Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

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 few words, 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'er?"

"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 take a look at the extra preparations. By the way, the official, 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 lively event." After Wang said this, he looked at Sheng Hong, who 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."

"Mom, it's so good 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, and the smile disappeared from his face.

She is a concubine after all.

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 at the door who also came early.

"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, the fourth brother of the Cao family, and brother Duan of 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 finished reading the account books yet." Zhu Qinghu said hesitantly after finishing speaking: "Xiao Wu, how much archery did you use when you were in Chuzhou?"

"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, let alone 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 the Sheng family carriage that was about to drive out carrying Qingcao, Xu Zaijing raised his chin, Qingyun quickly chased after him and said a few words in Qingcao's ear.

Just after midnight (1 p.m.)

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 side 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, the group 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 group of carriages with more than a dozen people were heading south. The carriages seemed to be carrying a lot of weight, and they had made quite a few ruts in 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 horsemen disappeared from everyone's sight.

Some distance away from the official road, in a hidden forest behind a mound two or three feet high, 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, drew the bow and shot an arrow.

Seeing the fluttering arrows, 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 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 eyesight that was different from ordinary people, 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 people on the mound knew that they had been discovered, they also stood up and waved their hands, pointed at the mound and shouted: "Young official, I thought you were a strong man! There are good things in the woods behind here! "

After hearing the words of the man on the mound, nearly twenty capable men in the woods pulled out different things from their sides, including crossbows, arrows, knives and shields.

Each of them skillfully stood where they should be, and the more elite ones were lying in wait on the way to escape.

The cooperation is tacit and the speed is fast.

When the group was ready and looked up at the leader on the mound again, everyone was shocked and speechless.

Without him, the necks of the two people on the mound were pierced by a long feather arrow, forming a pair.

When this group of elites reacted, they saw a knight showing his figure on the mound. Looking at the people around the woods, the knight's voice came: "Hey! There is something really good!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Qinghu, who was following behind, had already predicted the escape route of this group of people and started hunting.

With Xu Zaijing there, and more importantly, the cavalry versus the infantry, a quarter of an hour later, this small forest fell into silence.

On one side, the pawns of the Imperial City Division had skillfully smashed the teeth of a capable infantryman whose shoulders were pierced by feather arrows.

Zhu Qinghu skillfully resuscitated the dead bodies, and then skillfully arranged the corpses in a row.

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

It was only then that Zhaomeifeng rode a horse and led a group of people to take over the relevant matters here.

"Wulang, I'm troubling you again." Zhaomeifeng cupped his hands with Xu Zaijing in embarrassment.

"You can't thank these people for their hard work with your lip service." Xu Zaijing replied.

"That's natural." Zhaomeifeng pointed to a cart and said, "Wulang, everything on this cart belongs to you."

Xu Zaijing looked at the frightened Lifu and raised his chin. Lifu pushed the cart to the side with a wink, opened the cover on the cart, and two wooden boxes appeared on both sides of the cart.

Zhu Qinghu drove his horse over with great interest and signaled Na Lifu to leave. He got off the horse and wanted to lift up the wooden box, but was shaken.

I opened the wooden box carefully, but was shocked by the golden color inside.

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

"Thank you, Goro. See you in the city."

Everyone returned to the east side of Yangzhou City again, used the Imperial City Division's area to wash away the blood stains on the horses and people, and then slowly returned to Yangzhou City.

Behind the mound, the old officials of the Imperial City Department looked at the corpse, but their expressions gradually turned ugly.

When Xu Zaijing was hunting outside the city,

Sheng family,

Wei Shuyi was called to Shou'an Hall again.

This time, the Gu Tingye brothers and sisters did not come with them, and Xu Pingmei only brought her personal envoy.

Pingmei said that she came here to ask for advice on embroidery techniques and stitches, so she could not delay the old lady's lunch break. She used her belly as a 'coercion' and forced the old lady to take a lunch break in the bedroom. Mother Fang and Mother Cui followed, while the other one served. Stay in the main hall of Shouan Hall.

Wei Shuyi watched the old lady get up and prepare to enter the bedroom. She quickly got up and bowed slightly.

"You two take your time and chat."

"Yes, madam."

"Yes, great-aunt."

When the old lady entered the bedroom, Fang's mother smiled and asked the little girl to move the embroidery stand. Pingmei said: "My dear, please."

Wei Shuyi hurriedly stood up and said, "Madam, I don't think you can ask for a word."

Pingmei smiled and glanced at Fang's mother and said, "My dear, I was a little confused about the stitching on that embroidery painting before, so I just embroidered it."

Wei Shuyi, with a heavy belly, reproduced the stitches she used step by step on the embroidery frame, explaining in great detail. Seeing Pingmei, Qingxia, and Fang's mother suddenly understand, she smiled lightly.

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

Fang's mother glanced at Qing Zhi in surprise and asked, "Miss Ping, how long have you been here and the old lady hasn't even woken up? How come it's already time?"

Pingmei smiled slightly and said, "Mommy, it's not the time to go back."

Slowly adapting to it,

I don’t know if I’ll be able to make a million dollars tomorrow

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