It was said that King Chen had led his troops into Lingnan. Jia Cong was bothering him now and did not want to see him, so he said goodbye to Huo Sheng. Reading at midnight, Huo Sheng wished that he would take Qin Sangu away quickly, so that the woman would not be friends with him all day long.
A subordinate of Pao Ze generously gave Jia Cong two carts of coconuts. Jia Cong glared at him: "It's not like there are none in Taiwan! My father doesn't allow me to eat them." Huo Sheng asked Qin Sangu again if she really wanted to marry his fifth uncle.
, Jia Cong said, "My fifth uncle has sent someone back to Beijing to do the household registration for her. It belongs to the Lu family. They will get married when the household registration is completed."
Huo Sheng nodded, was stunned for a while, and sighed: "She is so lucky."
Jia Cong clapped his hands happily and said: "I never thought of such a coincidence! You really don't know how happy I am to get this letter! The most diligent thing in my life was to help my fifth uncle chase her!"
Huo Sheng glanced at him and hummed: "I told you before, I almost died in her hands several times when I was a child."
Jia Cong asked curiously: "You don't know? That was an order from above, given by Liu Dengxi."
Huo Sheng was shocked: "What does it have to do with him? I have no idea."
Jia Cong stumbled and said, "I thought you knew it a long time ago. The third aunt was originally a spy sent to your home by Liu Dengxi. It seems that her whole family is like that. It took too long to find out. Anyway, she was born to be a spy for the imperial court.
Come on. It is Liu Dengxi's order to kill the fetus in front of your mother and to kill you."
Huo Sheng immediately remembered that the mother of his younger brother in Beijing, Mrs. Liu, was also a secret agent of the imperial court, and he suddenly realized it! After a while, he said: "I understand... I guessed it right." He had long guessed that the imperial court was responsible for his father's death, and now he
They became more and more certain. When Concubine Liu gave birth to a son, his father was killed by the court, and they wanted to accuse themselves of killing their father, so that the son of the female spy could get the throne and take charge of Qiongzhou's army in the future. They didn't waste a single moment.
The soldiers took over the Huo family without even spending a single copper. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "He died cheaply." Jia Cong then lightly passed the blame on Liu Dengxi.
Jia Cong ran to ask Zhou Xiaolan if she wanted to go with him. She said, "Mr. Jia is willing to let the general go with him. The general will naturally be overjoyed."
Jia Cong said: "Since you have received the order, I have no reason not to let you go, right? Just don't embarrass my Uncle Lin, it doesn't count if he says it." He hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better not to see him.
"
Qi Dian said from the side: "If she wants to see Mr. Lin, you can't stop her."
Jia Cong asked: "Can Erbo Yang stop me?"
He stood up and nodded, "I don't know, but he is easy to trick." Jia Cong made a face, and Zhou Xiaolan lowered her eyebrows and smiled.
When bidding farewell, Jia Cong bowed to Huo Sheng in front of the whole camp and said solemnly: "The fate of future generations depends on you two."
Huo Sheng said with a smile: "It seems awkward for me to be so serious like you. Just rest assured, I and Prince Chen will not be merciful."
Jia Cong said: "The other person I'm talking about is not King Chen, but Wei Ruoheng. After all, King Chen is a prince, and you two are the generals. If the name 'Xiao Weihuo' is left behind hundreds of years later, it will be
It’s quite a story.”
Huo Sheng's eyes lit up and he laughed: "Our last names are coincidentally close to each other. Is it God's will?"
Jia Cong glanced at the sky, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and whispered: "It was God's will." Huo Sheng was close to him and heard clearly, and couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring. Jia Cong then resigned with fists in his hands.
Since they were bringing one of King Chen's men, they naturally would not take the concrete road they came on. Jia Cong and the others landed at a small, dilapidated port and walked around some barren mountains and ridges, often without seeing any human beings for several days.
Arriving at Chengtian Prefecture that day, Zhou Xiaolan thought that the city must be a barren place. However, she saw the bustling streets, many novel and interesting sights, and foreigners coming and going. She was inevitably shocked. She also saw the armed police of Chengtian Prefecture patrolling the streets.
All of them were carrying Western-style guns and muskets, and it was clear from their appearance that they were skilled in martial arts. Then she asked about it and said, "The Taiwanese government wants to use muskets. How many guns do they have?"
He started to point out: "Of course it is not comparable to the Firearms Camp in Beijing, but there are indeed more princes than ordinary princes. It's just that the number is too small, so we can't fight. Otherwise, Mr. Cong would have ordered people to fight in the West."
Zhou Xiaolan said: "These soldiers are obviously elite soldiers, so it doesn't matter if they are few."
Jia Cong touched his neck and asked. "Speaking of which, now that King Chen has arrived in Lingnan, he is about to send troops. Although I can't be of much help, I am unavoidably worried and will stay in the south longer and return to Beijing."
It must be less. Do you want to go back to your real name? I heard someone calling you 'Girl' that day. It was very awkward."
Qi.Dian smiled and said: "That's interesting. Anyway, I'm not the only one with a vulgar name." He glanced at Zhou Xiaolan. Jia Cong laughed. Qi.Dian then resumed his real name, Chen Ruijin.
Zhou Xiaolan temporarily lived in Chen Ruijin's house, which was quite close to Zhou Camellia's house, so they went over to meet each other that day. When Er Zhou talked about his hometown, he said that although they were not from the same family, they were from the same clan after all. Zhou Camellia was also kind-looking, and the two of them got along quite well.
Zhou Camellia laughed and said that it would be better to go to Lian Zong and recognize her as a sister. Zhou Xiaolan thought that it would not hurt King Chen to recognize them as sisters, so she agreed. Chen Ruijin heard this and immediately went out to buy incense, candles and other things for her.
They were really struggling.
In the next few days, Zhou Camellia and Chen Ruijin put aside their things and led Zhou Xiaolan around, seeing all kinds of new things. On the tenth day, she seriously asked to see Lin Hai.
Chen Ruijin said: "Master Lin is now working as a consultant in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. I will accompany you there tomorrow."
Zhou Xiaolan asked: "What is the official position of a consultant?"
Chen Ruijin said: "It's just that he doesn't do things seriously. If others don't understand something, ask him. I've never heard of it. Mr. Cong broke it off."
The next day they went to Lin Hai's office. Lin Hai's room was like a big study. The old man would read and write when he had nothing to do. When he saw them coming, he put down his pen and said with a smile: "I thought you weren't coming."
Chen Ruijin said: "My junior uncle is here on an errand after all." He bowed and left.
Zhou Xiaolan stepped forward and bowed deeply to Lin Hai. Lin Hai asked, "Are you the envoy of King Chen?"
"It's junior Zhou Xiaolan," she said, "I was ordered to ask Master Lin for help."
Lin Haidao: "If you want Prince Teng to give you food and grass, I can't. Prince Teng and I are just acquaintances, and we are not even close to each other."
"No." Zhou Xiaolan said, "Your Majesty knows that it is extremely difficult to ask for food and grass from Mr. Wang, and has no intention to embarrass you. Our prince wants to borrow someone from Mr. Lin." Lin Hai looked at each other and she said, "Our prince is going here.
The purpose is to attack Japan and wipe out the Japanese pirates. However, the generals in our hands are few." She paused, but Lin Hai did not say anything. He only took a sip of tea and waited. She then continued, "Since there are few generals, military advisors are very useful.
A resourceful strategist can defeat the enemy. Our prince would like to ask for Jarvis."
Lin Hai was stunned: "What?!"
Zhou Xiaolan said: "I heard that Mr. Jarvis defeated 5,000 cavalry with a thousand men and horses borrowed from Wang Ziteng last year, which is worthy of being called the lower realm of Wu Quxing. If this person can help, the enemy can be defeated. Please watch.
My Lord agrees because he is dedicated to exterminating Japanese pirates and doing harm to the people."
A trace of pride appeared on Lin Hai's face. He knew in his heart that it was his daughter who did it, but it was just a misinformation outside because Jarvis was so famous. He couldn't help but feel a little bit dumbfounded, and said: "I'll tell you the truth, I defeated the enemy that day.
It’s not Weiss, there’s someone else.”
Zhou Xiaolan was stunned: "No?"
Lin Hai stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Weiss is honest, there are so many evil ideas. Last year, he and Cong'er accompanied me to Suzhou for fun. We met water bandits on the way and kidnapped Cong'er and me."
Zhou Xiaolan frowned slightly: "This is happening! Are you okay, sir?"
Lin Haidao: "The water bandit didn't hurt us, he just kept us under house arrest and prepared to extort some money. While Weiss was looking around for our whereabouts, he flew a message to Lingnan to move reinforcements. When the reinforcements came, there was an extra person, wasn't it?
The prince lowered his head because she insisted on following him." He said with a smile, "Later, it was this person who used a trick to rescue the two of us safely from the water bandits, and none of the soldiers were injured."
Zhou Xiaolan hurriedly asked: "May I ask who this great sage is?"
Lin Hai said: "I can't tell the girl her name, but she is Cong'er's first teacher." Zhou Xiaolan took a breath. He added, "She was the one who made a plan in Lingnan last year to break five thousand with one thousand.
"
Zhou Xiaolan immediately realized that there was no hope for her. She said some kind words for King Chen, said goodbye and left. As soon as she left the house, Lin Hai held his mouth and laughed for a long time. When he went out to look around, Zhou Xiaolan and Chen Ruijin disappeared, and he spoke again.
Laughed a lot.
After shopping for a few days, Zhou Xiaolan was about to say goodbye and return to Qiongzhou. Chen Ruijin, Zhou Camellia and others did not stop her, and only gave her some small items. Because Chen Ruijin said that she liked cocoa tea, Jia Cong gave her the rest of the goods in the warehouse.
He just said that he would go to Spain to buy some more. Chen Ruijin gave all his cocoa tea to Zhou Xiaolan, saying: "A few days ago, I asked everyone what kind of things should be given to others. Miss Lin said, of course, it is necessary to give them to others.
I like it. I said, I don’t know what that person likes. The third girl said, since it is like this, it is also my intention to give it to what I like. This Western cocoa tea is my favorite, and it tastes best if mixed with milk and honey."
Zhou Xiaolan sighed softly and said, "I had a drink at your house last time, and I really liked it."
Chen Ruijin said: "I see that my uncle's eyebrows are worried, but what's bothering him? Is the job going wrong?"
Zhou Xiaolan shook her head: "I didn't have much hope for those two things." She sighed again.
Chen Ruijin said: "If you are worried that Third Master Cong will instigate Concubine Chen Wanghui against you and Master, just don't worry. The Fifth Master and Shopkeeper Qin San are about to get married, and Third Master Cong goes to make trouble for Second Mistress Lian all the time, so he has no intention of doing so."
Thinking about others."
Zhou Xiaolan smiled lightly: "Then I'm relieved."
Chen Ruijin glanced at her and said, "It's just that Third Master Cong said that he doesn't have to do anything. Prince Chen will most likely want to take you as his concubine. You'd better make some preparations in advance."
Zhou Xiaolan’s brows moved: “Why?”
"He didn't say it clearly," Chen Ruijin said. "He just said that after King Chen arrived in Qiongzhou, he would naturally have this idea." Zhou Xiaolan stopped talking.
The next day, Zhou Xiaolan set out to return to Qiongzhou. When he arrived at Huo Shengying, he interrogated him and found that King Chen had led his troops to Qiongzhou for several days, and the two discussed matters day and night.
When Zhou Xiaolan saw King Chen, she kowtowed and said, "My subordinates have returned without success."
King Chen sighed softly: "Nothing has been accomplished." Then he ordered her to get up with a smile.
Zhou Xiaolan lowered her head and said: "Jia Cong directly told the prince to find Prince Teng to buy food and grass." He then reported back to "Mr. Enlightenment".
"It turns out he is Jia Cong's husband, what is the Seven Freaks of the South of the Yangtze River? What can I say, Jarvis is so capable at such a young age." King Chen became more and more envious, "Sure enough, there are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the green forest. If anyone can capture Jia Cong in the future,
I just got a group of civil servants and generals." He also asked the Taiwanese government about the people's customs and military strength.
Zhou Xiaolan said: "I walked all the way. The island is extremely deserted, the roads are rugged, and there are few people there, so I have to bring enough dry food and water. However, the provincial capital Chengtian Mansion is extremely prosperous, and there are many new and interesting things." Sui Luo said.
After seeing what Chengtian Mansion had seen, he added, "I have only seen some patrols among the soldiers on the island. According to what Chen Ruijin said, they are the four words 'very few and very fine'. I don't know whether it is true or false."
King Chen said: "Taiwan is just a deserted island. It produces neither grain nor rice, is rarely inhabited, and has no merchants. It makes sense that there are not many soldiers and horses. The Jia family is rich and will not treat them badly." He looked at her and spoke softly.
He said, "You've worked hard, go and get some rest. I've ordered someone to clean up the house for you." Zhou Xiaolan suddenly felt uncomfortable, but didn't show it on his face, bowed politely and exited.
As expected, in less than half an hour, Mother Sun, who was serving King Chen, came over and said with a smile on her face: "Congratulations, girl, congratulations!"
Zhou Xiaolan said calmly: "If the errand fails, where will the joy come from?"
Then Sun's mother took her hand and said: "The prince wants to take you into his house, and the girl will be depended on for life."
Zhou Xiaolan was shocked: "Mom, I am a guard! How can I be as high as the prince!"
Mother Sun smiled and said: "The prince is here to fight this time. How can an ordinary woman follow him? It's just that there must be someone by his side to take care of his daily life, right? You are a female guard, and you are not sensible like those delicate little girls.
, your skills are high, and you can still protect the prince. Apart from you, there is really no one else suitable. For the time being, you can feel aggrieved, and take on the title of brother-in-law first. Don’t worry, the prince will definitely not treat you badly, and you will be promoted when you return.
Your status. If you get a boy and a half girl in the future, why worry about not having a good life?"
Zhou Xiaolan had guessed the reason after listening to Chen Ruijin's words, and hurriedly said: "There is absolutely no way I can do it. I go around the barracks and the market every day and see countless men. If I enter the prince's backyard, he and the empress will lose face."
Forget it. Can't we let people make fun of me behind my back? Besides, this is a military camp. Although I am a woman, I can only wear men's clothes and do men's things without damaging my military morale."
Mother Sun waved her hands and said: "Just rest assured, it won't happen. Did you know that the first Prince Nan'an also had a concubine named Qin Si? She was also the female guard of Prince Nan'an. She went into battle to kill the enemy with majesty. Prince
Love is like a treasure." Nai pursed her lips, "Isn't that right? She came to Qiongzhou a few days ago, and all the old people under Prince Huo still miss her."
Zhou Xiaolan immediately understood what Jia Cong meant. Even if King Chen had not had this intention before, now that he had arrived in Qiongzhou, he would inevitably inquire about what was going on in Huo Sheng's camp. Qin Sangu had just left, so her old stories would inevitably be mentioned. Jia Cong didn't have to do anything.
, King Chen would naturally have this idea. She couldn't help but smile bitterly: Others didn't know about Qin Si, but she knew it in her heart. She bowed her head and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. But I can't agree to it."
Mother Sun was stunned: "What?"
Zhou Xiaolan said: "As a female guard, I will naturally protect the prince's safety loyally. I will forgive the others and obey my orders."
Mother Sun wondered: "It's such a good thing that others can't even think of, but you don't want to do it? Aren't you stupid? Did something hit you?"
Zhou Xiaolan lowered her eyes and said: "The concubine Qin Si who was beside Prince Nan'an as my mother just mentioned, because of her low status, the old concubine ordered her to abort the child she was pregnant with. Later, she became a demon out of hatred and designed to abort the princess's child.
A male fetus was finally kicked out of the house." She slightly raised her head to look at Sun's mother and chuckled, "She was just an ordinary girl from the first marriage, and she was taught both reading and martial arts by Prince Nan'an. If I were her, I would think
It is not difficult at all to let the princess die in an ordinary way."
Mother Sun took a breath of air, and after a while, she forced a smile and said, "Guard Zhou came from the palace, how can I compare to that despicable girl?"
Zhou Xiaolan said: "If your identity changes, your thoughts will naturally change. My subordinates are not sure about themselves either."
Mother Sun thought: "It makes sense. It's just that the prince cannot be without a young woman to serve him."
Zhou Xiaolan said: "Just buy one."
Mother Sun said: "You don't know, you are not allowed to bring women with you in the barracks. I can come with you and you are said to be a servant in the kitchen." Yin smiled and said, "I have been serving in the palace all my life, and when I come out, I have to be a cook."
Mother-in-law."
"I feel wronged, Mom."
Mother Sun thought for a while: "Miss, please allow me to discuss with the prince."
Zhou Xiaolan stood up and saluted: "Thank you."
After waiting for half a day, Sun's mother came back and said with a smile: "The prince said that the girl is worrying too much. How can he compare with Huo Xuan? Huo Xuan is a confused person, and Qin Si doesn't understand. How can any Tongfang be better than the princess?
Are you pregnant? Besides, our concubine and princess are both wise people and will not treat the girl badly. The prince said that he would use Prince Huo's place to host a few banquets in the future, how about that? "
Zhou Xiaolan lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her eyebrows and said, "That's fine."
"Hey, congratulations to the girl!" Mother Sun said a blessing to her and left with a smile.
Only now did Zhou Xiaolan realize that she had not guessed everything right just now. When King Chen heard about the "Qinsi" incident, he thought of her for fun reasons, but the most important thing was that the army was willing to allow women who were skilled in martial arts to stay.
In the camp, how could King Chen survive without a young woman to warm his bed? There really was no one else to use except himself.