Chapter 120: Counter-Plotting

Bu Qin won a big battle and captured fifty members of the imperial court, some of these people he knew, some knew him, and some of them befriended him when they were captured and talked about the past, all of them were beaten back by Bu Qin with a sentence: The Tao is different.

In the past, in the court, he was demoted twice and his house was raided, and I didn't see anyone stand up and say a word or two for him.

Bu Qin wrote a concise letter, to the effect that he asked the imperial court to redeem these people with 10 million taels of real money, and he gave Xiao Luo a month, and after a month, he killed a person a day, and then sent that person's head to the capital.

This move set off a lot of waves in the imperial court, and Bu Qin's behavior was mixed for a while.

Bu Qin was in Nanning, and he couldn't hear the curses from the imperial court, so he rarely took the time to stay in the mansion to accompany Xi Yunzhi, and by the way, check Xiao An's recent homework.

Xi Yunzhi's belly is seven months old, and wherever she sits, it looks like a ball, Liu's mother was already preparing for the delivery room a few days ago, and Bu Qin also invited Wen Po from outside to come to the house at any time.

Xi Yunzhi is very greedy these days, because she has the first experience, so this time she doesn't need to be urged by Liu's mother, although she eats more, she also exercises a lot.

Every morning, she first went to the back kitchen of the camp granary, and then felt a little tired, so she took a break in the coach's tent in Bu Qin, ate some snacks to replenish her spirit, and then went back to the mansion to have a serious lunch, take a nap at noon, and in the afternoon in the garden to look at the account book, eat fruit and snacks, and arrange the day in an orderly and leisurely manner.

Bu Tan and Xiao An came back from the school field sweating profusely, Bu Qin was still explaining the essence of boxing to Xiao An all the way, and the two were two Xiao An, but Xiao An still tried his best to tilt his neck and listen to what his father said, which was too difficult for him.

When Xi Yunzhi saw them walking into the garden, he asked Liu's mother to bring water, and before they sat down, they came to wash their faces first, and Bu Qin did it himself, while Xiao An obediently walked to his mother's side and asked his mother to wipe his face and hands for him.

After washing their faces, the father and son sat down to rest in unison, Xiao An was the same as Bu Qin's movements, a small body, and he wanted to make a calm posture, Xi Yunzhi couldn't help but shake his head and smile secretly when he saw it.

Peeled a grape and sent it to Xiao An's mouth, Xiao An looked at Bu Tan, and then secretly ate it into his mouth, Bu Qin saw that he was cautious, so he put down the cup, took two grapes himself, and said:

"Eat."

Xiao An looked at Xi Yunzhi at this time, and Xi Yunzhi smiled and wanted to peel the grape skin for him again, but was stopped by Bu Tan:

"Peel it yourself."

The head of the family spoke, and no one dared to complain, Xiao An pouted, sat up straight with a little reluctance, picked up the grapes and peeled them, Xi Yunzhi touched the top of his head to show comfort, turned around, but suddenly found that there was an extra peeled grape on his lips.

I saw that Bu Qin was spitting out the nucleus, one hand was on her shoulder, the grapes on her fingers were crystal clear, Xi Yunzhi bit the grapes in his hand a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said shyly:

"I'll do it myself, you eat."

Bu Qin's fingertips touched her cheek, which was more lubricated than before, a few more times, and then she withdrew her hand, and the family sat together, although they didn't say much, but the atmosphere was quite peaceful.

After eating the fruit, Bu Tan returned to the camp alone, and Xiao An stayed at home to study arts and sciences.

***

It's August in the blink of an eye, and the weather is hot.

Xi Yunzhi is pregnant, her body is already prone to heat, during this time, she can't wait to be able to soak in water every day without coming out, as soon as she comes out, she is covered with sweat when she moves casually.

Bu Qin asked people to put four copper tripods in her room, and ice cubes were added to the copper tripods, but Xi Yunzhi still felt so stuffy and hard, not to mention wilting all day long, and eating was much less than before, but after a few days of hard work, people became haggard, and Bu Qin finally had no choice, so he had to order someone to make a special bathtub with room temperature water in it, so that when Xi Yunzhi couldn't stand the heat, she went to soak in the water, so as to relieve her discomfort a little.

"Madam, you've been soaking for a quarter of an hour, come out quickly, I'm afraid it will be bad for your body if it lasts longer." Mother Liu stood by the bathtub worried.

Xi Yunzhi drank a bowl of white fungus soup in the water, felt comfortable soaking, and said coquettishly to Mother Liu:

"Oh, let's soak for a while, and when I go out later, my heart will be stuffy and hot, it's too uncomfortable."

Mother Liu was afraid that she would catch a cold, so she insisted: "No, no, no, the master ordered, a quarter of an hour is the upper limit, and it must not exceed this time, you better get up quickly." ”

Xi Yunzhi was pulled by Liu's arm and stood up from the water, Liu's mother immediately took a clean towel from the side, wrapped Xi Yunzhi, Xi Yunzhi wrapped the towel, came to stand in front of the bronze mirror, stroked his stomach and said:

"What if I was born? In this weather, I can't die of heat. ”

Mother Liu took a clean middle coat and helped Xi Yunzhi put it on: "Bah, what is not dead, madam, you are just talking nonsense, besides, you are only eight months old, and it will take nearly two months to give birth, and it will not be so hot at that time." ”

When Xi Yunzhi heard this, she felt less worried in her heart, only to see Liu's mother look at her belly and say, "Madam, your belly is big and sharp, I'm afraid you're still a kid." ”

Xi Yunzhi buried her head and looked at her stomach, and said to Liu's mother, "Is it?" But why do I think I'm a girl? ”

When Mother Liu heard this, she pointed to Xi Yunzhi's stomach and explained her confusion: "It's not wrong, it's a kid, you look at the shape of your belly, and this waist, I feel like a kid no matter how I look at it." ”

“……”

Xi Yunzhi saw that Liu's mother was sure of what she said, and she didn't want to quarrel over this meaningless speculation, so she touched her stomach and asked Liu's mother to comb her hair, and gossiped and asked Liu's mother:

"By the way, why are you so rare these two girls Ruyi and Ruyue these days?"

When Mother Liu heard Xi Yunzhi mention Ruyi Ruyue, she couldn't help but sigh and said:

"Hey, isn't it because of Daniel Zhang's incident last time? They always felt that the people in the camp knew that they were being despised by Daniel Zhang, and they did not dare to go out all day long, for fear that others would laugh at them. ”

When Xi Yunzhi heard this, he turned around and asked, "Really?" I said how often I saw them lately, and I thought they were playful. ”

It turned out that she was careless, Ruyi and Ruyue were two Yunying's unmarried yellow flower girls after all, and they were suddenly slighted by a laizi, and there were always pimples in their hearts, plus, both of them liked Zhao Yi, and they felt that they had lost adults in front of their sweethearts, so they were even more embarrassed to go out.

If this matter is not solved properly, maybe these two girls will have to blame her in the future.

Thinking like this, Xi Yunzhi sighed thoughtfully, and made up his mind in his heart.

***

In mid-August, something serious happened in the camp, and he was furious and stayed in the camp for several days before returning to his mansion.

The reason is because a few days ago, he received a letter of consent from the imperial court, asking to pay money with one hand and hand over people on the edge of Huaihai, Bu Qin sent a team of 1,000 soldiers to escort 50 ministers to the Huaihai Seaside, who knows, the ministers just came out of the Iron and Blood City, and suffered an ambush by a group of dead soldiers in a place more than ten miles away from Huaihai, and the 1,000 soldiers swore to protect the 50 ministers and turn back to the Iron and Blood City, but there were only a few more than 300 people left in the 1,000-person team.

Who sent the dead soldier who was sent to kill the minister, it is clear at a glance, Xiao Luo, in order not to pay a huge amount of extortion, actually secretly committed this murderous hand, and wanted to kill all fifty officials, this kind of behavior of the ghost behind the person in front of him is really hateful.

In the past few days, Bu Qin has been deploying attacks on the imperial court in the camp, and he has arranged for several days before returning to the mansion in a depressed mood.

When he came back, Xi Yunzhi was taking a bath, and saw him sitting down on the chair next to the bathtub with a frown, looking like he was accompanying her, but not like he was accompanying her.

After Xi Yunzhi asked a few words briefly, Bu Tan told Xi Yunzhi and Pan at this time, Xi Yunzhi also felt that Xiao Luo's character was really bad, thinking that he was about to start a big war for this, he suddenly had an idea in his head, and said to Bu Qin:

"Husband, maybe this battle doesn't have to be fought. We can use other methods to force Xiao Luo to comply. ”

Bu Qin was already desperate for Xiao Luo, exhaled heavily, and said:

"Just what? Now he has made it clear that he doesn't care about the lives and deaths of these people, and no matter how much he persecutes, it is useless. ”

Xi Yunzhi stood up from the water, Bu Tan hurriedly took a towel to help her wipe her body, afraid that she would catch a cold after coming out of the water, Xi Yunzhi changed into a dry middle coat, and said to Bu Qin:

"Since he sent someone to assassinate him, not to kill him openly, it means that he didn't want others to know about the killing. He chose to do it halfway, just because he wanted to put the charge of killing the minister who surrendered prisoners on us, so that other officials in the capital would be our enemies. ”

Bu Qin vaguely understood what Xi Yunzhi meant, and only listened to Xi Yunzhi continue:

"In that case, let's take care of his deeds first, not to expose his evil deeds, but to praise him, and let each of the adults who were attacked write a letter back home, and the letter will be delivered to their loved ones."

Xiao Luo can not care about the life or death of these ministers, but the families of these ministers will definitely not care, they still expect that after Bu Tan receives the ransom, he will let these ministers go back to reunite with them, so he will definitely not give up these ministers like this, and then he will inevitably do infinite possibilities in a limited time.

Bu Qin completely understood what Xi Yunzhi meant, she wanted to use these adults in the capital to contain Xiao Luo, forcing him to pay this huge hardship, otherwise, he would fall into the reputation of a tyrant who disregarded the life and death of his courtiers.

Bu Qin felt that Xi Yunzhi's method was quite feasible, but it was just ......

"However, even if Xiao Luo is forced to hand over the ransom, what if he does it secretly and sends a dead man to assassinate him? At the end of the day, we won't still be captive. ”

Xi Yunzhi hooked her lips and smiled, sat on his lap, hugged his shoulders and said:

"Actually, why do we have to ask for the ransom from the imperial court? Let those family members make a fuss first, let everyone in the capital know about it, and then, let's secretly put those adults back, saying that they have received the ransom, so they will release the people back according to the treaty, those adults go back to the capital, Xiao Luo will have to put a lot of effort into killing them, plus these adults have also experienced life and death, and know Xiao Luo's nature, in this way, in order to protect themselves, they will definitely fight to the death with Xiao Luo, as for us......"

Bu Qin put her arms around Xi Yunzhi's waist, and then her words said:

"We just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, without spending a single soldier, and turn the capital upside down."

Xi Yunzhi handed Bu Tan a coquettish smile: "Yes, we can't get that ransom anyway, wouldn't it be better to just be a 'favor' and find something to do for Xiao Luo's guy." ”

Bu Qin thought about it left and right, and felt that this was indeed a good idea, patted Xi Yunzhi on the buttocks, and said, "I'll arrange this matter, you can take care of it yourself." ”

Xi Yunzhi nodded: "Go ahead." ”

Bu Tan implemented this matter on the same day, he first went to the prison to visit the fifty adults who had gone through life and death, and after some coercion and temptation, let them write a letter to their families one by one according to his intentions, so that those adults thought that Bu Tan had not given up on the ransom of the imperial court, so they were still safe for the time being, and wrote letters one by one, one by one, for the temporary preservation of life, and second, he also felt that Bu Tan's method was feasible, they were trapped in Nanning, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, although the emperor sent the dead to assassinate, But if the family members are allowed to go to the court to make trouble, the emperor will not be able to erase the relationship on the table, and maybe he will change his mind and really rescue them.

Hengzhi is a death, just give it a go, anyway, there is nothing worse than the current result.

In fact, how did these adults know that Bu Qin didn't want the ransom at all, but wanted to make a large-scale counter-plot.

Sure enough, the day after the letter was sent to the capital, it was successively reported that the families of the major families were going around to ask their fathers to tell their mothers, and in the end there was no way, the family members simply knelt in front of Zhengyang Gate in a group, shouting grievances every day, crying every day, the old ones cried and fainted, and the few went up again, and they all wanted to learn from Meng Jiangnu, and they wanted to cry down at Zhengyangmen, and then rushed directly to Xiao Luo, so that he could be kind, open the treasury, and save their adults to go home for reunion.

Xiao Luo hid in the palace and never said anything, and after those family members cried for five or six days, on the seventh day, they found that their adults were all released safe and sound overnight, and the family was overjoyed.

Xiao Luo in the palace was shocked when he heard the news, and felt that these people were all spies deliberately put back by Bu Qin.

Those officials who were timid simply resigned and returned to their hometowns, but every day after returning to their hometowns, they would be found dead on the way home.

After going like this, the officials no longer dared to resign and return to their hometowns, because the lesson of blood had taught them that the most dangerous places were the safest. In order to save their lives, they had to exert their strength, hold together to resist, and use the permissions in their hands that have not been deprived to the extreme to cause chaos for Xiao Luo.

After all, one or two lone officials are easy to kill, but the officials who are in a group are not so easy to move, after all, no matter how small the officials are, they have some intertwined rights in their hands, and they can't be uprooted at all, if they are to be convicted together, then a few days ago, the image of Mingjun that he worked so hard to erect will collapse and go down the drain, so Xiao Luo doesn't want to completely expose his nature in front of the ministers until he has to.

Bu Qin listened to the music report of Jingli every day, and felt very happy.

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