However, after finding the person, Su Yao did not have the time to have much contact with her. He only met her once through Mr. Shen. When he heard that she was working as a maid in the Charity Hall, taking care of some children who had lost their shelter, he gave her three thousand taels of silver as a support to the Charity Hall.
This time when the Su family hosted a dinner party, Su Yao specially asked Su Xingyi to add her name.
But all this happened not long ago, and Li Wenying was just an ordinary person, how could she alarm Princess Yunzhang
She thought about it in her heart, but she knew that she couldn't just leave Sister Li alone, so she asked thoughtfully: "Excuse me for being so nosy, but I wonder how the county lady knew that she came to see me?"
"Speaking of which, it's an old story." County Lady Yunzhang observed Su Yao's expression. Seeing that Su Yao was calm, she frowned and then relaxed: "Didn't she tell you?"
Su Yao was even more surprised: "What did you say?"
The Lady of Yunzhang County stopped serving tea and looked at Su Yao intriguingly. Suddenly, she smiled softly, and her whole appearance became brighter. "Never mind, it's nothing. It's just a small matter. Since she didn't come to disturb you, there's no need to trouble you. However, I still owe you a favor this time."
She stood up and said, "Sorry to bother you. I have something else to do. So I'll take my leave now. I'll host a banquet to apologize to you another day."
She came when she said she would, and left when she said she would. Mother Shen, who was accompanying her, was a little confused. She scratched her head and asked in confusion: "Is this county lady... Why is her speech unclear?"
Su Yao tapped her fingers on the table. She had never been a curious person.
After following Cheng Dingan for a long time, she knew that it was definitely not a good thing for a person to have too strong curiosity.
But when it comes to Li Wenying, it’s different.
In her previous life, Sister Li took care of her diligently until the end, but she died so miserably and she had no ability to repay her. But this life is different. Now that she has the ability, she will naturally take revenge for her enemies and repay her kindness.
"Let Uncle Jian come over." Su Yao ordered Yan Cao to call He Jian over. When He Jian arrived, he told her about what County Lady Yunzhang had done just now. Then he said, "I want Uncle Jian to help me follow County Lady Yunzhang and find out the story behind this. If possible, it would be best to find out more clearly."
He Jian is now considered Su Yao's man. Since Su Yao gave such an order, he naturally did it without hesitation.
On the fourth day when he was on duty, the ceremonies of several major camps were held as scheduled.
Because Emperor Yuanfeng was very supportive this year, the Taichang Temple and the Ministry of Rites also raised the standards to a very high level, which was similar to the previous years when Emperor Yuanfeng went to Chengde to escape the summer heat. When the crowd left the city in a mighty procession, they could see the flags of several large camps fluttering in the wind, and many soldiers were also standing in strict formation, waiting for battle, looking very majestic.
Emperor Yuanfeng actually had a lot of worries recently, such as the rare snow and frost disasters in the south, the Japanese pirate rebellion has not yet been quelled, and the situation in Yunnan, which had just improved, has fluctuated again. But at this moment, he looked at the elite soldiers and generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and finally cleared the turbid air in his chest and smiled.
He even had time to laugh and shout to Xiao Heng: "Did you see that? You've been smashing things in here a lot. My ears are almost callused from all the censors who have impeached you!"
When Xiao Heng was still Song Heng, he first followed Song Xiangyu back to Beijing and followed Song Xiangyu in the Beijing Camp. He was stubborn and refused to admit defeat. He became famous several times in the Beijing Camp. Just by standing up for the soldiers of the Beijing Camp, he beat up several second-generation rich kids and drove those playboys out of the Beijing Camp.
These things seem to be happening right in front of my eyes when I talk about them, but how could I have imagined at that time that the person in front of me was my own grandson
There was a hint of complexity and nostalgia in Emperor Yuanfeng's eyes, and he patted Xiao Heng's shoulder heavily.
This child is good, but the lives of the former crown prince and the former crown princess are between them. After these days of careful consideration, Emperor Yuanfeng not only has not made up his mind, but has become more and more indecisive.
Fortunately, Xiao Heng himself didn't take these things to heart at all. Emperor Yuanfeng sighed in his heart.
The commanders of several major camps have come forward to salute.
Emperor Yuanfeng encouraged them with a few words, and seeing that the Japanese envoys and the people from the grassland royal court had solemn expressions, he felt a little more proud and gave the order to start.
The ones selected from the several camps were naturally the elite among the elite. Just by looking at their spirit and muscles, you could tell that these people must have been on the battlefield and killed people. The Minister of War Sun Yongning touched his beard and breathed a sigh of relief.
Since all the major camps are so outstanding, it doesn’t really matter who wins or loses.
Anyway, it is obvious that the Ministry of War has put a lot of effort into the defense of the capital.
The competition was a best-of-five contest. The first match was a hand-to-hand fight. The elite troops of the several camps were obviously selected. The competition was very exciting, and all the civil and military officials applauded and cheered.
Emperor Yuanfeng also smiled.
Next came the horseback archery competition, which was also full of dangers and extremely exciting. In the end, the West Camp was more skilled, and the more than 100 archers hit the target the most times.
Emperor Yuanfeng praised Sun Yongning a lot for this - Gu Mingchuan was just an exiled prisoner before, and it was Sun Yongning who had a keen eye for talent and pulled him out from the crowd during the Battle of Jizhou. This man is indeed very useful. The West Camp had always been relatively weak among the three major camps, but now it seems that it has improved a lot.
But this good mood didn't last long.
In the afternoon, when the battle formation competition began, under the watchful eyes of civil and military officials and in the eyes of numerous diplomatic envoys, the armor of the soldiers of the Beijing Camp was like torn cotton wool and was easily pierced by the spears of the soldiers of the West Camp.
If there were only one or two people, then it could be said that the soldiers of the Beijing camp were inherently inferior in skills.
But in front of so many people, everyone could see clearly that the armor of the Beijing Camp was vulnerable. Wearing it was the same as wearing nothing. No, it was even worse than wearing nothing - at least they could run faster without wearing it, but these shabby things of the Beijing Camp hindered their escape.
Not only that, the spears of the Beijing camp soldiers were as soft as tofu, and some of them even broke when they stabbed the enemy.
Sun Yongning's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Xiao Heng, who had been silent on the stage, sat next to Emperor Yuanfeng. Suddenly, he snorted, "What a disgrace!"
Emperor Yuanfeng had a gloomy look in his eyes, and although he said nothing, this made people even more frightened.
Yes, what Xiao Heng said was right. In this situation, if there was such a problem with the equipment, wouldn't that be embarrassing? !
Emperor Yuanfeng didn't even want to see the reactions of the Japanese and other diplomatic envoys.