Chapter 38 is not leaving

In just a few moments, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from far and near. Hearing this voice, Bakshi and the others immediately looked happy, knowing that it was their own reinforcements that had arrived. The movements of the hands also accelerated. also shouted while fighting, "Help, help, the emperor is here"

And those thieves became nervous and annoyed, and they made mistakes one after another. The big man who was the leader shouted even louder, "Stick your hands and withdraw." ”

But they had been entangled by Bakshi and Chen Ce, and the sound of horses' hooves quickly stopped. Then came the footsteps and shouts of the brigade against the men and horses. Now it's too late to leave.

Shuyun's yard was quickly surrounded. Soldiers in armor soon entered the courtyard one after another. The high ground on the wall was quickly taken over by the archers. Due to the large number of officers and soldiers joining the battle, soon, the dozen or so anti-thieves were killed and wounded. The rest were also quickly taken down.

At this time, a leader, an adult in his forties, wearing a first-class official uniform, took the lead and knelt down in the courtyard. shouted loudly, "Weichen Suotu, it's too late to save the driver, please forgive the emperor." ”

At this time, there was a shout from Bai Li in the house, "Spread the advice of Lord Suo Etu." ”

When Shuyun saw this, she glanced at Chen Ce. The two quietly returned to Shuyun's room together.

After Suo Etu entered the room, he bowed to Kangxi and said, "The slave Suo Etu is late to save the car, please forgive the emperor." ”

"Suo Etu, you have someone to interrogate those thieves carefully, and you must find out who instructed them, who gave them a tip-off and leaked my whereabouts. What other accomplices do they have. And you should ask someone to search around here now to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net. When they were assassinated, they were not the only ones. ”

"Obey the order, the emperor, let the servants arrange for you to return to the palace first."

Kangxi hesitated slightly, and then said, "I am a little injured and have some difficulty moving, so I have to rest here for two days first." You go back and tell the Empress Dowager that there is nothing major to me, and I will go back to the palace the day after tomorrow and tell her that the old man can rest assured. If you have anything important, come and report it to me in time. Just leave another team of people to Baksh to protect me. ”

Suo Etu listened, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." ”

Kangxi waved his hand and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, you kneel down." ”

And not long after Shuyun and Chen Ce sat down, Bai Li came, saying that it was the emperor who announced that the two of them had admonished.

Shuyun and Chen Ce arrived at Kangxi's room, and at this time Suo Etu had already left, and only Kangxi was sitting on the kang. The brother and sister glanced at each other, and knelt down helplessly to salute him.

Kangxi didn't call out immediately, but stayed for a moment. Then he asked them to get up, and gave them a seat.

Shuyun's heart is really crooked. You have to kneel down and salute him, and you have to accept his dismount. In his own home, he can't sit casually, and he has to reward him. It's really depressing.

After Shuyun and Chen Ce sat down. Kangxi said, "The two of you can understand the righteousness and help me in times of crisis." Such a high wind and bright festival, I appreciate it very much. I have said that there will be a great reward for the two of you. You don't have any jokes, I don't know what reward you want from you? ”

Shuyun heard this, in order to test Kangxi, she deliberately said unceremoniously: "We want to live a peaceful life, and our Zhuangzi, you have also seen it, so I implore the emperor to be gracious, if anyone is interested in our Zhuangzi, please ask the emperor to call the shots and help share one or two." The grass people are grateful.

Chen Ce also hurriedly continued: "The grass people also mean the same. ”

Kangxi smiled and said, "Oh? Don't you want something else? ”

Seeing that Chen Ce and Shuyun shook their heads resolutely, they no longer made other requests. So Kangxi nodded and agreed. This made the Shuyun brother and sister both breathe a sigh of relief. It seems that Shuyun's plan is still promising.

At this moment, Kangxi spoke again, "Chen Ce, you go down first." I have something to say to Shuyun. ”

A Shuyun screamed so naturally that it was natural.

Chen Ce glanced at Shuyun worriedly, and reluctantly retreated.

There were only two people left in the room, Shuyun and Kangxi.

Kangxi asked, "Shuyun, is this Zhuangzi just your brother and sister?" Listening to your surname, it shouldn't be a brother or sister, right? ”

"Back to the emperor, there are still some villagers and orphans we adopted in Zhuangzi, all of whom were affected by the rebellion of the three feudatories and lost their children, and the grass people and brothers saw that they were pitiful, and we had some ability, so they adopted them. My eldest brother and I, as the emperor said, are not brothers and sisters, but brothers and sisters. ”

"What about your parents? Are there any other relatives? ”

Shuyun hesitated for a moment, but still opened her mouth and said, "When the grass people were very young, they wandered around with a missionary. I don't remember if I still have family. ”

When Kangxi heard this, he looked at Shuyun in a daze for a while before saying, "Oh? Then don't you miss home? Do you want me to help you find your family? ”

"Thank you for your kindness, Shuyun is doing well now, and she doesn't remember the past, so she won't trouble the emperor."

Kangxi didn't want to let Shuyun go at all, and then asked, "I look at your conversation and knowledge, you should have read a lot of books, was that missionary who taught you?" ”

"Yes, the missionary's name is Tom, and he taught the grass people a lot. ”

Kangxi nodded and said, "Well, no wonder, you are so familiar with Western studies." Then when you first met me, you said that you were a country girl. ”

Shuyun replied playfully, "Back to the emperor, the grass people originally lived in the countryside, but they were just country girls with bigger places and better conditions." ”

Kangxi listened to Ha Lu and laughed, "Well, you are really good, not bad." How old are you this year, and you're not married yet. ”

"Back to the emperor, Caomin was born in the 14th year of Shunzhi, and he is exactly 21 years old this year. Not yet married. ”

Kangxi listened to Shuyun's age and looked at Shuyun thoughtfully. He groaned for a moment. Later, he asked some questions about Shuyun's life and knowledge. Just let Shuyun go.

Shuyun was even more puzzled by Kangxi's performance, had he really seen himself before?

Shuyun let go of her worries and told Chen Ce, who was waiting outside the door, to prepare more early in the kitchen tomorrow morning and bring those guards out. Then please rest assured, tell him what the emperor asked him, briefly tell him, and send him back to his courtyard. I went straight back to my room to rest.

The next morning, Shuyun woke up to the sound of children's songs.

Our hometown is in the field of hope

Cooking smoke wafts over newly built houses and a small river flows beside the beautiful village

A piece of winter wheat, (that) a piece of sorghum ten miles (yo) lotus pond, ten miles of fruity fragrance

Ever since Sook-woon taught the children this song, they always sang it twice a day after breakfast. Even the dealers will hum along.

And Comrade Lao Kang, who we think is great, was also woken up by this song. After listening to it carefully, he thought it was very good and the content was good, so he sent Bai Li to find out who was singing.

Bai Li came back and said, "Your Majesty, it is the children on Zhuangzi who are singing, this song is very good, they say that it was taught by Teacher Shuyun." ”

Kangxi raised his eyebrows in interest and said, "Oh? I didn't expect Shuyun to have such skills. ”

At this time, Bai Li asked Kangxi again, "Your Majesty, do you want breakfast?" The breakfast on the Zhuangzi was not bad. Say it's called a buffet. ”

Without waiting for Kangxi to ask, Bai Li continued to explain with a very eye-catching look, "It's a long table with a clean tablecloth, on which are placed a variety of breakfasts, all kinds of porridge, soy milk, milk, eggs, flower rolls, buns, fritters and all kinds of side dishes, take what you want to eat." It was the people in the kitchen who said that Miss Qi stipulated that she should eat as much as she wanted, and that she was not allowed to have leftovers, and that she had to wash the used dishes and chopsticks by herself. However, they prepared some more exquisite breakfast for the emperor alone, which was being warmed on the fire. I have already told the minions, and if the emperor wants to use it, let the minions order someone to get it at any time."

Kangxi listened, shook his head with a smile and said, "This Shuyun is eccentric." I don't want them to prepare anything special, just go and get me some of the kind you eat. And don't take too much, just enough for me to eat. Children know that there is no leftover, and I must also set an example. Also, you will take a good look at the Zhuangzi in a while, see if there are any new things, and tell me all about it. ”

Kangxi's side studied the affairs of Shuyun and Zhuangzi.

And Shuyun is teaching the children as usual. After two lessons. Chen Ce came to find Shuyun. When they met, they pulled Shuyun to a place where there was no one on the side, and whispered, "Little sister, why hasn't this emperor left, why is he still living in our Zhuangzi, how long will he live?" ”

Shuyun rolled her eyes and said, "Who knows, he is the emperor, he can live as long as he wants, who dares to have an opinion." However, this is just the right way for him to know more about our Zhuangzi, which is good for my planning. But he won't stay long, after all, he is the emperor, and the country can't be left without an owner for a day, how many things are waiting for him to deal with. ”

"No, little sister, you don't know what to do, today it cost 50 taels of silver for breakfast alone, it's been a long time, who can stand it."

Shuyun was surprised, "How many people are there, what are they eating, this is Zhuangzi's food money for a month." Oh my God, big brother, won't you give them something cheap? ”

Chen Ce said annoyedly, "I don't want to either, those coarse tea and light rice also need to have so much in our Zhuangzi." ”

Shuyun patted her head, yes, Zhuangzi usually doesn't prepare too much coarse grains, just for a reasonable meal, he will prepare some of everything, and eat it with the time.

"And, little sister, we're running out of money. We used a large part of the money you got from selling gems to repair Zhuangzi, and you went to Macao to take some with you. Now there are less than 1,000 taels of silver left. There are still 3 months before there will be output on the Zhuangzi. But that is far from enough, and we don't even have enough food to eat. I thought, why don't we sell some of the fish. Then I will open a shop in the city, or I will go to Macau to sell some foreign goods, you see? ”

Shuyun pondered for a long time, and did not answer immediately, but said, "Big brother, these are not in a hurry, why do you have to wait for the emperor to leave, you let me think about it." ”

"Oh, and, big brother, don't forget to tell my master and them, be careful not to be followed."