"Am I that good?" Although Ying Sleeve said modestly, he had already smiled and bent his eyes, and his full and moist lips were as sweet as rose petals.

Xiao Lei nodded heavily: "Of course there is!" But......" his eyes rolled again, "when I grow up, my sister will be the third best." ”

"Why is that?" Ying Sleeve asked knowingly, very proud of this younger brother.

"Because I'm going to be the second best, of course my sister will be at the back." Xiao Lei said with a smile.

The sister and brother's somewhat depressed mood these days has finally been relieved.

Back at the Prince's Mansion, the funeral was still in progress, and Yuan Jianren would not be buried until after May 7.

Because he was a prince, the mausoleum where he was buried was also built according to the prince's rituals.

Although the construction period is a bit rushed, it is still much easier than the mausoleum of the real emperor.

The two changed their filial piety clothes and came to Yuan Jianren's mourning hall to continue to receive guests.

The gates facing the street in the courtyard used as a mortar, were open in all directions, and a drum hall was set up on both sides of the aisle, where two groups of drummers counted the hours and played music when guests visited.

In the aisle from the gate to the front of the mourning hall, there are a pair of paper-tied knives and axes, as well as paper-tied white wreaths and wreaths, which are placed along the road.

The wooden plaque on both sides of the vermilion purple and gold is erected outside the mourning hall, and it is written: "Prince Jue Yuan's Jianren of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom" ten big characters.

In the courtyard facing the gate of the mourning hall, a propaganda altar was erected, and the senior monks and Taoist priests occupied one side, and their respective banners were hung on the tops.

What the eminent monk wrote here was: "I respectfully invite the six dings and six jia, the five directions to reveal the truth, the four values of gong cao, and the eighteen apologetic garans to come, and St. Enpxi." Shenwei Yuan Town, 35 days to eliminate disasters and wash the industry safe water and land dojo. ”

The Taoist priest hung it high: "The funeral of the prince of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, Jue Yuan's Jianren, the land of the four major states." Fengtian carries the country of Zhongxing, and the prime minister Yuan Shi Tianzun teaches the Daolu Division of the main hall Ye Sheng, respectfully cultivates fasting, and bows to the Buddha. ”

The incense burners, deacons and other things offered on the mourning hall are placed according to the prince's share, and the good red sandalwood spirit plaque is written on the "Spiritual Seat of the Prince of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom".

Yingsleeve is a married girl, and she did not manage it in front of the hall, but took the maid and the maid to take care of the affairs of the prince's palace in the hugging house behind the mourning hall.

A few days ago, she checked the family background of the stewards of the prince's palace. Based on this, check the moths that dig too hard at the corners of the prince's mansion.

Of the four major stewards, two have already been locked up by her. The family property was sealed, and the people of the family were locked up in the back room to wait for disposal.

This intimidation has shocked all the stewards of the Prince's Mansion, and no one dares to be lazy and slippery. Opportunistic.

The sleeve order is forbidden. It has established its own majesty in the Prince's Palace.

Xiao Lei is not yet an adult, Yingsleeve is not worried about him, and after the funeral is completed, he still has to discuss a proper method with his mother Shen Yongjie to take care of Xiao Lei until he marries his wife.

The weather gradually warmed up, and Murong Chen, the Marquis of Changxing, had arrived in Xingzhou with his own soldiers, and the 50,000 troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty were slowly exposed.

Marquis Wanning led the left army to the vicinity of Daxing City to guard against Southern Zhengguo.

Everything was arranged.

Although the people of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom knew that they were in a tense confrontation with Southern Zheng and Northern Qi. But no one was particularly worried.

Just when everyone thought it was going to be over soon, someone discovered the real threat.

Early morning. The dense fog on the Xiajiang, a tributary of the Qingjiang River, has just lifted, and small sailing boats have been revealed.

These are the boats of the Cao Gang, which has been established for less than two years on the Qingjiang River.

This group of Cao Gang members were separated from the Salt Gang, and the Cao Gang was established with the leader of the Salt Gang, Shao Yan.

They mainly relied on freight transportation on the Qingjiang River, and they made small fights when they were first established, but gradually, they transported more and more goods, from the north to the Northern Qi, the southwest to the Southern Zheng, and the various state capitals of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom.

It is said that they have the support of powerful people behind them, but even the people of the Salt Gang do not know which way of power.

The Salt Gang has suffered a huge blow from the government in the past two years and has become a small gang that does not enter the stream.

The Eastern Yuan Kingdom took salt as an official camp and did not allow private reproduction of salt.

Salt wells and salt mines in various places have been taken over by the government, and private individuals are not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the salt camp except for transportation.

Shaoyan, who was already in his twenties, got out of the cabin and looked at the mighty Qingjiang and let out a long roar.

"Helper, are you up?" A sailor lifted the curtain of the ship, "Breakfast is ready, you can use it slowly." ”

Shaoyan nodded and said with a smile: "This trip to Northern Qi, there are not many goods transported, so I should be able to come back early." ”

"Yes, helper, does your wife have it?" A sailor curiously came over to talk, while pouring rice water into the Qingjiang River.

Shaoyan knocked him on the head and said with a smile: "What's gone?" After speaking, he laughed, crossed his waist and said, "I'm going to be a father with less salt!" ”

The people on the boat burst into laughter and congratulations.

At this moment, the sailor who was looking out from the bow of the ship suddenly stood up, pointed to the embankment not far ahead, and said, "Why are there so many horses there?" ”

The people on the boat looked up.

This waterway is very secluded and very few people walk it.

Only these old sailors who have traveled south and north dare to take this waterway, because they can save one-third of the voyage, and for their Cao Gang, if they master this waterway, they can do a lot of business.

The waterways are lined with mountains, twisting and turning, and the road is barely visible.

Usually it is sparsely populated, and even birds and animals are rare.

But it was in this place where birds don't that so many horses suddenly appeared!

Not only horses, but also people right away!

Shao Yan's face changed, and he hurriedly ordered: "Stop the boat!" Stop the boat now! Look no further! ”

But it was too late.

The men on the shore lifted the fog and spotted the boats.

"Vice General Liu, there are people in the river over there!"

These people, of course, are the Northern Qi forbidden army who came from the Northern Qi to copy the path and try to directly take the capital of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom.

Liu Fei squinted at the boats in the river and waved his hand: "Release the rocket." Not a single one is left. ”

Sou! Sou! Sou!

Thousands of feathered arrows burst through the air and shot at the Cao Gang's boat!

"Dive! Hurry up and dive! ”

The experienced old sailors of the Cao Gang saw that it was not good, and they were the first to push Shaoyan into the water.

Followed by. One after another, the Cao gang jumped into the water and dodged the roaring rockets.

The rocket hit the canopy and quickly burst into flames.

A very small number of sailors who did not have time to dive into the water on the front boat were hit by arrows, burned all over their bodies, and fell into the gorge.

The Cao gang were all good at water, and they plunged to the bottom of the water one by one, and quickly swam to the reeds on the shore.

Liu Feilema looked at it for a while. Seeing that all the ships were burned out, he snorted and raised his voice: "Keep going!" Speed up your trip! I want to reach the capital of Dongyuan in two days! ”

The Northern Qi Forbidden Army rode faster on horseback.

It's just that the mountain road is tortuous. They can't be as fast as they want.

The Cao gang lurked in the water, and waited until the sound of horses' hooves on the shore could not be heard, and then slowly climbed up from the reeds to the shore and crawled on the ground. Looking at the long line from afar.

"Helper. Those people...... It's like a sergeant! An old sailor of the Cao Gang said tremblingly, "We went to the Northern Qi Kingdom to transport goods, and we have seen people wearing these military uniforms. ”

"Yes, helper, their armor is the armor of the Northern Qi Forbidden Army! You can recognize it at first glance! ”

They traveled from south to north, and they often dealt with the government and saw more than others.

"What the hell is going on? How did the forbidden army of Northern Qi come to the territory of our Eastern Yuan Kingdom? Shaoyan touched his chin. Muttering, he slowly straightened up. He beckoned to his own people: "I remember there is a small village over there, let's go over and have a look and ask them if they know what's going on." ”

That village was in the other direction behind the mountain, and it was also the direction from which the Northern Qi forbidden army came.

The sailors nodded, followed him cautiously, walked for a long time, and finally came to the small village they were familiar with in the back mountain.

They had stopped in this village many times before, and they had their own familiar people.

But as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they felt that something was wrong.

Even the big yellow dog, which loved to bark the most, did not run out to meet them.

Shaoyan raised his hand and stopped, "You guys wait here, I'll go to the front alone." ”

"Helper, I'll go with you!" The old sailor stood up, "If something happens to you alone, who will inform everyone?" ”

Shaoyan nodded, "Then let's go together." ”

The two of them walked into the village and were amazed at the horror.

No wonder it's as silent as a tomb.

No wonder the big yellow dog didn't run out.

It turned out that everyone here, including chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs, had been killed!

"This is Tu Village!" The old sailor was so frightened that his feet went limp, "Helper, helper, let's go quickly!" If the government had found out, they might have thought we did it! ”

Under the melon field and plums, it is really unclear!

Shaoyan shook his head, the look in his eyes became more and more gloomy, "No, it's not...... It must have been done by the group of Northern Qi forbidden troops just now! He turned his head and looked at the old sailor, his eyes full of anger, "They want to attack the capital!" So along the way, kill everyone who finds their tracks! ”

They're the ones who slipped through the net.

For one time, because they were on the water, those people had already burned their boats, and it was probably thought that they would not live long.

Second, because this place is already very close to the capital of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom, they may not need to hide their tracks so tightly!

"Oops! Are we going to go back and report the news! The old sailor scratched his head, he knew who the "magnates" behind Shaoyan were.

With such a big backer, it can be said that as long as the Eastern Yuan Kingdom does not fall, the backer with less salt will not fall.

But this time, maybe the Eastern Yuan Kingdom is really going to fall, so their backers ......

Shaoyan nodded solemnly, "You must go!" And be quick! Copy the path! ”

They didn't have many people, they didn't have a lot of horses and weapons to carry, and they were more familiar with the terrain than others, so they avoided the Northern Qi forbidden army who were marching in a hurry, and came to the capital of the Eastern Yuan Kingdom half a day earlier than them.

"Madame! Madam! There was a man named Shaoyan outside, who claimed to be the leader of the Cao Gang, and said that he had something important to tell his wife. Cai Sang came to the hug of the director of Yingsleeve and replied.

Yingsleeve was very surprised, "Less salt? How did he get here? As he spoke, he stood up, "Take him to the guest house in the outer courtyard, and say that I will go over immediately." ”

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Today's plus more arrived, the last day of 2015, and the relatives forgot to vote for the monthly ticket!!

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