Being a Lady of an Influential Family

In the middle of the night, under the faint moonlight, the river flows quietly through the foot of the mountain.

Under a tree not far from the river, a black shadow stood quietly, motionless and almost blending into the night.

After an unknown amount of time, a slight sound of water suddenly came from the originally peaceful river. The black shadow moved, and a tall and straight man quickly walked out from under the tree and came to the riverside.

The surface of the water was still dark, and the man squatted by the riverside and bent over to look at the water surface in front of him. After a while, the water suddenly splashed, and a figure broke through the water, revealing a beautiful face. Seeing the man squatting by the river, the woman in the water immediately smiled happily, "Why are you here?"

The man said, "Wait for you."

The woman blinked, and the river water washed away her skin that had been painted light brown, revealing its original color, which seemed to be glowing white under the night.

The wet hair was attached to the temples, and there were water droplets falling down continuously, which made her whole body as pure and moving as the morning dew.

"You know so well that I will go ashore here?" Leng Sa asked curiously.

Fu Fengcheng did not answer this question, but stretched out his hand to her, "Come up." In southern Xinjiang at the end of September, the temperature at night is definitely not warm.

Leng Sa put her hand in his palm, and got ashore with a little help. The two stood up, Fu Fengcheng sized her up carefully, then took off his coat and put it on her, saying: "I brought you dry clothes, go and change first, and we'll go back."

Leng Sa didn't really care about it. Southern Xinjiang was definitely warmer than Jiangnan and the north, so although the temperature wasn't warm enough, it wasn't too cold for her. From the bag he was carrying, he took out a small package sealed with oil paper and handed it to Fu Fengcheng, "Here, the defense map of the Glory Legion may not be complete. But I have drawn everything I can."

Fu Fengcheng reached out to take it, "Thank you Madam, where did Su Ze and Sang Xi go?"

Leng Sa was a little surprised, "Do you know that Sang Xi is in my hands?"

Fu Fengcheng smiled, "It's not difficult to guess."

Leng Sa was a little disappointed, shrugged and said, "Let Su Ze take you to Yingzhou, and then take a boat back to the southern six provinces. Don't worry, no one will know that Sang Xi is in our hands."

Fu Fengcheng sighed softly, stretched out his hand and hugged Leng Sa into his arms, "Madam is so powerful, it makes me feel useless."

Leng Sa struggled to push him, "I have water on my body! Young Master Fu, you are useless, and others will die? But I know, if I am someone else's wife, then he definitely doesn't want to live."

Although this world is much more enlightened than in ancient times, not all men can accept that their wives are too powerful.

Not to mention now, even in her previous life, there were still some top-notch men who thought that women should cook at home and take care of their children. The reason why women are required to go out to work is simply because it is difficult to support a family with one person's income. But women should still give in unconditionally for the cause of men, and even give up their jobs and promotions.

First Young Master Fu was silent for a moment before saying, "If Madam becomes someone else's, I won't be able to live."

Leng Sa looked up at his handsome face, "Young Master Fu speaks really nicely, so we are a natural couple."

"……"I'm serious.

Nile King City is in the northeast of Nile, less than 300 kilometers away from the border of Nile and Anxia, ​​and less than 700 kilometers away from Ruohe.

Nile's customs are completely different from Anxia's, and also different from Anxia's people from southern Xinjiang. Because they originally migrated from some places further west, southern Xinjiang was considered a barren land in the early years, and Anxia people naturally had no time to open up places other than southern Xinjiang.

In modern times, it has been occupied by Nile people from outside for many years, and the original local aborigines have become a very small member of the Nile country, and they can't make any waves.

At dawn, in a small building in King Nile City, Xiao Zhu was sitting by the window looking at the sky outside the window.

The sky has already revealed a touch of paleness, obviously dawn has come. Xiao Zhu held a cup of hot tea in his hand, but he didn't drink it, he just held it as if he was looking at the sky and thinking about something.

Xiao Yiran opened the door and came in from the outside, walked to the window and said respectfully, "Uncle San, Nanjiang is calling."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu came back to his senses, and glanced sideways at him.

Xiao Yiran handed the telegram in front of Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu looked at the content and raised his eyebrows, "Sasha is really surprising, this daughter-in-law of the Fu family is really married..."

"..." Xiao Yiran was speechless, do you know her so well that you call him rustling?

Xiao Zhu glanced at him, "Don't be unconvinced, if your family could have married such a concubine, they might not be able to reach this point."

Xiao Yiran quickly said, "I don't dare." He didn't dare to miss Fu Fengcheng's wife, let alone want Leng Sa to be his wife, no matter which one sounds terrible.

But after thinking about it, I couldn't help but say, "According to what you said, if you married such a queen, wouldn't you also..."

Xiao Zhu said, "You think too much. I mean, with her by your father and your brothers, you won't die of stupidity. Look at someone like Fu Yucheng, isn't he promising now?"

With a knowing blow, Xiao Yiran couldn't help covering his heart, and looked at his third uncle with resentful eyes.

Xiao Zhu didn't want to comfort him, he put the tea cup in his hand aside and got up and said, "Sang Ha killed the king's special envoy, King Nero should have received the news earlier than us."

Xiao Yiran reminded, "Sangha didn't do it."

Xiao Zhu ignored him and continued, "I don't know what King Nero is thinking right now?"

Xiao Yiran said: "Probably very angry? But Sangha won't sit still. What if they don't do it cleanly..."

Xiao Zhu said with a smile, "Even if Sanha captures the real murderer and puts him in front of King Nero, he will not believe it. In his heart, he has already tacitly agreed that Sanha did this. Or, he hopes Sanha did this."

Xiao Yiran frowned, "King Nero wants to use our hands to kill Sanha and the Legion of Glory?" Although they found information in Nero these days, Sanha's family did have some signs of provoking the kingship. Even the Legion of Glory doesn't take other legions seriously, but as a former prince, Xiao Yiran still doesn't think much of this kind of behavior of wooing foreign forces to destroy his own people.

Xiao Zhu said, "Maybe I didn't have this idea at first, but it should have been after the Southern Six Provincial Army went south to join the war." If it is really possible to successfully bite off a piece of An Xia's body, King Nero is of course willing. Compared to destroying the Legion of Glory, if the king can expand the territory for Nile, the royal family's prestige will definitely increase. At least in a short period of time, the Legion of Glory and Sanha dare not do anything arbitrarily.

However, after the six southern provinces joined the war, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the Nile Army lost consecutive battles. If he just went back in such a gloomy manner, King Nero's face would not be bright. Moreover, defeat means that the king's troops will be lost. As a result, the power and prestige of the Legion of Glory will inevitably increase. This is the reason why the king sent the Seventeenth Legion to join the battle at this time.

One is to prevent the troops of the six southern provinces from continuing to advance, the other is to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, so that the royal family has time to restore the loss of troops and horses, and the third is to consume the strength of the Seventeenth Army. Once the 17th Legion sets off, regardless of success or failure, there will inevitably be huge losses. It is best if the vitality is seriously injured.

These are the reasons why the Nile royal family sent Sanha to the expedition, but even if Sanha led the troops to the expedition, the Nile king was still worried, so he hurriedly sent a special envoy.

Sanha knew that the king was worried about him, and the king knew that Sanha knew that he was worried about him, and now... the envoy was killed just after they arrived.

What does this make the king think?

Xiao Yiran looked at the telegram in his hand, couldn't help but sighed, "I just now know how dark this guy Fu Fengcheng is." Although he always thought that Fu Fengcheng was very dark, he obviously didn't understand it well before, but luckily he didn't. Choose to fight against Fu Fengcheng, otherwise...

Xiao Zhu nodded in agreement and said, "This young master of the Fu family...combines Arlene's intelligence and Fu Zheng's ruthlessness. He is indeed a natural hero. Unfortunately, he seems to have no interest in tyranny and intrigue in the officialdom. Otherwise... I don't think anyone in your generation is his opponent. This is An Xia's luck."

Xiao Yiran shrunk her neck, and couldn't help but said, "Fu Dujun...ruthless and ruthless?" The person who can become a warlord must not be a soft-hearted person, but Xiao Yiran has always felt that Fu Dujun is a rare and aboveboard among the big guys . I didn't expect Dujun Fu to make such an evaluation at Sanbo's place.

Xiao Zhu glanced at him with a half-smile, and said lightly: "Could it be that you think that such a large territory in the Southern Six Provinces was given to him for nothing because others thought he was an upright and domineering true hero? Fu Zheng wasn't like that when he was young. This is what it looks like now."

Xiao Yiran rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "Hey, let's get on with the business."

Xiao Zhu said: "Go get ready, the king should send someone to invite us into the palace after dawn."

Xiao Yiran was a little surprised, "Didn't the king keep refusing to see us these days?"

Xiao Zhu said, "If he is really not interested at all, he will drive us out of the royal city on the first day."

Xiao Yiran nodded, "That's right."

The two went back to their rooms to rest for a while, and sure enough, they were sitting in the hall at eight o'clock in the morning eating Nero's special breakfast, and someone came to report that the king invited him into the palace to have a talk.

The two looked at each other and saw a clear smile in each other's eyes.

Sangha's life is very difficult these days, because of the death of the special envoy, the Nile royal family's personal guards and other soldiers who were still resting in Anxia territory have shown faint hostility towards the 17th Army.

Now San Ha is not even sure, if he goes to war with the Anxia people on the other side tomorrow, will these people's guns be aimed at the enemy or himself.

Therefore, he was more cautious and did not rashly decide to cross the river and fight again.

On the other hand, the news from the country is also very worrying. The death of all the special envoys made the royal family furious. All the members of the Sang family are under surveillance by the royal guards and spies, and they may be arrested if they are not careful.

And the worst thing is that because this incident was reported back to China, there were also many voices of condemnation and opposition against him and their family. Of course, this is not just because of this incident, but because of all kinds of dissatisfaction accumulated over the years. Coupled with someone secretly guiding, this erupted.

Sanha admits that he does have some thoughts, but he can guarantee that at least in a short period of time he absolutely has no idea of ​​confronting the royal family, but now he is pushed into a dilemma.

Perhaps, it was wrong to choose to follow the king's order to send troops from the beginning. But as a subject, does he still have the option of not sending troops?

Sangha frowned tightly, with anger bursting between his brows.

He was startled suddenly, and couldn't help but think of the letter Fu Fengcheng sent over a few days ago. But he quickly put this thought behind him, he would never be fooled by the Anxia people!

San Ha is not willing to be fooled, but someone else is.

A day later, bad news came again from Nile. The king ordered Sanha to hand over the command to his deputy, and immediately set off to return home to explain the murder of the special envoy.

And Sang Ha also received another confidential message: the royal family has arrested Sang Ha's eldest son Sang Gu. Seeing the news, Sanha tore the telegram in half on the spot.

When Sang Ha was so angry, Leng Sa and Fu Fengcheng across the river lived a very leisurely life.

After all, although the two armies are still confronting each other, Sang Ha obviously has no intention of crossing the river for the time being, and Fu Fengcheng is not in a hurry to cross the river, so the two armies are in a stalemate.

While letting the soldiers of the six southern provinces take turns guarding positions along the river, they also relaxed a little. After all, if the nerves are tense for a long time, it is also a very hard thing.

It happened that there was nothing to do that day, so Leng Sa and Fu Fengcheng rode out to play. Although it is the end of September, the scenery in southern Xinjiang is still picturesque. The green mountains and green waters, the flowers are in full bloom, and the bleakness of late autumn can't be seen at all.

After the troops of the Six Southern Provinces drove the Nile people to the other side, the people in Jiangdong have completely returned to their former lives. It is probably because the record of the Southern Sixth Provincial Army is too strong. Many people who fled have returned before the war is completely over.

The people who were unable to escape from their homes were even more joyful, and almost regarded the Sixth Southern Provincial Army as their reborn benefactors.

The two rode their horses along the way, and from time to time they saw many people in costumes walking on the road with baskets on their backs and smiling. They all wore casual clothes when they came out, and these passers-by only regarded them as ordinary outsiders, and some brave ones would greet them and invite them to go to the town in front of them to participate in their festival.

Only then did the two know that today is the local Lantern Festival in southern Xinjiang. This is a local festival in southern Xinjiang. Although there are similar festivals in other places in Anxia, ​​the dates and customs are different.

In southern Xinjiang, this is a big festival second only to the Chinese New Year, or it can be said that it is a day for big girls and boys in southern Xinjiang to have a group blind date.

Different from the Central Plains area, which has always been the order of parents and matchmakers, the folk customs in southern Xinjiang are open. Every year, unmarried girls and boys can get together to see each other. If they are interested, they can ask their parents to agree to a marriage.

Of course, this kind of festival is not only attended by unmarried girls and boys. Married people, even the elderly and children will join in the fun. After all, the more people there are, the better.

It happened that the distance was not far away, Leng Sa and Fu Fengcheng looked at each other and followed these people all the way to the small town.

This is just a small town, and the whole town has only two short streets. But outside the town, there are already crowds of people and the lights are very lively. It is said that people from tens of miles around will come here to participate in the Lantern Festival.

Looking at people's cheerful smiles, it doesn't look like a place that has just experienced war.

Both Leng Sa and Fu Fengcheng are busy people, and it seems that the last time they participated in such an event was two years ago, so Leng Sa is rarely interested.

I bought a set of clothes for local women in southern Xinjiang from the town, and when night fell, Leng Sa took Fu Fengcheng and hurried out of the town along the flow of people.

On a large open space outside the town, there are all kinds of colored lights hanging around, and many boys are also holding all kinds of colored lights in their hands.

The girls wore their best clothes one by one, and they were charmingly dressed, which was very seductive at first glance.

Leng Sa took Fu Fengcheng's hand and shuttled through the crowd, watching dragon and lion dances here, and juggling there. Although there were many outsiders at the lantern show, the outstanding appearance of the two still attracted the attention of many men and women.

Leng Sa was wearing the red embroidered long dress she just bought, her hair was braided into small braids tied with colored thread, and she wore a headdress made of various colored beads on her head. Still dazzling and beautiful.

Leng Sa looked around, "Shall we buy a lamp for the scene?"

It seems that many people are holding colored lanterns in their hands, and some of them are very delicate and beautiful, no worse than those in the six southern provinces.

Before Fu Fengcheng could say anything, he saw a young man with a delicate peacock lantern coming over, handing his lantern to Leng Sa shyly, "Girl, do you like my lantern?" The pretty girl kept looking at his lamp, which made his heart beat a little bit.

Leng Sa blinked and hesitated, "Give it to me?"

The young man nodded, and Leng Sa hesitated, "How much is it, how about I still..." This lamp does not seem to be cheap.

Before she could finish speaking, Fu Fengcheng had already pulled her behind him, glanced at the young man and said, "She doesn't like it."

"..."

"..." Leng Sa looked at Fu Fengcheng, don't I like it?

Before she could refute, First Young Master Fu covered her mouth with one hand, and said to the young man, "If she likes something, I will give it to her. You can give it to someone else."

"Oh." The young man walked away holding the lamp in frustration, he knew he didn't have such good luck.

"Haha." Leng Sa just pulled away Young Master Fu's hand covering his mouth, and before he could open his mouth, he heard a familiar laughter from behind him, "Young Madam, if you turn on the light, how can you all tonight?" I can't get out of this place."

Cough cough, let me say a word, I don't mean to stir up gender antagonism. I'm talking about a small number of top quality~ The world is so big, it is always inevitable that there are top quality ones. Do not barge. I love you all (づ￣3￣)づ╭～