When I left Mihang, I passed by a butcher's shop. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Qiuyue's heart suddenly moved, remembering that he had killed Zheng Shaoxia's greedy father and cousin in Qiantang Mansion before, as well as Zheng Shaoxia's wife who had attacked and assassinated him, when he put three corpses into a storage bag, and after a few days of delay on the island, he threw the corpses into the sea to disappear.

When the corpses were destroyed, he found that the three corpses were still soft, not to mention decomposed, and even the corpse stiffness and corpse spots did not appear. It shows that this storage bag also has the function of storage preservation and antiseptic. In this case, why not put some meat and vegetables on it, just eating rice is not enough, and the nutrition can't keep up.

So Qiu Yue unceremoniously sneaked into the butcher shop and found that the butcher shop had a lot of slaughtered pork, mutton, and chicken, duck, fish, etc.

Without hesitation, he waved his hand and tossed the meat into his storage bag as well. After calculating this meat, even if they eat it at once, it will be enough to last for a year or two, as long as the storage bag can be kept fresh for a year or two.

When the meat is packed, it takes up most of the space in the storage bag.

Still, she decided to add some more vegetables or something. So, after leaving enough money to buy the meat, he went to a vegetable grocery store and threw a large number of various vegetables, fruits, and some condiments directly into his storage bag.

At this point, the storage bag is almost full, and a little space must be left in case you need it.

With these things in the storage bag, she put her mind at ease, and after leaving the corresponding silver taels, she left the vegetable grocery store, and quickly returned to the inn.

When she knocked on the door, the crown princess excitedly threw herself into her arms, hugged her and said, "I'm scared to death, I thought you didn't come back for a long time, I thought you had an accident, and you are not allowed to leave me like this in the future." ”

Qiu Yue nodded, stroked her hair, and said, "Don't worry, you will know in the future that what I did today is worth it." ”

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The next morning, the shouting had ceased, and the war drums and horns were no longer heard. There was still a cacophony of sounds all around, but it was more reassuring than the terrifying horns and drums of war.

Qiu Yue said to the crown princess: "I'll go out to find out the news, and you stay in the room." Again, no matter who knocks on the door, don't open it, and don't agree, if anyone wants to break in by force, you will use a lime spray canister against him. ”

The crown princess nodded, but hugged Qiu Yue and said, "I'm worried about you, don't you go out?"

Qiu Yue touched her hair and said: "It's going to be fine, the Great Song army hasn't entered the city yet, and the generals who lead several barracks in the city are very powerful, I believe that there will be no chaos in the city, so don't worry, I'll go to investigate the situation and deal with it." ”

Hearing Qiu Yue say this, the crown princess was slightly relieved, let go of her waist, but her eyes were red. Qiu Yue knew that she was worried about herself, so she reached out and stroked her tender face and said, "Don't worry, I'll go early and come back early." ”

The crown princess nodded. After telling her a few more words of caution, he sent her out the door.

Qiuyue went downstairs, because she was very generous and gave a lot of rewards, and the shopkeeper and the guy were busy greeting her. Qiu Yue asked how the situation was outside, and the shopkeeper said that he didn't know, and this chaos was really worrying.

Qiu Yue walked out of the inn and walked along the street in the direction of the city gate tower, wanting to see the situation on the spot.

Along the way, there were homeless people on both sides of the street, all of them looking nervous and haggard, obviously they didn't sleep well the first night, and they were all frightened by the siege of the Great Song Dynasty.

She didn't ride in a carriage, and she could see more things on foot, but the snow on the ground had turned into slush, and she could only walk on tiptoe with her skirt on.

After walking for a long time, he finally came to the city gate, but he was stopped by the soldiers who were on guard from a distance.

From here, it can be clearly seen that most of the tall city gate tower has been burned down, and the ruins are still emitting a little green smoke, which must have been ignited by rockets fired by the soldiers of the Song army who attacked the city.

Under the city wall, there are many corpses of Northern Han soldiers, lying quietly in the snow, almost frozen, and some are still in a fighting posture, and the blades in their hands have not been able to break it off until they die. The scene is really poignant.

Qiu Yue asked a vigilant soldier: "This big brother, how was the battle yesterday? Can you tell me? I'm so worried." ”

Seeing that she was a young woman, the soldier smiled and said: "Don't worry, it is not so easy for the Great Song army to enter the city, our General Yang has already commanded an iron wall, and the city walls are much taller and thicker than other cities, and we have prepared a large number of equipment to defend the city, the food in the city is sufficient, and there is a separate water source, so there is no need to worry at all." Yesterday, the Great Song army forcibly attacked the city, but we were beaten to pieces, and their corpses were everywhere under the city. You didn't see it, you have to see it, I'm afraid it will scare you half to death, and that scene is called blood, and the blood will make the ice of the moat red. ”

"Then, did the Great Song army retreat?"

"How is that possible, this time the Great Song army seems to be bound to win, sending two or three hundred thousand troops to besiege the entire city repeatedly. Moreover, there are countless siege equipment, and it seems that they came prepared. But again, our General Yang has already been prepared. As long as there is a general of the Yang family, there is no need to worry that the Great Song army can break through Jinyang City. As long as the Liao reinforcements arrived, just like the first three times they besieged Jinyang City, the Great Song army would retreat in disgrace. ”

"Is the Yang family really that powerful?"

"Of course, the reason why Jinyang City was able to defend it in the first few times was because Yang Lao Ling led his seven sons. They not only led the army well, but also fought bravely and well, and took the lead. Yesterday we were on the tower of the city gate, and General Yang took the lead in slashing and killing many soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who had landed in the city, and the robes on his body were stained red with blood, which I saw with my own eyes. ”

Qiu Yue nodded and said, "With such a general guarding the city, what do we have to worry about?" Thank you, big brother. ”

After saying that, Qiuyue turned around and walked around the city along the edge of the city, wanting to see the whole city and see what was going on everywhere.

She walked very fast on her feet, so she was not slower than in a carriage on a crowded street, and at the same time she walked through the streets and alleys, and was able to take shortcuts, faster.

By noon, half the city had been completed. It was found that there were the corpses of soldiers under the towers of each city gate, and it was too late to bury them, and from the tragic condition of the corpses, we can know how tragic the battle was last night.

However, looking at the Northern Song Dynasty sergeants, they were full of energy and high morale. Presumably, the defenders of last night's battle took advantage of something.

This was indeed the case in the era of cold weapons, the side defending the city was of course in an advantageous position, and the other side was attacking from the bottom up, and it was exposed to the open area, which was not as good as the city wall with battlements to protect it. Therefore, the casualties of the soldiers besieging the city will definitely be higher than those defending the city.

From this point of view, if so many people died in the defenders of the city, the casualties of the Song army besieging the city must have been very heavy, and it is estimated that they will not continue to attack the city for a while.

Seeing noon, Qiu Yue didn't continue walking, it was time to go back to eat with the crown princess, she had been out for a long time, if she didn't go back, I was afraid that the princess would be worried.

She walked quickly back down the street.

Walking in front of a restaurant, I saw someone arguing at the door, so I stopped and took a look, only to hear the shopkeeper at the door to stop a few diners who wanted to enter, and arched his hands and said: "Our shopkeeper said, today is temporarily closed, please go back." ”

A diner shouted: "What kind of fame are we doing? We went to several restaurants and closed their doors, so why don't we eat when Song Jun calls? We fled to the city from outside the city, and if we don't eat in the restaurant, where are we going to eat? We can't go to the rice store to buy rice and cook it ourselves? I won't be short of your money, so why bother with this meal?"

The guy just laughed and laughed, while the other guys closed the door panel of the restaurant that had just opened for business.

Qiu Yue couldn't help but be taken aback when she heard this, she was secretly surprised, she didn't stop under her feet, and continued to move forward, but her eyes paid attention to the restaurants and restaurants she saw along the way.

What surprised her even more was that the restaurants and restaurants she saw along the way, including the snack shops on the street, were basically closed. Many diners stood at the door and banged on the door to discuss, and even stomped their feet and scolded, but to no avail.

Qiu Yue didn't have to step forward to ask why, she could imagine it with her toes, when the city was surrounded by soldiers, and the defenders were waiting for the Liao army to come to the rescue, it was not known when the aid would come and whether it would be effective, in this case, only having food in hand was the safest. Now, of course, these restaurants can no longer sell their precious grain, so they want to keep it for their own use, and of course they will only close their doors.

But in this case, what will happen to the 200,000 or 300,000 people who have fled the famine in the city? Do they all have to buy rice from rice shops and buy pots to cook rice on the street?

As soon as she thought of this, she immediately thought that the rice store would have been controlled and closed for business? Before this, the army forbade them to hoard and not sell rice, but when they were really facing death, would they comply with the army's demands?

So Qiu Yue immediately rushed to the nearest rice store to check.

After arriving at Mixing, she was not only stunned, but also saw that there were military carriages parked in front of Mixing, and there were Northern Han soldiers inside and out, who were constantly carrying out the rice inside and putting it on the carriage to be transported away.

The shopkeeper of the rice shop stood there pitifully, helplessly watching the soldiers carry bags of grain out of the row.

Qiu Yue walked up to a soldier in charge of guarding, gave a blessing, gave a sweet smile, and then said, "Master Jun, where are you going to transport all this food?"

When the soldier saw that she was a beautiful young woman, he smiled and said, "General Yang has ordered that all the grain in the city be purchased by the army, and it is all paid in cash, and of course the price should be according to yesterday's price." Whoever dares not to sell it, to plot rebellion, and to die on the spot, this is all for the people of the city. ”

"But the army has bought all the food, so what will the people in the city eat?"

The soldiers looked Qiu Yue up and down and said, "Didn't you see the announcement posted by the yamen? From today onwards, all grain sales will be under the unified control of the barracks, and they will be sold at a flat price, and they will never be sold at a high price." At the same time, each person can only buy half a catty of rice per day. You have to go to the yamen to register and make a book, get a book for purchasing grain, and buy a record once. You hurry up and register, I heard that there are long queues a few blocks away, and you will be hungry if you go late. ”