Chapter 197: Inheritance
Mr. Xun returned to his residence, sat down and drank two or three cups of tea, and decided that he should sleep well first, sort out his thoughts, and talk to the general again early tomorrow morning.
Zhou E walked along the side street to the end, turned the street and continued to walk, found a small restaurant that looked pleasing to the eye, had a meal, and leisurely returned to the residence that Commander Han arranged for her in the front yard of the General's Mansion.
At the gate of the small courtyard, Zhou E's groom, Lao Hong, was brushing the horse.
"This horse can't keep combing it, look at it, the hair has been combed off by you." Zhou E slapped Lao Hong in the back.
"The general is back, have you eaten?" Lao Hong pinched the horse comb and followed Zhou E inside.
"Eat." Zhou E replied casually.
"That Uncle Han came over again today, and you didn't go out long in the afternoon, so you came over and asked me, the food was still delicious, and I just said what I wanted to eat, and I went to see the bag of black beans that I just delivered.
Uncle Han is really good! ”
Lao Hong gave a thumbs up and praised his sincerity.
Zhou E glanced at Lao Hong, hummed, didn't enter the house, and sat under the porch.
Lao Hong saw that Zhou E didn't want to speak, so he stepped back on tiptoe.
Zhou E put her feet on the pillars, half-closed her eyes, thinking about Mr. Xun's words.
Commander Han has a grudge against the little ladies of the Qin State, the prince must know, what does it mean to let her go this way?
When the pathfinder stone is definitely not, the prince is not such a person.
Besides, killing her wouldn't be a startling snake.
But the prince must have a good intention to let her go on this trip......
Forget it, this trip to Shuzhong can be regarded as the level of seeking the country, this level, how can she figure it out!
When Zhou E thought about this, she suddenly calmed down, stood up, yawned, and went into the house to sleep.
Early the next morning, Mr. Xun sat in the meeting hall of the General's Mansion, slowly drank a bowl of soup, and waited for Commander Han.
Commander Han also arrived a quarter or two of an hour earlier than usual, and came in with his hands behind his back, looking tired, obviously not sleeping well.
Commander Han took the bowl of soup and drank it, looked at Mr. Xun, and said with a wry smile: "Look at Mr. Look, you had a good rest yesterday?" ”
"Okay." Mr. Xun watched the little servants withdraw, stood up, and sat next to Commander Han.
"When I went back yesterday, I wanted to wash and rest, but who knew that I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so I simply got up and wanted to see what General Zhou was doing.
Coincidentally, General Zhou was squatting on the stone next to the general hall, watching the soldiers on the big stone platform below. ”
"She squatted there every day to watch the exercises, either in the morning or in the afternoon." Commander Han answered.
"Well, I'll just talk to her for a while."
Mr. Xun said everything he had to say about Zhou E, and looked at Commander Han, "...... I think that the prince let this General Zhou go on this trip for several purposes.
First, he wanted to tell the general that he knew what we wanted to do in Mianxian.
Second, we are afraid of the hatred of the princess of Qin, and he also knows it.
Third, let General Zhou tell us that this hatred is not to be feared. ”
Mr. Xun held up three fingers.
"He is so sure that the entire Shu land is willing to go to the Central Plains?" Commander Han was a little angry.
"The prime minister is old and sick, and there are not many days to come, since the eldest prince entered Shu, he is one foot in the world, one foot outside the world, the second son and the two masters, all of them have no qualifications."
After a pause, Mr. Xun sighed.
"This, we discussed it before, the Central Plains will launch an offensive at this time, but I am afraid that it will pinch the prime minister's lifespan."
Commander Han had a gloomy face and lowered his eyes and said nothing.
The situation in Shuzhong, he and Mr. Xun have discussed it I don't know how many times, and even whether they have a chance to take over Shuzhong, how many chances there are, they have discussed it carefully.
If the world is still in chaos at this time, he will still have a few points to take over Shuzhong, but now the Central Plains is becoming more stable and prosperous year by year, and this is not even half a point.
"What do you mean, sir?" Commander Han looked at Mr. Xun.
"That couple has already passed Hanzhong, at this time, I'm afraid that they have already passed Mianxian County, if they have any accidents in the section from Mianxian to Jianmen Pass, the general will not be able to get away with it no matter what.
Besides, the Shu Road is steep, everyone knows it, when crossing the Shu Road, everyone is vigilant, and the couple must be more vigilant.
This is one of them, and the other is that in this Shu, we don't want to see these two words the most.
The general said a while ago that the second son took out the general in the first step, which is not good, it is indeed very bad, and there is no backhand.
The general might as well pick some elites and give them to the second son, from Jianmen Pass to Chengdu Mansion, fertile fields for thousands of miles, idyllic, but you can take advantage of it.
As for the Chengdu Mansion, it is all in the hands of the prime minister, and there are countless opportunities.
The second son is just short of some swords. ”
Mr. Xun's words were extremely tactful.
Commander Han lowered his eyelids, and after a long pause, he snorted.
It's the best of both worlds.
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Xie Ze's team rested in Mianxian County for one night, and the next day, out of the boundary of Mianxian County, An Xiaorui's heart did not relax, but raised a lot.
This road to Shu, he and his eldest brother have walked more than once, and they have watched very carefully along the way, discussing while watching, and the result of the discussion is that it is too easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Although they are not attacking at this time, they are not defending, and the defense of this road is a little easier than attacking, but it is a little.
The cars in the team, except for a dozen or so small carts with people, the rest of the baggage carts were left in Baojiazhuangzi, outside Mianxian County, and the things on the carts were loaded on the back of pack horses.
The team stretched out in a long line and made its way along the rugged mountain road.
Even Xie Ze, the horses were replaced by Jianchang horses suitable for mountain roads, Jianchang horses were short, and Xie Ze, who was long and legged, rode on the horse, his feet hung down, almost next to the ground.
Li Ran rode a docile mare, the height was very suitable, looking at Xie Ze's hanging legs in front of him, he couldn't help laughing.
Xie Ze looked back at Li Ran, who was laughing at him, and simply dismounted, stood and waited for Li Ran to step forward, and reached out to take the reins from her hand.
Xie Ze gestured to the steep cliff on the opposite side, "There are a lot of poems and articles about this Shu Road, looking at the text description, I feel magnificent and dangerous, thrilling, and now walking here, I feel that those words are still too plain." ”
"I haven't seen much, it seems that there is a saying that Shu is difficult and difficult to go to the blue sky?" Li Ran looked at the precipitous scenery around him.
"Well, Shuzhong is fertile for thousands of miles, but it is closed and difficult to travel, and it is said to be self-contained, which is very different from the Central Plains."
"It's hard to do, it's not to be occluded. When I was in the capital, there were a lot of Shu brocade in Linglong Fang, as well as embroidery in Shu, there were a few clothes, said to be the most fashionable style in Shu, I looked at it, and it was not much different from that in Beijing.
There are also north and south stores, all kinds of things in Shudi, there are many past artists in Shudi in the tile, I heard that there are several academies or something, and there are many students in Shudi. ”
Li Ran doesn't agree with the word occlusion, Shu Dao is difficult to do, but Shu has really never been occluded.
"Well, too." Xie Ze laughed, "In the past ten years, the prince has been trying his best to let the Central Plains and Shu have more exchanges, and even did not hesitate to let them transport the tall horses outside the customs to Shu, and now it is quite effective." ”
Second Master Bao, who was walking not far in front of Xie Ze and Li Ran, kept looking back at the two.
"Look at what you see! Look at the road! Huo Wencan stabbed Bao Er Ye on the shoulder with a whip.
"Do you see it! The prince led the princess to the horse! Look! Second Master Bao's face was full of excitement and gossip.
"What's wrong with the horse? It's a bit of a good thing! Huo Wencan looked disdainful.
"You're not going to lead the horse for your daughter-in-law?" Second Master Bao and Huo Wencan are already very familiar.
"What horse shall I lead for her? I'm a big man! Huo Wencan glanced at Second Master Bao with disdain again, turned his gaze, met Li Qingning's obviously ill-intentioned smile, and snorted, "What are you laughing at?" You don't even have a daughter-in-law! ”
Bao Erye laughed.
From Xie Ze onwards, everyone was in a relaxed mood, and the schedule was not too tight, and the rest of the soldiers, porters, grooms and others also felt very relaxed.
An Xiaorui walked in the forefront, dozens of guides, one of whom set up a catcher, and went back and scattered for more than ten miles.
Near noon, a signal was handed over at the station in front, and someone wanted to see the prince.
An Xiaorui motioned to Xiqing to report, and together with Shi Nan, he urged the horse to trot all the way forward.
After turning a few corners, I saw the shopkeeper of the Luan family who I had met when I was in Hanzhong City, smiling, and saluting An Xiaorui and Shi Nanchang.
"What's the matter?" An Xiaorui's words are real questions, along the way, anything is possible.
"Nothing. The small one came over, and the first was to bring some melons and fruits to eat, and the small ones were picked off with their own eyes, and they were loaded on pack horses, which were better than dry food to eat.
The second thing is the shopkeeper of Shangda, the shopkeeper of Shangda is the shopkeeper of Shangji's footman's line, and he met in Ningxian County last night, and the shopkeeper Shangda said that he also came to welcome the prince and the princess.
I have known the shopkeeper for 20 years, and if our family travels between Shuzhong and the Central Plains, if you ask the porter to hire mules and horses, they are all from the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was alone, and the little one came with him. ”
The shopkeeper of the Luan family carefully introduced the shopkeeper of Shangda.
When the shopkeeper of the Luan family spoke, An Xiaorui and Shi Nan were both looking at the shopkeeper Shangda, but the shopkeeper Shangda only stared at An Xiaorui.
"This is General An, worthy of being the queen of the general."
As soon as the Luan family's shopkeeper's voice fell, the shopkeeper Shang Da waved at An Xiaorui.
"The big shopkeeper praised it." An Xiaorui bowed slightly, "The big shopkeeper wants to see the prince?" ”
"Yes, I was entrusted by someone to meet the prince and tell him." The shopkeeper of Shang Da once again respectfully bowed.
"You take him to the prince." An Xiaorui looked at Shi Nandao.
Shi Nan nodded, got off the horse, and motioned for the shopkeeper Shang to go with him.
An Xiaorui also got off the horse, raised his voice and gave the order to go down, rest on the spot, eat something and leave.
After turning a corner, the shopkeeper Shang Da walked a little undisguisedly while looking carefully.
Shi Nan looked at him, and quietly fell half a step behind in the shopkeeper of Shang Da.
If there was any change in the shopkeeper, he would kick him to the bottom of the cliff.
Ten steps away from Xie Ze and Li Ran, the shopkeeper Shang Da stopped, didn't look at Xie Ze, only looked straight at Li Ran, and after a moment, he knelt down straight, and actually fell to the ground, crying out loud.
"It's about the old people." Xie Ze lowered his head and said to Li Ran in a low voice.
Li Ran snorted and motioned for Shi Nan to help the big shopkeeper get up.
"The girl's momentum is very similar to Queen Xian'an."
The shopkeeper stood up and looked at Li Ran with tears on his face, the first sentence was expected by Xie Ze and Li Ran, and it was unexpected.
"Mulberry Branch, bring a Mazha and invite the old man to sit." Xie Ze commanded.
"Don't dare to be, the villain's original surname is Xia, and now his surname has been changed to Shang." The shopkeeper of Shang Da faced Li Ran, bowed his hands, and was extremely respectful.
"It's going to be hard to get here, so sit down and talk." Li Ran gestured to the shopkeeper.
"Miss Xie, sit down." The shopkeeper of Shangda watched Li Ran sit down, and then sat down on the maza, pressing his hands on his knees, very respectful.
"The little one is the marriage of Queen Xian'an, the villain's great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brother, are all the catches of the An family, and the little one followed Queen Xian'an to marry into the palace, and has been studying with his father and brother.
In the year when the An family was exhausted, Queen Xian'an instructed the little one to bring some people to Shuzhong to make some preparations.
The little one always thought that Empress Xian'an and the first emperor were going to enter Shu, but I didn't expect ......"
The shopkeeper choked in his throat.
After hearing the letter, the little one rushed to the capital from Shuzhong, went to the palace to see, and also went to the imperial tomb to see, after coming back, I thought that the old Shuzhong, and then I heard the girl's letter, and heard that the girl was going to enter Shu, the small thought again and again, if the queen of Xian'an, what would she think, how to do.
The little one thought about it all night, and then set off from Mianyang City to welcome the girl. ”
"When you arrived in the capital, what month was it?" Li Ran asked.
"At the end of March. When the little one arrived in the capital, the princess was nowhere to be found.
At that time, the situation outside the city, the prince should know that purgatory was in general, and the little one thought that the princess must have little life, and after looking for more than half a year, he didn't look for it anymore, and set off to return to Shuzhong. ”
The shopkeeper Shang Da was extremely keen, and directly answered Li Ran's questions after questioning.
"At the end of March...... Xie Ze counted the itinerary, "rushed from Mianyang?" ”
"From Chengdu Mansion, Xin'er got it late, and along the way, the small ones almost never stopped, but when I arrived in the capital, everything had already passed."
Shang Da's shopkeeper looked gloomy.
"How many people entered Shu with you at the beginning? How many are there now? Are they all in Shu? Xie Ze asked.
"At the beginning, including the small ones, there were a total of forty-seven people, and Shuzhong has always been peaceful, and after entering Shu, I never received a letter from Queen Xian'an, that is, a few were sick and old, and now there are thirty-nine people, including the small ones."
Shang Da shopkeeper said, took out a thin fold from his arms, and a small and delicate white jade medallion with jade skin, and held it to Li Ran.
Li Ran took it, first looked at the small chapter, the mottled jade skin carved into a vine, and the bottom of the small chapter was engraved with several extremely delicate seal characters, which she didn't recognize. Li Ran opened the fold again and read it, and even took the small chapter with the fold and handed it to Xie Ze.
Xie Ze first looked at the bottom of the small chapter, swept it at a glance, and looked up at the shopkeeper of Shang Da, "This is the small seal of Empress Xian'an?" ”
"Yes, when the emperor was still the prince, he learned to govern the seal and engraved it for Empress Xian'an, who has always used it as a private seal."
Xie Ze looked at it carefully, handed the seal to Li Ran, swept his eyes, looked at the shopkeeper and said:
"The girl is not Queen Xian'an."
"The first emperor respected Empress Xian'an very much, and the emperor's edict must have been the meaning of Empress Xian'an.
Empress Xian'an hopes that the world will be peaceful soon. ”
The shopkeeper Shang looked at Li Ran from Xie Ze, his throat choked slightly, "The girl is really like Queen Xian'an, this kind of bearing is the same as when Queen Xian'an was a girl." ”
"Han Zhushi, the commander of Jianmen Pass, does the big shopkeeper know?" Xie Ze gets straight to the point.
"Hesitant, want to drill the camp but reluctant to face, a little talented, but too desperate. There is a Mr. Xun next to him, who is quite knowledgeable, but he is too cautious. ”
The shopkeeper replied simply and understood.
Xie Ze raised his eyebrows slightly, showed a smile, and bowed slightly to the big shopkeeper, "No wonder Queen Xian'an asked the big shopkeeper to go to Shuzhong to preside over the overall situation."
Mr. Xun once went to Hanzhong, and wanted to open the lake in Mianxian County, but if it didn't go well, he immediately abandoned it, and at this time, he should have entered the Jianmen Pass. ”
"Second Master Bao and those two sons had a very happy conversation." The shopkeeper Shang Da glanced at Second Master Bao, who was patting Li Qingning's shoulder not far away, and smiled back and forth.
"One is Huo Wencan, the youngest son of Huo Shuai, the king of Hejian County, and the other is the brother of the princess, Li Qingning, the third master of the Li family.
When they arrived in Hanzhong City, the two of them went to Baofu to tell about the old, the capital and Shu, the old friends and old relatives, like cobwebs.
Bao Er begged me and allowed him to go to Chengdu City together. ”
The shopkeeper listened attentively and said with a smile:
"Second Master Bao's brother, Uncle Bao, works as a secretary in the Prime Minister's Mansion, although his position is not high, he is very convinced.
The three brothers and sisters of the Bao family are very affectionate, and the prince should let Han Zhushi know about the second master Bao's entourage. ”
"Hmm." Xie Ze answered, beckoned to Shi Nan, and ordered in a low voice.
"What's the plan for the big shopkeeper after that?" Xie Ze glanced at Li Ran and asked.
The shopkeeper looked at Li Ran, bowed and said, "Listen to the princess." ”
Li Ran looked at Xie Ze, Xie Ze pondered for a moment and said, "If it is suitable, the big shopkeeper will follow us to Chengdu City, how about it?" ”
Seeing Li Ran nodding, the shopkeeper of Shang Da should be in arrears.
Watching Shi Nan lead Shang Da to the shopkeeper and introduce him to the back, Li Ran and Xie Ze said in a low voice: "Are you here, demonstrating?" ”
"Well, Shuzhong officials, like Han Zhushi, there must be more than one Han Zhushi.
Like Qi Yi, he only thinks about his own ambitions, and he does not hesitate to spare his own life and the lives of others, and if he wants to make contributions and show what he has learned, there must be a lot.
Let them know that Empress Xian'an once laid out Shuzhong, and now these people have gathered back to you, so that they have some scruples.
For us, they are in the shadows, but for the people under the original Empress Xian'an's cloth, they are in the light.
Fiction and reality. ”
"If Queen Xian'an has a spirit in the sky, I don't know ......" Li Ran lowered her eyelids, and she couldn't say the words later.
I don't know what kind of mood it is to see her like this Xibei goods receiving the favor from her.
"The shopkeeper of Shangda has a saying that Queen Xian'an hopes that the world will be peaceful as soon as possible.
The word inheritance, the blood is second, and the idea is the first.
This time I go back, I will accompany you to Rong'an City. ”
Xie Ze held Li Ran's hand and said in a low voice.
"Hmm." Li Ran took a deep breath.
With him there, she felt she could handle everything.
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