Chapter 208: Another Year
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The sound of firecrackers rang in my ears for a full quarter of an hour, and then the maids were beaming with joy.
It is now the third year that Bai Zhi has been by Lord Lu's side, and Lord Lu's order came down a year ago, and he will start preparing to return to Beijing after the New Year.
The past three years have passed in a flash, and it seems that there is no special memory of the days. Xiao Jincao is now two years old, and she can already say a lot of things, always pestering her to call her mother, Bai Zhi told her a few times, but the child didn't understand it, so she called with her.
"It's cool in the house, go inside." Lord Lu asked Jixiang to reward the people with the silver, and then entered the house with Bai Zhi.
This year's winter was not as cold as the previous two years, and in the words of Angelica Angelica, it finally had some of the appearance of the south.
After entering the winter, it was cold for a few days, and then it warmed up again, Bai Zhi didn't even take out a cotton jacket this year, and only wore a thick coat this winter.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house, and as soon as I entered the door, I felt a warm feeling on my face.
The little bottle has grown a lot taller now, her body has been drawn taller, her facial features have also grown a little, and she looks delicate, and she no longer has the timid and cowardly appearance she had back then.
Bai Zhi poured a cup of tea for Lord Lu and handed it to her, and the two of them sat together talking, with the sound of charcoal crackling in their ears, but it was rare to feel quiet.
Because she was about to leave for Beijing after the Chinese New Year, Bai Zhi was inevitably uneasy, and it was a completely unfamiliar place for her.
Lord Lu said that she was Bai Susu and had lived there before, so there was no need to be afraid, but she still couldn't help but worry.
Mrs. Luo will get along well, I heard that there is also a young aunt in the house plus two girls in the house, she has known about the existence of these people for a long time, but at that time she can pretend not to know, after all, it doesn't feel so real when she is far away, but now that those people have to face them one by one, he will inevitably have no bottom.
She was worried, and Lu Zhiyuan was also in a complicated mood.
is about to return to Beijing, and the child's affairs can't be hidden for long, he can't imagine what Aunt Bai will do if she knows that her son has been passed to Luo's name, and she has no relationship from now on.
Let's take one step at a time.
Bai Zhi wanted to ask Lord Lu about the people and things in the capital, so that she could be more prepared, but she looked at Lord Lu sitting with a serious face, just thinking that she was worried about some business, so she didn't bother him with this little thing of her own.
During the Chinese New Year, the days were very leisurely, and there was nothing to do in the yamen, and Lord Lu had a lot of time, so he basically stayed in the mansion to accompany Bai Zhi, and occasionally he was invited to be a guest in other mansions.
In this way, the year has passed, and it will be March in the blink of an eye.
The willow trees on the bank of the river had drawn their buds, and they set off for Beijing.
Before leaving, he received a letter from Jingzhong, saying that Lord Lu's grandmother was not in good health, and Lord Lu was worried that his grandmother naturally couldn't delay, so he immediately decided to ride a horse and go first, leaving someone to escort Bai Zhi and them to walk slowly behind.
The journey was originally arranged by pipeline, but I didn't want to go far from Jinling before it rained heavily.
The rain was so heavy that some dead trees on the mountain were washed into the middle of the road, blocking the way, so they made some temporary changes to their itinerary and took another route.
Tang Feng was the escort who escorted her this time, and since he wanted to change the way, he naturally had to inform her, "The road conditions ahead are not easy to walk, if you force the walk, you will delay the time, and you are afraid of danger." ”
Bai Zhi didn't care much about which way to go, she asked casually, "Which way to go?" ”
"The detour from Jingyang, although it is farther than expected, but the roads over there are flat roads, no mountains and no edges, as long as we speed up, it is about the same as the estimated time to arrive in the capital."
Bai Zhi didn't know where those place names were, so she nodded, "You just go and arrange it." ”
Tang Feng was just about to leave, but she suddenly remembered something and stopped him, "Is this road you talking about going through a place called Wuhua Mountain?" ”
"It does pass." Tang Feng didn't expect that she still knew about the mountains here, but he was a little surprised, and when he saw her, he asked thoughtfully, "Isn't it because this road can't be walked?" ”
"No, I just think it's a nice name." Bai Zhi smiled.
Tang Feng heard her say this and resigned.
The group turned around and went all the way to Jingyang, along the way, as Tang Feng said, the road was very easy to walk, and their progress was much faster than the original.
After walking through Jingyang, we walked less than half a day to Wuhua Mountain, the green mountains hug the green, the green water surrounds, there are a lot of wild flowers on the mountain in this season, look at it from afar, a piece of purple and red.
Bai Zhi looked at the mountains and rivers and thought about Lord Lu, calculating the time, Lord Lu should be about to arrive in the capital.
Just as he was thinking, the carriage suddenly shook and stopped, and there was a noise outside.
A team of people suddenly rushed out on the road around the mountain, driving the carriage and shouting, "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to fight this, leave the road wealth." ”
Bai Zhi sat in the carriage and heard this familiar voice, lowered her head and subconsciously looked at the little doll she was holding in her arms.
The little doll was playing with a clay figure, learning the words from the outside while playing, "Leave it to buy road money." ”
Bai Zhi was funny, glanced at her, and said in her heart, it's really good not to learn, your father's bad set has let you learn.
She stretched out her hand to open the curtain, looked at the hundreds of people who appeared in front of her through the crowd, and thought to herself, Jin Cao's father had really become the leader of the bandits.
She originally wanted to raise the child Jin Cao for a while and return it to him when she found the Meng Gang Leader, but who knew that the Meng Gang Leader had really become a famous bandit leader in Jiangnan, and he had also done a great job, and he had rapidly expanded his territory in recent years, and there were few gangs in Jiangnan that could compete.
The three words of the Lishan Gang have become famous, and they have already been noticed by the imperial court, and I heard that Lord Lu means that the imperial court will soon send people to encircle and suppress them.
Bai Zhi has raised a child for several years, how can she be willing to send it back like this, if the Meng gang leader is surrounded and suppressed, then Xiao Jincao is estimated to be unable to escape, so she will hide the matter.
Who knew that things in this world were so coincidental, it was obviously a clear sky, and suddenly it rained heavily, and it also broke the trees and blocked the way, so they had to turn around and take a detour, and coincidentally, this road was the nearest foothold of the Lishan Gang.
Bai Zhi happened to see the official document that Lord Lu had placed in his study before leaving earlier, which happened to write about the recent activities of the Lishan Gang in the Wuhua Mountain area near Jingyang.
Outside, Tang Feng has already led people to prepare to resist, there are many bandits, and if they are tough, they will only suffer losses. And they still have a lot of young dependents to protect, and the situation is very critical.
"Bold thief, do you know whose family dares to block the way!"
"It doesn't matter who it is, it's not long before it's my brothers' women." The thieves didn't pay any attention to these officials, and laughed very wildly.
Tang Feng's face turned red with anger, and he scolded, "Shameless thief, even if I fight for my life today, I won't let you hurt them a single hair." ”
"If you don't hurt one, you can do two or three." The tone of the man who spoke was very casual, he stood up and waved his hand, and the thieves quickly quieted down, the man was fair-skinned, and his facial features were not bad, but he had a big beard, so he looked a little sloppy.
He stepped forward, swept the carriage in the convoy with his eyes, and said, "You have no chance of winning with so many of us, and we will not hurt anyone today, as long as you hand over the ladies and silver on the carriage, we will disturb your lives." If there is resistance, the brothers behind me are not vegetarians. ”
Bai Zhi sat in the car and snorted, and said to the little girl who threw the clay man who was gnawing on her hands, "Listen, what did your father say about this bad guy!" ”
"Bad guy, speak." Xiao Jincao didn't know what this meant, so when she saw her, she followed along, and when she finished learning, she giggled.
Bai Zhi couldn't help but laugh angrily when she saw her laughing, and reached out and nodded her small forehead, "I'll take you to see your father later." ”
She was still a little worried, after a while, the Meng gang leader saw the golden grass, would he forcibly take her away, and if she prepared a stomach, she didn't know if it would have an effect for a while.
There was a child's laughter in the carriage, although the sound was not loud, but because it was quiet outside, it was heard by the Meng gang leader, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and his little girl didn't know where she was now, it had been more than two years, and there was no news at all.
Tang Feng was furious, and the matching knife on his waist was revealed, and then the other officials behind him also drew their knives one after another. At the same time, the bandits on the opposite side also drew their knives, and for a while they were tense, and they were about to move.
Bai Zhi looked outside in the car and saw that a fight was about to start, so she hurriedly spoke, "Guard Tang, come over here." ”
Tang Feng heard that it was Bai Zhi's voice, turned around and ran to the side of the carriage and said, "Auntie, please rest assured, I will definitely protect you." ”
Bai Zhi was grateful in his heart that he hadn't thrown himself away at this time and ran first, first thanked him, and then said, "You go and give this purse to that person, let their people back off, and say that I have something to say to him." ”
Tang Feng took the purse and looked puzzled, he wanted to say that Aunt Bai should not be scared stupid, but also talk to the thieves, what to talk to them.
However, he is a measured person in the end, he is entrusted by Lord Lu to protect Aunt Bai, and she is his master during this time, so Tang Feng still complied with her request.
Bringing the purse to the bandit leader, Tang Feng said with a cold face, "This is what our aunt gave you." ”
When the thieves heard this, they immediately coaxed, even the Meng gang leader himself was a little surprised, he looked at the purse and thought about what it would be, and then pinched it It was a hard thing.
He opened his purse and poured the contents into the palm of his hand, a small silver longevity lock.
The thieves behind him were still talking and laughing, but Gang Leader Meng's face suddenly changed, he was a little trembling when he spoke because he was too excited, and glared at Tang Fengdao with red eyes, "Who gave it to you!" ”