Chapter 61

family

"Princess, it's already winter in the north, this batch of goods has been processed, and everyone may not be able to come back in the winter snow." Xing'er stood at the entrance of the villa and said.

Qin Jun nodded: "Before boarding the ship, the people in Jiangbei can be repatriated. I have other orders for others."

Xing'er looked at Qin Jun in surprise.

Qin Jun: "What's wrong?"

Xing'er shook her head, Qin Jun smiled and said, "Clean up, let's go to Central Capital."

"What, what?"

Qin Jun looked back, held her skirt, strode into the door, and said with a smile, "Go to Central Capital, I've been busy for so many days, I've made money, and I'll take everyone on a trip."

"Travel?" Little Taozi yelled loudly, "It costs money again!"

"Steward Peach," Qin Jun said, "go and play for two days."

Xiaotao chased into the wing room, where Ji Si and Jin Xiu were packing their things.

Ji Si was packing clothes for Qin Jun: "It's going to be winter, pack some thick fur coats."

Jin Xiu packed Qin Jun's books, found a book with an unusual cover on the desk, opened it casually, saw the title of the book, and read: "Miss and Qiao..."

Before the words were finished, Qin Jun slid over, jumped up and snatched the book from Jin Xiu, and threw it into the bookcase.

Jin Xiu: "..."

"What's missing?" Ji Si asked from behind the screen.

Qin Jun: "No!"

From time to time, Ji Si seemed to think of something and asked Jin Xiu to do other things, and she would tidy up books and Qin Jun's clothes.

Xiaotao saw a few people who looked as if they were about to go far away, and immediately felt depressed: "Such a big villa, should we leave it alone?"

Qin Jun smiled and said, "Go and ask, is there any girl who is willing to go with me to Central Capital to play for a while."

Xiaotao: "...all going?"

Qin Jun pondered for a moment, and said: "Anyone who wants to go can go. Those who don't want to go will give the palace people a family leave and a sum of money. Everyone will go back to their hometown to meet their families. Tell them to bring their relatives and friends with them when they come back after the Chinese New Year.Come to Jiangbei to settle down."

"So many people! Where do you live?" Xiao Taozi growled.

Qin Jun said casually: "The villa is so big, it can accommodate four or five hundred people if you squeeze it casually, so why worry about not being able to settle down?"

Xiaotao: "..."

Qin Jun calmly gave a terrible order, "There are still two months until the Lantern Festival. If you want to celebrate the New Year, you can go out in half a month."

Jin Xiu put down her work and looked at Qin Jun, "If they all leave, what will happen to the villa?"

Qin Jun smiled: "Of course we can't all leave. The salt well can't stop. Leave enough manpower for Jiang Chao to produce salt, and the rest will give you two full silver. Tell them to come back after playing enough."

Little Taozi: "..."

So, for seven days, Xiao Taozi counted the people in the villa who were willing to go home to visit relatives, and those who did not want to go to Central Capital with the master. The guards and hidden guards were not allowed to leave, so they had to receive a monthly order and asked someone to return to BeijingThe people sent the silver taels back to their hometown.

There were still a few tenants left, and Qin Jun also left some money. He called Aunt Liu, and when the late rice was harvested, she asked her to find a few hard-working people to help harvest the grain.

Seven days later, the people in the villa went to Loukong, and Mother Tian was sent to the palace.The gate of the villa was closed tightly, and the lantern was lit. Qin Jun took more than twenty girls and guards to disperse and move from the villa to Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and went to Central Capital respectively.

Half a month later.

Central Capital.

Why do you want to come to Central Capital? Xiaotao has not only asked this question ten times.

Qin Jun lay bored in Ji Si's arms, let Xing'er hold the book upright in front of her eyes, and hugged herself like a dandy in the carriage, eating and drinking, and said: "Because I've stayed in Jiang Prefecture enough, Jiangnan is like spring all the year round, it's okay."It’s fun, why not come to Central Capital, when it snows in January, you can play in the snow and watch plum blossoms.”

Xiaotao muttered: "Look at the plum blossoms...then it's better to go back to Capital..."

Jin Xiu frowned and taught: "Xiaotao."

Qin Jun waved her hand: "It's okay, have you entered the city yet? Let's find an inn first. Let's rest for two days."

The wheels of the carriage stopped, and the inn cordially led the horse, "Guest officer, it's better to hit the tip..."

Xiao Er's voice stopped abruptly. First, he saw a young girl in a pink dress jump out of the carriage, and stared at Xiao Er. She looked domineering and pretty, and was hugging a gentle girl in azure dress.Get out of the car again.

Xing'er smiled at Xiao Er and said, "Stay in the hotel."

Xiao Er gave a dumbfounded sound twice, then looked into the car again.A woman dressed in hardcover with a chic posture opened the curtain with a sword, and behind her was a woman in white clothes covering her face, her eyes seemed to be affectionate but ruthless, squinting, she was astonished.

The four women got out of the carriage one by one and waited under the carriage. The Uncle King fetched the pedals and waited patiently while pulling the horse.

Xiaoer held his breath intently, just as he was wondering if there was another beautiful woman on the bed, suddenly, a folding fan slapped a dozen in front of his eyes - a man of short stature with a big mole on his face came out of the carriage with a smile on his face.

The four girls said in unison: "Master."

Qin Jun nodded, got out of the carriage, looked sideways at the sluggish Xiao Er, and tilted her head to indicate what's wrong?

Xiao Er: "..."

Ji Si stepped forward to support Qin Jun, Jin Xiu followed with a cold face, holding her sword.

Xing'er warmly reminded Xiao Er: "Xiao Er?"

"Fool!" Xiaotao put her hips on her hips, "Why are you standing there? Unload the box."

"Four upper rooms." Jin Xiu's voice came from inside the inn.

Xiao Erfang came back to his senses, hurriedly went to the carriage and unloaded the wooden box.

Uncle King nodded, motioned to Xing'er Xiaotao, and then led the horse to the backyard stable.

"A mute, with four beauties of different styles... one is prettier than the other, and they came to stay at the hotel two days ago..."

"If you are rich, all the old drivers who drive will live in the house!"

"I went to deliver water last night, and I was accompanied by a white-clothed woman again... Yes... the blessing of Qiren, when will I have such a blessing?"

"...Damn rich."

Xiao Er and the tent were eating melon seeds, and they kept chatting in the afternoon when there was no one there, and they had been chatting for several days, all talking about that ugly monster named He upstairs.

Qin Jun fell asleep on her back. After turning over, her hands and feet were wrapped around Ji Si's body. Ji Si's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she fell asleep again after a while.

There are four upper rooms, one for Tao Xing, Jin Xiu and Uncle King live alone, and Qin Jun and Ji Sicheng live in one room together.

Central Capital is far less prosperous than Jiangnan, and it is not as rich in history as Capital. To the north, it is separated by a state and a mountain, and to the south is Jiangnan with the Yangtze River as its screen.

After Qin and Zhou fought against the Hu people and were defeated, the choice of moving the capital was Central Capital.

Qin Jun glanced at the account book, and set aside half of the hundreds of taels of gold brought back by Ji Si, and let Tao Xing and the other two buy real estate.

"Central Capital is close to Jiangnan. Jiangnan has a bumper harvest. The rice and grain piles are rotten. The price of rice and oil is low, and the price of gold has risen. Now, one tael of gold can be exchanged for six taels of silver." Xiaotao flipped the abacus, "The price of Central Capital is constant., two hundred taels of silver can buy a second-tier yard."

Qin Jun looked at the layout map of the Central Capital city spread on the table. The map was simple and deduced after she and Ji Si walked around for two days according to the layout of the market where the inn was located.

"This is the official office of the county guard. The county guard generally lives here," Ji Si circled the picture with a brush. "Officials' residences are good places to get quiet amidst the hustle and bustle."

Qin Jun was thinking about something else, took a look, and said, "Not good."

"In addition to the residence, we also need to buy a pavement," Qin Jun said, drawing a long line with a pen in a place where there are few people on the main street, "That's it."

Xiaotao glanced at it, and immediately wanted to vomit blood, "Buy a street!?"

Qin Jun nodded: "It's just a street, um, first spend the silver bills, and then get the gold if you don't have enough, that's it, let's go, let's go to work."

Jin Xiu nodded without any objection, took the blueprint and grabbed Xiaotao's collar and went to work.

Everyone stayed in Central Capital for a few days, and after Xiaotao finished finishing the house, they ordered the palace guards who rushed to Central Capital one after another to clean and tidy up.

Qin Jun also often wandered the streets with Ji Si, and when he saw a certain vacant shop, he wrote down the location and asked Xiaotao to buy it, and then he saw a certain house and wanted it too.

Xiao Taozi roared several times, but did not dare to refute Qin Jun's order. Half a month later, she spent almost all the money on buying a large number of empty houses in Zhongjing.

When they couldn't even afford a room in the inn, Qin Jun and the others moved into a three-entry mansion among many real estates in desperation.

Xiaotao said: "This is the most magnificent house in Central Capital. If it is placed in Capital, there will be houses like these all over the place. Princess, Central Capital is slightly better than Jiangbei. Why..."

Qin Jun signaled her to stop talking, and said, "Has everyone arrived yet?"

Xing'er replied: "Have settled down."

Everyone moved to a new house, and they were obviously used to moving. They gave Qin Jun the best east-facing room in the East Wing, while the rest of the people chose their own small courtyard.

After two days of keeping herself safe in her new home, Qin Jun came up with a new idea.

Xiaotao sprayed the rice: "I want to buy land again? What are you buying it for?"

Qin Jun coughed lightly: "Planting the land, the landlord, how can you not have your own land?"

Ji Si and Jin Xiu sat opposite each other on the porch to play chess, and the sand table in the villa was not taken away, so the two used chess pieces to pretend to be a city and fortress, so that you can come and go.

From time to time, Jin Xiu was defeated, she got up and said to Ji Si, "It's been more than a month since you tested your martial arts, get up."

Jin Xiu entered the room and took out her sword, passing by the low couch where Qin Jun was reclined and saluted to her, Xiaotao was crying with snot and tears, Jin Xiu didn't look sideways, she was obviously used to not being bothered.

Xiaotao held her heart in her hands: "Eat the last meal, but the next meal... I just made money and I will use it..."

Qin Jun looked embarrassed, "Don't cry, I promise, there will be no next time...Xiaotao..."

Outside the door, Ji Si Jin Xiu engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and a sword light swept across the screen wall, leaving a deep mark on the marble, and the ivy vines that clung to it fell softly, and a face next to the screen wall lost all blood in horror.

"Physician Song! Why are you here!" Xing'er said in surprise.

A few months ago, Song Wenzhou asked Qin Jun to resign. Because the head of the Capital Tai Hospital passed away, Qin Jun graciously allowed him to return to Beijing. After Song Wenzhou went for a few months, he thought that he would not return to Jiang Prefecture, but unexpectedlySong Wenzhou actually found Central Capital.

"I thought you weren't coming back. Qin Jun yawned.

Song Wenzhou held the teacup, drank two cups to calm down the shock, and said with a smile: "It is a blessing for me to be able to serve the princess. After I settled the widow of the head of the court, I set off for Jiangbei. Who knew that the people in the villa would go to Loukong and the palace.After inquiring, I found out that the princess came to Central Capital."

Qin Jun nodded: "I'm tired of living here, come to Central Capital to play, I bought a lot of houses, Song Taiyi should choose one to live in, I will still have time to stay in Central Capital in the future."

Song Wenzhou was taken aback for a moment, and when he saw Qin Jun's smiling face, he realized: "Princess...won't you return to Beijing for the Yuan Festival?"

"You are from Capital," Ji Si said suddenly, "Do you know the situation of Capital?"

Song Wenzhou didn’t respond, and only said that it was still the same as before, as in the past, luxury and pleasure. They all said that the border was tense, but Capital people’s pursuit of pleasure has long been deeply buried in their hearts, and the common people don’t feel it.I think in my heart that this war will not spread to Capital.

Qin Zhou's corruption and vanity just needed a defeat to break through.

At the end of December, Capital ushered in the first snow, the war broke out unexpectedly, and the Canyon Pass was in turmoil.

At that time, Jiangzhou was harvesting the last season of rice, and the corn was put into the warehouse and piled up into mountains. The price of grain became lower and lower, and the war lasted for more than a month.

The wealthy gentry were also unwilling to donate. It was heard that the governor of Jiang Prefecture was talking about it, so everyone managed to pool two million catties and send it to Capital.

Capital has an army of 100,000, against 50,000 Huren, all the ministers are full of confidence, there are 30,000 garrisons at the foot of Kuangjun Mountain, led by the second prince himself, and charge into battle.

For a while, the students in Capital City were full of rebelliousness, lingering in the flowers, smoking five stone powder, and indulged loudly, thinking that Capital was invincible.

Qin Jun sat in the study every day, staring at the map of Jin Xiu's mountains and rivers, in a daze.

Ji Si and Jin Xiu practice martial arts and counter moves every day, and keep Qin Jun's small yard in good order.

Occasionally, Qin Jun and Ji Si would go out for an outing, strolling around the vicinity of Central Capital before the snow fell, and wanted to buy some fertile land.There are countless fields outside the city of Central Capital, barren mountains and wild ridges are covered with thickets and miscellaneous forests, and there is hardly any cultivated land.

Qin Jun: "There are not many people in Central Capital. The young people have either been exiled to the army, or they have gone to Jiangnan to seek a living."

Ji Si put her arms around Qin Jun from behind, took the reins, and steered the horse forward with light grips on its belly.

The autumn wind is blowing, and the wind blowing has already seen the coolness.

Ji Si tightened her clothes for Qin Jun. Qin Jun raised his hand and touched Ji Si's face. Ji Si lowered his eyes and met her eyes with a smile.

After a while, Qin Jun blushed and moved her eyes away, coughed lightly, and let Ji Si look at her eyes, "There are so many wastelands, and there are only a few tenants here and there. Is it true that it is not suitable for growing food?"

The two were walking in the field, Xuan Zhima found a place to graze, Qin Jun squatted on the ground, picked a few wild flowers, put them in Ji Si's ears, and said with a suppressed smile, "It looks good."

The wheat field fluttered, and in late autumn, everything you saw was like the setting sun. Ji Si grabbed Qin Jun's wrist and put it in her arms, looking at the sky with deep eyes.

Ji Si: "Why did you come to Central Capital?"

"The capital is in turmoil, why is the princess so calm?" Ji Si finally expressed her doubts.

"Qin Zhou needs this battle," Qin Jun murmured, and said, "Yun Xuan said that extreme governance will lead to chaos... The root cause of the disaster did not start in a day.Before...but it didn't give the students a painful blow, and there was no breaking or standing."

"This battle cannot be stopped by manpower." Qin Jun sighed.

The Hu people and the Qin and Zhou dynasties have not fought a war for a hundred years, but there is no long-term peace between countries.

Ji Si accepted this reason, "When we opened the door this autumn, I wrote an article about how to ask for immortality. The crowd of admirers made His Majesty furious, and he was demoted as Baiding, which caused a commotion in Capital."

Qin Jun was slightly taken aback: "Is there such a thing?"

Ji Si: "Song Wenzhou said it."

Qin Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Father shouldn't be like this. The people need faith, and they have to endure the long and hard life. Taoism and legal thought may not be able to coexist with China. You just need to guide them well and respect their religion..."

Qin Jun leaned into Ji Si's arms and slowly fell asleep. After waking up, Ji Si was slowly driving the horse back to the city, and felt more and more warm and comfortable in Ji Si's embrace. Compared with a year ago, she was no longer as skinny and poor as before.Ji Si's desolate appearance has changed a lot, but it seems that nothing has changed. She is still walking towards the appearance in Qin Jun's image.

Back at Serene Garden, Ji Si took Qin Jun off the horse and entered the courtyard gate. She saw a court lady with a look of furtiveness, carrying a bowl of soup, walking quickly in one direction on the corridor.

"What's wrong?" Qin Jun asked.

The palace maid turned her head, her face turned pale with fright, and she plopped to her knees.

"Master, please forgive me!" The court lady knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy.

Qin Jun wondered: "Don't kneel, get up and answer."

The maid hurriedly shook her head, knelt on the ground and refused to get up.

The next moment, a woman's wailing came from a secluded courtyard not far away.

Qin Jun didn't hear it, but Ji Si, who practiced martial arts, had sharp ears and eyes, and immediately noticed the clue.

"Is someone injured?" Ji Si asked.

"Princess, spare my life, princess, spare my life," the princess kowtowed, "Shaoyao was just confused for a while...she didn't understand anything, at first, at first, she just thought she had gained weight...forgive me, princess..."

Qin Jun was at a loss: "What's the matter, you go call Song Wenzhou, I'll go and have a look..."

"No," the maid stood up and hugged Qin Jun's calf, "Princess...you can't watch."

Ji Si frowned, grabbed Qin Jun by the back of the neck and dragged her out, and said sharply, "Lead the way."

The palace maid was stunned, wiped away her tears, and wept to lead Qin Jun the way.

Walking to a very remote part of Serene Garden, many palace people had already surrounded the courtyard gate. Seeing Qin Jun kneel down one after another, a woman in the room couldn't help screaming in panic.

Qin Jun was about to step in when Ji Si grabbed the back of her neck and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

The two older maids looked at me and I looked at you, knelt on the ground and said: "It seems that a palace lady gave birth prematurely... I don't understand these things, I fell down and was frightened."

Qin Jun: "..."

The maid just now burst into tears: "Princess, please spare Shao Yao, she...she..."

Qin Jun supported her forehead and ordered: "Call Song Wenzhou, her husband... well, who is the child's real father, call here."

The palace lady said: "Chu Zhi has taken orders to go to the Eternal Border, not in Central Capital...Princess..."

"..."

In the evening, the night came quickly, and the candles were already lit in the house.

Jin Xiu and others who were out on business came back and got an invitation card, put it in front of Qin Jun, and said, "Princess, the county magistrate of Central Capital wants to visit."

Qin Jun propped his face, staring at the flickering candle in a daze.

Xiaotao didn't notice it, and said contemptuously: "The princess has bought too much property in Central Capital recently, so the county magistrate wants to come to see her..."

Xing'er sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly signaled Xiaotao to keep silent, Xiaotao noticed Qin Jun's complexion, and said in a daze, "Princess?"

Ji Si was dancing her sword in the courtyard, and the night wind was rustling. Qin Jun had mixed feelings in his heart, and said to the three of them, "...then what, our family is going to have a newcomer."

Everyone: "?"

Song Wenzhou stood at the door and replied: "Seven months old, she is a girl, and the peony lost too much blood. If she hadn't been in so much pain when she gave birth, she yelled twice and alarmed the house, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to keep the baby."

Jin Xiu said coldly: "The escaped child, kill him."

Although Xiaotao and Xing'er could not bear it, they also knew that the child born secretly was against the rules. Besides, Qin Jun was a princess who had not left the court.And death, this life cannot be kept.

Qin Jun frowned: "It's natural for a man to love a daughter, and her father is not here, and her mother is gone. Why bully an infant baby?"

Ji Si twitched the corners of her mouth, wearing a bracelet made of wild flowers by Qin Jun on her wrist.

Qin Jun: "My child... are you okay?"

Song Wenzhou cupped his hands and said respectfully: "The humble minister is always on guard, and there are two maids serving, the princess does not need to worry."

"Let's keep it," Qin Jun sighed, "buy... Shaoyao, what about her family?"

When Ji Si went out, she brought Shao Yao's friend here from time to time. It was the court lady, who was now in tears.

Qin Jun didn't feel sad either, and comforted her: "The deceased has passed away, so don't be too sad, cheer up and take care of your daughter for Shao Yao, right?"

The maid was taken aback, "Princess..."

Qin Jun helped her up: "What's your name, does Shaoyao have any family?"

"Slave Mai Ya," Mai Ya wiped her tears, "Shao Yao is an orphan. After entering the palace when she was young, her parents disappeared."

Xiaotao buried herself in Xing'er's arms and began to sob.

Qin Jun: "What's the name of that guard?"

Ji Si: "Chu Zhi."

Qin Jun then said: "On the tombstone of Shaoyao...just engrave Chu Zhi's wife, wait for Chu Zhi to come back...forget it, send someone to send a letter as soon as possible, and call him back."

Jin Xiu frowned: "Princess, it's against the rules."

Qin Jun: "What's the rule? If Chu Zhi is willing, what's the matter with giving his dead wife a name? The child is still waiting for him to come back and get a name... This counts, isn't it a family?"

For some reason, there was a sudden silence in the hall.

Qin Jun suddenly remembered that Tao, Xing, Jin Xiu and Ji Si were all orphans, so she pursed her lips and said, "We are also a family."

Everyone was startled.

Qin Jun touched her nose: "That's all, let's go, go down and rest."

The people in the hall dispersed, Qin Jun turned around, and saw Ji Si staring at the candle in a daze.

Qin Jun pulled the corners of her mouth and strode away, walked to the corridor, and then slowly looked back at Ji Si's silhouette reflected in the window.

Qin Jun knew that Ji Si had never forgotten to find her life experience and memories, but this goal was shelved when Qin Jun stepped in.

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