75. Insignificant
When Zhu Di led the soldiers to kill, he first smelled a strong smell of blood, and then saw a group of people crowding the city tower to the brim and looting the stumps!
"His Royal Highness King Yan!" Li Jinglong and the eight thorns of the buy protected Emperor Hongwu and Empress Ma, while Xu Miaoyi sat with a sharp blade in her hand and shouted:
"Everyone, be silent, line up! Follow the pro-soldier Captain's Mansion to line up to receive the reward! If there is a person who steals merit and makes trouble, the reward will be cancelled! Credits to the rebels! ”
Heavy rewards and heavy punishments, rewards and punishments are clear. Under the order, the looting team began to calm down, and obediently lined up to go out of the city tower to receive the reward.
Emperor Hongwu's ears were not bright, and he was supported by Queen Ma and others to return to the palace. It was King Yan who was in charge. Xu Miaoyi whispered that in order to inspire people, she promised a heavy reward, "The matter is urgent, at that time, I speculated that the emperor and queen were here, and it was a matter of life and death, thinking that there would be a brave man under the heavy reward, so I made a promise." ”
The implication is that Zhu Di is asked to help fulfill the lie.
Zhu Di said: "The father and the queen mother have escaped, you can rest assured, these promises will definitely be fulfilled." You-"
Zhu Di looked Xu Miaoyi up and down, she was not injured, but her expression was a little tired, "You three sisters wait here for a while, I have already sent someone to inform your father of them, they should be here soon to pick you up." I-I escorted my father and queen mother back to the palace first. ”
Xu Miaoyi nodded, "By the way, why did the eight thorns that I bought go out and wander around during the Lantern Festival?" ”
Speaking of the culprit who caused his younger brother to be injured and imprisoned, Zhu Di couldn't hide the hatred in his eyes, "The lord of Beiyuan will marry the king of Qin on the seventeenth day of the first month, he is the highest observer of the Northern Yuan, it is not good to continue to put him under house arrest, and Li Jinglong, the prince of Cao Guo, has a very good relationship with him, so he asked for the grace of his father and let him out to play tonight." ”
Xu Miaoyi showed a mocking smile: "Saying a thousand things and ten thousand is actually for the sake of political interests and games." As for personal honor and disgrace, it is really insignificant. ”
Zhu Di said: "As a prince, you have the glory and wealth of the prince, and you must also take responsibility. The fifth brother didn't mean to be resentful, he just ...... It's just that I'm hurt by love and depressed. ”
One of the things in love, Zhu Di is also like eating spicy sauce for the first time, feeling hot, worrying, and difficult to give up. He can understand the pain of his fifth brother: if Xu Miaoyi wants to marry someone else as his wife at this time...... No way! Absolutely not! After Miaoyi saved her father and mother this time, her father should be able to let go of Geng Jie, who Xie Zaixing betrayed, and sincerely accept Miaoyi's existence.
Perhaps I should find an opportunity to ask Miao Yi what she meant, and if she is interested in me, I will ask my father to marry me......
However, Zhu Di thought that Xu Miaoyi was upset for her younger brother Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, but in fact, she was sad for the lord of Yong'an, who was an abandoned son.
Xu Miaoyi hesitated for a moment and said, "I take the liberty of asking, after this incident, where will the county lord of Yong'an go?" ”
Zhu Di was slightly stunned, and then said: "The father and the emperor are extremely important to the heirs, and the county lord must not worry about his life." Probably just to strengthen the defense of the small building in the middle of the lake, or move the county lord to another secret place to recuperate. ”
Xu Miaoyi asked again: "What about after giving birth to the imperial heir?" ”
Zhu Di was stunned and said, "It depends on my father's decision." "Father's woman, what can I say as a son?
At this time, Xu Miaoyi wanted to say, please do me a favor, no matter what in the future, to save the life of the county lord of Yong'an, she is a poor woman, she has not hurt anyone, she tries to maintain the last bit of dignity, self and hope, but she is about to lose all her use value and be abandoned by everyone.
Because Zhang Shicheng's power had been exposed and annihilated, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, no longer needed Miaoyi to pretend to be the identity of Mingjiao and go to the county lord of Yong'an to talk to him.
And the lord of Yong'an will give birth at the beginning of summer, and once she gives birth to the imperial heir, she loses the value of childbirth.
Truly embattled, defeated. For some reason, Xu Miaoyi was somewhat sympathetic to the county lord of Yong'an.
But...... To put it simply, her request was too much for a prince. Why did King Yan risk disobeying his father to help her?
"Okay, I got it." Xu Miaoyi said.
After three years of getting along, Zhu Di could see the unhappiness in Miaoyi's heart at this moment, and said: "If you care about the life and death of the county lord of Yong'an, I will try my best to deal with my father and save her life." ”
This-Xu Miaoyi was surprised, she knew that it was very difficult to do this, especially since Zhu Di was still the prince, would he really disobey the emperor for her? Why did he do that? Zhu Yuanzhang is suspicious by nature, what if he suspects that he has some ambiguous intentions with the county lord of Yong'an?
Wouldn't it not only hurt Zhu Di, but also harm Yong'an's county lord!
Xu Miaoyi said, "Thank you. If it's really hard to do, don't force it. Otherwise, it will anger the emperor and it will be counterproductive. ”
Zhu Di saw that Xu Miaoyi's face seemed to be a little melancholy, and suddenly knew that he had touched Miaoyi's heart, and said, "You don't have to worry, I have my own measure." ”
Zhu Di hurriedly escorted Emperor Hongwu and Empress Ma back to the palace. Xu Miaoyi also waited for Wei Guogong Xu Da to take his three daughters home with his own soldiers.
After getting the news, Xu Da didn't even have time to change the heavy dress that entered the palace to receive the banquet, and led his own soldiers to go straight to Tongji Gate, turned over and dismounted, and immediately a royal doctor ran over to treat Xu Miaoqing and Xu Miaoxi. Xu Miaoqing was the most seriously injured, and her left arm could no longer be lifted at the moment.
Xu Miaoyi swept the greeting team, she thought that according to the temperament of the second brother Xu Zengshou, she would definitely come here to pick up the three sisters home, but she didn't see the shadow of the second brother.
Strange, on weekdays, he likes to join in the fun and curry favor in front of his father, why is it so abnormal tonight?
Seeing that the three daughters were all well, Xu Da's solemn face eased slightly.
Xu Miaoyi asked, "Father, has the fourth sister Miaojin come home?" She's not freaked out, is she? ”
Anxiously hit his forehead again, Xu Da said in a low voice: "There was also a riot in the city tonight, Miaojin has not gone home so far, and there is no escort home to report the news, your eldest brother and second brother are looking for each other in the city." ”
Xu Miaoyi suddenly understood. The woman of the aristocratic family, even Xu Miaojin, who is only ten years old, is also the most famous, disappeared in the riots, and could not be searched for with great fanfare, so she had to secretly search for it and hide it from people.
Xu Miaoyi has been in the market for ten years, and knows that Xu Miaojin, a beautiful and cute, ignorant and manipulative little girl, is a coveted huge wealth in the eyes of some ill-intentioned people.
Once a girl disappears for more than a day, she basically disappears forever.
It's tricky! Miao Qing and Miao Xi are trapped on the city wall, and they can still clean up and search from west to east like a comb, anyway, there is no place to hide in the city wall, only if there are people, they will definitely be able to find it. It's different in the city......
Xu Miaoyi said: "Father, it's not enough for the eldest brother and the second brother to look for it like this, they have to try both the underworld and the white way." And the sooner the better. ”
Xu Da said: "Jinling City has a curfew, the city gate will be opened tomorrow, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities will also be strictly searched and interrogated, Miaojin must be in the city." I have sent a secret letter to Mao Xiang of the Governor's Mansion and painted a portrait of Miaojin. He has many eyes and ears, and now he is also helping to find it secretly. ”
Hearing that Mao Xiang also helped, Xu Miaoyi was a little determined, but with Mao Xiang's help, it was not ten out of ten, and she needed more support.
Xu Miaoyi asked her father for a horse and some weapons, tokens and other things, and said, "Father, you and your sisters will go back first, I know some people in the market in Jinling, go and ask about their news." ”
Xu Da already knew the "feat" of the eldest daughter who raised her arms on the city wall and gathered the crowd to save the driver, and did not question her daughter's strength and judgment, but as a father, she was not at ease, and said: "How can you do it alone?" I will send a group of men to follow you. ”
Xu Miaoyi said: "They are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, or small people in the market, they are most afraid of dealing with the official family, you send someone to follow, it is counterproductive, don't worry, I have not been a fool in the past ten years, and I will definitely take my sister home safely." ”
After that, Xu Miaoyi left in the dust.
Looking at his daughter's heroic back riding on a horse, Xu Da's mind was full of the sentence "I haven't been a fool for nothing in the past ten years", and in ten years, he lost his daughter's most critical growth process. It seems that in addition to the title of father, the bond between him and his daughter is actually very weak.
Xu Miaoyi's object of help is no one else, it is the former brother-in-law and father-in-law Daoyan Zen Master and Yao Jitong.
The streets were curfew, the doors were closed, and there were iron barbed fences and other objects at the intersections, so she changed her attire, dressed in the short clothes of a market vendor, to hide her identity, planted a flag on horseback, held a token in her hand, and made her way unblocked, and soon arrived at Wanshou Temple.
She knew that her father-in-law and brother-in-law were both quiet by nature and didn't like to join in the fun, so they wouldn't go out to enjoy the lanterns and climb the city wall to play during the Lantern Festival. At this time, it should be in the Manjuji Temple where he temporarily lived.
Sure enough, Zen Master Daoyan and Yao Jitong were woken up by Xu Miaoyi in the middle of the night.
This is the first time she has met them as the eldest lady of the Xu family since she was cut off from the relationship with her righteous daughter and expelled from the Ming Sect, and she felt a little alienated from each other.
Xu Miaoyi bluntly talked about tonight's riots and said, "...... I ordered the guards to send Miao Jin back to Zhan Yuan, but he disappeared halfway, and there has been no news so far, so he must have encountered an accident and was taken hostage by the thugs who took advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. She was still a child and didn't understand anything, so she begged King Xiao Ming and the elders to help find her. If there is a place for me in the future, I will serve it. ”
Yao Jitong said briskly: "It's just a gesture, I'll spread the news out, and the people in the Ming Sect will help pay attention to it." ”
Yao Jitong raised many carrier pigeons, which came in handy at this time.
Zen Master Daoyan and Xu Miaoyi fell for the fox trail's divisive plan, and the father and daughter were separated, and the father-daughter relationship was ruthlessly cut off for ten years. When they met again at this time, he felt a little reluctant and sad in his heart. In the future, if she acts according to the fox track's plan, how will she bear the pain of peeling off her muscles and bones?
At the same time, in the Cuiyan Building of the Qinhuai River, the Oiran lady Mingyue was soaking in the bathtub, and the old bustard personally rubbed the blood stains in the shampoo room for her, and covered her chest and said: "Ouch, I heard that there was an accident on the city wall, and I was scared to death, but fortunately you came back safe and sound." ”
The old bustard leaned over her ear and whispered, "You-you're not being bullied, are you?" ”
Mingyue sneered: "Poet and poet, once you **, you are worthless, you can only serve those vulgar and stinky men, it is better to die." Mom wants to test Mingyue's body? ”
"No, no, no!" The old bustard immediately smiled, and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "A batch of good goods came tonight, but the way is not right, the goods are excellent, but some hot hands dare not ask for it, Mingyue, you give your mother an idea, do you want it?" ”