Chapter 410 Meet (two more)
When Zhou Gu came to Nanping Houfu, it was just dawn.
When the gatekeeper saw Zhou Gu, he was taken aback for a moment, then quickly opened the door for him, and greeted him with a yawn, "Young Master Zhou."
Zhou Gu nodded and asked him, "Which courtyard does Su Rong live in?"
The gatekeeper said slowly: "Miss Su Qi? You came here yesterday. It seems to be living in the Ewha Garden in the backyard."
Before the gatekeeper finished speaking, Zhou Gu rushed to the backyard like a gust of wind.
The gatekeeper was stunned, and the drowsiness disappeared immediately. Although the Nanping Hou Mansion is far away from the capital, the rumors about Su Rong and Zhou Gu had already spread to the Nanping Marquis Mansion, so everyone in the mansion had heard the rumors about the two.
The guard at the gate is also a person who likes to hang out with the guards after dinner and enjoys listening and chatting. He immediately patted the gatekeeper with him, "Hey, wake up, Young Master Zhou is here. As soon as he arrived, he hurriedly asked Miss Su Qi. Now he has rushed towards the Lihuayuan."
The person who was awakened by him immediately rubbed his eyes, "Who are you talking about?"
"Oh, young master Zhou, here we come. I rushed to the backyard to look for Miss Su Qi. I'm really anxious to see." The man said: "Hurry up and tell the prince, and take a look outside the Pear Garden."
The man nodded, rubbed his eyes and agreed, and Sa Yazi ran to the inner courtyard.
Ning Chi had already got up, he was used to getting up early, and was washing his face, when he heard that the servant had come to report that Zhou Gu had come in a hurry, he was also taken aback for a moment, waved his hand to the servant, and said, "Got it."
After the boy left, Ning Chi smiled at Wushang, his personal guard: "Last night I received a letter from him, and he still said in the letter that things in Shibazhai are a bit tricky, and it's not easy for him to leave. I'm afraid there will be changes after leaving, but I don't want people to come early this morning."
Wushang has naturally heard the rumors, and has been with Ning Chi since he was a child. He also knows that after Zhou Gu came to Nanping, he mentioned Su Rong while sitting with Ning Chi while drinking.
Later, not only the prince understood, but he also understood that Mr. Zhou couldn't let Miss Su Qi go.
That's why Shizi sent someone to deliver a letter to him as soon as Miss Su Qi arrived in Nanping. When he received his reply letter, knowing that he would not come back, Shi Zi also said, "I can bear it quite a bit, as expected of Zhou Gu, who came out of the Eastern Palace."
But now…
He asked: "Is the prince going to visit the Pear Garden?"
Ning Chi shook his head, "He came early in the morning and went straight to Lihuayuan. Let them talk first! I won't bother you."
Wushang thought about it too.
Zhou Gu quickly found the Lihuayuan where Su Rong lived. When he arrived, the whole Lihuayuan was quiet and still asleep.
He stepped lightly and entered the yard.
Feng Ling yawned and opened the door, looking at Zhou Gu in surprise, "Young Master Thursday? You came so fast."
He also thought that Zhou Gu had business to do, so he would not come here so soon in Shibazhai, maybe the master left Nanping with him, as long as he didn't go to Shibazhai, he might not be able to see him. After all, it hasn't been long since he left Beijing, and it's not that he hasn't seen each other for a year or so, so there's no need to be in such a hurry. When he comes here, he insists on seeing each other.
Zhou Gu nodded, lowered his voice and said, "Is she still asleep?"
Feng Ling nodded.
Zhou Gu said: "Find a place to talk, don't wake her up."
Feng Ling thought to herself, she is probably already awake now, if someone else finds her, she may not wake up even if she finds out, but if you find her, she must be awake.
Feng Ling let out a hey in his heart, and he knew it!
Zhou Gu immediately walked towards Su Rong, came up to her, and said to her: "I came early and woke you up."
Su Rong signaled him to sit down, and walked to the copper basin to clean his face.
Zhou Gu sat on a chair, looked at her, and saw that she had finished washing and wiped her hands with a handkerchief, so he also stood up and walked over, "I want to wash too."
He rode to the Marquis Mansion of Nanping early in the morning, his face was uncomfortable from the wind and dust.
Su Rong nodded and ordered him, "Then you dump this and get a basin of clean water."
Zhou Gu let out a "hmm", took the water to pour it out, scooped clean water from the well, and stood in front of the sink to clean his face.
This time it was Su Rong who sat at the table, wiped his face and hands with balm, and looked at him.
After wiping it clean, Zhou Gu came back and sat down at the table, looked at Su Rong and said, "You didn't make it for me to wipe your hands, and it smelled like medicine."
Su Rong looked at him, "You are a man, do you want to use balm?"
"My face is dry." Zhou Gu pointed to his face, knowing that she likes good-looking people most in his heart, so he paid special attention to his face. After all, if Ye Guixue was not good-looking, do you think she would accept the marriage contract? That's impossible. "The wind in Nanping is much harder than the wind in Beijing, and the temperature is obviously warmer. It's really strange."
"There are many mountains in Nanping, and it's the mountain wind." Su Rong handed him the balm, "I didn't make this one myself, it's such a cheap thing, it's a waste of my time, you can give it to you if you want it!"
Zhou Gu blinked, "What do you use after you give it to me?"
"Let Feng Ling go buy it again." Su Rong asked him, "How is the matter in Shibazhai handled? Isn't it difficult?"
"It's very tricky." Speaking of this matter, Zhou Gu straightened his expression while applying the ointment, "Zhang Ping's son, Zhang Mao, if my guess is correct, he is now in Shibazhai."
Su Rong immediately sat up straight.
Zhang Ping's son Zhang Mao being in the Eighteen Villages, what does it mean? Su Rong only needs to hear the name and the place where he came from, and he will understand that he is coming for the Eighteen Villages.
In other words, coming to Shibazhai is tantamount to coming to Nanping.
Northern Hebei is also thousands of miles away from Nanping, but the journey of thousands of miles, although not close, is not too far.
Zhou Gu continued: "I guess, he came here with troops, and he has already been investigated."
"How do you say? Why such a guess?" Su Rong asked immediately.
Zhou Gu told Su Rong about his negotiation process in the past three days in Shibazhai, as well as the change of Chen Qi's attitude before and after.
After listening, Su Rong pondered for a moment and confirmed Zhou Gu's conjecture, "You are right. Chen Qi's attitude has changed like this. There must be a change. In the current court situation, the crown prince has risen. If the eighteen villages represented by Chen Qi do not even want to join the crown prince and accept the imperial court's offer, then someone must have promised him great benefits, and he is tempted."
"In today's imperial court, who can be better than the preferential treatment promised by the prince? It is impossible for your majesty, but the second prince is possible. But behind the second prince, we all know that it is General Pingxi's mansion, and it is Zhang Ping. And the person who can persuade Chen Qi and make him make up his mind to bet, besides Zhang Ping himself, really has to be his son Zhang Mao."
Su Rong narrowed his eyes, "The Marquis of Nanping only has 30,000 soldiers and horses. If Hebei really transfers troops and add eighteen villages, Nanping will be in danger."
She made a prompt decision, "Send the letter to Prince Feiying, send it to the capital as soon as possible, and ask the prince to send troops to Nanping. I don't know if it will be too late."
After she finished speaking, she continued: "Your third brother Zhou Che, under the order of the crown prince, secretly dispatched a hundred thousand soldiers and horses to help me in Mobei. Now he should be halfway there. Why don't you send him a letter telling him not to go to Jibei? After receiving the letter, quickly change the route and come to Nanping."
Monthly pass, okay?
(end of this chapter)