Chapter 237: Parting is not always painful

At the Ou Mansion in the capital, Ou Zanghua returns home early for a rare occasion.

After going around the rockery, you can see a lotus pond, which is only about forty meters long and wide. At this moment, Liu Qing is standing in the small pavilion, smilingly directing Shi Jingnu and Shi Jianxi to row the boat to pick lotus flowers.

Ou Zanghua was standing nearby. Seeing this scene, a poem suddenly popped up in his mind, and he whispered: "In May, the water in the South Pond is full, and the wind blows away the carp. The girl stopped rowing and washed her slender fingers. At the bottom of the water, she saw red flowers."

Xiang Danian behind him was stunned. He hadn't seen his senior brother write poetry or lyrics for almost a year, and his ability to evaluate was limited.

However, he felt that the words spoken by the eldest brother were very suitable for the current situation.

Ou Zanghua withdrew his gaze, took Xiang Danian in another direction, and walked into the living room.

"Dannian, have you packed everything?"

Xiang Danian sat down below and said honestly, "Everything is packed, except for the gift for Uncle Yue. If Senior Brother doesn't give me any instructions, I plan to go out and buy some northern specialties to bring over."

"It was my negligence. Wait a moment." Ou Zanghua suddenly realized and immediately called Hua An, asking him to go to the warehouse to get a bottle of tiger gall powder and a bottle of tiger eye gold pills.

A moment later, Hua An walked in with a wooden box in his hand and respectfully placed the thing on the table beside Ou Zanghua.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and then Mu Gaoweng came in and bowed, saying, "Sir, Miss Tan from the Cangzhou Escort Agency is here."

"Please!"

Mu Gaoweng responded, walked out of the living room quickly and led Tan Wuxia in.

Tan Wuxia was no different from before, still as heroic as ever. When he saw Ou Zanghua, he clasped his hands together and said, "Master Ou."

"Miss Tan, how are you?" Ou Zanghua stood up and returned the greeting, smiling.

"It's still a problem," Tan Wuxia said with a smile, "From the second half of last year to March of this year, the Liu Liu and Liu Qi Rebellion caused the difficulty of our escort mission to increase several times. We earn less than we spend on each trip."

"Fortunately, Lord Ou, General Qiu, and Lord Peng wiped out the bandit army, otherwise our escort agency might have to change its business. This escort trip to Huguang is the farthest order we have accepted this year."

"The bandit army is powerful and has a profound influence. Although they have been wiped out now, there are still some daring people at large." Ou Zanghua sighed and continued, "This is why I asked Miss Tan to escort me!"

"Thank you Lord Ou for your trust. Our Cangzhou Escort Agency will not let you down." Tan Wuxia bowed again and said seriously.

Afterwards, with the help of the escort agency's escort agents, various items were loaded onto the carriage.

In addition to the Four Saints and Four Spirits Cream and Mountain King Medicinal Wine prepared by Ou Zanghua, Liu Qing also prepared many things, most of which were not available in Huguang, but a total of five vehicles were gathered.

According to Tan Wuxia's route plan, they will take a boat in Tianjin, go straight south, rest for a day or two after arriving in Yingtian Prefecture, and then continue along the Yangtze River. After crossing Dongting Lake, they will change to horse carriages in Yueyang and head to Hengyang. The whole journey will take at least 40 days at the fastest, and may take 50 to 60 days at the slowest.

In other words, Xiang Danian will not be able to return until August at the earliest.

Da Nian stood in front of Ou Zanghua and Liu Qing, bowed and said, "Big Brother, Little Sister, I'm going back. You two should take good care of yourself in the capital."

"Da Nian, when you are out there, be cautious. Always be vigilant and don't trust others easily." Ou Zanghua patted Da Nian on the shoulder and reminded him, "If you are undecided, you can ask Miss Tan. She has been traveling around for many years and has experience."

"Second Brother, have a safe trip!" Liu Qing added in a low voice: "If you encounter danger, saving your life is the most important thing, and everything else doesn't matter."

"Don't worry, senior brother and junior sister, I know." Xiang Danian smiled naively, then said goodbye to Ou Zanghua and Liu Qing, and left with Tan Wuxia and the others.

Ou Zanghua and Liu Qing stood at the door, watching the group leave.
After a few days, Ning Zhongze recovered a little and was able to get out of bed and do some chores. But after taking her pulse, Master Dingyi suggested that she should rest for at least half a year to recover.

After all, Ning Zhongze's age is there. As an elderly mother, it is quite remarkable that she can give birth to a baby weighing 15 kilograms naturally.

Yue Buqun was sitting in the room at this moment, with four silver bills and some change in front of him.

Originally, Ou Zanghua gave him a silver note of one thousand taels. In order to save Lingsong, he took out two hundred taels as funds to hire the eldest disciple Linghu Chong. In the end, the person was not hired, and the eldest disciple seemed to live a more carefree life than himself.

Three hundred taels was the living expenses for this group of people for nearly four months, including seventeen people from the Huashan Sect and eight people from the Hengshan Sect.

Of course, a quarter of the money was spent on buying various supplements for his wife.

Adding the money happily given out as rewards a few days ago, there is only more than 450 taels of silver left.

Theoretically, this amount of money should be enough to last for half a year in Yingtian Prefecture.
Yue Buqun put away the banknotes, took more than fifty taels of silver and walked out of his room.

When he walked out of the yard, he saw Liang Fa and Lao Denuo teaching their twelve fellow apprentices how to practice Qi. Seeing how seriously these disciples were practicing, Yue Buqun couldn't help but nodded. It would be better if they could be more diligent!
After looking at it silently for a while and confirming that there was no problem, he turned and headed for his wife's yard.

At this moment, Yue Lingshan was running and rocking Yue Lingfeng, and the little guy was sleeping soundly in his sister's arms.

Seeing Yue Buqun coming in, Yue Lingshan quickly made a gesture to keep quiet, for fear that her father would wake up the baby.

Yue Buqun smiled but didn't care. He walked to Ning Zhongze and began to take her pulse.

"Brother, don't worry. I'm recovering well." Ning Zhongze looked at her husband and comforted him with a smile.

"Well, you're still a little weak. I'll trouble Master Dingyi to prescribe a prescription for you later."

Yue Buqun tucked the quilt for his wife, glanced at Yue Lingshan in the next room, and slowly said: "Junior sister, Lingsong has been away for a month, and there has been no reply from the capital. I am a little worried. How about letting Lingshan and Liang Fa go to the capital to check!"

Ning Zhongze smiled and teased: "Brother, you are worried that Lingsong will cause trouble for Junior Nephew Ou!"

"Ha ha."

Yue Buqun pretended to sigh and said with a wry smile: "I still can't hide it from my junior sister. After all, Junior Brother Ou is an official of the imperial court. Lingsong lives with him. If he gets into trouble, how are we going to face Junior Brother Ou?"

"So Senior Brother wants Lingshan and Liangfa to go, so that they can at least control Lingsong, right?"

Ning Zhongze leaned back on the recliner and said after thinking for a while, "I think it's a good idea, Senior Brother. If Lingshan is willing, let her go!"

"it is good."

Yue Buqun smiled and nodded. His girl's thoughts were written all over her face. Only his junior sister was pregnant and didn't notice how straightforward Lingshan's eyes were when she looked at others.

Ning Zhongze agreed, and the next things became much easier.

In the evening, Yue Buqun found Yue Lingshan, explained the situation to her, and asked, "Lingshan, are you willing to go to Beijing?"

Yue Lingshan said reluctantly: "But my mother just gave birth, I..."

"Don't worry about your mother," Yue Buqun said calmly, "Master Dingyi and I will take good care of her. I have also hired two wet nurses, so your mother can rest for a while."

Yue Lingshan looked at her father speechlessly, "You have already arranged everything, what else is there to talk about?"
(End of this chapter)