Chapter 194 Going to the Border Town
"Your Highness must make preparations early! Prince Yu wants to completely ruin your reputation!" Wei Qingquan's voice was low, but sincere.
Wei Yingzhi sensed the seriousness in her father's tone and hurriedly said, "Father, rest assured, I will definitely deliver the letter. But father, can't you delay for a while and wait for news from His Highness?"
Wei Qingquan shook his head and sighed: "Your Highness is in the northern border and has not yet returned to the border town. I don't know when he will receive the letter I sent.
Besides, my father has been targeted by Prince Yu, and he will not give my father a chance to delay."
Wei Qingquan was well aware that Prince Yu would definitely target him first, because he had worked as a clerk in a border town and was trusted by Prince Li.
Wei Qingquan regrets very much now. He should not have returned to Chang'an. If a small figure like him were involved in this dangerous situation, he would be crushed to pieces immediately.
I should listen to the prince and bring my wife and daughter to the border town, the border town that is thriving and changing with each passing day.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world, but my Yingzhi must survive! That night, the couple stayed up with their daughter, giving her earnest instructions and reminders, and the mother's tears never stopped.
When the sound of firecrackers rang out to mark the beginning of the New Year, while the neighbors on all sides were setting off firecrackers, amid the excitement, little Yingzhi was put into a vegetable basket by her mother through the back door.
Soon a cart passed by and loaded baskets of vegetables onto it. The cart was full of baskets of vegetables. There was no curfew tonight, so there were delivery carts everywhere, and it was not noticeable at all.
Xiao Yingzhi did not sleep. She stared outside through the hole in the vegetable basket. She saw a group of officials in black clothes coming to her house. She was very scared and wanted to go home to inform her parents, but she did not do so.
Because my father said that once I leave home, I should ignore everything and never look back, and I must go to the border town to see the prince.
After an unknown amount of time, the cart swayed and swayed as she was taken outside the city. She heard her uncle's voice:
"I've taken the person away. Don't tell anyone else about this, or our lives will be in danger!"
The delivery man took the money and said, "Don't worry, sir. I won't take this seriously."
Yingzhi thought she would see her grandfather, aunt, and cousin, but her uncle took her to a small, dilapidated temple and said, "Yingzhi, don't run around here. I'll find a car to take you home."
Little Yingzhi did not forget what her father said: "But uncle, my father asked me to go to the border town."
Uncle Yingzhi's eyes flashed with a cold light: "I know, I will send you there."
After her uncle left, Yingzhi huddled in a corner with her luggage. Soon, a few beggars came to the dilapidated temple. Seeing that she was alone, the beggars did not bully her, but asked her if she was lost.
Yingzhi just kept shaking her head and said nothing. I don't know how long I waited, but suddenly a little beggar said, "Oh no, a group of officials are coming, leave here quickly."
A little beggar came to catch Yingzhi: "Hurry up, the police will take you to Yangshengtang."
Yingzhi naturally didn't want to leave: "I'm waiting for my uncle."
"You are stupid! Your uncle hasn't come for so long, he just abandoned you! If you enter the Health Hall, you will be sold to a brothel because you are so beautiful!"
Yingzhi was unwilling to leave, and at this moment she saw from the back window that her uncle was giving directions to the officials. These officials were dressed the same as the officials who came to her home last night! Yingzhi couldn't believe this. Why did her uncle bring the officials? She stopped struggling and was pulled out of the ruined temple by the little beggar to hide in the bushes nearby. Then she heard a truth that broke her heart and confused her: "The young lady of the Wei family is in there! If you catch her, no matter how tough Wei Qingquan is, he will be obedient."
Her uncle betrayed her! He didn't want to send her to the border town, but to give her to Prince Yu as a hostage to force her father.
Xiao Yingzhi couldn't stop crying. She wanted to rush out to question her uncle and go home to see how her parents were doing.
But she knew better that she must not move now! She couldn't be caught by them.
She saw the policemen turn around and arrest her uncle because they couldn't find her. She heard her uncle calling her name anxiously and sadly.
It was as if he was worried and scared that he couldn't find her. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that her uncle would do this to her.
Although she and her mother were often bullied by her aunt and cousin during the years when her father was not at home, her uncle was very good to them! If she couldn't even trust her uncle, who else in the world could she trust? How could she walk to the border town alone? "Hey, your name is Yingzhi, right? Is your uncle going to sell you? What's there to cry about? Adults are like this. They don't care about the life and death of children for the sake of profit!"
Yingzhi bit her lip and wanted to refute, but she had nothing to say.
"Do you have anywhere else to go? If not, join our begging gang! I guarantee you won't go hungry." The beggar imitated the tone of an adult and spoke generously.
Yingzhi shook her head: "I want to go to the border town."
The beggar's eyes lit up: "You have also heard of that good place? What a coincidence! We are also planning to go to the border town."
"My name is Li Linfeng, these are my brothers and sisters. We are fleeing here because our hometown was hit by a disaster, so let's travel together!"
"Let me tell you, we met two Taoist priests who looked like gods on our way to escape. I heard that they were in the border town..."
"I see the border town!" Jin Sui said excitedly while holding a telescope on horseback.
What she saw was the tallest watchtower in the border town, which was higher than the mountain pass of the fortress, revealing a unique five-star-shaped tower top. When the soldiers patrolled outside the fortress, they used this tower as a lighthouse on the sea.
For this reason, Jinsui had specifically instructed that the fire on the tower must be kept burning all night.
Gu Changxiao also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling like he was finally back home after being away for so long.
He would never have this feeling in Chang'an. Returning to Chang'an was like returning to another battlefield, even a battlefield that was more bizarre and terrifying than a battlefield with real swords and guns.
Only the border town is different.
Not only Gu Changxiao, but all the soldiers in the Black Feather Camp cheered: "Let's go home!"
He even patted the Northwest Army soldier on the shoulder and said, "Come to my house and invite you to drink! Let the prince place you closer to the Black Feather Camp so that it will be convenient for us to drink."
At this time, they found that there were many tarpaulin tents in the wilderness not far from the pass, and they all felt incredible:
"No way! They've reclaimed wasteland here! Aren't there enough wasteland around the border town for them to farm? They've even reclaimed this place into farmland!"
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Of course the land here is fertile, and the crops grown here are so high that they can't just sit there for nothing."
The soldiers of the Northwest Army were curious: "Where would they build a shed like that?"
"It should be tomatoes! They are the sweet and sour fruits we eat on the road. They are very delicious whether you make soup or eat them directly."
At this time, several soldiers from the farm camp came out of the shed. When they saw the prince, they immediately bowed and greeted him, and ran to him to announce, "The prince is back!"
Jin Sui was so amused that he nudged Gu Chang Xiao with his elbow: "Listen to what they're saying. The prince came back but didn't give them any money. They're so excited!"
Gu Changxiao joked, "I think they are happy that you, the fake prince, are back."
Jin Sui was startled, and suddenly felt embarrassed: "It's a bit embarrassing! To tell you the truth, when I did those ridiculous things before, I always thought, 'It's the King of Li who is embarrassed, what does it have to do with me, Ji Sui?'"
"Now everyone knows that Ji Sui is the fake King Li, and she's still a girl! How can I face people?"
Gu Changxiao laughed heartily: "I think nothing Sui Sui did is shameful, they are all good things that benefit the people!"
Jin Sui raised an eyebrow: "Really? Then the King of Li is not ashamed of being inhumane?"
This time it was Gu Changxiao's turn to blush, and he said helplessly: "I really don't know what you were thinking at that time?"
Jin Sui laughed: "Anyway, you have to admit the shame, and you can't involve me. I am Miss Ji now, not Little Taoist Ji."
As they were talking, they entered the pass and suddenly saw a gust of dust. Cheng Yu, leading the soldiers who stayed behind, seemed to be out to fight, with excitement on his face and his horses' hooves galloping.
No, you didn't put up banners, flowers, songs and dances to pick them up. You ran like this and I thought you were going to fight! The first reaction of the Northwest Army soldiers was that these people were going to fight, and they all reined in their horses and grabbed their swords. The soldiers of the Black Feather Camp were startled and hurriedly said:
"They are the brothers who stayed behind. They were overly excited. They are not here to cause trouble."
"Your Majesty! You are finally back!"
"Your Majesty! I'm so glad you're okay!"
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Cheng Yu was still relatively calm, but the other brothers were so excited that their eyes were filled with tears. They were shouting and yelling, and after getting off their horses, they all ran towards the prince... no, towards Jinsui.
"Your Majesty, you are actually a girl!"
"I was so careless. The woman in Yan Jiu's carriage was the prince, right? I didn't even recognize her!" Cheng Yu said in annoyance.
The soldiers of the Northwest Army were stunned and confused: "What's going on? Don't they know the prince? Why would they call Miss Ji the prince?"
Hei Hu chuckled and said, "This is a very long story. Let me tell you slowly."
Jinsui wanted to say, let’s not talk about this dark history! But it seemed that except for her, no one else thought it was dark history.
They even thought she was amazing! They also put aside their concerns. If Boss Ji was a man, they would have to worry about the prince being uncomfortable if they had close contact with him.
Just like Jin Sui had guessed before, she thought Gu Changxiao was afraid that she would take the Black Feather Camp away, so he wanted to drive her away.
But it was completely different when Ji Lao Da was a girl! Even the prince himself respected her.
Jin Sui was surrounded by people, but Gu Changxiao, the real prince, was standing by to hold her horse.
Well, now I can say without exaggeration that I am the darling of the Border Town! From the King of Li, the ruler of Border Town, to the horsemen and soldiers, everyone respects me and calls me Big Boss Ji!
Jin Sui walked with her hands behind her back, head held high and chest puffed out, looking like a big sister.
Until she saw Grandpa Ling, she instantly turned into a little girl: "Grandpa!" Her eyes were red and her face was full of longing.
It's only been a few months since I last saw him, but the old man seems to have aged exceptionally fast. Grandpa Ling's hair has turned completely white, he has become thinner, and the wrinkles on his face have deepened.
"It's good that you're back! It's good that you're back!" Grandpa Ling's eyes also turned red. He patted Jinsui's hand gently and looked her up from head to toe. He was relieved to see that his granddaughter was not injured, but just a little darker and thinner.
"Where's Jin'an?"
"He was in the school. I didn't call him."
"Yes, yes. We'll meet again when we get home. We can't delay his studies."
"Grandpa, let me tell you something. I have accepted a disciple for you in Northern Xinjiang..."
"Disciple? What disciple? What do you want to learn from me?"
"Daoist disciples! You've forgotten that we are from the Taoist sect! You don't know that our Sanqing Taoism is very popular in the northern border.
By the way, I have earned ten thousand acres of fertile land for you, and the prince will also build a grand temple for you in the border town.
Oh, what a pity! King Bater of the Northern Frontier almost wanted to build a Dadao Temple for us in the royal court..."
Jinsui excitedly chatted with his grandfather about things in the northern border. They stopped riding horses and just walked and looked around. The border town had changed so much!
In the earliest times, the area within a hundred miles around the pass was deserted, both inside and outside the pass. The people inside the pass did not dare to approach, and herdsmen outside the pass would occasionally pass by while grazing, but most of the time there was no sound of human life for a hundred miles.
After Jinsui arrived, refugees came out of the mountains, herdsmen came to trade supplies, and the area near the pass became lively.
Then, after Jinsui burned down the old border town, the new border town was closer to the pass, and now the scene inside and outside the pass became lively.
The wasteland was reclaimed into fields, all the refugees left the mountains, and the herdsmen wanted to be closer to the border town.
Cheng Yu talked about the greenhouses: "Not only in Yandi, but also in Jiangnan and Shuzhong, there are merchants who come to buy tomato sauce and chili sauce. We didn't have enough land to grow crops before, so we built so many greenhouses."
At this time, Jinsui saw a group of new buildings, all with tall chimneys emitting thick smoke. He pointed and asked, "What are those used for?"
Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Replying to the king... Replying to Boss Ji, that is the kiln area. In addition to brick, tile, and porcelain kilns, there are also glass kilns, refined iron smelting, and coal briquette making in this area.
Because of the strong smell, I arranged to move it farther away from the city and build a wider road to facilitate the transportation of goods. At the same time, it is connected to the river, so it will be convenient to build a dock when we can use water transportation in the future. "
Jin Sui praised: "You have considered it very carefully. This industrial zone should be farther away from the main urban area for easier management."
The soldiers of the Northwest Army were all stunned. Why were they more respectful to Miss Ji than to the prince? Moreover, Miss Ji was much more familiar with the border town than the prince.
Looking at our prince again, he was smiling at Miss Ji the whole time, with pride in his eyebrows and eyes. Xie Maolin was not stupid, so he naturally saw it.
This girl will definitely become a princess in the future!
"Didn't the Yan nobles cause any trouble and allowed you to build these workshops and interact with merchants from all over the world?" Jin Sui was really curious.
Cheng Yu was about to answer when everyone heard a loud shout: "Ji Sui!"
Gu Changxiao frowned. Who dares to call Sui Sui by her name? He looked up and saw that it was Yan Shiyi.
This guy rode his horse at full speed and stepped into a rapeseed field, trampling a lot of rapeseed.
Jin Sui became angrier and angrier as he watched. When he got closer, he jumped off his horse and said, "My eldest brother and Twelve Lady? Why are you the only one back?"
Jin Sui pulled his ear and pointed at the rapeseed field and said angrily: "Why are you stepping on the crops instead of walking on the road? Pay me!"
Gu Changxiao shook Jin Sui's hand and squinted at Yan Shiyi: "The king is back too!"
With so many of us coming back together, you only saw Suisui, right?
Yan Shiyi covered his ears and screamed, "You're still so fierce! Didn't you get beaten in Northern Xinjiang?"
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