Jade spy border

Chapter 93

After watching Mi Yuyan go to Sang Wan's place, Ning De went to Ning Jue Zhenren's courtyard. Ning Jue had just brewed a pot of fragrant tea when he saw Ning De coming in. He shared the tea with a smile and asked him to sit down and talk.

Ning De smiled and thanked: "Senior brother, you are so elegant!"

"Have you seen that little girl?" Ning Jue asked.

Ning De nodded: "Yes, I didn't mention anything about the fragrant recipe."

Ning Jue looked at his junior brother and smiled and shook his head: "I said she was not here to ask for this favor, but junior brother didn't believe it. This girl knows it very well. Most likely she saw those Yaorui pills. This is the reason for throwing her. Give me peaches and give me Qiongyao in return."

Ning De also smiled, but the smile was a bit solemn. When Ning Jue saw this, he asked: "Junior brother seems to be worried, tell me, what did she say?"

Ning De sighed: "Master Qian asked her to make some new fragrances to save the market. She said that saving the market cannot be solved by just a few new fragrances. It is a matter of family and country. Senior brother, tell me, how can this be such a big girl? What kind of knowledge can I have?"

Ning Jue raised his gray eyebrows and couldn't help but laugh: "Sure enough, you have some knowledge. Please tell me in detail."

Ning De said a few words before and after, and then said: "Senior brother, tell me, is this something that a mountain girl can say?"

Ning Jue was thoughtful and sighed: "I heard before that this girl likes to stay in the library the most and reads all kinds of books. A little girl studying medicine likes to read those yellowed manuscripts the most. It looks like This is really revealing. The more I think about it, the more I feel that she is very similar to the ancestor of the medical girls when they were young. It's a pity..."

"There is a bit of a similarity in the intelligence of this genius, but this little girl is not as attentive as that ancestor. She obviously makes incense well, but she is unwilling to put her mind on it. If she concentrates on making incense well, she will be better in the future. There is no limit, but it must be..."

Ning Jue smiled and shook his head: "Junior brother, what you said is wrong. The craft of making incense is certainly good, but it can only be used to govern the world. If the situation in the southwest becomes chaotic now, no matter how much incense is made, your luck will be lost." If we can't get out, if there is a fight, it will be completely burned, so what's the use? Hua Niang must have seen this before deliberately saying this in front of you."

"I just don't know what happened to her these days when she came down the mountain. She actually wants to come to me. Is there anything wrong in Linnan City during this time?"

Ning De shook his head: "It's nothing else. There's just something a little unusual. I'm about to report it to my senior brother. Most of what the grain store sells recently is old rice. It's reasonable to expect that every household would be willing to buy it during this new year." I spent some money to buy new rice for the New Year, but this year, let alone the high-priced new rice, even the old rice has unknowingly increased its price by [-]%."

Ning Jue's brows furrowed involuntarily: "Food prices have quietly gone up. Is there any movement in the Yamen?"

Ning De continued to shake his head: "No, just like this time of year, there is still singing and dancing every day, and there are constant banquets."

Ning Jue pondered for a moment before saying: "This is a big deal. Send a disciple to Juancheng and deliver this letter to the Zhang family's chief shopkeeper in Juancheng. Also, ask the Hu family whether they are in Juancheng this year." The Hu family in the city should also pay attention to how the grain harvest is going."

The Zhang family business that Ning Jue mentioned was the business run by the Zhang family in Junxian Mountain. The Zhang family has always been engaged in business. When Taizu of this dynasty conquered the world, the Zhang family helped him with all his strength. The ancestors of the Zhang family were still by Taizu's side. Acting as a think tank, after Taizu conquered the world, the ancestors of the Zhang family retired to the mountains and forests. In order to avoid worldly affairs, they even became Taoists in Wanshou Temple, and even issued strict orders to their descendants not to serve in official positions.For details, see "The Hidden Medical Woman"

Although the Zhang family and Wanshou Guan cannot be said to be one and the same, they are inextricably linked. For fear of the court's taboo, although the Zhang family has not expanded in the rice and grain business in recent years, with the Zhang family's goods The ability to connect the north and the south. If the southwest is really in chaos, only the Zhang family would dare to transport food and medicinal materials into the southwest.

The Hu family not only controls the grain shops in Linnancheng, but also controls one-third of the grain shops in the entire southwest. However, the southwest is mountainous and is not suitable for large-scale grain cultivation. Most of the Hu family's grain is harvested in Juancheng. of grain in the north, so if the Hu family is short of grain supplies, the first thing to look at is the situation of grain collection in Juncheng, and then the whereabouts of the grain after it enters the southwest.

Naturally, Ning De knew what was going on. Hearing the instructions from his senior brother, he felt even more vigilant. He nodded immediately and said, "I have already made some arrangements with the Hu family. Later, my junior brother will send someone to deliver a letter to Juancheng. Also, over there with the army, is it..."

Ning Jue pondered for a moment before shaking his head and said: "No need for the moment, the military supplies for the army are sent directly from Juncheng. As long as there is no severe drought in the north, there should be no problems. Besides, although the current situation is unusual, , but after all, it’s not chaos yet, we can’t just reach out, if help comes to us, it’s not too late to do anything.”

Ning De knew the rules left by his ancestor, so he nodded immediately and said: "Yes, I will obey the instructions of my senior master."

When Sang Wan first saw the old things of his old friend, he was so excited that he couldn't control himself. After tasting the incense, he finally calmed down and then asked Mi Yuyan: "Where did your "Collection of Zhencao Incense" come from?"

Mi Yuyan had already made up her mind not to hide it, so she answered simply: "It was left by my grandmother at home. My husband lent me the book that day. I went back and compared it. If I read it correctly, the book in my husband's hand is It must have been copied by my grandmother's hand, but I don't know where this copy came from, sir?"

Sang Wan looked at Mi Yuyan and saw that she spoke calmly and looked straight at her with clear eyes, which meant that she had already figured out that there was something going on there that day. However, because there were many people present at the time, there were not as many people as there were at that time. She broke it off and said that she was being honest and hoped that she would have no reservations.

Sang Wan couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, but the smile was a little bleak: "When your grandmother was young, she was as open and honest as you, sincere to others, and smart and wise. This book was given to me by her." Mi Yuyan did not speak. , still just looking at Sang Wan like that. Logically speaking, Sang Wan should not tell these past events to a junior, but at this time, maybe he has been bored in his heart for too long, or maybe he has been searching for these many years, and finally found something. He had heard about his old friend, but she had already passed away. At this time, Sang Wan wanted to talk about the old things that had been in his heart for decades.

"My surname is Han, and I am a descendant of the Han family in Juancheng. Your grandmother's surname is Nie, and her ancestral home is also Juancheng. However, many of the disciples in the family later became officials, and most of them moved to the capital. The Han family and the Nie family have been friends for generations, and they have been intermarrying. At that time, your grandmother's aunt was my biological aunt, so whether I went to the capital to study or your grandmother returned to the Juncheng clan, we could see each other often."

"Your grandmother's maternal family is from Linnan, and your grandmother's father remarried his wife when he was in Linnan. At that time, this marriage was not favored by your great-grandfather's elders. After your great-grandmother gave birth to your grandmother, , for a long time, your grandmother lived in Linnan’s ancestral family or in the Nie family in Juncheng.”

"Your grandmother actually didn't have a very good life when she was a child, but she never felt sorry for herself. Even the Nie family was not very friendly to her, but she could always find some fun on her own by reading and singing. By the way, you Grandma’s maternal family, my ancestors must have run an incense shop in the past, and his family’s house is a large house that has been idle for a long time not far from Mi’s Incense Shop. You should know that house, right?”

Seeing Mi Yuyan nodding, her eyes even full of understanding, Sang Wan couldn't help but ask: "Did your grandmother tell you this? Then I don't need to say more."

"No, my grandmother never said anything to me. She has always taken me to live in the small courtyard behind Mijia Xiangxing since I was a child. Every day when I go for a walk, she will unconsciously look at that place. Big house, I didn’t understand why before. My grandmother passed away in the past few years, but when I recall it, I always feel it’s unusual.” Mi Yuyan still told the truth.

Sang Wan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I've been looking for her for so many years, but I didn't expect that she actually lives so close to me. Hey, I finally got the trust, but now, we are separated forever..."

Mi Yuyan couldn't help but sigh when she saw Sang Wan was so depressed, and poured him a cup of tea.

Sang Wan took the tea and couldn't help but smile sadly: "You are a little girl, why are you sighing? Didn't your grandmother tell you that the most useless thing in the world is sighing and crying, so when your grandmother met She dared to escape so rashly during a disaster. She kept it secret and didn't even send a single word to me. She was just afraid of implicating me, but for the rest of my life, haha..."

"What happened to my grandmother at that time? She actually had to completely cut off all contact with the Nie family. If I'm not wrong, my grandmother's family moved eastward. I'm afraid it has something to do with this matter, right?" Mi Yuyan couldn't help but ask. road.

Sang Wan nodded: "She came to the capital when she was 12 years old. At that time, your great-grandfather was sent back to the capital to report on her work. I guessed that your grandmother was about to reach the age of marriage, so she wanted her to come to the capital so that we could get married. Although I said at that time He has quite a lot of talent, but because he didn’t like to read those collections of classics and history in his early years, he never really focused on getting fame.”

"I was already fifteen that year, and I didn't know anything at first. I always felt that I would be able to see your grandmother when I went to the capital in the future. One day I accidentally heard my mother talking about this matter with the elders in the family, and I felt very sad in my heart. I hurriedly begged to go to the capital to study, and even cheated to live in the Nie family, and even went to the academy with the Nie family children, and I had more opportunities to interact with your grandmother."

"It's not like I had a cantilever cone on my head, but I read some books peacefully during those two years. With my cleverness, I also gained some talent and fame in the capital. When I came out, I told my mother what I wanted, and my mother also liked your grandmother. , so I sent a letter to my aunt and asked her to make peace with her."

"The head of your grandmother's family at that time was her grandmother. That old lady was good at everything but one thing. She looked down on a white person like me who had no fame yet. However, it was because of my aunt's favor and because she was originally I don’t like your grandmother very much, so I didn’t rush to say goodbye to your grandmother, and just said, if I want to marry you, I must first get Jieyuan from my hometown before I can come."

"Seeing that your grandmother was about to get haircut, and I was already seventeen or eighteen, and there wasn't much time left for me, I hurried back to my hometown to prepare for the exam. It was around that time that your grandmother's grandmother took her out to Guangnan Prince's Palace. We went to a banquet, and not long after we came back, we got the imperial edict to send her to the palace."

Mi Yuyan never thought that her grandmother would actually encounter such a thing at that time, and her eyes widened a bit. According to Sang Wan, at that time, it should be the sixth prince who led the army to capture Sumei, that is, During the reign of Emperor Renhe Pei Che, it seems that Emperor Renhe fell in love with his grandmother and wanted to make her his concubine.

According to Mi Yuyan's memories of her previous life, the sixth prince was obsessed with the medical girl Qin Nianxi, but for some unknown reason, Qin Nianxi did not marry into the royal family, but married into the Wang family.

Thinking of this section and what Doctor Qin had said to her before, Mi Yuyan had a sudden realization. She couldn't help but sigh that her grandmother was really brave and resourceful. She escaped from the capital and went directly to the Southwest Wanshou Temple. , hiding under the wings of Qin Nianxi, but even so, it will be difficult for the capital to deal with it, right?
Mi Yuyan couldn't help but ask: "My grandmother escaped. Doesn't that mean the Nie family is guilty of resisting the imperial decree and disrespecting the emperor?"

Sang Wan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I heard from my aunt that there were no signs at all before she escaped. Everyone thought that she was happy because she could enter the palace and fly into the royal family as a phoenix, but she didn't say anything. I escaped by going out to burn incense."

"Before she left, she left a letter to her family. She only asked her family to diagnose her illness, and it was a serious illness that could not be seen. After a few days, she was declared dead and buried directly. She also said that Guanren and Emperor This person should not be a fool who gets angry at others because of a woman, saying that Emperor Renhe just mistook her for someone else, and will soon forget about her. The family will just treat her as dead, and there should be no serious problems in the near future. "

"At that time, your grandmother's family knew that she had run away, so they didn't dare to say anything. They didn't even dare to look for her. They really had no choice but to ask her maid to pretend to be her and claim she was sick. Then she reported her illness to the palace as she said, and then she said she was violent. Killed. Then she just disappeared, and no one knew where she went."

"When I got the letter, it was already half a year later. After thinking about it, I always felt that she should have come to Juancheng or the southwest, but there was no news from Juancheng, so I went to the southwest to look for it. She, I didn’t expect that she has been hiding in Linnan. Do you know how your grandmother married into your Mi family?"

Mi Yuyan shook her head in disbelief: "My grandmother never mentioned what happened when she was young. Although I know a little bit about it, I still found out about it from my predecessor, Dr. Qin."

"If you know anything, please come and tell me." Sang Wan couldn't help but wonder.

Mi Yuyan simply told Sang Wan what Doctor Qin told her. After Sang Wan was silent for a moment, she suddenly slapped the table and said: "No wonder, no wonder, only your grandmother can come up with such a method! "

(End of this chapter)