"If not, my husband is probably buried in Ruoshui Village now, instead of being taken away by them."

"Haha." A glimmer of admiration flashed in King Jing's eyes, and the woman in front of him did not disappoint him. She was meticulous, calm and composed, and always maintained a clear judgment. Can a weak woman grow up to this point after a few years of experience?

"Next, are you planning to go to the Western Regions to find someone?" King Jing asked.

"Yes." Jin Yun hasn't contacted his family for two years, and he doesn't know what happened. Qi Surong believed that he was still alive, but it was hard to say that the poison on his body would not cause damage to his health.

"So, then I also have something to entrust to you." King Jing restrained his expression and looked serious.

"What is the emperor's order?"

"I received news a few days ago that there are several tribes in the Western Regions that are eyeing my country's borders, but I am not sure which tribes are secretly planning. So I hope to use your Gu family's business network to visit the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions."

It turned out that this was King Jing's purpose to secretly summon her today. No wonder she specially allowed her to come to face the Holy Spirit wearing men's clothes. There are 40 or 50 tribes in the Western Regions, most of which are good neighbors and friendly to Weiguo, but for hundreds of years, conflicts caused by the borders of the Western Regions are not uncommon.

What King Jing was worried about, Qi Surong knew the general situation without going to check. Because in the last life, King Jing took advantage of the border turmoil to disperse his military power and finally succeeded in winning the throne. In this life, because of her influence, this matter was brought forward by more than two years.

This border turmoil involved eleven tribes and about 35,000 people. They occupied five border cities and captured nearly 100,000 people of Weiguo in just three months. However, after all, they are only nomads, they attack rather than defend, and the number of people is too small, but they were driven back to the grasslands of the Western Regions within half a year. In the end, only two or three of the eleven tribes were left to survive until they were annexed by other tribes. .

Although Weiguo's rule has not been shaken, many people of Weiguo died in the turmoil. If it can be stopped in advance, it might be a blessing.

Qi Surong accepted this task cautiously. Ever since the emperor found out that Jin Yun might have gone to the Western Regions, he had planned to entrust this matter to her. First, what she did in the past made King Jing quite trusted; secondly, she had nothing to do with the imperial court on the surface, just a businessman with some connections; thirdly, the Gu family had business dealings with merchants in the Western Regions, which would not arouse suspicion.

Qi Surong's eyes turned on the imperial decree in his hand, and finally understood the purpose of King Jing's choice to hand over the imperial decree to her instead of sending someone to the Gu Qi family to read it publicly. Before she returned from the Western Regions, this imperial edict could only be suppressed temporarily.

"Okay, I will send ten guards to escort you along the way." King Jing sighed, "It will attract attention. I can only help you so much, and you have to adapt to your own needs for the rest."

"Yes, the women must do their best."

"You don't have to call yourself a woman of the people. In my heart, your status is no less than that of any official lady."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation."

"Well." King Jing looked at the imperial decree in her hand and said, "After you go back, this imperial decree..."

"Secret." Qi Surong said only four words.

King Jing smiled.

Back at home, Qi Surong handed the imperial edict to Gu Chang, and asked him to keep it safe and not open it to the public for the time being, and then told about his upcoming trip to the Western Regions. She didn't tell Gu Chang about Jinyun, worried that if no one could be found, the Gu family would be hit again. For more than two years, Gu Chang and Gu Yufeng had almost given up, and Qi Surong didn't want to break their peace at this time.

Gu Chang naturally disapproved of Qi Surong's going to the Western Regions, but since the emperor personally appointed him, he could only accept it.

"Sister-in-law, shall I accompany you?" Gu Yufeng wanted to go out for a long time, and now is a good time.

"You're gone, who will manage the Gu family's business?" In the past two years, Gu Yufeng has grown a lot and is gradually familiar with the Gu family's business process. Qi Surong thought, maybe in a few years, she will be able to step back behind the scenes.

Gu Yufeng was discouraged, his face full of frustration. Why does Qi Surong, who is a woman, can walk thousands of miles, but he has to stay at home?

After arranging everything about the Gu family, Qi Surong sent another letter to the family, without telling him where he was going, just saying that he would go out for a few months. She calls herself "Zhuofan" to the outside world, and it is not convenient for her to return to her parents' home, so she can only communicate with her by letters. Fortunately, the Qi family is now being cared for by many parties, both openly and secretly, and there is basically no trouble.

Afterwards, Qi Surong went to Yunwu Mountain in person to bid farewell to Yunyouzi.

Yunyouzi nodded, handed her a small porcelain bottle, and said, "This is for you. When you meet that kid, let him eat one every day. No matter whether he is sick or not, he can keep fit."

Qi Surong was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.

Immediately, she looked around and asked, "Where's Big Brother Feng? Are you home yet?"

"No, I'm chopping firewood in the back mountain." Yun Youzi smiled, "He can work more than you, look at how tidy the house is."

Qi Surong secretly sympathized and fell into the hands of the master, Feng Zhan was afraid that he had suffered a lot. It is said that in the first few months, Feng Zhan escaped dozens of times, but was easily caught by his master. I want to use force to solve it, but I am not the master's opponent at all, so I can only admit it in the end.

Yunyouzi did not trap him on the mountain, and would let him go back every other month. His position did not require him to go to court every day, and the Feng family was affected by the Luo family, and his father's position was temporarily removed. Although he did not blame his younger generation, most of them were idle, so Feng Zhan accepted most of the time on the mountain. Wanderer's training.

In the past two years, Qi Surong has seen his changes. A little bit less aggressive, a little more calm, although his personality is a little weird, but at least he is still in the category of normal people.

It's good that didn't see Feng Zhan this time. just learned that the murderer who hurt Jin Yun was actually Liu Qian'er. She really didn't know how to face him. This couple has really caused them too much trouble, and it would be a lie to say that they don't hate them. But after more than two years of precipitation, nothing is as important as Jin Yun.