Chapter 22

Gonggong Hong quickly shut up, scolding himself in his heart, he hadn't served his master for nearly a year, how could he forget his master's unpleasant temper, and he would have a long memory in the future.

He secretly scolded himself here to be more vigilant, and he didn't want Zuo Yuanhao to think of something because of his words.

"Have all the men sent out to look for me come back?"

"The news has already been passed out, and the four groups of Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang will be able to gather all of them in two days."

"Well, tomorrow I will send people from the palace to check one thing, there were originally two maids around the princess, who went out of Beijing together before, but they didn't see each other when they came back this time, you let people find out where they went, whether they were alive or dead. Remember, don't alarm the princess. ”

"Yes, lord." Gonggong Hong was extremely curious when he heard this, and guessed whether the master was interested in the two maids, but after pondering for a while, he felt that it was impossible, but this command was really a bit ambiguous, and he actually wanted to avoid the princess?

Not to mention how Gonggong Hong muttered, in short, he didn't dare to slack off when the master commanded. After waiting for his master to fall asleep, he quickly withdrew and summoned the leader of the guard on duty.

The leader of the guard is surnamed Chen Mingsheng, and Liu Hu is a brother with a different surname who knocked his head to the ground, when Zuo Yuanhao traveled before, his mother was about to give birth, so Liu Hu let him stay.

When the prince returned home today, he finally confirmed Liu Hu's death, and the guilt and grief in his heart can be imagined.

Although the prince rewarded a generous pension as soon as he entered the mansion, his sister-in-law had no husband, his nephew and niece had no father, and the family had no pillars.

Tonight, he wasn't on duty, but he couldn't sleep so he grabbed the patrol errand, but he didn't expect to meet Hong Gonggong on an errand.

In the past few months, the palace has lost its master, and Gonggong Hong and the guards who stayed behind also have some feelings of sharing hardships, and when he saw Chen Sheng stepping forward, he said a few more gossips, and then whispered the prince's instructions.

Chen Sheng's eyes instantly burst into a bright light, like a drowning man grabbing a lifeline, he gasped for a long time, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, Manager Hong, this matter is handed over to me, keep it and find out." I haven't always understood, my eldest brother's good martial arts have been folded in the north, why can the three of them run back unscathed, if I am an enemy, how can I not clean up my tail, is it still people who pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? ”

"Shut up!" Gonggong Hong looked around vigilantly to make sure that there was no one else around, so he pulled him over and scolded in a low voice: "That's the princess, don't you want your head?" You have to remember, this time the prince wants to check the two maids, not the princess, if you dare to make a claim, I will send someone else. ”

Chen Shengxu also felt that Fang Cai's words were a little offended, and he snorted angrily and apologized, "I know, Manager Hong, don't worry, I will definitely be more careful." ”

When Gonggong Hong heard this, he reluctantly let go, and let him go after a few more instructions, and went down.

Not to mention how Gonggong Hong regretted finding Chen Sheng to run an errand when he returned to his house, he only said that Chen Sheng went out of the house without closing his eyes for a while after changing shifts.

Before the disappearance of the prince, the princess lived in her mother's house for a long time, and he also sent news back and forth a few times, so the porter of the same prime minister's mansion was also familiar, and when the porter was not busy, he found a reason to pull the person to a small shop not far away to drink, and when he was drunk for three rounds, he pretended to be a face, and asked why the two big girls around the princess disappeared?

The porter thought he had guessed what was on his mind, smiled ambiguously and clearly, and said while burping: "I said why do you want to invite me to drink, it turns out that it is for the beauty of the beauty, and you are also a square person when I look at you on weekdays, but I didn't expect that I couldn't escape the beauty pass." ”

Chen Sheng had heard some gossip about the fierce wife of the porter's family, so he pretended to have a bitter face and complained: "Brother, if you want to say that our errand is really hard, who is tired of going home for a day, and doesn't want to face the cold face of Hedong Lion, no, my brother got up and thought about finding a flower to explain the language." If the elder brother becomes a perfect brother, when the brother hugs the beauty, he will never forget your benefits. ”

"Brother, you're so right, brother, I know the pain too well. Don't worry, my brother will definitely help you if he can help you. The porter poured another bowl of wine, and then leaned into Chen Sheng's ear and said: "About the two maids beside the princess, you really asked me right, if it is someone else, I really don't know at all." ”

"Really?" Chen Sheng seemed to be a little unconvinced, stared at the porter with drunken eyes and said, "It's just two maids, why are there any secrets involved?" ”

The porter was drunk, and he was consciously questioned, and the three points of hesitation that still existed were completely thrown away, and he told all the news he had heard.

"Don't you know, those two maids were originally the daughters of the prime minister's wife in the Chen family to accompany the house, and they were also proud of the master on weekdays, but somehow, yesterday they were suddenly driven to the countryside Zhuangzi because of the confrontation with the lady. You don't know that their old lady is crying, it's really pitiful. After that, Madame gave another gag order, and no one in our house dared to say this. ”

He raised his chin as he spoke, looking ridiculous as he sacrificed his life for his brother, Chen Sheng's eyes flashed, but his subordinates diligently poured wine for the porter, and kept thanking him.

"Thank you brother for mentioning it, otherwise I'm still in the dark, but it's a pity that the two maids are good-looking, and I still want to carry a warm bed to the house."

The porter smiled and echoed: "Those two are really good-looking, don't talk about you, we also have stewards in this house to keep an eye on, it's a pity." ”

The two gossiped a few more words, drank all the wine in the pot and left.

Chen Sheng returned all the way back to the palace, no matter how he thought about it, he felt strange, and quickly found Gonggong Hong.

After hearing this, Gonggong Hong was about to go to the study to report to his master, he looked at Chen Sheng's expression a little strange, and couldn't help but remind again: "If the master has no other instructions for this matter, it will end here, you must not make any extraneous branches, understand?" ”

Chen Sheng hurriedly bowed his head and responded, "Yes, manager." ”

Gonggong Hong glanced at him, and then hurried to the study.

Chen Sheng looked at his back and secretly clenched his fists. Some things don't stop easily since they start, he doesn't have the slightest sympathy for the two disposed maids, but he is interested in why they are suffering, is it because they know some secrets that they shouldn't know? Is that related to the prince's suffering in the Northland, and related to the death of his eldest brother in battle?

Not to mention how Chen Sheng ignored Gonggong Hong's opposition and secretly made up his mind to investigate to the end, only saying that Zuo Yuanhao listened to Gonggong Hong's report, and also looked up in surprise and asked: "You mean, those two maids were not disposed of after the princess came back from the north, but were only kicked out of the house after I returned to Beijing yesterday?" ”

Gonggong Hong didn't know why his master was so concerned about this date, but he still bowed down and responded: "Yes, Lord Wang, that's what the guards sent to investigate said when they came back, and although the Chen family issued a gag order yesterday, there must be many people in the mansion who know about it, so there is no need for the porter to lie." ”

"There's no need to lie?" Zuo Yuanhao snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "It's because there's no need to lie, but she's suspicious if she lied, isn't it?" ”

Gonggong Hong was confused when he heard this, and asked cautiously: "Lord Wang, do you still want to continue to investigate this matter?" ”

"No need." Zuo Yuanhao didn't want to startle the snake too early, the immediate priority was to deal with the Patriotic War, and the rest of the things were not in a hurry.

"Yes, lord."

Zuo Yuanhao glanced at the bowl of ginseng soup just delivered from the backyard on the table, his expression was inexplicable, and he said again after a long time: "How much is the wax moon today?" ”

"On the fifth day of the lunar month," Gonggong Hong was very conscientious, reminding the master, "The palace has already rewarded the eight treasures of rice, don't forget to thank the prince when he enters the palace." ”

Zuo Yuanhao nodded, but his mind was not here. Calculating the schedule, if you send someone to Gravel City to pick up Ye Lan's mother and son at this time, I'm afraid they will have to celebrate the New Year on the road, the two children are still young, if they are infected with the wind and cold, it will be troublesome, it is better to wait until the New Year, the weather will be warmer, and it will be much more convenient to go on the road at that time.

"Tell me to go down and make a new carriage, it doesn't have to be gorgeous, it's best to be spacious and comfortable, and then pick up the glazed pavilion and prepare it for moving in after the year."

"Huh?" Gonggong Hong felt that he was not old at this time, why he couldn't figure out everything the prince ordered, but after last night, he didn't dare to talk too easily, and responded one by one.

Zuo Yuanhao waved his hand, motioned him to go down, and re-invested in the fold pile, but his mind was not as focused as before, and he remembered to take Ye Lan back for a while, would her fiery temper slap herself a few times first? Those two children, who only opened their eyes when he left that day, are they already recognizing people at this time?! Although Dr. Sun is a little out of tune, his medical skills are really good, if they have a headache and brain fever, they will be fine......

Thinking like this, he threw away the fold irritably, thought about it, and ordered the car to go to the palace. Although the children did not come back, they always had to prepare the staff to serve, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared a lot of innocent nurses and grandmothers for several princes, first say hello to the royal brothers, keep a few good ones, and wait for the two children to come back, so they don't have to be busy with Zhang Luo.

The emperor was discussing with several elders, preparing grain and grass, and recruiting people's husbands, when he suddenly heard that his younger brother had entered the palace, he was very happy, and he didn't want to, but his younger brother actually opened his mouth to ask for a nurse and a grandmother; He didn't react for a while, and then laughed uncontrollably, but he became more and more relieved.

If it was said that Zuo Yuanhao was originally a tiger that went down the mountain, then now Miss Ye and the two children are the rope noose around his neck, as long as they stay in Tibetan Kuncheng, this tiger will have to come back obediently no matter how many people he has injured, and he is not afraid that he will rebel again.

"Okay, you can choose the manpower in the Internal Affairs Office."

Several cabinet elders were present, and the emperor didn't say much, but discussed the major affairs of the court and politics.

Although several pavilion elders were curious, they were not blind children, and they pretended not to care and began to prove that they did not have white-collar workers every month.

Seeing that most of the wax moon has passed, and a few days will be the New Year, almost every household has prepared the New Year's goods, and because of the two heavy snowfalls, the slightly remote villages have closed the roads, so the gravel city is much quieter.

The Hu family takes care of the children at night, and they buy and sell during the day, although they are busy, they are also extremely fulfilling. That night, when everyone had dinner, Shanzi and Hu Bo were in the hall to pick up a few sables that had been brought back from the mountains, and the mink meat was unpalatable, so they threw it into the snowdrift and frozen, while the mink was going to make mattresses for the two children after they were finished.

Hu Po and Ye Lan deducted the money box as usual to keep accounts, and the old lady accidentally glanced at the two children who were playing with their feet, and couldn't help laughing: "It's a blessing to be reunited, Shanzi loves them so much, and there is a mink shop for a small ball of meat that is just a little big, old woman, I have been busy with my whole life, and I can't catch up with the two of them." ”

Ye Lan said with a smile while stringing copper coins: "My aunt is also an old child, and she originally wanted to make you a cloak, who didn't agree?" ”

Hu Po laughed and said angrily: "You girl, I am not allowed to make my mouth happy." ”

Ye Lan stuck out her tongue mischievously, pushed the account book in front of the old lady, and said with a smile: "Our family also has spare money now, more than two hundred taels, seeing that the New Year is coming, you can buy whatever the old man wants." ”

Hu Po looked carefully at the numbers written at the end of the account book, and her face bloomed even more with a smile. "The old man and I are so old, we don't lack anything, so don't worry about it. You, Shanzi, and the children all make new clothes, and keep the rest for my two grandchildren to marry daughters-in-law and buy dowries. ”

Hu Bo is a good temper, and when he saw this, he got up and wanted to take a look, but maybe he got up a little violently, and almost flashed his waist, but fortunately, Shanzi on the side reached out to help him.

Ye Lan was startled, asked a few questions, and found that Hu Bo was fine, remembering that the whole family had been busy making money day and night for most of the past half a month, she and Shanzi were young and didn't feel anything, but Hu Bo and Hu Po were very tired. So he proposed: "It's also going to be the New Year, so it's not bad for a few days, let's start resting tomorrow, just clean the yard and prepare to eat." ”

Hu Po was a little greedy for money and wanted to persuade again, but Hu Bo raised his hands in agreement, "Brother Lu next door has made an appointment several times, just to go to the river to catch a few big fish and come back, to worship ancestors or entertain guests during the New Year." ”

Hu Po glared at him, and didn't say much, so Hu Bo smiled and ran to find fishing nets and iron tongs, and the matter of resting in the shop was decided.

The neighbors didn't expect the Hu family to rest so early, and on the second day, they came to the house to buy baked cakes and twist flowers, but fortunately, the Hu family also had to prepare New Year's food.

Xu knew that after the New Year, the good days were coming to an end, and the wind was particularly arrogant these days, blowing more and more deserted on the street.

Hu Po didn't know whether she was thinking about it day and night, or if she was old and thoughtful, she dreamed of her deceased wife, that is, Ye Lan's mother-in-law, for two or three nights in a row, so when she had dinner this morning, she said that she would go to the temple to offer incense, and add some sesame oil money to light an ever-bright lamp, which could be regarded as comforting the old master under Jiuquan.

The gravel city is located in the middle of nowhere, there are not many temples, except for the broken temple burned down with the beggars outside the city, there is a temple on the green mountain thirty miles away, when the weather is good, the rich and idlers in the city also often go, and now this weather, naturally no one cares.

(End of chapter)