In front of you is a vast lake with sparkling waves.
"I'll go!" There is actually a lake on Qilin Mountain, and it's quite big! "Is the water deep?"
"There must be four or five feet." Fushan Yue stroked his chin, "It would be good to fish here, or..."
He made a swimming gesture.
"Good place." He Lingchuan also smiled.
The water plants near the lake are getting taller and the shrubs on the shore are denser. As long as he enters the water from here, no one can keep an eye on him.
Water Escape is really more convenient than anything else, and it can also block the detection of spiritual thoughts. Don't the Tongxin Guards want to keep track of them? Make it more difficult for them.
"The emperor actually gave you a villa with a back door, no, a back lake."
Fu Shanyue laughed loudly: "The emperor is busy with everything, how can he delve into these details? How many peaks are there in Lingxu City, and how many such villas are there? How can the emperor criticize them one by one?"
He added: "I heard that two servants of the original owner once lost their children here. Later I found out that there was a catfish in the lake that turned into a monster and ate people."
"Caught?"
"It took me half a year to catch it." Fu Shanyue threw a stone into the water. Unexpectedly, there was a splash on the water surface, as if something was disturbed below. "There is live water flowing down from the mountain. This lake cannot be drained."
He Lingchuan stroked his chin: "In this way, it would be bad if someone escapes from the waterway. There should be some guards in the lake."
"How many monsters are you looking for?"
He Lingchuan smiled and said: "Leave it to me, I happen to recognize it."
In the past three days, rumors have been given enough time to spread. Prince Huan killed people and set fire to Pan Shanzhai. Countless people witnessed it with their own eyes. Not only civilians, but spies and informants from various agencies were also at the scene. They reported clearly when they went back.
So not only the upper echelons of Lingxu City knew about it, but the news even spread across the district.
More importantly, the emperor turned around and gave Fu Shanyue a mansion.
Everyone knows that this is to appease and apologize. No matter how much it is covered up, it proves that Prince Huan committed the crime and the royal family admits its mistake.
Can even the emperor apologize silently, hey!
The name of Prince Chiyan once again resounded throughout Lingxu City.
So on the day that Pianxiang Villa reopened, this ancient house that had been dormant for seven years was crowded with people, all of whom came to congratulate Prince Chiyan on his move.
The protagonist is Fu Shanyue, and the halo belongs to Fu Shanyue. Of course, He Lingchuan is happy and free. No matter how noisy the front hall and the backyard are, he only needs to hide in the kitchen to eat and drink.
Fushan Yue hired several new cooks, three of whom were good at hot dishes, one was good at cold dishes, and the other was a chubby cook who was good at making wine and making snacks. He Lingchuan said a few nice words to her and immediately got two large plates full of various kinds.
pastry.
The hawthorn cake melted in your mouth. He Lingchuan ate two of them in a row, thinking of Mrs. Ying for no reason.
In the past in Blackwater City, he and He Yue often ate the cook's snacks secretly. The cook also knew this and often secretly put a pot of snacks in the back cupboard for the two brothers, even though the taste was far inferior to what He Lingchuan was eating now.
I haven't seen He Yue for a long time. This guy should be the second-in-command of General Dunyu's office.
Mrs. Ying put so much effort into building the garden. I wonder if it has been repaired now.
He Lingchuan sighed, and the hawthorn cake in his hand suddenly lost its fragrance.
Looking back on the days when I was the young master of Blackwater City, the happiness at that time was pure happiness, and the worries at that time were just simple worries.
It was only a year before and after, it felt like a lifetime ago.
The cook was anxious: "Master, isn't it delicious?"
He Lingchuan said seriously: "It's not bad, there is still room for improvement."
"That may be because it's cold." The cook thought for a moment and took out another piece of white pastry from the back cabinet. It was only the size of a palm, and it looked like it was not for entertaining guests: "Wait a minute."
"..." Does every cook have a back cupboard for hiding things?
She went into the kitchen to tinker for a while, and soon came out with the steaming pastry: "Here, let's try the lard cake."
He Lingchuan picked up a piece and tasted it. It was glutinous and soft. The lard was mixed with sweet-scented osmanthus. It was fragrant but not greasy. It was especially satisfying to eat in autumn.
"It's delicious. Isn't this for entertaining guests?"
"I won't entertain guests. This is made from a newly harvested batch of osmanthus flowers from the old osmanthus tree in the villa. The quantity is too small and I can't carry it out."
The sweet-scented osmanthus needs to be dried and stored tightly in the shade, which is time-consuming.
In the past three or four days, He Lingchuan had become familiar with him here. He was friendly and the people in the kitchen didn't regard him as an outsider, and they just gossiped while busy.
He Lingchuan ate and listened, and then he realized that two more melons had exploded in Lingxu City in the past few days.
First of all, the Shaofu Prime Minister Jia Qingmin was involved in corruption. The Tingwei wrote a letter and was dismissed from his post and investigated.
"How much was he greedy for?"
"It's said to be two million taels?" the cook whispered, and everyone within a three-foot radius could hear it.
"Two million taels, doesn't it seem like a lot of money for such a big official to be greedy?" That's two billion dollars. It might be sensational in other places, but the people of Lingxu City have seen the big world, and this number is very important to them.
For the officials of Lingxu City, it was not that amazing. Therefore, the cooks were a little disappointed, "I heard that the Ke family, yes, the Ke family who is rich all over the world, spent a lot of money to buy a broken sword some time ago.
It’s almost 900,000 taels.”
"Can that be the same thing?" the cook asked again, "Gold and jewelry are not included. Also, do you know the Golden Hook Gambling House in the east of Shuimen, which has the best business?"
"I know, I... I have a friend who went there some time ago and said that it's very thoughtful!" The man laughed dryly, "It's very thoughtful and everyone talks nicely!"
"That's the golden rooster that lays eggs. It is said that the owner behind the scenes is the Jia family."
Everyone let out a long "Oh".
"Also, the prospective son-in-law of the third master of the Hu family on Tianxiang Island also made a joke recently..."
He Lingchuan ate a few cakes here and heard a lot of gossip.
He asked the cook: "Is Lingxu City usually so lively? There are exciting news every three days."
"That's hard to say." The cook smiled, "It's been so lively recently, and all the things that can be discussed at the dinner table have been mixed up."
He Lingchuan was eating a delicious meal when Jiao Yu ran over from nowhere, holding something in his mouth and placing it in front of him.
A stack of invitations. "For you."
"Mine?" He Lingchuan opened it and looked at it while eating.
It was indeed given to him.
Apparently, he noticed that there were more dignitaries in "He Xiao" than a few days ago.
He Lingchuan asked it while looking at it: "Do you know that Shaofu Cheng has been investigated?"
"I know." Jiao Yu said matter-of-factly, "Tingwei was at Cha Jia's house half a month ago, and the emperor only gave the order to deal with it in the past two days."
"These two days?" He Lingchuan thought thoughtfully.
In the past three or four days, there have been a lot of big and small things happening in Lingxu City, not too big or too small, right?
Along with the popularity of the elixir case, the popularity of the Prince Huan murder and arson incident has also been diverted a lot.
Who is setting off smoke bombs?
He put these thoughts aside and looked at the invitation in his hand.
Most of these are invitations to participate in activities organized by various companies. There are banquets, gatherings, operas, hunting, etc. almost every day on the floating island. This is a tradition that has been developed for many years. Even monsters have long been integrated into it, attracting
For fashion.
He Lingchuan flipped through a few pages, then he groaned and picked up an invitation:
"From the Ke family?"
This gilded invitation was sent by the Ke family.
Yes, it's the Ke family, a wealthy Lingxu man whose family owns a mine.
He Lingchuan originally wanted to get a chance to go to the Ke family through Lao Ge or other intermediaries, but he didn't expect that they would take the initiative to invite him.
He and the guy surnamed Ke really had a good rapport and went in both directions.
"Why did the Ke family invite me?" There was also a gift list attached to the invitation. The gifts listed on it were all very expensive. People would not give them gold beads and agate because they thought they were tacky. The first item at the beginning was a pot sculpture.
He Lingchuan asked someone to move the potted sculpture over, and saw that it was carved into a mountain stone flower house, and the carving itself was extremely exquisite. Through the window of the flower house, you could still see something inside, and the flowers were green.
He Lingchuan tried to reach in and check, Huh?
He grabbed out a fruit vine.
The real, green vines are as thick as two fingers, and they actually bear a lot of fruits. The red fruits they produce look like strawberries at first glance, but they have a strange aroma.
Like...cream?
The tiger came up and sniffed it a few times: "It's ripe and ready to eat."
He Lingchuan immediately threw a red fruit to it.
Jiao Yu suffocated and smacked his lips: "It doesn't seem to taste."
He Lingchuan tasted one himself. It was extremely sweet and the best among berries.
He stretched out his hand again, and this time he actually grabbed a jade melon.
The cook also wanted to join in the fun and came over holding a kitchen knife: "I'll do it!"
A melon is bigger than a football, and can be opened with a few cuts. He Lingchuan grabbed a piece and ate it. It was as sweet as honey, as sweet as jelly, and juicy enough, but it was a bit freezing when eaten in autumn.
"Hey, you're welcome, everyone is here."
As soon as he said hello, the cook and the waiter who had just had their time came over quickly and took a piece with a smile.
"Isn't this thing just for carrying around with you in the orchard?" He Lingchuan looked at the mountain stone flower house, "Oh no, there are no instructions for use."
The squirrel came out of nowhere, jumped on the table, and pointed at the two lines of small words on the side of the mountain stone flower house.
Isn’t this true? I’m so blind.
Just plant the seeds and water them, and you'll get fruit in two days.
"So you can grow your own food?" You can grow whatever you want and you can harvest it within two days.
At the moment when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is weakening, this treasure is really magical. The tiger asked: "Don't you need the mysterious crystal to activate it?"
"Oh, maybe." Normal people can't do this kind of thing using precious Xuanjing to grow fruits, but it doesn't mean that the powerful people in Lingxu City can't do it. Especially the Ke family has Xuanjing mine themselves, Xuanjing is very useful to them. What's the difference between copper and iron? Aren't they all dug out of the ground?
He Lingchuan blindly guessed that time flows faster inside this treasure than outside.
I just don't know whether to fertilize or not.
He picked up the gift list and looked down. The last two items were the same as the mountain stone house. It was indeed the kind of treasure that a rich person would give. It was beautiful and fun, but not very practical.
Compared to this mountain-stone flower house, He Lingchuan would rather the Ke family gave him a gold cora. He didn't think it was tacky, but he was short of money now.
But the fourth thing is even more valuable. When Jiao Yu saw it, he was also surprised and said:
"The Ke family actually gave you a boat?"
"Hua Fang!" He Lingchuan corrected it, "It's obviously a Hua Fang!"
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