On the northbound official road, Chai Yan's carriage kept moving forward.
In the carriage, Chai Yan asked Jimo Qiao: "Hey, who did you offend?"
"Me? I didn't offend anyone." Jimo Qiao looked at Chai Yan puzzled.
"Then why did your father send you to Jiezhou?" Chai Yan asked.
Upon hearing this, Jimo Qiao, who was in a good mood just now, darkened his face and said unhappily: "It's not that hateful Sui Zhan!"
"Sui Zhan?" Chai Yan frowned slightly and asked, "What did he do to you?"
Jimo Qiao said in surprise: "Brother-in-law, didn't my father tell you about this?"
"It was not convenient for him to tell me at my place at that time, but now you tell me, it's the same." Chai Yan said.
Jimo Qiao sighed, and then said: "That Sui Zhan, who takes advantage of his family's wealth, actually wants to put pressure on us through the emperor, and wants me to marry him! Humph, should I marry him? I, Jimo Qiao, will never give up.
Even if I marry a dog, I will not marry Sui Zhan!"
Chai Yan couldn't help but laugh: "Hey, silly girl, why are you calling your future husband a dog?"
Jimo Qiao pouted and said angrily: "What's wrong with the dog? Dogs are better than him. No matter how many times you ask me to choose, I always choose the dog over him!"
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about how good the dog is. If you talk about it from beginning to end, I still don't understand it completely." Chai Yan brought the topic back.
Next, Jimo Qiao angrily told Chai Yan that Sui Zhan was willing to donate one million taels of silver to marry him.
After hearing this, Chai Yan thought for a moment and said, "But hasn't your father already rejected the emperor? Why does he still want to send you to Jiezhou?"
Jimo Qiao said: "My mother said, it's enough to suffer some losses once. They did this to prevent things from changing, so they asked me to go to Uncle Gan's place in Jiezhou to escape. After all, it's not easy to stay in the capital.
People can rest assured.”
Chai Yan immediately understood that Jimo Shu had abandoned the infant Kite in the wilderness in accordance with the order of the late emperor when he was unwilling to do so. They had been blaming themselves and suffering for this for eighteen years.
But now, a similar thing happened again, and they were already disappointed. They were very worried that the emperor would destroy Jimo Qiao's happiness in life because of the huge sum of one million taels of silver, so they took this step.
Chai Yan nodded, suddenly looked at Jimo Qiao with wide eyes, and said jokingly: "Oh, if you want to put it like that, I brought one million taels of silver to Jiezhou. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's too expensive."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You only have one million taels of silver! I am a human being, not money!" Jimo Qiao seemed to mind what Chai Yan said.
When Chai Yan saw that she was unhappy, he stopped teasing her and said, "Our parents are really relieved that they let you, a little girl, live in Jiezhou. Aren't they afraid that something will happen to you?"
Jimo Qiao immediately spoke up and said: "What is there to be afraid of? I am also from Wudesi, and I am not an ignorant little girl. Besides, there is my father's old friend Ganzi Minggan in Jiezhou.
, my father said he is a well-known wealthy businessman in Jiezhou area, and Uncle Gan and his family are taking care of me, so what do I have to worry about?"
"Have you seen this Uncle Gan?" Chai Yan asked.
Jimo Qiao asked, "So what if I haven't seen it before? I have my father's handwritten letter. He can recognize who I am at a glance."
Chai Yan asked: "Can you show me the letter?"
Jimo Qiao took out the envelope from the bag, handed it to Chai Yan and said, "Don't open it, just look at the outside. My father has sealed the opening."
"I know..." Chai Yan responded, took the envelope and read it.
The content on the envelope is very simple. On the right side it says "In person from Brother Ziming" and in the lower left corner there are two words "Jimo". The font is obviously much smaller.
Turning it over, I saw that the opening of the envelope was indeed coated with sealing mud, and the seal was quite tight.
After Chai Yan read it, he asked Jimo Qiao: "Let me keep this letter for you so that you don't lose it."
"Thank you!" Jimo Qiao said, taking the letter back and putting it into the bag, saying, "I will put it away myself, so you don't have to worry."
Chai Yan smiled and said: "Okay, you can take it, you can take it..."
After Jimo Qiao received the letter, he asked: "By the way, brother-in-law, what happened to those two people just now?"
Chai Yan never understood it, so he simply made nonsense: "I guess those two people must have been sent by Sui Zhan to rob you. He was afraid that if you ran away to Jiezhou, he would not be able to marry a bride!"
"Bah, bah, bah, that's nonsense!" Jimo Qiao spat with an unhappy look.
Immediately afterwards, Jimo Qiao said: "If they wanted to rob me, they should have done it before they got to Wangjing Pavilion, but they were looking for you! From this, it seems that those two guys came for you and wanted me
Say, it must be sent by your enemy!"
"My enemies? I have no enemies." Chai Yan shook his head and replied with his hands spread out.
Jimo Qiao immediately said: "Why not? Last time at Wangyue Tower, you made Sui Zhan's nose bleed. He holds a grudge. Maybe he was the one who found those two guys."
Chai Yan didn't believe it, shook his head and thought: "No way, he is also a Zhongyong Hou, a noble man who can donate a million taels of silver if he wants to, even if he wants to seek revenge from me, why not hire more people?
?It’s just two stupid guys, it can’t be justified..."
Jimo Qiao also couldn't figure out why he only hired two people, but he still said stubbornly: "Then he... he must be afraid that if there are too many people, his secret will be exposed. Then you will catch him and complain to the emperor."
"Okay, okay, whatever you say, anyway, our father will handle this matter now, so we don't have to worry about it anymore." Chai Yan was too lazy to think about it.
Jimo Qiao thought so, nodded, and stopped talking for the time being.
After a while, Jimo Qiao suddenly noticed a rather large object in the corner of the carriage, but the object was wrapped in a big cloth and he couldn't see what was inside.
"Brother-in-law, what is this?" Jimo Qiao pointed curiously.
Chai Yan took one look and replied: "Oh, that one, treasure gourd."
"Treasure gourd?" Jimo Qiao became even more curious after hearing this: "What kind of treasure gourd? Can you let me see it?"
After saying that, Jimo Qiao reached out and picked up the large object wrapped in cloth.
Chai Yan reminded: "Be careful, don't break it, this is a treasure, you borrowed it, you have to pay it back!"
When Jimo Qiao untied the cloth and took a look, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, what a big gourd!"
Afterwards, Jimo Qiao touched and looked at the gourd again and again, looking like he couldn't put it down.
Chai Yan looked at it quietly, then suddenly took out a bundle from his feet and said, "Here, here it is for you!"
"Send it to me?" Jimo Qiao was very surprised. He caught the bag and asked expectantly: "What's in it?"
Chai Yan said mysteriously: "You'll know after you open it and take a look."
Jimo Qiao immediately opened the baggage, and it turned out that there was a brand-new Taoist robe inside.
"Why are these clothes worn by Taoist priests? Did you take the wrong baggage?" Jimo Qiao raised his Taoist robe and asked in confusion.
Chai Yan nodded and said: "Yes, that's it!"
"Why are you giving me Taoist priest's clothes?" Jimo Qiao didn't understand.
Chai Yan suppressed a smile and said: "Seeing as you like this treasure gourd so much, you must match it with a decent outfit, right? Well, just in time, I'm giving this outfit to you, put it on in a while, and put the treasure gourd on your back, you will be the gourd immortal master
Yes! Hahaha..."
Jimo Qiao was stunned for a moment, then angrily threw the Taoist robe to Chai Yan, blushing and said: "You want to wear it, but I won't wear it, huh!"
"Hahaha..." Chai Yan finally couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Jimo Qiao's appearance.
Even Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie, who were sitting outside the curtain, laughed.
Jimo Qiao was so angry that he gently kicked Chai Yan's calf and said: "You are still laughing, you are still laughing! When I get to Jiezhou, I will definitely write to my sister and tell her that you are bullying others!"
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