After traveling for several days, the group finally arrived at Pingxi, the hometown of Leng Ningshuang's mother. The climate here seems to be close to the south. Although Pingxi is at the junction of north and south, the climate seems to be more southerly.
Jiang Fang felt the long-lost humidity and was moved to tears. Before she came to this world, she was also a southerner. After going to the north, she was really not used to anything else.
Of course, this world was something she wasn't used to.
It seemed that he felt the humidity and heat in the south, and Xiao Yao was still not used to it: "It's late autumn in Pingxi, why is it still so hot? It's snowed a few times in the capital."
Autumn in the north may no longer be called autumn. The temperature is even colder than winter in the south. However, the north is dry and cold, and the south is freezing to the bones. We should be lucky that it is still autumn in the south.
The Leng family also has a house in Pingxi, which was built near Leng Ningshuang's mother's natal house. The two houses are next to each other, and they look very grand.
Nowadays, the persimmon trees in the house are hung with small persimmons. From a distance, they look like small lanterns, which is very festive.
It's just that no one has lived in this house for a long time. Originally, the Leng family was supposed to come here to take refuge first, but something like that happened.
There is only one housekeeper and a woman in charge in these two houses. It is said that they are a couple. They usually clean the yard to prevent it from getting dusty when someone moves in.
As soon as Leng Ningshuang entered, she saw the housekeeper, Uncle Liu, picking persimmons. Every year at this time, Uncle Liu would ask someone to send some persimmons to the capital, but it seemed that they were no longer needed this year.
Leng Ningshuang stood at the door, looking at the golden persimmons on the book, feeling sour in her heart. Jiang Fang comforted her: "Counting the days, your grandmother and the others should already be on their way to Pingxi."
Leng Ningshuang said in surprise: "Really?"
Jiang Fang nodded: "When have I lied to you? But you have to be prepared, because we are unable to protect everyone in your Leng family."
Leng Ningshuang took a deep breath and said: "No one knew that the disaster would come so suddenly. I just hope that grandma will be safe and sound. We will settle the rest of the accounts together when we return to the capital."
Uncle Liu saw Leng Ningshuang standing at the door, quickly put down the basket in his hand, walked quickly to Leng Ningshuang, then looked outside, and called everyone in.
Uncle Liu asked his mother-in-law Qin Ma to prepare some snacks for everyone, and then closed the door. Fortunately, the Leng family's house was on the outskirts of the city, so no one noticed them.
Qin's mother brought some food and said to Leng Ningshuang: "Miss, we haven't prepared any good snacks. If you don't mind, just make do with some. I'll go to the street to buy some vegetables and come back."
Leng Ningshuang said: "Tidy up this house and buy some commonly used items. Grandma and the others should be back in a few days."
Qin Ma glanced at Uncle Liu. Although they had been guarding the two houses in Pingxi for the Leng family, they were also Leng Qinghe's confidants. Qin Ma was also Leng Ningshuang's wet nurse.
Naturally, they got the news and knew about the imprisonment of the Leng family. They thought that no one from the Leng family would come back this year, but they were still a little surprised when they heard Leng Ningshuang say this.
But she didn't say anything, she just followed Leng Ningshuang's instructions. They had been in the Leng family for so many years, so they naturally knew what to ask and what not to ask.
Uncle Liu asked: "Miss, I haven't heard from you for a long time, and I don't know what is going on in the southwest. But in my last letter, I told you to protect your lady. What are your plans for leaving the capital this time?"
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Leng Ningshuang knew that her father and Uncle Liu had always exchanged letters. Although Uncle Liu was left in his old house in Pingxi, he had been secretly working for the Leng family and seeking information.
Leng Ningshuang asked: "Did your father say anything in his last letter?"
Uncle Liu paused and said, "I will tell you that I must protect you."
Leng Ningshuang felt very disappointed, but her father repeatedly asked Uncle Liu to protect herself. Did his father already know that Xiao Boyuan wanted to attack him?
"Uncle Liu, I came here to ask you about my father. I know that my father has trusted you very much over the years. Now that something has happened to the Leng family and there is no news from my father, I feel really uneasy."
Uncle Liu said: "Miss, don't be anxious. The master will naturally have ways to protect himself, but now that the situation is turbulent, the master also has his own things to deal with."
Uncle Liu's words showed that he must know something, but he had no intention of telling Leng Ningshuang. It had always been like this. No matter what decision he made, his father would never tell her. He would only say it was for her own good.
Leng Ningshuang said: "Father knows Xiao Boyuan's plot, right? What happened to father? If you don't tell me, then I will find out myself!"
Uncle Liu shook his head and said: "Miss, this matter is not as simple as you first thought. If it were not forced by the situation, how could the master have let the Leng family suffer such a disaster? You'd better not get involved!"
Seeing that Leng Ningshuang still wanted to refute, Jiang Fang held her back, and then said to Uncle Liu: "If I guessed correctly, General Leng is in the army, and he may have been kidnapped, right?"
Uncle Liu stared at Jiang Fang but said nothing. After hearing this, Leng Ningshuang said: "Ah Fang, has something happened to my father?"
Uncle Liu said: "Don't make blind guesses. The master is so capable, how could he be easily kidnapped by those little guys?"
Jiang Fang pointed to the persimmon tree in the yard and said: "The persimmon on the persimmon tree outside is your secret code, right? There should be some soldiers under General Leng around here, right?
If I guessed correctly, you should have known Xiao Boyuan's intention to rebel long ago, but when you knew it, Xiao Boyuan had already made arrangements.
General Leng had no way to convey this information to the capital, so he quietly arranged for people to guard the Leng family's old house. If things really reached an irreversible point,
So this part of the force should be General Leng's last line of defense to protect the Leng family, right? When I looked at it outside the yard, I thought it was a little strange, but I didn't think about it in detail.
But I remembered that General Leng also wrote about persimmons in his last letter home to Ningshuang. The ripe persimmons should be red, and the uncooked ones should be green.
But it's only September now. Logically speaking, these persimmons should only be fully ripe in November. There is not a single green persimmon in this book, and your basket seems to be full of half-ripe persimmons.
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When I came in, I felt like there were people around here who had been staring at this place. This house was on the outskirts of the city, and logically there shouldn't be shops or villages.
Especially the blacksmith shop. You can see that he is still forging iron. There is no smoke at all from the chimney on the house. It is obviously not a real blacksmith, so I will take a bold guess. Those people were arranged by General Leng, right?
If the persimmons on the tree are all green, it means nothing is wrong; if they are red, especially if the tree is full of red, it is an alarm, right?"