Traveling through the ancient times

Of course, Nianchuhua, who was sleeping soundly, had no idea about this little episode!

Her resort hotel is ready. At the beginning of the year, she named it “Fu Sheng Inn”, which means to take a break from busy life for a while!

The word "hotel" was not used in the painting at the beginning of the year, as she didn't want people to mistakenly think that she was in the wine business...

The word "inn" is easier to understand for people of this era.

On the opening day, it unsurprisingly caused quite a stir in Qunan City, because the two princes personally unveiled the plaques, and the king also sent a plaque with the words "stealing a little time of leisure from busy life", which Chuanchuhua directly hung in the hall.

The people at the top of the pyramid all came to show their support, let alone the others. For a while, the inn was packed with people coming to congratulate them.

Chushuhua had been in the hall, entertaining guests who came to congratulate her. Jiang Ruixue was afraid that they would be too busy, so she came early to help.

Zhou Jingjing arrived early, and after saying hello, she went to help in the garden. She knew most of the ladies and young ladies in Qunan City, and with her taking care of them, it was much easier to paint at the beginning of the year.

Starting from today, Chushuhua's name has also been included in the list of ladies and young ladies to be invited to banquets!

Everyone wants to get closer to those who have the king and the prince as their backers, so that when something happens in the future, they can ask for favors. Otherwise, who will give you face if you don’t even know them?

Chushuhua didn't care about these things. After all, everyone who came to her house was a guest. Today, someone came to show her support. No matter what they came for, she would return the invitation next time she received one. As for the rest, it depends on whether it is within her ability.

Lu Mingqian learned that something had happened in the military camp recently. His subordinates reported to him that some soldiers who had gone back to their hometowns to visit their families had never returned. They sent people to their hometowns to look for them, but the answer they got was that they were their children and had not been back recently.

So where did all those missing soldiers go?

Lu Mingqian sensed something unusual and that something might happen to Qu Nan. Lu Mingqian pleaded with the king to return to Kyoto immediately to take charge of the situation.

The king knew that this matter was of great importance and did not argue with Lu Mingqian. He immediately ordered his men to pack their bags and set off back to Kyoto.

Lu Mingqian and Lu Mingcheng escorted the king to the ship back to Kyoto. Before leaving, they reminded him, "Send a letter to my two daughters-in-law and tell them that I am leaving. Tell them that the emperor is waiting for them in Kyoto. If it is not safe here, send them to Kyoto as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, father. I know what's going on!" They knew that once the war broke out, Nian Chuhua and Jiang Ruixue would be their weak points. Once the enemy knew about it, everyone would be in danger.

Just two days after the king left, Lu Mingqian caught a fake soldier in the military camp. He pretended to be a soldier who was returning home to visit his relatives and sneaked into the military camp in an attempt to find their defense map.

The man spoke with a heavy accent and they couldn't even understand what some of his words meant. They tried many ways, but the fake soldier just refused to tell them who sent him.

Moreover, there is more than one soldier who has returned to his hometown to visit his relatives recently, which means there may be enemy spies in the camp.

Lu Mingqian remembered that Chu Nianhua had said before that she had read a book of unofficial history, and that she had seen all those new things like mahjong and hot pot from that book, so he went to find Chu Nianhua to ask this question with a try-it attitude.

“Have you ever heard of the term ‘chase baking’?”

At the beginning of the year, Hua was puzzled, "Chasing roasting? What is this?"

"It could be a dialect. I don't know what it means. We recently caught a spy. He spoke with a very heavy accent. We couldn't understand a lot of what he said. We want to know where this person is from."

"Zhuihong?" Nianchuhua wondered in her heart. She didn't meet many people, and most of them spoke Mandarin...

Lu Mingqian did not disturb Nianchuhua from thinking. In fact, he did not hold out much hope. After all, he had been to many more places than Nianchuhua. If he did not know something, Nianchuhua might not know it either.

Nianchuhua suddenly showed a surprised expression, "I know, this is a local dialect called Hengyang!"

"Really? Are you sure?" Lu Mingqian was overjoyed. He didn't expect that Nian Chuhua really knew.

"Well, Lord Zhou had a son of an old friend who came to seek refuge with him. Zhou Jingjing told us that he called blowing the wind 'chasing and baking'. We just thought it was a funny thing at the time. That man was from Hengyang. You can go ask Lord Zhou."

"Thank you, Chuhua, you are really my lucky star." Lu Mingqian couldn't help but hug Chuhua.

Nian Chuhua also smiled and hugged Lu Mingqian back, "This is all a coincidence, who knew it would be such a coincidence!"

At the beginning of the year, I suddenly felt a little touched. There are really many coincidences in this world, and some strange things that can subvert everyone's cognition.

After leaving the Nian Mansion, Lu Mingqian went directly to Lord Zhou's residence. "I wonder what instructions the Third Prince has for you?"

"I have something I want to ask Lord Zhou. I hope you can help me solve my doubts."

"I don't deserve your advice. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I will tell you everything I know."

"I heard that Lord Zhou once had a son of an old friend from Hengyang who came to seek refuge with Lord Zhou?"

Lord Zhou wondered why the Third Prince suddenly came to ask about Song Yi. "There is indeed such a person. His name is Song Yi. He is indeed the son of an old friend from Hengyang. However, he committed a crime before and has been exiled to another place..."

"Then Lord Zhou, is it possible that he can understand the Hengyang dialect?"

"This... I can only understand some simple words..." When he was with that classmate, they all spoke Mandarin. Only occasionally did his classmate say a sentence or two, and he needed his classmate to explain it to him before he could understand what it meant.

"May I ask Lord Zhou, what crime did Song Yi commit?" Since he came to seek refuge with Lord Zhou, why did he commit a crime on Lord Zhou's territory?

Lord Zhou found it a little difficult to talk about it. After all, this was not a glorious thing. In fact, it was they who plotted against Song Yi.

But if they don't do this, it will be difficult for their family to get rid of him.

Seeing that Lord Zhou looked troubled, Lu Mingqian became even more confused. What had he done to make Lord Zhou so embarrassed? "Does Lord Zhou have any unspeakable secrets?"

Lord Zhou knew that the matter could no longer be concealed. Since Lu Mingqian came to ask about it, this person must be involved in other important matters. So he told Lu Mingqian in detail what Song Yi had done after he came to their house, and how they planned to exile him.

After hearing this, Lu Mingqian did not sympathize with Song Yi. A person like that who would do anything to achieve his goals would be a disaster if he was kept around.

"Where did Lord Zhou exile this man?"

Lord Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Mingqian had no intention of blaming him. "I exiled him to Jingzhou, thousands of miles away. The time should have come."

"Have you received the reply, sir?"

“Hasn’t received it yet!”

Lu Mingqian was silent for a moment. He had been walking for so long but had not received any reply. What happened on the way? It seemed that he had to send someone to investigate.

"Well, I understand. If there is any need, I will come to bother you again, Master Zhou."

"I dare not. If Your Highness can use me in any way, I will not hesitate to die!"

Lu Mingqian wanted to go back to the barracks to check the files of all the soldiers. When they joined the army, all the soldiers had their registered places of residence registered.

If we just ask directly, we will definitely alert the enemy. This is the only way to find someone who knows this dialect.

Hengyang is located on the northern border, only one city away from the barbarians.

There has been no information about any unusual movements by the barbarians recently. How could someone with a Hengyang accent infiltrate their side?

Lu Mingqian quickly wrote a letter and sent it urgently to General Feihong who was guarding the northern border.

When General Feihong received Lu Mingqian's letter, she was very puzzled after reading it. Her side had always been very stable, and the barbarians had been very well behaved in recent years, without any unusual movements.

After receiving the reply from General Feihong, Lu Mingqian was even more puzzled. If so, where did those people with Hengyang accents come from? Could it be a trick used by the Xiliang people to make him think that there was something wrong in the north?