Chapter 653: Southwest

"Song Wende is still making trouble for our family now?"

Hearing Li mention Song Wende, Bai Chenghuan was quite uneasy.

Song Wende is a mediocre person in terms of political performance, but he is even narrow-minded and ruthless.

In the past, Prime Minister Song Wenru was the brother who protected him in many ways, but now Song Wenru has a stroke in bed, and he has no shelter, if he still doesn't know how to restrain himself, he continues to bully the Bai family everywhere as before, Bai Chenghuan doesn't mind letting him go back to the capital directly to retire.

Li Shi waved the handkerchief in his hand, and was a little gloating:

"Now that he has no siblings to support him, where is there still those majesty in the past? He tried to provoke several times, but was blocked back by the soldiers left by your father, anyway, the world is chaotic now, even if it is an official of the court like him, he will be beaten!"

Bai Chenghuan heard this, it seemed that the Li family had really beaten that Song Wende, and if Song Wende was still as strong as before, it would not have been possible for the He family to relocate, but he was powerless to stop it, and even did not spread the news to the capital.

"When the fifth brother left Beijing, he didn't tell me ......"

Although he felt that it was a good thing for the He family to move away, Xiao Shaotang thought that he had been kept in the dark from beginning to end, and an unspeakable loss still swelled up in his heart - this probably means that he is already a complete outsider to the He family.

Seeing that Xiao Shaotang seemed to be a little lost, Li Shi thought about it and said:

"Although all the clansmen have moved away, but the He family has a big business, and it is impossible not to leave one, and the fifth young master of the He family will still stay in Hongnong County to take care of the general affairs, or ...... You're going to see you?"

"Fifth brother is still at home?"

After Xiao Shaotang was surprised, he nodded again and again: "If you want to see him, I'll go see him tonight!"

Bai Chenghuan knew what Xiao Shaotang was thinking, and after returning to the guest house, he persuaded him:

"I know you're also worried about Uncle Seven, but didn't Mr. Yuan also say that day, Uncle Seven has suffered some grievances, but his spirit is okay, you don't have to worry too much. ”

"As for the relocation, don't say that the fifth brother didn't tell you, at that time you were in the southwest, and the people of the Xue family were in the capital again, and one accidentally leaked the news, wouldn't it be a disaster? ”

Xiao Shaotang naturally understands this truth, but when he heard her explain him in such a gentle voice, and also called him "Seventh Uncle, Fifth Brother", there was still a burst of warmth in his heart, and he held her hand and said:

"Thank you for being willing to follow me into making them family...... I know these things in my heart. Qin Wangfu has people in the Imperial Prison, and I also know in my heart that Uncle Seven can't suffer a big loss, but Uncle Seven has been an official for so many years, and now he has been dismissed, he must feel uncomfortable, and this is all due to my involvement. Tonight, I came to thank the fifth brother, and secondly, I really wanted to ask how the seventh uncle is doing. ”

Bai Chenghuan saw that he understood, so he didn't persuade him again.

Xiao Shaotang's life experience is already complicated, and his feelings for the He family are also extremely deep, at this point, she can only persuade him to let his loss be as little as possible, and the rest must be accepted by himself slowly.

That night, Xiao Shaotang quietly went out to He's house, and the Li family came over to accompany Bai Chenghuan.

Because of the hot weather, the mother and daughter simply sat on the bamboo chairs under the porch to enjoy the coolness.

Li Shi looked at the small courtyard and deeply felt that he had treated his daughter badly:

"Now in addition to the servants and servants in the family, there are also the soldiers left by your father to watch the family nursing home, although they all survived from the northwest with your father's loyalty, but in the end there are many people, and you can only be wronged in the guest house. ”

Bai Chenghuan didn't feel aggrieved at all: "What's this, the guest house is also very good." ”

"Huan Niang, you have been so well-behaved and sensible, your mother is really ......" Li couldn't help but sigh a little: "It seems that you haven't been educated well, and you have grown so big." ”

In fact, after her daughter woke up, she didn't make any effort at all, even though she had a vague conjecture in her heart, but she still felt regretful.

Bai Chenghuan's heart was bright, so he leaned over and hugged Li to look at the stars in the sky:

"Who said that my mother didn't raise me? When I was crazy and stupid in the past, wasn't my mother take care of me? Later, in order to make me able to speak, you asked my brother to teach me to memorize, isn't this all upbringing?"

Li Shi also laughed when she said this, looking at the starry sky, and the fine lines in the corners of his eyes were also full of smiles:

"Okay, then I must have accumulated virtue in my last life, so that I don't have to work hard in this life, and I have a good daughter who is well-behaved and sensible. Now that you are married, Shao Tang doesn't seem to be such a heartless person, I am relieved to treat you well, but if you can have a child as soon as possible, my mother will be even more relieved......"

"Mother, this is good, how did it get to the child......"

"You still don't understand, the heir is the foundation of a woman's foothold, my mother was not less mean back then, and your second aunt, because she didn't give birth to a boy, how hard has she lived in this life?

Speaking of the people in the Bai family's old house, Bai Chenghuan thought of the white lotus and the white lotus leaves:

"What happened to the two who came back from the capital over there?"

"Those two have changed their temperaments a little, and they are not as overactive as before, but that's it. If you can send them back to Yuzhou intact, you can be considered worthy of your father's entrustment. ”

When Li mentioned them, he couldn't tell what kind of mood he felt:

"The white lotus leaf is a dead person in front of the emperor, so he can only change his name and surname, and find someone else to marry with Lianxin, although it is in a hurry, it is better than staying in the hands of someone like your second aunt. As for the white lotus, how much your grandmother and your aunt held it in the past, and now they dislike it, and they don't care about her, I heard that they make trouble at home every day, and this family can be regarded as a virtue. ”

Bai Chenghuan nodded, thinking of Xu Chengyi, who was married far away, so he didn't say much.

Whether it is a noble girl in the capital or a woman in such a small household, what kind of road she chooses to take, she can only finish it by herself, and it is impossible to turn back.

The mother and daughter whispered under the starlight until late at night, and after Xiao Shaotang returned, the Li family left.

"My father moved to Qingzhou with his clansmen, and the He family will no longer be in danger of extinction for a while. The fifth brother stayed to take care of the family business here, and if there was no accident in the second half of the year, he would marry the engaged Miss Tang family. ”

Speaking of the news he got tonight, Xiao Shaotang had a deep smile on his face, and then took a letter to Bai Chenghuan to read:

"This is a letter left to me by Uncle Seven, he didn't expect me to come back at this time, but he believes that I will come back sooner or later. ”

Bai Chenghuan could see that because of Master He Qi's trust,

Bai Chenghuan took the letter and looked at it, only to see that the handwriting on it was strong and free, which showed that the person who wrote the letter had his own style and bones.

“…… Cong Tang, my nephew, the day when the He family has you as the heir, I have prepared for today...... Although the hardships have been experienced, although the glory has faded, the He family has no regrets. A gentleman should put righteousness first, be able to protect you, not to destroy your promises, to be worthy of your heart, my heart is enough...... The coming days are long, don't waste the years for the difficulty of the moment, don't act recklessly because of the will of the moment, remember...... I hope you are safe, and you are well, don't read it. ”

After reading the whole article, even if Bai Chenghuan is not familiar with Master He Qi and himself, he seems to be able to see a righteous man who has experienced the devastation of the edict and prison, and finally dismissed from office, and his ambition is not rewarded.

"The He family is really worthy of the name of the family. Bai Chenghuan sighed.

On the second day, when the two went to worship in front of Mrs. He's grave together, Xiao Shaotang solemnly knelt in front of the tombstone and swore an oath:

"Cong Tang, a descendant of the He family, swears today that he will do his best in the future to repay the He family, and will make the He family return to the glory of the past.

The summer wind blew through the dark green field, and the incense and candles curled in front of the silent grave, and after the two worshipped, they got on their horses and left.

It's still that wide official road, every time I walk through, it's a different taste.

Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan walked slowly, and finally looked back at the land where he grew up.

"I heard from the fifth brother that the reason why Song Wende didn't intercept his father and them, or even sent a letter to Jingzhong, was because his nephew Song Changqing sent him a letter, and he didn't know how to tell him, but he was not as arrogant as before. ”

Xiao Shaotang is very familiar with Song Wende's son Song Sanlang, but he has no intersection with Song Changqing.

Bai Chenghuan had doubts in his heart, Song Changqing would actually persuade Song Wende to stop getting along with the He family and restrain his temperament?

In An Zhulin's memory, Song Changqing was the one who succeeded his father as prime minister in his last life, but in this life, there are certainly reasons for the emperor, but Song Changqing didn't even pass the exam!

A terrible thought floated in Bai Chenghuan's heart - An Zhulin was reborn, and the emperor was probably also reborn, could it be that even Song Changqing was reborn?

So in this world, how many lucky people leak out of the cracks of fate?

With this thought, Bai Chenghuan's mind suddenly became a little trance-like.

Xiao Shaotang thought that she hadn't rested well last night, so he slowed down his horse and stretched out his hand to her:

"Come, come into my arms, sleep well, I'll take you on your way. ”

Bai Chenghuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly blushed and shook her head and refused, no matter how bold she was, even if the folk customs of Daqi were open again, she would not dare to ride with Xiao Shaotang in broad daylight, although they were already a real husband and wife.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Shaotang estimated that she was shy, Lang Lang smiled, stretched out his long arms, hugged her waist, and gently lifted her from the horse and put her in front of him.

"At this time, there is no store in front of the village and no store in the back, I have wronged you, and when you arrive in the capital city of Yuzhou, you can sleep well!"

After speaking, they spurred their horses, and the horse's hooves galloped quickly, and Bai Chenghuan's struggles and protests were all drowned out by the wind blowing past their ears.

The horse that was originally ridden by Bai Chenghuan also obediently followed by himself.

After resting in the capital of Yuzhou for two days, Xiao Shaotang and Bai Chenghuan went to the southwest, and slept in the open for seven or eight days before they arrived at the border of Minzhou.

The drought that swept through Daqi last year was slightly slower in the southwest than in the Central Plains and the north, and the lush trees and forests along the way were much greener than those in the north.

However, the terrain in the southwest is complicated, and most of the mountain people are still in the wilderness, not yet civilized.

"Look there, the fog is heavy, and the local people say that people, beasts, insects and birds, as long as they strayed into it, they would definitely die. ”

As soon as he entered the boundary of Minzhou, Xiao Shaotang pointed his horsewhip to a majestic mountain.

Bai Chenghuan looked at it, only to see that between the mountains and mountains, the fog was shrouded, and at a glance, it gave people a sense of yin and measurement for no reason.

"Is that the poisonous miasma-covered Mt. Junqi?"

Bai Chenghuan also had a rumored terrifying place in his mind.

Xiao Shaotang looked at her, a little surprised, but smiled again:

"I forgot, you gave me a map of Minzhou at the beginning, how could you not know this place. ”

Bai Chenghuan did not deny it:

"Well, I haven't seen it, but I know that there is such a frightening place in Minzhou. ”

Xiao Shaotang laughed a few times, and his expression gradually became solemn:

"But it's such a place where legends say that humans and animals can't survive, and there is a bandit nest. This bandit is the most vicious bandit in Minzhou and even in the southwest, and we have been encircled and suppressed several times, but we have not succeeded. I heard that the military attaches who were sent to Minzhou to suppress bandits in the past were all fished into this place and then died. ”

When Bai Chenghuan looked at the misty mountains again, he felt heavy in his heart.

Her two fathers are military generals, and she has a natural disgust and hatred for such a vicious bandit.

"We must solve this place before going to the northwest, otherwise it will be too late when this bandit becomes the climate. ”

Xiao Shaotang found that Bai Chenghuan had more and more heart-to-heart contact with him, and was pleased:

"Yes, that's what I mean, Huanhuan, we, is this considered a heart-wrenching man?"

Bai Chenghuan turned his head and just met Xiao Shaotang's smiling eyes.

Her heart suddenly overflowed with endless joy, and those reserved shyness in the past seemed to be absent for a moment, she reached out and gently stroked Xiao Shaotang's handsome cheek:

"That's not enough, so what do you think?"

Xiao Shaotang's face suddenly turned into a red cloth, and the whole person was stupid!

The daughter-in-law touched him!

Hearing that the boss was back, Lu Dashu, who was nesting in the barracks with a sad face, jumped up suddenly:

"Where's the boss?"

He has been fighting with the bandits in Junqi Mountain a lot these days, but he always returns in vain, the boss handed over the Minzhou military camp to him, but he has not built an inch, he is really anxious!

Now the boss is coming back, where can he put his face!

Lu Dashu was anxious, but Xiao Shaotang had already taken Bai Chenghuan into the barracks in a grand manner.

"What about Lu Dashuren? If you don't train your soldiers well, where are you hiding and being lazy?"

As soon as he heard Xiao Shaotang's voice, Lu Dashu just wanted to tremble, but he had to go out hard.

Lifting the curtain of the military tent, Lu Dashu was stunned.

Where did the little white face that the boss was holding in his hand come from?

Lu Dashu's eyes suddenly appeared in front of him, when he was in the northwest, the boss who was still He Qi took his hand and asked him if he had a daughter-in-law, and his heart was cold in an instant-

Oh my God, the boss really loves Longyang!