Chapter 40: Return
Yan Xiaoyue is coming back, it's strange to be on the clouds, how to recommend and collect it hasn't risen, shout, the boat is so empty, those who have tickets hurry up and smash it, Xiaoyue is not idle!! Hehe......
In September of the sixth year of Emperor Zong, the thirteen-and-a-half-year-old Yan Xiaoyue finally returned to the Great Zhou after two years of travel, went to sea from Nanyi Kingdom, circled the South China Sea to land in the East China Sea, returned to Tongyang City Port, the largest seaport of the Zhou Dynasty, said goodbye to the captain in the newly learned Nanyang language, unloaded the full ship, and re-rented a boat to go up the Qing River and go straight to Lingnan County.
Tongyang City belongs to the jurisdiction of Zhaodong County, the southeasternmost county of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhaodong County is the only coastal county of the Zhou Dynasty, adjacent to Lingnan County, but the junction is separated by Wangtian Mountain, the Qinghe River also forms a magnificent and majestic waterfall here, Meng Yancheng has become a transit station in this special place, Yan Xiaoyue's boat has to transfer the carriage when it arrives here, pass through the Wangtian Mountain Canyon, enter Lingnan County, and then walk two days by waterway to Mengjin.
It's just that when I arrived in Mengyan City, I found that the atmosphere in the city was extremely tense, and many merchant ships stopped directly at the port without unloading.
In the past two years, in order to act conveniently, Yan Xiaoyue's master and servant have been dressed up in men's clothes most of the time, and for this reason, they have also caused a lot of romantic debts to come out, which makes Xiaoyue cry and laugh.
asked Jin Qiao to go out to inquire, and it turned out that the imperial court had encircled and suppressed the large mountain bandits in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty since last year. Wangtian Mountain gathered more than a dozen bandits nearby, and I heard that the caravan that set off a few days ago was killed, and the property was also looted.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately alarmed everyone, to say that the most fighting with these mountain bandits and road tyrants was probably not the army, but the caravan. Merchants generally believe in harmony and wealth, and when they pass by the territory, they go to wealth to avoid disasters, and take the initiative to buy road wealth. Mountain bandits rarely move large caravans, let alone kill people and steal goods, and doing so is undoubtedly cutting off their own financial routes. For a while, everyone didn't dare to pass through the Wangtian Mountain Canyon, so they had to wait anxiously, thinking that it would not be too late to wait for the yamen to destroy the mountain bandits, after all, money is important, but you have to keep your life.
This businessman can wait, but Yan Xiaoyue is like an arrow at this time, and she doesn't want to stay for a moment. asked Jin Ling to find a carriage, and promised a lot of money, so that two carriages were willing to leave at night. When Shen arrived, Xiao Yue rushed to Wangtian Mountain alone, and finally found the mountain bandit who changed shifts along the way.
These mountain bandits are bold and big-hearted, shouting all the way, and they don't need Xiaoyue to follow at all, so they follow them all the way back to the base camp of the mountain bandits.
No wonder it is said that it is difficult to suppress mountain bandits, and it is impossible to get rid of them. I really came here today to know what it means to be lost in the mountains. If it weren't for someone to lead the way, Satsuki wouldn't have been able to find their base camp at all.
When they reached the top of the mountain, Xiao Yue found that this was really a tense situation, except for the path up the mountain, it was all mountains and mountains, but it was strange how to transport the things they robbed? Is there a secret passage?
At this time, Yan Xiaoyue didn't want to delay any longer, found the kitchen and poured a large bag of immortals, and poured another bag in the well. Then I found a place and waited for more than an hour, it is estimated that the people who changed shifts have eaten, and Xiaoyue came out of the space, rummaging around, how can I return empty-handed when I am in the tiger's den?
Find the leader's master bedroom, and touch a secret door in the study, and almost be blinded when I entered, the money I have made from the hard work of tossing around in the north and south in the past few years is not as much as in this secret room, and the layers of gold and silver ingots are piled up in most of the house, Xiaoyue picked up a weigh, they are all ten taels, and look at the bottom of the ingots, official? Official bank? This group of mountain bandits is really not small, and they dare to rob the official silver.
Yan Xiaoyue chirped, but unfortunately put down the ingots, this thing can be seen or not. No wonder with so much gold and silver, he is still a mountain bandit. Xiaoyue couldn't take the ingots, so she had to put the jade jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings next to her into the space, and a box of silver tickets was not politely accepted.
Thinking that this group of people occupy the mountains as kings and harm the people, they are not good men. Back in the kitchen, Xiao Yue found an unmanned firewood room and lit a fire, aren't there officers and soldiers in the city? Then she will do a favor and eliminate harm for the people by the way.
After getting everything done, Yan Xiaoyue used her light body technique to run down the mountain, and she could see the fire on the mountain from a distance. At this time, Satsuki remembered that this wouldn't burn the whole mountain, right? I was a little worried, but there was nothing I could do. When he got to the mouth of the canyon and got into the carriage, he urged the coachman to go quickly.
As soon as Yan Xiaoyue got into the car, Jin Qiao asked worriedly: "Miss, not long after you left, King Ning led his troops into the mountain, didn't you meet them?" ”
"Huh? No, I didn't see anyone when I came down. In his heart, he was glad that he was one step earlier, otherwise so much treasure would not have cheapened others, and at the same time, he no longer worried that the fire would expand.
But she didn't know that less than two quarters of an hour when she went down the mountain, King Ning entered the secret room, and when she saw the empty room except for the gold and silver ingots, she knew that she had been robbed first.
turned around and was about to call someone in, but he smelled a peculiar fragrance, like a woman's fat powder fragrance, but it was purer than the fat powder fragrance, like an orchid and a musk deer. Could it be that the person who came in was a woman who had taken some of the treasure with drugs? I don't know why, but King Ning carefully wrote down this fragrance, and it is difficult to remember such a peculiar fragrance. Then he ordered the guards to escort the mountain bandits and Guanyin to the direction of Lingnan County.
On September 20, Meng Jin stabbed Shifu, Jian'an Hall, Yan Xiaoyue, who was wearing a purple Confucian skirt, was hugged by Yang Xiao'er and cried bitterly, "Well, you are really annoying, you said that you would go for half a year, but it turned out that you have been gone for more than two years, and everything was pushed to me, and you died, how could you be a sister like this?" ”
Xiao Yue's eyes were also red, "Okay, okay, I know it's wrong, isn't this a rare opportunity, I was about to come back when I ran into a boat going to sea, and I was itchy and followed, you see, if I don't go out, how can I find such a good red coral for you, and when the time comes, use it as a dowry and put it in the first place, and I will definitely envy others." ”
Xiaoxiao has matured a lot after two years of experience, and she is not afraid of Xiaoyue's jokes, so she grabs Xiaoyue's hand and doesn't let go. "Hmph, don't want to send me away with a red coral, go back to Xiaoxiang Courtyard with me tonight, and settle accounts with you."
Xiao Yue flattered: "Okay, what Xiaoxiao Niang says is what she says." ”
Fang Yajie, who was standing next to her, now Xiaoyue should change her name to Mrs. Yang, who was called her stepmother, said, "Okay, you two sisters cry like this as soon as they meet, and you are not afraid of people looking at jokes." ”
Xiaoxiao wiped her face embarrassedly, "Mother, I should have blamed Sister Xiaoyue." ”
Xiao Yue had the opportunity to formally salute, "Xiao Yue has visited her mother-in-law, and she has had a mother-in-law in the past two years." ”
Mrs. Yang smiled kindly, "The family doesn't talk to each other, and our mother and daughter don't need to be polite." After speaking, he pulled Xiaoyue and Xiaoxiao to sit down, and asked curiously: "Your father-in-law hasn't gone down yet, so let's talk first." Xiaoyue told us where you have been and what strange things you have been, and speaking out will also give us a long insight. ”