Chapter 49

Yan Xiu's injuries have been recuperating for nearly a month, and he has finally improved a lot. During the period of recuperation, he was invited by the emperor to the palace twice to discuss things, Yan Xiu served in the military department, which is a typical example of the successful transition from literature to martial arts, the struggle between Xiao and Southern Xinjiang has been more than decades, and recently changed to a new monarch, and it is a repeated offense to the border of Xiao State, Yan Xiu has asked for orders to go to southern Xinjiang, and is the head of the main battle faction. When he recuperated from his injuries, some official documents were sent to Changning Houfu, and some were visited by officials.

Xie has been sent to Yuzhou in the dark night, the world is saying that Mrs. Changning Hou has a strange disease, and suddenly can not adapt to the water and soil of the capital, and needs to go to Yuzhou for long-term recuperation, the return date is undecided, this news in the Beijing noble girl circle is also considered to have set off some waves, everyone knows that Xie can not get a strange disease that needs to go to Yuzhou for long-term recuperation for no reason, Changning Houfu must have happened, but Changning Houfu is said to be repaired like an iron bucket, dare to go out to say a word of gossip, and now the grass on the grave has grownAfter Xie left, Yan Xiu immediately invited Yan Bo, who managed the Grange store for Yan Xiu, back to the house, Yan Bo was quite knowledgeable and means, and he was a lifelong shopkeeper, and the housekeeper was not difficult for him.

Yan Xiu always felt that there were people staring at him in and out of the past two days, as if he had just come back from the court, and the moment he stepped down from the carriage, there was obviously a feeling of being watched, but when he turned his head to look, there was no one.

Back in the house, he habitually went to the study, the neat desktop was spotless, and there was a pot of tea that seemed to have just been brewed in the lower right corner, with four or five pieces of refreshment, and the tea set was also very particular, it was the kind of more bright cloisonne, and the little guy who was waiting in the academy was surprised when he saw Yan Xiu, and said:

"It was sent by the eldest lady herself, and she also cleaned it in this study, because the people in the academy were all newcomers, and the Hou Ye didn't clearly say that he had any ideas, and the subordinates didn't dare to do it, so the eldest lady presided over the cleanup."

Yan Xiu poured a cup of tea, smelled sweet jujubes, with rich tea leaves, the entrance was sweet and slightly bitter, the sweet aftertaste was very good, and he ate two more pastries, feeling that this child had really grown up, and attracted his henchman Wu Gang, Yan Xiu instructed him:

"In the past few days, I went to the military department to ask some people to come back, I had a premonition that something was wrong, the Miao village on the mountain in the eastern suburbs was razed to the ground overnight, but most of the Miao bandits in the village fled, and sent someone to tell Tan Hou that he should also strengthen the armaments of the five cities, and don't let these people mix into the capital and make any trouble."

Wu Gang is Yan Xiu's deputy general, born five big and three rough, straightforward, obedient, very loyal, got Yan Xiu's instructions to go down, but heard Yan Xiu call him back again, said:

"Leave another team of cavalry and send the ladies and ladies in the mansion to the Guogong Mansion for a few days. Let's just say that I asked Zhaohua to learn from the Duchess of the country, and there was no adult to take care of it at home, so I let the children go, and the old lady took care of one or two. ”

Wu Gang was ordered to go down to do something.

After Yan Zhaohua heard the news, he came to the study to ask Yan Xiu, Yan Xiu didn't tell her anything else, only said that let her learn from the Liu family, this Changning Houfu had to rely on her to take care of Yunyun before she got married, although Yan Zhaohua felt that his father's reaction was a little strange, but Yan Xiu didn't say why, no matter how much she asked, it was useless for her to ask.

The next day, I packed up and took my younger brothers and sisters to the Guogong Mansion.

The money transferred by the Xie family has all been re-allocated to Xie Wei's account, and there is no big problem in saving it in Tongbao Qianzhuang, and Xie Wei's other dowries have also been re-sent by the Liu family to count them, Xie's private property was all deducted by Yan Xiu before going to Yuzhou, but it was not confiscated, because the accounts were not clear, and they could not all be counted as Xie Wei's things, so Yan Xiu got another place to keep it in Tongbao Qianzhuang, and after discussing it with Yan Zhaohua, it was decided that Xie's private account would be Ning Sister and Shuyan in the future.

Yan Zhaohua has no doubts about this, because she just wants to get her own things back, and she has no interest in forcibly taking others.

The four children, each in two carriages, were escorted to the Guogong Mansion by a small team of guards.

That night, something happened.

During the third watch, the door outside Yan Xiu's study was slammed: "Master Hou, it's not good, it's on fire." ”

Yan Xiu sat up from the bed suddenly, put on his shoes and went to open the door, it was the new housekeeper Yan Bo who came to report the news, and Changning Houfu was surrounded by fire, Yan Bo had black ash on his face and hands, Yan Xiu asked:

"What's going on?"

"The arrows with the oil shot at the lamp oil depot and the cloth room, and the fire spread, only a small team of people was sent to check the source of the rocket, and the small one had already sent people to form a team to fight the fire, and the remaining dozens of people did not dare to move, and they were all guarding the yard."

Yan Bo also served as a soldier back then, so he handled this critical situation quite well, Yan Xiu went back to the room and took the saber and rushed out, just facing a group of masked bandits, and broke in directly from the gatehouse, but did not slash and kill, but searched in the fire-filled Changning Hou Mansion, the government soldiers wanted to disperse to fight the fire, only a small team of people stayed to resist, and Changning Hou Mansion was in chaos.

Even Yan Xiu himself went into battle in person, drew his sword, cut two men in black, and uncovered the strips of cloth on his faces, and saw that these people had some colorful paints painted on their faces, which was very weird.

didn't have time to think about it, Yan Xiu threw himself into the battle circle.

There was a fight under the Changning Houfu, and on a flying eaves, there was a man in black who was also masked sitting calmly, and I saw that he was in the courtyard of the Changning Houfu, where the fire was everywhere, and the servants couldn't stop running and running for their lives, and suddenly a person came next to him, sat down with him, and asked next to him:

"Say you're not worried about people, what are you doing here?"

A man in black looked back and saw another one dressed in the same outfit as him, a pair of peach blossom eyes full of teasing, Pei Xuan secretly smacked him, stood up, and was about to leave in style, when he saw Fan Wenchao also stood up, took off the black scarf that was masked, and said to Pei Xuan:

"Don't worry, Yan Xiu is still a little conscious, and he sent all the young ladies in the mansion to the Dingguo Mansion during the day, so don't worry about it."

Hearing Fan Wenchao's words, Pei Xuan still didn't say much, lowered his head and straightened his belt, and then greeted Fan Wenchao without saying a word, just tiptoed to the ground, dashing into the darkness like the wind, and then ignored the fierce battle in the courtyard of Changning Houfu.

Fan Wenchao didn't notice it for a while, and actually let him run away again, originally wanted to come over and laugh at him, but where could he just give up like this, and immediately chased after him.

Yan Xiu fought fiercely in the courtyard, and he didn't see the two black shadows floating above the roof at all.

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Yan Zhaohua walked on the corridor in the backyard of the Guogong Mansion early, and hurriedly went to the Qingcang Courtyard. Early in the morning, someone came to report to her, saying that a fire broke out in the Changning Houfu last night, and even the city defense was alarmed, and most of the entire Changning Houfu was destroyed.

In Qingcang Courtyard, the Liu family also heard the report, and was about to send someone to call Yan Zhaohua, when she saw that she was coming, as soon as she entered the door, Yan Zhaohua grabbed Liu's hand and asked:

"Grandmother, how is my father, do you know?"

Seeing her anxious face, Liu comforted: "Don't worry, it's okay, your father was unharmed, it is said that there are not many villains who broke into the Hou Mansion, and there are already government soldiers in the Changning Hou Mansion, and they set fire to the five cities, and after the soldiers and horses of the five cities arrived, they cooperated with your father to capture the people in one fell swoop." ”

Hearing that Yan Xiu was fine, Yan Zhaohua's hanging heart could be regarded as letting go. I'm really afraid that Yan Xiu escaped the assassination that night, and he can't escape the assassination last night, I really don't know who Yan Xiu offended, and he actually wanted to put him to death three times and twice, and now he also set fire to Changning Houfu, how big a grudge this is, and I don't want to think about the Gyeonggi Heavy Land, whether they can retreat from the burning of Houfu.

"Who the hell is it, why is it so cruel, the same assassin I met that night, what happened to my father, and why are the three assassinations aimed at him?"

Seeing that Yan Zhaohua was anxious, Liu patted the back of her hand to show comfort, and said:

"Last night those people were said to be the eastern suburbs of the Miao village, those Miao people were many years ago in the southern Xinjiang captives back, they set up their own Miao village, originally led by the owner of the village, the old village owner with the court did a lot of things, the court was lax on that piece, gave them relative freedom, but the old village owner died, Miao people village is not peaceful, officers and soldiers just sent people to encircle and suppress a month ago, who expected that many Miao people took advantage of the chaos to escape, and somehow, these Miao people heard that it was Changning Hou who exterminated the cottage that night, this is not, After preparing for more than half a month, I set fire to the Changning Hou Mansion yesterday, and broke into the mansion to kill your father. ”

Liu is a woman in a deep house, at first glance when she heard about this kind of fighting, killing and killing, her heart was also bottomless, Yan Zhaohua heard her say this reason, only nodded to show that she understood, thinking of the black-clothed man who threatened her with a sword that night, thinking about what happened last night, since it was Miao Min's doing, so does it have anything to do with him?

Not long after, Yan Ruiqian, Yan Zhaoning and Yan Shuyan also rushed over, it was Yan Zhaohua who sent someone to inform them, I heard that Yan Xiu was attacked, and Changning Houfu was destroyed, they were all stunned and frightened, Yan Zhaoning cried and threw himself into Liu's arms, seemed to be very frightened, Liu comforted her a few words, and let go, Yan Zhaoning glanced at Yan Zhaohua, didn't dare to say anything more, and sat aside and sobbed.

Yan Xiu didn't come back from the palace until the evening, and went to the Guogong Mansion to describe the situation, Xie Guozhang scolded indignantly for a while for those Miao people who were looking for death, after Yan Xiu finished speaking, he called a few children to the scene, Gu personally brought, Yan Xiu took the initiative to take four children, knelt down for Liu and Xie Guozhang, Yan Zhaohua and others saw Yan Xiu kneeling, and naturally knelt down, Liu stepped forward to help, Yan Xiu refused to get up, and said to Liu:

"Last night's incident, not only my Changning Houfu family, the reason why Miao Minzhai has been against it recently, but because of the rebellion in Miao Jiang, repeatedly sent troops to harass my territory, these Miao people want to make trouble in Beijing, I am afraid that it is in response to the turmoil in Miao Jiang, the saint has been informed of this matter, Changning Houfu is gone, and it can be rebuilt, but the rebellion in Miao Jiang must not be delayed any longer, I have asked for my life, and I will lead the troops to fight on the next day."

As soon as Yan Xiu's words fell, a surprised voice came from the hall, and Liu said, "What, you want to take the troops?" ”

"Yes, if this trouble is not eliminated, there will be no peace in the country." On the issue of southern Xinjiang, Yan Xiu is the head of the main battle faction, and Xie Guozhang is the same, hearing Yan Xiu say this, he slapped the table and said: "Okay, the man should have this ambition, and the saint can agree?" ”

During this time, the military generals of Wenchen have great differences on the issue of southern Xinjiang, the main and faction is headed by the Taishi, the Taishi is the emperor's teacher, and it is Mount Tai, the emperor has a heart to fight, but he is worried about the Taishi, the main battle faction has repeatedly proposed to go to war, but they have been pressed down by the saint, and now Xie Guozhang asked what it means to cultivate the saint, if the saint does not allow it, the courtiers are useless even if they have the heart to serve the country.

Yan Xiu nodded: "The saint has already agreed, this time the Changning Houfu was burned, and the Miao people broke into our house to kill people, this is a great shame in Gyeonggi, where is the saint willing to swallow this breath, even if the Taishi has nothing to say this time, he can't even ignore the request for peace when people call the door." The Holy Lord has agreed to let me lead 50,000 soldiers from the Xishan military camp and start at a later date. However, there is one more thing, I want to ask my father-in-law and mother-in-law for help. ”

After saying these words, Yan Xiu seemed to be a little excited, he really didn't expect a fire, and he actually solved all the problems that the main battle faction had been thinking about for a long time at once, Yan Xiu was naturally a little excited, but he hadn't forgotten some small things, so he wanted to tell it in person.

Xie Guozhang was also happy, waved his hand and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it." You go, I'll take care of the affairs of the capital for you. ”

Yan Xiu thanked him first, then knelt down and turned to the worried Liu, and said: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law are benevolent, but Changning Houfu has been turned into ashes, although the internal affairs office has been built, but from design to construction, it will always take some long time, the children can not be left behind, so I asked my father-in-law and mother-in-law to take care of it, all the expenses of the four children in the house should be borne by the Changning Houfu, and I also asked my father-in-law and mother-in-law to undertake this matter, so as to stop my worries." ”