Chapter 63

After Zhao Yelan returned to his room, he quickly changed into clean clothes and smelled his body for smell.

He has been so busy these days that he has no time to groom himself at all, let alone how luxurious it is to take a shower. He can only wet the water with a handkerchief and wipe it repeatedly every day, but at this time he still feels that he is stinky. , Wearing two sachets in one breath.

Then I looked at the wound with the bronze mirror, scabs formed, and it was a little itchy, and it would take a few days to fully recover. When I was annoyed, I accidentally licked my lower lip, and found that it was a little dry and my complexion was a little tanned. I was in a hurry and didn’t know where to clean it up.

As soon as he picked up the handkerchief and was about to wash his face, the door of the room was pushed open with a “snap”, and Yan Mingting broke in.

He looked towards the door suddenly, and took a deep breath pretending to be calm: “I haven’t allowed you in yet.”

As soon as the words fell, Yan Mingting had already come to him, holding his face in one hand, watching the injury on his forehead: “How did you do it?”

Zhao Yelan turned his head away in embarrassment, and turned around: “I accidentally got hit by someone.”

“Didn’t you promise that I would take good care of myself?” Yan Mingting followed behind him and asked.

Zhao Yelan quickened his pace calmly: “The incident happened suddenly.”

“Then what are you hiding from? Did you do something wrong?” Yan Mingting asked.

Yin Pinglu stood at the door, watched the two people circle the table three times, smiled helplessly, and closed the door for them. As soon as he walked to the front hall, he caught a glimpse of a figure rushing into the door.

“Pinglu! I’m here to find you!”

Yin Pinglu raised his head, looked at the person standing under the sun with a bright smile on his face, smiled unconsciously between his brows and eyes, and walked outside, while Zuo Ran was faster than her, running towards the She bumped into her arms.

And the two people in the room finally stopped, Yan Mingting grabbed Zhao Yelan and said, “Don’t go, if you turn around again, I’m going to faint.”

It’s better to be dizzy, Zhao Yelan thought.

Yan Mingting lowered his head to study his injury. Zhao Yelan subconsciously raised his hand to block it, but Yan Mingting grabbed it.

“Don’t touch the wound, be careful of infection and inflammation. It’s scabbed over, just bear with it and it will heal.” Yan Mingting said.

Zhao Yelan glanced at him a few times, and seeing that he didn’t say the wound was ugly, he was secretly relieved.

“Are there any other injuries?”

“there is none left.”

“I do not believe.”

“Really not.” Zhao Yelan even turned around to show that he was safe and sound.

Unexpectedly, Yan Mingting pressed his shoulders, lowered his head and bit his lips: “Let me see if there is any injury in my mouth.”

“…” Zhao Yelan was angry and funny, but he still acquiesced to his childish behavior, and the two continued to kiss silently.

Xiao Biesheng’s new marriage is not a lie, Zhao Yelan could feel that his kiss this time was not ambiguous at all, and he stroked his back vigorously. He wanted to speak, but he couldn’t speak, he just hummed twice, Yan Mingting became more enthusiastic, picked him up and put him on the table.

Zhao Yelan was free to take a breath, and his gaze changed to look down. From this angle, he could clearly see the infatuation in Yan Mingting’s eyes. He cupped the other’s cheek, bent his mouth, and lowered his head to kiss.

The sun was shining outside, and the two of them hugged each other inside the house. Zhao Yelan felt that his body was getting hot and sweating, and sweating meant it would stink, so he pushed the person away, and asked about the business as if nothing had happened: “Have the relief supplies come down? ”

“Well, the imperial court squeezed out another 50,000 taels, and some living supplies, and local officials along the way also raised some silver.” Yan Mingting raised his hand with a smile, and wiped the water stains on his mouth, “I am We met with the team when we were about to arrive in the capital, and by the way, Fei Ge sent a letter to Zuo Ran to bring the original group of people to come, and then take the water route, the journey will be faster.”

Zhao Yelan nodded.

“The new magistrate and the magistrate of Pi County are also here, and they are just outside, do you want to meet?”

“Let’s go.” Zhao Yelan had just taken two steps when he suddenly stopped and turned around.

Yan Mingting was almost trampled on, seeing him take the initiative to throw himself into his arms, he couldn’t help wrapping him in his arms: “Why don’t you leave?”

“I haven’t checked your condition yet.” Zhao Yelan pinched his chin, looked around, and rubbed his cheek again.

After days of exposing to the sun on the road, my skin hasn’t turned into charcoal yet, it’s just a little red, but…

“Where did the red mark on your neck come from?” Zhao Yelan narrowed his eyes and asked.

“What red marks?” Yan Mingting rubbed his neck, “Oh, there are many mosquitoes at night, I have been bitten in several places, and there are also on the back, if you don’t believe me, take a look.”

He turned away, revealing the marks on the back of his neck.

Zhao Yelan touched it, and it was still swollen, so he believed it was a mosquito bite, and walked out without changing his face: “Let’s go, go outside and have a look.”

An old man and a young man stood in the hall, listening to the master’s introduction of the affairs of the government office.

Zhao Yelan went out to see that they were all acquaintances.

The elder is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, who came to take up the post of magistrate, and they are all fourth grades, so they are not considered promotions. It’s just that his ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River, and when he gets old, he still hopes to return to his roots, so he accepted this position.

And the younger person is Wang Guisheng, who was appreciated because he agrees with the emperor’s political views. This time it is time to employ people, and his upright temperament is suitable for today’s Jiangnan, so he was sent to Pi County to serve as the county magistrate. .

“Master Zhao.” Wang Guisheng was the first to notice Zhao Yelan’s figure, and saluted.

“You don’t need to be too polite.” Zhao Yelan stepped forward and led the two of them to the back office to discuss the drought.

“On the way here, the general had already communicated with us about the situation. If you have any orders, just mention them.” Wang Guisheng did not expect that he would face such a big problem when he first took office.

“You came at the right time. After you get the official seal in the government office, you will take your people to Pi County and take away the 300 people in the Yishe. I have planned the route. Try not to let anyone If you fall behind, I will arrange people who deliver dry food and water to pick you up.” Zhao Yelan said.

“What about after arriving in Pi County?”

“Arrange the officers and soldiers of Pi County to send these people to Quzhou. I will count the money. You will pay more money to the officers and soldiers at that time. Then go to the disaster relief point in the next county and inform the person in charge to move to the north. Meet these people.”

“it is good.”

Zhao Yelan told him the current situation in Pi County, Wang Guisheng nodded, and after the discussion, he went to get the official seal non-stop, and then followed him to the charity house to lead people.

When the people in the shelter saw Zhao Yelan coming, they all rushed up, calling Master Zhao enthusiastically and expectantly.

When Wang Guisheng wasn’t paying attention, he was pushed aside, while Zhao Yelan was well protected by Yan Mingting.

“Calm down, listen to me, now we will take 300 people out of here and send them to Quzhou, who wants to go?” Zhao Yelan said.

Everyone gradually quieted down, and no one spoke for a while, because they were reluctant to leave. They found work here, and they still have food and shelter. They will not starve to death for a while. Who knew if he would face death if he left here?

“There is no drought in Quzhou and Longzhou, but there is no certainty here in Huaizhou. If we continue to suffer, it is likely to drain the last drop of water here. At that time, we can only wait for death. We can barely maintain it now. If there is no water source, leaving is the better choice. Don’t worry, someone will bring you food and water on the way, and they won’t leave you alone.” After Zhao Yelan finished speaking, he looked around and pulled Wang Guisheng aside. Come on, said, “This is the newly appointed magistrate of Pi County, and he will leave with everyone, so you can rest assured?”

Wang Guisheng said: “That’s right, we won’t abandon you. The most important thing now is to move to other places. The surrounding area is already dry, and sooner or later we will have nothing to do if we gather here.”

Those people were moved, and someone asked: “Master Zhao, can you guarantee that we will not die of hunger or thirst on the way?”

“As long as you hurry on your way obediently and don’t delay other people’s schedules, someone will deliver the food on time,” Zhao Yelan said.

“Then I will listen to Mr. Zhao, and I will go.”

“Let’s go too.”

“I happen to have relatives in Quzhou, so I happened to go to join them.”

While counting the number of people, Wang Guisheng picked up his notebook to register. At this time, Zhao Yelan and Yan Mingting passed by him, and he caught a glimpse of the two holding hands from the corner of his eye. He was taken aback, swiped his hand unconsciously, and looked back at them in surprise.

The two held hands and walked to the gate of the government office. Zhao Yelan let go, and Yan Mingting paused: “Why are you loose?”

“Hot.” Zhao Yelan’s palms were sweaty, “Stop pretending to be wronged here.”

Yan Mingting immediately failed, and followed with a smile.

Under the introduction of the master, the new magistrate has already learned about all the affairs in the yamen. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he was dragged by Zhao Yelan to talk about the current situation. The immediate priority is to evacuate the people in the charity house to other places.

He has sent money to disaster relief sites, and sent people to other places without drought to prepare food and water, ready to go to meet refugees at any time.

“I’ve already arranged the manpower and money and materials. You should keep an eye on these links so that you don’t make any mistakes.” Zhao Yelan said.

“You handed these to me suddenly, what about you?”

“I have to go to Zhizhou, and the situation there is not optimistic. Huaizhou is under control for the time being, and you are here to sit in town. I will go to Zhizhou myself.” Zhao Yelan said calmly, “Yan Ming The court will reserve some manpower for you, and we will take the rest to Zhizhou. The disaster money allocated by the court will be used in Huaizhou, and the money I collected from merchants will be taken to Zhizhou together.”

Zhao Yelan is not worried that he will be corrupt at this time of year, this person is cautious in doing things, and will not act boldly when he first takes office.

After an early meal, the group set off in the evening, when it will be cooler at night.

Sitting in the carriage were Zhao Yelan and Yin Pinglu, while Yan Mingting and Zuo Ran were guarding several large boxes of silver outside.

Zhao Yelan and Yin Pinglu discussed the plan after arriving in Zhizhou for a while, and then lifted the curtain to see the drought situation in the place they passed.

After a while, he took another look.

After a while, he raised the curtain again.

After repeating this several times, he noticed Yin Pinglu’s expression of restrained laughter, and explained embarrassingly, “I’m just looking at the situation in the field.”

“Well, I haven’t finished this field yet, sir, you have watched it seven or eight times.” Yin Pinglu couldn’t help but said, “Are you peeking at the general?”

Zhao Yelan was speechless, neither admitting nor denying it. Not long after, he couldn’t help lifting the curtain with his hands. When he realized it, he put down his hands, touched his nose in embarrassment, and pretended nothing happened.

Yin Pinglu lowered his head.

Zhao Yelan clearly saw the corners of her mouth crazily raised.

“…”

Yin Pinglu coughed, cleared his throat, and said, “Zuo Ran told me that the general has always wanted to write to you.”

Zhao Yelan paused and looked at her suspiciously.

“But at that time, I was on my way, and I was afraid that you would not receive the letter, so I wrote it and threw it into the river. He urged the boatman to hurry up every day, and he wished he could go paddling by himself.” Yin Pinglu smiled.

Zhao Yelan slightly hooked the corner of his mouth.

“The general also told Zuo Ran, sir, you…”

“how do I?”

“You kissed him in public.” Yin Pinglu covered his face, “He often shows off to the lieutenants.”

“…”

Zhao Yelan lifted the curtain and looked straight at Yan Mingting, who was a few meters behind. The other party received his gaze, rode to the side of the carriage, and asked, “Do you want to drink water?” The pouch was handed to him.

Zhao Yelan took a sip, not much, returned it, and said, “Come here.”

“What?” Yan Mingting rolled his eyes, thinking of something, and looked back at the team behind. Many people here have witnessed the scene where Zhao Yelan kissed him in full view, and they all showed curiosity to watch the excitement. gaze.

Yan Mingting leaned over distractedly, and asked with a smile: “Do you want to kiss me again?”

Zhao Yelan stretched out his hand and pinched him **** the face.

Yan Mingting covered his face, then pretended to be kissed, and returned to the team, extremely proud.

In the middle of the night, everyone rested on the spot for a while, and Zhao Yelan held a fire pocket to check the conditions of the nearby fields.

Yan Mingting went around with him, and when they went back, they leaned against a nearby tree for a rest, feeling a little thirsty, so they took out a pot of lotus brew from the carriage and drank it.

“Is there no water?” Zhao Yelan asked.

“There’s one more thing, I’ll keep it for you. Fortunately, there are still a few jars of wine from Prefect Sun in the carriage.” After Yan Mingting finished speaking, he took another big sip of wine.

Zhao Yelan took a few glances at him, his gaze fell on his wine-soaked lips, and suddenly he went up to lick him, as if he could smell the lotus.

Yan Mingting stared at him dumbfounded, then took a few sips and looked at him expectantly.

Zhao Yelan chuckled, but just raised his head to look at the starry sky, it seems that tomorrow will be sunny again.

Seeing that he was not taking the initiative anymore, Yan Mingting simply grabbed the opponent’s head, moved forward, and pressed his lips accurately.

After a while, Zhao Yelan tasted the taste of the lotus brew, and the aroma of the wine filled the lips and teeth of the two.

There was only one last sip left in the jar, Yan Mingting asked him if he wanted to drink, but his mouth was dry, so he simply finished drinking it with Yan Mingting’s hand.

When starting again, Yin Pinglu left the carriage. Now that it was late at night, it was inconvenient for her to ride in the same carriage with Zhao Yelan.

“Is it okay for you to ride a horse?” Yan Mingting confirmed.

“Don’t worry, I used to be on horseback for days and nights when I was on my way.” Yin Pinglu smiled and walked to Zuo Ran’s side, who stretched out his hand, and she got on the horse skillfully and sat in front of her.

Seeing this, Zhao Yelan secretly despised his own skills.

The team was still moving forward, Yan Mingting rode a horse and followed beside the carriage.

Not long after, Zhao Yelan felt a little dry and hot, normally he wouldn’t get drunk after just one or two sips of wine, but maybe it was due to the weather, or because of his fasting, he had already started to feel a little drunk, so he opened the curtain and shouted hastily: “Dizziness. ”

Yan Mingting came to the side, looked at his flushed face, immediately realized the reason, and got into the carriage regardless of other people’s eyes.

“Is this drunk?”

“Hot…” Zhao Yelan leaned weakly in the carriage and tried to untie his belt, but his coat got caught and he couldn’t take it off no matter what.

Yan Mingting had no choice but to help take off his coat, and Zhao Yelan tugged at the collar, only to feel better, and closed his eyes drowsily.

Yan Mingting was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so he fanned him again with a fan. The other party was quiet for a while, as if he had fallen asleep.

Court Chief Yan Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to fan him until the wheels hit a stone and the carriage jolted, Zhao Yelan opened his eyes in a daze, and then stared at him intently.

Yan Mingting was shocked immediately, and suddenly realized that he might be about to make an abnormal move again.

Sure enough, the next moment, I saw the other party open his hands, and a word appeared in a clear voice: “Hug.”

What else can Yan Mingting do, of course hug him!

As soon as he sat next to him, the other party hugged him and began to count his crimes: “Why would you rather throw the letter into the river than send it to me?”

Yan Mingting guessed that it was Zuo Ran who informed Yin Pinglu. Yin Pinglu turned around and told Zhao Yelan. He explained, “I’m afraid you won’t receive it, and I’m afraid it will delay your business.”

“You are my business.”

Yan Mingting’s eyelashes trembled suddenly, and he looked sideways at him, the corners of his mouth crazily raised: “What did you say?”

Zhao Yelan blinked his eyes, but refused to say any more. He just found a comfortable angle again, and finally found that sitting like this was not easy to hug at all, so he turned around and sat directly on his lap.

Yan Mingting hugged him tighter to prevent him from falling down.

Zhao Yelan thought he was going to touch his back, and said, “Don’t touch it.”

“Okay, don’t touch or touch.”

“You are not allowed to look at it either.”

“Don’t look at it.”

Zhao Yelan didn’t believe it, picked up the belt next to him, and covered his eyes.

Yan Mingting raised his head and smiled at him: “So worried about me?”

Zhao Yelan looked down at her, held his face in both hands, narrowed his eyes slightly: “Say, what was written in the letter?”

“nothing.”

“Tell me, do you want me to be punished?”

Yan Mingting felt that he was strangling her neck, smiled muffled, and said, “Okay, let me tell you, what is written in the letter is – I miss you, I miss you very much.”

Zhao Yelan let go of his hand, and moved his fingertips around his cheeks, caressing them carefully, then put his arms around the back of his neck, lowered his head and licked his lips: “I miss you too.”

Yan Mingting’s sight was blocked, but the other four senses became more sensitive. Slight panting and the sound of water stains kept ringing in his ears. He was more and more fascinated by the vague fragrance of the other party, and he couldn’t help entangled his tongue. , plundering the air that belonged to him, and unconsciously fumbled with his hands.

With a “snap”, Zhao Yelan slapped his hand away: “I told you not to touch your back!”

“Oh, I’m sorry, I couldn’t hold back.” Yan Mingting assured him that he would not do it again, and then continued to kiss.

After a while, he was slapped again, Yan Mingting said, “Don’t be an example! Believe me!”

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