In the back house of the Fang family under the afterglow of the setting sun, Fang Zian and Chunni were sitting in the small hall eating. Chunni rolled up her sleeves, picking up food for Fang Zian from time to time, and asked Fang Zian softly how the food tasted. Fang Zian

While eating, he praised the taste of the food, but seemed a little absent-minded.

"Husband, are you a little tired? I saw that you looked a little bad when you came back. Is the matter in the Yamen very difficult?" Chunni asked.

Fang Zian raised his head and smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will handle it. By the way, you should take care of yourself. You don't have to cook in person from now on. You are pregnant, so you have to have a good rest."

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Chunni smiled and said: "I'm fine. I've been used to doing things since I was a child. I feel uncomfortable if I have to rest all day. I'm just worried about you. I know I shouldn't meddle in your affairs, but I'm always a little worried. I remind you

You're brave. Seeing you frowning makes my heart beat."

Fang Zian put down his chopsticks, stretched out his hand to hold Chuni's hand and said with a smile: "It's my fault. Things in the yamen are a bit complicated. Maybe I frowned unconsciously thinking about those things. In fact, it's really nothing."

Chuni sighed: "You don't have to lie to me, things must be a little difficult. I can see it. Look, Miss Shen has followed you to protect her, which means that Sister Qin is also uneasy."

Fang Zian smiled and didn't want to explain more. He turned to look outside the house and saw Shen Ling'er alone in the corridor next to the flower bed under the setting sun, holding her chin and sitting by the railing, not knowing what she was thinking. The setting sun shone on her face.

On her body, her whole body was enveloped in golden light, making her look very gorgeous, but also a little delicate and pitiful.

After Fang Zian came back, he asked Shen Ling'er to go back to Qin Xiqing, but Shen Ling'er said that she didn't have to go back after Qin Xiqing's instructions, and that she should always be at your command to protect herself. Fang Zian tried to persuade Shen Ling'er, but Shen Ling'er refused, so that was all.

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"Husband, please ask Miss Shen to come and have dinner with us. Isn't it a little unkind for us to do this? Miss Shen is protecting you after all. Why do I feel that you seem to be a little bit unkind to her?" Chunni followed the direction.

Zian's eyes caught sight of Shen Ling'er's figure and he said softly.

Fang Zian waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about it, just let her be alone. You called her, but she refused? That's all."

Chuni sighed and said: "She seems to be afraid of you, so she doesn't dare to come and have dinner with her. Don't be so cruel to others. She is just an eighteen-year-old girl. Even for Miss Qin's sake, she can't do it."

It’s too much of a neglect of her.”

Fang Zixin said: You don't know what she did. She almost killed me. When she goes crazy, she will kill people. No one knows what she will do. How can I trust her? I must stay away from her.

I thought so in my heart, but said: "You are right."

Fang Zian ate a bowl of rice, drank two mouthfuls of soup, wiped his mouth and stood up. While Chunni was clearing away the dishes, Fang Zian slowly went out and walked slowly to the corridor, a few steps away from Shen Ling'er.

Set outside.

"Miss Ling'er, are you watching the sunset?" Fang Zian asked.

Shen Ling'er had known that Fang Zian was coming, so she didn't even look back and said in a deep voice: "Yes, the sunset is so beautiful."

Fang Zian smiled and said, "You can't see the sunset from this house."

Shen Ling'er said softly: "When I was young,

Every day I watched the sun set from the top of the mountain behind my house, countless times."

Fang Zian felt moved and said softly: "That must be beautiful."

Shen Ling'er slowly turned her head, glanced at Fang Zian, shook her head and said, "It's not beautiful at all. I don't like the sun setting."

Fang Zian asked: "Why is that?"

Shen Ling'er looked a little dazed and said in an inaudible voice: "As soon as the sun sets, it will get dark. As soon as it gets dark, I will go home. My father... also came back from hunting."

Fang Zian was confused and was about to say, 'It's dark and your father is home, wouldn't that be a good thing?', but what Qin Xiqing told him about Shen Ling'er's life experience suddenly flashed in his mind, and he suddenly understood. As soon as it got dark, Shen Ling'er had to go home and face a home without the warmth of her mother, an alcoholic and violent father, and endure his brutal beatings and scoldings. The little girl may have huddled in the dark room countless times. Waiting for daybreak. Once daybreak, her father went out to hunt, and she could temporarily get rid of her fear, play with the birds and beasts on the mountain, and temporarily soothe her young and scarred heart.

Thinking of this, Fang Zian felt quite sad and felt pity for Shen Ling'er.

"Miss Ling'er, you are staying in the east courtyard tonight. I asked Chunni to prepare it for you. It is the house your girl left for herself, with all the utensils. You haven't had dinner yet. I'll tell you later. Ask Chuni to bring you some snacks." Fang Zian said in a deep voice.

Shen Ling'er nodded and said, "Okay, thank you very much."

Fang Zian nodded, turned around and took two steps, but then turned back, reached out and took out a small box from his arms.

"Take this. You don't have to apply plaster on your face tomorrow. This one is more effective and less dirty."

Fang Zian threw the small box over, and Shen Ling'er reached out to catch it. Fang Zian turned around and left. Shen Ling'er opened the small wooden box, and inside was a small round box. She reached out and pressed the button on one side of the round box. The small button, the box popped open like a clam shell. Inside was a powder powder, the kind of makeup powder used by women. But the powder inside was a light earth color, a rare kind. It was heavy. Ling'er came close to her nose and smelled it. The powder had a faint fragrance. At the same time, Shen Ling'er also saw a small mirror embedded on the inside of the lid, which reflected her flower-like face. It was a glass mirror rarely seen on the market in the Song Dynasty. This kind of thing was obviously imported from a foreign country and was extremely expensive. I don’t know when, Fang Zian bought this powder cake as a disguise for himself. skin color.

Shen Ling'er raised her head and looked at Fang Zian leaving with his hands behind his hands, a smile appeared on his lips.

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On the second floor of the Yingbin Building west of Shilan Bridge in Zhonghe, in a box next to the window, Xia Liangdong, an officer of the Lin'an Defense Force, was sitting at the table pouring himself a drink. Tonight, he did not bring his When the brothers went to the brothel to have a good time, they did not take them to drink and make money together. Instead, they went to the Yingbin Building alone to drink by themselves.

He was in a bad mood, not for anything else but for the new arrival Fang Zian. Although this guy had only been here for two days, Xia Liangdong was already feeling great pressure. Originally, he could only cover the sky in the yamen with one hand. , everything went smoothly. He attracted hundreds of senior officials in the yamen and used them to

They controlled the entire Fangyu Army situation. By deducting military pay, asking people below to collect fire-fighting fees, etc., his pockets grew day by day. In addition to being filial to his superiors and giving some to his die-hard subordinates, he Gained a lot.

When he was demoted here to be a Fang Yu officer, he was still full of complaints and felt that he had fallen into a cesspit. But soon, he discovered that even in a place like Fang Yu Army, as long as the method is appropriate, it can still be done

Making a lot of money, it can still become a fat and oily place. He spent several months to build this place into his own territory. He is the king of this yamen and can do whatever he wants. In just half a year

Over time, he controlled everything here and made no less than ten thousand taels of silver into his pocket. Compared with before in the Central Guard Army, he felt like he was in heaven.

However, when this Fang Zian came, things seemed to change immediately. His intimidation did not work, but he was humiliated by the guy in public. If he didn't have too much shit on his butt and had some scruples, he would of course be able to

He fought back forcefully and retaliated. But after things got serious, he was afraid that he couldn't cover up the things he had done. So he chose to act with restraint.

But in just two days, Fang Zian had several conflicts with him, and each time he got more and more aggressive. He had even begun to change and adjust personnel, which was to disturb the balance of interests he had established.

It is to have a head-on confrontation and challenge with myself. What happened at the Qiantangmen station today has challenged my bottom line, and I can no longer bear it.

It is conceivable that if he does not respond and curb this trend, then Fang Zian will definitely take advantage of it and continue to use the rules of the yamen and stir up the dissatisfaction of the soldiers below to cause trouble. That will be a terrible situation, and he must

We must find ways to curb his momentum and extinguish his arrogance, and we cannot allow him to continue to be arrogant.

However, how to deal with it is a difficult problem.

Tonight, he came here to drink by himself, just to let himself be quiet and think about how to deal with this situation and how to deal with Fang Zian's aggressiveness. But so far, the wine has been exhausted.

A pot, but there are not many ways in my mind, and they are not practical enough.

Xia Liangdong drank all the wine in the glass, and when he picked up the tin pot to pour himself another glass, he found that the second pot of wine was also dry. When he raised his head and was about to shout for the waiter to serve the wine, he saw a long man standing at the door of the box.

A tall figure walked in, waving a folding fan.

“Mr.

Xia Liangdong frowned and looked at the man, feeling that he looked familiar, but after drinking, he couldn't remember who it was. In addition, he was anxious and a little impatient in his heart.

"Who are you? It's none of your business. This is my box. I didn't let you in. Go out. It's annoying." Xia Liangdong frowned and waved his hands to scold.

Instead of leaving, the man sat down.

"Master Xia, don't you recognize me? My surname is Qin, and my given name is Tan." The man said in a deep voice before Xia Liangdong could get angry.
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