Fairy Road Return [comprehensive]

Liuxi Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on the other. Among the three mountains, the northernmost mountain is the innermost. However, people in Liuxi Village mostly cross the river to get in and out of the village.

It was already late May, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. People in the city wanted to run outside the city. After all, the air in the mountains was fresh and the breeze was blowing, which was much more pleasant than in the city.

Most of the villagers in Liuxi Village are native-born villagers, but there is a villa for the nobles in the city. The owner's family doesn't come to live in it once a year. Usually, the stewards and nanny of the villa manage the affairs of the villa.

A few days ago, all the servants in the Bieyuan got busy and cleaned the whole Bieyuan inside and out. The villagers saw their busyness and inquired about it, only to find out that the owner of the Bieyuan was coming for vacation. coming.

This is a rare event, and the young people in Liuxi Village are all excited. Although Liuxi Village is a rich village, it cannot be compared with the rich and powerful families in the city. Liuxi Village is only fifty miles away from the capital, and most people in Liuxi Village have never been to the capital!

Before noon, the owner of the other garden finally arrived. Several young ladies led seven or eight children. Although the clothes on their bodies were the simplest, they were still better than the best muslin clothes worn by the villagers.

This villa is owned by Li Xie, and I don't know where he bought it. Anyway, Manman only knows that there is such a villa, so I came to see it in person today.

Originally, she was complaining to Lixie that the capital was too hot and people were fluctuating, but Lixie arranged for her to go on vacation. The next day, Wang Jian's wife Xu, Xu Yingyan's wife Wu, and others all offered themselves, and they all wanted to go out for fun. And they brought their own children.

And Manman didn't know that Li Xie had called his eldest nephew from the prime minister's mansion to make up for Manman until he set off. The Xu family and the others all had children, but Manman had no children, so Li Xie also changed a child.

The eldest nephew, Cai Hongbo, is nine years old, nearly ten years old, and he is in school, so he may have inherited his father's aptitude. He is not very talented, so he is very hardworking.

As for Mrs. Pei, that is Li Haoxuan's wife, the couple have only been married for two years, and their son is only over one year old, so Mrs. Pei did not bring the son out, and left the son in the care of her grandmother and mother-in-law. She took care of her eldest niece Followed to vacation.

Li Xie also takes time to test his nephew's homework. He naturally understands his nephew's situation. Although it's a good thing for a child to be hardworking, you can't study hard. It's a good combination of work and rest. So he took this opportunity to let his nephew out for some ventilation The fresh air in the mountains and forests, a little more open-mindedness, and people can become smarter, that would be great.

The mothers and maidservants brought by everyone naturally followed the servants of Bieyuan to sort out the affairs. The seven people of Manman led the seven children at the gate of Bieyuan. The children and the children of Liuxi Village observed each other curiously. On the other hand, Manman and the others are looking at the whole Liuxi Village. The Bieyuan is at the head of Liuxi Village, that is, the closest to the pier. The Bieyuan is facing south, and the hills on the left and right are much shorter than the hills behind.

After looking around, Manman saw the children in the village looking at them curiously, so she asked the maid to take out the candy they bought, and asked the eldest nephew to lead the younger brothers and sisters to distribute the candy to the little ones in Liuxi Village. partner.

The eldest nephew was taken aback, blinked, and then nodded. Mrs. Xu and the others also gave instructions to their children. The seven children each carried a small tray and walked to the children of Liuxi Village. At first, everyone was a little embarrassed. Even the eldest nephew didn't know how to speak, so Man Man and Wu Shi just watched to see how they made this step.

Bai Anyi and Yun's daughter, Bai Ling'er, was the first to break the deadlock. Holding a small tray, she tentatively asked, "My name is Bai Ling'er, are you from Liuxi Village? What's your name? We can Be friends?"

The little girl on the opposite side was about the same age as her, with two braids, and looked at Bai Linger with round eyes. She blinked her eyes at Bai Linger, and her body trembled when she heard what Bai Linger said. , stepped back a step, Bai Linger's face suddenly became depressed, is she so scary?I saw her come back again.

"My name is Wan'er." The little girl bit her lip, and seeing Bai Ling'er grinning, she reached out and grabbed a handful of candies from the tray, put them in Wan'er's palm, and said, "We exchanged names, Then we are good friends, I treat you to Tangtang, can you show us around Liuxi Village?"

The little girl Wan'er looked at the candy in her palm, and looked back at the adults hiding in the building in panic. Wan'er's home is near the end of the village, and her elders are not here, so I don't know whether to take it in or not. Sweets for the little nobleman from the town.

Then the candy was sent out, and the elder nephews happily handed back the tray, and then asked the adults, can they hang out with their new friends?

Manman agreed with a big wave of her hand, but she still asked everyone to be accompanied by a young servant and a maid, and sent the adult servants from Bieyuan to follow at a distance, in case they would have accidents.

Liuxi Village has a population of more than 300 people, so this village is not small, but it is still smaller than those villages with 800 people. Because of the arrival of the owner of Bieyuan, the whole Liuxi Village is more lively than usual.

Manman and the others had just settled down here, and the village head of Liuxi Village came. He came to visit with a lot of special products from Liuxi Village, including dry goods, prey, and fruits.

In the past, it was the steward and the nanny of Bieyuan who dealt with the village head and the others. Manman noticed the attitude of the village head towards the steward and the nanny. Although he was very respectful, he did not show any fear, so Manman felt relieved and knew that The servants of Bieyuan did not bully others.

Of course, Manman doesn't know that this Bieyuan was rectified by Li Xie. When he bought it from the previous owner, he also accepted the servants of the whole Bieyuan. Wasn't the previous steward and nun just "in the mountains?" No tiger monkey king'?The current steward and nanny were bought by Lixie from the dental shop. The steward's family, the nanny's family, and other strong men guarded five people, and there were a few who were kindly rescued by the steward and nanny. Young girls and boys, there are only a dozen of them in the entire Bieyuan.

The village chief and others did not know the identity of the owner of Bieyuan, but only knew that the owner of Bieyuan was surnamed Cai, who was a nobleman in the capital.

"Princess, this is Village Chief Yan of Liuxi Village." In the eyes of Village Chief Yan, Nanny Zhong's expression was much softer than before.

And this time, upon hearing Nanny Zhong's introduction, Village Chief Yan immediately gave a big gift: "The grass people see the princess!"

Village Chief Yan only thought that the owner of this other garden in his own village was a nobleman in Beijing, but he never thought that it would be His Royal Highness Princess, who is His Majesty's imperial daughter, the noble daughter of heaven who they will never be able to get in touch with in their entire lives!

Man Man raised her hand: "Guan Shi Xu, hurry up and help Village Chief Yan."

Steward Xu is the steward of Bieyuan, and together with Nanny Zhong, he was in charge of the affairs of Bieyuan. He was standing aside with a low brow and pleasing to the eye, but when he heard what the princess said, he hurried forward a few steps and helped Village Chief Yan up.

"Village Chief Yan, I'm here on vacation. You don't need to be nervous, and let everyone know that you don't have to be cautious, and it won't affect your life. I've seen it just now. The environment in Liuxi Village is really good, and the air is fresh and natural. Then The wild flowers and weeds growing on the top of the hill have a wild charm, and the children in the village are also very good, I like them very much.”

Village head Yan became nervous, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "It's the blessing of these little girls that the princess likes it. If you have any wishes, just tell them, and the grass people will do it properly."

He didn't say much, Village Chief Yan actually came here to have a look. Although he didn't know which princess was His Majesty, Village Chief Yan felt that as long as it was a princess, it would be fine. In the future, their village would not be able to rely on Her Royal Highness to become rich and powerful. , as long as it is safe and sound, and no outsiders have the idea of ​​attacking the village, it will be fine.

It is getting dark now, and after dusk, the last red glow in the sky slowly disappears. Liuxi Village is very lively tonight. Manman, Xu Shi, Wu Shi and the other seven women started to go shopping under the guidance of the children. The village, the eldest nephew and the others also got to know Liuxi Village under the guidance of the friends in the village they just met. At this time, all seven people are scrambling to tell their mother/aunt what they just learned.

The children's world is the simplest. The eldest nephew and Bai Ling'er got used to Liuxi Village earlier than Manman and the others. They got up before dawn the next day and followed the children in the village to climb the mountain on the left.

The mountain on the left is called Dalang Mountain, the mountain on the right is called Erlang Mountain, and the deep mountain in the north is called Yinmu Mountain. It seems that these three mountains have some myths and legends, which have been passed down orally in Liuxi Village and other villages for many years. However, due to factors such as wars in the past dynasties, the villagers in the villages near the three mountains have changed several times, so the myths and legends have basically changed.

In the early morning, the mountain mist enveloped the entire mountain village, and the water vapor on the surface of the small river at the gate of Bieyuan was steaming. The small river itself was not too wide, but the water vapor was so thick that the opposite bank could not be seen. The whole Liuxi Village was like a hidden fairyland on earth.

During this period of time, the capital was full of smog, and because of the two impeachments of Yu Shi, the government and the public were almost silent, and the weather became hotter, and people's hearts became restless.

"Clean and comfortable!" No one will pay attention to her demeanor now, Xu stretched her waist greatly, took a deep breath, feeling extremely comfortable.

Mrs. Wu chuckled and said, "How about your lady's manners?" She got a big stare from Mrs. Xu.

People from the Zhou family are more gentle, she covered her lips and smiled openly, and then said: "Isn't it pure?" Her family's master is determined to go to the commercial road, but this world is a city, a farmer, a businessman, and a merchant has the lowest status, so of course he is rich. Can make ghosts turn the clock, Zhou usually knows that her master and son-in-law will do some things again, and it was only after this dispute broke out that she knew that there were still many people coming to her house to intercede, of course these people could not be found. Because of her son-in-law's connections, she begged her master, but even so, Zhou finally realized the role of her master again.

Wen Liangjun's wife Zheng Shi, she is not at peace at home, her husband is not at home, and has been in the army for many years, this time the court affairs have been involved in a lot, her step-mother-in-law wants to go out for some relatives who came up to her She was too annoyed by the doorway, so she simply took her six-year-old son out to relax.

Thanks to Wen Liangjun's absence from home for many years, Mrs. Zheng only gave birth to one son for the time being. Unlike Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Yun who all gave birth to two children, Mrs. Zhou even had three children.

Because Li Haoxuan got married late, Pei's family only gave birth to one child.

"Our family is the lively one." Wu Shi pursed her lips and frowned slightly. Fortunately, her grandfather separated, otherwise, living under the same roof with those uncles and uncles would be really annoying to death.

Mrs. Pei also hooked her lips, and said with full sarcasm: "Our family is also troubled. Fortunately, the master was adopted. Otherwise, under the pressure of filial piety, I am afraid that sooner or later my master will go to the same class and commit suicide. the road."

Mrs. Xu looked at the green mountains and green waters, and smiled: "I'm the only one who doesn't bother you." They are not in charge of the Zhen Guohou Mansion, and their father-in-law and elder brother blocked the outside affairs.

Even so, the atmosphere in the entire capital became restless, and she was inevitably affected. That's why she felt clean and comfortable after leaving the environment in the capital.

Yun also smiled and said: "I'm not bothered, those things are blocked by my grandfather and father-in-law."

Zhou spread her hands: "I envy you who have nothing to do." She thought silently in her heart, fortunately her husband was separated at the beginning, just like that, her father-in-law and uncles in Uncle Cheng Yong's mansion saw that their master was promising. I can't wait to scrape off ten layers of oil and water from the master. Fortunately, the aunt is mighty, and the aunt blocked the harassment from the uncles. As for the father-in-law, as long as you give money, you can comfort him. The only good thing is the aunt. She didn't want her husband to help To do something out of the ordinary, the only requirement is to watch and help her two sons.

It's a pity that my aunt was delayed by her father-in-law all her life.

Manman blinked her eyes, and then said: "I'm not bothered, all the outside affairs will be taken care of by the son-in-law!" In her mind, her son-in-law, apart from not being able to have children, is caught inside and out, even the emperor's brother-in-law Her ulterior motives can't be used on her, and all of them have gone to the son-in-law. She is living a leisurely life in this small life.

"Princess, of course you don't bother me anymore, the son-in-law is omnipotent!" No one in the capital knows, don't bother Princess An Ning if you have something to do, otherwise it will make Princess An Ning feel uneasy. It is more useful for people to find a son-in-law than to find a princess. Of course, whether the son-in-law can help is another matter.

Manman received a unanimous crusade, she smiled triumphantly, and got six supercilious eyes.

The seven of them took a walk by the river and chatted with the elder sisters-in-law in the village who washed clothes and vegetables by the river in the early days. The children who picked up fruits in Dalang Mountain came back, and each of them carried a small basket, which contained all their trophies, wild flowers and weeds, and the most important thing was that the bottom of the small basket was full of wild sweet potatoes.

"Third Aunt, this is edible!" Cai Hongbo asked his aunt for credit with sweat on his face. His hair, which was originally neatly combed, was a little messy, and even there were some dirt or grass clippings all over the front of his clothes, which he didn't care about. , On the contrary, he has inexhaustible energy, which is something he did not do when he was at home.

Manman picked up a fruit and said, "It's really edible?" She had never seen it before, she looked at Nanny Zhong, and Nanny Zhong nodded quickly and said, "Yes, princess, this wild sweet potato is grown every summer. Only then, the adults and children in the village like to eat it, and the old slaves have also eaten it, and the taste is good."

"This is the fruit of Hongbo's labor. We will all taste it later." After Manman finished speaking, the eldest nephew happily ran to the other garden. After Bai Linger and the others asked their mother/aunt for credit, Holding the small basket, he ran to the other garden, intending to clean the wild sweet potatoes himself.

It's been five days since I came to Liuxi Village. Cai Hongbo and Bai Ling'er had a lot of fun, and everyone was tanned. Seeing her niece's tanned look, Mrs. Pei said dully, "I don't know. After returning to Beijing, will sister-in-law stop letting me in?"

A good little girl, even if she is a bit lively by nature, she was still a standard little lady before she left Beijing. Now she has learned how to climb trees and smash bird's nests, she is a full-fledged monkey.

Wu Shi and the others smiled unkindly, and Manman looked at the eldest nephew, thinking that the elder sister-in-law wouldn't say anything, right?

On this day, the night was quiet, and it was already the seventh day that Manman and the others came to Liuxi Village. They planned to stay for half a month before returning to Beijing.

Suddenly, the dogs in the whole village barked, one after another at the head of the village and the end of the village. Village head Yan and the strong men of the village came out with torches to inspect, but found that there was a fire on the Dalang Mountain on the left gradually approaching the village.

Manager Xu and Nanny Zhong also sent strong men from Bieyuan to patrol with Village Chief Yan. The young and middle-aged men in the whole village held torches, and the flames filled the sky. The fire on Dalang Mountain stopped for a while before it went out. , but those people did not know whether they left or stayed in the mountains?

This night, the village was restless. After dawn the next day, Village Chief Yan took half of the villagers to search for Dalang Mountain. Anyway, no matter what it was, these outsiders must not be allowed to invade the village.

The children were detained at home and were afraid to let them go out to play.

After breakfast, everyone was staying in the front hall, waiting for the news from outside. Nanny Zhong rushed over to report: "Princess, a bloody person has entered the backyard. He should be about fifteen or sixteen years old."

Manman was shocked, thinking of what happened last night, she knew it had something to do with the man who turned into the backyard.

"Go, go and have a look." Immediately the group of people came to the backyard, and the bloody man had been transferred to a greenhouse in the garden. After seeing Man Man, he was cleaned up, revealing his Zhang Junxiu's face, but he didn't know what was going on outside, and he didn't dare to make a big show, so he had to use the wound medicine they brought to cover his whole body, and when he woke up, he would know what was going on.

Village head Yan and others did find a group of messy footprints in Dalang Mountain. He knew that things had changed, so he didn't dare to be careless. The young and middle-aged people in the entire village were mobilized that day, and the entire village entered a state of alert.

It wasn't until mid-afternoon that the bloody man woke up. He was very vigilant towards people, but after waking up, he struggled to get up and said he wanted to leave.

"You look like this, how do you go?" The old nanny who took care of him frowned and said, "I'm afraid I fainted again after not walking too far."

The young man coughed and said weakly: "Someone is chasing me, I can't stay here, or I will implicate you." He basically wandered in the mountains and forests all the way, if it wasn't for the terrain here, he wouldn't have been hiding here yesterday He came from the backyard of his family. If he hadn't been too injured and too tired, he would have walked across the river and left. In the past month or so, he has encountered many situations, and he simply didn't implicate innocent people. man of.

The old mother patted her chest and said, "Who dares? Our master is Your Highness, the fourth princess whom His Majesty loves the most. Let's see who dares to take advantage of the fourth princess? Are you impatient?"

The young man's eyes lit up. He was so excited that he rolled down from the bed and kowtowed to the old mother continuously: "Mother-in-law, I want to see Your Royal Highness, I have a grievance."

He had no other choice. In order to escape, those people put all the crimes on his father's head. His father was imprisoned. He and his younger siblings were sent out of the city by their mother who had received the news in advance. The mother also gave him the evidence that could make his father stand up, not to the elder brother. After all, the elder brother is an adult, and those people are afraid that most of the attention will be on the elder brother, so he can escape in the early stage, and escape far, but Later, after the eldest brother was caught, there were many more people chasing and killing him. He fled all the way, and he finally reached the capital.

The old mama was startled, and hurriedly reported it to Zhong Nanny, who then hurriedly reported it to Manman. When Manman heard it, she turned her head and thought a lot. She thought that she would leave Beijing The summer vacation is here, but haven't you escaped the wave of the capital?But whether there is really a grievance, we will know when it is verified.

After meeting the young man, Manman heard the young man's statement, and said in her heart, it really is so!

"That's why you trust me?" Manman looked at the young man holding a stack of books, and asked with a sigh.

The boy was stunned: "Who dares to pretend to be a princess?"

Manman took the book and nodded seriously: "Then you can recover from your wounds, and I will let someone deal with it." That's right, who dares to pretend to be a princess?That is the crime of beheading.

She dared to bet, now that someone outside is afraid of watching Liuxi Village, how should she report to Li Xie?But I'm afraid those people know that she is here, and they must ask the higher authorities for instructions, so if they will act rashly for a while, then she has to send someone back to Beijing to report the news, otherwise who knows if those desperate gangsters will be late? Will you take the risk?

So there was a time gap, so Manman immediately called two good guards from the guard team, and told them to rush back to the capital to report the news. Fortunately, these two men were sent to her by Li Xie, and their force was much stronger than that of her personal guards. , As for the gangsters outside, they are not their opponents yet.

Manman guessed right. When the two guards were riding fast horses on the official road, they were attacked by a group of masked men. However, these masked men were not very skilled in martial arts, and the guards were wearing armor with head and chest protection. , after fighting the masked man, he went all the way to the capital.

At dusk, Li Xie led a group of armored soldiers to Liuxi Village on fast horses. The entire Liuxi Village didn't go to rest. Everyone didn't dare to sleep, fearing that the bandits from the mountains and forests would appear again last night.

But Manman knew that around dusk, the eyes watching Liuxi Village in the mountains and forests had disappeared, and they had no choice but to retreat because they knew it was impossible to do anything, right?

After staying in Liuxi Village for one night, Li Xie led the young man back to Beijing the next day, and the evidence in the young man's hand was naturally handed over to several inspectors handpicked by Emperor Jing Yuan to handle the matter.

In a few days, there were a few more people like teenagers with the evidence of turning over entrusted by wronged elders and masters. Some were young masters and loyal servants. They arrived in the capital with difficulty and knocked on the Dali Temple. outside drums.

When Manman and the others returned to Beijing from Liuxi Village, they read the report on the matter in the Beijing Daily, which was full of heart-wrenching content criticizing the protection of officials and officials, and appealed to the court to return the people of the world to a bright future.

This is another month later, approaching July, this matter that has been disturbing for several months has finally come to an end, and those officials who deceived others were naturally severely punished, either imprisoned or exiled, and their closest relatives were also punished. After being sentenced, more than a dozen high-ranking officials in the capital were ransacked. They were either exiled or sent to prison. The family members were sold if the circumstances were minor, and they were exiled or sent to Jiaofangsi and other places if they were serious.

In the end, the eldest prince and the second prince were naturally pulled out, their titles were cut off, and the two became naked again, and were fined and locked up for half a year. After half a year, they would consider whether to release them or not depending on the degree of repentance.

As for Luo Chuyun, a bold woman, Emperor Jing Yuan seemed to have other ideas, and did not punish her, making a false impression that she hadn't noticed that she had participated in it at all. He wanted to know what other abilities this woman had, and so on. She has no use value, so it won't be too late to dispose of her.

Of course, Emperor Jing Yuan wanted to wait for his elder son to realize how bold his wife was, but his son acted like a fool and never noticed, so he had to let Li Deying go and reprimanded him. The son has not yet come to his senses, and he is really hopeless.

After the wave after wave of things happened these days, the eldest prince knew that he would be found out, no matter whether he knew about some things or not, it would eventually become his crime, so he was expected to be stripped of his title In the book, after the imperial decree came down, he was thinking about how to repent, hoping to impress his father and be released in half a year.

Li Deying's arrival was not what he expected. He listened to Li Deying's piercing voice in a daze and said: "...You bastard, how can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house? You can't manage your own backyard well. What else can you do?" Ability to manage the entire world..."

The eldest prince frowned, knelt on the ground, looked at the back of Eunuch Li who was going away, his mind was wandering, what is the meaning of the father?How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house?That is, the father is not satisfied with his backyard?But his backyard is clean, and his wife is doing a good job. If the father refers to the fact that the women in the backyard only have daughters, then you can't blame him, can you?He just doesn't have the fate of a son, so his eldest son is smart and smart, and he is valued and loved by him, so why is the father dissatisfied?

Afterwards, the eldest prince checked his backyard again. Apart from those women fighting for favor, is there nothing else going on?Although his wife didn't want to see those concubines, she didn't hurt those women?Compared with the early backyard of the father, his backyard is not too clean. What is he dissatisfied with the lesson of the father?

On the side of the second prince, Emperor Jing Yuan also sent Li Deying to go there, and with his oral instructions, he severely reprimanded the second prince for not thinking about the business, but for doing some unbelievable things, which made the second prince's face blue and purple with embarrassment The key is that the second prince couldn't figure out what sneaky things he did to make his father dissatisfied?

Could it be that his adultery with Luo Chulan was known by his father?The second prince's heart was pounding, and his whole body became uneasy.He was running around in a hurry in the room, wondering what to do?

In the end, the second prince had no choice but to entrust the letter to his mother. After receiving the letter, Concubine Rong Hui begged His Majesty so that she could go out of the palace to visit her son in the second prince's mansion.

"What? You and Luo Si?" Concubine Rong Hui couldn't believe it, she looked at her son in great surprise, the second prince nodded in shame, and he said in a low voice: "Luo Shi's eldest son is actually the son's child, Because the older he was, the more similar he was to his son, so it was inevitable that people would find out, so Luo Shi let him leave by feigning death, and his son would recognize him with another identity in the future, and the child disappeared the night he left Beijing."

Concubine Rong Hui sat down on the chair, her chest was heaving continuously, it took a long time to calm down, and said: "Then His Majesty must have taken the child away." She glared at her son fiercely, and said with hatred: "Your Majesty Xuanyiwei is pervasive, there is nothing in this capital that he doesn’t want to know, there is nothing he doesn’t know about.”

The second prince's expression suddenly became depressed, and his whole energy was lost by half.

"Okay, these are not serious matters. Since His Majesty punished you for thinking about it for half a year, you must think about it carefully and devote yourself to it within half a year. After that, the concubine will try to get His Majesty to let you out." Concubine Rong Hui Squinting his eyes, he thought about it for a long time and said: "You'd better break off with Luo Shi, otherwise, if someone finds out, it will be an offense to the entire Ruiwang Palace. Ruiwang is the order of the clan, and offending Ruiwang is tantamount to offending the entire clan. "

The second prince's complexion suddenly became more serious. He was happy when he was cheating/love, but now he is not happy. He slapped himself hard, why did he lose his mind?No matter how beautiful she is, it's not like he hasn't seen a woman before, so why did he make such a big mistake and leave behind a piece of evidence?