Forty-one, really helpless
At night, in the Jingjie Hall of the Fenghua Protectorate, Zhou Xuan, Lin Dai, Judge Fan and Governor Xu were discussing the affairs of Prince Lianchang.
Lin Dai said: "Chen Si'an is abominable. He actually wanted to collude with Wu and Yue troops to invade our Tang Kingdom. His Majesty has been too kind to him over the years, and he has raised a tiger and left a disaster. Nephew Xuan thought how should he deal with it now? Arrest Lian Chang immediately?"
Zhou Xuan asked Judge Fan: "Mr. Fan, have Lian Chang's true identity been found?"
Judge Fan bowed and said, "It has been found out that the son of Lianchang is not surnamed Lian. His surname is Lan, and his name is Lan Lianchang. He is a large family of barbarians in Fujian. In order to acquire local barbarians, Chen Si'an married Lan Xiangyu, the sister of Lan Lianchang. This Lan Lianchang admires Han culture, is very good at art and elegant, and is ashamed of being a barbarian. He is the closest clan among the four major surnames of Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong in Fujian.
Zhou Xuan said: "Uncle, my nephew thinks that Lan Lianchang can be used, so it is not appropriate to alert the snake. As for how to use it, let's discuss it when the Eastern Palace comes. Didn't the Eastern Palace send a quick Malay report? Will you be able to arrive in Jiangzhou at noon tomorrow?"
Lin Dai said: "Tomorrow, Nephew Xuan will welcome the East Palace with me. It is a great honor for Lin to attend Lin Duo's wedding."
Zhou Xuan said: "Uncle, let Hanyun go to welcome the East Palace with me tomorrow?"
Lin Dai glanced at Zhou Xuan and couldn't guess Zhou Xuan's thoughts. Lin Dai was a little worried. If the East Palace and Zhou Xuan had a falling out for Hanyun, the Lin family would be in trouble. Although Zhou Xuan was just a marquis, under the name of the East Palace cousin, he seemed to be qualified to be jealous with the East Palace and nodded and said, "Okay."
The four of them discussed for a while and then they dispersed. Zhou Xuan had to go to the "Jiunan Mountain Room" to see Fairy Jingyi. Lin Hanyun was also there. She wore a red gauze dress, and her skin could reveal her whiteness and delicateness from under the thin skirt. Her eyes were full of wavy, and the second lady of the Lin family had grown up.
Zhou Xuan said that he would let Lin Hanyun go with him to pick up Li Jian tomorrow, and she would be happy if Lin Hanyun ran out of the Protectorate's Mansion.
Fairy Jingyi personally poured tea for Zhou Xuan, then put his hands on his knees, and sat in a very beautiful position. He asked lightly: "The day after tomorrow, Lin Duo's wedding. Did Brother Xuan move his family to Jinling after preparing for the wedding banquet?"
Zhou Xuan looked up at Fairy Jingyi. Fairy Jingyi lowered her head slightly, covering her eyelashes, neither happy nor worried, and quiet and gentle.
Zhou Xuan said: "There is really no airtight wall in the world. In the past two days, people have been coming to the door to beg Dr. Qin to continue working in the Medical Office, saying that the goddess doctor, Miss Qin, wanted to go to Jinling with her husband, and they dared not to keep him, but they begged Dr. Qin to stay in Jiangzhou to treat diseases and save people. The people of Jiangzhou cannot be without a good doctor - my father-in-law is unwilling to go to Jiangling. After discussing, they decided to decide that the father-in-law and mother-in-law, the two old men, remained in Jiangzhou. Xiaodi, I will take them to Jinling to choose famous teachers to teach, and wait a few years before taking the two old men to Jinling for retirement."
Fairy Jingyi said "um" and felt a hint of misty joy in his heart: "My brother Xuan's father-in-law and mother-in-law stayed in Jiangzhou, so Brother Xuan will come back occasionally. Brother Xuan has endless contact with Jiangzhou. Brother Xuan should go to Baiyun Temple to visit me when he returns to Jiangzhou. What should I say to him? Well, just make a pot of good tea and ask him to taste it."
Lin Hanyun didn't understand her sister's beauty and sorrow, and said, "Brother Zhou Xuan, you have to find a way. You must bring me with you when you go to Jinling, otherwise I will just follow Yang Xiaopin and run away secretly."
Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Yang Xiaopin is more scheming than you. If you run out, it will be a complete end."
Strangely, Fairy Jingyi did not blame Lin Hanyun for her words. Could it be that Lin Hanyun obtained her sister's consent in advance?
Li Jian will come tomorrow. Some things must be explained clearly. Don’t cause unnecessary trouble. Zhou Xuan was about to speak, but Fairy Jingyi stood up and said, “Brother Xuan, you have a good talk with Hanyun. Be careful about some things. Don’t miss them for no reason. The girl said, go and rest first, good night.” After that, she walked out of the tea room with graceful gait.
Mingfeng and Jianyue also said good night to Zhou Xuan and followed Fairy Jingyi out. The good night they said to Zhou Xuan was also learned from Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan’s influence on the “Jiunan Mountain House” was far-reaching.
There were only two people left in the elegant tea room, Zhou Xuan and Lin Hanyun, so Lin Hanyun sat next to Zhou Xuan and asked, "Did Brother Zhou Xuan think of a solution?"
When Fairy Jingyi was not here, Zhou Xuan became arrogant. He stretched his feet in front of him, sat down without looking at him, and said with a smile: "Sister Hanyun is fine, you can go to Jinling. Let Li Jian take you there, you can be his crown princess."
Lin Hanyun said firmly: "I don't!" His big eyes turned, and when he saw Zhou Xuan smiling, he leaned over and pressed against Zhou Xuan, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou Xuan is willing to be the crown princess?"
Zhou Xuan said: "There is nothing to be reluctant to do? When Hanyun becomes the crown princess, she will become the imperial concubine or the queen in the future. Then I will be the national uncle. Haha, the national uncle is generally more treacherous and can bully people with power and harm the country and the people. It's interesting! Interesting!"
Lin Hanyun rolled her eyes wide, reached out to pinch Zhou Xuan, and cursed: "Beat you, a treacherous minister, to eliminate the harm to all people."
Xia Tian's clothes were thin and it hurts so much that Zhou Xuan quickly grabbed Lin Hanyun's hand and went into his arms. Lin Hanyun threw herself into his arms, with his chest pressing against Zhou Xuan's chest, and he could clearly feel the two peaks of delicate erect and soft rubbing between the two layers of clothes.
Zhou Xuan suddenly became popular and slapped Lin Hanyun's round buttocks and said, "When will you return what you owe me?"
"What do you owe you?" Lin Hanyun knew what Zhou Xuan was referring to, and his heart was beating. His mouth and tongue became dry and then he felt saliva from his tongue.
"I owe this to me!" Zhou Xuan held her head and kissed her hard.
Miss Lin Er said "um" twice, hooked Zhou Xuan's neck with both hands, and turned to her face.
The kiss was deep and the two of them were panting. After a while, they separated. The lips were wet and their eyes were ambiguous. At some point, Zhou Xuan's right hand had already stroked Lin Hanyun's chest-
Lin Hanyun knocked off the hand, and his voice was a little breathless: "Have you kissed enough, bad brother!"
Lin Hanyun became more and more coquettish, and Zhou Xuan was covered with his open hand, all in his control, saying, "Hanyun, what did Sister Daoyun say to you? Didn't you advise you to marry me?"
Lin Hanyun pushed Zhou Xuan's hand and didn't push it away. Forget it, she looked down at the hand that kept moving on her chest, and said with a blushing face: "I advised me, but you have to find a way to let me go to Jinling with you, otherwise I won't agree."
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Then let's get married the day after tomorrow and go to Jinling together. Wouldn't that be legitimate?"
Lin Hanyun shouted: "There is such a hasty thing. This year, Nacai, Najib, Nazheng, and then we can welcome him in person. At least we have to wait until next spring."
Zhou Xuan grinned: "You are not confused, but this is clear. There is no rule that you can't meet after getting engaged. Where do you get so many bad rules? Let's overturn it!"
Lin Hanyun couldn't stand it by Zhou Xuan's touch, so she pushed away her hand and said, "Well, I don't like these rules either, but my father can't pass it. To break this rule, you can only rely on Brother Zhou Xuan."
Zhou Xuan nodded: "Okay, I will choose the opportunity to propose marriage to Uncle Lin. Hanyun, I ask you, what if the prince Li Jian wants to marry you?"
Lin Hanyun gave him a charming look and said with a pout, "I've kissed you too, and I've touched you too, so why do I marry someone else? Of course, I've been determined to marry you. Humph, you lied to me and said it doesn't matter if you kissed me, but my sister said that it's something that couples can do."
"Ah!" Zhou Xuan said in shock: "Have you told Sister Daoyun all this?"
Lin Hanyun pursed her lips and smiled: "My sister is my fault. I just said that day we took my sister back from Baiyun Temple. When my sister asked, I said it."
Zhou Xuan was so embarrassed. His gentle image in front of Fairy Jingyi was completely ruined. The whole wolf was so big that he asked, "Sister Daoyun didn't scold me, right?"
Lin Hanyun laughed: "No, but my sister's face turned red, and then she tried her best to persuade me to marry you quickly and not to procrastinate."
Zhou Xuan said: "I will go back to Qin Que, Renting Needle and the others, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law,"
"Don't say it, don't say it!" Lin Hanyun said anxiously: "I'm so embarrassed. I always call them Que'er sister-in-law and Zinn'er sister-in-law. Now I'm also a sister-in-law. Oh, Brother Zhou Xuan, I'd better not marry you. This is so shameful!"
Zhou Xuan was speechless, thinking about it, he didn't know how to talk to Que'er, and the others. It was quite embarrassing. He stood up and said, "I'll go back first, don't be embarrassed. I know you are very brave. Li Jian will come tomorrow. Don't cause trouble for me, otherwise you won't get married."
Lin Hanyun sent Zhou Xuan out, Mingfeng and Jianyue were still guarding outside, and asked Fairy Jingyi and said that they had already fallen asleep.
Lin Hanyun kept sending Zhou Xuan outside the gate and whispered: "Brother Zhou Xuan, don't worry, I will marry you if I don't marry anyone."
Zhou Xuan smiled, clenched her little hand tightly, and said, "I am honored."
It was already midnight when Zhou Xuan returned to the mansion. He took a cold shower and went to the room to see that the porcelain lamp was on. Qin Que was sleeping on the big bed with his arms and legs exposed. He had to take care of the fetus with his needles. He couldn't sleep with three people all the time and sleep in the room.
As soon as Zhou Xuan got into bed, Qin Que woke up and asked his husband why he came back so late?
Zhou Xuanluo briefly explained the matter of Qingyuan, and was afraid that he would use troops. Qin Que asked in surprise: "My husband wants to lead troops to fight?"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "What kind of war can I fight? I don't know martial arts and don't understand strategy. Will leading troops be a disaster? Tang State has its own troops - Que'er, I have something to tell you."
"Well, husband said." Qin Que turned sideways, staring at Zhou Xuan with bright eyes, with a hint of resentment, as if he knew what Zhou Xuan was going to say. When Zhou Xuan mentioned Lin Hanyun's name, she understood completely. She asked Xiao Xuxiang. Although Xiao Xuxiang did not say that his son-in-law kissed Miss Lin Er, he said that Miss Lin Er often stayed in his son-in-law's carriage, Qin Que knew that it would be a matter of time before Lin Hanyun married Zhou Xuan.
After listening to Zhou Xuan's words, Qin Que said, "This is a happy event. My sister Zi Er's husband goes to say, "My father and mother, I will say it for my husband." Even though he said that, he still feels a little uncomfortable.
Qin Que was so virtuous that Zhou Xuan felt a little ashamed, and he whipped the many unreasonable things of the polygamy system in his heart. But since he was in the Tang Kingdom, he couldn't help himself. He followed the local customs. Who made his buddies charm unstoppable? Helpless and helpless!
At the morning of the next morning, Zhou Xuan, Lin Dai, Judge Fan, Governor Xu, and Lin Hanyun, flags, ceremonies, armor, axes and halberds, hundreds of followers came out of the south gate of Jiangzhou ten miles away. When they met Prince Li Jian, the prince, who was escorted by thousands of iron cavalry and armored soldiers, was accompanied by four Eastern Palace guards, and Chen Ji, who had been named the fourth-rank General Mingwei.
Seeing Lin Dai, Zhou Xuan and others greeted the side of the way. Prince Li Jian hurriedly dismounted and greeted Lin Dai. He held Zhou Xuan's hand and smiled, "Cousin Xuan, for more than three months, I missed my cousin Xuan every day. I always pay attention to the news in the capital when I was away. The battle between Cousin Xuan's Cuju team and the Yuanshe of King Jing's Mansion was really exciting. When I think about it, I have to drink it, hahaha."
In that Cuju match, two teams fought together, and King Jing Li Jian was kicked by Zhou Xuan and broke his leg. Li Jian had already gone to Hongzhou at that time. Later, I heard people laughed and raised my glass to greet my cousin Xuan.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Brother Jian worked hard for the country, and he lost a lot of weight. With such a crown prince, why worry about my Tang Dynasty's failure to prosper."
Lin Hanyun also came forward to greet him. Li Jian looked at Lin Hanyun and smiled and said, "Miss Lin is even more outstanding. Did he come back with the Hou of Xinzhou?"
Lin Hanyun replied: "Yes." He looked at Zhou Xuan with affection, as if he was crazy about his love.
Lin Dai saw him and sweated on his forehead. Fortunately, Li Jian just smiled without any anger.
Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji hugged each other, and their friends met, and they were happy. Zhou Xuanluo talked about visiting Chen Ji's father through Hongzhou, and asked how the new army in Yong'an was practicing?
As soon as he mentioned the training, Li Jian became excited and shouted: "Cousin Xuan, get on the horse, let's talk while walking."
Everyone got on the horse together, Zhou Xuan and Li Jian rode in front, Lin Dai and Chen Ji followed closely behind.
Li Jian said: "It's a pity that Mr. Chen is a Beijing official. This time, he has shown his talent and knowledge of Mr. Chen's talent. He is proficient in his literary and martial arts. His military discipline is strict. The newly recruited 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry have been established for only three months and are already quite capable. Mr. Chen is really talented as Mr. Li Wei! However, my Tang Dynasty has a very shortage of horses, but the Song Dynasty has horses but they are not sold to me. Mr. Chen has sent people to Liao to contact him. Even if the Liao Dynasty is willing to sell horses, how to transport them to our Tang Dynasty is a big problem."
Zhou Xuan said: "By land was blocked by the State of Song, and it can be transported by sea. A twenty-foot-meter-long ship can transport hundreds of war horses at a time, right? Your Highness, our Tang Kingdom not only needs to build a powerful land army, but also a powerful navy. This navy should be able to go out to sea. Only when the enemy has no one can we achieve hegemony."
Zhou Xuan's words are always so inspiring. Li Jian nodded and said, "What Cousin Xuan said is very true. I will order people to handle the matter of transporting war horses in the sea. When I return to Beijing, my father will step up the preparations-" He whispered: "I know Cousin Xuan's strategy. If I use force against Wu Yue in the future, I will advance from west to east. My Marine Army can take a detour on the east coast, so that Wu Yue will be attacked from both sides. Cousin Xuan's talent is not inferior to Mr. Chen."
Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "It's like Go, I'm just better at the overall situation than you." He said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for our ocean master to be trained." He was about to meet Prince Lianchang in Xuanzhou and Xiahou Liusu.
Li Jian laughed at first, saying that cousin Xuan was so good at teasing people. He used his tricks to make Qingyuan people go around. Finally, when the Qingyuan Jiedushi Chen Si'an wanted to connect Wu Yue to use troops to Tang State, Li Jian was furious: "Chen Si'an has always been unruly and wants to use me to fight with King Jing to make profits. I didn't expect that he would dare to build Ting's two states' ideas, very good, so let him try the new army of Tang State."
Zhou Xuan hurriedly said, "Brother Jian, don't be angry. Wouldn't it be better if you don't fight the Quren's army? We're going to talk in detail when we arrived at the Protectorate."
The huge team returned to Jiangzhou, which was different from the last time she came to Jiangzhou as a draft envoy. This time, Li Jian came as the crown prince. The people of Jiangzhou welcomed each other across the streets, which was unprecedented.
Li Jian, Lin Dai, Zhou Xuan, Judge Fan, and Governor Xu went to the Jingjie Hall of the Protectorate's Office to discuss matters. Li Jian asked Zhou Xuan what good advice would be to deal with the joint efforts of Qingyuan and Wu Yue?
Zhou Xuan said: "After solving Qingyuan, Wu Yue naturally dared not take action. In the past few days, I have learned about the situation in Qingyuan from many sources. Chen Si'an is not as stable as Mount Tai. There are sixteen counties in Quan and Zhangzhou. The mountains are covered with mountains. People living in the mountainous areas are all from Shanha. We call it Manliao. Manliao has four major clan surnames, only Lan Lianchang is loyal to Chen Si'an. The other three surnames Pan, Lei and Zhong are in harmony with Shenli. They are very dissatisfied with Chen Si'an's support for the dominance of the Lan family. I think my Tang Kingdom does not need to be Qingyuan for the time being.
To use troops, first cut off the trade and business with Qingyuan, then secretly support the three surnames Pan, Lei and Zhong, and support them with money and materials to let them fight against Chen Si'an. When the fire broke out in the backyard, Chen Si'an had no time to seek construction. Ting and the old nests would not be saved. When our new army of Tang State was trained, we would join forces with the troops of several major southwest captains to destroy Chen Si'an in one fell swoop, appease the barbarians, and promised the benefits to the barbarians to be fulfilled one by one, and deal with the disputes between the Han and the barbarians fairly. In this way, the overall situation of Qingyuan will be settled."
Li Jian clapped his high-high and said, "This statement of cousin Xuan is comparable to Zhuge Liang's 'Longzhong Pair'. It is really a blessing for the Tang Dynasty to have cousin Xuan."
Lin Dai, Judge Fan, and Governor Xu all expressed their admiration.
Chapter completed!