The Injustice of the Red Chamber

These days in the Northwest, Xichun and the girls from the Northwest are running outside every day. Because Xichun is beautiful and has a delicate body that the girls from the Northwest don't have, so I don't know how many guys confess their love in public.At the beginning, Xichun would flush with shame, feeling that the people here were too rude.But the more times, the little girl became numb.

So if someone with a flat head and face comes out to propose marriage, Xichun will marry, even if you are the second master of the Northwest Huo family.

Huo Erye's surname is Huo, and his first name is Erran.Walking outside, some people will call him Second Master Huo when they look at his family background.Regardless of family background, just say Huo Er, Huo Xiucai.

Oh, I used to call him Huo Juren, but unfortunately, he caught up with the imperial examination fraud case.Let alone the fame of Juren, he will not be able to participate in the imperial examination for ten years.

This is still light, if it weren't for the fact that these candidates were innocently implicated, maybe they would have no hope for the imperial examination in this life.

Therefore, it is a blessing in misfortune to retake the examination of Juren in Qiuwei ten years later.As for the future of becoming an official, it is impossible to know.

According to the customs of the Central Plains, Huo Xiucai's identity and family background to propose marriage to Xichun's family is not considered high.But the premise is that Xichun is really an orphan girl as stated in her household registration.

According to the custom in the Northwest, the best confession is to slap a red-eyed red fox with your own hands, and then take the tanned fox skin to propose to the girl you love.

The girl's family accepted the skin, which means they agreed to the marriage.

That's right, Northwest is such an existence.

Huo Erye also has the exotic style of Master Huo, as well as the poetic elegance of a scholar. In addition, he lived near Xichun's house in the capital before, so he obviously knows a lot about Xichun's preferences.So among so many chasing boys, Huo Erye can be considered to have the upper hand.

For Xichun and Huo Laoer, there is only one layer of window paper missing.Then this Second Master Huo was going to beat the fox and propose marriage to Xichun.

The red fox in the Northwest is a wild bird that is more cunning than ordinary foxes. To hunt a red fox with a complete coat requires not only good skill, but also a certain amount of patience and perseverance...

It's a pity, this character is the kind of person who doesn't make promises easily. He didn't spread the news that he was going to beat the fox, but wanted to beat the fox back before he said it.

So on the third day after he set off to hunt foxes, Xichun followed Tanchun's caravan and set off back to the capital.

On the way back, Xichun was still a little unhappy.But within a few days, Xichun's mood improved again.After all, this kind of unspoken ambiguity is not like a lifelong promise that people can't help but keep in their hearts.

This trip to the northwest has yielded a lot for Xichun.Reminiscing about the bits and pieces of these days, Xichun planned to write a travel journal, writing down all the food, drink, and experiences along the way.

When picking up the pen, Xichun also decided that no matter where she went in the future, she would learn from the predecessors to write a travel note and pass it on to the world.

She can also draw pictures, and she also needs to draw out what she saw, heard, eaten, and then insert it into the travel notes as a supplementary page.Maybe a hundred years later, future generations can use her book as a reference.

Look, it was like this a hundred years ago, and this thing was like that.

By the way, I'll ask my third sister if she wants to open a bookstore and publish books for her?

Hee hee, then she needs to come up with a nicer name.

Just called... layman Yi Anan?

Tanchun cast a sideways glance at Xichun, showing sincere contempt for Xichun's behavior of forcibly adding the word "no" among laymen Yi An.

You can't ruin the Fa like this if you ruin people.

You have to show some face~

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But after seeing Xichun entertaining herself heartlessly, while Tanchun was relieved, he also lost a good impression of the Huo family.

They are here to do business, not to snatch a marriage, so why not hide.

"Four or five months have passed in a flash, and I don't know if there is any news from Feige." Tanchun gathered the charcoal basin by himself, and chatted with Xichun, who was biting his pen, "I guess we have traveled too far. If I knew it earlier, I would have asked her to help sell some goods back.” If such a big ship sells some foreign goods back to the capital, it will definitely be a good deal with huge profits.

"It's okay, she doesn't know, I know. I'll sell goods to the third sister when the time comes." Tanchun did not avoid Xichun's settlement, and Xichun also knew how much money Tanchun could earn once he went in and out, "Third sister, When you get back to the capital, are you going to leave?"

Although he was asking about Tanchun, it could be seen that Xichun wanted to rely on Tanchun for another journey.

Tanchun thought for a while and nodded, "Go to Jiangnan again in autumn." Knowing that my sister has always wanted to go to Jiangnan, this time I even went to places like Northwest, I am afraid that Jiangnan will not give up.

Xichun put the pen and ink aside, walked up to Tanchun and sat down. "I heard from the guide and the steward of the Huo family that we'll be out of the desert tomorrow, and I'll take a good bath when we get out of the desert, you see."

If the wind blows in the desert, even the tent will be covered with sand.Sitting down, Xichun felt yellow fine sand with her fingers.

"Don't rub your eyes with your hands." Tanchun indifferently warned, then pinched a few yam balls out of the charcoal basin with tongs, "Be careful of burning."

There are not only yam eggs in the charcoal basin, but also peanuts and chestnuts. They are roasted and eaten in a charcoal basin, which is very fragrant.Every night, the charcoal pots in their sisters' tent would roast some food.

Eat some hot snacks and drink a bowl of hot tea, the sisters can sleep until dawn.

But today there was an accident.

The sisters had just eaten and were ready to change clothes and go to bed.A storm appeared suddenly and without warning.

The storm was like overwhelming mountains and seas, sweeping across the entire caravan area with the momentum of devouring everything.

The moon is covered, and the yellow sand all over the sky seems to be arrogantly displaying its unique color through the dark night...

It came so suddenly that the two sisters were stunned for a moment when they heard the shouts outside the tent.Then after the girl and the guards rushed in, they realized that things were serious.

Horses, camels, goods and tents were blown to pieces. Tanchun held Xichun's hand tightly. The two sisters had ropes tied around their waists by guards and maids. They lay on the ground surrounded by two camels. In one area camels were tied with whips, praying for the storm to pass.

The storm comes quickly, but walks away... no matter how much you walk without hesitation, but to those who have been baptized by the storm, it seems a bit like an old lady walking slowly.

After the storm left, Tanchun and Xichun stood up under the protection of the girl and the guards.The bonfire and charcoal fire were all extinguished, or rather, the wreckage could not be found for a long time.

Except for the two camels beside them and the two cargo boxes above their sisters' heads, there was nothing as far as the eye could see.

After a storm was over, the horses and camels they brought along, as well as the northwestern goods they were going to sell back to the capital, were all gone.These are not important, what makes Tanchun feel distressed the most is the loss of personnel in her caravan that makes Tanchun feel distressed.

If the goods are gone, you will lose some money.But the person is gone, how can she explain to their family members.

"Sister, don't worry, you might be able to see them after dawn." Xichun took advantage of the moonlight to turn around, and there was very little that could be seen with her eyes.But Xichun thought that their sisters would be safe and sound, those people should be stronger than their sisters.

Hearing what Xichun said, the guards at the side also nodded seriously, that's true.Originally, when their caravan rested, they were divided into regions.One wave of their sisters is here, one wave of the Escort Bureau, one wave of the stewards sent by the Huo family, and the guys and guides who came out of their shop, and another wave of guards brought out by the family, although they are the closest to their tent, But there is also a little distance.

The storm just now was too big, maybe they were blown not far away by the wind, when it was dawn, if they followed the direction of the wind, they might be able to find someone.

However, what everyone didn't say at this time was that the most important things for them now were water and guides.

Although I knew yesterday that it was only a day away from the desert, if I traveled fast enough, I could take a hot bath in a small town outside the desert tomorrow evening.But if someone who doesn't know the way leads them out... I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult.

Although Tanchun has traveled far and wide to get things done, she has never lost herself since she came here.The food and clothing are exquisite, and there are no fewer maids and guards around than when they were in Rongguo Mansion. When they go out, they don't need her to lead the way.

Things like knowing the way... Anyway, she and Xichun don't have that ability.

Turning his head to look around at the girls and guards around him... Tan Chun lowered his eyes, he should wait until dawn to ask such sharp questions.

She was afraid that she would not be able to bear it.

After the guard finished speaking, Tanchun thought about the possibility, and if it didn't work, he went to find someone according to the direction of the wind.

After asking the guards to find something, they first lit a fire, and when the two sisters were sitting on the two wooden boxes just now, Tanchun couldn't help laughing.

The most valuable thing is now sitting under their sisters' buttocks, touching the skirts, it's okay, it's okay, they hadn't changed their clothes and washed when the storm came, otherwise the silver bills in the skirts might have flown with the tent.

It was dawn, and there was nothing to eat or drink, even washing and changing. A group of people, dressed in yellow sand, carried the only two boxes of goods left on the camel, and the two sisters sat on the other camel and went to the court together. Go in the direction that yesterday's storm blew past.

The next road is an extremely difficult journey, and Xichun, who was thinking about following Tanchun to the south of the Yangtze River last night, retreated in her heart again.

Still at home.

Hungry, thirsty, and uncomfortable in the sun.

But looking at the guards walking on both sides of the camel, Xichun couldn't say a word.After all, she was extremely lucky not to have to go by herself.

It wasn't until noon that they found the group following them.After the two waves of people merged into one wave, Tanchun's expression eased a lot.Although there is no need for food and drink, but after all, there are people in their team who know the way.

As long as you can get out of the desert, that's a good thing.

Strictly speaking, the direction they were walking was a day and a half away from the mouth of the desert.Hearing this news, Tanchun lowered his eyes and made a not too difficult decision.

She asked someone who knew the way to take Xichun and Xichun's girl guards out of the desert first, and then she took the people who stayed behind to guard here.

Go to Huo's store for help, and then bring some help and food in, she is waiting for them here.Then she spent a few days looking for people in the desert, and if she couldn't find them, she would take them away.

But even if Xichun went out to ask for help, it would take at least three days and three nights for those people to come in again.Not eating or drinking for three days, I am afraid that the body will not be able to bear it.So Tanchun's eyes fell on the horse in the team.

Horses are not as practical as camels in the desert, and the two groups together have four camels and one horse.It is the fastest way to unload all the goods here and let people ride four camels out of the desert. As for the horse... people have nothing to eat and drink, so it is better to kill and eat meat if it is left behind.

She had heard Huo Yi before, oh, Master Huo mentioned that he had encountered a storm in his early years, and survived by killing horses, eating meat and drinking blood.

Tanchun may be the only descendant other than Jia Lian who inherited Rong Guogong's decision to kill and attack.

Xichun didn't want to go alone, and Tanchun went very determined to be a qualified master.Not only that, Tanchun also ordered Xichun to stay outside after leaving the desert, and never come in again. Counting the days, if they haven't come back by a certain day, invite another group of people to come in.If they haven't come out for more than a month, tell Xichun to go back to the capital.

Go to Lian's second brother to avenge her.

Because she didn't die in the storm, she might have been murdered for money.Go to Lian Er and ask him to investigate the truth.I can also help her take care of Xichun and Aunt Huan for a while.

Well, the latter is the point.

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After eating horse meat and drinking 'drinks', Xichun shed two lines of tears at her sister, the tears drew two rivers on her face full of yellow sand, embarrassing, don't want to.

Tanchun patted Xichun on the shoulder, and nodded heavily to her.

Xichun also looked back at Tanchun with a serious expression, then walked to the camel with a small face and solemn expression.

Four camels can make eight people.

In addition to Xichun's five masters and servants, there was also a Huo family member and a guide hired by their caravan earlier, and then brought a bodyguard from Tanchun, and a group of eight rode on camels and ran forward without looking back.

Even if you are exhausted, you must go out of the desert to rescue soldiers as quickly as possible.

In fact, Xichun understands Tanchun's thoughts.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed the horse.Tanchun's move was for his own conscience, but more because he wanted to buy people's hearts.

The human heart is the most invisible and inexplicable thing, but it is the most indispensable thing at critical moments.Guards, shop assistants, and long-term escorts, the loyalty of these people is what Tanchun wants.

She wants those people to be loyal to her not only because she is the boss, but also the master.She also wants those people to die loyally because she is her.

Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that Tanchun told Xichun earlier that she wanted to take a stake in an escort agency...

It took a day and a half to get out of the desert, because even at night Xichun made sure that the guide and the servants of the Huo family could also know the way, so he didn't ask anyone to rest for the night, but kept going forward.

The situation of traveling day and night is that Xichun and others left the desert ahead of time, and even sent the rescue team into the desert ahead of time.

Xichun went to the Huo family, and the Huo family shop saw people sent by the head of the Huo family, and sent them into the desert without hesitation.Seeing this, Xichun asked again about the situation of the garrison in this town, and what is the temperament of the guard.

Hearing that her character is not bad, Xichun thought about it, changed her clothes and went to the tutelary mansion in person.

Xichun brought a hat with her, and after she went, she only said that she was the third girl of Rongguo Mansion.The reputation of Rongguo Mansion is quite famous in this remote place in the northwest, plus the concubine Jia in the palace, Jia Lian's current official position, Xichun even kept a mind to say that the person trapped in the desert is a prince The nephew of King Teng and the younger brother of Concubine Jia in the palace.After doing this, even if there is no such thing as an identity card, the guardian has to send someone to meet Tanchun and his party.

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After watching the two rescue teams enter the desert, Xichun, who hadn't slept for two days and two nights, finally collapsed.

Before falling down, Xichun was full of thoughts, but they were all fragmentary things.

The guide, the Huo family and Tanchun's guards led the way, and the rescue team quickly found Tanchun.When the officers and soldiers asked where Master Bao was, Tanchun was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood what was going on, so he said that he was lost and was going to find someone.

The military officer followed Tanchun and started looking for people in the desert after the storm without saying a word.

In fact, this is not looking for someone, it is tantamount to looking for death.It would be even worse if there was another storm.

But no matter what, Tanchun decided to find the time to go out of the desert.

What time?

How many days will it take for a person to die without eating or drinking.

She did her best, and she did her best.

Ten days later, Tanchun and his party finally came out.Except for those two boxes, I only found three wooden boxes for the goods I bought this time.But what makes Tanchun satisfied is that most of the people she brought in have been recovered.

It is already very gratifying to have such a result. After leaving the desert, Tanchun did not show any joy. Instead, he went to the tutelary mansion first, told him that the second master Bao was not found, and thanked him for sending troops to rescue him.

The goods in her hand were not considered valuable in the Northwest, so Tanchun could only use the banknotes she had on her body as a gift to the Lord Guardian.

Afterwards, he went back to Huo's shop, thanked the people sent out by Huo's shop, and then did not mention the reward again.Finally, I wrote a thank you letter to Patriarch Huo, thanking him for his help this time.

After finishing all this work, I went back to the residence to wash and change clothes under Xichun's obedient care, and then I only drank a little rice porridge and fell asleep for the rest of my life.

When people are young, they have to do some youthful and frivolous things.Otherwise, when you are old, you will have nothing to show off.It can be seen that this crazy adventure exists in Xichun's heart like this.

At this time, Tanchun's heart was at ease, and he felt at ease, and he slept for two days and two nights.

But after being tired for so long, this kind of sleep is inevitable.

Tanchun fell asleep, Xichun took care of Tanchun while taking over the work from Tanchun, and started to take care of the return trip.

Before Yingchun got married, she took care of the house. Tanchun and Xichun first observed the housekeeper of Yingchun, and later managed the account of the Grand View Garden together with Yingchun. After this journey, Xichun watched how Tanchun runs a business, and learned a few things. Divide skills.At this time, Tanchun fell asleep, and Xichun began to sort out all the things for the return trip little by little.

Those who were found by Tanchun were grateful to Tanchun, although most of these people were from the Nine Star Banner, even if Tanchun didn't look for them, they might not be able to get out of the desert.But Tanchun took the opportunity to leave and searched for things in the desert for many days. It was quite touching after all.

At this time, Xichun came up to take care of things, although some things seemed jerky, but they all tried their best to help Xichun to make things perfect.

Just when Tanchun and others were about to leave, the Huo family brothers also rushed over after receiving the news from the Huo family shopkeeper.

Boss Huo went to see Tanchun. At this time, he had heard about Tanchun's decision on the road. In addition to admiration, he also surrendered.

Such a woman needs to be sacrificed.

But Huo Lao Er was luckier than his brother. He brought his luggage and the fox skin he had brought back to meet Xichun.

Huo Lao Er felt that he was too unlucky. His mother was gone when he was born, and his father was gone when he was a teenager. Let's live with his brother. At that time, his brother was away for a long time because of the family business.Let's study the imperial examination, and there was a fraud case in the imperial examination.After finally meeting a girl I love, I went to beat the fox to propose marriage, but the girl left.

This time, no matter what Huo Erer said, he decided to use the fox skin to propose marriage first, then set a name, and followed Xichun back to the capital.

This desert adventure made Xichun mature a lot.Seeing Huo Laoer at this time, the thought of seeing each other earlier has faded away now.However, half of the credit for the successful rescue of my third sister this time lies with the Huo family.

Looking at the fiery red fox fur, Xichun pursed her lips, her face full of distress.

In this era, it is always said that a woman's first marriage is her second child, but Fei Ge told Sister Xichun that there is a third and fourth first child for a woman.That is - the widow remarries.

Fei Ge said that if a man treats her badly after she gets married, she will make herself a widow and remarry after giving birth.If you are good to yourself, but you don't want to live with this person, then let him be a widower, and then leave with a dowry, change your identity and marry someone who looks good.Life is only a few decades, so you can't wrong yourself.

Shall I try it first?

Anyway, Fei Ge did it twice, and she only did it once.

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Accepting the fox fur is considered a marriage agreement.Because Tanchun's body was exhausted and he needed to recuperate for a few days, Master Huo took advantage of these few days to arrange a simple engagement ceremony for his younger brother and Xichun.

After the ceremony was over, Master Huo gave his younger brother another sum of money, and then watched Huo Er follow Tanchun's caravan back to the Central Plains.

Alas, still a little reconciled.

However, he could also see that the man Tanchun was looking for in the future would either stay at home and guard the house for her, or he could travel all over the world with her.

And these two... he can't do either.

Master Huo's regret is the happiness of others.There were many disasters and disasters when they went there, but the result was smooth sailing when they came back. They even saved someone.

Tanchun knew that person, Liu Xianglian, a celebrity in the capital.

Liu Xianglian has a bold temperament, playing with guns and swords, playing flute and zither, and doing everything.He is tall and good, and he can play a play. It can be said that he can be regarded as a man of the hour in the capital.

Same as the original book, this gangster who had been coveting his beauty in the capital went out of the capital to avoid the scenery, and then acted bravely on Xianrentiao.The fierce aura of trying to pull the emperor off the horse even made him escape with injuries all over his body.

Fortunately, he met Tanchun and his group. Unfortunately, the head of this group was a profit-seeking businessman.

Everyone is a hero who saves the beauty, and then agrees with her body.When it comes to Liu Xianglian, it becomes a heroine who rescues a fallen hero, and then the businessman chases profit, and the one who threatens to save his life will sign a contract of sale.

Liu Xianglian, who was standing outside Tanchun's yard playing the flute while looking in, thought, well, there's nothing wrong with playing the flute anyway.Then... stay first? ?