The Possession of My Beloved

    Mo Ru thinks that Fan Hu is too stupid, why should the dignified King of Huaiyang bind up women from good families like a sloppy countryman?

    But when Cui Xingzhou listened to Fan Hu's words, he seemed to think it over seriously, and then said, "Just tell her, wait for me..."

    As for what he would say when he went back to see her, Cui Xingzhou hadn't thought about it for a while. It's just that they parted so suddenly and in a hurry, Cui Xingzhou always felt that he should see her again...

    And right now, the Northwest is about to settle down, and the day he will turn back is not far away. At that time, he will pass by Xizhou, and he can go to see her.

    I just hope that when the time comes, she will not think about remarrying... Cui Xingzhou didn't realize that she used the word remarriage, as if she had married him before.

    At this moment, someone entered the army account and reported that he was the leader of the Chaxi tribe and wanted to introduce someone to the King of Huaiyang. Cui Xingzhou asked, "Who is he going to recommend?"

    Coming to Tongtong, the guard hesitated: "It's...a masked woman..."

    The King of Huaiyang did not expect that the leader of Chaxi would be so happy with pimping, and frowned slightly: "No!"

    When the guard heard it, he immediately went out to convey the meaning of the prince.

    But at this moment, a woman outside the door said loudly: "I am the widow of Kesi Shanyu of the Wangqi tribe, and I came here to see the King of Huaiyang!"

    If he was still alive, there would not be this war at the border.

    Thinking of this, he said solemnly: "Let them in."

    It turned out that the person who came was Lin Siyue, the widow of the deceased Lao Chanyu. This time to meet the King of Huaiyang is also to seek the great cause of revival of the tribe.

    But she never imagined that the man sitting on the high seat of the coach was actually Lady Liu and Li's husband, Master Cui Jun!

    And Cui Xingzhou was also startled when he saw Mrs. Lin. He did not expect that the abandoned woman from the merchant who Liu Miantang rescued was actually the daughter of the barbarian old Shanyu!

    The two were attentive for a while, and the leader of Chaxi on the side was a little confused.

    If it was just a few days ago, he might have boldly speculated that it was the princess of Lao Shanyu, whom the King of Huaiyang took a fancy to. But after such a flowery girl was led into the tent by the King of Huaiyang and wrote big characters for a night, the leader of Chaxi felt that he could not see through these noble Han Chinese men.

    However, Cui Xingzhou was the first to speak: "You said you are the princess of Lao Shanyu, what proof do you have?"

    Lin Siyue was well prepared, and ordered the entourage on the side to present Lao Shanyu's eagle-head seal, which was given by Gaozu when the barbarians and Dayan were friendly.

    And now the usurper A Gu Fan searched everywhere, but couldn't find this seal, so the seal he used now is just a privately carved gold seal, which is not justified.

    This is also the reason why Agu Fan has been looking for Lao Shanyu's daughter everywhere in a furious manner.

    Lin Siyue's identity is unquestionable after reading the seal and the recommendation of the leader of the barbarian tribe Chaxi. At this time, Cui Xingzhou also understood why when Liu Miantang asked Lin Siyue for help, she could send Miantang so many warriors who could fight that Fan Hu, who was hidden in the dark, was useless, and the white-collar workers were paid.

    However, Lin Siyue questioned the identity of the King of Huaiyang. She looked straight at him and said, "Your Excellency is really the King of Huaiyang, Cui Xingzhou?"

    Cui Xingzhou slowly said: "This king is not chased by anyone, why do you need someone to dress up?"

    Lin Siyue raised her eyebrows and said, "That means that Your Excellency pretended to be a commander, and after deceiving a young lady at Wuning Pass, he abandoned her all the time?"

    Cui Xingzhou's face darkened upon hearing this. On the side, Mo Ru also said angrily: "Bold, how dare you slander the prince! How can the dignified Duke of Huaiyang be offended by you?"

    The leader of Chaxi on the side was also anxious to wink at Lin Siyue. They came here with a request from King Huaiyang, but she suddenly said such a sentence, doesn't she want to give up all her efforts?

    Lin Siyue also knew that she shouldn't ask this question, but when she thought of that Lady Liu with her dirty face and toiled to sell goods in the cold wind, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Lady Liu .

    However, Cui Xingzhou had a gloomy face for a while, but calmed down, and said lightly: "She is just arguing with this king... But I still have to thank the princess for taking care of Miantang and sending people to protect her all the way. Golden Camel Town."

    Listening to Cui Xingzhou's words, Lin Siyue is not sure. Since Cui Xingzhou knew about Liu Miantang's delivery of the black-tailed sheep, could it really be like what he said, the two were just quarreling and had already reconciled as before?

    It's just that she accepted Sinology since she was a child and knows the red tape in the Central Plains. According to Liu Niangzi's background, it is absolutely impossible to become Huaiyang Princess.

    Then this prince is too stingy towards the outer room. As the head coach of the dignified Northwest, he has to open a pharmacy and buy goods privately to earn money to support his family?

    Lin Siyue is full of grievances for Liu Miantang, but she has come here to shoulder the great cause of revitalizing the tribe. So she could only suppress her anger, lowered her eyelids, and ordered someone to present the petition she wrote.

    Because her father received the title of Grandfather, but Agu Fan was just a usurper. Now that the Agu Fan is in decline, Lin Siyue wants to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revive the Wangqi tribe.

    Cui Xingzhou read the love letter, which roughly means that the daughter of Lao Shanyu wants to get the imperial seal, so as to be justifiable, and at the same time avoid the further division of the barbarians.

    In fact, before this, someone had once probed the words of King Huaiyang, but King Huaiyang never answered.

    There is no obligation to Dayan to maintain the prosperity of the barbarians. And now King Huaiyang doesn't need to use external force to help him defeat Agu Fan.

    If I hadn't seen Lin Siyue today, Cui Xingzhou would have ignored this kind of request.

    So, when he stopped looking at the petition and wanted to refuse, he suddenly thought of Liu Miantang.

    This little lady is slick, not a model for others to follow. But Cui Xingzhou can occasionally learn some life lessons from her. For example, Mrs. Liu often whispered in his ear: Be a person and stay in the front line, so that you can meet in the future.

    Thinking about it carefully, whether she is in the business of porcelain or medicinal materials, she has used the contacts she has accumulated in a short period of time to the limit.

    And this old Chanyu princess obviously has a good reputation among the barbarians. It's okay for him to refuse at this time. But it also offended the large and small tribes on the grassland.

    Thinking of this, Cui Xingzhou slowed his mouth and thought for a moment; "The queen's meaning, this king already understands, Lao Shanyu was enshrined by the first emperor, and is highly respected, and the queen is now determined to reunite with Dayan. Friendship is really rare. This king will present the petition to the court, waiting for Long Live to be re-canonized..."

    Lin Siyue sent people to test the words of King Huaiyang, but was repeatedly rejected. I didn't come today with much hope. But I didn't expect Cui Xingzhou to speak so well this time, which is really surprising.

    In order to express sincerity, Cui Xingzhou personally wrote a memorial letter for Long Live in front of the princess and the leader of Chaxi, and sent it out quickly.

    Mo Ru watched from the side, and felt that his family's prince seemed to be a lot smoother in his work. In this way, the Huaiyang prince was benevolent and righteous. If Wan Sui rejects this matter, it is none of the business of King Huaiyang. But if you agree, the future queen on the grassland will also be full of gratitude for Cui Xingzhou's benevolence and righteousness.

    Sure enough, when Lin Siyue left, the resentment of recognizing King Huaiyang at first diminished a lot, and there was a bit of respect on her face.

    However, before leaving, Lin Siyue was still worried about asking Lady Liu's whereabouts. Cui Xingzhou did not change his face and said, "If you are free in the future, this king will bring Lady Liu to Wangqi as a guest to taste the authentic kumiss from the grassland."

    Lin Siyue was relieved to hear what he said, so she asked the guards to take the special beef jerky and chunks of cheese made by the Wangqi tribe, as well as the unique herbs to ward off cold on the grassland .

    "I prepared these for Lady Liu, but I forgot about her in a hurry. It would be best if the prince could bring her for me. Especially the herbs , is the unique cliff flower of the grassland, and it takes five years to bear fruit. The fruit shell is ground and used as medicine, which is best for her cold symptoms, and it is also good for damaged meridians, bones and bones."

    After that day, the prince was in a happier mood, and ordered Mo Ru to keep the items entrusted by the princess.

    Mo Ru actually wanted to ask, "Your Highness, have you finally found an excuse to go to Lady Liu?"

    But looking at Cui Xingzhou's iron fist in the moonlight, he shrank his neck and decided to pretend to be confused.

    On the grassland, the Northwest coach brought Liu Niangzi's business smoothness to the extreme.

    However, when she arrived at Liu Miantang, the originator of the slick, she encountered a major problem.

    The predicament of Daredevil was far more serious than she thought.

    In fact, my grandfather has accumulated a lot of money over the years. Even if she paid a large sum of money for her father, she would not end up going bankrupt.

    However, he is an old man who values ​​benevolence and righteousness, and there are too many veterans to support. Over the years, he has relied on the boss to fight for his life to make money. Later, if the Northwest did not make money, he could only rely on the sale of farmland to make a living.

    But no matter how big a camel is, it can't stand it. If grandfather's last Zhuangzi was sold, there would be not much left for the Lu family.

    After Miantang rested for two days, she asked the accountant to copy the list of veteran guards who are still in the Lu family with monthly money.

    The accountant who was in charge of the accounts used to go to the rivers and lakes with Mr. Lu when he was young. According to his seniority, Liu Miantang had to call him Grandpa Zhang Er.

    So when Miantang asked for a list, he looked up at Liu Miantang from the thick ledger, and asked unceremoniously, "Liu girl, why do you want this?"

    Liu Miantang asked Fangxie to move a stool for her, sat in the charcoal pot in the accountant and grilled her hands: "Isn't this the end of the year? It's been a long time since I went back to Lu's house! Now It's not a child anymore. I can't save the etiquette of leaving, and I don't want to bother my grandfather, so I thought of asking my second grandfather to help me open a list. At that time, according to the level of monthly money, I can prioritize these uncles and uncles. Sending annual gifts one by one. It can also be regarded as a walk in favor of grandfather."

    This is what Grandpa Zhang loves to hear very much, but he still follows the practice of the elders and then warns the juniors: "Those who can fight with Master Lu are capable and practical, and what is the priority? No matter how much fruit and wine you sent, if you have a heart, those uncles and uncles can take your heart."

    Miantang smiled and rubbed her hands: "That's the truth, but I don't have a second grandfather who would say that if the second grandfather is busy, he will give me the account book he usually spends, and I will copy a copy myself. ."

    This is very true to Grandpa Zhang Er's thoughts. Now that he is old, he is reluctant to do such delicate work, and the usual monthly profit account book is not afraid of being read, so he asked the young man to take three thick books and hand them to Fang Xie.

      The lantern cloth of the tulle hook plum pattern road, the flower of the candle is lit, and the ground under the corridor will be dotted with plum marks, which is very elegant.

    However, such a fashionable lantern is expensive, and it is impossible to buy it in the western state!

     After Liu Miantang looked at it, she returned to her room. Let Fang Xie grind the ink, and the green grass burns the incense. She spreads out the paper and goes to copy the list in the account book.

    Bicao does not understand why writing must burn incense. In fact, Miantang didn't quite understand it either, but when he used to write on North Street, Cui Jiu had to light it and write carefully in the fragrance. Some habits are so subtle that Miantang has to light incense when copying a ledger.

    After being reminded by Bi Cao, Mian Tang realized that she had been infected with the extravagant bad habits of the palace again. Back in Xizhou, everything must be thrifty. So before writing a few inscriptions, Miantang asked Bi Cao to put out the incense.

    But for some reason, after the incense was extinguished, the words she wrote were not as good as before.

    Bicao was also afraid of being tossed by the young lady, and said while burning the incense: "This incense is used to repel mosquitoes in the house, although it is not as irritating as the earthy incense, but it is not a precious thing, Don't worry, miss. The big deal, I'll buy you a box with monthly money, enough to copy the scriptures!"

    Fang Xie glared at Bi Cao from the side: "No matter how sloppy you are, the girl will deduct your monthly payment carefully, so that you can be generous in front of the master!"

    Miantang wrote this, but it took most of a day to write it, and it took a long time to count the elders raised by the Lu family.

    According to this calculation, there are as many as 160 households living and not living.

    It goes without saying that those who are alive are not alive because they left behind orphans and widowed mothers. Lu Wu also pays monthly money to take care of the orphans.

    After Miantang wrote the list, Bicao asked, "Miss, are you going to order the desserts next? There is not enough paper for wrapping the desserts in the house, so I have to buy more..."

    Mian Tang waved her sour wrist and said, "No, from tomorrow, we will go door to door to visit unannounced."

    The two maids looked at each other, wondering what medicine the lady was selling in the gourd.

    But Miantang really went into battle on the second day in disguise, re-combed the woman's hair, wore a hood with gauze, and led two maids, pretending to be out of town to choose a shop The son's businesswoman, according to the address on the list, went from house to house.

    Miantang's visit mainly depends on asking, every street when the sun is good, there are always groups of three or five old women chatting together. Under the pretext of renting a house or shop on the street, Miantang quietly inquired about the situation of the neighbors.

    After all, the chatting skills she practiced on the bench in Lingquan North Street were not vain, and it was easy to quickly reach a deal with the old women.

    However, the results of the visits in the past few days made Miantang feel suffocated.

    The elders who lead the monthly calendar most of the time are very prosperous.

    For example, Mr. Cao, who used to be in charge of water transportation for his grandfather, although he went to the Lu family to cry poor, he only said that he lost his first wife, and it was not easy to pull three children, so his grandfather gave him two additional calendars, But he took advantage of the fact that when the business of the **** agency was not good, he set up another stall to win over the old customers of the Shenwei **** agency at a low price.

    Although the capital of his water operation was not very abundant at the beginning, and he depended on the Lu family for food, he still managed to start the business little by little. It's just that maybe he was afraid that the Lu family would know that he didn't dare to bear his own name, but asked one of his nephews to take care of it for him. However, his nephew was originally a farmer in the country, so he couldn't speak easily, and he had to ask his uncle for instructions on everything.

    Neighbors often heard that Cao Ye hurried away at the door of the house, while scolding his nephew for not doing things well.

    There is also Mr. Zhan, who used to go to Lishan Thief Village with his grandfather alone. He always talks about the same life and death with his grandfather, and also leads a higher monthly payment than everyone else. , People in the countryside actually purchased countless fields. Although Mr. Zhan is low-key. However, there is a woman who loves to show off. One time, when he was buying shoe soles with the neighbors, he said that he just said that his tenants hired a dozen or so!

    The front row of the roster is full of wealthy households like this. My grandfather placed great importance on friendship, but most of these elders who exhausted their family's support, most of them found another way to make a living.

    There are also those who really need the help of the Lu family, but there are only a dozen or so.

    Miantang was gone for a while, secretly feeling sorry for her grandfather. To be honest, after my grandfather fell ill, he lacked energy, and there were omissions in management. Most of those so-called brothers who lived and died with him were very moved. Mingxiu’s plank road was dark and dark, and little by little, the guards were moved from the inside to the outside. They were hollowed out, and they each made a fortune in muffled voices, but they still had to receive the Lu family's pension money.

    When Miantang came back from the outside, he called his uncle, told her about his investigation, and asked if he knew, why he didn't reduce the monthly payment of these people.

    When Lu Xian heard this, he waved his hand anxiously: "My little ancestor, if you are not careful, you will almost stab a hornet's nest! You must not ask your grandfather to reduce your monthly payment. matter!"

    It turns out that these people are tricky in private, and Lu Xian is also aware of it.

    It's just that when he asked not to give the monthly money, the gang of elders actually discussed it. They knelt in front of the Lu family's door and cried, only saying that he had dedicated most of his years to the Shenwei Guard Bureau. . But the **** will leave when they say they are gone. No matter how concerned they are, the uncle is now going to charge them with greed for ink, and he will do everything possible to find excuses to dump them useless old people. They are now dead in front of the Lu family's door, and they are determined to die for the Lu family.

    My grandfather was very affectionate, so he couldn't listen to them, so he was so angry that he almost slapped Lu Xian to death in front of the ancestral hall. After that, in the Lu family, no one dared to mention the word "monthly money reduction".

    Miantang did not move her eyebrows, and asked, "Then what does my second uncle say about this?"

    Lu Xian sighed deeply: "Your second uncle is a man, so he advised me not to care too much. After all, those veterans have indeed sacrificed their lives for the guards, and they should be taken care of. What's more, the Lu family can't afford to support them, so why provoke a group of people to kneel in front of the mansion and let the old man bear an unjust name..."

    Her grandmother passed away early, and the eldest uncle's wife, Shen Shi, was honest and honest, unlike the second aunt, Quan Shi. So now the Lu family is in charge of the Quan family, and all the bills, including the distribution of the calendar, are managed by the second room.

    Having been home for so long, Miantang sees everything in her eyes. The cousin Lu Qingxia in the eldest uncle's house is already married. At that time, it was not too beautiful, and the second cousin, Lu Zhihua, has not yet married, and it is said that he has already left school early to learn business with Shen's uncle.

    But when I got to the second room, I felt a sense of wealth and honor. Just the cost of food and clothing on weekdays is different from that of people in the whole house.

    But according to Miantang's understanding of the second aunt, she is not someone who can subsidize her husband's family with her private house. And she looked coldly, the second aunt was very considerate and convinced of the second uncle.

    Only a man who can make money from outside can be like the second uncle, and he can speak confidently and honestly in front of the official wife!

    That night, because it was not the beginning of the month, the whole family did not have to gather together. As usual, Miantang had to accompany her grandfather to dinner.

    She just looked at her grandfather and sighed. Lu Wu put down the soup bowl and asked her what she was sighing.

    Miantang said honestly: "I heard from my mother when I was young that my grandmother was a very powerful person, and my grandfather was a little afraid of her, so I thought it would be nice if my grandmother was still there..."

    Lu Wu almost choked out the soup he just drank. He was afraid that his wife's old affairs would be shaken clean by his granddaughter. So he glared and said, "Little bastard, are you going to be mad at me? From what I see, you are just like your grandmother! I don't know which one will be unlucky in the future and will be under your control!"

    Mian Tang said with a smile: "I don't care about other people's affairs! But my grandfather's affairs, I'm in charge!"