Chapter 404: Strange
When Liu Donghai heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Seeing that the county guard is so happy, and the whole city is happy money, I guess your county guard must have married a wishful man, could it be the son of an adult in the capital?" ”
This was originally a joke, and no one took it seriously, but when the guy heard it, he laughed even more proudly, as if he was honored, and lowered his head and leaned over and said mysteriously: "Tell a few guests, don't say it." My cousin was on an errand in the county guard's office, and he told me who the county guard was going to marry. It's amazing, it's His Majesty's five princes! ”
"What, Fifth Prince?" At this moment, even Luo Qingluan thought that he had heard it wrong.
This county guard of Jiangbei County is going to marry the fifth prince Nangong Chen, is it really fake?
As soon as he saw the eyes of everyone, the guy immediately said: "It's true, how dare the little one deceive a few guests?" It was my cousin who told me about it, and there is absolutely no falsehood. Guests, you think, if it weren't for the fact that Miss County Shou was going to marry the Fifth Prince, how could Lord County Shou be so happy and send so much money to everyone? Even if it is an ordinary official or a wealthy businessman, he will not be willing to spend a few thousand taels of silver casually, right? Only the royal family has this style, and the little one also guessed in private, but he was afraid that the dowry of the five princes to the county keeper would be too much. ”
Looking at what the guy said, he was afraid that it would come out of nowhere, and it might not be for no reason. Originally, Luo Qingluan and the others just went ashore to have a meal, and then rested for a while and prepared to continue their journey, but when they heard this, they were a little curious and suspicious.
Recently, Luo Qingluan has been in Dongwan, and he doesn't know at all, and he is not interested in caring about Nangong Chen, a scumbag. But now that she heard that Nangong Chen was going to marry the daughter of the Jiangbei County Shou, she couldn't help but have questions and thought a little more.
Her sister Luo Qingshuang has only been dead for less than half a year, and Nangong Chen is going to marry again so soon, which is normal for a ruthless, unrighteous and lustful person like him. However, this county guard will marry his daughter and marry him, but it is so well-known and fanfare, is it really just for show?
Frowning, Luo Qingluan said, "But little second brother, didn't we hear that something happened in the capital some time ago?" His Majesty is still anxiously ill, but this county keeper dares to do such a big celebration, so he is not afraid ......"
"The guest officer doesn't know, something happened in the capital some time ago, hasn't it been resolved?"
The guy saw that Luo Qingluan didn't know about it, and he got the silver, and he explained even more vigorously at the moment: "The king of Chu has retreated sixty miles, although he is still besieging the capital, but what does this matter have to do with our people." The king of Chu is loyal and dedicated to the country, everyone knows that he will lead his troops to besiege the city, but it is just a misunderstanding with His Majesty, and it will not hurt our people. And I heard that a while ago, the King of Chu had reconciled with His Majesty, and His Majesty was happy, and his illness was cured. Otherwise, how could the five princes dare to marry at this time? ”
"Even His Majesty knows about this?" Chen Dong looked at the guy.
"This ......" the guy looked embarrassed and laughed dryly: "When the guest asks about this, the little one doesn't dare to talk nonsense." But Your Majesty is Your Majesty in the end, wise and wise, the fifth prince wants to marry Miss County Shou as a concubine, how can Your Majesty not know? The guest said yes, right? ”
The more I listened, the more strange I felt, all kinds of nonsense, Luo Qingluan and the others asked a few more times, but the guy couldn't say it at all, he just blew it around, I don't know how many of them are his guesses and fantasies, and he is a foolish opinion, and he can't believe it.
As a result, I couldn't hear the reason for a long time, and the guy still had all kinds of rumors, rumors, and possibly ...... Flying all over the sky, Luo Qingluan simply let the guy out. Closing the door, several people guessed the truth of the matter while eating.
"If it's really the fifth prince who wants to marry this county guard, so what?" Xu Lian didn't care too much: "As long as there is no conflict with our affairs, it doesn't matter when he gets married and when he gets married, Miss is anxious to inquire about the prince's situation as soon as possible, and she doesn't have so much time to pay attention to other things." ”
That's right. Now Luo Qingluan is just a little curious at most, no matter who Nangong Chen wants to marry, it has nothing to do with her.
Although Luo Qingluan was also a little skeptical, he heard Nangong Yu say that Emperor Xichu was sick in bed not long ago, and what he said was extremely serious, he almost died of illness, how could he recover so quickly? Even if Nalan Ye really retreated sixty miles away, he wouldn't be able to recover and celebrate with the whole country?
And there is something strange about this matter, the guy in the store doesn't know, but Luo Qingluan knows best. Although the news of Nalan Ye's injury did not spread, it did happen, and even she didn't know Nalan Ye's current situation, whether it was life or death, this was what worried Luo Qingluan the most.
"I think so, now we have to quickly find out the situation of the prince, and we don't have time to take care of the matter of marrying the daughter of the county guard." Xu Wei nodded in a deep voice.
"If I change my usual times, judging from Nangong Chen's extravagance, I want to make a good mess and make a few troubles. But now, our own affairs matter, even if Nangong Chen really married a concubine regardless of state affairs, since he himself is not afraid of Emperor Xichu's blame, we don't bother to care. ”
After thinking about it, Luo Qingluan said with a straight face: "Everyone should hurry up and eat, rest for a while and go on the road." ”
Everyone was already hungry, and they were even more eager to eat at the moment.
I have to say that the food in this restaurant is not bad, the price is not expensive and delicious, Luo Qingluan is used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and has eaten an extra bowl of rice, Xu Wei and Chen Dong They directly swept away the soup and vegetables, and then wiped their mouths with satisfaction.
It took three taels of silver to eat eight dishes for one meal, which was not expensive, and after paying the bill, Luo Qingluan and the others rested for half an hour and left the restaurant.
Liu Donghai has been used to darts all year round, and although he followed Luo Qingluan back this time, he naturally wanted to show his loyalty. At that moment, he was going to buy two carriages, or rent them, and everyone made an appointment to meet at the city gate, but before Luo Qingluan and Xu Lian could go to the city gate, they saw a group of people surrounding the place where the notice was posted.
Thinking that there was some wanted warrant for Jiangyang thieves, Xu Lian glanced at it casually and read it out loud: "From now on, all merchant goods, darts merchant ships and carriages, etc., are allowed to enter and not leave." Strictly prevent small thieves from all walks of life, and the government guards will increase the number of three rounds of road ...... every day."
"Miss, what is said on this notice seems to be quite complicated." Xu Lian couldn't understand it anymore, and asked out loud.
But Luo Qingluan and Chen Dong's faces had already sunk, just the words 'allowed to enter but not allowed to leave' written on the notice were enough to make them feel the seriousness of the matter.
Chen Dong nodded to Luo Qingluan, squeezed directly into the crowd, looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked someone to inquire before coming back, and said in a deep voice: "Miss, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave." ”
"What, can't you go? What the hell is going on? Xu Lian pointed to the notice on the wall, "Isn't it just a notice, what is this county guard doing to eat, and how can it be that everyone is not allowed to leave the city?" ”
Chen Dong shook his head, and waited for everyone to find a secluded place before he said: "It's not that everyone is not allowed to leave the city, the notice only says that it is not allowed to leave Jiangbei County by darts, cars and boats, etc., but if private individuals go out of the city, it will not be affected." After all, not everyone lives in the city, and there are many people who live on the outskirts of the city, such as those peasant tenants and so on. ”
Not only Xu Lian, but even Xu Wei's straight personality didn't think of the key: "Since we can go out of the city, why does Mr. Chen say that we can't go?" It's a big deal to let Mr. Liu go and return the carriage......"
"We can walk, do you want Miss to walk like us?" Chen Dong said in a deep voice, Xu Wei reacted suddenly, and suddenly stopped speaking.
Luo Qingluan also shook his head: "It's not that I can't walk, it's nothing, the key is to walk, I'm afraid that it will take seven or eight days to get to the capital." When I arrived in the capital, I was afraid that I didn't know how things would change. ”
This is also a problem that Chen Dong considered all of a sudden, not that it can't be, but that it can't.
"Miss, I asked the government soldier who posted the notice, and said that it was because of the marriage of the county guard, in order to prevent a small disturbance, for fear of stealing the dowry and dowry, so everyone was strictly prevented from leaving the city. It wasn't until half a month later that everything returned to normal. ”
"How is it possible, do you want us to wait here for half a month? The daylilies are cold. Xu Lian's eyes widened.
Luo Qingluan was silent in thought, she already felt that something was wrong, but now the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became.
If the county guard is worried about the troubles caused by the gangsters, then he should send more patrols instead of using his power to affect the lives of the common people. And this county guard gave the people of the city fifty yuan per household before, although it can be said to be for the sake of celebration and auspiciousness, but on the other hand, isn't this showing off his whiteness?
Isn't this even more to attract those who have a heart, hurry up and steal, his daughter is about to become the concubine of the fifth prince, and there are wealth and scenery? Isn't this trying to cover up?
Or, the county guard has long been preparing to close the city, just using these fifty small profits to block the mouths of the people? Since you have a benefit, don't make trouble!
"Miss, what then?" Xu Wei asked, and the rest of the people also stared at Luo Qingluan.
Since there was no way to pull the carriage, Luo Qingluan didn't insist, waited until Liu Donghai came back, explained the situation, and asked him to return the carriage, and several people immediately returned to the dock. A few guys told Luo Qingluan that they had only left not long before someone from the county guard came to register all the merchant ships around, and the foreign cargo ship was directly rented for fifty taels of silver, and they were not allowed to refuse at all.
At this point, everyone sensed that something was wrong.
Even the cargo ship was forcibly requisitioned, what kind of moth did the county guard of Jiangbei County want to marry his daughter? Could it be that the drunkard does not mean to drink?
Since they couldn't leave, Luo Qingluan and the others simply found an inn to live in, and then Chen Dong went out to inquire about the branch of the Dark Night Hall here. Since they didn't understand what was going on, people who didn't believe in the Dark Night Hall couldn't find out.