163 Dead friends do not die in poor ways

When Bai Poria heard that Lu Ying was coming, she ran out to meet people with a cheer, and Bai Suye went to arrange Bai Poria to travel tomorrow.

I haven't seen him for a few days, Lu Ying is a little tired, and I want to know that the arrest of the remnants of the Mao family in recent days has not been easy, the Mao family still has remnants of forces in many states and counties in the Qi State, and some local military and political figures are descendants of the Mao family, and the emperor has sent his cronies to secretly enter various states and counties according to the list provided by Tsing Yiwei when the Mao family has not yet attacked, and as soon as the news spreads, he will immediately take down the remnants of the Mao family and all the people related to them.

Near the capital, because he was afraid of alarming the people of the Mao family, he had not been prepared, so Lu Ying had just escorted several officials of the Mao family back to the capital from a state capital next to the capital this morning. Those people knew that Mao's rebellion failed and was captured, and most of them had no stubborn resistance, Lu Ying's arrest operation was very smooth, but he was almost in a hurry for a few days, and he was inevitably tired.

Lu Ying came this time because he received news that the 1,000 soldiers of the Mao clan who had fled had been divided into several groups and had fled to hide in the mountains and wilderness more than 200 miles outside the capital, as if they were planning to rescue several important people in Mao's current prison, including the eldest prince.

These thousand soldiers say that it is not much, but it is said that it is not much, if the imperial court sends regular troops to exterminate it. They immediately divided into small groups and hid into the mountains, and even if they sent 10,000 officers and soldiers, they could only stare at each other.

These soldiers are the die-hard elite of the Mao family, and it is not an exaggeration to say that one is ten, and it is not an exaggeration to keep such a group of people wandering around the capital sooner or later they will become bandits, although they will not be able to do anything about the capital, but it is definitely a time bomb, and it is a serious security hazard for the nearby people.

Of course, the emperor wants to completely exterminate them, and Lu Ying even wants - these people are wandering outside the capital for a day, and Bai Poria can't leave Beijing and return to Beiguan City for a day, she is the most suitable hostage that can be caught for these remnants of the Mao family.

So after determining the approximate hiding place of these people, Lu Ying wanted to eradicate them as soon as possible, and the method he thought of was the same as Yang Heng's choice that day, that is, to take the initiative to attack and lure the enemy into taking the bait.

Of course, he wouldn't let Bai Poria do such a dangerous thing in person, he only came today to pick up Bai Poria's ebony carriage and a few maids who knew martial arts to pretend to be her to lure the enemy.

Bai Poria was very in favor of this plan, but it was no problem to borrow a car, but the borrower refused to agree.

"I can't take risks, neither can Bai Guo and Bai Shao, if there is something, what can I do?" Not to mention her relationship with these two people, these two are her "task volume", if there is a little damage, she will be in pain!

"But if there is no woman in the car, I am afraid it will be difficult for the Mao family's soldiers to be trusted." Lu Ying was very embarrassed.

Bai Poria's eyes rolled and said, "I'm asking for help from the people in the Relief Hall, aren't they the comfrey girls?" It is said that she is still a disciple of the six elders, and her martial arts are powerful, so let her find some familiar chivalrous girls! ”

Dead friends don't die poor!

Lu Ying also didn't want the people of the Bai family to be damaged, and it would be better to have someone else to replace her, so she nodded and said: "Okay, but you have to contact her as soon as possible, and at the same time release the news, saying that you will leave Beijing and return to Beiguan City after the Lantern Festival, and leave the city on the morning of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month." ”

Bai Poria immediately asked Bai Ah Wu to contact the people in the local Relief Hall, and asked the comfrey girl to meet at the "Linglong Pavilion" the day after tomorrow. Linglong Pavilion was bought by Bai Changshan a few days ago and gifted to Bai Poria, the shopkeeper, the guys, and the craftsmen in the store are still old people, she has not been to see it, she originally planned to take a look the day after tomorrow, considering taking over the business and other things, just by the way to see the comfrey. That place was often frequented by the daughters of wealthy officials, and it was better for her to go there to see comfrey.

Everything was arranged, early the next morning, Bai Suye sent a steward to lead the way, Bai Poria sat in his own ebony carriage, invited Gu Shanlong, the steward of the massage parlor, and went directly out of the capital.

Ivy Mountain is about 20 miles away from the capital, soon arrived, two of the three hot spring villas are slightly larger, one is smaller, in terms of the degree of sophistication and magnificence, it is said that the smaller one is better, located in the northwest foothills of Ivy Mountain, and the two larger ones are one in the southern foothills and one in the southeast foothills.

The three villas are not named, but they are probably called Xiaobeizhuang, Nanzhuang and Dongzhuang according to their location.

The first to arrive is Nanzhuang. During the New Year, there was a big incident in the capital, so there was no one nearby, so Bai Poria asked the carriage to stop at the intersection leading to the villa, and got off with the others and walked dozens of zhang into the village, taking a look at the surrounding environment along the way.

The temperature in the nearby area is significantly warmer than in Beijing, there is no snow on the mountain, and the trees on the ground have even grown tender green leaf buds, and the bright and vibrant colors make people feel refreshed.

Bai Poria suddenly thought of something, and asked the steward sent by Bai Suye as if casually: "Are there many places with hot springs near the capital?" ”

The steward's surname is Gui, a single name is a T-character, he is in his forties this year, he is the second time he has seen Bai Poria, and he still has been accustomed to the appearance of his Miss Sun for a while before he can speak normally: "Only this area of Ivy Spring Mountain is the most concentrated, and there are also a few springs in a few nearby mountains, and there are no other places." Hot spring eyes are very rare in the capital, otherwise these hot spring villas would not be so valuable. ”

Bai Poria nodded, thinking in her heart: In this way, Gan Sui must have taken me to a cave in the nearby area that night.

Thinking of the handsome naked man in the cave, Bai Poria couldn't help but have a fever on her face, and then spit on herself, it's not that she hasn't seen a naked man, what kind of is it?! But Gansui's lair, don't be nearby.

Thinking about it like this, Bai Poria didn't dare to have the idea of staying in the hot spring villa tonight, and planned to finish reading it quickly, and he must rush back to the old mansion before dark.

Nanzhuang is about the size of half a football field, built according to the mountain, surrounded by walls on three sides and backed by a mountain, there are two hot spring springs in the Zhuangzi, one in the front yard and one in the back yard, the natural two hot spring pools are white mist steaming, and the water temperature looks a little high.

Gui Ding took Bai Poria and a few maids and Gu Shanlong to go inside, while introducing: "The spring water here is extremely hot, if you want to use it, you have to scoop water from the pool and send it to the room to cool down for a while before using, it is said that this water can invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, nourish the face and body, but unfortunately the master is busy with official business, and he has only been here once after buying it." ”

Originally, I heard about the benefits of hot springs and only planned to ask for one so that Bai Changshan would occasionally have time to come here to avoid winter and recuperate, but the official of Zhishi was anxious to get cash, so he had to sell three at a time and refused to sell them alone.

Bai Changshan has no children and no daughters, and his wife has passed away, so he is in no mood to come here to recuperate, so Zhuangzi has been vacant here, and only two old servants are responsible for daily care.

Bai Poria looked around and said to Gushan Long: "What do you think of here?" If you want to renovate it, I'm afraid it will take some thought. ”

Gu Shanlong nodded and said, "If it's just a male guest, it's okay, if there are still female guests...... After all, it's a matter of privacy, and it's best to have a way to make sure that every guest doesn't have to go outside to enjoy the water. ”

Bai Poria nodded and said, "If you add some different herbs and flowers that are beneficial to your body to soak in the hot spring, and cooperate with the curative effect of the hot spring itself, the guests will definitely like it even more!" "In my last life, I soaked in hot springs, and there were so many famous halls, and dozens of pools in the slightly larger hot springs had their own characteristics and curative effects, and there were only a few people who could soak in the hot springs, and I had never seen those tricks at all.

When Gu Shanlong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded vigorously, this is a good idea!

"As for cooperating with the massage, you still have to discuss with Fang Hai, and you go to the Guogong Mansion to find him. I'm wondering how to rebuild this place, and it's a big trouble to divert water to different small pools, as well as changing the water out. These two springs are relatively low, I'm afraid it will take a lot of thought, Gui Steward, do you have these drawings of Zhuangzi? ”

Gui Ding shook his head, he could hear in the clouds, what "male guests", "female guests", add herbs to soak in the hot springs...... Could it be that Miss Sun is planning to open a store here? This, this, this is the master's property, and it is quite a distance from the capital, will anyone come?

He recognized this ancient mountain dragon, and the old man would occasionally invite people from the massage parlor to the mansion to listen to Miss Sun's air, this ancient mountain dragon seemed to be her subordinate?

"Baiguo, you go to the car and get a pen and paper." Bai Poria turned her head and instructed her maid.

Soon Bai Guo took a thin wooden board with white paper on it, and a pen that Gui Ding had never seen before. Bai Shao took these things, raised his hand to hold the pen and drew on the white paper, and soon a bird's-eye plan of Nanzhuang appeared on the paper, with standard strokes, slender lines, and simple text annotations The general structure of Zhuangzi's original, what position is the spring, what position has natural rocks, and so on.

Guiding was dumbfounded, he did not expect that this beautiful little woman, who spoke very little, could have such skills, and he had been in contact with some skilled craftsmen who specialized in building houses for others, and he was not necessarily able to do this.

He didn't know that in Bai Shao's early killer training, it was more focused on espionage, and a very important part was to survey the memory terrain and the location of the passage of the house.

After reading Nanzhuang, it was already lunchtime, and Guiding sent someone here to prepare yesterday, bought fresh vegetables, raw chickens and eggs from nearby villagers, made a hearty lunch, and still walked to Dongzhuang to eat by the way.

After walking a few steps, the mountain road turned, and I saw several strange men sitting in a small pavilion on the side of the mountain.