I Became the Heroine of Abusive Novel and Her Elder Brother - Chapter 73

    Shen Liufeng has never seen such a battle.

    He just talked to Jun Huailang, forgetting whose car it was. It was only now that he saw the arrogant father-in-law who turned around in front of him, he suddenly noticed the regulations of this car.

     Looking in through the car curtain, he met Xue Yan’s gaze.

    He frowned slightly and his face was expressionless, but his eyes were rather cold and majestic. With just one glance, Shen Liufeng shivered in fright and put the curtain back.

    “Then we’ll see you there, Huailang!” His voice faded away with the sound of hooves.

    “Hey…?” Jun Huailang was taken aback by this sudden change.

    He didn’t really like horseback riding. If the road is bumpy like this, when you arrive in Yangzhou in the afternoon, you will definitely have back pain, and it will be difficult for a day or two.

    He was playing Tai Chi with Shen Liufeng, but he didn’t expect Shen Liufeng to run away suddenly.

    He turned his head in surprise, and saw Xue Yan reading a book quietly with his head down, without even raising his eyes.

    As if she just noticed Jun Huailang’s gaze, Xue Yan raised her head and glanced at the window beside him.

    “Gone?” he asked.

    It seemed that she suddenly realized that Shen Liufeng had gone far.

    Jun Huailang nodded.

    Seeing Xue Yan rubbing his eyebrows, he said, “Jinbao is ignorant.”

    The tone was quite sincere, as if he was really blaming Jinbao for talking too much and driving Shen Liufeng away by bullying.

    —

    The car swayed all the way, and the car was quiet. Perhaps the smell of this sandalwood was too soothing to help the mind and sleep. Halfway through the journey, Jun Huailang actually fell asleep gradually.

    In the dream, there seems to be a very light sandalwood fragrance, which holds him firmly, even if he walks on the official road that is not smooth, it also makes him sleep quite peacefully.

    Jun Huailang woke up faintly until the treasure outside the car knocked on the carriage, saying that he had arrived at the official post in Yangzhou.

    It was a little dark in the carriage, who should have turned off the lights. And he seemed to be resting on something, and when he turned his head slightly, he realized that it was Xue Yan’s shoulder.

    It turned out that he slept all the way with his pillow on his head.

    Jun Huailang was shocked and sat up quickly. Before he could speak, he heard Xue Yan’s hoarse voice in the dark: “Awake?”

    Jun Huailang snorted, and when he heard his voice was a little hoarse, he asked: “… Wang Ye was just now, and also fell asleep?”

    Xue Yan in the dark paused, hummed, and said no more.

    Jun Huailang smiled slyly: “I’m really sorry, but I didn’t sit firmly in my sleep, didn’t I press the lord’s shoulders numb?”

    Yan, said calmly, “It’s okay.”

    Speaking, he raised his hand and touched the curtain of the car.

    Jinbao understood, lifted the curtain, brought the footrest, and helped the two of them get out of the car.

    With Lord Yongning, the inspection schedule was very full. They ate in the post house, rested early, and left Yangzhou City early the next morning to go to the surrounding villages and towns.

    It has been rainy this year, and many villages and towns in the south of the Yangtze River have been affected. Houses are washed away, rivers overflow, these small problems will occur more or less.

    But Yangzhou is different.

    Although Yangzhou has a vertical and horizontal water network and numerous rivers and small rivers, none of the fields have been flooded this year. It is said that Yangzhou’s water conservancy was built by a local official decades ago according to the local topography of Yangzhou. After that, only need to reinforce it every year to ensure that it will not be flooded.

    Yangzhou Zhizhou accompanied them all the way and introduced them. Jun Huailang was surprised, so he found a pen and paper, and listened and memorized all the way. Although the documents and materials sent back to Chang’an from various places are comprehensive, they cannot be so detailed, not to mention that the case is in front of you when you come here in person, and it looks much more intuitive.

    After a few days, Jun Huailang took a lot of notes, and even Shen Zhifu discovered it.

      After I realized my thoughts, my eyes became brighter the more I looked. After reading it, I didn’t forget to show the note to Duke Yongning. “I never thought that His Royal Highness is so talented!”

    Master Yong Ning took the note and looked at it, and there was a smile on his usually deserted face.

    “Huailang has been interested in water conservancy since then,” he said. “Now, it seems that he was in Jinling this year, and he did not learn in vain.”

     When Shen Zhifu heard the words, he repeatedly said that he was modest.

    After that, Shen Zhifu handed the note back to Jun Huailang, and exchanged with him about the issues he had written down.

    Jun Huailang responded fluently and asked him some questions. Gradually, the two of them chatted more and more vigorously, and Duke Yongning spoke from time to time to chat with them.

    Xue Yan sat quietly on the side, he didn’t talk, and others didn’t dare to disturb him easily.

    The carriage drove all the way back to Yangzhou City.

    Jun Huailang talked with Shen Zhifu all the way, and he also benefited a lot. After entering the city and looking at the bustling crowd outside the window, he couldn’t help but ask: “Sir Shen, with so much rain this year, the river water is bound to rise. I wonder if Jinling’s dykes will be able to prevent it?”

    When Shen Zhifu heard the words, he didn’t think about it, he smiled and said: “It must be nothing. Although the embankment of Jinling is not as ingenious as that of Yangzhou, it does not have such a complex and vertical water system. As for the rising tide of the Yangtze River, even if it rises by 20% or 30%, it can still be prevented.”

     Jun Huailang nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.

    Twenty-three percent is too high for river water. No amount of rain would have allowed the river to rise so high.

    So, the dams in Jinling are supposed to be fine, there must be something wrong, which led to the rupture in the previous life…

    He pondered all the way, and soon the carriage stopped.

    Jun Huailang looked out the window and saw that the carriage had stopped by the Slender West Lake. There is a painting boat nearby, which should be the famous music square in Yangzhou City.

    Jun Huailang has been here for a year, and he has a good understanding of the local officials. At a glance, he knew that this was another game saved by Shen Zhifu.

    As expected, as soon as the car stopped, Shen Zhifu patted Duke Yongning on the shoulder and said, “Prince, when you come to Yangzhou, you can’t help but eat this whole fish feast by the Slender West Lake. Let’s continue one after another. After running around for a few days, you can’t help but give me this face.”

    The Duke of Yongning was displeased and said: “It’s always like this. We come to Yangzhou because we are on business, how can we enjoy it here?”

    Shen Zhifu knew for a long time that the grandfather in front of him was an old stubborn stubborn. But the officials accompanying in the past few days include both Beijing officials and local officials in Yangzhou. If they don’t have a meal here, the Beijing officials will be exhausted by boats and cars, and the local officials will feel that they have not entertained them well, and they will feel uneasy, which will cause misunderstanding and trouble for both parties.

    So he had already arranged this table. The painting boat is transparent everywhere, and it is prosperous and lively here. You can enjoy a meal of local characteristics in an open and honest manner.

    Shen Zhifu didn’t take it personally, he persuaded him with a smile, and said, “Because I’ve been in Yangzhou for many days and I crave this fish, you have the right to accompany me, okay? “

    The crowd went to the boat in a lively manner.

    Xue Yan was naturally surrounded by the front. The officials around were chatting lively, but he was the only one who didn’t say a word, and there was no expression on his face.

    Jun Huailang followed behind, and Xue Yan’s back could be seen from a distance.

    He felt a little funny for a while.

    He also knew that Shen Zhifu was the most popular in the officialdom with long sleeves, good dance and his own sense of proportion. Ordinary officials big and small, who doesn’t like him like this?

    But Xue Yan didn’t like it.

    For some reason, being so far away, Jun Huailang could feel the impatience on Xue Yan.

    But no one noticed, and they approached him carefully and tried to chat with him for a reason. When Xue Yan turned his head slightly, Jun Huailang saw his eyebrows.

    There is no expression, but those amber eyes are full of weariness and impatience, like a trapped beast in a cage.

    “Huailang, what are you laughing at?” At this moment, Shen Liufeng suddenly came up and patted Jun Huailang on the shoulder.

    “Well, what?” Jun Huailang was startled and turned his head to look at him.

    “What are you laughing at?” Shen Liufeng said with a smile, looking straight in the direction Jun Huailang was looking at. “Alone, and smiling so tenderly, what did you see?”

    Jun Huailang was taken aback.

    He didn’t even realize it, he just laughed.

    I just looked at Xue Yan twice…

    But immediately, Jun Huailang recovered and asked Shen Liufeng, “Why are you here?”

    After all, they went out to patrol the city these few days, Shen Liufeng thought it was troublesome and boring, so he didn’t go with him at all.

    “You guys came back from inspection, so I’m here!” Shen Liufeng said with a smile. “I heard from my uncle, how can you miss me today if you want to eat fish by the Slender West Lake?”

    Jun Huailang smiled and nodded, “Of course I can’t live without you.”

    The lively and playful temperament of wanting to come to this family is also inherited from their Shen family.

    Shen Liufeng raised his hand quite casually, and put his arm on Jun Huailang’s shoulder: “By the way, Huailang, I got a map these days, and tomorrow Uncle and the others want it. Go to the Yangzhou government office, and you will go into the mountains with me to find out where is that magical doctor?”

    As he spoke, he also assured: “Don’t worry, you will be back before it gets dark.”

    This is the second time Shen Liufeng has asked him. Jun Huailang only thought about it for a moment, thinking that the dam inspection was over, and there was no need for him to go with him tomorrow, so he nodded and agreed.

    Shen Liufeng patted him on the shoulder happily after hearing this.

    “I’ll let them feed my two horses tonight!” Shen Liufeng said. “Tomorrow you will ride my horse!”

    Jun Huailang smiled and nodded.

    The group entered the painting boat.

    When Xue Yan crossed the bridge, he turned his eyes slightly and happened to see the two young people following at the end of the team.

    The other one was born with a pair of hanging eyes, and at first glance, he did not look like a good person.

    The young man, like he had no bones, actually climbed on Jun Huailang’s shoulder, hooked his shoulder and said something to him intimately.

    And Jun Huailang also smiled slightly at him.

    Xue Yan’s complexion sank.

    Even the officials around him felt the changing aura around him, and even the official next to him who was carefully flattering him stopped half of what he said.

    For a time, the officials looked at each other in dismay.

    “…Your Highness?” Shen Zhifu hurriedly stepped forward, smiling authentically. “But what’s wrong with this painting boat, or do you have any taboos?”

    Xue Yan glanced at him.

    That Shen Liufeng just now was the nephew of the prefect, right?

    Follow me everywhere, and eat every meal of fish.

    “You don’t have to mention this next time.” Xue Yan walked in with a sullen face. “This king doesn’t like extravagance.”

    These words sounded quite unconvincing when combined with the sandalwood of Baoguo Temple, which was worth a thousand gold with a single pill on his body.

    Shen Zhifu replied repeatedly, but he knew it in his heart.

    Why doesn’t this master like extravagance? It must have been a short-sighted person who made him unhappy and led him to make a fuss about it.