Chapter 208 Not Peaceful (1)
It took Chen Yu two months to train the newly formed bandit suppression army. After the army has been trained, the next step is to suppress the bandits. The first thing Chen Yu wanted to kill was the horse thief who murdered Cao De. It's just that the whereabouts of the horse thieves are uncertain, and the hiding is very hidden. It is not ordinary difficult to find their lair. But as soon as Chen Yu arrived in Lanzhou, he asked people to inquire about the news. Money can turn ghosts, and Chen Yu's people are willing to pay a high price, so naturally someone sold the news to him.
Chen Jiu, who went out to inquire about the news, came back and said: "Master, I have already inquired. These horse thieves are hiding in Ning County."
Chen Yu was not satisfied with this answer, and asked: "A county is so big and there is no specific location. If they don't find their hiding place in the first place, they will definitely flee. It will be difficult to catch them later. Ascend to the sky." As the name suggests, this horse thief is a thief on horseback. As long as you give them time, they will disappear without a single hour.
Chen Jiudao: "I can't find out the exact location."
Chen Yu said: "There is nothing impossible in this world, it depends on whether you are determined to do it." Chen Yu believes that as long as there are enough bargaining chips, someone will definitely speak.
Chen Jiu groaned in his heart: "Master, these horse thieves cover their faces every time they commit crimes, and every time they rob, no one is left alive, so it is difficult to determine their identities." These people are hiding in Ning County, and they only asked after spending a lot of money.
Chen Yu thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, they must be caught off guard." If these people get the news in advance, they will definitely return without success.
In mid-February, Yunqing got the news that Chen Yu had won a big battle and wiped out a group of horse thieves entrenched in Ning County. During lunch, Yunqing told Yuxi about the news: "There are more than three hundred horse thieves in this group, and I don't know how many passers-by have been harmed in the past few years. This time, Chen Yu strangled them, and the bandits in that area The thieves also have a deterrent effect." Yunqing wanted to kill this group of rampant horse thieves a long time ago, but it's a pity that he couldn't send troops without a transfer order.
Yuxi knew Chen Yu's abilities. This person not only had a mind and means, but also had good martial arts. Yuxi asked: "Three thousand officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed more than three hundred horse thieves, how many casualties?" Chen Yu must have paid a huge price for killing these people.
Yun Qing said: "There are more than 1,600 casualties."
Yuxi was very surprised, and said: "As far as I know, the bandit suppression army has only 3,000 people in total. This time, more than half of the casualties were killed in the suppression of horse thieves? How will we suppress bandits in the future?" The casualties are too high, not just a matter of dead people, so Soldiers under heavy casualties will have resistance, which is a taboo for leading troops.
There was a look of surprise in Yunqing's eyes, and he asked, "Yuxi, do you still understand military affairs?" He knew that Yuxi was smart, but he didn't expect that he also understood military affairs.
Yuxi shook her head and said: "How do I know these things, but I heard about them before. By the way, it's the middle of February. Is there any change in Beiyao?" Restless. However, Yuxi is not worried about the city being broken now, with Yunqing around, the Beiyao people cannot break through Yucheng. She specifically mentioned the Northern Abduction, just to change the subject.
Just as Yun Qing was about to speak, he smelled a faint sweet smell. Immediately, he frowned and asked, "What's in the room?"
Yuxi was a little strange, and asked: "I just had someone light incense, what's the matter? Are you not used to smelling it?" This was sent from the capital, and she hasn't mixed incense since she arrived in the northwest.
Yun Qing said: "From now on, don't burn incense in the house anymore." Yun Qing had a shadow on spices, and those assassins used these things against him in the past.
Looking at Yun Qing's expression, Yu Xi knew it was not a good thing. She didn't go to call anyone, but went to take out the three-legged gilt-copper cloisonné enamel incense burner placed on the table in person. This spice is difficult, it's a pity to pour it, so Yuxi put it in the wing room.
Yunqing waited for Yuxi to come back from the outside, and explained: "I smelled a strange fragrance once,
And then the general weakness. If it wasn't for Uncle Huo's vigilance, I would definitely be dead. "
Yuxi felt a little distressed, and she didn't know how much torture Yunqing had endured. It's no wonder why Yunqing loses control of her emotions. Anyone who lives in fear every day will go crazy: "There will be no such thing in the future." She will not light incense in the bedroom in the future.
It was rare for Yunqing to be free this day, so he took Zao Zao in the backyard. And Yu Xi was sitting on the soft couch by the south, bowing her head, making clothes. The sun shone in through the hollowed-out carved windows and shone on Yuxi's body, so warm that Yuxi wanted to sleep.
Yun Qing leaned against the head of the bed, watching Yu Xi sewing clothes stitch by stitch. The sun shone on Yu Xi's body, as if covered with a layer of mysterious golden veil, mysterious and beautiful.
"Wow..." Zao Zao's deafening cry immediately became a presence in the room that cannot be ignored.
Yun Qing looked at Zao Zao who was lying on the ground and crying loudly, he didn't know why Zao Zao got to the ground, he was still practicing crawling on the bed just now!
Yu Xi was angry and funny, walked over and took Zao Zao, who was crying so hard, and said, "What did you say you were thinking about so fascinated just now? Didn't I tell you before? The child should be taken care of all the time." Otherwise, it’s easy to roll off the bed.” It’s winter now, Zao Zao is wearing a lot of clothes, and the floor is also covered with carpets, so as long as her head doesn’t touch the ground, she will be fine. However, Yuxi still checked her whole body, and she was relieved that there was no injury on Zaozao's body or head.
Yun Qing was a little embarrassing, he couldn't say that his daughter-in-law was fascinated by it, but she didn't care about her daughter and let her fall off the bed! It's too embarrassing to say it.
Yuxi hummed a little tune softly to coax Zaozao for a long time before coaxing Zaozao, and her ears were finally liberated from being tortured.
Yun Qing looked at Zao Zao who had fallen asleep, and said softly: "Fall asleep." I have to say, her daughter's voice is really loud! Louder than his voice.
Yuxi said: "Go and call Mama Lan over." She still has to let Mama Lan take a look to make sure she's all right.
Mother Lan knew that Zao Zao had fallen off the bed, and she was speechless. It's too unreliable to let the eldest girl fall off the bed with both parents guarding her. Mother Lan decided that she would never walk away again. Not even the general's orders.
After the child was carried down, Yuxi smiled and said, "I don't know who followed, the voice is so loud?" When Zaozao cried, she wanted to plug her ears with cotton.
Yun Qing rubbed his nose and said, "Should it be like me? I heard from my grandfather that I had a very loud voice when I was a child." Boys have louder voices, which are sonorous. The girl's voice is too loud, and that's a disaster.
Yu Xi laughed, walked over and brought over the half-made clothes, and said, "Look at it, do you like it?" Yu Xi chose a stone blue material this time. Yun Qing doesn't like the bright colors of crescent white and red lights, even if he does, he rarely wears them twice. There is no other way, Yuxi has no choice but to accommodate Yunqing.
Seeing that it was stone blue, Yun Qing nodded and said: "Yes." As long as it is not colorful and colorful, he likes to wear clothes made by Yu Xi.
Xu Wu yelled outside: "General, Du Wenshu wants to see the general." Supervising the army is generally an unpleasant position, and no one likes someone staring at him and will make small reports at any time. However, apart from this point, Du Wenshu is not annoying. After all, Du Wenshu is not a lustful person who is greedy for money. Although he has other thoughts, as long as he doesn't cross the line, Yunqing will turn a blind eye to everything.
Zao Zao was woken up by this sound, and cried again. With a headache, Yuxi took her out of Lan's mother's hand and coaxed her in a low voice!
Yun Qing went out and reprimanded Xu Wu, telling him not to yell again if he had something to do in the future. The jujube who provoked it cried, but it was not clean.
In the evening, Yunqing told Yuxi about Du Wenshu's reason for coming: "He came to lobby the emperor."
The prince ascended the throne on the sixth day of February, and is now the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Yuxi finds it funny that even the emperor wants her life, yet he still wants to win over Yunqing. Do you think they are too idiots, or do you think that when he becomes the emperor, everyone will look up to him: "The seat below the buttocks is still hot, and they want to win you over. He Rui, how did you answer him?" Du Wenshu This person is not bad, on the contrary, compared with other officials, Du Wenshu is still a good official. Officials who are not greedy for money and not lustful are rare these days. However, Du Wenshu belongs to the prince, and he is still loyal. At this point, it is destined to be the enemy.
Yun Qing said: "I am a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so naturally I want to be loyal to the emperor and protect the people." This means that he will be loyal to the emperor.
When Yuxi heard this, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "I believe Du Wenshu will be very happy to hear your call."
Du Wenshu was happy, but Yunqing was not happy either. It's just that Yuxi had analyzed the pros and cons of this matter with him before, so for the time being, she could only express her allegiance to the emperor. Even the 100,000 troops in Yucheng must bow their heads. Yunqing has money on hand, but the money is too little, not enough for a year. This does not include ordnance and other items, but food and military pay are not included. And if you don't show your intention of submitting to the emperor, you won't even think about getting a penny of money.
The ancients had a very good saying, a penny beats a hero. Now for the sake of money, Yunqing has also begun to learn how to pretend to be a snake.
How could Yuxi not know Yunqing's awkwardness, and said: "For the sake of the 100,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of people in Yucheng, please bear with it!"
Yun Qing hummed, and said, "I don't know if Han Ji and the others are safe on the way?" With so much gold and silver treasures, Yun Qing was really worried.
Yu Xi said: "Han Ji has brought so many guards, nothing will happen. He Rui, I asked Han Ji to go to Jiangnan to purchase food just in case." This is the first time Yu Xi has seen Yun Qing think so nervous.
Yunqing smiled wryly and said: "You don't know what it's like to eat bark and roots?" Yunqing also ate bark and roots, and he would never want to recall the taste in his life. I don't want the soldiers and people in Yucheng to eat bark and roots again.
Yu Xi was very surprised, and asked: "Why did Uncle Huo let you eat bark and roots?" In addition, Huo Changqing had money on hand, so even if he bought food at a high price, he didn't know that Yunqing was short of food.
Yun Qing explained: "Uncle Huo asked me to find a way to solve the problem of eating and drinking." To put it simply, Huo Changqing was honing Yun Qing.
ps: O~, Happy Valentine's Day everyone. R8