Quecheng is shrouded in mist and rain in March.
Clouds laden with moisture drifted in from the southern border, squeezing out raindrops all over Chizhou.
The river channel carried its abundant, living water deep into the plains, and the earth began a new cycle of breathing. New buds sprouted from withered branches, growing among the roofs and tiles, blooming into clusters of light yellow and fresh green. The city of Que also changed its color.
Dujuan moved the pickles and fermented rice wine that had been lying there for the whole winter into the backyard, and was busy sealing the boxes of cloth with oilcloth to prevent moisture.
A patch of hair fell off Jixiang's buttocks, and Xiao Nanhui thought it was ringworm due to the weather. However, a passing Shrike confessed that it was seasonal hair loss.
Xiao Nanhui knew that something was fishy, so he stayed in the stable for a few nights, and sure enough, he discovered that the other party had secretly ridden Jixiang out.
The hair on Jixiang's buttocks was pulled out. He has a bad temper and will only behave himself when his buttocks hair is pulled.
Xiao Nanhui was furious about this. She didn't understand why Shrike would leave Hua Qiu alone and instead bully Jixiang.
Naturally, Shrike refused to say anything and made up some lame excuses to cover it up.
However, this kind of thing had happened before. The last time Xie Li represented the An Dao Academy in Que City to meet the emperor, Shrike was just as agitated. Jixiang's speed was much faster than Hua Qiu's. Even if he was reluctant, he could have mapped out her escape route in a few days.
Xiao Nanhui speculated that Xie Li might be coming again. But if there was such a big commotion at An Daoyuan, Ding Weixiang wouldn't have been completely unresponsive.
Xiao Nanhui had more questions in his mind, but he felt that the affairs of An Daoyuan should not have much to do with him, so he finally gave up.
She had more pressing matters to worry about.
After helping Dujuan clean up the leaves that had accumulated in the yard over the winter, she went to Wangchen Tower alone.
Yao Yi's small side yard was now filled with bouquets of flowers again. The flowers in season were new peaches, daffodils, and jasmine, and their fragrance was so strong that it made her sneeze repeatedly.
The number one shopkeeper of Wangchen Tower has been hunched over the desk and fiddling with the abacus every day for ten years, as if there was no one else in the room.
Right in front of him stood a jar that was almost half a person's height. The mouth of the jar was sealed with new mud and tied with a piece of pink rouge paper.
Xiao Nanhui coughed lightly and poked half of his head out from behind the jar.
"This is the orange honey that Dujuan brewed last autumn. I'm giving it to you to try."
Du Juan despised Yao Yi, a profiteer, the most, so it was certainly impossible that the honey was delivered by her personally.
Xiao Nanhui touched his nose and secretly prayed that Dujuan would not notice that one of her dozen jars of honey was missing.
Yao Yi remained silent, lowering his head and writing furiously in the account book.
His expression was so cold when he was busy, which was completely different from his usual smiling face when greeting his sponsors.
However, today, he seems to be even more cruel and ruthless than before.
squeak.
The door opened and Wu Xiaoliu walked in carrying a small copper kettle.
I haven't seen him for over a month. He has gained a lot of weight, and his cunning little eyes now look more and more like Yao Yi, except for the sarcasm and disdain between his eyebrows.
It seemed like they hadn't seen each other for a while. Wu Xiaoliu seemed a little embarrassed when he saw Xiao Nanhui. The fat hands holding the copper pot had several dents in their flesh due to nervousness.
"Wu Xiaoliu." Xiao Nan called the fat man's name back, "Why don't you dare look up at me?"
Wu Xiaoliu drooped his fat face and his eyes rolled around.
"No, you're seeing things."
Xiao Nanhui looked down at his cup and frowned.
"Why clear water?"
Wu Xiaoliu suddenly picked up the pot and ran out of the door. Yao Yi, who had been silent all the time, finally raised his head from behind the desk, his small eyes flashing with ferocity.
"The people you sent here have eaten up fifty taels of my silver in just half a month, and you, my former master, still have the nerve to ask why? They're lucky to have a sip of hot water, what else do you want?"
Wu Xiaoliu is a bit of a "jinx", which Xiao Nanhui knew when he was in Yanxi.
But she never thought that he might be a "money-loser".
After a few awkward laughs, Xiao Nan was now the one to look embarrassed. She held the cup between two fingers and took a sip, mumbling incoherently.
"I'm going to Yu'an next month. I heard that they specialize in agaricus mushrooms, which will be in their prime soon. I'll bring some back..."
Yao Yi suddenly interrupted, "What are you doing in Yu'an?"
Xiao Nanhui was stunned for a moment, then realized that the other party didn't know about the spring hunt. He immediately regretted his quick words and subconsciously tried to cover up the truth.
"It's just spring hunting, not a big deal."
However, Yao Yi is not so easy to fool.
"Hasn't the Spring Hunt been held for over ten years? Why did you suddenly think of it this year? And since you don't hold any official position now, why do you want to go with us?"
"I'm not the emperor, how would I know?"
Xiao Nanhui seemed a little annoyed, but Yao Yi, unusually, didn't care and just made a light conclusion.
"It's a good thing that he removed you from office. You should stay away from him."
It's impossible.
Because she had taken the Black Feather Camp's badge and was involved in the investigation of Puhuna, she had never told anyone about these things, so Yao Yi naturally didn't know about it.
Xiao Nanhui felt a little guilty and tried to laugh it off.
"They're short on staff these days, and I doubt it will be my turn when the time comes." She paused, then abruptly changed the subject. "Well... you know I'm here today because of the letter, so don't drag me down."
Yes, she came today to receive the reply from the Zou family.
When she sent the letter in Jiaosong County, she had taken it into consideration and marked the reply address as Wangchenlou.
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