After Gou'er finished preparing the two chickens, Jiang Jiuniang instructed her son to set up a small rack over the fire and put both chickens on it to roast at the same time. While instructing Gou'er to turn the chickens over, Jiang Jiuniang took out the barbecue seasoning and told Gou'er to add it. In short, she let Gou'er do all the work and only had to give instructions from the side.
When the fragrance filled the mountain forest, Lu Baichuan woke up and came out.
Jiang Jiuniang beckoned to him and said, "Come and try your son's cooking!"
"good."
Lu Baichuan first washed his face to clear his head, then sat down to check on the chicken his son had grilled.
"Not bad, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside."
Lu Baichuan also praised his son in the same way his daughter-in-law did. He took a bite, and the fragrance lingered in his mouth. He was very satisfied.
Jiang Jiuniang took out a self-heating rice, and the three of them shared it, all of them very satisfied.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the family of three set off separately. Knowing that his wife had asked their son to deliver food to Prince Jing, Lu Baichuan was still a little worried and said, "How about I take Gou'er to deliver the food first, and then we'll do our own thing when we get back?"
"No need, trust your son's abilities, okay?"
Jiang Jiuniang stopped him, while Gou'er nodded vigorously, nodding in agreement with Jiang Jiuniang's words.
"Don't worry, I sprinkled some powder on him so that wild animals wouldn't dare to approach him easily. I also gave him a sedative, so if we really encounter danger, he can just sprinkle the powder and run away."
With Jiang Jiuniang's assurance, Lu Baichuan finally felt much more at ease. He patted his son's shoulder and said, "Walk slowly and be careful."
"Uh-huh!"
The dog agreed verbally, but he didn't slow down at all. He wanted Uncle Jing to eat the hot roast chicken, otherwise it would get cold.
Watching his son's figure disappear into the woods, Lu Baichuan extinguished the fire in front of him and led Jiang Jiuniang down the mountain into the city.
They had to go to the prefect's residence to return the account books before they could go to the military governor's residence.
Fortunately, the military governor also lived in Liangzhou City, so there was no need to go to other cities, which saved a lot of trouble.
It wasn't dark yet, so the two of them strolled around the city and bought a lot of things. After the currency was put into circulation, they had a lot of copper coins in their hands. Upon closer inspection, they found that most of the items were indeed counterfeit.
The two exchanged a glance, and Jiang Jiuniang whistled excitedly: "666, to encounter something like this during disaster relief."
"After this matter is completed, won't you have made another contribution? Those sour chickens in the court are so sour they're sick of people."
Jiang Jiuniang kept smacking her lips, almost rolling her eyes.
I originally came out for a trip, thinking I could rescue someone along the way and then quickly move on to the next stop, but who knew things would be so complicated here.
Let her mind her own business; she's annoyed by the emperor and those sour grapes in the court.
Regardless, the people were suffering too much, and she simply couldn't bear to see it.
No wonder the southwest region is so backward. With so many large rats stealing food, how could it not be backward?
"Just be true to yourself."
Lu Baichuan pursed his lips and only gave this one sentence.
Jiang Jiuniang thought about it and agreed. Since they were all out now, those people in the court wouldn't dare to do anything to the Lu family, no matter how jealous they were. They couldn't get their jealousy out of her, so there was no need to worry so much. Just do it!
After buying food for tomorrow, the two found an inn to stay in. They rested on the bed for a while, and when it was late at night, Lu Baichuan went to return the account book and then came to the inn to pick her up to go to the governor's mansion together.
In contrast, the governor's residence was heavily guarded, with people three or four layers deep, and several skilled martial artists constantly monitoring the situation.
This looks very strange. The palace is not that secure. Is it really necessary for a mere military governor?
Unless he has done something wrong and is afraid of ghosts knocking on his door in the middle of the night, he would need so many people to keep watch over him.
Jiang Jiuniang whispered to Lu Baichuan, "Look, it's a good thing you brought me along. How could you handle so many people by yourself?"
Lu Baichuan didn't say anything. Actually, he had brought his own medicine and could handle it by himself.
But his wife wanted to join in the fun, and he couldn't spoil the mood.
Jiang Jiuniang opened the bottle cap, and the powder inside drifted away with the night breeze. The people on night duty instantly became drowsy and fell asleep in no time.
The two swaggered in and headed straight for the main courtyard.
"Is the life of this southwestern military governor so extravagant? What kind of military governor is he? He should be called the local tyrant of the southwest!"
At the entrance of the main courtyard, Jiang Jiuniang couldn't walk any further and hugged the jade lion made of jade at the entrance, refusing to let go.
The lion is carved from jade, the bricks on the ground are also made of green jade, and the door handles are made of pure gold.
It's hard not to be tempted!
Jiang Jiuniang always thought she was quite wealthy, but she never dared to be this extravagant, which shows how much wealth the Southwest Military Governor had amassed.
Lu Baichuan glanced at it and said, "Take it if you like it."
That way he won't get angry just looking at it.
Behind the red gates, meat and wine go to waste; on the roads, the bones of those frozen to death lie.
They are so rich, yet they are unwilling to give the families of the men who died in the mountains even two taels of silver as compensation. Is that reasonable?
His fists clenched so tightly they cracked, and he wished he could go and take the governor's head right now.
"That makes sense!"
Jiang Jiuniang directly put all of these into her spatial storage, including the bricks on the ground and the gold handle on the door.
Only then did he walk inside, completely satisfied.
But once inside, what caught my eye was even more striking. They didn't even use lanterns for lighting; the walls were inlaid with luminous pearls. This style was comparable to that of the fake Taoist priest who kidnapped the dog.
With a wave of her hand, Jiang Jiuniang swept away the luminous pearl on the wall, the railing made of white jade, and the window decorations inlaid with real gold.
Having looted the outside, Jiang Jiuniang still wanted to go inside. After all, the outside was so luxurious; who knew how many treasures were still inside?
But Lu Baichuan stopped him, saying, "It's more important to take care of business first."
Jiang Jiuniang then remembered what she had come for and hurriedly followed Lu Baichuan to find the study.
When they arrived at the study, Jiang Jiuniang's eyes widened instantly.
"This...this...isn't this the curved sword that Xiao Rizi uses? And these are all Western gadgets!"
Jiang Jiuniang had been in this world for so long and thought there were only four countries on this continent. She didn't expect that some of the countries she remembered actually existed, but they rarely appeared and were not often mentioned by people.
In this world, the names and locations of countries may differ from those in the world she previously in, but the national culture remains largely unchanged; the bad will always remain bad.
A leopard can't change its spots!
"What?"
Lu Baichuan didn't understand what she meant and looked at her with some confusion.
"It's nothing. I mean, even being torn to pieces wouldn't be enough to vent the anger of the Southwest Military Governor's entire clan."
She felt as if a fire was burning in her heart. Back then, Prince Lin and Prince Xun were only colluding with the people of Dongting, and they were still despised by everyone. How much more so now that the Southwest Military Governor is already contacting people overseas.
They're either traitors or spies; they can't escape it.
Seeing her like this, Lu Baichuan frowned and started looking for something. This time it was more difficult to find. He had to rely on his experience to open several hidden compartments before he finally found a few letters.
When he opened it, it was filled with text he couldn't understand.
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