On the morning of the second day, Yan Qingge and the Gu family went to see the Xu family's daughter.

is the same as what Gu described, the girl of the Xu family is down-and-out and generous, with a kind of calmness on her body, she can see that she is a good girl who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, she is neither humble nor arrogant in conversation, and her knowledge is also very wide, and her vision is not in the door.

And she was born with snowy skin and peach cheeks, apricot eyes and cherry mouth, and a slender figure, she is an out-and-out beauty.

Such a good girl, no wonder the Le family wants to marry her in everything.

After going out, the Gu family had to go back to work, and Yan Qingge wanted to go home with her to help, but was stopped by the Gu family.

"You should take a good stroll, Yuhu City is very different from before, there are many women like you on the street, just play." Gu said with a smile.

Yan Qingge couldn't refuse her kindness, so he agreed to stay. But the two children were still young, so they were taken back by the nurse.

Walking on the road of the bluestone slab, Yan Qingge really found a big difference.

In the past, Yuhu City was full of fleeing refugees, and it was full of people everywhere, so crowded that even the alleys and aisles were full, and even tents were set up to live in people.

Now Yuhu City, a refreshing, wide road and high houses, most of them are made of bluestone, supplemented by strong wood, look at a unique flavor, it is a unique scenery that Yuhu City has.

And some of the refugees who fled before chose to stay here, there are a lot of people here, everywhere, along the way, you can hear the dialect slang of various places, which has a unique flavor.

There are many women on the streets, almost three out of ten are women, and there are not a few unmarried girls.

They walked down the street in such a down-and-out manner, and no one looked at them coldly, nor did anyone look at them extraordinarily, which is unimaginable anywhere else.

Yan Qingge was a little excited in his heart, and took the two maids to walk into a shop that was very well decorated from the outside.

After entering the door, she found that this was a cloth shop, which was full of all kinds of cloth, and even some of them were only affordable by nobles in the capital.

This surprised her, because some good fabrics are specialties of a certain place, and there are not too many of them, but this shopkeeper has the ability to collect so much.

Yan Qingge pointed to a silver-green yarn with fine weavers and beautiful mangrove jacquard and asked, "How can this cloth be sold?" ”

"Madame, you are really knowledgeable! It's really the fabric we just entered, and the shopkeeper left three horses for people, and only one horse was left before it was put out! This piece of cloth costs only sixty taels of silver, which is enough to make three clothes, so you can have one. ”

Yan Qingge heard that the price was not outrageous, and he really liked the fabric, so he nodded and asked the guy to take it aside and pick another one.

Looking at it, a few barbarian women walked into the store, speaking a not very proficient Da Zhou dialect, and after a while, they conveniently took away more than three hundred taels of high-end fabric.

Only then did Yan Qingge understand why there were so many good materials in this place.

The barbarians are not short of gold and silver, and the barbarians with a little status, after moving into Qingzhou, the gold and silver brought from the grassland are enough for them to live a good life.

Moreover, Le Yi implemented the horse protection law in Qingzhou, so that households could raise horses for the official family and buy them at market prices according to the quality and quantity of the horses.

The ability of these herdsmen to serve livestock is first-class, and Qingzhou is a large area of grassland, which is naturally prosperous, and some poor barbarians in the past have also made a fortune because of this.

On the surface, it doesn't look obvious, but Qingzhou is really getting more and more powerful.

After walking around for a while, Yan Qingge's feelings became deeper and deeper, and this Jade Lake City was really hidden.

Just when she was shopping around a jewelry shop with great interest, looking at the beautiful gold and silver jewelry with exotic styles inside, and wanted to buy some, Xiao Er came over with low eyebrows and said softly to Yan Qingge: "This lady, dare to ask if you are Princess Ning's mother." ”

Yan Qingge was stunned, she went out today because she was a visitor, and she was dressed a little more formally, but she didn't expect her identity to be recognized.

"I am!" Yan Qingge forgot about this little er.

The second child looked at the room and whispered to Yan Qingge: "Our master is another lady in the house, and I invite you to come into the house to talk." ”

Yan Qingge suddenly understood, it turned out that this shop was still the property of the eldest princess of Roufu, and it was no wonder that these people knew who she was when they saw the grade of her clothing.

followed Xiao Er to the inner room, where a sturdy shopkeeper was waiting. Yan Qingge checked his identity and the token of the Yanwang Mansion before he really believed him, and waved his hand to ask for frost and ask Xue to go down.

The shopkeeper's surname Wang, kowtowed to Yan Qingge, stood beside her respectfully, and said: "Slave maid to see Princess Ning Niangniang, before you came, Princess Yan Niangniang asked people to hurry up and whip and Xiao said, I didn't expect you to arrive, so I came here." It's also a coincidence, then Miss Chen happens to be in Yuhu City these days, if you have anything to ask her, you can catch her immediately. ”

Yan Qingge was stunned for a moment, and then recalled that what Miss Chen was talking about was Danhe, and Danhe's original name was Chen Qinghe.

She asked, "What is Danhe doing in Jade Lake City, isn't she following her father on the grassland?" ”

"She came to Yuhu City just for her father. When the man enters and leaves Yuhu City, the investigation is strict, not only the household registration is correct, but also the body is searched. But it is much easier for women to enter the city, and Miss Chen will come to Yuhu City to live for a period of time every once in a while to help her father be a spy. And Miss Chen seems to have fallen in love with a man from Yuhu City, and it seems that she is about to get married. ”

The people here are open, and it is not surprising that Danhe has taken a fancy to a certain man. Yan Qingge recalled the situation of Le Yi that his aunt Gu said today, and knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to ask Le Yi if there was anything.

She nodded, "I'm waiting here, can I find her now?" ”

"Yes! The mother only waited for half an hour. The man said.

It was still early at this time, Yan Qingge called a maid back to explain, saying that he would not go back to eat at noon, so he waited quietly.

It was probably just after lunch, and a woman with a sack on her head and her hands tied behind her back was escorted into the house.

Yan Qingge was drinking tea, and he didn't recognize who was in front of him for a while, because it wouldn't be like this person if he was Danhe, because she was much stronger and fatter than Danhe.

It wasn't until the sack on his head was taken down that Yan Qingge recognized that this was really Danhe.

Danhe's appearance has changed a lot, although she is still very beautiful, but it is not the same thing as the previous beauty, now she has a double chin and a plump figure, and she looks like a round and jade beauty, and her previous body is light and light.

Her mouth was blocked by a white cloth, and when she looked up and saw Yan Qingge, she was so frightened that her feet went weak, and she sat down on the ground.

"Took something out of her mouth." Yan Qingge commanded.

As soon as Danhe could speak, he called to Yan Qingge in fear: "Niangniang! ”

Yan Qingge took a sip of tea lightly: "Do you still know that I am a mother?" Miss Chen, you're having a good time now. I heard that you are about to get married, and I, as the master, came to Qingzhou to give you a dowry. ”

"! Niangniang, Danhe shouldn't leave without telling me, you listen to me, this matter was allowed by Princess Yan Niangniang. Danhe knew that something was wrong when he heard Yan Qingge's tone.

Yan Qingge sneered: "If you touch your mouth up and down, anyone will say this." You said that your sister-in-law told you to leave, and your sister-in-law told you to leave! ”

"It's true! Believe me, mother! ”

"Palm!" Yan Qingge suddenly said: "Your deed of sale is still in my hand, and you are still with me, me!" ”

In the past, when Danhe saw Yan Qingge, he called himself a slave, but now he may be used to freedom, and he has completely lost the consciousness he had when he was a maid before.

Shopkeeper Wang stepped forward and slapped him down a few times, completely beating Danhe.

Yan Qingge watched her face swell like a blow, and then asked Shopkeeper Wang to stop and asked, "Where is your father?" ”

The shopkeeper Wang is a man, he has a lot of strength, the corners of Danhe's mouth are bleeding, and his head is buzzing, he was asked by Yan Qingge, but there is still a trace of clarity, and he gritted his teeth and refused to speak.

Yan Qingge still knew Danhe very well, and sneered: "Unwilling to speak? I had you stripped naked, paraded through the streets with your name written on you, and dropped you in front of your fiancé's door! ”

Dan Hecai let out a wail in his throat and looked at Yan Qingge in disbelief.

"Someone, pick her clothes for me." There were shopkeepers Wang and the other two men standing in the room, they listened to Yan Qingge's words very much, and they stepped forward to make a move.

Danhe cried out in horror: "No! I say, I say! I'll say whatever you ask! ”

Yan Qingge nodded with satisfaction: "That's right!" I also brought your deed of sale, and your current household registration should be forged. If you are satisfied with your answer, I will return your deed of sale to you, and give you a dowry of a few thousand taels of silver. You take this money and live with your little Langjun in Yuhu City, how can it be better than working with him. ”

Yan Qingge first threatened, and then seduced, and Danhe suddenly loosened.

She served Yan Qingge in Yanwang Mansion for a lot of time, and knew that Yan Qingge was the most trustworthy and would not lie to herself, so she gathered her clothes and nodded to Yan Qingge with tears.

"Where's your father?" Yan Qingge asked again.

Danhe replied with trembling lips: "My father is at home on the grassland. ”

"Which tribe of the steppe is your father with?"

"Ekibe."

"Ekibe? Where is there still the Eji Department, the Eji Department has all followed the Haina Zhu to join the Great Zhou, do you think I don't know! Yan Qingge sneered.

"No, the patriarch of the Eji tribe has not yet attached to the Great Zhou, Hai Nazhu is a traitor, she only took away the old and weak women and children of the Eji tribe, and the people who can really fight have all followed her father, and they are still fighting against the Great Zhou."

"The army of the Great Zhou ......" Yan Qingge groaned and asked, "Do you know how many tribes on the grassland are fighting against the Great Zhou now, how many of them are, what are they winning or losing, and what is the strength?" ”

Danhe said: "I heard my father say that there are about 20 tribes of all sizes, no less than 50,000 people, all of whom are elite cavalry. I used to lose badly, but I heard that the guards on the side of Da Zhou were sick and couldn't command, so my father and they called people to start attacking, and recently they won a lot, and they also plundered back a lot of women. ”

Yan Qingge said in his heart, no wonder Le Yi is so busy now, looking around to check the local defense situation, it turns out that there is this reason.

However, the Great Zhou Guard, it is really mysterious, no one knows who he is until now, Yan Qingge has never heard anyone talk about it in Beijing, and at this moment his curiosity came up, and he asked: "Do you know who the Great Zhou Guard" is?" ”

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(Tianjin)