Chapter 406: Letters

But Zhang Xing doesn't plan to give it this time, at least in the near future. @乐@ζ–‡@

These people's appetites are endless, and her food is not blown by the wind.

The current situation of Yu County is just usable. Zhang Xing wrote a reply letter and handed it to He An, and said in a low voice: "Tell the second master, let Manager Zhao go back to Zhuangzi, and don't show up in Yuxian for the time being." ”

Her letter is vaguely written, mostly asking for peace, and the message is the most important. Wei Minwu is an understanding, he received it, and naturally knew what to do.

He An accepted the letter and replied cautiously: "Yes, don't worry, madam! ”

After sending He An away, Zhang Xing burned the letter in her hand to ashes, and she stood up.

In the yard, Zhang Jinbao was playing with the little brother, and he tied the wild duck he hunted with a rope to the little brother. The little brother screamed with joy. Li Youshi took Li Jinlian to sit on the stone bench in the courtyard, doing needlework while smiling and watching the little brother play.

The sun had already set on the other side of the mountain, and the afterglow was shining over the courtyard, gilding each of their faces with a yellowish sheen.

It's picturesque.

Zhang Xing lowered her head.

It won't be long before it gets dark.

In mid-June, Shen Qian's army took Jiangling, Yu'an and other places, and Xiao Fugui retreated to the area of Yuyang.

Zhang Xing, who had been in Qingmeng Mountain for several months, decided to go back.

When everyone heard the news, most of them were overjoyed, especially Ye Hexiang and others.

Although the life in the mountains is pure, it is really hard, and many people can no longer bear it.

Ye Hexiang, Ye Changyue and others hurriedly instructed the girls and mothers-in-law who were waiting around them to start packing their luggage.

Zhang Xing asked Sun Xin and the others to pull two carts of things, and came to the old village chief's house together to inform each other of their imminent departure.

The people of the village had become accustomed to their presence, and when they heard that they were leaving, many were reluctant to leave.

Zhang Xing smiled and said, "After arguing for so long, we should go back too." These two carts are brought by us, and they are not used much, they are all used daily, and they are not worth a few dollars. Trouble Uncle Hu to share it with everyone. ”

During the time that Zhang Xing lived in the mountains, although the peaceful life of the villagers in the mountains was broken, they also helped the villagers a lot, digging fish ponds, repairing roads, and Zhang Xing asked people to send some things over from time to time. The villagers had long since dispelled their previous hostility and got along with each other quite well.

Village Chief Hu hurriedly excused himself and said no. Their family has been closest to Zhang Xing and the others, and they have long known that they have come to the mountains temporarily, and they will leave when it is too peaceful outside. However, the Hu family is still a little reluctant to leave.

Zhang Xing said with a smile: "It's just some daily chewing, it's not worth a few dollars, and it's hard for us to climb the mountain and cross the river to bring it back, so Uncle Hu, you can take it." ”

To put it mildly, the old village chief finally nodded. Sun Xin and the others hurriedly moved the things down one by one.

Zhang Xing looked at the people around her, and said to the old village chief: "This car is for everyone, and these are for you." ”

Village Chief Hu was taken aback. This cart has rice, meat, and silk, and things are not light. He's going to excuse himself. Zhang Xing hurriedly stopped it, and said with a smile: "If Uncle Hu doesn't accept it, he won't be able to look down on us, and he won't want to interact with us in the future." ”

Hu Jinpeng was familiar with Sun Xin and others, and they all said that they would go to the city in the future to find them.

The old village chief is also a human spirit. It's not their family who are watching around, and if they continue to shirk, everyone will know.

"You're so polite, too!" he said with a smile on his face.

"Yes, after arguing for so long, I may have to trouble you in the future. ”

The old village chief patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, if you want to come in the future, just come." I will help you look after this house that you have built, and keep it the same as it is when you come next time. ”

Zhang Xing smiled and thanked him. That's what she wants, no one can guarantee that in the future, it's always better to leave a way out than nothing.

Bidding farewell to the village chief's house, Zhang Xing returned to his residence. Li Xi, who was sitting in the courtyard eating porridge, saw his mother and struggled to get down.

Zhang Xing hurriedly walked a few steps and picked up her son.

Mother You smiled and said, "Little brother ate most of the bowl of porridge this time." ”

Li Xi's eyes were dark, and when he saw Zhang Xing, his little hand touched his little belly, as if he was begging for praise.

Zhang Xing was amused by his appearance, kissed it, and said, "Our little brother is really good." ”

Li Xi laughed, and Danfeng's eyes narrowed into a line.

Fu Xianglian led Wei Junbao over. Li Xi saw the straw grasshopper in Wei Junbao's hand, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly wanted to come down.

Zhang Xing handed over her son to You's mother. Mother You hugged Li Xi and sat down, and Wei Junbao handed over the grasshopper in his hand: "Brother Xi, this is for you." ”

Li Xi smiled and took it.

Zhang Xing asked Xia Zhi to bring a soft cushion, put it on the stone stool, and let Fu Xianglian sit.

"Big brother, they'll be here tomorrow. Zhang Xing said.

Wei Minwen's ship had returned to Yuxian three days earlier. Although it took too long for them to go out this time, they gained a lot, and eight large ships returned with a full load.

This year's Jianghuai is definitely a sad year, although Xiao Fugui retreated to the Yuyang area, but previously involved in the war, Jianghuai has missed the best sowing season.

Now it is only the middle of the year, and the price of grain in Yuxian County is already several times that of previous years. At the end of the year, I don't know what the situation will be.

There are still wars everywhere.

The skyrocketing food prices are almost ironclad.

Fu Xianglian's face was slightly red, "He's only been back for a few days, and he's not afraid of being tired and panicking when he goes out again!"

Zhang Xing smiled slightly, "I heard that if the second brother hadn't stopped him, the eldest brother would have come over when he came back." ”

Fu Xianglian's face became redder and redder.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Xing smiled, stopped joking, and asked, "Have you packed up your things?"

"It's all gone. I've seen it on my mother's side, but it's not left behind. Fu Xianglian raised her head and said.

Zhang Xing looked at the mountain in the distance. Those who went to Qingmeng Mountain to explore the path had actually come back a long time ago, but they were used to living here and did not continue to toss.

There was a fog in the mountains, floating in the mountainside, and from a distance, it looked like it was in a fairyland.

Zhang Xing didn't want to go back in her heart, but she couldn't help herself. Wei Minwen came back, there were eight big boats, how many people watched, and no one would believe it if she said that there was no food.

Fu Xianglian knew that Zhang Xing didn't want to go back, and during this time in the mountains, there was a lot more smile on Zhang Xing's face than before.

"If you want to come, I'll come with you next time. Fu Xianglian said softly.

Zhang Xing said with a smile: "I hope there won't be such a day." ”

Come here again, there is a ** and avoid disaster, so it's better not to have it.

"Why?" Fu Xianglian asked strangely.

Zhang Xing only revealed many things to Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu, and others did not know.

The Shen family wants to win the world, they don't want to bend their knees to survive, except to prove that they are useful, she can't think of any other way.

Although the mountain was clean, it was not a place for her to stay.

"The road is too difficult to walk. Zhang Xing sighed and said with a smile.

Fu Xianglian also laughed, "I thought you weren't afraid of walking on mountain roads." ”

When they entered the mountain, most of them walked in. Fu Xianglian remembers it clearly, after coming in, she lived in the mountains for several days, and her legs were still sore and unbearable.

Thinking of the situation in those days, Fu Xianglian's joy for Wei Minwen's coming also decreased a lot.

Fu Xianglian's worries turned into nothingness the next day. Wei Minwen had already inquired about their experience of going up the mountain, and this time he came to pick up people, he brought more than a dozen stretchers, and the hired bearers were all used to walking the mountain roads, and even the luggage did not need to be carried by the girls and boys, all of them were carried down by the bearers.

When I arrived at the river, the boat near the pier was also a big boat, and the people in the boat felt completely different from the last time I came.

They did not go back the same way, but stayed on the boat for two days, and went directly to the pier near the gate of Yuxian County.

Yuxian County has returned to its former liveliness, but the traces of the war are still vivid.

Zhang Jinbao pointed to the collapse of the city wall and said, "Xiao Fugui's men and horses entered the city from here. ”

In the war a few months ago, Xiao Fugui's men and horses once entered the city, even affecting the nearby residents, and later the Yuxian patrol battalion fought bloodily and drove them out.

Li Jinlian looked at the city wall with wide eyes, and said softly, "What happened later? How did they get out?"

Zhang Jinbao sneered, he also listened to Sun Xin and others.

Now that Xiao Fugui has retreated to the Yuyang area, the people who were lucky enough to enter Yuxian County were naturally driven out, and those who failed to get out were naturally dead.

However, it is not good to talk to the girl's family about this.

Li Youshi pulled Li Jinlian over, "What's the future? You, don't ask the east and the west." ”

Li Jinlian saw that Zhang Xing was laughing, and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

When they escaped from Lizhuang Village, they heard about Xiao Fugui's men and horses sweeping around Yinhe Village, and then everyone in the village ran away, and they also went on the road together.

On the road, there were no wanderers, but they met bandits, people together, dead and wounded, and the team broke up. Her father and mother took her, hiding all the way, begging all the way, and then came to Yuxian to seek refuge with Zhang Xing.

Zhang Xing looked at the city wall that was gradually passing, the color on it was mottled, and the blood had not yet been washed. She hadn't seen the horror of the war with her own eyes, but she knew that many people must have died.

Now there is no Huaiyang Palace, and Yuxian Jin'an, like Huaiyang, has been included in the territory of the Northwest Army.

Gu Yongfeng guarded Jin'an, Yuxian County, Huaiyang for several months, and then gave it to Shen Qian. There must be a secret in this.

However, these are not relevant to them.

Xiao Fugui's men and horses retreated, Yuxian County was temporarily stable, and what she had to consider was how to exchange the grain in her hand for the greatest benefit.

The Wei family's house has been renovated. After the Liu family next door to them went through this difficulty, the family even had difficulty making a living. After Wei Minwu returned to Yu County, he had already taken the initiative to buy his family's house.

However, most of Liu's mansion was burned down, and it was not a matter of one or two days to complete the repair, Wei Minwu only surrounded the house over there with a courtyard wall, and did not start to rest.

The carriages entered the house one after another, and the girls began to get busy. After Zhang Xing handed Li Xi over to You's mother, she came to the front yard.

Wei Minwu handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Xing.

"The government sent it, you can take a look. ”

Zhang Xing quickly read the letter and said to Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu: "It's Senior Sister Shi's." ”

Wei Minwen and Wei Minwu looked at each other, Wei Minwu was not very clear about the matter of Shi being a bandit in Qingmeng Mountain.

Wei Minwen was a little impressed, and said in surprise: "You mean the father-in-law of the stone in Qingmeng Mountain, and the daughter of Yao Qingshan?"

Zhang Xing nodded, "It's her, she followed the eldest son of the Shen family, and now she lives in the Yuxian Mansion and invites me to come over as a guest." ”

Zhang Xing couldn't have imagined that Yao Mingzhu would actually write to her. After saying goodbye to Jingkou Town, she hadn't seen Yao Mingzhu for a long time.

"I heard that this Yao Qingshan is not a man, how can his daughter live in the mansion?" Although Wei Minwen knew that Yao Qingshan had a daughter, he didn't know what happened later.

Zhang Xing was in the way of Yao Mingzhu's girlfriend because of this incident, and she didn't tell anyone else.

Yao Qingshan is known as the medical saint, when the bandits of Qingmeng Mountain were surrounded and suppressed, he escaped because he was not on the mountain, and later escaped from the Huaiyang palace with Yao Mingzhu and hid in Jingkou Town.

It just so happened that Zhang Xing was also in Jingkou Town, preparing to open a weaving workshop, and met Yao Mingzhu.

Later, the stone also came along the mark left by Yao Qingshan.

However, their reunion was not long in the day.

Zhang Xing thought of Yao Mingzhu's encounter, and couldn't help but feel gloomy in her heart, and lowered her head and said, "She is now the concubine of Shen Dagongzi." ”

Wei Minwu nodded, "Shen Huailin has been in Yu County for two days. ”

Every time Wei Minwu sent food, he gave it to Jin Yao. He knew that Jin Yao was Shen Huaijin's person, and he didn't pay much attention to Shen Huaijin's eldest brother.

"Has the second brother seen Master Shen?" Zhang Xing asked again.

Wei Minwu shook his head, "We haven't met yet." ”

"The eldest son of the Shen family is not better than the second son, second brother, if you see him, you must be very careful. Zhang Xing said cautiously.

Zhang Xing had only seen the eldest son of the Shen family once, but he was very impressed. Her sister Zhang Tao almost lost her life because of this person's selfishness. And Yao Mingzhu probably got it by Shen Huailin in a dirty way.

She clearly remembered that Yao Mingzhu was different from stones.

How did she get over the years?

Zhang Xing remembered the stone, when Yao Mingzhu was brought into the Huaiyang Palace, he also entrusted her to help take care of it.

Although the stone seems to be a cynical appearance, it is actually very affectionate.

He sent the head face to Yao Mingzhu, and Yao Mingzhu later returned, he was very angry and threw the valuable head face into the river.

Yao Mingzhu wanted to follow Shen Huailin, and he felt uncomfortable.

Wei Minwen also nodded. Zhang Xing's sister Zhang Tao's matter, he knows. This Shen Dagongzi is not a good person, and he actually wants to spoil his brother's relatives.

"Then are you going to see her?" Wei Minwu saw that Wei Minwu said that Shen Huailin was not a good thing, and asked Zhang Xingdao.

Zhang Xing nodded, "Let's meet." She wants to know how Yao Mingzhu has been doing all these years? And her sister Zhang Tao, how is she now?