The Wife is First - 66 Chapter 66 Braised Bird

After selecting the things he wanted to embezzle, Mu Hanzhang asked his left and right guards to help him count the things in the treasure house one by one and register them in a book. Of course, everyone who saw it had a share. The left guard got a sword, and the right guard got a bag of pearls. As for the other two generals, considering Hao Dadao’s uprightness and Zhao Meng’s big mouth, the four of them unanimously decided not to tell them.

Jing Shao summoned hundreds of guards to guard the treasury. Once the inventory was clear, a box of silver was left behind, and the rest was immediately escorted back to Beijing.

In the excerpt of the report, regarding how Southeast King died, Jing Shao directly said that it was a concubine of Southeast King who killed him. As for the candidate, he wrote down the woman who held Jun Qing’s leg that day.

After more than ten days of repairs in the Southeast Palace, after receiving the imperial edict and finishing the aftermath, Jing Shao followed the imperial edict and rewarded the three armies with the box of silver. Then he disbanded the Shu, Hunan and Guizhou armies on the spot, and took his relatives with him. The army went north and headed south of the Yangtze River.

After a period of cultivation, Ge Ruoyi’s body has recovered as before. She changed into the clothes of a maid and continued to serve Mu Hanzhang. She did not mention a word about what she had experienced in the Southeast Palace in the past few months. Jing Shao and his wife There was also a tacit agreement not to ask a word.

The weather has turned cold, especially when they walked from the south to the north, they could clearly feel the cold weather.

Since he was just on his way, Jing Shao stopped trying to save face and got into the carriage and got under his princess’s bed.

Because the weather has gotten colder, Xiao Huang no longer needs to use it as a footrest, but instead lies on his side as a warm pillow. But there’s something wrong with living pillows…

“Jun Qing…” Jing Shao kissed the man’s neck carefully and nibbled gently on the beautifully shaped collarbone.

“Well, no, Ruoyi is outside…” Mu Hanzhang lowered his voice.

“It’s okay, let’s keep our voices down.” Jing Shao whispered in his ear.

The slightly hoarse voice blew into the ear with hot air, and the person in his arms trembled obviously. Jing Shao curled his lips and moved to the other side to bite the ear. Then, he saw a furry paw stretched out, Facing the blue moon flowing cloud hairpin, I flicked it back and forth, hooked it back and forth…

Jing Shao: “…”

Mu Hanzhang: “…”

So, Xiao Huang was driven to sleep on the footrest again.

In the twelfth lunar month, Jiangnan is not as blooming as in March, but the dead lotuses and willows are also interesting.

The city they settled in was called Pingjiang. It was not the largest city in Jiangnan, but it was the most prosperous, and the Jiangnan General Military Palace was located here. Just because this place is close to the Huainan fiefdom, the Jiangnan army is also stationed outside the city.

Although the Jiangnan General Soldier did not come to greet them, it seemed that they had been informed in advance that the Jiangnan Military Camp had prepared a place for them to camp in advance. Leaving his troops in the Jiangnan camp and leaving Zhao Meng to look after the family, Jing Shao took his princess and three generals and went straight to the Jiangnan General Military Mansion.

“Brother! Get out of here!” Jing Shao started shouting as soon as he entered the General Military Mansion.

“Your Majesty…” The housekeeper who was leading the way couldn’t help but take out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wipe his sweat. King Cheng’s sudden visit shocked him. He had already sent someone to inform his master, why didn’t he come out now?

“What’s the fuss about?” As soon as he walked into the main hall, he saw a man walking in from the side door. He was tall and slender, with a cold face. At first glance, he looked like a cold-faced scholar, but his voice was full of energy and his steps were steady but made no sound. Hao Dadao quietly made a “master” gesture to the guards on the left and right.

Mu Hanzhang looked up and felt that the aura around this man was somewhat similar to that of the first time he met Jing Shao. He also looked younger than his age. He thought he would have to be at least thirty years old to be a general soldier. Years old, I didn’t expect to be so young.

As soon as Jing Shao and the man met, they started glaring at each other in a tense manner, and the housekeeper wisely withdrew.

“Humph, when I arrived at Pingjiang, the Jiangnan general was still sleeping at home. What crime should I do?” Jing Shao looked at him coldly.

“Hmph, the prince calls the officials of the imperial court by their nicknames. Scholars can be killed but not humiliated. Tomorrow I will report to the emperor that if you want to kill or behead them all, it is up to you!” Jiangnan General Soldier returned the message without any sign of weakness.

Everyone: “…”

Mu Hanzhang couldn’t help laughing.

“Jiangnan Commander-in-Chief Lu Zhanpeng has met the princess!” Jiangnan Commander-in-Chief turned his attention to the elegant and handsome man and walked up to him and said angrily.

Mu Hanzhang smiled gently: “You don’t have to be polite, General Soldier. I’m grateful for your help in doing business this year.”

“Alas, you are out of touch when you say this. The princess paid me not a penny less,” Lu Zhanpeng said with a smile, “The prince and I grew up together, so he called me…”

“Just braised birds!” Jing Shao stood next to his princess and interjected.

Lu Zhanpeng’s eyes immediately widened: “Your Majesty, I am an official of the imperial court. If you insult me ​​three or four times, I will not be humiliated!”

“Okay, okay!” Jing Shao waved his hand impatiently and threw a sword he took from the Southeast King to him, “I reward you, please thank me.”

Lu Zhanpeng looked at the sword in his hand, and his eyes immediately lit up: “This is a good sword! The prince must have got a better one, take it out quickly and let me kill myself!”

Jing Shao finally couldn’t help but laugh out loud and punched General Jiangnan on the shoulder.

After introducing Hao Dadao and the left and right guards to Lu Zhanpeng, Jing Shao let them play on their own. Hao Dadao followed the housekeeper to the arranged courtyard to rest. The right guard couldn’t wait to run out to visit Pingjiang City, and the left guard followed silently. He went out.

The name of the Jiangnan general is Lu Zhanpeng, who was Jing Shao’s companion when he was young. His family is a hereditary general who governs the country. The titles of generals and marquises are different from those of princes. Only by meritorious service can one be awarded the title. Because he and Jing Shao fought against the Huns together, he was able to inherit the title, so he became the commander-in-chief of Jiangnan at a young age.

Sitting in the garden of the General Military Mansion drinking tea, listening to the two of them constantly sarcastic and sarcastic remarks to each other, Mu Hanzhang couldn’t help but relax. This was the first time he saw Jing Shao acting so unscrupulously in front of an official. It showed that the two of them were really going through the motions. Fateful friendship.

Jing Shao looked at the chattering Lu Zhanpeng, his young face still full of energy. Thinking of the man who was implicated by him in his previous life and was declassified and exiled, and who had turned gray at a young age, he suddenly felt as if he was a lifetime ago, even though he was telling his princess about himself. I don’t feel angry anymore about the embarrassing things I did when I was a child.

“The prince didn’t want to study at that time, and he didn’t know a few Chinese characters!” Lu Zhanpeng laughed and told Mu Hanzhang with great joy.

When they first met when they were children, the old eunuch told the third prince that this was the young master of the Lu family. The young Jing Shao asked him what his name was. Lu Zhanpeng had just learned to write his own name, so he took a piece of paper as if to show off and wrote the three characters “Lu Zhanpeng” on it in a pretentious manner.

Jing Shao looked at it for a long time, but he didn’t recognize it, and he was afraid of being laughed at. He remembered that the eunuch said he was the son of the Lu family, so he said to the word: “Lu… um, bird!” So he was called this nickname since he was a child. big.

“Okay, okay, you have the nerve to use this nickname.” Jing Shao sneered, “I’m embarrassed to tell you, who took the palace maid’s embroidery needle to go fishing and said that if you catch koi, you can carp? Jumping over the Dragon Gate and catching a bastard?”

“I didn’t know there would be bastards in the imperial garden!” Lu Zhanpeng refused. He fished with curved hooks and straight hooks for turtles. He was young and didn’t understand it at that time. Who would have thought that he actually caught a turtle for him and was chased by Jing Shao? He kept calling him “bastard” for a long time.

Mu Hanzhang’s mouth twitched as he listened. He finally understood why Jing Shao was still digging bird’s nests in the imperial garden when he was seven or eight years old. It’s strange that he could study hard with such an unreliable reading companion!

“Seriously,” Jing Shao coughed lightly and took out a fifty thousand tael silver note to Lu Zhanpeng, “We will return to Beijing in a few days and you buy me a house in Pingjiang.”

Lu Zhanpeng took the banknote and asked doubtfully: “Buy a house in Pingjiang? Are you planning to live here for a long time?”

“You don’t have to worry about it, just do as you are told.” Jing Shao waved his hand, not intending to explain to him.

“If you want to build a separate courtyard, just ask the treasury to allocate money to you. Why bother doing it so secretly?” Lu Zhanpeng frowned.

“You treat the treasury as a bank, take it if you want!” Jing Shao said angrily to him.

Lu Zhanpeng looked at him, pondered for a moment, put away the banknotes, and said in a low voice: “The King of Huainan has always been content with himself, so the imperial court will cut off his vassal?”

Mu Hanzhang’s hand holding the tea paused. The Jiangnan commander seemed reckless and talkative, but in fact he was flexible and thoughtful. He could understand the meaning of Jing Shao’s words so quickly.

Jing Shao nodded silently. It was only a matter of time before the vassal was cut off, especially the Huainan fiefdom, which was located in the south of the Yangtze River. It was very rich and had strong soldiers and horses. This was the real worry for Emperor Hongzheng.

Lu Zhanpeng frowned: “I have met King Huainan once. I’m afraid that person… is difficult to deal with.” After thinking about the words, he couldn’t think of any words to use to describe that person. He paused for a moment and only said that he was difficult to deal with. These four words.

Jing Shao slowly raised his lips, swallowed a sip of tea, and did not answer. He naturally knew that the King of Huainan was difficult to deal with. Not only was his military tactics cunning, but his castle was extremely deep. If it weren’t for the large number of people in the imperial court, Jing Shao would never have been able to defeat him. The King of Huainan spent his last few years with fewer troops than him, and almost brought down the court’s finances.

However, being difficult to deal with is not a bad thing sometimes.

Jing Shao smiled and took his princess’s hand and stood up: “It’s still early. Let’s go out for a walk and come back for dinner in the evening. I want to eat the vinegar fish.”

“You think this is an inn, give me money, give me money!” Lu Zhanpeng, who was still deep in thought, suddenly became unhappy when he heard this.

“I just gave you one hundred thousand taels, isn’t it enough?” Jing Shao stretched out and pulled his princess out.

“That’s money to build a house,” Lu Zhanpeng hummed, then realized and shouted, “What a hundred thousand taels, it’s obviously fifty thousand!”

Jing Shao hurriedly took his princess and ran away.

Ever since the two of them met, Mu Hanzhang’s smile has never stopped, and now he can’t stop laughing: “It’s really fun for you two to get together.”

“Well, you can’t stay in his house for too long during the day, or you will be nagged to death.” Jing Shao shook his head, looking at Jun Qing’s gentle and elegant smile, he couldn’t help but sigh, “If I had known you when I was a child , I will definitely ask you to be my reading companion.” Thinking about being able to hold the pink and tender little Junqing and hearing him call Xiaoshao in a soft and waxy voice, that scene is so beautiful.

Mu Hanzhang was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and shook his head: “I am the son of a concubine, and I am not qualified to be your companion.” At that time, Empress Yuan was still there, and Jing Shao’s status in the palace was high. He said that if he, a concubine of the Hou family, was allowed to serve as a companion, it would be an insult to his status as a legitimate son. Besides, with Jing Shao’s temperament, he definitely didn’t like someone as quiet as him when he was a child.