Chapter 78 Situation Assessment
Liu Zheng and Liu Dahao looked at each other .
Unexpectedly, Feng Sanniang's experience in escorting was so magical. Speaking of his mother, Liu Zheng still felt that she was too magical. Feng Sanniang was not from Liangzhou, but from Jiangnan. She was born in a family of escorts. Her father was Feng Zhenglin, a famous escort master in the Longyan Dynasty. He founded the Yuanhang Escort Agency, which was famous all over the world. This Feng Sanniang was also a Jiangnan woman in the past. She was gentle and elegant, a lady from a noble family, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. At that time, she was also the most beautiful in Jiangnan, and attracted countless people's admiration.
Who would have thought that when she was sixteen, because Feng Zhenglin offended the dignitaries in Beijing, the entire escort agency almost collapsed, and Feng Sanniang broke into Beijing alone and supported the Yuanhang Escort Agency. What was incredible was that this young lady who threw away her needlework, put on military uniforms, took the remaining escorts of the escort agency at that time, went to the Xiongnu territory, and actually turned the tide and revived the Yuanhang Escort Agency. From then on, Feng Sanniang's name was even more famous than Feng Zhenglin.
However……
Such a person actually married Liu Dahao?
It was when I was escorting a caravan of goods that I met Liu Dahao in Liangzhou.
Liu Zheng couldn't figure it out. He couldn't figure it out at all. Judging from the situation today, the governor Chen Ping also had a lot of feelings for his mother. Even the fact that he had been targeting Liu Dahao might be because of this reason.
Let's talk about Feng Sanniang. She was originally going to escort the convoy from Liangzhou to Jinghua, which was a very safe route. Who would have thought that in Jinghua, Yuanhang Escort Agency would have another important convoy. Feng Sanniang sent a letter to Liangzhou and set off without stopping.
Liu Zheng listened and thought that this was probably the time when he had just traveled back through time.
Feng Sanniang originally thought that this was just an ordinary escort mission, but the destination was a little dangerous, on the Xiongnu grassland. However, she did not expect that along the way, all kinds of people who robbed the escort mission appeared one after another. Feng Sanniang felt more and more that something was wrong, but the escort rules of this era had a confidentiality agreement, and it was not allowed to check the escorted items, and the silver given by the other party this time was indeed enough for this level.
Just when she was about to reach the grassland and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she saw another robbery. She realized that this time the matter was serious. The robbers turned out to be the little Khan of the Xiongnu, or the little prince!
This team has a total of two thousand people, all of whom are grassland cavalry.
Feng Sanniang only had 500 people on her side. She reacted very quickly and did not care about the confidentiality agreement. She opened the escort and was immediately shocked to find a person lying inside!
"Ah? Who is it?"
Liu Dahao was shocked when he heard this.
Liu Zheng also listened with great interest and watched with curiosity.
Feng Sanniang glared at Liu Dahao and scolded him, "Look at your lack of ability. Haha, do you know about the marriage between the dynasty and the Xiongnu's little Chanyu?"
"Is it the princess?"
Liu Zheng took a deep breath.
Feng Sanniang looked at her son in surprise and nodded, saying, "It's a pity that this princess who was canonized somehow was sent to the Xiongnu royal court by me... and the fake princess who made such a fuss on the way was assassinated on the way."
Liu Dahao was confused: "Why is this?"
Without waiting for Feng Sanniang to speak, Liu Zheng said with a smile: "Dad, the Xiongnu is not a monolithic group. There must be pro-war and conservative groups. There must be people who don't want to see a truce..."
When Feng Sanniang looked at Liu Zheng again, her eyebrows were already dancing with joy. She flew over and gave Liu Zheng a big kiss on the face: "My son has really made a lot of progress!"
You can guess what happens next.
In order to protect the princess and reach a ceasefire, Feng Sanniang lost five hundred brothers and even took the head of the little Chanyu. In the end, she successfully sent the princess to the Xiongnu royal court.
This is when a ceasefire agreement was truly reached.
Isn't this a great achievement? It's no problem to say that it's a contribution to protecting the country. The emperor was naturally very pleased and gave him various rewards.
Liu Zheng was so embarrassed by Feng Sanniang's kiss that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then Feng Sanniang felt distressed, thinking that it was because of Liu Dahao's disappointment that her prodigal son grew up like this. She grabbed Liu Dahao's ear and went back to clean up the mess.
“Good fellow!”
Liu Zheng shook his head and smiled. His family was really one weirder than the other. Listening to the exaggerated screams coming from his father's room and Feng Sanniang's giggles, Liu Zheng suddenly felt that maybe his father was really the one who was most suitable for his mother.
This kind of family warmth came suddenly, and Liu Zheng was a little uncomfortable with it.
Feng Sanniang's sudden return completely solved Liu Zheng's dilemma and played an optimal balancing role.
However, for others, this is not a good thing.
The Queen's Palace.
“Ping pong!”
Queen Zheng Fu, with a cold expression on her face, whipped her maid with a horsewhip and shouted, "How dare a mere escort insult me! How dare you insult me!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
The palace maids didn't dare to hide and burst into tears.
"My lady, this is indeed strange!"
The old eunuch said beside him.
The Queen asked coldly, "What's so strange? This Feng Sanniang is just lucky! If it weren't for the Imperial Edict, how could I have let her go so easily?"
The old eunuch smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, you haven't figured it out yet. In the current situation in Liangzhou, the Empress's faction and the Crown Prince's faction should have been fighting each other, but the Emperor suddenly sent an imperial edict. Regardless of whether it was Feng Sanniang or not, she came with the Emperor's edict... Your Highness, this imperial will is hard to predict!"
Zheng Fu's body trembled, her eyes sparkling, "You mean, the emperor did this on purpose? He doesn't want me and the prince to fall out?"
The eunuch smiled bitterly and nodded.
Zheng Fu narrowed her eyes slightly, and suddenly her pupils contracted. She took a deep breath, "Your Majesty has never cared about the issue of his son's seizure of power, but this time he took the initiative to mediate. Could it be, could it be..."
The two looked at each other in horror.
Could it be that His Majesty's time is coming up? So he wants to stabilize the four directions and wait for a change of regime?
For a moment, Empress Zheng Fu's thoughts were in a mess, and her face was gloomy: "The imperial edict ordered me to stay in Liangzhou and return to the capital on February 2! It must be intentional to keep me in Liangzhou! It seems that something has changed in Beijing!"
"We will be back to Beijing in three days at most!"
"yes!"
…
And at this time.
Liangzhou Prefecture.
Chen Ping was also thinking about this question.
He had been sitting in the study for an hour. Chen Ruoshi was beside him, wanting to say something several times but not daring to disturb her father. She could only keep cooking wine for her father to keep him warm.
Let’s not discuss how Feng Sanniang got the imperial edict. What does this imperial edict mean?
Suddenly, Chen Ping's face changed drastically: "Someone come!"
"grown ups!"
"Go to the posthouse immediately and keep a close watch on the Liu family father and son. Do not allow them to leave Liangzhou!"
"ah?"
Chen Ruoshi was shocked, and the subordinate was also confused.
“Go quickly!”
Chen Ping insisted with a gloomy face.
Judging from this, the queen will definitely not stay in Liangzhou for long! If she leaves, how can Chen Ping tolerate the Liu family father and son? Liu Dahao, who has the title of Marquis of the state, if he allows them to return to Yinzhou, wouldn't that be like letting a tiger return to the mountain?
As long as we force them to stay, once the queen leaves, we can make up some crime for them and keep them in Liangzhou no matter what!
…
At this time, Liu Zheng in the inn also sat up suddenly and opened his eyes.
Why didn’t I think of this?
He was only concerned about his mother's return, but he didn't see the great situation behind this incident! Thinking of this, he had already turned over and woke up Qin Changfeng and Jiang Xuan who were sleeping in the same room with him. The two were awakened by Liu Zheng and asked what was going on.
"Go back to Yinzhou immediately!"
Liu Zheng said coldly.
"ah?"
The two didn't know why the young master was so anxious, but they didn't ask too many questions and went to gather the team immediately.
Liu Zheng thought about it and then came to the door of Zheng Yueru's room. What surprised him was that Zheng Yueru had not slept yet so late. There were candles lit in the room, and her graceful figure was stretched out very clearly under the candlelight.
"Yueru?"
Liu Zheng knocked on the door and whispered.
Zheng Yueru's delicate body trembled, and she seemed to think for a moment before opening the door.
However, when he saw this, Liu Zheng was stunned. Zheng Yueru's eyes were red, as if she had just cried. Although she tried her best to keep her emotions stable, she still didn't dare to look at Liu Zheng for long.
"Yueru..."
Even if Liu Zheng had a heart as hard as steel, he couldn't resist the beauty's affection and couldn't help but cry out. It seemed that he had caused her great harm by not agreeing to the Queen's marriage today.
Zheng Yueru turned around and faced Liu Zheng with her back: "Brother Liu, are you here to see Yueru's joke?"
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly: "I don't have such thoughts, we should run away!"
"What?"
Zheng Yueru's face changed. She no longer had the heart to pity the romantic couple. She quickly tidied her clothes and followed Liu Zheng out.
"What's the matter? What's the panic?"
Liu Dahao and Feng Sanniang also started arguing.
Liu Zheng told them his thoughts, and their faces changed drastically after hearing them.
Feng Sanniang looked at Liu Zheng deeply and said, "Zheng'er is right, this matter is indeed strange! Humph, but I don't believe that Chen Ping dares to do anything to me. Go boldly, and I will beat you out!"
As he was talking, Qin Changfeng had already gathered the team. As expected, Jiang Xuan had gone to the street to get information, and came back breathlessly saying, "Young Master, the people from Liangzhou Prefecture are coming soon!"
Everyone was shocked, but luckily they were already prepared.
Feng Sanniang said angrily, "Old Chen Ping has totally disregarded our past friendship. I will take care of him now!"
Liu Zheng did not expect that Chen Ping would react so quickly. Under the current circumstances, if Chen Ping wanted to take them, the Queen would definitely not intervene. This was the disadvantage of Liu Zheng's "playing both sides". As for why Chen Ping dared to ignore the Emperor's edict, it was because he also calculated that the Emperor would not have much time left. He followed the Crown Prince wholeheartedly, and he could find an excuse to detain the Liu family father and son. When the regime changed, wouldn't he have the final say on whether to kill or chop them up?
Cruel!
How could anyone who could become a governor be an easy person?
"Go separately!"
Time waits for no one, Liu Zheng shouted.
At night, the people from the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce divided into four directions and followed closely. Tonight is the Lantern Festival, and there is no curfew in Liangzhou.
The three members of the Liu family, along with Qin Changfeng, ran towards the west gate. There were many people in Liangzhou today, and even now most people were still immersed in the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival and today's carnival, so the road was crowded. This also facilitated the escape of several people.
Who would have thought that just as they approached the city gate, they heard the sound of horse hooves and shouts.
"Lord Liu, where are you going so late at night?"
Liu Zheng and others' faces changed when they heard this.
