Seventy-eight

Zhao Chengjin's letters came diligently, at least two a month, and along with the letters, there were all kinds of rare things, such as small dried fish made of salted and dried fish, pastries from Wufu Zhai in Beijing, muslin cloth from the south, and even beautiful silk flowers......

Nothing is precious, but with a practical mind, every time Mrs. Meng sees it, she can't help but praise Zhao Cheng again, "...... I have never seen such a careful and considerate child as Brother Shun, hey, it's a pity...... "It's a pity that the kid is too tall, otherwise...... Old Lady Meng glanced at Xu You, who was practicing calligraphy beside her, and sighed softly.

After Zhao Chengjin left, Xu You no longer went to study in the school, and only stayed at home to write. Hu Pengcheng didn't live in Meng's house either, but sometimes he would come back with Ah Chu and ask about Zhao Chengjin's current situation.

"When will Brother Shun come back?" Hu Pengcheng asked: "We originally said that we were going to go out of the city to hunt together, why did he leave all of a sudden?" Although Zhao Chengjin is two years younger than him, Hu Pengcheng is very able to play with him, and now that Zhao Chengjin is gone, the Meng family is only left with a young child and Xu You, a half-grown yellow-haired girl, Hu Pengcheng feels really boring.

"Brother Xiaoshun has returned to the capital." A Chu said: "His family is in the capital, and he will not come back in the future." Brother Xiaopeng, let's go to the capital together in the future. ”

"Ah-" Hu Pengcheng curiously took a bite of the pastry on the table, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "This is delicious, where did you buy it?" ”

"Xiaoshun Getuo sent it from the capital." Ah Chu was a little proud, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily hooked, "It's delicious, Brother Xiaopeng can eat as much as he wants when he goes to the capital in the future." ”

"The capital is far away, I'm afraid I won't be able to go. Besides, let's talk about ...... "Besides, this is Yunzhou, the territory of the Hu people, how can they go if they want to." He sighed softly, and his mood suddenly became a little low, and even a delicious pastry could not cure his depressed mood.

"Didn't you say there was going to be a war?" Ah Chu said in a daze. Hu Pengcheng was obviously stunned for a moment, Huo Di stood up, stared at him in disbelief, and the expression on his face suddenly became serious and dignified, "Who did you listen to?" Did Uncle Meng say that? Really going to war, when will it ......"

As soon as he was excited, he asked a large number of questions, and Ah Chu was immediately stunned by his question, blinked, and finally realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, and laughed twice with "hehe", pretending to be stupid, "I just ...... Let's talk about it casually, Brother Xiaopeng, don't take it seriously. ”

Hu Pengcheng ignored him, rushed into Xu You's house with a swish, and asked quickly: "Ah Chu said that there was going to be a war, where did the news come from?" ”

Xu You tilted his head to look at him, blinked, and snorted dryly, "Do you also believe Ah Chu's words?" But Hu Pengcheng still had a nervous and excited expression, Xu You hesitated for a while, and replied in a low voice: "My father and second uncle haven't said anything, right...... Brother Shun wrote a letter saying that the imperial court might use troops against Yunzhou. Master Hu...... I already know the way when I think about it. ”

Hu Pengcheng stomped his feet in anger, gritted his teeth with hatred, "It's too much, you didn't tell me." With that, he rushed out of the city in a rage.

When it was time to eat in the evening, Xue Daddy suddenly mentioned it, "...... As soon as Master Hu returned home, he had a quarrel with Master Hu, and he had to lead the troops to fight, but Master Hu was so angry that he chased him several times around the house with a kitchen knife......"

Ah Chu's face was about to be buried in the rice bowl. Xu You was also a little empty in his heart, and he didn't dare to look at Xue Daddy with his head down.

Old Lady Meng laughed out loud and nodded twice at Ah Chu and Xu Youxu, "You two little ghosts, when you don't have a door, you just tell the little brother of the Hu family, if the Hu people in the city know about it, wouldn't it be a disaster." ”

Xue Dad had already guessed that it was their sister and brother who said it with big mouths, and shook his head helplessly. The second uncle made a rare face towards Ah Chu, and said solemnly: "Why are you such a big mouth, can you say these things casually?" If this is heard by outsiders, I don't know how much trouble it will cause! ”

Ah Chu was so aggrieved that he was about to cry, his eyes were shining with water, he didn't shed tears, and honestly admitted his mistakes, "Yes...... It's my bad ......."

Xue Daddy gently touched his brain, and said softly: "Okay, okay, Ah Chu is not sensible, just don't commit it in the future." After that, he glanced at Xu You deeply, and when Xu You saw this, he quickly raised his hand to make a surrender, "Daddy, don't worry, I will never talk nonsense." ”

Although everyone no longer mentions this topic, the atmosphere in Yunzhou City is still obviously dignified, every morning when Xu You follows Mrs. Meng to the street to buy vegetables, you can feel that the atmosphere in the city is becoming more and more tense day by day, there are more and more officers and soldiers patrolling the street, and from time to time someone is taken away, the little marquis of Changping is also gone, and even Zhao Chengjin's letter is gone. But Xu Yu didn't worry about them at all.

Early this morning, before Ah Chu went to the school, the second uncle suddenly rushed back in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the house, he hurriedly beckoned Mrs. Meng and the second aunt to pack their luggage, "The eldest brother and I have found a place outside the city, let's move over for a while, and then come back when the city is more peaceful." ”

The second aunt immediately panicked, but Mrs. Meng was quite calm, and she didn't ask a word, and immediately beckoned Xu You to help pack her luggage. Ah Chu was also obviously frightened, and followed Xu You's ass step by step.

"The second child's family, these large things don't need to be cleaned up," Mrs. Meng saw that Aunt Meng couldn't even load up the dishes and pans in the kitchen, so she hurriedly stopped her, "We just went out to stay for a while, there are too many things, and when we go out of the city for a while, we will be stopped by people." ”

"But these ......" the second aunt was very reluctant to return the pot in her hand, "If this is really fought, where can these things be kept." Not only these, their family has lived in this yard for seven or eight years, and they have already had feelings, and every grass and tree in the yard has been arranged by them personally, and now they have to leave it all behind, so that she can give up.

Xu You naturally could guess the second aunt's thoughts, and stepped forward to hug her sleeve and persuade: "Second aunt, these are all external objects, as long as you save your life, there will be better ones in the future." ”

Mrs. Meng also said: "Look, even Xiaoxue can see through." She raised the small burden in her hand to the second aunt, "Hurry up and clean up, I estimate that this battle won't take long, let's just pack some daily clothes." Your eldest brother has always been thoughtful, and he has already been prepared to come outside the city, so we don't have to worry about food and clothing. ”

Second Uncle Meng also said: "Yes, it is in Heifeng Village, more than 30 miles away from the city, there is a ready-made yard on the mountain, and the road up the mountain is also guarded, even if Yunzhou really fights, it will not be able to hit the mountain." ”

Xu You was immediately embarrassed when he heard this, and then remembered the letter that Zhao Cheng asked her to send to the big boss when he was leaving, so the Meng family and those heroes in Heifeng Village had already "colluded"! Among them, there are ten * who thread the needle and thread Zhao Chengjin, I don't know if Lord Hu knows about Lu Dao?

After the family packed up their things and quickly went out of the city, they met the Hu family unexpectedly on the way up the mountain, and Xu You was sure that Hu was also a member of the "collusion between officials and bandits".

Black Wind Village is built on a flat land on the top of the mountain, one side of the flat land is a cliff, and there is only one path to enter. There are more than a dozen families living in this small village, in addition to the Hu and Meng's families, most of the rest are the original residents of the cottage, I heard that there are guests in the village, all come out to greet them, there are nearly 100 men, women and children.

The population of the Meng family is simple, and there are nearly twenty people from the top and bottom of the Hu family, plus the subordinates who are waiting, which is really difficult to arrange. Fortunately, the big boss had already sent someone up the mountain to say hello, and the brothers on the mountain had already cleaned up the vacant courtyard here, the Meng family got a small courtyard with five partial houses, and the Hu family had two places to live.

After the second uncle sent them up the mountain, he left in a hurry, and Mrs. Meng took the second aunt and Xu You to pack up their things, Ah Chu couldn't help, stood in the house and watched for a while, and finally couldn't help but quietly move to the yard, looking out curiously through the fence wall, and there were also half-grown children outside the courtyard who curiously poked out half of their heads and greeted him with a smile......

In just such a short time, Ah Chu became familiar with the children on the mountain, and took the initiative to invite them to come to the house to play, and even gave them the candy sent by Zhao Chengjin from the capital......

Compared with the Meng family, which quickly integrated into the cottage, the Hu family seems a little out of place, in the end, they are from an official family, and there are some shelves in the house, so they really can't pull their faces to talk to these "bandits". The people in the village were originally very curious about the official wives, but they were turned on a few times by the beautiful and arrogant maids in the house, and they never came forward again.

Even if it's an official lady, a pair of eyes are on the top of her head, and she doesn't have to look at people at all, it's too annoying! The people in the village were a little unaccustomed to it, and whispered in private, "It's still a young lady from the official family, and she doesn't look as good as the little girl of the Meng family......"

"It's not ......"

No matter what everyone discussed, the Meng family soon settled in the cottage. It was already winter, the mountains were colder than the city, and after a few days there was even a heavy snowfall, and the whole village was covered with a thick layer of snow, and at the same time, the war in Kyushu gradually began.

Regarding the recovery of Kyushu, the imperial court has not slackened for a day in recent years, and finally His Majesty the Emperor finally decided to send troops, and the question of who will lead the troops has become a mess in the court. Everyone is not stupid, no matter how fierce the Hu people are, they can't compete with the power of the Great Liang Dynasty, and this battle will be won. If you can go to war, you will definitely make a great contribution, so up and down the capital, but where there are some ways, they have drilled camps everywhere, just hoping to get a place to go north with the army, as long as people don't die, they can be promoted when they come back.

"Second brother, are you really not going?" King Qi nested in the study of King Rui's mansion and asked Prince Rui with a serious face: "Everyone is about to fight for the errand of leading the troops, you are good, you don't even go out of the door in the mansion, if it weren't for my brother, I have to break in today, wouldn't you not even see my face." ”

Lord Rui glanced at him, smiling rather than smiling, "What, do you want to go?" ”

"Who doesn't want to go!" King Qi's voice immediately raised a lot higher, "This is a good thing for a hundred generations!" I'm going to really recover Yunji Kyushu, who will dare to say that I don't learn no art in the future? Not to mention anything else, the title on the head can be promoted by one liter, and it will be worthy of the son in the future. ”

Lord Rui glanced at him angrily, "Now that I think of my son, the family has not yet been completed, who are you looking for to have a son?" "For the marriage of King Qi, the Queen Mother was heartbroken, and she just wanted to summon all the girls of the right age in the capital into the palace of King Qi and let him pick at will, but His Royal Highness the King of Qi looked down on him as if he had eaten a stone, and he was a lot older, and there was no one to serve in the house.

King Qi waved his hand indifferently, "Okay, who are those people, but they are self-righteous because of their family background, and those who look crooked and cracked dates are not as good-looking as me, if I really marry and go home, I won't be a loss." ”

"Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous man, you have to pay attention to the color, it's a big deal to send someone to Jiangnan to find a few skinny horses-"

"Stop-" King Rui's words were unceremoniously interrupted by King Qi before he finished speaking, "Second brother, I didn't say you, didn't you suffer enough?" It is also thanks to the ability of the second sister-in-law that the two children were saved, and I don't want to make a miasma like your family in the house at that time. ”

Lord Rui suddenly choked, but he couldn't say anything to refute, and his face was blue with anger. King Qi also realized that he seemed to have said something serious, so he quickly diverted the topic and said: "Second brother, if you don't go, or help my brother and I go to mention it to Your Majesty, I have also been to Yunzhou anyway, and I am more familiar than others." ”

Lord Rui shook his head, "Old Seven, it's not that my brother doesn't want to help, it's just that I really don't want to interfere in this matter." Think about it yourself, when have I ever intervened in the military in the past few years. Although I am a brother with His Majesty, but now it is different from the past, His Majesty is now thinking hard, and I can avoid it as much as possible. ”

Since the rebellion of the Qin family three years ago, the emperor did not say anything, but the suspicion was much worse than before, Prince Rui and he are siblings, the most sensitive, over the years has been low-key and cautious, almost what the emperor says he will do, and never interfere in the political affairs of the DPRK, let alone the affairs of the army, when encountering this kind of opportunity, he can hide as far as he can.

King Qi finally tasted something meaningful, looked at Prince Rui with a hesitant face for a long time, and nodded, "I understand what the eldest brother meant." After that, he shook his head with a wry smile, "I don't know who will come out of Lu Dao this time." ”

He understands it, I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor has already had a plan in his heart, no matter how big guy jumps, the errand will not fall on his head. The Zhang family has fallen, as well as the Li family and the Wang family, this time, it is not whose family background is deep, but where the emperor's mind is.

The author has something to say: I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!!