Chapter 242 Return to Yangzhou

It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road are about to break their souls.

In the south, it was already green everywhere, with birds competing for a long time, and a scene of spring was full of spring. In the city, it was still a feeling of desolation and desolation. The branches of the willow trees were struggling to sprout tender buds, but they were slowly tempted. The cool breeze still blew from time to time, not as cold as winter, but it was still incomparable to the Jiangnan where the willow wind was not cold.

The rain in the north did not rise, but was just cloudy, reflecting He Zhaoyi's mood.

"Zhaoyi, why do you seem to be worried recently?" Minmin asked in confusion at He Zhaoyi, who was looking at the willow branches beside her.

He Zhaoyi sighed: "Minmin, I can't hide anything from you. The Qingming Festival is coming, but the bodies of my father and elder brother are still buried in the suburbs of Dadu. How can I feel at ease!"

"Hasn't you sent someone to contact your second brother?" Minmin asked.

Second brother? He Zhaoyi sneered: "He said that Yangzhou's business is quite busy and he didn't have time to come here. I asked myself to find a way to transport the bodies of my father and elder brother back and bury them in the ancestral grave."

What is this? Why is it so unfilial? Is it important to do business, or is it important to have a body of my father and elder brother? Minmin is full of anger: "I will send someone to Yangzhou to find him. If he dares not come, he will put him in the Yangzhou prison."

He Zhaoyi shook her head. It is difficult for a clean official to make up for family affairs. She is imprisoned in a prison? What crime is it for?

"Minmin, thank you for your kindness. I want to go back by myself and take the body of my father and elder brother back to the ancestral grave for burial. After that, I have nothing to do with the He family."

Minmin was shocked. She knew that He Zhaoyi said this and didn't want to enter the He family's gate again. Otherwise, the He family should respect her second brother, so she knew that the He family's second child was not a good thing. If He Zhaoyi returned to the He family in Yangzhou, He Lao Er didn't know how to treat He Zhaoyi.

"Okay, then I'll send someone to dig out your father and elder brother's body and take it back, so that they can be buried in the ancestral grave as soon as possible." Minmin said.

"No need, I've been bothering me in the mansion for so long these days. Zhaoyi has been very grateful to the princess for her kind hospitality." He Zhaoyi said, giving Minmin a blessing.

"Zhaoyi, then you are not back? Where can you go as a girl?" Minmin asked.

"Zhaoyi doesn't believe it, and there is no place for him to settle down." He Zhaoyi said.

"No, this is not possible." Minmin said: "You and I are like sisters. Don't say such things. Now there are troubles outside. You are a girl's house, running around, what should you do when you meet bad people? I don't allow you to leave like this!"

Although the tone of his words was a bit arrogant, the care in his words moved He Zhaoyi. She gritted her teeth and finally said all her plans: "Minmin, although I am a girl, I have been growing up in a merchant family since I was a child. I heard and heard about business. I stayed in the Grand Master's Mansion, doing nothing all day and couldn't stay idle. For the past few months, I have been observing Dadu's business. Now it's the time to transport some grain from the south to Dadu, the profits will be quite good. Moreover, the river water has freezed and the canal transportation has begun. I want to bury my father and elder brother's body and sell some grain to Dadu to see how the effect is."

Thanks to Wang Baobao, all the property my father brought from Yangzhou was preserved and brought to Dadu together. He Zhaoyi wanted to do business with this money.

"Why didn't you say it earlier? I'll count it to Yangzhou with you!" Minmin said.

He Zhaoyi's face changed immediately: "Princess, don't joke. I do grain sales business, even if it's all yours, but if you leave Dadu, the Grand Master will not be able to condemn me!"

If she didn't bring such a tormenting person, if she took Minmin away, most of the Taishi would have to turn the whole world upside down. She was the daughter of the Taishi who was below one person and above ten thousand people.

Minmin thought about it and seemed to feel that doing this was a bit difficult, He Zhaoyi. If you want to blame, you can only blame your father for being the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty. If he was just an ordinary person, he would not be subject to so many restrictions. However, his father was busy with official duties recently and when he returned home, he often locked up in the room to meet someone. He cared less and less about him and slipped away quietly. If he did it more confidentially, he would not have been noticed by his father, right?

After leaving Dadu and meeting He Zhaoyi, wouldn’t that be enough? Minmin was already thinking about the sky outside and wanted to go back to Yangzhou to take a look.

"Okay, then you go back and try to transport their bodies back before Qingming Festival, which can be considered as returning to your hometown." Minmin said.

"Then I will go and say goodbye to the Taishi today." He Zhaoyi said. Although he has lived in the Taishi Mansion for so long, although it is nothing for the Taishi, it is a big busy for him. After being bothered for so many days, he should also express his gratitude to the Taishi.

"Dad went to court, but I'm afraid it will be in the afternoon when I come back. I have to discuss something big, so I don't have to say goodbye to him." Minmin said.

He Zhaoyi thought it was true. He was the Grand Master of the current dynasty and had a lot of troubles every day, so how could he have time to take care of a little person like him?

"Then I'll set out today." He Zhaoyi said.

"So fast?" Minmin asked. It seemed that He Zhaoyi had already returned home.

"Yes, while it's still colder, go on the road as early as possible. It's hot after a while and the journey is inconvenient." He Zhaoyi replied. She had already packed her luggage, but she didn't know how to say goodbye to Princess Minmin. Now that she has spoken, of course she has to go back as soon as possible.

"The two elders of Xuanming." Minmin shouted.

"Princess, the little one is here." The two of them immediately ran over like pugs.

"You two, with ten servants, follow Miss He back to Yangzhou." Minmin said.

?Go to Yangzhou? The two of them didn't know how to thank this Miss He. After staying in the capital for a few years, they finally had the opportunity to go out. Although they were excited, they pretended to be reluctant on the surface: "Princess, we are leaving, you have to take care of yourself!" Both of them were Minmin Timur's personal servants, and they were usually responsible for serving Minmin's diet and daily life.

"Forget it, hurry up and go back and clean up!" Minmin said.

"Prince, how can this be done? I have been disturbed by the mansion for so many days and I still can't repay you. Now I'll use the people around you to me. This is not possible. I just need to have Xiao Ai, this girl." He Zhaoyi hurriedly refused.

"Zhaoyi, your daughter's house is alone, even if you have a little love, that's not OK," Minmin said: "What should I do when I meet a bad person?"

"Prince, after hiring someone out of the city to invite the bodies of my father and elder brother, I will hire a boat directly and go south along the canal until Yangzhou. I will not encounter too many accidents along the way. You will be grateful for your kindness, and I really don't need it."

"That's not OK. It's not good for your two daughters to hire people and ships along the way, and they're not good. Let the two elders of Xuanming go. They have been with me for many years. They can also serve them more thoughtfully in their food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way. It's also convenient for them to deal with boatmen and other people of all kinds of religions."

"Yes, yes." The two elders of Xuanming nodded immediately. It was easy to go out for a trip and couldn't be ruined.

"After I go out, I will dress up as a man. I have dressed up many times before, but I have never made any mistakes. I really don't need to do it anymore." He Zhaoyi said.

"Then..." Minmin pondered for a moment: "Then let Mr. Xuan accompany you, at least you have to have a suitable person around you, so it's easy to use."

Seeing this situation, He Zhaoyi stopped refusing: "Okay, then I'll be too troublesome."

"Please rest assured, the youngest will definitely take care of Miss He." Old Xuan said, and quietly made a face at the brothers beside him.

"Be careful along the way." Minmin said.

"Thank you princess." He Zhaoyi expressed her gratitude again.

After walking out of the Grand Tutor's Mansion, He Zhaoyi looked at the place where she had lived for several months. Although she had been very well received, in He Zhaoyi's heart, this place has always been a place to wander in a foreign land. Her home has been broken, and she still has to live strongly and be a businessman who is better than her second brother!

"Miss, get in the car!" Old Xuan said from the side, but Xiao Ai stepped on it hard. He immediately recalled: "Young Master, please get in the car."

He Zhaoyi is now wearing men's clothes and turns into a young man who is very common in most cities. If you don't look closely, it will be difficult to tell. Such a rich young man is actually dressed in a beautiful woman.

She did not let Minmin come out to see her off. Now the two are in deep sisterhood. She is afraid that she will cry and that her emotions will lose control. Only by walking out of the Taishi Mansion in this way and walking back to her own world calmly is the most correct choice.

Xiao Ai was on the side, pretending to be a young master's follower, and then following a servant Xuan Lao, no matter where he went, it shouldn't be suspicious.

"Old Ming, have you agreed with Old Xuan?" asked Minmin, who was already dressed in military uniform in the Grand Master's Mansion.

"Yes, the princess, it's all agreed." Old Ming replied carefully: "Old Xuan will leave us a fire mark every distance. As long as we follow the mark, we can know where they are heading. However, I feel that we can just wait for them directly at the canal estuary, so why bother following it like this!"

"Stop talking nonsense, be careful after a while, don't expose your whereabouts, prepare a carriage, we are going to set off," Minmin said.

"Yes, princess."

Most of them have been tired of being stunned for a long time, so if he has anything to do, Minmin decided to go to Yangzhou for a trip!

When Mr. Ming heard that the princess asked him to follow Ms. He and went to Yangzhou with her, Mr. Ming was not happy, but afraid. He heard that it was very chaotic outside now, and the princess ran out like this. If something happened, he would probably have to be executed by the whole family. However, the princess had to listen to the orders of the princess. Mr. Ming's heart had long been up and down, as if he had lost his soul.

Tell the Grand Master? Then the princess would never let her go after the incident. She wanted her own life, and she wouldn't it be like killing a chicken? Old Ming had no other way. If he encountered an accident, he would use all his skills and support the princess carefully. No matter how she died, she would be dead after death. No matter how the Grand Master dealt with him, he would not be able to control him.

After leaving the Taishi Mansion, Minmin sat in the carriage, thinking that Yangzhou was already in full bloom and hundreds of birds were singing, and she couldn't express her happiness.

He Zhaoyi didn't know that Minmin was following behind. She left Dadu, burned some paper in front of her father and elder brother's grave, and asked someone to dig out her father's coffin from the grave, put it on the car, and rushed to the nearby canal ferry.

When I went north, I thought that although the three of them were sitting in the carriage, they felt the warmth of home, and their noses were a little sore. If my second brother hadn't encouraged me, why would my father and elder brother die in a foreign land? Isn't Yangzhou City still staying well now? Zhang Shicheng has also surrendered to the province, and there is no need to move to Dadu and die in vain. She didn't want to have too much resentment, but all this has something to do with her second brother, and her heart is already cold.

"Wait for the car in front!" Suddenly, a shout came from behind.

Two coffins were transported and one was riding, which was a small convoy. He heard the shouts behind him, He Zhaoyi lifted the curtain and looked back.

A team of *** cavalry was speeding up, and the figure of the man in front made He Zhaoyi very familiar with it. It was Kuogut Timur.

What did he do? He Zhaoyi said, "Don't stop, go." There was a trace of trembling in his voice.

But the coachman dared not stop, who dared to challenge the Tartar cavalry? If he kept stopping, he would not know how he died.

The car stopped, Kuogu asked outside, "Is it Miss He in the car?"

Miss He? The driver who drove the car shook his head: "General, is a young man in the car!"

Old Xuan had already lowered his head, and he could also recognize it. Since Miss He did not allow him to stop, he would definitely not meet. He should not reveal it.

Young Master? Kuogu hesitated for a moment. He had just returned to Dadu and heard that Miss He had left the Grand Tutor's Mansion and returned home. He hurriedly brought it out, thinking that the other party would take the body and go on the road. He finally caught up with him, but it was not Miss He, but a young master. That was because he had made a mistake, maybe in front of him.

"Disturbate, let's look forward again." Kuogu said to the cavalry behind him: "Continue to go!"

"Go, go!" The cavalry quickly disappeared on the dirt road, and the dust raised covered their backs.

"These Tartars are so friendly." The coachman said to himself strangely: "If all Tartars were like him, there wouldn't be so many ***s there."

"Stop talking nonsense, be careful to lose your head and continue!" Old Xuan said beside him.

"Yes, yes." The coachman said immediately.

He Zhaoyi lifted the curtain and looked at the disappearing cavalry, only the rising dust was still there.

Brother Baobao, please forgive Zhao Yi for leaving without saying goodbye. Your affection is recognized by Zhao Yi, but there is already someone else in Zhao Yi's heart...

He Zhaoyi sighed, and the figure appeared in her mind again.

When I saw you, I missed my life! I will go to find him this time?

"Old Ming, do you want to die?" Minmin asked angrily.

Just now, a team of cavalry came from behind. As soon as Minmin turned around, she found that it was Brother Kuogu.

This is awesome! She immediately put down the curtain on the car door, for fear of being discovered by Kuokuo. If he found himself sneaking out of the capital, he would not have to take him back? Her heart was thumping, what happened to Kuokuo? I won't come early and late, but at this time?

Mr. Ming seemed to have caught a life-saving straw. General Kuogu was the princess’ master. As long as he found that the princess was sitting in the car, he would definitely let the princess go back. In this way, he would not have to take too much risk.

Minmin was sitting in the car, and Old Ming and the coachman were sitting on the shaft. Watching General Kuogu pass by, he deliberately pretended to be a mistake and fell off the carriage.

As long as he stops the horse, he will definitely recognize it when he sees it is himself. At that time, the princess in the car will be exposed.

Unexpectedly, Kuogu did not stop his horse at all. But when Mr. Ming was about to fall, he raised his arm and threw Mr. Ming back into the car again.

"Good skills!" The crowd who saw him clapped. If it weren't for the help of the Tartar cavalry, the unlucky guy next to him would probably have been trampled to death by Pegasus.
To be continued...