Chapter 104: Sleepless Nights
Xue Yan already knew that Xue Shao and his wife had met Li Yuanmin, and he didn't plan to hide it, so he had already written to Xue Shao to explain. Xue Yan also sent a letter to himself, briefly explaining that Ju Yunwei was going to take her to Dunhuang was what he meant. It will be so, just because he misunderstood, and now that there is nothing to do, it is good to solve the misunderstanding. originally thought that there would be big waves, but several people had the intention to "understate" the past.
Xue Yan also said that if there is nothing to do in the future, there will be no more correspondence with this side. It seems that he also thinks that there are more people who know, so he is afraid that things will be exposed. Bai Li was most dissatisfied with this, and scolded Xue Yan for being a ruthless and unrighteous person for a few days, in fact, Xu Niang was not too dissatisfied with him for doing this, she could understand it, because Xue Yan had helped her so much before probably just because of guilt. Now that Xue Shao and his wife know that he has also got married, there is naturally no need to be like before.
In fact, it's okay, Xu Niang thought, it won't involve some innocent people again, then she owes others too much. So, when she wrote a letter to Chang Ning for the first time, she had already written that this letter was the first and last. Even if Chang Ning replied, it was only this time, and from then on, he didn't have to know whether he was alive or dead. Those "relatives" in the capital, she didn't want to see them again.
Ju Yunwei didn't know about these things, but he didn't need to know anything. Xu Niang thought about it in her mind, and felt that Ju Yunwei had nothing to say to herself except for that little thing, since she didn't have it, why bother walking together? Isn't it embarrassing?
Xu Niang thought about it, but she still planned to refuse, she lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The prince forgives me, I will go to find Mrs. later... I'm afraid I can't accompany the son. ”
Madam? It's that Lu. Ju Yunwei snorted, "I saw her with General Xue just now, can I still remember you this time?" ”
Xu Niang was silent.
Ju Yunwei was a little impatient, "Don't you want to, right?" ”
The atmosphere around the two of them suddenly cooled.
Ju Yunwei looked at her appearance of being a little low, and there was an inexplicable irritability in his heart, he calmed down for a moment and asked, "When did you and Xue Yan meet?" ”
Xu Niang saw him talk about the past in public, she couldn't help but jump in her heart, she subconsciously looked around, fortunately most of these people couldn't understand Chinese, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied honestly: "It's a long time ago, I can't remember." ”
"Looks like you're just that for him, you can't even remember that."
Xu Niang didn't know why he was speaking in such a weird tone, she was very impatient, why should she remember? She was rejected by Xue Shao first, which made her lose face, and it was good that she didn't hate him to death. Many things went wrong, and now the two of them have their own way home, and she still has to remember to do those bad things!
The more she thought about it, the more resentful she became, and she couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect the son of the world to have such a hobby and be so good at managing people's affairs?" ”
Ju Yunwei smiled coldly, her voice was full of mockery, "Hmph, Jiang Niangzi is too self-indulgent!" It's just a joke with me, you have a deep affection for others, but it's a pity that they have already married another noble girl. It seems that compared to you, my hobby is nothing. ”
Xu Niang was ashamed when she heard the words, she was as ashamed as if she had been stripped naked in public and thrown on the street, her face hurt hotly, and then she looked at Ju Yunwei's eyes with much more hatred, this person needs to speak like this, so mean? "The son of the world has a good character, a good man, only compared with a weak woman, it turns out that he is also a bully who is afraid of the hard."
Ju Yunwei's face sank, approaching the person in front of him, looking down at him, his expression was indistinguishable.
Xu Niang was also scared for a while when she saw him like this, and she was really about to offend people for a while. If he really wants to embarrass himself, what should he do?
When she was thinking about how to remedy it, she suddenly heard a laugh on her head, which was also a laugh without emotion, but Xu Niang panicked for no reason, she hurriedly took a step back and opened up a somewhat inappropriate distance between the two.
was puzzled, Ju Yunwei suddenly said to her, "You go." ”
Xu Niang didn't move, but she seemed to have a different face, "Shizi... You're not angry, are you? ”
Ju Yunwei has seen through her to some extent, it turns out that she is a person with a big temper and refuses to be angry, and she is afraid that she is afraid that she is afraid that she is pretending to be shown to others. He deliberately asked, "What do you think?" ”
Xu Niang just shook her head and didn't speak.
Ju Yunwei felt that he needed to mention her a word or two, he clenched his fists and coughed lightly: "I can give you a chance to make amends." ”
Who is rare? Xu Niang couldn't help but scold, but she endured it on her face, "Shizi, you say." ”
He pretended to be false and lengthened his voice, "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll talk about it later." ”
Xu Niang can't wait to reward him with two slaps, how can there be such an abominable person. It wasn't until she finally used up the last trace of patience and watched him go away that Xu Niang breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to his back: "Prison Shi Guzi!" ”
But she paused suddenly, and a thought flashed through her mind, and even her heart came up.
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"Slow down the long history!" Lu Kaiyan's entourage helped him back to the tent after he was drunk, and the two staggered, and after the entourage helped the person to the bed, he heard someone outside to deliver the sobering soup. The attendant answered the call, took the decanting soup and put it on the table.
Lu Kaiyan rubbed the corners of his forehead, closed his eyes and ordered, "Go down first." ”
"Yes." The attendant retreated.
After the others left, Lu Kaiyan opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and he walked to the table with steady steps, and drank the decanting soup in one gulp. He listened to the still noisy crowd outside the tent and fell into deep thought.
Today, he also tested the meaning of Chief Ashina, he didn't want to go to war, he wanted to submit to Daye, but he probably wouldn't openly oppose Ashinahezhi, after all, there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. And Ashinamilu's attitude is not very clear, but he also knows that it is not an overnight effort to make people submit. In January, the imperial court had a decree to send Xuanfu envoys, and ordered the Anxi prefectures to store grain, which should have been planned for the worse.
He carefully calculated, how much grain can Xizhou take out now, in recent years, Xizhou has been quite smooth, he can take out tens of thousands of stone of grain, plus the donation of the temple, there is no big problem in the money, he and Xue Shao together let people go to the surrounding places to buy. But the two had different opinions on this matter.
He meant to let the people of the government collect grain, but Xue Shao wanted to use merchants.
Xue Shao said: "Merchants are willing to do business in the imperial court, and besides, Xizhou merchants have more experience in escorting and have a wider network, so they are not worse than the government." What's more, the price offered to the merchants, they also have a profit in it, and they use the power of the merchants, I don't know how much government affairs are saved. This is a great joy for all. ”
But Lu Kaiyan felt that he was whimsical, and it was easy to say but difficult to do. Businessmen are already profit-seeking, and this matter must not be handed over to a certain company to handle, but this will also easily lead to confusion in accounts, difficult to manage, and easy to make mistakes.
Although Xue Shao discussed with him in detail afterwards how to settle it, Lu Kaiyan still felt that this matter was unreliable. But this matter cannot be delayed, and afterwards Xue Shao took him to meet with An Jia Dalang, San Lang and others, and after a careful discussion, Lu Kaiyan naturally agreed to Xue Shao's proposal.
At first, Lu Kaiyan couldn't help but suspect that this was Xue Shao's intention to form a personal alliance with a businessman for personal gain, but after getting started for a while, he did feel that this method was indeed convenient. But he couldn't help but still have doubts about Xue Shao, not to mention that his people have been going out of the city frequently recently, and it seems that they are going to Yizhou, with unclear intentions, and they don't know what they are planning.
Since Xue Shao's garrison, he has indeed given himself a lot of help, but Xue Shao is secretly selfish, and now he has soldiers and horses in Xizhou City, if he has a different heart, wouldn't it be a big trouble?
It seems that he needs to pay more attention to the matter of escorting grain and grass in the future, and secretly beware of someone doing something.
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Also uneasy tonight is Xu Niang, who is lying on the bed tossing and turning, meditating.
What is the matter with Ju Yunwei's abnormal attitude, obviously he was very displeased with her before, and his disgust seemed to be written on his face, and what he said today was also confused, and his last words seemed to be intentionally hinting at something. Does he know who he is? But Xue Yan clearly wrote to say that her true identity had not been revealed.
She remembered that after Gaochang destroyed the country, the people of the Ju royal family were escorted to the capital, and Ju Yunwei lived in the capital for a few years before returning. So, Ju Yunwei may have seen her in the capital? In fact, she had also heard of the reputation of this Ju Shizi in the capital, but she was only how old she was at that time, and she was bent on another person, and she didn't care much about these at all, she only knew that Ju Shizi was very romantic, and she had heard some of his romantic affairs, and the rest didn't know much.
According to Ju Yunwei's identity, he must have attended many banquets in the capital... Probably not, if you have seen her, how can you not be impressed at all? Xue Yan too! Why didn't he think that Ju Yunwei would recognize him? Where would she remember so many people...
Xu Niang remembered that she had heard that this "Ju Shizi" was born well, suave and suave, and was a frequent visitor to Pingkangfang, which was full of brothels, and once spent a lot of money for a dancer, who was the daughter of the eldest princess of Sanyin, and one of her cousins became his guests... She was not close to that cousin, but she had heard Chang Ning say that her cousin liked this "Ju Shizi" very much, and begged Aunt Shanyin to go to the saint to ask for a marriage. Aunt Shanyin didn't agree, it seems that it didn't take long for Ju Shizi to marry another high-ranking girl, she can't remember what her surname is, she only remembers that her cousin also deliberately went to embarrass others... However, Ju Shizi's bride doesn't seem to take people seriously, and her cousin returns many times. And this prince of the world is standing by and watching the fire from the other side.
Thinking like this, Xu Niang couldn't help but cover her face and sigh, she felt that he might have an impression of herself, otherwise why would she be so disgusted with herself? But this is not confirmed, this Ju Shizi is not a good person, fortunately, when he first came back to pick him up, she refused. At that time, she didn't have much impression of this character for a while, but it was only after Bai Li reminded her that she suddenly remembered and matched the name with the person.
Thinking about it this way, she felt that it was necessary for her to distance herself from this "Ju Shizi", and it was best not to meet again.
Maybe she was too "religious", the Buddha heard her heart, and Ju Yunwei, who had stayed in Xizhou for several months, finally returned to Qiuzi in early April...