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Chapter 82 Yellow Rice White Rice

In front of the first tent of the Shenji Left Shore Camp, six red lights were shining down from the pole, making the lights brightly.

General Bao Shen and Liu Dusi stood in front of the tent with helmets and armor. Behind him, he followed several guards from the First Division. General Qian saw a group of people coming from the direction of the camp from afar. General Bao Shen and Liu Dusi immediately came forward with a respectful smile, which made the generals behind him look contempt: If I had known today, why would he be arrogant first and then respectful?

General Bao Shen looked full of spring breeze and didn't care about other people's eyes. This man is brave and good at fighting, and has achieved great success. However, he is the most narrow-minded and retaliated for revenge. How could he allow others to be touched? However, when he thought of Yang Ling's expression of crying and tears after tonight, he was happy, and his hypocritical behavior at this time did not think it was humiliating.

Yang Ling took Yang Yiqing and Mancang'er, a total of twenty guards, and jumped off the horse when he arrived in front of the tent. General Bao Shen saw Yang Ling's dress and was stunned again. In the past two days, Yang Ling was walking around in the camp, wearing heavy armor wherever he went. In order to cater to Yang Ling, the generals in the camp were also wearing helmets and armor, as if they were about to charge.

But at this time, Yang Ling was wearing a Confucian shirt, without even a sword. She stepped forward lightly without getting into dust. The two streamers behind the Confucian crown were flying, and she was indescribable. At this moment, Bao Jinchen led more than ten heavy armors to trip her body, and the general wearing a battle robe bowed to greet her, as if he was a royal and a marquis inspecting the three armies. His momentum suddenly became three points shorter. General Bao Shen said that Yang Ling was teasing him in his heart, and he was even more furious.

When Yang Ling saw the generals' armor on his body, he felt a little surprised. Is it so grand for the army to drink banquets and drink wine? Why isn't anyone wearing casual clothes? Before he could think about it carefully, General Bao Shen and Liu Dusi had already stepped forward and crossed their hands to salute. Yang Ling hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up and said, "Collegemates, please come up quickly. They are all their brothers. They meet every day, why should they pay a big gift to worship?"

General Bao Gan changed his face and said with a smile: "My dear Lord, and the last general and the official servant of the camp have not yet set up wine to wash the dust of the adults. Tonight, the moon is bright and the wind is clear, and the weather is bright. It is rare for Liu Dusi to set up a banquet for the adults. We will never return without getting drunk."

Yang Ling replied with a smile, glanced at Liu Dusi at a glance. Seeing that he looked nervous, his face was so happy, but his eyes kept looking at General Bao Shen, he couldn't help but secretly cautious.

After only two days of contact, he already knew that General Bao Shen was stubborn and arrogant. Although Liu Dusi's expression is unnatural, it is in line with his mentality at this time. Why is General Bao Shen so enthusiastic, calm, and without any embarrassment to be forced to bow his head?

It seems that the banquet tonight may not be that simple. Yang Ling turned around and looked at Yang Yiqing with a deep impression. Yang Yiqing nodded slightly without a trace, waved his hand, and twenty personal soldiers stood under the tent, holding the reins of the horse in his hands, without moving in an instant. Only then did Yang Ling smile and put his arms into the tent with General Bao Shen.

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In the general's mansion, Youniang and Yutangchun three girls had cleared half of the accounts. Xue Limei looked at the cleaned accounts, put down the brush, rubbed her hair and smiled, "Sister Youniang, let's take a break. Look at this, I'm afraid that I will clean it for three or two days, and I won't be in a hurry."

Han Youniang was picking up the account book. After hearing this, she stood up and gently beat her waist with a small hand, saying, "But, I just had dinner, so I asked the three sisters to clean up again. My husband was so rude and didn't say he would come to see you, but he ran to General Bao's banquet. I'm really sorry."

Yutang quickly put four tea cups on it, and the tea flowed without leaking. After filling it, he picked up a cup and handed it to the young lady, half jokingly saying, "I think Lord Yang is very afraid of being with us. He is a great general. Are you still afraid of us women?"

Han Youniang saw her frowning, and her lingering expression clearly showed a little resentment. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "These three girls are probably wrong. They usually treat me as a concubine and a concubine, how could I not notice it?

It’s all because of the prince’s confusing order. Now three big girls are placed in my house. I don’t know when the prince will take a fairy girl into the palace. How can he arrange these two girls at that time?"

She took the cup and saw Yutang's white fingers, her skin was warm and transparent under the light, like a beautiful jade. Not only was her skin white and greasy, but her book-like elegant aura made her look more beautiful and refined, like a fairy exiled to the mortal world. The young lady didn't realize it was a little strange. Among these three girls, in terms of appearance, this jade sister was obviously better than Xuelimei and Tang Yixian, and she also had a quiet personality and had a great style. Why did the prince have a unique affection for Miss Tang?

Seeing Yu Tangchun staring at her with a pair of resentful eyes, Xuelimei next to her also quietly raised her ears and listened. The young lady had to vaguely say, "Several sisters are as beautiful as fairies. They are uncomfortable when they get close to you. They say, "My husband, don't you see my two brothers coming with you today, don't you dare to look at you more?"

Xue Limei couldn't help but blush and said, "We are all women with thin fates. How can we be more blessed than our sister? Lord Yang is already a third-rank official of the court before he was young. It is probably not difficult to open a government office and build a corps in the future and split the land and become a marquis. By then, my sister will be a first-rank imperial edict.

The adults redeem our sisters and let us get rid of the fire pit. We are truly grateful in our hearts and are willing to be a maid, but the adults don’t say anything now. The master and servant status have not been decided earlier, and we don’t know what to call us when we meet him."

From her tone, she could not wait for Youniang to clarify their identities. Han Youniang was both angry and funny. She glanced at the little girl and said coquettishly: "Go to you, it sounds nice. If my husband hadn't seen you being bullied, how could he invite you three back? Be a maid? I'm so expensive, spend 10,000 taels of silver to buy the girl?"

If you spend a lot of money, what should you buy? Han Youniang said, Yu Tangchun and Xue Limei were so happy that they heard it. The two girls looked at each other quietly, and their faces were filled with joy: I finally got the accurate letter from Youniang today, and I no longer have to lie on the bed in the middle of the night to guess the adults’ thoughts nervously. The words of Youniang’s sister are more effective than imperial edicts in Lord Yang’s heart.

Xue Limei took the tea and took a quick sip. She immediately rolled up her sleeves to reveal her symmetrical and white wrists, and said vigorously: "Sister, let's work harder and try to clean up a bag tonight and find evidence as soon as possible so that our master can cure the unsightly old baku head."

After drinking tea, Yu Tangchun ran over to the ground like a butterfly and squatted on the ground to sort out the account book. Han Youniang was puzzled and saw that only Tang Yixian was not moving. When she looked at her in a blink of an eyebrow, she saw her sitting at the table with her two delicate eyebrows twisting, staring at the account book in her hand and meditating, as if she hadn't heard them speak at all.

She held the pen and poked her face repeatedly, and suddenly shook her head and said, "No, something must be wrong in this account."

After hearing this, the young lady hurried over and said, "Xian'er, what did you find?"

Tang Yixian pointed to the account book and said, "Sister, do you see if there is anything wrong with this account?"

Han Youniang looked carefully and said strangely: "Isn't it just a book that records the purchase of charcoal? It's not right. This military camp is built along the mountain, and some of it is available for firewood. What should I do if I buy charcoal?"

Tang Yixian said "risky" twice and said proudly: "This is not a problem. Senior officials in the camp must use charcoal to keep warm, drink and eat shabu in the tent. Sister will guess."

She tweeted a little, and the young lady also found the problem and couldn't help but say excitedly: "It's not right, it's really wrong. There must be something wrong with this account book."

Yu Tangchun, Xue Limei hurried over and asked, "What have you discovered? Show me."

Han Youniang pointed to the page and said, "Look, this account records that in May last year, I bought 500 kilograms of charcoal, and the bottom was the use. Look at this place. On August 14th, I bought 700 kilograms of charcoal. Why should it be used in winter, but so much is used in spring and summer?"

Yu Tangchun looked at it and said, "It's a bit strange, and his miscellaneous items are recorded in a large account. Why are the only charcoals alone? But the amount of silver that was consumed in the account is not large, what are these few cents?"

Tang Yixian sat on the chair, shook his head and said, "Didn't you hear the white beige and yellow rice?"

Yu Tangchun and Xue Limei shouted together after hearing this and said, "Yes, this is not impossible."

The white beige and yellow rice case was just a few years ago. It was famous in the capital at that time and was well-known. Young lady didn't know the matter, but Yutangchun and Xuelimei knew about it.

At that time, the eunuch Li Guang, who was favored by Emperor Hongzhi, died of illness. Hongzhi believed that he had the art of immortality. He went to the Jinyiwei to search for it, but found this account book, which recorded the amount of yellow and white rice in his home. At that time, Emperor Hongzhi did not understand the intention and was still wondering why Li Guang's family had not had a large population, so why did he buy so much rice and grain. After the ministers explained, he realized that it was the amount of gold and silver. In a furious manner, he ordered people to copy his home.

Xuelimei said excitedly: "Yes, the price is not accurate. One liang can refer to one hundred liang or one thousand liang, but what exactly does this charcoal refer to?"

Tang Yixian grabbed the account book and put it in her arms like a baby, her face turned red with excitement: "This, when I tell Lord Yang, he will naturally find out." Yu Tangchun and Xue Limei looked at her as if they were afraid that someone would steal her credit, so they couldn't help but smile.
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