auspicious time has come

Chapter 77 That's it? ! (ask for a monthly ticket)

"Brother India."

Meng Dazhu hastily bowed his hands to Yin Hai and walked into the study.

Xiao Mu truthfully stated the "two conditions" mentioned by Heng Yu last night to his subordinates.

"Your subordinates can do it—" Da Zhu was about to respond on the spot, but he paused again, and said seriously: "This subordinate will go back and tell the elders at home!"

It is to inform, not to ask for instructions. The scope of notification lies in consultation and persuasion.

Xiao Mu nodded in satisfaction: "Go ahead."

"Yes, thank you General." Da Zhu smiled, bowed again and backed out.

When he stepped out of the threshold and closed the door of the study, Da Zhu couldn't help but look at Yin Hai, whose lips were slightly blue from the cold, and asked doubtfully, "Brother Yin, why don't you go in?"

Yin Hai looked at him with a slight smile: "...but if you still wink, you should be able to tell that I am being punished at this time."

"Ah... punished?" Dazhu asked in astonishment, "Why was he punished?"

Yin Hai sighed: "I don't know much about it, but I just followed orders, but in the end, I made a mistake with my heart and paid for it with good intentions..."

"If you say one more word, you will stand for another hour." A voice came from the study.

"Yin..." Da Zhu still wanted to ask more questions, but he didn't dare. He could only look "take care" and said, "...I'll go back first!"

Looking at the young man striding down the stone steps, even his back was full of joy, Yin Hai twirled the beads and sighed faintly: "Human beings' sorrows and joys are really not connected..."

The young man who didn't share his sorrows and joys rode back home.

The Meng family surrounded him as always and asked about the situation.

"You can't take a concubine after getting married?"

"You can't tie people up in the back house?"

Dazhu nodded: "Yes, I don't know what parents want..."

"Wait..." Father Meng raised his hand to interrupt his son: "What else?"

Dazhu: "Others? It seems... It's gone."

"...That's it?!" Father Meng spread his hands in disbelief.

Shan also helplessly smiled and sighed: "What conditions should I consider... You see, me, your aunt, and your sister, which one is trapped in the back house? As for those who take concubines... our Meng family There is no such precedent!"

"Then, parents—"

"Promise!" Father Meng waved his hand: "All promises! Make a deed and send it!"

Although he has some old-fashioned ideas, it must be feasible under the premise that the son and the girl are in love with each other, and this girl is the benefactor of his Meng family-if he insists on taking concubines or not, Isn't that pure and sick!

The son didn't feel wronged, so why should he meddle in his own business!
"Hurry up, ask someone to invite Jiang's matchmaker!" Shan said immediately.

"Let's go and visit in person." Mrs. Wen said with a smile: "You can also go and see Painter Ji, sit down and have a good talk."

"That's right, look at me being so stupid..." Mrs. Shan hurriedly stepped forward to help her sister-in-law, and said from ear to ear: "Then let's change our clothes and comb our hair!"

Seeing A Niang and Aunt leaving with a smile, Meng Dazhu was still a little dazed standing there.

Until my father kicked my ass——

"People who are going to marry a wife, what are you doing stupidly!"

yes……

He is going to marry a wife!

The teenager became excited after realizing it.

"Father, what should the son do!"

"Nonsense, of course follow me to prepare for the marriage proposal! There is also a thank-you ceremony, which needs to be prepared quickly!" Father Meng also smiled and walked out of the front hall.

The youthful spirit followed with a hundred times faster pace.

The Meng family quickly made a group.

……

At the same moment, Mrs. Xiao's eyes were also full of joy. She lowered her voice and said to Liu Xun secretly delighted: "...According to the report from my spy, I carried her back last night, understand?"

In the hall, Liu Xun, who was sitting at the bottom, nodded and said in a dutiful tone, "Yes, I know what to do."

Mrs. Xiao nodded in satisfaction: "Play well... don't worry, the most important thing is to be delicate and beautiful."

Liu Xun nodded again.

"Did you bring the second half of the previous chapter?" Mrs. Xiao asked in a low voice.

Liu Xun subconsciously glanced out of the hall, took out a booklet from his loose sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Madam, please have a look."

Chunjuan stepped forward to take it and handed it to Mrs. Xiao.

Mrs. Xiao couldn't wait to look through it, and after reading a few lines, she couldn't close her mouth with a smile, so she had to cover half of her face with her sleeve.

Seeing this, Liu Xun was inexplicably relieved.

From being forced to board a pirate ship at the beginning, to enjoying the feeling of being affirmed by others at the moment, there is no doubt that he has fallen.

After the fallen Mr. Liu left Mrs. Xiao's courtyard, he happened to meet Xiao Mu.

"General, general..."

Xiao Mu looked at him: "Why are you so flustered?"

"The general is worrying too much. The subordinates are just eager to go back and play chess with Military Doctor Yan, fearing that he will wait for a long time." Liu Xun concealed his guilt.

Xiao Mu obviously didn't care whether Yan Ming waited for a long time, and asked, "Recently, mother sees you frequently, why?"

"... Madam asked my subordinates to help manage some accounts of the mansion!" Liu Xun forced a smile and said, "It's just that the military camp has been idle recently, and my subordinates have done more detailed accounts. As the year approaches, the backlog of accounts in the mansion is cumbersome..."

Xiao Mu didn't know whether to believe it or not, so he nodded, "Go."

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

Liu Xun saluted and left, and after walking a little further, Fu let out a sigh of relief.

……

For the next ten days or so, Hengyu lived a fulfilling life.

This enrichment is mainly reflected in winning a lot of money——

Shooting today, throwing pots tomorrow, and betting on Cuju the next day, there is no idle day.

"...Before I didn't know that Xiao Shiqi was so proficient in all kinds of gambling skills!" Yan Jin followed her and won a lot of money, and flattered her: "With Xiao Shiqi here, my Yan family can still do it!" What kind of business! Just relying on a little Shiqi, you can make a fortune!"

"How can a way of making money that relies half on luck last long? I won't let it go for a few times. If I win another ten or twenty times, do you think they will let me enter?"

Yan Jin thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "This statement is not false, but anyone who opens the door to welcome guests is for business, who would do business at a loss every day... But why are you so interested recently?"

Heng Yu shook the money bag in his hand: "Naturally, it is to save the dowry for my family Jiji and buy a house."

"Cooperate with you to marry a girl, and let the people of Yingzhou come to pay for the dowry! The geese have plucked their hair, there is nothing better than this!" Yan Jin shook his head, cupped his hands and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Heng Yu turned her head and looked at him with a smile: "Cheng Rang, Cheng Rang——When it comes to plucking geese, you are not bad."

The smile on the corners of Yan Jin's lips faltered slightly, as the twelfth lunar month was approaching in the Northland, he just "swipely" unfolded the folding fan with the word "Fu" written on it: "No way, born in a merchant's family, it is inevitable that you will be affected." It stinks of copper."

Hengyu nodded, looked forward with a smile, and said nothing further.

After returning to Hou Mansion, she went directly to find Xiao Mu.

"I'm here to thank Lord Hou—a small thank you is not a respect." She held a small box of silver to Xiao Mu's desk.

After getting drunk last time, with the agreement that "the next life will be brothers with different surnames", the two of them have become more and more casual with each other.

Xiao Mu glanced at the box, and put down his pen: "The money you won with your ability, I have nothing to thank you for."

"If Master Hou hadn't told me, I would never have been able to find so many good places to win money. Master Hou is indeed my guiding light."

"Become a bright light on the road of gamblers." Xiao Mu looked up at her, and said, "How much silver do you still have, I will make it up to you——let's stop, so that the people of Yingzhou can have a good year."

"Master Hou, don't worry, I will wash my hands temporarily from today." Heng Yu stretched out three fingers to assure.

Xiao Mu glanced at her with some amusement, saw her nose was red, and said, "Sit down and taste the new tea sent by Lord Yan Lang."

These days, Yan Jin often sends things to him.

Heng Yu was not too polite, sat down to drink a cup of tea, warmed up, and left just now.

Walking halfway, he met Yan Ming who was coming.

After the two saluted each other, Yan Ming left without stopping.

Heng Yu looked at his back with thoughtful eyes.

Yan Ming walked all the way to the study room, and just as he closed the door, he heard Xiao Mu's suppressed coughing sound coming into his ears.

After writing the desk, Xiao Mu, who looked like an ordinary person, put his fist on his lips, coughed for a while, and his thin lips were stained red with blood.

He picked up a navy blue cotton handkerchief and wiped away the blood with his usual expression.

"General!"

Yan Ming's complexion changed drastically, and he hurried forward to check his pulse.

The more the diagnosis went on, the more disturbed his face became: "General, I really can't..."

Xiao Mu raised his hand, stopping what he said several times a day: "Don't worry."

"But your body..." Yan Ming's eyes were full of uneasiness.

The reason why the general is so easy to prevent people from seeing the difference in his body is that he is taking medicine to support him, and the second is that he has covered up his complexion and lip color—but these are all superficial, not an exaggeration at all, the general's current situation , even an ordinary cold can't stand it!

"There is a secret letter from the capital, and the sage has fallen ill—" Xiao Mu said, "At this time, there are people who are more anxious than you and me."

These days, he has thought very clearly.

There must be a reason why the other party didn't use the deadly poison of seeing blood and sealing throat against him.

Since there are reasons, it proves that he has enough bargaining chips.

And above the chess game, he has always been patient.

……

Thousands of miles away, within the capital, bursts of winter rain pierced the bone marrow like cold needles.

In the flower hall of Ji's house, Ji Nanxian is reading the letter.

"What? Discussing about... a marriage?!" Halfway through hearing this, Yu suddenly got up from his chair, and said in surprise, "Our little Yu'er has a sweetheart!"

Shaoyan Langjun, who was ordered by the eldest princess to come to give the New Year's gift, was heartbroken when he heard it.

——Is the most worrying thing still coming?

Ji Nanxian shook his head helplessly, and looked at his wife with a protruding abdomen: "Ayao, sit down and listen to me..."

Yu Shi stared at him: "What's the deal!"

"It's Jiji..." Ji Nanxian only smiled and said, "It's a letter to discuss about Jiji's marriage."

"Jiji..." Yu Shi just sat back and asked curiously: "Read on quickly, what kind of husband's family did Jiji find in Beidi?"

Shaoyan secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and was able to drink tea quietly.

Ji Nanxian wrote a letter of faith, and everyone smiled.

"Little Yu'er is guarding the gate, so it can't be wrong." Mrs. Meng smiled kindly: "Let's reply, and let her arrange it... and ask people to buy some dowry and pick a few old servants who can talk Sending it to Yingzhou is considered a visit from my mother’s family.”

"Yes, grandson, let's arrange it now." Ji Nanxian closed the letter with a smile, and pressed it on another letter that had not been opened.

It's not that he can't trust Shao Yan, but that some things are not revealed to the world, so he can't be careless for a moment.

This is Ah Heng's painstaking plan for many years, and as a family member, he should stick to it.

……

In the Xuanzheng Hall, the early court has not yet dispersed.

Headed by Zhongshuling Jiang Zhengfu, the impeachment of Xiao Mu, Marquis of Dingbei, continued.

"Previously, His Majesty wanted to arrest Xuanpu, the leader of the Khitan tribe, to be tried in Beijing. Marquis Dingbei only said, 'Xuanpu has been killed by the Khitan assassins', and he did it perfunctorily. Sheng!"

"That's right, Xuanpu is a famous Khitan general. He has fought with Dasheng for more than 20 years. He also participated in the rebellion against the thief Shi Minhui in the case of rebellion and collaborating with the enemy. A person of this weight was captured. Not only did Xiao Mu fail to interrogate the most important A military plane also caused people to be robbed and killed under their noses, so there is a crime of unfavorable supervision!"

In the originally noisy hall, when the words "Rebel Shi Minhui's conspiracy and collaboration with the enemy" sounded, there was a momentary silence all around.

Some officials secretly exchanged glances, and more lowered their eyelids to hide their emotions.

Sitting high in the dragon chair on the imperial steps, the emperor with a sickly face, his tired eyes also froze for a moment.

Emperor Tong Le is not yet fifty years old, but due to long-term illness, he has already shown a sense of aging, his temples are graying, and his back is no longer straight.

"Furthermore, there have been frequent wars in the Northland in recent years. The Marquis of Dingbei did not obey the holy order, and frequently provoked wars at will, so that the relationship with the alien tribes in the Northland became more and more tense... According to my opinion, this person has recovered five cities successively. , All military affairs are under his rule, so there may not be no ambition to take the opportunity to seize power!"

"What I see is the same as Ma Shangshu..."

Jiang Zhengfu finally said solemnly: "Since the great prosperity of the dynasty, the northern land has had disadvantages that are difficult for the court to control... After the rebellion of the king of Jin, the situation in the northern land was chaotic and difficult, and Xiao Mu was ordered to temporarily take over to stabilize the situation as a last resort. , Your Majesty gave him the title to show the trust of the imperial court, but he never expected that this person will be so greedy for merit, and he will become arrogant and arrogant day by day.

With this statement, there are countless voices of second opinion.

Under such circumstances, a voice of disapproval became very loud——

"My lords, I really can't agree with what you say." The crown prince standing under the imperial steps spoke loudly, "First of all, Xuanpu was originally captured by the soldiers of Dingbeihou without bloodshed, and after that, he was even more captured by the prince. The military camp was secretly taken to the Marquis's Mansion for secret custody. Under such a tight schedule, Xuanpu was still robbed and killed by assassins, which was definitely not what Marquis Dingbei wanted. In the battle to recover Qianqiu City, Marquis Dingbei set a record that can be remembered in history If the imperial court were to accuse him of not taking good care of the captives, it would be far-fetched and harsh—"

"Secondly, the so-called Marquis of Dingbei has the heart to seize power—may I ask my lords, do you still remember what happened in the Northland three years ago?"

The prince looked around at the crowd: "I remember it, and I still remember it vividly, clearly and deeply, and I am afraid of the future."

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