After Sheng Weiqiao packed up, he asked Ming Rong. Shuihe was doing official business in the front hall, so he went to the cross-yard where Xuan Yu Feng lived to discuss with her the invitation to the local host. Xuan Yu Feng said: "We are new here. Yes, how do you know what families are worth inviting in that place? Why don't you ask Mr. Wu to come over and ask for advice?"
Bu Nao went to ask Master Wu's maid but couldn't find anyone. After a while, he came back to report and said, "Master Wu and the female guards on his left and right are not here. Please tell me if you have gone out of the city to meet the military advisor."
"It seems that the military advisor of the Jishan bandits really made the decision?" Xuanyu Feng raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said, "Otherwise, how would the master of the family come to greet them personally?"
Sheng Weiqiao said: "The military advisor is a contemporary of the father of the head of the Wu family. The head of the Wu family can inherit the throne from his father. It is 80% that he has his support. It is not common sense to err on the side of respect."
After all, the Jishan bandits have surrendered. Regardless of who made the decision in the past, Sleeping Crane will always be able to make the decision in the future. The two aunts and nephews didn’t say much about that, so they asked someone to prepare some melon and fruit ice drinks to relieve the heat: “The military advisor will arrive later. , whether Bulin comes to the Yamen, we will send them over to relieve the heat."
After Fang arranged the matter, someone from Didong came to report and asked Yu Liang's wife Gao from Yizhou to see her.
"Then the local snake that is not ready is here?" Xuan Yu Feng said after hearing this, "Invite her to serve tea in the flower hall, and let's change our clothes and go there."
The two of them went into the outer room, changed into clothes, and added two more hairpin rings than usual. When they arrived at the flower hall together, they saw a thirty-year-old woman in the east holding a tea bowl, walking cautiously towards the east end, and looking towards the east side frequently. Looking at the door.
Seeing Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yu Feng arriving hand in hand, they went to put down the tea bowls and stood up to greet them: "I have met the princess and Mrs. Feng!"
Sheng Weiqiao said "no courtesy", offered a hand, and left with Xuan Yu and Mrs. Feng, and then asked Mrs. Gao to leave as well. The maid changed the tea and fruit again. Sheng Weiqiao exchanged greetings with Mrs. Gao and looked at her. She: That Mrs. Bijia has a red face, beautiful appearance, and a slightly plump figure. However, for a woman of that age, she is not ugly, but rather enchanting.
She wears a narrow-sleeved short-sleeved jacket with a peacock green base embroidered with jasmine flowers, a jade-colored fairy skirt with cloud patterns, a cross bun, a silver-gilt filigree emerald peony hairpin, and copper-plated gold dots. The descendants of the descendants of jade-inlaid stone have their headscarved for generations, and their faces are covered with powder. According to the opinion of the people in Chang'an, the rouge is a bit too rich. Is it probably the popular makeup in Xijiang
"Yizhou comes from a remote place, and it is really a blessing to have the county king to graze herds on the frontier." After greeting Sheng Weiqiao respectfully, Gao made it clear what Mingyue's intention was, and it was very clear whether he wanted to invite Sheng Weiqiao. Mrs. Feng went to the largest restaurant in the city for a banquet. "I was chatting with a few sisters who I often hang out with, so I prepared a small amount of wine. I would like to invite the princess of the county to give me a favor!"
Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao smiled and said, "What a coincidence! He just talked to his aunt, because they just came there and they didn't know anyone, so maybe there is someone behind the moon. My friend, I plan to hold a banquet. While it’s lively, I’ll also get to know some local women!”
Mrs. Gao went and said, "The princess has had a hard journey, how dare she ask for your labor?"
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, there are people from the East taking care of it, so he can keep an eye on it." Sheng Weiqiao said, "They just came here. People who are not familiar with the place don't know which talents to hire. If Mrs. Gao doesn't If you don’t want to go, why don’t you help me go to Shengxiang?”
The Gao family came over to pay a visit, and it turned out that they had been recommended by the female relatives in Yizhou to test Yidong Sheng Weiqiao's personality and character. Seeing that Sheng Weiqiao offered to host a banquet in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, he was very happy and asked for his help in selecting the guests.
Originally, it didn't matter what month it was in the morning, but Bu Nao Shengwei Qiao was concerned about the resettlement of the victims and acted vigorously and resolutely. He called Jinli and Juli to come over and make a list of names, and kept Gao in the house for dinner before letting him go. Finally, the candidates for the guests have been preliminarily finalized.
After seeing off Mrs. Gao, both aunt and nephew felt very tired. At that time, Rong Suihe came in and said with a smile: "Auntie and my dear daughter have worked hard. He wanted to go back to the backyard in the afternoon. He heard that Mrs. Gao was here. , I thought it would be done in a while, but who knew I would be here now."
Sheng Weiqiao said: "I came just in time. They were on the road from Changting to Yizhou City and discussed some things. I just happened to come over and listen."
After saying that, he suddenly remembered and asked his attendants, "Master Wu said he was going to meet the military advisor, but have you met him yet?"
"He's been here a long time ago." Before Can Yue and the others could answer, Rong Suihe smiled and said, "I can't have lunch with him. He has already gone to another courtyard to be accommodated at that time."
Sheng Weiqiao asked curiously: "What kind of person is the military advisor?"
"A few years older than my father-in-law, he has a gentle and gentle temperament." Rong Suihe said, "He doesn't look like the military advisor of the Jishan bandits, but he looks like a master of the academy... Based on his literary talent, he will be able to pass the Jinshi examination. .”
Xuan Yu Feng said: "It seems that the Jishan bandit is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
After all, the Bu Naoji Mountain Bandits have caught Huan Guanlan's eyes. They are inextricably related to the Western Xinjiang Army. It is not surprising that such a talent appears.
The three of them discussed something for a while, and then re-talked about what they had discussed on the road last month. After hearing this, Rong Suihe agreed very much and said with a smile to Sheng Weiqiao: "The princess is becoming more and more capable now, so he will be very happy to go east." Soon I will be able to live a leisurely and happy confinement where I can enjoy flowers and birds all day long.”
Sheng Weiqiao smiled and said: "Do I dare to take a break? I'm afraid that people will say that I am a soft-boiled person?"
"The person who said that must be ugly!" Rong Suihe said calmly, "I'm jealous of him who can rely on his face to make a living!"
Xuan Yu Feng said happily: "Only those who are really capable will not pay attention to those messy comments... My child is indeed growing up well."
After joking for a while, he looked at the list provided by Mr. Gao just now and asked Rong Suihe, "Let me see if there is anyone wrong here. Who has been missed by Swimmer of Ten Thousands?"
After Rong Suihe took it, he looked at it and slightly changed the names: "That's it."
So Sheng Weiqiao immediately ordered her maid to write a post and post it tomorrow, planning to hold a banquet the day after tomorrow. The situation was a little rushed, so the steward in charge of organizing the banquet came over to complain to her: "We just arrived, and we didn't have time to take out everything. The purchasing department has just started looking for honest and reliable people. I asked you at that time." If you’re hosting a banquet, I’m afraid there will inevitably be some oversights.”
"At that banquet, he said he would invite the people there to recognize him, but in fact, they came to see him." Sheng Weiqiao waved his legs, "How many people will be thinking about eating and drinking at that time? How can we not fall into his secret?" For the sake of Prince Zhenjun’s palace, the rare dry goods like bird’s nests, shark’s fins, mountain mushrooms, etc. that we brought are not enough to support the show in a few rare ways in Western Xinjiang!”
After thinking about it, she ordered Tongyue to tell the family's opera troupe, "Let them arrange some songs and dances for the occasion and perform on stage when the time comes."
Finally, I asked Xuanyu Feng, who had been standing by and watching, "Auntie, do you think there are any omissions?"
"Even if I haven't personally ordered that kind of banquet, I have seen it since I was a child. I asked him what he was doing?" Xuanyu Feng trimmed his hair and said without caring, "It's just a little back and forth. The thing is, anyway, I had the highest status at that time, so if I was really neglectful, others would not dare to mention it."
Sheng Weiqiao said to the manager of whether he was wrong: "Although he prepared the banquet in a hurry, the rest is just fine. The people of Didong must choose someone with a good eye. Don't let everyone say that he is arrogant and domineering and ruin the reputation of our government!"
The steward came and said, "Don't worry, Madam, most of the people we came that time are from families who follow the rules of the elementary school. They are definitely not the kind of frivolous bastards who only try to cause trouble for the master's family."
"I'll go!" Sheng Weiqiao nodded and dismissed the steward. He was stretching and planning to go to the East with Xuan Yu Feng to play chess for fun. At that time, a little maid came over in a panic and said, "No, it's the fifth day of the Lunar New Year." It doesn't look very comfortable.
The sons Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yufeng both stood up and kept going to look. Although they kept saying that there was a leopard on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Rong Suihe kept saying "Fifth Brother", even if he didn't really take it as a leopard. Sheng Weiqiao's eldest brother-in-law saw it, how could he neglect it
After arriving at the place, I saw Chuwu lying listlessly on the brocade felt. Although he had no obvious symptoms, he was very lethargic and lacked energy. The food placed in front of it was served on a gilt-carved guava plate, with large pieces of boiled meat placed in it, and a lot of jam drizzled on it. There was boiled fish soup in a large bowl next to it. It seems that everything is kept very clean, and there is no slacking off just because it is not for the leopard to eat.
However, there was not even a single tooth mark at this moment, and it was obvious that he had not moved at all.
"Has the doctor come to see you?" Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but frowned when he saw this. He squatted east and touched Chu Wu's head. Chu Wu opened his eyes and looked at her without saying anything. After a while, he closed his eyes again, very tired. look like.
The maid was asking for an answer when she heard hurried footsteps outside. She followed the doctor and walked in carrying a medicine bag. She saw Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yu Feng were both there. They came and came to see the ceremony. Finally, she looked at Chu Wu and said in a dilemma: "Little I have learned how to treat people, but I have never learned how to diagnose and treat Fifth Master!"
"In any case, I know better than them after all." Xuan Yu Feng said, "I'll just take a look and see how Bufeng turns out. Mi Zhen and the others are not unreasonable people either."
The doctor felt relieved and groped Chuwu for a while. It was obvious that he was actually quite afraid that Chuwu would suddenly give him a claw. That was no wonder. Although the adult black panther was not as big as a liger, it was still enough to intimidate him. Live with ordinary people.
Sheng Weiqiao noticed it and went forward to gently press Chu Wu's paw, hinting to the doctor that the leopard would not be a threat to him.
After the doctor calmed down, he checked again and asked the Dongren who took care of Chu Wu. Finally, he concluded that the road was too bumpy and that he had just come to Western China and the soil was not suitable for him.
Sheng Weiqiao asked worriedly: "Can it be cured?"
The doctor considered his words: "If you ask for help, the little one can cure it, but the fifth master..."
"Don't ask Dong Mi Zhen!" Xuan Yu Feng said at that time, "After all, Dong Mi Zhen grew up together, so Mi Zhen makes good decisions."
After Rong Suihe heard about it, he immediately rushed over to get down to business. After he arrived, he asked whether he wanted to be treated on the fifth day of the lunar month and how to treat it. Of course, he told him.
Bu Nao Sheng Wei Qiao and Xuan Yu Feng were worried and did not leave. They stayed with them for more than half a month. In the morning, they drank some medicine on the fifth day of the lunar month and seemed to be more energetic. However, Rong Suihe could not help but feel relieved. After calling Gongsun Xi, whom he trusted the most, to come and guard him, he took Sheng Weiqiao back to the back hall with three steps.
After returning to the back hall, Sheng Weiqiao comforted him: "The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is much better than just now, and I will definitely recover."
Rong Suihe rarely looked gloomy, with a hint of regret: "If I had known better, I would have let the fifth brother stay in Chang'an temporarily. Even if my grandfather and the others will not live in Chang'an for a long time, the Meijinfu Gang will take care of the fifth brother. But the Xu family should be willing Ying Jiang and Fifth Brother are also familiar with each other as a helper."
"But I really miss me on the fifth day of the lunar month." Sheng Weiqiao said, "I forgot that I didn't take it with me the first time I went home. It turned out that after I went back, it almost washed the whole courtyard with blood and gave me food? I was only separated from it that time. God, we didn’t know how long Qiu would stay in Xijiang at that time. If I didn’t bring him here, I would probably regret it halfway through.”
Rong Suihe sighed: "Let's see how the fifth brother is doing tomorrow. If he's good, he'll have to post a list to seek talents. Don't you know if there are any such kind of people in that remote place in the Western Frontier?"
That night, because of what happened on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the governor's office didn't get much sleep.
Early in the morning of the next month, Rong Suihe rushed to the yard on the fifth day of the lunar month to take a look. The leopard could not be said to be alive and well, but it was much better than the previous evening. It looked like he had recovered. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to be careless. He personally told the doctor and Gongsun Xi to be careful, and then went to the front hall to handle government affairs.
Xuan Yu Feng's reason why Sheng Weiqiao said: "He thinks that the elder brother-in-law who is more real than me on the fifth day of the lunar month is not to be offended."
At least if the prince, Rong Qingzui, had not fallen ill, Xuanyu Feng didn't think Rong Suihe would be so nervous.
It was rare for Sheng Weiqiao to catch his aunt, and he said with a smile: "Can't aunt ask him to compete with it for favor? He doesn't have furry fur and sharp teeth!"
"It would be better to remind me to miss the fifth day of the lunar month in the future. What am I thinking?" Xuanyu Feng gave her a red look and was begging to shut up, but someone from Didong came to report that Master Wu had come to visit with his military advisor.
Originally, Feng Shuihe should have been allowed to receive her, but the people from the East said: "The county prince is on his way, and Master Wu wants to bring the military advisor to meet the county princess."