In the west of the city, the county lord's mansion, not long after Minglan was out of confinement, with the help of various nourishing decoctions and meals, her body recovered quite quickly, and she only sat on the full moon and went out of confinement.

"Seeing that it's the end of the year, why don't you wait for the New Year to pass?" Minglan said with some emotion while packing up his things for Wang Chong.

If it was before, even if Minglan was reluctant, she would not have said these words, but since she became pregnant and gave birth to a child, Minglan who has always been rational has also gained a little more emotion.

Wang Chongdao: "The matter of salt affairs involves the country, and now it is already a startling snake, if you don't take the opportunity to solve this matter with lightning speed, I am afraid that there will be unnecessary changes." ”

Minglan took Wang Chong's hand, and her eyebrows were full of worry: "This salt patrol is different from the past, the official family sent King Huan to come forward, obviously intending to thoroughly investigate the salt affairs, but this case involves a wide range of people, I don't know how many families and families are involved, and those salt merchants ······"

When talking about the salt merchants, Minglan paused: "Those salt merchants are all outlaws who kill people without blinking, I think that at the beginning, for the sake of the Bai family's family business, those people even dared to assassinate the concubine of the Hou Mansion like Second Brother Gu, and even the Second Brother was almost implicated." ”

"Your official skills, others don't know, don't you know!"

Wang Zhong smiled and took Minglan into his arms, and comforted him softly: "Besides, the case of salt affairs was poked out by me, and now the official family has ordered me to accompany King Huan to the south to patrol the salt, which is also reasonable." ”

"Can't you just go somebody?" Minglan looked up at Wang Chong, her eyes faintly glistening with tears.

Wang Chongdao: "Okay, okay, didn't you go to the Gu family to visit Mrs. Zhang today, how did you talk?" ”

"Very good!" Seeing that Wang Chong suddenly diverted the topic, how could Minglan not know what Wang Chong meant.

She is not a vexatious person, she is just a little more emotional than before giving birth, her reason is still there, and she knows that she can't change the matter of Wang Chong's southward salt patrol, and she is no longer entangled, but she just sighed quietly in her heart and suppressed the worry in her heart.

"Mrs. Zhang has a noble temperament, no dust under her eyes, and is decisive, quite like her father's British public style, but in just a few months, she has taken care of the Gu family in an orderly manner!"

"The lady has such a high opinion of this lady Zhang? Why is it that what I hear outside is a little different from what the lady said? Wang Zhong asked deliberately.

Minglan said: "What must be saying that Mrs. Zhang relied on the power of her mother's family, and just took care of the house, so she couldn't wait to dismiss the old people in the Hou Mansion, install her own cronies, and don't miss the old love!" ”

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "It's still my lady's smart!" ”

Minglan looked at Wang Chong and said, "The official has been eating and drinking with Second Brother Gu for three days, this matter should be clearer than me!" ”

"Hahaha!" Wang Chong laughed and said, "I really can't hide anything from you!" ”

"To say that this lady Zhang is really virtuous, it is clearly the handiwork of Zhong Huai, but the notoriety is borne by Mrs. Zhang."

Minglan looked at Wang Chong and said, "Isn't it because Second Brother Gu asked me to go to Gu's house to help him comfort Mrs. Zhang?" ”

Wang Chong couldn't help but laugh dumbly, he originally said that he would tease Minglan , but as expected, Minglan had already seen everything thoroughly.

"Over the years, the British couple has protected this lady Zhang too well, they have not experienced those deceitful battles, they have never seen intrigues, they are as simple and kind as a child, and their temperament is too strong, and they can't rub sand in their eyes.

Although she and Zhong Huai have discussed this matter a long time ago, but now that the rumors outside are intensifying, you also know the temperament of Mrs. Zhang, Zhong Huai is a little worried about her, so she found me and asked me to ask you to come forward and have more contact with Mrs. Zhang. ”

"Second Brother Gu is taking great pains to treat Mrs. Zhang!" Minglan could understand Gu Er's hard work for the Zhang family, not only worried that the Zhang family would not be able to stand the rumors outside, but also afraid that the Zhang family's arrogant temperament would be wronged, and she would not tell herself, so she changed the law to find Minglan to explain the Zhang family, and had more contacts with the Zhang family, and let the Zhang family know through Minglan that the rumors and rumors outside were all nonsense.

"By the way, listening to Sister Zhang's sister, Gu Hou's body is getting worse and worse, and he is in a coma for more and more time every day, and the imperial doctor can't tell how long he can last." Minglan said suddenly.

"At the beginning, there was some hope, but then one after another blows, now Gu Hou's body is at the end of the strong crossbow, if it is not a medicine stone can be treated, it is Bian Que's regeneration, Hua Tuo's reincarnation, and he is helpless, unless he ······"

"Unless what?" Minglan asked curiously.

Wang Chongdao: "In fact, the human body, contains the unimaginable huge potential of ordinary people, when I was young, I heard the master mention a strange thing, the previous dynasty, there was a side of the sergeant, because the old father was seriously ill, Gu Qijun went home to visit, did not want to encounter robbers on the way back, seven knives in the body, the left chest was pierced by an arrow, so injured, it was certain to die, but this soldier insisted on walking for two days and two nights, returned home, saw the old father for the last time in front of the sickbed, watched the old father close his eyes, and then fainted, Without waiting for Lang Zhong to come to the door, the soldier was killed. ”

"Lang Zhong came to the door to see, the knife wound on the soldier's body alone was enough to be fatal, not to mention that the heart was also penetrated, it stands to reason that he should have died a long time ago, but the soldier insisted on two days and two nights, and rushed all the way home."

"It's too bizarre!" Minglan was stunned and said in surprise.

Wang Chongdao: "The master also said an example, in Shuzhong, a certain year of earth movement, mountains and rivers overturned, houses collapsed, after the ground moved, the remnants of the people went to the ruins to look for survivors, in a house ruins heard the sound of a baby crying, everyone worked together, followed the sound to pick up the ruins, but found a kneeling woman, straight, with shoulders to support the beams, carrying thousands of pounds of ruins, under the woman, swaddling, is the crying child. ”

"But the woman has long since lost her snort, and even her body has been completely cold, and there is still blood oozing out of the seven orifices."

Minglan was already dumbfounded, and she didn't know what to say.

Wang Chongdao: "The human body contains potential beyond our imagination, if the old marquis's will to survive is firm enough, it may not be impossible to survive, but this possibility does not exist, almost nothing." ”

Minglan is a smart person, and she understands Wang Chong's explanation: "If everyone can be like this, how can there be so many seriously ill and dead people in the world!" ”

Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, about to leave Tokyo, go south to patrol salt, King Huan rarely rested for a day, so he came to Gu Er's mansion, said goodbye to Gu Er, and visited Gu Yankai who was seriously ill by the way.

Seeing Gu Yankai, who was sick in bed and unconscious, King Huan was helpless.

"It's a pity that Gu Hou is seriously ill, Zhong Huai can't pull away, otherwise, if Zhong Huai can accompany him on the southward salt patrol this time, he will be worry-free." King Huan said with emotion.

Gu Erdao: "With Zihou with me, it makes no difference whether I go or not." ”

The regret on King Huan's face flashed, and he turned to another matter: "A few days ago, the deputy envoy of the king wrote to his father, begging his father to allow him to bring the two sisters and brothers of Yong'an County to the south together. ”

Gu Erdao: "The lord of Yong'an County is skilled in archery and horses, has superb marksmanship, and has a lot of research in the art of war. ”

"The name of the prince is thick, I have heard of it when I was in Yuzhou, but after only five or six years, Quanzhou has been prosperous, and the wealth is better than a year, and now the salt works in the southern coastal areas can be prosperous day by day, and he has also contributed a lot."

Gu Erdao: "Don't hide it from the prince, Zihou is not only outstanding in learning, but also has extraordinary abilities in political affairs, and his martial arts are also extraordinary, he is the last general, not his opponent." ”

"Oh?" King Huan was very surprised: "With Zhonghuai's martial arts, it is just idle to kill the generals and capture the flag, even my uncle is ashamed of himself, and he is not his opponent, so Wang Zihou is really so powerful?" ”

"I'm ashamed!" Gu Er said self-deprecatingly: "I have been friends with Zihou for many years, often learn martial arts, and never win, speaking of which, I can have such martial arts today, in addition to my father's teaching when I was a child, but also thanks to Zihou's guidance." ”

Over the years, Gu Er has indeed benefited a lot from Wang Chong, especially the martial arts and the art of war, and Wang Chong has never been stingy with advice.

"And Zi Hou's strength is endless, especially good at shooting, he can open a three-stone bow, and he has the ability to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps.

Listening to Gu Er's words, King Huan's eyes flashed, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Now among the people in the Yuzhou family, only Shen Congxing can be alone, originally Lao Geng and Xiao Duan also have some ability, but in order to save Zhao Zongquan, Lao Geng was stabbed by a thief and lost his life, Xiao Duan also lost an arm holding a knife, although he has been practicing his left hand hard in the past few years, but his martial arts have recovered less than two percent.

Liu Zhengjie is quite thoughtful, and he is a good hand at interrogation, but unfortunately he is not familiar with political affairs, and his martial arts are average, and he is not enough to be in charge alone.

At the beginning, Zhao Zongquan had just succeeded to the throne, and so many things happened in the court and the central government one after another, people's hearts were fluctuating, and the government and the opposition were uneasy.

But she didn't want the war in the south to calm down, and after the situation gradually stabilized, Empress Dowager Cao didn't want to return to the harem and handed over the rights in her hands.

Just a jade seal made Zhao Zongquan's father and son anxious, or Gu Er came up with an idea, so he deceived the jade seal from the hands of the Empress Dowager Cao, although the method was a bit indiscriminate, but it was particularly effective in the face of the Empress Dowager Cao, who did not eat soft and hard.

Because of the matter of the jade seal, the Empress Dowager Cao had a lot of complaints about Zhao Zongquan, the emperor, and now because of the matter of King Xianshu, the estrangement between the two is getting deeper and deeper.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Zongquan attached so much importance to this southward patrol of salt, and even did not hesitate to send Zhao Ceying, the king of Huan, who had already been designated as the prince, to personally go out, firstly, to show the ministers the ability of their father and son, and secondly, to justifiably push Zhao Ceying to the throne.

As long as he returns from this tour, Zhao Ceying will be able to justifiably change from King Huan to the crown prince and become the prince.

Whether it is Zhao Zongquan as the emperor or Zhao Ceying, who was named King Huan, they attach great importance to this southward salt patrol, not only to recover the tax gold and silver that have been embezzled by the imperial court, but also to stabilize the position of the father and son and win over the courtiers.

Soon the time came to November, the weather was getting colder and colder, and Bianjing City also ushered in the first snow of the year, covering the capital city with a population of nearly one million.

The stove was burned early in the house, and the two little ones were lying in the shaker, and Cui Mama and Cuiwei were each taking care of one on the left and one on the right.

The big girl next to Minglan Dantang, a few days after Wang Chong left, was allowed by Minglan to Dantang's cousin.

Xiao Tao sat on the edge of the stove, concentrating on roasting chestnuts, Minglan knelt behind the bookcase, and there were account books, abacus, and the four treasures of the study room on the table.

"Big lady, Lang Zhong finished reading it for the lady and is waiting outside." A female envoy walked quickly to the house, went to Minglan and whispered.

"Please go to the side hall!" Minglan put down the ledger in her hand and stood up, Xiao Tao immediately put aside the chestnuts that were roasting, got up and walked behind Minglan .

Wang Zhong explained to Xiao Tao that except for sleeping at night, the rest of the time, he had to follow Minglan every step of the way to protect Minglan 's safety.

Xiao Tao executed it very thoroughly, and followed Minglan to the side hall outside, and Lang Zhong had been waiting for a long time.

"Dare to ask Lang Zhong, I don't know what kind of illness Shu Xiaoniang is?"

Lang Zhong said respectfully: "Back to the eldest lady, the little lady is not sick, but happy!" ”

"Happy?" As soon as these words came out, Minglan was directly stunned.

Minglan hurriedly asked again, "Are you sure?" ”

"The old man has repeatedly confirmed, it is indeed a happy pulse, but the time is still short, it is only about a month, and the pulse is very shallow."

Minglan immediately asked people to thank Lang Zhong for hanging the money.

"Happy? Why didn't you hear the officials mention it? After Lang Zhong left, Minglan muttered to herself.

Seeing this, Xiao Tao next to him said: "The lord has been living in the eldest lady's house for most of the month, and he is busy with things going south on weekdays, and he has never met with Shu Xiaoniang, so it doesn't seem strange that he doesn't know." ”

"Makes sense." Minglan nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go see Sister Shulan!" ”

Seven days later, in Yangzhou, Wang Zhong looked at the letter sent by Minglan Tuocao Gang in his hand, and was quite surprised, Shulan was pregnant, and calculated the time, it seemed that Minglan had just been out of confinement not long ago.

Although there were some surprises, Wang Chong didn't have too many surprises, after all, walking in the heavens and all worlds like him, leaving a bloodline in every copy world, for the descendants of the heirs, there was already a difference from ordinary people.

As soon as he finished reading Minglan 's letter, Yu Chuer hurriedly walked in: "Lord, the prince sent someone over and asked the lord to go, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

"Got it!" Minglan folded the letter in her hand and put it back in the envelope, put it into the space casually, got up and walked out.

"My subordinates meet Childe!"

As soon as he entered the house, Wang Chong bowed his hand to Zhao Ceying, but Zhao Ceying frowned tightly behind the bookcase, as if he was in some trouble, and when he heard Wang Chong's words, he raised his eyes to look at Wang Chong, and hurriedly beckoned to Wang Chong: "Zihou, you are here!" Hurry up! ”

"I wonder what happened?"

Wang Chong approached, and Zhao Ceying handed Wang Chong a stack of letters and said, "You take a look at this first!" ”

(End of chapter)