Glory all the way

Chapter 288 Doubt
Brother Yan woke up, sat down on the soft couch after eating and drinking, and danced and looked very happy. Ruozhen and Ruozhu surrounded Brother Yan from left to right, and made love to Brother Yan with bright eyes. Making a grimace, the little guy was stunned for a moment, then grinned the next moment, waving his little arms more cheerfully, and seemed to be exerting strength on his feet. After a while, the little quilt wrapped around his body fell apart.

The three children, two, one, and one, had a great time playing, and made the adults around them feel happy too.

Bai Yingluo temporarily put down what she was thinking about.

As the evening approached, Shen's mother took the two sisters to leave, Bai Yingluo asked Chen Xiang to take them out, and hugged Yan to coax her up.

After dinner, Du Xuan didn't come back until it was time to light the lights, still looking a little tipsy.

"Luo Niang, you're back..."

With a strong smell of alcohol in his mouth, Du Xuan greeted him, hurriedly turned around and went to the inner room to take a bath, and when he came out again, his mind became a little clearer.

"Brother Yan is asleep?"

Seeing that there was no brother Yan's baby beside Bai Yingluo, Du Xuan asked softly, seeing her nodding, Du Xuan couldn't hide his disappointment, walked to the bedside and kissed Bai Yingluo's cheek, Du Xuan got up and went to the East Wing .

Ever since Brother Yan was born, the East Wing was converted into a baby room. After confinement, Brother Yan was taken by the wet nurse to sleep in the East Wing.

When crying in the middle of the night, the two wet nurses took turns coaxing her. If she couldn't coax her, she would send her to the main room for Bai Yingluo.

After all, mother and child bond, sometimes, brother Yan's crying is not because he is cold or hungry, Bai Yingluo hugged her in her arms and patted her, after a while, the child stopped sobbing and gradually fell asleep.

Du Xuan laughed and said that it was Brother Yan who felt the gentle breath from his mother.

When he said this, Du Xuan looked at his son dotingly, but Bai Yingluo could clearly feel that he was a little lonely.

A child with a mother is a treasure, while a child without a mother is like a grass. Du Xuan must have been sentimental about his life experience in his heart, while silently questioning his parents whom he had never met.

Perhaps it was because the child was not asleep yet, Du Xuan stayed in the East Wing for a cup of tea before returning.

After greeting the body of the second elder of the Bai family, Du Xuan held Bai Yingluo in his arms, and told her the interesting things that happened during the reception of the envoys in the past few days.

Knowing that Du Xuan has won several awards from the Holy Majesty, Bai Yingluo also felt happy in her heart. Seeing his expression of asking for credit, Bai Yingluo raised her head and kissed him on the lips, jokingly said: "This is for you. award."

Somewhat dissatisfied with Bai Yingluo's superficial kiss, Du Xuan clasped Bai Yingluo's head and deepened the kiss just now.

After confinement, Bai Yingluo was thinking about feeding her brother Yan, so she no longer allowed Du Xuan to mess around like before, Du Xuan was very dissatisfied with the rare times of tenderness.

Although it's only been two days since we separated, Du Xuan has endured alone for one night, and Du Xuan is more able to understand what it means to be "sleeping alone".

With the mellow smell of wine and the sweetness of a beautiful woman in his mouth, and the smooth skin comparable to brocade in his hands, Du Xuan felt his whole body was hot, and he couldn't restrain his excitement.

Unable to spoil his excitement, Bai Yingluo only hoped that Brother Yan would not cry in the middle of the night, so she let Du Xuan go, but until his body was weak, he still seemed to be in high spirits, I don't know how long it took, just listened to Du Xuan gradually calmed down after hearing a few suppressed roars in his ears, and the next moment, Bai Yingluo fell into endless darkness.

When I woke up again, it was already bright, and I could vaguely hear the sound of rattles shaking outside.

After grooming and playing with brother Yan for a while, Bai Yingluo involuntarily remembered the things that Shen's mother had said to herself yesterday, and she remembered telling Du Xuan that the two of them wanted to analyze together, but they were delayed.

At that time, Ou Hao, Huang Wenlin and others all pointed their finger at the last owner of the 99 pearls, but Bai Yingluo secretly investigated for more than a year, and in the capital, everything from a noble lady to concubines and concubines in the palace Queen Mother, no one has such a thing in their hands.

Therefore, when Shen's mother mentioned it yesterday, Bai Yingluo couldn't help feeling a strange feeling in her heart: Could the so-called pearl talk be just a cover, a reason to hide the truth?
If this is the case, then what is the purpose of those people?Even if it's killing people to silence them, how important is it? How important is it to kill a person in Zhuangzi to bury the matter?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she couldn't make sense of it, and Bai Yingluo sighed melancholy.

Seemingly dissatisfied with his mother's neglect, Brother Yan burst into tears a little unwillingly, Bai Yingluo laughed, picked up the child and coaxed him softly, babbling and making funny faces to tease him.

When it was approaching lunch time, Suiyuan came back and sent word that Du Xuan had gone to the post house and would not be back until later.

Since Xi Li's envoy came to Beijing, Du Xuan basically stopped eating lunch and dinner in the mansion, and went out early and returned late every day, Bai Yingluo hadn't had a quiet meal with him for a long time.

Next, envoys from Dawan, Da'an and Loulan will enter Beijing one after another. By then, Du Xuan will probably be even busier, right?
Feeling somewhat inexplicable in her heart, Bai Yingluo sighed softly, and ordered Suiyuan to take good care of Du Xuan, and turned around to order Chen Xiang and others to serve meals.

After taking a nap, she got up, thinking that the Mid-Autumn Festival would be around soon, and the preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for all the prefectures had to start. Bai Yingluo took the gift list and began to consider it.

When she saw a pair of Loulan Yeming Cups drawn up on the gift list for the Jing'an Hou Mansion, Bai Yingluo was startled for a moment.

The trade relationship between Song Dynasty and the surrounding countries has long been established, but as Bai Yingluo and Tao Jianming said in the discussion before, most of the things that are officially traded and circulated are not very refined, and the slightly better ones are too expensive, so, Although the line is there, there is not much silver that is brought into the national treasury every year, so it is not as good as those private merchants earning more.

But those merchants are like a mess, each earning their own part, the source of goods is different, and part of it will be deducted when the escort passes through the checkpoint. Although compared with the official trade, the ability is limited.

That's why Tao Jianming wanted to establish his own business network and open up business connections between the two countries. In the future, only one of them needs to come forward to open up all the joints, and the entire caravan can benefit, and they are the middlemen. A steady stream poured into their wallets.

Among them, the most frequently traded materials between Song Dynasty and Loulan are brocades from Song Dynasty and glazed products from Loulan, such as this Yeming Cup.

The Yeming Cup looks plain and ordinary on the surface, but at night, when you pour good wine, the cup will glow softly or dazzlingly. Legend has it that when the moon is full, you can see Guanghan above the nine heavens from the cup. Chang'e fairy in the palace.

But in the past few years, for unknown reasons, although Loulan still maintains a friendly relationship with Song Dynasty, the business and trade exchanges seem to be getting more and more sluggish.

When it comes to Loulan, one has to mention Lingnan, which is close to Loulan.

Among the few rumors told by Shen's mother, one of them was that the Lingnan General Soldier knew through his own channels that the prince of a foreign country had been exiled to the Song Dynasty. He secretly investigated and searched, and finally learned that the man was hiding in Yuzhuang, Bangcheng. .

According to the people in Changshui, Shi Hui and other neighboring towns, Lingnan Commander-in-Chief has never been a peaceful person. In the past, when Emperor Jiayuan first came to the throne, he had misbehavior, but he was adaptable enough. Quickly, without revealing any flaws, in the end, he retreated from the position of the Lingnan General Soldier safely and steadily.

However, after learning of the unbelievable news, the Lingnan Commander-in-Chief turned his attention to the neighboring country, hoping to control the heir candidate to make another move in the foreign country.

Although people may exaggerate such a statement, Bai Yingluo feels that there is nothing groundless in the world. Since there is such a statement, there must be a source.

Today's Lingnan General Soldier Tang Yu was personally promoted by Emperor Jiayuan five years ago, and has some kinship with the He family in Lingnan. It is said that it is Bai Yingluo and Mrs. He whom Bai Yingluo once met in Kuhan Temple Nephew of her natal family.

When Bengcheng was massacred, Bai Yingluo, who was the commander in chief of Lingnan at that time, didn't have much memory when she recalled it.

When Du Xuan came back later, Bai Yingluo told him what Shen's mother said yesterday, as well as what she thought about today.

On Du Xuan's face, there was a trace of solemnity.

"For so many years, I have always had a doubt in my heart."

Glancing at Bai Yingluo, Du Xuan said in a deep voice: "Yuzhuang is not big, but it is not small. The whole village was killed, and the village was set on fire. For such a big matter, It is impossible for the court not to know. However, when I was in the Imperial Academy, I tried to test those elders, but I never heard of it."

"The government of the provincial capital also issued a commendation order, which is even more unbelievable."

Bai Yingluo nodded in response.

Although the higher-level government has the authority to issue commendation orders, even a small case will have a record at the end of the year, which will be submitted to the next-level superior for review.

Obviously, what happened in Bengcheng Yuzhuang was an exception.

From this point of view, it must have been deliberately done by someone with a heart, who concealed the matter and did not want the court to know.

Those who have this ability, in addition to the local officials, are the imperial envoys who go to visit every year as usual.

"I told Mice and the others to go to Tuoyang. If there is a chance, they might as well go back and inquire, and see if there is anything we missed that we didn't find. In the last letter, Mice mentioned that they had investigated and visited. When the incident happened that year , There are no traces of soldiers and horses being mobilized in the nearby palaces and generals' palaces, as well as in the nearby military camps."

Du Xuan said with a frown.

Bai Yingluo also looked puzzled, "For such a large-scale massacre, neither the government nor the barracks mobilized any troops. Afterwards, a secret consensus was reached on this matter and it was hidden. There must be some shocking secret in it. "

Du Xuan nodded approvingly.

(End of this chapter)