Chapter 432 Who Owns Yunnan
Jiang Qingzhi is going to Yunnan.
This news instantly set off public opinion among scholars in the capital.
"He's scared."
"The thief Jiang is actually afraid one day? What a famous general, he is just a name in vain."
In order to welcome the arrival of the new year, the scholars in the capital held a grand poetry gathering, attended by many famous scholars.
Several men are celebrating their victory.
Han Yu and Yang Qing sat on one side of the rockery. Yang Qing said, "Those who are cheering and jumping for joy right now are either stupid or have ulterior motives."
"They don't know that those people have been planning for a long time and have been accumulating strength for a long time, just waiting for the arrival of the New Year to launch an all-out attack. Your Majesty is in a dilemma and cannot retreat. Just when the two sides were on the verge of a fight, Jiang Qingzhi took the initiative to volunteer to go to Yunnan. Those people hit nothing and are extremely uncomfortable at the moment." Han Yu took a sip of wine and said contemptuously.
"Look, that's Mu's woman in Beijing." Han Yu nodded his chin forward.
Mu Shu is talking to her best friend Yang Qi.
"...I heard from my father that the death of Duke Qian was closely related to Mu Chaobi. He was indeed as cruel and murderous as you said. This time, Chang Wei Bo volunteered to go, and I think there will be a fight between dragons and tigers in Yunnan. It's a pity that I can't go with him!"
Yang Qi felt very sorry.
"I want to go!" Mu Shu said, "I've been away from home for a long time, and I'm going back with Long Wilbur. But I don't know when I can see you again."
"Write a letter!" Yang Qi said with a smile: "Don't be sad, I know... Maybe when we meet again, you and I will both be married. But can't married women have friends?"
"Of course there is." Mu Shu's sadness was dispelled by these words, and she said seriously: "I will always remember you."
"Me too."
The two friends whispered.
"Miss Mu!"
At this time, someone came over. It turned out to be a noble lady that Mu Shu and the others knew.
This man is called Li Yu. His family is of military origin, but he later changed his career path to a literary one and is now very successful.
"Li Yu's father had his arm broken by the people outside Zuo Shun Gate. She spread the word that the Li family and Chang Wei Bo would be mortal enemies from now on." Yang Qi whispered.
Li Yu smiled and said, "I heard that Chang Wei Bo volunteered to go to Yunnan. I don't know where he got the courage. If he died, it would be sad, but what if he missed the important matters of the court? People! The most frightening thing is to think too highly of themselves. What do you think, Miss Mu?"
These words were an implicit criticism that Jiang Qingzhi volunteered to take the initiative to avoid the turmoil in the capital, and he was even suspected of harming the country.
Without waiting for Mu Shu to speak, Li Yu continued, "Miss Mu is a noble lady of the Mu family. I think you should know how cruel Mu Chaobi is. I would like to ask Miss Mu, Mu Chaobi is so cruel, how will Chang Wei Bo's trip be safe and sound?"
This left Mu Shu unable to answer.
"Don't pay attention to her." Yang Qi sneered at Li Yu.
The three words "Jiang Qingzhi" were a cinnabar mole on the hearts of the scholars in the capital, and everyone looked over when they heard the voice.
Mu Shu took a deep breath, "I don't know whether Chang Wei Bo's trip will be good or bad, but I know this. After the death of Duke Qian, the court was afraid of Mu Chaobi's cruelty. No one dared to go to Yunnan, and only Chang Wei Bo stood up."
She looked at everyone and said loudly: "I came to the capital to see what the men of the Ming Dynasty are like, but to this day, the men of the capital have disappointed me greatly. It was not until Chang Wei Bo stood up that I realized that there are really great men in the world, and there are really great men in the country!"
Then everyone became furious and attacked him.
Yang Qi dragged Mu Shu out, and when they were outside the mansion, he patted his chest and said, "It was so scary just now. By the way, why did you offend them?"
Mu Shu said, "I want to go back to Yunnan, but the journey is very dangerous. To be honest, if I ask Chang Wei Bo to accompany me, I will definitely be rejected."
"Oh!" Yang Qi suddenly realized, "So you deliberately offended those people and made it impossible for you to stay in the capital. Chang Wei Bo couldn't bear it, so he had to take you to Yunnan."
"I just got you into trouble." Mu Shu said apologetically.
"It's okay." Yang Qi waved her hands, "I'm getting married soon, and once I'm married, I won't have to worry about these things anymore. They can make trouble, and I'll stay in the house to take care of my husband and children..."
"Don't cry."
"I didn't cry."
"I...at worst, I can just wait until the Yunnan issue is settled and then return to the capital."
"Aren't you afraid those people will eat you?"
"I have no ties in the capital, what do I have to be afraid of? They must be wary of attacking a weak woman, which will attract criticism."
"Second Madam, take care."
"You too."
The two men walked to their own carriage and looked back.
"You speak first." Mu Shu said.
Yang Qi put her hands behind her back, "What you said before, were you sincere?"
"What are you talking about?"
"It is said that only Chang Wei Bo in the capital is a great man and a great man."
"With all my heart."
"Okay! I'm done. What about you?"
"When spring comes and flowers bloom, my letter will be on your desk. I will pick the most beautiful flowers and butterflies in Yunnan and put them in the letter..."
……
"That girl from the Mu family is quite interesting. She actually fell out with those people just for the uncle."
Mu Shu's words at the poetry meeting spread to Xin'an Lane. Hu Zongxian asked in a playful tone, "What does she want to do?"
"The Earl has a legal wife, and the women of the Mu family are troublesome. If not for this, His Majesty would have arranged a marriage for the Earl. So this is not the case."
Outside the back door of the mansion, Xu Wei chewed pickled broad beans and squinted his eyes. "If she does this, she will definitely not be able to stay in the capital. Going back to Yunnan... Mu Chaobi is cruel. She said a lot about Mu Chaobi in the capital. If she goes back alone, she will probably die on the way."
"With these words, if she comes to ask you to take her with you, how can you refuse?" Hu Zongxian sighed, "Women! They are all so smart."
"There are also some stupid ones." Xu Wei sighed.
"Who?"
Xu Wei shook his head and said nothing, but a butcher knife appeared in his mind.
"Some people are not only unintelligent, but also unable to recognize a great man."
... "Hello, madam."
"sit."
In the backyard reception room, Li Tian looked at Mu Shu a few more times.
After she got married, she heard the maids mention Mu Shu several times, and their attitudes were quite ambiguous.
When he saw Mu Shu at this moment, he did not feel any resentment in him, but rather he was open and generous.
"I have been away from home for a long time. When I heard that Lord Chang Wei was going to Yunnan, I couldn't help but feel homesick. The journey to Yunnan is long, and it is a journey for a weak woman... I am so shameless that I beg my wife to tell Lord Chang Wei if I can accompany him."
"I will tell my husband." Li Tian said with a smile.
Huang Yan'er was beside them, and somehow, she always felt that there was a subtle sense of mutual repulsion between the two of them.
But from the perspective of interests, there is no conflict between the two!
Afterwards, the two chatted casually about the customs and habits of the capital and Yunnan, and Mu Shu stood up to say goodbye.
Li Tian took the gift list and looked at it. "People say that the Mu family is wealthy, and it's true."
"What do you mean by rich?" Jiang Qingzhi came back from the forbidden area with his hands pitch black.
"Don't touch me!" When Li Tian saw Jiang Qingzhi reaching out his hand, he quickly got up and ran away.
Jiang Qingzhi chuckled and wanted to wipe his wife's face, but failed.
"Just like a child!" Li Tian said angrily from a distance.
"Who sent the gift?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"The girl from the Mu family." Li Tian raised the gift list in his hand. "She is indeed rich. If anyone can marry her, I think the dowry will be shocking."
"Although the dowry is good, it's hard to have a lover." Jiang Qingzhi knew that women like to be jealous in this regard. "Money is just a loan, only the person next to you is a lifelong partner."
Huang Yan'er's eyes were filled with pink bubbles after hearing what she said. Li Tian lowered his head with a smile in his eyes.
With a husband like this, what else do I have to regret?
"By the way, Miss Mu wants to go to Yunnan with us." Li Tian said.
"Hmm?" Jiang Qingzhi frowned, "We'll talk about this later."
He had his own purpose for going to Yunnan, and it would be inconvenient to bring Mu Shu with him.
"My Lord." A maid came in. "Mr. Xu sent someone to pass on the message that Miss Mu was attacked by everyone for debating with a group of scholars for my Lord at a poetry meeting."
"Good job Mu Shu!" Li Tian was so angry that he fell backwards, "So he was waiting here!"
Jiang Qingzhi smiled, "Never mind, she's doing it in the open, so it's hard for me to refuse. And with her as an extra person on this trip... I can ask her about the inside story of the Mu family."
Li Tian came over and said, "Husband, I heard that Mu Chaobi is cruel..."
"Don't you think your husband is cruel?" Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.
"You look at her red lips and white teeth, she doesn't look ferocious at all."
"That's because lovers see Pan An in the eyes of the beholder." Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.
Later, Jiang Qingzhi sent someone to invite Zhu Xizhong and others.
When Zhu Xizhong arrived at the Bo's house, he saw that the front yard was extremely lively.
There were five stone mortars, and the guards assembled, each carrying a wooden mallet.
"I'm coming."
Someone shouted from the kitchen, and then several kitchen helpers came carrying steamers.
Hot steam rises from the steamer, and the aroma of glutinous rice spreads.
Pour the glutinous rice in the steamer into the stone mortar. Jiang Qingzhi and three guards surround the mortar and crush the glutinous rice with a wooden hammer, crushing it step by step.
"Ready." Jiang Qingzhi raised the gavel and smashed it down hard.
puff!
Then the guards around him started beating him.
The four people took turns pounding the glutinous rice.
Although his arms gradually became numb, Jiang Qingzhi's spirits became better and better.
After being beaten many times, the glutinous rice becomes paste-like. Every time the wooden mallet is beaten, it will get stuck and it becomes increasingly difficult to get it off.
When the glutinous rice cake was pounded in a stone mortar, a maid came over. Her hands were covered with grease. She kept scooping out the glutinous rice cake from under the stone mortar. Finally, she scooped up the whole piece of glutinous rice cake and placed it on the table that had already been coated with oil.
The next step is shaping, or wrapping with red bean paste fillings...
Jiang Qingzhi ordered a glutinous rice cake with red bean paste filling and praised it: "It still tastes the same. No, it's even more fragrant."
Zhu Xizhong also ate one and said, "Hmm! It's good."
"Bring back a hundred pounds of it." Jiang Qingzhi said, "Usually, just soak it in a water tank and take it out when you want to eat it."
This is the way of preservation for future generations.
Wang Yiqi came, even Tang Shunzhi came...
Jiang Qingzhi personally made a hot pot.
Everyone sat around the pot.
After three rounds of drinks, Wang Yiqi said, "It's okay if you don't leave."
Zhu Xizhong nodded, "At worst, we'll have a falling out. They won't dare to fight, but are we afraid of bickering?"
Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "You all think I went to Yunnan to hide?"
"Is not it?"
Jiang Qingzhi shook his head, "Of course not."
“Then what you are doing is…” Zhu Xizhong knew that his brother never worked in vain, just like a fisherman never came up empty-handed.
"Whose Yunnan is?" Jiang Qingzhi raised his glass and smiled at the astonished crowd:
"Yunnan can only be the southwest of Ming Dynasty!"
(End of this chapter)
