Value peace

Chapter 246 A Spark Starts a Prairie Fire ([-])

It has been snowing heavily for two consecutive days, and it stopped suddenly in the middle of the night yesterday. When I got up in the morning, the sun was shining red, and the room was brightly illuminated. Qi Maosheng was sitting in front of the kang by the window, and from time to time he could hear the boys sweeping the snow. voices and whispers.

Bao Niang's expression was full of tiredness: "...the person died in Diezhou, Longdong County...the key was not found..."

Qi Maosheng suppressed the anger in his heart as much as possible, nodded in a friendly manner, and said, "How did you die?"

"The trauma is serious, the fatal wound is in the throat."

"Did you investigate her previous experiences?"

"I've checked. My father is a scholar who has tried many times, but he is quite famous in Jiangnan. Later, he was invited by the descendants of the Gu family to sit in the Songhe Academy. Cui Baoyi's mother died young, and he followed his father in the Songhe Academy since he was a child. Growing up. At the age of 12, his father passed away and was supported by Songhe Academy. At that time, he suddenly went to Fengtai. He stayed with Mr. Huang in Fengtai for five years. During this period, he wrote a book called "Female Training" "The book came. Then I have been traveling around. In 290, Xizhao was invited by the Empress Dowager Fang to enter the palace to give a lecture banquet to several princesses who were about to marry. The 'Xiaoxiang' girls' school entered the camp in the summer of 300 years in Xizhao and became a female official for the Empress Dowager Fang... Now the records of the court say that she is 'missing'."

Qi Maosheng raised his jaw slightly: "You've worked hard. It's almost the Chinese New Year, go back to Yongzhou to have a good rest after handing in an errand at Sanping!"

Bao Niang showed shame: "Master, they are all incompetent servants, who have taken care of Master's errands..."

Qi Maosheng smiled and said: "This is a matter of the spy department, you don't have to blame yourself, go back to Yongzhou, Mrs. Wei's place, I'm afraid I remember it very well."

Things have come to this point, no matter how much you say, you can't change the situation.

Bao Niang clasped her fists in salute and retreated.

When Qi Maosheng waited for her to go far away, he began to walk up and down the room with his hands behind his back a little irritably.

The Gu family sold the old house in September, and just moved back to their hometown in Shuzhou two days ago.

The buyer was an unknown Lingnan businessman who offered 120 million taels of silver. The Liu family had discussed with him about this matter. At that time, the client offered 130 million taels of silver, and the other party immediately raised the price to 150 million taels. For silver, he offered 160 million taels, and the other party offered 200 million taels. It looked like he was determined to get it... but he bought the Gu family at a sky-high price of 300 million taels of silver.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile wryly.

If it wasn't for Xiyan in the middle, he could have used some other means... But he took out this number, and Xizhao checked it out.Moreover, he was able to come up with such a big handwriting, and there was no movement in the palace. He knew it in his heart, and he was pinching the line of Cui Baoyi in his hand, so he naturally gave up.It's just that they didn't expect Cui Baoyi to die in Diezhou!

Diezhou, Diezhou...

His brows were furrowed tightly.

Diezhou in Longdong County has always been a battleground for military strategists.At the intersection of Shu, Jin, and Liang, there is another Yuzui Ferry, and you can reach Pingzhou in Longzuo County on the opposite bank by rowing oars, and enter the boundary of Xizhao. Entering Dangzhou in Fengtai... Cui Baoyi chose to settle in Diezhou, where exactly is she going...

Thinking of this, he felt even more disturbed, and then thought of Siping's letter from yesterday, vaguely saying that Xiyan slept well and ate well, which reassured him.

rest assured!rest assured!Why is he worried!
The key that I thought was safe and secure is now missing. How can I explain to Xiyan when the time comes!

He yelled "Erping" irritably.

The servant serving outside the house hurriedly responded, and ran quickly to find Erping.

Erping stepped into the room, and saw Qi Maosheng standing in the middle of the room with a cold expression.

He was startled, and cautiously stepped forward to salute.

"Grandpa, what do you want me to tell you?"

Qi Maosheng frowned: "Madam asked you to transfer someone to Sanping some time ago, but is there any news?"

Xiyan asked him for someone because she had told him about it, and when he asked why, Xiyan mysteriously didn't tell him.Later, when the transfer was made, he was afraid that the people below would speculate, so he naturally couldn't bother to ask, but today he was really annoyed, so he couldn't help but asked Erping to ask.

Erping laughed and said, "Madam said, let us not tell you. We will talk about it when you return to Yongzhou!"

Qi Maosheng stared at Erping dumbfounded.

Erping smiled even brighter: "Master, Madam has never looked for us, this time, you can give me a little face, let us brothers also show our faces in front of Madam!"

"How many brothers are you?" Qi Maosheng was stunned, "Who else?"

"Yiping, Erping, me and Siping..." Sanping replied, and secretly peeped at Qi Maosheng's expression.

For some reason, Qi Maosheng thought of Gu Xiyan celebrating his birthday.

In the first year, when he was in Gaochang, Xiyan asked someone to bring him a sunflower, and wrote a letter, saying that he should always smile like a sunflower to welcome every day; When he was sad, the whole Liyuan was trembling. Everyone seemed to have forgotten his birthday, and he didn't dare to mention it.When he went back at night, the dark room was suddenly brightly lit, and the table was full of his favorite food, and Xi Yan even sang Yandi's long tune to him...

Xi Yan's playful smile appeared in his mind.

What the hell are you doing again!
The corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and his expression became very gentle.

Seeing this, Erping couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, Qi Maosheng didn't ask any more questions. When Erping came out of the house, he saw Yiping and rushed to meet him. The two walked out of the yard lightly, and Yiping said in a low voice, "What's up?"

Erping showed a gratified smile: "Master didn't ask!"

There was some hesitation in Yiping's expression: "That's it, okay? If the master finds out, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my temper!"

Er Ping said with a smile: "Don't worry. When the time comes, the master is happy, how can he remember these things. We did it according to the madam's instructions. When the time comes, if the master has something unhappy, the madam will naturally help to talk... ...Furthermore, Madam's concerns are not unreasonable. Under such circumstances, she deliberately chose the Qiuxi Festival to go to Chunli. If she knew now, she would have done something crazy..."

Yiping nodded.

The Duke of the State attacked the three states in a row for fifteen days. Not only did the other Dukes tremble, even Xizhao did not dare to let them march. People came to take over the states captured by the Yan army.While negotiating conditions with Xizhao, the Duke was delaying the time for them to dig up all the things in these states.Even so, there are still many generals in the army who are dissatisfied. They have worked so hard to capture the city of Zhou, but now they have to hand it over to Xizhao... If it is not for the master, who has the ability to convince everyone, and the complaints can only be let go. In my heart, if I let you withdraw, I will withdraw, if I let you go, I will go...

As soon as Ping thought of this, a few drops of sweat could not help but appear on his forehead.

What I didn't expect was that the master had another trick. He handed over Zhoucheng to Xizhao, and the people from Liangdi started to counterattack.Now, Nanshan County is in chaos.Yan Jun took advantage of this opportunity to return to He County to recuperate, just in time for the winter.It turned out that I didn't dare to say it in front of my master, but now, behind my back, everyone dare not fart...

He was thinking about it when he saw his personal servant standing outside the door looking around.

Yiping beckoned, and the servant came in to salute, and then took out a letter from his pocket.

Yiping took the boy's letter one by one, and tore it open while standing in the yard.

He read a few lines hastily, then handed the letter to Erping.

The letter was written by Gu Xiyan, asking what Qi Maosheng was doing during this time.

It was just a few words of Liao Liao, Er Ping quickly finished reading, and said in a low voice: "At this time, is it appropriate to tell the Lord about the madam?"

Yiping's tone was also a little hesitant: "It shouldn't be too important... Grandpa also said that there will be no more troops this winter... Anyway, I can't go back to Yongzhou for the New Year, why don't I take this opportunity to ask Grandpa to meet his wife, Otherwise, I always have to find time to meet my wife before the year before to feel at ease..."

The two discussed for a long time, and finally reached a consensus, and wrote back to Sanping.

* * * * * *
Under the same sky, the morning of Yongzhou City is full of wind and snow, and the whole world is silent in the howling of the north wind and the sound of falling snow.

On the top floor of Yu Nian Pavilion, Mrs. Wei wore her temples high, and the ruby ​​and pomegranate hairpin on her temples shone with dazzling blue light in the dark room, casting white light dots on the tablets of the ancestors of the Qi Mansion.

She knelt down on the tuanpu respectfully and kowtowed three times, then straightened up, closed her eyes, and murmured with clasped hands.

The faint light shone on her face, with a serious and pious expression.

* * * * * *
The hand resting on the silver-red cotton satin quilt of Danfeng Chaoyang is as white as cream, with light blue veins clearly visible, revealing fragility in the tranquility.

Worry flashed across Qin Niang's eyes.

It may be because of pregnancy, Gu Xiyan's face was a little pale, she said weakly: "Don't worry, I will definitely rush back to Yongzhou in time for the New Year... I have already ordered you to leave earlier, and the road will be slower, there will be no accidents." What's the matter!"

Qin Niang hesitated to speak, and finally said with a smile: "In this case, the young lady can rest at ease...I will go back to Yongzhou City first."

Gu Xiyan told Xing Yu who was on the side: "Help me deliver Qin Niang." There was a trace of exhaustion in her voice, and she felt a little strenuous.

Qin Niang hurriedly took Xing Yu's hand: "No, no... You just need to serve the young lady kindly here, and you don't care about the rest."

Two days ago, Gu Xiyan asked someone to bring the news of her pregnancy back to Yongzhou City. Unexpectedly, Qin Niang brought the tonic that Mrs. Wei sent to Chunli at night.

Xing Yu still persisted, but Qin Niang's attitude was more determined than her. Even so, Xing Yu still sent Qin Niang to the yard.

Qinniang also told Xingyu a few words, "Take good care of the young lady", and saw Cuiyu walking in with a boy and a girl with several delicate looks. Pretentious, when it came to the little girl, she called out "Sister Xingyu" from a distance, with a lively and cheerful look.

Doubt flashed in Qin Niang's eyes.

Xing Yu hurriedly smiled and said: "These are the two children of Madam Zhao, Madam specially asked them to bring them in and raise them in front of her, saying that they want to have a good time."

Picture a festive!

Qin Niang couldn't help but looked at the two children again.

The boys are older, they all look about eleven or twelve years old, the girls are younger, and they also look about eight or nine years old... The picture is happy, firstly, are they twins, and secondly, the age of the children is really old some...

(Sisters, it’s the end of the month, Zhizhi is here to ask for tickets again! (*^__^*) Hee hee...)
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