Chapter 57 Travel

After Zhong Su and Chu Chuan discussed the rest of the matter, Zhong Su also ended his "sick leave" and began to return to the court. And Chu Chuan did not entangle Ran Ning's problem with Emperor Beixin anymore, and completely stood in the position of Nanyan's envoy to negotiate a trade agreement with the emperor, but he made a mistake when he had been thinking about how to test Zhong Su and the emperor of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion for a long time. He originally thought that Chu Chuan would make some more articles on these things, but he didn't expect Chu Chuan to suddenly stop mentioning it, and the emperor didn't take the initiative to mention it, not to mention how aggrieved he was, there was always a feeling that stealing chickens would not lead to rice.

In fact, as far as all parties are concerned, Chu Chuan has gained the most, not only to cooperate with Zhong Su as he wishes, but also to sign a trade agreement, and to send his younger brother to Beixin to recuperate, and the Nanyan throne seems to be in his bag, in short, he can be said to be the biggest winner.

Chu Chuan didn't make any more embarrassing requests, and the agreement was naturally reached quickly. Chu Chuan also had to rush back to China as much as possible, so as not to stay too long outside, and Nanyan would have any more chaos that he couldn't control.

Before Chu Chuan left, he quietly had a meal with Zhong Su in private, so on the day he left, Zhong Su did not go to see him off, so as not to be known that their relationship was not bad, after all, on the surface, Chu Chuan was still the one who had beaten Ran Ning's idea. This time, the emperor did not personally send Chu Chuan out of Beijing, but asked the eldest prince to send people away on his behalf. This kind of errand is naturally willing, Chu Chuan is in Beijing, he does not have the opportunity to meet with him in private, this send-off can provide him with a chance to make friends with Chu Chuan.

When Zhong Su came back from inspecting the barracks, he saw a lot of things piled up in the room, and Ran Ning was looking at it with a gift list, and there was no expression on his face.

"Who's sending it?" Zhong asked.

"You're back?" Ran Ning looked up at him, a smile on the corner of her mouth, and said: "It was sent by Chu Chuan early in the morning, saying that he was leaving today, and he didn't know when he would be able to see him again, so he specially prepared some thin gifts and sent them over, and the style should have been brought from Nanyan." There are also some Nanyan's dim sum, which is said to be specially made by the chef who brought it. ”

Although he knew that Chu Chuan didn't mean anything else to Ran Ning, looking at these various gifts, Zhong Su still felt uncomfortable, picked up the big box of dim sum, handed it to Bizhu, and said, "Take it and divide it." ”

Bizhu looked at Zhong Su unexpectedly, then at Ran Ning, and thought: This is a snack sent by the second prince of Nanyan, the young lady hasn't tasted a piece yet, so she has to take it down and divide it, it doesn't seem very good?

Ran Ning didn't care, and nodded to Bizhu.

Bizhu saw that Ran Ning agreed, so he took out the dim sum and distributed it to Xiao Wu and Zhong Su's secret guards, such a large box was enough for them to eat for several days, it was really not a small amount.

"If you want to eat, I can take you to Nanyan to eat slowly." Zhong Su said. His wife wants to eat a snack, but she still needs Chu Chuan to send it? Joke!

Ran Ning smiled and said, "I didn't want to eat it, I just gave you a taste." "She's not greedy for these things.

"Let's go to Nanyan to eat if we have a chance, that way it will be more authentic." Zhong Su said seriously.

"Okay." Although I don't know when it will be realized, with Zhong Su's promise, it will not be empty words, "I will go to Yunqing Nunnery with my mother in three days, and I will stay for a few days and come back." ”

"Hmm." Zhong Su knew that Ran Ning and his mother were going there to worship, he was a man, and it was inconvenient to go to the nunnery, so the men in the family didn't have to go over this matter, and generally held another sacrifice on the whole anniversary, "I'll send someone to send you there." ”

"No need. Mother said that it was okay to bring some domestic servants, and this was the case in previous years, and this year there should be no problem. Ran Ning said.

Most of the nunnery are female pilgrims, and if they bring too many male domestic servants, they will collide, so except for the coachman, they try to bring only maids.

"Good. The conditions of Yunqing Nunnery are not as good as those of Zenyin Temple, and some daily things are more prepared. Zhong Su reminded.

"Okay, I'll let Bizhu prepare." Ran Ning responded with a smile.

"Hmm." Zhong Su flipped through the things sent by Chu Chuan again, and felt that there was something that Ran Ning usually needed, so he didn't ask anymore. He didn't want his wife to bring something from another man, even if it was just out of politeness.

"By the way, there's one more thing." Drinking the tea sent by Bizhu, Zhong Su said to Ran Ning: "As soon as Chu Chuan left today, Zuo Xiang took out Ran Mi's matter again and begged the emperor to be his master. ”

"How is Jiang Gongzi now?" Ran Ning asked. This matter is definitely unreasonable, but whether there is room for negotiation depends on how Jiang Peng is now.

"I heard Mu Yi say that the person is already awake, but he has a fracture, and he has to lie on the bed for a while." Zhong Su didn't care about these things, and when they went out of the palace together, Mu Yi said it casually.

"What do you want to do?" Ran Ning asked.

"It means that I want the emperor to sentence Ran Mi to the punishment, and at worst, he may be exiled from Beijing." Zhong Su analyzed.

"What does my father mean?" Ran Ning asked again.

"Wan Pingbo wants to make a big thing small, but Zuo Xiang will definitely not agree, and the emperor doesn't like the children of the family to be too arrogant in Beijing, so he ordered Wan Pingbo to go back to the house to think about it, and Ran Mi has not yet been sent there." Zhong Su said, "No matter what aspect you think about, the emperor ordered Wan Pingbo to think about it, and it was all intended to go to the left." Today, the emperor asked the eldest prince to send Chu Chuan, probably to reassure Zuo Xiang. ”

Ran Ning nodded. In fact, no matter how you look at this matter, Wan Pingbo's Mansion can't get any bargains, after all, there is Concubine Jiang and the eldest prince on Zuo Xiang's side, but what about Wan Pingbo's side? No one......

"Leave this matter to my father to deal with, you don't care." Ran Ning reminded Zhong Su. Because of Chu Chuan's matter, the relationship between Zhong Su and the emperor is still a little delicate, so Ran Ning feels that Zhong Su must not interfere in this matter, otherwise he will definitely get into trouble.

"yes, I know." Zhong Su naturally understood, this time the emperor did not save face for Wan Pingbo at all, and I am afraid that he also had the intention of testing whether he would help.

After finishing the business, Zhong Su suddenly said to Ran Ning: "Let's make mutton dumplings and eat them at night?" ”

Ran Ning raised her eyebrows and looked at him, in her impression, Zhong Su had very few requirements for what to eat, "Why do you suddenly want to eat this?" ”

"Actually, I want to eat dumplings, and when I visited the barracks today, I saw them making mutton soup, so I wanted to try mutton dumplings." Although Ran Ning only made him a dumpling, the good taste still made him remember it vividly, not that the cook at home didn't wrap it well, but in comparison, he preferred Ran Ning's dumplings.

"Okay, let Bizhu buy mutton in a while." Zhong Su wanted to eat, Ran Ning would definitely not refuse, and it didn't take much effort.

"Hmm." Zhong Su smiled slightly.

"There's soup boiling in the kitchen, you drink a little while I prepare the filling." Ran Ning said. Ever since Bizhu prepared soup every day, it has never stopped. Sometimes Zhong Su doesn't have time to drink, so he may go into the stomach of Xiao Wu or the secret guard, but the soup is still not sloppy.

"Okay." Zhong Su nodded. These are Ran Ning's intentions, and he will not refuse.

Three days later, Ran Ning followed the Tan family and set off for Yunqing Nunnery. In the past few days before going out, Ran Ning took Bizhu to make a lot of snacks, but she was afraid that Zhong Su would be busy and hungry herself, and it would be inconvenient for Xiao Wu to go to the big kitchen to get food, and Zhong Su might not like it, but he had it in his own small kitchen, and he could take it whenever he wanted, all of which Zhong Su liked and made him change his taste often.

Two carriages were prepared in the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, Ran Ning and Tan sat in the big one in front, and the maids sat in the small one in the back. This way, the road can be faster and you don't have to delay too much.

Zhong Su came out to see Ran Ning, and after carefully instructing her, he tied her cloak and helped her into the car.

The carriage ran around and gradually moved away from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. It wasn't until he couldn't see the shadow of the carriage that Zhong Su turned around and went back to the house.

Yunqingan is not as close to Beijing as Zenyin Temple, it is relatively far away, and it is built on the top of the mountain, the road is not easy to walk, even if it is by horse-drawn carriage, it will take half a day. Because when Mrs. Hou was alive, she didn't like the Zenyin Temple where there were too many people, and preferred to go to the quiet Yunqing Nunnery, so the place of worship would be set there.

There were not many people on the road, the carriage ran smoothly, Ran Ning and Tan didn't say anything, and the sound of horses' hooves and wheels was particularly obvious in the silence of the car.

Near noon, the carriage finally ran up the mountain, and the speed slowed down considerably. The mountain road is slightly narrow, and although it has been trimmed, it is still uneven, and at most two carriages can be misplaced, which still has to be done if the coachman is skilled enough. On the other side of the road is a cliff, and although there is a simple fence made of wooden fences, it is useless, and there are many loose and broken places.

The carriage ran on the mountain road for a short time, and suddenly out of nowhere jumped out of nowhere several strong men with large knives, with fierce faces and dressed as robbers. The horse was frightened, raised the horse's hooves, and the carriage also shook, and Ran Ning almost hit his head. Fortunately, the coachman was stable enough to control the horse.

"Who? In broad daylight, you dare to block people's way! The coachman retorted. Although the mountain roads in this area are rugged, I have never heard of any bandits and robbers.

The pedestrians on the road were also broken by this sudden situation, and they all ran away screaming.

Ran Ning frowned, and quietly lifted the corner of the curtain, there were about seven or eight people on the other side, and they were a car of female dependents plus two coachmen and two male domestic servants, they were not opponents at all.

"What's going on?" Tan asked Ran Ning.

"Someone is blocking the way, and it looks like it's either a bandit or a robber." Ran Ning replied, she couldn't tell the difference between the two kinds of people's dress, she could only guess.

Tan frowned, "What a bold man, he dares to block the road during the day?" "The Tan family has been to Yunqing Nunnery countless times, but they have never encountered such a thing.

Seeing that the robbers did not speak, the coachman frowned and said, "You get out of the way now, and we will not pursue it." "The coachman also knew that if there was a fight, they would not take advantage.

The other party didn't seem to be ready to consider the coachman's words at all, so the leader gave a look, and the others slashed at him with knives.

Seeing this, the male servant sitting outside the carriage in the back also rushed up to protect the master, although their martial arts skills were not high, but they had also stayed in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion for many years, and self-defense itself was necessary.

Ran Ning looked at the shape outside, and felt that it was not too good, the other party was obviously prepared, and all of them were not weak in martial arts, and there was no one in this mountain to help, I was afraid that something would really happen this time.

"Mother, we got out of the car and ran back, there was still hope to escape. If you stay here all the time, it's like catching a turtle in an urn for those people. Ran Ning quickly made a decision. The coachman and his subordinates will certainly not last long, and if they don't run quickly, I'm afraid none of them will be able to escape.

"Okay." Although it was the first time that Tan had encountered this kind of thing, his face was quite calm.

Ran Ning stared outside, looking for an opportunity to take Tan out of the car. But before she could find an opportunity, one of the robbers plunged two darts into the hips of the two horses, and the horses began to rush forward in spite of the pain. Ran Ning was shaken like this and fell into the car.

The horses galloped in front, and the reactive coachman and maid were in a hurry to chase after them, and the robbers did not give up, but chased after them together, as if they were about to be killed.

Ran Ning didn't know where the horse would rush to, so she could only hold Tan's hand tightly, and her mind was quickly turning what to do next.

As Bizhu shouted, "Young lady! "The horse rushed out of the fence and fell off the cliff with the cart......