Chapter 163: Suspicious Letters
Su Fenglan nodded with satisfaction: "Then after returning to Beijing, what are you going to do with them?" ”
"You don't have to wait until you go back to Beijing, you can solve it on the road." A cold light flashed in Wen Yiheng's eyes, very resolute.
Su Fenglan toasted Wen Yiheng, his eyes were full of guilt for Wen Yiheng, but he was very complacent: "It was the old man who misunderstood you before, and you are really worthy of the old man's daughter!" Worthy of being the son-in-law of the old man! Come! Tonight we drank bitterly! ”
Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan drank all night and talked to the moon, and both of them were looking forward to the upcoming return date.
Also looking forward to Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan's return to Beijing is Su Jiudong.
After Wen Yiheng set off for Northern Xinjiang, Su Jiudong sent a letter to Wen Yiheng every five days, and the content of the letter was mostly daily trivial matters, such as An'er learned to recite Tang poems today, such as the location of the medicinal restaurant on the street, etc......
Wen Yiheng stayed in Northern Xinjiang for almost three months, and Su Jiudong's letters to Wen Yiheng also piled up a lot.
However, perhaps because Wen Yiheng was busy with military affairs, he did not reply to Su Jiudong with a letter of peace. However, every time Su Jiudong sent a letter, he would still look forward to Wen Yiheng replying to her with great anticipation.
Today, Su Jiudong took Liu Yunniang and her two children as usual to have dinner with Zhu Guogong in the front yard Ze Zhengtang.
Su Jiudong led Su Ting'an to walk slowly in front, and Liu Yunniang led Ah Rong to follow slowly behind. The four of them walked along the corridor while admiring the new life of the plants in the yard.
There was a maid in front of him who hurried with his head down, and Su Jiudong took Su Tingan to dodge sideways, but Su Jiudong was still hit by the maid and hit his left arm.
The maid's hand shook, and the stack of envelopes she was holding in her words were scattered all over the ground.
The maid didn't have time to look up to see who she had bumped into, and she just wanted to hurry up and send the folded envelope to the study. Liu Yunniang hurriedly stepped forward to help pick it up, but found a letter written by Wen Yiheng in it.
"Eh! Isn't this Aheng's letter? Liu Yunniang handed the envelope to Su Jiudong, and at this time, the maid who lowered her head to pick up the letter finally looked up, and was suddenly startled when she saw Su Jiudong, so she hurriedly gathered the scattered letters together, and slipped away with them.
Su Jiudong took the envelope, stared excitedly at the words "My wife Jiudong personally opened" written on the envelope, and said happily: "Ah Heng finally replied to me!" ”
Liu Yunniang also echoed very happily: "It's not! This big man has been away for so long, and he finally knows how to reply to the letter! ”
Su Ting'an heard Su Jiudong's address to Wen Yiheng, and excitedly hugged Su Jiudong's thigh and said, "Ah! Daddy wrote! An'er wants to see it! An'er also wants to see it! ”
Ah Rong also looked up at the letter and envelope with anticipation, looking forward to the safe return of Wen Yiheng, the "father".
If it was the same as before, Su Jiudong would wait until he returned to his room before opening it.
But now Su Jiudong is still looking forward to Wen Yiheng's reply, and at this time, he can't wait to finish the meal in a hurry, and can't wait to open it directly, holding the letter paper and trembling slightly.
Looking at it, Su Jiudong's originally happy smile gradually changed.
Liu Yunniang saw that Su Jiudong's face was obviously wrong, and guessed whether the letter had written about Wen Yiheng's injury, so she asked worriedly: "Jiudong'er, what's wrong with you?" Could it be that something happened to Ah Heng in Northern Xinjiang? ”
Su Jiudong slowly raised his head, handed the letter to Liu Yunniang, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Niang, just now you said that Ah Heng finally knew how to reply to the letter... But this was not the first reply he wrote to me, but the ninth. ”
"W-what's going on?" Liu Yunniang was confused by Su Jiudong's words: "But this is indeed the first letter he wrote back, and we haven't received a letter from him before." ”
After reading the letter, Liu Yunniang realized that this was indeed the ninth letter written by Wen Yiheng.
Looking at the tone and content of the letter, it can be concluded that this is a letter that Wen Yiheng took the initiative to write to Su Jiudong, not a reply to Su Jiudong's previous letter.
Su Jiudong put the letter back in the envelope, put it in his arms with a diagonal collar on his chest, and frowned: "The letter mentioned that he was busy with military affairs, and in order to waste the messengers in the army and prevent the messengers from running back and forth, he could only write me a letter every ten days. ”
Liu Yunniang insisted suspiciously: "But we really didn't receive the letter written by Ah Heng before." ”
"That's right! He also said that even if he did not receive a reply from me, he would continue to write until he returned to Beijing. This is the ninth letter he wrote, saying that he has won the battle and will return to the DPRK with General Su in the near future, so that I don't have to worry about it, and I can wait for him to come back with peace of mind. ”
Su Jiudong's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "I have always written to him, and he has insisted on writing to me, but the two of us have not received the letter written by the other party, which is simply too strange......"
Su Jiudong wrote a letter to Wen Yiheng every five days, and then in the afternoon, the servants or maids sent by the Duke of Zhu Guo collected the letters, and then agreed to send them by the study room of the second courtyard.
The same is true for receiving. All the letters were first received in the study of the second courtyard Zhu Guogong, and then the servants or maids took turns to deliver them to the courtyard where each master was.
"There must be someone behind this, and I must investigate this matter to the end." The aura around Su Jiudong's body changed abruptly, from the joy just now to cold.
Su Jiudong remained silent and went to the banquet on time to eat. After everyone had finished eating, Su Jiudong took out the envelope and handed it to Zhu Guogong: "Grandpa Guo, today I received a letter from Ah Heng, he reported to me that he was safe, and said that he would return to Beijing in the near future." ”
Zhu Guogong stopped his chopsticks, and said unexpectedly and happily: "Zichu, this kid finally wrote a letter home?" I was so busy fighting that he forgot to write a letter! Good! Good! Don't ask him to accumulate any military merits this time, as long as he is safe! "Xuanshu Literature Network
Wen Sibo saw Zhu Guogong's eagerness and care for Wen Yiheng, and rolled his eyes impatiently.
Judging from Zhu Guogong's tone, he should have just now known that Wen Yiheng would write a letter to his home.
Credible documents will come in and out of Zhu Guogong's study in the second courtyard every day, if Wen Yiheng had sent a letter to his home before, it stands to reason that Zhu Guogong should also know.
Therefore, it can only be said that the letters written by Su Jiudong and the missing letters of Wen Yiheng were all robbed in the process of being sent to the study.
Su Jiudong glanced at Cui Shi and said to Zhu Guogong:
"Grandpa Guo, but this letter is a little strange. Ah Heng said in the letter that this is the ninth letter he has written, but this is obviously the letter we have not received from him since he went to northern Xinjiang until today...... It's so weird. ”
After Su Jiudong finished speaking, he handed the letter to Zhu Guogong, and then secretly observed the demeanor of everyone at the dinner table.
Wen Sibo was unimpressed: "Isn't it just that I haven't received a few letters?" It's not an important thing, it's not weird. ”
After getting along with the people of the Guogong Mansion for this period of time, Su Jiudong noticed that Wen Sibo's personality was quite gentle on weekdays, but if he mentioned something related to Wen Yiheng, Wen Sibo would become irritable and irritable.
Su Jiudong guessed that Wen Sibo was deeply envious and jealous of Wen Yiheng.
is not only envious of Wen Yiheng's more care than him from his father, but also jealous that Wen Yiheng's status and strength in the court are stronger than him.
Referring to the letter this time, Su Jiudong judged that Wen Sibo's reaction was his usual true reflection, and he was very disgusted to mention everything related to Wen Yiheng, so Su Jiudong did not put Wen Sibo into the ranks of suspicion.
"Yuya, Xiubing, Ah Heng also mentioned you in the letter." Su Jiudong's gaze swept over Cui's face, and finally fell on the two sisters Wen Yuya and Wen Xiubing, who were eating silently.
Hearing this, Cui Shi paused, stopped drinking the soup, and continued to drink the soup slowly and methodically for only a second.
Cui's usually advertises everyone's girlfriends as a standard, and strictly requires Wen Yuya and Wen Xiubing's behavior: food is silent, sleep is silent.
In addition, when Su Jiudong first came to Guogong Mansion, after the family had a vigorous quarrel at the dinner table, Zhu Guogong even asked not to quarrel at the dinner table, so if there was no need to speak during the meal, the two sisters were silently immersed in eating.
Wen Yuya smiled indifferently at Su Jiudong: "Thank you, big brother, for remembering our two sisters." ”
Wen Xiubing didn't want to chat with Su Jiudong too much, so her tone was much worse: "What did the eldest brother say about us in the letter?" ”
Su Jiudong casually compiled: "Ah Heng said in the letter that he doesn't know about the trivial matters of his daughter's family, so if you don't understand something, I can ask you for advice." ”
Cui Shi exhaled softly, pushed the finished soup bowl to the side, and calmly picked up the handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of his mouth.
Zhu Guogong, who finished reading the letter, glanced up at Su Jiudong, and just wanted to say that Zichu's letter did not mention Wen Yuya and Wen Xiubing, let alone ask Su Jiudong to consult the two sisters, he received Su Jiudong's gaze.
Zhu Guogong understood the impunity contained in Su Jiudong's eyes not to expose her, and stopped. The two knew each other.
Su Jiudong keenly captured that every time she mentioned Wen Yiheng's letter and study, Cui would pause nervously, and even occasionally bite her lower lip.
These are all signs of a weak heart.
Could it be that Choi has something to do with those missing letters?
Su Jiudong took back the letter from Zhu Guogong and continued to eat quietly.
At present, Su Jiudong plans to secretly investigate whether the Cui family is secretly robbing the letters of Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng in private.
March 15 is the day when Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan set off to return to the dynasty.
The two of them set out from the city of Xishou with their army early in the morning, marching all the way east, and they were like arrows to return to Beijing.
It is only feasible to return to Beijing by land from the west of the city, and it takes half a month to reach the capital with a large number of people and horses.
Unsurprisingly, on the way back to the dynasty with Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan's victorious class, the two generals of the Gaoche Kingdom, Bi Biaoyue and Du Yanhui, died in the sandstorm in Mobei.
Some people were amazed that Bi Biaoyue and Du Yanhui, two generals who walked and deserted all year round, would die in the sandstorm they were most familiar with.
Some people accurately guessed that Wen Yiheng sent people to assassinate Bi Biaoyue and Du Yanhui, who had relaxed their vigilance, and disguised them as accidental deaths.
Most people understood it and didn't debunk it.