Chapter 148 Xiaowu Hunting Pingmei Asks for Advice [Thank You for Your Support! Goodbye! ]

The head of the Imperial City Department who had appeared on the dock before was also missing. It was said that he went to the nearby Zhou Road.

The more this happened, the more uncertain he felt. He wondered whether such an incident in Yangzhou would affect his promotion.

After chatting with the old lady for a while, Sheng Hong went to Wei Ruixuan, intending to have a few words with his eldest wife and ask his uncle in Runzhou to send a letter to Bianjing to ask about his official career.

Wei Ruixuan,

"The Lord is back."

When Wang Ruofu heard the female envoy's announcement, he looked at Sheng Hong with a smile on his face and said quickly: "Officer, has mother told you?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward to help Sheng Hong take off his outer clothes.

Sheng Hong was struggling in his heart. When he saw Wang Ruofu's appearance, he quickly pretended to be interested and said, "What's wrong? I just greeted my mother and didn't say anything."

"Official, my mother said, the Xu family in Bianjing wants to marry our Hua son?"

"What?" Sheng Hong asked with a frown and stopped changing clothes.

"How is this possible! What are you thinking about?"

Hearing Sheng Hong's words, Wang was accustomed to getting angry and then dismissed them.

But there was no way, this thing was so beautiful, Wang took a rare deep breath, curled her lips and smiled, and continued to help Sheng Hong change his clothes.

Sheng Hong looked at Wang in surprise, who didn't retort angrily, straightened his clothes, and then sat on the chair.

After taking the tea from Liu's mother, Sheng Hong glanced at Wang again and asked suspiciously: "Could it be that you got it wrong?"

As he spoke, Sheng Hong took a sip of tea and then looked at Wang and said, "The Xu family in Bianjing is not the only one with the Yongyi Hou Mansion."

Mrs. Wang was thinking about herself and felt happy. She glanced at Sheng Hong and said, "Then the second son of the Xu family is also called Zaizhang?"

Sheng Hong was stunned: "Why didn't my mother even mention such a big thing to me?"

"My lord, it must be the old lady who wants the eldest lady to tell you the good news. Moreover, the eldest lady saw the clues the day the eldest sister of the Xu family came, but she just didn't dare to tell you." Mother Liu on the side interrupted. He said, looking at Wang with a smile.

Wang Ruofu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Liu's mother with admiration and said, "Yes, yes, sister Ping looked at our Hualan, she was really smiling from ear to ear."

"So you went to the Gao family today?" Sheng Hong raised his eyes and asked.

"I, mother didn't say this! I'm also going to see if I can make more preparations. By the way, the official is from the Gao family."

After listening to Wang's narration of the scandal, Sheng Hong showed an expression similar to that of his eldest wife and had more information than his colleagues.

"Official, my mother said that it will be her birthday in a few days, and we are going to invite the official family members from Yangzhou to come to our house to have a fun." After Wang said that, she looked at Sheng Hong. Sheng Hong was stunned. He felt comfortable under the old lady's knees. Big, this birthday seems to have never happened once.

"Is it to clear our Hua'er's name?" Sheng Hong asked.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Liu nodded together. Without these things, the old lady's birthday might just be celebrated casually in the company of her grandnephew and a few other relatives.

"Okay, mother is really troublesome. We must serve her well."

"That's what the official said."

Sheng Hong said with a beautiful smile and thought to himself: "With Hualan having such a good family, my Mo'er can look up a few times when choosing a son-in-law!" good! OK! ’

"Madam, why don't we have a few drinks today?"

"That's right! From the Liu family, tell the big kitchen to cook more dishes. Go and get a jar of good wine!"

Side courtyard

Minglan was a little surprised when she looked at the full food boxes in Xiaodie and Xiaotao's hands.

"Sister Xiaodie, is today a special day? Why are there so many dishes?"

"My Majesty and the Queen are very happy today. The big kitchen has cooked a lot of things that are not available on weekdays. When I went to get the food, I happened to meet Mrs. Zhou, who brought us a few more dishes."

While talking, Xiaodie had already placed the dishes in the food box on the table.

Wei Shuyi looked at the dishes on the table and frowned, "This is too extravagant."

"Mommy, how good it is now. Eat as much as you want."

"Miss, the doctor said that you suffered a lot in the past, so now you need to take some good nourishing food and rest quietly!" Xiaodie said and handed the chopsticks to Mrs. Wei.

Wei Shu said hesitantly: "You went out to sell embroidery before, and there was no shortage of food in the courtyard."

Xiaodie nodded and looked at Minglan who had already started eating and said, "The girl, Xiaotao, and the slaves also ate a lot."

Wei Shuyi seemed to be convinced by Xiaodie and smiled.

"Mommy, these are shrimps, you eat them!"

Wei Shuyi looked at the smart and well-behaved Minglan. He didn't know what he thought of, but the smile disappeared from his face.

She is, after all, a concubine.

After all, she will not be able to do anything about Minglan's future future.

the next day

Xiaodie got up early as usual, took Xiaotao to the big kitchen, and met Qingcao who also came early at the door.

"Sister Xiaodie."

"Sister Qingcao, why are you in the kitchen today?"

"Young master said yesterday that you can't let the mother in the old lady's courtyard work hard all the time, so I will continue to come to the big kitchen today."

Qingcao looked at Xiaodie and Xiaodie who were much better dressed than before, and felt very happy.

Because they each had people to serve, the three of them quickly separated after saying a few words.

When they arrived at the courtyard outside the Sheng family, Qingcao handed the water to the panting Qingyun. After half an hour, Xu Zaijing came over sweating slightly.

"Sir, I went to the big kitchen today and saw Sister Xiaodie and Xiaotao." As she spoke, Qingcao handed over the warm kettle.

"Well, no chat?"

"After talking for a few words, they said that every day is very good now, with carbon dioxide and delicious food. Because Miss Minglan's mother-in-law has a baby, she also has extra meals every day!"

Xu Zaijing's drinking movement paused slightly, and then continued to take a few sips.

After breakfast, we stayed at Shou'an Hall.

Cui's mother told Xu Zaijing that Zhu Qinghu had something to do, so Xu Zaijing left the courtyard of Shou'antang.

Before leaving, Xu Zaijing called Qingcao aside: "You go to Bai's house later and tell your sister that the old lady told her cousin about the matter yesterday, so she doesn't need to hide it. And..."

"Yes, sir."

After giving instructions, Xu Zaijing went to the outer courtyard.

In the outer courtyard where the stables are located, Zhu Qinghu Tie'er and Xu Zaijing said: "Xiaowu, just now the Chief Zhao sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the men and horses from Bianjing have arrived outside the city, and it is the Duke of Qi who has come. His Majesty personally issued an order to send Xiaoqi. The soldiers of the army and the Tianwu Army are following, Brother Zhao, Brother Silang of the Cao family, and Brother Duan, our family are here!"

Xu Zaijing was stunned and asked: "Brother? Why, Master Zhao is going to take action so soon?"

"No, they haven't read the account books yet." Zhu Qinghu said hesitantly after finishing speaking: "Xiao Wu, how much archery did you use in Chuzhou at that time?"

"Thirty percent? If it weren't for that thing, I wouldn't even have to put down the roof. Cousin, why do you ask this?"

"The scouts from the Imperial City Department said that a group of more than a dozen strong men with military style had arrived outside Yangzhou City. They seemed to be waiting for something."

"Want to ask me for help?"

"Yes, he said that he was afraid that the salt merchants would cover up the garrison near Yangzhou and dare not use them. Qi Guogong and the others left the capital in the name of going to Jiangning. If they show up at this time, they will definitely alert the enemy."

"You know all this, why didn't he send someone to drug them?" Xu Zaijing asked curiously.

Zhu Qinghu said: "When the thieves who pretended to be cavalry soldiers were interrogated, they said that they were all on guard against this, not to mention the strong men outside the city."

"Moreover, if it weren't for us and the soldiers of the Guhou family, they would have struggled to deal with the bandits in Chuzhou. Now, although the money and food have been received, the first ones they attacked were the pawns who were seeking information."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "When are you sure you will take action?"

"This afternoon, we were told to pretend to go out to the city for hunting."

"We have become the thugs of the Imperial City Division."

Seeing that the carriage carrying Qingcao was about to leave Sheng's house, Xu Zaijing raised his chin. Qingyun hurriedly chased after him and said a few words in Qingcao's ear.

Just after midnight (1pm)

The carriage of Ningyuan Houfu entered the Sheng family again.

Accompanying him were the guards and soldiers of the Hou Mansion who came with him.

Two quarters of an hour later, nearly ten people wearing cloaks and riding out of the Sheng family's back door came out of the Sheng family.

From time to time, passers-by and common people heard the noble young man and his entourage on horseback talking about going out for hunting. After exiting the east gate and disappearing from sight, this group of people found the pawns of the Imperial City Division and the prepared armors, and changed them. Then turned directly to the south.

South of Yangzhou City,

A team of more than a dozen carriages were heading south. The carriages seemed to be carrying a lot of weight, and they had made quite a few ruts on the land south of Yangzhou City.

Behind the convoy was Lifu pushing a fully loaded wheelbarrow.

At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves and a cry from behind.

Everyone in the motorcade clenched the whistle stick in their hands, and when they looked closely, it seemed that there was something inside the whistle stick.

But what made them relieved was that this group of knights ran directly past them and ran forward.

The sides of the horse's body are bulging and jingling.

If you look closely, it looks like an iron pot.

"Catch the prey and roast it!"

"Sir, slow down, slow down."

A knight with a scar on his face shouted anxiously on his horse.

The horses were so fast that within a moment the ten riders disappeared from everyone's sight.

In a hidden forest behind a mound two or three feet high some distance from the official road, a group of strong men who were as capable as the soldiers of the Hou Mansion were wearing bulging bags and eating dry food.

A whistle came from the mound.

Everyone in the woods tightened their grip on the guy in their hands.

A man who looked like a leader quickly climbed up the mound, hid in a hidden place and squinted his eyes.

"Cavalry?"

Hearing this, the person who was on guard just now shook his head and said: "It seems like he was out hunting."

In the field of vision,

A group of people in the distance quickly came to the vicinity of the mound. The noble prince at the head took out a soft bow, aimed at a place, and then drew the bow and shot an arrow.

Seeing the arrow flying softly, the two people on the mound gasped in unison and said in unison: 'Trash! ’

The leader-looking man said softly: "It's a pity for such a good horse. If they dare to get close and bring them in, we can have more animal power."

"That might be the person from the Hou Mansion that the city people are talking about. Can we mess with him?"

"How many noble people have been attacked by bandits?"

"hey-hey."

Xu Zaijing was riding on his horse, casually threw away the soft bow in his hand, and casually cursed about a bad bow!

Then he pulled out a large and stiff bow from the side of the horse, turned around and said to the pawns of the Imperial City Division: "Is this right here?"

"Yes! Those two on the mound should be their scouts."

Hearing the words of the pawn, Xu Zaijing looked at the two people carefully with his unusual eyesight, and then he waved to the two people on the mound.

Qingyun next to him shouted loudly: "Please, you two! Where is the prey around here?"

After the two men on the mound knew they were discovered, they stood up and waved their hands, pointed at the mound and shouted: "Young sir, I thought it was some strong man! There are good things in the woods behind!"

Hearing the words of the man on the mound, nearly twenty strong men in the woods pulled out different things from their sides, including crossbows, swords and shields.

Each of them stood in their positions skillfully, and the elite ambushed the possible escape routes.

Cooperation was tacit and the speed was fast.

When the group of people were ready and looked up at the leader on the mound again, they were shocked and speechless.

Nothing else, the necks of the two men on the mound were pierced into a pair by a long feather arrow.

When the elite group reacted, they saw a knight on the mound reveal his figure, looking at the people around the woods, and the knight's voice came: "Wow! There are really good things!"

As soon as the voice fell, Zhu Qinghu, who followed behind, had predicted the escape route of the group and started hunting.

With Xu Zaijing here, and the cavalry against the infantry, a quarter of an hour later, this small forest fell into silence.

On one side, the soldiers of the Imperial City Division had already skillfully broken the teeth of a sturdy infantryman who had been pierced by feather arrows on both shoulders.

Zhu Qinghu skillfully stabbed the dying man with a knife, and then skillfully arranged the corpses in a row.

When the team of carriages and porters arrived here, they were quickly surrounded by Xu Zaijing and others.

It was not until this time that Zhao Meifeng rode a horse with a group of people to take over the relevant matters here.

"Wu Lang, I trouble you again." Zhao Meifeng bowed to Xu Zaijing a little embarrassedly.

"You can't thank these people for their hard work with just a few words." Xu Zaijing replied.

"Of course." Zhao Meifeng pointed to a cart and said, "Wulang, everything on this cart is yours."

Xu Zaijing looked at the frightened laborer and raised his chin. The laborer pushed the cart aside with a tactful look, and opened the cover on the cart. Two wooden boxes appeared on both sides of the cart.

Zhu Qinghu drove his horse over with great interest, and after signaling the laborer to leave, he got off the horse and wanted to pick up the wooden box, but was shaken.

He opened the wooden box carefully, but was startled by the gold inside.

"Manager Zhao is very straightforward, see you in the city!"

"Thank you, Wulang, see you in the city."

Everyone returned to the east of Yangzhou City again, and used the place of the Imperial City Division to wash the blood stains on the horses and people, and then slowly returned to Yangzhou City.

And behind the mound, the old clerks of the Imperial City Division checked the bodies, but their faces gradually became ugly.

When Xu Zaijing was hunting outside the city,

Sheng Family,

Wei Shuyi was called to Shou'an Hall again.

This time, Gu Tingye and his sister did not come with him, and Xu Pingmei only brought her personal maid.

Pingmei said that she came to ask for advice on embroidery techniques and could not delay the old lady's nap. She used her belly as a "threat" to force the old lady to take a nap in the bedroom. Fang Mama and Cui Mama followed to serve her, while the other stayed in the main hall of Shou'an Hall.

Wei Shuyi watched the old lady get up and prepare to enter the bedroom, and she hurriedly stood up and bowed slightly.

"You two can chat slowly."

"Yes, old lady."

"Yes, great-aunt."

When the old lady entered the bedroom, Fang Mama smiled and asked the maid to bring the embroidery frame. Pingmei said, "Young lady, please."

Wei Shuyi hurriedly stood up and said, "Madam, I can't accept the word please."

Pingmei smiled and glanced at Fang Mama and said, "Young lady, I was a little confused about the needlework on the embroidery painting before, so I just embroidered it."

Wei Shuyi, with a big belly, reproduced the needlework she used step by step on the embroidery frame, and explained it in detail. Seeing Pingmei, Qingxia and Fang Mama suddenly understand, she smiled lightly.

At this time, Qingzhi looked at the time, came to Pingmei and whispered: "Miss, it's time."

Mother Fang looked at Qingzhi in surprise and asked: "Miss Ping, how long have you been here? The old lady hasn't woken up yet, how come it's time?"

Pingmei smiled and said: "Madam, it's not time to go back."

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