The next day, Ye Chen went to the study for half an hour and then returned to Qiuchen Courtyard.
Ye Chen was holding a few letters in his hands, followed by ten servants carrying five large boxes.
Ye Chen walked quickly into Qiuchen Courtyard and called out as soon as he entered: "Qiu'er"
Chen Qiu came out of the house and said, "What's wrong? Why are you running so fast? What are you moving?"
Ye Chen held up the letter in his hand and said, "The people who went to the northwest to send our grandparents back have returned. This is the letter my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and eldest brother-in-law brought back for us. Those are the specialties of the northwest that my father-in-law and mother-in-law brought us."
The reason why Ye Chen said this was because all three letters were written with: "Son-in-law Ye Chen, daughter Qiu Er Qi"
Ye Chen was very happy because this meant that the people Qiu'er cared about had accepted him, and he and Qiu'er were now surrounded by people who wished them well.
Chen Qiu said excitedly: "Really? Let's see what they wrote." He took the letter from Ye Chen and went into the house.
Ye Chen asked Xing'er to arrange a place to put the specialties, and then he turned around and followed Chen Qiu into the house.
The three letters were written by three different people. The letter from Chen Qiu's mother was the longest. The most mentioned thing in it was Chen Qiu's pregnancy. From the precautions during pregnancy to the things to pay attention to when giving birth, it was written on nearly ten pages.
Chen Qiu's father was gentle and taciturn. In just a piece of paper, he reminded her to get along well with her husband, respect her elders, and take care of her health.
Chen Qiu's brother Chen Yue is a cold person. Although he loves his sister, he still doesn't talk much.
The entire letter consisted of just a few sentences: "Ye Chen, right? If you dare to bully Qiu'er, I'll beat you up when I get back."
"Qiu'er, I will ask for permission to go back after the New Year. I will come back after you give birth to the baby. If Ye Chen bullies you, you can beat him up. Grandmother said that he doesn't know martial arts, so it should be easy to beat him up."
"Okay, wait for my brother to come back."
Ye Chen looked at the letter from his eldest brother-in-law, and the corners of his mouth twitched. After Shen Qiu died in the previous life, Ye Chen received the news that Shen Yue died in battle. Otherwise, Qiu'er, his brother, would never allow Lu Chenyuan to take away Qiu'er's body, and would never let him go.
Chen Qiu spent the whole afternoon distributing specialties from the Northwest, some for home, some for the emperor and empress, and some for Madam Zheng. He also kept some long-lasting dried goods for Lan Yu to take back to Ye Nan Kingdom when she returned.
In the blink of an eye, ten days or half a month had passed, and Mu Qing and Mingyue had already arrived in Jiangnan. Because they were dressed as businessmen, they did not dare to go too fast for fear of attracting too much attention and making their actions no longer concealed.
The next day after arriving in Jiangnan, they started buying food and sought help from a prefect and a county magistrate recommended by Ye Chen.
These two people were people Ye Chen had met in his previous life, and they were both rare good officials.
After five days of successful food collection, on the sixth day, Mingyue and Muqing were about to return to the city with the food they had collected. They passed a pass when suddenly large rocks began to roll down from above the pass.
Mu Qing shouted: "There is an ambush, protect yourself and your food."
Fortunately, the people brought out this time were all experts, and only a few were slightly injured, but what followed was the deafening shouting and screaming of killing.
Mu Qing said: "It seems there are quite a lot of people."
Mingyue shook her head and said, "No, a place like this would have a loud echo. The fact that they're shouting like that just proves they're not many, at least not twice as many as us."
Mu Qing: "Oh? Why do you think so?"
Mingyue smiled and said, "You've been in Kyoto for many years and have no experience on the battlefield. This terrain is perfect for an ambush. The number of boulders they dropped was too small, which shows that they didn't plan this long, but acted on impulse."
"Also, no one has come out yet, which means they want to scare us and make us run away so they can leave food behind."
Mu Qing smiled and said, "My wife is still amazing!"
After saying this, he called out to the mountain pass: "I wonder who this brave man is? My husband and I are just passing through here. Please forgive me if I am not considerate enough."
"I have some small gifts here, and I hope you heroes will give me some help." As he said this, he took out a purse, reached out and grabbed a handful of golden beans, spread out his palm, and raised it to show everyone.
Mingyue was irritated by Mu Qing. Wasn't he losing money? Who among the robbers wasn't greedy?
Sure enough, a man with a chest-length beard came out from above and snorted, "Looks like a fat sheep. Brothers, we're going to make a fortune today!"
Mingyue was delighted when she heard the voice and quickly said, "Is that Brother Pang Hu up there?"
The person above was startled, then squinted his eyes at the bright moon, and then shouted: "This little lady, do you know me?"
Mingyue smiled and said, "Brother Pang, it's me, Mingyue!"
The person above screamed "Ah!" and then jumped down, looking for a place to land. After a few jumps, he was down.
Mingyue also jumped off the carriage. When Pang Hu saw that it was really Mingyue, he burst into laughter and patted Mingyue's arm while laughing.
Mu Qing followed behind Mingyue and saw this big man touching Mingyue inappropriately without knowing how much strength he was using. Couldn't he see that Mingyue's face was twitching?
Mu Qing stepped forward and shielded Mingyue behind him, saying to Pang Hu: "If you're happy, just be happy. Why did you hit me so hard? You even hurt my wife!"
After saying that, he ignored Pang Hu's surprise, turned around and rubbed Mingyue's arm, and asked: "Does it hurt? I'll apply medicine for you when we get back."
Mingyue took Mu Qing's hand and said, "It's okay. Brother Pang is like this. He is very strong and can't control himself."
Pang Hu poked his head out from behind Mu Qing and said to Mingyue, "Sister, are you married? When did it happen?"
Mingyue smiled and said, "We just got married not long ago."
"Brother Pang, weren't you in the Gobi Desert? Why did you end up in Jiangnan? And why are you doing this kind of business?"
Pang Hu sighed and said, "After you left this year, we were wiped out by a group of people who suddenly appeared on the grassland. Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would have died."
Mingyue looked at Mu Qing and asked, "You're not far from Qi County, so why didn't you go there for help? What kind of people were they? Did you investigate later?"
Pang Hu said, "Qi County was in chaos during that time. General Shen was busy fighting the Tatars. There were only Langzai and I left anyway, so there was no point in retaking that place, so we didn't go."
"I later returned and arrested a few people for questioning. They didn't know what they were doing. They just said someone told them to find a place to stay in the area and await orders."
"By the way, they all have a phoenix tattoo!"
Mingyue and Mu Qing looked at each other and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.
Then Mingyue said, "Brother Pang, how many people do you have now? Are they reliable?"
Pang Hu patted his chest and said, "There are only about a dozen of them, all reliable. I took them in when I came all the way from the northwest. They are my lifelong friends."
Mingyue nodded and said, "Brother Pang, you guys are always in danger of losing your job if you do this kind of thing. Why don't you follow me from now on? I'll feed you so you won't starve."
"I have some things to do in Jiangnan right now, and I'm short on manpower. If you join me, I won't have to look for someone I don't know the details of. What do you think?"
Pang Hu smiled and said, "That's great. As long as there's food, no one wants to do something that will cost them their lives, right? I'll follow you, sister!"
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