Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 423 5.105 Brother Zhou definitely has no good intentions

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5.105 Brother Zhou definitely has no good intentions

On the night of the fifth day of December, the entire road from Tanzhe Temple to the capital was almost quiet. Not to mention the official personnel who were arranged to return to the palace to make various preparations. The personnel of the major forces who conveyed information even completely gave up their concealment and openly rode fast. The horse is running wildly. Who can care about the losses at this time? If the news is delayed a little bit, the price may be the lives of the entire family!

However, there are good and bad news. Most of them can be sustained, but some cannot.

Concubine Wu's natal family and the residence of Wu Ying, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, were robbed. The loss of money was not bad, and even the entire courtyard was burned down. The biggest problem was that the entire Wu family was wiped out, and not even the reporter could escape. One of the two servants who was sent back to deliver the letter was paralyzed by fear. Wu Ying, who heard the news, fell into a coma on the spot and never woke up.

Liu Lun, the Minister of Etiquette, always prided himself on being honest and incorruptible. He only lived in a not-so-spacious private house with an east-west courtyard. On the night of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, he accidentally lost his wife, six concubines, two sons and three children. None of the married daughters escaped. Liu Lun was not in a coma, but suffered a stroke and was paralyzed.

Of course, these two were not the only ones who suffered in this incident. The entire capital was robbed and suffered heavy losses. There were more than a dozen officials alone, and Wu Ying and Liu Lun were only the highest-ranking among them. However, ordinary people did not suffer much. Suffering, maybe the thugs are just after money and treasures, and they look down on poor people, right?

However, these things were passed by in passing, and no one mentioned it at all levels of officials, no matter whether they were civil or military, let alone holding them accountable. Even the prince of Yizhong County was captured and publicly escorted to the camp and put under house arrest. No one in the camp asked, and no one was even troublesome. For example, Liu Lun and Wu Ying's names were missing from the list of people who would return to Beijing the next day compiled by the officials.

There is no name Zhou Yang in this, because he greeted Princess Yongchang and left after the "meeting", but he only took half of the cavalry with him, because the main force in his hands was in the east barracks. It is also the foundation of the current eldest prince Guo Kai's military force. He must go back and take charge. As for the soldiers and horses left behind, he only said one sentence in front of Princess Yongchang, "You will do whatever the princess says."

The next day at about [-] o'clock in the morning, the Dongyingfang barracks.

"Brother Zhou, why are you back now?" Xing Xiuyan distressedly put a cup of hot tea in Zhou Yang's hand, letting him warm his hands and drink it to warm his body, "But Tanzhe Temple has already cleaned up?"

"It's over, but unfortunately there are still a lot of troubles." Zhou Yang explained the whole process with a wry smile, and finally said with the girl's shocked expression, "In short, there will be more things for a long time to come, I may I can't take care of you; let Shuying work hard at home, you and Qiying are probably busy with me."

"You!" , all the girls have had experiences together, but it is still difficult for them to fully accept it, "Just mess with us poor people, we are just sisters anyway, but Sister Bao still doesn't want to come back."

"Brother Zhou, what are we doing now?" Zhao Qiying also rolled her eyes, but she still understood the importance. Probably because of "official business", she is now used to living with Xing Xiuyan, "The sisters are all in the courtyard, we should all get up at this time Okay, there is nothing serious in the army. If we still need to mobilize troops, just say hello."

"It's almost time." Zhou Yang nodded and said, "Qiying, you've worked hard. Send the order immediately. The whole army should get up and prepare food. Today's training is temporarily canceled. All personnel are armed with armor-plated guns and are on standby in the barracks. Hundreds of Officers at household level and below went down to take charge, while Meng Kun and Chen Qian waited in the big tent."

"Brother Zhou, don't worry!" Zhao Qiying bowed seriously, turned around and left.

Soon, the whole camp was buzzing with whistles, and various commands and shouts were heard noisily, but it could be said that it was in an orderly manner. The various barracks were organized by themselves, and there was no chaos. Zhou Yang himself also took the opportunity to find something. I bought some ready-made food and drank some boiling water to fill my stomach. I had been busy last night and didn't even eat any supper except for dinner. I ran all the way and my stomach was already empty.

"Brother Zhou, something happened. I just saw Sister Qiying walking in a hurry. She didn't even stop to say hello to her." Before he finished eating, Shi Xiangyun's anxious voice came from outside the door. This girl has been walking in a hurry since that time. After confirming their love, they followed him to the army and haven't left for the past few days. "If it's too urgent..." "If it's urgent, you have three thousand rifles in your hand, so you don't need to worry too much about the 'emergency'. Zhou Yang smiled and took her in for a gentle kiss, "Okay, just rest at home. I will take care of the outside matters. Also, girl Qin, if you dare to act like a monster again, believe it or not, I will kill you." Ass blossoms."

"Just a little bit—" Xue Baoqin, who was following behind, made a face and hid behind Qin Keqing, throwing away the snowball he was about to stuff into someone's neck, "Brother Zhou is really foresight, no wonder Sister Yinglian is here After that, I became stupid in almost everything, and yet I was raised so well by you, so that’s where the problem lies.”

"Uncle Zhou, I shouldn't ask about my identity, but he is my only brother after all." Qin Keqing bowed first after entering the door, and then said anxiously after getting up, "Since uncle is back safely, the matter must have been resolved. I don't know if Wang Brother him."

"I just captured him alive, and it's not my turn to care about the rest." Zhou Yang smiled softly, let go of Shi Xiangyun, stepped forward to hug Qin Keqing, and waved to Zhen Yinglian who didn't dare to enter, and stood at the door carefully peeking her head to check. He gestured for her to come into his arms, "However, with your father's example, it shouldn't be too ugly."

But one thing he never said was that Emperor Yonghe had died, and even if Prince Yizhong was nominally "imprisoned", he would probably "die of a sudden illness" within a few years.

"Brother Zhou is really..." Shi Xiangyun stupidly looked at Qin Keqing and Zhen Yinglian, who looked very similar, "Brother Rong's daughter-in-law, yes, I have also met Sister Keqing. Although not many, she is not unfamiliar. , this sister Yinglian is rare, I really didn’t expect there to be such a similar person in the world, even though I am familiar with her, I still feel shocked when I look at her again, but they are not close relatives."

"Can they not kiss in the future?" Zhou Yang joked with a smile, but what he was thinking about was the two of them together, so that his smile became weird.

"Brother Zhou must have no good intentions." Although the girls here haven't eaten all the food yet, how can they not know someone's temperament? Others just turned their heads away with slightly red cheeks, but Xue Baoqin had no such scruples and made a shy gesture. She started to criticize her directly, "Sister Yinglian was originally bought by Brother Pan, but Sister Qing is even more convinced that Brother Zhou is not a good person!"

"What about you, huh?" Someone who had already understood his intentions was still polite, let go of the sister in his arms, rushed over and hugged Xue Baoqin tightly, and said with a "vicious" expression, "Of course I am not a good person. The girl bullied you, now it’s your turn!”

"Hush -" Xue Baoqin, however, had no consciousness of being a "prisoner" at all. He stretched out his slender fingers and hooked someone's big face and continued to mock, "You have ruined someone's reputation anyway, what other way out is there? Hey? , it’s also my fault that I didn’t see it at the beginning, and thought that someone was trustworthy, if I had known about it earlier—hehe, Brother Zhou, please spare me!”

"I let you know!" Zhou Yang hugged Xue Baoqin and was tickled. She laughed and collapsed in Ailang's arms and kept begging for mercy, "Okay, you girl is probably the luckiest one in the family. I have already married Xue Baoqin. Brother scorpion has arranged things, but it’s inconvenient to talk about it now that it hasn’t been completed, in short, it’s after the New Year, so I’ll let you know how good it is.”

"Brother Zhou, you really can't tell me?" All the girls showed interest, and Shi Xiangyun, the most cheerful person, simply asked, "Is it just Sister Qin, or are all the sisters?"

"I'm sorry, it's really only Girl Qin." Zhou Yang nodded apologetically to the other girls before saying, "That's all, it doesn't hurt to tell you. Anyway, this kind of thing depends on the general trend, and some changes have no impact - Sister Qin The island above the East China Sea is now livable and has great strength. Even if you don't understand government affairs, you should know the rules of 'zong vassal court' during the New Year, right?"

"Uncle said——" When the other girls were still at a loss, Qin Keqing, who was "a source of family education", had already reacted, "Let the second master of the Xue family come to Beijing for a pilgrimage at the end of the year? According to the regulations of the imperial court, if you take the opportunity to request canonization, it is usually granted As a vassal king, wouldn't Sister Qin be the same one?"

"Uh-huh." Zhou Yang raised his eyebrows at Xue Baoqin in his arms, "Little princess, how can you thank me?"

"Brother Zhou——" Even though Xue Baoqin was precocious and sensible, his face turned red with excitement. It took him a while to control his emotions, and his speech returned to his usual tone, "My little sister knows what a mere princess is worth. There are already two princesses in this family, and the status of multiple princesses is just that of concubine, where is it?"

"I'll make you my concubine!" Zhou Yang could only hold the girl down and continue to tickle her, letting laughter fill the room, but both of them deliberately avoided the envious and longing eyes of other girls.
(End of this chapter)