When Jimo Qiao saw Chai Yan denying it so firmly, he immediately became anxious: "I, I...I didn't let you make up your mind. You can write a letter and ask my father now!"
Chai Yan laughed, shook his head and said: "My aunt, are you kidding me? It takes three days to get from Jiezhou to the capital, 600 miles by express. If you ask me to write a letter back now, your father will receive it in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. I
How can you waste time here?"
Jimo Qiao said angrily: "But you are the commander, what's the difficulty in expediting six hundred miles? It's just a matter of words!"
"Hey, can you use your brain to think about it?" Chai Yan lowered his voice and said, "Isn't it that we came here in disguise just to avoid revealing our whereabouts? It's better for you, and you asked me to use my authority to rush to Liubaili to rush! What are you thinking?
Woolen cloth?"
Chai Yan didn't stop talking and continued: "Besides, this is not something you can do to send a six-hundred-mile emergency! According to the rules of the imperial court, there are no urgent military affairs or very important matters. Who dares to casually send a six-hundred-mile emergency?"
Baili is urgent? Hey, you are also from Wudesi yourself, don’t you understand this truth?”
When Chai Yan stared at Jimo Qiao, she turned her head and looked away angrily.
When Chai Yan saw Jimo Qiao like this, he said no more, turned around and walked to the steps under the eaves, looked into the distance and let out a long sigh of relief.
On the other hand, the concierge also came outside the inner courtyard and asked the maids in the inner courtyard to go in and report.
Because she had to take care of Gan Ziming, Gan Mengxian simply moved to live in the inner courtyard. Except for eating and sleeping, she almost never left her father's side, and she took care of him in every possible way.
But since Gan Ziming suddenly fell ill a few days ago, he has been in a state of half-drowsiness and half-awake, and he spends more time sleeping. Even when he wakes up, his consciousness is not very clear, and his words are illogical, and he keeps talking here and there.
A hammer.
When the maid went to the room, Gan Mengxian happened to walk out of her father's room. From a distance, she saw her eyes were slightly red, as if she had just cried.
Seeing the young lady like this, the maid immediately hesitated to send a message to the concierge.
After all, the young lady has not paid attention to the visitors during this period. The young lady has just cried and must be in a bad mood. Shouldn't she be asking for trouble if she asks questions for the concierge at this time?
Thinking of this, the maid was ready to give up her intention to come, and just found an excuse to go back to the concierge.
But just as she was about to turn around, Gan Mengxian spotted her and asked, "Xiaoyu, why did you come in? Is something wrong?"
Xiaoyu shook her head hurriedly and said in a flash: "No, no, miss, it's okay..."
But Gan Mengxian saw something was wrong and said, "There must be something going on. Tell me quickly. Don't hide it from me."
Xiaoyu could only say: "Miss, the concierge came over and said that the daughter of one of my friend's friends in the capital came to visit, but the young master was not here, so he wanted to ask the lady if he saw you or not..."
"The daughter of a friend in the capital?" Gan Mengxian was a little surprised. After thinking about it, she asked, "But what is the last name of this person?"
Xiaoyu said: "I heard that my surname is Jimo, but I don't know what my name is."
"Jimo..." Gan Mengxian thought for a while and said to herself: "I have never heard my father mention that there is a friend named Jimo in the capital..."
Then, Gan Mengxian asked: "Where is the concierge?"
Xiaoyu immediately said: "Outside."
As soon as Gan Mengxian heard this, he walked towards the door of the inner courtyard.
The concierge was waiting. When he saw the young lady coming out, he immediately bowed his waist and saluted to say hello.
Gan Mengxian asked: "What does this person look like?"
The concierge immediately described Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao's appearance.
Gan Mengxian asked again: "Did they bring a letter or a token to prove their identity?"
"Yes..." The concierge nodded and said: "Miss, the two of them came here once yesterday. The girl said that her father wrote a letter to the master, but she could only give it to the master in person for his review.
Master will understand after seeing it."
Gan Mengxian thought for a moment and then decided: "Invite the two of them to sit in the hall. I will be there in a moment."
"Yes, Miss." The concierge responded very respectfully, turned around and ran away.
Gan Mengxian went back to her room and changed into the clothes she would wear before seeing other people. Then she arranged her makeup with Xiaoyu's help, and then came to the main hall.
At this time, Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao were already sitting in the main hall. When they saw Gan Mengxian's arrival, they immediately stood up.
Chai Yan bowed his hands and said, "I, Li Fugui, have met Miss Gan."
Gan Mengxian was suddenly puzzled, thinking how could such a distinguished and handsome young master have such a tacky name?
This sentence also caught Jimo Qiao off guard, and he almost burst out laughing, because from the time he came in until now, Chai Yan never mentioned that he wanted to use the pseudonym "Li Fugui".
Jimo Qiao quickly restrained himself and saluted Gan Mengxian: "My name is Jimo Qiao. Sister Gan is very polite."
With a friendly smile on her face, Gan Mengxian nodded to the two of them and said, "You're welcome, please take a seat."
After saying that, Gan Mengxian walked to the main seat in the hall and prepared to sit down.
It was during this gap that Jimo Qiao couldn't help but glare at Chai Yan. It probably meant that if you wanted to call yourself "Li Fugui", you should have told me earlier!
Chai Yan glanced back as if nothing had happened, stepped back and sat down slowly.
Gan Mengxian turned around and sat down, looked at Jimo Qiao for a moment, and asked softly: "Miss Jimo, may I ask what your name is..."
"A single name with a special character." Jimo Qiao replied seriously.
Gan Mengxian was instantly shocked: "Jimoshu?"
"Yes." Jimo Qiao nodded.
Gan Mengxian couldn't believe it and asked in confirmation: "High Priest... Jimoshu?"
Jimo Qiao smiled slightly: "That's all in the past. Now my father has left the court and is idle at home."
As a merchant family, and a big merchant family at that, they also need to know about the major events and various news happening in the capital and the court, so Gan Mengxian knew the news about Jimoshu's resignation as high priest.
The reason why Gan Mengxian was surprised was that she did not expect that her father was actually friends with Jimoshu, and that Jimoshu's daughter would come all the way to visit Jiezhou.
"Sister Gan, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Jimo Qiao noticed that Gan Mengxian was suddenly distracted, so he waved his hand and asked.
Gan Mengxian quickly came to her senses and apologized: "I'm sorry, Miss Jimo, I just... I just didn't expect it. I didn't expect that my father actually knew the high priest of Jimo."
Jimo Qiao smiled and said: "I heard from my father that he and Uncle Gan were colleagues and very good friends in the early years."
"It turns out there are these past events. This is the first time I've heard of them. My father never mentioned them to me or my brother before," Gan Mengxian said.
"Brother?" Jimo Qiao was immediately curious and asked: "I heard from my father that Uncle Gan only has a daughter, Sister Gan, you. It turns out that he was mistaken. Sister Gan has a brother."
"Yes, my brother's name is Gan Feng." Gan Mengxian only said his name and did not rush to explain the rest.
Immediately afterwards, Gan Mengxian asked: "Miss Jimo, I heard that the high priest of Jimo wrote a letter to my father?"
Jimo Qiao's heart suddenly became tense.
Gan Mengxian continued: "It's a pity that my father is seriously ill and bedridden. He sleeps more and wakes up less often on weekdays, and the time he wakes up is uncertain. So I'm sorry, but my father probably won't be able to read your father's letters in person.
.Miss Jimo, how about you give the letter to me and I will read it carefully for my father and then relay it to him in detail when he wakes up?"
"Uh..." Jimo Qiao was at a loss for words, not knowing how to explain that the letter was stolen on the street.
Gan Mengxian was a little puzzled by Jimo Qiao's reaction, so she asked: "Miss Jimo, is there something wrong?"
Jimo Qiao was embarrassed to tell the truth, so he looked at Chai Yan for help.
Chai Yan then said: "Miss Gan, I feel a little ashamed to say that we were wandering around Jiezhou City yesterday afternoon and accidentally lost the letter..."
"Lost?" Gan Mengxian looked surprised.
Jimo Qiao lowered her head and said sheepishly: "It's really Sister Gan. It's all my fault that I was careless and dropped the purse, and the letter was placed in the purse."
Gan Mengxian thought about it and couldn't understand it, so she asked: "Miss Jimo, why is the letter in the purse? Shouldn't it be put somewhere else and kept properly?"