In a residential house not far from the Qiu Ci tribe, Luo Junyao and Xie Yan were sitting in a bamboo house drinking tea.
The house looked very simple and simple, with just a table and a few stools. There were several medicine baskets containing herbs hung on the bamboo walls, and there was a faint medicinal fragrance in the room.
This is the house of an ordinary herb collector in southern Xinjiang.
Tea is being boiled in the tea stove on the table, water mist is coming out of the spout of the teapot, and the tea in the teapot is quietly boiling.
Luo Jun shook his chin and propped his elbows on the table, looking out the window. Outside the window was a dense forest.
"The leader of the Hongshan tribe has become a puppet, the Guhe tribe is now controlled by Khenpo La, and the people of the Qiu Ci tribe want to depose the original tribe leader." Luo Jun said: "These people, don't they really want to go to war with the imperial court?"
Although Southern Xinjiang is difficult to fight, if you really want to go to war with the imperial court, you still lack some strength.
However, it is difficult to say that the current situation in southern Xinjiang is really just a conflict within the tribe or between tribes.
Xie Yan took a sip of tea and said, "It should be so."
"The person behind the scenes..." Luo Junyao frowned and said: "To persuade the people of the three major tribes in southern Xinjiang to rebel together, you can't do it just by talking. You must show the strength to convince them."
The people of Southern Xinjiang are not fools. No one will wade in muddy waters if they don't have the strength, even if they make wild claims.
There were footsteps outside the door, and the two of them turned to look outside the door at the same time.
After a while, Qu Tiange walked in carrying a person.
There were three people who came in with him, one woman and two men, all wearing southern Xinjiang costumes.
It was only when they walked in that Luo Junyao realized that although the three of them were all wearing southern Xinjiang clothes, they looked like authentic Central Plains people.
Moreover, the woman was someone they knew.
Ruan Yueli!
Ruan Yueli was not surprised to see Luo Junyao, and even smiled at her, looking even more sincere than in Shangyong.
"Your Majesty."
Qu Tiange threw the person in his hand to the ground and greeted Xie Yan with Ruan Yueli and the other three.
Xie Yan nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work."
The man who was thrown to the ground by Qu Tiange struggled to get up, glared at Xie Yan, and a long string of words came out of his mouth.
Luo Junyao blinked and looked at Qu Tiange, who said: "This is the fourth elder of the Qiu Ci tribe. He is the younger brother of the late patriarch of the Qiu Ci tribe. He does not speak the Central Plains dialect."
Luo Junyao sighed, she couldn't speak Southern Xinjiang dialect either.
Although she doesn't know the southern Xinjiang dialect, Xie Yan obviously does.
Xie Yan looked down at the man sitting on the ground and said a few words indifferently.
Ruan Yueli walked to Luo Junyao and whispered: "Your Majesty asked, what promise did Ke Xu give you to make you agree to stand on his side?" After finishing speaking, Ruan Yueli added, "Ke Xu is the old man.
The clan leader’s younger brother and the second elder of the Qiu Ci tribe.”
The expression of the fourth elder changed, but he did not answer Xie Yan's question, "Are you from the Central Plains? Are you in the same group as Ke Zhe?!"
Xie Yan said calmly: "My identity is not what the fourth elders are concerned about now. You and Ke Xu jointly forced Ke Zhe, but you didn't consider the benefits he promised you. You might not be able to get them at all?"
"I don't know what you are talking about." The fourth elder said still forcefully.
Xie Yan chuckled, glanced at Qu Tiange who was standing next to him, and nodded slightly towards him.
Qu Tiange nodded, reached out and grabbed the fourth elder and walked out. A moment later, a scream came from outside.
Luo Junyao looked at Xie Yan in surprise.
So simple and rude? After all, he is the elder of Qiu Ci tribe, right?
Xie Yan said: "This man can become the elder of Qiu Ci tribe only because his father and grandfather died fighting for Qiu Ci tribe. His grandfather was the previous great elder of Qiu Ci tribe. For this reason, Qiu Ci tribe
The ministry gave him the status of an elder. However, his abilities are limited and he does not participate much in clan affairs."
Luo Junyao said: "So, he may not know much? Then why arrest him?"
Xie Yan said: "The purpose of arresting him is to determine who is stirring up trouble in the Qiu Ci tribe. He has never interfered in the affairs of the clan, but this time he danced happily, which shows that the benefits are not small."
Luo Jun shook his head and couldn't help but look at Ruan Yueli who was standing aside, "Miss Ruan..."
Compared with when she was in Shangyong, Ruan Yueli seems to be more casual and cheerful, and less reserved and proud of being born into a famous family.
"The princess just calls me by my name. I am no longer Miss Ruan." Ruan Yueli said with a smile.
Luo Junyao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Miss Yueli, why are you in southern Xinjiang?"
Ruan Yueli glanced at Xie Yan, who was sitting next to him. Xie Yan nodded towards her, and then Ruan Yueli said: "I and several young people from the clan went deep into southern Xinjiang on the order of the prince, and have been here for almost two years.
Nowadays, I can be considered half a southern Xinjiang person."
Upon hearing this, Luo Junyao looked at Ruan Yueli carefully, but the woman in front of him was far different from the eldest lady who had gone to Yong Ruan's family.
Her face is still the same as before, but she loves to smile more than before. Her posture and posture are not the elegance that most ladies have cultivated since childhood, but have a sassy and free spirit.
My skin tone is darker than before, and I don't apply makeup on my face, which gives me a beautiful and healthy look.
The most important thing is that the aloofness and arrogance that always seemed daunting to Ruan Yueli in the past is gone, replaced by calmness and determination.
If her old friends from Shangyong had met her, they might not dare to recognize her.
Ruan Yueli looked at Luo Junyao with a smile and said: "Princess, don't worry about me. Although I was very nervous when I first arrived in Ningzhou, now I am very grateful for the opportunity that the prince gave me. I am very glad that I did this."
choose."
These words were sincere. She accepted the regent's arrangement back then. Although it was true that part of the reason was her unwillingness and anger, she did not have any more choices at that time.
Either become an ordinary sinner and be exiled, or marry Ji Rong and marry him, no matter which one is a good choice in Ruan Yueli's eyes.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After arriving in Ningzhou, she has to settle down with her people, learn many things that she has never learned in the past ten years, and make plans for her future life.
When she gradually got used to it, she realized that the difficulties she originally thought were nothing more than that.
Two years ago, other members of the Ruan family had completely settled down in Ningzhou and gradually got used to their new life.
After Mrs. Ruan learned that her husband had died, she finally accepted the reality and turned to arranging marriage arrangements for her children.
Ruan Yueli no longer listened to her mother's arrangements. She rejected her mother with a strong attitude, took several young people from the Ruan family and changed their names into Southern Xinjiang, and started doing business with the people of Southern Xinjiang.
Ruan Yueli is now a well-known herbal medicine merchant in the southeastern part of southern Xinjiang.
Ruan Yueli felt very satisfied. The folk customs in southern Xinjiang were fierce. Because the environment was difficult, women also needed to participate in labor to make a living, so the restrictions on women were not strict.
Ruan Yueli felt much more comfortable walking in southern Xinjiang than in the Central Plains.
She is intelligent and courageous by nature. Once she is freed from the constraints of her original thinking, she can adapt to the environment better than ordinary men.
Ruan Yueli reported his achievements in the past two years to Xie Yan.
She travels around southern Xinjiang as a herbal medicine merchant, not only doing business with large tribes. She will also go to some small tribes that are more remote and unknown.
People trade.
She does business fairly and keeps her word, so she has a good reputation.
In the past two years, Ruan Yueli has traveled almost half of southern Xinjiang, and has a good understanding of the local customs and the relationship between the various tribes.
Luo Junyao sat aside and listened to her earnestly reporting to Xie Yan the news of the harvest in the past two years, feeling very emotional in her heart.
"Princess." Outside the bamboo house, Luo Junyao came out for some air and sat on a stone to rest. Ruan Yueli came from behind. Luo Junyao looked back with a warm voice, "Has Miss Yueli finished talking to Ayan?"
Ruan Yueli nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Qu, there seems to be results. Princess, why don't you go and have a look?"
Luo Jun waved his hands and said: "Forget it, it's just those things."
Seeing Ruan Yueli standing aside with no intention of leaving, Luo Junyao gave up half of the stone he was sitting on and said, "Miss Yueli, sit down and talk."
Ruan Yueli thanked him and sat down next to Luo Junyao.
Luo Junyao looked at her curiously, "If we were in Shangyong back then, I would never have imagined that you would be like me, sitting on the stone casually like this."
Ruan Yueli smiled and said: "I probably didn't expect it at the time, just like I didn't expect that I would see you so soon. The princess's reputation has spread all over the country, and many people even praise her in southern Xinjiang.
Woolen cloth."
Luo Junyao was too lazy and felt a little embarrassed, "Is that exaggerating? How could I be so powerful?"
Ruan Yueli said: "If the princess is not powerful, then there is no powerful woman in this world. Speaking of which, I was blind at first, and I should have wanted to apologize to the princess."
At first she felt that Luo Junyao was not worthy of the regent, but she was too self-righteous.
"It's all in the past, don't take it to heart." Luo Junyao said nonchalantly: "You have been working very hard in the past few years, right?"
Ruan Yueli smiled, with a faint look of relief on his face, "Of course hard work is hard work. After all, the Ruan family is guilty. It is our luck that the prince can give us the opportunity to redeem our sins. Now.
The Ruan family members all live in Ningzhou, and everyone is doing well. By the way, I am now the head of the Ruan family."
"Congratulations." Luo Junyao said sincerely.
The smile on Ruan Yueli's face became even brighter and she said: "I never imagined that such a day would happen when I was in Shangyong. Although the status of the head of the Ruan family is not as noble as that of the regent princess, it makes people feel very at ease.
, very happy. It makes me feel happier than... than anything else."
Luo Junyao said: "You have brought the Ruan family from a dangerous and abject situation to where it is now, and you deserve all of this. You have such ability, even if you leave the Ruan family, it will be the Ruan family's loss, not yours.
"
Ruan Yueli looked at Luo Junyao and said softly after a while: "Thank you very much, Princess."
The two talked about other things. Ruan Yueli was doing business in southern Xinjiang, but he was very well-informed.
She even met Su Rui.
Speaking of Su Rui, the expression on Ruan Yueli's face was also a bit complicated.
All in all, she and Su Rui could be regarded as the most outstanding among the noble ladies in Shangyong back then.
Regardless of status, appearance, or talent, there are many people who compare them to each other.
Who would have thought that neither of them would become a high-ranking lady that the ladies of Shang Yong would envy.
A man was exiled to Ningzhou and became a herbal medicine merchant in southern Xinjiang.
One of them married a first-class young talent, but his life had nothing to do with Yong's wealthy life.
Either growing tea here, growing mulberries there, or teaching children to read in remote villages and towns.
Ruan Yueli was surprised when he heard the news about Su Rui for the first time.
Later, she went to meet Su Rui once through business. The two of them couldn't help but smile at each other when they looked at each other, who no longer wore Yongshi's embroidered clothes and were surrounded by green beads.
Originally, the two of them were just friends in Shangyong, but now they are more sincere.
"I haven't seen Ah Rui yet." Luo Junyao said, "I don't know what she has become."
Ruan Yueli smiled and said: "I don't think I will disappoint the princess."
The two were chatting and laughing, and Xie Yan and Qu Tiange had already walked out of the bamboo house not far away.
Ruan Yueli immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty."
Xie Yan did not look at her, but walked up to Luo Junyao and stretched out his hand towards her.
Luo Junyao put his hand on Xie Yan's palm and let him pull him up while asking: "Did the fourth elder move?"
Qu Tiange nodded and said: "Here we go." Not all people in Southern Xinjiang are tough-minded people who are not afraid of death or pain, at least not the fourth elder.
"How do you say that?" Luo Junyao asked curiously.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xie Yan said calmly: "It's not an accident, someone from the Qi tribe intervened."
"The Qi people?" Luo Junyao opened his eyes wide, "You are so far away, meddling in the affairs of Southern Xinjiang?"
Xie Yan said: "A promise is just a promise, and not all needs to be fulfilled. Bai Jingrong's consistent style."
Hearing the words "Bai Jingrong", Qu Tiange's face became a little more mocking.
Obviously, even after several years, his disgust and resentment towards Bai Jingrong still have not dissipated.
Luo Jun said: "Isn't she supposed to be fighting for power with the Qi clan dignitary and his son now?"
Xie Yan said: "Perhaps the Qi people's power struggle is about to come to an end."
Luo Junyao thought for a moment and said: "Bai Jingrong is worried that we will do something detrimental to her while the Qi tribe is in civil strife, so she takes the initiative to disrupt southern Xinjiang?"
Xie Yan said: "That's pretty much what it means."
Luo Junyao was a little disgusted, "This person is really annoying."
The world is inherently difficult, but Bai Jingrong is everywhere stirring up trouble.
If a war breaks out in southern Xinjiang, although the imperial court is not afraid of chaos in southern Xinjiang now, winning will not be a problem.
But when a war breaks out, how many people will die and how many families will be destroyed?
Anyway, no matter how many people die, Bai Jingrong will not have to bear the consequences.
"Then what should we do now?" Luo Junyao asked.
Xie Yan squeezed her palm soothingly and said warmly: "Don't worry, if there is going to be chaos in southern Xinjiang, there must be an agreed leader. I think it won't be long before this person shows up."
Luo Junyao nodded and heard Xie Yan continue: "Nothing big will happen in southern Xinjiang. Since we know that something big is going to happen to the Qi people, what we need to focus on now is beyond the Great Wall."
