Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Don’t be angry, okay?
Xuan Wensheng looked at him with an indescribable expression. "He's my brother-in-law, sure. But he's also your biological brother, right?"
Is there anyone who would cheat his own brother like this?
"Brother Xuan San, aren't you angry that he didn't tell you his guess in time?" Su Guanyu responded with a faint smile.
In fact, if it weren't for the need to look after the sleeping Xuan Jinyu, Su Guanzhang should have been the one to come tonight.
However, coming from his own brother, it seemed like he was defending him. He decided not to defend his brother, lest he offend his uncle.
Fortunately, Xuan Wensheng quickly figured it out, and the slight irritation in his heart dissipated. He got back to the point, "What do you guys think?"
The Su family's military power is still in the hands of the generals in Mobei. Now the war has been stalemate for several months. I think the person on the throne is also anxious.
But I didn't expect that before that person took action, the others couldn't sit still anymore.
But it's understandable.
Seeing that the Su family has disappeared from the sight of the world, if we don’t seize the time to destroy them, when they reappear in front of the people, won’t it remind them of the Su family’s past military achievements?
"Minister Yue Feng of the Ministry of War is really good at guessing people's minds." Xuan Wensheng snorted again.
For several months, the Su family had been traveling in remote places every day, and had long been out of the sight of the common people.
This arrangement will not only satisfy the person on the throne, but also the other noble families who want to completely crush the Su family into the mud so that their own families can stand out, right?
"Come to think of it, this Minister Yue is an old subordinate of your Su family." Xuan Wensheng mocked Su Guanyu.
Su Guanyu just nodded, still maintaining the faint smile on his face.
"Smile, smile, smile, you smiling tiger, put away your smile." Xuan Wensheng couldn't stand it anymore. Wouldn't this guy's face be stiff when he smiled like that?
After spending a long time with the Su family, he has gotten to know their personalities.
The prince of Duke Su's mansion had a beautiful name among the people of Mobei, called "Jade-faced General", but in his eyes, he was just a cunning fox, and a funny one at that.
No one knows whether he, who smiles all day long, has already secretly remembered the person who offended him.
In comparison, he was more accustomed to someone like his brother-in-law Su Guanzhang, who had a cold face from beginning to end.
Alas, his life is really hard. Why does he always meet such strange people?
At this moment, he felt deeply in love with Xuan Jinyu.
The next day, Xuan Wensheng found an opportunity to spend some time alone with Su Guanzhang.
No one knew what the two of them had talked about. When they reappeared in front of the public, Su Guanzhang still had no expression on his face. Xuan Wensheng, on the other hand, first looked dazed, then relieved. It was as if he had made up his mind.
Xuan Jinyu was filled with curiosity.
Just as her fever had subsided, Su Guanzhang said that she could not withstand another shock. Therefore, no matter how she acted coquettishly, made trouble, or threatened, the two of them refused to tell her the content of their conversation.
Xuan Jinyu angrily bit Su Guanzhang's mouth, which she couldn't pry open, and gritted her teeth.
A slight smile appeared on Su Guanzhang's face - he had laughed more times recently than he usually laughed in a year combined, and he looked very lively.
"I'll tell you when I have a chance." As he spoke, he held her lips as she tried to leave. His voice began to become unclear. "Don't be angry, okay?"
The Imperial Palace of Shengjing City, namely the main hall.
"Did the people in the dark really help us?" The new emperor Sheng Yu held the secret letter in his hand, his voice a little cold.
The man kneeling on the ground gestured and nodded.
"Can you find out who sent these people to do this?" Sheng Yu asked again, suppressing his anger.
But they are all his good subjects, have they ever taken him, the emperor, seriously?
The man waved his hands and shook his head.
waste.
Sheng Yu tapped the jade ring on the table repeatedly, a sign that his temper was about to break free. "Who did this? We can always find out, right?"
The man listened to the crisp yet dull knocking sound, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Fortunately, he could give a positive answer to this question.
"Go down." Sheng Yu said.
He stared at the man as he stood up and left, his brows and eyes furious.
When he was the only one left in the main hall, the crisp sound of shattering porcelain and his barely perceptible voice echoed, "You forced me to do this. It's time to take action."
He seemed to be talking to himself, but soon someone rushed out of the hall like a ghost and blended silently into the night.
Three days after the wolf attack, a caravan that had been following them from outside the village at the foot of Lingfeng Mountain came after them.
More than ten days ago, they followed this group out of the mountains and changed their route when they were about to enter this grassland.
The caravan left for no other reason than to go to the nearby towns to buy supplies to maintain the people's daily necessities, such as rice, oil, salt, flour, tea, seasonings, and other items, as well as clothes, shoes and socks sent from the capital, all of which were brought by them.
However, this group of people had gone too far away before. They rode their horses at full speed and drove their carriages for five or six days before reaching the nearest city and buying what they needed.
After waiting for another day, he waited for the people who came to Xuanfu to deliver letters and supplies, and then he set off to follow the mark left by Qingfeng and the others.
Just as I caught up with them, I heard about how this group of people escaped from the wolves' mouths, and I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat.
"Has there been any news from Shengjing City?" Xuan Wensheng asked, interrupting the caravan captain's endless chatter of fear and concern.
"Yes." The man hurriedly took out the secret letter hidden on his body and handed it to him respectfully with both hands.
After sending the caravan away, Xuan Wensheng took the secret letter and went to find his sister Xuan Jinyu.
After reading the letter, Xuan Jinyu was silent for a long time, shed tears for a while, and then she couldn't wait to write a reply.
She missed her mother, father, grandfather, elder brother, third sister-in-law... and when she learned about their recent situation, she had to write back to tell them about her own situation so that they wouldn't worry about her.
Su Guanzhang stood silently beside her, grinding ink for her, his eyes full of complex expressions.
Then, he looked at her big belly that could not be hidden by her loose dress, and the small bulge on her belly - that was the fetus in her belly stretching its little hands and feet due to excitement.
As the months went by, the baby in her belly became more and more lively. In addition to kicking its hands and feet in the womb, it would occasionally turn around - the shape of its belly at this time made people feel frightened, and they worried whether Xuan Jinyu would feel pain and discomfort.
Although Xuan Jinyu always held her belly with a smile and said she didn't feel any pain.
She was indeed suffering with him, Su Guanzhang thought.
Although he had known this for a long time, he still felt like he was hit hard by this fact. His heart felt heavy as if a heavy stone was pressing on it, making it difficult to breathe.
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After crossing the prairie, they began to live in the mountains and forests.
Occasionally, Chen Yang would take them to the mudflats, where they could eat delicious seafood, river fish or lake fish.
Especially fresh seafood. In Shengjing City, even the most prominent families can only eat such ingredients once or twice a year.
When we arrived at this sea area three days ago, we were able to satisfy the cravings of a group of people who lived inland and rarely tasted or had never seen fresh seafood.
This sea is called "Dinghai", which seems to be related to a fairy legend passed down from ancient times.
No one knows how the map in Chen Yang's hand was made, nor does anyone know how he led the way.
It's also magical. There should be no shortage of fishermen in this area, but they have been walking here for three days and haven't seen a single person or raft, let alone any large or small boats.
"You old members of the Su family, the Minister of War, Lord Yue Feng, is truly a genius." That day, Xuan Wensheng couldn't help but repeat to Su Guanzhang the words he had used to mock Su Guanyu that day.
Unlike his brother Su Guanyu, Su Guanzhang didn't laugh. Instead, he nodded and replied, "He's really capable."
Although he is in Shengjing City, he can still grasp the map of the entire Dasheng in his mind.
Relying on the sheepskin map in his hand, Chen Yang had not allowed his team to have any contact with any ordinary people since he led the team out of Shengjing City, except for the accident when Xuan Wensheng found them near Lingfeng Mountain.
Not everyone has this ability. He is worthy of being the one who can sit firmly on the position of Minister of War even when the court changes.
"I think it will suit that person's taste." Xuan Wensheng said with a sour face.
The seafood tastes great and is a rare delicacy whether steamed, roasted, grilled or cooked in soup.
They also picked up a lot of hair-like plants on the beach when the tide receded. Xuan Wensheng, who had traveled a lot and had a wide range of experience, said that it was called "hair vegetable" and it had a unique flavor when used to cook porridge, cold dishes, and soups.
But the smell at the seaside is not very pleasant. The sea breeze carries a salty smell of the sea water. Occasionally, you will come across dead fish and shrimps stranded on the shore. When exposed to the sun, the smell is enough to drive people away.
Even though Xuan Jinyu had already passed the month of morning sickness, she couldn't help but vomit when she smelled it for the first time. She leaned on Su Guanzhang, her eyes full of tears, and looked very pitiful.
So, when the group set off again, the guards brought by Xuan Wensheng consciously followed the scouts who were exploring the way.
They had no skill in exploring the way, nor did they intend to steal any knowledge. They simply wanted to clear away any rotten fish or shrimp they might encounter along the way, to prevent the already unpleasant smell of the sea from being added to by any other pungent odor.
They themselves couldn't stand the stench, not to mention the fact that they had a troublesome young lady in their belly. Even if the Third Young Master hadn't ordered them to do so, they would have done it.
By the time they left Dinghai, it was already September and late autumn.
The baby in Xuan Jinyu's belly is already eight months old. After Su Guanzhang took her pulse, he told her that it was a very healthy baby.
This made Xuan Jinyu, as a mother, very pleased.
She had not had a very good time in the past few months. No matter how considerate Su Guanzhang was on the road, the suffering she endured was real.
Moreover, she was frightened by the wolf attack the previous month. She was really scared. After having a low fever that night, she was in low spirits for several days.
It was not until they had left the prairie far behind that she gradually recovered; but she was soon exposed to the fishy sea breeze for several days and became completely depressed.
Only after they climbed over the high mountains and entered the lush green forest, breathing the refreshing autumn breeze, did she completely recover and regain her spirits.
Calculating the distance, they will reach Huaizhao County in about a month. This was the place where Su Guanzhang had chosen for Xuan Jinyu to give birth when he first made the plan of exile to the south.
They will stay there to give birth, celebrate the New Year, and then set off again.
As for whether they will go south to Guangxu Mansion as requested by the new emperor, or go somewhere else, who knows?
It's still early.
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