Chapter 397: We Should Act Like Clandestine Lovers
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Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue fell into silence and just hugged each other. They had nothing to say.
“Look, look. What have I seen?”
A sarcastic voice suddenly came from behind them.
They looked back, to see that Yan Xu stood behind them and smiled at them obscenely.
Shi Qingxue wasn’t used to showing affection in front of others, so she got out of Mo Junyang’s arms in a hurry and looked at Yan Xu with a frown.
However, in Yan Xu’s eyes, her normal behavior showed her guilty conscience.
Yan Xu had a brighter smile.
“Isn’t it improper that you show affection as if nobody were around?”
Although Shi Qingxue was bold, she blushed shyly as somebody pointed it out directly.
She goggled at Yan Xu with displeasure, “It’s none of your business.”
Even though she behaved openly, the people in Mo Country were open-minded, and she was engaged to Mo Junyang, so it was understandable that they were close to each other occasionally.
How would Yan Xu qualify to comment?
However, Yan Xu uplifted his brows and asked with a forced smile, “So aren’t you afraid that somebody else will know it?”
Shi Qingxue didn’t know that Yan Xu thought that she dated the “assistant” of King Rui’s heir in secret, so she was confused after hearing his words. “So what?”
It was Yan Xu’s turn to be surprised at Shi Qingxue’s “boldness”. He turned to Mo Junyang and asked with a snort, “So you don’t care at all, My Lord?”
Perhaps Mo Junyang was the only person present who knew what they were talking about, but he didn’t tell Shi Qingxue that Yan Xu thought that they had an affair, nor did he explain their relationship to Yan Xu.
He just glanced at Yan Xu coldly and said impassively, “Lord Yan, what do you want to say? Just say it directly.”
Yan Xu finally nodded with satisfaction and thought that this assistant was “sensible”.
He coughed loudly and cleared his throat before saying, “In fact, it’s no big deal. Both of you are trusted most by His Excellency, so you must be able to persuade him not to waste time on the epidemic. Just let bygones be bygones.”
Shi Qingxue was speechless.
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief and thought that she misheard it.
Otherwise, how would Yan Xu be so bold as to demand them not to investigate the epidemic to their faces? Didn’t he confess without torture and tell them that there was something fishy about the epidemic in Jiangzhou?
Was Yan Xu stupid?
However, before she spoke out what confused her, Mo Junyang grabbed her arm from behind.
Shi Qingxue understood it and didn’t speak.
Meanwhile, Mo Junyang asked in reply casually after listening to Yan Xu calmly, “What if His Excellency insists on investigating the epidemic?”
“Don’t blame me if I can’t keep it a secret.” Yan Xu threatened him.
He was sure that the “assistant” didn’t dare to reveal his affair with Shi Qingxue, so he held the trump card in his tone.
Unexpectedly, Mo Junyang wasn’t threatened by Yan Xu but shrugged and said indifferently, “Lord Yan, you have the freedom to say anything that you want, while if His Excellency wants to do something, it’s his decision, and nobody can interfere.”
His hidden meaning was that he didn’t accept Yan Xu’s request to make a deal.
Yan Xu got livid at once. He didn’t believe that this man dared to refuse him, so he gritted his teeth involuntarily and said cruelly, “Don’t regret it.”
Mo Junyang stopped talking, yet his indifferent expression told Yan Xu clearly that he wouldn’t regret it.
Yan Xu was so angry that he turned to leave.
“Junyang, what’s wrong with Yan Xu?” Shi Qingxue still didn’t understand why Yan Xu had the courage to swagger before them.
Mo Junyang conveniently rubbed Qingxue’s head and burst into laughter, asking in reply, “How do you think he regards our relationship?”
“Isn’t it obvious? You are my fiance.”
Shi Qingxue answered and took it for granted, but after speaking, she suddenly realized that he was not Mo Junyang now, while she was still Shi Qingxue.
In another word, in others’ eyes, she and Mo Junyang were…
Qingxue’s big eyes suddenly lit up, like bright stars.
The normal people would be angry and even lose temper when others thought that they dated a man in secret.
Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue’s pretty cheeks became red, like two fresh red tasty apples.
Mo Junyang had guessed that Shi Qingxue wouldn’t get mad after knowing the truth, but her abnormal behavior made him curious. “What did you think of?”
Shi Qingxue blinked at Mo Junyang slyly and intentionally lowered her voice, whispering, “Is it like the saying that the wife is not as important as a concubine and a concubine is not as important as a clandestine lover?
“As expected, it’s more proper for us to act like clandestine lovers.”
Mo Junyang was speechless.
He didn’t know what his future wife was thinking about and how she got this great conclusion.
She acted as a wife who was not favored and then was addicted to playing the role of a seductive and beautiful concubine who deluded her husband. Now she even wanted to have an affair.
He had no idea what Shi Qingxue would do if he allowed her to continue to mess around.
Even though Mo Junyang was always calm, he didn’t dare to indulge Shi Qingxue in playing around.
He cleared his throat and looked serious, rebuking in a low voice, “Enough. Stop playing around.”
His soft tone with indulgence wasn’t like a reproach at all.
Even the ordinary people wouldn’t listen to him, let alone Shi Qingxue.
Shi Qingxue stuck out her tongue naughtily and said with a flattering expression, “I didn’t play around. I did it because the task needed it. Haven’t you seen that I achieved the goal that I wanted after I said that?
“How can you say that I was playing around? You have gone too far.”
In the end, Qingxue pouted and censured Mo Junyang for blaming her wrongly.
Mo Junyang was unable to reply.
The man sighed helplessly with love and yielded first, comforting her. “Yes, yes. I said something wrong. You didn’t play around. You did it in order to puzzle the enemies, not for fun.”
He said that like joking.
Shi Qingxue’s ears moved and her face stiffened. She pretended as if she didn’t notice the meaning in Mo Junyang’s words. Then she took it for granted and nodded. “Right, I didn’t do it for fun.”
Her tone was certain and bold with sufficient reasons.
However, Shi Qingxue probably thought that her behavior was shameless, so she changed the subject at once. “Fine, stop talking about this matter. From Yan Xu’s anxious reaction, we can see that the epidemic in Jiangzhou City was not so simple, and it must have something to do with him.
“When the epidemic started to spread here, the people from Jiangzhou sent letters to the imperial court to ask for help several times, and the imperial court gave them money and medicinal materials without hesitation, but in the end, so many common people died of the epidemic. These corrupt officials must have made a lot of money because of the natural disaster.”
Shi Qingxue was more resentful.
Since ancient times, there were many hardships when there was a natural disaster. It meant that facing the natural disaster, the common people had to suffer from it and the deeper exploitation from the government.
The dual oppression could force people into a desperate situation.
Yan Xu tried so hard to avoid the epidemic case, and he must have filled his private purse because of it and ignored the common people’s safety.
Shi Qingxue wasn’t stingy to conjecture Yan Xu’s evil intentions with the most malice, but she still didn’t know that what he had done was far beyond her imagination.
She wholeheartedly wanted to drag down Yan Xu, so…
“You didn’t say how you plan to investigate the epidemic.”
Mo Junyang pondered for a moment and then joked. “Don’t you have an affair with me? He has the evidence against us. Aren’t you afraid that he will tell His Excellency on us?”
Shi Qingxue was ridiculed and blushed, snorting with displeasure. “I am talking business with you. Stop joking. Say it now. What do you plan to do next?”
“We will investigate what Yan Xu fears.” Mo Junyang gave an answer unhurriedly.
Shi Qingxue wanted to ask more, while Mo Junyang held her hand and pulled her into the room, saying, “Fine. Put it aside for now. I will keep an eye here, and it can be solved. If you have time, how about you copy some information for me?”
“What’s it?” Shi Qingxue was pulled to the chair and had a seat.
There was a stack of letter paper on the desk. Mo Junyang moved some scrolls from the bookshelf, with some people’s names, addresses, birth dates, dates of death and so on densely recorded in them.
Qingxue turned some pages conveniently and then understood that it was the information about the common people’s life and death in this area recorded by the government.
She checked and found that most people died of the epidemic recently.
The information was recorded clearly, so Shi Qingxue didn’t know what Mo Junyang wanted her to copy.
Mo Junyang explained carefully, “The government recorded it in chronological order, but I need the information about the people in a small area.
“It means that you need to count and sum up the people who died of the epidemic in the scrolls. Then you have to sort out the dead people in each area in chronological order. This is a big job. You…”
“No problem,” Shi Qingxue answered quickly before Mo Junyang finished his words.
She smiled at Mo Junyang brightly and said with relief, “It’s a piece of cake to me. I’ll show you.”
After speaking, she grabbed a brush pen made of weasel’s hair. She checked the scrolls and recorded at the same time.
Mo Junyang wasn’t idle. When Shi Qingxue was recording, he checked the information about the people in the same area for her.
They cooperated with each other with high efficiency.
When the sun moved to the west in the evening, the two had finished the information about the people in some bigger villages next to Jiangzhou City.
Shi Qingxue finally put down the brush pen and waved her numb arm.
When she was writing, she didn’t feel it. After she finished writing, she found that her right fingers were not hers. They were sore and numb, and she felt bad.
However, she didn’t want Mo Junyang to worry about her, so she just waved her hand casually and relieved the sore arm. Then she endured it and didn’t move a bit.
But her action couldn’t escape from Mo Junyang’s eyes.
“Let me see your hand.” The man grabbed her right palm without demur and rubbed her slender fingers gently with his warm fingers.
Shi Qingxue’s fingers were fair-skinned, beautiful, smooth and tender, yet because she had written for a long time, the digital joints had become red.
Mo Junyang couldn’t help but frown. He suddenly regretted his decision and changed his mind. “I remember that Dong Shuang can read, and it’s not a hard job. Let her do the remaining job.”
Shi Qingxue refused without thinking. “I have finished half of it, so it will be the most efficient if I do it.
“Moreover, Dong Shuang is careless. Even if you trust her, I will be worried once you give this job to her.”
She had guessed that Mo Junyang left the job to her most because he didn’t trust others.
Now he changed his mind just because he didn’t want her to be tired.
Qingxue was moved, but she had to insist on taking this job.
Seeing that Mo Junyang rubbed her hand gently, she showed a smile and played the woman. “Rub it for me, and then it won’t hurt.”
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Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue fell into silence and just hugged each other. They had nothing to say.
“Look, look. What have I seen?”
A sarcastic voice suddenly came from behind them.
They looked back, to see that Yan Xu stood behind them and smiled at them obscenely.
Shi Qingxue wasn’t used to showing affection in front of others, so she got out of Mo Junyang’s arms in a hurry and looked at Yan Xu with a frown.
However, in Yan Xu’s eyes, her normal behavior showed her guilty conscience.
Yan Xu had a brighter smile.
“Isn’t it improper that you show affection as if nobody were around?”
Although Shi Qingxue was bold, she blushed shyly as somebody pointed it out directly.
She goggled at Yan Xu with displeasure, “It’s none of your business.”
Even though she behaved openly, the people in Mo Country were open-minded, and she was engaged to Mo Junyang, so it was understandable that they were close to each other occasionally.
How would Yan Xu qualify to comment?
However, Yan Xu uplifted his brows and asked with a forced smile, “So aren’t you afraid that somebody else will know it?”
Shi Qingxue didn’t know that Yan Xu thought that she dated the “assistant” of King Rui’s heir in secret, so she was confused after hearing his words. “So what?”
It was Yan Xu’s turn to be surprised at Shi Qingxue’s “boldness”. He turned to Mo Junyang and asked with a snort, “So you don’t care at all, My Lord?”
Perhaps Mo Junyang was the only person present who knew what they were talking about, but he didn’t tell Shi Qingxue that Yan Xu thought that they had an affair, nor did he explain their relationship to Yan Xu.
He just glanced at Yan Xu coldly and said impassively, “Lord Yan, what do you want to say? Just say it directly.”
Yan Xu finally nodded with satisfaction and thought that this assistant was “sensible”.
He coughed loudly and cleared his throat before saying, “In fact, it’s no big deal. Both of you are trusted most by His Excellency, so you must be able to persuade him not to waste time on the epidemic. Just let bygones be bygones.”
Shi Qingxue was speechless.
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief and thought that she misheard it.
Otherwise, how would Yan Xu be so bold as to demand them not to investigate the epidemic to their faces? Didn’t he confess without torture and tell them that there was something fishy about the epidemic in Jiangzhou?
Was Yan Xu stupid?
However, before she spoke out what confused her, Mo Junyang grabbed her arm from behind.
Shi Qingxue understood it and didn’t speak.
Meanwhile, Mo Junyang asked in reply casually after listening to Yan Xu calmly, “What if His Excellency insists on investigating the epidemic?”
“Don’t blame me if I can’t keep it a secret.” Yan Xu threatened him.
He was sure that the “assistant” didn’t dare to reveal his affair with Shi Qingxue, so he held the trump card in his tone.
Unexpectedly, Mo Junyang wasn’t threatened by Yan Xu but shrugged and said indifferently, “Lord Yan, you have the freedom to say anything that you want, while if His Excellency wants to do something, it’s his decision, and nobody can interfere.”
His hidden meaning was that he didn’t accept Yan Xu’s request to make a deal.
Yan Xu got livid at once. He didn’t believe that this man dared to refuse him, so he gritted his teeth involuntarily and said cruelly, “Don’t regret it.”
Mo Junyang stopped talking, yet his indifferent expression told Yan Xu clearly that he wouldn’t regret it.
Yan Xu was so angry that he turned to leave.
“Junyang, what’s wrong with Yan Xu?” Shi Qingxue still didn’t understand why Yan Xu had the courage to swagger before them.
Mo Junyang conveniently rubbed Qingxue’s head and burst into laughter, asking in reply, “How do you think he regards our relationship?”
“Isn’t it obvious? You are my fiance.”
Shi Qingxue answered and took it for granted, but after speaking, she suddenly realized that he was not Mo Junyang now, while she was still Shi Qingxue.
In another word, in others’ eyes, she and Mo Junyang were…
Qingxue’s big eyes suddenly lit up, like bright stars.
The normal people would be angry and even lose temper when others thought that they dated a man in secret.
Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue’s pretty cheeks became red, like two fresh red tasty apples.
Mo Junyang had guessed that Shi Qingxue wouldn’t get mad after knowing the truth, but her abnormal behavior made him curious. “What did you think of?”
Shi Qingxue blinked at Mo Junyang slyly and intentionally lowered her voice, whispering, “Is it like the saying that the wife is not as important as a concubine and a concubine is not as important as a clandestine lover?
“As expected, it’s more proper for us to act like clandestine lovers.”
Mo Junyang was speechless.
He didn’t know what his future wife was thinking about and how she got this great conclusion.
She acted as a wife who was not favored and then was addicted to playing the role of a seductive and beautiful concubine who deluded her husband. Now she even wanted to have an affair.
He had no idea what Shi Qingxue would do if he allowed her to continue to mess around.
Even though Mo Junyang was always calm, he didn’t dare to indulge Shi Qingxue in playing around.
He cleared his throat and looked serious, rebuking in a low voice, “Enough. Stop playing around.”
His soft tone with indulgence wasn’t like a reproach at all.
Even the ordinary people wouldn’t listen to him, let alone Shi Qingxue.
Shi Qingxue stuck out her tongue naughtily and said with a flattering expression, “I didn’t play around. I did it because the task needed it. Haven’t you seen that I achieved the goal that I wanted after I said that?
“How can you say that I was playing around? You have gone too far.”
In the end, Qingxue pouted and censured Mo Junyang for blaming her wrongly.
Mo Junyang was unable to reply.
The man sighed helplessly with love and yielded first, comforting her. “Yes, yes. I said something wrong. You didn’t play around. You did it in order to puzzle the enemies, not for fun.”
He said that like joking.
Shi Qingxue’s ears moved and her face stiffened. She pretended as if she didn’t notice the meaning in Mo Junyang’s words. Then she took it for granted and nodded. “Right, I didn’t do it for fun.”
Her tone was certain and bold with sufficient reasons.
However, Shi Qingxue probably thought that her behavior was shameless, so she changed the subject at once. “Fine, stop talking about this matter. From Yan Xu’s anxious reaction, we can see that the epidemic in Jiangzhou City was not so simple, and it must have something to do with him.
“When the epidemic started to spread here, the people from Jiangzhou sent letters to the imperial court to ask for help several times, and the imperial court gave them money and medicinal materials without hesitation, but in the end, so many common people died of the epidemic. These corrupt officials must have made a lot of money because of the natural disaster.”
Shi Qingxue was more resentful.
Since ancient times, there were many hardships when there was a natural disaster. It meant that facing the natural disaster, the common people had to suffer from it and the deeper exploitation from the government.
The dual oppression could force people into a desperate situation.
Yan Xu tried so hard to avoid the epidemic case, and he must have filled his private purse because of it and ignored the common people’s safety.
Shi Qingxue wasn’t stingy to conjecture Yan Xu’s evil intentions with the most malice, but she still didn’t know that what he had done was far beyond her imagination.
She wholeheartedly wanted to drag down Yan Xu, so…
“You didn’t say how you plan to investigate the epidemic.”
Mo Junyang pondered for a moment and then joked. “Don’t you have an affair with me? He has the evidence against us. Aren’t you afraid that he will tell His Excellency on us?”
Shi Qingxue was ridiculed and blushed, snorting with displeasure. “I am talking business with you. Stop joking. Say it now. What do you plan to do next?”
“We will investigate what Yan Xu fears.” Mo Junyang gave an answer unhurriedly.
Shi Qingxue wanted to ask more, while Mo Junyang held her hand and pulled her into the room, saying, “Fine. Put it aside for now. I will keep an eye here, and it can be solved. If you have time, how about you copy some information for me?”
“What’s it?” Shi Qingxue was pulled to the chair and had a seat.
There was a stack of letter paper on the desk. Mo Junyang moved some scrolls from the bookshelf, with some people’s names, addresses, birth dates, dates of death and so on densely recorded in them.
Qingxue turned some pages conveniently and then understood that it was the information about the common people’s life and death in this area recorded by the government.
She checked and found that most people died of the epidemic recently.
The information was recorded clearly, so Shi Qingxue didn’t know what Mo Junyang wanted her to copy.
Mo Junyang explained carefully, “The government recorded it in chronological order, but I need the information about the people in a small area.
“It means that you need to count and sum up the people who died of the epidemic in the scrolls. Then you have to sort out the dead people in each area in chronological order. This is a big job. You…”
“No problem,” Shi Qingxue answered quickly before Mo Junyang finished his words.
She smiled at Mo Junyang brightly and said with relief, “It’s a piece of cake to me. I’ll show you.”
After speaking, she grabbed a brush pen made of weasel’s hair. She checked the scrolls and recorded at the same time.
Mo Junyang wasn’t idle. When Shi Qingxue was recording, he checked the information about the people in the same area for her.
They cooperated with each other with high efficiency.
When the sun moved to the west in the evening, the two had finished the information about the people in some bigger villages next to Jiangzhou City.
Shi Qingxue finally put down the brush pen and waved her numb arm.
When she was writing, she didn’t feel it. After she finished writing, she found that her right fingers were not hers. They were sore and numb, and she felt bad.
However, she didn’t want Mo Junyang to worry about her, so she just waved her hand casually and relieved the sore arm. Then she endured it and didn’t move a bit.
But her action couldn’t escape from Mo Junyang’s eyes.
“Let me see your hand.” The man grabbed her right palm without demur and rubbed her slender fingers gently with his warm fingers.
Shi Qingxue’s fingers were fair-skinned, beautiful, smooth and tender, yet because she had written for a long time, the digital joints had become red.
Mo Junyang couldn’t help but frown. He suddenly regretted his decision and changed his mind. “I remember that Dong Shuang can read, and it’s not a hard job. Let her do the remaining job.”
Shi Qingxue refused without thinking. “I have finished half of it, so it will be the most efficient if I do it.
“Moreover, Dong Shuang is careless. Even if you trust her, I will be worried once you give this job to her.”
She had guessed that Mo Junyang left the job to her most because he didn’t trust others.
Now he changed his mind just because he didn’t want her to be tired.
Qingxue was moved, but she had to insist on taking this job.
Seeing that Mo Junyang rubbed her hand gently, she showed a smile and played the woman. “Rub it for me, and then it won’t hurt.”
Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue fell into silence and just hugged each other. They had nothing to say.Look, look. What have I seen?A sarcastic voice suddenly came from behind them.They looked back, to see that Yan Xu stood behind them and smiled at them obscenely.Shi Qingxue wasn't used to showing affection in front of others, so she got out of Mo Junyang's arms in a hurry and looked at Yan Xu with a frown.However, in Yan Xu's eyes, her normal behavior showed her guilty conscience.Yan Xu had a brighter smile.Isn't it improper that you show affection as if nobody were around?Although Shi Qingxue was bold, she blushed shyly as somebody pointed it out directly.She goggled at Yan Xu with displeasure, It's none of your business.Even though she behaved openly, the people in Mo Country were open-minded, and she was engaged to Mo Junyang, so it was understandable that they were close to each other occasionally.How would Yan Xu qualify to comment?However, Yan Xu uplifted his brows and asked with a forced smile, So aren't you afraid that somebody else will know it?Shi Qingxue didn't know that Yan Xu thought that she dated the assistant of King Rui's heir in secret, so she was confused after hearing his words. So what?It was Yan Xu's turn to be surprised at Shi Qingxue's boldness. He turned to Mo Junyang and asked with a snort, So you don't care at all, My Lord?Perhaps Mo Junyang was the only person present who knew what they were talking about, but he didn't tell Shi Qingxue that Yan Xu thought that they had an affair, nor did he explain their relationship to Yan Xu.He just glanced at Yan Xu coldly and said impassively, Lord Yan, what do you want to say? Just say it directly.Yan Xu finally nodded with satisfaction and thought that this assistant was sensible.He coughed loudly and cleared his throat before saying, In fact, it's no big deal. Both of you are trusted most by His Excellency, so you must be able to persuade him not to waste time on the epidemic. Just let bygones be bygones.Shi Qingxue was speechless.She opened her eyes wide in disbelief and thought that she misheard it.Otherwise, how would Yan Xu be so bold as to demand them not to investigate the epidemic to their faces? Didn't he confess without torture and tell them that there was something fishy about the epidemic in Jiangzhou?Was Yan Xu stupid?However, before she spoke out what confused her, Mo Junyang grabbed her arm from behind.Shi Qingxue understood it and didn't speak.Meanwhile, Mo Junyang asked in reply casually after listening to Yan Xu calmly, What if His Excellency insists on investigating the epidemic?Don't blame me if I can't keep it a secret. Yan Xu threatened him.He was sure that the assistant didn't dare to reveal his affair with Shi Qingxue, so he held the trump card in his tone.Unexpectedly, Mo Junyang wasn't threatened by Yan Xu but shrugged and said indifferently, Lord Yan, you have the freedom to say anything that you want, while if His Excellency wants to do something, it's his decision, and nobody can interfere.His hidden meaning was that he didn't accept Yan Xu's request to make a deal.Yan Xu got livid at once. He didn't believe that this man dared to refuse him, so he gritted his teeth involuntarily and said cruelly, Don't regret it.Mo Junyang stopped talking, yet his indifferent expression told Yan Xu clearly that he wouldn't regret it.Yan Xu was so angry that he turned to leave.Junyang, what's wrong with Yan Xu? Shi Qingxue still didn't understand why Yan Xu had the courage to swagger before them.Mo Junyang conveniently rubbed Qingxue's head and burst into laughter, asking in reply, How do you think he regards our relationship?Isn't it obvious? You are my fiance.Shi Qingxue answered and took it for granted, but after speaking, she suddenly realized that he was not Mo Junyang now, while she was still Shi Qingxue.In another word, in others' eyes, she and Mo Junyang wereQingxue's big eyes suddenly lit up, like bright stars.The normal people would be angry and even lose temper when others thought that they dated a man in secret.Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue's pretty cheeks became red, like two fresh red tasty apples.Mo Junyang had guessed that Shi Qingxue wouldn't get mad after knowing the truth, but her abnormal behavior made him curious. What did you think of?Shi Qingxue blinked at Mo Junyang slyly and intentionally lowered her voice, whispering, Is it like the saying that the wife is not as important as a concubine and a concubine is not as important as a clandestine lover?As expected, it's more proper for us to act like clandestine lovers.Mo Junyang was speechless.He didn't know what his future wife was thinking about and how she got this great conclusion.She acted as a wife who was not favored and then was addicted to playing the role of a seductive and beautiful concubine who deluded her husband. Now she even wanted to have an affair.He had no idea what Shi Qingxue would do if he allowed her to continue to mess around.Even though Mo Junyang was always calm, he didn't dare to indulge Shi Qingxue in playing around.He cleared his throat and looked serious, rebuking in a low voice, Enough. Stop playing around.His soft tone with indulgence wasn't like a reproach at all.Even the ordinary people wouldn't listen to him, let alone Shi Qingxue.Shi Qingxue stuck out her tongue naughtily and said with a flattering expression, I didn't play around. I did it because the task needed it. Haven't you seen that I achieved the goal that I wanted after I said that?How can you say that I was playing around? You have gone too far.In the end, Qingxue pouted and censured Mo Junyang for blaming her wrongly.Mo Junyang was unable to reply.The man sighed helplessly with love and yielded first, comforting her. Yes, yes. I said something wrong. You didn't play around. You did it in order to puzzle the enemies, not for fun.He said that like joking.Shi Qingxue's ears moved and her face stiffened. She pretended as if she didn't notice the meaning in Mo Junyang's words. Then she took it for granted and nodded. Right, I didn't do it for fun.Her tone was certain and bold with sufficient reasons.However, Shi Qingxue probably thought that her behavior was shameless, so she changed the subject at once. Fine, stop talking about this matter. From Yan Xu's anxious reaction, we can see that the epidemic in Jiangzhou City was not so simple, and it must have something to do with him.When the epidemic started to spread here, the people from Jiangzhou sent letters to the imperial court to ask for help several times, and the imperial court gave them money and medicinal materials without hesitation, but in the end, so many common people died of the epidemic. These corrupt officials must have made a lot of money because of the natural disaster.Shi Qingxue was more resentful.Since ancient times, there were many hardships when there was a natural disaster. It meant that facing the natural disaster, the common people had to suffer from it and the deeper exploitation from the government.The dual oppression could force people into a desperate situation.Yan Xu tried so hard to avoid the epidemic case, and he must have filled his private purse because of it and ignored the common people's safety.Shi Qingxue wasn't stingy to conjecture Yan Xu's evil intentions with the most malice, but she still didn't know that what he had done was far beyond her imagination.She wholeheartedly wanted to drag down Yan Xu, soYou didn't say how you plan to investigate the epidemic.Mo Junyang pondered for a moment and then joked. Don't you have an affair with me? He has the evidence against us. Aren't you afraid that he will tell His Excellency on us?Shi Qingxue was ridiculed and blushed, snorting with displeasure. I am talking business with you. Stop joking. Say it now. What do you plan to do next?We will investigate what Yan Xu fears. Mo Junyang gave an answer unhurriedly.Shi Qingxue wanted to ask more, while Mo Junyang held her hand and pulled her into the room, saying, Fine. Put it aside for now. I will keep an eye here, and it can be solved. If you have time, how about you copy some information for me?What's it? Shi Qingxue was pulled to the chair and had a seat.There was a stack of letter paper on the desk. Mo Junyang moved some scrolls from the bookshelf, with some people's names, addresses, birth dates, dates of death and so on densely recorded in them.Qingxue turned some pages conveniently and then understood that it was the information about the common people's life and death in this area recorded by the government.She checked and found that most people died of the epidemic recently.The information was recorded clearly, so Shi Qingxue didn't know what Mo Junyang wanted her to copy.Mo Junyang explained carefully, The government recorded it in chronological order, but I need the information about the people in a small area.It means that you need to count and sum up the people who died of the epidemic in the scrolls. Then you have to sort out the dead people in each area in chronological order. This is a big job. YouNo problem, Shi Qingxue answered quickly before Mo Junyang finished his words.She smiled at Mo Junyang brightly and said with relief, It's a piece of cake to me. I'll show you.After speaking, she grabbed a brush pen made of weasel's hair. She checked the scrolls and recorded at the same time.Mo Junyang wasn't idle. When Shi Qingxue was recording, he checked the information about the people in the same area for her.They cooperated with each other with high efficiency.When the sun moved to the west in the evening, the two had finished the information about the people in some bigger villages next to Jiangzhou City.Shi Qingxue finally put down the brush pen and waved her numb arm.When she was writing, she didn't feel it. After she finished writing, she found that her right fingers were not hers. They were sore and numb, and she felt bad.However, she didn't want Mo Junyang to worry about her, so she just waved her hand casually and relieved the sore arm. Then she endured it and didn't move a bit.But her action couldn't escape from Mo Junyang's eyes.Let me see your hand. The man grabbed her right palm without demur and rubbed her slender fingers gently with his warm fingers.Shi Qingxue's fingers were fair-skinned, beautiful, smooth and tender, yet because she had written for a long time, the digital joints had become red.Mo Junyang couldn't help but frown. He suddenly regretted his decision and changed his mind. I remember that Dong Shuang can read, and it's not a hard job. Let her do the remaining job.Shi Qingxue refused without thinking. I have finished half of it, so it will be the most efficient if I do it.Moreover, Dong Shuang is careless. Even if you trust her, I will be worried once you give this job to her.She had guessed that Mo Junyang left the job to her most because he didn't trust others.Now he changed his mind just because he didn't want her to be tired.Qingxue was moved, but she had to insist on taking this job.Seeing that Mo Junyang rubbed her hand gently, she showed a smile and played the woman. Rub it for me, and then it won't hurt.
