A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 637
"Princess princess, don't worry, with the eyes of the young master, I will definitely be able to marry a daughter-in-law who will satisfy you." Mrs. Wang said a lot of flattery, then dragged Ru Lan who was hiding aside to her, and praised her daughter without reason How to be filial to the elders, how to be obedient and sensible, and when you get married, you must be filial to your parents-in-law.
The bragging Rulan's face was so hot that she hurriedly tugged at the hem of her old lady's clothes, "Mother, it's getting late, Mrs. Zhongjing Hou has to accompany the princess to look around."

Princess Pingning finally discovered one of Rulan's advantages. She is a knowledgeable girl who knows how much she weighs. She glanced at Mrs. Wang, unlike this
Watching Mrs. Zhong Jinghou and Princess Ning go away, Wang immediately complained, "Ru'er, what did you interrupt just now? It's rare that there are so many people in such a good opportunity. I won't even have a chance to talk later."

The old lady Sheng said, "Ru'er did a good job. Mrs. Zhong Jinghou is the host of today's Chrysanthemum Appreciation Conference. You drag them both to talk endlessly, so many people are waiting for the opening.

Don't even look at where this is.

Besides, Princess Pingning doesn't know about Ru'er's situation?
When I saw Princess Pingning talking about her daughter-in-law just now, I kept staring at Ru'er, which meant that she had passed this test.

You don't need to be superfluous, let nature take its course, and just wait at home for Duke Qi's mansion to come to propose marriage. "

Wang's face was pleasantly surprised when she heard the words, and hurriedly walked to her mother-in-law, took her arms and said, "Mother, Princess Pingning really agrees?"

The old lady Sheng said unhappily, "You have been dealing with Princess Ning for several years, why don't you understand this person's temper.

If she is such an arrogant person, if she is dissatisfied with Ru'er and the young man's marriage, she will speak out directly just now. "

"That's good, that's good." Wang said excitedly, "I have seen it many times, but every time I just chatted a few gossips." These days, she has been worried that Princess Pingning will disagree, and now Finally, the stone fell to the ground, "Since the Princess has agreed, you should come to propose marriage after the test?"

The old lady Sheng nodded and said,

"It should be at this time. But before making a decision, this matter should not be publicized. In the entire capital, there are not a hundred or fifty people who want to marry the Duke of Qi.

If these people know that the little father-in-law has taken a fancy to my Rulan, some troubles will inevitably arise.It is not easy to form a marriage, but if it is to destroy a marriage, there are various ways.For Ru'er's sake, you must keep your mouth shut. "

Wang Shi originally thought about showing off to her sister later. No matter how big or small things are in this life, she has been overwhelmed by her own sister. It is rare that she can be proud this time.
Old Madam Sheng looked around at the servants at home and said, "Shut up about the fifth girl and the young master, and don't say a word. If anyone dares to leak it, he will not be lightly forgiven."

The servants of the Sheng family all nodded in agreement.

After the cup of tea, the Sheng family came to Baojin Building in Jinming Pool. Ru Lan looked it over and found that there were no snacks in the place except tea and fruit. It's noon (11 o'clock), I want to go out for a walk."

For this restless person, Mrs. Wang was also a little helpless, and waved her hands and said, "Don't run too far, remember to recite your brother's poem a few more times when you have time. Come back before six o'clock (10:30)."

"Uh-huh."

Rulan stepped on her feet to search for a while, and finally found Xiaoliu Sheng Minglan in a corner. She rushed forward and wanted to take her to go fishing together, but was stopped by her grandmother. Today she came here in person with the purpose of Introduce Ming Lan to the ladies of the various families, if Xiao Wu drags her away, it will not be a waste of time.

Ru Lan walked out of Baojin Building a little depressed.

Her wishful thinking miscalculated.

The original plan was to take Xiao Liu, an expert fisherman, to catch a few big carps. If there was time, they would slaughter them on the spot and roast one. For this reason, they brought the barbecue seasoning box and so on.

"Girl, shall we still go fishing?" Big Magpie asked.

"Have you seen Yanran?"

The big magpie shook his head and said, "I didn't see Ms. Yu, but I saw Mr. Jin and Ms. Yuan'er, right in front of the lake."

Ru Lan followed the direction pointed by the big magpie, and saw her cousin and cousins ​​were pointing at a few chrysanthemums with some young men and women they didn't know and shaking their heads just a stone's throw away. "Go fishing, I don't believe we can't catch any without Xiao Liu. What about Little Magpie and the others?"

The big magpie led the girl to a bush [-] meters away, and saw the little magpie, the thrush, the cuckoo, and the little wood, each fully armed and ready.

Ru Lan was very satisfied, waved her little hand, and gave orders like a big sister, "Let's go, target fishing ground."

It took half a stick of incense for a group of six people to arrive at the west bank of Jinming Pool.There is a fishing ground opened by the government. On the opening day every year, people only need to spend money to buy a "brand" to fish here for a whole day, and the fish they catch can be taken away without paying tax.

After wandering around the fishing ground, Ru Lan saw a small pavilion that was pleasing to the eye, so Ru Lan decided to start her fishing business here.

After taking the bait, after a while, a fish took the bait. Although it was a small hairy fish with long fingers, it still greatly improved her fishing enthusiasm.

After that, the fish seemed to be going to a market, and they kept biting the hook one after another. Every few minutes, Ru Lan would catch one, and she couldn't help sighing, "Isn't fishing really difficult?"

The big magpie on the side rolled his eyes. No one has hooked here for almost a year. The fish in the pond are almost overflowing. It would be strange if they still can't catch.

The sun was getting higher and higher, the big magpie looked up and looked down, and said to Ru Lan who was standing in front of the barrel, teasing the fish with a root of fish weed, "Girl, it's almost six quarters (10:30), let's go back ?”

"So fast?" Ru Lan looked at the sun, nodded and said, "Then go back."

Looking at the two buckets full of live fish, the little magpie asked,

"Girl, take these two buckets of fish back to the mansion?"

"Just keep the ones that are more than 2 feet long, and put the other small fish back into the lake.

You guys don't have to follow me, just send the fish and equipment back to the carriage. After Rulan gave her orders, she pulled the big magpie out of the small pavilion, walked twenty or thirty steps, and saw a small road, "Big magpie, let's take this small road. I walked it once, and I remember it is closer than the main road." many. "

The big magpie looked at the depths of the lower path, and was quiet and persuasive, and persuaded,

"Girl, there are not many people walking on this small road. If we meet some bandits, why don't we take the main road? It's not a few more steps, but it's much safer."

Ru Lan said with a smile, "This is the royal garden. There is a battalion guarding the front of the temple all year round. Any thief who dares to come in will be beheaded if he catches a bad one."

The big magpie thought for a while. In recent years, he had never heard of any bandits appearing here. Seeing that the girl insisted, he didn't object anymore.

The two of them turned into the alley, went round and round, and walked about halfway. When they turned around a rockery, a familiar female voice sounded from behind: "...Mr. Xu...you..."

After Rulan hurriedly made a silence gesture to the big magpie, she picked up her long skirt and tiptoed around the rockery. After walking a few steps, she saw Mo Lan and a thin-faced young man sticking together, making out affectionately Talking in a low voice.

Ru Lan's eyes widened in disbelief, she never thought that Mo Lan would be so courageous that she would dare to meet a man in private.

If this news gets out, Mo Lan's reputation will be ruined. If the man in front of him doesn't marry her, he will have to marry far away.

As long as you yell loudly now, the image of Mo Lan hugging her father's thigh tightly, crying loudly and not wanting to marry far away floats in her mind
ha!So relieved!

Ru Lan put her hands on her hips, waiting to shout.

"The Sheng family prospers, all prospers, and the other suffers. You brothers and sisters must remember that." A sentence that my father used to say often floated over my head. Mo Lan is her concubine sister.Moreover, the daughters of the Sheng family will be implicated, even the eldest sister who is married will suffer from the disaster
After struggling for a while, she glanced at Mo Lan with a rippling face. Ru Lan retreated to the spot unwillingly. After pausing for a while, she stomped her feet lightly and left the rockery with the big magpie. After walking more than 20 meters, Picking up a stone from the ground, using all his strength, he threw it towards the rockery.

"Pa-ta!" A pair of wild mandarin ducks were startled.

"Mother, mother."

Sitting next to Princess Pingning, Mrs. Wang, who was lying low and doing a small job, saw her little daughter running towards her in a hurry, and immediately felt itchy with hatred.

She doesn't have the appearance of a lady, just like a country girl!
She didn't even want to lose face today, and she was desperately trying to please Princess Pingning, not only for the sake of her youngest daughter entering the Duke of Qi's mansion in the future, so that her life would be better.

Glancing at Princess Pingning, his eyes were full of disgust.

Done!Done!
Mrs. Wang apologized to Princess Pingning, took two quick steps to meet Rulan, grabbed the sweating little daughter, saw the messy clothes on her body, and the traces of scratches from leaves, she almost fainted from anger Down, he suppressed his voice and growled, "Where have you gone wild? Princess Pingning has seen it!"

Rulan didn't want to be blamed for being inexplicable, so she leaned into the old lady's ear and whispered about the private meeting of young men in Molan's rockery.

"Really?!!" The Wang family was almost ruined. If it were to spread, the reputation of the Sheng family would definitely be affected. The most important thing is that the youngest daughter's marriage would definitely be over. If Wang Lidong didn't insist, Pingning County How can the Lord take a fancy to his family Rulan.It's really going to be messed up, how can the youngest daughter meet such a good marriage
Wang said with a livid face, "Where is this little bitch now?"

Ru Lan shook her head and said, "I threw a stone when I left, and I must have separated from that man. As for where, I don't know."

Mrs. Wang was about to send all her servants to find Mo Lan, but was stopped by her sister-in-law Liu Kun's family. If she made a big move, the noise would definitely arouse people's curiosity. It would be difficult to hide this matter. "Big lady, let the girl have a hard time, and take the slaves to the rockery."

The old lady Sheng, who was not far away, caught a glimpse of the movement on Wang's side, and inexplicably felt a little bad feeling in her heart, and she pleaded guilty with Mrs. Qian Guogong, and pulled Sheng Minglan to Wang's body, whispering Ask "What happened?"

Wang looked around and whispered about Mo Lan.

Old Madam Sheng felt dizzy for a while. Mrs. Wang and Sheng Minglan hurriedly stretched out their hands to support her.

"I am fine."

The old lady had seen big scenes before, and she returned to normal after a while, but she didn't let the two of them let go, "Miss, take me back to the carriage. When you find Molan, bring her here. I'll take her back, and you continue to take her with you." Minglan Rulan stayed until the end of the show, if anyone asked about me, they would say that I was unwell and went home first."

Four Seas Trading Company
"Young master, it's not a letter from brother." Fugui opened the door and entered the office, and put a letter in Wang Lidong's hand.

"Arrange a carriage, and go to Yaojiazhuang in a quarter of an hour." Wang Lidong read the documents in his hand, signed his name, picked up the letter written to him by Buwei, squeezed it, it was quite thick, there should be five or six sheets of paper, Checked the paint, it's intact.

"Good son." Fugui said, "I caught three Korean officials in an inn in Beicheng last night."

"Again, you want to find the current officials and accuse me of occupying Korea?"

"Yes son."

"Which force is it this time?"

"The Yu family of Pingzhou in the northern border. It used to be the largest force in the southern part of the northern border. It didn't rush to buy the minister of the auxiliary country. Recently, it was severely suppressed by the new minister of the auxiliary state."

"Send people back to Goryeo, and let Buwei deal with it."

Open the letter, a total of six sheets.It took ten minutes to read it carefully from beginning to end. There were many things, but most of them were trivial. For example, the auxiliary minister paid money to ask the guards to send troops to suppress bandits, and there were uprisings in two states, etc., which are important There are only 2 pieces, one is to take down the springboard for attacking Wa country, Tamna country (Jeju Island).

Jeju Island is 630 kilometers away from Kaesong, the capital of Korea, 750 kilometers away from Sihai Trading Company’s maritime base, 1600 kilometers away from Kyoto, and 550 kilometers away from Iwami Silver Mine in Waguk.This place can not only be used as a military base, but also as a horse farm and a salt farm
The second thing is not to deal with the envoys of the Liao Kingdom in Korea.

One hundred thousand guan cash plus the purchase share of 100 million catties of steel every year.

Gee!

One hundred thousand strings is really not cheap.

After reading the letter, Wang Lidong said to Fu Gui: "Notify the Chief of Staff that Tam Luo Kingdom has been captured, let him arrange follow-up matters.

Notify the ironworks that a new large order has been received, 100 million catties of steel a year, divided into 12 parts, and one part will be sent to the Governor's Mansion of Korea on the 1st of each month. "

"Okay son." Fugui took out his notebook and jotted it down in shorthand, "Sir, who is so generous? One million jin of steel costs 100 guan."

Wang Lidong smiled and said, "The envoy of the Liao Kingdom."

"Brother Buwei finally captured the envoys of the Liao Kingdom?"

"Well, this guy named Yeluagu has a big appetite."

The current emperor of the Liao Kingdom is called Yelu Zongzhen. This guy is like twin brothers with the faint emperor Song Huizong. They have very similar hobbies. They like calligraphy and painting, and they also like being flattered. Nuns can be officials.

Therefore, the Liao Kingdom is already full of chaos, and the officials are corrupt.

As long as the money is in place, not to mention helping to cover up the Goryeo matter, it will take a few words of saliva to make the emperor of the Liao Kingdom not be named the King of Goryeo.

Fu Gui said happily, "Now you don't have to worry about the Liao Kingdom occupying Goryeo and stabbing us to the official family of the Song Dynasty."

"En." Wang Lidong got up and said, "Let's go, go to Yao's Village."

Half an hour later, outside the Yao family village, two men in green clothes stopped their horses and watched Wang Lidong's carriage drive into the village with their own eyes.

"Go, go back and report."

"drive!"

After a stick of incense, Prince Yong's Mansion.

Prince Yong's eldest son Wei Guogong Zhao Zhonghan pushed the door into the study and said to his father,
"Father, this kid Qi Heng has finally left the city, and has now entered Yao's Village."

"Little bastard, I'm finally out of the nest." King Yong threw down the pen in his hand, and said to his big housekeeper, "Changgui! Immediately arrange manpower and act according to the plan."

(End of this chapter)