C220 – Scrabble
“What are you writing?” As soon as Lu Zheng entered the bedroom, he saw Zuo Shaoqing lying on the table, writing with his butt high.
“Eh, you’re back?” Zuo Shaoqing walked over as he threw away the pen and ink. He reached out his hand naturally to help Lu Zheng take off his coat. He felt that he was becoming more and more like a daughter-in-law.
Lu Zheng casually wrapped his arm around Ye Zichen’s waist, then lowered his head to kiss Ye Zichen’s cheek.
Zuo Shaoqing turned his head, and touched his chin in disdain, “How long have you not shaved?”
Lu Zheng intentionally used his stubble to stab him. He hugged the person who was dodging randomly and said in a deep voice, “You didn’t even say a word to me for a few days.”
“Huh?” Zuo Shaoqing smiled embarrassedly. These few days, he had left early and come home late. Sometimes, he would just sleep in the study room when he came home late. It really was a few days since he had a good talk with Lu Zheng.
He stood on his tiptoes and raised his head to kiss Lu Zheng’s chin. Speaking of which, he was quite tall and had already reached Lu Zheng’s chin. He believed that he would be able to reduce the distance between him and Lu Zheng in a few years.
“It’ll be better when I’m done with this. You don’t want me to have no achievements in the position of Prefect, do you?” Zuo Shaoqing kissed him on the lips again and said in a fawning tone: “You don’t know, in the past half month, the yamen caught quite a few suspicious people, a few of them could be confirmed to be spies.”
Looking at Zuo Shaoqing’s “please praise” expression, Liu Tie really wanted to let the yamen people take a look. How could he not have the slightest bit of dignity as Prefect?
Holding Zuo Shaoqing’s nose, Lu Zheng carried him onto a chair and then set his gaze on the table. It turned out to be a painting.
Zuo Shaoqing cried out “Aiya!” and covered up the painting in a flurry. With a little red spot on his ear, he stuttered as he explained: “I was in a great mood today, so I wanted to practice my brush.”
Lu Zheng’s lips curved up in a pretty smile as he snatched the Xuan paper from his hands. After looking at it carefully, he pointed out a few major problems, “Your eyebrows are too high ...” Low eye color... Your lips are a little thick... “Why, am I such a gentle and elegant person in the eyes of the great official?”
Zuo Shaoqing’s portrait was based on Lu Zheng, but it also added his own imagination, transforming the brave and determined man into an elegant young master. If there wasn’t a real person comparing the two, there really wouldn’t be any feeling of disharmony.
“Or do you mean ... “Qingqing, do you find this official too vulgar? Do you like this type of cultured person more?”
“Of course not!” Zuo Shaoqing denied it, “I just want to see what your other face looks like. You’re overthinking it.” How could he possibly like cultured people more? He had seen too many hypocrites full of righteousness and morality, how could he compare to his family’s Lu Zheng? He just wanted to see how the different types of Lu Zheng looked like.
“And the result?” Do you want to see me like this? ” Lu Zheng lowered his head to smell the faint scent of the ink on his body and slowly moved his hand under his waist.
Zuo Shaoqing raised his head and looked at him, then looked at the portrait in his hand and shook his head with certainty, “This is still for the best!” Although he liked Lu Zheng no matter what, but the painting always felt that it wasn’t Lu Zheng.
Seeing Lu Zheng’s complexion turn from gloomy to clear, Zuo Shaoqing also beamed. He moved away Lu Zheng’s small hands and got up to leave his embrace. “Let’s eat first. This little thing should be starving.”
Zuo Xiaolang had been playing crazily in the yamen for the whole day. He had just been taken by Luo Xiaoliu to take a bath.
After the meal, Zuo Xiaolang went to practice his calligraphy very consciously. Coincidentally, Wang Zhenhai came to his door, so Zuo Shaoqing refused his visit for this reason.
Wang Zhenhai stood helpless in the hall, Zuo Shaoqing at the head of the table, while Lu Zheng and his staff sat in the study.
“Actually, this commoner has another matter to attend to today.”
“Oh? Tell me about it! ” Zuo Shaoqing gestured, “Sit down and talk!”
Wang Zhenhai got hit half the butt on the chair he was using and said nervously: “Sir, is what the government released today true?”
Zuo Shaoqing answered with a straight face, “Of course. When did the government ever lie to the people?”
Zuo Shaoqing had probably been together with Lu Zheng for a long time, but he had gradually been tainted by Lu Zheng’s dignity, which made it easy for people to ignore his age and appearance.
“That’s not what this commoner meant, it’s just that ... I wonder what kind of requirements Master has for the coastal merchant s? “
Zuo Shaoqing calmly drank his tea and bluntly pointed out: “Boss Wang asked you to come and ask, right?”
Back when the harbor was fortified, the first fleet caught by the officials was the Wang Family. Coincidentally, there were not only a large amount of iron ore on those ships, there were also dozens of enchanting looking women.
In the past six months, rich families had gradually bewitched dancer who came from overseas. Her luxurious clothing, her half-exposed breasts, and her slender waist were enough to make men lose their minds.
There was nothing wrong with the men who had taken in dancer. It was said that dancer’s methods in bed were really amazing, causing men to be unable to stop themselves!
Therefore, quite a few coastal merchant s started this business. They bought young women from overseas to train for a bit, so no matter if they were selling or giving them away, it was guaranteed that they would not lose anything.
And of the people bought by Wang Family, a few of them were actually spies sent by some island state after investigation. Thus, Zuo Shaoqing heartlessly ordered people to apprehend Manager Wang.
After that, he gave Boss Wang a penalty of three years of imprisonment, and the Wang Family naturally fell into Wang Xu’s hands.
Wang Zhenhai knew his place and nodded honestly.
“Go back and tell Manager Wang, this matter needs to be handled impartially. Of course, if Wang Family is stronger than other coastal merchant and can agree to the distribution of the official’s interests, then this authority will only belong to Wang Family.”
After Zuo Shaoqing said this, he got someone to send him off. As long as Wang Xu was a smart person, he would definitely understand what he meant.
Ye Zichen hummed a tune and walked towards the study, but before he even entered the door, he heard that it was extremely noisy inside.
He knocked on the door, and only when he heard Lu Zheng’s response did he open the door and enter. When he took a look, he immediately smiled.
The study room was filled with smoke, but Liang Qi and Soong Hanlin didn’t know how to react. Zhou Tie was standing in front of the huge chart, staring at it with rapt attention. From time to time, he would talk with his subordinates, while Zuo Xiaolang sat in front of his small desk and focused on practicing calligraphy.