Chapter 218 Gossip

In late July, Lu Xiu gave birth to her second son.

After seeing the children, Yuxi murmured to Qiu Shi: "In such a hot day, you can't open the doors and windows, you can't fan the wind, and you can't put ice cubes. Mom, how do you live?" It's not a day or two, but One month! Thinking about it, Yuxi felt terrible.

Qiu said: "It just so happens that I was born in July, there is nothing I can do about it." Giving birth in July is indeed a pain, but you can't pick the day when you have a child.

A few days after the child was baptized, Han Jianye was preparing to go to the northwest. Han Jianming thought about it for a long time, but he was still worried about Yunqing, so he wanted Han Jianye to go to the southwest.

The northwest is the territory of the barbarians. Although the barbarians are fierce, it is better than going to the northwest and letting my younger brother mix with Yunqing. But Han Jianye refused to go to the southwest, and if he couldn't go to Liaodong, he would go to the northwest. He was not allowed to go to the northwest, just because he himself didn't want to go to the northwest, he wanted to go to Liaodong. In the end, Han Jianming could only compromise and agreed to let him go to the northwest.

If you go to a rich and peaceful place such as Jiangnan, it will definitely not be so easy to find vacancies. However, the Northwest is a bitterly cold place where wars have been fought for many years, and because a lot of soldiers are killed and injured every time there is a war, there are a lot of vacancies. Han Jianming himself was in the Ministry of War again, so he easily found a vacancy for a thousand households for Han Jianye. It's not that he can't find a better one, it's just that Han Jianye doesn't want to. The official career of a big man has to be tested by himself, and he always depends on what to do at home. It's just that Han Jianye never dared to tell Lu Xiu about going to the northwest. After much deliberation, he came to ask Yuxi for advice.

Yuxi heard Han Jianye say his embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Second brother, in fact, you don't need to think too much, just tell the second sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law knows." Don't say that the second brother wants to release such a big The Lu family couldn't hide the news, even if the Lu family didn't tell, Lu Xiu, a wife, still couldn't see anything strange about her husband. Not saying it doesn't mean you don't know, it's just that you don't know about the dowry.

Han Jianye groaned, and said, "How did your second sister-in-law know? I've been hiding the news from others." He was afraid that Lu Xiu would have wild thoughts, so he kept the news to death.

Yuxi smiled, and said, "You can just tell the second sister-in-law directly." Han Jianye is a general, and he must rely on military merits if he wants to get a good future. The Lu family took this path, and Han Jianye was an exception. Therefore, she had already prepared for Han Jianye's release.

On the same day, Han Jianye told Lu Xiu about it. Originally, Han Jianye was going to wait for Lu Xiu to finish her confinement, but there was another defeat on the northwest side, with heavy casualties and a shortage of people. So the Ministry of War issued a document to Han Jianye, asking him to rush to the northwest as soon as possible.

Lu Xiu was silent for a while, and said, "When are you leaving?" After Han Jianye came back from the outside, she felt something was wrong. At the beginning, Lu Xiu was worried that Han Jianye was playing tricks and fell in love with some women outside. In the end, someone checked and found out that the husband was planning to release it outside.

From the bottom of his heart, Lu Xiu naturally didn't want Han Jianye to be released, and he would be sent to a border town where there were casualties in the war in the capital. But Lu Xiu knew very well that he couldn't stop her husband's footsteps. Since she couldn't stop it and her husband didn't tell her, she didn't know.

Han Jianye said, "Leave in ten days."

Lu Xiu whispered: "So fast?" After listening to Han Jianye's explanation, Lu Xiu asked again: "Why do you want to go to the Northwest instead of Liaodong? Going to Liaodong, with the elder brother around, is better than going to the Northwest to get black eyes." It's not like asking the elder brother to help give the green light, but it's much more convenient for someone above to do things.

Han Jianye said: "A few days ago, my elder brother asked an eminent monk to make a fortune for me. The eminent monk said that I should not go east, or my life would be in danger." Believe it, but he can't do anything to his brother.

Women's families are generally more superstitious, let alone such things that are related to the safety of their lives.

After hearing this, Lu Xiu stopped worrying about going to Liaodong: "I'll ask Mother Jian to pack your things for you." After speaking, tears fell.

What Han Jianye was most afraid of was that a woman would cry, so he hurriedly comforted him: "Don't cry, you can't cry during confinement. After I gain a firm foothold there, if you want to go, I will let you go." Someone is coming to pick you up and the kids."

Lu Xiu wiped away her tears and said, "We'll talk about it when the child is older." Not to mention that the second son was just born, the eldest son was only three years old, how could he stand up to such ups and downs.

Han Jianye is not a coaxer, but it was rare for him to spend a long time talking with Lu Xiu today. Instead of talking with him, it's better to say that Lu Xiu was speaking alone, with all kinds of advice and worries. Hearing that, Han Jianye's heart was sour, and he felt sorry for his wife for leaving at this time. It's just that no matter how reluctant you are, you still have to go when it's time to go.

In early August, when he was sweating profusely after walking a few more steps, Han Jianye went to the northwest with twelve long followers.

In mid-September, the capital received good news from the northwest. There was a victory in the Northwest, killing 5,000 enemies, but not a single prisoner.

Yuxi looked at the information that Han Jianming handed her, and said casually: "There are no prisoners? Are they all killed?" Yuxi will pay special attention to this, mainly because Yunqing has a great reputation for killing prisoners back then.

Han Jianming smiled and said, "If you don't kill him, what else do you keep?"

Yu Xi fell silent. I didn't know the world before, but after hearing the rumors, I felt that Yunqing was bloodthirsty. But now that I know a lot more, I realize that keeping captives is not as simple as saying a few words. If you don't kill them, what will you eat? How to place it? The military expenses given by the imperial court are not enough for their own food, so there is no food for the enemy. Moreover, if these people are not killed, the risk of being caught and locked up is also very high. What if they find an opportunity to commit suicide or cooperate with others. Therefore, the easiest and quickest way is to wipe out all these people. All kinds of problems and troubles are left behind.

Han Jianming shook his head. After all, the girl was soft-hearted: "The imperial court has issued a reward order. In addition, the emperor has also issued an imperial decree to let Yunqing return to Beijing."

Yuxi uttered a cry, and said, "Let Yunqing go back to Beijing?" As far as Yuxi knew, Yunqing hadn't been back to the capital until she died, and had been staying in the northwest for a long time!

Han Jianming smiled and said, "Unless Yunqing loses his mind, it's impossible to return to the capital." If Yunqing returns to the capital, the Song family will have a chance to kill him. Yun Qing is not stupid, how could he throw himself into the trap. This decree is nothing but the emperor's wishful thinking.

Yuxi also felt that Yunqing would not return to the capital, and said, "Then the Song family may use Qin Zhao's hand to get rid of Yunqing?"

Han Jianming nodded: "If Yunqing wants to compete with Qin Zhao, there is only one way to go." Looking for a wife with a deep background, Yunqing's biggest capital is that he is young and capable, and there must be many People value this potential stock, so don't worry about finding a good marriage partner.

Yuxi said bluntly: "Marriage is naturally the best and fastest way, but the problem is Yunqing's vicious name, Chen Xue was scared to death before, I don't know if the person who said to marry will also be killed this time." Scared to death."

Han Jianming said: "Yuxi, don't just look at the surface of many things."

Yuxi reacted quickly, and said, "Could there be an inside story about Chen Xue's death?" She really never thought that Chen Xue's affairs would be different.

Han Jianming nodded and said, "Yunqing and the Song family are life and death enemies. How could Marquis Taining marry his daughter to Yunqing? Isn't that an enmity with the Song family?"

Yuxi's brain was wide open: "Chen Xue is not dead?" Thinking of this, she shook her head and said: "No, if Chen Xue is not dead, Chen Ran couldn't be so sad at the beginning."

Han Jianming didn't go into too much detail with Yuxi, but said: "Chen Xue is dead, but I don't know why she died, but I know that even if she didn't die, Taining Hou would not marry her to Yunqing The so-called non-retirement and being scared to death by Yunqing is just a cover for the outside world." The news of the Taining Marquis Mansion was kept secret, and he couldn't find out the detailed information.

Seeing this, Yuxi didn't ask any more questions: "Then this Yunqing is quite sad." Thinking about the rumors in her previous life, it would be too unfair.

Han Jianming didn't comment on this matter, and changed the subject: "There was a drought in Hebei in the first half of the year, and the harvest in autumn is not good. I guess there will be an influx of refugees into the capital. So, don't go out during this period. "I said these words to Yuxi specifically because she wanted to live in Hongzaozhuang for two days.

The more you know, the more frightened you become. If it was in the Taiping era, even if there was a natural disaster in Hebei, as long as the imperial court provided disaster relief, nothing major would happen. But now the national treasury is empty, where is the money to be used for disaster relief. Of course, even if money is collected for disaster relief, in the end, the victims of the disaster do not know if they have a tenth of it.

Yu Xi nodded and said, "I know, I won't go out anytime soon."

Han Jianming sighed slightly, and said, "Recently, Liaodong and Northwest have been at war, and Southwest and Central Shu are still fighting the rebellion. The people in the Ministry of War are devastated." There are wars everywhere, and the treasury is so poor that even officials' salaries are about to be paid out. not going out. Han Jianming felt that maybe the world would have to be raped without waiting for the current emperor to die.

Yuxi asked a question: "Brother, I was thinking recently, if it is Yan Wushuang who controls the dark forces in Liaodong, what do you think will happen when he controls Liaodong one day and forms an alliance with Yunqing?"

Han Jianming felt that Yuxi had a big brain hole: "Although it is said that the Yan family and the Yun family had a close friendship before, Mr. Yun still died for the Yan family, but it is impossible for these two to form an alliance." Yun Qing wanted to use military merit to accumulate The capital wants to take revenge on the Song family in an open and honest manner. Yan Wushuang hid in the dark, looking for opportunities to bring down the Song family. Although both of them bear blood feuds and want to seek revenge from the Song family, their temperaments are different, and they cannot talk together at all.

Yuxi is not at all ashamed of the whimsy just now, some things can be thought about divergently: "I don't know when that incident will erupt? If it erupts, what kind of turmoil will occur."

Han Jianming said with certainty: "Don't worry, this matter will not come out. The Ninth Prince will not allow it to come out."

Speaking of the Ninth Prince, Yu Xi laughed: "I think I'm smart, but I don't know that I'm smart and I'm mistaken by it." The Song family and the Yu family are the Ninth Prince's greatest support, but at the same time they are also the greatest resistance. Whatever he wants to do, the Ninth Prince can't do anything without their consent, not much better than a puppet.

ps: I need to straighten out the outline, and this episode will be postponed at 8:00 p.m. (to be continued)