Chapter 108: Frustration
Hearing Concubine Bo say this, if it was before, the Queen Mother would have said a few more words to Concubine Bo and asked her not to think too much. But today, the Queen Mother didn't plan to say anything more, and even felt that it was a shameless waste to say one more word to this woman.
Seeing that the Queen Mother really didn't keep herself, Concubine Bo no longer insisted, pursed her mouth, and left with a swagger.
When he left the queen mother's bedroom, he vaguely heard the sound of the queen mother coughing, and cursed fiercely.
Mama He hurriedly served the queen mother a rock sugar pear soup that moistened her throat.
"How is it hot?" The Queen Mother frowned.
Mama He was puzzled, "If it's hot, it's good for the throat, but if it's cold, it will hurt the stomach and intestines, and it's not good for the throat." ”
"Who's on the stove?" The Queen Mother asked.
He Mama said: "No one guarded it, so I used the ashes of the stove to cover the charcoal fire to keep it warm, and the palace maid on duty at night went to see it every once in a while, and if the fire was turned off, it would be burned again." ”
Mama He also suddenly understood why the Queen Mother was surprised that the rock sugar pear was hot, she was afraid that she would tire the palace maids.
The Queen Mother nodded.
The queen mother went to the bed and lay down, and let Mama He also go to rest, the time is really not early, and it should be dawn if you don't sleep anymore. He Mama insisted on waiting for the Queen Mother to fall asleep before leaving, the Queen Mother's body was a little unbearable in the past two days, in case there was anything needed in the middle of the night, how could she do it without someone waiting by the side.
The queen mother knew that she couldn't resist Mama He, so she complied with her.
After Concubine Bo returned to the dormitory, she didn't sleep all night, and she made an appointment with two people early the next morning: Lord Xiao of Dali Temple, and Lord Gong of the Criminal Department.
Dali Temple Zhengqing and Master Gong seem to be reluctant to see Concubine Bo at this sensitive time, especially the people's evaluation of Concubine Bo is extremely low, and they all say that she is a chicken Sichen and once interfered in court politics. Coupled with the previous incident of Lord Zongzheng, no matter how stupid Dali Siqing and Master Zongzheng are, they know who this Concubine Bo will protect after the accident.
It's just that what makes them wonder is what means did Maitreya Sect Leader Dongfang Qiu use to let Concubine Bo help him so desperately?
However, they couldn't refuse Concubine Bo's summons.
After being polite with Concubine Bo, Concubine Bo finally got to the point, and this is what Zhengqing and Master Gong of Dali Temple don't want to hear the most, they wanted to divert the topic several times, but they were all dragged back by Concubine Bo.
"Lord Xiao, Lord Gong, what are you anxious about? Could it be that the mourning family makes you feel terrible? "Concubine Bo was so angry with Lord Xiao and Lord Gong.
Lord Gong and Lord Xiao hurriedly said no, only saying that they had something important to do.
Concubine Bo tilted her body, looked extremely displeased, and said coldly: "Then Lord Xiao and Master Gong will tell the mourning family, what are the important things you all have, do you have to rush back at this time?" Is the wife of the family about to give birth? Or did the barbarians' bows and crossbows come to your house? ”
Seeing that Concubine Bo was so angry, Lord Xiao and Lord Gong also lost their minds, but if they really agreed to Concubine Bo, there would be no turning back.
Lord Xiao and Master Gong racked their brains to make up a set of reasons, and Lord Xiao said that a Taoist priest had come to the house, saying that he would give Lord Xiao a method after half an hour to make his headache heal. Lord Gong said that the main room of the family was very sick and weak, and if he didn't rush back to guard it, he was afraid that it would be difficult to see the second side.
Concubine Bo snorted coldly, and even came up with such a ridiculous reason in order to escape her.
Under the strong pressure of Concubine Bo, Lord Xiao and Lord Gong did not dare to leave, even though beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads and backs, they had no chance to leave.
Seeing the two of them like this, Concubine Bo had no intention of persuading them to join forces with the Maitreya Sect, and had to let them go back after satirizing Lord Xiao and Lord Gong.
Seeing the back of them leaving, Concubine Bo was so angry that she picked up the teacup in her hand and smashed it down.
This is the seventeenth smashed teacup of the month.
While lamenting and displeased, Concubine Bo thought of the exiled Master Zongzheng. I don't know if that Zongzheng Lord is still alive, as an outcast, it is extremely dangerous to be exiled to the border.
Leave it to fate.
Concubine Bo sighed heavily.
The wind of the prairie blew tightly, cutting people's faces painfully. Brother Ming, who has always been naughty, saw Brother Qi walking in front of him, and the bright moonlight poured on Brother Qi'er's face, outlining Brother Qi'er's handsome facial outline. After coming to the prairie for a while, Brother Qi'er's face had many vicissitudes, and Brother Ming himself was the same.
Qi Ge'er, who was walking seriously, suddenly saw Brother Ming walking a few steps ahead of him, blocking his vision, but also blocking the oncoming cold wind.
"What do you do?" Qi Ge'er pretended to be displeased.
Brother Ming said mischievously and disdainfully: "Could it be that because you are my eldest brother and were born a short time before me, I have to go behind you?" I'm not so stupid, how good it is to walk ahead, the scenery is fresh, the air is also fresh, not all of them have been seen and breathed by you. ”
"What kind of logic are you?" Qi Ge'er was very moved, but he still didn't want his younger brother to walk in front, the wind on the grassland was indeed a bit strong, and even made them unbearable for many times, if it wasn't for the next garrison point, he wouldn't have pulled his younger brother and him across the prairie.
The place where Ming Ge'er and Qi Ge'er walked now was too steep for the horses to get up, so they had to put the horses on a gentle place and let them hike through the steep hillside.
No matter what Brother Qi said, Brother Ming was in front of Brother Qi, Brother Qi was angry, and he took out the majesty of his brother to suppress Brother Ming, but Brother Ming ignored it and went straight to his own path.
Qi Ge'er couldn't do it, so he had to walk crookedly to the side.
Brother Ming also crooked, insisting on blocking the cold wind in front of Brother Qi.
After tossing like this a few times, Qi Ge'er finally got tired, "Are you in a hurry or are you here to dance?" Can't you walk well? Hold on a little longer and you'll be downhill, and there's no wind. ”
Brother Ming knew that what Brother Qi said was very reasonable, and if they tossed like this, not only would they not solve the problem, but they would prolong the time of walking and the time of being entangled by the cold wind.
Seeing that Brother Ming was finally willing to walk steadily, Brother Qi'er flashed a trace of relief in his heart.
After walking for most of the night, Brother Ming and Brother Qi finally arrived at the new garrison location, and Gardi personally stood at the door to greet the two of them.
Gardi hugged Qi Ge'er, and saw that Qi Ge'er's hair was wet with sweat, so he hurriedly ordered someone to prepare hot water for Qi Ge'er and Ming Ge'er to bathe.
After Qi Ge'er and Ming Ge'er bathed and changed their clothes, Gardi had the steaming roast suckling pig served to him.
The two twins, who were accustomed to eating roast mutton on the grassland, suddenly tasted the taste of pork, not to mention how beautiful it was. One bite at a time, they don't care about their image at all, in this prairie, they are all about eating meat and drinking wine, and they don't feel that they lose their image like this.
After gnawing for a while, Qi Ge'er, who has always been strict, found that his eating appearance was too wolf, so he stopped biting the suckling pig slightly, wiped his mouth with a white handkerchief on the side, and began to eat slowly.
Brother Ming didn't care about it so much, he bit hard, gnawed hard, and ate hard.
Gardi couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Ming Ge'er looked like he was going to compete with the suckling pig. Brother Ming didn't feel wolf either, but looked up and smiled at Gardi.
After drinking two sips of spirits, Qi Ge'er asked Gardi, "How is the situation of the soldiers and horses here?" ”
Gardi sighed, "Although the population here is large, the place where they live is far away from the Fifth Uncle's power, and they are relatively little harassed by the Fifth Uncle, so they are living quite stable, and it is difficult for us to get them to agree to join us to fight against the Fifth Uncle." ”
Qi Ge'er pondered for a moment and said, "We have to think of a new way to recruit troops and horses, I believe that there will be brave men under the heavy reward." At the same time, we want to let these herdsmen know that the purpose of our recruitment is not just to fight against the five princes, but to let them have a long-term environment to live and work in peace and contentment. ”
Brother Ming nodded after listening to Brother Qi'er's words, "That is, the herdsmen here have a bad living environment, if they can be fed and clothed, they will definitely be willing to dedicate their strength." What's more, we didn't do this for our own whispers, but really wanted to create a stable living environment for them. ”
Gardi took a glass of spirits, drank it, and said, "What you say makes sense, let's try it again tomorrow." All in all, the situation here is not as good as we expected. Also, they are afraid that they will offend the fifth prince by joining us. ”
Brother Ming nodded, "They are afraid of offending the fifth prince because the fifth prince is now the overlord of the grassland, if they see our true strength, they will understand that the power of the fifth prince is not terrible." The terrible thing is that I don't dare to fight for my future. ”
Gardi had lost confidence in this matter, but when he heard Brother Ming say this, he instantly gained confidence, and couldn't help but pat Brother Ming'er on the shoulder with a smile, "I didn't expect that your kid doesn't look like hee-hee on weekdays, but he really has a set of things to do." ”
Brother Ming removed Gardi's hand and said angrily: "You have said this sentence many times, even if you want to praise me, you can find some new words." ”
Galdi was provoked by Ming Ge'er and immediately responded, "Are you impatient to praise you?" If it were someone else, my Gardi wouldn't bother to boast. ”
"Yes, yes, who are you? A wolf on the prairie. Brother Ming grimaced at Gardi.
When Galdi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and cry.
The others were amused by Brother Ming'er's words.
After everyone had laughed enough, Gardi said to Qi Ge'er: "When you finish eating, go and take a rest, it's tired enough, and we will plan tomorrow's things tomorrow." In short, with you here, my heart is completely steady. ”
Qi Ge'er nodded.
Suddenly, Gardi remembered something and said: "Two days ago, I was patrolling at the border and saw a person from the Great Qi Kingdom, like an exiled criminal, I looked a little familiar, but I never remembered where I had seen it. No matter what our people ask him, he just doesn't say how he got here. ”
Qi Ge'er and Ming Ge'er glanced at each other, and they really didn't know who Gardi was talking about, but they both wanted to see each other. R638