75 Linyuanyou
"Before I take a bath... I think about it too."
In early March, the dust settled.
The Shen family's affairs embroiled in old cases, each one horrifying. As patriarch of the Shen family, Shen Yihao, upon taking office, began secretly peddling salt through collateral officials to amass profits. Upon discovery, he was personally detained and brought to the capital by the former county magistrate. The Shen family's elderly wife resorted to her old tricks, dragging her ailing body thousands of miles to the capital, only to be stopped outside the palace and ignored.
The gavel slammed shut, startling the drowsy person awake. Tian Nongxi rubbed his eyes, propping up his face, and asked the person opposite, "Where were we at?"
"It's about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince being handsome, unparalleled, decisive and ruthless." Jiang Miaoyao held her chin with both hands, her little face flushed, her mind and eyes full of the heroic people in the story, and she took the time to reply vaguely.
Tian Nongxi raised his eyelids and looked at the storyteller in the middle of the hall. He saw him excitedly describing what the Crown Prince was wearing that day. He even remembered clearly where the wind brought by the sword in his hand when it was unscabbard came from.
"Do you believe it too?" she asked Jiang Miaojue, who seemed relatively calm.
Jiang Miaojue rubbed the teacup uncomfortably, his eyes wandering, "I don't believe it."
"That's right." Tian Nongxi's eyes cleared a little, and he said with regret, "If a local tycoon from a county had to be stopped by the crown prince himself when he came to the capital, then this dynasty would be over. And you're still interested in listening to this?"
She deliberately lowered her voice, but a disgruntled cough still rang out. Turning back, she saw the young man holding a wooden sign with the storyteller's name inscribed on it. Knowing he was a "fanatic," Tian Nongxi instantly smiled and clapped her hands in applause.
Finally, when the man turned his gaze back to the hall, Tian Nongxi held his forehead and said, "I think I have to send you to the academy."
This matter involved many people, and it was heard that no one had been seen in the past half month. Tian Nongxi didn't want to go to the palace to play along, and with nothing to do in the capital, he simply followed his philosophy of charity and wrote a letter to Qingdu County to have Ah Shuang and the others, who were enjoying themselves, dragged to the academy.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.
Tian Nongxi sipped tea and looked at the Jiang sisters. Jiang Miaoyao had already turned her head to look at the storyteller intently. Jiang Miaojue lowered her eyes and pinched the corner of her clothes, hesitatingly saying that the shop still needed people.
Tian Nongxi leaned close to her ear and said, it’s okay, you can hire more people, the last thing she lacks now is money.
Knowing that this was her nature, Tian Nongxi didn't force her to ask for anything. He sighed and said without hesitation, "It's settled."
Then she stood up, pressed the shoulders of the two people who were about to stand up, and said, "I have something to do with your sister Tan Xiang. You guys continue. You don't have to go to the shop today." She left as soon as she finished speaking, leaving behind two silver ingots on the table that she had placed there at some point.
It was early March, and spring hadn't yet fully arrived in Beijing. A chilly wind occasionally blew outside. Tian Nongxi straightened his collar. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him. He mentally called out to the system, asking how much time was left.
Cai Cai was excited, "One hundred taels of gold is still missing! Cai Cai would like to congratulate the host in advance. Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations to you, congratulations, congratulations to you~"
One hundred taels? ?
Tian Nongxi didn't say anything, feeling inexplicably heavy in his heart as if it were being pressed down by several huge rocks.
"The host will be able to go home and lie down soon~"
"Yeah." Tian Nongxi stepped into Hao Zai Lai and said, "Goodbye Cai Cai."
It was sent away. Tan Xiang, who was sitting on the ground at the kitchen door in a daze, saw Tian Nongxi and came over to greet him.
Before she could speak, Tian Nongxi waved her hand and interrupted her, "No need to apologize."
Turning around and glancing around the deserted shop, Tian Nongxi picked a chair at random and sat down. After motioning for Tan Xiang to sit down as well, she rubbed her palms and thought.
After a while, he took out a dozen banknotes from his sleeve, but what he said was completely different from what he wanted to say before he found out how much money he still needed to complete the task.
"You don't have to work anymore." Tian Nongxi pushed the banknote over. Seeing Tan Xiang's hurt but understanding expression, he smiled and said slowly, "Don't cry yet. Take this money and open a shop outside, one that can afford a storyteller."
"Then let's do it again..." Tan Xiang was stunned.
Tian Nongxi would not allow any arguments. "It's closed. All good things will come back. Just close it for a month. If you can't contact me after a month, you can open it again."
Before Tan Xiang could react to the meaning of her words, there was a loud "clang" and the sound of pots and pans breaking all over the floor came from the kitchen.
The two looked over when they heard the sound and saw Jiang Chang standing among the scattered bowls and chopsticks with an expression of disbelief on his face, forgetting even to leave.
Tian Nongxi stood up and picked up the unbroken dishes and chopsticks, and Tan Xiang hurriedly took a broom to clean up the broken ones.
Knowing that he was in the way, Jiang Chang silently gave way.
"You too, want to open a shop and ask me for money." Tian Nongxi squatted down and lowered his eyes to look carefully for chopsticks, his tone indifferent, "I have plenty of money." It would be a waste not to spend it.
Before he could respond, someone walked in through the door.
The man was wearing a black python robe and walked in calmly. His cold gaze swept across the three people huddled together and fell on Tian Nongxi's face. The corners of his originally straight mouth curved almost imperceptibly.
He nodded slightly to the other two and said hello. Wen Tingluan walked slowly to Tian Nongxi, who was busy cleaning up the mess with his head down, and asked softly, "What is this?"
Tian Nongxi then noticed him coming, stood up and pushed the picked up dishes into Tan Xiang's arms, explained with a smile, and asked him if he had eaten.
When she heard Luan shake his head, she took his hand and went to the backyard. Before leaving, she looked back at Tan Xiangjiang and Chang standing together and said, "Pack up your things. Aren't you happy about the holiday?"
After making a simple bowl of vegetarian noodles and an egg for Wen Tingluan, Tian Nongxi started to busy herself with packing her own packages.
But after a cup of tea, a voice suddenly came from behind:
"After such a long time of not seeing each other, Xiaoxi, don't you miss me?
The sound was neither high nor low, and it was getting closer and closer.
"I think of Xiaoxi. I think of her when I'm leaving court, when I'm going to court, when I'm eating, and even when I'm dreaming."
The clear and pleasant voice paused, and said sincerely: "Before taking a bath... I also want to."
Tian Nongxi was so annoyed that he turned his head and was about to chop Wen Tingluan in the face with a knife, but he saw a face with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes with drooping eyes, showing a deliberate expression of grievance.
Tian Nongxi: I endured it.
She stopped moving, but Wen Tingluan grabbed her hand and pressed it against her face. He tilted his head and kissed her palm, his tone still a little disappointed: "Why did Xiaoxi stop?"
Tian Nongxi pulled his hand back and smiled evilly, "No reward for you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Tingluan grabbed her jaw and leaned over to kiss her.
"Well, you..." He swallowed the unfinished words. Tian Nongxi symbolically punched his shoulders twice, then closed his eyes and clutched Wen Tingluan's clothes around his waist, using the force to support himself and prevent himself from falling due to weak legs.
After an unknown amount of time, her tightly clenched fingers began to untwist one by one. Tian Nongxi closed her eyes, her eyelashes fluttering like butterflies. She finally realized that she had no strength left to support herself, and the wall behind her was no longer there. The momentary weightlessness she had just experienced was due to...
Tian Nongxi opened her eyes and saw herself being held in the air, and the "culprit" was staring at her and smiling.
He never closed his eyes.
For a moment, this was the only thought in her mind.
Tian Nongxi's face suddenly turned red and hot. He was already breathing rapidly, and now he could hardly catch his breath. He was already gathering strength in his hands to hit him.
Wen Tingluan held her hips with one hand and controlled her hand with the other, moving a little closer so that their foreheads touched, and laughed with a confused breath, "This is - a reward."
"Put me down." She broke free from her restraints and punched Wen Tingluan's left chest with her fist.
"Hiss." Wen Tingluan put her down exhausted, bent down, covered his heart and frowned.
"Are you okay? I'm holding back." Tian Nongxi bent down suspiciously, trying to gauge his expression, but was caught off guard and kissed on the cheek.
"What are you doing in broad daylight?" She was silent for a while and closed her eyes weakly.
"That night I went to sleep by the stream."
"..." Tian Nongxi couldn't help but laugh, but then he suddenly stopped laughing. His eyes turned cold and he said hesitantly, "Come with me to Xiling Town. I want to celebrate my birthday there."
"good."
Wen Tingluan didn't ask anything, as if she would only say this one word when making any decision.
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