Jiang Cang had seen Li Ye, but when he turned to go out, he was bumped into by someone on the corridor.

"ah."

A stack of documents in the opponent's hand fell to the ground.

"It's you?"

It was a woman, and she was surprised when she saw Jiang Cang.

"Who are you?"

"When I first arrived in Chang'an, I asked you for directions."

"Remember, you are actually working here?" Jiang Cang leaned over to pick up the fallen documents for her and said, "My surname is Jiang, my single name is Cang, and my given name is Qingliao."

"Hao Leshan?"

"Ah, how do you know?"

"A senior official at the Times told me."

As the woman spoke, she took the document from Jiang Cang, took out a stack of manuscripts and handed it to him. She smiled and said, "I've seen you for a long time, Leshan layman."

"Are you...Mr. Kiyama?"

Jiang Cang was surprised and secretly happy at the same time, and felt a little out of sorts for a moment.

~~

Spring, the fifth year of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"Her name is Shen Xi. She is from Sichuan. She came to Jiangzhou with her family since she was a child. She is erudite and talented..."

"Very knowledgeable and talented?" Sun Deyu heard this and responded: "She is either from a scholarly family or a famous brothel girl. Which one is she?"

"Ms. Shen is a prostitute, not a prostitute."

"oh."

"Little Taoist priest, don't look down on me. Because she is talented, she redeemed herself before leaving the court."

"Is that so impressive?" Sun Deyu was very surprised and said, "Why do I look down on others? Did I say anything? Are you crazy to argue with others?"

Jiang Cang said: "She will come over soon, don't bully her."

"Pretty?"

"Um."

"Well, with all due respect, such a young lady is not suitable for you, Jiang Dayan." Sun Deyu straightened his sleeves and said, "Why don't you introduce her to me."

"Stop making trouble, I won't beat you to death."

Sun Deyu then shook his head and sighed, saying: "Don't blame me for not reminding you. There are many young ladies in Chang'an City who admire you. Don't find the one who can make Jiang Jingyin most angry and break your legs."

"You put it this way." Jiang Cang muttered: "She is really different...here she comes."

Jiang Cang then greeted him.

Sun Deyu looked around and saw a woman in men's clothing hurried over in front of her, chatting and laughing with Jiang Cang.

"This is my best friend, Sun Deyu. You can call him little Taoist priest."

"Hello, Mr. Sun."

Jiang Cang smiled and said: "Tell me, it's rare to take a break today, where can you go?"

Sun Deyu said: "I plan to go to the suburbs of Chang'an."

"Why?"

"I'm counting on my fingers, it's going to rain and thunder in an hour."

Jiang Cang finally came to his senses and asked, "Do you have any way to get electricity?"

"Try it."

Shen Xi stood aside without any shyness, as if she had been friends with them for many years, and asked Jiang Cang, "What are you talking about?"

"We believe that electricity can be used, the problem is how to control it."

"Control electricity?"

"The little Taoist priest always has a way."

"..."

Sun Deyu had people make many kites and put small iron pieces on them. When the wind blew, he flew all the kites and connected the cotton strings hanging the kites to various objects he made, including strange bottles. , there are balls of iron wire, bamboo charcoal wire, and even gunpowder.

"The little Taoist priest has tried it many times, but thunderstorms don't happen often."

Jiang Cang and Shen Xi stood aside, explaining the scene ahead.

"It's an eye-opener." Shen Xi said, "Why don't we bring umbrellas?"

"forget."

The strong wind blew, and Shen Xi looked very expectant, but said: "I'm so scared, will we be struck by lightning?"

"No, probably not..."

Suddenly, lightning fell from the sky.

Shen Xi screamed and grabbed Jiang Cang's hand.

"boom!"

There was a crash of thunder and heavy rain poured down.

"Run away!"

Sun Deyu suddenly shouted, turned around and ran away.

Jiang Cang and Shen Xi ran after him and then lay on the ground.

I just heard a "bang" sound behind me, and muddy water splashed.

When the three young men got up again, they were completely drowned.

"Ha." Sun Deyu smiled, clapped his hands and said, "I caught it! I just caught the electricity, did you see it?"

"What a fart I saw."

"I saw it?" Shen Xi was very excited and said: "The white sparkling thing in the water bottle, is that electricity that can be controlled?"

"Yes, that's it." Sun Deyu punched hard, very happy.

Jiang Cang couldn't help but wipe the water on his face, shook his head and laughed.

Shen Xi also smiled happily and hugged his arm tightly, naturally.

…

But it was in the summer of that year that Jiang Chun, who was then Jing Zhaoyin, kicked his only son out of the house. When Jiang Cang turned around to leave, Jiang Chun became even more angry.

"Dare you leave?! Let me tell you, if you take one step out of this door, I will no longer have a son like you! I... will leave all my family property to Di'er from now on. Look at her, and then look at you."

"You know your brother-in-law is good now, but you weren't against it back then."

"You, you bastard!"

~~

At the end of the year, Wang Shi went to Yanyun in the north and returned to the court with his troops.

Several young people gathered at Li Zhaocheng's home.

"Let me introduce you. This is Yu Dechen. I don't know what position he holds in the Military Intelligence Department. It's confidential. You can just call him Muyu as I please."

Shen Xiluo bowed generously and said, "I have met Brother Yu."

Yu Dechen patted Jiang Cang's shoulder and said, "In a blink of an eye, you have grown so big? When do you plan to get married?"

"Just next year." Jiang Cang chuckled and said, "Just in time the war is over."

"That's not necessarily the case." Li Zhaocheng said: "The imperial court may have wiped out Zhao and Song Dynasties in one go."

When Yu Dechen heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at Shen Xi, but didn't say much.

Only Sun Deyu noticed the change in his senior brother's expression.

After the banquet, the two senior brothers were alone, and Sun Deyu asked, "Senior brother, is there something wrong?"

"When I heard you talk about her before I met her, I was wondering, how could a woman have such an upright and generous temperament?"

"What's weird?" Sun Deyu said, "Jiang Di is like this too."

Yu Dechen's face turned gloomy and he said, "The problem is that Shen Xi is from Jiangnan."

"You suspect she is..."

"It's hard to tell. I'll go to the Public Relations Department. It'd be best if nothing happens."

"oh."
To be continued...