Chapter 1189 Chapter 495

It was more than half an hour after Mrs. Qiao returned to Qiao's house. Her two children were waiting for her in the main room of the main courtyard. When they saw her return, they both eagerly greeted her.

Qiao Shenyu was wearing a lake-dyed gold brocade robe, with black hair tied high with a white jade button, and Qiyu Xuan'an; , The pomegranate bead flowers on the temples trembled slightly as she walked, elegant and beautiful.

Every time she looked at these outstanding children, Mrs. Qiao felt comforted. Her husband is so useless, she can only rely on these two children.

"Mother," Qiao Shenyu asked impatiently after he saluted, "What did my uncle say?" He stared at Madam Qiao with burning eyes.

Mrs. Qiao glanced at Qiao Shenyu, did not answer immediately, walked in, and sat down on the chair of the upper teacher before she nodded slowly: "I will go out in person, can your uncle not agree?"

"That's natural." Qiao Shenyu rubbed Mrs. Qiao's shoulders diligently, "Uncle, he has always been the closest to your mother."

Madam Qiao clapped her son's hand and urged her earnestly, "Brother Yu, the last incident involving the people in the southwest made your uncle unhappy. , you're going to have a good time on this errand. Let your uncle see what you can do!"

"Mother, don't worry." Qiao Shenyu raised his head confidently, "Can't you trust your son?"

Mrs. Qiao looked at her son with a smile, with a very loving expression: "Brother Yu, mother is waiting for you to earn military merit and come back." Step on that Tian Detao ruthlessly!

Qiao Shenyu was in high spirits, and seemed to have seen the day when he returned home in brocade clothes. He clasped his fists and said, "Mother, then I'll go down and prepare first."

Qiao Shenyu quickly withdrew, and Qiao Ruolan on the side had been holding back for a while.

Seeing her brother walking away, she bit her lower lip and asked anxiously, "Mother, he... did he ever..." She twisted her handkerchief crampedly, her face was full of peach blossoms, her eyes flashed, and the corners of her lips were affectionate. The appearance is clearly moved.

Hey, Mrs. Qiao secretly sighed, my family has a daughter who is growing up, and her daughter seems to be really tempted by An Yihou.

Madam Qiao hesitated for a while, but she still replied, "I asked your uncle, and Marquis Anyi has never married." Even if she wanted to hide this, she probably couldn't hide it.

Hearing this, Qiao Ruolan was ecstatic, a dazzling brilliance bloomed in her eyes, the corners of her mouth couldn't help turning up, her heartbeat was like a deer, and she thought about it.

"Sister Lan," Madam Qiao frowned and persuaded softly, "Listen to Mother, Mother sees that Marquis Anyi is really inappropriate. Although he is a high-ranking man, his body is not good at first glance... ..." There will be a lot less fun in the boudoir in the future, what's more, if you die young, how can you leave orphans and widowed mothers, no matter how beautiful they were in life? ! "Sister Lan, my mother is for your own good. My mother has already inquired about it. The third son of Fu has made a great contribution this time, and he is the emperor's nephew. The future will be boundless, and it is just around the corner..."

But before Madam Qiao finished speaking, Qiao Ruolan stood up abruptly, with a hint of impatience on her face, Fushen said: "Mother, brother will leave in a few days, you must be busy with trivial matters and have a lot of things to do. To prepare for my brother, my daughter will not disturb you." After speaking, Qiao Ruolan left without looking back.

Mrs. Qiao's eyes widened in disbelief, and a burst of fire rushed to her forehead. If someone else dared to treat her like this, Mrs. Qiao would have turned her face long ago. It's her own daughter!

My daughter has been obedient since she was a child, and she was outstanding in her studies.

Mrs. Qiao's chest rose and fell violently, and she couldn't help complaining to Hu Wuma who was beside her: "The old saying is really good, children are debts, no debts will not come!"

Madam Hu hurriedly comforted: "Madam, Marquis Anyi is the girl's savior, so it's no wonder girl she..."

Madam Qiao was also very grateful to Marquis Anyi, but this gratitude disappeared as early as Qiao Ruolan's obsession, and said coldly, "I don't know what Marquis Anyi has done to Sister Lan." Daughter Really fascinated by him!

Hu Mama smiled apologetically, but did not dare to agree.

Madam Qiao squeezed the veil, frowned and said, "No, I have to quickly settle the marriage of Sister Lan!"

Hu mama reminded: "Madam, but the battle ahead is not over yet, and I don't know when the third son of Fu will be able to come back..."

After Madam Hu mentioned this, Madam Qiao couldn't help but feel annoyed and said, "I should have asked the prince just now when will the third son of Fu come back." The third son of Fu is such a good son-in-law, but Xiao Fei cannot be robbed gone.

But in the end, she still has to wait for Fu Yunhe to come back before she can make a difference. Right now, she still has to help her son prepare the luggage for going out.

Mrs. Qiao personally led someone to Qiao Shenyu's place, helped organize things, and instructed the maid and mother-in-law to prepare this and that. After working for nearly an hour, she took care of these trivial matters.

When she returned to her room and took a breath of relief after drinking hot tea, she remembered that she had to tell Qiao Xingyao about her son going to Huiling City.

"Zi Su, go see if the master is back?" Madam Qiao turned her head and instructed.

The round-faced maid in a blue-green robe suddenly shrank, her eyes flickered, and she bowed her knees and said, "Madam, my lord... the lord went to Yu Yiniang's place." That Yu Yiniang was the outer room that Qiao Xingyao raised in Goldfish Lane. , Since he passed the door, he has been deeply favored by Qiao Xingyao, resting at Yu Yiniang's place for more than half of the month.

"This fox!" Mrs. Qiao threw the tea cup out of her hand, the tiles splashed, and the hot tea spilled all over the floor...

Not to mention the chicken flying and dog jumping of Qiao's house.

Since the great victory came from the front, there are not a few people who want to send their children to Huiling City for military merit. For a time, the various mansions in Luo Yue City are busy, and it is very lively...

When Qiao Shenyu arrived at the Luoyue City camp three days later, he saw two familiar faces in the accompanying team.

Qiao Shenyu's expression froze for a moment, and he greeted the two of them as if nothing had happened: "Young Master Yu, Master Chang!"

One of the two was Yu Xiufan, the fourth son of General Yu's mansion, and the other was Chang Huaixi, the fifth son of General Chang's mansion. Obviously, these two people want to go to Huiling City for military merit, shameless! I must not be compared by them!

Qiao Shenyu swore in his heart.

Not to mention what everyone thought in their hearts, but on the surface they were all happy.

After a while, Li Xiaowei arrived and saw that there were three or four more carriages in the team, all of which were the personal belongings of these sons.

So, all the carriages were left behind, and the three of them hurried on the road with only a few changes of clothes.

Li Xiaowei led the baggage battalion and set off in a mighty manner.

When they arrived at Huiling City, it was a few days later. The journey was exhausted. Qiao Shenyu thought that he could finally have a good rest. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaowei got Xiao Yi's military order from the Situ garrison, and he had to rush back again. In Yandingcheng, Qiao Shenyu could only follow them non-stop.

The group finally arrived at Yanding City when the sun went down the next day.

As soon as they heard that they were here to deliver food and grass, the city gate guards checked the token and immediately opened the city gate to greet them.

"Li Xiaowei," Shouzheng said excitedly, "I hope you are finally here. After those damn Nanliang people occupied Yanding City, they slaughtered and looted the city, and now the people in the city are waiting. This batch of food and grass you brought for emergency rescue..."

In those dark days, the people were miserable. Although the eldest son also ordered people to send some food and grass after he captured Yanding City, the food and grass were all from the Southern Border Army and Huiling City. The ones who came down can only barely last a few days... Fortunately, finally there is food and grass! Seeing these grains, Shouzheng felt fortunate in his heart that Yanding City finally survived!

The business was important, Li Xiaowei and Shouzheng entered the city without saying a word. Qiao Shenyu rode his horse behind Li Xiaowei and looked around casually. Yanding City was desolate and dead, exuding a sense of deadness.

Yesterday, Qiao Shenyu saw that Huiling City was well-guarded except for entering and leaving the city, and other affairs in the city were orderly, so he thought that Yanding City was similar, but he did not expect Yanding City to look like this depression, ten rooms and nine empty, no The few houses have broken walls, and there are dark red bloodstains on the walls and on the ground. The smell of blood that seems to be absent lingers on the tip of the nose.

Qiao Shenyu coughed uncomfortably and adjusted his posture a little on the horse's back, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles. If it wasn't for military exploits, he wouldn't be able to stay.

The group and the others soon arrived outside the garrison mansion. The soldiers were on standby outside the mansion, while Li Xiaowei and the three young sons were welcomed into the garrison mansion.

I can finally rest. Qiao Shenyu yawned lazily and let out a sigh of relief.

"Li Xiaowei, the eldest son is waiting for you in the study, please come with the little one." A soldier hurriedly led Li Xiaowei to the outer study.

Qiao Shenyu thought that he was also Xiao Yi's cousin, so he also wanted to say hello, but who would have thought, a man who looked like a thousand generals stopped him, clasped his fists and said, "Master Qiao, Master Chang, Master Yu, Yan Ding The city is now in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, and it is precisely when manpower is needed that when the prince learned that the three young masters were coming, he specially ordered them to pass military orders to the three.”

Qiao Shenyu was stunned, but he didn't expect that Xiao Yi's military order came before he could catch his breath. It's too rushed, isn't it? Although he is here to take advantage of the military, but he has traveled all the way, and he wants to rest for a few days before talking about it...

Yu Xiufan couldn't wait to ask: "Big brother...cough, I mean, I don't know what the emperor ordered?"

Chang Huaixi, who was on the side, quickly glanced at Yu Xiufan, and remained calm. He also grew up in Luoyue City, so he naturally knew that famous dudes like Yu Xiufan used to be with the eldest son, calling him brothers and sisters, and taking the son of the lord as his leader. And this Qiao Shenyu is Xiao Yi's cousin, which means that he is the only one of the three who has no relationship with the prince.

General Jing Qian said sternly: "Three sons, when the city was attacked that day, our army and Nanliang people were both killed and injured, and many corpses were distributed in the city and outside the city. The epidemic is prevalent. The prince has ordered all the soldiers and the people of the city to search the city for several days, and basically cleaned and burned the bodies in the city. Now the bodies outside the city are being cleaned up, and this matter bothers the three young masters. "

Clean up, burn corpses? !

The corner of Yu Xiufan's mouth twitched, his handsome face almost collapsed, and he thought, "Brother is really unsympathetic! ...No way, Big Brother's order, no matter how miserable it is... In fact, although burning a corpse is a bit disgusting, it is an easy task. Yu Xiufan felt a little hairy in his heart, so he could only keep comforting himself.

Chang Huaixi's face was also not very good-looking, a turbid air was stuffed in his chest, and he almost blurted out: Why? !

After all, he is a three-generation general. Since his grandfather's generation, he has served under the command of the old prince. Is it possible that Grandpa Shizi gave him such a lowly job to humiliate himself on purpose?

Chang Huaixi clenched her fists and said nothing after all, observing Yu Xiufan and Qiao Shenyu without a trace.

Qiao Shenyu's whole face froze, he couldn't believe his ears. His face turned white and blue, blue and white, unable to hide the disgust in his eyes.

"This brother," Qiao Shenyu clasped his fists and said to Mr. Qian, "Can you let me see Yi first... Shiziye?" He thought about waiting to see Xiao Yi, and then let him change his errand for himself!

Who would have thought that President Jing Qian, who was still so pleasant just now, changed his face in an instant. His tiny eyes with single eyelids were murderous, and the temperature around him suddenly dropped.

"Young Master Qiao," Mr. Jing Qian's voice was so cold that he almost dropped ice, "What I said just now is the military order of the prince! Does Young Master Qiao want to disobey the military order?"

Disobeying military orders? ! Qiao Shenyu's pupils shrank suddenly, the anti-military commander's stick. Last time, because of the incident of Fumin in the southwest, he led a full 30 army sticks.

Qiao Shenyu laughed dryly with lingering fears, and quickly changed his words: "How could it be?! How could I disobey the military order."

Yu Xiufan held back his laughter secretly, looking at this Young Master Qiao, although he was the cousin of his eldest brother Xiao Yi, but he didn't know much about the eldest brother's temperament. Although the eldest brother likes to be playful on weekdays, but when it comes to serious business, he is honest. . But this Qiao Shenyu had to hit the knife edge! Pathetic!

Chang Huaixi lowered his eyes halfway, and there was a glimmer of anger in his eyes. Shizi probably wants to give them a slap in the face, right? Hmph, you can see the tricks and dismantle them yourself!

President Jing ignored Qiao Shenyu and said directly: "Three young masters, please come down here..."

Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi followed one after another. Although Qiao Shenyu was full of unwillingness, he took a bite and took this step.

President Jing Qian personally led the three of them out of the city through the south gate. At this time, the sky was already dim and yellow, and only the sky in the west was still red.

In an open space outside the city, a huge wooden platform has been built.

In the distance, I happened to see a group of five soldiers escorting the carriage towards this side. The group got closer and closer, and they could vaguely see that the carriage was piled up with corpses, and a strong stench of corpses wafted over...

As soon as the cool night wind blew, the stench came oncoming, filling the surroundings, making people nauseated.

Qiao Shenyu's face was as pale as paper, his stomach was churning for a while, and he almost vomited.

"Da da da……"

The surroundings were completely silent, except for the sound of the hooves and the rolling wheels of the carriage as the carriage moved forward, which became louder and louder.

The soldiers stopped in front of Mr. Qian, and the corps leader who led the team stepped forward and said, "President Qian, the corpses in a radius of one li have been cleaned, whether..."

During the conversation, the carriage stopped at the back, and you could clearly see the horrific corpses piled on top of it, dripping with blood, the southern border was hot, and most of the corpses had rotted. The live maggots wriggled, and there were flies all around, making a "humming" sound.

Qiao Shenyu's ears were buzzing and he couldn't hear anything.

"vomit--"

He couldn't hold back his nausea anymore, turned around and threw up frantically against the grass beside him...

Seeing Qiao Shenyu vomiting madly, Chang Huaixi's eyes flashed with contempt, suppressing the nausea in his heart.

"Vag... vomit..."

For a while, only the sound of Qiao Shenyu's vomiting could be heard in the air.

After a while, Xiao Yi in the garrison learned what happened at the gate of the city.

"...That Mr. Qiao is not even as good as women and children." Mr. Jing Qian said, "In the last few days, he will come to say goodbye to you in a few days." In the past few days, there have been some problems in Yanding City. Young, old, weak, women and children helped to clean up the corpses in the city. Who is as squeamish as that young master Qiao, "The other two sons seem to be fine for the time being." I just don't know what will happen when they really do it.

The corner of Xiao Yi's mouth curled into a half-smile, he walked to the window and looked into the sky to the south.

With his distance and angle, he couldn't see outside the city gate, but he could see the billowing white smoke rising frantically into the night sky...

It must be that the corpses started to be burned again outside the city...

Since he settled in Yanding City, he has burned corpses basically every night at this time. There are thousands of corpses found, most of which cannot be identified, and there is no time to identify them. The corpses must be burned as soon as possible!

This is war, cruel and helpless.

Xiao Yi raised his head and stared at the night sky for a while before he said, "Don't pay attention to them, even if anyone wants to go back, they have to finish things for this prince!"

As soon as Qiao Shenyu, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi came, Xiao Yi got the news. Obviously, these three people were sent here by their family to get some military exploits.

Xiao Yi of course understands that this kind of thing cannot be avoided, but if you want military merit, you have to pay. Whether it is Yu Xiufan, Qiao Shenyu and Chang Huaixi, as long as they have the ability, he will not refuse!

In this city, many things are waiting for people to do.

"Yes, Lord Shizi." President Jing Qian clasped his fists in command, and stepped back respectfully.

Xiao Yi stood still by the window for a while, then turned around and sat down at the desk to handle official business.

Each time a city is recovered from the enemy, it represents not the end, but a difficult beginning.

The original prefect and garrison of Yanding City had already been sacrificed when the city was broken. Xiao Yi recently promoted a meritorious five-rank martial arts general under his command to be the garrison of Yanding City, but the position of the prefect needs to wait. It may take some time for the new prefect to take office as the court's approval. Now all the trivial matters in the city need to be handled by him temporarily.

Repairing the city walls, reorganizing the household registration and fields, inventorying the warehouses, reappointing officials from the two cities, disposing of the Nanliang troops... Xiao Yi was so busy with various affairs that he could only comfort himself and wait for Xiaobai to come.

This night, after Xiao Yi finished his work, it was already the second watch.

Seeing that it was getting late, Bamboo, who was standing outside the study, finally couldn't help but enter the room and persuade him, "Master Shizi, you should rest..." After that, he added, "If you are exhausted, , the princess will be worried."

Xiao Yi ignored him and wrote quickly, writing two sheets of paper in one go before he stopped writing and handed it to Zhuzi, "Go and send it to Concubine Shi!" A pair of beautiful peach eyes sparkled in the candlelight Bright.

Bamboo doesn't need to read the letter, he can also guess that his eldest son is likely to be coquettish with the eldest concubine again in the letter. He took the letter, responded with a smile, and walked down briskly.

Thinking of his stinky girl, Xiao Yi slept well all night. The next morning, as usual, he sniffed the chicken and danced, punched a set of punches, took a shower and changed his clothes, and then he was in his early twenties.

Following that, he patrolled the defenses of Yanding City surrounded by a group of generals.

After the repairs in the past few days, many gaps in the city walls have been repaired, and the colors of the old and new stone bricks are significantly different, just like a piece of clothing that has been repaired repeatedly, showing a sense of vicissitudes of life after a catastrophe.

Everyone walked along the city wall, and after a while, they saw many guards in armor repairing the city wall, some people built bricks, some people built mud, some people also came to help, and from time to time there was a banging sound.

As Li Shoubei walked, he reported on the report: "Master Shizi, during the siege of the city that day, the catapult damaged a lot of the city walls. It took several days to repair it, and at least half of it was not repaired in time. I am afraid that more people will be needed. At the end of the day, I plan to find a few uninhabited houses in the city and tear down their walls to save them."

Xiao Yi looked at Mr. Jing Qian and said, "Can you call in staff?"

Mr. Jing Qian hurriedly replied, "Master Shizi, the bodies have been cleaned up. In two days, one or two hundred people can be dispatched to repair the city wall."

Li guarding pondered for a while, and then said: "So, presumably the city wall should be repaired within five days."

During the conversation, the city gate appeared in everyone's field of vision. I saw two long queues lined up near the city gate. The people were all in rags and squat. At first glance, most of them were old and weak. residual.

Li Shoubei saw Xiao Yi's gaze looking over there, and explained: "Master Shizi, the grain and grass were delivered yesterday, so after the final count was completed, he immediately ordered people to start distributing the rice grain."

At the beginning, the Nanliang people slaughtered the city in Yanding City for three days, burning, killing, and looting. Inhumane injury, unbearable humiliation, committed suicide.

Every time they see these poor people, the soldiers are filled with righteous indignation and empathize with them.

General Zheng with a big beard said angrily, "It's still too cheap for those Nanliang people!"

"That's right!" Fu Yunhe said gruffly, "If we hadn't had too few divine arm crossbows, we wouldn't have let that Ikalo escape that day!... Brother, this divine arm crossbow is really a powerful weapon. We Prepare more." He said, looking at Xiao Yi with burning eyes.

In the two battles to recapture Yanding City and Yongjia City, the Divine Arm Battalion and the Divine Arm Crossbow both played a huge role that cannot be ignored. Xiao Yi also wants to expand his establishment, but the problem is, he has no money! This 3,000-strong Divine Arm Battalion has almost used up all the food towns in the fiefdom of the stinky girl.

It's a pity that the officers and soldiers didn't know it. They all saw the power of the divine arm crossbow, so Fu Yunhe responded in a row when he said this.

"If we set up two more god arm battalions, we will definitely beat those damn Nanliang dogs to the ground!" General Zheng replied, his voice raised involuntarily, and his eyes just turned to a three- or four-year-old boy in front of him.

The boy's black pupils were round, and his mouth was slightly open, as if he was frightened. In the blink of an eye, his eyes were full of tears...

The old woman holding the boy's right hand immediately noticed the abnormality of the child, looked down at her, and asked worriedly, "Heizi, what's wrong with you?"

The boy held the old woman's skirt tightly with the other hand, his lips shriveled, as if he was about to cry in the next instant.

Zheng Cang's body was stiff, and he didn't do anything well at all.

Fu Yunhe on the side held back his laughter hard, and winked at Zheng Cang, as if to say, who made you look fierce and scary outside!

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