"Brother, brother, sugar gourd, sugar gourd." Qin Mo stood on tiptoe to greet her brother across the crowd, and there was a vendor selling sugar gourds standing next to her, looking at them with a smile: "Childe wants to come to string sugar gourds?" The sweet and fragrant sugar gourd, keep it for you to eat and want to eat. ”

"Brother, I want sugar gourds." Qin Mo looked at the bright red sugar gourd and salivated.

"How old are you still eating sugar gourds, three-year-old child?" Qin Shixiao knocked Qin Mo's head: "Where's your pocket money?" Buy it yourself. ”

Qin Mo didn't, holding his brother's arm and coquettishly: "The sugar gourd that my brother bought is sweeter." Isn't it a sister who is a long sister? ”

Jiang Changxi, who fell under Qin Mo's pitiful eyes, stiffened his head: "...... Probably. ”

Then, Qin Shixiao paid very generously and bought a string of sugar gourds for each of the three girls. If it weren't for the absolute refusal of the three accompanying maids, I'm afraid there would have been more than three strings of purchases.

In this situation, Qin Mo: "...... Sure enough, I have a daughter-in-law and no sister, brother, let's break up! ”

An Zaoyu: "I also have a share, thank you Sister Changxi!" ”

Qin Shixiao, who paid the money and had to be cut off: "......"

Jiang Changxi, who was thanked without paying: "......"

……

Biting off the last sugar gourd, he finally walked to Tianshui Hall. As soon as the four masters and three maids walked in, the lobby, which was already quite spacious, immediately became crowded.

Although Jiang Changxi did not deliver the news to the people of Tianshui Hall in advance, the shopkeeper here already knew that she had come to Pingzhou, and he also knew that she would always come over, so everything that should be prepared was prepared, lest she suddenly have to come in a hurry.

Because it was the first time to inspect Tianshui Hall after coming to Pingzhou, Qin Mo and the others guessed that Jiang Changxi must be checking the accounts or something, so they didn't leave to bother, and after sitting for a while, they said that they wanted to go to the jewelry store next door to have a look.

Qin Shixiao became his sister's money bag at this time, and he must have been picked up and slipped away.

Jiang Changxi was grateful for their compassion, and thought that it would be a secondary matter to quickly complete the main things and check the accounts - she saw Qingsong a few days ago, since Qingsong was here, she must have already reconciled the accounts first, and she would be much faster to deal with Qingsong then.

So she asked the shopkeeper, "Where is Qingsong?" "She hasn't seen anyone else since she came in.

Pingzhou Jiang Changxi is here for the first time, but this is not the first time he has seen the shopkeeper here. The rules of Tianshui Hall are that the accounts are checked once every two years, and the shopkeepers of the branches in various places have to rush to Chuncheng to reconcile the accounts.

The shopkeeper's surname is Liao, and the shopkeeper Liao said: "The girl came unfortunately, Qingsong Gongzi left in a hurry last night, and he was going to report the girl to Chen's house, but he didn't think the girl would come." ”

"Gone?" Qingsong has always been calm, and it is rare for words like hurry to hook up with him: "What's wrong?" ”

Shopkeeper Liao was a little embarrassed, and he stopped talking.

Looks like a big deal. Jiang Changxi thought of the red dancao. The panic was just a flash, and if something that had been asked for so many years and couldn't get it so easily, she would be panicked: "Is it red dancao?" Is the message fake? ”

Jiang Changxi can still be so stable, Shopkeeper Liao really admires it, but the girl has been looking for so many years, but it has been fruitless, it is the inaction of their subordinates.

Shopkeeper Liao was very guilty: "The news is not necessarily fake. It's just that the rich merchant who originally said that he was going to trade was in Panzhou, and when he heard that the bandits from Lizhou had burned to Panzhou, he wanted to go back to save his wife and children. Prince Qingsong is chasing the rich businessman. ”

"Didn't the banditry in Lizhou say that it had been suppressed?"

"It seems that the soldiers in the Lizhou army found their families when they encircled and suppressed bandits, and temporarily rebelled, and half of the opportunity for encirclement and suppression was lost, and a group of bandits fled to Panzhou."

It was a rebellion and a failure of encirclement and suppression, and when he heard the news that Hongdancao might be gone, Jiang Changxi was calm and calm, which would make him anxious: "There is also this kind of thing." So what's going on over there in Lizhou now? What about those who lead the troops? What about King Nanxiang? ”

Shopkeeper Liao was also taken aback by Jiang Changxi's eagerness, and was cautious with some doubts: "Girl? ”

Jiang Changxi realized that she had overreacted. It really shouldn't. It's probably because the hope of the red dancao has been disappointed again, so she is in a hurry. How can she not be in a hurry, she will be eighteen next year, and it will be useless to find red dancao after the age of eighteen, so she is in a hurry.

His heart settled down a little, and Jiang Changxi said casually: "I'm worried about Qingsong." rushed to Panzhou alone, aren't you afraid of meeting that gang of bandits? ”

It turned out that he was worried about Keimatsu Gongzi. Shopkeeper Liao can understand. I heard that the girl grew up with Qingsong Gongzi since childhood, and the relationship is naturally much better than that of ordinary masters and servants.

Shopkeeper Liao said: "Don't worry, girl. I heard that the Lizhou side has basically stabilized, and the king of Nanxiang brought the Lizhou army to support Panzhou, and it won't be long before this banditry is in chaos. ”

can also lead troops to support Panzhou, it seems that nothing major has happened. Jiang Changxi was completely relieved. But I didn't have the heart to read the ledger.

Seeing Jiang Changxi's lack of interest, Shopkeeper Liao was very understanding and suggested that she could take a walk around.

Jiang Changxi responded, asked the shopkeeper Liao to collect the account book, and the three of them walked around the backyard of Tianshui Hall.

The backyard of Tianshuitang has always been divided into two sides, and the verandahs are separated by each other, one side is the residence of the patients when they stay overnight, and the other side is the residence of the doctors when they stay overnight.

In addition to the dwellings, the remaining empty houses were used as a study, pharmacy and warehouse. Whenever Qingsong opened a branch hall in a place, Jiang Changxi would always ask him to leave a study room and put some medical books and pharmacopoeias for the doctors to flip through in their leisure.

The basic layout of the hall is similar, at this time the doctors and medicine boys are busy in the front hall, and there is only one patient with a high fever in the backyard, I heard that he is still from Lizhou.

Jiang Changxi was quite sensitive to the place of Lizhou, and subconsciously asked more: "From Lizhou?" ”

"Yes." Liao shopkeeper said: "The patient said that he fled from Lizhou, and wanted to go to Yangzhou to join relatives, who knew that he fell ill just after arriving in Pingzhou, and he had a high fever for two days. ”

It is said that illness comes like a mountain, and going to illness is like a thread, and when he heard that it was just an ordinary high fever, Jiang Changxi didn't pay much attention to it, and told Dr. Liao to send more people to take care of the patients, and then he was leaving.

Before leaving, Jiang Changxi asked Qingrong to hand over the Su Chenxiang she had asked for from An Zaoyu to Dr. Liao: "I don't know much about spices, and I also asked Shopkeeper Liao to find a trustworthy person in Pingzhou City to help me identify the medicine in this incense." ”

Shopkeeper Liao didn't ask anything, and accepted Su Chenxiang.

After taking care of the affairs of Tianshui Hall, Jiang Changxi planned to go to the jewelry store next door to find Qin Mo and a few people. But she didn't think that Qin Mo and An Zaoyu were already waiting for her in the front hall, and they didn't see Qin Shixiao alone.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Qin Mo's anxious expression, An Zaoyu was also a little restless, and he didn't see Qin Shixiao, Jiang Changxi thought something big had happened, and hurriedly asked.

But no matter how she asked, Qin Mo just didn't explain, and only said vigorously: "Sister Changxi, let's go back to Chen's Mansion first." ”

An Zaoyu is also: "It's not early, go back first." ”

Ming Ming only applied for the time......

Seeing that the two of them looked strange, Jiang Changxi didn't want to say more, and went back to Chen's Mansion with them.

I went to Mrs. Qin's place first, Mrs. Qin went to have tea with Mrs. Chen, and the three girls went to Mrs. Chen's place to ask for peace before returning to the west courtyard.

After driving the people who were waiting out and closing the door, Qin Mo couldn't hold back for a while: "Pingzhou is going to war." ”

"Huh?" Jiang Changxi was confused, but he was taken aback by Qin Mo's face as if he was facing a great enemy, "What's the matter?" ”

But Qin Mo was in a hurry, he was still a little excited in his worries, and he stumbled when he said it, she was uncomfortable, and An Zaoyu still had a sore ear when she heard it, so she directly put her aside and explained to Jiang Changxi: "When we were in the jewelry store, Second Brother Qin received a message from Lizhou, saying that Lizhou failed to encircle and suppress, and was escaped by a group of bandits, and they came to Pingzhou City. ”

She knew that the encirclement and suppression of Lizhou had failed, so she was not much surprised, but didn't the bandits go to Panzhou?

Hearing that Jiang Changxi's exit was Panzhou, An Zaoyu was also a little stunned: "How do you know that they went to Panzhou?" ”

But these are not important, An Zaoyu did not ask, she said: "Panzhou is just a false move, my brother and they have already pounced on the air, the prince caught a few live mouths, only to know that they have left a way to live in Panzhou and Pingzhou." ”

Listening to An Zaoyu's discernment, Jiang Changxi immediately thought of the way they came: "Luo Po Ferry? ”

"That's right, it's the Rapo Ferry." Qin Shixiao was in a hurry, and did not analyze how to do it with them. Thanks to the fact that she had read the geographical chronicles before, An Zaoyu dared to make a bold guess: "From Lizhou to Panzhou and then across the Hengjiang River, it is Jingzhou, and after Jingzhou into Shuzhong, the form of Shuzhong is complicated, and it is difficult for the prince to show his strength there, which is conducive to the escape of the bandits." ”

"In the same way, cross the Luo Po ferry, go east along the Hengjiang River, reach Dongyun City, and then bypass Pingyandu, you can also reach Jingzhou. But the premise is that Pingzhou is the only way from Lizhou to Luopo Ferry. ”

Naturally, there are a few more twists and turns from Pingzhou to Shuzhong, and it is also a little more dangerous. However, if the bandits' plan was seen through from the beginning, the road to Panzhou was blocked, and finally they ran to Pingzhou desperately, and broke out while Pingzhou's garrison was lax, it was not impossible to break through.

But why does it feel wrong?

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Jiang Changxi's expression was wrong, An Zaoyu thought that she was saying something wrong: "Did I guess wrong?" ”

"No, Sister An is right, I think the prince and Sister An should be close to each other, otherwise they would not have passed the news to Second Brother Qin." Jiang Changxi paused: "How did the prince know that Second Brother Qin was in Pingzhou City?" ”

"There should still be a connection between them." An Zaoyu said.

This also makes sense, and Jiang Changxi didn't bother much.