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Judging from the situation, after all, the eldest lady is no longer suitable for taking care of the family affairs. From now on, I will ask the master to take care of the big and small affairs of the family. "Zhao has another blessing.

This request is very reasonable. Mrs. Yan made a mistake. It is already very lenient to retain her status. How can she be allowed to take over the power of the family. As a common wife, Mrs. Zhao took over this power and responsibility, which is justified.

Ning Yuan glanced at Mrs. Zhao's back, and thought that this second mother really hated Mrs. Yan, otherwise she would not have made such a request, instead of pushing Mrs. Yan to die very cheaply, on the contrary, she would have asked Mrs. Yan to die. Shi retains the title of first wife, but loses all her authority. From now on, this mansion will be dominated by the second wife. How to torture the woman who killed her son is not entirely up to the second wife's plan.

Ning Ruhai thought for a moment, then nodded, "Forget it, I'm tired too, so let's do this."

Ning Ruhai's face is not good-looking, partly due to physical reasons, and generally due to mental reasons. After experiencing so many things one after another, he is also very disappointed with Yan Shi in his heart, and at the same time, there is a dull pain in his head, and he no longer wants to take care of it. As for the chores that came down, after instructing Mrs. Zhao to deal with the aftermath, he went back to rest first.

That night, Mrs. Zhao dismissed all the servants in the Ruining courtyard. Except for the gatekeeper, not even a single servant was left for Mrs. Yan. Threatening Ning Rui'er first, and then confessing to Yan's crimes, this matter will not work. After all, Zhao gave her a sum of money and asked her to leave the house and return home with her family.

Mrs. Yan was detained in the house all day long. Although she is still the eldest lady, all the servants in the mansion know who is in charge of the entire Ning Mansion now, and they don't know whether it was ordered by Mrs. Zhao or the servants spontaneously, Mrs. Yan Not only is there no waiter, but no one washes the clothes sent to the laundry room for her. Even the food delivered from the kitchen every day is rancid and smelly. It is cold now, and no one buys her bedding In just a few days, Yan Shi really suffered enough. She wanted to run out of the Ruining Courtyard to find Ning Ruhai for help, but the guards guarding her were so strict that they didn't reveal even a single crack, and she had no more money. , anxious like ants on a hot pan.

Finally, one time, Yan Shi took advantage of the effort to go to the ancestral hall to offer scriptures, and quietly ran out, didn't go anywhere, but avoided the servants along the way, and ran straight to Ning Zhan's residence.

Ning Zhan has already moved out of Ruining Courtyard, and now lives in Songrun Hall in Ningxiang. He knew that Yan's affairs almost implicated him. The situation was depressing, and he didn't intend to visit at all. Instead, he always ran to Mrs. Zhao's residence, showing courtesies in different ways.

Ning Zhan was in the study looking at his private collection of Spring Palace scripts, when Yan's sudden appearance shocked Ning Zhan, because Yan's appearance is really different from before, wearing clothes that have not been worn for many days. Dirty laundry, smelly all over, yellow and emaciated, kept pulling at Ning Zhan's clothes and said, "Zhan'er, save mother, save mother!"

Ning Zhan's eyes changed continuously. He knew that he must not have too much involvement with the Yan family now, otherwise his status as a legitimate son would definitely be lost. Once he lost his status as a legitimate son, his biological mother would be spurned by his father and grandmother in this family People, then he can no longer hold his head up.

He has been raised by Yan's side since he was a child, and the selfish personality of Yan's selfishness that he has heard and seen immediately showed. On the surface, he was kind and pretended to appease Yan, and sent people to fetch clothes and food. The servant left the house and ran straight to the direction of the ancestral hall, and soon came with the people guarding Yan Shi, without saying a word, grabbed Yan Shi and dragged him outside.

Yan Shi was originally dreaming of relying on her son, but Ning Zhan not only refused to help her, but also pushed her back into the fire pit, only to be so angry that Yan was dragged away by those people, Don't forget to yell at Ning Zhan, the scolding is high-pitched and shrill, in great contrast to Yan's weak appearance, Ning Yuan and Ning Mo, who passed by here not far away, saw this scene and sighed at the same time in one breath.

"The son who has worked so hard to bring up has finally disregarded the relationship between mother and child for his own self-interest. I am afraid that there is no crueler punishment in the world for the eldest lady." Ning Mo shook his head, his tone unexpectedly Quite sad.

"That's why I said that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is reincarnation, and her retribution has just begun." After Ning Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Ning Mo again, "It's you, why are you still dressed like this? Maintaining Ning Moer's identity will not work."

"As long as I stay in Ning Mansion for a day, I will live as Ning Mo'er for a day. With such a father, I am really ashamed to be the young master of Ning Mansion." Judging from Ning Mo's eyes, It seems that Yan's resentment towards Ning Ruhai is unnecessary, and Ning Yuan also feels the same. If it weren't for Ning Ruhai's bias and connivance, the fate of all of them might be different.

"Those who owe money should pay it back, and they will pay it back sooner or later." Ning Yuan suddenly lowered his voice, "It's almost the end of the new year, and grandma will go to Lingxu Temple to fast for three days, so it all depends on what to do next." It's the second lady's."

Ning Mo nodded secretly.

Because Yan was looking for him once, Ning Zhan was worried that Yan would come to the door again if he found an opportunity, so he went to ask Zhao for his life, doubled the number of servants at the gate of the courtyard, and also expressed that he would be with that man from now on. The biological mother who made a big mistake drew a clear line. On the day when Mrs. Shen went to the mountain to fast, Mrs. Zhao suddenly sent someone to tell Ning Zhan that Mrs. Shen was not there, and she had to take charge of the year-end affairs. Ning Ruhai's bedside servant.

Ning Zhan couldn't believe his ears. When he agreed, he found that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

He didn't know how long he had waited for such an opportunity!

After seeing off the servants who came to deliver the message, Ning Zhan swallowed hard, walked quickly to the back of the desk, and took out a small paper bag from the bottom drawer with shaking hands.

He prepared this medicine by himself according to the narration in the medicine scriptures. Just in case, he secretly experimented with some poultry. After confirming the potency of the medicine, he kept it carefully. Now, the powder has finally arrived. It's time to use it.

Grandmother is not at home, most of the servants in the mansion are gone, and the second wife is busy with other things, and he is the only one beside my father to take care of the sick. Such a god-sent opportunity is simply a blessing from heaven!

Ning Ruhai seems to have gotten used to his ups and downs. For him, as long as he is not bedridden, it is not considered a serious illness. Therefore, Ning Ruhai is also not a serious illness for Ning Zhan, who replaced Zhao Shi by his side. They didn't expect him to do anything, they just tested his knowledge, had a meal together, and asked Ning Zhan to take a bath for him.

Ning Zhan was almost suppressing the desire in his heart, looking at his father's strong body leaning naked in the bathtub, holding a bath towel and constantly wiping his muscles, his eyes had already invaded the body in front of him Countless times, I finally waited for Ning Ruhai to wait for Ning Ruhai to take a bath, put on his nightgown and sit on the edge of the bed to read the book of war, Ning Zhan carefully delivered a bowl of ginseng soup, "Father, this is the ginseng soup cooked by the child himself. If the father drinks it, the child can also leave."

Ning Ruhai did not doubt that he was there, picked up the ginseng soup and drank it down, then waved to Ning Zhan, Ning Zhan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, exited the door, but did not go far, but bent down and put his ear on the At the door, waiting for something quietly, a moment later, there was a sudden "boom" sound in the room, as if someone fell to the ground, Ning Zhan was overjoyed, and immediately pushed the door open again and walked in. Come on, immediately come back to God.

Ning Ruhai lay motionless on the ground in front of the bed. The book he was holding fell to the side, and he seemed to have completely lost his mind, but Ning Zhan knelt down and patted Ning Ruhai's face just to be careful. Seeing that he really didn't react at all, he was overjoyed, and hugged Ning Ruhai to the bed with all his strength, pulled off his nightgown anxiously, bent down and licked randomly on the chest muscles that he had been dreaming about for an unknown amount of time. Bite up.

Yan Shi was lying on the bed hungry, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

For dinner, the servants brought two rotten steamed buns. The smell made people sick just by smelling them. Yan Shi, who was used to delicacies from mountains and seas, couldn't swallow them. She forced herself to eat half of them, but she didn't Suppressing the nausea, she finally vomited it out. In the winter night, hungry and cold, Yan Shi wrapped up the thin quilt tightly on her body, thinking of her current situation, she couldn't help cursing at Zhao Shi.

But at this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open forcefully, and Yan Shi was startled. Before she could get up, two thick mothers had already walked in. Without saying a word, she pulled her up and left.Yan's body was weak and she could hardly resist at all. At first she was desperate, thinking that Mrs. Zhao had endured enough and was ready to understand herself, but soon she discovered that the direction those two mothers took her was Ning Ruhai The East Wing where I live.

In an instant, infinite hope rose in Yan's heart. Could it be that Ning Ruhai finally thought of himself, thinking of his kindness to her, and wanted to rescue him!

She knew that Ning Ruhai would not let her be bullied by those people!

But in just a short moment, Yan Shi thought about many things in her mind. She thought about how to deal with those who abused her after she regained power. She wanted Zhao Shi, Ning Yuan, and Xu Mama who betrayed her. If Shen's old godly woman were to kneel at her feet and bow her head as a vassal, she would also let them taste the lack of clothes and wear, and taste the taste of steamed buns!

Just as Yan was thinking, those two mothers had already brought her outside Ning Ruhai's bedroom, but instead of knocking on the door, they walked to the side, opened the window in the side hall of the bedroom, and tied her with a piece of cloth. Her hand, strangled her mouth, and threw her through the window.

The window was very high from the ground, and Yan Shi fell to the ground with a thump, causing his back to hurt.This side hall is used to store some miscellaneous things that are not used in daily life. There is only one door away from the bedroom. Yan Shi flopped on the ground twice, and stood up with great effort. She couldn't break free from the shackles on her hands. She wanted to break open the door in front of her, but when she moved to the door and heard a sound from the other side of the door, she stopped abruptly.

She was so familiar with that voice!

No wonder, no wonder Ning Ruhai ignored her during this period of time. It turned out that she had a new love, who was it, Tang Yingyao, or another woman? In a hurry, Yan saw the rice paper on the door torn open. With a small eye, he couldn't wait to lower his head and peek into the house.

When she saw clearly what happened on the bed in the house, a burst of blood flowed backwards to the top of her head, and she even forgot to breathe for a moment.

Ning Zhan, her only son, Ning Zhan, was lying naked on the bed with two thick legs of a man on his shoulders, and he was aiming at the man's strong butt with a pistol.

As for the man who was lying there unconscious and being violated by Ning Zhan, when Yan Shi saw his face clearly, Yan Shi only felt his world spinning, his eyes darkened, and he was about to pass out immediately!

106 Once upon a time

How could this be... how could this be... Yan's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, and the scene in front of her was tearing her apart. She wanted to scream, but her mouth was strangled, so she couldn't say anything. sound.She wanted to push open the door and break in to stop this absurd scene, but her hands were tied behind her back, so she could only bang her head against the door frame, trying to stop the two of them, but they seemed to be getting better and better The movement around him fell on deaf ears.

When blood came out of her forehead, she finally realized that she was doing nothing but nothing. She could only watch helplessly, watching her husband and her son do such unreasonable things in front of her!

Ning Zhan was so excited that his whole body was on fire.

One day, the scene that I only dared to dream up in my dreams before could actually come true again. Looking at the body below him, feeling the scorching temperature inside, Ning Zhan swallowed and didn't even move twice. , and almost surrendered.

He knew that he couldn't end it so quickly. This kind of opportunity was once in a lifetime. Maybe there would never be a second time in this life. He had to grasp it firmly and enjoy it. The patterns of movements unfolded in his mind one after another. He grabbed Ning Ruhai's waist, trying to turn him over and continue galloping in another movement, but when he lowered his head, all movements stopped suddenly.

As if the blood in his whole body was frozen, the bone-piercing cold made him unable to move at all, he didn't even have the strength to tremble, only fear remained, a boundless fear enveloped him, It was as if a pair of hands had grabbed his neck, making him unable to breathe.

Ning Ruhai's eyes woke up at some point. He opened his eyes, his face flushed red, obviously realizing what Ning Zhan was doing to him. The anger contained in those swollen eyes was something that Ning Zhan had never seen before. Never seen before.

"Father...Father..." Ning Zhan's voice turned into tears, "I...I didn't mean to..." He was terrified. He knew Ning Ruhai's personality so well that he even asked for mercy. Can't come out, indeed, there is nothing to beg for forgiveness for committing such a mistake, Ning Ruhai suddenly became violent, and it is possible to slap him to death.

Ning Zhan simply closed his eyes, waiting for Ning Ruhai's slap, but he waited for a long time, but there was still no movement at all. Not only did Ning Ruhai not hit him, he didn't even push him away. Trembling in his heart, he opened his eyes a little, and found that Ning Ruhai was still in his usual posture, lying there weakly, but the eyes glaring at him clearly showed that he was awake.

How is this going?Ning Zhan couldn't help moving his body out of curiosity, but when he moved, the things that were originally buried in Ning Ruhai's body also moved. Suppressed sobbing, his face turned blue and red, and the anger in his eyes was even stronger, but strangely, apart from the expression on his face, he had no other reaction.

"Father?" Ning Zhan bravely waved his hand in front of Ning Ruhai, "Father, can't you move?"

It was still Ning Ruhai's sobs that answered him.

In an instant, Ning Zhan became more courageous. Ning Ruhai was clearly awake, but he couldn't move. Does this mean that he can continue what happened just now?

Ning Zhan's complexion changed continuously, and finally the long-suppressed desire in his heart overcame his reason. Thinking that Ning Ruhai was clearly awake, but he couldn't resist himself at all. He moved again, even harder than before.

Ning Ruhai opened his mouth wide, he didn't know if it was for gasping or for cursing, he was extremely lucid and could clearly feel the pain in his body, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't speak, nor could he control his body In front of Ning Zhan, Ning Ruhai is as pitiful as a child who has no power to resist.

But for Ning Ruhai, compared to the physical pain, the mental devastation and torment was like a knife stabbing at his heart.How can anyone bear such humiliation?However, no matter how angry Ning Ruhai was, no matter how painful he was, he had no choice but to bear this humiliation.

Under the double torment of desire and spirit, Ning Ruhai even wanted to die.

Yan Shi, who was separated by a door, was in no better mood than Ning Ruhai, even the white cloth she had strangled in her mouth was bloodstained, she kept cursing in her heart, scolding the sky, scolding the earth, scolding everyone A person she felt sorry for her, but she just didn't want to admit that if she hadn't done all the bad things, she wouldn't have ended up like this.

Finally, Ning Zhan over there seemed to be unable to hold on any longer. After a long moan, he disarmed and surrendered. He lay on Ning Ruhai's body covered in sweat and did not move for a long time. Excited and exhausted, I didn't even have the strength to get out of bed for a while.

He even thought that Ning Ruhai wouldn't be able to move anyway, and maybe he could have another round when he had enough rest, but before he could fully conceive such a wonderful idea, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.

Ning Zhan was startled by the boss, and hurriedly looked back. At the place where the door was backlit, a gracefully dressed woman was standing there. The two maids who opened the door for her waited for her to enter the room, and opened the door lightly. close.

It was only at this moment that Ning Zhan saw the woman's face clearly. The woman was wearing a rose red robe with high cheekbones. The only jewelry on her body was the pearl earrings on her ears. Shi.

Ning Zhan was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and Ning Ruhai also squinted his eyes vigorously, and kept winking at the woman, his eyes were full of pleading, as if he wanted the woman to save him.

"Er Niang...Er Niang forgive me...I...I just..." Ning Zhan rolled out of the bed in a f*cking manner, ignoring his own nakedness, and hurriedly knelt down beside the bed, kowtowing his head like garlic, "I... I'm just..." He stammered, trying to justify his ridiculous behavior, but suddenly he heard Mrs. Zhao say: "It's cold, you kneel on the ground like this, be careful not to hurt yourself, go back and let me go." Someone waits for you to take a hot bath, and then have a good sleep."

Ning Zhan was taken aback, and couldn't help looking up at Zhao Shi. He really didn't understand why Zhao Shi's reaction was so calm. According to normal thinking, shouldn't she be furious at her behavior, and then scold herself for being a loser? ?

"Why don't you go, don't you like to kneel naked?" Zhao repeated.

"...Yes! Yes!" In any case, seeing that Mrs. Zhao didn't seem to be angry, although Ning Zhan was puzzled, he was relieved. While covering his ugly place, he picked up the scattered things in a panic. Putting on the clothes on the ground, I was about to walk out in despair.

"Wait a minute." Zhao yelled at him again, "By the way, take away the people in the side room as well."

Ning Zhan's heart skipped a beat, there was someone in the other room?He walked quickly to a side door, pulled the latch, and opened the door of the side room, only to see Yan Shi was staring at him viciously with his hands tied and his mouth strangled.

"Er Niang, this..." Ning Zhan took two steps back in panic. Why is his own mother here again? Did she see what happened in the room just now?

"You are the son of our family, the future master of the Ning Mansion, and I am just your second mother. I will not interfere with what you want to do, no matter right or wrong, so I can completely ignore what happened today. I see, and I won’t gossip outside, but I don’t know if the eldest lady will go to the old lady to complain.” Zhao turned her head to look at Ning Zhan, “She is your biological mother, How to make her shut up is something you should consider."

"But Erniang... Father's side..." Ning Zhan hesitated, and suddenly thought that after Ning Ruhai recovered, he would definitely not let him off easily, so his legs trembled and he almost lost his footing.

"With my persuasion on your father's side, he won't be angry with you." Mrs. Zhao simply put down such a sentence, but Ning Zhan couldn't say anything. He nodded and said yes to Mrs. Zhao Li, grabbed Yan Shi, and did not untie her, and the two left the house just like that.

The room became quiet again. Mrs. Zhao has been standing there like a sculpture. Ning Ruhai was still lying naked on the bed. He looked at Mrs. Zhao angrily, but he could not move his body. Expresses its protest with a constant grunt in its throat.

I don't know how long it took before Mrs. Zhao shook her head, "Master, how old are you? Why are you so sick that you can't even move?" After speaking, Mrs. Zhao walked slowly to the bed and sat down beside Ning Ruhai. , took out a silk handkerchief, and gently wiped the wet sweat on Ning Ruhai's chest. After wiping off all the sweat, he continued: "That's how I wiped the blood on your body back then, sir. do you remember?"

Seeing that Ning Ruhai's eyes turned from anger to confusion, Zhao suddenly smiled, "That's right, you can't remember, what you remember is Yan Zhengfang who saved your life, as for me, I'm just a Just a naive young lady whose father is a general and insists on making trouble in the army."

After a pause, Mrs. Zhao raised her eyes and glanced at the furnishings in the room, "I was indeed very naive at the time, in fact, I shouldn't be so naive, naively fell in love with you, naive as a daughter's family The identity insists on going to the army to fool around, naively knowing that after you disappeared, he ran to the battlefield alone to drag you out of the dead, naively carried you to the nearest Yan family for healing regardless of the gender gap, no matter how naive a person is Turning back to ask for help, on the contrary, it fulfilled a good story between you and the eldest lady, but unfortunately, after all, I can't live my whole life so innocently."

Ning Ruhai's eyes had changed from anger to shock, and the sobs in his throat stopped, he stared at Zhao Shi's face, looked at Zhao Shi and continued: "You know, I always thought that you are a Hero, it is my blessing to be able to marry you, so I don't care about the position of the main wife. Now I have to admit that when people are young, they will be misjudged until Dian'er dies. Ask, I just realized that you are such a selfish and indifferent person... The friendship I had with you has long been worn out. I live in this cold Ningfu, and all I do is to give to Yunnan. It’s just revenge. Do you think that all you got was wind and cold? You’re wrong, you’ve actually been poisoned by the cold poison of agrimony. These cold poisons will gradually eat away at your body and hollow out your details. Doctors come to diagnose, and they can only diagnose wind and cold."

"You...poisoned..." Ning Ruhai seemed to have worked hard for a long time before he choked out three words, but after hearing this, Mrs. Zhao let out a cadence of laughter, "I poisoned you? You are wrong." , these agrimony were planted quietly in Aunt Tang's yard by Da Furen, and it was Yuan'er who found out that they returned them to their original owners. If you want to blame the person who poisoned you, you can go to Da Furen, the culprit , but don’t rely on me.”

After saying this sentence, Mrs. Zhao shook her head again, "Forget it, the smell in this room is not very good, I have to go out to get some air, master, please rest well, take care of your body, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the future. "

"Save...save..." Ning Ruhai tried hard to stare, and snorted twice. Zhao Shi, who had already passed the door, stopped and turned around, "I forgot to tell the master, the young master gave me the answer." The medicine you gave was specially formulated according to the medicine scriptures. It was originally just an ordinary drug for intoxication. Unfortunately, because you have already been poisoned by the cold poison of Agrimony, under the two-phase catalysis, it will completely paralyze your tendons and tendons, making you feel sick. Lying in bed unable to move or speak, I will arrange for a doctor to come and treat you, but the doctor’s final diagnosis and treatment result will only be that you will be bedridden from now on due to a stroke, and I will arrange for the young master to live with you Together, as the eldest son, it is also his duty to take care of you who cannot take care of yourself day and night, I think the young master must be very willing to do this."

When Mrs. Zhao uttered these words, Ning Ruhai coughed violently. When Mrs. Zhao finished speaking, Ning Ruhai rolled her eyes and passed out, not knowing whether she was angry or regretful.

Mrs. Zhao snorted softly, then turned and went out the door.

Before the New Year arrived, several major events were reported in Jiangzhou Ningfu.

The eldest lady of the Ning Mansion, Mrs. Yan, was put under strict supervision because she made a mistake, but then she seemed to have eaten something wrong and became dumb overnight. , lying on the bed unable to move, became a disabled person.

The two masters of the Ning Mansion underwent a huge change overnight, which almost shocked the official circles in Jiangzhou. Fortunately, the second wife, Mrs. Zhao, stepped forward to stand up for it, but there was no big disturbance.With the appearance of Ning Ruhai, it is obvious that he can no longer take up the post of defense. Not only did he resign, but even the title of Wu Anbo was passed on to his son-in-law Ning Zhan under the auspices of the old lady of the Ning Mansion. Retired to a deep house and began to recuperate.

The new Wu'an Bo Ning Zhan is not in very good health either. Obviously, he can't manage such a large family business by himself. Fortunately, he has a capable younger brother Ning Yuan to help manage it, and his second wife, Mrs. Zhao Helping from the side, he also managed the whole family in order for a while, and Ning Zhan is also a rare dutiful son. He may not be involved in major family affairs, but he never pretends to be filial to others when it comes to honoring his father. The father, who couldn't take care of himself, moved to his own room to live with him, and he had to cook every meal and drink by himself. Although every night, the servants passing by the door would always hear strange noises coming from the room. There were intertwined sounds of flesh-body collisions and men's whimpers, but because of the second lady's stern warning first, no one dared to say anything nonsense. They only thought that the young master was doing something in order to help the master recover as soon as possible. A special kind of massage.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, everything changes.

Ning Yuan put on brand-new clothes and a mink fur cloak, first went to Xianglian Courtyard to pick up Tang and Ning Xin'er, and then stepped on the first snowfall of the new year to the main hall.

Several New Year's guests had come to the main hall. After knowing that Ning Ruhai had suffered a stroke, Mrs. Shen didn't know if it was too much of a blow, and she also fell ill. Many people came to visit, and the new Wu'an Bo Ningzhan was in poor health, he almost slept until the sun was up, but Mrs. Zhao was tired and wanted to stay here early in the morning to accompany the guests.

After Ning Yuan led Mrs. Tang to his seat, he sat down and drank tea while waiting. He came here early today. One was to accompany Mrs. Zhao to entertain guests, and Mrs. Zhao specially ordered him to vote for Dudu Cao today. Post, I want to come to pay New Year's greetings.

Since the incident of the Dragon Boat Festival last year, the Cao family has always had a kind of vague hostility towards the Ning family, and they have not seen each other for a while. This time, they suddenly came to the door on the pretext of paying New Year's greetings. Anyone would doubt its purpose. Now there is no one in the imperial court who holds an official position, so it is inevitable to deal with it carefully. The Zhao family wanted to be more confident when they asked Ning Yuan to come.

After seeing off the third wave of guests, the butler came in to spread the word that the Cao family's carriage had arrived, and Mrs. Zhao hurried out to greet her, with Ning Yuan following behind.Outside the gate of the Ning Mansion, two very exquisite carriages were parked. Cao Guichun, dressed in casual clothes, got out of the first carriage and quickly walked to the second one, as if to welcome someone.

With the opening of the carriage curtain, a handsome young man in brocade robe and jade crown got out of the carriage. At this time, Zhao Shi and Ning Yuan also came out of the gate. Changing his smile, he slumped together with Mrs. Zhao and said, "I have met the Fourth Highness, Governor Cao."

Dudu Cao laughed and said, "Second madam, you and the third young master were called wrong this time. His Highness Fourth now has another identity, so he should be called the imperial envoy."

"Lord Cao, today we are here to pay New Year's greetings in the Ning Manor. There are so many rules." Sikong Xu laughed, nodded to Mrs. Zhao and Ning Yuan, and entered the gate first. Ning Yuan raised his eyelids, and he I don't know what kind of wishful thinking Sikong Xu came to the door this time, but suddenly he remembered what Huyan Yuanchen said to himself when he was in Huajing, but later Huyan Yuanchen clearly sent him a letter, saying that the emperor Rejecting Sikong Xu's request, I don't know what he is planning to do this time, "Imperial envoy?" He seemed to repeat the word playfully, Ning Yuan bowed his head and followed into the door.

In the main hall, everyone sat down according to priority, Cao Guichun said first: "Why don't you see the new Wu Anbo?"

"Brother is not feeling well, and he never gets up early, but he has neglected Mr. Cao and the four...imperial envoys." Ning Yuan hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Forget it, your house has been busy recently, but thanks to the second lady's good management." Cao Guichun slapped Mrs. Zhao again, and then directed the conversation to Sikong Xu, "I'm afraid the two of you don't know yet. There was a military calamity in Yanzhou in the north, the Holy Majesty specially slapped the Fourth Highness as an imperial envoy, just to put down the calamity, we are court officials, and it is only right to help the Fourth Highness in everything."

The military disaster in Yanzhou was only spread a few days ago. It is said that there was another gang of horse thieves burning, killing and looting at the border, but the imperial court responded so quickly. Sikong Xu is still an imperial envoy... Ning Yuan suddenly had many things in his mind , and couldn't help looking at Sikong Xu twice, but Sikong Xu was also looking at him. The moment the two eyes met, Ning Yuan clearly noticed a few gloomy eyes in Sikong Xu's eyes.

"It's natural, but Jiangzhou's defense is no longer our master. We can only talk about money and food. I don't know how much the imperial envoy wants." Xu brought Cao Guichun here to ask for money. After all, horse thieves are brave and good at killing. If the money and food are insufficient, they will never be able to deal with it. But after hearing this, Sikong Xu shook his head while laughing, "Second madam, you are joking. I also know the recent situation of the mansion, Master Ning and the old lady are both ill, so I can't open my mouth to ask for money and food, and I came here this time just to borrow someone from the second lady."

"Who?" Zhao asked reflexively.

Sikong Xu didn't answer right away, but after a while, he shifted his gaze to Ning Yuan, and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the third son of Ningfu is very talented, not only good at poetry and books, but also good at some national strategy and military theory." It's easy to come by, I wonder if Sikong has the face to ask the third son to help me, so that I can help Da Zhou get rid of the bandits in the border as soon as possible?"

"Master Imperial Envoy, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Mrs. Zhao said, "Yuan'er is still young, but he is just a child. How can he help with such important matters as suppressing bandits? Please stop joking, Mr. Imperial Envoy."

"Second Madam, the heroes don't ask where they come from, let alone their age. I more or less know what kind of methods the Third Young Master has." I want to ask the third young master about his wishes."

Ning Yuan kept his eyes down, until then he slowly raised his head, smiled suddenly, and nodded his chin lightly, "Since it is an invitation from the imperial envoy, there is nothing to refuse, I will go .”

107 Mutual Exploration

The mighty convoy was driving on the official road in the north of Jiangzhou City, with two columns of troops neatly following on both sides of the team. A huge flag was flying at the front of the team, with the word "imperial envoy" painted on it with silver hooks and irons. It was made by famous masters at a glance.

Jiangzhou and Yanzhou were originally two neighboring prefectures, but because there was a barren Gobi desert in the middle, Yanzhou was far less prosperous than Jiangzhou. It was a bitterly cold place in the extreme north and was very barren.Because of the harsh climate and the fact that the land is difficult to grow food, the life of the common people is very difficult. In addition, it is close to the border, and the horse bandits are rampant. The horse bandits made a comeback, and the locals complained a lot, and the people were in dire straits.

"Mr. Ning has never been to Yanzhou. Although Yanzhou is barren, the highland barley wine and barley cake are excellent. When you arrive in Yanzhou City, Mr. Ning can taste it carefully." Sikong Xu leaned on the carriage Inside, the whole person looks graceful and relaxed, as if he has not felt tired from the long journey.

"Your Imperial Envoy doesn't know. Of course, I have been to Yanzhou. The barley cake tastes really good, but the barley wine is too strong, but I don't like it." Ning Yuan smiled lightly, and he was done with it. Sikong Xu opened the curtains of the carriage again, and waved to the outside. Wang Hu, who was riding a tall horse and following the carriage, immediately came over, "What do you want, young master?"

Ning Yuan asked, "How far is it from Yanzhou City?"

Wang Hu raised his head and looked around. There was a desolate Gobi scene beside the official road. Looking over it, it was a vast expanse of whiteness.