The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 246 The Roadside Encounter
After hearing Mu Xu's generous speech, Tu Zhen was enlightened, and he solemnly bowed to Mu Xu, "Thank you cousin for reminding me, I almost made a big mistake."

Mu Xu quickly helped him up, shook his head and said with a smile, "This is just the duty of a courtier, why should His Majesty thank you."

"There are no outsiders here, my cousin should not be so estranged." Tu Zhen said a little unhappy, then he remembered Nan'an Palace again, and continued to ask, "Does my cousin have any good ideas on how to deal with Nan'an King? "

"Didn't you discuss it with several Shangshu adults before?"

"Well, most people suggest a lighter punishment, but I always feel that it is too cheap for him to only reduce part of his family's fiefdom." Tu Zhen sighed.

"Haste makes waste. The Huo family has been operating in the southern fief for a long time, and the power has long been intertwined. In addition, the current principals in the fief are all uncles and brothers of King Nan'an. If they are punished severely, there may be troubles. " Mu Xu is not very in favor of being cruel to King Nan'an, "I think after this loss of soldiers and generals, King Nan'an should be restrained in the future, and he will no longer be as unscrupulous as before. Instead of paying attention to him, it is better to think about it. How to solve the matter of Ping Anzhou."

"Cousin thinks the time is ripe?"

Mu Xu nodded, "I noticed recently that since the second half of last year, the troops in Ping'an Prefecture have been mobilizing frequently. Apart from several attempts to capture Yanmen Pass, they also had conflicts with the surrounding Naiman people. There are indications that they may I couldn't hold it anymore, so I wanted to find a way out."

Tu Zhen walked around the hall for several times, and then said excitedly, "I will call six important officials into the palace to discuss sending troops." Having said this, he suddenly frowned, "But who should be sent as the leader? Where is the general?"

Mu Xu sighed in his heart, the last time Niu Jizong went to war, he fought well, but Tu Zhen said that now, obviously he didn't want him to be in command anymore.It was Niu Jizong who couldn't figure it out, if you want to intercede with the King of Nan'an, then you can just raise it yourself, but he is good, insisting on pulling all the nobles and powerful people, isn't this making the emperor afraid of you.

Tu Zhen then brought up an expected person, "What does my cousin think about Feng Tang, the general of Shenwu, who might take on this important task?"

Feng Tang did not stand with Niu Jizong and others when discussing matters before. Mu Xu guessed at that time that he would be under the heavy responsibility of Tu Zhen. "Na Lu Fang is a veteran on the battlefield, and ordinary people are definitely not his opponents. As for General Feng, he has never led an army alone before. So to be on the safe side, I think he is okay as a lieutenant general. As for the coach, it is still another matter." Find someone to choose."

Tu Zhen thought about it carefully, and felt that Mu Xu's words made a lot of sense, but at this moment, he really couldn't think of any suitable candidate. Seeing Mu Xu in front of him, he couldn't help saying, "Otherwise, I'll take care of you this time." Bro go up there?"

Mu Xu immediately shook his head and refused, "Let's not say that this is against the rules, and secondly, I have never commanded a war with more than tens of thousands of people, so I dare not take this kind of big event in the country." After thinking about it, he suggested, "It's better to let Chen General Ting try?"

"My uncle?" Tu Zhen couldn't help hesitating, and said a little worriedly, "He has been leading troops in the capital all these years, maybe he is not as good as Feng Tang?"

"This is what I think. Right now, Ping'an Prefecture is in a predicament, so there is no need for any particularly high-level strategy. As long as the imperial court sends troops to suppress the situation, and then fight steadily, one step at a time, I believe those rebels will not last long. And General Chen With a calm temperament, he will not easily fall into the enemy's tricks, isn't he the most suitable candidate?"

"After what you said, it seems that this is really the case. Then I will go back and ask uncle what he thinks."

When Mu Xu came out of the palace, he planned to return home directly, but suddenly remembered that he promised his sister a few days ago that he would bring her the almond cake from Baiweiju, so he turned around and went to the outer city.When he came to Xuanren Street in the outer city, because there were many pedestrians and vendors on the road, he simply led the horse and walked slowly all the way. He didn't want to just take a casual look inside a silk and satin shop when he passed by, and then fight with Xue Pan and Xue Biao. had a face-to-face meeting.

Naturally, the two also saw Mu Xu, and quickly ran out from the inside to salute him.Mu Xu had no choice but to stop, and asked casually, "Is this your Xue family's shop?"

"Exactly, my brother-in-law wants to go in and have a look. It happens that some high-quality silks and satins have been shipped from the south of the Yangtze River. If my brother-in-law is interested, I will order someone to deliver them to the house."

Facing Xue Pan's invitation, Mu Xu refused with a smile, "I'm a big man visiting some silk and satin shop, but you boy, why do you care about your own business today?"

"Isn't this tad brother going to get married in two days, so I'll accompany him to choose some good red silk."

Mu Xu glanced at the cautious Xue Biao, and asked curiously, "I haven't heard from your cousin, which girl is it?"

Xue Biao bowed his body, and replied shyly, "If you come back to the son, you will be a girl from the Xing family."

"Punisher?"

"It's the natal family of the eldest wife of the Rongguo Mansion, and the matchmaker is Lian's second grandmother." Xue Biao thought that Mu Xu didn't know about the Xing family, so he quickly explained.

As soon as Mu Xu heard about Xing's family, he secretly guessed that it might be Xing Xiuyan. Now, after hearing Xue Biao's words, he could only sigh with emotion, the damn original inertia.

"It's almost noon, why don't we find a place to have a few drinks." Xue Pan said.

"Next time, I have to go to Baiweiju to buy almond cakes for my sister!"

"It's rare to meet my brother-in-law, how can I do it next time? Besides, it's just to buy some snacks. It's not worth my brother-in-law's trip. I'll find someone to buy it." After Xue Pan finished speaking, he called out a clerk from the shop and asked him He ordered, "Go to Baiweiju, buy some good dim sum in various colors, and then send it to Dongping Palace in person, and say that the prince bought it for the county lord."

After sending the buddy away, Xue Pan turned around and asked Mu Xu to go to the restaurant for a drink again. Mu Xu agreed as soon as he thought there was nothing wrong with him.The three of them walked forward while chatting casually.

"I didn't mean your brother-in-law, you are the heir of the royal family anyway, why don't you bring a servant with you when you go out?"

"I don't think it's troublesome. After all, it's more convenient to go out alone."

While talking, the three of them came to a restaurant not far from the silk and satin village, and sat down in the private room on the second floor. Xue Pan ordered the good noodles on the table, and when the servant left, he said with a smirk, "Brother-in-law, do you know what's going on in the Jia family recently?"

"Are you talking about the engagement between Ziying and the third girl from the Jia family?"

"Hey, who cares about that? Ziying can marry whoever she likes. I'm talking about Jia Baoyu's novelty."

"Jia Baoyu, what's new about him? I haven't heard of it, so tell me." Mu Xu regained his energy and urged Xue Pan to speak quickly.

"Hey, I bought a boy in the Baoyu courtyard, and I learned from him that Xia Jingui is really extraordinary. She was married to Baoyu for less than a month, so she held Baoyu and used various high-sounding reasons. All the Yingying and Yanyan in the house were dismissed, some rushed home, and some were assigned to the servants of Jia's family. I heard that Baoyu hid in a place where no one was around and cried secretly all day because of this matter!"

"No, doesn't the old lady of the Jia family care? Then Jia Baoyu is her precious lump, how can she see him being wronged?" Mu Xu didn't quite believe Xue Pan's words. After all, Jia's mother is not Aunt Xue. Isn't it easy to take care of Xia Jingui?The reason why he brought Jia Baoyu and Xia Jingui together was to let Xia Jingui govern Jia Baoyu a hundred years after Jia's mother, not now.

"That's why people have to admire that Xia Jingui. Guess what, she found a doctor to treat her and Baoyu on the grounds that she wanted to give birth to the Jia family as soon as possible. Then the doctor said, Baoyu is too broken It was early, and I didn’t know how to control myself, and now I’m very weak inside, and I need to take good care of myself, otherwise it’s very difficult to give birth to an heir.”

"The old lady of Jia's mansion didn't believe it at first, but then Xia Jingui hired another stable woman to examine the girls in Baoyu's room next to each other, and found that except for a third-class girl in the courtyard, everything else was not perfect. The body." Xue Pan said with joy, and at the end he still did not forget to sneer, "When I first came to Beijing, I heard them say in the Rongguo Mansion all day long, what kind of treasure is this good and that good, I bah, it is obviously a lust only!"

(End of this chapter)