Seeing that the house was ready, Aunt Lian went to ask her mistress, "Madam, we should say hello to our neighbors since we just moved here. But tomorrow is Laba Festival, why don't we make Laba porridge tomorrow and send it to our neighbors, and say hello at the same time?"
Yang Haiyan agreed with Nanny Lian's idea: "You decide on the arrangements." Having a helper around you is different. Nanny Lian, who comes from a second-rank official's family, is better than Aunt Fan and others no matter how hard they try. Although Yang Haiyan trusted Aunt Fan at first, after getting along with her, she found that Nanny Lian was more suitable for managing the courtyard. Unconsciously, she valued her more.
When Aunt Lian heard that her master agreed with her, she was also happy: "Yes, then I will discuss with Aunt Fan and cook more Laba porridge tomorrow, and send it to the neighbors and the centurions before." The so-called servants do not obey the master's words and wait for the master to give orders. Such servants have no future. The so-called servants listen to the master's words, be loyal to the master, and give advice to the master.
Yang Haiyan nodded: "Just do as you see fit."
Because tomorrow is Laba Festival, the Qin family did not celebrate the housewarming today, and simply postponed it to tomorrow. After Qin Fang came back from his duty, he saw that the person guarding the door was Huang Huzi, one of the private guards.
Huang Huzi stepped forward and took the reins from Qin Fang: "My lord is back."
Qin Fang: "I'm back." Then he walked inside.
Qin Fang was followed by Kun Shi, who led the horse himself and went to the stable with Huang Huzi. In addition to horses, there were also sheep and donkeys in the stable.
Uncle Hong is in charge of all the animals, be it sheep, horses or donkeys. It must be said that Uncle Hong used to be a hunter and knows much more about these animals than others.
Uncle Hong is not idle now. When he is free during the day, he will ask one of his private guards to go and collect firewood. He drives a donkey cart to transport firewood, so he needs someone to accompany him. Otherwise, he will be worried if the donkey cart is parked without anyone watching. In the past, Aunt Hong accompanied him, but nowadays, it is inconvenient for Aunt Hong to bring the children. Uncle Hong himself knows that among all the servants, Aunt Hong has the easiest job because she has to take care of the children, so he does more work to live up to the kindness of the master.
Therefore, ever since Uncle Hong arrived, the Qin family has never lacked firewood, and the two sheep are also fat.
Kunshi: "Uncle Hong, it's here. It's time to eat."
Uncle Hong had just taken care of the donkey. Today, the donkey cart had pulled several trips to move house, and it was very tired, so he wanted to comfort it. Seeing Kun Shi and Huang Huzi pulling the horses over, he said, "Captain Kun and Guard Huang are here. I'll be ready soon. Captain Kun, do you want to brush your horse?"
Kunshi: "No need, you brush the adults' horse, I'll brush mine." He loved his horse so much that he had to do it himself.
Huang Huzi joked: "The captain treats horses like women."
Kun Shi: "Go away, you're talking like you've used a woman before."
Huang Huzi: "Why haven't I used it? My wife is in my hometown, and she will come here after the New Year." He also came here to serve in the military, but soldiers did not receive monthly wages because military service was compulsory. Now he has become an adult's private guard, and he still receives monthly wages every month. He eats and lives here, so of course he is happy. He also asked his wife, and his wife said that he could bring his wife here, so he wrote a letter to his family.
Of course Yang Haiyan would not object. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, these married private guards would follow Qin Fang for the rest of their lives. Should she separate them from their families
Moreover, Qin Fang's current monthly salary is more than eight taels of silver, which is enough to support his family and these private guards. The four private guards have a monthly salary of 300 wen, and the captain Kun Shi has a monthly salary of 500 wen, which adds up to 1 tael, 700 wen per month, so Qin Fang can still afford it.
As for the other servants, the income from Yang Haiyan's dim sum shop is enough. Although it has been closed for a while, after it reopens, there will be a gross profit of ten taels of silver a month, so there is no need to worry.
She even thought that if the wives of these private guards came, she would open a shop in the county town, and then let Aunt Fan go to the county town to manage the shop. Aunt Fan was a lifelong contract, so she could rest assured, and then send a wife of a private guard to help. Of course, Aunt Fan was still responsible for making the dim sum, and only Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong knew how to make the dim sum.
As for Aunt Hong, she continued to manage the shop here, and when she was busy, the private guard's wife could help. Anyway, there was more than one private guard, so naturally there was more than one wife.
…
Qin Fang entered the main courtyard and saw Aunt Yu guarding the gate. Aunt Yu saw him and saluted: "The master is here." Her voice was a little soft because of her inferiority complex, but she was much better than when she first came, at least she had gained weight. A bowl of goat milk every morning is not eaten in vain.
Aunt Yu was a person who never went anywhere and never talked about gossip. After she finished her rough work every day, she would guard the door for Yang Haiyan. For her, only by doing rough work could she feel safe.
When Yang Haiyan heard that Qin Fang was back, she put down her work. She had nothing to do, so she made some underwear for Qin Fang, mainly because Qin Fang's underwear was not durable. Nanny Lian hurried to bring hot water for Qin Fang to wash his face. After Qin Fang washed his face, dinner was served.
The master was eating, and the servants and private guards were also eating.
Dinner was bacon and sauerkraut noodles. Qin Fang ate two big bowls. The sauerkraut was very appetizing.
While eating, Yang Haiyan asked: "Husband, tomorrow is Laba Festival, have you prepared Laba porridge in the barracks?"
Qin Fang was stunned. "No, I have never eaten Laba porridge since I served in the army. When I was in my hometown, my family would prepare it. Speaking of which, I will be able to go home in March next year, and I will have a month's vacation then."
Hearing him say this, Yang Haiyan was also very curious about the Qin family, and even had some expectations. After all, Grandma Qin and Mother Qin left a very good impression on her, and Qin Fang was a filial person. Although he was not foolishly filial, she hoped that she and Mother Qin and others could get along well. "Father and mother will definitely be happy to see that my husband has grown so tall."
Qin Fang felt touched after hearing this: "I am doing well, but I don't know how they are doing."
Yang Haiyan comforted him: "You will know when you go back during the holiday next year. If they are not doing well, we can bring them here?" This was a tentative statement, and it was unknown whether Qin Fang could hear it. Naturally, Yang Haiyan did not like living with her parents-in-law. It was not that she was unfilial, but very few modern girls were willing to live with their parents-in-law. However, she did not object to bringing the Qin family here, and could buy a yard in the town for them to live in. Because this was an obligation that Qin Fang, as the eldest son and grandson, could not refuse. But the details would have to wait until she got along with the Qin family.
Qin Fang shook his head: "No, they won't come. Home is their roots, and they won't get used to leaving their roots. If possible, go back to see them every two years. At least while grandpa and grandma are still here, dad and mom won't come. And if grandpa and grandma come together, they definitely won't want to."
Yang Haiyan understood what Qin Fang meant. He was willing to bring his grandparents and his own family over, but he had no plans to bring people from other rooms over.
Avoiding this topic, Yang Haiyan did not say anything: "Husband, are we going to send Laba porridge to the soldiers in your 18th district tomorrow?"
Laba Festival has a specific meaning. In Qi State, Laba Festival is a day to worship ancestors and gods, and pray for a good harvest and good luck. Therefore, every Laba Festival, relatives and friends will send Laba porridge to each other to express their good luck. As the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qin family, if Grandpa Qin, Grandma Qin, Father Qin and Mother Qin are gone, the matter of worshipping ancestors on Laba Festival will be handed over to Yang Haiyan. However, at present, the Qin family can do it, so she doesn't need to worry about it.
Qin Fang heard Yang Haiyan asking about the soldiers in District 18. He thought for a moment and asked, "How much would it cost to have more than a thousand people?"
Yang Haiyan chuckled.
Qin Fang was a little embarrassed: "Don't laugh." He was serious. If it cost too much money, then he wouldn't prepare it for the soldiers in District 18. If he could afford it, and it was only once a year, he would naturally agree. But he was a little embarrassed by his wife's smile.
Yang Haiyan calculated that for more than a thousand soldiers, he would need 200 kilograms of rice. One kilogram of rice plus the ingredients, plus a little more water, two bowls of porridge per person would not be a problem. Two hundred kilograms of rice include 100 kilograms of rice and 100 kilograms of brown rice, plus peanuts, red beans, mung beans, red dates, longans, and lentils. One hundred kilograms of rice cost 600 coins, and one hundred kilograms of brown rice cost 400 coins. He would need 500 coins to buy the remaining ingredients, which would be enough to buy quite a lot, so one and a half taels of silver would be enough. After calculating, Yang Haiyan said, "Two bowls of porridge per person, a total of one and a half taels of silver."
The next day
At daybreak, Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong went to the county town to buy the ingredients for Laba porridge. Actually, they had the ingredients at home, but it was only enough for the few of them. If they added more than a thousand soldiers in the barracks, the ingredients at home would not be enough.
After they came back with the ingredients, several large pots in the kitchen started cooking Laba porridge.
Speaking of which, the second-floor house has an independent kitchen, which allows Aunt Fan to show off her cooking skills. She is quite happy. Originally, she wanted to gain face in front of the wife, but with Aunt Lian here, and Aunt Lian has more experience than her, she knows she can't compete. But it doesn't matter, she will find another way out. Look, the kitchen is her way out. It doesn't matter if she is not as good as Aunt Lian in terms of etiquette, as long as the food she cooks is delicious, she can still gain face in front of the wife. Besides, the kitchen of a wealthy family is also managed by the wife's confidant.
I have to say that Aunt Fan's cooking skills are indeed good. Although Yang Haiyan can cook and her cooking skills are not bad, her cooking skills are good only because of the good ingredients and many styles. Aunt Fan's cooking skills are real skills, just like modern chefs who can make any dish delicious. This kind of cooking skills is not limited by ingredients.
Noon, at the back door of the military camp.
Several donkey carts came towards the back door of the military camp, and the soldiers at the back door immediately became alert, fearing that something might happen. After a while, when they saw that the person in the front of the donkey cart was Uncle Hong, they breathed a sigh of relief because they knew Uncle Hong, and he was a servant of Captain Qin. Before the winter disaster, he would deliver meals to Captain Qin every day.
There was not enough Laba porridge for more than a thousand people on the Qin family's donkey cart alone, so Yang Haiyan rented another donkey cart in the town, and the Laba porridge convoy led by Uncle Hong came in a grand manner.
Uncle Hong got off the donkey cart and respectfully came before the soldiers: "Hello, all the soldiers, could you please call me your master?"
One of the soldiers said, "No problem, I'll go and call him right away, Uncle Hong, wait a moment."
Another soldier asked curiously, "Uncle Hong, are all these convoys your men?"
Uncle Hong said, "Yes, today is Laba Festival, and my wife has brought Laba porridge to the soldiers in District 18."
When the soldiers nearby heard this, they were immediately filled with envy.
Uncle Hong smiled again and said, “If you gentlemen don’t mind, my wife has prepared some for you as well.
The soldiers were immediately happy and said, "Don't mind, don't mind. I'll go get the bowl."
"Bring my bowl, too."
Qin Fang came out, not only himself, but also called ten centurions from District 18 to carry the porridge. At first, Han Zhen and the other centurions didn't know what Qin Fang called them to do, but when they saw the buckets of porridge on the donkey cart, they thought, "Oh my God, it's Laba porridge!"
The ten centurions of the Eighteenth District carried the Laba porridge several times just by going back and forth. You know, porridge occupies a lot of weight and area, which is different from the previous snacks. And such a big battle was known to everyone in the whole district. The soldiers asked curiously and learned that it was the wife of Qin Qianfu who sent them the Laba porridge. They were very moved.
Soon, General Ao learned about this matter. He thought to himself that Qin Fang's wife really knows how to behave. But... General Ao also shamelessly came to eat Laba porridge. When General Ao came, other generals who got the news also came to join in the fun.
Since Yang Haiyan came to deliver Laba porridge, the ingredients inside were naturally not bad. Precious ingredients such as red dates and longans were put in small quantities, but peanuts, red beans, and mung beans, which were slightly cheaper, were sufficient.
After the soldiers had finished two bowls of Laba porridge, although they were not full, they were satisfied enough.
Family Room
Yang Haiyan asked Aunt Fan and others to deliver Laba porridge to the families of ten centurions including Lu Saozi and Yang Dahua, and also to the families of nine thousand-man troops under General Ao. When Aunt Fan and others delivered the porridge, they also took back a bunch of gifts, including Laba porridge.
After the people in District 18 got off work, Yang Baifu, Lu Baifu and others returned home and told the women in their families about what happened in District 18 today.
Mrs. Lu sighed: "Haiyan is a smart person. When she lived next door, she was always a good person. The two young men in the family drink the goat milk she gives them every day. Even I drink a lot of it. This goat milk is really nourishing."
Lv Baifu saw that his wife looked much better after drinking goat milk, and said with a smile: "If you give it to me, you will say good things to me, then we will owe them."
Mrs. Lu glared at him and said, "Look at what you said. Haiyan said that if we don't finish the goat milk within an hour, it will lose its nutritional value. If we pour it out, it will be wasted, so we just let everyone drink it. If she used it to do business, how could I take advantage of her? You don't know that she not only drinks it herself, but also her servants, so I won't be polite."
Lu Baifu could see that his wife had a very good impression of Qin Fang's family.
This topic was not only discussed by one family, but also by Yang Baifu's family. Mrs. Yang Baifu said, "That's right. He comes from a wealthy family and is very smart. He sent us eggs the other day. Although he charged for them, he bought them from the countryside. It's kind of him to remember us."
Of course, people will praise her, but there will also be people gossiping about her: "She is the only one who knows how to behave, and she has too much money and doesn't know where to spend it."
Or other wives of centurions: "This man is really good at winning people's hearts. Isn't this making things difficult for you?"
But Yang Haiyan couldn't hear what others said, nor did she take it to heart. Even if she bought people's hearts for her man, what was wrong
Yang Haiyan thought that the matter of Laba porridge was over, but unexpectedly, the next day, Qin Fang and Kun Shi returned from their shift with four bundles of firewood on their horses, two bundles each.
When Yang Haiyan heard what Aunt Fan said, she went to see it. While eating, she asked Qin Fang, "What happened? Did you and Kun Shi go to collect firewood?"
How could Qin Fang have the time? He said, "I went to collect firewood last night when the soldiers were off duty, and I also went to collect some more at noon today when the soldiers were resting. So each of us collected a bundle."
Yang Haiyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this: "They are so thoughtful."
Qin Fang went on, "Madam, just wait. There are more than a thousand bundles of firewood piled up in District 18. Let Uncle Hong go and collect them tomorrow." More than a thousand people, one bundle each, more than a thousand bundles in total.
Yang Haiyan was frightened: "If we burn one bundle a day, it will take three years."
The next morning, Uncle Hong went to collect firewood. He collected ten bundles of firewood each time and it took him more than half a month. This incident shocked the whole family. Some people were good at calculating and couldn't help but calculate. A bundle of firewood cost ten cents. If they bought more than a thousand bundles of firewood, they would need ten taels of silver. After calculating, they couldn't help but say: This Laba porridge is a good deal.
Therefore, the wives of the thousand-man commanders planned that when the next year came, they would send some food to the soldiers under their husbands. If they could collect more than a thousand bundles of firewood and sell them, they could make ten taels of silver. Wouldn't that be a good deal
However, they no longer had this opportunity, because during the Chinese New Year, Yang Haiyan shattered their hopes again.
The Qin family had been collecting firewood for most of a month, and now it was December 23rd, and the Chinese New Year was almost here.
That day, Yang Haiyan, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up.
Aunt Lian knocked on the door and said, "Madam, the master is back."
Yang Haiyan put on her long cotton cloak in a daze and went to open the door. Qin Fang had already entered the main courtyard. Seeing Yang Haiyan standing at the door, he strode over and said, "Did I wake you up? Go back to bed."
Yang Haiyan pulled at her clothes and asked in confusion: "Aren't you on duty tonight? You should be in the barracks now, why are you back?"
This matter was not a big secret, so Qin Fang said bluntly: "Something happened in the Marquis' Mansion, and the young master was robbed."
Qin Fang didn't know that his words were like a bolt of lightning to Yang Haiyan, making her head buzz and her face turn pale in an instant. Qin Fang thought she was frightened and said quickly, "Don't worry, go and have a rest. I'm going back to the county to see the prince. The prince is worried that others are not doing their best, so he asked General Ao and me to go back to the county. Maybe when you wake up tomorrow, I will be back and the young master will be rescued."
Yang Haiyan hurriedly grabbed Qin Fang's hand and asked, "Who kidnapped the young master? Was it the barbarians from outside the pass?"
Qin Fang said: "Yes, the barbarians kidnapped the young master and were discovered on the way, but they escaped and are now hiding in the county town."
Yang Haiyan took a deep breath and said, "Then go quickly. I'll wait for you at home. Be careful."
Qin Fang: "Don't worry."
As soon as Qin Fang left, Yang Haiyan went to the study and took out paper and pen.
Yang Haiyan touched her chest which was throbbing non-stop. She tried to calm herself down, because the more nervous she was, the less she could think about the plot. She gasped for air, and after a while, she gradually calmed down. Originally, because Qin Fang was not a character in the plot, and his arrival changed everything about Qin Fang, she didn't think about the plot, but now it seems that the plot is still going on.
According to the original plot, the selection of the thousand-man leader competition was after the young master was kidnapped, and the selection of the thousand-man leader competition was just to make the male protagonist Han Zhen more legitimate as the thousand-man leader. But when she came, the selection of the thousand-man leader competition was over, and the young master was not kidnapped, so she thought it would not happen.
But in fact, there was a big turn of events tonight.
Yang Haiyan began to take notes on paper: the young master was kidnapped and was discovered by Yang Dahua in the county town. The barbarians were hiding in a hideout in the county town. It was Yang Dahua who provided the information to the people in the Marquis' Mansion, so Yang Dahua showed up in front of the Crown Prince's wife and left a good impression.
Later, the young master was secretly rescued. Some of the barbarians were killed, and some escaped from the county. After escaping from the county, they fled to the family quarters because of the pursuit of the Marquis' Mansion. In fact, which family in the town is not easy to hide? Why did they secretly hide in the family quarters? Because the family quarters are the territory of the military camp, it is the safest place. It is also the most taboo for soldiers.
After they hid in the family quarters, they conspired to hide in the home of a centurion who had a son. They used the centurion's son to threaten the centurion's family not to reveal their news.
Unfortunately, this family was next door to Yang Dahua's house, so they were discovered by Yang Dahua again. Yang Dahua told Han Zhen about the clues. Han Zhen led his men to surround the yard. At this time, the centurion was about to send these men away and told them the formation map of the Yongzhou military camp. Human nature has weaknesses, and the weaknesses of some people are their own children.
Han Zhen and others had secretly surrounded them and wanted to rescue the child, but when they found that the centurion was planning to take people away, they had to act. When they appeared, the scene was in chaos. The centurion's family was killed, and of course, those people were also arrested.
After several interrogations, we learned that they took action to capture the young master for two reasons.
First: Marquis Yonghe is not in Yongzhou. Marquis Yonghe is upright and selfless. If he were here, they might not be able to threaten the young master. But he is not here, the Crown Prince is in power. The Crown Prince is the biological father of the young master, and he is naturally different from Marquis Yonghe. The reason why Marquis Yonghe is not here is because the new emperor ascended the throne and called him back, and the country will change the year name after the new year. Marquis Yonghe has 50,000 soldiers and horses, so the new emperor will naturally want to win him over, or for other reasons.
Second: The incident in Yongzhou right after the new emperor ascended the throne would be a blow to the new emperor. He might be so angry that he would punish the Yonghe Marquis' family. If a new general was sent in at that time, he might not be able to defeat a tough guy like Yonghe Marquis, and Yongzhou might be taken.
Yes, the new emperor ascended the throne a year ago. Speaking of which, the Yang family's misfortune, the maid's change from slave to good citizen and then betrothed to the soldiers, the nanny's escape with the prince, and the new emperor's ascension to the throne all have a series of connections.
Four years ago, the new emperor was still the favorite prince of the previous emperor, and he was the Prince Yuan at that time. Yuan was the first, so the harem and even the court all agreed that Prince Yuan was the emperor's favorite candidate for the crown prince, and the emperor did not hide this idea. In order to fight for the throne, the faction supporting other princes naturally wanted to destroy Prince Yuan. But the emperor trusted Prince Yuan very much, and the calculations of other places were avoided by Prince Yuan one by one. Instead, they planned a more vicious conspiracy, and this conspiracy was related to Princess Yuan. Once, Prince Yuan and Princess Yuan entered the palace, and Princess Yuan was calculated to have a relationship with the emperor and became the emperor's woman.
The trust and affection between father and son were directly destroyed.
Although the emperor loved Prince Yuan, Prince Yuan also knew that this was a conspiracy. However, no man could tolerate his beloved woman being slept with by someone else, especially when that person was his father. For the emperor, he could not let his son sleep with a woman he had slept with. This was the emperor's authority. Moreover, even if Princess Yuan was not wrong in this matter, in the eyes of the emperor, she was not qualified to be Prince Yuan's princess.
So, when Princess Yuan died, the emperor had an insignificant concubine in his backyard. Not long after, the emperor sent this concubine to the cold palace on false charges.
Although Prince Yuan never showed it on the surface, he often went to the cold palace secretly. The two loved each other, but they were tortured by reality. They couldn't help themselves and lost control. After a few times, Princess Yuan in the cold palace had a child. Because of Prince Yuan's protection, Princess Yuan's affair was not exposed.
The Emperor felt that he was not doing his son a favor, so he arranged a powerful in-law for him. The news of Prince Yuan's wedding naturally spread to the cold palace. After learning about Prince Yuan's wedding, Princess Yuan, who was originally in love, came to her senses. She avoided Prince Yuan and wanted to sever her relationship with him.
Therefore, Prince Yuan became more determined to seize the throne. He felt that only if he became the emperor, the woman he loved would return to his side.
Four years later, this year, the battle for the throne began. The fully fledged Prince Yuan became the biggest winner, and the Yang family, which supported other princes, lost. However, when the battle for the throne was fierce and there was fighting inside and outside the palace, the Princess of Yuan asked her trusted nanny to take the child and escape from the palace during the chaos. After the child escaped, she committed suicide.
Princess Yuan had a plan in mind. If Prince Yuan failed and someone else succeeded, the fact that she gave birth to a child in the cold palace would be exposed, and she would lose her head at that time. If Prince Yuan succeeded, even if her child would not die, this identity would be embarrassing. She didn't want her son to live in such a place for the rest of his life, a place that ruined her life. She wanted her son to live in a free world outside. With the carefulness of the nanny and the money she asked the nanny to take out, her son could even be a small landlord.
Mammy did escape with the child. After she escaped, she settled the child and returned to the palace. Then, she left the palace with the excuse that the imperial concubine had passed away and the palace had dismissed the maids. Then, she brought the child to Yongzhou, the territory of the Marquis of Yonghe. The new emperor never thought that the child would be with a maid who was dismissed from the palace, and finally with Han Zhen who became a general.
After that, the nanny took the prince to live a simple life in Han Zhen's Qianfu Mansion. Until Han Zhen's merits increased, the family went to the capital, and the nanny was accidentally recognized by the new emperor.
Knowing that the prince was still alive, the new emperor began to plan for him and arranged a reasonable identity for him. He found a girl who was pregnant before marriage more than ten years ago. Because of the girl's pregnancy, she was drowned in the river. No one knew what happened to the girl after she drowned in the river, so others had no way to find out about the child's origin. As for the girl's family, they had long been arranged by the new emperor to leave. Therefore, people from other factions in the court could not find any stains on the prince.
Moreover, in the eyes of others, the affair between the prince's biological mother and the new emperor was nothing more than a romantic affair. Although the prince's biological mother died, she was posthumously named a concubine by the new emperor, and was no different from other princes born to concubines.
The princes were different from other children. There were no illegitimate princes. Illegitimate princes were an insult to the emperor, so there were only legitimate princes and illegitimate princes. In ordinary families, the children born to the head of the family and the outside woman were not even as good as illegitimate princes.
That prince became a concubine prince, but he had Han Zhen, the Yonghe Marquisate, and the emperor's favor behind him. The new emperor, who had come through the succession struggle, was not the kind of emperor who would be easily influenced. He was decisive in killing and he would not allow anyone to refute his decision to make the son born to his beloved woman the crown prince.
Yang Haiyan recalled the general direction of the plot and was deeply frightened and broke into a cold sweat. She was not frightened because of the nanny and the prince. As long as she didn't tell them, they wouldn't be in danger of being killed if they knew the secret history of the palace. She was afraid because of Yang Dahua. Although she didn't know whether the kidnappers of the young master would escape to the family room, if they hid in the family room and next to Yang Dahua's house, then... "Nanny Lian... Nanny Lian..." Yang Haiyan ran out in a panic.
"Madam?" Nanny Lian was waiting outside. Her master was in the study, so she naturally would not go to sleep. When she saw Yang Haiyan's expression was a little flustered, she hurried forward to support her with concern, "Madam, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare when you took a short break just now?" Yang Haiyan had been sorting out the plot in the study for a while, and Nanny Lian thought she had taken a rest, and she was flustered because she had a nightmare.
Yang Haiyan shook her head: "Madame Lian, you heard what the master said just now. Because of the young master's matter, I'm afraid that the people in the county are in a panic. I'm worried that the barbarian will escape from the county and come to our town. You should go to Han Baifu's house and take two private guards with you to pick up Sister Dahua." Although she had a clear conscience about the change in the plot, she didn't want Yang Dahua to get into trouble. Putting aside the plot, they can be considered friends.
Aunt Lian: "Yes, don't worry, I will go right away."
Although Aunt Lian went to pick up Yang Dahua, Yang Haiyan was not at ease. She walked around in the yard and finally heard footsteps outside. She then saw Aunt Lian and Yang Dahua coming back, and she was relieved.
Yang Dahua also saw Yang Haiyan and called out, "Haiyan..."
Yang Haiyan calmed herself down and said, "Sister Dahua, I was worried that it was not safe outside, so I asked someone to bring you here. Are you scared?"
Yang Dahua was still puzzled: "No, what's going on? Just now, Aunt Lian came to call me and said that something happened in the county town. You were worried about my situation and asked me to come over."
Because Yang Dahua didn't know about the young master, Yang Haiyan didn't say anything, but the fact that the barbarian sneaked into the county town was definitely no secret in the county town. Qin Fang was called in late at night, so of course he had to search the county town, so it didn't hurt to tell Yang Dahua about it, so she said, "The barbarian sneaked into the county town, and my husband was called to the county town to discuss something. I was worried that the barbarian would take advantage of the situation and escape. If he escaped to our family quarters, it would be extremely unsafe for you as a pregnant woman, so I asked Nanny Lian to go and call you over."
Yang Dahua was also scared when she heard this: "What about the county town?"
Yang Haiyan patted her hands: "I don't know either. I guess I won't know until tomorrow. Sister Dahua, you shouldn't overwork while pregnant. You should go and rest first." Besides, she didn't want to talk too much with Yang Dahua. She wanted to know how the young master was doing, and whether the barbarian would escape here.
Yang Dahua didn't say much, just nodded: "Then I'll go."
Nanny Lian took Yang Dahua to the west wing. In the yard, apart from Aunt Yu who was guarding the gate, Yang Haiyan was the only one left. She returned to her room, but she didn't want to sleep. She sat in bed waiting for Qin Fang to come back, wanting to know the situation as soon as possible.
County town, Yonghe Marquis Mansion.
Yonghe Marquis's son: "Xiao Ao, Qin Fang, the barbarians have captured my son. I have to return to the barracks to guard against the barbarians taking advantage of the moment to launch a surprise attack. Those bastards took advantage of my father's absence to do such a despicable thing. On the surface, the guards of my mansion have already searched the entire county, and I have handed it over to you in private. We need to work on both fronts."
General Ao and Qin Fang: "Yes."
General Ao: "Sir, why don't you send a few more people?"
The prince shook his head: "Too many people in the barracks will easily cause instability in the military camp. The reason why Qin Fang was chosen is because Qin Fang is on duty at night. He is not in the barracks at this time, and there is nothing to do. In the eyes of others, he must be patrolling outside."
Qin Fang: "Don't worry, my lord. I will do my best to find the young master."
The prince frowned and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."
General Ao and Qin Fang: "Yes."
After discussing with them, the prince immediately returned to the military camp. The gate of the county town was closed, and no one could go out or come in in the middle of the night. But what about tomorrow? Can it still be closed? Even if it can be closed tomorrow, what about the day after tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow
You have to know that the city gates of the entire county are closed, this is a very serious matter.
However, the county town is not big, but not small either. How can it be easy to find the hiding place of the barbarians
General Ao was getting very angry: "It's almost dawn and the young master hasn't been found yet. What if something happens to him..."
Qin Fang frowned, and after a while, he said, "General, I have a plan."