Chapter 508: Bandit Suppression
Chapter 508: Bandit Suppression
This time, even though the chess missed a move, King Liang was not put to death, but at least some children were rescued.
The matter of suppressing the bandits could not be delayed any longer. Before the fake bandits arranged by the Wang family to escape from Shuoyang, they went out of the city to suppress the bandits in a big way.
"Chuntao, go and tell Steward Hao, send someone to tell Bai Qingping and Shen Yancong that they will set out to suppress the bandits tomorrow morning, and tell Shen Yancong...the mountains are lined with tall trees, feathered arrows are useless, recruits can just wear knives. " Bai Qingyan said.
"Okay, servant girl, let's go now."
Bai Qingyan folded Bai Jinxiu's letter and put it in his sleeve before turning back to the main hall.
In the main hall, Yue Shi was bending over and talking to Xiao Rongyan, when she saw Bai Qingyan coming in, Yue Shi quickly straightened up and bowed in Bai Qingyan's direction: "Miss..."
Yesterday, Yue Shi had already asked clearly, and the master said...just call Miss Bai "Big Miss" for now, Yue Shi didn't understand what it meant temporarily, but since the master said it, let's call it like that first, when the master will let you When he changed his name to another name, he could call him another name.
Bai Qingyan nodded, and while walking towards the main seat, asked: "I don't know, Mr. Xiao, do you know the inside story about Liu Ruofu, the princess of Nandu, and King Liang?"
Xiao Rongyan didn't hide it from Bai Qingyan, and nodded: "I know..."
Not only did he know, Xiao Rongyan also played a role in fueling the flames. Naturally, the crown prince wanted Liang Wang to "stain" Nandu Princess, and the emperor suspected that he wanted to get involved in military power, but he didn't want Liang Wang to marry Nandu Princess for a real benefit.
But what Xiao Rongyan wanted was for the two princes of the Jin Kingdom to get entangled because of the seizure of the heir. The more the Jin court fought, the more chaos would be beneficial to Dayan, so Xiao Rongyan's people went along with the current and pushed the boat to add fuel to the flames, letting the prince's people complete Liang Wanghe Princess Nandu became a real couple, and became a husband and wife for King Liang and Princess Nandu.
In this way, Bai Qingyan understood, she nodded and sat down: "Later, I ordered someone to pretend to be Lord Dayan Jiu and saved the life of King Liang, so in this way, King Liang should be grateful to Lord Dayan Jiu."
Xiao Rongyan just smiled and said nothing.
"It's Madam's birthday today. I don't know if Yan could have the honor to personally congratulate Madam on her birthday?" Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan and asked in a low voice.
Bai Qingyan called the servant girl who was guarding the door in, and asked her to go to the Qinghe Courtyard to ask her mother. Mr. Xiao came to celebrate her birthday to see if she hadn't seen her.
"Thank you, big girl." Xiao Rongyan said with a smile.
Not long after, Mother Qin who was beside Mrs. Dong came over in person. After saluting Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan with a smile, she folded her hands in front of her lower abdomen and said kindly: "Madam asked me to pass on the message. Mr. Lao Xiao is thinking about it. Mrs. Xiao does not plan to hold a banquet for her birthday. Mr. Xiao is a guest, if you don’t think the daily routine is crude, please go to Shaohua Courtyard with this old slave.”
Xiao Rongyan stood up calmly and bowed to Nanny Qin: "It is a great honor to be invited by Madam."
Mrs. Dong was also thinking about today's family banquet. There is no man in the Bai family who can sit with Dong Changlan. It just so happened that Xiao Rongyan came, and Xiao Rongyan is a benevolent person to the Bai family, so he happened to invite Xiao Rongyan to sit with Dong Changlan.
"Mr. Xiao, please..." Mother Qin turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Rongyan.
Xiao Rongyan nodded, then turned to look at Bai Qing and said, "Miss Bai, please..."
Nanny Qin walked in the front and led the way, Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan kept a distance and walked side by side, talking all the way, and soon arrived at Shaohua Courtyard along the Jiuqu Corridor.
Xiao Rongyan had already been to Shaohua Courtyard once, but when he crossed the threshold, he couldn't help but praise the scenery of Shaohua Courtyard again. No wonder the five masters of the Bai family who had been expelled wanted to occupy the ancestral house of the Bai family.
The winding path is cool, the flowers are fragrant like a brocade, the green clouds are like a cover, the garden is full of shade, cicadas and birds are singing, the flowing water is gurgling, and the fish are leaping and jubilant.
Such a view is really hard to find.
Dong's group had already arrived at Shaohua Academy, and they were sitting on the second floor talking and laughing.
While drinking tea, Dong Changlan occasionally talked about interesting things in Dengzhou, which aroused a lot of praise from several children, and they clamored that they would like to visit Dengzhou if they had the opportunity.
Seeing Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan enter the door, Bai Jinzhi's eyes lit up, put down the teacup in his hand, got up and called out: "Elder Sister! Mr. Xiao..."
Dong Changlan turned around, got up and smiled, "Cousin, Mr. Xiao."
Xiao Rongyan took two steps forward and respectfully greeted Mrs. Dong and the rest of the Bai family.
Seeing Xiao Rongyan, the fourth wife, Mrs. Wang, was grateful in her heart, paused the hand that moved the sandalwood beads, stood up and nodded to Xiao Rongyan with a smile.
Xiao Rongyan asked Yueshi to bring over the birthday gift brocade box prepared for Mrs. Dong, Yueshi opened it, and inside was a jade carving of auspicious animals with extremely exquisite craftsmanship. It is the two luminous pearls inlaid in Ruishou's eyes, and the claws are inlaid with gemstones. I don't know how they are inlaid, and the workmanship is extremely exquisite.
"Yan once heard that when he was in Longyang City, there was a rumor... that Xiao's house was in Longyang City, and there was a golden auspicious beast as tall as a man, and his whole body was inlaid with precious stones. Yan thought that this was what he was talking about. Statues, but the rumors are too exaggerated." Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan with a smile.
Bai Qingyan stared down at the clear tea soup in the teacup, as if nothing had happened.
Bai Jinzhi turned his head and looked at his elder sister. No one else knew how the news got out, but all the generals in the First World War in Northern Xinjiang knew about it! It was just that the eldest sister lied to Liang Jun.
"Mr. Xiao, this thing is too precious, please take it back!" Dong said with a smile.
"Madam, please don't refuse!" Xiao Rongyan got up and bowed to Mrs. Dong, "This thing is in Yan's hands, and it is also a crime to conceive it. It is better to present it to Madam. May Madam be healthy and peaceful."
Xiao Rongyan's tone was sincere, but it was not easy for Dong to refuse, thinking that he would pay back the gift in the future.
It's just coming and going, and if things go on like this, there will be friendship. Although Xiao Rongyan is a businessman, but his character is precious, Mrs. Dong doesn't mind it, and it doesn't matter if they go back and forth.
She smiled and said, "That's it, thank you Mr. Xiao! Mother Qin put it away!"
Xiao Rongyan sat down with a smile.
"Has Mr. Xiao ever been to Dengzhou before?" Bai Jinzhi asked with a smile.
"Never..." Xiao Rongyan turned his head to look at Dong Changlan, and said again, "However, Yan has heard that the counties in front of Dengzhou, because they are close to Rongdi, will be robbed by Rongdi almost every autumn. .”
Dong Changlan nodded: "Rong Di Duo is a nomad for a living, and there is not enough food in winter, so he will naturally come out to plunder."
Xiao Rongyan thought for a while and put down the teacup in his hand, and said to Dong Changlan with a smile: "Yan is a businessman. From a business perspective, why doesn't Dengzhou open the mutual market? Just like Dayan Mengcheng... Open the mutual market every year, some herdsmen in Xiliang can In exchange for food in the mutual market, the people of Mengcheng can exchange for leather goods and horses, so that everyone can get what they need. If this is the case in Dengzhou, wouldn’t it be possible to avoid plundering by Rong and Di to the greatest extent?”
The third bird! Keep rolling around begging and begging for a monthly pass!