lips in early summer was blowing a gentle and beautiful sound. The little girl had been studying with Wang Cuiqiao for more than a month, and the flute was very stylish and quite excited.

Wang Cuiqiao was wearing a green skirt and sat upright in front of a guqin, graceful and picturesque, with a series of pleasant notes jumping out on the strings of the piano, in harmony with the sound of the flute.

It can be heard from the melody that the two women were playing a song "The Sword of the Immortality". At this time, Wang Cuiqiao finally opened his red lips and sang: "The drizzle drizzles, the breeze shakes, and the love is long with the infatuation..."

I have to say that Wang Cuiqiao's voice was favored by God. When he opened his mouth, the heavenly singing sound instantly shocked, and then he was immersed in it.

Listening to Wang Cuiqiao's singing is undoubtedly a kind of enjoyment. If you can watch her singing, it will be even more of a god-like enjoyment. The stunning appearance of Qingcheng and the unparalleled singing skills are perfect!

However, Lord Xu had enjoyed this kind of immortal enjoyment for a long time, and was even a little addicted. Just after Wang Cuiqiao's injuries healed, Lord Xu went to listen to Wang Jia sing songs almost every day, and even "made" many new songs to "discuss" with Wang Jia. Moreover, this time he went south to Hangzhou and brought Wang Jia with him.

As a result, Wang Jia, who was the courtesan of the three consecutive times, became Lord Xu's personal singer, and of course, Lord Xu also became Wang Jia's personal composer and lyricist. Moreover, Xu Jin's "high yield" really shocked Wang Cuiqiao. She really didn't understand how a person could make a new song every day, which was really incredible.

Gradually, Wang Cuiqiao became accustomed to Xu Jin's endless new songs, and from the initial shock to numbness. Sometimes Wang Cuiqiao even felt that as long as she followed Xu Jin, she no longer needed to travel around to collect folk songs, because she could not finish singing the songs written by Xu Jin.

"Love is moving, in the green mountains, the gust of wind is in an instant. Looking for a beautiful woman, love is hard to be true, and trampling on the chaotic dust with swords... If you are with you, I will not envy the mandarin ducks or the immortals."

At the end of the song, the sound of the piano and the flute stopped, leaving only the sound of rain outside the window, and the heart-wrenching and beautiful songs seemed to echo in my ears.

Xu Jin sighed lightly, and before he could sigh, Qiu Yan had already shook her head and said in a thick voice: "Miss Cuiqiao's song is only available in the sky. How many times can I hear it on earth? The lingering sound is lingering around the beam for three months!"

After Qiu Yan said that, she covered her mouth and giggled and said, "Can Lord Xu change his words? Don't even my maid get tired of hearing it."

The two pretty maids, Chuchun and Chuxia, were also laughed.

Xu Jin laughed silently and said, "Then I will change my words. Miss Cuiqiao sang this song so wonderfully. It's so good that it's so fascinating and lustful that it makes people unable to stop."

Wang Cuiqiao, who was about to drink a sip of tea to moisten his throat, almost spit out. Qiu Yan chuckled and said, "Mr. Xu, is my lady's appearance not so attractive and does not make people unable to stop?"

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat. This maid really dared to say anything. Wang Cuiqiao's cheeks were like fire, and she angrily glanced at the maid. She didn't know if it was true or deliberately concealed the embarrassment, but she started coughing violently.

This scared Qiu Yan. Although the lady has recovered so much, her injuries have not yet fully recovered. She has no recurrence to cure her. She dared not talk anymore and hurriedly stepped forward and gently stroked Wang Cuiqiao's back.

Fortunately, Wang Cuiqiao coughed for a moment and then calmed down. Xu Jin asked with concern: "Miss Cuiqiao, what's wrong with me? Do you want to stop the boat and dock to find a doctor?"

Wang Cuiqiao felt warm in her heart, blushed her face slightly and shook her head, "It's okay, I'm choking when I drink water."

Xu Jin felt a little relieved when he heard this. It was hard to let Wang Cuiqiao continue singing.

It was probably because he had just finished coughing. Wang Cuiqiao's eyes were watery at this moment. The handsome eyes looked at Xu Jin with bright eyes and said with a smile: "The boat listens to the rain in the tower, and the south of the Yangtze River is like smoke. In this situation, shouldn't Lord Xu have good poems to celebrate?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the cabin had a lit sight. Chuxia's little hoof was even more afraid that the world would not be in chaos. She clapped her hands and laughed: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, ye

Xu Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly. As the eyes of the girls looked, he had to get up and pace in the cabin. His mind was searching quickly. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed and he smiled and said, "I have it!"

Xu Jin's poems are famous, and they have a curse in such a short time. No one is surprised. Instead, they think that this is normal. They all look at Xu Jin with scorching eyes.

Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Sometimes it's not a good thing to be too famous. It seems that we must never write poems easily in the future.

Xu Jin stood in front of the window with his hands on his back, and slowly chanted as he looked at the wind and rain outside, "The wind and rain are shining in the nine states, and the waves are scattered into the east. However, the rest of the characters are hard to escape, and they are traveling far away with wind and thunder."

Xu Jin had just finished chanting, and he had already applauded with admiration in his eyes in early spring and early summer.
Chapter completed!