summer thunderstorm

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In the early summer of 34 Yuan, the southwestern area of ​​Beichen ushered in the rainy season of this year. The drizzle was continuous and the fog was heavy. From time to time, dripping drops of water fell on the eaves and windows, walked through the green brick old street, and sang with the leaves. , lingering with the stream.

Yibei area is located in the south of Yihe River and north of Beihe River, that is, between Yihe River and Beihe River, and is close to the mouth of the two rivers. As a result, this place is nourished by water all the year round. It is known as a water town because of its outstanding people. , but water can nourish one person, and it can also destroy one person. This place is often faced with the dangers of spring and summer floods.

Xianyang City is a big city in Yibei area. The prefect of Xianyang is called Pu Yongjia. He is not considered to have made great achievements on weekdays, but he is also well-regulated. He is worthy of the people of Xianyang. The people also respect and love him, and he is quite famous.

But at this moment, Pu Yongjia wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and knelt in the room that belonged to him humbly. Kneeling with him were the prefects of several other cities, also sweating coldly.

And the person sitting in the room is the eldest prince Luo Jingyi who has been here for more than a month. Although he came in the name of managing Xia Xun, he has little knowledge of water conservancy, and the officials from the Ministry of Industry who accompanied him are also very familiar. Dare to let him meddle indiscriminately, let the eldest prince stay in Xianyang city to eat, drink and have fun, and only order the eunuch to take care of him, but they themselves are running around, and Luo Jingyi is happy and leisure, just playing, eating and drinking. .

"Prefect Pu, I just asked you to send a few more beauties here. Is it so difficult?" Luo Jingyi lazily leaned on the couch, slightly drunk, hugging the beautiful maidservant beside him, eating the beautiful maidservant. The fruit that was handed over was sloppy in speech, frivolous in behavior, without the image of a prince, it was really absurd.

Pu Yongjia tremblingly said: "Prince, the maid you sent before has already retired, and you don't like Meiji in the attic, I really don't know..."

Luo Jingyi was born in Jiangdu with a golden spoon in his mouth. He has never seen any kind of beauties. He only chose one of the beautiful maidservants sent by Pu Yongjia. In his eyes, Pu Yongjia is also worried, he can't let people rob people's daughters...

Unexpectedly, Luo Jingyi suddenly remembered that when he was wandering in the street a few days ago, he met a good-looking beauty with the unique temperament cultivated by this water town. With the soft and charming maidservant, he let it go, and now the beautiful maidservant is a bit tired, but that woman made him think about it.

"Prefect Pu, there is a family named Zhuo under your city?" Luo Jingyi asked.

"Yes," Pu Yongjia knelt, wondering what the eldest prince was going to do, "There is a family named Zhuo in the west of Xianyang City, and they are quite famous in the west of the city."

Luo Jingyi didn't remember if they met in the west of the city at that time, so he hurriedly asked: "He has a seventeen or eighteen-year-old daughter? She looks very juicy!"

Pu Yongjia's heart skipped a beat, and he replied hesitantly: "It seems... that there is... such a person, but... this woman's appearance... I don't know..."

Luo Jingyi believed it was true, seeing his hesitation, he just regarded it as fear of being punished by himself, waved his hand and said: "Go, if you invite someone here, you will know what he looks like!"

"This..." Pu Yongjia has always been honest, how can he really do such a lowly thing, and help several colleagues around him. After realizing it, he said again to Luo Jingyi, "Please wait a day for the eldest prince to send the girl tomorrow."

Although Luo Jingyi was dissatisfied with seeing the beauty only tomorrow, after thinking about it for a while and not in a hurry, he cheerfully agreed, and happily kissed the maidservant, which made the maidservant shy and angry, and the eunuchs also felt that they could no longer After waiting, he got up to leave, Luo Jingyi agreed, and before they left, he did not forget to remind: "Prefect Pu, the beauty wants to invite, but this king's house can't delay, let them hurry up."

"Yes, First Prince." Pu Yongjia withdrew respectfully.

After leaving the door, the prefects walked a little further, and only then did they start chatting and greeting each other.

"Prefect Pu, this matter... oh..." One of the prefects was a little old, and his thinking was a little old, so he naturally hated such things to the extreme.

The other eunuchs also sighed unceasingly, but they were also glad that the eldest prince was not enjoying himself in his own city, so after a few words of consolation, Pu Yongjia left and planned to return to the city.

"Can prefect Wen stay for a while?" Pu Yongjia asked one of the prefects.

That prefect was obviously the one who nodded to him in the room just now. Prefect Wen seemed to have something to say, so he nodded in agreement, and the others also left in a sensible way.

Prefect Wen's name is Wen Yi, and he is the prefect of Lizhou City in the Yibei area. Lizhou City is not as prosperous as Xianyang City, but this Wen Yi is not a simple prefect, but more like the emperor sent to supervise the Yibei area. Even if it's not fear, it's not far behind. The other prefects are also a little respectful and flattering to him, not daring to provoke him.

The two moved to the meeting place, and then Pu Yongjia asked: "Prefect Wen, forgive me for being blunt, how can I do what the eldest prince ordered me to do, if it is a farmer's son and daughter, there may be room for discussion, this Zhuo family But a scholarly family, this requires..."

"Okay, Prefect Pu, I will help Prefect Pu handle this matter. Prefect Pu will go to Zhuo's house tomorrow to get someone." Wen Yi interrupted him impatiently, "Give me some more money when I go." , as compensation, deducted from the taels brought by the first prince."

"This... is still deducted from the appropriation? The mansion to be built by the eldest prince is also deducted from it. This large sum of money is used for flood prevention! If it is found out, it will lose your head!" Pu Yongjia frowned. Wrinkled tightly, he regretted listening to Wen Yi's opinion, that mansion was much more magnificent than his prefect's mansion, and the money spent was not a small amount!

Wen Yi was not worried at all, he relented and said: "Prefect Pu, you don't have to worry about this matter, you just listened to the arrangement of the First Prince to build the mansion, and the First Prince refused to spend money, how can you get so much money as a prefect?" It is reasonable to use the appropriation funds for the construction of the salary, even if the higher-ups find out, I will not be able to find you here!"

Pu Yongjia heard the implication from his words, knowing that Wen Yi was someone above him, since he spoke, he could only accept his fate, and suddenly thought of something, "Prefect Wen, this year's rainy season is not small, and the duration is longer than It's been much longer than before, I'm afraid..."

Wen Yi naturally knew what he was talking about, and said with a smile: "The adults from the Ministry of Industry are busy with this matter, and I will cooperate as long as I can, but Prefect Wen doesn't have to worry too much, my master above me will naturally not take the people's money Just kidding."

"Since Prefect Wen has explained it like this, I am not too upset." Pu Yongjia felt relieved when he got the guarantee. This year, the people in the Yibei area were a little bit distressed by the rainy season, so they were worried that the summer flood would be too severe. Failure to prevent and control causes disasters.

"Prefect Lao Pu will go to Zhuo's house tomorrow, and I will leave today." Wen Yi bowed his hands and bowed.

"Okay, Governor Wen, go slowly." Pu Yongjia was also anxious to see how the craftsmen were going, so he didn't want to keep them.

After Wen Yi left, he didn't drive back to his Lizhou City, but went to the inn to change his clothes, and quietly went to Zhuo's house, bringing a veiled person with him.

The door of Zhuo's house was open, and there were two guards standing at the door. One could tell at a glance that this was not a small family.The guard seemed to recognize Wen Yi and dared not stop him, so he quickly invited him in. After waiting in the hall for a while, the master and wife of the Zhuo family came, and there was a young woman beside the wife, who was Miss Zhuo.

"Lord Wen!" The Zhuo family is a century-old scholarly family with a lot of etiquette. Although they are a little curious about the identity of the masked person, they dare not speak casually.

Wen Yi accepted their gift, returned the gift, and said: "Master Zhuo, from tomorrow onwards, Miss Zhuo will not be able to go out for the time being, and I will wrong Miss Zhuo to stay in the boudoir for a few more days."

"Oh, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely tell my wife to take good care of my daughter, so that I won't hinder my lord's important affairs." Master Zhuo said respectfully, and the woman also said: "Don't worry, my lord, my daughter is used to staying in the boudoir. won't go out."

"Well, master Zhuo is lucky, such a well-behaved daughter is rare." Wen Yi praised with satisfaction.

"Your Excellency, it's absurd, it's absurd." Master Zhuo was naturally happy when he heard Wen Yi's praise.

Wen Yi saw that the exchange of greetings was almost over, so he turned sideways and let the person behind him out. Everyone's eyes were focused on that person, but the masked person lifted his veil with one hand, and then took off his robe, revealing his whole body. The bright red dress is so gorgeous, but only a pearl hairpin is used on the head, but it makes the woman more beautiful, "Aren't you scared by me?"

The woman's voice was also very soft and charming, which woke them up, Wen Yi also smiled and said: "Mrs. Zhuo, please take the fifth girl to change into Lingmei's clothes, and then do some makeup."

Mrs. Zhuo took the order to go, and the fifth girl Wen Yi was talking about followed. Before leaving, she gave Wen Yi a glare. Wen Yi didn't care, and said to Master Zhuo: "Tomorrow the Prefect Pu will come to invite someone. At that time, you will cry for a while, and you just keep the silver sent by the prefect Pu, and you don't need to worry about it."

"My lord, don't worry." Master Zhuo nodded.

The two discussed for a while, and Mrs. Zhuo came back with the fifth girl. She changed into the red dress, the emerald green blouse and the blue long skirt. There was still only one pearl hairpin on the rolled-up black hair, and on the pearl hairpin was a delicate hairpin. There are three pearls hanging below the butterfly, which sway as the fifth girl walks, but it makes people feel that the butterfly seems to be flying in the swaying of the pearls, and the face with a little makeup is shy and shy, which makes people move Do not open your eyes.

"This... looks! It's so similar!" Master Zhuo looked at the fifth girl in surprise, she was completely different from the red dress just now, and the temperament of this dress was so similar to Miss Zhuo!

"Thank you for my sister's clothes." The fifth girl saluted Miss Zhuo, and the two stood together. If they said they were twin sisters, they would believe it. Miss Zhuo was also surprised, and looked at the fifth lady carefully. "Sister is much prettier than younger sister."

Mrs. Zhuo saw that the faces of the fifth girl were similar to her daughter's, and she was concerned and worried, "My lord, sending the fifth girl away is not ruining the family."

Before Wen Yi could answer, Miss Wu smiled and said, "Thank you Mrs. Zhuo for your concern, but I have a sense of proportion at this time."

"Yeah, don't worry, Miss Wu is quite capable." Wen Yi also smiled, Master Zhuo and Mrs. Zhuo were only helping Wen Yi with affairs after all, so they couldn't say much, so they had to agree.

After Wen Yi left, Zhuo's family really regarded Fifth Miss as their daughter, allowing Fifth Miss to enjoy a rare warmth.

Wen Yi, who had gone back, immediately wrote a letter to inform his master, the sixth prince Luo Jinglei, of today's arrangements.

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