Chapter 50: The Heroine
After separating from Pei Yue, Zhao Wanning took Tian Mingming and A Tao back to the eldest princess's mansion.
After placing Tian Mingming and Ah Tao, Zhao Wanning went out with the picture screen.
Celestial Princess's Mansion.
Zhao Wanning came just in time, and the eldest princess happened to be learning martial arts with Xiao Hongyi in the courtyard today.
A few days ago, Xiao Hongyi's grandmother Xiao Lao Taijun was unwell, and she has been serving in front of his grandmother. Later, the old man said that he wanted to go to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to live for a few days, so Xiao Hongyi accompanied Xiao Taijun back to the countryside again.
Yesterday, Xiao Hongyi just returned to the capital, and before he had time to find Zhao Wanning, he first came to the eldest princess's mansion to discuss with the eldest princess.
"A few days ago, I took out a sword book from my father's study in the house, and when I was recuperating with my grandmother in the Beijing suburb courtyard, I happened to practice it. Hurry up and help me try it out to see where I'm not doing it right. ”
The eldest princess is well-informed, so she instructed Xiao Hongyi in swordsmanship.
When Zhao Wanning came, the two of them had already finished fighting.
In such a cold winter weather, Zhao Wanning felt cold wrapped in a thick cloak. The eldest princess and Xiao Hongyi are both in strong suits.
"Are you really not cold?"
The two took the handkerchief handed by the maid and were wiping their sweat.
"It seems that martial arts training is indeed not cold." Zhao Wanning muttered.
"If you practice martial arts, you can do it like us." Princess Celestia sat down beside her.
Xiao Hongyi quipped on the side: "She can't do it, she is so delicate, what should I do if she is injured." ”
"Where is delicate, I obviously listen to you, get up and run every day." Zhao Wanning was unconvinced: "It's you who refuse to teach me martial arts." ”
"Martial arts practice depends on talent." Xiao Hongyi walked up to Zhao Wanning and sat down. "I've seen your skeleton before, and you're not very suitable for martial arts."
"Then you still lie to me and say, when I practice Zama Bu, you will teach me martial arts!"
"Although you can't practice martial arts, you can practice some hidden weapons." Xiao Hongyi said seriously: "It's really hard for you to start practicing martial arts at your age. If you just want to protect yourself, learn the same thing. ”
"I'm already looking for a secret weapon suitable for you to practice."
Zhao Wanning also knows that martial arts practice started since childhood, she is already 16 years old, and it is indeed a little late to start now. Besides, the purpose of her martial arts practice is to strengthen her body and protect herself. Fitness can be achieved by running, and learning to change the hidden weapon can also protect yourself.
Zhao Wanning has no other advantages, but he is very persuasive.
"Why did you suddenly think to come to my house?" Celestia asked.
Zhao Wanning looked at the maids around her, the eldest princess glanced at them, and the maids saluted and retired.
Zhao Wanning turned his head to the painting screen and said, "You can also go out and wait for me." ”
In an instant, only Zhao Wanning, Princess Celestia and Xiao Hongyi were left in the room.
"I saved two little girls who fled from Qingzhou a few days ago, and there are many children like them, all of whom are locked up by the bad guys, and let them go out to beg for money every day. Now Dali Temple is ready to rescue them, but they don't know how to arrange their whereabouts. ”
"There are more than thirty children."
"Did you come to me to arrange it?"
Zhao Wanning nodded: "I heard Hongyi say that the eldest princess has set up a Jishan Hall in the capital......"
Hearing this, the eldest princess frowned and turned her head to look at Xiao Hongyi.
Xiao Hongyi's face was embarrassed, she scratched her hair, and said embarrassedly: "I accidentally said it, that is, we passed by there when we were shopping." Wanning has a very strict mouth, you don't have to worry. ”
"Your own people are your own people."
The eldest princess took a sip of tea, and said leisurely for a while: "That Jishan Hall is indeed opened by me secretly. The purpose of opening it is also to give the women who can't afford to see a doctor and get medicine. ”
Zhao Wanning said with a flattering smile: "The eldest princess has the world in her heart, and the hanging pot is like Hua Tuo's reincarnation, which is really a merit!" ”
The eldest princess glanced at her, then put down the teacup and said, "Don't say anything pretty, you want me to take in those children and keep them in the good hall, right?" ”
Zhao Wanning nodded frantically: "Look, eldest princess, most of those children have no father or mother, and they have nowhere to go. Saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, if you take them in, it will definitely be a great achievement, and the people will admire you when they know about it. ”
"Besides, those kids can be used for you when they grow up."
"Are you relying on me for those kids? Not only do I have to take them in, but I also have to raise those children to become talents. ”
Zhao Wanning blinked her eyes: "Eldest princess, you are arrogant, help people to the end, and send people to the west." ”
Princess Celestia was annoyed by her.
Seeing this, Xiao Hongyi hurriedly stretched out his finger and shushed at his mouth.
Zhao Wanning was immediately silenced.
"I promised." The eldest princess waved her hand and said, "When will those children be delivered?" ”
"This will have to wait for the people on the other side of Dali Temple to act. I'll talk to you when the time is set. Zhao Wanning said very doggedly.
The eldest princess closed her eyes and pondered, and after a while, she raised her head and said to Xiao Hongyi: "I have to leave Beijing tomorrow, and the return date is uncertain." The children will be handed over to you. ”
"Me?" Xiao Hongyi raised his hand and pointed at himself.
Celestia Celestia bows.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Xiao Hongyi patted his chest and said excitedly. Since she came back from the border, she has been detained by her grandmother, and it is not interesting at all.
Xiao Hongyi sighed silently, it's better to follow the eldest princess.
Zhao Wanning said happily: "Then I will thank the eldest princess for those children first!" Thank you Xiao Woman! ”
"Put it on your account." Princess Celestia said expressionlessly.
Zhao Wanning: "...... When I didn't say. ”
The eldest princess also knew that with so many children, Zhao Wanning would definitely not be able to bring them back to the eldest princess's mansion. And Dali Temple is a place where cases are handled, how can it be possible to take care of so many children?
Thinking about it, only her Jishantang is the most suitable.
She originally opened this Jishan Hall to help the people, and Jishan Hall also took in some homeless women, and now there are more children, it is not inconvenient.
Pei Yue moved quickly.
On the afternoon of the second day, he personally asked Zhao Wanning to meet and discuss in detail.
Pei Yue's current identity is Dali Temple after all, if he frequently goes in and out of the eldest princess's mansion, I am afraid that it will cause criticism to the eldest princess's mansion.
Pei Yue can not care about the Eldest Princess's Mansion, but he can't let Zhao Wanning have any bad rumors because of him.
He and Zhao Wanning were still in the teahouse opposite the bookstore.
Although the teahouse was crowded, it also gave Zhao Wanning and Pei Yue the opportunity to meet.
Zhao Wanning originally liked to go to that teahouse to drink tea and listen to stories, and it was normal to meet Pei Yue who was on patrol.
It's still the wing room facing the stage.
Today, the storyteller has a new story, talking about the affairs of the rivers and lakes. There was a big thief in the rivers and lakes, and the thief picked on the rich merchants and corrupt officials, stole their property, and then exchanged them for copper coins, and distributed those copper coins to poor families, which can be regarded as robbing the rich and helping the poor.
Those rich businessmen and corrupt officials did not come from the right way, and they did not dare to report to the officials, but they really couldn't swallow this bad breath, after all, it was their own money that they had spent their hearts to get, and they still wanted to catch this big thief and vent their anger. So they offered a heavy reward for this Jiangyang thief.
On the rivers and lakes, there are both Jiangyang thieves who rob the rich and help the poor, as well as bounty hunters who are hired heavily.
Soon a bounty hunter took the bounty list and went to the ends of the earth to hunt down the thief.
Zhao Wanning listened with relish. She likes this story very much, and if she has the opportunity, she also wants to be a chivalrous heroine who robs the rich and helps the poor.
The painting screen said that she had read too many books, and always wanted to walk the rivers and lakes and be a chivalrous girl, like Xiao Hongyi.
"What's so bad about being like Hongyi? No one can beat her with kung fu, not only to protect herself, but also to protect the people around her. Even if you want to walk the rivers and lakes, you don't have to worry about safety, how comfortable you are. ”
"County Lord, walking the rivers and lakes is not as simple and easy as you think." Huaping tried hard to dissuade him, for fear that Zhao Wanning would really pack up his things and go to walk the rivers and lakes one day.
"The human heart is sinister. You are the lord of Qinghe in the capital, no matter who you are, you will look at the face of the eldest princess and give you a little thin face. But the rivers and lakes are different, there is neither a county lord nor an eldest princess on the rivers and lakes, only the weak and the strong. A little girl like you, who is ignorant of the world, is like a little white rabbit, completely incapable of self-preservation. It will only be eaten and wiped clean. ”
Zhao Wanning was so shocked that he pouted: "How can I be so weak?" Besides, Hongyi said yesterday that he wanted to teach me the secret weapon. ”
"County Lord." When the painting screen wanted to persuade again, Pei Yue finally arrived.
Knowing that they had something important to discuss, he consciously withdrew from the wing room and stayed at the door.
"What's wrong? Why do you look a little unhappy? Pei Yue sat down opposite Zhao Wanning. He had just come in from outside, brought in a cold breeze, and poured himself a cup of hot tea. It wasn't until the hot tea was in his stomach that he felt alive.
Zhao Wanning was frozen by the cold wind he brought in, and wrapped his clothes tightly: "It's nothing, I'm just talking to the painting screen." You asked me out to tell me that you were sure to act? ”
When it came to business, Pei Yue sat upright: "I came for this matter." The date of the operation is set for tonight, when our dark line will captivate the men in advance, rescue the children and set them on fire. Can you? ”
"What can't I do?" Zhao Wanning wondered.
"Where do those kids go......" Pei Yue reminded.
"You mean this, I've already arranged it. After you get those kids out tonight, I'll pick them up with you and take them to safety, and then you won't have to worry about them anymore. Zhao Wanning was confident.
Pei Yue was surprised. How did Zhao Wanning find a place for these children so quickly? But he knew that Zhao Wanning was so confident that he must have found a safe place. He believed in Zhao Wanning.
"You just said you'd take us?" Pei Yue suddenly grasped the key: "Don't go, change someone." ”
"Why don't I go?" Zhao Wanning asked rhetorically.
"It's still dangerous, after all. Besides, we'll do it tonight, it's freezing, and you'll have to wait a long time. Let's let Gallery go. Pei Yue persuaded.
He was not wrong, although the plan seemed simple, no one could guarantee that there would be no accidents in the process. He didn't want Zhao Wanning to risk his life.
"That's not going to work. I was looking for the place, and people only recognized me. Zhao Wanning explained. Besides, the eldest princess also arranged for her to chase the wind, if there is really danger, the chasing wind will definitely be able to protect her.
Pei Yuejian couldn't persuade Zhao Wanning, so he stopped persuading.
"It's overcast today, and I'm afraid it's going to snow. Be sure to wear something thicker when you wait at night. I leave Pei Zhen to you, if there is anything, you directly let Pei Zhen do it, and he will contact me. ”
Zhao Wanning reflexively wanted to refuse.
Pei Yue insisted: "I also want to ensure the smooth progress of the plan." After all, we are responsible for saving people, and it is up to you to do things after we save people. You have a heavy responsibility, and it is always convenient for you to have more people around you who know kung fu. ”
Zhao Wanning felt that what Pei Yue said was reasonable, so she was no longer hypocritical. "Well, I'll wait in the woods ten miles east of that yard tonight with my carriage, and when you've rescued the children, we'll meet and I'll escort them to safety."
Pei Yue nodded and said, "Then you remember to wear thicker." Stay in the carriage until you get the news. ”
Zhao Wanning felt strange, when did Pei Yue become such a mother-in-law? He'd already said twice that she should wear something thicker.
Is she wearing a thin dress today?
Zhao Wanning looked down at the Yanluo purple silk on his body, which was sent by the eldest princess. It looks light and thin, but it's warm.
She opened her mouth to speak, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Pei Yue's concerned eyes and the folds between her eyebrows.
Zhao Wanning's heart suddenly became hot for some reason, she coughed lightly twice uncomfortably, and Pei Yue hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her.
"Why are you coughing? Is it blowing the wind? ”
Zhao Wanning didn't notice anything wrong until she separated from Pei Yue.
Pei Yue didn't salute her today!