When the caravan approached the front of the Westjet Valley, Bai Jingming signaled to stay in place, Chu Yiyao opened the curtain, and what came into view was the towering sides of the Westjet Valley, with a narrow aisle in the middle.

The shape of the valley formed over time has not been heard of for many years, so when Bai Jingming said that he had to choose another road considering the rainy season, some people had some complaints.

After all, a few more days of travel to Luoyang means that it is later than the caravans in other regions, and some things are not a big deal if they are tributed to the palace, then these are ordinary business, and they are more or less influential.

Bai Jingming's original words were that those who are not afraid of death can go directly from here, break away from the caravan, and go to Luoyang first.

But no one does this, it is much more risky to go to Luoyang alone, and when it comes to life-threatening matters, who will be the first to cross the valley, what if it really collapses.

Chu Yiyao just wondered, since he didn't plan to go to Xijie Valley, why did Bai Jingming stay here.

The Jinling caravan stopped at a location that happened to have a panoramic view of the Xijie Valley, and it was noon, Bai Jingming didn't explain anything, so he asked everyone to stop for dinner, and he came to find Shen Shixuan.

Picked a hillside with a good view, Shen Shixuan followed him to climb up, far away from the Jinling caravan, there was another group of people walking quickly towards this side, the Xijie Valley is a pipeline, there are many carriages passing here every day, Bai Jingming is waiting, waiting for others to pass, or rather, waiting for the Xijie Valley to collapse.

He has his concerns, these caravans of 100 people may not be convinced when they see him as a young grade, the only way is to let them watch this mountain collapse, and they will respect the Bai family even more.

The group consisted of about forty or fifty people, and they carried a lot of goods, and they looked like special merchants looking at the banners, and there were no female carriages.

Seeing that the Jinling brigade stopped there, they passed directly past them without stopping, and Shen Shixuan stood there, and he could still feel the concussive sound of the carriage rushing by.

With such a big movement, it is easier to have an accident than to walk slowly through a valley.

The people of the caravan saw that they rushed straight over, and they all raised their heads and looked intently at the entrance of the valley.

The group of men and horses quickly ran into the valley, and some of the caravan people sighed, and at that moment, the tail of the group had just entered the valley, and the mud and stone on the mountain wall of the valley suddenly fell in the blink of an eye.

Crazy piling up into the valley.

The sound of the roaring mud and rocks rolling down drowned out the screams of the group, and some of the women in the caravan screamed when they saw it, and even Chu Yiyao felt cautious in his heart.

The road under his feet was shaken, and the sound of movement lasted for a long time, and Chu Yiyao saw that the top of the mountain, which was originally close to the middle, had collapsed most of it, and the narrow J □ J was blocked.

Bai Jingming quickly came down from the hillside and said to everyone, "Now that the mountain collapse has weakened, who wants to follow Bai to save those who are buried." ”

As soon as he shouted like this, there were many people who stood up, if there were still dissatisfaction at the beginning, it would have been gone a long time ago at this moment, the decision made by the eldest young master of the Bai family against the difficulties of the crowd saved everyone's lives, otherwise, it would be himself who was buried under it.

Although he was still vindictive, Chu Yiyao still instructed Shen Shixuan to be careful, and dozens of people went to the valley under the leadership of Bai Jingming, and most of the team was buried in the mud and rocks.

What can be rescued is really limited, those who walked in front were buried by the mud and rocks as thick as a mountain, even if they were dug out in ten days and a half months, the people would have long been out of gas, Bai Jingming took people to help them dig out some goods, and there were only a dozen people left in this team.

Thanks to Bai Jingming and them, these dozen people want to stay and continue to dig up the goods and buried people, even if they die, they have to bring the bodies back.

Bai Jingming and they could only help with this, leaving some dry food, Shen Shixuan took out some silver for them, returned to the caravan, rested for a while, and they made a detour to Luoyang.

The caravan that was originally in high spirits is now in a bit of a downturn, even if it is not for the death of their relatives, seeing so many people being buried alive, each of them is a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

By the time they were stationed again, two hours had passed, it was already dark, and the other way was not easy to walk, and the men and horses of the brigade were particularly slow, and torches were lit all around, and in addition to the footsteps and talking of the people, there were strange chirps in the surrounding woods from time to time.

Shen Shixuan walked over and saw the peacock come out with a plate that was barely moving, and opened the curtain, Chu Yiyao leaned against the window and looked at the darkness in the depths, thinking about things intently.

"No appetite, I should be able to go to the WestJet town the night after tomorrow." Shen Shixuan took her hand, very cold.

"I'm fine." Chu Yiyao came back to her senses and withdrew her hand, she just watched the mountain collapse with her own eyes, and felt a little emotion in her heart.

"That time the eldest brother went to Luoyang, maybe it was good luck, and he watched the caravan enter with the eldest young master of the Bai family in the back, so he avoided the collapse." Shen Shixuan knew that she was uncomfortable in her heart, and talked about the time when her eldest brother went to Luoyang in her previous life.

The degree of collapse must be different, in Shen Shixuan's opinion, this time is much more serious than the last time, the caravan is all slow to enter, even if it is affected, it is not as big as the big movement of the convoy in the afternoon.

"Shixuan, how did you die?" Chu Yiyao hid her hands in her arms, raised her head and looked at him, Shen Shixuan was slightly stunned, sat with her, and said indifferently, "Sick to death." ”

Chu Yiyao chuckled, "That should be after me, otherwise I should also know the news of the death of the second young master of the Shen family." ”

"Lived a few years longer than you." For him, it was better not to live in those years.

After a long time, Chu Yiyao sighed and said, "It seems that the signing of the marriage temple has really not miscalculated." "At first, she didn't understand, but now she understands what the master means by 'having people who are destined at the same time'.

It's about what happened to the two of them, they were fortunate to be reborn, supported each other, and each was destined for each other.

"Why don't you ask about Shui Ruoqian?" Chu Yiyao asked him a lot, but he didn't mention his wife in that life, Chu Yiyao glanced at him and snorted, "I'm not as stingy as you!"

In exchange, Shen Shixuan's laughter came from inside the carriage, which was particularly abrupt.

The peacocks and Ping'er outside breathed a sigh of relief, and they were finally reconciled...

After staying overnight for two days, the caravan finally arrived at the town of the WestJet, and after two days, the people in the town also knew about the collapse of the Westjet Valley, and the government had sent people to clear the road, and many people in the streets and alleys were talking about it.

When they arrived, it was already evening, and after this town, they could continue to Luoyang according to the original road, Chu Yiyao took a hot bath and changed her clothes, and when night came, she looked out from the window, and there was a small street market not far away, which was brightly lit and looked very lively.

"Do you want to go out for a walk?" Shen Shixuan's voice sounded from behind, took the cloth from her hand, and wiped the wet ends of her hair for her.

"I'm going to leave early tomorrow morning, so forget it." Shen Shixuan put down and lifted her to the door, "Just go to the market, how tired can you be, the town of WestJet, although it is not big, is very prosperous, and people who pass through WestJet Valley like to stay here." ”

Shen Shixuan walked out of the inn with Chu Yiyao, and soon arrived at the bazaar, the market is not long, the road is also very narrow, carriages and the like are not allowed to pass by, there are many stalls on both sides, some simple ones are only spread on the ground with a cloth, and the things sold are also placed on it at will, it is quite complete, there are things from all over the place, and there are people wearing strange clothes.

The prices of things are very cheap, and there are still people at the end of the market who are performing arts, Chu Yiyao watched the little monkey do all kinds of actions at the direction of the master, and finally held a small basket in front of the onlookers to ask for a reward, and smiled, took out a small piece of broken silver from Shen Shixuan's money bag and threw it in the basket, the monkey wearing a small costume seemed to recognize that this was much more valuable than copper coins, picked it out from the basket, and put it on the side teeth and bit it, and then bowed to Chu Yiyao.

"It should have a good meal when it goes back." Shen Shixuan took her away and said after walking a few steps.

Chu Yiyao realized his words, and the smile on his face dropped a little.

The owner of the monkey relied on it to make money, and if he made more money, the monkey would eat well, and if he made less money, he would definitely have a meal of skin and meat when he went back.

"Why don't you buy it?" Shen Shixuan saw that there was a touch of unbearability in her eyes, and said casually.

Chu Yiyao stood still in front of a stall and shook his head, "What to buy, the one you can save, and the tens of millions that you can still save can't be saved." ”

Shen Shixuan squinted slightly, this is her, she will not abuse her kindness, and she will not take the initiative to hurt people.

Chu Yiyao saw a fun one, picked it up and looked at it, and asked the stall owner, "Are these from southern Xinjiang?" Seeing her curiosity, the stall owner pointed to the ones on the left, "These are all from southern Xinjiang." ”

"Is it pretty?" Shen Shixuan came back to his senses, Chu Yiyao showed him a sideburns, the royal blue hairpin was carved with a blue finch pattern, the bottom was silver, and there were some small beads falling. Looking at the look of anticipation in his wife's eyes, Shen Shixuan's heart suddenly softened a little, and he smiled, "It's good-looking." ”

"Boss, I want them all!" Chu Yiyao pointed to these things in southern Xinjiang and asked the stall owner to wrap them all, and the stall owner was energetic at once, happily wrapping up all the things she pointed out, waiting for her to pay.

Chu Yiyao glanced back at Shen Shixuan, who smiled and paid for her, and the people around who were lazy and set up stalls all waved at Chu Yiyao, introducing the novelties on their stalls, trying to make Chu Yiyao wave his hand and buy all the things.

Chu Yiyao was happy to buy it, Shen Shixuan was happy to pay, the first time she saw her in such a little daughter's posture, Shen Shixuan naturally wanted to appreciate it more, she bought whatever she wanted, Chu Yiyao didn't bargain, Shen Shixuan paid simply, walked through this street, and the two maids were already full of hands.

Things are not expensive in the first place, and so many things don't cost much silver, even if he knows that he has lost money, Chu Yiyao has no counteroffer. These stall people, if they are really rich people, they have already opened their shops comfortably, why bother here, she can compete with other merchants for the difference of ten taels of silver, and she will not repay this price with these people here.

Back in the inn, Chu Yiyao asked the peacock to pack it up, and Shen Shixuan poured her a glass of water, "Don't think about that, rest early." ”

Chu Yiyao nodded, rinsed her mouth and got into bed, and soon fell asleep.

This is the first restful sleep in these days, when Chu Yiyao woke up, it was dawn, Bai Jingming deliberately delayed her departure for half an hour, and Shen Shixuan didn't ask her, let her sleep for half an hour, and when she went down, everyone had already packed their things.

The next 20 days went very well.

In mid-June, the caravan arrived in Luoyang City.

The ancient capital of several dynasties, Luoyang City has a strong political atmosphere compared to Jinling, that is, the small vendors in the alley, he can tell you that he is the first to say some things in the court in the past few days, put aside the simple clothes, and give a court dress can really make a little bit of taste.

Bai Jingming took everyone to a special settlement, it was a big house, put all the goods in the backyard, each merchant with their own people to live in a small courtyard, there are more than 30 large and small courtyards in the big mansion, according to the size of the yard, to pay a certain fee.

The courtyard arranged for Shen Shixuan can accommodate a lot of people, and there are many people from the Shen family this time, and the beds in the big room are all side by side, and one can sleep five or six.

"I'll go out and come back later, you stay here for a while, if you want to go out, I'll accompany you when I come back." Shen Shixuan took out the letter that his grandfather had given him before leaving, put a box into the package, said a word to Bai Jingming, and left the mansion.

rented a car at the mouth of the alley, reported the address, and the carriage quickly took him to a rouge shop called Tianxianglou.

Glancing at the inconspicuous tag at the door, Shen Shixuan breathed a sigh of relief, walked into the rouge shop and reported his name to the shopkeeper, who quickly took him to a small single-family attic in the backyard and asked him to go to the attic.

When he reached the second floor, as soon as Shen Shixuan walked in, a coquettish voice came from the room, "You're late." A eunuch with red lips and white teeth, and pink cheeks sat there, dressed in ordinary steward's clothes, and holding a handkerchief in his hand.

When he saw the people who came in, the eunuch was only surprised, and then pointed his fingernails on the table and said, "I've been waiting for you for two days, and I'm still stunned about what to do!" ”

"I'm really sorry, father-in-law, the Westjet Valley collapsed, so I can only take a long detour, and it's really sorry to keep my father-in-law waiting for a long time." Saying that, Shen Shixuan took a good-looking brocade bag and put it in front of the eunuch, and his grandfather instructed that the silver ticket should be placed in the brocade bag, and it could not be taken out directly, and those guilds didn't like it.

"Okay, how can there be anything that can't be right, take out the things." The eunuch picked up the brocade bag and put it in his arms, his face was a little better, and Shen Shixuan took out the box he brought.

"This is the filial piety of the imperial concubine, this is the list of imperial tribute of the Shen family this year." Even if it is a low-grade eunuch, for a merchant like the Shen family, it is also an official, so he must grovel, Shen Shixuan lowered his head slightly, and the eunuch glanced at the box and slowly flipped through the list in his hand.

"Your wheat tea miscellaneous family also tasted, yes, it is also a novelty in the palace, Niangniang asked me to pass on the message to tell you, the emperor and the queen mother both like it, as for the rest, Niangniang said, according to the practice of previous years." The gift was also received, and the shelves were also sufficient, this eunuch talked about the instructions of the imperial concubine, this is a reassuring pill for the Shen family to eat, and with her one day, the title of the Shen family's imperial merchant cannot be escaped.

Shen Shixuan finally took out a letter, attached a brocade bag to it, and said sincerely, "This is a family letter written by my grandfather who misses the imperial concubine, please be sure to hand it over to my mother." ”…

Chu Yiyao couldn't help but be a little speechless when she heard Shen Shixuan say about the two brocade bags, "This eunuch is really enough to earn." "The two brocade bags are two hundred taels of silver tickets, and this trip is four hundred taels, and he won't make a lot of money once a year!

"This time it's two days late, so I changed one hundred taels to two hundred taels, and it won't be wrong to give more, and the people in the palace haven't seen any big scenes, and I'm afraid this silver is not too much in his opinion." Shen Shixuan didn't think it was much, in comparison, the Shen family gave less, like the Cao family, even if there was a way, there were a lot of detours in the middle, and the silver thrown down was not surprising if it was four hundred taels or four thousand taels.

Shen Shixuan saw her mouth slightly open, reached out and pinched her nose, "Luoyang is not as good as Jinling, the officials here take all the money, even if there is a private income, then they don't dare to put it on the table, you must know that the collusion between officials and businessmen is very criminal, so ah, they are short of money!" Shen Shixuan gave her an example of a dowry, in Luoyang, when a woman marries, the dowry of a few thousand taels is already very rich, and in Jinling, when Shui Ruoqian marries, the dowry is worth tens of thousands of taels, maybe more than that.

Those who do business have no power but have money, otherwise why would people everywhere disdain the people of Jinling so much, saying that it smells of copper, and in Shen Shixuan's opinion, there are many elements of jealousy.

"Then how much do we have for the imperial concubine?" Chu Yiyao thought of sending it to the imperial concubine, Shen Shixuan reported a number, Chu Yiyao was silent, then the imperial concubine's consumption in the palace is not ordinarily large.

Shen Shixuan seemed to see her thoughts, and mentioned to her about the agarwood found in Datong.

"During those days, the imperial concubine was not in good health, and the Shen family tried their best to find medicine, and agarwood was one of them, Luoyang is not without this, but the quality of the medicine determines the quality of the medicine, so I will inquire in many ways and find the few in Datong." When Shen Shixuan spoke, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a touch of pride, this was the first time he intercepted the credit of his eldest brother, the agarwood should have been discovered by the eldest brother, and he relied on this agarwood for the first time to make his grandfather fall in love with him.

"Then has the imperial concubine's health been better all these years?" Shen Shixuan shook his head, "Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad, there is no shortage of precious medicinal materials in the palace, and we are also trying our best to collect some uncommon ones and send them to the palace." Seeing that he was so worried, Chu Yiyao hesitated, "Every time I go to Datong, I ask Uncle Zhong to find it, and I still have some agarwood." ”

Shen Shixuan's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head again, and sighed, "If you hang for a while, you can't hang for a lifetime." ”

As soon as the imperial concubine leaves, it is inevitable that the Shen family will be affected, and in recent years, my grandfather has also tried to minimize this impact.

This imperial concubine that the Shen family doesn't talk about much, Chu Yiyao is very curious, the emperor has never been to Jinling, and the Shen family has not sent a show, how did he see it.

Shen Shixuan saw that she didn't eat and pestered herself and asked, smiled and hugged her and whispered in her ear, Chu Yiyao glared, Shen Shixuan looked at her innocently, for a long time, Chu Yiyao blushed and was annoyed, "You don't say it quickly!" ”

Shen Shixuan saw that she agreed, and the smile on his face was even worse, he grabbed her hand in the palm of his hand and told her the story of this legendary imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine's real name is Shen Tingyuan, is the only daughter of the old man Shen, fifteen years ago the old man Shen took the fifteen-year-old Shen Tingyuan to Luoyang to play, but was unexpectedly favored by the emperor who went out on patrol in micro-clothes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was love at first sight, at that time Shen Tingyuan was also famous in Jinling, not only her appearance, but also her always energetic smile, open-minded and cheerful temperament.

Even if Shen Tingyuan had already decided to marry at that time, the emperor still wanted her to serve in the palace, and as soon as she took the throne, she was one of the four concubines, and the old man Shen had no way at all, let alone Shen Tingyuan's fiancé, who would dare to rob a woman with the emperor!

The emperor is very kind to this old man, and he has given everything that should be given, and his mother's family will enjoy happiness with his daughter.

Old man Shen returned to Jinling, but said to the outside world that his daughter died of illness on the way to Luoyang, and when she brought it back, it was a jar of ashes burned by Shen Tingyuan's clothes, which was Shen Tingyuan begging Old Man Shen, she didn't want her fiancé to live in this shadow for the rest of her life, her fiancée was taken away, that person was still a person he couldn't look up at for the rest of his life, and she didn't want people in Jinling to point at the Shen family and say no, selling women for glory.

But this sudden promotion brought more harm to the Shen family than glory, there are so many concubines in the palace, why is the daughter of a merchant one of the four concubines, what happened to the emperor's true love, and the ministers were dissatisfied.

In order to avoid bringing disaster to the Shen family, half a year after entering the palace, Shen Qianyuan wrote a letter to the old man Shen, and then in front of the queen mother and the queen, he drank the soup of the absolute son, and was infertile all his life, in order to be stable.

The queen mother is so old, even if she is dissatisfied with the emperor, she also understands her son's temperament, if she does something toughly, maybe this infatuated son will do something, Shen Tianyuan can't give birth to the emperor's heir, a woman without children can set off a lot of storms.

So the queen mother and the queen agreed to it, and when the emperor rushed over, it was too late, and the root of Shen Tianyuan's illness fell at that time.

"When my grandfather received the letter half a year later, my aunt was already the imperial concubine." After fifteen years of honor, Shen Tingyuan is almost a pamper, as long as she is not in good health, the emperor's mood is also not good, and at the most serious time, the emperor also threatened Shen Tingyuan that if she dared to die, he would follow, and let the Shen family and all the children be buried together.

Looking at Chu Yiyao's stunned appearance, Shen Shixuan smiled, "What kind of place is the palace, eating people without spitting out bones, my aunt was my grandfather's favorite child, and she often took her to the sea to do business, and the methods of that group of women, in the eyes of my aunt, are not enough." ”

The author has something to say: Roar, such a fat chapter, it is our tweed~

Could it be that the little sweet days after marriage have drunk the little friends?

Sure enough, there will be comments if there is a dispute, Ryoko wiped her tears

Silently save the manuscript for the new pit, woo woo woo woo, it's a bunch of bad silver!