Chapter 97: Sending Paintings
Laba is a day of celebration, and every household happily eats Laba porridge. However, the sudden war report from the border is like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the joy in an instant.
The content of the battle report was not detailed, only a few words, but it was enough to shock the entire court.
The enemy suddenly invaded, and the border was in a hurry, so we requested the court to send an army to support immediately.
The emperor urgently summoned his courtiers to discuss countermeasures.
In the court hall, the civil and military officials were discussing a lot. Some people advocated peace talks, while others advocated sending troops immediately.
This incident did not have much impact on Zhao Wangshu. Life went on as usual, but it still had a big impact on people who love to hold banquets.
When there is a war, it is not easy to have a big banquet. The business of jewelry stores and clothing stores has been affected.
On the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Zhao family hosted a banquet for the Zhou Xu family. Zhao Li reminded the Zhou Xu family, "What if cousin Xu Shi wants to take Danyang back and make random promises to others?"< br />
"Danyang was raised by me, he can never take it away." Zhou Xu said angrily.
"You are the aunt and he is the biological father. If he wants to take someone away, you can't stop him. Why don't we adopt Danyang to you? If cousin Xu Shi wants to go back to Danyang, he won't be able to do so. So easy."
Mrs. Zhou Xu was thoughtful, and Mrs. Zhao Li asked tentatively: "You don't want to adopt her, but do you want her to be your daughter-in-law?"
"I don't worry about her marrying into someone else's family without the support of her mother's family." Mrs. Zhou Xu said.
"If you adopt her, you are her mother, and the Zhou family is her mother's family, so you can support her."
Ms. Zhou Xu was startled and slapped her forehead. , "It's too much."
"You have to discuss the adoption with your cousin-in-law." Zhao Li reminded.
Zhou Xu smiled, "I know."
On the other side, Xu Danyang saw Zhao Wangshu's paintings, a total of twelve paintings, depicting twelve months of flowers. .
Xu Danyang was amazed. Although she didn’t understand painting, she could feel the vitality and aura in every painting.
She especially liked a painting, which showed daffodils in the twelfth lunar month, fresh and refined, like fairies emerging from the earth.
Zhao Wangshu saw Xu Danyang looking at the painting intently and asked with a smile: "Do you like this painting?"
Xu Danyang nodded: "This painting is really beautiful. , you are so good at painting."
Zhao Wangshu smiled slightly: "If you like it, I can give it to you."
Xu Danyang was a little surprised: "Send it to me?"
"I'll give it to you if you don't mind."
Xu Danyang felt warm in her heart, "Sister Shu, thank you, I will cherish it."
When he returned to Zhou’s house in the afternoon, Xu Danyang hung the painting in the room and cut a piece of cloth, “I want to make clothes for Sister Shu.”
Friendship is In this way, giving gifts to each other becomes more and more profound day by day.
On the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, the family returned to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year. They asked the bodyguards for their opinions and left two to look after the house while the others escorted the Zhao family back to Zhuangzi.
When he woke up in the morning, Zhao Wangshu’s eyelids kept twitching, “Miss Buckwheat, is it the left eye that jumps to fortune or the right eye?”
“As the old saying goes, the left eye jumps to wealth. Your right eye is jumping, girl, which eye is jumping?"
"The right eye." Zhao Wangshu said with a pursed lips.
"I remember it wrong, my left eye is for disaster and my right eye is for wealth." Lady Qiao immediately changed her mind.
Zhao Wangshu chuckled, "Then what do I mean by the twitching of the left eye?"
Mrs. Qiao was stunned and said with a smile, "That means I remembered it wrong again. The left eye means wealth and the right eye means disaster."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Wangshu was amused by her and laughed.
The family had breakfast and set off back to Zhuangzi. Zhao Wangshu was sitting in the carriage, feeling uneasy and always having an ominous premonition.
"Yue'er, don't keep raising the curtains. Isn't it cold when the cold wind blows in?" asked Mrs. Zhao Li.
"Grandma." Zhao Wangshu walked into Mrs. Zhao Cui's arms.
"Where do you feel uncomfortable? Let Grandma take a look." Mrs. Zhao Cui touched her forehead and then her own forehead, "It's not hot."
Zhao Wangshu buried his head in Mrs. Zhao Cui's arms and said in a sullen voice: "Grandma, I'm scared. I'm afraid that people from the mansion will do something on the road."
Although it has been so many days, the mansion has They didn't harm anyone, but she didn't believe that the mansion would let their family off so easily.
"Don't be afraid, there are bodyguards, they will protect us." Mrs. Zhao Cui patted her back gently, her eyes full of worry.
Afraid of frightening Zhao Wangshu, Zhao Cui concealed it. Zhao Cheng and Zhao Yin had already encountered three waves of ruffians. However, there were Feng Jijun in the city. Where did they come from so many ruffians?
Although I knew it was the person who bought the house, I couldn't find any conclusive evidence to convict the person in the house.
Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves, and then the carriage stopped. The voices of the bodyguards came from outside, "Who are you? Why did you stop me?"road? "
"Which government are you from? "The person blocking the road asked back.
Zhao Wangshu sat up, reached out to lift a corner of the curtain and looked outside, only to see a group of men in fine clothes riding horses blocking the middle of the road.
< br /> Each of them had a fierce look in their eyes, and it was obvious that they were here with bad intentions.
Mrs. Zhao Cui’s expression changed. In the past, the gangsters her children and grandchildren met were easy to deal with, but now these people are obviously well-trained, and they can’t help but I regret a little. I knew I should have brought more bodyguards.
She is old and will die when she dies, but her grandchildren and granddaughters are still young.
"We are from Cui Mansion. "Zhao Cui hopes to get away with it.
"Cui Mansion? The leader sneered, "Do you think I'm blind?" Might as well tell you that someone ordered water. ”
Who is the one who stirs the water is ready to be revealed.
As soon as the leader waved his hand, his men raised their weapons and tried to step forward to surround the carriage.< br />
The bodyguards came forward with swords and the two groups started fighting.
Hong Chang got off the carriage behind and ran over, "Girl, don't be afraid. Even if I die, I will protect you. "
"Hong Chang, you have no weapons, retreat to the back quickly. " Zhao Wangshu shouted.
"Girl, I have weapons. "Hong Chang raised the fire stick in her hand.
Zhao Wangshu didn't care to say anything more. He nervously watched the increasingly fierce battle in front of the carriage. Although the bodyguards were not weak in skill, the number of opponents was limited. There are many of them, and their strength is not bad.
The bodyguards have little chance of winning against them.
Mrs. Zhao Li covered Zhao Wangshu’s eyes, not wanting her to see the bloody scene .
"Yue'er, you know how to ride a horse. You and your brother will untie the horses from the two carriages behind and ride back to the city to ask for help. " Mrs. Zhao Cui said decisively.
"Grandma, let's ride on horseback together. "Zhao Wangshu said as she took off Mrs. Zhao Li's hand.
Mrs. Zhao Cui shook her head, "You guys ride your horses and go quickly. Grandma won't hold you back. Go quickly and don't let grandma say it a second time. . "
"Grandma, grandma, be careful, I will find someone to rescue you as soon as possible. "Zhao Wangshu jumped out of the carriage and ran to the carriage behind him, "Brother, get out of the car quickly. We'll ride back to the city to ask for help. "
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yin immediately jumped down from the carriage. The brother and sister quickly untied the horses from the carriage, got on their horses, and galloped towards the city.
Walking against the wind, the wind was as cold as a knife, but the brother and sister did not feel any pain at all.Terrified, he urged his horse to run as fast as he could, hoping that he would be able to find someone in time to ask for help.