Chapter 786: Turmoil in Southern Xinjiang

Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qianguo, was in charge of the military affairs of the entire Yunnan, and the government affairs had to be reported to him in every detail, so after he met Zhang Yue, he went to the capital and then hurried out of the city to the guard. After all, he and Zhang Yu and Zhang Ju are equals after all, so it doesn't hurt to let go of some figures, and although Zhang Yue has a bright future, after all, he is a junior, and it is a little inappropriate for him to stay as a duke and not go to other businesses. And he also wanted his eldest son Mu Bin to take this opportunity to have more contact with Zhang Yue, plus Mrs. Cheng was in charge, so he was relieved to go.

Like the serious Mu Wangfu, the Cuihai Mu Villa is also the same as the first door closed at the beginning of the year, and the second gate is locked. Although it was later than the time when the ordinary noble family was locked up, this was because Yunnan was no better than other places in the Central Plains, and there were often riots among the four tribes, and the Si clan rebellion had not been completely pacified to this day, and emergency military information would be sent in all the time. However, although it was not the kind of urgent military situation report at this time, Mrs. Cheng in the backyard was a little confused, and she turned in circles in the house.

"Madam, it's too difficult for you to make up your mind about this kind of thing, so let's quickly let someone report to the master!"

"Even if you hurry over, it will take an hour to go back and forth, and I heard that the master went to the guard, and he may not be able to find anyone in a hurry, if he can't come back for a while, the matter will spread! If that's the case, the first bit of work will be publicized to everyone, and how will the master be a man at that time? The lid that was finally covered down, why was it uncovered at this time! How did Su Ming do things, as soon as people spoke, he should lead people to beat them out! ”

The middle-aged mother who spoke knew Mrs. Cheng's mood at this moment, and didn't dare to say anything fair, but waited for Mrs. Cheng to lose her temper angrily, and then said in a low voice: "Shu slave maid said a word that I don't like to hear, most of them are subordinates of the old Tusi, and the new Tusi died suddenly at this time, and there are no descendants left, Mrs. should not agree to them first, and when the master comes back, they have always been respectful to the Mu family, and they have to weigh it if they want to make trouble." However, the top priority is to discuss with Yang Wubo, after all, it is his bloodline, whether to stay and inherit the position of Mangshi Tusi, or let him have a good idea. If this is well planned, it is not necessarily without benefit. ”

The master and servant of Mrs. Cheng here were discussing, and Zhang Yue was called away because of Bai Shao, so he only picked a little girl to go out. The courtyard of Zhang You and the three of them is not far to the north from here, and it is closer to the back door of the other courtyard, and it is also clean on weekdays. But he had only walked a few steps when he saw a sturdy servant woman running towards him in a hurry. When she got closer, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly curtsied and saluted, and ran forward before she could even speak.

Although he was full of doubts, he glanced at the little girl who was still in the general corner behind him, Zhang Yue knew that it was useless to ask, so he simply walked forward. When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard over there, he happened to see his father Zhang Zhuo stepping out of the threshold and hurriedly walked forward. When Zhang Zhuo saw him, he smiled and said, "I just heard a big movement outside, I was afraid that I would disturb your second uncle, so I came out to take a look, and by the way, I sent someone to you to see if it was up, but I didn't expect you to come over." Come on in. ”

At this time, it was already close to Hai, but Zhang You hadn't fallen asleep yet, and when he saw Zhang Yue following Zhang Zuo into the house, he just nodded lightly, glanced at Zhang Zuo and asked, "I just said, don't care about the movements outside, it's a family affair of the Duke of Qianguo." You and I have been living here for a few months, and it has been very disturbing. If you really know something, it's not a good thing. ”

When we met at lunch at the Water Pavilion today, Zhang Yue didn't have time to look at Zhang You carefully, and when he looked at it again, he found that it was only a few months of hard work, and there was a deep twilight on Zhang You's face, and the wrinkles left by the original battle were now more eye-catching, and the clear and variable white hair on his head was mixed with the dull black hair, revealing an old atmosphere. And these words unconsciously reveal a kind of frustration, and there is no longer the sharp edge of the past.

The previous injuries in Jiaolu were just flesh and skin, and the experience after arriving here is probably not light pressure on Zhang You. People are not plants and trees, even if they don't love to death, they will never have a trace of affection. Besides, people die for themselves, and when they dream back every night, they inevitably think of her benefits.

"What the second uncle said is that other people's family affairs naturally have no reason for us to care. But after all, we all live here, and I don't know if it will really implicate us, it's just a lot of preparations. ”

Zhang Yue smiled and said a round sentence for his father, and then sat down and talked with Zhang You for a while, skillfully leading his thoughts to the home in the capital, and said that Zhang Chao now has both children and daughters, and that Zhang Qi was going to be transferred to the Beijing camp to hone in the camp, and only at the end did he spit out the most critical sentence: "The second uncle has been fighting abroad for so many years, covering his wife and children, and now you are not fighting, you have your own sons and grandsons who work hard to earn a future so that you can enjoy Qingfu, and what is more gratifying than the struggle of your children in the world?" ”

"Okay, you boy, listen to this, why do I think you're talking about yourself and your father?"

Zhang You finally smiled, glanced at Zhang Zhuo next to him, he looked at Zhang Chao on the side, and sighed: "You are right, even if you earn a big family business and get a prominent title, if your son does not fight for the family, the hard work of that life will be in vain." Although Chao'er and Qi'er are not as competitive as you, they are not a fool, and they know how to change when they make mistakes, and when I go back and teach them well, they can also be more promising...... The past is gone, and it's up to them to ...... future."

Hearing his father say this, Zhang Chao couldn't help but turn his head away, and took a few deep breaths, which calmed down. At this time, Zhang Zhuo had to join in and talk in a funny way, and sat on the head of Zhang Chao on the small pestle. Just when the room was lively, a frightened voice suddenly came from outside, sounding as if it was a little girl who had been sent out of the door first.

"The slave and maid meet the Duchess of Qianguo."

As soon as they heard this, the four members of the Zhang family in the house immediately looked at each other. There is a saying that there is a difference between men and women, although they live here, even if Mrs. Cheng visits and sends things during the day, most of them send her confidant mother or girl, or the eldest son Mu Bin to do it for her, and rarely comes over in person, even if she invites someone to meet in the past, it is not often for her to meet. Now that the time has passed, how can this Duchess come in person?

After being stunned for a while, Zhang Zhuo called Zhang Yue to get up and go outside, and saw a girl lifting the curtain, but it was Mu Bin who personally helped Mrs. Cheng in, and the father and son greeted her. Zhang Yue only glanced at Mrs. Cheng, and found that she was dressed very plainly, with a blue satin shirt covered with a half-old stone blue embroidered gown, only a not-so-glamorous golden hairpin on her hair bun, a string of Buddhist beads hanging on her chest, and a kind and amiable eyebrow. After the two met, Mrs. Cheng smiled apologetically.

"It's so late, I came here in person without making anyone say anything, and disturbed your family's speech."

According to Mrs. Cheng's original intention, she naturally couldn't just pour out the original situation, but after Mu Bin, who learned about the matter, rushed over, she was persuaded by a few words. Now it's not people begging for themselves, but begging for others, besides, what happened to Fang Shuixin before was also a loss for her, what kind of shelf is put on at this moment, if it really makes people disgusted, at that time, it will be impossible to steal chickens and rice. As a result, not only did her figure soften at this time, but her tone was also unusually gentle.

Although Zhang Zhuo has been here for a few months, he hasn't seen Mrs. Cheng a few times, but at this time, he also noticed that Mrs. Cheng seems to have something else to say. Sure enough, he politely replied with two sentences and asked Mrs. Cheng's mother and son to sit down, and the noble lady who could be counted in the world sighed and said, "I can't hide it, I came over tonight, I really have something to discuss." You must have heard the commotion outside, but it was because there was another big incident in the south. The good Mangshi Tusi suddenly died violently, leaving behind the people of a tribe, a group of clan elders, you don't obey me, I don't accept you, I don't know who heard the news, and came here directly. My lord is usually well-informed, but this time he didn't know that the toast there was gone, although he had sent someone to the mansion to deliver the letter, but he had already left the city to go to the guard......"

Zhang Yue saw her and said, while looking at the thin curtain separating the inside and outside, he already knew the purpose of her coming. Fang Shuixin's death is not big, but it is not small, what matters is her identity. In other words, if such a thing is found out, it is the biggest trick! He hasn't come up with any way to come up with this side of the box, but the Mangshi Toast suddenly died, why did this person die at the wrong time?

At this moment, the thin layer of white silk curtains painted with ink paintings was beaten high, followed by Zhang Chao pushing Zhang You out of the room, and the faces of the father and son were very complicated. After Fang Shuixin killed himself, the child was taken care of by the Qianguo Mansion with a few proper girls and his mother, one of them was disheartened, and the other was embarrassed because of self-blame, and they only went to see it occasionally. But even so, when they heard such news, they could no longer fail to come forward.

However, without waiting for Zhang You to speak, Zhang Yue frowned and asked, "May I ask Madam, is the Mangshi Division adjacent to the Luchuan Division?" ”

At this time, it was Mu Bin who said: "That's right, Luchuan Si has always been the most disobedient native in the whole of Yunnan, but the Mangshi Nandian and others bordering him are very deferential to the imperial court, and the lord often receives them on weekdays. After all, although Si's traces are unknown now, there are hidden dangers after all, and they have been thinking about expanding to the surrounding areas, and they need these toasts to check and balance. Moreover, in order to give them the strength to fight against the Si clan, it took a lot of effort from grandfather to father, so they had to be appeased. I accompanied my mother to find my two uncles and brothers, just to come up with a good solution. After all, not to mention that it is impossible for Brother Yiqu to inherit the position of Tusi at his age, even the imperial court will not canonize Tusi so easily. Moreover, there have been funerals in the capital, which is the most important one. ”

Hearing this, Zhang You couldn't help but glance at Zhang Chao, and when he saw that his eldest son lowered his head in shame, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know Dongfang's temper, but he also felt quite guilty about her in his heart. has been fighting abroad for more than ten years, leaving her to serve her mother and raise her son at home, so he doesn't want to criticize him too harshly for many things, but this matter is handled too hastily. After thinking about it carefully in his heart, he turned his head to look at Zhang Yue and said, "Brother Yue, what good idea does he have?" ”

Seeing his father Zhang Zhuo and eldest brother Zhang Chao looking at him without saying anything, even Mrs. Cheng and Mu Bin looked at him, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be extremely depressed, thinking that he was not Zhuge Liang who frowned and schemed in his heart, let alone Brother Yixiu, who had a lot of plans. As for the geography of Yunnan, he also knew a little bit because he had paid attention to Fang Shuixin's affairs before, where did he come up with a good idea in a hurry? However, as soon as he wanted to shirk the past, he suddenly thought of an extremely important one.

Mangshi Division is about more than 1,000 miles away from Kunming County, Yunnan Prefecture, and it is impossible for the natives to have such pervasive news channels, not to mention that Fang Shuixin's affairs are secretive from Mrs. Cheng, even if the news leaks out, how can it be that Mangshi Division made trouble first? Moreover, he just felt that the death of the current Mangshi Tusi was too coincidental! Thinking of the previous expedition of Mu Ying and Mu Chun's father and son to Luchuan, he inevitably linked the two things together.

If something is abnormal, it is a demon, and he groaned a little, and then said his suspicions. As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang You, who had been in the southwest for a long time, turned pale, gasped and said, "If it was really Luchuan Si's doing, then it is very likely that the southwest will change in a blink of an eye." If Madame doesn't mind, can you let me meet those elders from the Mangshi Division? Although Shui Xin has gone, she is the woman I have married after all, and she is also the father of the child. ”

As soon as she heard that Zhang You was willing to come forward, Mrs. Cheng was immediately relieved, but she still looked at her son Mu Bin beside her, then stood up and saluted and thanked her, and asked people to quickly take Zhang You and Zhang Chao and his son to meet people, and as soon as they left, she said a few words to Zhang Zhuo and Zhang Yue, and then asked to leave. However, Mu Bin on the side nodded with a smile at Zhang Yue at this time.

"Yuanjie, the white peony who served you was originally my girl, although she is still smart, but she is too young, I am afraid I don't know how to serve people. I called her back today, and I'll send you two more old ones when I go back. ”

Mrs. Cheng was stunned when she heard this, but Mu Bin had already said it, and she didn't want to say anything else, so when Zhang Yue smiled and thanked her, she hurriedly called Mu Bin to go out together. It wasn't until she got out of the yard and went to the middle road that she asked angrily: "What are you doing here, I have been choosing at home for a long time before I picked out such a good-looking person, and the most important thing is that his family background is innocent and loyal, why do you want to accept it indiscriminately?" This eats in the bowl and looks at the pot, what does it look like! ”

"Mother, what is a white peony, son, this is for the good of you and your father!"

Mu Bin saw that the entourage and others had retreated far behind, so he explained in a low voice with confidence: "You can see Zhang Yue's appearance just now, you really don't take it to heart!" In the evening, the secret report from Jiaolu had just arrived, and Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, had sent him a beautiful woman who warmed the bed before the New Year, but he didn't touch it, but instead used the help of his brothers and sisters to select a number of talents to pay tribute to the imperial court. He was born in a family like him, and he was born in a young and expensive family, and there is only one wife and two concubines in the family, you still can't see his thoughts? Now at this moment, more things are better than less things, isn't Fang Shuixin's matter troublesome enough? ”