Chapter Ninety-Eight: Banditry
"......" Li Jingshan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said, "Senior brother, have you ever thought about rebelling against this broken rule?" β
Ye Qing lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time, and when he looked up again, he was already smiling cynically, "How easy is it to talk about...... If you want to resist, my brother will support you. β
Li Jingshan smiled faintly, raised her eyes and looked into the distance, "It's not easy, it's just that I haven't done it, how can I know if it's successful or not, it's just to see if that person is worth it." β
One of these two separated from his lover, and the other had a cold war with his lover, and each was sad for a moment, and suddenly looked at each other and laughed. Ye Qing stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "No matter what you do and choose, Senior Brother will support you!" β
Li Jingshan smiled and reached out to strike him. The crisp voice records the vows of youth.
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The Yuecheng branch opened earlier, and there were many accounts, and by the time the two gentlemen finished checking the accounts, it was nearly mid-June. And they still have the last destination of this trip, Linchuan City.
Chang Yong and Zhang Mingjun summed up to check the accounts in Linchuan and leave for Beijing as soon as possible, so they should be able to return to Beijing in early July, and they should be able to spend the Midyear Festival at home.
"I remember your father-in-law's birthday banquet around the tenth day of the seventh month, right?" Chang Yong laughed.
Zhang Mingjun was introverted and silent, just smiled, "Then there is Brother Lao Chang's arrangement." β
Shopkeeper Liu listened on the side, but said solemnly, "You have to carefully study your trip to Linchuan." You may not know that the road from here to Linchuan is not smooth. β
Chang Yong and Zhang Mingjun glanced at each other and hurriedly asked, "Why is it not peaceful?" β
Shopkeeper Liu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, which meant that it was a long story, "Since the founding of this dynasty, it has been very peaceful. It's just that a few years ago, there was a great drought near Linchuan in Changzhou, and later it caused a plague. The imperial court couldn't help it for a while, and the local people were fierce, so they forced out a few anti-thieves and occupied the mountains as kings in several mountains. β
"When the local yamen finally settled the victims and solved the epidemic, and wanted to free up their hands to clean up the bandits, I found that those bandits were united by a bandit leader to form a cottage, occupy Bifeng Mountain near Linchuan, and become the king of the mountain."
"You mean...... Bandits near Linchuan City? Chang Yong exclaimed.
Shopkeeper Liu nodded, "The local yamen couldn't suppress it, so I had to go to the court and ask the imperial court to send reinforcements." I heard that the leader had some skills, and Bifeng Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he dragged it for three or four years and didn't attack it. It is said that the imperial court now intends to send General Zhenyuan to clear the money. β
"Is that the general of Chu Tian Kuochu who pacified the land of Xiyue?" Zhang Mingjun also rarely asked.
"It's General Nachu." Shopkeeper Liu laughed and said, "It's rare that the two of you have also heard of the prestige of the Chu God of War. β
Chang Yong said with a smile: "The border pacification of our Dalang Dynasty is guarded by Zhenyuan, Weiyuan and other generals, who doesn't know in the capital, who doesn't know." Especially this Chu general, who has just reached the crown, has already made a name for himself in the army, and he has given birth to a talent, how many girls in the capital are the dream lovers of many girls. β
Everyone laughed. Or Zhang Mingjun asked back to the topic, "I don't know when this Zhenyuan general will be able to suppress the bandits?" β
Shopkeeper Liu touched his nose in embarrassment, "This matter of sending troops by the imperial court is not accurate." But I heard that the army is already on the way...... As for when it will arrive, this is a military aircraft, how can we ordinary people know? β
"This ...... How did people get in and out of Linchuan before? Chang Yong also asked, "After all, there are still some goods and money transactions, right?" β
"The bandits don't bother to rob the ordinary people." Shopkeeper Liu replied: "They specialize in hijacking merchants with goods and money. Therefore, when they were in trouble in the past, the merchants passing by Linchuan all joined together to invite a dart line, or went to the yamen to report, and asked the officers and soldiers to escort them across the boundary. β
"It's just that recently, because the imperial court has sent troops to suppress bandits, the yamen has also stopped this escort business in order to meet the army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to send troops. The road was also unsafe for a while. β
Shopkeeper Liu Yin Yin persuaded: "It is up to me to advise you to think twice." Why don't you wait for the army to calm down the bandits, and then make a plan. How is it? β
The crowd was silent for a while. Waiting for the bandit assessment before leaving, it is naturally the safest. It's just that...... This unknown time makes people hesitate.
Chang Yong and Zhang Mingjun are both in important positions in the head office, and according to the plan, they were supposed to return to Beijing in early July, and they had other errands to undertake. The two trainees who went to Beijing for training will also arrive before August. I can't afford to delay it.
Chang Yong glanced at everyone and smiled at Shopkeeper Liu, "Thank you Shopkeeper Liu for reminding you that this matter has to be discussed in the long run." After I discuss it with Mr. Zhang, let's make a decision. β
Shopkeeper Liu knew that it would be useless to persuade him, so he retreated and went to work on his own.
Chang Yong and Zhang Mingjun discussed for a long time, and finally thought that their group was light and simple, did not bring large goods, and had no intention of visiting relatives and friends, so they should not attract the attention of the bandits. Hence the consensus that it is possible to take the risk on the road.
Since they made a decision, Shopkeeper Liu was not easy to persuade again, but only carefully told them the precautions on the road, repeatedly explained that their wealth was not exposed, and gave each of them a dagger to defend themselves, and then sent them out of the city.
The crowd walked for a few more days, and gradually entered the boundary of Bifeng Mountain. This mountain forest is reckless and green, the vegetation is dense, the trees cover the sky and the sun, and there are many deep ravines and dangerous ravines, which is indeed a place where it is easy to hide and make trouble.
Chang Yong and they walked tremblingly for two days, but they found that the road was safe, and there were occasional groups of pedestrians on the road, which seemed to be not as serious as Liu Shopkeeper said, and everyone gradually relaxed their hearts, and Li Jingshan even had the leisure to lift the curtain to look at the scenery.
She leaned on the window and watched for a while, then turned her head to see Ye Qing writing a letter to Yao Lan on the small tableβit turned out to be written on a wide sycamore leaf.
Ye Qing met Li Jingshan's envious eyes, holding a fine brush and complacent, "'Wutong treats each other as old, and mandarin ducks die together', have you heard of it." Sycamore leaves can express the most loyal love, and the deepest thoughts. Lan'er felt my heart. β
Although Li Jingshan's heart was moved by his divine emotion, her mouth was unforgiving, and she snorted and said: "I have only heard of, 'Sycamore is more drizzle, a sycamore leaves and autumn'." Oops, it's not desolate. β
Before he finished speaking, he was knocked on the door of Ye Qing's head with a burst, "Sour!" You can go to your own acid. β
Li Jingshan covered her head and didn't care. But he thought that the letter he wrote on behalf of Uncle Chang should be sent to Ruan Mingyu.
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Young Master Ruan was reading the letter.
The letter was stamped with Chang Yong's private seal, but on the letterhead was Li Jingshan's beautiful font. The letter only wrote about some daily trivial things, and introduced what he saw and heard along the way, in the tone of Chang Yong. Ruan Mingyu unconsciously had a faint smile on his face.
Ruan Shu saw that the corners of the young master's mouth were slightly upturned, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly, I finally don't have to serve the young master with my tail between my legs recently.
Ruan Mingyu read the letter twice, looked up and asked, "Has her letter from home also arrived?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he lifted his feet and walked to the backyard. Ruan Shu felt that the young master was really gossiping more and more, and even cared about other people's family letters.
Sure enough, Li Jingjue was also reading the letter sent back by her sister to her mother. Ruan Mingyu stood beside him and lied without changing his face, "Your sister told me some requests to take you to Beijing in the letter to me, and I also heard if she made it clear in this letter." β
Li Jingjue did not doubt him, and read the letter out loud. Sure enough, it was also written about some scenery and some routine greetings.
Ruan Mingyu was just curious, and by comparing the content of the letter, he secretly assessed what weight he had in that girl's heart. Now seeing that the content of the letter is similar, I am very satisfied, and even the corners of my eyes are dyed with a shallow smile.
was thinking about whether the next letter would be written directly to her, when she suddenly heard Li Jingjue read: "...... Senior Brother Ye Qing of Taizhou also went to Beijing in the same car with me. Senior Brother Ye is easy-going, funny, and very easy to get along with. β
Ruan Mingyu frowned, and his gaze sank.
ββ¦β¦ He was highly skilled and guided me, and the trip was very rewarding. With this mentor and friend as your companion on the road, you will no longer be lonely. Don't look forward to it at home. β
Ruan Mingyu's face even darkened.
After Li Jingjue finished reading the letter, she carefully scanned it again, and asked suspiciously, "Sister didn't say what to pay attention to?" β
"She only cares about having fun by herself, where do she remember to explain to you!" Ruan Mingyu said coldly, "You should prepare for the college exam in early June." With that, he walked briskly back to the front yard.
Ruan Shu was sitting at the table in the courtyard peeling peanuts to eat, and suddenly saw the young master coming in with dark clouds on his face, and hurriedly stood up and called "young master". Ruan Mingyu ignored it, waved his hand impatiently, and went back to the house.
Ruan Shu scratched his head in annoyance, this young master didn't receive the letter, and he was upset; I received the letter and was upset. What the hell is going on?
Ruan Shuzheng hesitated in the courtyard, whether to follow up and serve, and was afraid of touching the young master's mold, so he heard the young master call him in the house, so he had to sigh and go in.
"You go and talk to Shopkeeper Hong, and the affairs here will be handed over as soon as possible. I plan to leave for Beijing as soon as possible. β
"Huh? This as soon as possible...... How fast is it? Ruan Shu asked in surprise. How can the young master think that one is one out.
Ruan Mingyu glanced at him, "As soon as possible, I plan to leave around June 20 and return to the capital in early July!" You go and let Shopkeeper Hong make arrangements. β
ββ¦β¦οΌβ Ruan Shu's eyes widened, and he stammered: "This has to be more than half a month in advance." Now that you are in charge of the store and the jeweler, your schedule is already full, and you have to compress it, don't you eat or sleep? β
"Quack! If you want to go, you can go, anyway, it won't delay your eating and sleeping. Ruan Mingyu reprimanded and drove the person out irritably.
He looked at Ruan Shu with a bitter face to pass the word, and glanced at Li Jingshan's letter on the table, and his heart was even more depressed.
Hmph, I've only known each other for a few days, and I actually recognized my brother and sister! When I get to the capital all the way, I'm afraid I'll call my brother and sister! It's really worry-free!
Although Ruan Mingyu didn't want to think deeply, he subconsciously knew that it was not only he who saw Li Jingshan's goodness, but the kind of gains and losses that his treasures were coveted and robbed of, so he didn't want to stay for a moment.
This kind of strong possessiveness that can only be relieved by including people in his sphere of influence surprised even himself, and also made him see his heart more clearly - he wanted her. No matter how hard it was, he wanted her!
He thought that when he returned to Beijing this time, he would find an opportunity to have a good talk with his family.