Jiaohua

The news that Xia Zhaoyi and the Xia family army had turned the entire Daping Dynasty upside down spread throughout the world in mid-September.

In the streets and alleys of those states and provinces that were not completely affected by the war, everyone was laughing and giving a thumbs-up when talking about this matter.

Cao Yijun also heard about these things, but he was more concerned about the court's treatment of Mubu Yifan.

Up to now, more than half a month has passed and there is no news.

Jin Hongkang is in Mouye with an army of 300,000. He must have known about Mubu Yifan's affairs long ago, but he has not made any move yet.

Cao Yijun knew that this was going to be difficult for him, as Jin Hongkang would definitely come to punish and question him, but he did not regret it.

"Report!" The subordinate stepped onto the city wall, ran to Cao Yijun and knelt down, "General! Three days ago, a team of luxurious carriages and horses left for Huazhou! The horse team... is extremely luxurious!"

"Huazhou?" Cao Yijun retracted his gaze and turned around. "How luxurious is it? Did Tian Dayao come in person?"

"This luxury..." The subordinate didn't know how to describe it for a moment. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's just like the curtains in a brothel! But it doesn't have the vulgar smell of a brothel. From a distance, it looks luxurious and beautiful, magnificent and extremely extravagant! Moreover, there are six horses pulling the carriage!"

"Six horses?" Cao Yijun was stunned. "Even the princess wouldn't travel on such a large scale."

However, Tian Dayao came from a farming background, so it didn't seem strange that this happened to him.

The right general beside him said happily: "General, could it be that some princess has taken a fancy to Nie Huimo and is here to seek him out as a consort? Nie Huimo is not bad looking and has reached the age for marriage. It is said that he doesn't even have a concubine?"

"He doesn't have a concubine?" A deputy general was surprised. "How is that possible? He's not a child anymore."

Another person said, "Having no concubines doesn't mean he has no women! Wherever he goes, there won't be a bunch of women offered to him. He can choose any one he wants."

Cao Yijun listened quietly to what they said, his eyes looking back into the distance.

Songzhou and Huazhou are very close, so close that he can see the land of Huazhou when he stands on the city wall.

The place at the end was the plain where he was plotted against by Ali and fought a life-and-death battle with the Li's cavalry. In the end, Li Xiao also joined in.

That battle was the first time that the attacking battalion had a head-on confrontation with Li's cavalry. It was extremely brutal, but also very exciting.

After all, the attack battalion was a heavily armed force forged in imitation of the Li's Iron Cavalry. That battle not only did not allow the invincible Li's Iron Cavalry to gain any benefit, but also paid a huge price.

Now, not much time has passed, and the Li cavalry has become a wandering army with no fixed place to stay following the demise of Li Qian.

And his current enemy is Nie Huimo.

Although the Li cavalry is so powerful, Cao Yijun has always felt that Nie Huimo is more terrifying.

  Who could be this group of people who suddenly came to look for Nie Huimo?

Mrs. Qu leaned lazily against the carriage, drowsy.

The long team stopped outside Juxing City, which was originally set as the "imperial capital" by Qian Xianmin. Although the soldiers guarding the city were shocked by the extremely luxurious style of the carriages in front of them, they still had to stop it. He needed to go into the city to report.

Mrs. Qu was exhausted after traveling for many days. Behind her bed, several maids and nuns in elegant clothes took turns waving fans. One maid kept lifting a corner of the carriage curtain and looking out.

"Why hasn't he come yet?" She said in a low voice, getting a little impatient.

Mrs. Qu closed her eyes and said slowly, "Maybe, I won't come at all."

"No way," a nun said, "Madam, General Nie is not that petty."

"It's not a matter of being petty. It's a matter of him saying something and he will definitely do it."

"You have been friends with him for so many years, can you really just cut off all ties with him?"

"Who knows?" Mrs. Qu waved her hand. "Who cares?"

  Several maids and nuns looked at each other. How could they "take care of him"? What if General Nie also "takes care of her"? What should they do then? Would it be a waste of time?

Knowing that Madam Qu was not short of money, she did not feel bad about the tolls along the way, but it was also hardship and suffering after a bumpy journey and a long journey of thousands of miles. Inside the city, Nie Huimo, who was checking the food and grass, heard the report from the guards at the city gate and thought he had heard it wrongly.

"Who?" Nie Huimo asked, "Who's here?"

"The man introduced himself and said that the person sitting in the carriage was Mrs. Qu from Hengxiang."

"What kind of carriage?"

The guard at the city gate said, "General, I have never seen a carriage like that in my life! It is pulled by six horses! The carriage is extremely wide and high, and the curtains around it are light yellow and pale white. The curtains are plated with gold threads. When the wind blows, the curtains flutter, which is extremely beautiful. Also, the curtains look thin, but they are thick and dense layer by layer, and you can't see inside. But when they float up, the fragrance inside comes out. It smells so good, especially good!"

"That's enough," Nie Huimo said, "no need to say more."

Nie Huimo was followed by many people. Ling Yang said softly, "General, there are only two people in the world who have such a carriage, and only these two people dare to ride such a carriage on the street."

One is Zhao Ning, and the other one is none other than Qu Xiling.

Even Zhao Hong, the prince of Zhengbei, who was flamboyant and unconventional, did not dare to be so arrogant and domineering.

Nie Huimo asked, "Did they tell me why they came to see me?"

The gate guard frowned, "The man said there was something important that Madam Qu wanted to hand over to the general personally."

"Important things?" Nie Huimo said in a deep voice, "Let her go back. I won't see her again."

Ling Yang and Xiang Shan looked at each other, and Xiang Shan frowned and said, "General, Madam Qu's life in Hengxiang was so comfortable that she traveled thousands of miles through the chaotic land to come here. We might as well take a look at this important thing."

"Yes," said the treasury official, "General, Madam Qu is very wealthy. If we invite her to sit down and have a cup of tea, the food and fodder in our warehouses will be multiplied several times."

Nie Huimo sneered: "Can't you see it? She is waiting for me to ask what important thing it is. Since she has come here through thousands of mountains and rivers, how can she leave easily?"

"Pfft," Ling Yang laughed softly, "General, are you fighting?"

"Why would I fight with her?" Nie Huimo looked back at the city gate guards. "Shoot her away, leave quickly."

The guard at the city gate could only respond, “Yes!”

The guard at the city gate finally came back, and the little maid called out from behind the carriage curtain: "Here he comes, Madam, the man is back."

Mrs. Qu didn't react at all and continued to lie there.

Soon, the little maid could no longer laugh.

She lifted the curtain and stared outside without blinking. When the gate guard finished talking to their people and went back to the city, the little maid said angrily, "This is too abominable. We walked so far to get here, but the city gate didn't even let us in and wanted to drive us away!"

The other maids and nuns all came over and were equally angry.

"Madam," the voice of the subordinate sounded outside, "General Nie asked us to leave. He doesn't want to see you."

A maid said angrily: "This Nie Huimo is so hateful!"

"That's right, it's a good thing that Madam came in person to give him something!"

"Madam, what exactly is the gift you want to give? If it is very valuable, we will take it away and not give it to him!"

"Things that the Madam can give away must be valuable. But Nie Huimo is so ungrateful that he refuses to take advantage of the opportunity!"

"Come on, ma'am, let's go!"

Mrs. Qu finally slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the fluttering curtains in front of her, curved her lips, and revealed a sly smile on her chubby white face: "Hehe!" (End of this chapter)