It also took a stick of incense for this group of people to put on their armor. Kui Duoyou waited impatiently, and quietly asked Zhao Bohu: "Are we going to stay here tonight?" ”

"I guess I want it, and I will have to inspect the battalions in a while, but I am afraid that I will not know how many days I will have to deal with it." Zhao Bohu deliberately teased him: "What? Why are you, a man who is used to being in the army, so eager to enter the city? ”

The look on Duoyou's face was quite unnatural: "Of course, I have heard that Luoyi is prosperous and noisy, and I can't wait to see it." Who is impatient to stay in this hellish place, to stay with the people who defend the country. ”

Zhao Bohu stared at him with a deep meaning: "You don't like Wei Shizi ------, right?" ”

Kui Duoyou was about to retort, but the person he didn't like had already led his subordinate vassal to Hulala into the tent and stood on the ground. Zhao Bohu saw that he was really restrained, so he waved his hand and let him take care of himself. Tayu breathed a sigh of relief and left the tent as if he were running away.

Zhao Bohu asked about the situation of the army's drills and preparations, and Wei Yu and the generals answered like fluent, and they really put in a lot of effort. For the scheming Song Li Gongzi Kui, Zhao Bohu has always been uneasy, although Song Guo verbally agreed, but once the situation changes, it is not ruled out that there will be a repetition. The Eighth Division of Cheng Zhou must sit back and wait to prevent Song Qi from joining forces to rebel against Zhou again. It is precisely because of this that Wei Shizi cannot be held accountable for the defeat of the army, but instead entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and allowed him to make meritorious contributions and protect Luoyi.

In fact, they only rested in the camp for one night, and drove straight into Luoyi City the next morning. For the sake of Duoyou, Zhao Bohu also resolutely refused Wei Yu's request to personally escort them into the city.

Luoyang really deserves to be the eastern capital of the Zhou Dynasty, the bustling and noisy street market is comparable to the pickaxe capital market, pedestrians rub shoulders one after another, the river is endless, it is very lively. Zhao Bohu is used to seeing it, and he only closes his eyes in the car. After all, Kui Duoyou has a young heart, and he feels fresh when he sees everything, and he comes to the car window from time to time to ask this and that.

Although there is a palace, it is specially used for the stay of King Zhou when he is lucky; The pavilion is to provide convenience for the princes and envoys to and from the road, and Zhao Bohu is the king's envoy, and the most suitable place is the royal office. It is specially designed for members of the Zhou royal family and the royal ministers who hold the mandate of the Son of Heaven to work and stay.

As soon as he walked into this magnificent but quaint building, Zhao Bohu bumped into Tai Shi Zhen, who was also the king of Hojing.

It has been nearly two months since he left Hojing, and Zhao Bohu couldn't wait to ask about the situation in the court: "Lord Taishi, how are the queen and the crown prince?" Can the king lift their grounding? ”

"Although the king has not lifted the ban, he has moved into the middle palace with all the beauties, and he will come soon. Although the prince is not allowed to leave the palace, he is protected by the Duke of Yu, and he will be thoughtful. Adults don't have to worry. Tai Shi Zhen stroked his long beard and did not slow down.

"So, which country is your envoy going to?" Although Zhao Bohu was a little disappointed, he still wanted to find out more news.

"Go to the country of Hubei. Adults have been away from Beijing for many days, and I don't know that the Jianghan Plain has been a little uneven recently! ”

Zhao Bohu raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Could it be that the State of Chu has started to make trouble again? ”

"Exactly. Naxiongqu has been unwilling since the last defeat, and has recently begun to harass the borders of the countries to the north. Fortunately, the new Marquis of Ehou was quite brave and strategic, and won several battles in a row, and even repelled the Jingchu barbarian army, and now he has returned to Danyang. The king was very relieved, and specially ordered the old minister to send an envoy to reward the marquis. ”

I didn't expect E Yufang to have such a ability, and Zhao Bohu was also very happy: "It's so good!" I didn't expect that the country of Hubei was almost wiped out by Xiong Qu, and now it can be brought back to life and become the southern barrier of my Zhou room. ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Tai Shizhen seems to be very proud of this errand: "The country of Hubei has now expanded its territory, guarding the passage with the dates, and watching the Nanyang Basin. The strange king is now more and more fond of Eyao Niangniang! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Bohu asked.

"Before the old minister sent the envoy, the king had just ordered Eyao Niangniang to assist in the affairs of the harem. Oh, by the way, I'll give you back ------" Tai Shi Zhen patted his head and shouted: "Oops! I forgot about it, congratulations to the country! The day before Lao Chen's departure, Mrs. Zhao had just given birth to a son, and she hadn't congratulated Grandpa Guo yet! ”

"Really?" Zhao Bohu looked surprised: "Madame gave birth to a son? ”

"It's true! Grandpa Guo, hurry back to Hojing, maybe you can catch the full moon of the little boy! ”

"Squeak" The door squeaked, accompanied by the howling north wind, and the badger sheep stumbled into the house, seemingly unstable, and almost fell to the ground. Fanji was startled, and hurriedly helped her up, but saw that she was already injured on her head and face, and her legs and feet were a little inconvenient, so he hurriedly asked: "Nurse, what's wrong with you?" ”

The wrinkles on the face of the deer sheep were like knife carvings, and at this time she was twisted up because of the pain, and she said with red eyes: "Niangniang, the slave went to the well to fetch water, and was beaten by a few sluts, and insisted that I was in their team." ”

"Is that so?" Fanji looked incredulous: "Isn't the water used by the ladies in the palace all the mountain spring water pulled from outside the palace?" Water from the well in the palace is used only for washing, and there are three wells in this palace. They seldom use the nearest well, so why did they come here today to draw water? ”

"Who's to say it's not? This well was originally used by the palace maids who lived in the terraced houses, and since they left the palace, only we used it. But the young man said that the other two wells had less water, so they had to come here to fight. They fought bucket after bucket, and the slave and maid only had to argue a few words, and then they came up and started to do it. "The deer sheep is also the middle palace order who has been in the limelight for many years, and now she has fallen to the point of being bullied by the little palace maid, and she is also resentful.

"Nurse, can you see which people it is?" Fan Ji asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know much about others, and the little palace maid headed by the head is by the side of the fox girl, because she is not the first time to find the trouble of the slave maid, but she knows it."

Fan Ji pondered for a while, frowned and said, "This matter is not simple. Nurse," she said apologetically, "after all, I have a title of queen under my belt, and I don't go out for a long time, so they can't find my trouble, so they have their eyes on you." Nurse, I'm the one who has troubled you. ”

"What do you say about whether it is even related or not?" The sheep was flustered: "Niangniang is a child who has been raised since she was a child, and after so many years of saying a big word, she is like a biological mother and daughter." Now they are even more dependent on each other, what are they doing when they say these words? It's just that there is no water in the tank, how can I cook at noon? ”

"I'll go," said Fanji, as he went out into the courtyard, carrying a flat burden on one side and hoisting two wooden barrels with an iron hook. The movements are not very skillful and slightly clumsy.

The badger limped to grab the flat burden: "How is this good?" How can a mother carry water by herself? Mother's body------ let the slave go! ”

"Nurse," Fanji patted her on the shoulder and said softly, "What are you afraid of?" Do they dare to embarrass me? It's okay, I'll make half a bucket of water, it's okay to slow down. ”

Seeing that she was quite strong-willed, the badger sheep couldn't do it, so she had to let her go.

In fact, this well is located at the back of the terraced house, in the middle of nowhere, and is rarely visited by people on weekdays. Fanji thought that he would encounter a big battle, but when he came to the well, he saw that it was empty. Only the trampled grass beside the well silently told her that there had been a less violent fight here.

Fanji shook his head, put down the bucket, rolled up his sleeves and shook the wheel, filling two and a half buckets of water. After all, it was the first time to carry water, and she had no confidence in her skills. Anyway, if you fill the bucket, you will spill at least half a bucket, so it's better to hit half a bucket at the beginning! After carefully adjusting the weight of the two buckets of water, she carried the water and walked carefully towards the small courtyard step by step.

It was only a hundred steps from the well to the courtyard, but she seemed to have walked for half an hour. It was easy to enter the courtyard gate, and when I saw that the water in the bucket was only spilled a little, a sense of pride arose. shouted loudly: "Nurse, come and see, I have brought the water back!" ”

shouted several times in a row, but no one answered, and a sense of foreboding arose in Fanji's heart: something must have happened!

"!" A woman emerged from the bushes outside the courtyard and called softly.

Fanji recognized her as Dong'er, Huang Huan's former maid, and now she has also been selected as a beauty to enter the Middle Palace. He immediately approached and asked, "Dong'er, have you seen Mama Xi?" ”

Dong'er looked flustered, leaned over and whispered, "Don't shout, Niangniang." The second concubine came over and took Mama away. They also went into the house for a while, took a bag of unknown things, and took them with them. ”

Fan Ji was startled, and hurriedly rushed into the house, rummaging inside and out for a while. Dong'er followed in: "Niangniang, is there anything missing?" ”

"Silver filigree. All the silver charcoal was taken by them. "The house is surrounded by four walls, and with just one glance, Fanji knows what is missing.

"What are they doing with silver charcoal?" Dong'er asked puzzled.

"What else can be done? I want to be charged with stealing, it's either me, it's Mama. Now it seems that Ji Jiang must be framing Mama for stealing the silver silk charcoal of other ladies in the palace, so as to get rid of her, so as to isolate me and make me have no one to rely on. The situation is critical, Fanji is still clearly organized, and Dong'er secretly weighs a service in his heart.

"Dong'er," Fanji suddenly pulled her sleeve, his eyes full of pleading: "I'm going to find them now, I can't let the nurse suffer." Now I can't tell the difference, you go to the inner chamberlain Jia next to the king for me, and tell him about the situation here, Mama and I are like a mother and daughter, please save her no matter what, please! ”

Dong'er nodded: "Niangniang, don't worry, Huang Huanniang told me that I must try to protect my mother here." The slave and maid will definitely find the inner servant Jia, and she will live up to her mission! ”