Empress Chu

"What are you doing?" Yicheng asked puzzled, "It's cold, and you're so sick, how can you walk?"

The lady of the Yang family smiled weakly: "Master Xu, I still have some breath. I want to go back to my hometown, and the leaves fall back to their roots. I don't want to live in the wilderness of another country."

That's it, Yicheng sighed: "Miss Yang, you are raised here, maybe there is still a chance to meet your man and child."

After a lot of tossing on the road, I'm afraid he will die immediately.

The lady of the Yang family shook her head, her face was sad but joyful: "I will feel at ease if they can meet each other, and it will be the same when they come to see me at my grave in the future."

That being the case, Yi Cheng stopped persuading him, but if he wanted to get the money back and really make him a good person for nothing, that would not work.

He touched his belt: "Ms. Yang, I need some money on the way home, so—"

Before he finished speaking, the lady of the Yang family quickly waved her hands: "Master Xu has been troubled too much, I can't let you spend money on you, the slave family still has some money left, enough to go home, people like me don't need too much money Yes, holding it would be a drag."

After she finished speaking, she fell powerlessly on the quilt, her expression a little nervous.

That's right, how could he really give away all his wealth, the woman must give some to the two daughters, and keep some for himself—however, he wouldn't really give away all of the woman's wealth , It’s okay to take half of it, he is not the kind of person who eats all the bones and meat.

Yi Cheng said kindly: "Forget it, follow the lady's wish, then, I wish the lady a good journey."

The lady of the Yang family hurriedly nodded her head on the quilt as a kowtow.

"It's a good deed for you to send the lady home." Yicheng told the coachman with a sullen face, "Don't abuse this poor man, otherwise, I will never forgive you."

The coachman responded repeatedly, and the donkey cart creaked out of the post station and went away along the road.

Yicheng stood outside the post station again to watch, rubbed his stomach, and saw off the mother and daughter three times in a blink of an eye. He couldn't even remember how the mother and daughter came here, it felt like a dream.

He fumbled for the money bag in his waist, but it was okay, the money was still there.

Then it's all right, it's not a big dream to be busy in vain.

Cars and horses come and go, the sun rises and sets, and the post station in Beicao Town repeats its busy day after day. In the room, flipping through the account book cracklingly, check the balance of incoming and outgoing.

Occasionally, there are high-ranking officials passing by, and he doesn't need to be close to him. Officials with iron-clad post stations can live in upper-class rooms this time, and maybe they can only live in Datongpu next time.

However, when the officials from the local county government came, Yi Cheng still had to warmly welcome them.

Today is cloudy, the face hurts from the wind, a charcoal fire is burning in the hall, a group of servants are sitting or standing, cursing that it is too cold and complaining that the drinks here are not good.

Seeing Yi Cheng coming in, a man in his 40s who was sitting in the middle wearing an official robe and throwing his knife on the table said, "It's because the wine is bad, it's because Lao Xu hid the good wine."

The officials all pointed at the post and clamored.

It is not surprising that Yicheng is familiar with them, pointing at one of the men: "Cao Lao Si, you still don't know where my wine is hidden? Move it yourself."

The man called Cao Laosi was not polite, he greeted a few officials and went out in a lively manner.

Yicheng sat next to the man with the knife: "Qi Duyou, it's so cold, what's the big deal to force you out of the house?"

This Duyou Qi is not only the Shangguan in charge of the station, but more importantly, the brother-in-law of the county guard. He holds great power in the county, and he only needs to move his fingers to do things, and he doesn't need to travel in the bitter cold weather.

Unless there are things and people you can't afford to mess with.

Haven't heard of any major events in the county recently?

Qi Duyou picked up the hot water and drank it down: "This matter is both big and small." He put the water bowl on the table, "A young lady in the capital is missing."

Chapter 5 Chu Nu

In the capital, a lady is missing?

Yi Cheng was a little surprised.

A lot of people get lost every year, from urchins to old people, it's not uncommon for big girls and young wives to be lost. It's really a trivial matter to lose a young lady.

What can be considered a major event can only be that the young lady's family background is big.

"Which noble lady in the capital is it?" He asked curiously.

Qi Duyou waved his hand: "It's not considered rich and powerful, but the family is not simple."

This is interesting, and Yicheng is even more curious.

"This lady's surname is Chu." Qi Duyou said, "Uncle has no official position and no position. He teaches at Qiaoshan Academy, but his father is a character, and you must recognize him."

He looked at Yi Cheng and smiled.

"General Yunzhong County Guard, Chu Ling."

Yicheng blinked, but he was not surprised or surprised by the revelation of Miss Lost's life experience. The first thought that flashed in his mind was, what a coincidence, it seemed to be the second time he heard the name of General Chu Wei.

"What are you mumbling about?" Qi Duyou was puzzled by his reaction, and asked, "What's wrong with General Chu Wei? Don't say you can't even remember who it is."

Yicheng hurriedly smiled and said: "How can I not remember, I think that the name of General Chu Wei has been rarely mentioned in these years, what happened these days, I always hear his name, and it is about to catch up with the time when he was the most glorious gone."

"Who else mentioned it?" Qi Dudu asked.

"A few days ago, there were post soldiers who went to Bianjun." Post Cheng said simply, these can't be passed on to the outside world, otherwise there will be suspicion of leaking secrets.

Of course, no one really regarded the post soldiers going to Bianjun as a confidential matter.

It was not surprising that the soldiers who were going to Bianjun mentioned General Chu Yu, but Qi Duyou put it aside and said, "General Chu Wei is quiet now, but his daughter has become famous again in the capital."

Yicheng asked with a smile: "Could it be that this young lady also went to discuss military affairs with His Majesty?"

"If that's the case, it can be regarded as the succession of the father's business." Qi Duyou smiled, "It's a pity that Miss Chu is ignorant, domineering, and domineering. A few days ago, she kicked the daughter of Lord Liang of Honglu Temple into the lake. , almost killed a person."

Unexpectedly, the aristocratic ladies in the capital would fight like country shrews.

Yi Cheng shook his head and sighed: "How can General Chu Wei teach his daughter to be like this? Could it be that he is really broken and has no intention of making progress?"

"I don't think there is any need to teach it. It's nature. A father is disobedient, and a daughter is also arrogant." Qi Duyou sneered.

Then he still loses his temper, doesn't even care about his children, let's live in a daze, Yicheng thought to himself, and asked: "This Miss Chu is so powerful, how can she get lost?"

At this time, the officials carrying the wine came back, Cao Lao Si delivered a jar of wine to the table here, and heard a haha ​​from here.

"Miss Chu, she didn't get lost, she beat someone and ran away." He said, "Miss Liang's family almost died. Parents are crying so hard that they are willing to stop. They insist on suing the emperor and punishing this girl." Miss Chu, this Miss Chu ran away."

Yi Cheng laughed: "Little lady is irresponsible."

While pouring the wine, Cao Laosi beamed and said, "This little lady is amazing. She beat someone without crying or making noise. She ran away over the wall the next day and stole a lot of money from the family. Boss Chu!" He is a scholar, he was ashamed and apologized outside, and his wife and daughter went to Liang's house to take care of Miss Liang, but the troublemaker ran away, and fell on his back in anger, and the house was in chaos."

Yi Cheng said with a smile: "Raising this daughter is actually more troublesome than a son."

In the past, it was only common for playboys to cause trouble for the family, but this is the first time I heard that the daughter's family can do the same.

Qi Duyou picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, one sip was more effective than hot water, and the cold air from head to toe was dispelled.

"I know that Old Xu has good things." He said with a smile.

Yi Cheng picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, then asked: "So this Miss Chu is going to find her father, this child is really brave, how far is it from the capital to Yunzhong County, even if the world is at peace now, But a girl—how old is Miss Chu?"

Qi Duyou couldn't remember it a little bit. Look at Cao Lao Si, he just came out to put on a show, and the real work was done by his subordinates.

Cao Laosi hurriedly said: "It seems to be about 13 years old."

He also reached out to make gestures.

so tall.

I gave a picture.

A thin and small girl, tall and quiet, she doesn't seem to be so capable of causing trouble at all.

At the age of 13, Yicheng held the wine bowl in a daze, the daughter of the lady of the Yang family seemed to be twelve or thirteen years old, it was inexplicable, why did he always think of this mother and daughter?

"No matter how old it is, how can a girl's family walk such a long way? Not to mention safety issues, can this lady know the way?" He pulled back his emotions and said.

Well, the two daughters of the Yang family knew they needed a postman to take them with them.

"Then Miss Chu is not stupid." Fourth Cao said, "I left a letter saying that I will hire the best escort to escort me back to Yunzhong County."

That's how it turned out, so he stole the family's money, Yi Cheng smiled and nodded and shook his head: "I don't know which bodyguard agency is brave enough to take this."

"I have asked all over the capital, but there is no one." Qi Duyou said, "It is estimated that they are looking for bodyguards incognito outside the capital. Nowadays, there are always courageous bodyguards. come out."

He seems to have just remembered, look at Yi Cheng.

"Old Xu, have you seen the bodyguard these days?"

Yi Cheng shook his head: "Du You, you also know that those escorts will not come to our official post."

Dart runners carry weapons and always retreat a little in front of the officials, let alone come to the post station to rest.

Qi Duyou obviously knew this and nodded: "I'm just asking, people from the capital are also asking questions in the town."

The postman urged the postmen to serve the dishes quickly, and couldn't help but think of Chu Yu, so he couldn't help but continue to ask: "Is it General Chu Wei's family who came to look for it? Speaking of which, General Chu Wei hasn't been back since that incident The capital is now, more than ten years—"

Qi Duyou shook his head: "Brother Chu Yu's son came to look for him, but he was accompanied by people from Wei Wei's mansion. Wei Weiqing sent Zuo Cheng Deng Yi Deng."

Yi Cheng was very surprised: "Wei Weiqing even sent someone? This alarmed His Majesty, right?"

Chu Ling is the second child, and there is an elder brother who is a scholar and has no official position, so how can he call Weiwei's mansion.

Then only Chu Ling's face——

"It seems that His Majesty is still very lenient to General Chu." Yicheng asked tentatively.

This time, he didn't even call him General Wei, and called him General directly. Back then, when Chu Ling was a Bianjun school lieutenant, they all complimented him as General when they mentioned it.

At that time, everyone thought that Chu Ling would be fine as a general, not to mention being a general of Wei. Who would have thought that something happened to Chu Ling when he was in the limelight, and his fate took a turn for the worse, with no future at all.

More than ten years have passed, and he is still a general of the guard, and he will not be promoted until his death.

However, His Majesty is getting old, and his health has not been good in the past two years. When people get old, they tend to miss the old days. Could it be that they want to use Chu Ling again?

"You think too much, so His Majesty doesn't care about it." Qi Duyou said disdainfully, and explained to him in a low voice, "It was invited by the Liang family. If you want to sue the officials and ask the Tingwei to take the person, Liang Siqing's status is not ordinary. What's more, his daughter just got married, do you know who the in-laws are?"

Although Yicheng is well-informed, he doesn't know everything in the capital, especially this wedding and funeral, so he asked curiously: "It must not be an ordinary family."

Governor Qi was beaming with joy: "It's the Xie family in Dongyang, the brother of the current crown princess."

Now in the Great Xia Dynasty, there is the Yang family of the former empress, and the Zhao family nicknamed the uncle of the new country by virtue of favoring the noble concubine. Gradually, the family should not be underestimated among the royal relatives.

After all, no matter whether it is the Yang family or the Zhao family, they cannot compare to the Xie family who will be the queen in the future.

Miss Liang's marriage with the Xie family, it is really not a trivial matter for this lady to be beaten, and it also offended the Xie family, which also offended the prince.

That Miss Chu family has caused a lot of trouble.

"However." Qi Duyou felt a little regretful that he couldn't see the excitement, "Tingwei finally asked Weiwei Mansion to send someone out of the protection of the Chu family's face, in the name of finding people, not arresting them."

This is nothing more than a deception, Yi Cheng said: "General Chu Wei still has a headache."

I can't really let my daughter be questioned. If she talks about marriage in the future, her life will be ruined.

Poor Chu Ling, who was originally a criminal minister, has lived with his tail between his legs to hide from people's eyes for so many years, everyone has finally forgotten about him, and he can eat and wait for death in peace, and raise such a daughter again, such a trouble is really doomed .

Talking about other people's affairs, the three of them drank and ate food without delay. The hall was bustling with activity, dispelling the chill.

"My lord, my lord." The postman ran in with a nervous expression, "A lord who claims to be Wei Weicheng is here."

Qi Duyou drank half of the wine and threw it away, spilling the wine on the front of his clothes too hastily.

"Quick, quick." He said, "Master Deng has a very scary temper."

Chapter 6 is bad

The cold wind was blowing, and more than a dozen horses stood upright. The men on the horses were wrapped in black cloaks, like black clouds.

The postmen dare not approach.

"Master Deng, you're here so soon?" Qi Du ran to those people like flying, and said enthusiastically to one of the men, "I'm going to report to you, I've already asked here—"

Yicheng couldn't understand what Qi Dubao was like, he walked around the whole prefecture, and even his brother-in-law, the sheriff, didn't dare to take care of him.

I didn't expect to compliment Mr. Deng Yi Deng so much.

Because the other party is a court official?The court officials have a bad temper?

Yi Cheng's eyes fell on Wei Wei Cheng Deng Yi, he saw that he was in his 30s, his complexion was pale, his facial features could not be described as handsome, but he was by no means annoying. Mail scolded.

"I've checked in the city, so I'll come here by myself." He said in a gentle voice, "I'll spare Qi Duyou another trip."

Isn't that very polite?Yi Cheng thought to himself.

Qi Duyou didn't relax at all, he expressed his thanks nervously, and then pointed to Yi Cheng: "Do you want to ask Mr. Deng again?"

Deng Yi said: "If it's not troublesome, I'll listen to what I have to say."

Qi Duyou hurriedly turned his head and shouted, "Xu Ling, Xu Ling, come quickly and answer."