Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 81 Infighting
At dawn, Lin Xiaoxiao gently pushed the door out, stretched her limbs and let out a big yawn.

The green slave came over and asked in a low voice, "Morning Shannu, the princess is awake?"

Lin Xiaoxiao shook her head: "No, I slept soundly. You slept very late last night too, why did you get up so early?"

In order to help Liu Niang pass the time, Lin Xiaoxiao found two maids and green slaves from the dowry staff, and taught them how to play mahjong.In the past few days, Sixteen Niang has brought the three of them to play mahjong immersively, and they have to light the lights at night to continue.

"There is no reason for us slaves to sleep late, we have long been used to it."

Uncle Hu prepared breakfast and brought it over.

The simplest millet porridge.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out a jar of pickled vegetables from the warehouse and handed them to Uncle Hu: "Let's share this with everyone. If the ingredients are not enough, the old uncle will tell me that I have some here."

Lu Nu came in from the outside and said, "Shannv, Captain Sun is here."

Lin Xiaoxiao said she knew: "Princess is still awake, take Captain Sun to sit in the side hall for a while, and remember to serve tea and snacks."

Sun Xiaoyi is a lieutenant of the border garrison of Zheng State and the person in charge of investigating the Luquanyi incident.

Sun Xiaoyi has sent someone to contact his superiors to report the Luquanyi incident.Before the higher-ups sent people over, he could only temporarily leave the marriage team in this village.

According to Lin Xiaoxiao's observation, Sun Xiaoyi is just an ordinary frontier lieutenant, who doesn't know Yong Jiu, and doesn't know Zheng Guogong's conspiracy.

Sun Xiaoyi would come to pay her respects to Sixteen Niang every morning, with a respectful and decent attitude.Outside, the frontier army blocked the water around the village, and even a dog couldn't get out.Tight on the outside and loose on the inside.

All the savage villagers who originally lived here were driven away.

When meeting a foreign military officer like Sun Xiaoyi, Sixteen Niang had to wear a princess costume and proper makeup.At this time, the importance of Lu Nu and Uncle Hu is reflected.

It's okay for Lin Xiaoxiao to comb Liu Niang's hair casually, but it's not okay to comb those formal crowns.

Fortunately, in this era, men and women are not yet protected, and servants can be used as maids.

Sun Xiaoyi never stayed too long, and asked Princess Huazi how she ate and slept, and left when she had nothing to do.

It seems superfluous, but it is actually an indispensable etiquette.Sixteen Niang was always in the palace, she knew this way quite well, and never expressed her impatience.

On this day, Sun Xiaoyi said one more sentence: "According to the time, the capital officials should arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

This is to inform Princess Slider that the investigator from the capital will be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Sixteen Niang subconsciously glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao took a step forward and said, "I'm sorry Captain Sun, is there anything I need to prepare?"

Sun Xiaoyi hurriedly said: "No need, I have ordered people to tidy up the courtyard and come out. When the governor comes, I will move in directly."

Finish the speech, stop the matter, and see off the guests.

Sixteen Niang took off her makeup and immediately started a poker game.

Recently, the poker games in her group have started to take the lead.Fortunately, she is very generous, every time she will reward a lot of objects to those who play with her.Then those few used these rewards as a lottery.In short, after a circle, the three playmates will not suffer.

There is a green slave watching at the card table.

Lin Xiaoxiao told Uncle Hu a few words, and went out to find Huzi.

"The capital officer will be here tomorrow and the next day. Are there any omissions? Have you sent out the shotgun?"

Before giving the shotgun, Lin Xiaoxiao taught Hu Zigui and A Chai how to use the gun.It doesn't matter if you miss, as long as you know how to shoot.

"Send it out. Before the border came here, I ordered A Chai to leave with a shotgun. According to the agreement, they will choose an opportunity to act in three days."

"Can you still send messages?"

"Shin Woo started after us, he's around here now. I can leave a mark and he can see it from a distance."

"It's the critical time, be more careful. Tell Shen Wu to leave the vicinity, and don't contact outside for the time being."

"Listen to Shannv. How about the princess?"

"Princess, I guess she has almost forgotten about Zheng Zitan. With a child's heart, when there are new toys, the old ones will be thrown away. This is not a bad thing for us."

The next day, Zheng Guogong sent people to investigate and respond to the marriage team.

Zheng Zihui, male, in his thirties, is an official obeisance to Dr. Zheng Guo.

"It turned out to be him." Hu Zigui sighed softly.

Lin Xiaoxiao thought about it for a while, and didn't remember hearing about this person, so she asked humbly, "Is he famous?"

Hu Zigui shook his head: "His father is very famous."

Zheng Zihui's father, named Zichan, was a famous scholar in the state of Zheng and made great contributions to the prosperity of the state of Zheng.Zheng Guogong has money and fights all year round, and that Zheng Zichan has contributed a lot.

Zheng Zichan died of illness three years ago.After that, Zheng Zihui succeeded his father and was very popular with Zheng Guogong.It is said that Zheng Zihui is the second Zheng Zichan.

"So that's how it is," Lin Xiaoxiao thought thoughtfully, "I can't be wrong this time, right? Zheng Ren made a fake Zheng Zitan, so he won't make another fake Zheng Zihui to lie to us, right?"

Hu Zigui was silent for a while and said: "Zheng Zichan used to be an envoy on behalf of Zheng Guogong, and I have met him. This Zheng Zihui looks similar to Zheng Zichan, so there should be no mistake."

"What about you, will Zheng Zihui recognize you?"

"I still say the same thing, if they recognize me, I will just meet my grandfather."

Beard Gui smiled sassyly, and there was an atmosphere of resignation to death.

Lin Xiaoxiao almost forgot that Hu Zigui's biological mother was Zheng Guogong's biological daughter.It is said that Zheng Ji, the old Hu queen, was once favored by Zheng Guogong, and she also loved the old Hu Guogong.

Storytellers in the market always like to make up stories, and Jiuhu's grievances and hatreds are also one of them.Lin Xiaoxiao had heard a few jokes in Cannes, in which Zheng Ji was always described as a coquettish and enchanting person, which was not very pleasant.

Since ancient times, winners and losers.The old Hu subjugated the country is the object of ridicule.

Hu Zigui often goes to the city, and he probably heard those stories, so I don't know what he will think.

At this moment, Lin Xiaoxiao felt more sympathy for Hu Zigui.

But obviously, Hu Zigui didn't need Lin Xiaoxiao's sympathy.

"This time, I will rely on Shannv's help. If I can save the marriage team, I will serve Shannv for life."

Lin Xiaoxiao was taken aback, and quickly waved her hands: "No need, let's go through this hurdle before we talk."

When Zheng Zihui arrived in the village, she first went to the place where she was staying to freshen up and change clothes, and rested for a while, and then invited Sun Xiaoyi.

Sun Xiaoyi clearly explained what he knew and what he had done these days.

After hearing this, Zheng Zihui seemed to have a plan in mind, and ordered Sun Xiaoyi to lead the frontier army back to the border immediately, and he will take over the rest of the matter.

Although Sun Xiaoyi hesitated a little, he did not raise any objections and immediately carried out the order.After all, he is a general of the frontier army, and leaving the border without authorization is a felony.

Sun Xiaoyi withdrew his troops.

The people surrounding the village were replaced by the retainers brought by Zheng Zihui.Zheng Zihui brought sixty retainers here to investigate the case, half of whom were raised by his own family, and half were lent to him by Zheng Guogong.

Strictly speaking, there are not as many people as the marriage team.But these sixty disciples all hold swords, and they look more powerful than soldiers.

Zheng Zihui ordered someone to sort out a room for interrogation.

Before he could meet Liuniang, he asked someone to bring the marriage team over for interrogation.This move immediately angered Lu He and the others.

Not to mention that Zheng Zihui treated the members of the marriage team as prisoners as soon as he came up, the point is that he didn't meet Liu Niang.

In any case, Liu Niang married Zheng Guogong with a formal document between the two countries, and it was Zheng Guo's side who first proposed the marriage.Even if the wedding has not yet been held, Zheng Guoren can't neglect her like this.

Hu Zigui led all the staff and stood in front of the courtyard to argue with Zheng Guoren.Hu Sanlang even drew his sword, and would rather commit suicide than give up half a step.

The scene was once very ugly, and almost lost control.Lin Xiaoxiao accompanied Sixteen Niang.Both of them were not at the scene, and they were relayed by Lu Nu afterwards.

After all, Zheng Zihui still had to worry about her public reputation, so she finally gave in.

Meeting Zheng Zihui is more complicated than meeting Sun Xiaoyi.The process is still managed by Uncle Hu and Green Slave.Lin Xiaoxiao stood behind Sixteen Niang as the background board the whole time.

After all, Liu Niang was educated by court etiquette since she was a child, so she was not at all afraid of such an occasion, and even had a full aura.

The words are procedurally polite, and it would be too much to say more than half a sentence.

With all this etiquette, everything after that is easy to talk about.

If Zheng Zihui wants to investigate the case, let him investigate.

Two things actually happened that night: the first thing was that Liu Niang eloped with Yongjiao, Lin Xiaoxiao angrily attacked Yongjiao's guards, and the second thing was that the man in black attacked Luquanyi.

Needless to say, the second thing is that everyone is an eyewitness and a person who has experienced it firsthand, so it is fine to ask questions as they say.

The focus is on the first thing.But except for Lin Xiaoxiao and the others, everyone who knew the first thing was dead.Among Lin Xiaoxiao and the others, the only weak point is Sixteen Niang.

Lin Xiaoxiao was originally worried that Zheng Zihui would use Liuniang as a breakthrough.But when they met, she found that Zheng Zihui didn't seem to focus on Liu Niang at all.

Zheng Zihui seemed to have underestimated Sixteen Niang and treated her as a useless bargaining chip.

From Zheng Zihui's attitude, it can be inferred that Zheng Guoren really didn't take the marriage between the two countries seriously.

Three days later, Lin Xiaoxiao's view of Zheng Zihui changed drastically.

There is such a kind of people who do things with great fanfare, but the actual results are mediocre.In other words, Zheng Zihui belonged to the type of talking on paper.

In the past three days, because of Zheng Zihui's trial, the atmosphere in the whole village has become very strange.It seems that everyone is in danger, but it seems that everyone does not know what they are afraid of, and most of them are still confused.

In the marriage team, except for Lin Xiaoxiao, Hu Zigui and others, the others don't know Yong Jiu's true identity at all.Zheng Zihui couldn't explain clearly when investigating the case, she could only talk in circles.The result is that the heads of the donkeys and the mouths of the two sides are not right, and each other can't understand what the other is talking about.

Lin Xiaoxiao once suspected that Zheng Zihui didn't know Yong Jiu's real identity either.

In short, the marriage team stayed in this village for half a month, and many people became a little impatient later.After all, the villages in the wild are inconvenient, and it is not as comfortable as living in the city.Sixteen Niang even summoned Zheng Zihui several times to protest.

In order to complete the show, Hu Zigui and other staff members wrote paperwork to express their dissatisfaction.Lu He also moved out the wedding date to threaten Zheng Zihui.

During this period, Beard Gui and the others had no external contact, and they didn't know how the plan of the man in black was going to be implemented.

But when Zheng Zihui let go of the marriage team to continue on the road, Lin Xiaoxiao and the others knew that the man in black must have succeeded.

In fact, after the incident, Huzi Gui Duofang inquired more details, and Lin Xiaoxiao realized that there were many reasons behind the scenes.

This Zheng Zihui did it knowingly.

Yongjiu is the son of Sima Yongji, the young general of Zheng Guo.Sima Yongji is the father-in-law of Zheng Guogong's ninth son, son Tu.

Zheng Zihui is the son of Zheng Zichan. Zheng Zichan's cousin married Zheng Guogong and gave birth to the eighth son, Ziran.

In other words, Zheng Zihui and Yongjiu belonged to different princes.

Zheng Guogong is now rare in ancient times.Now is the time for several capable sons of Zheng Guo to fight for power and profit.

Therefore, Zheng Zihui would not help the dead Yongjiao to seek justice, and even wanted to find out the faults of Yongjiao, and it would be best to implicate Young Master Tu.

Having said that, I have to mention the Zheng Guo Caravan.

At noon on the day of the accident, Yongjiao let the caravan take the goods away first.Therefore, the people in the caravan did not know what happened next.It was only after the caravan arrived safely in the capital that they heard that something had happened to Yongjiao.

According to the prior arrangement, the caravan goods were handed over directly to the officials.Originally, this matter was later transferred to Yongjiao's people to take over. Since Zheng Zihui was in charge of investigating the Yongjiao case, this batch of goods was transferred to his hands.

Zheng Zihui opened the boxes, and asked a special person to come over to check, and it turned out that the eight boxes were all filled with waste rocks.

Zheng Zihui didn't care whether the things in the box might have been tampered with, and directly took advantage of Yongjiao's mistake, and wrote to Zheng Guogong to complain about Chen Yongjiao's incompetence.

Zheng Zihui arranged for Yong to rectify his mistakes, and by the way denied the Hua state-owned iron mine.Although his original intention was to attack Gongzi Tu's influence, he actually helped Hua Guo.

The death of Yongjiu was a big blow to Sima Yongji and Young Master Tu.They originally wanted to plant the matter on the Hua people, so as to encourage Zheng Guogong to send troops to attack Hua.

Sima Yongji holds the most military power in the Zheng State, and their power can be strengthened as long as they fight.Those who stand against them are naturally anti-war.

In recent years, the power of Young Master Tu and Sima Yongji has grown too fast, and the other young masters seem to unite against them.

Zheng Zihui took Yong Correction's fault.Several young masters went into battle together, and Zheng Guogong blew a lot of wind in his ears.Thus, Yongjiu's fault became the fault of Prince Tu and Sima Yongji.

Zheng Guochaotang had some internal struggles, and the anti-war faction headed by Gong Ziran temporarily gained the upper hand.

This mistake actually gave Hua Country a chance to breathe.A marriage may not necessarily bring peace.But a failed elopement led to a temporary stop.

Hu Zigui and the others did not expect such a development.

The marriage team continued on the road, heading towards the capital.

Because there were bandits harassing near the border, Zheng Guogong sent another team of officers and soldiers to escort the marriage team.

Afterwards, the journey became much smoother, and after another month of walking in Zheng State, they finally arrived at the capital of Zheng State.

The two countries will hold a formal wedding ceremony.

The marriage team did not go directly into the city, but temporarily stopped in a mountain villa outside the capital.This villa is nominally the palace that Zheng Guogong bestowed on Princess Huazi.

(End of this chapter)