Chapter Ninety-Six: Suddenly, Dong Xiaowan

Mao Bijiang is in the study at the moment, painting with Dong Xiaowan.

Mao Bijiang only included Dong Xiaowan in the house in April this year, he is Chinese New Year's Eve four years old today, and Dong Xiaowan is nineteen years old, it is the year of flowers, after being included in the house, he naturally can't put it down. Refuse to let go for a moment.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a cough, but saw that Mrs. Ma was already at the door.

The two hurriedly separated, and Mao Bijiang hurriedly said: "Mother, you are here, why don't you say a word." ”

Mrs. Ma had a gloomy face and said, "Xiao Wan, come here." ”

"Yes." Dong Xiaowan lowered her head and said with her eyebrows down.

Mrs. Ma and Dong Xiaowan walked on the edge of a pond, although it was autumn, but there were still residual lotuses in the pond, Mrs. Ma sighed and said, "Xiaowan, how about I treat you at home?" ”

Dong Xiaowan said: "Madame treats Xiaowan like a daughter. ”

Mrs. Ma said: "Today I am in danger of a family, only you can save me and my family, but I don't know if you are willing to sacrifice your life to save you?" ”

"I ---," Dong Xiaowan said in surprise.

She couldn't think of what was going on for a while, and she needed to save her.

However, Mrs. Ma didn't want to hide it from him, and immediately told the matter one by one. In the end, she affectionately held Dong Xiaowan's hand and said: "Xiaowan, if there is a way, I don't want to do it, you go, Xiang'er, how sad it will be." But isn't there no way? The thief Zhang Xuan, with tens of thousands of male soldiers, is now in Yangzhou, and has already released his words, I want you, if you don't sacrifice the past, I can't protect the whole family, even if we flee to Jiangnan now, my clan relatives who are here can't escape this catastrophe. ”

Dong Xiaowan was stunned for a while.

She didn't know how to deal with the sudden change. His eyes were stunned, and he seemed to have a feeling that the sky was falling for a while.

Dong Xiaowan was originally a woman from a good family, and her family already ran a weaving mill, but when she was thirteen, her father died, and her mother Bai did not know how to operate, so she entrusted the weaving workshop to her partner experience, but she didn't expect that a few years later, instead of making money, the weaving workshop owed a lot of money. There are as many as a thousand taels, Bai is angry and sick, sick in bed, Dong Xiaowan can only support herself, but how can she support a weak woman.

What can she do? It's just a Fengyue occasion like going in and out of Qinhuai.

Although she has fallen like this, there is not a day that Dong Xiaowan does not want to get out of such a day and settle down again.

She chose to venture out of the crowd.

Although there is a reason to admire the talent of Mao Frontier, it may not be that there is no desire for a stable life. It's just that everyone's children, there are many people who linger outside for flowers, and few people who really marry home. The same is true for Mao Bijiang, although he had a good night with Dong Xiaowan

, but whether to marry Dong Xiaowan back, but he didn't make up his mind.

It was also Dong Xiaowan who thought of a lot of ways, and finally moved to open up the frontier.

One of the incidents, Mao Bijiang gave Dong Xiaowan a summer dress, and later Mao Bijiang came to see Dong Xiaowan again in the winter, and found that Dong Xiaowan was still wearing this dress, because this dress was sent by Mao Bijiang.

finally moved Mao Bijiang, and Mao Bijiang said that he moved his parents and took Dong Xiaowan as a concubine.

Since April this year, this period of time has been like a dream for Dong Xiaowan.

Just like when you were a child, you don't have to worry about anything anymore, and you don't have to worry about too many sudden accidents anymore. Just rely on Mao Lang, and you don't have to be afraid of anything. This is exactly the day he wants.

But I never thought that this dream was going to wake up at this moment?

"Xiao Wan." Mrs. Ma made a gesture to give Dong Xiaowan the appearance of kneeling.

"Madam, I am up to you, I'm up to you." Dong Xiaowan said as she spoke, tears welling up in her eyes.

Yangzhou was in a hurry, and Mrs. Ma didn't give Dong Xiaowan much time at all, and almost didn't even pack her clothes, so she sent Dong Xiaowan on the ship to Yangzhou.

On the boat, Dong Xiaowan's eyes were red from crying, knowing that she wanted to cry without tears, but she was in a daze, as if she was a dead person. Of course, a voice came from afar, saying, "Xiao Wan." ”

"Yes, Mao Lang's voice." Dong Xiaowan suddenly woke up and said to the maid: "Mirror, my mirror." Then he took the palm-sized diorama and pointed it at his face, although the person in the mirror was still as beautiful as a flower, but his eyes were already swollen.

Immediately, Dong Xiaowan buried the mirror in her chest and cried in a low voice.

"Miss, don't you see the impostor?" The maid said.

"How's it going?" Dong Xiaowan said: "My eyes are swollen today, and I don't want to be like this when Mao Lang thinks of me in the future." ”

Then the voice gradually fell, Dong Xiaowan gently lifted the curtain and looked back, but saw a horse standing on the shore on the high post, and he couldn't see his face clearly from a distance, but Dong Xiaowan was familiar with it, it was his pillow person, but it would probably be a stranger in the future.

Zhang Xuan didn't know that these salt merchants had given him such a big surprise, but when he saw the final figure, one million taels, Zhang Xuan was already very satisfied, and said secretly in his heart: "With this million taels of silver in hand, many things can be done." ”

However, he also knew that this million taels was not his own, and he had to report a part to Luo Rucai, but he thought that Luo Rucai would also let him withhold a lot of silver, which was a common practice.

"Even if there are hundreds of thousands of taels left, it is enough to pay the army." Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

Of course, Zhang Xuan also knows the family background of Yangzhou salt merchants, far away

It's more than one million taels, but Zhang Xuan doesn't want to kill chickens and take eggs, the blood has to be released slowly, anyway, there are not many places for the army to spend money now, and this million taels is probably enough.

Anyway, this is borrowed silver, and it will not be enough in the future, so it can be borrowed again. The salt merchant dared to refuse. However, Zhang Xuan doesn't want to do this all the time, and if he has time in the future, he will definitely use the salt tax to harvest, instead of using street money.

It's just that there are many things, and it's not Zhang Xuan who has the final say. Although the strength in his hands is greater at the moment, he is not as unrestrained as he was in Runing. When he was in Runing, he could decide what to do, but now he had to communicate with Luo Rucai.

For example, now, if he wants to pay the army, he must let Luo Ru know, otherwise all the departments of the army will not be paid, and your salary will definitely cause many people. There are more people, things are complicated, and it is not as simple as it was at the beginning.

Zhang Xuan immediately wrote a letter, explaining everything in Yangzhou clearly, and also explained one million taels of silver, and the matter of salary was also raised.

When Zhang Xuan was busy with all this, he returned to his room, only to see a woman who had been waiting for a long time.

Although he is used to seeing beauties in later generations, he still has a feeling of amazement in his heart when he sees this woman at first glance.

It seems that the Ming Dynasty liked petite beauties, and Dong Xiaowan is also a typical example of that kind of petite Jiangnan people, who look as if a gust of wind can blow them away. The skin was white and transparent, as if it had been freshly bathed, and the hair was scattered up to the buttocks, and there was still moisture on it.

It's just that there is no smile on his face, but it looks like a white jade statue, Gujing Wubo, seeing Zhang Xuan come in, he saluted slightly and said, "I've seen General Zhang." ”

Zhang Xuan woke up from the shock and said, "Who are you and why are you in my room?" ”

"Concubine Dong Xiaowan, didn't the general ask me to come?" Dong Xiaowan said.

In fact, Dong Xiaowan was also very surprised in his heart, a thief's general, Dong Xiaowan thought in his heart, it must be the kind of Lu man with a tiger's back and a stench all over his body, or an old man who is dozens of years old, full of white hair and yellow teeth.

But I don't want to be a handsome boy. grew like a jade tree in the wind, and even a shallow scar on his face added a touch of heroism to him. made Dong Xiaowan feel a feeling for a while: "A beautiful woman, why is she a thief?" ”

Zhang Xuan listened to Dong Xiaowan's words, immediately understood a little, and immediately said to the outside: "Tiger head, tiger head, this is a good thing for you?" ”

He Hutou ran over, curiously wanted to take a look inside, saw Dong Xiaowan and said, "This sister is really beautiful, no wonder you can't forget it?" ”

Zhang Xuan was annoyed for a while, and said, "What do you mean I can't forget?" ”

"It's not that you can't forget the so-called Qin Huai Bayan?" He Hutou said: "Otherwise, how could people send it to the door? ”

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