In the Jiangning generation, there was a saying among the common people that "it is better to replenish the water in one year than to replenish it with frost", and at this time, chestnuts were also ripe.
Because winter is about to come, filial sons and daughters-in-law from all families go to the streets to buy some chestnuts to supplement the elderly at home. Pray for the safety of the elders in the family during the winter.
And Lu Heng is also a member of this vast army of buyers.
It’s not that there are any elders in the family, but that Liu Qingqing has not recovered from a serious injury and her energy and spirit are not very good. Chestnuts can nourish the stomach and spleen, promote blood circulation and stop bleeding. They are the best tonic in this season.
Last night, when I was feeding Liu Qingqing, I saw the woman lowering her head, blushing, and whispering how delicious chestnuts were. In previous years, she would always buy some.
Lu Heng was holding the porridge bowl and felt a little funny when he saw that the woman didn't say she wanted to eat chestnuts.
Liu Qingqing talked for a long time, but never heard Lu Heng's answer. Out of curiosity, she raised her head and found that Lu Heng was looking at her with a weird smile. That look was really annoying.
She blushed and glared at Lu Heng, like an angry little girl.
However, Lu Heng was so amused by her cute appearance that he couldn't hold it back and laughed on the spot.
"Uncle!" Liu Qingqing looked at him aggrievedly, pouted, and murmured softly.
So, early this morning, when it was just getting dark, Lu Heng took the basket and went to the street.
Lu Heng bought a whole basket of sugar-roasted chestnuts, and as he walked, Lu Heng ate them without caring about his appearance. This attracted passers-by to look at him, secretly cursing the scholar for being immoral and morally corrupt.
Lu Heng, on the other hand, looked as if no one else was watching and ate whatever he wanted.
So, on this frosty morning, by the sparkling Qinhuai River, a scholar held a bamboo basket on his arm. While bulging his mouth, he threw peeled chestnuts neatly into his mouth, and ate quite a lot.
Very happy.
"Hehe, sisters, look, that scholar is really, haha, so cute!" The girls who had gone out to wash up early on the flower boat saw the scholar's appearance on the shore and smiled at the woman beside them.
He pointed and said.
"Hehe, it's true!" The women beside him stood up one after another, pointing at the scholar, giggling. For a while, they were all laughing.
"Ah, aren't those the most talented people in Jiangning, Lu Heng and Lu Yongzheng?" Among the girls, some of them had participated in the Qinhuai Poetry Recital. After a closer look, they recognized the scholar who ate like crazy regardless of his image on the spot.
It turned out to be Lu Yongzheng, who defeated the northern talents at the Qinhuai Poetry Fair that day.
"Ah, it's really him!"
The sentence "Jiangning Talent" is like a pebble dropped into the Qinhuai River, and it immediately stirred up a thousand waves.
As if on stimulants, the women stood on the bow of the boat, shaking the handkerchiefs in their hands, dancing and shouting to Lu Heng who was walking by the shore.
"Master Lu, Master Lu!"
I heard women shouting their names in unison on the flower boat.
Lu Heng turned his head and took a look. The colorful girls on the boat not far away were suddenly covered in cold sweat.
I was really dizzy. Fortunately, there was no one around. Otherwise, with so many girls shouting my name in unison, people around me would have thought that I was a frequent visitor to the brothel.
Secretly wiping off the cold sweat on his forehead, Lu Heng turned his head, smiled and waved his hand to the women as a greeting. Then he quickened his pace and left the Qinhuai River.
With great difficulty, he escaped from the sight of those women and walked onto the street leading to his home. When he turned a corner, before Lu Heng could take a breath, a handsome young man whom he had not seen for a long time appeared in front of him.
Uh, Bai Suyan!
Lu Heng looked at the handsome young man standing not far in front with a wry smile, with a half-smiling look on his face. He sighed helplessly in his heart.
After counting the days, today seems to be the right time for the two of them to meet.
I was so busy during this period that I forgot about it!
Now, being blocked on the road, Lu Heng was really embarrassed.
However, he still smiled at the elegant Mr. Bai standing on the road, raised the basket in his hand, and said to the handsome young man: "Here, do you want some of the sugar-roasted chestnuts that have just been baked?"
Bai Suyan was stunned for a moment, looked at the sincere smile on the scholar's face, and then looked at the red-brown sugar-roasted chestnuts in the basket in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded and said, "Okay!"
Bai Suyan walked over seriously, stretched out her jade-white hands, picked up a chestnut, peeled it off carefully, and threw it into her mouth.
Chew it gently, leaving a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth.
Bai Suyan nodded and said lightly: "It tastes very good!"
The early morning sunshine shone on her handsome face, casting a beautiful light. Under her long eyelashes, her misty eyes shone brightly, as if they could speak.
The wind blows, and Mr. Bai's gown moves with the wind. He is really graceful, like a jade tree in the wind!
At the roadside food stall, the boss, who had just gotten up, yawned, glanced at the two diners who had arrived early, rubbed his still confused eyes, walked up and asked: "You two gentlemen, what do you want to order?"
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"ravioli!"
The two of them spoke at the same time, but as soon as the words came out, they found that the other party actually said the same thing as themselves.
They laughed softly, and after looking at each other, their eyes were filled with strange smiles.
Probably, they all remembered what happened that day in Chibi.
Not long after, the boss came up with steaming wontons. Lu Heng looked down and saw that there were less than five wontons in the full bowl of soup. He couldn't help but sigh, after all, this is Jiangning, the business is so developed. Even
The owner of a small wonton shop knows how to make money when there is not enough rice to make soup.
Bai Suyan sat aside and watched Lu Heng quietly while blowing air and drinking soup.
I waited for a while, then waited for a while, and finally waited for a long time. But I found that this guy seemed to be deliberately drinking the soup without putting down his chopsticks.
After all this time, the five wontons in his bowl were still five, untouched at all.
Bai Suyan was really impatient to wait, so she took out a few copper coins, threw them on the table, and said to the boss: "Boss, pay the bill!"
"I haven't finished eating yet!" Lu Heng picked up his chopsticks and looked at Bai Suyan in astonishment.
"Blowing the cold wind for a while will make you full!" Bai Suyan didn't want to wait any longer, so she stood up, glared at him angrily, and turned around to leave.
"Hey!" Lu Heng shrugged helplessly, picked up the bowl, and after finishing the soup and wontons in one go, he patted his butt and left.
The shop owner was left standing there with a stunned look on his face, watching blankly as the scholar drifted away.
On the next day, I am going to heat up the wontons and sell them to the next one!
The shop owner muttered a curse and cleared the table angrily.
"Have you thought about it?" In the same small pavilion by the Qinhuai River, Bai Suyan sat on the edge of the fence, looked at the sparkling river in front of her, and asked lightly.
"What!" Lu Heng sat down and asked pretending to be confused.
Bai Suyan suddenly turned her head and stared at him with an unkind look.
"Ah, I remembered it!" Lu Heng said with a sudden realization as he patted his head.
"But I haven't thought about it yet!" The next sentence almost made Bai Suyan, who was waiting eagerly, faint from anger.
"You..." Bai Suyan stood up, pointed at Lu Heng, and stared at Lu Heng fiercely. The folding fan in her hand almost reached Lu Heng's nose.
Seeing that the other party seemed a little anxious and about to run away, Lu Heng raised his head and looked at her. He shook his head and smiled and said, "Ha, you were just kidding!"
"Humph!" Bai Suyan glared at him angrily, then put away the fan in her hand, turned back to the railing, and sat down.
"An Peng is the current leader of the imperial court. He holds great power, and you can't just move it if you want to!" Lu Heng stood up, looked at the river, and said calmly.
"I heard that he will come to Jiangning tomorrow! I will still have a chance to assassinate him then!" Bai Suyan snorted, obviously dissatisfied with Lu Heng's words.
Lu Heng shook his head and smiled without saying a word.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Bai Suyan looked at Lu Heng in astonishment. Seeing the other person shaking his head and smiling, she asked casually.
Lu Heng smiled, turned around, looked at him with burning eyes and asked, "Have you forgotten what happened last time?"
Bai Suyan turned her head away from Lu Heng's eyes and snorted coldly: "The last time was the last time. The last time was because I was betrayed, so I didn't have the hand!"
But Lu Heng frowned and suddenly asked, "Is it going to be gone this time?"
Bai Suyan stood up with a swish, pointed at Lu Heng and said, "You, what do you mean?"
Lu Heng shook his head and did not answer him directly. Instead, he took two steps, held on to the railing of the pavilion, looked at the thin mist on the river, and said lightly: "You can guarantee that the people in your hands will be loyal to you.
dedicated?"
"Me!" Bai Suyan opened her mouth to argue, but when the words came to her lips, she found that the argument in her heart was so feeble.
Before, she had believed in wizards without any precaution, but in the end, huh...
Lu Heng turned his head, looked at Bai Suyan who was deep in thought, and said calmly: "What's more, the person responsible for protecting An Peng this time is the Royal Guards, the elite Qianniu Guards in the army. And, I heard, this time I will protect An Peng."
The number of Peng's Qianniu Guards seems to be no less than three hundred! The success rate of the assassination is very slim!"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Bai Suyan turned her head, looked at Lu Heng, and asked.
The wind blowing from the river ruffled her hair beside her ears. She looked at Lu Heng with lively eyes, stretched out her fingers habitually, raised her hair, and asked softly.
Seeing him making such a feminine move, Lu Heng secretly smiled inwardly.
"Oh, actually I told the young master before that if you want to touch An Peng, you and I don't have the power. In today's Great Zhou Dynasty, the only one who can make An Peng die without a burial place is the current emperor!" Lu Heng looked at it
After taking a look at him, he looked forward and said this sentence calmly. I believe that his actions in the Su Guangyi case will not be hidden for long. Rather than being passive when the time comes, it is better to make plans in advance.
Although An Peng's power is overwhelming, and the An family is extremely large. However, as the saying goes, if power is overwhelming, it will inevitably lead to destruction. I believe that the emperor has already been prepared for him. He will reward the Wang family and support the rise of the common people.
, which is the emperor's very clear attitude. Oh, as long as the method is reasonable, the emperor can still let him die without a burial place.
"The emperor only needs an excuse, and then he will magnify this excuse without limit. It will push the An family to be the opposite of the entire Zhou Dynasty. It will make it difficult for him to defend himself and become the sinner of the entire Zhou Dynasty. At that time, even if the emperor does not kill him,
No one in the world will forgive him!" Lu Heng opened a chestnut and quickly threw it into his mouth. While eating, he looked at Bai Suyan, who was lowering his head and thinking about his words, and said with a smile.
"At that time, all we need to do is to provide the emperor with this excuse!" Lu Heng glanced at Bai Suyan, clapped his hands, stood up, grabbed the basket, and said calmly.