Chapter Fifty-Six: Soldiers
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I thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Autumn is a very beautiful season, and if the weather is good, it is generally a good year." The two of you will be called Autumn Harmony and Harvest Year. You don't have to worry about the wind and rain. ”
When they heard this, they were also glad.
Zhan Lu smiled on the side: "Don't you tell Zhao Xun about what you went out to inquire about." ”
Feng Nian said: "The servants went to the East Market and stayed by a jewelry shop for a long time, and someone happened to come to pick the dowry. The price of a pearl weighing about six or seven cents and having an irregular shape is around seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and if it is a pearl of the same weight and very round in shape, it costs two thousand taels of silver. ”
I nodded and said, "This errand is very clear. ”
After sending the two down, Zhan Lu said cautiously, "Zhao Xun plans to sell those beads?"
I shook my head, "That's from the queen mother, and I plan to sell two of them, and get three or four thousand taels of silver to save the emergency." ”
Zhan Lu stopped talking, and I smiled, "Sister Yongjia gave me a few rooms of slaves, and I have to buy an estate to settle them." All called into the house, and worried about Mrs. Sumire gossiping. ”
At this time, Ruyi came in and said, "Yu Zhaoxun, Mrs. Sumire has sent someone to move the account books in the house. How do you think this should be done?"
I glanced at Zhan Lu in some surprise, and said strangely: "Last time she came to Duofuxuan, she said that she would hand over the middle feed in the house to me." But how can I make my own decisions about such things? At this time, I will directly move the account book, how can I think that Mrs. Sumire is too urgent!"
Ruyi listened and said: "Now in the house, except for Ruan Liangdi, you are the only one who has a serious reputation, and Mrs. Sumire is like this, so she also recognizes her duty." ”
"Where is the prince now?" I lowered my head and thought for a while, then asked Ruyi.
"The prince got up early and went out after dinner, and Lord Yao Huatang came to the house to accompany him. ”
I bowed my head, "Then we'll talk about it in the evening." ”
He instructed Ruyi, "Count the books of the account book and put them all in the west chamber." You take Akiwa to take a look. Lock it up at night, and don't let anyone in on weekdays. ”
In the evening, King Xiao did not come to Duofuxuan.
Zhan Lu came in and said, "The prince has rested in the outer study. ”
I nodded, and rested as Chifu and Trinon served.
But it was a little difficult to sleep, and I didn't know what King Xiao was discussing with people, so that he didn't even enter the inner courtyard. Is there really going to be a war? It's a pity that the woman in the house really doesn't have more news channels, and she can listen to her father and brother say a few words before, and if there is a chance in the future, someone must be able to pass on the news outside the house in the study.
I was thinking about my thoughts in a daze, until I vaguely heard the sound of the third watch, and I fell asleep.
Just after lunch on the second day, King Xiao hurriedly came in, but he was wearing silver soft armor.
He pulled me back from the crowd and pulled me into his arms. The stiff and cold Mingguang armor hit me and hurt slightly.
"Today, my father appointed me as a prisoner, and the army set off immediately. ”
I was stunned, "Why so suddenly?"
King Xiao said in a deep voice: "The Turkic people have been in a great drought for three months since June, and the cattle and sheep have no water and grass to graze, so they are all slaughtered and made into dried meat. At present, winter is about to begin, and most of them are coming into our Daqi territory to grab grain. They don't do this kind of thing. ”
I was a little flustered for a moment, and looked up at him, feeling that there were several things to tell him yesterday, but in front of the man in armor who was about to fight, I felt that the affairs of the inner house were really not worth mentioning.
only picked up the important question and asked: "The prince is the prince's honor, but the emperor pointed out that you are the prison army, I don't know if there are other reasons in it?"
"This time, the Turks sent 300,000 troops, but they marched quickly, and abandoned the previous Wuyuan and Dingxiang lines, and only took Zhangye and Wuwei. The original deployment of the local defenders was insufficient, and they were in a hurry, and yesterday they were in a hurry to enter the palace, and the father summoned the left and right ministers and the military department, the official department and the commander of the Zuoyuan battalion to discuss. The crown prince, me, the fifth brother, and King Wei are all here. The war situation is critical, and it is more convenient for the people of the royal family to move money, food, soldiers, and generals on the front line with the army. The father and the crown prince naturally sat in Beijing. The fifth brother took the initiative to ask for help, but was rejected by his father for a painless reason. If King Wei leads the army, I am afraid that I will have more troubles with my mother and ten brothers in the future. What's more, my father was originally interested in me. ”
"I have been practicing martial arts with Master Qin since I was a child, and I have always wanted to go to the battlefield to experience, even if I am shrouded in horse leather one day, I will live up to my true character as a man. But I didn't expect that now, I have more worries. He hugged my waist tighter, quite reluctant, "This time, it will take more than a month for the war to go well." But don't worry, I went to the palace to bid farewell to my mother after ordering troops from the school, and I also entrusted you and Shuoshuo to her. ”
I looked at the fingers on the armor on his chest, the bright light armor was cold and smooth like a mirror, and the hand became more and more delicate and white, but when King Xiao returned, this armor would be stained with the frost of the Biansai, or the blood of the Turks? There was a voice in my head reminding me that I had forgotten something important.
However, Xiao Wang rubbed me into his arms, and with a gentle peck of his hot lips on my forehead, he pushed me away, "I will come back as soon as possible." He turned around and strode away.
I stood inside the door and kept looking at his back, and said softly: "Lord Wang, please take care of yourself." He didn't look back, the sun shone on his armor, and his tall figure turned through the hall and went to the door of the hanging flowers.
I was inexplicably a little anxious, but I didn't know what was going on. Stood at the door for a long time.
When Mother Tong and Zhan Lu came, I shook my senses and slowly sat down on the chair.
Zhan Lu was holding a box in his hand, "The prince asked Xiao Anzi to take this to me, saying that it was for Zhao Xun in private." ”
I asked, "What is it?"
Zhan Lu opened the box and put it on the table, "It's the house deed and the title deed, a three-entry house near Chunhuamen, two shops on Xuanque Street, and a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of western Beijing." This is not in the palace, it should be the prince's private treasury. Whatever is said to you shall not be recorded in the account of the public high school. ”
A few days ago, I was worried about where the cost of buying a property would come from, but today I have a lot of private property.
I silently closed the box.
Ban Yan said in a low voice: "The prince treats people very well. ”
Tong's mother said softly: "The queen mother sent someone to deliver the message, if you have leisure, Zhaoxun and Liangdi can go to the queen's palace to walk around." ”
I smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern." I made an appointment with Sister Ruan another day, and went to the palace to visit my mother. ”
Talking to Chifu in the evening, "Let's put the account book in Duofuxuan first, and take Qiuhe to comb it all over with Ruyi." Since you sent it, if you don't even look at it, you can return it, and people will only see it. I don't take this in vain. ”
Chifu smiled and responded.
I pondered for a while, and then instructed, "The princess's family, bring two people in, and Tuo Zhanlu will find someone to send them an errand in the corner gate and stable." For the rest, I picked four people to live in the house, and every few days went to the shop to look after me every day, and the rest were placed in the Zhuangzi. ”
I picked up the teacup, but suddenly remembered what King Xiao said, and I couldn't help but smash the cup.
Chifu immediately helped me clean up, and seeing that my face was a little pale, she couldn't help but ask in a panic, "What's wrong with Miss?"
I grabbed her hand, "Quickly let Ruyi inquire, let Zhan Lu go too, where did King Xiao bring the soldiers to the north for reinforcements?"
Chifu hurried away.
I sat down in my chair and my heart sank: I inquired just to be sure. Eight or nine times out of ten, the military household of the Zuoyuan battalion.