After Zhang Xuan completely annihilated Miao Haichao's army, he ordered the general Cao Sining to lead 3,000 troops to be stationed in Xuyi County, and he led the army back to Jiangdu.

Zhang Xuan exterminated the Huai River bandit Miao Haichao and restored the transportation of the Tongji Canal cut off by the bandits, which greatly increased Zhang Xuan's prestige in Jiangdu.

Because Jiangdu is one of the top commercial cities in the Great Sui, more than half of the city's population depends on commerce for food, transportation is their lifeblood, the Tongji Canal has been cut off, the five major shipping companies and tens of thousands of boatmen have lost their jobs, and now Zhang Xuan has completely annihilated Miao Haichao and restored the transportation of Tongji Canal, how can the people of Jiangdu not be grateful to Zhang Xuan.

For a time, everyone up and down in Jiangdu talked about Zhang Xuan, his army and the prosperity he brought to Jiangdu.

At noon on this day, a young woman wearing a hood rode into Jiangdu City, she was slender, wearing a slightly loose crimson hero suit, and a long sword with a shark skin sheath on her waist, because the light veil on the hat covered her face, and her appearance could not be seen clearly, but her white horse was very precious, and at a glance she knew that it was a war horse from the Western Regions, tall and strong, with strong hooves and a slender tail.

Although the woman in red looks very eye-catching, but Jiangdu is a famous international metropolis in the Great Sui, the Silla people, the Fusang people and the Hu people of the Western Regions can be seen everywhere, and rangers abound, this woman does not seem special, and does not attract the attention of passers-by, but when someone passes by her, they can't help but glance at her appearance and want to know the appearance behind the light veil.

The woman in red was obviously not the first time to come to Jiangdu, she looked at the streets of Jiangdu, and her eyes fell on the gate of the military envoy not far from the city gate, a large plaque with gold edges and a black background was written with five big characters of 'Jianghuai Recruiting Envoy', and there were eight heavily armed soldiers standing at the door.

The woman in red nodded, turned over and dismounted, and led the horse towards a wine shop directly opposite the military office. The wine shop is called 'Guangling Chun', which is a famous wine name in Jiangdu, it is a large-scale restaurant, with three floors, which can accommodate 200 people to dine at the same time, and is one of the famous wine shops in Jiangdu City.

The woman in red had just walked to the door. A bartender greeted him warmly, "This eldest sister should come to the shop to rest!" The shop has all kinds of hot dishes and cold dishes, and the shop can also provide separate stables for VIPs to ensure that the eldest sister is satisfied! ”

The bartender was very discerning, he knew that this kind of female ranger could not be provoked, and must be doubly respectful, and her horse was very good, and it was by no means something that ordinary people could afford to ride.

The woman in red is naturally Zhang Chuchen, who has just returned from a trip to the Western Regions. He and his elder brothers Zhang Zhongjian and Li Jing traveled to the Western Regions together, and when they arrived in the Shule area, Zhang Chuchen did not want to go west, and Zhang Zhongjian and Li Jing also wanted to go to Shaye and the west farther away, so the three broke up in Shule, Zhang Zhongjian and Li Jing continued to travel west, and Zhang Chuchen turned back to the Central Plains.

Although the road is not smooth, Zhang Chuchen is strong in martial arts. All the way back to the Central Plains.

She didn't know why she came to Jiangdu, but she was really a little tired. Want to sit down and eat something and rest for a while.

She took off the sack and threw the reins to the bartender, "Take my horse to a separate stable and feed it well, for I have a reward." But if there's one less horsehair, I'll burn down your liquor store!" ”

The bartender was so frightened that his heart trembled, thinking that he had met a female ringing horse, and he was going to burn down the house and kill people at every turn.

Zhang Chuchen went up to the second floor and found a window seat to sit down. She turned her gaze, just in time to see the military official across the street, she ordered a few dishes, asked for a pot of wine, poured herself a drink, but her eyes seemed quite worried.

In recent years, due to the dissolution of Huofeng, the distance between Zhang Chuchen and the Guanlong nobles has become farther and farther away, as well as her father-in-law Dou Qing deliberately estranged her, as well as the hostility of the Dou family's children to her, so that she lost her spiritual hometown, she is like a paper kite that has lost the rope traction, flying helplessly in the sky, although she has done a lot of things to punish evil and promote good, rob the rich and help the poor, but that is not the destination she wants after all, where she will end up, Zhang Chuchen himself does not know.

Zhang Chuchen picked up the wine glass, and at this time, she suddenly heard a familiar voice from the staircase, "Brother Lin, tell the shopkeeper if you can change the braised sea bass to steamed sea bass." ”

"This is"

Zhang Chuchen suddenly heard this voice, isn't this Ah Yuan?

She quickly got up and walked to the staircase and asked in a low voice, "Is it Ah Yuan upstairs?" ”

A pretty round face poked out from the top of the stairs, and a pair of big watery eyes blinked, it was Ah Yuan, she saw that this woman was covered by a light veil, and asked, "Are you—"

Zhang Chuchen took off the light veil and smiled: "It's me!" ”

Ah Yuan immediately recognized it, she came to the capital from Qinghe County, thanks to Zhang Chuchen's help, otherwise she would have been miserable, she was suddenly surprised and happy: "It turned out to be Miss Zhang, why are you here?" ”

"I—"

Zhang Chuchen hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "I'll walk around, are you alone?" ”

"No, I'll accompany my wife here for lunch."

"It turns out that Miss Lu is also there"

"Now she's not Miss Lu, she's the general's wife now."

Ah Yuan smiled: "Miss Zhang, do you want to meet my wife?" ”

"Is it convenient?" Zhang Chuchen glanced at the vigilant pro-soldier next to him.

"It should be okay, girl, come with me!"

Ah Yuan said to the guards: "This Miss Zhang is a friend of the general, not an outsider. ”

When the soldiers heard that the other party was a friend of the general and a young woman, he no longer stopped him, he dodged to the side, Zhang Chuchen explained a few words to the bartender, and then followed Ah Yuan to the third floor, and they went to the end, and there were two soldiers standing at the door of a private room at the end.

"Miss Zhang, I'll go and tell Madame."

Zhang Chuchen nodded, casually put the long sword and horse bag at the door, and after a while, Ah Yuan came out and smiled: "Miss Zhang, my wife is invited!" ”

Zhang Zhuchen walked into the room, the room was very elegantly furnished, there was only a small table inside, Zhang Xuan's wife Lu Qing was wearing a white long skirt and sitting at the small table, she was combing a delicate falling horse bun, diagonally inserting a jasper hairpin, her skin was as white as jade, gentle and beautiful, there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and she was curiously looking at Zhang Chuchen who walked into the room.

She heard Zhang Xuan talk about this woman, saying that she was neither friend nor foe, and was once the leader of the famous female assassin 'Fire Phoenix', but Lu Qing knew that Zhang Zhuchen did not appear in front of her to assassinate herself, and if she had the idea of assassinating herself, she would not show up at all.

Zhang Chuchen had already taken off her veil, revealing a pretty and heroic face, she stepped forward to give a salute, "Zhang Chuchen see Madame." ”

"Miss Zhang doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!"

"Thank you, ma'am."

Zhang Chuchen sat down opposite Lu Qing, Lu Qing asked Ah Yuan to get another pair of dishes and chopsticks, and said with a smile: "One is also bored at home, there is a wine shop opposite, so I came to sit down, I didn't expect to meet Miss Zhang, which is also a kind of fate." ”

"Madame knows me?"

Lu Qing smiled and nodded, "I said that the general talked about the girl when he chatted, I heard the general say that Miss Zhang and her senior brother went to the Western Regions, when did they come back?" ”

Zhang Chuchen wanted to know how Zhang Xuan talked about himself to his wife, but it was not easy to ask about this kind of thing, so he had to smile and say, "It's been more than a month since I came back." ”

"Oh-"

Lu Qing smiled again: "How could Miss Zhang think of coming to Jiangdu?" ”

Zhang Chuchen had to admire this general's wife, she spoke softly, but she didn't leak, she couldn't answer for a while, so she smiled: "I also live all over the world, walk here, look there, live in no fixed place, this is the second time I have come to Jiangdu, I like the lively atmosphere here." ”

At this time, Ah Yuan brought the dishes and chopsticks, Lu Qing poured a glass of wine for Zhang Chuchen, she held up her wine cup with her slender jade hand and said with a smile: "It's rare to see an acquaintance in Jiangdu, we drank this cup." ”

"Thank you, ma'am, please!"

Zhang Chuchen was more bold, picked up the wine glass and drank it all by himself, and faced Lu Qing with the empty glass, indicating that he would do it first as a respect, Lu Qing smiled, "I can't drink it all at once, I can only drink half of it, I'm sorry!" ”

She took a sip of half a glass, put the wine glass down, gently wiped the wine stains on the corner of her mouth with a silk scarf, and asked with a smile: "Does Miss Zhang still live in Dou Mansion?" ”

Zhang Chuchen shook his head, his eyes were a little gloomy, "I have nothing to do with Dou Fu anymore." ”

Lu Qing nodded, and asked again, "What are the plans of that girl?" ”

"I don't know myself, wandering all over the world, and when I'm tired of wandering, I'll find a place to live with beautiful mountains and rivers."

Ah Yuan next to her seemed to want to say something, but her lips moved but she didn't speak, Lu Qing glanced at her and said with a smile: "It seems that Ah Yuan wants to ask the girl to stay in Jiangdu for a few more days." ”

Madame laughed.

Lu Qing smiled slightly: "Then I ask Miss Zhang to stay in my house for a few more days, is it okay?" ”

"This"

Zhang Chuchen hesitated for a moment, she didn't have the freshness she had before, her pretty face was slightly red, and she nodded a little embarrassedly, "Then disturb Madame!" (To be continued.) )