"What mother?" Song Wan finished the last mouthful of wonton soup and looked up with a confused look on her face. "Gu Yanji, whose mother do you want to be?"
"Can men be mothers here?" She frowned.
Gu Yan anxiously "..."
Qi Wu couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Master, he's talking about Master's Wife."
"You scared me." Song Wan patted her chest. "I thought you were going to be my apprentice's mother."
Hearing this, Qi Wu's laughter stopped abruptly. "Master, I have a mother."
"Don't worry, even if you are willing, Gu Yanji can't be your mother." Song Wan took out her purse and took out copper coins for a few bowls of wontons.
Qi Wu...No, I don't want to.
Gu Yan was anxious and helpless, "A Wan."
Sometimes I suspect that she really doesn't understand, and sometimes I think she is pretending not to understand.
"Why did you call me?" Song Wan also paid for Qi Fu's bowl of wontons. It was getting late, and they should go to Yao Xu's house as guests.
"Qi Fu, go back to the inn first." Gu Yan was anxious and didn't want outsiders to know what happened between them.
"Stingy guy." Qi Fu sat in his seat without moving. He would not listen to Gu Yan's urgent words.
"Awan, I have something very important to tell you, it's about money." It doesn't matter if you don't listen to him, he has plenty of ways to deal with it.
"Silver?" Song Wan blinked. "Then you, traitor, can go back first."
Qi Wu: "Master, you value wealth over your disciples!"
Besides, he is not a traitor!
Song Wan said as if it was a matter of course, "I'm glad to know. You are not as important as money."
After receiving the money for the wontons, Zhang Lao Da's wife hurried back to the kitchen to find Zhang Lao Niu, "Mom, this is the money for the bowls of wontons given by that girl. It seems that what you said was right. That boy is just a gigolo. The money for the wontons was all paid by that girl." But the young man paid for it himself.
Old Lady Zhang had a look on her face that said, "I guess so," and said, "I think that boy might be the one who escaped from that whorehouse in Chunfeng Tower."
Thinking of the chaos that happened the night before the New Year, Old Lady Zhang was still terrified. "No! People from such a filthy place are the best at sowing discord. I'm going to have a good talk with that girl when I get a chance. She must not hurt her husband's heart for a prostitute from a brothel."
In the eyes of old lady Zhang, Song Wan and Gu Yan were just a newlywed couple who got up early and went shopping.
She was not blind. When he brought the wontons over, he served tea and poured water, and the look in his eyes when he looked at the girl was almost suffocating to her, an old woman.
After finally driving the people back, Song Wan was finally able to ask, "Have you found any new targets?"
This time when they came to Xinzhou to move silver, the money was divided per person. Only ten of the eighteen boxes of silver belonged to her.
There were eight boxes left. The four members of Big Beard's family got four boxes, and Zhang Sheng and his friends got four boxes. They said they wanted to save some for A Yu in advance.
After getting rid of the annoying person, Gu Yanji felt relieved. The money issue was just a temporary excuse he made up, but he did have a real goal.
"Prefect Gu Jin planned to surrender to King Yu. To this end, he looted two carts of gold from various counties and planned to transport it to Yuzhou to serve as a staging post."
When she heard the word "gold", Song Wan's eyes lit up, "Zhizhou? Is it far from Xinzhou?" It would be so hard to transport two boxes of gold. She had to go and help, and get some reward or something.
"If we go by land, we'll have to pass through Luzhou and Yizhou. Then, from Suizhou, we'll head southwest, pass through Tahui Pass, and then head east to reach Yuzhou, the territory of King Yu." Gu Yan hurriedly described it. "But if we do that, we might not have enough time to intercept these two boxes."
The prefecture was located in the southeast of Yuzhou. There was a plain connecting the two places with good road conditions, so it was easy to transport two boxes of gold.
"That won't do." It would have been fine if she didn't know. Now that she knew, these two boxes of gold couldn't fall into the hands of King Yu. "Is there no other way?"
"There is a waterway that goes directly from Xinzhou to Tahui Pass." Gu Yan paused for a moment.
"But what?" To be honest, Song Wan had never been on a boat in her two lifetimes, and she didn't know what the difference was between the boats in this world and those in later generations. But even if there was a difference, she couldn't see why.
"The person stationed at Tahui Pass is King Yu's brother-in-law Xu Lie. The dock checkpoint of Tahui Pass has always been directly managed by Xu Lie." If it weren't for this, how could the Southwest Border Army infiltrate King Yu's people? You know, Tahui Pass is only three hundred miles away from the southwest border.
"I understand." Song Wan paused for a moment and said, "Isn't this what they call 'If you want to be in power, you must first have an uncle', just like the saying, 'If you want to get rich, you must first build roads'?"
"If you want to get rich, build roads first..." Gu Yan hurriedly recited these six words silently, and her eyes looking at Song Wan became brighter and brighter. The previous emperor had studied it for several years, and for her, six words could summarize it.
"Isn't that right?" She had learned this sentence from a team member before. In the apocalyptic world, zombies were rampant and roads and buildings were severely damaged. All humans were trying their best to kill zombies and had no time to care about these things. This led to the difficult road conditions when they drove out of the base to look for food.
"That's right, Awan is right." Gu Yan thought anxiously, maybe the place where she lived was just like that, so the people in her world were all very talented.
What if she suddenly misses home and wants to go back in the future?
When he thought that she might have this idea, Gu Yan felt inexplicably anxious and panicked.
He knew very well that even if decades or even hundreds of years passed, Dai Viet would never become the place where she lived before.
By that time, she would be tired of living here and would leave without any regrets. Thinking of this, Gu Yanji felt even more anxious.
No, after returning, she would have to intensify the training of Gu Wen and Gu Wu. If possible, it would be better to let the 5,000 soldiers in the back mountain follow them. If she could train a force that could fight one against a hundred, she might not think about going back.
She likes teammates who don't hold back, so he helps her realize this wish.
"No, that prefect is so far away from us, how could you know so much?" Song Wan, who was too excited, forced himself to regain some of his rationality. Could he have been deceived?
"After the late emperor passed away, he left behind over a hundred people like Zhang Sheng. Half of them were given to Zhang Sheng, who was ordered to stay in and around Guizhou to secretly protect A Yu's safety." Speaking of the late emperor, Gu Yanji's eyes were filled with respect. "For the other half, the late emperor secretly gave me a list. These people were placed in various prefectures and cities, hidden among the common people, as a way to secretly monitor officials from all sides."
"This method is good." From Gu Yanji's repeated mention of it, Song Wan's impression of the late emperor completely changed from negative to positive.
If the late emperor was truly a good emperor who understood the people's sentiments, then she believed that before long, the people here would no longer have to go hungry.
It’s a pity that good emperors don’t live long.
"Since there are these people, how could I fall into the trap of King Xiang?" Song Wan felt that the late emperor was really a contradictory person.
"People's hearts are the most difficult thing to control in this world." Gu Yan explained hurriedly, "Those two people in Xiangzhou were accidentally exposed and were then taken in by the current leader."
What's more, the late emperor and Empress Qi had a very close relationship, almost to the point of eating and living together. Empress Qi was poisoned and had a difficult delivery, so the late emperor was not much better off.
At that time, Dai Viet was facing internal and external troubles. They were far away from the border, and everything in the capital could only rely on the late emperor himself.
Song Wan sighed deeply and decided to do as she thought. She would go straight to Xiangzhou and tear off the King of Xiang's head to make sure he would never again dare to poison her father.
"It's bad for a man to have too many wives." Song Wan came to this conclusion. "So, you should only find one wife for A Yu in the future."
Gu Yu, who was only six years old, was caught off guard and had to worry about the most important event in his life.
"Well, I will only marry one." Gu Yan took the opportunity to express her loyalty.
Song Wan was just about to say, "What does it have to do with me how many people you marry?", but suddenly she realized that it did have something to do with her.
She almost forgot that Gu Yanji was still her fiancé, which meant that, unless something unexpected happened, he would marry her, Song Wan, in the future.
In the end times where order has collapsed, there are no unmarried couples anymore. As long as they like each other, they will just take each other back to their room to play for a few days.
She used to be so focused on killing zombies to get crystal cores in exchange for food that she never thought about finding a man to take back.
There was no other way. At that time, food and clothing were the problems, so how could we have the mood to think about some kind of exercise? Not only was it meaningless, but it also consumed our energy and would definitely make us hungrier.
When you come here, you don’t have to go hungry or kill zombies, and there is a man who comes to your door for free, and this man is handsome.
Song Wan was very satisfied. She decided that this man was hers from now on.
"You can't marry two even if you want to." Song Wan still knew how to declare her sovereignty, and she waved her powerful little fist in front of him again and again.
Gu Yan smiled indulgently and said, "I won't marry her."
Old Lady Zhang, with her eldest daughter-in-law, hid behind the door. Seeing that the man who had been suspected to be a young prostitute had disappeared, her worries finally subsided. She nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, she is a woman with clear eyes. She has not been deceived by the young prostitute."
After a hearty meal, Song Wan and Gu Yan hurried back to the inn. Although they were already familiar with moving the silver, it was too blatant to do it in broad daylight.
In order to keep a low profile, Song Wan decided to do it at midnight. Qi had previously made her a set of night clothes, but she had never worn it, so she had to try it this time.
Ever since the incident when he was attacked by thieves, Yao Xu transferred most of his secret guards back to his mansion, making the situation more relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside.
If the other party still doesn't give up, they will be in trouble.
At night, when Song Wan and others came, the entire mansion was brightly lit, and even glass lamps were placed in every corner.
Song Wan secretly took one and found that the lamp was quite nice, so she took it back for Qi and the others to use.
"You want this lamp too?" Song Qi was surprised.
"Why not? Even a small fly is meat." Song Wan shook the glass lamp in her hand and said arrogantly, "Why would a corrupt official use such a good thing? If you take it back, every family in the village will have two."
Song Qi thought about it and suddenly felt that it was right. The corrupt official did nothing and yet had so much money. The villagers worked hard to farm and earned all year round, but in the end they couldn't even afford to buy a glass lamp.
"Then after we finish moving the silver, we'll come back to move the lamps!" Song Qi said excitedly, "For two people in a family, these alone probably won't be enough. We have to take into account the ones in the house as well."
Song Wan found that Song Qi was becoming smarter and smarter, and immediately said with satisfaction, "When the time comes, pick out the best ones, my mother and two sisters-in-law, oh, and Gu Yanji's mother and sister-in-law, one for each of us."
Gu Yanji is now not only her deputy, but also her man, so he should be treated somewhat differently from other people.
"Thank you, Awan, on behalf of my mother and sister-in-law." Gu Yan said with a hurried smile.
Song Wan touched his hand and said, "You're welcome."
When Jiang Zhen heard that everyone had one, he immediately lost his composure and said hurriedly, "Miss Song, my wife also needs a glass lamp."
"Okay, Song Qi, you can pick one for the bearded lady when the time comes." Song Wan ordered.
"Hehe, thank you, Miss Song." Jiang Zhen touched his head. Now the child's mother should not complain that he did not bring her a gift.
After the group discussed the whereabouts of the glass lamp, they went straight to the old place, the outer study.
Halfway through her walk, Song Wan suddenly stopped and frowned, "That's not right."
Gu Yan hurriedly glanced at the overly quiet surroundings and sensed something was amiss. "There's an ambush."
"That's not what I meant." Song Wan had sensed the hiding places of those people since entering the mansion. "What I want to say is that the silver is not hidden in the study this time."
As soon as she finished speaking, dozens of black-clad secret guards suddenly appeared and surrounded them.
Leading the group was the newly appointed leader of the secret guards, Wang Shi.
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