Chapter 42: Tricky
The sun rose high in the sky, and it was already three poles above the sun at this time, and Bixiao knocked lightly on the door and whispered, for fear of startling the people inside.
"Miss, are you up?"
After a long time, Wen Ye struggled to get up from the bed and open the door, and then lay on the edge of the table weakly and couldn't move. Bi Xiao intimately handed over a bowl of decanting soup, Wen Ye pulled the corners of her mouth, and muttered in her heart: Even if she still has some conscience.
"I won't let you drink so much next time."
Wen Ye held his chin with one hand, and slowly drank two sips with the bowl in the other hand, the taste was not very delicious but it was not difficult to swallow, it was estimated that Wen Jian added a lot of rock sugar to it. She heard a trace of disgust from Bixiao's words of pity, her daughter Hong, who was less than half an altar, was so drunk that she couldn't get out of bed, it was really embarrassing to say it, she suddenly thought of Mo Yan's massive drinking, and it was best not to let him see her drunk appearance for the rest of her life.
"Ming'er said that you have been investigating the case of the caravan's disappearance in the past few days, what's going on?"
Wen Ye squirted out all the decoction in her mouth with a "poof", fortunately Bixiao dodged in time, otherwise the newly bought cyan shirt on her body would have suffered.
"Ming'er is really loose-mouthed, it's all about the evening photos."
Wen Ye grinned, his eyes were erratic, and Bi Xiao stared at her with both hands on his chest.
"Don't look at me like that, the second brother told me that your injuries will take half a month to heal."
"I'm all right, don't believe me."
Bi Xiao said that the sword was unsheathed, Wen Ye hurriedly waved his hand, glanced at several valuable porcelain vases and jade ornaments in the house, supported his forehead, and finally pointed to a vermilion lacquer brocade box on the dresser.
"The secret letter is in the box, you can see for yourself."
Bi Xiao took away the long sword and took out the secret letter in the box, and the upright italics made her recognize at a glance that it was Emperor Yan's handwritten letter, it seems that this matter must be quite tricky.
Wu Yue has four major states, the north is secluded and the south is Qiong, the west is Liang and Dongcang, and the capital is surrounded by four major states, which is in the most central position of Wu Yue country. The Bianhe waterways inside and outside the capital extend in all directions to facilitate trade and trade, but also leave some hidden dangers, the overly flat terrain is slightly insufficient for the defense of foreign enemies, so the successive emperors of the Chu family attach great importance to the border defense of Liangzhou.
Qiongzhou and Cangzhou are both close to the sea, the north of Cangzhou is the Gobi with yellow sand, Liangzhou is mostly steep peaks, only the border Pingkang County in the north borders the neighboring Jingping country. The war between the two countries has subsided for many years and trade has been restored, but in the past half a year, there have always been caravans missing for no reason, and the governor of Liangzhou is also helpless.
Wen Ye rubbed her eyebrows, yesterday's hangover made her feel uncomfortable, and she wanted to drink the rest of the decanting soup quietly, but she didn't want the sound of Bixiao's recitation to reach her ears.
"Sister Huang Qi, congratulations to Sister Huang on marrying a good marriage, I learned that you set off to Liangzhou, I happened to have a difficult matter in my hands, so I handed it over to the Banshan Pavilion to deal with it on my behalf.
Pingkang County, the border of Liangzhou, is a place of trade with neighboring countries, under the governance of the emperor, this place is very lively, the governance is orderly, recently Liangzhou Zhizhou handed over the song, Pingkang County north of the border with Youzhou, nearly half a year there are many caravans lost traces, I hope that the emperor sister can find out the truth as soon as possible, in case of foreign enemies, I can use my warrant to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the border guard Chengyang Hou, let him send.
In addition, I have benefited a lot from your teachings that day, and I have asked the Ministry of Rites to draw up a charter to hold a post-establishment ceremony next month, and I hope that the imperial sister will return to the date, don't read it! ”
Bi Xiao impassionedly read Emperor Yan's secret letter, with a pleased smile on her face, the immature young man in Cangzhou Xinggong three years ago has now become a generation of benevolent monarchs, and she suddenly has an incomparable sense of pride.
"You can really do it, just read it out."
Wen Ye pulled the corners of her mouth helplessly, she knew what she was thinking when she looked at it like that, most of them were happy in her heart like a younger brother, a clear sky was not enough for her to worry about, even Chu Yan was particularly concerned. She used to feel that Bixiao was born in a martial arts family, and a woman should not be so desperate for the affairs of the court, but now that she thinks that this loyalty to the people is mostly the obsession of the Li family's generations of loyalty, which is deeply engraved in her blood and bones.
"What's this? I didn't always read it to Miss before, but the saint is still so humble, I don't know if I have grown taller in the past three years. ”
Bixiao pursed her mouth very regretfully, she didn't catch up with Wen Ye to get married, she really missed a lot of good things.
"Emperor Yan is about to be established, and he doesn't have the majesty of an emperor at all."
Wen Ye muttered with a little disgust, no matter how good Chu Yan is, he is not as good as the imperial brother who has both civil and military skills, let alone the father and emperor who rewards and punishes the diligent government and loves the people, she took a deep breath and swallowed half a bowl of sobering soup, feeling that her body was a lot more comfortable.
"It's a good thing that the saint has a benevolent heart, if even you, the imperial sister, don't respect or love the saint, how can you love the people of Wu Yueguo, you teach the saint very well."
"Really......"
Wen Ye smiled bitterly, Chu Yan was indeed studious and competitive, but he was too harsh on her. After Emperor Yan succeeded to the throne, his elegant and generous demeanor was very pleasing to the ministers. The ministers will write articles on weekdays, talk about poems and express their ambitions, and Emperor Yan will also comment on those who appreciate it, and the common people will also pass on this matter as a good story. Wu Yueguo has always valued literature over martial arts, and Emperor Yan's modest and respectful handling made the generals feel the emperor's grace, and even the grade and Yulu were much higher than when Emperor Yu succeeded to the throne.
"Miss, young master, they're here."
Xiaochun's words outside the door interrupted the conversation between the two, and Bi Xiao clenched the saber in his hand and hurriedly jumped out of the window.
"Who are you hiding?"
Wen Ye smiled helplessly after speaking, but he didn't expect that the leader of the dignified "Banshan Pavilion" also retreated, and Bixiao's self-deceptive words immediately returned.
"Who is hiding? I'll go to the backyard to see if lunch is ready! ”
A fast horse stopped at the back door of the secret house from far and near, and it took a long time for the clear sky to ride around the city before completely throwing off a few tails behind him, but it was a good feeling for Wanzhao to sit behind him and hold himself.
"Here we are."
Qingtian jumped off the horse, turned around to catch the evening photo of the jumper, and the two hugged each other.
"What are you doing? I can come down myself. ”
Wanzhao thumped his chest hard, the corners of Qingtian's mouth curled and smiled brightly, and the two walked into the backyard side by side, and the guard guarding the door led the horse to the stable.
"By the way, this is for you, I almost forgot."
Wan Zhao said and took out the concentric knot from her arms, the already loose knot was rudely carried into her arms just now, and now it was already wrinkled and unshapely, and Qingkong snatched it with his hand.
"This is? Concentric knots! ”
Wanzhao opened his mouth and turned away from his gaze, wanting to say that he was still ashamed to tease Qingtian's heart. Qingkong pinched the concentric knot in his hand, got up and sat down, his affectionate eyes looking directly into the eyes of the evening sun, leaning over and whispering poetry in her ear.
"Nong not only cuts the clouds, but Lang also splits his hair. Look for no one's place and make concentric knots. ”
Wanzhao heard the meaning of these poems, the so-called concentric hair knot, that is, when they got married, they cut off a lock of hair and tied them together to show their concentricity, and from then on the husband and wife were in love with each other. The poem read by Clear Sky says that if a woman is devoted to a man, she will use green silk silk to make a concentric knot as a token of love to the man, hoping to become a "married couple" with the man.
"What do you want, there's no green silk, it's just a sword spike!"
"You made it up last night?"
Wanzhao shook her head, it was the embroidery girl who made it up for her husband when she changed her wedding dress, she thought it was fun and learned to get one, and she brought Liangzhou on her body on weekdays, and now she gave it to the clear sky, and it is a token of love.
"I also have something to give you, this is what my mother left me, now I will give it to you, and you will hand it over to our children in the future."
Qingkong said with a smile, took out a brocade box from his arms, and handed it to Wanzhao.
"Flim Flam."
Wanzhao shyly took it in his hand, and carefully opened the box, it was a Hetian mutton fat white jade bracelet, white and flawless, delicate and warm, like clotted fat.
"Do you like it?"
Qingtian saw her playing for a long time, presumably she liked it, and Wanzhao carefully wrapped the bracelet in her arms, and lifted her toes to touch his lips lightly.
"I like it."
The sky was smiling, he had never felt so happy as he did today, and he couldn't wait to tell everyone in the world about his happiness.
"Congratulations to my brother, hugging the beauty!"
Bixiao walked out of the arch of the courtyard, she had been standing behind the door for a long time just now, and seeing the two exchanging tokens, it was not difficult to see that the two must be together.
"Sister!"
The clear sky naturally blurted out and greeted the evening light. Bixiao was slightly stunned and then showed her face, the sentence "sister" in the clear sky had eliminated all the worries in her heart.
"Sister Bixiao, you miss me to death!"
Running over in the evening is a deep hug, Bixiao's nose is sore, and she suddenly feels that her hands are hot and her heart is warm, it's so good......
"Don't leave at night, we won't get drunk and won't return."
Bixiao slowly let go of Wanzhao, raised her eyebrows excitedly, Wanzhao nodded again and again, it was rare to see her interest so high, and her body was half better, I was really happy for her.
"The woman can't drink today, but the third sister is like me promised."
Bi Xiao frowned slightly, and when she looked back, she was really annoyed by Wen Jian, and she moved out of the courtyard as soon as the ten-day period passed, but she couldn't hide from Wen Jian's meticulous care.
"Second Prince Wen, thank you for taking care of the eldest sister these days, I saw you come to the mansion the day before yesterday?"
Xiang Shanming had woken up a few days ago, and he was a lot more relieved to see that the clear sky had returned to Xiang's home, but he had not been awake for too long, and he also told Qingtian and Wanzhao little by little about Bixiao's life experience.
"Well, the day before yesterday, I went to the Xiang family to consult the head of the Xiang family, and the head of the Xiang family has been half asleep and started to eat recently, and there is no major problem, but I am old and weak, and I have prescribed a warm and tonic decoction, and I can go to the ground after half a month."
"Thank you."
Qingkong bowed and expressed his gratitude, Bixiao didn't know about it, and now he heard it and thanked him.
"It's nothing, the Wen family's money in Liangzhou is all sheltered by Xiang's family, I just do it with my hands."
Wen Jian hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, he couldn't afford such a big amount of courtesy from these two sisters and brothers, and he was also selfish.