Chapter 196: My cousin
"Everyone must already know about Xianggong." Feng Suqin's voice still had the trills of the freshly cried, but her expression was firm.
"You are all old people who have followed Xianggong for many years, and now Xianggong is in trouble, and you must work together to save Xianggong from fire and water."
"Where do the younger brothers and sisters speak," the first one to speak, it was Xu Liang's second brother Xu Qing, before Feng Suqin entered the house, Xu Qing paid attention to the reactions of everyone in the house, like Xing Zhongshan was as calm and firm, as if Zhenyuan County Cheng Huangdao Zhou and other people were in a dilemma, but there were also some people who were afraid of the prestige of Jinyiwei and were timid. Xu Qing was afraid that those timid people would open their mouths first and disturb the atmosphere in the house, so he said before everyone: "I followed the third brother to Zhenyuan from Jianchang, and I had already entrusted my life to the third brother, and Liang Jun was founded by the third brother. You said yes and no, General Xing? ”
Xing Zhongshan naturally understood Xu Qing's intentions, and nodded when he heard this: "Not bad." If any of the Liang army dared to be ungrateful and had two hearts, Xing would be the first to spare him. ”
The other generals in the Liang army hurriedly bowed their hands and said: "The last general swears to follow Lord Xu to the death." ”
Feng Suqin was very moved when she saw this, got up and saluted everyone, and said gratefully: "It's rare that you trust my family so much, Suqin thank you here." ”
Everyone hurriedly returned the salute.
Hu Xiaoyong, the owner of the Liang military camp, hesitated and said, "Young lady, there is no doubt about our loyalty to Lord Xu. It's just that the last general heard that the person who arrested Lord Xu this time was the person from the Jinyi Wei Chang'an Thousand Households, the Jinyi Wei is famous for his murder, the power is huge, and the Jinyi Wei secret agents are pervasive, so it is not easy for us to rescue the adults from the hands of the Jinyi Wei. ”
Xu Qing snorted coldly and glared at Hu Xiaoyong angrily, "What does Camp Master Hu mean by this?" Before the young lady and General Xing decided how to rescue them, the camp master Hu grew up and destroyed his own prestige! ”
"Ah, that's not what I meant." Hu Xiaoyong's face was scornful, and he said hurriedly: "I want to remind everyone that rescuing Lord Xu is extraordinary, so you should plan carefully and act carefully." ”
Xu Qing listened and snorted disdainfully. Hu Xiaoyong was a little annoyed when he saw this, and sat angrily.
"Okay, stop arguing." Xing Zhongshan shouted at the two of them, and then arched his hand to Cheng Huang Daozhou of Zhenyuan County and said: "Lord Huang, Xing and several of the Liang army are rough people, and there is nothing to say about charging into battle, but if you want to save people, Lord Huang is well-informed, and I have to bother you to come up with ideas." ”
"Where." Huang Daozhou was very polite, turned to Feng Suqin and said, "The young lady is here, so naturally I will listen to the young lady." ”
Feng Suqin shook her head, and her voice was sincere, "Suqin women and Taoist people, how can they think of any good way." Everything still has to rely on Lord Huang and General Xing. ”
Huang Daozhou was still polite, Xu Qing interjected: "Lord Huang, you don't have to excuse yourself, we Liang Jun's people are all together in this court, and you don't understand, if you don't help find a way, then no one will think about it." ”
Huang Daozhou chuckled, stroked his beard and groaned, and then said slowly: "The incident happened suddenly, and our eyes were black." The top priority is to find out what happened to Lord Xu. It was Jinyiwei who caught the people, and it can be seen that there is a situation in Beijing, so we have to send someone to the capital to inquire carefully. ”
"This is one of them, and it can be seen from this incident that Lord Xu's matter is not small. In the final analysis, the emperor has the final say on the affairs of the court. In other words, even if Lord Xu is escorted to the capital, he still has to go through the trial of the three law divisions, the vote of the cabinet, and the approval of the emperor before he can be convicted and sentenced. It will take some time during this period, so we will seize this time to make some articles. ”
"Lord Huang said this, how long will it take for Xianggong to be caught and convicted?" Feng Suqin asked in surprise.
"Exactly." Huang Daozhou nodded.
"So what are we going to do...... What about making a fuss? Feng Suqin asked again.
Cheng Huangdao Zhou of Zhenyuan County sighed lightly, "The law is nothing more than human feelings!" The laws of the Ming Dynasty are strict, but after more than two hundred years, the implementation has changed beyond recognition to this day, alas, this is really the sorrow of my Ming Dynasty......"
Huang Daozhou sighed, suddenly saw everyone in the room looking at him with strange faces, came to his senses, coughed twice, and continued with a slightly red face: "Hurry up and do the right!" We can't wait until we figure out what is going on and then try to figure out how to do it. The article should be done in front, young lady, General Xing, we have to get through the relationship before Lord Xu is escorted to the capital, Jinyiwei, the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate, Dali Temple, the cabinet, and the eunuchs in the palace...... Wait, anyone who has the potential to speak up in Lord Xu's affairs, we can't be left behind. ”
Luo Baiguan sat next to Dai Yingying and Lou Xian'er, Huang Daozhou said a yamen, Luo Baiguan remembered one, and when Huang Daozhou finished speaking, Luo Baiguan couldn't help screaming: "My God, this, how much does this cost?" ”
Luo Baiguan's unique soft voice called out, and Lou Xian'er was startled, thinking to herself, how can there be a woman here? When he turned his head to see Luo Baiguan's face clearly, he suddenly looked entangled and awkward, and carefully moved away from the chair.
Feng Suqin also felt that if it was spent like this, it would inevitably cost a lot of money, but for Xu Liang, what was it to spend some money? glared at Luo Baiguan, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, according to Lord Huang's wishes, for the sake of justice, even if the family is bankrupt, what does it matter!" ”
Huang Daozhou said again: "The relationship between Beijing and Li must be opened, and we must also open up on the ground in Shaanxi." The Yamen of the Pingliang Prefect, the three divisions of Shaanxi, and the Trilateral Governor's Mansion, all those who can be relied on are as close as possible. ”
Feng Suqin adopted all of Huang Daozhou's opinions. At that moment, we arranged for people to go out to prepare. After everyone dispersed, Feng Suqin called Xing Zhongshan and Xu Qing to the inner courtyard, and said in front of Dai Yingying and Lou Xian'er: "Lord Huang's methods are all methods on the surface, and we can't all count on outsiders." ”
"Brother and sister, how can Huang Xiancheng be regarded as an outsider?" Xu Qing didn't know what to do.
Xing Zhongshan has been a head catcher in the end, and he has seen a lot of things on the dark side, so he quickly comprehended it, glanced at Dai Yingying and Lou Xian'er twice, nodded and said: "That's what I mean, let's tens of thousands of Liang soldiers, if you can't do it, fuck it!" ”
Feng Suqin nodded, a fierce look flashed on her fair face, "After General Xing and the second brother returned to the camp, they secretly transferred three thousand to five thousand reliable men out of the city, broke them into pieces, and quietly mixed into the capital. After I have arranged the affairs here, I will also rush to the capital to meet you. ”
Xing Zhongshan and Xu Qing nodded, and went to arrange the transfer of troops.
When it was about to get dark, a carriage carrying Feng Suqin, the young lady of the Xu Mansion, took advantage of the lock of the city gate and advanced to Pingliang City. The carriage stopped in front of a quiet alley, Feng Suqin got out of the carriage, put on the cloak that Yahuan Chun'er had brought over, and looked at the spacious mansion in front of him, the two red lanterns under the eaves of the gate had been lit, and the plaque of the Yellow Mansion was also pale red. Chun'er stepped forward and knocked on the door, twice in a row, and footsteps sounded from behind the door, and then the door opened a crack from the inside, and a little guy poked his head out and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”
"Hurry up and report to your master, the wife of Lord Xu Liang of Zhenyuan Zhixian County is here." Chun'er said.
"Ah, wait a minute, the little one will go and report to my wife." The little guy heard that it was the wife of the lord of Zhenyuan County, so he didn't dare to slack off, closed the door, and trotted all the way to report.
After a cup of tea, the door of the Huang Mansion opened, and Huang Er, the housekeeper of the Huang Mansion, led two subordinates out, and the Huang housekeeper saluted Feng Suqin and said, "It turns out that Miss Biao is here, please come inside." ”
Feng Suqin didn't see Huang Ziren and her cousin Feng Min'er come out to greet her, so she was a little unhappy in her heart, but when she thought that she was asking for someone this time, she couldn't put on a face, smiled and nodded, and followed Steward Huang into the Huang Mansion.
Steward Huang was in front, Feng Suqin was behind, and the group walked along the winding verandah towards the Huang Mansion, looking at the direction of the inner courtyard of the Huang Mansion, Feng Suqin couldn't help asking: "Steward Huang, are you not in the house today?" ”
Steward Huang's footsteps stopped slightly, turned his face and bowed and replied: "Back to Miss Cousin's words, my lord went to command the yamen to hold a meeting early in the morning, and he has not returned yet. Now my wife is waiting for you in the inner courtyard. ”
It turned out that Huang Ziren was not in the house. Feng Suqin suddenly said secretly, and then she was a little angry, how to say that she was Feng Min'er's cousin, and when she arrived at the house, Feng Min'er didn't even go out to greet her.
Steward Huang led Feng Suqin and Chun'er to a small building, then stopped stepping forward and motioned for Feng Suqin to go in by herself.
Feng Suqin and Chun'er entered the small building, and across from the main entrance of the building was a small living room, with a carpet in the middle, red lacquer chairs on both sides, a coffee table, and a few unknown flowers and plants planted in a half-person-high vase.
On one side is a small door, and the beaded curtain hangs down and jingles.
Feng Suqin was looking, and Feng Min'er's coquettish laughter sounded from behind the bead curtain, "I have long heard that sister, you have returned to Zhenyuan, and I have been thinking about going to Xufu to see you, but I have never been free, and I didn't expect my sister to come over in person today." ”
With laughter, Feng Suqin's cousin, Huang Ziren's main room, Feng Min'er lifted the bead curtain and Shi Shiran walked out. Feng Suqin raised her eyes and couldn't help but be taken aback, only to see Feng Min'er wearing a floor-length brocade dress, a colorful jade belt around her waist, a phoenix-shaped golden hairpin on her head, and a mandarin duck fan in her left hand. Compared with Feng Min'er, although Feng Suqin thinks that her appearance is not inferior to her, her clothes are a little more plain.
"Sister, please take a seat. Xiao Cui, hurry up and serve tea to Miss Table. Serve the best tea! Feng Min'er commanded in a coquettish voice, sat on the main seat in the small living room, and said to Feng Suqin with a frightened face: "I heard that my sister was abducted that day, and my sister and I were so worried that I couldn't sleep well all night, for fear that my sister would suffer some humiliation at the hands of the gangsters." Feng Min'er looked at Feng Suqin carefully, covered her heart with her hand and said, "Sister, nothing happened to you?" ”
"I'm fine," Feng Min'er's divine eyes made Feng Suqin uncomfortable for a while, and forced a smile: "You miss Cousin Lao." What's the matter, Ziren hasn't come back yet? ”
"Hey, he, he runs to the commander's yamen all day and night, and it's rare to be at home for a few days." Feng Min'er flattened the corners of her mouth and complained: "I don't know if this Anton Zhongwei has no other capable people or what, that Commander Ye knows to arrange things for my family Ziren." Although Feng Min'er said that she was resentful, the smugness in her eyes could be seen by a blind person.
"Hey, sister," Feng Min'er looked at Feng Suqin, and said angrily: "It's not me who is my sister talking about you, you are also the wife of a dignified county master, you can't dress too casually on weekdays, so as not to make others laugh." Saying that, Feng Min'er pulled up the jade pendant hanging on her waist from her waist, stroked the jade pendant and said: "Let's just say this jade pendant, although I haven't brought it before, but since I brought it on my body, the whole person's spirit has improved a lot, oh, the day before yesterday, the wife of Lord Lu from the prefect's yamen also gave me a piece, I don't need to put it away, or give it to my sister, right?" ”
"Min'er......" Feng Suqin saw that Feng Min'er was talking happily, as if she really didn't know that something had happened to Xu Liang, and hurriedly interrupted her: "Actually, I came this time because I have something to discuss with your family, your brother-in-law, he was captured by Jinyiwei, do you know?" ”
"Huh?" Feng Min'er's mouth suddenly opened wide, and after a sigh, she shook her head and said, "I don't know." When? ”
"Just two days ago!" Feng Suqin said, and told Feng Min'er the information reported by the Tsing Yi guard.
Feng Min'er listened quietly, and when Feng Suqin finished speaking, she frowned and said embarrassedly: "Sister, it stands to reason that you are my cousin, and Xu Liang is my brother-in-law, and I and Ziren can help him if something happens." It's just that this matter involves Jinyiwei...... You know, my Xianggongzi Ren has just become a thousand-household official, and he is not very familiar with the adults above. ”
Feng Suqin's heart sank when she heard this, and she said with a smile: "Xu Liang and Ziren are righteous brothers, I believe that Ziren will also help find a way." ”
"That's nature." Feng Min'er got up and shook her fan, and said with an affirmative expression: "If Ziren comes back in a while, my sister will definitely tell his sister what he meant." ”
"That'll be fine." Feng Suqin forced a smile.
"Oh, sister, you see it's so late this day, even if Ziren is going to be a guest at Commander Ye's mansion, it's time to say goodbye and come back, why haven't you come back yet?" Feng Min'er walked to the door and looked at the dark night, said with disgust, and shouted outside: "Steward Huang, Steward Huang, quickly send a car to Lord Ye's mansion to take a look, the master has probably drunk too much and can't recognize the way back!" ”
I could only hear outside, and Steward Huang ran out with a loud voice.
Feng Suqin suddenly felt like she was on pins and needles, got up awkwardly and walked to Feng Min'er's side, put a silver ticket wrapped in an envelope in her hand, and said with a forced smile: "Then I won't disturb your cousin to rest." A little bit of heart, it should be a congratulatory gift from my sister to my cousin's move. Farewell. ”
Feng Min'er pinched the thickness of the envelope with her fingertips, and said with a smile: "Sister, you can come, and you are so polite, I am embarrassed that I don't accept it." Hey, sister, I'm leaving? Xiao Cui, hurry up, send Miss Watch for me! ”
Feng Suqin didn't even say no, and walked out of the inner courtyard of the Huang Mansion with Chun'er. When I walked out of the verandah, I saw two maids in the verandah on the opposite side leading an old woman to walk inside with lanterns.
"Old lady, slow down." The girl said with a smirk.
Feng Suqin could see clearly that this old woman was Feng Min'er's mother and Feng Suqin's aunt, but she didn't know when she arrived in Pingliang, Shaanxi. When she saw her aunt at first glance, Feng Suqin thought of her own mother who was far away in Jianchang, Jiangxi, why did her aunt arrive, but her mother didn't?
"Hey, young lady, look, isn't that Old Madam Feng? How did she get to Pingliang too? Chun'er also saw the old woman clearly, and couldn't help but say in surprise.
Feng Suqin sank her face and said coldly: "I don't know, don't do much, let's go!" ”