Lu Wei sat in the study, looking at the official document in his hand, frowning.
The method of searching for water and the success of exterminating locusts only resulted in a few words of praise, neither a banner nor a reward.
It's really unexpected, and things have an unusual flavor.
The housekeeper informed that Chen Ping was waiting in the main hall. Lu Wei gathered his thoughts and walked out of the study.
"Perhaps there has been a war in the north for several years, and the court is busy."
When he saw Chen Ping, he comforted him. Since he didn't know the reason, he could only explain it this way.
Chen Ping took the document with both hands and looked at it carefully. There was no disappointed look on his face.
"The strategies proposed by the students are originally intended to benefit the people. I am satisfied with the praise from the court."
Lu Wei stepped forward and patted Chen Ping on the shoulder, then asked him how he was preparing for the imperial examination.
After chatting for a while, Chen Ping got up and left.
When he returned to the entrance of the academy, he saw a carriage parked on the side of the road, but Chen Ping didn't pay much attention.
As they passed each other, a voice suddenly came from the carriage, "Chen Ping."
This sound... He looked back and saw Ye Chongwen sitting in the car, smiling strangely at him.
Chen Ping immediately became happy. He stepped forward and punched through the car window, "Why are you here!"
Ye Chongwen covered his shoulders and let out an "ouch", "Don't you want me to come? Beat me as soon as we meet."
Chen Ping laughed loudly, "No, no, I just thought you would come."
"Come up quickly, let's go find Qingxuan and ask him to treat you to dinner!"
Chen Ping asked as he got into the car: "You haven't said why you came here yet."
"I'm not worried about your health."
"What's wrong with my body?"
"I don't know about you yet? When there was a locust plague, even though Qingsong Town was only a small area, it was very busy." Ye Chongwen opened the box next to him, which was filled with cakes, and handed it to
Chen Ping came forward. "The locust plague is the worst here in Zhengxing Mansion. You must not have slept well during that time, right?"
The box is filled to the brim with all kinds of pastries, all of which Chen Ping loves.
Chen Ping couldn't help but feel a little sore, "How can I do that? I just contributed the method, the real busy people are the government and the people."
During that time, he did not see the final results. Chen Ping was running around in the fields every day and could not completely relax.
But he would not tell Ye Chongwen these things, which would only increase his worries. Besides, the incident was resolved smoothly.
How could Ye Chongwen not know that Chen Ping was cautious in character? He must have gone into battle in person, but he didn't ask further.
Between brothers, just keep in touch with each other.
"Dean Wang and Teacher Li often talk about you, so I took the time to come over and take a look," Ye Chongwen patted the wall of the compartment, "and the following are all prepared for you by your parents. They came to town specially to take care of you.
I brought it."
Due to drought and locust plague, the past six months have indeed been very hard.
Chen Ping asked worriedly: "They always say everything is fine in their letters, is it really OK?"
"Of course that's fine. They are the parents of the county chief, who dares to treat them lightly?"
"Then I can rest assured that they are in good health."
"Hey, Qingxuan wrote last time that he had purchased a new store. Are you busy enough?"
"Shopkeeper Ye, please rest assured. Tian Rui and Tian Ling have taken good care of the shop. You will know when you go and take a look later..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You are the shopkeeper."
The two of them chatted and laughed when they came to Tianxiang Pavilion. He Qingxuan was supervising the unloading of the goods. When he saw Ye Chongwen, he couldn't help but started teasing him.
"Hey, if I had known you were coming, I should have laid out a red carpet at the door."
Ye Chongwen didn't have a formal appearance, "Okay, I won't get out of the car yet, you quickly roll out the red carpet."
He Qingxuan surrendered and went to the restaurant opposite to book a private room.
The three of them were eating and chatting.
Chen Ping asked, "The government examination is coming soon, are you sure about Chongwen?"
Mentioning this, Ye Chongwen looked bitter, "Now the academy is no longer recruiting students. Ever since Senior Brother Li Feng went to the north, the dean and teachers have put all their energy on me! If the government can't pass the test, it's too bad."
Shameful."
After He Qingxuan heard this, he looked at Chen Ping and snickered secretly.
Ye Chongwen's ability to persevere until now was rare for him.
"Do you have a letter from Senior Brother Li Feng?"
"I received a letter a year ago, but I haven't received one since."
Chen Ping's thoughts drifted north, wondering if Li Feng and Chen Jun were safe.
"Speaking of which, I have something else to tell you," Ye Chongwen's words brought him back to his thoughts, "An abandoned mine was discovered on the side of Hongling Road. I heard it belongs to Huang Fu."
Huang Fu, this name has not been mentioned for a long time.
Chen Ping couldn't help but ask, "Is his death related to the mining site?"
He Qingxuan said calmly: "He has offended many people, who knows."
"But the location of the mine happens to be downstream of the flood discharge channel." Ye Chongwen's words made the two of them tremble.
"You mean...?" Chen Ping asked quickly.
Ye Chongwen shook his head, not sure what he was thinking, "It's just a coincidence, and I always feel that the spreading of rumors back then has something to do with the Huang family... Maybe I'm overly concerned."
After all, Huang Fu was dead and Huang San stayed behind closed doors. Few people mentioned the rumors back then, and it was impossible to verify them with the passage of time.
.......
Chen Ping and He Qingxuan took leave respectively and walked around the city with Ye Chongwen for two days.
After sending Ye Chongwen away, Chen Ping returned to Zhuyuan and once again plunged into the sea of books to study hard.
That evening, while he was reading a policy paper from previous years, there was a knock on the door.
Cheng Cheng shouted outside the door: "Junior brother, let's go out and play together."
Chen Ping opened the door and saw Cheng Cheng with a wicked smile on his face. He said speechlessly: "Brother, your smile now looks like you are kidnapping a child."
"What are you talking about? I'm just worried that you are studying too hard. I want to take you out to relax and meet some friends."
"Friends?"
"Yes, my former classmates who studied in Beijing are the same age as me."
"No, we are four years apart, so there is a generation gap if we can't play together." Chen Ping refused.
"What is the generation gap? Oh, no matter what, come with me." Cheng Cheng pulled Chen Ping and started to walk out.
"Brother, I really don't want to go. I took two days off and lost a lot of homework."
"This person has been pestering me for half a month, so you should help me in trouble and help my senior brother once." Cheng Cheng pleads with his fists clasped.
Chen Ping really couldn't bear it, so he had to agree to meet and leave.
Shuiyunjian, the most luxurious restaurant in Zhengxing Mansion.
There is a lobby for individual guests to listen to music on the first floor, an independent private room on the second floor, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter on the third floor.
At this time, Chen Ping was sitting in the largest private room on the third floor, looking at the classmate Cheng Cheng was talking about with a confused expression.
This classmate was extremely enthusiastic. He held Chen Ping's hand and his eyes flashed, "Oh my, I have long admired your name! Xiao Zhuge from Qianzhou is really extraordinary when I meet him today! My name is Xie Zhiyuan. I'm glad to meet you." What the hell is Xiao Zhuge in Qianzhou!
What’s wrong with being so enthusiastic when we first met?
Chen Ping responded with an awkward yet polite smile, but looked at Cheng Cheng asking for help.
Cheng Cheng was speechless and slapped Xie Zhiyuan directly on the back of the head.
"What are you doing, little Zhuge from Ganzhou! Also, could you please be more serious? You're scaring my junior brother!"
"You don't know this," Xie Zhiyuan said incomprehensibly, "This is rumored from outside."
Cheng Cheng didn't believe it, "Did you make it up now?"
Xie Zhiyuan ignored him and continued to ask Chen Ping curiously, "I heard that you can find water, locate it, repel insects and kill locusts. Who taught you these?"
"This...Senior Brother Xie, can you sit down and talk?" Chen Ping really couldn't stand such familiar enthusiasm.
Cheng Cheng turned his head to one side, really unable to see.
Xie Zhiyuan reacted, coughed a few times awkwardly, and quickly sat down.
Chen Ping then answered: "Actually, no one needs to teach me. If you watch more and observe more, you will know it naturally."
Xie Zhiyuan said bluntly, "Then why didn't others observe it for so long, but you did?"
"Xie Zhiyuan, what do you mean? You doubt my junior brother!" Cheng Cheng turned around and asked.
"No, no, I don't mean anything else, I'm just curious."
"Forget it, I'll beat him up. Chen Ping, you go first!"
Cheng Cheng slowly rolled up his sleeves, Xie Zhiyuan immediately hid far away, and Chen Ping couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this.
However, it can also be seen from this that the relationship between the two is indeed very good, and it is an extraordinary friendship between classmates.
Chen Ping explained with a smile: "Actually, it's not difficult. It's just like looking at footprints to tell your height. Just observe and think."
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
They both stopped making trouble.
"How can you tell your height by looking at your footprints?" Cheng Cheng was also curious.
"Most people's heels are in the ratio of one to seven," Chen Ping shrugged and said disapprovingly, "It's just common sense in life, but everyone...what are you doing?"
Cheng Cheng and Xie Zhiyuan quickly took off their shoes and made meticulous gestures from the soles of their feet upwards.
"There are really almost seven soles!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
Xie Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that the Criminal Department always had some unsolved cases where the criminal could not be found, and footprints were left at the scene. This method might be helpful in solving the case.
This Chen Ping is a bit interesting.
(Thanks to the great god Wang Zijun for the chapter recommendation. In fact, I only had the idea to write this book after reading the book by Lao Wang and Lao Thief. Although the gap is very far, and I didn’t even see the taillights of their cars, I still wanted to write it.
Finish the story in my heart. Thank you to Lao Wang’s fans for coming to support, thank you!)