Early in the morning, Qianmen Street, which has always been full of people coming and going, was cleaned several times early by soldiers and horses. A horseman galloped through the street, and reported the news of the arrival of Luo Mingyuan, the Duke of Weiguo, and his five hundred prisoners to the palace again and again. Every five paces stood on both sides of the road a stake-like sergeant. The people led by the old man of Gelifang stood behind the sergeants with swords pressed on their waists, and although there was occasional slight commotion, most of the time they were quiet, but they couldn't help but look forward to the south.

This has not been a scene of Xuanjie offering prisoners for decades

On the second floor of the street facing Yueji Silk Village, Chen Lan and Chen Yan stood side by side by the window, looking at the bursts of smoke and dust that appeared in the distance. Since the news of Xuanjie's sacrifice of prisoners at noon gate a few days ago, Zhu was a little restless, and finally even refused Zheng's mother's request to inquire about the news, and actually asked Chen Lan to take Chen Yan here to see what the scene was.

Chen Yan thought of Luo Xu's posture like a dragon seeing the head and not seeing the tail in the past few days, and then looked at Chen Lan's expression under his eyes, and then thought about the old lady at home was also restless, and couldn't help but fur in his heart: "Sister, what did the old lady let you see?" ”

"This time, it was Song Ge Lao and the Korean father-in-law who led the civil and military to greet them outside the Zhengyang Gate, which shows that the scenery of Weiguo Gong is unique for a while. But if he is so big, I am afraid that the civil and military officials will all have bad intentions, and the situation will not be good at that time. ”

Chen Lan didn't say a word back, but he remembered the words cunning rabbit dead lackey cooking in his heart. Although she felt that the emperor was affectionate and righteous to the queen, she might not be such a person, but her deeper intuition told her that if the Duke of Wei Guogong came back like this today, she was afraid that the scenery of the Luo family would not last long. As far as the Zhu family is concerned, although Luo Xu has helped once, whether it is the relationship between Chen Ying and Wei Guogong, or the momentum of Luo Guifei in the palace, I am afraid that the Zhu family will want the Luo family to fall immediately. Because of this, Weiguo Gong Luo Mingyuan's response is the target of everyone's attention.

Having said that, this time Wei Guogong returned to the dynasty to Xuanjie to do a big job, what about Yang Jinzhou? Shouldn't the Lok Ma River be closer to Jingshi?

The sun had already risen, and the place where Chen Lan was standing was facing east, so she had to use her eyes to block the increasingly blazing summer sun, and unconsciously shook the fan in her hand, even so, fine beads of sweat oozed from her sideburns and forehead. Attentively watching the army getting closer and closer, she didn't care about wiping her sweat at all, but just looked around, and when she found that the leading party that greeted her there seemed to be some commotion, she couldn't help but grab Chen Yan with one hand.

"Sister......

Chen Yan only screamed in a low voice, and the second half of his words stopped abruptly. I saw that the people who had been waiting for a long time at both ends of Qianmen Street also made a commotion. I don't know who shouted, for a while, a piece of news spread among the crowd like a whirlwind - Weiguo Gong Luo Mingyuan fell from his horse and was injured Today's class teacher Xuanjie is the deputy general, Zhou Tong, the right governor of the Chinese military governor's mansion

Hearing the news explained by the shopkeeper who came up in a hurry, Chen Lan couldn't help but groan, and when he figured it out, he couldn't help but be suspicious. If you don't fall off the horse early or don't fall off the horse at night, you will fall off the horse when you are about to enter Beijing, and give the biggest scenery of the imperial prisoner to others, which is really strange. She remembered that Luo Mingyuan, the Duke of Weiguo, was the Governor of the Left Governor of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion after entering Beijing, and held the Great Seal of the Governor's Mansion with the respect of the Duke of the Kingdom, but it should be too late and impossible to install his own people, so it can be seen that Zhou Tong should be the old man of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and he may still be a close confidant of the emperor.

In just a while, the army over there passed high on the street of the front gate, waving military flags, neat war horses, shining armor, and majestic sergeants...... Although there are only hundreds of people entering the city now, from the majestic and high-spirited posture, the majestic posture of thousands of troops and horses on the battlefield can be vaguely seen.

"Sister, look over there...... It's Senior Brother Luo."

Chen Lan, who was groaning, was slightly stunned, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Luo Xu, who was dressed in casual clothes, standing there with a small servant in the crowd of onlookers on the corner of the street. He didn't worry about his father's injury, but squeezed through the crowd as if he were an ordinary bustling person, his eyes fixed on the group of military horses walking through the street. After the people and horses passed one after another, he immediately squeezed out of the crowd with the little guy, and disappeared without knowing where to go.

"It's strange, I already know that Wei Guogong fell from his horse and was injured, why did Senior Brother Luo still care about watching the military horses enter the city here?"

Chen Lan smiled slightly, thinking that maybe Luo Xu might have known about this a long time ago, and it was even possible that he, the son of him, had planned the current situation, but he said: "This is the matter of the elders in the court, let's not think about it too much, we've seen enough of the excitement, let the shopkeeper come up, we have another business to do." ”

Hearing this, Chen Yan had to obediently put away his curiosity and put on a solemn expression. Just yesterday, he finally learned that the old lady had asked people to go to Shuntian Mansion to go through all the formalities, and most of the industrial fields under her name were assigned to their sister and brother's names, which was naturally not trivial. He wasn't amazed at this resoluteness, but he didn't expect that Zhu's attitude had really taken such a big turn, and after listening to Chen Lan talk about his parents, he who had always been straight immediately threw all the resentment he had against the old lady out of the clouds.

The matter of the Shuntian Mansion is still a first-class secret of the Hou Mansion, so Chen Lan naturally will not explain it to the shopkeeper and account manager of this Yueji Silk Village. After calling people up, she bluntly stretched out her finger and said two purposes: first, two-thirds of the accumulated cloth was transported to Liaodong and Liaobei through the Tianjin waterway; Second, from now on, the accounts will be changed from one delivery per year to one delivery per quarter. Although the second of these two purposes is a bit cumbersome, it is not harsh, but the first one really makes the two principals scratch their heads. Not to mention Chen Yan, when he went out and got into the car, he got into Chen Lan's car directly.

"Sister, why Liaodong? I heard that we have these good materials, why don't we ship them to Nanyang, where they can be sold at a good price. ”

"The material is good, but when we first went to the warehouse, you didn't see those tricks? The Central Plains have long been outdated, so they are very cheap to collect, and they can only be sold at the best price in Mongolia. On the Nanyang side, it must be known that the imperial court goes south every year in the three major cities of Guangzhou, Ningbo, and Quanzhou, and the local princes have always been accustomed to wearing the best silk, and there is no suitable wind to the south until winter, so this delay is a long time, but it is just right to go to Liaodong at the moment. ”

Seeing Chen Yan nodding again and again, Chen Lan smiled again: "Moreover, you forgot that the marriage that the third uncle told the second brother before was the former commander of the Liaodong Metropolitan Commander's family?" Since the imperial court was replaced at this time, and although this one was still idle when he came back, there was news that he was going to be transferred to Nanjing, which can be described as rich and idle, which showed that the border there was stable, and he was not a big mistake, plus the imperial court won this battle, and the Wuliangha and Jurchens also helped a lot, so Liaodong and Liaobei were about to reopen the mutual market, and it was just right to sell silk and silk to them. ”

It was not surprising to see Chen Yan's mouth wide open, but Chen Lan just smiled. Compared with the real money that the Korean duchess gets, although the shop and land she got from the old lady have potential, they must be carefully taken care of. She can't make a big splash as soon as she takes over, so it is most appropriate to start with this silk village, which was previously said to be bound to lose money. Whether from a costing or other point of view, this backlog of silk is the most suitable to sell to the north.

The army entered the palace from Zhengyangmen, and the Great Chumen Wumen Imperial Road offered prisoners, Chen Lan naturally wouldn't go there to join in the fun, and went straight to Xuanwumen to go home. However, before the car stopped at the second entrance, the curtain was impatiently opened, and it was Lai's mother's gray head that stuck in.

"Third Miss, no...... The third master is about to return to Beijing, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin lives in Gujieyi in Liangxiang County, Shuntian Prefecture."

Chen Lan was stunned when he heard this, and Chen Yan had already rushed ahead and asked, "Is it the third uncle who asked people to come back to deliver the letter, or is it news from somewhere else?" ”

"It was the letter from the palace secretary who came to report it first, and then it was the third master's servant. It is said that the affairs of the Xuanfu side have been dealt with, and after the emperor has read the inscription, he will go home to the news from the Tongzheng Department and say that the case on the Xuanfu side is mainly the handwriting of the third master, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin is in chaos because of the war, and he almost obeys the words of the third master. ”

Seeing Lai's mother's anxious appearance, Chen Lan raised his eyebrows, and then said lightly: "It's just to send a letter, why is Lai's mother so anxious?" Now that Wei Guogong has just taken Xuanjie and offered prisoners, there is another group of followers, and it will take two more days for the emperor to inquire about the affairs of Xuanfu. His Royal Highness the King of Jin is filial piety, and the emperor will naturally fulfill his entry into Beijing, but when he finishes talking about business, the third uncle will go home, at least four or five days later. Besides, when the third uncle comes home, you show this appearance, and let others see what you say? ”

After three or two sentences, his mother retracted her head in a sneer, and Chen Lan took Chen Yan out of the car. When she returned to the Tatexiang Courtyard, she told Zhu about the situation when she went to Qianmen Street today, and the welcoming scene she saw from afar, and she mentioned the news relayed by Lai's mother, but Zhu immediately nodded.

"You're right, I know that the third child is just worried about leaving for too long. It's just that he didn't expect that there were too many things in the court these days, and he couldn't finish the matter as a deputy minister, so he couldn't go home casually, let's not talk about this first, tomorrow is the thirtieth birthday of Mrs. Du Weifang, the head of the Hanlin Academy, although she is a stepfamily, but she is the cousin of the Yuan match, and she is deeply respected by the Du family. ”

Look at the eldest daughter of the family?

Chen Lan was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to remember that Chen Yan had just been sent out by the Zhu family, so she asked in a low voice: "Old lady, the Du family knows ...... about this."

"Du Weifang is well-known for his squareness, but he has great respect for the two ladies and does everything in his family. I have some friendship with the two ladies of his family, and they have also come to the Hou Mansion at home in the past, but after they get married, they hinder Du Weifang, and they usually just send their housekeepers to visit their mothers during the New Year's holidays. This time, I have already mentioned it to his stepwife, and I sent Geng Ti over, but she didn't say yes, nor did she say no, but just said to see. If Xiao Si hadn't worshiped under Han Hanlin, I wouldn't have thought of this, but now he is still a good match. You bring Xiao Si with you and remind him to behave decently, and others will not think that you, a junior, are actually going to look at each other, as long as your brother and sister are excellent, things will be much easier."

PS: It's actually broken through the pink ticket of 900, everyone is really mighty