Fan Zhongyan is a man of action and has the temperament to take off as soon as he wants. Ye An is also a man of action, but he must make complete preparations before taking action, otherwise he will never set off.
Of course, the most important point is that before leaving Beijing, you must go home and inform Qin Mumu in person. It is not an urgent time. If you leave without saying goodbye, the consequences can be imagined.
Besides, there was no one around him, and he was not used to having people he didn't know accompany him. This trip to Jianghuai was for disaster relief, and he would inevitably go to prefectures, counties and even the countryside for inspections, so he still had to bring what he should bring.
"The wife in the family doesn't know, Chang Sheng still has to go back and tell the truth so that the wife won't worry."
Fan Zhongyan was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing and said: "You kid, how can you be as henpecked as Uncle Yan Tong?!"
"Hey! You can't say that. The wife of the family is the king of Yangcheng County given by the Heavenly Family. She and the boy were already under the imperial decree before they met. Besides, husband and wife should support each other and have a minimum of respect, right? This kind of thing
You still need to report it to Madam..."
In Fan Zhongyan's view, it was enough to send someone home to inform him about the matter, but Ye An wanted to go back in person, perhaps for other reasons, so naturally it was not easy to stop him with all his strength. He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You! For your wife's sake.
It can be said that reputation is a matter of great effort...haha!"
Fan Zhongyan didn't know that Ye An was helpless. Putting aside those high-sounding words, Qin Mumu's warning was still in his ears. If he sent someone back to tell him, that would be a matter of course. He could just leave, but he couldn't come back again.
I'm afraid I'm going to be in bad luck when I get to Tokyo!
After getting on her own oxcart and letting the man take her back, Ye An was thinking about how to explain to Qin Mumu. After all, she had stated several times that now that she has a child, she should spend more time with her family and not go out if she has nothing to do.
Ye An didn't want to either, but unexpectedly, Fan Zhongyan captured a young man in front of Zhao Zhen's imperial court. This was an errand that could not be avoided...
The troubled Ye An just got off the bullock cart and was stunned by the appearance of the mansion in front of him. Carts of boxes and cages were piled at the door. Dozens of servants were shouting to move things in, but Wang Gang, Hou San and others were
I don't want anyone to come in.
Tieniu leaned against the pillar and smiled naively, tripping over the servant who was about to cross him. When he saw Ye An appearing, he shouted loudly: "Master Hou! Master Hou is back!"
When he saw this scene, Ye An planned to avoid it. Someone must have asked someone to deliver something. In the Song Dynasty, such fair and honest gift-giving was not uncommon, but the number of such gifts was very small. Most of them were to express gratitude for the support.
A favor among civil servants is nothing, but if I am promoted by the Imperial City Secretary, who can I promote?
When Ye An was still thinking that he had not helped anyone, the group of people gathered around him amidst Tieniu's reminder, and each one called him the master, which shocked him.
"Who is your master?! Where did you come from and where are you going? This is Yunzhong County Marquis' Mansion. How can you be allowed to mess around in Naixun Noble Mansion?!"
"Master Hou, Master Hou... we are servants of the Hou Mansion! The men of the Tie family can testify! We are the slaves of the masters who were bought from Renshizi by the noble man, and it was the noble man who sent us to Yu Mansion.
The one who went up is naturally a servant of the Marquis, so I don’t dare to deceive him!”
Ye An took a closer look and realized that these servants were neatly dressed, but they were not too young. Most of the craftsmen slaves who served as prison guards were naturalized prisoners who were convicted of crimes by officials. They knew more about poetry and books, so they were quite intelligent, but as they grew older, they also became more and more intelligent.
They will be exhausted and unable to be released or promoted, so these people will be rejected and sold into slavery.
Tortured by a tragic fate, losing even dignity in the end is considered a punishment.
But in Ye An's opinion, the nobleman who gave the gift really liked him. He knew that the most rare thing for him was this kind of experienced craftsman. So the question became, who is this nobleman?
At this time, Tieniu came over and whispered: "Master Hou, it's the girl from the Western Regions who has come. Look at these things she sent. They are all goods from the Western Regions. There must be tens of thousands of them, including Sichuan brocade, fine cotton, etc.
Gemstones and sulfur ions are all precious things!"
Ye An nodded, now he knew, who else could be a woman from the Western Regions with such financial resources? Isn’t it her Rosanna?!
It is not difficult to guess that after sending such a generous gift at this time, Li Yuanhao finally couldn't help but attack the Xizhou Uighurs, and the Gaochang Uighurs must be the first place to attack.
"Send these people to Zhuangzi outside the city and settle them down. As for returning these properties, is there any money that my Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion still lacks? Don't let people think that our family is greedy for money!"
After Ye An finished speaking, he stepped forward to go back to the house, but was pulled back by Tieniu: "Master Marquis, please don't go in. The county king has told you that it is not appropriate for you to go!"
It was a God-given opportunity to turn around and leave at this time, but Ye An could only smile bitterly and said: "If you don't get in, you can't do it! You also need to clean up. I have a new deputy Jianghuai pacification envoy, and we will set off to follow the pacification envoy later.
Fan Zhongyan went to the land of Jianghuai."
Tieniu immediately exclaimed: "Grandpa Tian, this is the pacifier of Huainan West Road and Huainan East Road, a very noble heavenly official!" But after saying that, he froze and said: "But Lord Marquis, let's go again
If you want to travel far away, your "virtuous wife" will naturally agree, but the one in my family... eh!"
"How can I be better than you?! Ever since I got Xiao Nuomi, I have never been in contact with the Imperial City Department and the Marquis Mansion! I won't even go to Goulan House... Ahem, I've never been there before.
Don’t look at me like this a few times!”
"The Marquis is back, the Marquis is back!" Tieniu gave Ye An a knowing look and shouted into the mansion.
Ye An had no choice but to enter the house. He was worried that the world would be in chaos, but he couldn't walk when he entered the courtyard. Rosanna was kneeling there, with Bayi who was getting fatter next to her.
Qin Mumu was pulling her up, but unfortunately Roxana was determined and refused to get up. Xuan'er who was watching next to her was anxious. After seeing Ye An, she immediately shouted: "Master Hou, you are back!"
Qin Mumu glanced at Ye An's beautiful eyes and said slightly: "Husband, this lady came to the house with a gift and asked for help. She knelt down in the middle hall without saying a word. She was pitiful. People who didn't know it thought she was coming to the door from your outer room.
Okay, what should I do?"
This arrogant and questioning tone made Ye Anxiao unbearable. He smiled bitterly and said: "Others have mentioned things that your husband cannot agree to. What can I do if you ask your husband? Kneel down if you like!"
It's not that Qin Mumu doesn't understand Rosanna's identity, she also understands what's involved. The two of them cooperated with this double act to make her give up.
Even if he begged to come to the Hou Mansion, it would be useless. Li Yuanhao wanted to conquer Xixia. How could the will of the Song Dynasty be changed?
Of course Ye An didn't want to see the Xizhou Uighurs being conquered by Li Yuanhao, but he had no ability to stop it. He could only look at Rosanna and said: "Instead of wasting your time here, why not prepare more money and food? Maybe we can provide support from Ganzhou
Maybe the Uighurs too."
"The spies I placed in the royal court of Dangxiang reported to me all night long. Li Yuanhao made up his mind this time. The 80,000 elite soldiers are ready to take the Xizhou Uighurs into his bag. How can I, the Xizhou Uighurs, resist?! Does Ye Hou have no intention?
Ashamed?"
Rosanna stared at Ye An with red eyes, her expression was as if Ye An was the culprit. Seeing the strange look in Qin Mumu's eyes next to her, Ye An was so angry that she laughed. This matter cannot be explained, wife.