Chapter 56: Preparations for Departure
As Lu Zhan's best man, several people sat tiredly on the bluestone steps next to the garden pond, smelling the faint fragrance of lotus and listening to the sound of frogs and cicadas.
Xu Hao, who enjoyed the silence at the moment, looked at Zhang Yu, who lowered his head and didn't speak, and said a joke: "Oh, Lu Zhan is really spending candles in the cave room at the moment, but a few of us are sitting by the pond blowing a cool breeze."
Zhang Yu, who lowered his head, picked up the pebble next to him and smashed it into the pond at this moment, "I said you are all bored?" Believe it or not, I'm shaking out the story of the girl in the red sleeves. With that, he rolled his eyes at Xu Hao. However, Zhang Yu really didn't feel good in his heart, his sweetheart got married and organized the wedding by himself, and he was in a cave room, and he was here to accompany a few big men to blow the wind.
Ma Xinzhao, who was watching the play on the side, opened his mouth and yawned loudly and said, "What time is it now, if you don't leave, you should sleep here tonight." After Ma Xinzhao finished speaking, he pulled Xu Hao and Gongsun Xiu to walk out.
In the dimly lit dormitory, the Son of Heaven softened his head and squinted at the map of the Central Plains situation hanging on the wall of the dormitory. After a long sigh, he sighed that it was really not easy for him to live as a son of heaven, Yanzhou was the closest place to the Song Kingdom, and recovering and managing this barrier would make him not have to worry about the threat from the Song State at all.
"Hmph, Song Guo has agreed to my conditions and has withdrawn its troops from Yanzhou, and he will go to defend one side later."
At noon the next day, Lu Zhan opened his sleepy eyes, looked at his wife lying beside him, and couldn't help but recall what happened last night. After clearing the unclean thoughts in his mind, he put on his clothes and washed his face with well water, and the cool well water made Lu Zhan sober up.
I walked outside the courtyard and asked the next person, only to know that it was almost time for lunch, and it seemed that I was too tired from a bunch of things yesterday.
"Xiao Yezi, do I still want to visit the Queen Mother in the palace the day after tomorrow?"
"That's natural, when I return to my parents' home, I will leave for Yanzhou."
"Where is the green bead of the palace maid brought by Nianshuang? You go to her and let her serve and dress up. ”
After seeing Xiao Yezi go to find the green beads, Lu Zhan walked straight to the room of the third uncle Lu Qian, the third uncle looked at the radiant Lu Zhan and wanted to make a joke, but because of the identity of the elder, he still held back.
Before Lu Zhan could walk in front of him, Lu Qian took out a letter for Lu Zhan to open. Looking at the intact wax seal on the letter and the words on it written by Lu Zhan's nephew, Lu Zhan understood that this was sent to him by his second uncle Lu Ji.
After opening the letter, Lu Zhan glanced at it a few times, roughly congratulating himself on his newlywed marriage and caring about the recent situation, but the content behind it made Lu Zhan's eyes shine. The person codenamed Mozhu will go to Yanzhou with a group of good men to wait for the dispatch, and the Jin State agrees to negotiate peace and withdraw its troops, and the Lu family can send an army of 2,000 people from the fiefdom to run Yanzhou with Lu Zhan.
After reading this letter, Lu Zhan pouted in his heart, how many talents are two thousand, and Yanzhou is not a small place, not to mention that there is a Song country eyeing him.
After handing over the letter to the third uncle, the third uncle smiled and said, "Nephew, do you think that 2,000 soldiers and horses are too little?" Seeing Lu Zhan nodding in agreement, he continued: "You are now equivalent to being independent from the Lu family, and when you have a son, you will have nothing to do with the Lu family at all." The second brother is willing to give you 2,000 people because there is really no extra soldiers and horses in a big war with the Jin Kingdom. ”
After saying these words, the third uncle smiled at Lu Zhan and gave Lu Zhan an idea, which was to find his brother-in-law, who was the Son of Heaven, to borrow troops. Yanzhou was originally the territory of the royal family, and it was also appropriate for the Son of Heaven to send some soldiers and horses. In addition, Chen Zhuang will also take some people to Yanzhou with him.
"Thank you Uncle San for reminding me."
"Don't go, Third Uncle, I still have an idea. The idea came from your cousin Lu Wenhua. The third uncle grabbed Lu Zhan, who was about to get up and leave.
After hearing the second idea, Lu Zhan couldn't help but sigh at this inconspicuous cousin, and under the pretext of escorting Zhang Yu to Qingzhou County, the fiefdom of the Zhang family, and then under the pretext of leaving Zhang Yu in Yanzhou, he deceived the soldiers and horses of the Zhang family to help. Qingzhou itself is to the east of Yanzhou and the Song Kingdom, and now it is just an excuse for Zhang Yu to go to Qingzhou.
The father and son of the third uncle and his son are really resourceful, it seems that none of the big families are simple, no, except for Xu Hao.
Lu Zhan walked through the courtyard and looked at the congratulatory gifts that people had packed a few days ago, many of which had been loaded onto the cart. After saying hard work to these busy people, he rode his horse and whipped towards the Zhang family.
When I walked into the gate of Zhang's house, I saw a familiar figure - Zhang Ze.
"Yo, Master Lu, no, it should be Viscount Lu now. Why don't you accompany Her Royal Highness the princess to the Zhang family today? Zhang Ze looked at Lu Zhan and teased.
Before Lu Zhan could refute, he heard a voice that he could not be presumptuous, and when he heard the reputation, he found that it was Zhang Yu, who was wearing men's clothes, and walked out.
"Lu Zhan, what is the matter with you coming to me, so that you even forgot about the bride."
Lu Zhan knew that Zhang Yubing was smart, and it was difficult to deceive her with ordinary deception, so Lu Zhan told him the plan and the plan. After hearing Lu Zhan say his plan, he hooked Lu Zhan's shoulder and said, "What is our relationship, we are brothers." I'll talk to my dad about a trip to Yanzhou later. ”
"If you're really a man, we'll be good brothers in a pair of pants." After speaking, Lu Zhan's head was slapped by Zhang Yu.
"How was Brother Lu doing last night?" Zhang Yu looked at Lu Zhan directly and said in a provocative tone.
"That's wonderful, if I should give you a detailed description?"
The two of them who were driving around and the wheels were almost pressed on their faces, Zhang Ze consciously walked out to guard his young lady.
And Jing Nianshuang, who woke up with pain at this moment, looked at the room with only green beads and small leaves and asked softly, "Where did Lu Lang go?"
Seeing Xiao Yezi, who had been burying his head in helping him with his makeup and didn't speak, Jing Nianshuang at this moment relied on his intuition as a woman, and his detective reasoning ability was comparable to Sherlock Holmes.
"Sister, I guess Lu Lang went to find the eldest lady of the Zhang family, right?" As he spoke, he grabbed Xiao Yezi's hand.
Looking at Xiao Yezi's suddenly stunned performance when he heard what he had just said and his dodging eyes now, Jing Nianshuang confirmed his guess. Just when Lu Zhan and Zhang Yu, a confidante and good brother, were talking, the vinegar jar at home began to be jealous again.
When Lu Zhan, who was full of spring breeze, returned home, he found that the atmosphere was a little weird. Xiao Yezi, who usually likes to laugh, dodges when he sees him, but the other subordinates cast sympathetic glances at him. What's going on, how is it different at home after a trip.