The weather was hot and humid, so Mu Qing simply didn't get in the car anymore, wandering back and forth on the empty lane on one side. On a hot day, the slightly delicate huā grass was dried in the sun, but there was only one kind of small wild huā with white petals of astragalus, which grew very well, and grew densely and densely, as if it had snowed in June. She stretched out her hand and stroked these wild huā, only to feel that her palms were crispy and numb, and she was slightly cold.

"This is June snow, all over the ground, Gu Niangzi carefully has snakes in the grass." Suddenly, such a sentence came out of nowhere, startled her, hurriedly retracted her hand, and looked around, but saw that it was the Renyong lieutenant who had purchased the military uniform with her, and Deputy Lieutenant Su.

"Why isn't Deputy Lieutenant Su on campus......" Mu Qing asked while bowing as a greeting.

Deputy Lieutenant Su frowned, and said helplessly: "Hey, it's for the sake of Lu Aliu's 200 or so people, maybe they are used to being bandits, and they are really untamable." Originally, he was going to practice with the soldiers, but how could he ......" Because everyone knew that Lu Aliu was brought back by Du Ruhui when he returned from Jincheng County, Deputy Lieutenant Su didn't know how to phrase it, so he sighed for a while, and finally said: "The loose ruffian state must not affect the morale of the other soldiers, and now I have to practice separately first, and then I will take it with me for the time being." As he spoke, he clenched his fists and took his leave.

Because he heard that there were snakes, Mu Qing didn't dare to stay by the grass for longer, so he returned to the car after a circle. After sitting for a while, she saw Du Ruhui coming from the barracks, her face didn't look very good, she smiled slightly, stepped forward, and took his hand with both hands, "Let's go, go back." ”

In the afternoon, the low roaring thunder for a long time failed to cause a rainstorm, and at twilight, the clouds dispersed, revealing a deep blue sky, and when the sky was completely dark, the sky flashed one after another, and hung all over the sky, as if it was blown by the wind. Shake it slightly.

Mu Qing laid down the Hu bed in the courtyard, put a few simple food, seeing that he came back from the camp today, he was silent, and he looked preoccupied, or it was difficult to swallow, she thought for a while, called Ah Liu to bring a small jar of wine from the back kitchen, and added two wine cups, and after they were ready, they sent Ah Liu and the others to the kitchen to eat and then went to rest.

Du Ruhui came out of the main house, and the stars were swaying slightly. Xinghan came all the way to the Hu bed mat, the sake was accompanied, and there was a plain hand to pour, although there were worries in his heart, he still didn't feel a smile on his lips.

"Living outside, even the wine is crude, only this cave spring wine can still deal with drinking, and when I return to the eastern capital, under the big laurel tree in the courtyard. Buried in the autumn of the previous year, the sake from Kangzaburo's liquor store was stronger than the one bought anywhere. Mu Qing poured a glass of wine for him and said softly.

Mu Qing drank three glasses with him. Slightly upset, Du Ruhui's face was as usual. She finally couldn't hold back and asked, "I went to find Erlang this afternoon, but what's the difficulty?" He put down the cup in his hand. smiled casually, and was about to speak, but she restrained her. "Don't tell me it's okay. Even if you don't say a word, how can I not see it. ”

He was silent for a while, poured another lamp for himself, raised his head and poured it, and said lightly: "That Zhang Changshi, today I passed the left-behind mansion, said that I would allocate military rations, but I don't know how many people's rations will be allocated, before I thought about it, Li Gong responded to 20,000 in one bite, Zhang Changshi was naturally suspicious, and Li Gong didn't teach me much to speak, only recognized 20,000 soldiers, and sent Zhang Changshi away." ”

Mu Qing was shocked, Tang Guogong's own 30,000 soldiers, plus Erlang's 50,000 pipes, there were enough 80,000 people, how could 20,000 military rations be enough for 80,000 mouths, how could Tang Guogong be so cowardly that he was hungry regardless of the soldiers under his command? "What does Jiro say?"

"No, I can't. If you can use the military funds, you can still buy some rice and grain from the villagers, but now you can't even move the military funds, so you have no choice but to save money and stay up for a while. Du Ruhui looked up at the stars in the sky, wrinkled his brows and said: "After the grain and grass are cut off, there will be commotion in the army, Tang Guogong is afraid that Erlang will not be able to control it when he is young, and he will cause chaos, so he instructed me to go to the camp to manage it together, and I will enter the camp the day after tomorrow, and I should have stayed up with the soldiers." ”

Mu Qing smiled lightly and nodded, "Just go straight, there is still Ada here." ”

The night wind blew a little drunk, he leaned over her, there were only stars in the night sky, and there was no moonlight illumination, in the darkness he could still see her eyes brighter than the starlight, reddish cheeks, couldn't help but reach behind her head, gently to himself.

Mu Qing only felt a gentle touch on his lips, and a very familiar breath, with a faint smell of wet wine, hooked her wine and blood surging together, her face was so hot that the hot blood seemed to break through the skin, involuntarily reached out and hooked his neck, choked deep in his throat, wet and heavy tears welled up behind his eyes, rolled a few times under his eyes, and finally didn't fall, when he let go of her, he taught her to force back to the back of his eyes again.

The next day, she was busy packing up the bedding for her, but fortunately, it was a summer day, but it also saved a lot of work, and a thin mat was enough. Another day, Mu Qing got up early in the morning and ordered Ada to load the box that had been set up into the car and personally sent him to the camp.

When I was about to arrive at the camp, I met a cart delivering military rations, and it was really unbearable to look at such food. Mu Qing sighed helplessly, the small gold cakes she brought with her had all been filled into the military clothes, and there was nowhere to raise some money for a while, and she would last for another three or five days, I was afraid that even her own livelihood would become a problem. I don't know how long this war will last, and it seems that there is no hope.

The province was frugal and barely passed seven or eight days, because Ada went to the forest outside the city from time to time to shoot some hares and pheasants, and each person only ate five points full, Mu Qing was not too difficult, she was worried about the situation in the army day and night, but it was inconvenient to visit from time to time.

About half a month later, a messenger came to the left-behind mansion on this day, and the soldiers who came to knock on the door bowed respectfully to her and pointed to the flat lane behind him: "Tang Guogong is sympathetic, because he thinks that Du Alang is in the army, and he is afraid that the lady will not be taken care of, so he specially ordered the villain to send some rice and grain, and asked the lady to take care of it." ”

Mu Qing thanked him with a smile, called Ada to move the rice grain from the cart to the courtyard, and said some words of gratitude and respect to ask the soldier to bring it back, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, a cart of rice grain in exchange for four hundred taels, this is a deal on the pile.

She stared at the rice on the ground in a daze for a while, sighed, estimated that the rice was about a hundred catties, and sent Ah Liuyun to put down some rice that was enough for four or five people to eat for ten days, and then loaded the rest into the car and sent it to the army. Although 100 catties is only a drop in the bucket for an army of 80,000, it is better than nothing.

When she arrived at the garrison camp with the car, she saw that the guards were stricter than before, and it seemed that two more soldiers on duty had been added. When she came to the army, almost everyone knew her, and there was no check, only to go in and out with her. Today, she blocked her from the camp, and she ordered Ada to open the bag of rice and grain, and showed the soldiers guarding the gate bag by bag, but she was still not allowed to pass, so she had to tell the soldier to send someone to find Yinghua before she could enter.

"Have you been so vigilant lately?" Entering the camp, it was still a solemn attitude, Mu Qing asked.

Yinghua shook his head, looked left and right at the soldiers who were patrolling in line, and was also a little confused, and whispered: "This is what my brother-in-law meant, I just said that I am afraid that there will be a change in the heart of the army under hunger, so it is necessary to defend strictly." (To be continued.)