Xie Ming
Chapter 84: Town Trivia
Chapter 84: Trivial Matters in Town (Part )
"Hongwen, what are you doing? Come back quickly!"
Xu Wangshi woke up in her bedroom and saw the eldest girl go downstairs to bolt the door, but she leaned out and went out. She was anxious, but did not dare to call out loudly, so she hurried downstairs as well.
He had just walked to the front of the hall when he saw Hongwen coming back. He hurried forward and suppressed her anger.
"Mom, it's okay. I just went out to check. The soldiers were in the narrow alley outside our house. They were all asleep and no one saw me!" Hongwen explained.
"Oh, you are a girl, how can you go out and show your face like this?"
"Soldiers and bandits are all vicious. If someone sees us and has bad intentions, you..."
In her haste, Mrs. Xu lost her temper in her words. She was afraid that such words would bring up Hongwen's sad memories, so she quickly stopped talking.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Xu Jingyi came downstairs again, and the three of them gathered in the hall.
"Ah! Nothing." Xu Wangshi interrupted.
"Sister, are they still in the alley?" Jingyi turned and asked Xiang Hongwen.
"Yes, they are here! Your Young Master Xiao, General Xiao should be here too!" Hongwen deliberately emphasized her tone.
"Hey, mother, look at her!"
Jingyi blushed, waved her hand without saying anything else, and went back upstairs.
6: AM (: AM).
Xiao Jingchuan and his soldiers gradually woke up, and it was already dawn.
As soon as he bent down and walked out of the tent, Xiao Lang saw Xu Jialin, Jialu, several elders from the town, and a dozen strong men from the town gathered at the entrance of the alley, setting up two large pots and cooking something.
Steam was rising from the pot, and the wind carried the aroma of the rice porridge into the alley.
Xiao Jingchuan walked up to the crowd, bowed and began to speak.
"Hey, when did you prepare these?!"
"I decided to stay the night in this alley because I didn't want to disturb the villagers. I didn't expect that I would cause you all so much trouble!"
"It is indeed my fault. I am so ashamed. So ashamed!" Xiao Lang spoke very politely.
"Hey, General Xiao, what you said is really outrageous!"
"The military and the people have been one family since ancient times. You are the elite of the imperial court. If I let you sleep in such a shabby alley, you don't know that I didn't sleep a wink all night. I couldn't bear it! So, don't be polite with us. It's been cold all night. It's good to ask the soldiers to get up and drink some hot porridge to drive away the cold!" Xu Jialin was very good at flattery, and Xiao Jingchuan couldn't refuse after hearing what he said.
"Haha, you are my elder. From now on, I will address you as Lord Jialu. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, everyone. Now that we have come to this point, I, the younger generation and my brothers, will not refuse your kindness!"
After saying this, Xiao Jingchuan called Gu Changting and asked the soldiers to line up and take their food in an orderly manner without violating etiquette.
After dinner, Jialin and Jialu stayed by Xiao Jingchuan's side, helping each other as guides, wandering around the town, selecting suitable houses to be used as schools and clinics, and it took them more than an hour to select.
In the end, they decided to stay in two larger courtyard houses in the east and west of the town instead of in the center of the town, out of consideration for the Xu family's ancestral home which could not be easily transferred to others. Jialin and Jialu were very grateful for this, and they promised that all the procedures would be completed in the afternoon and the house would be officially vacated for General Xiao to stay.
After lunch, Xiao Lang was busy discussing matters with the clan leader Xu in the ancestral hall. On the other hand, he ordered Qiu Zhizhong to take a few soldiers back to the temporary camping site to inform the prince and a group of ministers about the matter of Jiulong Town, and ordered them to wait with the prince until dusk, and enter the town when it was getting dark, and bring 200 people from Li Huchen and Wang Chuanwu to accompany them. In the afternoon, the deed procedures for the two houses were completed, and Qing waited for the team to bring silver to the transaction in the evening. Both houses had front and back courtyards, and the total area was quite large. The total cost was 300 taels of silver. Of course, this was also due to the relationship between Jialin and Jialu, and the price was very low.
Moreover, it was afternoon and the money had not yet been settled, but Xiao Jingchuan was already helping the seller move things and make room.
By evening, the two houses had not yet been properly tidied up, which was beyond Xiao Jingchuan's expectations. The main reason for the purchase was that there was no ready-made furniture in the town, so the process was delayed.
At 16: p.m. in the afternoon, another soldier from the camp in the mountains brought a message from Qiu Zhizhong, saying that the prince had a cough and asked if all preparations had been made. He also hoped that Xiao Lang would do his best to prepare a soft couch and a sheltered place for the prince to recuperate.
Upon hearing the news, Xiao Jingchuan had no choice but to go to Patriarch Xu's house again to negotiate to temporarily vacate a clean bedroom for the Crown Prince in his house. He said that the facilities in the house he bought were not complete, and the Crown Prince had a relapse of his old illness, so he might need a clean place to recuperate more.
Hearing these words, Xu Jialin readily agreed and took on the responsibility. In his heart, he felt fortunate that his ancestors' graves were filled with gratitude and that he would live to welcome the prince in this lifetime. This was truly the luck of his life.
Without going into details, time passed by and it was already 18:45 PM (:).
The sky in the mountains gradually darkened and the moon hung on the mountain ridge.
Qiu Zhizhong, accompanied by the crown prince and a group of civil officials, along with 200 soldiers from Li Huchen and Wang Chuanwu, gradually arrived at the town entrance.
Xiao Jingchuan left the trivial matters in the house and took a dozen soldiers to the town entrance to provide support.
After the large group of troops entered the town, the soldiers and ministers set up camp in two newly purchased houses to rest.
Xiao Lang and Qiu Zhizhong led the prince and the eunuch Wang Zhixin to Xu Jialin's house to stay.
Gu Changting followed Xiao Lang's order and also selected dozens of good men to follow him. After the prince entered the clan leader's house, they surrounded the house from front to back and patrolled at night.
Xiao Jingchuan escorted the prince to Xu's house and personally checked the security measures in the house. Xu Jialin, Xu Wangshi and the two daughters had never seen such a scene before and were terrified. Apart from paying their respects to the prince, they basically didn't say anything else.
The vacated room was used as the boudoir of the second daughter, Xu Jingyi. Firstly, the house was newer and the furniture and furnishings were acceptable; secondly, a daughter's room was always fresher and tidier.
Xu Jingyi was arranged to temporarily share a room with her elder sister Hongwen.
Even with such careful arrangements, Xiao Jingchuan was still worried. After all, the town was not as good as the mountains and there were all kinds of people there. He could not be careless. So at night, he sent Qiu Zhizhong back to the house in the east of the town, and he stayed behind and set up a tent in Xu's house for the night.
With himself guarding the interior and Gu Changting leading a team on night patrol outside, Xiao Jingchuan finally felt relieved with such an arrangement.
At night, on the second floor of Xu's house, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang's cough gradually eased after taking medicine.
After serving the prince medicine and food, washing up and doing some other trivial things, Wang Zhixin secretly came out of the prince's room.
He tiptoed to look at Xiao Jingchuan's tent in the yard downstairs, and saw that Xiao Lang was resting in the tent and had not shown up, so he walked slowly to Xu Jialin's house.
Eunuchs were subject to very strict rules in the palace. They were strictly trained to walk since childhood, so their slow walking was not easy to notice. Therefore, it was normal that Xiao Jingchuan did not know about it.
Boom boom boom!
Wang Zhixin knocked on the door very lightly.
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