Empress Chu

"I don't want it anymore, I will hand it in, my lord, please spare me."

Liniang said from the side: "My lord, I found him, and Ah Fu, Ah Fu is the girl's name, what she calls herself, has nothing to do with her, and what's more, Ah Fu said to let me go to Yangtun again. Get out of the car, and then wait for the driver to leave before leaving, but I didn't think it was necessary, so I got out of the car early, and as expected, it was not perfect, so the adults found out—"

She said with a smile.

"If that young lady finds out, she will deduct my money."

Deng Yi also smiled, thought for a while, and nodded: "Should be." His gaze turned to Yi Cheng, "Xu Cheng, you—"

Yi Cheng leaned over and kowtowed: "The lower official is guilty of being greedy for money, obsessed with obsession, and negligent. Please punish me, my lord."

The pile of money in front of him is high——

Qi Duyou pointed at him from above, and said bitterly: "Old Xu, how many times have I told you that you are good at everything, but you are greedy for money, and something will happen sooner or later!"

Before Deng Yi could speak, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a young man wrapped in a cloak rushed in.

"Master Deng." He asked anxiously, "Did you find my sister?"

Deng Yi smiled at him: "Master Chu Ke is here."

This is what Qi Duyou said about Mr. Chu who came to look for his sister, but he was sitting in the county mansion. Yicheng thought to himself while lying on the ground, and looked up slightly—to see if he was with that deceitful Ah Fu. the same length.

This young man was seventeen or eighteen years old, not small in stature, with a fair complexion. At this time, his face was anxious, and his emotions were frizzy.

That Ah Fu was not like that, although she was soft and weak, she either cried or kowtowed to him to thank him, but in retrospect, the girl was actually very calm.

If you are not calm, you will not be able to fool so many people.

"Master Deng, I heard you found it?" Mr. Chu Ke asked anxiously.

"Master Ake." Deng Yi said, "First, see if the money belongs to your family."

Chu Ke just looked into the hall, his eyes fell on the money piled in front of everyone, and he immediately shouted: "Yes!" He reached out and grabbed the jade bracelet and Zhuchai in front of Liniang, "This is my mother's, my mother's dowry .”

Speaking of this, his face is full of annoyance.

"This little bitch, how dare she steal!"

Liniang looked at the young man in front of her, tsk tsk, she was able to call her sister a little slut, which shows that the relationship between this young man and her sister is not very good.

"These." Mr. Chu stood next to Yicheng again, saw the money piled up, and shouted angrily, "So much, I don't know where the family's money is, how did she steal so much! So much money, She gave such precious jewelry to others so easily! Is she crazy?!"

Deng Yi smiled and said, "Miss Chu Zhao is not crazy, she is a hero."

Chapter 8 Housework

The matter was clear, Deng Yi didn't ask any more questions, and didn't make things difficult, so they could leave.

"The ignorant are not guilty," he said.

The three were overjoyed and kowtowed to thank, and Liniang boldly asked: "Then the money—"

The young master of the Chu family standing beside him was both surprised and angry: "This is my family's money! What, you still want to take it away?"

Liniang sneered, she was not afraid of this young man, this young man was not as scary as his younger sister who was a few years younger.

"Although you have no intentions, you are greedy and driven to deceive people." Deng Yi said, "Of course you can't take the money away."

Liniang hurriedly said: "Of course, of course, the slave family just wants to say that we will not take the money away."

The firework girl dared to play tricks, Qi Duyou scolded: "Get out, if you don't want to leave, go to the county government jail."

Liniang's coachman didn't dare to stay any longer and hastily withdrew.

Yicheng knelt on the spot and didn't move. He was an official, if he also got out, he really wouldn't even think about coming back.

Qi Duyou glanced at him, and said to Deng Yi: "Master Deng, none of them are innocent, and they shouldn't be spared so lightly."

Deng Yi said: "Forget it, it's not a big deal." Having put his hands on his chin, he couldn't help laughing, and looked at Chu Ke, "Young Master Chu, your sister is really powerful, at a young age, in order to hide her whereabouts, she rowed It's really a tiger father without a dog son to create this scene with soldiers in formation."

Chu Ke's eyes were full of anger, and he asked his servants to collect the money and things piled on the ground.

"She's really crazy." He said angrily, "I want to go to her father and tell her directly, how can she steal the family's money and run away, and come up with such tricks!"

Deng Yi rested his chin and looked at the angry young master, and asked, "If Ms. Chu said she wanted to go to General Chu, would you send her there?"

"Of course not!" Chu Ke didn't want to answer. Seeing Deng Yi's joking smile, he hurriedly explained, "Master Deng, not to mention that she beat someone, and the matter is not over yet. When my uncle sent her back, he said Don't let her go back."

Deng Yi asked curiously: "Why didn't General Chu allow Ms. Chu to go back? I heard that Ms. Chu had been with General Chu in Yunzhong County. When Ms. Chu was just born, her mother died. Mrs. Chu wanted to take her back and raise her. The general refused, and raised her personally for so many years, why did you send her back at this time?"

How did he know so much about their family?Chu Ke was a little nervous, even knowing that his grandmother was going to raise his cousin?Doesn't that mean he also knows the scandal of his uncle having an affair without a matchmaker and giving birth to a child with a country girl who was unmarried?

Chu Ke thought again, it's not surprising, the cousin almost killed Miss Liang's family, Liang Siqing sued the officials, Ting Wei must investigate, and Deng Yi, who was entrusted to find someone, must also investigate. , What secrets can their family hide?

What's more, my uncle has done stupid things that everyone knows, and it has always been a joke in the capital.

What a shame!The young man was thin-skinned, blushed, ashamed and angry.

"That's because my cousin has grown up, and my uncle wants her to come back and learn the rules so that she can get married." He sighed and said, "It can be seen that the uncle also knows that the cousin is very stubborn, so he told the family to discipline her well. You are not allowed to return to Yunzhong County until you look good."

Deng Yi sighed, thoughtfully.

Are you still thinking about something embarrassing about their family?Uncle has done too many embarrassing things. After so many years of being a man with his tail between his legs, everyone has forgotten. Now his cousin inherits his father's business and continues to harm the Chu family. The young Chu Ke is really sad. I feel sorry for myself as the eldest son. Take it all.

"Master Deng, since we have found it, don't delay." He urged, "Catch up quickly, bring my sister back, apologize to Mr. Liang and accept the punishment, and settle this matter, so as not to cause trouble to my uncle. In front of him, if he wants to act inappropriately again and offend His Majesty, we really cannot atone for our sins by death."

Inappropriate behavior, Deng Yi smiled: "I came to Beijing late, but I was fortunate enough to hear about General Chu's past."

Take a look, sure enough, everyone has finally forgotten their family, and now that these old things are going to be revealed again, Chu Ke blushed and said hurriedly: "Master Deng, don't mention the old things in advance, you should hurry up and chase me younger sister."

Deng Yi didn't shame the young man any more, so he stopped talking.

"However, it's not easy for your sister to catch up." He said, looking at the postman, "Xu Cheng, how is the postman's footsteps?"

When they were talking, Yi Cheng knelt on the ground quietly, and immediately replied: "Very quickly, and the team of post soldiers who took Miss Chu was faster. I saw that their speed from the capital to here was faster than The other postmen will take two days sooner."

Deng Yi said to Chu Ke: "I'm not self-effacing. Compared with the post soldiers, my footsteps are really bad. When we catch up with her, she has already gone to Yunzhong County to meet General Chu." Shaking his head, "This is also my negligence. In fact, I should have thought from the beginning that your sister, as the daughter of General Chu, must know that the fastest way is to take the postman, and she will never go to any escort agency."

"Who knows what's on her mind." Chu Ke said angrily, feeling helpless.

He is just a talented young man who has been studying in the academy with his father. This is the first time he has traveled such a long distance, and he is so tired and suffering that he almost falls ill.

What should I do? My parents told me that my uncle should not be allowed to participate in this matter anyway. They must resolve this matter by themselves, because every move of my uncle is related to their family, especially his future——

He was thinking about what his father and mother had told him, "We all know your uncle's temper. He only has a little sympathy left in front of His Majesty. I have already agreed with him. For the future of the Chu family, we must put you on the horse. Let you become an official, if you use the last bit of affection on your sister, you will have nothing to do."

Although he didn't quite understand why his father would say that his uncle still had a little affection in front of His Majesty - His Majesty had long since abandoned his uncle for his guilt.

But he also knew that his uncle's trouble would definitely hurt their family and his future.

He is still a teenager, he has a great time, a bright future!

Deng Yi examined the young man's changing expression, and suddenly sat up straight: "We can't catch up, but we can let the people in front intercept us."

Intercept?

Chu Ke looked at Deng Yi.

Deng Yi looked at Yi Cheng and asked, "On the way to Yunzhong County, is there any post station near Zhongshan County?"

Although he was greedy for money, the postman was still very skilled in his job, so he nodded immediately and answered clearly, "Yes, it's called Dahuai Station."

Deng Yi smiled slightly: "Then there is a way." He stood up, looked at Yicheng again, and seemed to have just discovered that he was still kneeling, "Xu Cheng, get up quickly, you have gained a lot of knowledge this time, and you were beaten by a little girl." Lie all over the place."

Yicheng responded with a wry smile, "I'm really ashamed of myself."

Qi Duyou scolded him: "It's not because you are greedy for money, you can remember the lesson in the future."

"Don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed." Deng Yi smiled, "You should be fooled by General Chu."

Chu Ke was not interested in their joking, but when he heard his uncle mentioned again, he was only anxious, and urged: "Master Deng, please tell me what to do."

Deng Yi said: "Coincidentally, there is a case in their Tingwei Mansion to communicate with King Zhongshan. It is inconvenient for King Zhongshan to go to Beijing, so he uses flying pigeons to send letters. Now I can use flying pigeons to send letters to King Zhongshan, and ask him to help stop him."

Zhongshan King, yes, Zhongshan County is the fiefdom of Zhongshan King, and pigeons are faster than humans. This is really the best way.

The only bad thing is that there will be one more person in the Chu family to chew on this shit, Chu Ke only feels that the headache is even worse, but what can be done.

"Then please trouble Mr. Deng." He said, and urged, "It's about the reputation of my sister-in-law, please be more tactful."

Chapter 9 Room

Deng Yi and his party rested at the inn for one night, arranged to pass on the letter to Zhongshan Wang Feige, and set off again.

King Zhongshan helped stop them, but people couldn't let King Zhongshan be sent to Beijing, so they continued to go to meet King Zhongshan.

The people and horses went away, the wind blew up the dust, and the postman stood outside the station, squinting his eyes, with his hands on his waist, touching the empty money bag.

The events of the past few days have finally turned into a dream.

"My lord." A postman approached, "That Ah Fu turned out to be the daughter of General Chu Wei. This little girl is really good at deceiving people. Others deceive people with a few words, but she beats the gongs and drums and brings out a troupe."

Yicheng scoffed: "Cheat? You are belittling her, she is not lying, she is simply a gangster!"

Such a large amount of money, one ring and one ring, making everyone play around, this is clearly a gangster.

Thinking about that Ah Fu, Yi Cheng often lowered his head, and occasionally raised his head to look at people, those eyes actually looked really ferocious.

I didn't take it seriously at the time and didn't care, after all, she was a little girl.

Hmm - the postman named Ah Jiu asked so carefully at that time, did he notice something was wrong?

Yicheng shook his head again, so what, in the end Ah Jiu still brought her along, this story is so perfect, who would have thought that this little girl paid someone to perform it.

However, it's really strange that Chu Ling's daughter is like this.

Thinking about it again, it's not surprising. What Chu Ling did back then was much scarier than the little girl's deception.

"My lord." The postman asked curiously, "What's the matter with General Chu Wei? It sounds like he's unknown, after all, his official position is so low, but he's very famous when he mentions it, and everyone knows about it."

The postman glanced at him, the postman was still young, that is, seventeen or eighteen years old, when Chu Ling was in the limelight, this kid was still breastfeeding.

"Back when General Chu Ling was your age." He said, "He already became famous."

"How he won His Majesty's favor, I'm not quite sure. There are rumors that His Majesty visited the military camp privately, and he dismissed His Majesty as a spy. I don't know if it is true or not. If it is true, Chu Ling was a rebellious person from the beginning. tame boy."

"Later he left the capital and went to Bianjun to become a small school. He was able to fight well, and his bravery was extraordinary. He reversed Xiliang's situation in Bianjun, and beat the king of Xiliang to the emperor for peace. Books, called brothers and sisters."

"Chu Ling was promoted steadily, and he was promoted to General Wei in one breath. The general is just around the corner."

"Your Majesty treats him with great favor, and he can also communicate with His Majesty by letter without passing through Weiwei's Mansion and Shangshu Mansion."

"For him, the post station is equipped with post soldiers to deliver letters."

This kind of favor has never been heard before, the postman was dumbfounded, but he was puzzled: "Then why did he only become General Wei in the end? He has been in the border county all the time, and I heard that he hasn't left for more than ten years."

Bian County is not a good place. The generals come and go, and the only ones who can stay for so long are the criminals who have been dispatched, right?

Yi Cheng smiled: "As the old saying goes, fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and it's not good to be favored too much. This Chu Ling was young and frivolous, arrogant, and finally was arrogant and lawless, and offended His Majesty. If it weren't for his military achievements Too much, let alone General Wei, his life may be gone."

At this moment, the sky was going up and down, and the postman became even more curious: "What mistake did you make?"

Yicheng paused for a moment, thought for a moment: "The reason should be to suppress the bandits. In places like Bianjun, Xiliang is rampant, the people are in dire straits, and horse thieves and bandits are everywhere. In addition to blocking Xiliang, Chu Ling is also ordered to suppress the bandits. , let go of the bandits privately, was impeached by the local officials, when questioned by His Majesty, he accused His Majesty of bandit rampage because of His Majesty's incompetence in governance—"

The postman opened his mouth wide when he heard this: "This, this is too bold!"

Yicheng looked like he saw through the world: "It's not surprising. Once a military general is valued by the emperor, it's easy to be like this. What kind of general will not be accepted by the emperor's order, say some crazy words, do some crazy things, and destroy his future."

The postman shook his head: "It's not an exaggeration for His Majesty to cut off his head, but it's really kind of him to keep him as General Guard."

Yicheng put his hands on and looked in the direction of Bianjun: "From then on, Chu Yu was abandoned by His Majesty in Bianjun, and he disappeared from everyone."

The postman curled his lips, "It deserves it. With such a criminal father, Miss Chu dares to be so arrogant. I really don't know how to do it."

Is Miss Chu arrogant?Yicheng rubbed his fat belly, and in terms of appearance—that's all, he is not qualified to judge this Miss Chu, after all, he was deceived.

This time, he was really busy and empty-handed, and almost lost his official status. He avoided Chu Ling, and this Miss Chu could not be provoked.

"Let's go, let's go to work."

"Keep your eyes bright!"

"Accept all kindness!"

……

……

As we went north, the wind and cold became heavier. When night fell, we hid in the place where the north wind was blowing, and the bonfire was lit, and the stiff body gradually recovered.

Zhang Gu took off his scarf, let out a sigh of relief, and patted his companions: "Is there any dry food left? Let me have a quick bite."

Before the companion could speak, someone next to him handed over half a piece of dried rabbit meat.