Chapter 53: A Trip to Yizhou
Yizhou should actually be a treasure land. The humid weather breeds a large number of strange flowers, insects, birds and beasts, and most of these are rare medicines. Yizhou is a barbarian land, and the people have their own beliefs, although they have submitted to Daxing, but because the officials sent by Daxing often act contrary to them, they do not obey discipline, but they have their own leaders.
Thirteen days later, several people finally came to Yizhou. At this time, Ye Qianmo and the others had already changed out of the silk clothes on their bodies, changed to ordinary coarse linen clothes, and were sitting in a small teahouse to rest.
After coming here, Ye Qianmo knew how scarce the news of the imperial court was, and only based on the few words of a few officials, he actually judged that there was a rebellion here. Along the way, although the atmosphere was tense, there were no large-scale struggle scenes, and even if there was a quarrel, it was often stopped, if this was called a rebellion, then what was what happened in the capital called?
"Miss, there is no trace of rebellion in Yizhou, you see," Hongying pointed to the stall next to her, "those people in strange costumes are still talking and laughing with the people who are wearing the same clothes as us!" ”
"Red Ying, drink more water and talk less," Lu Liu, who was sitting next to her, picked up the snack on the table and stuffed it into her mouth.
Hongying's mouth was stuffed with something and she couldn't speak, she could only stare at her with a pair of big eyes and look at her angrily, Qing Yao had already been familiar with Hongying and them along the way, and she was not polite at this time, and came over to join in the fun, smiling and patting Hongying's shoulder, "Hongying, you should learn more from Sister Luliu, otherwise you won't be able to get married, and then you should cry and cry your nose," she also nodded her nose as she spoke.
Jian Ying looked for opportunities to follow Green Willow everywhere along the way, and his flattering actions were too obvious, and he became the object of ridicule from several people.
As soon as Lu Liu heard this, he immediately blushed, and he didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed, he just looked at this Qing Yao and smiled, "Miss Qing Yao must have already had a wishful husband, and it is okay to learn from Hongying." ”
Qing Yao blinked, her eyes rolled left and right, and she didn't say anything.
The shopkeeper who rushed to deliver the tea looked at the guests in this place, the coarse linen clothes still could not hide the extraordinaryness of a few people, and these little girls were also funny and cute to speak, so they couldn't help but answer, and replied with a smile along with what Hongying just said, "A few guest officers look at this appearance and dress up and are not locals, what this little girl said is, we are here, it is quite peaceful, and every family does some small business, and it can get by, if it is really like a sister-in-law, our people and people from outside do not come and go, this Yizhou is really not able to live, hehe......"
As the shopkeeper spoke, he poured tea into the tea bowl, and the aroma immediately overflowed.
"Good tea," Ye Qianmo praised.
"That is, don't look at the remoteness of our Yizhou, but there are really a lot of good things, every year there are a large number of businessmen, come here to buy flowers, insects and insects, a few days ago came to one, bought a lot," the shopkeeper looked quite proud.
Ye Qianmo said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, but on the way here, how did I hear that it was not peaceful here, it seems that there is still a fight." ”
"Be quieter," the shopkeeper immediately changed his face when he heard her words, looked around cautiously, and persuaded in a low voice: "This guest officer, you can't mention this matter anymore without me,"
"What's the matter," Ye Qianmo gave Jianxiong a look when she saw him slurding and reluctant to speak.
"Shopkeeper, we are new to the house, how can we not know anything about it, do you see if you can talk about it." Kenxiong handed him a piece of gold.
The shopkeeper checked the gold in his hand, and his hands were still very heavy, so he stopped rubbing, and said in a low voice, "A few days ago, our patriarch's sister hanged herself, but the person who hanged her was the son of the garrison family, and she was the only seedling in the family. Our Yizhou is far away from the capital, and this is not the world of this garrison? The son of this garrison is usually not honest, but he didn't expect this to happen! ”
"I'm sorry for you to be more detailed."
"That son is handsome, he usually likes to play with women, and I heard that he also has a relationship with a married woman, and somehow he has a relationship with the patriarch's sister. It is said that as long as this son marries her, it will be fine, but this matter is bad because he looks down on her identity, saying that she is a barbarian woman who is not worthy of the son of his dignified guard, and he is only willing to accept her as a concubine. When the girl heard this, she hanged herself in the middle of the night, ......, alas, pitiful! ”
"And what do you mean by that?"
"The patriarch's sister is a famous beauty, and she died like this," the shopkeeper sighed deeply, and then said: "Our patriarch should be annoyed, and he wants to guard and hand over his son, and he wants to avenge his dead sister, and of course the garrison does not want to lose his son, so there is a conflict between the two parties. ”
"But why does it seem calm now?"
The shopkeeper smiled: "That's what our patriarch said, it's just a private matter, it won't disturb the people, and he also sent people to patrol at this time, and anyone who has a conflict between the two parties must be tried in person, and it stands to reason that things are ......" The shopkeeper said this, and someone sitting next to him called him over to serve the food, he smiled and saluted and retreated.
"The patriarch he said sounded pretty good," Qing Yao looked at a few people thoughtfully, and pursed her lips, these people have a lot of thoughts, if His Highness hadn't said that she had to follow Sister Qianmo, she would have left by herself, and it would be too fun to follow them.
Ye Qianmo said with a smile: "This shopkeeper is an unintentional person. Jian Xiong and Midori Liu also nodded.
The shopkeeper, who had been busy all the time, saw them walking away, so he stopped his movements, and quickly entered the inner room, not at all like a middle-aged uncle who had been in business all year round, knelt on the ground through the curtain and said respectfully: "My men have told them everything they want to know." ”
After a while, a cold voice came from inside the curtain, "Send a few good hands to follow them, stay away from them, don't let them find out." Also, find a few more people to watch the garrison over there, and it's best not to let them meet too soon. ”
"Patriarch, since the imperial court has not sent troops, we will do it" He made a motion to wipe his neck.
"No," the people in the inner room walked out, not very old, about twenty, with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, closed lips, and an indifferent expression, and glanced at the person who was still kneeling on the ground, "Du Cheng, don't make your own decisions, they may be people sent by the imperial court, just follow them." ”
Du Cheng responded to it, retreated, and sent a few good hands with Ye Qianmo. However, Du Cheng did not fully listen to the patriarch's words, and followed them too closely.
Ye Qianmo and the others left the teahouse and kept walking south, not for anything else, just because the largest and only inn in this place was there, and they stopped and stopped, and it was already evening when they came there. There are not many outsiders who come to Yizhou, and there are still a few rooms vacant in the inn, and as soon as Ye Qianmo returned to the house, the silver filament in his hand shot towards the corner of the room.
The person in the corner reacted quickly, and immediately avoided his body, although he was very embarrassed, standing not far from her and looking at her vigilantly, Ye Qianmo smiled: "Mr. has followed us all the way, and he is tired, it's okay to come out and take a breath, don't be nervous, we can sit down and talk." ”
The man didn't say a word, but his heart turned a hundred times, and this woman had already found out! I can't help but secretly regret that I didn't listen to the patriarch's words, yes, this person is Du Cheng. He didn't need to come in person for this matter, but in order to find out the details of the other party as soon as possible, he still followed.
"The shopkeeper of the teahouse?"
Seeing that the other party guessed his identity, Du Cheng stopped pretending and tore off the black scarf around his face, but he still had some doubts in his heart, "Can the girl tell me, how did you break my identity?" ”
Ye Qianmo looked at his hand with a smile, and Du Cheng looked at her with a jade finger on his hand. He nodded, "I was really careless and forgot to take off this ornament." ”
Ye Qianmo didn't speak, and sat down generously, "The shopkeeper ......"
"Du Cheng."
"Can Shopkeeper Du sit down and talk now, who wants me to hear that, and who sent you to follow me?"
Du Cheng stood there and didn't move, looking at him with appreciation in his eyes, "You're very smart, didn't you think I'd come here by myself?" Aren't you worried about your companions? ”
As soon as his words fell, the door of this room was knocked open, Du Cheng looked at the visitor, his eyes shrank, he turned his head and said with a wry smile: "No wonder you are so calm, I also forgot, since you know, of course your companion also knows that he is being followed." ”
Jianxiong stopped Hongying from speaking, and coldly glanced at the man in black lying on the ground, "They are very poor," and looked at Ye Qianmo again and nodded.
Ye Qianmo said with a smile: "Don't worry, shopkeeper Du, these people are fine, but if you still don't say it, then they should be fine." ”
When Du Cheng heard this, he laughed and said: "I, Du Cheng, am I a person who is afraid of death, the people who came here have long put life and death aside, and it is useless for you to threaten me." ”
"It's useless, but all of a sudden, after losing so many helpers, I don't know the people behind you, are you reluctant? If it were me, I would definitely not do it, after all, only living people can do things. ”
Du Cheng also heard that he didn't say this to himself, and was stunned. A voice came from outside the window, "In the order of the Xiafeng patriarch, I have come to inform you, and I also ask the girl's subordinates to be merciful, tomorrow, since someone asks the girl to meet with the team leader, the patriarch will give the girl a satisfactory answer." ”
After Du Cheng and the others in black left, several people lost their sleepiness and gathered in Ye Qianmo's room to discuss countermeasures for tomorrow's meeting. Many people in Yizhou are good at using poison, not to mention the patriarch, and the poison is often unguardable, no one dares to guarantee that tomorrow will not be the 'Hongmen Banquet', as long as you are not careful, you will lose everything.
Thinking of this, several people looked at Qing Yao, who was still in a daze, and even Hongying opened her mind.
Qing Yao was running away, because the pigeon she sent back to the capital came back, and of course she also brought Murong Chen's reply, and the bright words in the letter are still shining in her mind: Be optimistic about your future master.
Master? His Royal Highness decided to marry the princess before the queen and the king had not, no, the crown princess? As soon as this news arrives in Daqi, don't you immediately blow up the pot?
Midori Willow tugged at her sleeve, and the hand dangled in front of her eyes, pulling her back to her senses, "What's the matter, look what I'm doing!" Seeing Ye Qianmo also looking at her, thinking that this was her future hostess, she suddenly smiled on her face, and said flatteringly: "Sister, you say, what do you want me to do?" ”
Qing Yao's expression was too weird, and several people had a feeling of being calculated, Hongying moved her body and moved away from him, she has been teased by her a lot these days.
"Qing Yao, you will use poison, pay attention tomorrow."
"Poison?" Qing Yao's eyes lit up when she heard this word, she walked to Ye Qianmo's side with a smile, took her hand and smiled, "Sister Qianmo, using poison is my strong hand, there is no poison I don't know about so far, just look at me tomorrow, this girl will definitely let them know what a real master is." ”
Ye Qianmo frowned, "Qing Yao, you remember, no matter how powerful you are, it is impossible to know what you want, there is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the world, don't underestimate the opponent too much, and tomorrow we will go to their territory, don't act rashly." As long as they are not found to be malicious, do not poison them. ”
Qing Yao had also heard His Royal Highness say this, although the original words were not like this, it was not much worse, and nodded fiercely.
The next day, someone came to the inn where they were staying to lead the way, and when they arrived, a man was standing in a quiet courtyard full of lotus flowers waiting for them.
As if hearing footsteps, the man turned around, and the few people hadn't done anything yet, so Qing Yao became nervous. Looking at it carefully, the man in the costume had a cold face, but the sword eyebrows and eagle eyes had an indescribable charm.
Qing Yao thought of Murong Chen's explanation and threat, and immediately raised her vigilance, this is the best-looking man she has met these days. glanced at Ye Qianmo, who was walking beside her, and breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, she didn't react.
In fact, Qing Yao was also threatened by Murong Chen too much, the grass and trees are all soldiers, Ye Qianmo can see one and love the other, if this is the case, the first person to fall in love with is probably Jing Yixuan, after all, the first thing she saw was Jing Yixuan, not Murong Chen.
The man also looked at the few people who walked over, four women and two men, obviously led by the woman in red walking in the middle. When the man saw the appearance of the woman in red, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Three thousand ink hair was draped behind his back, Danfeng's eyes smiled before he spoke, and he lightly opened his lips, "Ye Qianmo." ”
"Jantyel, you can call me Zhantai." The voice was cold.
"No," Qing Yao saw that the people in the courtyard were looking at her, and then she reflected that she had overreacted, opened her mouth, and stuck out her tongue, "I mean that people who have met for the first time are called so affectionate, which is not good...... Well, my sister is not married yet, and if her future husband finds out, I'm afraid she will be angry......" In the end, it is unhearable.
Qing Yao was depressed in her heart, what the hell was she talking about?
The man smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes, and he looked sarcastic, "Are you Daxing women so conservative?" He glanced at Qing Yao, who was still annoyed, "Everyone here calls me Zhan Tai," although few people have this qualification.
Although Ye Qianmo is not a good person, she can't tolerate her own people being bullied by others, and she is still in front of her eyes, "Zhan Tai, if I remember correctly, Yizhou also belongs to Daxing, where is the word 'you', and," she paused, "It wasn't long before Sister Ling passed away." ”
When Zhan Taiyeer heard this, his fists were clenched, his face became even colder, his eyes were full of murderous intent, he stared at her fiercely, and smiled coldly, "Do you think you can go out after entering this place?"
Ye Qianmo looked around, the pavilions and pavilions, the pond water lotus, was no less than the specifications of the noble lady in the capital, "This is where Ling Mei lives, it is very beautiful." ”
Jantyel's face softened a little, and he also looked at the lotus flower in front of him, "She likes it here, but now that she's dead, I'll find someone to bury her, she's afraid of the dark," he said softly, "I'll kill the person who hurt him." ”
"The son of the garrison family, why are you still delaying your move? With your power in Yizhou, it's easy to kill him. ”
"Yes, I killed him as you said, and his father couldn't help him, but the funny thing is that he still can't recognize this reality, and thinks that hiding in that garrison will be fine." ”
Hongying was already impatient listening to their conversation, her eyes were looking around, and she suddenly let out a loud shout, causing everyone to look at her, "Miss, there are people there, hey, you come out, don't hide," she shouted pointing to the other side of the water.
After a while, a small head stretched out under the water of the pond covered by lotus flowers, and after looking around, it slowly came in their direction. When they were three or four paces away from them, they stopped, and their dark eyes were fixed on Jandeyel on the shore.
"Who is he?" Ye Qianmo looked at the child who came out.
Jandeyel also stared at the child in the water, as if he was surprised, and looked at him for a long time before he spoke: "Jandeluqi, why are you here, Arruda?" ”
"Brother, Arruda's wife is about to give birth, he is very worried, I asked him to go home early, and my homework has been completed early, I heard that you are here, so I found it." The child did not panic in the slightest.
"What are you looking for me? You come up first, it's getting colder, don't move your body. ”
Zhan Tailuqi was stunned, as if he was a little uncomfortable with his concern, "Thank you, brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, Aruda said that you are busy, stop me and let me not bother you." Zhan Taiyeer touched the child's head and said to Ye Qianmo: "My only brother is nine years old this year. ”
Zhan Tailuqi broke away from his hand and looked up at her, his dark eyes were very attentive, as if they were hiding thousands of thoughts, all covered by those dark eyes, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" He continued to exit, as if anxious to know.
Ye Qianmo looked at the child in front of her, and couldn't help but think of her younger brother, since the last letter, she had never received his letter, and the people who followed him were afraid that she would worry about her and occasionally bring two sentences, which were nothing more than words like he was very good and worked hard. I'm afraid he's tired now, and he doesn't have the slightest strength.