The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 149

When Zhou Tianhao heard this, his face became even more ugly. When he was in the military camp, he heard that the padded jacket was heavy and not warm, and many soldiers wore light clothes when they went into battle to kill the enemy.It's just that Zhou Tianhao was lucky, he met the padded jacket donated by Xie's family last time, so he has been away from it. Hearing what Xie Yujiao said at this time, he knew that these people who organized the military equipment did not know how much money they got secretly.The veins on his angry forehead burst.

Seeing this, Xie Yujiao quickly stopped Liu Fugen and said, "Don't be in a hurry to answer, I will send someone back to answer, you can go with the prince, and you will know what is going on earlier!"

Zhou Tianhao left as soon as he said that, put down the teacup, and had already arrived at the door, Xie Yujiao hurriedly picked up the cloak sent by the maidservant, chased after him and put it on for him, only persuading him: "Don't worry about getting angry, ask yourself first." Say it again."

Zhou Tianhao nodded, his face darkened, and he took Liu Fugen outside.

In the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Xie Yunzhen sat in the torture room where he usually interrogated felons, and frowned slightly as he looked around at the instruments of torture that he had never seen before.

"Xie Qiye, as long as you recognize that this batch of problematic padded jackets was sent by the Xie family, I will send someone to take you home immediately. It's not a problem at all, the emperor thinks highly of Prince Rui so much, at most he would reprimand him a few words, but if he changed to someone else's house, he would have to kill his head! If you can help me out, From now on, you will be my grandfather."

The round-faced official sitting opposite Xie Yunzhen had a cautious face, paying attention to the expression on Xie Yunzhen's face.

Xie Yunzhen chuckled lightly, raised his head and asked him: "Then if you deny it again, is your lord planning to torture him into a trick?"

Hearing that, the smile on his face froze, and he said in embarrassment: "Don't worry, Xie Qiye, we are all scholars..."

Xie Yunzhen didn't wait for the man to finish speaking, and suddenly continued: "If I remember correctly, my lord is a fellow Jinshi in the year of Yiwei, right? Because of the fraud case, all the first and second grades were abolished, and the court only kept a few of them. Fellow Jinshi, is your lord one of them?"

"You..." The man's face became more and more ugly, and there was another sense of shame that had been seen through by others, he gritted his teeth suddenly, a gleam of cold light appeared in his eyes, and said with a sneer: "Actually, apart from confessing, There is another way to end this matter as soon as possible, and that is to commit suicide in fear of crime!"

Xie Yunzhen has been in the capital for many years, and he had to be a servant of some officials. He didn't know these tricks, so he just sighed and said, "My lord's method is really good, it can be said that people don't know it..." He raised his head, looked Watching the round-faced official pour a glass of wine from the jug, the wine was clear, and he pushed it full to him.

Xie Yunzhen thought for a while, stretched out his hand to pick up the white porcelain wine glass, held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, when he was about to pour it on the ground, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, a guard fell into the room from outside, met the official , only frightened: "Master Tang, the king... the prince is here!"

The official surnamed Tang was taken aback, and then he saw several officials from the Ministry of War led by Zhou Tianhao coming out of the corridor.Master Tang suddenly felt his back go cold, and he unconsciously fell to the ground, lying on the icy ground, tremblingly said: "Your... Your Excellency, kowtow to the lord!"

Zhou Tianhao looked cold, and when he looked up, he saw the glass of wine placed in the middle of the table, and Xie Yunzhen, who was sitting in the room with a somewhat serious face.A smile appeared on Zhou Tianhao's face, and he said, "Uncle Qi, what are you doing here?"

Only then did Xie Yunzhen get up to greet him, cupped his hands towards Zhou Tianhao, looked down at Mr. Tang who was kneeling beside him, and said, "Mr. Tang, please sit down and drink. It's a pity that there is no food to go with the wine."

Zhou Tianhao sneered, stepped into the room with his robe pulled back, picked up the glass of wine and said, "It really is a good wine, I wonder if this king can drink Master Tang's glass of wine?"

Fang Cai, surnamed Tang, was already in a cold sweat from fright, and at this moment, he was so trembling that he couldn't say a word when he heard Zhou Tianhao say that.The few officials behind him knew Zhou Tianhao's temper, and no one dared to speak up. Everyone just looked at the glass of wine in Zhou Tianhao's hand without blinking, and everyone was sweating.

Zhou Tianhao laughed suddenly, put the glass of wine back on the table, and said flatly: "Master Tang is so dedicated to his duty, this king rewards Master Tang with this glass of wine."

After hearing these words, Tang was so frightened that he lost his soul, and when his body softened, he passed out.

Zhou Tianhao kicked him away, turned his head and glanced at the people in the military department, his brows were full of fear, and his face was cold: "If you also want to be rewarded with good wine by this king, you'd better learn from Master Tang, and It’s about being loyal.”

When everyone heard the words, they were so frightened that they all fell to the ground, their bodies were shaking like chaff, and no one dared to say a word.

Only then did Zhou Tianhao take his seat, mentioned several important officials, and asked the matter clearly.The Ministry of War knew that this matter could not be concealed, so it confessed several officials from the Ministry of Rites. After verification, the [-] padded jackets in question were sent by the He family.

The He family managed the two yamen properly early in the morning. Few of these officials were greedy for money from the He family. Moreover, Concubine He is pregnant and is in the harem even more prosperously. Therefore, the people below thought of such a method. I want Xie's family to take the blame, so as to please He's family.

After Zhou Tianhao found out the truth of the matter, he asked Liu Fugen to send Xie Yunzhen back, and only went to the palace to face the saint himself.

The emperor favored Concubine He a lot these days, and when he heard this, he was furious. Zhou Tianhao thought for a moment, but then he said: "Brother, don't be too angry. Concubine He is just a girl in the boudoir. I'm afraid she will definitely do these things. I don't know, it's just that the He family is so rampant because of her gaining power, and they don't allow it to be let go. It's just that the He family donated 40 taels of silver, which is considered a great achievement. This matter broke out. Bao, just say that the He family has earned money from the imperial court, and still acts as a good person, according to my brother, it is better to keep this matter silent, and the emperor secretly tells Concubine He to ask the He family to spit out some more money?"

The emperor was angry just now, and wished he could immediately pull out the members of the He family and behead him. Hearing Zhou Tianhao's analysis at this time, it really made some sense. He only thought for a moment, and said, "Your brother's method is indeed ingenious, but Your Brother Sanhuang also knows about this matter at the border, if I don't deal with it, I'm afraid the soldiers will be disappointed!"

Zhou Tianhao rested his chin and thought for a while. Although the He family's incident was bad, it was not a major matter of seeking wealth and murder. Compensating some money should also offset his crime. Brother Sanhuang wrote a letter, told Brother Sanhuang about the silver, and allocated enough military salary to send it over, as long as there is silver and military salary, Brother Sanhuang will naturally not say anything!"

The emperor walked around the imperial study for a while thinking about the dragon's beard, and he really nodded in response.

A few days later, news came from the court that the He family, who originally donated only 40 taels, suddenly donated another 60 taels, making up a total of 100 million taels of silver.The old man of the He family was very distressed because of this anger on the couch, and the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rituals also had a big transfer without knowing it.Many officials were either demoted or transferred from the capital to the fringes.Master Kang is newly married to Yaner, and because of his outstanding performance in Jiangning in the past two years, he was transferred to the Ministry of War as the chief of the army.

As winter turned to spring and Xie Yujiao lived in the small courtyard, there was the sound of rumbling cannons again in the past few days. The dozens of cannons had already been made and were undergoing final drills.

Mrs. Xu personally came to pick Xie Yujiao back to Xie's house. Hearing the sound of the artillery, she couldn't help asking: "Is it so noisy at night? Then how can I sleep?"

"Sometimes I would come here twice at night, but after Xushi it stopped making noise, and I got used to it, and now even she is used to it." At this time, Xie Yujiao's belly was seven or eight months old and round.She is petite, so she doesn't look that big-bellied, and she can still see a bit of figure from the back.

Xu smiled and said: "No, it's so loud, don't scare the child, it's better to follow me back to live earlier."

Xie Yujiao originally planned to stay here for a while, but Mrs. Xu couldn't help but come to pick her up in person. She was too embarrassed to let her go for nothing, so she had no choice but to agree. Besides, her stomach is getting bigger now. Zhou Tianhao didn't dare to touch her anymore, and the two slept together every day, feeling very itchy.Xie Yujiao saw that Zhou Tianhao was also busy these few days, so she made up her mind and agreed to Mrs. Xu to go back to Xie's house.

"When I heard the sound just now, I was startled, and she was also startled in the stomach. Now she is used to it, and I was startled, and she is not afraid anymore." Xie Yujiao reached out and touched her belly. , I can vaguely feel that the little baby inside is sleeping peacefully, and my heart is a little sweeter.

Zhou Tianhao came in from outside the door, and with a clap of armor, he saw Mrs. Xu cupped his hands, and said to Xie Yujiao, "I'll go see you when I'm free. You can go back with your mother-in-law."

Xu knew that the two of them must have something to say when they separated, so she led the maids to pack their luggage outside, leaving only the two of them in the room.

Xie Yujiao turned slightly sideways, lowered her head and said, "Last time I heard that a fight broke out in the north. I'm afraid you are busy with training recently, so you don't have to be honest about me." Turning around, raising his head to look at Zhou Tianhao, his eyes turned red immediately, he clenched his fist and beat his chest and said: "You villain, you lied to me back then and coaxed me to marry you. But I want to..."

When Xie Yujiao said this, she couldn't help sobbing a few times, Zhou Tianhao had already embraced her in his arms, kissed her hair and said, "This is the last time, don't worry, I will never lie to you this time. "

Xie Yujiao just couldn't hold back for a while, but now seeing Zhou Tianhao who promised and swore, she was no longer angry, she just poked the armor on his chest with her hand and said: "It's probably about to give birth, and I've always been a little emotional lately." Fluctuations, don't take it too seriously."

How could Zhou Tianhao not take it to heart? At this moment, his heart ached with self-blame, and he just sighed and said, "I should have been with you, or else I would ask Brother Huang for a few days of maternity leave to accompany you? "

Hearing this, Xie Yujiao couldn't help but burst out laughing, pinched his cheek and said, "I'm glad you didn't look for me, Brother Huang, I'm afraid you don't even know what maternity leave is? You..." Xie Yujiao said , closed his eyes, stood on tiptoe, raised his head, and kissed Zhou Tianhao's lips.

At this time, it has reached the stage where you can't move around casually, and the old doctor Zhou has also instructed you to restrain yourself, otherwise the child will be born prematurely in the future, so although Xie Yujiao personally delivered it to the door, Zhou Tianhao just clicked and squeezed Her nose said: "Okay, the carriages and horses are waiting outside the door, I will take you out."

Xie Yujiao nodded, still a little bit reluctant in her heart, so she let Zhou Tianhao help her out.

The spring was beautiful outside, and the peach blossoms in the yard were in full bloom, as red as fire, Zhou Tianhao picked one off, put it on Xie Yujiao's temple, and looked at her tenderly.

"Then I'm leaving. I've agreed that you are not allowed to come here often." Although the road is not too far away, it will take several hours. She always feels distressed when riding around like this.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go when I miss you." Zhou Tianhao obviously didn't take Xie Yujiao's words to heart. This sentence, when I miss you, shows that he is not sincere enough. I'm afraid he is Think about it every day, all the time, every moment!

Xie Yujiao didn't bother to argue with him, she just nodded and was helped by the maids into the carriage.

Mrs. Xu also got into the carriage, gently rolled up the curtain, and saw Zhou Tianhao standing outside, Xie Yujiao leaned over, her brows were slightly red, after thinking about it, she didn't know what else to say, so she said calmly : "You go, we're leaving now."

The carriage moved slowly, and Xie Yujiao couldn't help but quietly rolled up the curtain. Seeing that Zhou Tianhao's figure was getting further and further away and getting smaller, she lowered the curtain, and couldn't help but sighed.

Seeing that Xie Yujiao was so preoccupied, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but asked, "I heard from your uncle that there was another fight in the north. Is the prince..."

Xie Yujiao knew that Mrs. Xu couldn't bear to be frightened, if she didn't tell her, she might feel uneasy again day and night, instead she comforted her and said, "Well, it's just that the battle is not yet clear, and the prince hasn't said he's going to leave yet, mother can rest assured , until the last moment, the prince will not go in person."

After all, Mrs. Xu was still worried, and only sighed: "I love him, I love you too, and I love the child in your womb even more. I only hope that God will bless you, and this battle will be over as soon as possible."

Xie Yujiao hummed softly. Now that she is a month old, she can't stand it anymore, so she can only lean on the carriage, twist the handkerchief in her hand, close her eyes for self-cultivation, and forget about these troublesome trivialities.

At Xie's mansion, Mrs. Xu had already arranged everything, and even invited two young nurses to prepare for Xie's mansion, just waiting for Xie Yujiao to give birth, so as not to be in a hurry for these things.

Xie Yujiao still lived in the original embroidery building, but the upper part was vacant, and a vacant room below was purposely turned into a delivery room, so as to save time when the blood in the room was too heavy and bumped into the baby after the delivery.

The baby's clothes are also fully prepared, because I don't know men and women, so Xie Yujiao has prepared some blue and yellow satin clothes, no matter men or women, they look good in them.Only Mrs. Xu was still thinking about the boy, so she made a few royal blue jackets and a small red apron, which looked very foreign when the weather was hot.

There is also a box of gold bracelets, gold locks, gold collars, etc., all prepared by Xu in advance. Xie Yujiao looked at those dazzling objects and couldn't help crying: "What is mother doing? The child is still so young , What are you doing to prepare these? Can she still carry them?"

"Even if you can't take it, you have to prepare it. Regardless of gender, you can always keep it in the future. If it's a boy, you can keep it for your wife; if it's a girl, you can also use it as a dowry." Xu said with a smile on his face, and continued. Said: "Besides, this is not just for Wa'er, Chaozong also has it, I just take it by the way."

Seeing what Xu said, Xie Yujiao had no choice but to accept it, and ordered the maid to lock it up and keep it.

"Mother really doesn't need to be like this. How can she compare with Chaozong? She is just a grandson, and Chaozong is the only child of the Xie family." Although Xie Yujiao accepted it, she still felt something was wrong in her heart, and she didn't know Xu's doing these things. Whether others know or not, although the Xu family of the Xie family has the final say now, doing so will fall into the shoes of others.

"What kind of grandson is not a grandson? I only know that if there is no Chaozong, this Xie family belongs to you alone. It's just that God pitied your father for having no offspring. That's how Chaozong came to be. But I will never give up because of him. You lost money." Xu Shi said, only patted the back of her hand and said: "Don't worry, I have my own calculations in my heart."

Xie Yujiao also breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Mrs. Xu say this. It seems that Mrs. Xu has been in charge of the family for more than half a year.

"Then I'll accept it with confidence, it's still my mother who treats me best!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu was very happy, and only gave a few instructions, and took the maids back to the room to rest.

Xie Yujiao was lying on the bed, but couldn't sleep for a while. The child in her stomach probably knew that she had changed places, and kept moving all night.Xie Yujiao leaned against the pillow and looked at the night outside. She had only been in this ancient world for a few years, but she seemed to have experienced a lifetime, and now a new life was about to be born, which made her a little more nervous .

Hearing that Xie Yujiao had returned to Xie's house for delivery, many people also came to visit, and it happened that Aunt Shen's mother came here with their second daughter.

Because of Shen Shihu's affairs, Xie Yujiao always felt a little sorry for the Shen family, but now that she saw Mrs. Shen coming over happily, a big stone fell in her heart.The second daughter of the Shen family is already fifteen this year, and it is time for a country girl to discuss marriage. A few days ago, Xu's guarantor was betrothed to the second son of Tao Laixi's family.

You must know that the second boy of Tao Laixi's family is studying in Qixia Academy, and he will take the Juren examination next year. If he wins, he will be the master of Juren in the future. I don't know how many girls are willing to follow him!

Fortunately, Tao Laixi is an honest person, and he also knows that although the Shen family is Aunt Shen's natal family, it is Xie Chaozong's uncle's family after all. This marriage should be accepted.

Xie Yujiao only heard about it a few days ago, and now that she saw the second girl of the Shen family, she couldn't help but congratulate her, and even rewarded her with a pair of red gold and silk-wrapped bracelets.

Mrs. Shen was happy, but she also thought that Shen Shihu was stubborn in the beginning, a bit like a toad wanting to eat swan meat.Now that Xie Yujiao is marrying a prince, she is even more unattainable, so she didn't sincerely blame Xie Yujiao in her heart, she just smiled and said: "My aunt looks really good, this belly is round and pointed, you can find her The doctor has seen it, is it a boy?"

Xie Yujiao smiled and said, "I haven't asked, the prince likes both men and women."

Mrs. Shen laughed again: "I just received a letter from my boss two days ago, saying that he killed several Tartars, and now he has been promoted to a school captain. I don't know what kind of official it is?"

Xie Yujiao didn't know much about the ranks of these officers and soldiers, but she thought it would be good to be promoted, so she smiled and said, "The captain is not young anymore, it seems that the next level will be a general?"

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, she just kept nodding her head and said: "If this is the case, then our ancestors have accumulated virtue, and our old Shen family can produce a general."

Aunt Shen sat quietly by the side, with a slight smile on her face. She now wholeheartedly takes care of Xie Chaozong, and usually helps Mrs. Xu sort out some chores in the inner courtyard, doing needlework, and her thin body is gaining weight a bit.

At this time, Xie Chaozong was coming in from outside, when he saw Mrs. Shen, he only saluted respectfully, and called mother-in-law.Xu smiled and pulled him to sit in her arms, and asked him what he had just gone out to play.Everyone is happy and harmonious.

After lunch for a while, Xie Yujiao went back to the embroidery building for a short rest, and when she woke up, she saw only a piece of silver armor standing outside the curtain, Xie Yujiao cleared her throat, Zhou Tianhao turned around, pulled the curtain and entered .

"Are you awake?" Zhou Tianhao only asked her softly.

Xie Yujiao just woke up, her cheeks were still a little flushed, and she said hoarsely, "You're here, why didn't you wake me up?"

"The servant girl said that you are old, and you can't sleep well at night." Zhou Tianhao said, sitting on the edge of Xie Yujiao's bed, reaching out to straighten her somewhat messy hair, and his eyes seemed to be a little more than before. warmth.

"Did you miss me? That's why you're here?" Xie Yujiao asked her with a blink of an eye, with a charming smile on her face.

"I want to come all the time, but I can't come all the time." After Zhou Tianhao finished speaking, he took Xie Yujiao's hand, bowed his head and kissed the back of her hand.

Xie Yujiao saw that the armor on his body was polished and shiny, like a sword drawn from its sheath.

"When you go to the battlefield, I won't allow you to think about it all the time. When you come back from killing the Tartars, we will be together for the rest of our lives, and we will never be apart."

(End of this chapter)