Chapter 70—Seeking Skin with the Tiger (10)

Kang Saburo and He Sui Zhaosu were in the side courtyard, when Mu Qing took Ah Liu into the side courtyard, He Sui Zhao was standing in the courtyard, and he was quite surprised to see her come in with a smile on her face, and then look at her face as usual, as if her fear and tears last night were just a dream of his.

She put her food on the high desk in the house, looked around and saw Kangzaburo. "Kang Saburo entered the city early in the morning to meet friends." He Suizhao dragged his usual lazy pace, and entered the house as if nothing had happened, took a piece of Hu Cake and tore it open and chewed it casually.

Aliu inadvertently turned around, and when he saw his move, he suddenly became puzzled. She remembered that two nights ago, Mu Qing had asked her if she thought He Sui was good-looking, and she only felt that the question was abrupt, but the action of him tearing open the hu cake and stuffing it into her mouth just now really made her feel familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

When Ah Liu was racking his brains and couldn't figure it out, he suddenly heard Mu Qing say that he wanted Ada to send a message to Gao Dutong in the post house, mentioning Ada, temporarily dividing her god, and no longer put his mind on He Suizhao.

"Please be patient for two more days and watch the movements of the Captain's Mansion. Yesterday, Erniang used words to tease and listen in every way, which can be seen that she is afraid of General Li, and the discarded pot stove tents on the outskirts of the city can also temporarily confuse them for a while. At present, I only say that Gao Dutong is sick, if I expect it to be good, within three days, the school captain's mansion will take the initiative to invite him to the post house. ”

"What if you expect it to go wrong? Why don't you take a gamble? He Suizhao lost his shape again and asked with a smile.

Mu Qing's face sank, and he said in a stiff tone: "Then on the fourth day, you personally go to the school captain's mansion to hand over your greetings with Gao Dutong." ”

He Suizhao touched a boring head, pursed the corners of his mouth, and continued to pull the cake. Mu Qing knew that although he often wandered into the wreckage, he never delayed his serious business, so he didn't bother and let him go.

Someone outside the courtyard shouted, "Qi Niang! Qi Niang! It was Yasuzaburo's voice. Mu Qing stood up and was about to go outside the courtyard to respond. Ye Na had already led him into the side courtyard, and the two of them were both Sogdians, and they were talking about words that Mu Qing did not understand as they walked, and the excited looks on their faces were obvious at a glance.

"Qi Niang! I just went to meet a friend from Liaodong. Kang Saburo's feet were like the wind, he walked quickly to her side, and when he heard the word Liaodong, Mu Qing instantly became nervous, and he didn't care about the number of courtesies, and grabbed Kang Saburo's arm, "How is Liaodong?" ”

"Qi Niang is not in a hurry. Listen to me. Kang Saburo couldn't change his habit of talking a lot no matter when or where, sat down and took a breath, poured himself a cup of tea, and then said in a rambling voice, "Qi Niang did you remember that one year, a Hu merchant I introduced bought a batch of coarse salt from Steward Liu on credit, originally wanting to sell it outside the Guan, not wanting the caravan to be robbed in the middle of the road. The goods are gone, and no money can be repaid. ”

Mu Qing patiently thought about it roughly, and this was indeed the case. At the beginning, that Hu merchant did not have a business in the Central Plains, so he could have gone back to the Western Regions. But he ran back to the Eastern Capital, explained the truth to her, frankly admitted that he had no money to repay, and begged to re-establish the debt. Grace for him to return it for half a year. She remembered that he kept his promise, and asked Liu Ao for a favor, promising him to pay it back within five years. No profit is charged.

"He has always been grateful to Qi Niang, no way to repay, this time it happened that he was in Liaodong, happened to meet Brother Du, Brother Du learned that he was going to take a caravan to Jincheng County to go out of the customs, so he repaired a letter to the family, asked him to bring, and tried to hand it over to Qi Niang." Saying that, Kang Saburo took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Mu Qing.

She got up from the stool, her heart pounding, and she took the letter, as if holding a red-hot charcoal bar, and felt that her palms were about to burn. Because it was a family letter, it was inconvenient for her to open and read it here, so she hurriedly resigned from everyone and hurried back to the house, so fast that Ah Liu had to trot to keep up. Kang Saburo smiled behind him and deliberately sighed loudly, "Did I run this trip for nothing, and I didn't even want to thank you." ”

"Mu Qing's wife, farewell to the east of the city, although he is in Liaodong, he still misses the safety of Qing. Fortunately, Yinghua is safe. The change in the DPRK and China was about to happen, Yang Xuan felt the anti-flag, and as Qing expected, he took Li Mi's strategy and wanted to besiege Luoyang City. On has been granted Tang Guogong Honghua to stay, know the right military, in May to lead the troops to the west to Honghua County, because Mrs. Dou died of illness, Li Gong and Da Lang temporarily stay in Huaihua funeral ceremony, send me and Erlang first, along the way to wander Kou, collect scattered soldiers, more than ten days can arrive. The gathering is close at hand, don't think about it. ”

She held the letter and read it back and forth several times, her heart was overjoyed, her fingers gently stroked his handwriting, and suddenly she could feel why Mrs. Dou copied her husband's handwriting every day. He said that as soon as he said goodbye to the east of the city, he saw her on the tower of the city on the day of the opening. Thinking about the situation of that day, she couldn't help but provoke her embarrassment, so happy and hurt for a while, after a long time, I remembered that there were two other things on the letter.

She opened the letter again, and read the contents of the letter twice more carefully, and knew it by heart. Then she went to the back kitchen with the letter, her medicine was boiling on the red clay stove in the back kitchen, the fire was hot, she took out the letter from her arms, folded it a few times, took a deep breath, and threw it into the fire.

"Qi Niang!" Aliu came from behind, and before he could stop it, the thin letter had burned into a cloud of ashes and fell into the furnace. "How do you give up ......?"

"The things mentioned in the letter are all related to the lives of many people, so how can they be kept." She smiled and patted the back of Ah Liu's hand, "It's only been more than ten days, and it's visible, can't it compare to a word on the paper?" ”

According to the content of the letter she memorized, she thought to herself, Mrs. Dou died, no wonder after killing Li Jiancheng's four close servants in Longquan County, no one chased him all the way, he was flawless, Mrs. Dou finally took her last breath and lifted Erlang, now that she is gone, the day when the brothers tear their faces is in front of her.

As soon as Mrs. Dou's funeral is over, I am afraid that before it passes, Li Jiancheng will secretly contact Xue Ju again, so counting the time, it makes people feel urgent. But Mu Qing is becoming more and more stable, when Du Ruhui is by her side at that time, she can hide and be lazy, she doesn't have to work too hard, and she is no longer afraid.

In the next two days, she had a very pleasant life, and even noticed that there was a blooming peach blossom in the corner of the backyard. I couldn't help but think of the pond of lotus flowers in the Dongdu house, and before leaving, I entrusted He Sui to take care of it, but I didn't know that the gardener had endless intentions to serve.

The doctor came to see her, probed her pulse, and congratulated her with a smile, "The lady is safe, and Xiao Ah Lang is strong, and he is fine." After changing the medicine and taking it for a few days, you don't need to seek medical advice again. ”

Mu Qing's eyebrows were all smiling, and he got up to thank the doctor, and the doctor hurriedly said: "Don't dare to take this seriously, in the end, the lady herself is deeply blessed." ”

And every man rejoiced, and gave a heavy reward to the healer, and a servant came and sent him out of the gate respectfully. She sat on the Hu bed contentedly, couldn't help but reach out and stroke her still flat lower abdomen, imagining how happy Du Ruhui would be when she learned that they had a child, what he would say, how he would laugh, she thought about it for a dozen times in a row, and it didn't feel like he was always doing it, but she laughed for a long time because of these imaginations.

Besides, the healer was sent out of the house, and with a great reward, he also went to his house full of joy. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered the cured beef in Shangfang, looked left and right, had missed the intersection to Shangfang, he was lazy and turned back, so he chose a path that few people walked, ready to take a shortcut to Shangfang.

He had just walked five or six steps on the path, but he felt that his shoulders sank, but his feet fluttered off the ground, and before he could shout, he was thrown into a black rumbling carriage. (To be continued......)