Yang Sheng went to work on the experiment, Shen Fengming went out again, Jiang Yunzhu sat down and continued chatting with Chen and Liu.
"What are your plans for the future?" Chen asked Liu.
"I was used to living in that yard and didn't want to move, so I signed a new contract with the landlord and continued to live there," said Liu.
Chen was not surprised, but the rent of a house in the county town must be expensive, so how would she live
"I want to embroider some things to sell." Liu said a little nervously. This was just her idea and she didn't know if it would work.
Chen thought it should work, but she didn't know the situation in the county, so she couldn't make any comments.
"Auntie, you can definitely do it." Jiang Yunzhu said. Just from the skirt Liu made for her, she could tell that she was an excellent embroidery worker and had a kind heart. She would definitely have a future in embroidery and even clothes in the future.
After hearing this, Chen smiled and said to Liu, "Yunzhu said you can do it, so you can definitely do it. If you need any help in the future, come to us."
Liu was deeply moved after hearing this and nodded heavily, with more expectations for the future.
"If there's anything I can help you with, please come to me," she said.
At noon, when the Jiang family was busy, Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng heard the familiar bird call and went out.
In a valley behind the mountain, a group of Qilin guards stood there with their horses, exhausted. They had come here day and night, and although they were exhausted, everyone stood straight, like pine trees, with bright eyes, as if there was a fire burning in them.
"Greetings to the Commander and Deputy Commander!" Seeing Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng, the whole team knelt down in unison, their voices excited and sincere.
No matter how outsiders view Shen Fengming, in their hearts, the Commander is the person they are willing to follow and look up to all their lives.
Kill corrupt officials and behead the powerful. If there is still a trace of justice in this world, it must be their commander. He rushed into the barbarians' lair alone to rescue their brothers. His face was cold, but they knew that his blood was hot.
They are willing to be the knife in his hand, the sharpest knife, and wherever the blade points is the direction they will move forward.
I will never regret it even if I die a hundred times!
"Not bad." Yang Sheng glanced at everyone and said with a smile.
Although he had his own selfish motives in choosing to handle this case, since he was here, he would handle the case well.
At this time, on an official road in Wuling County, a group of people came over in a mighty force, with more than two hundred people.
On a nearby hill, Ji Sanniang stood there, her white skirt blown up by the wind, as if she was about to fly away.
"Song Li, do you think this is an opportunity given to me by God?" She stared at the group of people, especially the young man on horseback in the middle, and suddenly spoke.
"Madam." Song Li's face was full of worry, "That man is surrounded by so many guards and servants..." It's not something they can easily succeed.
Ji Sanniang seemed not to hear and only said, "It wasn't God. I prayed to all the gods and Buddhas that day, but no one saved me. It must have been Shaoze. It was his spirit in heaven who helped me."
"Madam!" Song Li was anxious.
Ji Sanniang smiled, took the white flower from her head and let it fly away with the wind.
From now on, she would not use this white flower anymore, she would go down to accompany her Shaoze in person, as long as he did not mind her bloody hands.
On the official road, Xiao Qisong sat crookedly on his horse and asked Deng Hong, "How long will it take to get to Wuling Mine? This journey has exhausted me to death."
Last time, Shen Fengming brought Wang Bin and others back to the capital. After a lot of open and secret struggles in the court, they finally sent more people, Deng Hong, the new commander of the Wuling Mine garrison, and Xiao Qisong, his deputy.
A deputy actually dared to speak to the commander like this. If this happened in the army, he would definitely be dragged out and beaten with twenty military sticks.
But Xiao Qisong’s surname is Xiao, the Xiao of the Xia Dynasty royal family. His father is the King of Huainan, so he is naturally not afraid of Deng Hong.
Deng Hong was angry. The journey was supposed to take only six or seven days, but he had delayed it until now. Did he think he was just out for fun
Indeed, he is just here to have fun, to make some money in the mines, without any danger, and he can also earn some military merit. When he returns, he will probably be promoted to a general and be on equal footing with himself.
It's a pity that I have experienced life and death for so many years, and it's a pity that those soldiers sacrificed their lives and shed their blood, but in the end they are not as good as a playboy who can't even hold a gun.
Thinking of this, Deng Hong really wanted to have Xiao Qisong brought down and punish him for delaying military affairs and disrespecting his superiors.
But he finally held back. He had no foundation in the court. If he dealt with Xiao Qisong today, he might be taken back to the capital in a few days.
"We've arrived in Wuling County. If we walk faster, we'll reach Wuling Mine in the evening." He replied with a cold face.
The next evening, Jiang Yunzhu finished frying the last pot of cold rabbit, put everything into a jar, sealed it, and went to find Yang Sheng.
"It's ready, come and see it," she said.
Yang Sheng had only smelled the fragrance these two days, and upon hearing this, he hurried out.
In a warehouse in the backyard, he saw dozens of cans neatly arranged. Each can was the size of a watermelon, white in color, and covered with red paper with words written on it.
There are "cold rabbit, shredded beef, boneless duck feet, spicy chicken..." There are two cans of each, and there are actually more than a dozen items in total.
Yang Sheng was dumbfounded. He really didn't want to trouble Jiang Yunzhu so much. How much effort would it take for her to make so many kinds of things
Moreover, at a glance, these things are much cheaper than what Nie Xin bought.
"Didn't you say you would sell it to me at the normal price?" Yang Sheng was anxious. Jiang Yunzhu worked hard to earn her money, and he didn't want to take advantage of her at all.
Jiang Yunzhu thought that Wei Kangping might have helped her with Shen Fengming, so she wanted to express her gratitude. She really put her heart into doing this.
"That's the normal price," she said. Even with that, she still made more than four taels of silver from him.
"No." Yang Sheng took out another ingot of silver, weighing ten taels, and wanted to give it to Jiang Yunzhu.
Of course Jiang Yunzhu didn't want it, but Yang Sheng was a man and didn't dare to resist her, so the situation was deadlocked for a while.
Jiang Yunzhu had no choice but to say, "I'm not giving you a bargain, it's just a friendly price."
The friendly price is a little cheaper than the normal price, but not particularly cheap.
Yang Sheng pricked up his ears, "Friendship price?" Does that mean she treats him as a friend
Jiang Yunzhu: …
After spending these days together, she did feel that Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng seemed pretty good. As for friends...
Yang Sheng smiled, they would be friends from now on. He happily went to look at the jars. He had eaten cold rabbit, shredded beef, and boneless duck feet. "Are they duck feet?" he was curious.
People in the Xia Dynasty ate ducks, but it seemed that no one made duck feet specifically.
"Yes, the duck feet are boneless and marinated in brine. There are two flavors: five-spice and spicy," Jiang Yunzhu explained. In this era, the temperature is very low in winter, and water freezes into ice. Now when making these things, there is no need to worry about them spoiling on the way, so she adds five-spice flavor to prevent people from not being able to eat them because they don't like spicy food.
Yang Sheng was shocked. Duck feet were so small, and they had to remove the bones bit by bit? He immediately opened the can, picked up one with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
As expected, there are no bones, the duck feet are soft and glutinous, and the duck tendons are very chewy. Putting the whole thing in your mouth, coupled with the spicy taste, makes your tongue and teeth feel very satisfied, and it is all satisfied in one bite!
"This is delicious." Yang Sheng said in surprise.
Jiang Yunzhu also loves boneless duck feet and nodded when she heard this.
Yang Sheng became interested and tasted them one by one with chopsticks. Then he stood there. He suddenly didn't want to send these back to the capital. What if his mother finished eating them and forced him to buy more in the future
No, his mother would definitely force him to buy it again, and then he would have to trouble Jiang Yunzhu again.
He didn't want to see her hands soaking in cold water anymore.
Jiang Yunzhu certainly didn't know what he was thinking, so she asked in confusion, "Why, it doesn't taste good?"
"It's delicious. So delicious." Yang Sheng said.
Jiang Yunzhu raised her lips, that's good. In fact, it's not bad, Fang Laosi and his wife are very capable, she is only responsible for the stove, and occasionally soaks in cold water.
"I'm wondering whether I should keep some for myself," said Yang Sheng.
Jiang Yunzhu smiled. How long would it take for him to finish eating dozens of cans of food? Besides, "There's still some left in the pot, which should be enough for you."
Well, Yang Sheng seemed to have no reason not to send these things back to the capital. However, he suddenly saw five or six cans of something beside them, and judging from the names, they were also cold-cooked rabbit or something.
"What is this?" he asked.
"I want to give it to Mr. Shen." Jiang Yunzhu said. She had originally planned to give some food to Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng, and now was the perfect time, "but I don't know..." She meant that the Shen family was a big family, what if they didn't even like this kind of thing
However, Yang Sheng didn't even finish listening to her words. He ran out quickly and quickly pulled Shen Fengming over.
"Miss Jiang said it was a gift for you." Yang Sheng pointed at the jars and said in a cheerful tone.
Suddenly, he felt that he was unlucky. It was clearly him who said he wanted it and spent money on it, but Shen Fengming didn’t do anything, but he still got it
Shen Fengming fluttered his long eyelashes and looked at Jiang Yunzhu.
Perhaps it was because the scattered sunlight shining through the window lattice happened to shine into his eyes, at this moment Jiang Yunzhu felt that he was not so cold anymore, just like the new snow in early spring, which was still cool but made people feel refreshed.
"You want me to send it back home?" Shen Fengming asked while looking at the jars. There were words written by Jiang Yunzhu on the jars. The words were not very neat, but it was obvious that they were written by a woman.
If his mother saw...
"Well... if you don't want it, then..."
"Okay." Shen Fengming said.
Jiang Yunzhu opened her eyes slightly and glanced at him. This commander was still as unpredictable as ever.
Yang Sheng immediately arranged for someone to send the items back, and specifically instructed that the six cans over there be sent to the Shen family, and the rest to the Yang family. As for the sausages, they still needed to be dried for a few days, so there was no rush.
The carriage rumbled away, and Yang Sheng, with his hands behind his back, felt refreshed.
The next day at noon, Jiang Yunzhu was busy cooking when a horse-drawn carriage came speeding along the official road and soon arrived at the door of the Jiang family.
The carriage curtain was lifted, and two people came out. They looked around and saw that there was no one around, so they said to the person in the carriage, "Excuse me," and then they carried the person under the carriage and drove the carriage away quickly.
The man on the ground felt that he was free, and immediately jumped up, pulled off the cloth bag on his head, reached towards his waist, and opened his mouth to curse.
But there was no one in front of me, only green mountains in the distance and a small village nearby.
There was a fragrance in the air. The old man sniffed and looked over there.
It was just an ordinary farmhouse with smoke rising from the kitchen. The fragrance was wafting from the kitchen.
My stomach started to growl.
"These bastards won't even let us eat." The old man cursed and knocked on the door.
"I'll go open the door." Chen heard the voice and walked out because she was afraid that Jiang Yunzhu would be distracted.
When I opened the door, I saw a strange old man outside. He was about 50 or 60 years old, wearing ordinary brown clothes, just like the old people you often see in the village.
No, he was a little different. His eyes were unusually bright and sharp, making him look very energetic.
"Who are you?" Chen asked.
The old man was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm passing by and I heard the smell of rice in your yard. I'm hungry and wanted to buy some food from you." As the old man spoke, he felt around his body, but found that he had no money with him, and his face turned dark again.
Coincidentally, his stomach started growling again at this moment.
Chen noticed his embarrassment and thought that it was not easy for him at such an old age, so she opened the door and invited him in. "No need to buy, some food has been prepared. Wait a minute, I will serve it to you."
The old man stepped in.
Although Jiang Yunzhu was in the kitchen, she heard the noise outside. When she looked into the yard, she saw the old man walking in and was stunned.
Wu Yixian, is this the legendary Wu Yixian? In her dream, she was in Anping Marquis's Mansion. Once, the old lady in the mansion was sick, and Lin Ting'an sent people to look for him everywhere, hoping that he could help treat the illness.
She had seen his portrait at that time. The portrait must have been painted by a skilled painter, with his eyebrows and eyes about 70% similar to his, and his expression was 100% similar.
It was Doctor Wu, Jiang Yunzhu was sure.
But how did he suddenly get here
It is said that his whereabouts were erratic. At that time, Lin Ting'an had been looking for him for half a year but couldn't find him. In the end, he had to give up. Now
Could it be that he traveled here
Jiang Yunzhu suddenly became excited. If he was willing to help Mr. Chen cure his illness, would Mr. Chen's eyes be cured? However, it was said that he had a very strange personality. If he wanted to cure someone, he would cure even beggars and death row prisoners.
If he didn't want to cure, even the emperor would be useless. He said, the sooner he dies, the sooner he will be reborn. That's just his personality.
Of course the emperor was reluctant to see him die, and so was everyone. If he died, who would treat them
At this time, Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng in the side room also saw Mr. Wu.
Yang Sheng crossed his arms and looked outside, and asked Shen Fengming with a smile, "He really is still in Hangzhou. Guess what he was doing when we found him?"
"What?" Shen Fengming rarely responded to Yang Sheng.
"Fishing for turtles in the West Lake! He insisted that there were thousand-year-old turtles under the West Lake and that they could be stewed into soup if caught. What do you think of this old man..." Yang Sheng shook his head.
Suddenly he asked Shen Fengming again, "Do you think he will reveal your identity when he sees you later?"
Mr. Wu had met Shen Fengming.
Shen Fengming paused while holding the case file. "Let him be."
He and Yang Sheng actually never intended to keep deceiving the Jiang family.
Yang Sheng was conflicted. He wanted to let Jiang Yunzhu know Shen Fengming's identity to see her reaction, but he was also afraid that she would be too frightened after knowing his identity. It was really too difficult!
At this time, Jiang Yunzhu finished cooking the dish. She hurried out and said to Mr. Wu, "Grandpa, are you passing by?"
Old Master Wu looked Jiang Yunzhu up and down, somewhat surprised that such a beautiful girl could exist in this remote little mountain village.
"Yeah." Old Master Wu didn't want to say that he was left here by someone, he also had to save his face.
Jiang Yunzhu smiled and said, "Grandpa, please sit in the room. I'll serve you some food." Then she went into the kitchen.
When they arrived in the yard, the aroma of the food became stronger, and Mr. Wu couldn't help but look into the kitchen.
At this time, there were footsteps over there. He turned around and saw Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng walking out of the side room.
Shen Fengming, the commander of the Qilin Guard! Mr. Wu's face immediately turned cold. He finally understood why he was left here. Apart from the famous Qilin Guard, who knew he was in West Lake
What did he want him to do? Treat an illness? Forget it! Even if he treated a dog, he wouldn't treat him!
He still remembered how he looked when he killed people. He was so majestic and violent.
"Mr. Shen, Mr. Yang, please wait a moment, the food will be ready soon." When Chen saw Shen Fengming and Yang Sheng coming out, she thought they were getting impatient waiting for the food, so she said.
"It's okay, don't worry." Yang Sheng replied with a smile.
Their questions and answers seemed normal, but Mr. Wu's eyes widened. What did he see? Didn't this woman know who Shen Fengming was? How dare she talk to him like that
In the entire capital, there is only one person who dares to speak to Shen Fengming like this... No, he quickly realized that Chen seemed to have no idea of Shen Fengming's identity, otherwise she would never have this attitude.
At this time, Mr. Chen heard the sound, came out of the house and asked, "Who is it?"
From the way he groped around, Mr. Wu immediately saw that there was something wrong with his eyes.
"Dad, it's an old man passing by." Chen said to Mr. Chen.
"Grandpa, why don't you sit inside?" Jiang Yunzhu asked as she came out of the kitchen carrying food.
Old Master Wu looked here, then looked there, and suddenly laughed. Interesting!