He couldn't understand it, but Jiang Jiuniang could.
There were several letters in Japanese, several in English, and some in Portuguese and other languages.
This southwestern military governor has quite a wide range of interests.
After reading these letters, the conclusion is: this person used counterfeit money he minted to exchange real gold and silver from China for other countries.
A recent letter even praised the immense power of the small black ball developed by Jiang Jiuniang in crushing the Dongting people at the border, saying that he would find an opportunity to send a batch to them to see for themselves.
"They" naturally refers to his foreign "friends".
Good heavens! Jiang Jiuniang exclaimed, "Good heavens!"
That's incredibly far ahead of its time!
Jiang Jiuniang translated the contents for Lu Baichuan, and then asked, "What do you think?"
Lu Baichuan's brows remained furrowed. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Once everyone has arrived, find an opportunity to send it back to the capital. As for how to deal with it and who to send to handle it, that is entirely up to His Majesty to decide."
Jiang Jiuniang asked curiously, "Aren't you planning to see this through to the end?"
"Rescue Prince Jing and see how things go. If he can handle it, let him take care of it. Then we'll wait for the court to send someone. This matter has become too serious and has delayed our journey."
"Okay, this kind of thing is thankless, so let's just ignore it if we can."
Jiang Jiuniang nodded. She didn't refuse outright. If no one in the court could handle it, they were already here, so they couldn't just abandon them. After all, it was the common people who were suffering.
The two made copies of all the letters and other documents, and as before, aged them. Then they took the originals with them.
Jiang Jiuniang initially thought that the Jiedushi was too vigilant and that it might not be appropriate to take the original directly. But then she thought, what if he was too vigilant and destroyed the original after discovering it?
Just to be safe, I took the original with me, regardless of whether it was discovered or not.
Before leaving, Jiang Jiuniang was still unwilling to give up, so she rummaged through the study and found a lot of valuable calligraphy, paintings and stationery.
No wonder Jiang Jiuniang couldn't resist; it was just too valuable. Even the brush handle was made of real gold and jade—it was too tempting.
Jiang Jiuniang kept thinking that when the time came to confiscate her property, she must take as many things as possible with her, otherwise she wouldn't be happy at all during the entire trip.
After looting the place, the couple quickly left, heading out of the city and up the mountain.
Gou'er, carrying the task of delivering food to Prince Jing, went to the place where Prince Jing was located in Daliang Mountain. He also chose to come at night. He was lucky this time and did not encounter anyone on the way. When he arrived at Prince Jing's place, he hid in the shadows and observed for a long time before daring to come out.
When you get close, you can hear a faint female voice speaking.
"Your Highness Prince Jing, didn't you say that someone had come to rescue us? Why haven't we heard any news about it these past two days? We haven't heard anything about the imperial court sending anyone."
"Could it be that something happened to them too? There shouldn't have been any earthquakes these past few days, right?"
"Please talk to me, I feel so awful, I'm going to fall asleep if you don't say a few words."
...
The woman kept talking incessantly, but Prince Jing didn't say anything. Gou'er was worried that something might happen to his uncle when he heard another male voice.
"The fact that we're still alive proves my guess was right, otherwise they wouldn't have sent us medicine. I guess they're probably stuck with something and can't reveal their identities yet, which is why they haven't made any moves."
Prince Jing knew that Lu Baichuan had his own methods and that there must be a reason for his actions, so he had been much more relaxed these past two days. Since Lu Baichuan was here, he was fine and had nothing to be afraid of.
Wu Jiao was puzzled and asked curiously, "Do you trust that person that much? He hasn't said a word, how can you be sure it really is him...?"
"Shh!"
Before Wu Jiao could finish speaking, Prince Jing covered her mouth and whispered, "Someone is coming."
Dog didn't want to delay anything, so after carefully approaching and making sure the mountain beneath his feet wouldn't collapse again, he stepped firmly onto it, aimed at the crevice where Prince Jing and the others were, threw the roast chicken in, and then quickly left.
At first, the two thought they were government officials, but then a fragrant-smelling thing wrapped in leaves was thrown down from above, and the person left without making a sound, just like last time.
When I opened the package, it was a still-warm roasted chicken.
The two, who had been starving for several days, immediately began to swallow hard, but Wu Jiao remained vigilant and dared not eat much, fearing that this was her last meal before her death.
Prince Jing didn't think about all that. He quickly cut the roast chicken in half and began to eat his portion.
One bite, and your mouth is filled with fragrance; the familiar aroma of barbecue fills your mouth and nose, making you so happy you want to cry.
He took a few big bites before continuing to answer Wu Jiao's question: "Weren't you curious about why I was sure it was that person who came to save us?"
He waved the large chicken leg in his hand: "This is the best proof. Only his family has this kind of barbecue seasoning, and the two bottles of medicine that were thrown in before can only be made by his wife."
Wu Jiao's eyes widened in disbelief. "You...you're not talking about General Lu, are you?"
Prince Jing nodded proudly: "That's right."
Wu Jiao couldn't describe her feelings, because the reason she came to marry Lu Baichuan was because Dongting was being defeated by Lu Baichuan.
It turns out that in the hearts of the people of Beiyan, Lu Baichuan could make them feel so safe.
As long as people know he's here, it means things will take a turn for the better, and they'll definitely be rescued.
As a Dongting native, Wu Jiao couldn't comment on Lu Baichuan's character, but from the perspective of a Beiyan person, or from her own current situation, she felt that Lu Baichuan was a great hero.
With his arrival, they have hope.
"very nice!"
After a long pause, she sighed and then started eating the half-eaten roast chicken.
The food smelled delicious, and my heart felt warm, but I wasn't in a good mood.
I can't say for sure why, maybe it's because Dongting doesn't have Lu Baichuan.
Seeing her like this, Prince Jing said, "Don't worry. Since you've come to Beiyan and suffered this fate to save the people of Beiyan, the Emperor will not treat you badly when you return. He will let you stay in Beiyan for the rest of your life."
"Yes, thank you."
She nodded, but still didn't seem very interested.
Prince Jing said no more and turned his head to go to sleep.
They'd been trapped in this tiny crevice for so long that they'd forgotten all about propriety, morality, and the proper separation of men and women. They'd relieve themselves here whenever they needed to, so it was no big deal for him to wipe his mouth and fall asleep immediately.
Gou'er returned much earlier than Jiang Jiuniang and the others. He was worried that he would forget the way, so he marked the route along the way and erased the marks when he returned so that no one would find them.
"Father, Mother, how much longer until we can go to rescue Uncle Jing? They sound so weak and listless. I'm worried about them."
Upon seeing his parents return, Gou'er spoke first, his face filled with worry.
He could smell the stench as soon as he got close to the crack; he couldn't believe how those two people managed to hold on.
He thought his parents would get anxious if he said that, but Jiang Jiuniang smiled and said, "That's life experience. If they were really not going to make it, they wouldn't be able to speak at all. If they can speak, it means they're in pretty good condition."
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