Jiangzhou on Jiangnan Road is located on the Yangtze River water transport route.
The northern section of the river flowing through this place is also called the Xunyang River.
The water in this section of the river is turbid and yellow, with more and more sediment. However, it is one of the most prosperous waterways in Jiangnan Road, with many merchant ships.
After the ship passed Xunyang City, the scenery on both sides of the river suddenly became clearer.
However, compared with the broad plains on both sides, the rolling river is quite crowded:
Hundreds of boats compete for the current, the one who strives first is the first, and thousands of sails compete to sail.
Today is a bright spring day, with swallows flying on both sides of the bank, green grass, rolling sand and sparkling sun on the Xunyang River. A magnificent and majestic ship is sailing towards the wind, its keel breaking through the waves.
It has a towering bow, lifelike dragon head carvings, fluttering flags, exquisite and luxurious cabin interiors, and various carving styles, all of which demonstrate the official style.
On the river, other cargo ships carrying company flags and private ships of wealthy families pale in comparison.
Moreover, as if they had discovered the official flag flying on the ship, all the ships gave way one after another, and no one dared to fight for the way.
During this period, one day, a seasoned shopkeeper from Nanhai North Merchant had a keen eye. When he passed by, he saw that the crew members of this big official ship walking in the middle of the Xunyang River were all well-trained, serious and solemn, and their steps were steady.
Some people couldn't help but secretly said:
"The special ship of the Jiangnan Road Observer is escorted by the elite soldiers of Zhechong Mansion. What kind of noble person is it carrying? Where is it sailing to? Could it be that it is delivering an imperial edict?"
Naturally, these questions remain unanswered.
The official ship, which transferred in Jiangzhou City, was personally witnessed by the governor of Jiangzhou, and escorted by soldiers from the Third Zhechong Prefecture of Jiangnan Road, sailed all the way to Longcheng County in the wind and waves.
At this moment, there are several figures facing the wind on the bow of the ship.
"Sister Miaozhen, please, please tell me a little bit. What kind of gift is in this brocade box that my aunt gave me? My brother, I feel like a cat scratching my head."
There is a female voice that is colder than the river wind:
"Young Master Wei, are you desperate for your life? You dare to inquire about His Majesty's gifts. If someone accuses you before the emperor, your father and the king will not be able to protect you. This is not the palace of Prince Wei of your family. Mr. Wei, it is better to speak calmly."
"Sister Miaozhen has a bodhisattva heart and will definitely not complain! I can trust this brother."
Miaozhen, the female official in Caishang, frowned slightly and glanced at the young man in soap clothes who was squatting next to him with a playful smile. The latter was holding a plump pear in his hand. He lowered his head and sniffed it from time to time, but he didn't say anything and just talked about it. .
Faced with this kind of approach, Miaozhen, who was dressed in crimson palace attire, raised her chin slightly, looked at the Dragon City boundary getting closer and closer in the distance, and gave a faint reminder:
"Mr. Wei, don't shout randomly, trouble will come from your mouth."
The young man surnamed Wei, who was squatting on the ground and smearing honey on his mouth, smiled nonchalantly, opened his mouth and took a bite of the pear in his hand. He was wearing an elegant purple soap suit, but it seemed that he had been out in the sun all year round, and his skin was a little dark. , the face is quite good, but as a man, he has a pair of peach blossom eyes, which makes him look rather feminine and feminine.
"Sister Miaozhen, what are you talking about?"
The bright smile of the young man surnamed Wei remained unchanged. As he was chewing a pear, he glanced at the cold middle-aged female official next to him who was actually older than his concubine's biological mother, and said with a smile:
"Hey, sister Miaozhen can just call her younger brother Shaoxuan. It's too foreign to say that a young master is not a young master. The book says that we are strangers in a foreign land, and we miss our relatives even more during festivals. Although younger brother and elder sister are not relatives, It’s not a festive season, but after all, we are all ‘fellows’ from Luoyang, right? What’s wrong with being more friendly?”
Miaozhen nodded lightly: "I have witnessed the honest family tradition and profound family knowledge of Prince Wei's family today."
Wei Shaoxuan chewed a pear, shrugged and said nonchalantly:
"Sister is laughing at me. My younger brother, I am different from the older brothers who are good at writing. I have never been fond of reading, and I have never been able to calm down. I usually follow my adoptive father everywhere, and I just like the rough scenery of the desert frontier."
Wei Shaoxuan, the sixth eldest child in the family, squatted on the bow of the boat, raised his head and smiled, showing his white teeth.
Miaozhen didn't bother to look at him, and looked sideways slightly at the man with the box on his back who was not far away from the two of them and had been silent since he got on the boat.
This strong man is about forty or fifty years old. He is plump and muscular, with dark and rough skin. He looks like a farmer facing the loess and his back to the sky. His body is very stocky. From a distance, he looks like a square.
The dress is also very strange. He is dressed in short-sleeved linen clothes and has braids on his temples. He does not look like a son of the Han family.
His face was calm at the moment, and he had a long purple-black wooden box on his back. The box had a simple body and lines, and it was unknown what it contained.
Miaozhen raised her hand and pointed: "This is Mr. Wei's adoptive father? I thought I was a bodyguard."
Wei Shaoxuan's smile did not change, he gnawed on a pear and said inarticulately:
"My adopted father is from the Mobei frontier. He has been in the army for a long time and is not very talkative. He is also the same in front of my father. But sister Miaozhen can rest assured that my adopted father has always treated people with sincerity. He is a real straight man, cold on the outside and hot on the inside. He is rugged and passionate, and everyone who knows him praises him!"
"Really?" Miaozhen didn't believe the nonsense coming out of the mouth of King Wei's concubine.
She looked sideways, and the energy in the man carrying the box was like an ancient well without waves. Some rumors and speculations vaguely appeared in Miaozhen's heart, and she asked casually:
"Your foster father is dressed like this. Is he from Xianbei? There are quite a few border areas. What's your last name?"
Wei Shaoxuan sighed with a sad look on his face:
"Hey, how can Sister Miaozhen find out the details of my adoptive father and ask for marriage? It's a pity that my adoptive father doesn't like beauties. Otherwise, Sister Miaozhen should ask my brother more about me and tell me everything I know!"
Miaozhen didn't bother to reply to him.
"Qiu Qi."
The man with the box suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse.
"Your surname is Qiu?" Miaozhen turned around and asked suddenly: "What is your relationship with Qiu Shenji, a guest minister in the Palace of Wei and a top military strategist and Qi practitioner?"
The box-carrying man turned a deaf ear.
Wei Shaoxuan stretched out his arms and waved his hands quickly in front of Miaozhen, trying to attract attention, and interrupted:
"What does that kind of uncle do here? It's not like Sister Miaozhen doesn't know. My father and several uncles and uncles in the palace are busy cleaning up the mess caused by the Yingzhou chaos. How can I have time to hang out here? Sister imagine It’s quite rich, haha.
"And haven't we already told you that when we come here this time, it's just like the gift you gave to your aunt, sister? It's also a casual gift. We are all relatives, so we have to give a gift, right?"
The corners of Miaozhen's lips twitched up: "Send me a unique Mohist sword box?"
Wei Shaoxuan's eyes changed slightly, but quickly returned to normal. He stood up and patted his sleeves:
"Sister, I have a good eye, but I misunderstood. The sword box was given to me by my father. As a young man, it is normal to have a sword. This Luoyang man, who doesn't want to carry a sword and rush to the north of the Great Wall. It was given to that family. Gifts and other things.”
Miaozhen stared at this strange pair of foster fathers and adopted sons for a while, then shook her head, "Oh."
She seemed to have lost interest... She came here on the order of Her Majesty the Queen, and she didn't have much friendship with the Wei family, who were just riding boats and cars. There was no need to please or offend. The Wei family's current situation was very complicated.
Miaozhen lowered her eyes, ignored Wei Shaoxuan's words from Jilaishu, and turned around to return to the cabin.
In the cabin, a group of palace maids looked serious and guarded a carved brocade box.
In front of this gift from the emperor, Miaozhen stood quietly with her hands upright, watching with cold eyes. After an unknown amount of time, she murmured softly:
"It's been a long time, Your Highness. What a coincidence. Your Majesty has chosen this concubine to come here. Should I call you Your Highness, or... Xianlang?"
At the bow of the ship, only Wei Shaoxuan and the man carrying a box who called himself Qiu Qi were left.
"Liu Lang talks too much." Qiu Qi said.
Wei Shaoxuan rubbed his face and put away his playful smile.
The pear smashed into the river in a parabola in the air. The young man stood in the wind with an indifferent expression: "Really, I am getting closer and closer to the sword furnace, and my emotions are a bit hard to suppress."
He turned to look at the Mo family sword box that had been promised to arrive, and suddenly smiled with his white teeth: "I'm sorry to trouble my adoptive father this time, please carry the sword away for me."
Half a day later.
The fleet arrived at Penglangdu.
Under the curious and lively onlookers of the people of Longcheng, Miaozhen led a group of palace people to slowly disembark from the boat, board the carriage, and, surrounded by the soldiers of Zhechong Mansion, headed straight for Luming Street with a clear goal.
Before leaving the ferry, the woman in crimson palace dress opened the curtains and glanced at the disembarkation stairs behind.
The two Weis who had been riding along on the boat disappeared without a trace.
Miaozhen frowned and put down the curtains, her brows relaxed.
The rules of survival in the Queen's palace for many years told her:
Except that trouble comes from the mouth.
It's nothing to do, so don't meddle.
…
"The colorful female officer next to His Majesty? This is not an ordinary palace person...the three colors of blue, crimson and purple palace clothes, what color is the leading female officer's clothes?"
In the Longcheng County government office, Ouyang Rong stood up after hearing the news, silently searched through the vague memories in his mind, and asked with a frown.
"It seems to be a deep crimson color."
"Seventh grade of light scarf, sixth grade of deep scarf, that's the sixth grade of female officers! They are higher than me, why did Luoyang send them here?"
Ouyang Rong's eyelids twitched and he had a headache.
Diao County Prime Minister and other officials looked at each other in astonishment, as silent as cicadas.
Ouyang Rong raised his hand to put on his official hat, passed by them, and strode out, frowning:
"Forget it, where is the person now? He should have taken the convenient waterway and disembarked at Penglangdu. How far is it from the county government office? Open the main gate and prepare to pick him up."
Ouyang Rong returned to his vigorous and resolute style, but the embarrassed Diao County Prime Minister stammered something that stopped him:
"Ming Mansion... the envoys from Luoyang have just passed by our county government office."
"ah?"
"They ignored the lower officials who went out to greet them and went straight deeper into Luming Street."
Ouyang Rong asked curiously: "Do you know that I live in Meiluyuan? Didn't you tell them that I am on duty at the county government?"
Diao County Prime Minister hesitated to speak: "No... it's not Meiluyuan, Ming Mansion, they seem to have gone to the Su Mansion next door to you."
Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment, and then his expression suddenly changed, uncertain.
Diao Xian Cheng looked at the young county magistrate who was standing still and seemed to be in a daze, and couldn't help but call out: "What's wrong with you, Mingfu?"
Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes and murmured: "No way..."
He raised his face to look at Diao Xian Cheng and others, and suddenly rushed out of the county government hall without saying a word.
"Mingfu, what's wrong with you? Wait for us..." Diao Xiancheng and others chased and shouted.
Ouyang Rong didn't wait for them. After a while, with his official hat tilted, he hurried to the door of Su Mansion.
At this moment, the main gate of this deep mansion compound that used to be closed was wide open.
The strange scene of crowds of people in front of the door but strange silence made Ouyang Rong's eyes twitch.
It seems I guessed it right.
(PS: It’s a little short, so I’ll code another chapter. Don’t wait, read it tomorrow) Recommend a book to a friend: “Illiterate Top Ranker: After Three Years of Failure, He Became a Superstar”
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