While Chang'an and Nanfeng County were making their own plans, the Governor's Mansion in Western Xinjiang had just completed the seven-day and seven-night running feast.
"Is it really bitterly cold in Western Xinjiang?" The congratulatory banquet was finally over. After Sheng Weiqiao breathed a sigh of relief, he said to Feng with emotion, "I remember the flowing water banquets in Nanfeng County and Chang'an before. Although they were also lively, they were generally in order. In an orderly manner. Where can it be like that over there, even to the point of fighting?"
She was talking about what happened on the second day of the flowing water banquet: that kind of congratulatory banquet, and talking about the flowing water banquet was actually speaking in general terms.
Really distinguished greeters, such as the people outside Yizhou City, would they really eat at the Governor's Mansion for seven days and seven nights, trying to take back the gifts? They can only come here the next day and the last day to show that they are valued and congratulated, and that's it.
In fact, most of the people being entertained by the constant flow are passers-by, such as ordinary people who want to take advantage, local gangsters, and even beggars who have dealt with relatively clean things... Because those who set up the flowing water mats don't care about the cost, and they only want to create excitement and popularity. So even if you don't bring any gifts, you can just say a few auspicious words and you can sit down.
The threshold is so low, of course there will be many people coming.
Bu Nao Sheng Wei Qiao was born in a poor family, and he had often seen flowing water mats since he was a child. However, he never thought that just to celebrate his own wedding, a fight would break out the day before, and the cause was actually a horse!
When the steward came to report, she was stunned for a while and then she was stunned: "Just because of one person, people on three tables started fighting?!"
The steward who came to report the matter did not have children in the Sheng family, and his parents were members of the Dongbu family, and their lives would certainly not be bad. Hearing this, he smiled bitterly: "After the young leader restrained them, he asked why, and listened. Even if they said that, they couldn’t believe it! But the thirty or so people who were interrogated separately all said that someone wanted to hide a piece of hooves privately, so they got into a quarrel, and then they had a big quarrel, and they were very angry. He moved his legs and broke all our jujube wood tables and chairs!"
"... For the sake of the banquet, I won't argue with them. Just teach them a lesson and send them out!" Sheng Weiqiao sighed, "If you ask people to spread the news about the East again, why don't we have that banquet in our house? It's lively and festive, whoever wants to eat our food and drink our food is asking for trouble for us, don't think that the prison of the Yamen can be arranged!"
Just like that, in June, which comes from the east, there are more or less problems every month, and it is not uncommon to hide food secretly, even eat and take it, and even the maids and servants pay close attention to whether they ask for it, and some people even I want to steal the porcelain used to serve food and rice.
"Although there are flowing water banquets in Nanfeng County and Chang'an, people often take away some meat and vegetables quietly, but after all, they are not as thorough as they do there." At this moment, Sheng Weiqiao thought about it and frowned, "Even people from each table passed by, The dishes are clean and you don’t even need to wash them!”
It's not that she looked down on the behavior of those people. After all, she had traveled all over the world in those years. She was not the kind of lady who had never stepped out of the boudoir and thought that everyone in the world lived the same life as she did. But she didn't I thought, "It is said that the people in the warehouse know the etiquette. If it is not true that the family situation is really difficult, and it is difficult to see meat in the daily meals, there are obviously people in the family who are desperate to take advantage of others. There must be some, but not everyone is like this."
"At that time, ten out of ten Li Shu people who came to eat on the flowing water mat did not forget to put something in their arms when they left. It can be seen that the problem is not that the folk customs in Western Xinjiang are cunning, and 80% of them are too poor!"
"Now, Western Xinjiang is facing the threat of Ruru..."
Sheng Weiqiao's face became serious, "After Ruru's attack, it will definitely affect their livelihood. Those families are already poor and sick, and when the situation becomes worse, how will they survive the confinement period?"
"How to live?" Xuan Yu Feng heard the words, narrowed his eyes, and said lightly, "As the saying goes, poverty will lead to change. By then they will not be able to go east. If they want to join the army to protect their family and country and make a living while doing it, like Mr. Xu The Marquis was the same as when he was a boy, that's all. The key is, if you meet the ancestors of the Gongsun family in Nazhi to settle the debt, and simply switch sides and join Ruru, you will die! "
Seeing that Sheng Weiqiao was very worried after hearing what he said, he said, "I won't bother you about that matter, it's useless! The disease has been in Xijiang for a long time, and it can't be changed in March or May! Don't blame me, just If Huan Guanlan comes in person, we can't build that place into an iron wall in a short time! Don't forget the defense line in northern Xinjiang, which took General Zhou a full ten years of hard work!"
"Aunt, you told him not to worry about that matter, why not?" But Sheng Weiqiao reminded her, "We are right there now and don't worry about that. If something happens, we may not be able to escape!"
Moreover, "Even if we want to leave Western Xinjiang right now, it doesn't mean that we won't be there tomorrow. It's such a long journey, who knows if something that no one wants to see will happen along the way? By that time, we won't be there. If not, Li Shu, who was instigated by Ruru to rebel, would have come out to stop him... "
"Then kill!" Xuanyu Feng said disapprovingly, "Without military escort, we can't leave. How can a serious army not be able to pay for a mob?"
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Of course it is very easy for you to let the troops escorting us kill people and set fires. After those things are done, the people of Western Xinjiang may not remember you, but they will definitely remember you! And the Meng family also Don’t let go of that opportunity to stir up trouble. Originally, Mi Zhen came there not long ago, but if he loses the support of the people, wouldn’t it be a good thing?”
"I am really worthy of being the princess of the county." Xuanyu Feng said teasingly, "Is it true that I have become virtuous after leaving the cabinet? Don't you forget to consider everything for my dear husband?"
Sheng Weiqiao ignored her teasing and said, "We are traveling westward this time, and we are carrying a lot of luggage. His clothing materials, jewelry, medicinal supplements, rouge and gouache, especially a lot. He was pregnant at that time, and the doctor had told him that it was best not to Please don’t dress up too much. Firstly, the powder is mixed with a lot of medicinal materials, which is not good for the fetus; secondly, there are too many hairpin rings and the clothes are too complicated. If you get entangled, tripped, or fall down, it won’t be a joke!”
"If we plan to leave Western Xinjiang tomorrow, and the road ahead is very dangerous, we must not bring everything back as it is."
"In this case, it's better to sell it right now, no matter how much it is, exchange it for silver, help the poor, and get some good reputation!"
"After the moon, if someone is deceived by Ru Ru and has the intention to harm us, we can call them 'ungrateful'. Isn't it natural for them to do so again?"
She looked around and saw the huanghuali table with azure cloud pattern, golden filigree dots and jade inlaid with silver gemstones, palace bonsai with phoenix and peony longevity pattern, blue and white lotus pattern with hollow money pattern, hexagonal embroidery piers, and mahogany edge points. Green leaves, stone gourds, screens and other furniture that had been transported thousands of miles from Chang'an, I felt a little nostalgic in my eyes: Speaking of which, those things also had a rough life. The previous journey was in Meng's moonlit night, and the hill to Jishan bandit stronghold. When I stayed in the village temporarily, it was damaged and part of it was forced to be thrown away.
But as for the remaining ones, although they arrived in Yizhou City safely, they had to be abandoned.
"If Western Xinjiang is bound to become a land of war, those things may not be safe if placed there."
"Instead of letting them just waste away in the war without any sound, it would be better to put them to some use... Auntie, what do you think?"
Xuanyu Feng looked at her: "I am already a mother, and those things are all my own. I can do whatever I want. What do you want him to do?"
Sheng Weiqiao knew that she didn't agree with what she said, so he couldn't help but smile and begged to shut up. At that time, a little maid ran over with her skirt in hand and said excitedly: "Mother, old lady, there is news from the door. Tell me, a general from the east commanded by General Huaihua has led five thousand elite cavalry and has arrived fifty miles outside the city. To prevent any misunderstanding, he sent a vanguard in advance to pay homage and ask the prince to show his loyalty to the east!"
When the two aunts and nephews heard this, they glanced at Dong consciously, and then said to the little maid: "They know, I will go to Dong. I will go back and finish talking over there, and then report again, so that they can go to the study to ask more carefully."
Probably the people in the army were used to acting neatly. After a while, the little maid came to report that the vanguard had already obeyed the order and left.
The two of them quickly went to the study room. As soon as they entered, they saw Rong Suihe walking out. When he saw them coming in, he smiled slightly and said, "He was just going to tell us."
Xuanyu Feng glanced inside and outside, and when he saw no one else was there, he went straight to the point and said: "The Northern Xinjiang Army has arrived, so, am I going to let them leave immediately? Isn't he wrong about the Northern Xinjiang Army's misgivings? , a few months ago, Qiaoer probably relayed it to me, but I don’t know how I plan to solve that problem?"
"General Huaihua is a smart man. He would not do such stupid things." Rong Suihe said, "My aunt has never met that man, so she probably doesn't know much about him? Although he has never met him, she has sent him People have gone to Northern Xinjiang to find out whether he comes from a scholarly family, and he is not good at marching and formation. The reason why he is able to gain a foothold in the Northern Xinjiang Army is that he has managed to get the position of General Huaihua, second only to the Hussars General. , not only because of the support of King Gaomi, but also because he is good at making good connections."
"Although we are related by blood, we have never met him face to face. A person like him would not be stupid enough to think that just because he is an uncle, he can expose his aftermath."
"So since he has released his goodwill, he must not be so stupid as to mislead my dear aunt and kill you."
"It's even the opposite. He will let his leg master try his best to protect us so as not to become enemies with him!"
"But I didn't consider one issue." Xuan Yu Feng glanced at Sheng Weiqiao and said calmly, "Zhao Shi is the uncle-in-law of King Gaomi, or the right-hand man of King Gaomi. Even if he doesn't want to offend me, he still wants to obey Gaomi. The king’s command!”
"He doesn't want to drive a wedge between us father and son, but that's not the case. The King of Gaomi doesn't want to see me travel thousands of miles!"
"Although people like me are destined to become famous, it is undeniable that the support they have given me is very important at this stage, right?"
"The reason why they are willing to choose me is largely because of Qiaoer."
"So if Qiaoer dies, he doesn't dare to say that I will be completely defeated and will never have the opportunity to covet the big position, but he will definitely stop me!"
"What I lacked most at that time was time, right?"
"After all, no one knows how long the aging Queen Mother and her emperor's son, who has been intoxicated with the harem for months, can last?"
Xuan Yu Feng said, "So, he can probably trust that Zhao Shi will not wrong my wife Dongdu Leg, but he is worried about King Gaomi!"
"..." Rong Suihe was silent, and Xuan Yu Feng's words made him very difficult to answer for a moment. After all, King Gaomi had a criminal record before. Although the "pirates" did not intend to take his life that time, , it’s hard to say that he is not afraid of the princess.
However, Princess Gaomi values Rong Suihe, but may not care about Sheng Weiqiao's life or death.
"Aunt!" After a moment, he sighed and said, "If he comes back from the east, he wants you to promise that after you leave that door, you will completely forget it! If anyone asks about it after the month, even if you don't You must not say a word about your biological flesh and blood, or even whether you are your biological parents!"