Chapter 102 Battle (3)

Yuxi fell into deep thought, thought for a long time, and said to Zijin: "Zijin, you go to the Fu family to ask the eldest girl from the Fu family to come over."

Zijin asked: "Madam, what will Fu Qingluo do?"

Yuxi said: "You go to invite her in person, just say that I have something to ask." Her side is not safe, so she definitely cannot spare people to go. The only way is to seek foreign aid, but this foreign aid is so easy to find.

Zi Jin heard the words "asking for something", opened her eyes wide, and asked, "Ma'am, you wouldn't ask Fu Qingluo to go to Zhuangzi to protect those children, would you?"

Yuxi said: "Last time she offered to teach those children. Although she had selfish intentions, she could also see that she had a kind side. This time she begged her, and she should not refuse." Since these children were accepted by her, The responsibility to the end.

Zijin didn't refute, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go now." I only hope that Fu Qingluo really has this intention, and don't let Madam be disappointed.

Yuxi touched her stomach and said softly: "I hope your father is safe and sound."

An hour later, Fu Qingluo followed Zijin to Yunfu. Fu Qingluo looked at Yuxi and asked, "Zijin said you have something to ask me?" This is really a rare thing, Han Yuxi also asked her sometimes, I really didn't expect it.

Yuxi talked about the fire in Zhuangzi's granary: "The grain in the granary was prepared by me for those children, and now the food has been burned and the children's rations have become a problem." Yuxi is a cautious person, When she was buying grain, she had already thought that such a big commotion would definitely attract the attention of the Xu family and others. In case they become popular and Niannian burns down the granary, then those children's three meals will be a problem. During the war, food is not easy to buy. At that time, as a precaution, most of the grain left on the farm was hidden, and only a small part was kept there to hide people's eyes and ears. Unexpectedly, something went wrong with the granary.

Hearing this, Fu Qingluo's expression was very ugly: "Who? How dare you burn the granary?" In Yucheng, food is life, especially during a war. These people are really too hateful.

Yuxi shook her head and said: "I don't know about this either, but I am worried about the safety of these children. I don't know many people in Yucheng, so I want to ask you for help."

After hearing this, Fu Qingluo said without hesitation, "What do you want me to help you with? As long as I can do it, just ask!"

Yuxi said: "I can't find any manpower here, so I want to ask you to help protect the children in the village, and then help to buy some food. Now all the food is burned. If you don't buy food, so many children who come in will have to suffer." Hungry." The price of food is even more expensive when she buys it today, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the price is one a day.

After hearing this, Fu Qingluo said without thinking, "This is no problem." This matter is not difficult for her, since she can help, she must not refuse.

Yuxi handed Fu Qingluo a silver note of one thousand taels, and said: "I don't have much money on hand, you take this first, and you can buy as much food as you can. If it is not enough, I will find a way." Excluding the 60,000 taels of silver given by the Qiu family, Yuxi really doesn't have much money on hand.

Fu Qingluo was not hypocritical, took the bank note and said, "Don't worry, I won't let these children go hungry."

Yuxi said gratefully: "Thank you."

Fu Qingluo waved her hand and said, "You can ask me for help at this time, you think highly of me. I won't talk about those polite words. I have nothing else to do. I'll go back and get things." take money.

Yuxi sent Fu Qingluo to the gate, and said: "Those children, I'll leave it to you." Don't ask people for help.

Back in the inner courtyard, Yuxi entered the Buddhist hall again. Before entering, she said to Mother Qu: "There is nothing important, don't bother me." problem. It's just that there is no definite news now, and she can only rely on chanting to get rid of the anxiety in her heart.

When Han Ji went to Zhuangzi, he thought there would be chaos inside. But when he entered Zhuangzi, he found that it was completely different from what he had imagined. Zhuangtou Lian Daxin was directing people to clean up the burned warehouse, and there were more than 20 half-year-old children among these people.

Han Ji was not angry because Lian Daxin ordered these children to work, but was very relieved. These children should know how difficult it is for the wife to support them. In this way, they will be grateful. Han Ji walked over to Lian Zhuangtou and said, "Burn all the grain in the warehouse?" Although not all the grain was put in the granary, there were several thousand catties of grain in it!

Lian Daxin said with a serious face: "The grain in the granary has been burned, and so much grain has been reduced to ashes. These sons of bitches are not afraid of thunder." Lian Daxin is also in the Yunqing barracks The veteran was also injured and retired. He is not married and has no children, but he has a good relationship with Hao Dazhuang, so he was asked to come here to be the head of the village. For these veterans, there is nothing more abominable than burning food.

Han Ji said: "The family members of the deceased should be appeased."

Lian Daxin smiled wryly and said: "No family, just prepare a few good coffins for them."

Han Ji's expression was also very sad, and he said, "Did those arsonists confess?" Confession!

Lian Daxin shook his head and said, "No, he vomited blood and didn't say anything. Madam, what orders do you have?" Madam must have given orders for such a big matter. Speaking of it, he was ashamed that such an important matter had been entrusted to him by his wife, but such a mistake had happened.

Han Ji shook his head and said, "Madam said that if there are parents, the children will be sent back if they are willing to leave. If they don't go back, they can stay in Zhuangzi."

Lian Daxin is very convinced of Yuxi, and only a kind-hearted person like Madam will spend money and effort to take care of these children without parents: "I will take care of this matter later. Manager Han, Madam, did you say to deal with it like this?" How many prisoners?"

Han Ji didn't want people to know that Yuxi was a cruel person, and it was not easy to build a good reputation, but it only took a blink of an eye to ruin it. In order to keep Yuxi's good reputation, Han Ji said: "No, madam will leave this matter to me. But I think, since they like fire so much, let them have enough fun!"

Even Daxin is not stupid, if he was stupid, he would not be able to choose to manage Zhuangzi, after hearing this, he said: "What does the steward mean, fire?" Seeing Han Guanshi nodding, Lian Daxin said: "The fire is a waste of firewood! "Although he said so, he still ordered to go on.

Not long after Han Ji finished dealing with the prisoners, Fu Qingluo came. Seeing Han Ji, Fu Qingluo said: "Your wife has entrusted me to deal with the affairs of Zhuangzi, and you can go back."

Han Ji glanced at Fu Qingluo, nodded and said: "Then there is Miss Laofu." There are a lot of things in the mansion, and he can't let go, and he doesn't feel at ease when he is not in the mansion. As for these children, as long as they are not insane and cause public outrage, they should not kill these children.

Han Ji didn't encounter any accidents on the way back, and returned to the mansion safely. Now Yuxi has already come out of the Buddhist hall, and was talking about something with Mother Qu, when she saw Han Ji, she asked, "How is the matter with Zhuangzi?"

Han Ji said: "There is even Zhuangtou who handles Zhuangzi's affairs very well. Later, Miss Fu came over and said that she took over Zhuangzi's affairs, so I came back."

Yuxi felt that Fu Qingluo was really rude, but this was not the time to care about it: "I asked her for help." No matter how much Yuxi said, Han Ji needed to report many things to her, but She didn't have to explain it so clearly to Han Ji.

Han Ji didn't continue to talk about Zhuangzi's affairs, and said: "Madam, I think we should buy more grain and store it!" Only by keeping the grain in mind can we feel at ease.

Yuxi shook her head and said: "It is too eye-catching to buy grain now. We have saved a lot of grain before, so we are not in a hurry to buy grain. However, the grain that was brought in before must be preserved well and cannot be destroyed by others. As for Zhuangzi Don’t let the news of the hidden food leak out.”

Han Ji nodded and said, "Okay."

The next four days were uneventful. But Yuxi was not calm at all, and spent most of her time chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall. Even though she knew that Yunqing would return safely in the end, she still couldn't settle down to do other things, only when she was chanting sutras could she be at peace.

After four days of being chased by the Northern Captives, the more than 4,000 people who ran out with Yunqing lost nearly half of them. Now, there are only more than 2,000 troops left.

Huo Changqing and Yun Qing said: "There are still three or four days' journey away from Yucheng, and we don't have much dry food. If this continues, none of us may be able to escape." Not only people are exhausted, but even horses are also affected. Can't stop. Once caught up, it is a dead end, even if you don't die, you have to become a prisoner.

What Huo Changqing meant was for someone to pretend to be Yunqing and run away in the direction of Yucheng. Yun Qing led a small group of people to escape to the trail, so the probability of escaping was also high.

Yun Qing refused without even thinking about it: "No, our strength is not enough, and it would be more dangerous to spread our strength."

After hearing this, Huo Changqing was silent for a while and then said to Yunqing: "This time I can return to Yucheng safely, and I can no longer show mercy to Qin Zhao's subordinates. I believe that even if Marshal Qin is under Jiuquan, he can't blame him. is you."

Yun Qing nodded and said: "Uncle Huo, don't worry, this is the last time." He backed down again and again before, all because of Marshal Qin's kindness. But this time Qin Zhao violated his bottom line. For the sake of the more than 10,000 soldiers who died unjustly, he couldn't tolerate Qin Zhao any longer.

Yu Cong ran over and said: "General, the pursuers have caught up with us again, and they are less than ten miles away from us." The pursuers are strong and strong, and their morale is high. Under such circumstances, it is naturally easy to be caught up. (to be continued)