"Cousin Wei has an eldest son? This is really good news." In the afternoon, the summer rain was falling, across the screen, Song Zaishui's voice was filled with a hint of exhaustion, but his tone was joyful, "It's a pity that it's not convenient for me to go there. I’m visiting Fengzhou, otherwise I haven’t seen my aunt and the others for quite some time.”
The person sent here to deliver the message this time was Jiang Zheng. Because he had been a tutor of Wei Changying, his status was different from that of ordinary guards. He had also met Song Zaishui in his early years, so he spoke more casually and said with a smile: "The old lady at home and Madam. I often mentioned you when I wrote to our eldest lady. I wanted to send you something before, but I didn’t know if you knew it.”
Song Zaishui laughed: "How could Huo Zhaoyu, who is so stingy, tell me?"
Knowing that Jiang Zheng was from Xiliang and didn't know much about Fengzhou, he asked him how Wei Changying was doing. Hearing that everything was fine, he asked about Shen Shuguang and Shen Shuxie in detail. At the end, he sighed softly: "In terms of getting together less and being separated more, sisters Chang Ying and I have the same fate! But she is better than me after all. After all, she is not lonely with two children at her knees. I Now I am almost thirty, and I don’t even have a son or a daughter. It’s really..."
Jiang Zheng hurriedly said: "You are also a very blessed person. From now on..."
Song Zaishui then said: "But thinking about being trapped in this other courtyard by Huo Zhaoyu for the past two years, it would be better to have no children. There is nothing to worry about. Especially my son, otherwise I don't know if I can keep him."
Not only did Jiang Zheng not know how to persuade Jiang Zheng, but the servants in front of her couldn't listen any more. An aunt came up and said, "Young lady, what you said is that although our young master is no longer with you, can we still abandon him?" Don't you care? Just as Jiang Wei said, you will have a good life in the future!"
Another aunt helped behind the screen and said, "Isn't that right? Besides, you don't have any children now, but you have quite a few nephews! Not to mention that Jiangnan Hall is so far away, isn't Jiang Guard just here to guard the Fifth Young Master? Are you going to be a father too? Isn’t Mr. Wei Wu’s biological cousin?”
Although Jiang Zheng is not as astute as Huang, he is still his age and has a lot of experience.
After hearing what these two aunts said, he felt sorry for himself. After pondering for a while, he tentatively said: "What the two aunts said is true. The eldest daughter of our family always laments that she is too far away from her natal family and cannot serve her natal family in person. Elder, I feel deeply guilty. Speaking of which, the eldest daughter of our family does not have a half-sister. She has always regarded you as a biological sister. My cousin also lived in Ruiyu Hall in the past, and there is no one here in the imperial capital. Serving the elders and having nothing else to do, why not go to Fengzhou and go to Fengzhou if you feel lonely..."
"Young guard Jiang, you don't know that our young lady really doesn't need to stay in the imperial capital, but what can we do if Master Huo refuses to let her go?" Song Zaishui sighed, but the aunt chirped, "Originally our young lady doesn't have to stay in the imperial capital. I am used to the climate in the north, and there are not many people from the Su family here now. The young lady has long wanted to return home, but the people in the court are not letting her go!"
Before Jiang Zheng came, Wei Changying personally told him to help Song Zaishui out of trouble. At this moment, he smiled and said: "Jiang's subordinates don't understand the affairs of the court, but the eldest lady said it before coming here, Miss Ruo Biao It would be nice to go to Fengzhou on behalf of the eldest lady. The former troops of the Xiliang Army have now gone to Yanzhou. Master Shen Er may not have any space, but the Chinese army that will arrive soon will be in command. It’s my uncle, I’d like to ask my uncle to mention it in court. It’s okay.”
The Chinese army set out many days earlier than Jiang Zheng, but the march of the large army was not as fast as the small group of capable men and horses who delivered the message. Therefore, Jiang Zheng was left behind.
No matter what, with the current strength of the capital, if the Shen family asked Huo Zhaoyu not to embarrass Song Zaishui, then Huo Zhaoyu would definitely not stop her anymore.
Song Zaishui breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "I'd like to thank you, Guard Jiang, for making this trip."
Jiang Zheng had just announced the good news and hadn't mentioned Wei Changying's entrustment. After saying that he didn't dare, he said that there were some good jade in the Mengshan jade mine, and Wei Changying planned to find the skilled craftsmen of the Ye family to help him. , I cured several good jade carvings and gave them to my nephew as a congratulation. It's just that she lives in Xiliang and is not familiar with the Ye family. She wants to ask Song Zaishui to help find out if there are any such craftsmen among the remaining members of the Ye family.
Song Zaishui thought for a while and said: "I have carving things from their family several times before, and I am quite familiar with them. As far as I know, all the people in their generation who are good at carving died except one." The remaining one is named Ye Yi, and he should be in Gyeonggi Province now."
He mentioned a few possible places and asked Jiang Zheng to send people to find them. After Su Xiuming and Su Xiuwei retreated from the imperial capital, the remaining men who could not retreat, including the servants, were all killed by Huo Zhaoyu. The few people serving around Song Zaishui are still servants from her natal family. She is preparing to leave the imperial capital, but she can't spare any time to help Jiang Zheng find someone.
Fortunately, Xiliang's army was coming in a steady stream, so it was impossible for Jiang Zheng to be short of men.
... He asked someone to take Jiang Zheng down to have some food before leaving. Song Zaishui rubbed his brows and asked, "My husband is still in Xinzhou now?"
"The last message I sent was this." An aunt said softly, "There has been no new news recently."
"I don't know what's going on with his body." Because Su Yuwu didn't have many troops in his hands, it was completely impossible to pass through Xu Zongwen's territory, so he took advantage of the Rong people to go south and used himself as a bait to lure Xu Zongwen into the Rong people's territory. In a circle. Although Xu Zongwen was killed by him that time, Su Yuwu himself was also seriously injured, and his tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops were almost disabled.
A part of the bodyguards took him to a small road and stayed out at night. They took advantage of the news that the Rong army was taking Yanzhou with overwhelming force, which shocked the whole country, and finally escaped the pursuit of Xu Zong's Wenbu.
After escaping to Xinzhou, he had time to contact Song Zaishui.
Because they were afraid of being discovered by Huo Zhaoyu, this contact was only made after ensuring that it was absolutely safe. The latest news was at the beginning of the year.
The news said that Su Yuwu was seriously injured, and there was no medicine or doctor during the escape, so the situation was very bad.
Song Zaishui was very worried about him... but he didn't dare to express this emotion, for fear that Huo Zhaoyu's people would be hiding in some corner and see the flaw.
Now the cousin's husband's army has arrived, and the cousin has made it clear that she must help her so that she can relax.
Another aunt saw her distress and comforted her: "Young master, he is a good person, and he has his own destiny."
"Young Madam, let's pack our things now. If Master Huo doesn't stop us, are we really going to Fengzhou? Or are we going to Xinzhou?" The aunt who spoke earlier tried to change the subject.
Song Zaishui said: "Of course I'm going to Fengzhou. Over there in Xinzhou, my husband's situation is not very good. They can't even take care of him. If I go, won't I cause trouble for them? Besides, who knows that Huo Zhaoyu is hindering the Shen family and lets him go openly? , Who are you secretly sending to wait for the opportunity to take action? "
The two aunts looked at each other and wondered: "But our family only has a few guards now. I'm afraid it won't be peaceful if we go south to Fengzhou."
"Isn't the Xiliang army's central force arriving soon? Even if Shen Yaoye is inconvenient to lend me some men... I'll go find Wei Xinyong!" Song Zaishui bit his lips and said, "I've helped him so much over the years. Many times, some rewards should be calculated!"
"Actually, the days are long, Mrs. Song, why do you need to settle the account so early?" Two days later, Wei Xinyong poured the tea in person and said softly with some regret.
Song Zai said expressionlessly on the water: "I may be able to say that the future will be long, but as for you, I don't believe it. I asked Aunt Huang who was beside Chang Ying before she returned to Xiliang. , If you take good care of yourself, you may not live a long life. With the way you are now, you probably won't live for a few more years. If I don't ask the question earlier, who knows that you will die suddenly one day?"
After hearing these words, Wei Xinyong was not angry, but laughed and said: "That makes sense. I thought you were about to reunite with Su Yuwu, so I was afraid that it would be difficult to see me after this farewell, so I Come to me in a hurry!"
Song Zaishui said calmly: "You don't need to trick me. I am leaving for Fengzhou this time. I am short of manpower, so I have to ask you to borrow some troops from King Yong to escort me. I will pass through Panzhou and Jinzhou on my way to Fengzhou. It's all his territory. There aren't many places where he really needs to be escorted. Is this just a matter of words for you?"
"This should be used as a prelude to our discussion today." Wei Xinyong thought for a moment and said, "Whether we can negotiate it or not, I will have someone escort you to Ruiyu Hall."
"You want to default on your debt?!" Song Zaishui's face darkened.
Wei Xinyong smiled and said, "That's enough. When did I say I was going to default on my debt?"
"Didn't you promise that as long as the Song family helped you get out of trouble, you would tell me about my father's life-long regrets? How long have you escaped from the Su family's pursuit now? Why do you need to talk about it again!" Song Zaishui looked at it coldly. Looking at him, "I know that you are not what you used to be, and that King Yong is also quite powerful now. But if you think that you can take advantage of my Jiangnan Song family... you can try it and see if I dare to follow you. perish together!"
Wei Xinyong's smile did not change: "But you, the Song family, have to figure this out, and I am the only one in the world who knows about it. Things are rare and valuable, and merchants are all like this. Do you expect me to be stupider than merchants, or do you expect me to be stupider than merchants?" I'm more noble than a businessman, so I won't ask you to raise prices on the ground. Can you at least give me some benefits?"
Song Zaishui wanted to slap him twice!
But she looked at Wei Xinyong coldly for a moment, then finally suppressed it and said coldly: "It's no good. You either tell me, or you become the enemy of the Song family from now on!"
"Mrs. Song's words are inappropriate. If I were afraid of the threat from your Song family, I would have spoken out a long time ago. Why would I still use this matter to make fun of you now?" Wei Xinyong was not afraid at all and said with a smile, "I Don’t ask a big question, how about ten thousand taels of gold?”
"You don't speak loudly like a lion. As the old saying goes, the human heart is not enough but a snake swallows an elephant. Only then can we describe your greed!" Song Zaishui sneered and said, "Three hundred taels of gold is the most!"
"Three hundred taels of gold, do you think I'm cheating on you?" Wei Xinyong shook his head, "Eight thousand taels, no more!"
"Five hundred taels, stop talking nonsense!"
"Seven thousand taels is about the same. Your Song family is short of something like this?"
"There's no shortage and I'm not letting you take whatever you want! Seven hundred taels!"
"Tsk, five thousand taels, I've already given up half of it, you are a bit rich after all!"
"How can you alone decide how wealthy my family is? I'll give you a round number of one thousand taels at most!"
Seeing Song Zaishui's resolute attitude, Wei Xin sighed and said: "One thousand taels of gold? It's okay, but the description of ten thousand taels and ten thousand taels is one thousand taels. I can remind you of the key points at most, can you? It’s your business to figure it out!”
Song Zaishui was so angry that he shouted: "You!!!" (To be continued)