Chapter Twenty-Nine: On the Way Back to Beijing

Ming Lanying didn't sleep well all night when she was angry with the golden eagle, and she dreamed that she was being questioned by Ye Jielu crying and asking why she didn't look down on him and didn't want him.

I woke up in the morning and was very irritable, but Ma San went to find out the news to report, Prince Heng took a group of warblers Yanyan and a large group of men to go to the mountains and forests infested by the golden eagle yesterday to squat and guard, but the golden eagle happened to pick flowers for his sweetheart Chunfen in the mountains and forests today, and now he is trapped in the mountains and forests and can't get out.

Ming Lanying smiled angrily when she heard this, "You adults still know how to be romantic, huh? Still picking flowers? ”

Ma Er said proudly with a small chest: "Of course, we adults are serious." ”

"You birds like flowers, too?"

Ma Er jumped with his little feet in a puff, "Why not!" We adults still pick flowers that only bloom once in a hundred years! The nectar is mellow and juicy, and it is the most suitable for Mrs. as a snack! ”

"Poof! Snacks! Ming Lanying chuckled, there was absolutely no mockery, "Your family is trapped and can't get out for snacks." ”

"That's you mortal greed!"

This is true, but it is not man who is not greedy, but God.

"Alright, let's think about how to save your family."

Hebai suddenly rushed out from Ming Lanying's side, startling her, "Who does sister-in-law want to save?" ”

"The golden eagle was just trapped by Prince Heng's people, and he wanted to release it unconsciously."

"Huh? Got stuck and wasn't caught? ”

Ming Lanying turned her head to look at Ma San, who pecked at the feathers, "No, the mountains and forests are too big, and Prince Heng's people haven't found it yet." ”

Ming Lanying relayed it, and Hebai suddenly realized, and suddenly had an idea, "Sister-in-law, you can use your tricks in the dark!" ”

Ming Lanying flicked her head, "You can use it if you say it, in case it is discovered!" ”

Hebai was bounced and sighed, "No, I'll take you with light skills, hide in the depths of the mountains, and fly in the trees!" They can't see it. ”

Ming Lanying directly refused, "I'm afraid that you will throw me to death." ”

"How could it be! I have a lot of strength! ”

After speaking, Hebai rolled up his sleeves to pick up Ming Lanying to demonstrate, but Ming Lanying flicked his head again, "Stop, change your mind." ”

"Whew!"

Ming Lanying fed a handful of chaff to replenish the strength of the little sparrows, "Ma Er, go and find out if there is anyone in Prince Heng's residence, Ma San, go and see how your family is doing, if you are not in a hurry, hide well, and wait." ”

Hebai looked at the small figure of the little sparrow flying away, "Sister-in-law, why do you want to see if there is anyone in the residence?" Shall we go hostage-taking? ”

"Prince Heng took a large group of people to catch the golden eagle, there should be no one in the residence, we directly set fire to the base camp and let his backyard catch fire, he must have brought some important things, if the fire starts, he will definitely have to rush back to check, Prince Heng can take the opportunity to fly away as soon as he is distracted." Ming Lanying flicked her head again, causing Hebai to snort.

"Sister-in-law is smart! But how do we set fires without knowing it? ”

Ming Lanying frowned slightly, She really didn't think about this, and she didn't know the layout of Prince Heng's residence!

Hebai touched his chin and thought, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that Prince Heng has a thrush?" Let's just let it turn against us! ”

"Animals are spiritual, and you can't just buy them to betray their masters. And Prince Heng values that thrush very much, and he should always be by his side. ”

"That's ......"

After thinking about it, Ming Lanying could only think that the firewood in the kitchen and the hay in the horse were the most flammable, but they also needed to be ignited by external forces, and animals were afraid of fire, so I was afraid that this matter would not be easy to do.

Ming Lanying looked at the sky regretfully, and there was the sound of a car wheeling outside the yard, and it seemed that the guy from the shopkeeper Li was pulling an ox cart to collect duck eggs and send the account book.

After the spring, there are more wild ducks, she and Hebai have built a lot of duck nests, and there are more duck eggs for the shopkeeper Li, and the business of the shopkeeper Li has to use more eggs every day, and now the trading of duck eggs can be stable at three taels of silver every month. No matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, and Hebai has the bottom of the income of Ming Lanying to look at the account book, so he can't look down on these three taels of silver, and he was trained by Ming Lanying.

The guy happened to see Ming Lanying in the yard outside, and bowed to Ming Lanying, "Hello Ming Niang, the little one is here to collect eggs and send the account book." ”

Ming Lanying gave a look, Hebai hurriedly went over to open the door, and ran back to the kitchen again, "Wait a minute, I'll move the duck eggs." ”

The guy respectfully sent the account book to Ming Lanying, "This is this month's account book, the shopkeeper said, thanks to Ming Niangzi to make the restaurant to the next level, the shopkeeper invited two account room gentlemen to look at the account book on weekdays, still not at ease, or Ming Niangzi to take action." ”

Ming Lanying smiled and patted the thick account book, "You're welcome, your shopkeeper has a unique vision, and the business should be prosperous, just have something to trouble you to tell your shopkeeper, I may be in the capital in the next four months, the shopkeeper is not disgusted, you can wait for me to come back and continue to help him, and the duck eggs will be supplied every month, and my neighbor will temporarily replace me." ”

"Yes, the little one has been noted." The guy rolled up his sleeves and clasped his hands, and said with a smile: "It's really a coincidence that the Ming lady left, after a while, the juggling troupe of neighboring countries will also enter Beijing to perform, and they will pass by our performance for three or five days, there are dancers from the Western Regions, mouth swallowing swords, juggling with bowls in the air, and the most popular fire lion performance, which is very fresh!" ”

"Fire Lion Show?"

She only knows that lion dance performances are traditional culture for thousands of years, Bai Juyi once wrote in a poem, "Xiliang Ling, masked beard and fake lion." The carved wood is the head and tail, and the gold-plated eyes are silver-plated. Fenxun sweater swings his ears, like coming from quicksand. The purple-haired eyes and two beards encouraged the speech before jumping off the beam. ”

The guy was a talkative, and he danced to describe the scene to her, "Yes, the lion dance in the air that breathes fire, walks from the stake to the high rope, comes alive, and turns over in the air, and when you stand on the highest point, both lions will breathe fire!" ”

The man's words gave Ming Lanying a reminder and sent the man away, and Ming Lanying called Hebai, "Do you have that kind of phosphorus powder or something that catches the wind?" ”

"Huh?" Hebai was stunned for a moment, wrinkled his face and meditated, and shook his head regretfully, "There really is no such thing." ”

Ming Lanying snorted, ran to the next door and asked Dong Xia, Dong Xia is really there, "It was originally used to concoct medicinal materials in winter, but it is too expensive and rarely used, and there are still some left, this is too easy to burn, what is my sister-in-law going to use it for?" ”

Ming Lanying smiled, "Do bad things." ”

Dong Xia smiled and didn't ask much, trusting Ming Lanying very much, and carefully took a jar out, "This will burn when it meets the wind, sister-in-law be careful." ”

Ming Lanying went back with a jar of phosphorus powder in her hand, and it happened that Ma Er Ma San came back from inquiring about the news.

Ma Er jumped and counted all the people in Prince Heng's residence, "Plus the janitors, there are still twenty left, and the most in the kitchen." ”

Ma San: "Prince Heng hasn't found the adult yet, and the adult can hide for a long time." ”

"Okay, I see."

Ming Lanying took out the glutinous rice paper that was not used up last time, carefully avoided the wind, divided the phosphorus powder in the jar, felt out the whistle, and summoned the birds again.

This time, six birds were used, the phosphorus powder was flammable, and the Minglan warbler was wrapped very tightly, so that the birds were shaking off the powder bag when they got to the position.

The target she set for the agent birds was the hay and the study of the horse house, the birds in the study could not enter, but the window was still okay, Ma Er probed carefully, and knew that the window on one side of the study was unguarded, suitable for arson.

Hebai blocked the sunlight with one hand, and raised his eyes to look at the little figures of the little ladies in the distance, "Sister-in-law, I found that the one who wins you has the world!" ”

Ming Lanying stretched her waist, "Hmm...... Why? ”

"You can drive all the animals in the world, fly and swim, and you can also make them do some things that ordinary people can't do, if you want, you can let them fight the world for you, isn't this the one who gets you the world!"

Ming Lanying stretched her neck, "It seems that it can be, but I'm not interested in this world." ”

Hebai crossed his waist and snorted, "Fortunately, you are not interesting to this world, otherwise this world will change hands." ”

"You're not stupid." Ming Lanying nodded her head, "What do I want to do in this world?" Besides, are those soldiers raised by the emperor ornaments? Compared with animals, man is only better than having a unified language and organization. ”

Hebai wrinkled his little face and tilted his head in thought, shaking his head as if he didn't understand, "That sister-in-law, why does that Ming Lishu keep holding on to you?" ”

Ming Lanying shook her head and went back to the house to read the account book arrogantly, "Because she is jealous of the beauty of the old lady!" ”

Tsurubai grimaced behind her funny, "Stinky beauty!" ”

In the afternoon, Ma San hurriedly came back to report the good news, fluttering his little wings and landing on the window lattice. The agent birds completed the task perfectly, and the powder bag was sprinkled with the dry hay of the horse house, which burned very quickly, and it happened that the horse house had nothing to do and was fishing, and it was not discovered at the first time, which caused it to be too late to find out, and the row of horses was all burned.

A group of people hurriedly went to the horse house to put out the fire, turned around and found that the study was also burning, and hurriedly ran to save the study, and when the fire was all extinguished, he hurriedly sent someone to inform Prince Heng, Prince Heng heard that the study was burning, and hurriedly rushed back, leaving more than half of the people here to continue to guard.

Ming Lanying asked, "What about your king?" ”

Ma San shook his head, "There are a lot fewer of them, and they can't surround the entire mountain forest, so the adults escaped while they were tired." ”

"Where did you flee?"

The border is wide, the mountains and forests are dense, but there are only a few pieces, how to hide, you can't hide anywhere, Prince Heng is staring at it again, and the birds are very annoying.

"Your Excellency has gone to a neighboring country to find his wife."

Ming Lanying smiled, "It's okay, it's a long way to chase his wife, so that he is not in a hurry to come back, and Prince Heng can't chase after his neighbors." ”

Ma San nodded his head, ate a handful of grain bran to replenish his strength, and then spread his wings and flew away.

Hebai held his cheeks and looked at Ming Lanying, "Sister-in-law, have they completed their task?" ”

"Well, it's burned, Prince Heng hurried back with people."

Hebai cheered, "It's amazing, sister-in-law is too trouble-free." ”

Ming Lanying picked up the tip of the pen and buried her head in the liver account book, "Have you packed up your things?" The decree is coming. ”

"Oooh! Not almost. ”

Just because Prince Heng suddenly rushed back, the golden eagle ran away again, and he was angry and punished a group of subordinates. The gecko lying in the corner of the wall heard it, Ming Lishu persuaded her with a cheeky face, and was also implicated and scolded twice, this is the first time that Prince Heng did not give her face in front of Yingying Yanyan.

Ming Lanying shook her head amusedly, because of the infestation of golden eagles, Prince Heng kept an eye on it, and led people to chase all the way to the junction of the two countries, and stayed there for a few days before coming back.

Ming Lanying thought that the holy decree was about to arrive, and explained to Dong Xia one by one the things that she couldn't let go, and also explained to the little squirrel, the eagle brothers, and the owl brothers to protect Dong Xia for her.

After receiving scattered things for more than a month, Ming Lanying didn't tell Hebai and Ning Erming, and the two of them also guessed that they were going to find Ye Juelu, and they waited for the holy decree in the expectation of the two.

It was the emperor's personal guards who came to announce the decree, with a upright, masculine male style, silver soft armor outlining a broad arm, long hair tied up high and neat, riding a tall horse, flexible waist, straight hips and slender legs on the stirrups, quite eye-catching.

"Mukden Carrier ......"

The voice was low and deep, Ming Lanying moved her ears, a little uncomfortable, she might not have seen Ye Jielu for too long, and she couldn't bear the lethality of her appearance.

"The women of the people accept the order, thank you Lord Longen."

Ming Lanying raised her hands above her head and borrowed the bright yellow scroll.

The etiquette of receiving the order was taught to her by Hebai temporarily, although she didn't want to kneel, but this is the law of this world, and something will happen if you blatantly disobey the rules.

"Xiaguan Fan Yue, responsible for the safety of Commander Ye's family, please leave Mrs. Ye as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Lord Fan, wait a minute, let's leave immediately."

Fan Yue rode a horse to announce the decree, the carriage or something had to be prepared by themselves, fortunately Hebai would catch the carriage, so he spent twenty taels to buy a comfortable carriage, and the family and Imperial Doctor Zhao said goodbye to winter and summer, and returned to Beijing with a wolf cub with a large bag.

Fan Yue recognized the little thing that was wary of him at first glance as a wolf, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and after two more glances, he was blocked by Ning'er's body, and Ning'er explained to him with a serious face: "This is my puppy." ”

Fan Yue: "...... Well, I don't rob. ”

Since Ning Er knew that she was going back to Beijing, she was looking forward to a few days every day, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't leave Biansai at will, I was afraid that Ning Er would want to fly to find her father immediately.

This is the first time he has gone far away, flashing his big eyes and looking at the beautiful scenery all the way with curiosity, five or six years old is the most active, but he is still close to Ming Lanying's side. Ming Lanying didn't want to take Ning'er back to the quagmire in the capital, but she was even more worried about leaving Ning'er here alone, so it was better to take it with her.

Hebai was also excited, he didn't stop all the way with one mouth, chattering more than seven or eight little sparrows, either to introduce the capital to Ming Lanying, or to ask Fan Yue how his martial arts were, trying to talk to him on the road.

Although Fan Yue was impatient with her noise, he took into account that it was Ye Jielu's sister who had specially explained, and he also forcibly answered her question, "Don't you all care about the current situation of Commander Ye?" ”

"My brother? What does he have to worry about? That's a big one. ”

If something happened to Ye Juelu, Ming Lanying would definitely know through those small animals first, and she was not worried at all.

"Do Uncle Fan and Daddy know each other? Why is it called Daddy Commander? ”

Even if Ye Juelu is not there, Ning'er's reading and literacy homework has not been left behind, Hebai teaches basic skills to strengthen his body, and Imperial Doctor Zhao teaches him to read and write, the little guy knows a lot now, and he is very clever.

Fan Yue said softly: "I was brought out by Commander Ye's subordinates, Commander Ye is very strong in all aspects, and it is the goal we are chasing all our lives, we all have great respect for Commander Ye, ahem...... Your father manages the 100,000 Praetorian Guards in the entire Imperial City, and now he is a very powerful person, so everyone calls him the commander. ”

"Oh, then my mother is even better! Daddy is in charge of so many people, my mother is in charge of my father, my father's is my mother's, and the Praetorian Guard is my mother's! ”

Fan Yue: "......"

Hebai laughed, and Ming Lanying hurriedly covered Ning'er's logical mouth, "Ning'er can't talk nonsense, the Praetorian Guard is the emperor's, not your father's, and your father's things are not under your mother's control, when you grow up, your things will be taken care of by yourself, you know?" ”

Ning Er nodded obediently, not understanding why her mother and father said different things.

Starting the horse day and night for three months, driving a carriage is different, even if it is day and night, it has to be slow down for half a month, plus Ming Lanying will not wronged herself, passing by a prosperous area will stop and rest for two days.

After walking for a month, they stopped in the bustling Yongzhou, first found a big inn, rested and rectified, and then took a hot bath with a full meal.

Fan Yue dutifully followed behind them, hesitated again and again but persuaded him: "The distance is long, please don't stay here for too long, after all, the master has important matters to discuss." ”

Ming Lanying waved her hand indifferently and agreed perfunctorily, his master was the emperor, and the emperor wanted to see her just out of pure curiosity, not a big problem.

Seeing that Fan Yue had been frowning all the way, Hebai poked Ming Lanying's back, and said quietly: "Sister-in-law, do you want to send him back to the inn?" ”

"No, he's in charge of protecting us." Ming Lanying turned her head and glanced at Fan Yue, who was always one and a half away from them, "Master Fan, don't worry too much, let's rest for two days to make up some dry food, Master Fan's expenses we can afford, if you need anything, just say it." ”

Fan Yue clenched his fists, "Thank you Mrs. Ye, don't dare to bother." ”

"It's nothing, it's all incidental."

Soon Fan Yue knew what it meant to be incidental, and when he saw the fun to buy four, one for each person; When you see something delicious, buy four portions, one for each person; When you see a good-looking garment shop, go in and arrange a set of ......

Fan Yue was a little restrained, and was led astray by Hebai's words.

Although Ning'er is active, she is very well-behaved, and when she sees someone she likes, she will first consider whether she needs it, and then she will ask Ming Lanying if she can have it, and she is too well-behaved, which makes Fan Yue surprised.

Ning Er shook Ming Lanying's hand, "Mother, I want to buy a belt for my father, is it okay?" ”

Hebai nibbled on the rock sugar gourd and glanced at Ming Lanying, "Ning'er, you don't understand, the belt has to be sewn by my sister-in-law." ”

The corners of Ming Lanying's eyes twitched slightly, her limit was the delicate tiger head hat and difficult boots, belts, and such things, she only made them for herself and Ning Er, Ye Juelu...... Not really.

Ning Er shook her head, "The carriage is bumpy, my mother will be pierced in her hand, Sister Dong Xia said that people who haven't seen for a long time will bring some gifts when they meet again." ”

Hebai smiled and rubbed his little head, "What gift you bring to see your father, you go to see him is the best gift." ”

"It's because I haven't seen my dad for a long time that I have to bring something for my dad, my dad is alone in the capital, and my mother is not by his side, what if my dad can't eat enough and wear well?"

Fan Yue: "...... Commander Ye is very good now, and after the emperor reinstated his official position, he also gave the mansion to Commander Ye again. ”

Hebai couldn't help but smile, Ming Lanying still liked Ning'er very much about this, and pinched Ning'er's little hand, "Okay, what kind of do you want Ning'er to buy?" ”

Ning Er took Ming Lanying's hand and walked directly into the nearest shop, this shop is a bit special, the things sold are similar to wrist guards, sword spikes, soft armor, hats, armed belts, hidden weapon bags, etc., a bit like selling groceries.

Ning Er led Ming Lanying straight to the display shelf, pointing to a three-finger-wide silver-black belt on it, "Mother, this is suitable for Daddy." ”

There was only one guy in the store, who looked at the ledger lazily, glanced at them, and then lowered his head, looking like he didn't answer.

"This lady and little boy, this black jade treasure belt is fifty taels, please think about it."

Ming Lanying didn't understand this, she just felt that Ning'er's aesthetics were very good, she turned her head and glanced at Hebai, Hebai's fingertips tapped her chin, a lot of circles up and down, nodded gently, and said in Minglanying's ear, "It's a good thing, it's made of cowhide with excellent toughness and two layers of animal skin, and it's not easy to break off when the sword is cut, and the black jade on it is real, and it's also very good-looking, suitable for my brother." ”

Ming Lanying just wanted to tell her guy that she wanted this belt, but a female voice suddenly inserted behind her and cut off her beard directly, "I want this belt, wrap it up." ”

When the guy heard this, he didn't care about Ming Lanying and the others, and directly crossed over and took off the belt, "Okay, girl, wait a minute!" This is the only one, if we can't afford it, we will trouble it, and four or five people will stand here to block us from doing business. ”

Hebai was stunned for a moment, no one could snatch something from under her hands, rolled up her sleeves and turned around to scold, when she saw the appearance of the girl behind her, she suddenly became dumb again, and silently put down her sleeves.

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