Time always passes quietly unconsciously, when Minglan and Wang re-married, it is only early spring and February, when everything will recover, and now it is the end of summer, the weather is hot at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the heat envelops the whole Quanzhou.

Fortunately, there is a gentle sea breeze blowing from time to time on the sea, and the sea breeze is moist, blowing away the heat of this midsummer and sending people a little coolness.

Minglan sat on the soft side, holding a half-peeled lychee in her hand.

"Grandmother, this is a lychee that was just sent over from Guangnan Road, and Brother Changsong just sent someone to send it!" As she spoke, Minglan handed the peeled lychee in her hand to the old lady Sheng who was sitting next to her, and said as if offering a treasure: "Oh! Grandmother hurry up and try it! ”

On the table between the two of them, there is a high-legged disc with a plate of round lychees stacked on top of it, and on the ground is a piece of crushed ice that has just been lifted out of the ice cellar.

Old Mrs. Sheng smiled and took the lychee handed over by Minglan and took half of it off, the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, and she nodded: "It's really sweet!" ”

"Then grandmother eat more!" Minglan picked up another one and continued to peel it off.

While eating, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside.

After a while, Wang Qian'er, who was dressed in an arrow robe, led Wang Xu to run to the front of the two to greet the old ancestor and aunt.

However, Minglan, who is only a few years older than Wang Qian'er, used to be an aunt, and now she has become an aunt, and this generation is indeed not low.

Minglan looked at the two sisters and brothers and asked, "You didn't follow the teaching and study in the school field, why did you come back?" ”

Wang Qian'er said helplessly: "Yesterday I practiced with the teacher for half a day, and today it should have been my turn to ride and shoot, I don't want my mount to eat bad stomach and intestines yesterday, and I pulled all night, and now I am in the stable, where can I still ride!" ”

"Why do you eat bad stomach when it's good?" Minglan asked puzzled.

Wang Qian'er said: "

The two sisters and brothers looked at the lychee next to Minglan , their eyes immediately lit up, and they swallowed saliva in unison: "When I entered the door, I heard that my uncle sent a lot of lychees, and I don't know if this year's lychees are as sweet as last year!" ”

Minglan smiled helplessly, and handed the peeled lychee in her hand to Wang Qian'er first, but after Wang Qian'er took it, she gave it to her younger brother Wang Xu, and she reached straight into the plate and grabbed a handful, and pulled Wang Xu to sit down next to her.

Minglan immediately ordered: "Little Peach, let someone get some more lychees!" Cut a few more cloves of cold melon! ”

"Take two more plates of lychees!" Wang Qian'er just threw the peeled lychee into her mouth, and didn't forget to remind Xiao Tao.

"How does it taste?" Minglan looked at Wang Qian'er and asked.

"Delicious!" Wang Qian'er couldn't stop nodding, and Wang Xu couldn't stop nodding and saying it was delicious.

Old Mrs. Sheng couldn't help but smile brighter when she saw the two sisters and brothers gobbling up.

After a while, Xiao Tao walked in with Dan Tang and Cuiwei, two plates of lychees, and a plate of cut watermelon.

The two sisters and brothers immediately held a plate of lychees and feasted on them.

was eating fruit and gossiping, Wang Chong came back, and as soon as he entered the door, he first gave Mrs. Sheng a salute, and then sat next to Wang Qian'er, grabbed a handful of lychees, and said an exciting good news while eating.

"Zhong Huai broke the anti-thief reinforcements outside the city of Haozhou, and drove the last reinforcement of the anti-thief to the city of Haozhou, and then broke the city of Haozhou in just two days, beheaded countless people, collected more than 10,000 people, and won a complete victory, and now there are more than 10,000 anti-thieves entrenched in Shouzhou, judging from the current situation, it will be recovered in a few days!"

"So, the Huaixi Rebellion will be pacified in a few days?" Old Lady Sheng hurriedly asked.

Wang Chong shook his head and said: "It's not so easy, although the city can be recovered, but those remnants of the army who escaped scattered scattered all over the place, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, turning into bandits and water bandits, for a while, I am afraid it will be difficult to exterminate them all." ”

Old Mrs. Sheng looked at Wang Chong, and she was not surprised, and said lightly: "That means we can't go back to Bianjing for the time being!" ”

Wang Zhong smiled and asked, "Grandmother, aren't you used to living in Quanzhou?" ”

"Alas!" Mrs. Sheng sighed and said: "Quanzhou is a good place, warm in winter and cool in summer, humid climate, and comfortable to live in, but now that the official family is old, the position of the prince has not been decided, and now there is such a big mess, and Changbai is not in Bianjing......"

The old lady's expression was a little solemn.

Wang Chongdao: "The more times like this, the more you should keep Taoguang in obscurity, my father-in-law has been in the officialdom for many years, he is sleek, good at the left and right, he has been cautious and cautious for many years, and he has never made enemies with anyone, as long as his father-in-law remembers the word Taohui, it is a change, and it will not affect the future of his father-in-law, the future of the Sheng family!" ”

Mrs. Sheng doesn't know the truth, but Sheng Hong is usually quite reliable, but whenever it comes to Lin Yushuang, she can't help but not see it thoroughly, or she will subconsciously choose to deceive herself.

Wang Chong saw that Mrs. Sheng was still a little hesitant, and after a moment of silence, he instructed Wang Qian'er and her brother: "Sister Qian'er, you take Brother Xu to the dyeing workshop to find your sister-in-law, just say that I have something to find her, let her come back early today!" ”

"What's the matter with the third uncle looking for my aunt?" Wang Qian'er asked while eating lychees.

Wang Chong looked at Wang Qian'er and said, "It's a matter of your life, it doesn't matter if you say you want it!" ”

Wang Qian'er, who has always been very arrogant, couldn't help but blush when she heard this, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Wang Chong, pulled up her younger brother and said goodbye to Mrs. Tongsheng and Minglan, and hurriedly ran out.

Seeing that the two sisters and brothers had gone away, Wang Chong retreated from a group of subordinates, and only Mrs. Yu Sheng and Minglan and the three of him in the hall said: "The storage position has been vacant for many years, and the official family has not decided on the heir for a long time.

Years ago, the official family was seriously ill, and he couldn't afford to lie on the couch for several months, and the hearts of the people in the court were fluctuating, don't talk about other families, just say that the Duke of Qi Guofu, the dignified Guogong House, didn't it also let the little grandfather of Qi marry the only daughter of King Yong, the county lord of Jiacheng! Not to mention other people.

No matter who ends up in the hands of the deposit, can the remaining one be willing? People in the world say that the father and son of King Yan are both strong, if in the past, when the prince of the official family was still alive, they may be good ministers of the virtuous king, but now the official family has no heirs, if the last prince is spent in another family, their father and son have all been in business for so many years, can they be willing?

Even if they were willing, would the courtiers who were under their command and who stood behind them willingly? ”

Mrs. Sheng is a smart person, and she is also a wise old man with extremely rich life experience, how can she not hear the meaning of Wang Chong's words, but Wang Chong's words are really a little appalling, especially in the ears of people like Mrs. Sheng, who are deeply influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty and patriotism.

"Although the official family is old, he has been in power for nearly 40 years, the world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the government and the opposition are all grateful for Your Majesty's generosity and kindness, how can anyone dare to do such a rebellious thing!" Mrs. Sheng was of noble birth, and she was raised in the palace for a period of time when she was young, and she was very familiar with Emperor Jiayou and Empress Cao.

"People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who can say clearly?" Wang Zhong shook his head and sighed: "Ordinary people can still quarrel because of a few inches of land in the field, in order to divert water for irrigation, the two villages have fought with weapons, and there are not a few people who have killed and injured people since ancient times. ”

"Grandmother, I think what Brother Zihou said makes sense, we don't need to take this risk!" Minglan knew what Wang Chong meant, and wanted Mrs. Sheng to stay in Quanzhou with her two for the time being, so that she, who was her granddaughter, could do her filial piety in front of the old lady.

Old Lady Sheng grabbed Minglan's white and slender Rouyi in the palm of her hand, and patted it gently: "But your little mother and Brother Dong are all following your father in Bianjing!" ”

Minglan was stunned by what Mrs. Sheng said, and for a while, she didn't know how to refute it.

The old lady said earnestly: "Now your second brother is not in Tokyo, and Changfeng is an unsuccessful person, if something really happens, your father doesn't even have anyone to discuss." ”

Although Mrs. Sheng didn't like Sheng Hong to have a head and end with Lin Yushuang behind her back, and even more disliked Sheng Hong's pretending to be deaf and dumb several times over the years in Lin Yushuang's affairs, and everything was partial, but in the end, Sheng Hong was raised by her, and Mrs. Sheng was neither a plant nor a stubborn stone, how could she have no feelings for Sheng Hong.

Seeing this, Wang Chong could only use the procrastination trick first: "It's just that Huaixi has not yet been pacified, there are still water thieves entrenched on the canal, and there are mountain thieves occupying the mountain as the king in many dangerous places in the south and north, robbing passers-by, why don't you wait a little longer?" ”

Old Mrs. Sheng looked at Wang Chong and Minglan and sighed: "I know that you are filial, and I am reluctant to leave Ming'er, but Ming'er has you to take care of me, don't worry about me, but on the Sheng family's side, your father-in-law is not cautious enough, and the family is unstable, and now it is time again, hey······"

Wang Zhong and Minglan glanced at each other, and then said: "Grandmother, if you don't do this, you will stay in Quanzhou for another three months, and after three months, no matter whether Huaixi is calm or not, I will let Sister Qian personally lead someone to escort you back to Bianjing, what do you think?" ”

Minglan also took Mrs. Sheng's hand and persuaded: "Grandmother, it is now in the middle of summer, the weather is hot, and it is the rainy season, today is sunny and tomorrow is raining, the weather is fine now, maybe it will rain later, it is better to wait, wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is not so hot, and it is convenient to hurry at that time." ”

"This ······" Mrs. Sheng was already a little shaken by what the two of them said.

Minglan hurriedly stepped up her efforts, shook the old lady's hand and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, you have been in Quanzhou for so long, and it is not bad for these three months, besides, if you are in a hurry at this time and meet a rogue, there is a case, isn't it the same to delay the future of my father and second brother!" ”

Minglan was also out of the question, so she simply said it more bluntly.

Mrs. Sheng is a cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and since she wants to go back to help Sheng Hong, she naturally doesn't want to cause trouble to Sheng Hong.

Wang Chong also said: "I know Zhong Huai's skills, now that he has taken Haozhou, it is only a matter of time to recover Shouzhou. ”

Seeing that the little couple sang and harmonized, the words were all about keeping themselves, and Mrs. Sheng also knew that the two of them were worried about their own safety, but now Wang Chong is a local official, and he is not allowed to return to Bianjing at will without an edict, and it is not easy to leave Quanzhou, Minglan and Wang Chong are newly married Yan'er, and they don't even have an heir at the moment, so Mrs. Sheng is naturally even more reluctant to let them separate the two places.

"That's it, that's all I listen to you!"

Mrs. Sheng was also reluctant to Minglan , if it weren't for the eventful autumn at this time, she also wanted to stay with Minglan as her granddaughter for a few more days, and she didn't want to go back to Tokyo, after all, the water spilled by the married daughter would be Minglan the Wang family in the future.

After Gu Er took Haozhou, although the big drum thieves in Haozhou have all been wiped out, there are still many scattered escapes, Gu second-hand troops and horses are limited, and there are also guards to prevent recurrence, so it is naturally not good to send people to scatter to chase and suppress, only to pick some large numbers and strong strength to chase, and the remaining small group of people and horses, the right to do things is not seen.

After a team of men and horses was sent to defend the city, the remaining soldiers and horses did not delay too much in Haozhou, and immediately drove to Shouzhou, preparing to take advantage of the momentum of the great victory to wipe out the participating thieves in Shouzhou.

And Gu Er himself was not idle, with stones and more than 100 soldiers, dressed in disguise, scattered and mixed into the rout, and fled all the way into the border of Shouzhou with the rout.

And now Shouzhou still has: Xia Cai, Shouchun, Anfeng, Huoqiu four counties are still in the hands of the thieves, to rescue the people and horses of Haozhou, it was sent by Xia Cai and Shouchun counties, now most of them are folded in Haozhou, as for a few remnants, fled back to Shouzhou.

Gu Er's mixed in was Shouchun County, which was the first to bear the lead.

Mixed into Shouchun in just a few days, Gu Ertong's brothers touched the situation of Shouchun, the defenders in the city only left more than 2,000, half of them were recruits, only some of the old soldiers, the guard of Shouchun is one of the four protectors of the Maitreya Sect, King Kong Song Wan, was a smuggling salt dealer in Huaixi, and his subordinates gathered a group of brothers who dared to fight and kill, and they also had some reputation in the rivers and lakes.

Although this Song Wan has some ability, he met Gu Er, who likes to play tactics, and took advantage of the night to trouble the rebels defending the city with sweat medicine, first captured the city gate, and then led people to kill Song Wan's location, but in one night, Shouchun County changed hands, and the thief leader Song Wan also became a prisoner.

Then in less than a month, with the concerted efforts of the soldiers and horses of the surrounding state capitals, the remaining Xia Cai, Huo Qiu and An Feng were forced one after another, the thieves died and fled, except for one Song Wan who was caught, the rest did not catch a single alive, and even the leader of the Maitreya Sect was nowhere to be found.