Poor Family

On the Dragon Boat Festival in the 8th year of Jiankang, the Wuchang Bofu was very lively. Apart from the relatives and friends who had contacts on weekdays, there were also many nobles who showed up.

Shi Dingxuan married Song Jiusi's daughter, and became the temporary chief arrester of the southern chief arresting yamen; Shi Fuyin was married by the empress dowager, and was about to marry into the mansion of An Guogong. For these two reasons, he was worthy of a noble family. Take a high look at Wuchangbo Mansion.

"No wonder."

Looking at the crowded Wuchangbo Mansion, Shi Fuxin looked emotional.

Xiaofang asked curiously, "Girl, why is that?"

Shi Fuxin said calmly: "No wonder when it comes to marrying wives and daughters, so many people want to marry into a noble family, or marry a noble daughter from a noble family."

Whether it is the Song family or the An Guogong's mansion, they are both more powerful than Wuchangbo's mansion. The marriage of these two families instantly increased the value of Wuchangbo's mansion.

With value, no need to do anything, someone will take the initiative to come to the door.

After hearing this, Nurse Leng next to her said with a smile: "After becoming in-laws, the two families are tied together. Part of the fame, power, resources, contacts, and wealth can be shared."

Marriage to a noble family is the quickest way to improve the lintel of the family, which naturally attracts countless people to sharpen their heads.

Shi Fuxin didn't speak. Two families from the wrong family got married. Outsiders mostly saw the power and fame shared by the superior, but the superior was not a fool. The chosen inferior often paid the price of others. Unimaginably heavy.

The chief arresting yamen in the south has a lot of power, but the danger is not small; the lintel of An Guogong's mansion is prominent, but her sister has to be the childbearing tool.

No one can get something for nothing!

"Where is sister?"

"The third girl is receiving ladies from various families in the Fucui Pavilion."

"oh."

"Girl, why don't you go to Miss San? Girl, this is the way to the front yard."

"Of course I know the way to the front yard."

"There are men in the front yard."

"Just to see the male customers."

"Girl, this is against the rules. It's not good if someone sees it."

"I won't be found out."

In the gazebo in the front yard, Mr. Zhao was talking with Mr. Cai Xiaohou. When he saw that King Duan had also sent someone to deliver the Dragon Boat Festival gift, the two couldn't help but look at each other.

Young Master Zhao said with emotion: "When Dingxuan left Beijing, I thought Wuchang uncle's mansion would be quiet again, but unexpectedly, it has taken another step forward."

Master Cai Xiaohou smiled and said: "Master Zhao, what you said is a bit inaccurate. You should not say Wuchang uncle's mansion, but Shizhenghe family."

Mr. Zhao paused, and then smiled again: "Young Master is right."

Master Cai Xiaohou continued to laugh and said, "As long as Shi Dingxuan can gain a firm foothold in the southern chief arresting yamen, and Miss Shi San can secure the position of head and mother of Duke Anguo's mansion, then Shi Zhenghe and his family will truly lay a foundation in the capital."

Young Master Zhao: "Actually, Shi Zhenghe and his family have already established their roots in the capital."

Master Cai Xiaohou thought of something, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, it has been there for a long time, I almost forgot Miss Shi Liu, the tax money that Hong Yanxiao paid this year surprised the emperor."

Mr. Zhao smiled: "Sister Shi Liu is indeed very talented in business."

At this time, there was a commotion in the front yard, and the two looked for the sound, and found that it was An Guogong Xiao Ziqing who had arrived.

Seeing Xiao Ziqing, Mr. Zhao's eyes flickered, and he blurted out: "It is said that the third younger sister Shi has taken advantage of Duke An, but in my opinion, the third younger sister Shi is more than enough to match him."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Mr. Zhao regretted it. He and Young Master Cai were not very familiar, and the reason why he sat together today was because he was not familiar with other people.

Unexpectedly, Master Cai Xiaohou also agreed, he is the son of a general, he likes men who stand upright, Xiao Ziqing is too weak in his eyes.

"Oh~"

Hearing Master Cai Xiaohou laughing suddenly, Mr. Zhao looked over: "What's wrong?"

Master Cai Xiaohou smiled and said, "The third younger sister Shi, who is heroic and valiant, is destined for the frail Xiao Ziqing. I was wondering who the sixth younger sister would get when she was soft and lovely?"

Seeing the weird smile on Cai Xiaohou's face, Mr. Zhao was very surprised. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that Cai Xiaohou had a wicked taste of wanting to watch a good show.

Did Sixth Sister Shi offend him?

Young Master Zhao wanted to ask, but at this moment, Xiao Ziqing and Su Yuze came over.

Cai Xiaohou asked with a smile: "Mr. An, why are you and Mr. Su and Cao Yunting alone today?"

"Yun Ting has something to do."

Xiao Ziqing thought of seeing Cao Yunting yesterday, Cao Yunting told him that Miss Xiahou had suffered a lot of jokes because the Empress Dowager finally made Fuyin his wife, and felt a little guilty.

After all, it was because of him that Miss Xiahou's reputation was damaged.

Su Yuze quickly changed the subject with a smile.

Afterwards, the four of them talked about other things, and not long after, under the leadership of the Shi family's uncle, some young gentlemen also gathered together, and for a while, the pavilion was full of young gentlemen in their prime.

Shi Fuxin leaned on the courtyard wall, looking at the young gentlemen in the front yard, tall, short, fat, thin, handsome, elegant, romantic, rough, there are all kinds of styles.

But after only watching for a while, Shi Fuxin left without interest.

Seeing that her girl had returned to the backyard, Xiaofang breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the young masters who came this time, except for An Guogong, the rest are not particularly good-looking.

She knew that her girls liked to see beautiful men very much.

The Empress Dowager pointed Shi Fuyin to An Guogong as his wife, but did not choose Xiahou Huanyan, which indeed caused Xiahou Huanyan and Dingguo Gongfu to suffer some criticism.

No way, Xiahou Huanyan, who was born in Dingguo's mansion, was no better than Shi Fuyin, who returned to Beijing after growing up in her teens after crossing the border, but it was unbelievable.

Those who have such good things take the opportunity to spread the word, is it because Xiahou Huanyan has some hidden disease, otherwise why didn't the Empress Dowager take a fancy to it?

Even if the Empress Dowager summoned Mrs. Dingguo Gong and Xiahou Huanyan and gave them a lot of things, it didn't stop the discussion.

For the first time, Xiahou Huanyan experienced the lethality of being rumored, and locked herself in the room, even if it was the Dragon Boat Festival, she did not spend it with her family.

Mrs. Ding Guogong also felt ashamed because of the marriage referral, and she was not in the mood to prepare for this year's Dragon Boat Festival, so she just rushed through it.

"Ma'am, Mrs. Pingguo has brought Cao Shizi here."

After hearing the servant girl's report, Mrs. Dingguo immediately got up to pick her up.

Mrs. Dingguo and Mrs. Pingguo have a very good personal relationship on weekdays and walk around very frequently.

"Auntie, is Huanyan okay?"

Cao Yunting took the initiative to ask about Xiahou Huanyan after seeing the ceremony with Mrs. Ding Guogong.

Mrs. Dingguo sighed: "The girl has been shutting herself in her room these days, and no one can persuade her to come out. She is so anxious."

Cao Yunting immediately said: "I'll go and see her."

Mrs. Dingguo glanced at Cao Yunting, then looked at Mrs. Pingguo, who was looking at her with a smile, hesitated for a moment, and called the maid: "Go tell the girl, just say that Mr. Cao is here, and let her come to the garden to entertain guests."

Cao Yunting smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm going to the garden to wait for the happy face."

Mrs. Ding Guogong watched Cao Yunting leave, and then she looked at her friend Mrs. Ping Guogong: "Yunting is a good boy."

Mrs. Pingguo immediately sat next to Mrs. Dingguo, and joked: "Since you think my Yunting is good, why don't you let him be your son-in-law?"

Seeing that Mrs. Dingguo was silent, she said again, "I didn't come here to take advantage of the fire. My family Yun Ting has always liked your family's happy face, you know that."

"In the past, when the children were young, they thought many things too well and beautifully. Now that they have encountered some things, they can look at problems more objectively. I think this is a blessing in disguise."

"The two children can be considered to have grown up together since they were young. They know the basics and know the basics. They used to care about it, but in the future, they may get along more. If we can really see each other, don't you and I solve a big problem?"

Mrs. Dingguo looked at her friend: "What if you don't see right?"

Mrs. Pingguo laughed and said: "That means the two children are not destined, how should our two families get along with each other?"

Mrs. Dingguo sighed, now that's the only way to go.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Shi Fuxin suddenly received a letter from Feige from Master Xiang.

After Shennongtang's convoy transporting medicinal materials set off from Beihai, it was robbed by pirates, and a total of seven cargo ships were robbed!

When Shi Fuxin found out, her eyes sank, she smashed the note, thought for a while, got up and went to Yigui Courtyard.

"Mother, don't you want to send something to brother and sister-in-law?"

Jin Yue'e was checking the warehouse list, and when she saw her little daughter coming, she immediately smiled and said, "Of course I will, your brother got married too suddenly, and our family didn't prepare a dowry for the woman's family, mother can't express it."

Shi Fuxin smiled and sat next to Jin Yue'e: "Mother, I want to go see brother with the person who delivered the things."

Jin Yue'e opened her mouth to refuse, but Shi Fuxin said directly: "Mother, when Boss Song was being plotted against, I don't know if brother was by my side? If he was, would brother also be injured?"

"If my daughter goes there, I will definitely help my brother to check his body. If there is any hidden disease, he can be cured immediately."

Hearing this, Jin Yue'e hesitated: "But it's too dangerous to go out. Something happened to you last time."

Shi Fuxin: "Mother, it was an accident last time, I must be careful this time, besides, there are servants from the manor and the bodyguards we invited, so nothing will happen."

Jin Yue'e thought for a while and said: "When your father comes back, you can ask your father. As long as your father agrees, I will not say anything."

Shi Fuxin smiled immediately: "Okay, it's a deal."

In the afternoon of the next day, Jin Yue'e looked at Shi Zhenghe with resentment and depression, and then watched her little daughter follow the servants of the mansion out of the city.

Shi Zhenghe rubbed his nose awkwardly, yesterday the younger daughter came to him and said to go to see Goro, of course he refused, and then the younger daughter made a bet with him.

What are you betting on?

Bet you can't beat her.

Shi Zhenghe immediately accepted the bet with full confidence, and before he could make a move, he was pinned down by his youngest daughter. At the same time, more than a dozen silver needles were inserted into various acupuncture points on his body.

At that time, his back was wet.

"Father, don't be afraid. I will use silver needles to unblock your meridians. Of course, if you are my enemy, your body is already stiff."

Thinking of the little daughter smiling and pulling out the silver needles one by one from her body, Shi Zhenghe shivered.

The little daughter's speed was so fast that he didn't even see how she made the move.

The things sent to Shi Dingxuan this time, apart from the ones prepared by Jin Yue'e, were also given by other people in the uncle's residence, and more than ten carriages were used to transport them.

After leaving the city gate, Shi Fuxin asked An Ran to dress up as herself. With Xiao Fang and two ninth-rank guards cooperating with An Ran, Shi Fuxin left alone with peace of mind, and went to Beihai as quickly as possible.

On the Baiyun Island in the North Sea, Master Xiang has given up hope for the cargo ship that was robbed. There is no other way. There are many islands in the south of Dachu. Pirates occupy the islands and have a lot of power.

There are still too few people in his hand, and he can't compete with the pirates at all.

What he didn't expect was that it was only a few days after Fei Ge sent out the letter, and Shi Fuxin came.

"Six girls!"

Master Xiang stared blankly at Shi Fuxin.

Beihai Baiyun Island is located in the southernmost part of Dachu, thousands of kilometers away from the capital!

After running around for several days, Shi Fuxin was also tired, so she ate something, took a bath, rested all night, and asked Master Xiang to tell her about the pirates early the next morning.

"Pirates in the southern waters are very rampant, and they all have islands as their territories. The big pirates have tens of thousands of people, and the small pirates have hundreds of thousands of people."

Shi Fuxin showed surprise: "Tens of thousands of pirates? This is not a small scale. Didn't the imperial court send troops to wipe it out?"

Master Xiang shook his head: "Pirates never like to fight, and with the wide sea area, it is very difficult for the imperial navy's navy to hunt them down."

Shi Fuxin was silent for a while: "How many islands are there to the south?"

Master Xiang shook his head: "I don't know exactly how many, I know that there are more than ten, and most of them are occupied by the five major pirate forces."

Shi Fuxin: "Who knows the pirate who robbed our medicinal materials?"

Master Xiang nodded: "It's the Sea Snake Gang, one of the five big pirates in Nanyu Island."

Shi Fuxin: "How many islands does the Sea Snake Gang have?"

Master Xiang looked at Shi Fuxin: "Two, each is bigger than our Baiyun Island, and the distance is not far from us."

Shi Fuxin pondered for a moment, then looked at him: "If I take these two islands, can you eat them?"

Master Xiang's eyelids twitched, and he reminded: "The Sea Snake Gang has more than ten thousand people."

Seeing that Shi Fuxin's expression didn't fluctuate, Master Xiang pondered for a while, then looked at Shi Fuxin: "It's okay to eat."

Shi Fuxin was a little skeptical: "Are you sure?"

Master Xiang nodded affirmatively: "There are many displaced people in the south. The government has always wanted to arrange for these people. I can cooperate with the imperial court and hire people to help grow medicinal materials and flowers on the island."

Shi Fuxin took a look at Master Xiang. She had also noticed this man's ability in the past two years. At the beginning, he was asked to leave with nine people, but no matter it was Baiyun Island or the Blue Sky Ranch in Liaodong, this man managed all of them. Vibrant and impressive, he is a talent for doing facts.

"It's impolite to come and not to go."

Shi Fuxin stood up: "Since the Sea Snake Gang robbed us of our medicinal materials, if we seize the island, it's a reciprocal retribution."

Master Xiang saw that Shi Fuxin was serious, and hurriedly said: "I'll call someone."

Shi Fuxin stopped him: "You don't need to call for someone, just find a guide."

Master Xiang nodded and went down to get ready.

Two quarters of an hour later, Shi Fuxin and Master Xiang boarded the boat and went straight to the island where the Sea Snake Gang was located.

But within half a day, two side-by-side islands appeared in Shi Fuxin's sight.

"You are waiting on the boat."

After finishing speaking, Shi Fuxin stepped onto the sea and flew onto the island.

"Master, can Miss Six go to the island alone?"

Master Xiang's eyes sparkled: "Whether it works or not, we will know soon."

Two hours later, Master Xiang and others saw Shi Fuxin coming out of the first island and going to the second island.

"Let's go to the island."

Master Xiang took people to the first island, and not long after, several people were dumbfounded.

The pirates lost all their force, and rolled on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Master Xiang even looked at more than a dozen pirates, but he didn't find out where they were injured.

"Master, except for the pirate leaders, no one is dead."

Master Xiang gave an 'hmm' and began to lead his men to inspect the situation on the island.

The pirates only burned, killed, looted and did not produce, and most of the island was left unused.

When it was dark, Shi Fuxin came out from another island.

"Tomorrow you can send people to take over these two islands."

Master Xiang asked, "What about the living pirates?"

Shi Fuxin: "Their headaches will last for a few days. You tell them that they are poisoned and need an antidote to live on. Every once in a while, you give them a pot of decoction to drink, and you say It's the antidote."

"As for how to control these pirates, I believe you have a way, right?"

Master Xiang looked a little serious, but he still nodded.

Shi Fuxin smiled: "Okay, I'm going back to the boat to rest, and tomorrow you will take me to the other four pirates' territories."

Master Xiang was shocked, he could still do it after eating a sea snake gang, but if he got into trouble with other pirates, he would be a bit overwhelmed.

Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "I don't want to receive your letter from Fei Ge within a few days after I left, and lose the two islands I just got."

What are you going to do on other island sites?

Of course it's a show of force!