Anatomy of flowers

  It's already the end of September, and the weather is getting colder day by day. In the early morning, you can see a thin layer of frost on the leaves of the grass and trees. It looks beautiful, but the heating facilities in ancient times were really too poor!

  Don't even mention air conditioning and heating, there isn't even glass, when autumn and winter arrive, all you can do is stick paper on the windows. Charcoal fires are burned inside the house, to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, but they don't dare close the windows tightly. In short, it's freezing to death!

  At the time of the Double Ninth Festival banquet, among the gifts sent by those dignitaries, there were actually quite a few good fabrics, with good styles and quality. Some were said to have been directly transported from Chang'an City, which couldn't be bought in this small Yichuan County. I and Han Meilan had our eyes on these fabrics at that time, but the stingy Luo Dachun disagreed with us taking them for free. Helplessly, we could only take out our own money to make up for the "embezzled" silver, disguising it as relief funds for disaster victims.

  "These fabrics are great, let's take them to make winter clothes!" Han Meilan said excitedly, "Liu Yue you suit pink, I like white, brother likes blue, this black one... Brother Nie he almost only wears black..."

  At the mention of "Nie Da Ge", Han Mei Lan's face turned red, which made me furious. Moreover, she actually thought I suited that Hello Kitty color, it's really unbearable!

  "Meilan, you don't have to make so many women's clothes. Think about it, we usually don't have the chance to wear them, do we? And besides, you shouldn't make them yourself."

  "Why?" Han Meilan was extremely surprised, because her craftsmanship is quite good, and we all wear clothes she sews. This woman is simply a fighter among virtuous wives and mothers.

  I also wish I could make clothes for the man I love with my own hands, but I really can't. So how can I let my sweetheart wear her made clothes!

  "You should focus on relieving the disaster victims and managing the funds and goods, don't waste your mind on these trivial matters. Moreover, think about it, if everyone were like you, doing everything personally, what would the tailor's master eat? Let's send them all to the shop, so they can make a living." I said with a smile.

  Han Mei Lan nodded repeatedly: "Indeed, you're thinking ahead, I'm so stupid, how could I not think of this! Alright, let's do it that way, I'll sort out the materials and send them over!"

  Before long, we were all dressed in the tailor-made autumn and winter clothes. Although the clothes had become thicker, they could hardly resist the chill that penetrated to our bones both indoors and outdoors.

  Unconsciously, the night has already deepened. I put on a set of pink down-filled long shirt and trousers, inside which is an autumn outfit that I designed and had someone make for me. Alas, my mom never forced me to wear autumn clothes, but without them, how can one survive?

  The lights in the room were very bright, I was deeply absorbed in drawing, and as I drew, I forgot about the cold and time, until a voice suddenly startled me awake.

  "What is this painting?"

  I suddenly lifted my head, and the brush fell onto the paper, creating a blot of ink on the white sheet. I glared sideways at the man in elaborate attire standing still behind me.

  "Why don't you appear every time like a ghost?"

  "I've been standing for half a day and even coughed, what are you doing so intently?"

  "I don't recall calling you today."

  "You won't look for me, so I can't come?" The Young Master of the Night couldn't help but laugh. "What do you take me for? It's already late at night, and I passed by this way, only to find that your light is still on."

  "I'm thinking about building an aqueduct. Didn't Nie Qiuyuan tell me to be the Dragon King? I'm thinking about how to be this Dragon King."

  He curiously came over: "I think he's just talking nonsense, can you really do that?"

  "Although it's dry here, there is a river passing through. If we can use the right method to build an irrigation canal and divert the water to the fields, wouldn't that be convenient? However, I remember that building an irrigation canal isn't something you can do casually. It seems like choosing the right location for the intake is very important, otherwise, the biggest problem would be getting rid of the sand. If we can't successfully get rid of the sand, even if we build the canal, it will just get filled up with sand in no time."

  As for the problem of irrigation, my knowledge reserve is just at the level of "having seen a pig run".

  "It's rare that you have this kind of heart." Ye couldn't help but feel a little moved, "Every time I see you, I always discover new aspects of you that I didn't understand before. You're really very interesting!"

  I pout. I'm not your plaything.

  "Don't worry, I'll go back and discuss this with Qiu. In the morning, we can submit a proposal to the Luozhou governor to report our plan to build an irrigation canal to the Ministry of Water Resources. If they think it's feasible, they will naturally send someone who understands to help us. At that time, you can communicate with him and it will definitely be done." Ye said with a smile.

  "You came, won't you just be here for"

  "What am I supposed to do?" I felt quite depressed. If it were me who called him, even if I would sleep first, I would naturally wait for him dressed without any flaws. But later I found out that he would sometimes take the initiative and appear silently at my bedside, which made me, who was originally used to ***, feel unbearable!

  Of course, since I came to ancient times, I haven't dared to either.

  The smile in Master Yuye's eyes faded a bit, and he said seriously: "You didn't mention it, but I only thought you were interesting. Tonight, I came to talk about a case with you. I've noticed that Autumn has been hesitant about this case for the past two days, so I came over to ask your thoughts."

  "What case?!" I was thrilled by this exciting news and immediately grabbed his sleeve.

  "Unable to help it, he smiled wryly: 'Only you would dare treat me like this. You really have no shame. Sit down and talk about it. Don't even offer something good to eat or drink?'"

  I carefully brewed a cup of tea and brought out a plate of secretly-made honeyed fruits. Actually, I didn't know why I was so excited either, because my first reaction wasn't that I felt happy about helping the person I cared about.

  What a strange thing.

  "Hmm? This candied fruit is delicious, someone sent it over and I only got to eat one, then it disappeared, turns out you stole it! You're even better at stealing than me!"

  "Alright, now that we've eaten, let's talk about the case!" I didn't even have time to think, and before I knew it, the honeyed plums had been passed around for everyone to try, but somehow Young Master Yu had managed to sneak one away.

  Yesterday, a woman came to the county government office and beat the drum to complain about her brother's injustice. Her brother, Liu Danqing, was only 20 years old last year and had already passed the imperial examination as a juren. He was guilty of a capital offense and was put in prison at the beginning of this year, waiting for his execution after autumn. However, when the county magistrate changed, the case was put on hold. You also know that these days, Magistrate Autumn's mind has been focused on re-examining the prisoners.

  I nodded: "But shouldn't the death row inmates be interrogated first? Why has it been so long and yet they still haven't gotten to this Liu Danqing? I see that the number of people in prison is getting smaller and smaller, isn't the investigation almost done?"

  "Today, Qiu accepted the indictment and knew that things were indeed suspicious." Ye raised his head and stared at my eyes, "You're absolutely right, death row inmate. He was indeed interrogated first. Liu Danqing murdered someone, his case had eyewitnesses, physical evidence, and he even confessed. But after Qiu read through the file, he felt something wasn't quite right, so he put this case on hold."

  I looked at him curiously, and he continued to say: "Since someone has beaten the drum, it's better to handle this case quickly. So, I came to talk to you about the case today, let's see how you look at it."