Wu Chao looked at the Red Mountain in the distance.
Ming, Qing.
This is what the second uncle has wanted in his life. He hopes that there will be no injustice in the Qingming Festival between heaven and earth. But has he ever achieved the true Qingming Festival?
And the second uncle will sleep here forever from now on. He is not a concubine of the Wu family, not the son of Emperor Baoqing, but just a layman of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Maybe he can really calm down and meditate on the way of Qingming.
This place is only a few dozen miles away from Ningyang City. If my second uncle figures it out someday, he can go home and have a look.
Wu An slowly poured a pot of sake in front of the tomb.
In my ears, I can hear the chirping of birds in the mountains and the sky, and the quiet sound of the water.
Being there makes people feel at peace, as if they are far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.
On some days, the snow-white mountains in winter should be a wonderful sight.
Spring comes to life, and everything wakes up the green mountains.
In summer, there are green bamboos shading the mountains, colorful butterflies all over the mountains, or wild cats in the mountains waiting by the shallow streams waiting to catch a fish.
The scenery of the four seasons seemed to flash before Wu Chao's eyes, and an idea popped into his mind - it was indeed a good place. When he got free time, he would choose a place for himself and Zhao Zhao to use in a hundred years.
Of course, the main thing is that Zhao Zhao likes it.
I need to find an opportunity to ask Zhaozhao for his opinion.
His calculation was very good, but when he thought about it, he suddenly remembered that Zhao Zhao had told him that the second uncle of the Xu family was reprimanded by Mr. Xu for choosing a cemetery for him...
You must know that it was Uncle Xu who made the choice.
If the old man found out that he wanted to choose a burial place for Zhao Zhao, he would probably be beaten to death...
Thinking about it this way, no matter which aspect you look at, it is indeed somewhat unlucky...
Therefore, this thought only flashed through the young man's mind and was quickly extinguished.
After returning home, Wu Chao entered the study, sat down and started writing a letter.
It took more than half an hour to write this letter.
"Give it to Sui Jiang and ask someone to send it out as soon as possible." After sealing it with wax oil, Wu Chao handed the letter to A Yuan.
Ah Yuan responded "Yes", took it and pinched it like this——
It’s still as thick as a familiar talk book…
No need to ask further, this must be for Miss Xu.
The letter was sent out quickly, and when it arrived in Linyuan, it was already ten days later.
The current situation is chaotic and it is inevitable that we will have to spend more time on the road.
In Linyuan City, Xu Mingyi had just returned to her house from the government office, and Akui held the letter in front of her: "Girl, this is a letter sent from Ningyang."
Xu Mingyi took it and opened it eagerly before sitting down.
She unfolded the letter and sat down in the comb-backed chair by the window.
The warm afternoon sun shines through the window lattice on the girl's fingers and the letter paper.
In the letter, Wu Chao mentioned the battle in Ningyang City.
He won the battle brilliantly, and the story of sending a letter of surrender in the mountains spread. She had heard about it long before the letter was sent.
But what he heard was somewhat different from the truth, and was far from as detailed as what he said in his letter.
In addition, he also detailed the internal thieves in the Wu clan.
This is also what she is most concerned about - in fact, the plan of King Dingnan and Wu Chao to fake their own deaths was made before they left Linyuan, and she was aware of it.
For this reason, after the news of Wu Chao's accident spread, Mingshi scolded her for being too ruthless because her reaction was not sad enough... In the end, she quietly explained the inside story to the boy in advance, and then He was able to get rid of the stigma of being a ruthless lover and all the women in the world were ruthless.
The purpose of this fake death was to lure out the traitor and purge the Wu family.
Wu Chao had initially suspected that the traitor was among the two, but now he came to the conclusion that neither of them was clean...
One of them is his second uncle.
Wu Jingling, the second master of the Wu family...
Even though she didn't stay in Prince Dingnan's palace for too long in her previous life, and she was groggy all day long, she still knew that Wu Chao had a very good relationship with his second uncle, and they truly loved each other as father and son.
But this man whom he respected and loved as a father plotted to kill him twice...
How did he feel when he learned the truth?
Even though he didn't mention a word in the letter, he has always been open-minded and clear-minded, and he is not someone who likes to get into trouble, but...
Looking at the lines of pleasing handwriting, it seems that through the handwriting, one can see the figure of the young man who is sitting upright and writing letters, calm and calm——
But she still wanted to hug him.
When you meet him, you must give him a hug.
What she never expected was that Wu Jinling was actually the son of the former Emperor Baoqing and the master behind the Purple Star Sect that repeatedly caused trouble in the capital.
This investigation turned out to be more than just a traitor in the Wu family.
Wu Jingling...
That Wu clan member who is quite prestigious in the clan...
So, who was the one who betrayed the Wu family in the last life?
If she considered it carefully, she still thought the latter was more likely.
What Wu Jinling wanted to do was to regain the previous dynasty. After the previous court obtained the military power of her Xu family, King Yan seemed to be at a disadvantage. Wu Jinling wanted to cause chaos in the world, but before his goal was achieved, he still
If you want to use the Wu family to achieve something, there is no reason to push the Wu family into the abyss of destruction early.
But this is just her guess. People's hearts and situations will change every day. What kind of choices were made behind the decision of the previous King Dingnan to burn the Dingnan Prince's Mansion. People who were not present at the time would not know.
The important thing is that the hidden danger hidden in the Wu family has been removed, and the tragedy does not need to happen again.
Thinking of this, Xu Mingyi felt a little more relaxed.
Looking further down, there are mostly trivial things.
Reading between the lines made her mouth curl up.
After he finished reading the letter, he asked Akui to spread the paper and pick up a pen to reply.
As soon as I put down my pen, I saw the Third Eye wandering back from outside. I thought I had seen it, so I stretched out my hand and stroked the big bird's body, and pulled out two hairs.
Stuffed it into the envelope as usual.
Akui felt secretly uneasy.
It's almost winter now, and there aren't many hairs on my third eye...
If Wu Shisun's letters came more frequently, Tianmu wouldn't have to spend the winter naked, right?
You still have the foresight!
I had previously knitted a blanket for the Tianmu, so I must have gotten good at it. Recently, the young master followed the girl to do errands in various places during the day, and at night he did not forget to light a lamp and burn oil to think about weaving a waistcoat for the Tianmu...
Yesterday, when she was asked by the girl to deliver the military letter to the young master, she was lucky enough to see the young master sitting behind the desk and weaving seriously.
How do you feel about it?
Just like a loving mother...
It makes people feel that if they can have such a mother, it would be a very peaceful thing.
Say a loving mother and a loving mother will come -
Xu Mingshi came to report the news. He walked in a hurry all the way, saying that something happened in the military camp.
After hearing this, Xu Mingyi did not hesitate for a moment, casually tore off the cloak hanging on the red sandalwood screen, immediately asked someone to prepare the horse, and took Xu Mingshi out of the city towards the military camp.
"Can grandpa be in the tent?"
She asked as she dismounted in front of the captain's tent.
"Girl." Several soldiers saluted quickly and said, "The general is not in the tent. He should be in the martial arts training ground at this time."
Xu Mingyi immediately said: "Take me there."
"Yes." The soldier responded and led the way.
Xu Mingshi's horse was a little slower, he arrived a step later, and he hurriedly caught up.
On the way to the martial arts training ground, Xu Mingyi had already asked about the cause and effect of the matter.
Three hundred miles away on the bank of the Qingyun River, there is a mountain village called Qingyun Village. The people in the village are former gangsters. They have roots since the previous dynasty, and later grew stronger due to the gathering of people from all walks of life during the troubled times——
After the founding of the Daqing Dynasty today, these people are quite content and self-sufficient, and they have easily stopped doing anything, but they have always been a worry for the court.
But Qingyun Village has the Qingyun River as a barrier, and the suspension bridge can be cut down at any time. It is said that many experts from all walks of life are housed in it, and the government has tried several times but failed to gain any advantage.
But just about ten days ago, people from Qingyun Village suddenly came out in full force, crossed the Qingyun River, and threatened to take the life of her grandfather to avenge the current leader of the village for killing his father!
It is said that this feud was forged when her grandfather was in the war. Now that her grandfather has rebelled and lost the "protection" of the court, he is coming to seek revenge...
It is truly an example of a gentleman never being late for revenge.
Moreover, these people came all the way and did not forget to make wild remarks along the way, threatening to retrieve the head from her grandfather's neck and bring it back to Qingyun Village to pay homage to the soul of the old village owner.
Oh, he also said that he wanted to take her grandfather's granddaughter, that is, her back together and make her the young lady of the village for the young master of the village.
When Mingshi angrily told her about this a few days ago, she couldn't help but be slightly surprised - has the fact that she looks beautiful actually spread to places like Qingyun Village?
This was something she had never thought of.
It was human nature for her to have such a reaction, but it made Mingshi so angry that his head was filled with smoke.
At this moment, this group of people from Qingyun Village had arrived outside Ningyang City.
It is said that there were nearly 8,000 people in the village originally. Along the way, refugees were admitted to strengthen the team, and now the number is nearly 10,000.
The leader of the village named Nie arrived just like that with his ten thousand villagers.
However, he didn't call directly, but sent a letter of war first.
It has to be said that this letter of challenge has a very quaint atmosphere, saying that since she wants to avenge her father's murder, she will challenge her grandfather to a duel. Under the sword, everyone will depend on their ability, regardless of life or death.
Probably to show his determination to win, there is also a sentence that if he loses, he is willing to bring the people in the village to submit to the Xu family army——
After reading the letter of challenge, Duke Zhen Guo sneered, indicating that the other party's little trick had indeed successfully attracted him, so he agreed with a wave of his hand.
At this moment, the two sides had met at the martial arts training ground.
Xu Mingyi was a little worried.
If it were in the past, who would have dared to challenge her grandfather to a duel, she would have thought that they must have been deliberately sent to her for a beating.
But since Dongyuan City was poisoned, her grandfather's health has deteriorated greatly. He has just recovered from his illness, but he is still in a hurry to fight for his life. Can she not worry?
Furthermore, there are many masters in Qingyun Village, and the leader of the village is here to avenge his father's murder - who knows if he is the one in the storybook, who has been training hard for decades since he was a child, just for this day.
?
After he hurried to the martial arts training ground and saw the true face of the leader of Qingyun Village, Xu Mingyi's worries only increased.
The man in his thirties or forties was in his prime, wearing a tiger-skin coat. He was tall and strong, carrying a moon knife. He had a beard and a dark complexion. She believed that he was the reincarnation of Mr. Guan Er!
The entire martial arts training ground has been tightly surrounded.
Behind my grandfather were the members of the Xu Family Army, and behind Guan Er... and behind Village Master Nie were a group of people from the village. They all looked so gangster-like and ferocious that just picking one up could scare a whole family of children to tears.
At this time, both of them had raised their swords and mounted their horses.
Seeing the Xu family brother and sister approaching, everyone in the Xu family army bowed and made way for them.
The big bird staggered behind the two siblings, stretching its neck as if to watch the excitement.
"Girl, sir." Qin Wu, who was standing at the front, raised his hand and saluted.
"How can you ask your grandfather to agree to such a risky thing?" Looking at the situation, Xu Mingyi frowned.
"Don't worry, girl, the general has his own sense of propriety." As Qin Wu spoke, he put his big hand on the scabbard at his waist - even if the general has no sense of propriety, doesn't he still have it?
If you can win, just fight one-on-one.
If you can't win - if they say it's a one-on-one fight, then it's a one-on-one fight? It doesn't matter whose territory it is!
Seeing Qin Wu touching the knife, Xu Ming understood clearly.
Understood.
Then she suddenly felt "proper".
She took out two steel needles from her girdle.
She could guarantee not to harm the other party's life, but the other party would not even think of harming her grandfather at all.
Seeing the actions of Qin Wu and his sister, Xu Mingshi felt relieved, but suddenly felt confused deep in his soul - who is the bandit? Whose family is the bandit's den?
"The sword has no eyes, General Xu must be careful at his age!" Nie Zhaizhao had a rough voice, but he actually knew the tactics of angering the opponent with words before taking action. As he spoke, he got up on his horse and swung his sword towards Duke Zhen Guo.
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The Duke of Zhen Guo on horseback leaned back and sideways to avoid the blow, shouted "Drive", and the war horse that had been with him for several years rushed towards the opponent like lightning under its hooves.
The sword in Duke Zhen's hand brought up a gust of wind, raising loess and dust.
"Plop!"
There was a loud noise, and Village Leader Nie fell heavily from his horse to the ground.
"Oh, my mother! It hurts me so much!"
Hearing this wailing, the Duke of Zhen's eyes widened.
His sword was deliberately slowed down, and it was obvious that he fell down before he even touched the opponent!
Shouldn't you be blackmailing him?
The old man put away his sword with one hand and reined in his horse with the other.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting!" Village leader Nie put his head in his hands and said repeatedly: "I, Mr. Nie, admit defeat!"
Then, before the Duke of Zhen could react, he was already kneeling in an upright manner: "Today Nie is convinced that he has lost. I am willing to admit defeat. From now on, I am willing to follow and be loyal to General Xu to the death!"
"...?!" Duke Zhen Guo frowned tightly - he fell down with his own ability, how could he still be convinced after the fall!
It’s true that I’m willing to admit defeat, but I’m going to the gambling table!
You haven't even sat down at the gambling table yet, how can you say you've lost if you lose?!
Everyone in Xu Jiajun was surprised and confused.
The boss of Qingyun Village?
That's it?
After Xu Mingyi was startled, he couldn't help but laugh.
This is what co-authorship is all about...
The leader took the lead and knelt down, and the remaining hundreds of people in the village who were watching also knelt down happily and shouted, "Follow General Xu to the death."
"..." The old man sat on the horse and was so shouted that he was confused.
