After Xiao Yi left Anfu, the Southern Border Army began to clean up the remnants of Baiyue like a gust of wind and thunder. , all the mansions involved dared not speak up, and thus did not cause new turmoil.
On September 15th, a notice was posted on the bulletin board near the city gate, stating the various crimes against Anjia—
An Pinling and his son admitted to murdering the eldest concubine, and were willing to use all their family property to atone for their crimes.
The concubine Shizi was kind and forgave An's family. The son exempted her from the death penalty and charged her and her family to go to the foot of Liuyuan Mountain, so that they would not be able to enter the southern border again for eternity.
The people around the bulletin board were all discussing in whispers. Liuyuan Mountain is located on the southwestern border of southern Xinjiang. It is obvious that Shi Ziye just expelled An's family from southern Xinjiang, which is really kind.
At the same time, the An family who were imprisoned in a wing room also learned that they would leave Luoyue City tomorrow. Although they didn't know where they would be sent, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then melancholy came back.
"Grandfather, father," An Minrui said to An Pinling and An Ziang with a mournful face, "What are we going to do in a place like the frontier where no shit happens?" You won't really want to spend your whole life there, right
In fact, the rest of the An family were also thinking about this question, but they didn't dare to say it out loud.
When An Minrui said this, Mrs. An, An Minzhong and the others were all sad. They had been pampered and honored all their lives, and they had never lived a hard life. Now they want to go to that wild land with nothing, and life would be worse than death!
"He is unkind, I am unrighteous." An Pinling sneered with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and said in a hateful voice, "What's the rush? There is no unparalleled road."
"Father, what do you mean..." An Ziang frowned thoughtfully.
An Pinling's eyes were gloomy and cold, and he lowered his voice and said, "You all should relax..."
In the past two years, the eldest son Xiao Yi has indeed controlled nearly half of the military power in Southern Xinjiang through the battle with Nanliang, but most of them are in the area from the south to the southwest. The southern border is so vast, how could Xiao Yi grasp it all in such a short period of time. Not to mention anything else, his family has settled in southern Xinjiang for more than a hundred years, and his roots are so deep that Xiao Yi cannot fathom. For example, in the past ten years or so, An's family has already found out the troops deployed by King Zhennan on the southeast coast in the name of "going to sea". This is a big bargaining chip for him.
An Pinling said confidently: "When I get sent to the place, I will try to talk to His Royal Highness Kui Lang in the capital."
Since Xiao Yi doesn't care about his relatives and doesn't leave room for them, then he doesn't have to be too polite, Dayu can't be relied on, they settle down and switch to Baiyue!
Then they will really be traitors after they settle down... An tangle flashed in An Ziang's eyes, but it only disappeared for a moment. He said to himself, this is all forced by the eldest son. They are just trying to survive!
With An Ziang's words, the An's family calmed down, and hope was rekindled in their hearts.
As long as they survive this period of time, they will never accept their fate in Anjia!
The night passed quickly, and the next day, when the genius was twilight, everyone in the An family left Luoyue City under the escort of the Southern Border Army. Among them were not only An Pinling's house, but also An Zhizhi's other two sons. For the same crime, they were sent to the southwest border together.
On the way to distribution, the Anjia people really felt what is different from the past. Every day, the cock crowed and rushed on the road. There was no horse or carriage, and they could only walk on foot with their own two legs... until the sky was completely dark, they could go on their way. Rest, if you accidentally miss the post station, you will be seated on the ground, and the food you eat will be dry food that is difficult to swallow. If it was before, even the servants of the An family would not eat these...
The An family has long been used to the days of being pampered and pampered. Even if no one deliberately treats them harshly, they still live like years. In a few days, they are so haggard that they don't look like human beings. up!
After driving for several days, An Ziang began to feel that something was wrong when he came to the vicinity of Liuyuan Mountain. After holding back for a day, he finally couldn't help but chased after Chang Huaixi and asked, "You... where are you taking us? ?”
He already had a vague guess in his mind, and his eyelids twitched wildly.
The rest of the An family didn't know what was going on, and were at a loss.
Chang Huaixi didn't intend to hide it from them at first, so he gave the answer with a sneer: "Shanling Town."
An Ziang gasped, his pupils shrank sharply, and the corners of Chang Huaixi's mouth curled up slightly, "kindly" added: "The Master said that since your An family likes it there, I will let you get your wish!"
"master!"
Amid Mrs. Chang's exclamation, An Ziang collapsed, his eyes were blank, and he murmured, "It's over, it's over!"
An Pinling didn't know what was going on, so he frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
An Ziang looked up at An Pinling, and said in a trembling voice, "Father, Shanling Town is at the foot of Liuyuan Mountain..."
This time, even An Pinling and Mrs. An almost didn't pass by.
At the beginning, An Pinling ordered An Ziang to arrange the matter of the small dress. An Pinling and Mrs. An only knew that An Ziang went to a small town near Liuyuan Mountain to get smallpox. pus.
In other words, the Southern Border Army escorting them was going to send them all to that "Small Pox Town"!
Smallpox is a plague. It is not only highly contagious, but also has no cure. Once anyone suffers from smallpox, it is almost equivalent to death.
As long as one person in a town suffers from smallpox, the whole town will be infected, and eventually the town will become a dead city, with corpses dying for thousands of miles. This has been the case for thousands of years.
If they go, will they still be alive? !
An Ziang almost didn't dare to think about it anymore. He knew the current situation of Shanling Town very well. When the people under him went to prepare the little clothes, they had told him that Shanling Town, which originally had nearly a thousand people, already had ten rooms. Jiukong, there are only one or two hundred people left alive, what about now? !
An Ziang couldn't help but said angrily: "My son doesn't mean anything, he clearly promised to save our An family's life!"
Chang Huaixi raised his brows and smiled brightly, but with undisguised malice, he said: "Of course, the son of the world is full of promises, isn't this saving your lives? Next, whether you live or die, Just obey the destiny!"
If God really let An's family survive, Shizi will not pursue it anymore!
But how lucky are they
Chang Huaixi's smile was wider, but it didn't reach his eyes.
Dare to use smallpox to harm the younger grandson, the An family asked for it!
In stark contrast to the smile on his face, the cloud of despair hangs over An's family. An's family is walking towards the deep and dark hell step by step...
It's over, now An's family is really over!
Only at this time did An Pinling realize what it meant to live worse than death. Now, not to mention contacting Kui Lang who is far away in the capital, it is a question whether they can live for a few days!
The son of the world is so cruel that he doesn't think of the kinship at all! It is clear that we want to cut the weeds and eradicate the roots!
An Ziang staggered and fell to his knees, he didn't know whether it was more despair or more regret...
He couldn't help asking himself in his heart, if, after Meng Tingjian took the place of their crime, he persuaded his father to calm down, wouldn't it be possible to settle down to this point
However, this is already an unsolvable problem.
I'm afraid the An family will never get an answer in this lifetime...
As far as Xiao Yi is concerned, if there is any value in the An family, it is probably those confiscated family properties. Zhu Xing and Shen Chengye led a team of accountants to spend several days counting the gold and silver jewellery, banks, land deeds, land properties, shop deeds, etc., and re-registered them one by one.
The An family has a lot of wealth, but it is all ill-gotten wealth, and the source of it is unknown. Xiao Yi directly designated the An family's bank as military use, and all the income from the An family was used as military funds every year.
As for those fields, they are used to resettle the people who have lost their homes due to wars these years. The fields are leased to them, and the land tax is appropriately reduced for the first three years so that they can live and work in peace and contentment.
There are also those gold, silver and jewels, all of which are cashed out, and used for the livelihood of the people in southern Xinjiang, paving roads and bridges, distributing porridge and medicine, opening charity halls to house orphans, and building schools...
At first, some people questioned that Xiao Yi wanted to take the opportunity to annex the An family's property and fill his own pockets, but Xiao Yi's series of actions left them speechless, and he shut his mouth in desperation.
At this point, the turmoil caused by Anjia finally subsided, and Luoyue City once again returned to its former calm, including the Zhennan Palace.
On September 30th, the Zhennan Palace specially hosted a banquet to apologize to the guests for what happened on the wedding day.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and went one after another.
Now at this time, all the governments are too busy to take care of themselves, and they all selectively forget the Qiao family that is still under investigation by the government.
The palace was full of guests, but Xiao Yi was in the study of King Zhennan. The father and son sat opposite each other across the desk. Fen Laohuai comforted him, and said in a rare compliment: "A Yi, you did a good job this time!"
Ever since he got married, this rebellious son finally looked like a son of a generation, he knew how to measure, and he didn't impulsively make a big fuss.
The matter of the An family was settled in the name of murdering the concubine, which is the best way to deal with it, and it will not arouse suspicion. No one should know that he almost married a spy of Baiyue. Congratulations!
Xiao Yi's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Father, if you want to renew, you have to investigate the woman's net worth. Our royal family has a great career, so it is inevitable that people will be 'missed'. Be careful to recruit some kind of spies to infiltrate the palace, you may not be so lucky next time!"
He had a bright smile on his face, but his words were full of sarcasm, which made people feel very heartbroken.
The corners of Zhennan Wang's eyes twitched, the Nizi's words were still so ugly.
However, this time it was really dangerous.
Not to mention Aunt Mei, he sent someone to investigate An Zhihua carefully in advance, but found nothing wrong, so he decided on the marriage... Now that I think about it, King Zhennan was still scared for a while, and I was still shocked Not eliminated.
Aunt Mei is just a concubine. If there is any problem, he will kill and sell her quietly, and no one dares to question her, but wives are different!
If someone else used him to infiltrate the palace, he couldn't just divorce his wife and die suddenly, right
Thinking about it, King Zhennan felt a little headache, he rubbed his brows, hey, let's put aside the matter of the continuation for the time being. Anyway, it's good to have a concubine in charge of the palace now.
Looking at Zhennan Wang's uncertain face, Xiao Yi pursed his lips and smiled silently.
There is no doubt that Xiao Yi did it on purpose to make trouble at the wedding of King Zhennan this time.
Firstly, he used this big wedding to make the An's family from all over the place "voluntarily" gather in Luoyue City, just to catch the turtles in the urn and catch them all in one go;
Secondly, it is also to let the southern Xinjiang governments see clearly that if anyone dares to attack Ah Yue without a long-term eye, he will definitely not die;
Thirdly, it is to teach his confused father a lesson, so that he will not dare to marry another woman casually to replace his mother and concubine.
A cold light flashed in Xiao Yi's eyes, he yawned lazily, and said again: "I am a son, I don't care when I continue the string, but my father, my family A Yue is raising a baby now, so I can't bother. You can leave those trivial and messy things in the palace to Xiao Fei and your side concubine, so don't tire my family, Ayue."
Hearing this, the corners of Zhennan King's eyes twitched again, what did this rebellious son say again, is the middle class in the palace a messy trivial matter? How many women in the back house have fought for the power of the central government, and it seems like a big trouble to this nephew.
Fortunately, the crown prince is sensible!
His precious golden grandson must not be like this rebellious son!
King Zhennan couldn't help but stare at Xiao Yi, he really didn't have much flirtation with this Nizi.
He said angrily: "Don't care about Zhongfu, Shi Zifei has the final say, I want you to chatter here!"
Xiao Yi shrugged, he was not interested in facing Zhennan Wang's stinky face either. He stood up and cupped his fists casually and said, "Since father has nothing else to do, I'll go to the banquet first."
King Zhennan looked at the clepsydra and saw that it was almost time, so he also stood up and said, "This king will go with you."
Kikyo, who was waiting in the study, lowered his eyebrows from beginning to end, and Prince Zhennan and his son would quarrel before they could say a few words.
As long as the prince doesn't piss off the prince, everything will be fine.
The father and son went to the Xingsu Building side by side. Today's banquet was held in the main hall on the first floor of the Xingsu Building. There were eight tables for the male guests alone. It's informal, and from a distance, you can hear the bustling noise in the hall.
When Prince Zhennan and his son entered the main hall, the guests all focused their attention on them, and they all stepped forward to salute, including Chang Huaixi and his son.
General Chang was tall and strong, he looked big and thick, like a reckless man, his appearance was very different from the handsome Chang Huaixi, the father and son stood together, the contrast was great... just like the father and son of King Zhennan.
"My lord, my son." General Chang clasped his fists and saluted with a loud voice, and seemed to be in a good mood.
King Zhennan responded and exchanged greetings with him.
As for Xiao Yi, he swept half a circle into the hall, and Chang Huaixi asked casually, "Xiao Xi, where is Xiao Jun?"
Chang Huaixi still couldn't get used to it every time he heard the name Shizi, and couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows, but General Chang smiled even more happily, and his eyes narrowed. In the past, the fifth child was a heart disease of his. He usually had a bad temper and was arrogant, but his mother and wife were protecting him... Fortunately, last year, the mother insisted on sending the fifth child to Huiling City for training. It's been reborn!
It's no wonder that my mother always said that the fifth child is like herself, just young and naughty, and it will be fine when she is sensible.
The more General Chang thought about it, the more he felt that the mother in the family really had good eyesight. No wonder the saying goes that if there is an old man in the family, it is like having a treasure.
Chang Huaixi next to him collected himself, and said seriously: "Master, Ah Jun didn't come. His father didn't bring him here." His tone seemed calm, but there was a faint sense of indignation.
Chang Huaixi is the youngest son of the family, and he has never been wronged in the Chang Mansion, but the Chang Manor is not without bastards. The prosperity of the family is also beneficial.
Yan Mansion is different.
Chang Huaixi had also heard some rumors about the Yan Mansion, but he did not expect that Yan Xijun is now highly valued by the eldest son, and the Yan Mansion would dare to neglect him like this!
"Oh?" Xiao Yi pursed his lips with great interest, and said with a smile, "Xiao Xizi, run away and call that kid Xiao Jun."
"Yes, Master." Chang Huaixi's eyes flashed, and after clasping his fists, he strode away, very briskly.
But King Zhennan frowned, turned his head to look at Xiao Yi vigilantly and said, "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Yili said bluntly: "Yan Xijun is a member of my new camp, how can you let people be so negligent!"
King Zhennan's forehead twitched. This rebellious son still acted so inexplicably, but to King Zhennan, this was a trivial matter after all, and he didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he went to the table.
The banquet began soon, and it was very lively.
Half an hour later, Yan Xijun followed Chang Huaixi to the palace, and played with a group of young generals. First, they drank and punched and threw pots. Later, some people said that throwing pots was a girl's game, so they suggested archery. Even Xiao Yi They were all attracted, saying that whoever is the leader of today's archery will be rewarded with a big bow.
Xiao Yi's win made those young people start to play the game of walking through Yang with a hundred steps.
There was a lot of fun in the front, and although the female guests in the backyard couldn't witness it with their own eyes, they could still hear some of the grand occasion from the mouth of the maids.
Que'er was always articulate, and he spoke vividly: "...by the time we retreated to 130 steps, only the fifth son Chang, the third son Yan and the second son Cheng were left on the field... Later, the son of the world decided to let him The three young masters retreated another twenty steps together, and shot three arrows in a row, the one who hit the willow leaf was the leader. Unfortunately, when a gust of wind blew, the last arrow of the fifth young master Chang was a little crooked..."
Everyone listened as if they were in the scene, they were all interested and full of interest, and only Mrs. Yan, mother and daughter standing beside Nangong Yue, had a bad face. Mrs. Yan couldn't understand why Yan Xijun appeared in the palace at all, she thought to herself: The child of a scumbag is indeed a scumbag, and she became frivolous just because she climbed up to be the son of the world!
"In the end, it was Mr. Yan San who got the leader." The thrush on Que'er's right smiled and said.
Yan Xijun's archery skills, Nangong Yue, have also seen it with her own eyes. The two-edged bird with one stone during the spring hunt is impressive, and his gray dog that looks like a wolf and looks a little silly...
Thinking about it, a smile flashed in Nangong Yue's eyes.
Madam Yan didn't know how Yan Xijun came to the palace, but Nangong Yue knew it all.
A Yi, this guy has always protected his weaknesses!
only…
Nangong Yue took a look at Mrs. Yan's uncertain face, and the Yan family really couldn't help but wink.
She pondered for a while, and then said: "Madam Yan, your son is really good at shooting, and he must have put in a lot of hard work. Only by suffering and suffering can he become a master."
She kindly reminded Mrs. Yan that Yan Xijun's future must be good in the future, and the other party should adapt to the current situation and change his attitude towards the concubine.
Hearing this, the female guests around were all silent, everyone knew that the third son of Yan, Yan Xijun, was the concubine of the Yan family, and he was never treated well by Mrs. Yan, but now the concubine is starting to make a difference. For a moment, many people's eyes were focused on Mrs. Yan, and there was a gleam of interest in their eyes.
Mrs. Yan's entire face was almost darkened, and a burst of anger "boomed" straight into her forehead, and she blurted out without thinking: "If the concubine sees that my brother Jun is good, I heard that the eldest girl in the palace is still good." If you are not engaged, why not betroth the eldest girl to Brother Jun?"
She raised her chin slightly and looked at Nangong Yue provocatively.
There was an uproar all around, and the ladies all stared at Madam Yan in astonishment.
Although Xiao Fei's biological mother was divorced, no one in Luoyue city knew that Xiao Fei and the eldest concubine had the same love for sisters, and their status in the palace was as solid as gold. A mere concubine of the Yan family wanted to marry the eldest daughter of King Zhennan? !
It's not right for this marriage to be inappropriate, isn't Mrs. Yan intentionally ridiculing the Crown Princess by saying this
She is crazy!
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