Volume II, Chapter 15, The Cruel Reality

The size of Gujiawu Fort and the number of soldiers stationed in it are directly related to the safety of Xiao An's mother and son in the next two years, so no one in the Gu family's convoy doesn't care about what their destination looks like. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

But the truth is hopeless.

The Gu family's dock fort was not as big as rumored, and the houses were short, with only one floor in many places. Hussars can easily move from one end to the other. Therefore, even the soldiers of the Gu family who stayed here to guard the tomb lived in the earthen city.

That's right, it's the earthen city called the county seat of San'in County.

The walls were not made of masonry, but were made of rammed earth, which was slightly taller than a human being, and many collapsed. When the Gu family's convoy entered the county seat of Shanyin, several strong men who were reinforcing the city wall also stopped and stared at them with unkind eyes.

In fact, if it weren't for the Gu family's convoy and many foot soldiers, as well as women and children, and these women and children did not have the slightest alien characteristics, I am afraid that these people would have the guys a long time ago.

But even so, the people in this city are not necessarily very polite.

There was not much politeness in his tone when the man, who dragged the knife upside down, was sloppy and dusty, like a bum, or, more simply, had a knife more than a beggar came to question:

"Say! What do you guys do? ā€

The Gu family's soldiers were not soft, many of them held down the weapons on their waists, and Shan Tieta, as the most useful scout of the old lady of the Gu family, said loudly: "We are the people of the Xiuguo Mansion. In the car was our seven grandmothers! Which of you are you? ā€

Hearing that it was the Gu family, someone on the other side of the city gate immediately turned his face, saw Shan Tie Tower, and immediately rushed over: "This size, is it Big Sister Shan?" ā€

Well?

Shan Tie Tower squinted, who is it if he is not an acquaintance?

The other party is the same as himself, and he is the old lady's subordinate.

"You're Fuda! How did you end up here? ā€

"It's hard to put into words." Fu Da sighed and said, "Let's talk about it first." ā€

With the help of the head snake, the Gu family quickly settled down in the big house in the northwest corner of the county seat of Shanyin County, and as for the mother and daughter of the Zhang family, they naturally followed Zhang Chip to the county office.

As the great-grandson of the daughter-in-law and the concubine, even if Gu Yu was already prepared by the imperial court, they were not qualified to live in the main house, and could only live in a five-entry courtyard in the westernmost part near the city wall.

The servants naturally went to clean up the house under the leadership of Mama Li, leaving Xiao An's sitting on the main seat of the hall, Gu Yu and Gu Qiqiniang sitting on Xiao An's left and right hands respectively, listening to Fu Da and others talk about the current situation in Shanyin County.

The Gu family placed the meritorious field here in the year when the imperial court set up a guard in Shanyin County. At that time, in addition to the county seat, Shanyin County also had the dock fort of the Gu family and the guard of the imperial court. These three places form a character, supporting each other as horns. At that time, whether it was the Di people, the Qiang people, or the Jin people, as long as they attacked any of them, they would be attacked by the other two.

Fu Dadao: "It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. The Imperial Court only sent people here in the first year, as if it had forgotten about this side. There was never any replenishment of troops or ordnance on the guard side, and even the salaries were in arrears. ā€

"Is there such a thing?"

"That's right. Originally, the soldiers of Shanyin County arranged by the imperial court were 5,000 people, of which 3,000 were stationed in the guard post and 2,000 were stationed in this Shanyin county seat, plus the 3,000 people in our Gujiawu Fort, it was more than enough to deal with those barbarians. But the imperial court did not replenish the troops, not to mention the sabers, and even the spears were insufficient. The year before last, the Di people, the Qiang people, and the Yan people united, and there were heavy casualties on the side of the guard, and even our Gu family's dock fort was on fire. We had to retreat into the county seat of San'in. ā€

"In that case, why haven't you mentioned it to Uncle Yu'er?"

This is not only a question for Xiao An's alone, but also a question for the people around him.

The uncle in Xiao An's mouth is naturally Gu Hai's eldest son Gu Xian. As Gu Hai's eldest son, Gu Xian, who is over forty years old, was also in the army in his early years, so it is impossible not to know this.

Fu Da immediately became dumb.

I saw him stumbling for a long time before he said, "Didn't Da Langjun say it before?" ā€

Everyone's eyes immediately stopped on Gu Yu's body.

Gu Yu blushed, lowered his head, sat there, and said after a long time, "How could the eldest uncle tell me about this kind of thing?" ā€

Even Cuiyun, who had been dispatched to serve Gu Yu, said, "Yes, grandma." Da Langjun is still young. Besides, the uncle is the future head of the Gu family, and there are some things that the uncle doesn't need to report to our Da Langjun! ā€

Mama Li said, "But, we came here......"

Cuiyun secretly glanced at the Gu family's pro-soldiers who were sitting down for a long time, and his heart jumped suddenly.

Don't let these people think they're already in trouble.

At least not yet.

Cuiyun's smile became more and more brilliant: "Look at what Mama said." At that time, who would have thought that we would be here? After all, when the seventh master entered the earth, the house did not bring the grandmother and the girl. The maid thought, maybe at that time, the uncle didn't think that grandma and girls would come to Shanyin County one day. It's also to blame that one, if it wasn't for the one who poisoned the girl and made such a big fuss, how could the grandmother and the girl come to Sanyin County? ā€

Xiao Anshi listened and had to nod.

Yes, everyone knows that An's is not good for Gu Qiqiniang, her own granddaughter. But who would have thought that An would be so vicious as to personally want to poison Gu Qiqi Niang?

You must know that Gu Qiqiniang is also the granddaughter of An's own niece and daughter-in-law who gave birth to him!

What grandmother would be so ruthless?

Not to mention the serious consequences of poisoning nineteen people in the end.

Having said that, Xiao An's heart still had a haze:

The case went so smoothly that it was like, as if it were fake. Is the person who did it really that Aunt An? Does this An really want to take care of Qiqi Niang's life?

Xiao An's had no evidence, and he couldn't find anyone to discuss, so he could only keep everything in his heart.

Gu Qiqi Niang didn't care about this, he only cared about the current situation in Shanyin County: "How many troops are there in Shanyin County now?" ā€

Fu Da replied: "If you go back to the girl, according to the old lady's previous arrangement, our Gu family's dock fort should have 3,000 people. However, in the past ten years, we have also lost a lot of people, even if we have our own children and nephews to fill in, it is only in the early 2000s. Coupled with the people brought by Grandma and Da Langjun this time, there are less than three thousand. ā€

"Less than three thousand?" Gu Qiqiniang was dumbfounded, he even broke away from the hand of the little lotus who was holding him, and said: "But I also said that the three thousand people of the Gu family, plus the five thousand people of the imperial court, held the ...... of Shanyin County."

"Yes." Fu Da replied: "Three thousand people can only hold the county seat of Shanyin at most. If the Di people, the Qiang people, and the Yan people join forces again, Shanyin County will only have one end up breaking the city. ā€