These three bird calls are like the most common sparrow calls on the eaves of the field. Others would only think they were ordinary bird calls, but Pei Weixuan could hear the nuances. It was not birds, but people pretending. When the birds came out, he opened his eyes, put on his clothes, pulled up his cloth shoes and walked to the window, opened the window, and really saw a figure squatting under the window.

Seeing the window open, the figure raised his head and whispered, "Little master."

The moonlight shines on the figure outside.

Pei Weixuan recognized him as Huo Ye, the chief guard of the black-armored bodyguard next to the elder brother, who was the most trusted person of the elder brother. He was about the same age as the elder brother, and his height and appearance were relatively ordinary.

The black-armored bodyguard is both the elder brother's bodyguard and the hidden bodyguard. Even the Empress Dowager Fu didn't know the existence of the black-armored bodyguard. When the elder brother had an accident, the black-armored bodyguard was not in the capital.

Later, when the palace changed, Huo Ye learned that it was too late to go to the capital again, and the elder brother had already been beheaded on the spot by the Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor.

When Huo Ye was still on his way back to Beijing, he received a letter from his eldest brother Fei Ge, knowing that the late emperor had actually written an edict to make his eldest brother the crown prince, but everything would be announced to the world in time, and something happened to his eldest brother.

When Huo Ye returned to the capital with the black-armored guards, the Pei family had already been exiled, and Huo Ye had to stay in the capital to find the imperial edict issued by the late emperor.

The palace is heavily guarded, but there are naturally elder brothers in the palace.

Huo Ye cooperates with the people in the palace and asks the people in the palace to find the imperial edict, but accidentally exposes his traces and is killed by the Queen Mother.

That imperial edict has yet to be found.

Huo Ye stayed in the capital with the black-armored guards for a while, and the edict could not be found. The Empress Dowager Fu was also looking for the edict, but she couldn't find it either. don't know where it was hidden by the late emperor. , Accusing the Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor of exiling the royal blood and the queen, there was a lot of trouble, so the Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor are also in a state of distress now.

Unable to find the imperial edict, Huo Ye could only come to find the little master first.

Huo Ye knew that the master was gone, but let them continue to follow the little master.

He only brought some people back to Beijing at the beginning, and some people were scattered around, and now they all came to the border to meet.

After Huo Ye finished speaking in a low voice, he added another sentence.

"Little master, you should leave."

Pei Weixuan grunted.

It is impossible for the Queen Mother to save their lives.

The fact that he didn't do anything on the way to exile was just because it was too obvious and ostentatious at that time, which would make all the officials in the court resent and make everyone in the world feel ashamed.

It is impossible for him to stay on the border forever and be an ordinary criminal subject. For the sake of his family, he has to take over from his elder brother.

Otherwise, when the Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor have stabilized the power in the court, the first thing that comes to mind is to put them to death, no matter whether it is him, his family or Yuniang, none of them will be able to escape.

Pei Weixuanen said, "You wait in the bamboo forest outside the town. After dawn, I will go to the bamboo forest to find you after I tell my family."

Huo Ye thought for a while, and couldn't help but ask, "Little master, do you want to go back to Beijing to find the imperial edict first?"

In this way, concubine Fu and the new emperor can be crusaded more legitimately.

"No." Standing by the window, Pei Weixuan could vaguely see the mountains in the distance, covered with mist, and he said slowly, "There is no rush for the edict, I know where the imperial father hides the edict The Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor are also looking for this edict, thinking about destroying the edict to cover up their viciousness, if they return to Beijing to find the edict, concubine Fu and the new emperor will jump over the wall." Regardless of the bloodbath, they will send people directly to the border Kill the Pei family.

As long as the edict is not found for a day, the Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor will at least care about the officials in the court, and will not choose to jump over the wall to kill the grass.

Now that the edict is announced to the world, it is of no benefit to him, so there is really no need to rush about the edict.

When the time comes, the imperial edict will come into his hands.

Even now, it is not difficult for him to obtain the imperial edict.

Huo Ye also instantly understood.

But if you don't look for an edict, what are you going to do now?

With only a few hundred guards in black armor, how easy is it to get started?

He couldn't help but ask what was on his mind.

But he heard the little master suddenly ask him, "Brother, can I leave some money for you?"

Huo Ye knew that the money in the mouth of the little master was not one hundred and twenty thousand taels, but the huge amount needed to start a momentum.

Huo Ye said: "No."

These black-armored guards are also poor, let alone tens of thousands of taels, he can't even spend ten taels of silver on him now, and some of the black-armored guards have gone to the mountains on both sides of the canal to become water bandits. If they don't want to rob randomly, they just want to rob some unscrupulous merchant ships. For official ships, they don't dare to rob them for the time being.

Pei Weixuan took a look at Huo Ye's scribbled appearance, and knew it in his heart.

He said: "You go first, I will join you after the morning meal."

Huo Ye nodded and left.

When people left, Pei Weixuan didn't sleep either, he stood by the window for a long time, until the sound of light footsteps came from the main room outside, it was Yu Niang who woke up.

Xu Qinyu had already woken up, and was in a daze on the bed for a while. Last night, she did not sleep soundly. She also dreamed that she and Pei's family somehow became victims of disasters in the north. They fled famine all the way, and the road was miserable. She had nothing but a kitchen But art was useless, and the whole family was starving.

After being in a daze for a while, Xu Qinyu put on her clothes and got out of bed, went to the kitchen to prepare braised sausages.

As soon as she entered the kitchen, she heard footsteps before she even turned on the stove, and when she looked up, it was indeed the fourth brother.

Xu Qinyu smiled, "Good morning, fourth brother."

Pei Weixuan nodded, and went over to the stove to burn firewood skillfully with a torch.

When the stove was on fire, Pei Weixuan went to fill the tank with water, and split all the firewood.

After finishing all the work that could be done in the yard, he returned to the kitchen stove. The stewed sausage in the cauldron was already gurgling and emitting an aroma.

Pei Weixuan said suddenly, "Yu Niang, I'm leaving after the court food."

"Leave?" Xu Qinyu was stunned for a while, "Where is fourth brother going? Are you going out to buy medicine?"

She didn't react for a moment.

Pei Weixuan didn't reply to Yuniang's words, he just gave her a deep look.

He didn't want to lie to her, but he couldn't tell her the truth about this matter, nor could he tell his mother the truth.

He had to make up a reason to lie to them.

Xu Qinyu suddenly came to her senses, and she suddenly realized, "Is fourth brother planning to venture out?" The man's ambition is everywhere, so it's good to venture out by himself, otherwise fourth brother will be trapped in this small courtyard It's really not good. The fourth brother should have his own career and ambitions. She thought that the fourth brother would not be able to help her burn fires, chop wood and wash food for the rest of his life. It was too wasteful.

Now the fourth brother is willing to go out and venture, which is also very good.

Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "Don't worry, fourth brother, I will take good care of my mother and sister Ning, but where is fourth brother going?"

Pei Weixuan thought about what to do next, and could only tell Yuniang, "Run with the caravan first."

Xu Qinyu nodded, which was pretty much in line with what she had guessed in her heart.

It is true that running with the caravan is the most knowledgeable. After running with the caravan for two years, even if you want to do something, it is much easier.

"The fourth brother should be more careful when he is outside. Don't conflict with others. There is nothing wrong with the previous step. If you encounter danger..." Xu Qinyu started talking to the fourth brother about going out.

Pei Weixuan was a little helpless.

Yu Niang is really different from anyone.

Xu Qinyu talked a lot, and suddenly remembered that the fourth brother said that he would leave after eating Chaoshi.

She didn't speak anymore, and filled up the marinated fat intestines.

These marinated soups are not the same as the marinade that used to make Roujiamo before. You can continue to use them tomorrow, and change them once in a few days.

When the marinade was filled, she cooked the bean porridge on the stove again, and asked the fourth brother to help her brush the pot and go out.

She went to a nearby meat stall and bought a lot of pork tenderloin.

She plans to make some jerky for the fourth brother to take with her. I don't know how long the fourth brother will be away on this trip. I am afraid that a month or two will be considered short. It is very hard to stay with the caravan, so I can bring some food for the fourth. Brother is also good.

When she came back after buying the meat, Mrs Wen was already up.

Sitting in the kitchen in a daze, her eyes were a little red, it should be the fourth brother who told her that he was going to go out.

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Wen turned around and saw her daughter-in-law. She got up and helped Yu Niang carry the things she was carrying into the kitchen, "What did Yu Niang buy?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Isn't the fourth brother going to go far? I bought some plum blossom meat, and I'm going to make some pork jerky for the fourth brother to take with him on the road." , "Mother, what about fourth brother?"

Wen Shi said, "He went out to buy firewood. He said he wanted to buy more firewood, so that the firewood could be chopped well." He was also worried that he would leave, because Yu Niang had too much work to do.

Xu Qinyu nodded. In fact, if the fourth brother was going to go out, she planned to hire a small worker to help her kill fish, beat fish, mud, wash vegetables, etc. on weekdays.

She kept moving her hands. She washed the purchased tenderloin and cut it into strips about the thickness of two fingers, then marinated it. After it was marinated, it was slowly fried on a low fire. Stir-fry the same spices and crush them into seasonings. After frying the jerky, reheat the fire and add the prepared seasonings. Then pour in the jerky and stir-fry until fragrant.

This is the way of making beef jerky, but it tastes very good. It tastes fragrant and chewy. It can be eaten as dry food or as snacks on the road.

She made a lot, and kept a little bit at home for everyone to taste, and the rest was wrapped in oiled paper and brought to the fourth brother on the road.

When the jerky was ready, the fourth brother also came back and bought a truckload of firewood, and the fourth brother started chopping firewood in the yard again.

Xu Qinyu made several more sauce-flavored cakes. Brush with your own sauce, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, rich in sauce.

What Chao Shi eats is the sauce-flavored cake and bean porridge, as well as the pickled shredded radish she made herself.

There are a lot of sauce-flavored cakes, and there are a lot of leftovers, all of which are enough for a few people. They are all wrapped in oil paper and left for the fourth brother to eat on the road.

The weather is still cool, and the sauce-flavored cakes will be fine for a few days.

After eating the morning meal, Pei Weixuan returned to the house and simply packed up his luggage. He had nothing to bring, just two clothes to change, and the jerky and sauce-flavored cakes that Yu Niang made for him. After taking more than half of the burden, Xu Qinyu also took ten taels of silver and stuffed it into his burden.

When you go out, you still have to bring some money with you.

When Pei Weixuan was about to leave, not only Wen Shi's eyes were red, but Ning Jie'er and Gui Shi were also uncomfortable.

The two children also vaguely understood that he was going to go away, and they were a little uneasy.

Xu Qinyu was also gloomy, and finally waved to the fourth brother first, "Fourth brother, goodbye."

Pei Weixuan glanced at Yu Niang, her bun was still empty and there was only a wooden hairpin. She wanted to buy some beaded flower jewelry a few years ago, but she never bought it. She hoped that when he came back, she could put one for Yu Niang. Beautiful golden hairpin.

He took another deep look at Yu Niang and turned to leave.