Chapter 463: Maintenance

Although Beiping was upgraded to Beijing as early as the beginning of Yongle, there were many ownerless wastelands in the suburbs due to the small number of people in the beginning. Except for a few people who saw the right direction and hired long-term workers to cultivate the wasteland and set up farms, most people initially only bought property in Jiangnan. It wasn't until the relocation of the capital was officially put on the table that the familiar places around Beijing became hot. After all, the price of grain in Jiangnan is extremely cheap, and after the fields are sold, they still have to buy grain when they send the money to Beijing, and they can't afford the difference between the price of one in and one out. As a result, Tongzhou, Huairou, Miyun, Baoding and other prefectures and counties are full of granges of Xungui's family, and there are many farmers on countless wastelands.

Because of listening to Zhang Fu's words at the beginning, the Baoding Marquis Mansion purchased hundreds of hectares of land early. After Meng Xian's accident, Meng Ying thought that her nephews and nieces had no father and no mother, and they all moved to live outside the city, and life was inevitably difficult, so she quietly asked Meng Jun to transfer a 1,000-acre grange to the name of Meng Tao and Meng Fan's brothers.

It was the fifteenth day of September, and at noon, a horse-drawn carriage and several large carts drove into Langfang Hutong. The porter at the main gate of the Baoding Hou Mansion found that the car was coming to his house, so he had to go down the steps and interrogate a few words, and learned that it was Meng Tao and Meng Fan, who lived in Huangcun outside the city, sent someone to send something from Zhuangzi, and the two gatekeepers looked at each other for a while, and hurriedly led the person to the west corner door, and then hurriedly reported inside.

The four carts were just some fresh meat and vegetables, and what got out of the carriage was a young girl wearing a plain white Hangzhou silk jacket, a silver cotton skirt, and a plain armor, which was Cui Mo. When the housekeeper came out, she presented the master's greetings, and then said generously: "This year, there have been floods in many places in Beizhili, but fortunately, our family's grange is fine, and the summer grain is also a bumper harvest, so the young masters and young ladies sent me to Beijing to send some things, and thank the Hou Mansion for taking care of this year." If the ladies and grandmothers are not available to meet them, they will trouble the housekeeper to greet them. ”

The housekeeper used to visit and deliver things in Huangcun, so he naturally recognized Cuimo, and at this time, he heard that she had finished saying all the things that should be said, and she was completely in the style of a housekeeper girl, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart that current affairs made people. Since after the eldest young master Meng Jun left, Mrs. Lu personally came forward to clean up the babbling subordinates in the family, and then she continued to do nothing, so this business was still Zhang Qing's cooking, so he couldn't help but hesitate a little when he remembered that both sides were not at home at this time.

After pondering for a moment, he smiled and said: "Since Miss Cuimo is here on behalf of several young masters and young ladies, Mrs. and Grandma should have seen each other, but today is fifteen, Mrs. went to Qingshou Temple to make incense, Grandma went to Yangwu Bo Mansion to visit the old lady, and the other two grandmothers are young and tender-faced, and they don't care about these chores." Why don't Miss Cuimo sit down and wait for Mrs. and Grandma to come back after lunch? ”

"Then you don't need to." Cui Mo gave a salute, and two shallow dimples appeared on her beautiful face, "Please ask the housekeeper to reply to the Marquis of Baoding and Mrs. Baoding, saying that everything is fine with the family, thank you for keeping them in mind." When the filial piety period of the young masters and young ladies expires, they must come to visit them in person. ”

Leaving Langfang Hutong, Cuimo took out a string of money and rewarded the few villagers who pushed the cart into the city, and sent them back, but he got into the carriage and went straight to Qianmen Street. This is the first time she has entered the city since leaving Beijing at the end of last year, looking at the increasingly prosperous street market outside through the car curtain, but she has no interest at all, and she only thinks about going to Wanxiangzhai on Qianmen Street to bring a few exquisite snacks back, so as to coax a few young masters and young ladies in the family.

Qianmen Street is facing the Daming Gate, and the front is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Yamen of the Six Ministries, so there are many shops and restaurants on both sides of the street. After getting out of the carriage in front of Wanxiangzhai, Cuimo instructed the coachman to lean aside and wait, and he went straight through the gate. Seeing that there were still a few customers in front of her, she glanced casually at the counter, and before she could decide what to buy, a voice came from behind her.

"Cuimo, you are so bold, you dare to enter Beijing City!"

Turning around like a whirlwind, Cui Mo immediately recognized the strong man in the royal blue shirt in front of him, and couldn't help but take two steps back in panic. Thinking of her sadness and despair when she went back to Anyang Mansion to get the news, she only felt that her heart was crumbled, and anger immediately replaced fear, and she didn't know where to get the courage to sneer at her.

"I'm an innocent person, why don't I dare to enter Beijing?"

"What a sharp-toothed girl, since you dare to enter Beijing, then go back with me to see Chitose Ye!" Kong Ye, the palace guard, sneered, grabbed Cuimo's wrist, and when he saw that she wanted to shout, he said with pity, "You have to shout just give it a try, and see who in this Beijing city dares to take care of the affairs of our Anyang Palace!" ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper and customers in the store were all frightened and ran away, Kong Ye couldn't help but become even more proud, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the sudden explosion on your father's side, things wouldn't have been like this in the first place!" If it weren't for the fact that Master Chitose didn't want to cause trouble, do you think you would be able to hide in Huangcun until today? Betraying the Lord is a great crime that deserves to be killed, if it weren't for the help of Master Chitose, your family would have died a long time ago! Chitose Lord is now worried that there is no suitable girl to give to King Shouguang, let me go buy a few, who knows that I will bump into you by chance. Your mother was buried in the palace, and your father was paid by the palace to atone for his sins, so shouldn't you repay the kindness of our palace? ”

With a sneer, he dragged Cui Mo out. When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly felt a heavy hand on his shoulder, and he couldn't move for a while. Angry, he turned his head viciously, scolded and spit out a few dirty words, but he saw clearly the color of the man's clothes behind him. A sturdy physique is enough, but the golden goose hat and the treasure flower coat and the striped boots are the signature clothes of the captain of the brocade guard.

Thinking that his master didn't want to provoke Jinyiwei, Kong Ye had to put down his hand hatefully, but he was still unwilling to let go of the person who was easy to catch. Suddenly, the few brocade guards got out of the way, but a young man walked in slowly. I saw that he was wearing a brocade robe with red and colorful cloud patterns, stepping on deerskin boots, his face was white and beardless, but his eyes were full of gloom. Because he often interacted with the noble officials of all parties, he recognized this person at once, and his grandeur was reduced by half.

If it was in the past, Lu Feng, who had the idea of going right and left, must have thought he hadn't seen this situation just now, but he had just broken up with Zhang Yue, and he had already made up his mind, and when he got closer, he squinted his eyes and said lightly: "This is Jingshi, you two are pulling and pulling a girl's family in public, aren't you afraid of ruining the reputation of King Anyang?" ”

The frightened Cui Mo found that someone had come forward to relieve the siege, and he was immediately relieved. But she didn't dare to stay here for a long time, so she moved a few steps and quickly escaped from Wanxiangzhai. After staggering for more than a dozen steps, she heard a faint shouting behind her, and suddenly became even more panicked, and ran into it in a panic when she saw an alley next to her. It was easy to reach the end of the alley, and she felt as if there were many footsteps not far behind her, and she instinctively ran forward, almost hitting someone else.

"Girls should be careful when they walk...... Hey, you're Cuimo? ”

Hearing this voice, Cui Mo raised his head and was overjoyed when he recognized the man. Before she could explain, she saw a carriage parked next to the man and hurriedly climbed into it. And suddenly encountered such a strange situation, Zhang Yue couldn't help but look around, and found that no one was behind this girl, and his heart was strange, and he thought for a moment before he lifted the corner of his robe and got into the car.

After getting into the car, he saw Cui Mo huddled in the corner of the car with his knees hugged, his body still trembling, and he actually remembered the little girl who was timid and couldn't even speak at the time of Daxiangguo Temple. After calling softly, seeing her raise her head, he asked, "No one is chasing you outside, why do you look like this?" ”

Cui Mo didn't seem to hear at all, but hugged her knees tighter, and kept muttering to herself. The men and women of the Meng family have to keep filial piety for Meng Xian and Mrs. Wu, and she has always been vegetarian. Except for Meng Min and Meng Tao and Meng Fan, no one knew that she was keeping filial piety for her dead father. She has always forced herself to forget the death of her parents, but when she met Kong Ye today, the past that she had been holding on to all of a sudden came to her heart, making her almost go crazy.

The more Zhang Yue looked at her, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he was about to tell the coachman to find a medical center, but suddenly heard a few words in her words clearly, and immediately became attentive. Although Cuimo's words were vague, he already knew a lot about the incident last year, and at this time, while listening to and figuring it out, the few things that were originally missing were gradually pieced together by him. Thinking that although the Kang family of three was originally poor, they could still rely on each other, but now there was only Cui Mo left, he suddenly felt that his heart was not good.

It turned out that those conspiracies could be exposed, but it was because there was such a strong man who was determined to avenge his wife!

After a long time, Cui Mo came back from his trance, and then realized that he was already in tears. Seeing the person sitting opposite clearly, she hurriedly reached out to wipe the tears on her face, but saw Zhang Yue reach out and hand over a handkerchief. Although she used to be angry with Zhang Yue, but now that the times have changed, she can't help but think of the silver horns that allowed their family of three to make a living many years ago. took the handkerchief and wiped her face vigorously, thinking that her nonsense had been heard by him, she clutched the handkerchief tightly and told her what had happened before.

Even if Zhang Yue is not easily excited, he is still angry at this time. At the beginning, they fought so hard, and now they are merging because of interests, these royal families are really not things! It seems that he has to make a few more preparations before leaving, in case people have any other calculations!

After pondering for a while, he said: "I'll let you send you back, although King Anyang is the king of the county, he may still be a prince in the future, but he won't be able to jump for a few years." Your father is good, you will live a good life in the future, don't let down his heart to protect you! ”