"It smells so good, it hurts so much!”
Second Emperor Li's body was trembling. He wanted to skin Cheng Yaojin alive.
Cheng Yaojin was puzzled." This isn't right. Even mosquitoes don't dare to get close to you when you apply this on your body. Why does Your Majesty still feel pain?"”
"What…what do you mean? Smeared on…his body? Mosquito repellent?"
Cheng Yaojin nodded excitedly." Yes, I applied a little after showering. There were no mosquito bites all night."”
Li Shi Min recalled that there were no mosquito bites last night.
He had been in a fit of anger earlier and had really neglected this matter.
Now that he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but feel curious.
He gritted his teeth and said," That's right. This item is really not bad. It's just that…next time, be more clear!"”
Cheng Yaojin was puzzled.
"Oh, I see. Where did you buy this? But Arabia? Li Te? The Great Tang seemed to have never heard of such a wondrous object.”
Usually, these strange things were mostly imported, and Second Emperor Li was used to it.
"It's neither Arabia nor Lit," Cheng Yaojin replied."It was invented by the Tang themselves."”
"Hmm?" Li Shi Min's eyes lit up.
The current Great Tang was all-encompassing. It was not like the imperial court of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which only recruited talented scholars. As long as there was talent, no matter how talented, Li Shimin would take it in.
"The Great Tang has such a talent? Who is it?"
"Lantian County male, Xiao Fan."
Li Shi Min recalled it and seemed to have some impression of it. He asked,"Is it that Xiao Fan who always looks like a fisherman's wife and is licentious?”
Cheng Yaojin nodded.
"Oh, it's not strange for such a person to be able to create a strange and obscene memory."”
He did not take Xiao Fan to heart.
……
In the Xiao Manor.
Han Lingying was dressed very formally today.
Xiao Fan looked curiously and asked,"Where is my wife going today?"”
"Give me back the money!" Han Lingying gritted her teeth.
"What's wrong?"
" It's Mrs. Zhang, the chief clerk of Lantian County, and Mrs. Ma, the county magistrate of Lantian County," Han Lingying explained." They're holding a banquet by the Jing River and invited me to attend."”
Xiao Fan said,"It's a good thing. Why did Wifey say that she was going to pay back the money?"”
"Husband, you don't know," Han Lingying said."These two families said that they were going to hold a banquet, so they wrote on the menu that they were going to bring money!"”
Xiao Fan finally understood. The money that he owed the two families had not been returned for some time. These two families were probably anxious, so they used this method to point it out.
Seeing that Xiao Fan didn't care, Han Lingying said unhappily,"Husband! You don't know the faces of these two families. It hasn't even been 20 days since our family borrowed money, and they're already ruining the reputation of the Xiao Manor every day.”
"What did they say?"
"Didn't they say that we didn't return the money we owed and that you had a good life?”
Xiao Fan knew what these people meant. Xiao Fan was the eldest son and had inherited his father's title.
Otherwise, who knew how nasty these people would be.
To say that Xiao Fan was born with a good life meant that Xiao Fan had only inherited the title. Otherwise, Xiao Fan was nothing!
If not for Xiao Fan's title, the Lantian County Magistrate and the chief registrar would have started to play tricks to ask for money.
"A few days ago, a vixen outside came to ask for money and even caused a commotion in the neighborhood. I've secretly investigated and found out that it was the main registrar of Lantian County!”
Xiao Fan frowned slightly and asked,"What are they doing this for?"”
" It's just ruining our family's reputation. This matter has already spread to the Royal Palace of Chang 'an. Fortunately, His Majesty did not pursue it because of the meritorious service of the Xuanwu Sect.”
Xiao Fan was deep in thought. It seemed that the Lantian County Chief registrar was really bullying his Xiao family.
Any Tom, Dick, or Harry could stroke a tiger's beard.
Xiao Fan retracted his cold gaze and asked Han Lingying gently,"Is this a gathering between your wives? Can I go?"
"What are you going to do with a bunch of women?" Han Lingying laughed. Her husband would have a chance in two days. Princess Changle would come to Lantian to inspect her fief, and she would definitely invite the officials of Lantian to a banquet.”
Xiao Fan said in confusion,"Inspecting the fief and having a banquet? How fresh!"
Han Lingying rolled her eyes at Xiao Fan and said,"Of course you don't know. This summer, Lantian suffered a serious flood. Princess Changle came to sympathize with the officials of Lantian on behalf of His Majesty."”
Xiao Fan was shocked, and the events of the 11th year of Zhenguan in Lantian jumped into his mind.
This year, the Great Tang was plagued by many disasters.
In the summer of 11 years, Lantian County suffered from floods, casualties are not counted.
However, there were no large-scale deaths in Lantian due to the flood. In other words, there would be even greater storms and floods in the future.
It was also in the summer of that year that Lantian encountered an unprecedented food crisis. The entire city was short of food, and because the official roads were blocked, all the food could not be transferred in.
That was also why a large number of people starved to death.
"Wifey! From now on, I'll throw out all my remaining money to store up food!”
"Husband, although there's a flood, the price of food won't go up much. Why are you so excited?" Han Lingying smiled.”
Xiao Fan said,"You don't have to worry about it. From now on, all our remaining money will be used to store grain. This matter is very important!" Remember!"
Han Lingying nodded helplessly.
However, Xiao Fan continued,"No matter how expensive the food is, we'll buy it!"”
"Ah?"
"You don't need to care, my husband has his own intentions.”
"Alright then. Husband, I'll go attend the banquet.”
"Okay, go ahead."
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