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"Lan'er, this place has reached the Jinling area, enter the city at night to rest for a night, and after ten years, you can go north and go straight back to Dadu, and go back to the extreme north to see your ancestor for the sake of the teacher! I can't accompany you to Dadu this time, then Lu Shaobei must be heading in the direction of Jining Road at this time, and soon after you return to Dadu, he will definitely go to you with my token. ”

"Although the people in the Shang Alliance sent someone to assassinate your ancestor Shi Tianze back then, but it was a misunderstanding back then, and the person back then is no longer there, I hope you can help Lu Shaobei to welcome the treasure of the town back to the Central Plains safely, don't be rash, do you understand?" The middle-aged Confucian stood on the hill, and said in a deep voice with a majestic look on his face.

Xiang Lan'er was also standing beside the middle-aged Confucian student, and behind him were more than 100 soldiers sitting on the ground at the foot of the mountain, munching on dry food, and more than 100 horses beside him were also gnawing on the forage in straw bags.

"Master! I understand this matter, when the Tieshanmen and the Shang Alliance broke up because of this, at this time, when the two families worked together to regain the Han dynasty for the people of the Central Plains, Lan'er would not take revenge for this incident. ”

"It's just that why did Zhao Qing go to Zhang Shicheng, who just started the incident? Thinking that Zhang Shicheng was just a small salt seller, why did he attract Zhao Qing, a fierce general, to vote for him? Lan'er has always been puzzled by this matter, and hopes that the master will solve my doubts. Xiang Lan'er was really puzzled by this.

"Lan'er, that Zhao Qing is the tenth generation descendant of the Jin King of the previous dynasty, and he only learned his true identity after hypnotizing him, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have ordered you to urge Emperor Hui to find him to come to Quanzhou on the Golden Palace, but this person is too ambitious, but he only has a general, and he has no handsome talent and a king's demeanor, and he has coveted you in Quanzhou for a long time."

"That Zhang Shicheng is his personal friend, if there is no support from Zhao Qing, then Zhang Shicheng will have ten heads and dare not rebel, although this Zhao Qing loves the people like a son, but has no ambition to fight, that Zhang Shicheng is a rising fighting child, seeing the wind and the rudder, Zhao Qing will lose his life when he moves, you know this matter."

"I have controlled the soldiers under the mountain separately, and the work of hypnosis will make them absolutely loyal to you, so I will go here for the teacher! In the far north, it will take at least a few months for the teacher to return, so you have to be careful when you return to the capital. ”

When the middle-aged Confucian said this, a faint smile appeared on his face, and in a flash, he jumped on the back of the horse several feet behind him, shook the reins, and the horse raised its front hooves and barked loudly, and then quickly raised its hooves and ran down the mountain.

Seeing that the master left in a hurry after saying this, Xianglan'er couldn't help but be stunned on this small hilly slope.

"I didn't expect him to be Zhao Qian, the king of the Song Dynasty, after he supported Zhang Shicheng behind his back to start an incident in Taizhou, no wonder Shandong summoned him at the same time to look abnormal, and told me that he would come back to see me soon, only more than 2,000 miles, in Taizhou they will naturally go south soon to take Suzhou, Fuzhou and other places, but now Emperor Hui has sent several generals to pacify Taizhou, and I don't know how he can resist."

"And Zhang Shicheng is also very famous in the south, but I heard that he is fickle, if what the master said is true, then Zhao Qing will be betrayed by Zhang Shicheng, how is this good?" Although Xiang Lan'er is only sixteen years old, Zhao Qing has a very good impression on her, and she seems to have affection for her.

Although Xiang Lan'er is the lord of the Yuan court, he is actually a Han person, and he has always been disdainful of the men among the nobles of the Mengyuan Dynasty, but Zhao Qing really moved her heart, although the middle-aged Confucian gave him a bad evaluation in his words, but that kind of love for the people like a son has always made Xiang Lan'er admire in her heart.

After Shang Yu heard that Lu Wan's pot of fish soup actually cost dozens of taels of silver, he mixed with all the families, eating dry food and drinking river water, although it was not as good as the taste of the fresh fish soup, but under hunger, he also ate deliciously, and when he was eating, he saw Mu Thirteen gnawing dry food and coming over from Lu Wan.

"Business manager, there is something I want to tell you, it is Xiao Yingfei who asked me to tell you." Mu 13 walked up to Shang Yu and whispered.

Shang Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Mu Thirteen's solemn expression, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, you just said it, what bend?" ”

"Business manager, Xiao Ying said that the kind of fish soup she made today is the only kind of soup that the second lady still remembers the master mother made for her when she was a child! Well, Xiao Ying's boring words I finally brought, she said that when I arrived in Yongchuan in the evening, she would accompany me to see the annual temple fair in Yongchuan, Xiao Ying's hometown is Yongchuan, the temple fair here is much more grand than Quanzhou, there is only one mountain temple, and I heard that it is very effective! "Although Mu Shisan is about the same age as Shang Yu, he is precocious for young men and women in the south, and it is obvious that he has a deep relationship with Xiao Yingdi.

"Whether you can go out at night depends on whether I allow it! But since that soup is so important, I'd better try it! After Shang Yu heard Mu Shisan's words, he felt a shock in his heart, and intuitively felt that it was a little inappropriate for him to measure Lu Wandi's motives too much with silver taels.

Lu Wan's pot of fish soup was completely made according to her mother's previous taste, and when the soup was good, she personally asked him to come over and drink it together, which obviously regarded him as the most considerate person, but he bluntly refused, and Shang Yu didn't completely ignore Lu Wan, Lu Wan was drinking the steaming fish soup alone over there, but she couldn't stop choking over there, and this meal must not have been eaten at all.

Thinking of this, Shang Yu immediately stood up and walked towards Lu Wan with some guilt in his heart.

"Hey! Business steward, you have always been so easy to talk to, how did you actually stop me and Xiaoying this time" As he was saying this, a big hand grabbed him behind him.

When he looked back, it turned out to be Ding Seventeen, and he couldn't help but say, "Brother Ding, why did you stop me?" ”

I only heard Ding Seventeen laugh and scolded: "You little rabbit cub!" actually ran to Miss's side to cheat on the fish soup thirst, and your kid is getting more and more disagreeable, so he actually seduced Miss's personal maid and said, what do you want to do with Xiaoying at night? ”

After hearing this, all the families on the side immediately laughed, in fact, as long as Mu 13 and Xiao Ying don't exceed etiquette and don't do that kind of thing, even the main family can't interfere with it, just let Ding 13 expose it loudly, of course everyone will laugh.

"Brother Ding, since that's the case! Then you will pay me back the one or two or six coins of silver that you have accumulated from last year to now, or I will go to the business manager to deduct your money from this month. He actually talked nonsense about my land. Mu Thirteen's face turned red and immediately fought back.

"Yo! Thirteenth brother, brother, I can't accompany you, you also know that I am weak and weak, otherwise I don't need to borrow money from you to buy soup and medicine to drink, you must not be in a hurry to ask for debts! Ding Seventeen was a little anxious when he heard this.

"Come on! Ding Seventeen, brothers, who doesn't know that you always run to those women who are almost forty years old to put out the fire, isn't it because the price is cheap? I heard that it's only thirty dollars once, and almost all of your monthly money is spent on it, otherwise you wouldn't have made it so thin, right? I remember years ago when you were in the dormitory, you were so much fatter than you are now! A man who was about the same age as Ding 17 said coaxingly.

"Gu Jiusi, don't fall into the well! When didn't you run up and touch it first before it was my turn, or could it be thirty wen once? Ding Qiqi immediately said in annoyance.

For a while, the family members laughed by the river, Shang Yu had strong ears, these words were heard in his ears, he couldn't help shaking his head, and felt a little funny in his heart, some of these family members have no chance to marry a wife and have children in their lives, if they have time, they will go out to spend some money to solve the problem, which is also something that the main family cannot completely forbidden.

When Shang Yu came to Lu Wan's side, Lu Wan was sitting at the table on the flat ground, scooping up the fish soup from the bowl spoonful by spoon, and drinking it slowly, but she was still choking from the back.

"Xiao Wan! I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, I don't know if this is one of the memories your mother left for you, can you give me a bowl to drink? Shang Yu came to Lu Wan and stood still before saying softly.

Lu Wan held the spoon and put his hand to his lips suddenly, slowly raised his head, and said with tears in his eyes: "Who used you to apologize pretendically!" The soup is there, if you want to drink it, you can serve it yourself, so don't bother me! ”

Shang Yu knew that Lu Wan was still angry with him, so he couldn't help but say, "Okay then!" I deliberately came to apologize in a false way, just because I want to shamelessly drink your fresh fish soup worth dozens of taels of silver, and I won't bother you, Second Miss! Then he turned and walked to the pot and pan that was still on the stove.

I only heard a chuckle from behind me, and I only heard Lu Wan's voice still crying: "You dead thief!" Admit your shamelessness and hypocrisy like this, count yourself as amazing! Come to me with soup, do you want to know why I've been against you all these years? I'll tell you later. ”

Shang Yu's cheeks bulged, his eyes widened and he grimaced with his back to Lu Wan, and said in his heart: "I don't know why she went against me back then, but I really want to hear what he said later." ”

At that moment, he lifted the lid of the pot, took down a sea bowl from the bowl rack next to it, filled a bowl with a large head, and put a huge fish head into the bowl, then covered the pot and took out a spoon and a pair of chopsticks, and walked back to the table.

After putting the bowl down, Shang Yu slowly sat down and said, "Second Miss! If only you weren't angry. This kind of fish soup is actually very fragrant, but I have lived in a mountain village since I was a child, and dozens of taels of silver can indeed make a family use it for several years, so I think you are too extravagant. It was just a misunderstanding, how did I know this was one of the fond memories your mother left you, and I apologize to you again! ”

Speaking of this, Shang Yu scooped up a spoonful of fish soup and put it in his mouth, and the sweet taste made Shang Yu unconsciously admire it as soon as he entered it, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid that I can eat half a month's grain at home in this mouthful, and it is really luxurious to be able to drink this kind of excellent soup in winter!" It's just that Xiao Wan's mother must have been born in a wealthy family when she was young, otherwise she wouldn't have to make this expensive fish soup for Xiao Wan back then. ”

"Hey! You little thief, you really can talk at this time! If only my cousin had half a resemblance to you! Lu Wan raised his head at this time and saw Shang Yu's expression when he drank the soup, and then heard what Shang Yu said, and couldn't help but reply.

"Second Miss! Can you tell us about the thing you were about to talk about? After Shang Yu took a few sips of soup, he began to hold up the fish head with a spoon and use chopsticks to remove the meat from above.

Lu Wan was about to speak, when he saw Shang Yu holding the fish head from the bowl, he couldn't help but chuckle, and asked: "Muyu, the taste of this sturgeon is in the soup, this fish meat and fish head are tasteless, why do you take the fish head and eat it?" ”

When Shang Yu saw Lu Wan asking, he raised his head and said: "When I was young, I often ate fish, but when I was with my parents, I often couldn't eat fish heads, so I asked them, why am I not allowed to eat fish heads, guess what they say?" When Shang Yu said this, he couldn't help but think of his mother Shang Mei, who had been separated for several days, and there was a strong sense of longing in his heart, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

Hearing Shang Yu ask, Lu Wan replied after thinking for a few breaths: "When cooking, most of the fish heads must be thrown away, and only fish species like cod or several precious fish species will be left, that is, this cod soup, we don't even eat a trace of fish meat in our Lu Mansion, and we have to throw away the ground after drinking the soup." I wonder if my answer is correct? ”

Shang Yu said slowly: "My answer is slightly different from what you said, every time I finish cooking fish at home, my father and mother will grab the fish head into their bowl first, and then tell me that the fish head is the best thing in the world, and the fish meat is worse, as a son, if you want to honor your parents, you must not compete with them for the fish head, this is the truth that I have believed for more than ten years." ”

"It wasn't until I entered the Quanzhou City business that I realized that there wasn't much meat in the fish head, and it was very laborious to eat! Only then did I understand where my parents loved to eat fish heads, and they clearly gave me the delicious part! ”

"Today, I heard you mention your mother's affairs, I have been separated from my mother for a few days, and my father has been separated for more than a year, thinking of them, I can't help but put this fish head in the bowl, which is the reason why I have never eaten fish heads."

Shang Yu said this, thinking about when he was a child, his parents grabbed the head of the fish and let the fish for him, if the neighbor killed the pig every year, he bought the meat and gave him lean meat to eat, and then remembered the famine when he was six years old, his parents drank rice soup to survive, and his bowl was always full of glutinous rice, and he couldn't help but smile happily on his face, but his face couldn't help but shed tears uncontrollably.

"Wooden fish! It turns out that you have lived so hard since you were a child, no wonder you have such a look when you hear that I used dozens of taels of silver for this pot of soup! It turns out that your parents will always leave the best part of the food for you, but take the bad part for you, your father and mother are so good! It's a pity that my dad never did that, and my mom wasn't with me at this time. Hearing Shang Yu's words, Lu Wan's nose was sour, and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes again, she never thought that her parents would make such an ordinary and seemingly great sacrifice for their children.

"Actually, the lord is very concerned about you, he not only has to take charge of the huge family business, but also to take care of the body, and he also sends you to study, there are only two young ladies in Quanzhou City to study, the first one is your sister, and the second one is you!"

He cares about you very much, but he doesn't know how to say it to you, usually those aunts and wives are always afraid of you, because the lord once commanded that if anyone in the mansion is disrespectful to you, they will be driven out of the mansion, which is also the reason why everyone in the mansion does not dare to offend you, this is what the lord said to me personally. After Shang Yu took a bite of the fish, he raised his head and said.

"Really? That's what my dad said? Then why didn't he make it clear to me? Lu Wan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and asked, a trace of doubt and hope flashed in his eyes.

"The master said that he once tried to persuade you, but you repeatedly couldn't change it, he can only stop you when you make mistakes, hoping that you can self-reflect!" Shang Yu said.

When Lu Wan heard this, she couldn't help nodding slightly, and didn't speak again, but frowned lightly and fell into contemplation, she thought in her heart: "After traveling for a few days, I realized that my father scolded me back then, but unfortunately my father went far away in Taicang, and I don't know when we can meet again." "In recent days, there have been drastic changes in the family, Lu Wan's mind has awakened a lot, and he will not act as rashly as he did a few days ago, and he will think about it a little before acting.

Shang Yu saw that Lu Wan was in thought, and knew that what she said had made her feel something, so she drank the soup with her head bored, and after drinking this bowl of soup, Shang Yu's intuition was the most delicious soup in this life, because he was finally able to persuade Lu Wan, the second lady of the brutal land, to stop messing around, but to be able to sit down and talk calmly, which was also an achievement in Shang Yu's mind.

After a while, after Shang Yu finally eliminated all the fish heads and fish soup, Lu Wan raised his face and smiled: "Wooden fish! I haven't told you why I always went against you back then! ”

Shang Yu immediately raised his head and looked at Lu Wan.

"That was the first time your father entered the house, when you were only six years old, about my age, I had a silk windmill left for me by my mother, and the bamboo was also purple ground, and I was playing by the pond in the house, and you were being taken by a family member to play in the garden, and when you saw me, you suddenly ran over, and not only crashed my windmill, but also pushed me into the water, do you remember?" Lu Wan talked about the past like a dream.

Shang Yu couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, he vaguely remembered the incident when he was a child, he did crash a windmill of Lu Wan, but he didn't know that it was so precious, it was left to her by Lu Wan's mother, but he didn't remember much about pushing her into the water.

"Since then, I've remembered you as a wooden fish! And he has teased you countless times, and he even poured water on you a few days ago! It's just that I was innocent by you, a thief, which is something I never thought of in my life! You damn thief, you hear me clearly! There was no trace of anger in Lu Wan's words, and when he said the word "thief", he no longer gritted his teeth like in the past, but said in a quiet tone.

"Xiao Wan! I" Hearing Lu Wan say this, after hearing the affection in Lu Wan's mouth, Shang Yu didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this moment, he heard a dense and neat sound of horses' hooves coming from the official road, and Shang Yu heard that the other party had at least fifty or so horses, and it was also the sound of military horses, which was by no means inferior to the sound of the Yuan army's iron horses.

"The coachman drove the carriage of the second lady as the center, gathered all the carriages into a circle, the family and the maids quickly entered the circle, all the dart masters got on their horses and took out their blades to guard in front of the carriage, and the cavalry of the colored eyes chased behind, and the distance was only a few miles, and it was coming in an instant! Hurry, hurry, move as fast as you can. I only heard the loud shouts of Master Li coming not far ahead.

The dart masters immediately stood up, turned on their horses, took out their blades of different colors from their sides, and galloped in front of the carriage as if they were facing a great enemy.

The housekeepers and maids didn't know what had happened, and they stood up, but they stood there in two piles at a loss, and the coachman also lifted up? He looked at the dart masters in bewilderment.

Lu Wan asked a little strangely at this time, "What's wrong?" How many horses come from behind to be so nervous? ”

Shang Yu immediately shouted: "Everyone do what the dart master says, otherwise the monthly money will be halved this month!" "It's too cumbersome to explain, and it's not as effective as this method.

When all the coachmen heard this, they immediately surrounded the carriage and formed a circle formation, and the ladies and maids also got into the carriage formation in order not to halve the monthly money.

Shang Yu took Lu Wan's hand and said, "Xiao Wan, get into your car!" Don't come out. As he spoke, he led Lu Wan into the car formation, and Lu Wan asked anxiously, "Will the Semu people really rob us?" ”

"Xiao Wan! I don't have time to talk to you anymore, so get in. Xiao Ying! You must not get out of the carriage with Miss Two, understand? Shang Yu pushed Lu Wan into the carriage in the carriage formation as he spoke, and Xiao Ying also agreed, and got into the carriage from the other side with a pale face.

"Wooden fish! Won't you come in? Lu Wan lifted the curtain of the car, and asked in a trembling voice, although there is a dart master escort, it is difficult to guarantee that he can deal with the army, especially the Persian scimitar.

"It's okay! Our dart masters are all strong in martial arts, so they must be fine! Shang Yu pretended to be strong and said, in fact, he was also playing the drum in his heart, this was the first time he had encountered this kind of scene, so he was naturally a little nervous, but he couldn't show it in front of everyone.

Turning around, Shang Yu took out the crossbow from his backpack that could force six crossbows in a row, ignored the family members and maids with different expressions beside him, and strode to the side of the car formation facing the official road.

Looking through the gap in the dart division's cavalry, the other party's centaurs were already faintly visible, but Shang Yuyun looked at it with all his eyes, but he was surprised.

"The other party actually rode two people, obviously tired and killed many horses on the road! This is all the way here, if it is said that the people of the color eyes want to chase us, then they should have chased us the day before yesterday, why can they catch up at this time? ”

The sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and the distance was close to two hundred feet, and the men on the other horse's horses were indeed riding in pairs, and they were all in shape, and they all held a strangely shaped scimitar in their hands.

"Yes! It must have been that in the first two days, we did not choose to advance towards Yongchun, but came to Yongchuan, and they chased in the wrong direction, otherwise the number of people who came would have been more than now! Shang Yu couldn't help but think of this, if it was just these people, it would be impossible to deal with a large number of troops with the martial arts of these dart masters, but if it was only a hundred soldiers with color eyes, there should be no problem.

"It's these carriages, all the brothers give them to me! After all the property is seized, as usual, one-tenth of everyone is divided, the rest is handed over to the king, the women are played, and the men are all killed! Move faster, cut these white food dart masters for me first! I heard a heavy voice like muffled thunder not far ahead.

The men behind the horse immediately rolled to the ground, and the fifty horses in front of them immediately rushed towards the dart masters, while the men who landed scattered in all directions, ready to touch the chariot formation from the flanks.