As soon as she heard that it was a letter from the capital, Dong Nuan's heart skipped a beat. She didn't have much to do, so after a few words with the manager, she hurried down the mountain.
The letter Shi Qing came to deliver in person was an urgent letter.
After receiving the letter, Dong Nuan opened it immediately. After reading it, her expression changed immediately.
Shi Qing watched Dong Nuan's expression change, feeling a little worried.
"Prepare the horses, I have to go back to the county office." After reading the letter, Dong Nuan quickly put it away and then ordered someone to prepare the horses.
As soon as Shi Qing heard that horses were to be prepared, he got ready as soon as possible.
Dong Nuan quickly rode back to the county government office. Hanjiang Tower was currently sorting out paperwork and making plans.
Hearing Shi Er say that Dong Nuan is back, he was a little surprised.
It stands to reason that Dong Nuan was busy at Huiguang Village and would not come back until the evening, or he would go directly to her. His sudden return gave Hanjiang Lou a bad feeling.
And this premonition soon became a reality.
"The prefect of Dingzhou rebelled and united with the Southern Kingdom to directly sandwich General Wu and his border city in the middle. The second sister secretly sent someone to pass the news. General Wu was well prepared, but the second sister's current situation is unknown." Dong Nuan.
After returning, he sent the other maids away and spoke in a hurry.
The emperor also knew that Dong Nuan was on good terms with Cao Xinyao, so he had no intention of hiding the news about Cao Xinyao. He told Dong Nuan as much as possible about the information he came back from his investigation.
Cao Xinyao's current whereabouts are unknown. According to reports from spies in Dingzhou Prefecture, Cao Xinyao is not at the residence of Prefect Zhou either.
But now that Dingzhou has fallen, and General Wu is also caught in the middle, how much does Dingzhou's prefect Zhou know about the affairs of Border City? Does he know about the military situation? The emperor didn't tell Dong Nuan, and he doesn't know either.
It involves military secrets, so it's hard to say what it is.
He only mentioned more about Cao Xinyao's situation.
The emperor was afraid that Cao Xinyao would have nowhere to escape, so he finally came south to join her. He told her in advance to let Dong Nuan prepare.
Although the Zhou family was said to be treason, Cao Xinyao had merit in reporting the news in advance. As long as she had a clear relationship with the Zhou family when the time came, the emperor would not let the affairs of the Zhou family implicate her again.
After hearing Dong Nuan's words, Hanjianglou's heart skipped a beat.
He thought that the situation in the northwest might not be good, but he never expected that it would turn out like this.
Nowadays, the imperial court has to worry about other things, so they don't need to worry about it.
But Cao Xinyao...
Even though the two people got along well at the beginning, they both had their own purposes.
But the relationship over the years was not fake. Even though they were far apart and had no chance to meet each other, there were letters exchanged every year. Cao Xinyao even secretly sent her a lot of beef jerky.
This love is true, Dong Nuan is really worried about her now.
After several hesitations, Dong Nuan tentatively spoke: "I think..."
Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Hanjiang Tower: "No, I can't let you take risks. If you want to go, I will go too!"
Hanjianglou naturally understood that Dong Nuan wanted to find someone in the northwest.
Now that no one can be found, there is at least a glimmer of hope. If the Zhou family is not a good person and Cao Xinyao is caught, Cao Xinyao herself will not be easy, let alone the hostage issue.
Therefore, Dong Nuan wanted to find Cao Xinyao before the Zhou family and take him out of Dingzhou safely.
Of course Hanjiang Tower didn't want Dong Nuan to take risks. Dong Nuan had never even been to the northwest. She didn't know what Dingzhou was like, and she didn't know what it was like. How could Hanjiang Tower be willing to do so?
Dong Nuan just tried to ask but had no intention of going.
Moreover, the current situation in Dingzhou must be very tense. She has a special status. The emperor sent someone to deliver the letter urgently to appease Dong Nuan and did not want her to take risks.
There is a country in the south called Youchang, which has made the emperor very unhappy. If Dong Nuan goes to the northwest again, what if he is captured by the south country...
The emperor is afraid that he will go crazy. When the time comes, no matter what, he will have to send his troops to the northwest and fight the southern country at all costs!
Dong Nuan also knew that it was too impulsive to go looking for someone. Now he calmed down and couldn't help but smile: "As a local official, how can you leave? Forget it, I won't go."
If you know the location, you can try to take a walk in Dongnuan.
But...
Nowadays, Cao Xinyao's location is unknown, and the warm winter has passed. If the two of them miss it again by some strange combination of circumstances, it will be in trouble.
Moreover, the emperor's original intention was not to let her move, and it was not easy for her to resist the order and not give the emperor face.
Seeing that Dong Nuan was no longer impulsive, Han Jianglou breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, if we wait a little longer, His Majesty will definitely send people to search for her. The nearest General Wu will not leave the second sister alone, so we can just wait and see.
If the second sister comes looking for her, we are all here, so she can feel at ease."
Dong Nuan is actually still worried, but there is nothing we can do now. We can only wait and see. If it doesn't work, we can talk about it later.
Regarding the fact that she was almost abducted by Youchang Kingdom, Dong Nuan thought about it and asked Hanjiang Tower to write a note and first presented it to Magistrate Xu, and then sent it to the capital along with other notes from Lizhou.
The warm winter has to wait until late July, when the weather is getting hot.
The temperature here in Jingxian County is pretty good, not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer.
Of course, it will definitely be hotter than other seasons, but not so hot that it will be uncomfortable.
Dong Nuan feels quite comfortable, but because of Cao Xinyao's incident, Dong Nuan has been feeling uneasy.
Moreover, they were too far away from the capital and the northwest about what was going on in the northwest, so they couldn't get any specific information at all.
It’s a pity that there is no Internet at this time!
I sighed for the thousandth time about the warmth of winter, and then went to the orchard again.
After summer, Mr. Liu's carriage came more frequently, and the carriage from Qiao's shop also came frequently.
Because there are a lot more fruit trees bearing fruit this year, those who ate the fruits in the warm winter garden last year or in early spring will definitely miss them this year.
So, I heard it was mature.
Even before the gentleman went there, there were already many customers urging him.
The customers just expressed it directly: Don’t make me kneel down to beg you, go and pull the fruit!
In late July, the second phase of the staff dormitory in Huiguang Village was completed, and some people who need accommodation are already preparing to move in.
Dong Nuan was doing the final inspection work. The maid Chunzhi came over in a hurry and whispered: "Master, there are two women who want to see the master. I dismissed them here, but they didn't, so I came to ask the master."
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After hearing Chunzhi's words, Dong Nuan was stunned for a moment, and then he guessed, could it be Cao Xinyao?
Thinking of this possibility, Dong Nuan no longer bothered to look at the staff dormitory, and motioned to Chunzhi: "Come on, take me over there to have a look."
This chapter has been completed!