Zhu Wen planned to go to Dongxia, and her mother wanted to go too.

Her mother has a few sisters in her family, and she is married to several handsome men in the past, but because of the different positions and political views of each husband, they often communicate with each other, but there are not many opportunities to meet. Zhu Wen's mother has a big row at home, and she has become a girl's family when her sisters are young, and she has suffered from the vicissitudes of life because of the bad luck of the family.

Although her mother thought about it and felt that she was old, since she had moved so far from Changyue, she was now close to Xie Xiaowan's mother, and she should live with each other permanently.

Zhu Wen thought that he had a lot of things to do, and he didn't want to take her with him, so he only told her: "None of us have been to Dongxia, and Lu Sheng is not familiar with people, my daughter went to take a look, and she also explored the way, and after the road was explored, you can communicate with your aunt." ”

Her mother knew some privacy, but still left her privately, and said: "Your aunt's family has a great kindness to our family, although Chen Jingye, a short-lived ghost, died and you became a widow, but you still don't want to be innocent with Xiaowan's husband anymore, if it's really like that, doesn't Xiaowan hate you?" In fact, my mother refused to let you come to Beizhou, not only for fear of affecting your brothers and sisters to come to this poor country and miss the future, but also afraid that you would still miss Bog Abate. You know? Son, if you want to turn against Xiaowan, do you have any relatives in our family? ”

Zhu Wen was a little impatient when he heard this, and said repeatedly: "Can you stop mentioning the past?!" I want to guard my Tianyi now and lay a good foundation for him. ”

Her mother was afraid of her, so she hurriedly said, "Don't mention it", "Don't mention it", but it was right and wrong, and said: "Listen to what our chief Zhu said, you go to see General Tao, and General Tao promises a lot, does he take a fancy to you?" If you want to make Tianyi good, just find him a backer. ”

Zhu Wen sneered, more like saying to himself: "In this world, who can be an eternal backer." I want Tianyi to rely on no one and achieve a career. ”

Her mother stopped talking, and went down to rummage around, but said, "I have to prepare some more things, you can bring them to your aunt, and when you go to Dongxia, maybe you have to ask their mothers to help you." Then he asked, "What about my hairpin, what about the hairpin you bought for me last year, didn't you say that the pearls on it are precious, help me find it, and send it to your aunt." She loves to dress up, and when she sees her sister asking you to bring her such a beautiful hairpin, she must be happy in her heart. ”

Zhu Wen said lightly: "Okay." Mother. I've got everything ready. You should keep that hairpin for yourself, will our family lack this now? Send a hairpin, it's too stingy, you think it's good, I'll buy you ten or twenty in a few days. ”

Zhu Wen left, and her mother muttered: "Why doesn't this girl understand people." ”

She sighed and said, "Did your mother let you buy ten or twenty hairpins?" The obedient little girl who pestered her mother back then, why did everyone become afraid of you. ”

After a while, she let out a "sigh", her eyes turned twice, and she brought a little fierce light: "You won't be stolen by the maid when you move, right?" ”

As he was talking, Zhu Chang jumped in, looked back, and said repeatedly, "Mother." . My sister let me go too. I'm not going, I'm not familiar with this realm, so I'm thinking about wandering around and marrying a daughter-in-law for you as soon as possible. When he heard that the old lady couldn't find the hairpin, he smiled and proved loudly: "Don't look for it." Can a maid dare to steal from you? I saw that Tianyi took it away and changed things and ate it. As soon as Chen Tian took it, the old lady lost her temper. As soon as she heard Zhu Chang's shouting, she said, "You are stupid." Your sister is a woman who goes out with a child, how can you do it if you don't follow? To follow. Also, if you coax your sister, if you coax you, she will give it to you*. She is not short of that money at all, and she will not be reluctant. You just coax it. I went to the place to see your aunt, and my mother still expects you to take your mother to see her when you come back. ”

After a while, she arranged: "When I see your aunt, you have to know how to count etiquette, she loved you the most when she was a child." Also, when I saw the child of your sister Xiaowan's family, you are an uncle, do you know that you want to give a meeting gift? Let me tell you, the goods that your sister Xiaowan married were born as bandits, but Xiaowan was robbed, and when you meet someone, don't ask your brother-in-law indiscriminately, lest your aunt feel uncomfortable when she thinks about what happened back then. ”

Zhu Chang immediately looked embarrassed, his fingers were squeezed, Zhu's mother glared at him, and pressed a stack of silver tickets for him.

They searched for several days, went through the customs office, and received a few certificates from the military road yamen.

Tao Kan also attached importance to this matter and sent a few people to join them.

Next, together with Master Yuan, everyone went on the road together.

Along the way, these people told them how they could pass the customs, where they went after passing the customs, where they went to find someone, and what they said about who they found.

Zhu Wen asked Zhu Chang to remember it.

They caught up with the official road and encountered a caravan, not only the cart loaded with solid loads, a lot of mules, horses, donkeys also hung a four-edged box on the head, dozens of knights next to the caravan were fast and slow, leading the way, and there was a flag in the front, which said "Wuwei Fenyang".

Zhu Chang actually didn't go out much, hanging behind him, twisting his neck to look hard.

The caravan saw that they were riding a lot of horses, hanging their weapons, and they were wary, so they slowed down, and they were not walking fast, and the caravan came up again, and when they saw that they were walking slowly, a horseman came to negotiate and asked them if they could let the caravan pass by the roadside.

Zhu Chang felt extremely uncomfortable.

His sister is the county lord, and now they are going to Dongxia, and there is still a bit of an official taste, and there are people from the military government of Beizhou Province, and a caravan actually said that they should let go.

He took the initiative to come forward and said, "Get out." ”

The knight's eyelids jumped, and he clenched his fists and retreated.

Zhu Wen sensed that something was wrong, so he asked people to call Zhu Chang, and when Zhu Chang walked to the side window of the carriage, he asked, "Zhu Chang." What's going on. ”

Zhu Chang briefly explained the following situation.

Zhu Wen arranged: "Don't do it so simply in the future, presumably the caravan sees that we don't look like merchants, but we have knight weapons, and we go slowly, for fear that it will not be safe, so we will come up and test it." Don't offend people easily. ”

She thought for a moment, and then said, "You sent someone to bring one of the caravans, and I want to ask him something." ”

Zhu Chang reluctantly complied.

After a while, the sharp knight of the caravan did not resent Zhu Chang's rudeness, and came to Zhu Wen's carriage, Zhu Wen opened the curtain and asked him, "Are you from the dart game?" ”

The knight replied, "We're not a dart game. Out of the Daimyo's Mansion, this road has our Dongxia for the convenience of business travel set up post houses, provide food and lodging, food and water, repair vehicles, hire livestock, a few years ago to provide protection, quite safe, but the caravan in order to save money, to the Daimyo Mansion will dismiss the hired executioner, over time, this trade route will make some thieves red-eyed, last autumn out of nowhere came out of nowhere a safflower thief, specifically lying on both sides of the official road to loot, our North Plains General Zhang sent a note to the Marshal of Beizhou, let them exterminate it, but there is no follow-up. So, General Zhang once again allowed us to escort the caravan and get a reward. ”

Red Flower Thief?

Zhu Wen really didn't know.

She asked, "Is this Bizhou Xiangmado?" ”

The knight smiled, "Not much. Most of them are thieves who steal chickens and dogs, cheat and cheat, heroes and heroes can choose to go to Dongxia to make a living, who will do the work of horses here? ”

Zhu Wen asked again: "What happened to the safflower thief?" ”

The knight sneered and said: "Who knows what's going on, dare to lurk on the official road, and specialize in looting large quantities, our Dongxia is short of goods, according to me, maybe who is the black hand behind it, if the imperial court repeats this, simply give this territory to us Dongxia." ”

His voice was too loud, which immediately attracted the sideways glances of the people in the Taokan military office.

Zhu Wen demanded: "The concubine and his party went to Dongxia to look for business opportunities, but it was the first time to go, if the strong man is relieved, let us follow your caravan." ”

As a sign of respect, she asked someone from Taukan to summon and deliberately asked, "Can you rest assured that you will join their caravan?" ”

She thought that the people in the court would oppose or have opinions, and she had already prepared her speech.

Unexpectedly, several people in the government said: "Madame is right to think so." Although we are familiar with the road, but they do not have a good grasp of the distance, can catch up with the store in time, the car is broken, the horse is injured, they are willing to help, it is the best. When we go to Dongxia, we all go together, that is, we don't dare to let the people above know. Because Madame is a nobleman, I am afraid that Madame will say that we will go with Dongxia. ”

Zhu Wen understood what was going on, and after the Dongxia knight returned, he asked the people in the official mansion: "Is what they said just now excessive, and the concubine has no official position, and you don't refute it?" ”

Several people in the government sighed and said, "Refute what? There have been no ringing horses for several years, there are many thieves and swindlers on the official road, but the ringing horses are extinct, and now they are coming out again, and they are still on our territory, and their faces are not good-looking. Besides, the lady will know when she enters Dongxia, and the people of Dongxia are very ashamed, they will not be convicted by their words, they dare to say anything, and talk to them about the truth, not to embarrass themselves? ”

Zhu Wen asked rhetorically: "I won't be guilty of words." ”

The man in the government said as a miracle: "Yes." If you stand on the street and shout that the king of Dongxia is your son and your dog, you will be beaten by passers-by, but the government will not care. Especially in the Northern Plains, there is a Dongxia Taixue City in the Northern Plains, and there are often people who make earth-shattering remarks, and the government does not interfere. ”

Zhu Wen was also strange and asked, "What about the rebellious remarks?" ”

The official replied: "I have never heard of the remarks of rebellion, but I heard that for a while, someone in the academy condemned General Zhang, the general of Eastern Xia who guarded the Northern Plain, as a butcher, and the tragedy of the people in Shanggu was caused by him. Later, I heard that the man was invited by General Zhang to be an official in the mansion. ”

Zhu Chang listened and listened, couldn't listen anymore, and said: "Let people do this, isn't that a big mess in the world?" ”

The official man smiled and said: "We all think so, but the people of Dongxia don't think so, anyway, you will know when you arrive, Dongxia is weird." Our children in Beizhou know that there are at least eight monsters in the Eastern Xia Kingdom, and they have made up nursery rhymes to sing. This first monster, the Great King Monster, is strange that there is no palace; This second blame, the government blames, the government levies money quickly; The third is strange, the carriage and horses are not hindered on the left side; Fourth, it's not strange that girls go to school; The fifth blame, the princess blame, the princess recruits a son-in-law and no one loves it; The sixth monster, the people are strange, they don't kneel when they meet, and dare to say that they are more handsome than their kings; The seventh monster, the aristocratic monster, hires people to drag people with quarried land; The eighth monster, the scholar monster, can only earn work to make the yamen mai. ”

Zhu Chang laughed and said: "I've heard of the first monster, I've heard people in Changyue, I heard that their king doesn't build a palace because he can't live in it, he only lives in a tent." ”

Zhu Wen denied it: "That's a rumor. He's not that savage. ”

The people in the official mansion looked at Zhu Chang like a fool, and when they saw Zhu Wen asking with a sideways look, they said, "Yes." The king of Eastern Xia has refused to build a palace to this day. Not only did they not build palaces. It is said that there are no eunuchs around, and the palace ladies are all hired by the government, and the number is very small......."

Zhu Chang asked loudly: "Is he a fool?" Dongxia is particularly poor, right? What is the population? Can't afford it, right? ”

The official man laughed and said: "The Dongxia court always says that they are poor, but there are very few beggars in their country, which is not in the eight monsters, but it must be a monster, you can't see beggars on the street, it's not absolutely impossible to see them, there are, there will be, but they are all fugitives who have just gone from our Central Plains, and soon someone will tell them that begging is shameful, no one will give them alms, where can they have something to eat." Occasionally, people who had lost arms and legs in the war would put up meritorious books on the streets, selling shoes and harness, and don't think they were beggars, because if you threw coins at them, someone would spit on you. Among them, it is likely that they are nobles who have land and shops. ”

Zhu Chang hugged his stomach and laughed wildly on the horse.

Zhu Wen whispered to himself: "He really has a country as strange as his character, how can this deformed country exist." ”