Don't go back to hometown

The glacier, the avalanche, and two narrow escapes made Jiang Xianyu understand a truth more deeply——

The opportunity to live again is hard-won. He should let go of his reserve and worries, show his heart to Xie Cheng without hesitation, and give him more straightforward love and more sense of security.

So he took the initiative to confess his heart to Xie Cheng, and when the other party kissed him, he bent his eyes and kissed him back, touching the other's lips again and again, playful and sticky.

Xie Cheng was amused by him and pinched his ears.

"Xiaoyu?"

The door was pushed suddenly, and Jiang Baizhou's voice came from outside the door: "What are you doing locking the door in broad daylight?"

Jiang Xianyu separated from Xie Cheng, wiped his mouth with a blushing face, and stepped forward to open the door.

"Brother, why are you here?" His eyes drifted, and he was very guilty.

Jiang Baizhou raised the food box in his hand, "Mother left you roast lamb chops and mutton soup."

"Didn't mother not allow me to eat?"

"Do you think your parents are really willing to starve you?" Jiang Baizhou said angrily, "Without your parents' consent, Xie Cheng can come and deliver food to you?"

Jiang Xianyu knew he was wrong, and was even more moved in his heart, he hurriedly pulled Jiang Baizhou into the room: "I was wrong, my parents and elder brother love me the most."

In the room, Xie Cheng stood up and greeted calmly: "Elder brother."

Jiang Baizhou nodded, and asked again: "What are you two doing hiding in the house? I didn't know how to open the window to breathe in the charcoal basin, so Xiao Yu's face turned red."

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng: "..."

Jiang Xianyu hurriedly opened the door that had just been closed, and went to open the window a little bit.

Xie Cheng explained calmly: "I asked Xiao Yu about the news about Huai'an, and I was afraid that the walls would have ears."

Jiang Baizhou nodded upon hearing this.

Unlike Yangzhou, the bodyguards here in Jinling are full of cronies, so even parents can only shut the door and curse at Xiao Yu when they get angry with Xiao Yu. Some bodyguards have no idea why Xiao Yu was punished to stand.

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Baizhou asked Xie Cheng, pushing the mutton soup in front of Jiang Xianyu, "Eat it while it's hot."

"It's about finding the Nine Kings and going back to Huai'an." Jiang Xianyu hurriedly answered, glanced at Xie Cheng, and winked at Jiang Baizhou.

On the way back, Jiang Xianyu begged Jiang Baizhou not to tell his parents and Xie Cheng about their narrow escape in the mountains.Naturally, Jiang Baizhou couldn't hide it from his parents for him, so in the end he only agreed that he would not tell Xie Cheng.

So at this moment, he didn't mention the matter in the mountains, but talked about Shen Zhui.

They have completely torn faces with Shen Zhui, and they don't know what the other party will do next.

Xie Cheng pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "If I'm not wrong, Shen Zhui has been taken over by his son right now."

"Really?!" Jiang Baizhou said in surprise.

Jiang Xianyu, who was holding the soup bowl, was also a little surprised. He exchanged eyes with Xie Cheng before realizing that this should be the news that the other party knew from the Nine Kings in his previous life.

But Xie Cheng didn't reveal this, but used Fang Zhizhou as an excuse.

"I heard some news from Governor Fang that Shen Feng, the son of Shen Zhui, who was the Heavenly Heart Envoy who appeared in the martial arts competition last time, may be from the side of the Nine Kings." Xie Chengdao, "Shen Zhui Back to visit Jiangnan in secret, and ordered Shen Feng to act as the acting commander. If this power is given out, it will be difficult to take it back."

Jiang Xianyu: "Shen Feng doesn't get along with his father?"

Xie Cheng recalled the clues he found in his previous life: "He is the eldest son of Shen Zhui. He originally had a younger sister who died before his first birthday. Since then, his mother has had several pregnancies by accident. After raising Ping's wife, he finally gave birth to a daughter, who was promised to the abolished prince."

Jiang Xianyu was startled when he heard that, and immediately thought of the imperial order of the Taizu that said "The empress comes from Jiang Yanchen, only the son-in-law can be the new emperor".

Jiang Baizhou knew a little more than him, and sneered: "I didn't expect the Shen family to still be unable to resist this temptation."

Jiang Xianyu's mood also became heavy. After knowing his life experience in his previous life, he also went to inquire about the three great families of Jiang Yan and Shen.

The daughters of the three families were born to be queens, but there were still so many great families in the Dacheng Dynasty who would not willingly give up the temptation of becoming the uncle of the country, so naturally they did not want the daughters of the three families of Jiang Yan and Shen to enter the palace.

This dissatisfaction intensified over time.

From the generation of Emperor Mingren's father, the daughters of Jiang Yan and Shen's family always encountered accidents before entering the palace. Later, many girls died early, and few girls could grow up smoothly.

Jiang Xianyu's mother and aunt are the blood left behind by his grandfather's painstaking efforts and careful care.

He didn't want his daughter to enter the palace, but Emperor Mingren still forcibly married Jiang Yingzhen, who was about the same age as his granddaughter, on the grounds that the post was vacant.

At that time, Emperor Mingren's eldest son, who is now the Holy One, had already passed his thirties and had seven or eight children.

But the Shen family is different from the Jiang family, they don't cherish their daughter at all.There is no concubine daughter in the family, and the concubine daughter cannot be the queen, so she promised to Imakami, who was still the prince at that time.That is Shen Zhui's concubine sister, the current queen.

She gave birth to the eldest son for Jinshang, and after Jinshang ascended the throne, she became the crown prince, and Shen Zhui married her daughter to him, her ambitions were clearly revealed.

Xie Cheng: "The crown prince's dismissal is probably a warning from the Holy Majesty to the Shen family."

Jiang Xianyu: "So, maybe the emperor has long been impatient with Shen Zhui?"

Xie Cheng: "Well, he has been cautious in front of His Majesty all these years, not daring to overstep the rules. If he really let the Jiang family go, whether it was out of good intentions or unintentionally, he should not dare to let His Majesty know now."

Jiang Baizhou: "No wonder he specially warned us not to get involved in court affairs, because he was afraid that we would be discovered by the emperor and implicate him."

Jiang Xianyu gnawed on the grilled lamb chops and interjected: "Then what if, he would rather take the risk of being punished by the emperor and report on us?"

Xie Cheng: "Nowadays the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River is serious, he will not pick this time to touch the emperor's bad luck. Besides, now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, it is difficult for the news to reach the capital. If it is passed through the Tianxin Mansion, Shen Feng will also block it."

"This gives us time to prepare." Xie Cheng looked at Jiang Xianyu, "It's time for the people in Jiangnan to know about the contribution made by Ping An Escort Bureau to disaster relief."

Jiang Xianyu nodded, and pushed Jiang Baizhou with his arm, "Look, that's why we are going to save the Nine Kings!"

Jiang Baizhou flicked his forehead: "Eat your meal."

Jiang Xianyu snorted twice, gnawed the grilled lamb chops clean, and sucked his fingers, then suddenly stopped: "Oops! We didn't even say anything to the governor when we came back!"

They brought back first-hand information about Huai'an, including the safety of the Nine Kings.

Jiang Baizhou glanced at him speechlessly: "When you go back to your command, the snow in the south of the Yangtze River will melt."

Jiang Xianyu: "..." There is no need to hurt me so much.

"Brother, are you going?" He tugged at Jiang Baizhou's sleeve.

Jiang Baizhou pulled out his sleeves, looking at the two oily handprints above, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Jiang Xianyu quickly withdrew his hand, pretended to sit up straight obediently, took another peek at Xie Cheng, and pouted at him.

Xie Cheng looked at his colorful expression, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.

Jiang Baizhou caught a glimpse of the two of them flirting, and said bitterly, "I'm not like you. I ran to other brothers' houses as soon as I got back. How much do I miss you?"

Jiang Xianyu: "...cough cough."

Other brother Xie Cheng: "...cough cough."

Do not ask!Asking is a guilty conscience!

Seeing that they both avoided their eyes and pretended to cough, Jiang Baizhou's expression suddenly became more sour—why do you two have a tacit understanding like brothers?

It's not the first day he knows that his younger brother and his second junior brother are so nice that they wear the same pair of pants, but recently he feels more and more wrong: these two people are too nice, right?

Seeing Jiang Baizhou staring at himself and Xie Cheng repeatedly, Jiang Xianyu was afraid of being seen through, so he quickly changed the topic and asked Xie Cheng: "When we came back, did someone make trouble in your porridge shed?"

Xie Cheng nodded: "It should be that the low-priced cotton clothes sold by Langyun Pavilion earlier attracted people's envy."

"That's because they want to take advantage of the disaster to make money, how can they blame others?!"

Xie Cheng shook his head: "They're not all trying to make money. The heavy snow blocked the road, and their cost of purchasing and shipping increased accordingly. It's normal to raise prices. It's just that they can only lose money because of my disturbance."

Jiang Xianyu paused, still a little unconvinced: "That can't be so ridiculously high, how can ordinary people afford it?"

Xie Cheng pondered for a moment, then said: "Maybe it's not just the padded clothes... I heard that a group of forces stockpiled a batch of charcoal and cotton padded clothes and shipped them to the south of the Yangtze River, but because I suggested that the teacher control prices, they couldn't sell them. It was sold to the government at a low price. If the other party has some influence, they can find out that it was my idea if they inquired about it."

Jiang Xianyu frowned and thought for a moment: "Is it King Zhong? Ren Xiaoyao told him?"

Xie Cheng nodded: "Eight and nine are inseparable from ten. When the vision of snow falling into words occurred, most people did not believe that there was really snow in the south of the Yangtze River. I am afraid that the only one who can stock up in advance is King Zhong."

Jiang Baizhou was confused: "What does that have to do with Ren Xiaoyao?"

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng looked at each other: because Ren Xiaoyao was also reborn.

Jiang Xianyu winked at Xie Cheng, beckoning Xie Cheng to answer.

Xie Cheng: "Ren Xiaoyao has stayed in Jiangnan for so long, so he must have noticed signs of early winter in Jiangnan."

Jiang Baizhou still frowned: "I always feel that you two are hiding something from me."

"No!" Jiang Xianyu blinked at him innocently.

Jiang Baizhou almost believed it.

He snorted coldly, instead of asking the bottom line, he looked at Xie Cheng: "If King Zhong notices you, it will be bad for you."

Xie Cheng, on the other hand, remained calm and composed: "The Nine Kings took over the mission of disaster relief, and I also worshiped Governor Fang as my teacher. It will be a matter of time before I meet King Zhong."

In the previous life, the disaster in Jiangnan broke out suddenly, and the important task of disaster relief was snatched away by the abolished crown prince. Naturally, neither Prince Rui nor Prince Zhong wanted him to take the opportunity to recover, so they secretly caused many obstacles.

In the end, the Nine Kings were sent to clean up the mess, taking this opportunity to officially show their faces in front of the courtiers and the people.

This time they figured out the matter of Luoxue Chengzi ahead of time, King Zhong was prepared, and naturally he would not let the disaster relief work fall into the hands of the deposed prince, but in the end it still fell to the head of the Nine Kings.

It's just that he didn't expect King Zhong to be so ruthless this time that he would kill him. Obviously, it was the fact that Luo Xue became a character that stimulated him ruthlessly.

In addition, his idea cut off King Zhong's "financial resources", so even if Ren Xiaoyao was not in the way, King Zhong would hate him.

But Fang Zhizhou is very fancy to him now, and will definitely protect him.Fame can sometimes become an invisible shield, making others dare not touch him without a good reason.Although the original intention of disaster relief is for the common people, since so much effort has been put in, it is not too much to receive some intangible rewards.

Furthermore, the Nine Kings have been keeping a low profile for so long, and after this catastrophe, they are definitely ready to show their strengths. As long as the relief work is done, the King Zhong will regard him as a serious problem, and he will have no time to deal with Xie Cheng.

Jiang Xianyu couldn't stop nodding when he heard Xie Cheng's analysis, "Then we just need to continue to help the Nine Kings in disaster relief, and make a name for ourselves quietly?"

Xie Cheng smiled: "Yes, not right."

"What's wrong?"

"We should celebrate the new year first and celebrate your birthday."

Jiang Xianyu was stunned for a while, and smiled sweetly.

……

The second day was New Year's Eve and Jiang Xianyu's birthday.

Because the canal was frozen, the Jiang family stayed at the Jinling Escort Bureau for the New Year.Xie Cheng and Xie Sangrou's family could only find a way to send a letter back to Yangzhou, unable to reunite with Xie's father and mother.

Although both families stayed in Jinling, the New Year's Eve dinner had to be eaten separately.The Jiang family wants to spend the New Year with the bodyguards who stayed in the bodyguard bureau.The Xie family also wanted to entertain some shopkeepers and stewards. Xie Cheng also decided to invite Zhang Tao, Liu Dingcai and others who stayed in Jinling to his home to celebrate the New Year together.

So the two families agreed to celebrate Jiang Xianyu's birthday at the Ping An Escort at noon. Although it was not a big birthday, it was still very lively.

In the afternoon, Xie Cheng went home and got busy, giving New Year's gifts to Governor Fang, delivering New Year's goods to the shopkeeper and the manager in the shop, and entertaining Zhang Tao and others... He didn't take a breath until after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Xie Cheng used the excuse that he was tired, so he didn't stay with Xie Sangrou and Duan Shuwen's family of three to watch the new year. After returning to the house, he went out in the dark and climbed over the wall to find Jiang Xianyu.

He wanted to watch the year with Jiang Xianyu, but the birthday gift he had prepared hadn't been delivered yet.