When Mr. Xiahou returned to his house, he received the intercepted letter from Du Hanfei.
He copied the letter and sent it to Xia Chu. The reason why the Marquis appeared in the morning court so promptly today was thanks to the people arranged in the palace who reported the letter to him in time.
Ever since he was asked to keep an eye on Du Hanfei at the beginning of the summer, he had been more careful when he saw that Du Hanfei had made a fuss about Zheng Zhongguang's matter two days ago, and Xiao Yanjun had used this matter to implicate Xiao Zimu.
This morning, people in the palace circulated news that Xue Xiuguo had received another excerpt, and they copied the contents and passed them along.
After Xia Houye showed the letter, he understood what Du Hanfei had planned, and he quickly asked Cong Ting to prepare a carriage and hurried to the palace.
As for Zhao Xingwen's incident, he had no intention of getting involved.
But the emperor happened to ask where it was, and the Marquis also cursed in his heart and didn't know how to answer.
I happened to see Huo Tianxiu and used this as a shield.
In fact, General Zhao was not found by Zhao Xingwen. After Zhao Xingwen left Guwan, he did write a letter to Hanyang, but the letter just wanted to invite his father Zhao Shuangquan to come back.
But when General Zhao learned about this, he was thinking about Xia Chu, so he planned to go back to the capital in person and help Zhao Xingwen propose the marriage. Huo Tianxiu didn't dare not agree to it.
After General Zhao set out on his journey, he wrote a letter to Lord Xia. The general content of the letter was that he was going back to Beijing. At that time, he would take Xia Chu to live in General Zhao's mansion and let Xia Weimo take over. With his grandson.
Since Mr. Xia Hou mentioned the matter of Zhao Xingwen and Huo Wenshu in the Imperial Study Room, he naturally wanted to help him get it done.
When General Zhao comes back, he can behave well in front of him and see if he can bring Xia Chu back to the Hou Mansion to stay for a few days.
Who would have thought that Huo Tianxiu didn't agree with him, so the Marquis moved out General Zhao to suppress Huo Tianxiu.
Xia Chu's letter said that he estimated that he would not be back until the middle of next month at the earliest, or at the end of next month at the earliest.
The Marquis calculated the days and found that even from the Mongols to Chang'an, it was only a little over a month's journey.
Where did this bastard go? He had already set off and would not be back until the end of next month.
Naturally, the Marquis didn't know that his precious baby was still on the land of Liang State.
Ever since I received Xiao Zimu's peace letter at the beginning of summer, I haven't been in such a hurry.
At least he had three normal meals and no longer had to eat dry food every meal. Even the cold days were getting better.
That day, after Xia Chu followed Xiao Mubai into the city to find an inn, he first found a private room to eat. After sitting down, Xia Chu informed Xiao Mubai about the emergence of private armies in Guwan.
Seeing her serious face, Xiao Mubai couldn't help but scratch her nose: "You should thank Du Hanfei for planning such a sniper killing."
Xia Chu said "Ah", wondering if he had heard something wrong...
"Don't you want to bring down Du Hanfei? Now that he has given him such an opportunity, you should be happy." Seeing her stupid look, Xiao Mubai couldn't help but pinch her face again.
Han Sa, who was originally waiting in the private room, couldn't help but roll his eyes when Xiao Mubai shaved Xia Chu's nose for the first time.
At this time, he saw Xiao Mubai pinching Xia Chu's face and couldn't help but curled his lips. He felt that he really couldn't stand it anymore, so he silently left the private room and waited outside the door.
However, Xia Chu's eyes lit up when he heard this. It was related to Xiao Zimu's safety. He was only frightened in his heart. He had no time to think about this opportunity.
On the contrary, Xiao Mubai is much more rational than him.
"It's a pity that there are no survivors in this private army, and the arrow team behind has also disappeared without a trace." Xia Chu looked worried.
"As long as you do it, you will always find clues. If you are afraid that he will not do anything, then it will be really difficult to take him. Besides, you are so cruel and cruel. What you want is not just his life but the whole family. What could be worse than murdering the prince? What's a good charge?" Xiao Mubai looked like you were a person of your own taste.
Xia Chu immediately smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched Xiao Mubai's tea cup: "In this case, I really have to thank Prime Minister Du for this opportunity."
Xiao Mubai laughed and took a sip of tea.
However, Xia Chu drank the daughter's red wine in the cup and sighed: "It's still not as good as your plum blossom wine."
Xiao Mubai blinked and stared at her affectionately: "If Ah Chu likes it, I will brew it for you every year in the future."
Xia Chu sighed: "With or without me, you still brewed it every year before. By the way, why do you like plum blossoms so much?"
Xiao Mubai recalled something when he heard this, and suddenly chuckled, and then said to him: "When I was a child, I picked a plum blossom in the water."
When Xia Chu heard this, she rolled her eyes at him, thinking he was stupid, right
Do plum blossoms grow in water
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Xiao Mubai didn't explain much and started eating elegantly.
After dinner, they rested well at the inn for a night before setting out on the road the next day.
Xia Chu had a thought in his mind, and instead of slowing down Chiyi and waiting for Han Sa to accompany him, he pulled Xiao Mubai along and drove faster. He only stopped to rest when he saw a place with good scenery, and waited for Han Sa.
The two of them were like a couple of gods and immortals, just like traveling around the mountains and rivers, but Han Sa kept chasing after them without taking a moment to rest.
It wasn't until sunset that Han Sa received Bian Ding's letter.
When they caught up with Xiao Mubai and Xia Chu again, they presented the letter to Xia Chu.
Xia Chuzhan burst into laughter after reading the letter. He didn't expect that he just forgot to inform Bian Ding, but he was so anxious that he was ready to take Raven back to Beijing by himself.
Xia Chu immediately went to Chi Yi's backpack and took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone. When he turned back, Han Sa had already consciously bent over to serve as his writing desk.
Xia Chu patted Han Sa's shoulder with satisfaction and handed him the inkstone for ink grinding.
After Han Sa finished delivering the letter, Xia Chu watched the sky gradually darken and ordered him to set up camp.
Han Sa responded "Yes" and went to prepare to set up camp.
This is the first time they have set up camp since they left Qiao Mansion.
At first, because they were in a hurry to travel in early summer, they worked non-stop every day. Their meals were either naan or pancakes, pancakes or steamed buns. When they rested at night, they also slept under trees to save time.
Yesterday, it was the first time I stayed in an inn.
Today is the first time to set up camp.
When Xia Chu came back from the river with a full load of fish to grill, he discovered that Han Sa had already lit a fire and was waiting for him to come back.
Not far away, there was only one tent standing.
He put down the bucket of fish in his hand and yelled at Han Sa, "Why did you wait until now to set up a tent?"
Han Sa glanced at Xiao Mubai beside him, and replied to Xia Chu with a flattering smile and a shy face.
"Master, the rest of the tents seem to have been lost again..."
(End of chapter)