Chapter 204: A Symptom on the Eve of War
The scorching sun is in the sky, the grass and trees in the mountains and forests are swaying left and right under the breeze, it is difficult to get out of a trip, a group of pretty women gather together but laugh together, a pleasant sound, just like a lark. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gradually, Ling Yun's figure appeared in front of everyone's eyes, just looking at Yang Xiuying on Ling Yun's back, everyone greeted him in confusion.
As soon as they met, they asked one by one: "Lang Jun, what's wrong?" ”
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Ling Yun didn't want everyone to worry, so he smiled calmly: "It's okay, it's just that I sprained my foot......"
"Come, let the slave family take a look, don't be left with sequelae." Hua Lily stepped forward with a worried look on her face and reached out to touch Yang Xiuying's feet.
Maybe it was because Ling Yun had walked some way on her back at this time, and her legs were no longer so weak, so she hurriedly got off Ling Yun's back. Shaking his feet back and forth a few times, he thanked Hua Lily with a smile: "Thank you, sister, if you don't take precautions, the slave family doesn't hurt anymore." ”
After Ling Yun walked out of the woods, Tang Ying also carried an antelope out of the woods, followed by Dong Da and Dong Yuntian.
"Wow...... There were antelopes eating ...... today."
No one asked about the tiger, and Tang Ying and the others didn't say much, but they just put the prey on the ground and started to make a fire.
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The flames are burning, the whole antelope is roasted on the flame, and the burnt antelope meat is "swishing" with oil, which makes people have a great appetite.
While roasting the meat, Ling Yun looked at Lin Shiyin, who was sitting beside him, holding his chin with both hands, and asked in a low voice, "How is the arrangement for the purchase of salt?" ”
Lin Shiyin said sweetly: "I have sent someone to collect it, but now that the funds are in short supply, I'm afraid I won't be able to collect much?" ”
"Oh...... Is there no money in the house? Ling Yun looked at Lin Shiyin with a questioning expression.
"All kinds of expenses, just the cost of the population of the house, the emperor's house, the purchase of grain, these things cost a lot of money every day, and the house and the shops together can't find 10,000 taels of silver. Now that there is a great shortage of money, it is not a way to continue like this. ”
"Isn't there no income from a few businesses?" When questioning, Ling Yun looked puzzled.
"Lang Jun said with a smile, the income of each store adds up, it is two or three hundred taels a day, excluding labor, the most that can fall into the hands is only two hundred taels, the expenses of so many people in the house, and the purchase of grain, the two boxes of gold sent by Wei Zhongxian, Lang Jun is not allowed to move at will, so there is no spare money to collect salt at all."
Ling Yun, who has always been worried about spending money, only now knew that he was not a person like him who didn't know that Chai Migui was referring to.
"Hmmm! Organize people as soon as possible, I will find a way to deal with the money, and Haiyan must be collected. ”
"The slave family will arrange ...... when they go back," Lin Shiyin nodded again and again.
Suddenly, Tang Ying opened his bow and aimed an arrow at the grass: "Who?" Come out, don't come out and release arrows again! ”
At this time, the grass shook for a while, and I only heard someone shouting: "Don't, don't let go of the arrows, adults, the little ones have something important to report to Ling Ye!" As soon as the words fell, a man named Hanako walked out of the grass, nodded and walked out.
"Who are you? Why do you sneak up in the grass? Tang Ying raised the crossbow in his hand and aimed it at Hanako and asked.
"Don't, sir...... Don't let the arrows go. Asked Huazi to raise her hands, step by step, and said as she walked: "The villain knows the whereabouts of Bai Jianfei, the head of the Shuntian Dart Bureau, I wonder if this news is useful to Ling Ye?" ”
When Ling Yun heard this, he put down the roasted antelope meat in his hand and waved his hand sideways: "Tang Ying, let him come over!" ”
Seeing that Ling Yun had already spoken, Tang Ying let Xiao Xiaohua over, but the crossbow in his hand was always on guard.
Xiao Yuhua stepped forward and knelt down at Ling Yun to salute: "The little one has seen Ling Ye......"
Ling Yunhun waved his hand indifferently: "How do you know I'm here?" Also, how do you know about the Suncheon Dart Game? ”
"The little one was basking in the sun at the city gate before, and he followed Ling Ye after seeing him go out of the city. As for the matter of the Shuntian Dart Bureau, a few days ago, a few horse dealers who ran outside the Sai Sai said that Bai Jianfei of the Shuntian Dart Bureau led hundreds of people to fall into the grass outside the Shanhai Pass and became horse bandits, specializing in robbing passing merchants and herdsmen who had lost orders. Xiao Xiaohua crawled on the ground, and didn't dare to raise her head to talk to Ling Yun.
After Ling Yun listened, he squinted his eyes slightly and pondered: "No wonder the master can't find you, it turns out that you ran away to become a horse bandit outside the gate!" This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it. When the master is busy for a while, he has to go to the grassland to settle accounts with you. ”
Reaching into his arms, Ling Yun took out a piece of broken silver weighing two or two and handed it to Xiao Yuhua and said, "Very good!" Thank you for your hard work, take this silver tael to drink tea! ”
"Thank you Ling Ye, thank you Ling Ye ......" Xiao Hua held the silver two in his hand, smiled so much that he could only see his eyebrows and eyes, and thanked Ling Yun again and again.
After Xiao Zhaohua walked away, the white lotus came to Ling Yun's side and gritted her teeth: "Lang Jun, you have fled to the grassland with your sword, should we go to the grassland to chase and kill?" ”
"Humph! For the time being, let him be proud for a few days, and when I am done with the affairs of the army, it is not too late to free my hands to slowly clean him up. Ling Yun said with a cold face.
As soon as Ling Yun's voice fell, Yun Feiyan and Lu Yanping pouted: "I thought that he Bai Jianfei was a well-known hero, but I never thought that he was actually a Houjin spy!" Looking back now, I really regret that I shouldn't have ...... in the first place."
Hearing the two of them say this, Ling Yun smiled: "Hehe! Actually, I can't blame you, at first I also thought about taking refuge in the Shuntian Dart Game, but it was by mistake that I gradually discovered the true face of the Shuntian Dart Game. ”
Speaking of this, Ling Yun took out a small dagger and picked the antelope meat roasted on top of the flame: "Okay! Come, how about you try my craft? ”
After that, Ling Yun gave a group of delicate little ladies pieces of meat to each other.
Does it matter if the meat tastes good or not? But this was roasted by Ling Yun himself, and they tasted it with relish.
When Ling Yun handed a piece of antelope meat to Yang Xiuying with a dagger, Yang Xiuying was crystal tears rolling back and forth in her eyes, staring at Ling Yun and asking, "Aren't you afraid?" ”
Ling Yun glanced around to make sure no one noticed the conversation between them, so he whispered, "Did I say you made a mistake?" It was a tiger, and I was so scared that I was starting to swing on my legs, and if I hadn't seen you there, I would have run away. ”
"Poof"
Hearing Ling Yun say that he was also afraid, Yang Xiuying smiled sweetly, no longer had the previous arrogance, and no longer spoke, just took the antelope meat handed over by Ling Yun and began to chew it slowly.
Looking at Yang Xiuying, whose hair was still mixed with grass, trees, mud and debris, Ling Yun asked jokingly: "Didn't you say before that you would kiss me if you lost?" So now you can talk about it, who of us lost? ”
Yang Xiuying took a handkerchief and wiped the oil stains on the corner of her mouth: "The slave family beat a hare and an antelope, of course the slave family won." ”
Ling Yun wanted to say that if it weren't for me, you would have died a long time ago, but as a man, if you were so careful, it would inevitably be disgusting. So, it's just a laugh.
Yang Xiuying once again exposed her brutal side: "Even if the slave family wins, the slave family will have to bet!" ”
Just as Ling Yun was about to refute, Yang Xiuying pouted: "Hmm! For the sake of not running away alone before, don't bet on the slaves. ”
Ling Yun thought that Yang Xiuying didn't know how harsh the requirements to make, but he never thought that Yang Xiuying was just underwriting and passing it in one sentence. This made Ling Yun a little confused for a while.
It was rare for Ling Yun to take them out, just like that, a group of people were laughing happily at the foot of the mountain, and in the end, Lin Shiyin and Chunhua danced a classical dance on the grass, which attracted everyone's applause.
The sun was setting in the west, and the occasional white cloud drifted by in the sky, blocking out the scorching sun. When a breeze blows and blows through everyone's face, the slightest coolness makes people feel refreshed.
After the dance, Lin Shiyin sat next to Ling Yun out of breath, smiled, raised his hand and smoothed the somewhat messy hair, and said, "Childe, how is the slave family dancing?" ”
"Hmmm! It's good, like a butterfly fluttering in the flowers, it's beautiful, it's beautiful! Speaking of this, Ling Yun suddenly remembered the matter of the glider, and asked seriously: "How is the glider made?" ”
"There are too few people, now there are only more than two hundred, these sizes, handmade, are all personally inspected by the slave family, and the size made by the previous son is exactly the same, but the spare umbrella is more labor-intensive, if it is just to make a glider? Fifteen hundred can be completed in half a month, but ......" Speaking of this, Lin Shiyin became a little reserved.
Ling Yun was also worried about manpower before, but now that the emperor has rewarded two hundred palace maids, Ling Yun suddenly has a new plan.
"So be it! When you go back, you will take those palace maids to the barracks and let them be responsible for sewing umbrella bags, so that you can save a lot of time, and they are all good at women's red, and you only need to check it yourself and be responsible for checking it when the time comes. ”
"Hmmm! If these 200 people had helped, it would have saved a lot of time. Lin Shiyin said with a smile.
Everyone carnivaled to their heart's content, and did not return to the capital until the sun set.
Xinwangfu
Zhu Youzhen stood in the pavilion in the garden with his hands behind his back, quietly looked at the blooming flowers, and asked Wang Chengen behind him: "Wang Companion, how long has it been since Lingyun came to the palace?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, it's been almost ten days!" Wang Chengen bowed his head and bent down, standing respectfully behind Zhu Youjian and replied.
"Oh! It's been 10 days...... What has he been up to lately? Zhu Youzhen turned around and asked, staring at Wang Chengen and asked.
Wang Chengen didn't hesitate at all, and replied without thinking about it: "I have been practicing with soldiers in the barracks these days. ”
Zhu Youzhen smiled indifferently: "He will hide when he arrives, and as a palace guard, he will not be on an errand." Hanging the title of Jiupin Fengluan, the teacher department, and not seeing him go to the school department, this king is a little envious of him. ”
Wang Chengen said with some reluctance: "What is there to envy Your Highness?" I'm afraid he will be on the expedition soon! ”
Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen's face was full of doubts, and he asked Wang Chengen anxiously: "Where is he going to go on the expedition?" Is there a bandit to be exterminated? ”
Wang Chengen pondered slightly, lowered his head and said: "This morning, Yuan Chonghuan sent a note, saying that the Houjinnu Chieftain Taiji has formed an alliance with Mongolia, and there is a tendency to send troops to Ningjin, once there is a war, the Flying Eagle Guard, as the emperor's newly formed combat unit, will definitely go to support." ”