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The prosperous Tang Dynasty was a superpower on the Chinese mainland. It had a vast territory, a large population, a developed economy, and a strong military force, which attracted all countries to come to the dynasty. This imperial capital was the capital of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, with Canglong Mountain in the north and Canghai Water in the south. It has a very good geographical location and is the most prosperous city in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Canglong Ridge, north of the imperial capital, is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. Canglong Ridge is like Canglong, surrounding the imperial capital, and the position where the dragon head is facing is the imperial capital. It is exactly the "Canglong Spitting Pearls" mentioned in Feng Shui, so Canglong Ridge is named after it. Although it is a major transportation route, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was prosperous and under the rule of the empress, it had been a peaceful and prosperous era for decades, so Canglong Ridge no longer had a garrison, and because of its beautiful scenery, it became a good place to go outings.

As night falls, perhaps it has just rained heavily in the evening. At this moment, the mist between the winding mountains is confused and the mist is vast. No wonder that the great scholar would write the famous line "The green dragon is rugged and the summer clouds are there, and it is suspected that the white waves rise to the vast sea." It is really appropriate.

At this moment, a fleet of carriages and horses slowly walked on the winding mountain road, with three carriages, with wide body and gorgeous retro. Each car was led by two big red horses. It could have walked fast and steadily, but heavy fog was everywhere, so I had to slow down. There were more than ten strong men who were fully armed and riding tall horses around the carriage. These people were all very skilled and seemed to be casual, but in fact they were always paying attention to the surrounding environment.

The window of a car in the middle was opened, and a middle-aged man called out, "Brother Liao!"

A man riding a black horse in front responded, turned his head, came to the carriage, and walked side by side.

"Master, what are you going to give me?" the man surnamed Liao asked respectfully.

"Why is Brother Liao still a second-handed relationship? There are no outsiders! You can call me Brother Su!" said the man in the car.

"Uh...yes, lord!"

The man in the carriage smiled helplessly. Brother Liao is good at everything, but he just doesn't understand the worldly ways.

"Brother Liao, you have to be safe all the way through your guards. Thank you for your hard work! After passing Canglong Ridge, you will arrive at the imperial capital. You can also have a good rest. Please tell your brothers. When you go back this time, brothers can rest for three days, and you can let go of your hands to be free and free. All the expenses will be paid in the mansion!"

"Thank you, old...uh...Brother Su!" The man surnamed Liao almost said something wrong again and hurriedly changed his words.

"Haha!" A laughed out loud inside the carriage, but the voice of a young woman.

"Zhi'er, don't be rude!" The man surnamed Su criticized.

The man surnamed Liao didn't care and rode his horse and accelerated to the front. The guards were very happy to hear Mr. Su's reward and clasped their fists at the carriage in the middle, "Thank you Mr. Su!"

"Hey, Brother Xu Si!" A man who was opening the way in front said to someone next to him, "Our Master Su is so generous. Three days, just play casually, and spend whatever you want! Tsk tsk tsk tsk!"

"Look at you, Wu Liu!" Xu Si said with a smile, "I don't think about what Mr. Su is. He is a business tycoon in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and his family is rich and rich. He is as rich as a country! He just lets us brothers eat, drink and have fun casually, let alone three days, or three years. For the master, it is just a drop in the bucket. They can make money back casually."

"That's right!" Wu Liu said, "But Mr. Su is indeed kind and righteous. The servants of the Su family have never heard anyone complain. In the first few months, I drank with a fellow villager. He complained that the master they guarded was still a high-ranking official of the court. He gave six cents of silver every month. He had to save money every time he went to the restaurant for several months. He asked me how much money he earned every month. Fortunately, he was drunk and I stammered and made excuses. If I said I would be beaten to death by him?"

"Haha! I guess I'll do it!" Xu Si smiled, and then breathed a long sigh, "Fortunately, I met Mr. Su with Brother Liao. Otherwise, how could I support my whole family in the past when I was licking blood from the knife!"

"It's better for me. If you eat one person, the whole family will not be hungry! Haha!" Wu Liu suddenly changed the subject, "Brother Xu, brothers, all brothers know your family's condition. My sister-in-law's illness... Hey, if you need help, as long as you speak, brothers will never refuse! Although I spend a lot of money, I have food and accommodation in the Su Mansion and have saved some silver. You can buy some supplements for my sister-in-law. My little nephew is also when she grows up. Don't lose nutrition, otherwise it will be miserable if she doesn't grow tall like me!"

Xu Si never thought that Wu Liu would say such sensational words. His eyes heated up and he quickly coughed to relieve the atmosphere. "Cough cough, your sister-in-law has not been sick for a day or two, there is no way! Mr. Su didn't know where to know about this, so he asked Mr. Huang to send some expensive medicinal materials in private. I only found out later when I went home to visit relatives. So I couldn't repay my kindness. For Mr. Su, I will never refuse to die!"

Wu Liu found that the topic was a little heavy for some reason, so he quickly switched to the topic, "Wow, you say, this girl from the Jiangnan Water Town is Shui Ling. This time, my wife went back to Jiangnan to visit her relatives, and she looked straight all the way! That little family is jade, soft jade and warm and fragrant! Tsk tsk, if you can marry someone in the future, it will be too much for my parents Wu!"

"Isn't Madam's maid Xiao Xiu'er a native of Jiangnan Water Town?" Xu Si said with a smile.

"Huh!" Wu Liutou seemed to be like a rattle, "She! Don't mention it, it must be fake. Look at that tough guy, just a man, it must be a good wife. She picked it up from somewhere else, and there was no Jiangnan flavor in her bones!"

"Wu Liu, are you looking for death?" A woman's voice suddenly came from a carriage in front of her. It was the woman called Xiao Xiuer.

"Oh, I'm going, why did I forget that the maids were all sitting in the carriage in front!" Wu Liuyi slapped his head, "Xiao Xiu'er, you are shameless, you actually eavesdrop on others' words!"

The curtain of the carriage was pulled open, and a woman in a goose yellow dress poked out half of her body, "Okay, Wu Liu, this is my fault, then don't say bad things about me, stop the car, I will pick up a few stones and make him beat him up!"

"Hahahaha!" This fuss made everyone laugh.

There were only four people in the second carriage. One of them was the most famous business tycoon in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Su Wanxin and Su Jiufu. The other three were his wife Mei Ruolan, the second daughter Su Zhi, and the third son Su Ting. Su Wanxin looked ordinary and had a slightly fat figure, but his eyes were bright and smart. Mei Ruolan was beautiful. Although she was middle-aged, she was well maintained and had a good look. There was no trace of time left on her face. Su Zhi was lying on her legs on the left and right. Su Zhi was in her 28th year, and she was like Mei Ruolan.

The flowers that came out are still in bud, and when they grow, they are also a charming figure. Su Ting just turned ten years old and is the youngest child of the Su family. He is talented and can never forget them. He knows literacy at the age of three, writes poems at the age of four, and is well-versed in classics, history, and collections of books at the age of five. He is a famous child prodigy in the imperial capital. However, he is weak and sick, and he can't do anything to seek a famous doctor. Every time he thinks of this, Mei Ruolan feels a little distressed. Su Zhi is playing with a silk scarf at the moment. It was given to her by her grandmother during this trip to Jiangnan. She likes it tightly, while Su Ting is exhausted and has already fallen asleep.

"Master, thanks to Brother Liao and his group of people who are responsible for their efforts to protect the journey, we can be safe and sound." Mei Ruolan said that their Su family's industries were all over the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and even began to try to trade with surrounding countries. This industry is getting bigger and bigger. The so-called big tree attracts wind. There are countless enemies in open and secretly. There are more people who want to take the lives of the Su family. Perhaps they feel that compared with their efforts, Mr. Su's rewards were a bit too cold just now. "Brother Liao is good at leading people. These brothers are all rule-abiding people and have no bad habits. I guess they can't make any fortune in these three days. It's better to give them silver rewards!"

"Well!" Su Wanxin nodded, reached out and pulled Mei Ruolan's hand and held it in his hand. "It's still thoughtful, it's mine. The reward is still the same. When you go back, you'll get a hundred taels of silver and other things for each person!"

Mei Ruolan's pretty face turned red and she wanted to withdraw her hand, but Su Wanxin held it tightly and complained in a low voice, "Let go quickly, the children are here, don't be ashamed!"

"What are you afraid of when you are an old husband and wife!" Su Wanxin said with a smile.

"That's right, I didn't see it!" Su Zhi said jokingly.

"You girl!" Mei Ruolan pretended to be angry and patted Su Zhi gently.

"Dad, look at my mother hit me!" Su Zhi immediately acted coquettishly.

"I didn't see it again!" Su Wanxin turned his head and also imitated Su Zhi's tone.

The whole family is so happy!

2

It was already late at night and the fog became thicker.

The Canglongling Mountain Road is rugged and has nine curves and eighteen bends. Although the imperial capital is right in front of you, at this speed, I am afraid that it will not be possible to arrive until dawn.

"Everyone has a twelve-point spirit!" The man named Liao inspected the circle and said to his brothers. He was originally a soldier, and these were brothers who shared hardships with him and respected him very much. At this moment, when he spoke, the brothers cheered up and were cautiously alert to the surroundings.

The man surnamed Liao's right eyelid kept beating again and felt a little uneasy. Looking at the thick fog, he sighed, "I hope there is nothing wrong!"

In the carriage, Su Zhi and Su Ting had already slept with a quilt. Su Zhi was sleeping very irregularly. Now she kicked the quilt aside again, and Mei Ruolan pulled her back. Su Ting was sweating heavily and frowned. I wonder if she was having a nightmare, Mei Ruolan wiped the sweat beads for him and gently comforted her. It took a while before she could stretch her eyebrows.

Su Wanxin didn't sleep either, leaning against the bed, as if thinking about something. Mei Ruolan leaned over, rested her head on Su Wanxin's shoulder, pulled his hand and held it in her hand.

"Are you no longer shy now?" Su Wanxin said with a smile.

"I'm not serious!" Mei Ruolan muttered in a low voice, "I don't know who climbed my yard in the middle of the night, and was chased by my father and ran around!"

"Haha!" Su Wanxin smiled embarrassedly, "Mother's health is getting worse day by day. In fact, you could have been with her more!"

"Dad left early, and my mother managed the Mei family alone. Her lifelong wish was that we children would be happy. Now that my elder brother has taken over the Mei family's property, you have helped him so much, and have gotten on track; my third sister married the second son of Shangshu Qian, and her marriage was also happy; my younger brother and Mr. Zhang's daughter were childhood sweethearts and would get married after the New Year. My mother's big thing was over, and she said she had nothing to worry about anymore. It was not that I didn't want to stay, but that my mother drove me away." Mei Ruolan burst into tears.

"Your mother is just a knife-like mouth, tofu heart!" Su Wanxin held Mei Ruolan's hand with her back hand, rubbing her cheek against her hair, "When I return to Dijing, I will rest for three or five days, I will ask Brother Liao to escort you back. Mother, don't even scold you! This old man is really!" Su Wanxin suddenly changed the topic, "Your brother, third sister, and fourth brother have said, how are the two girls of the Mei family doing? Could it be that they married a fool, are you embarrassed to say it?"

"Yes, I've married the stupidest fool in the world!" Mei Ruolan burst out and laughed out loud.

"Master, Ting'er's illness..." Mei Ruolan wanted to speak but stopped.

"On this time, I heard that there was a miracle doctor in a remote village in the south. His medical skills were quite good, and I didn't know whether it was true or false. I wanted to send someone to see it. Maybe there was a treatment method." Su Wanxin said, and then told the story of the miracle doctor.

"Southern, it will take half a year to go back and forth. As you said, the miracle doctor is a white-haired old man. The journey is long, I'm afraid his body can't stand it!" Mei Ruolan was a little worried.

"You don't have to worry about this. I heard that the old man went up the mountain to collect herbs every day, regardless of wind and rain, and his body was quite strong!" Su Wanxin explained, "It really doesn't work. We can take Ting'er to go there in person."

"Yeah, too!"

"If it fails, there are other ways!" Su Wanxin said again.

"Oh? But those so-called cultivators?" Mei Ruolan asked.

"Well, although there are many scammers among them, there are also some real people with real talents and knowledge. There are a few in the palace. I heard that they are very capable and are responsible for protecting Your Majesty's safety." Su Wanxin said, as if he suddenly made up his mind, "Even if I have lost all my wealth, I will cure Ting'er's disease!"

"Master!" Mei Ruolan's heart was warm, leaning against Su Wanxin's arms, as if she had returned to her youth, and she was in love with me under the moon and flowers!

"I don't know when An'er will come back!" Mei Ruolan sighed. Su An, the eldest son of the Su family, abandoned Shang and joined the army, but did not return for three years.

"I'll get angry when I mention this little brat!" Su Wanxin instantly blew his beard and glared. Although his tone was heavy, it was full of fatherly love.

"Who can you blame this?" Mei Ruolan twisted his waist, "You know that An'er has liked to dance with swords and guns since she was a child, but he asked him to study literature and do business. He couldn't stand it, so he ran away from home!"

"Hey, I know, I know it's wrong, but this kid is too stubborn and I don't know who he is learning!" Su Wanxin looked helpless.

"Who else, my Master Su, is the same as you!" Mei Ruolan said again, a little worried, "There will be no danger in An'er joining the army!"

"I don't know, this kid who used a pseudonym to gan the army. I have sent people to check the recruitment offices across the country, and there is no such person as 'Su An'." Su Wanxin sighed, "Why did this kid leave only one letter and say he was going to join the army! Alas!"

"Forget it!" Mei Ruolan hurriedly comforted, "When An'er was born, Zen Master Leyuan said that An'er is a lucky person and a heavenly appearance, and it is a great life of great wealth and no trouble!"

"Yeah!" Su Wanxin hugged Mei Ruolan even tighter.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!