It was the second day after Han Boxian talked at night in the military tent. The courtyard of Qin Yu's house was knocked open, Uncle Wu opened the courtyard door, and the person who came hurriedly left a sentence. "Tell your lord, the captain has an order, tidy up your bags, and at three o'clock tomorrow, escort the military rations with the army and go to Lingwu!" Turned around and walked away. The advent of this military order made this small family, which had just settled down, seem a little restless again.

At dawn, Qin Yu, who was still asleep, was woken up by Xi'er.

"Young master, young master, the time has come." Xi'er tapped lightly on the door.

"yes, got it." Qin Yu answered calmly, sat up from the bed, but muttered a little in his heart, Xi'er, this girl, why do you want to add a sentence "The time has come"? I don't know if I just came down from the execution ground a few days ago, how unlucky it sounds, it seems to be the rhythm of sending myself on the road......

But he was really on his way. The grain team was set out early, so he ordered Xi'er to call him up at four o'clock, so that he could arrive at the camp at five o'clock and begin to assemble the team.

The oil lamps gradually lit up in the various rooms in the courtyard of the Qin family, and the lanterns were also lit in the courtyard. When Qin Yu stopped dressing up and walked out of the house, the entire small courtyard was already brightly lit. The young master is about to go on an expedition, which is a big deal for the current Qin family, even if the place he wants to go to is only Lingwu a hundred miles away. Of course, everyone knew that he was only going to escort grain and grass to Lingwu, and there would be no danger of birth and death. Only Qin Yu himself was a little uneasy in his heart, who can say for sure whether there was a sinister storm on the way

Xi'er followed behind him, looking at his uniform in awe. Qin Yu was wearing the leather armor of the Xia Army, dark brown cowhide chest guards, but the brand-new leather boots under his feet were inlaid with spurs, and he walked with a rattling sound.

He walked into the main hall and was surprised to find that Han was already waiting there, dressed in full costume. The lights dimmed, and he was stunned again.

"Xiaoji, let's eat." Han smiled and pointed to a table full of breakfast.

Qin Yu looked at Han Shi blankly, thinking that it would take at least an hour or two for his sister-in-law to dress up, so wouldn't this sister-in-law get up in the middle of the night and start dressing up?

Han picked up a chopstick from the table and tapped the bowl gently: "Xiaoji! What's wrong with you, don't you eat yet? Eat more, and you will have the strength to ride a horse. ”

Qin Yu was shocked to realize his gaffe, smiled in disguise, and began to devour it, but he was still pondering in his heart: Han's makeup is of course to show grandeur" But there was another thought floating in his heart, "However, isn't there a little bit of meaning to dress up for me?"

In fact, he guessed roughly the same, only one thing was wrong: Han didn't get up in the middle of the night, but didn't sleep at all.

During this time, during the days when Qin Yu was at home, Han Miaoqing's heart became more and more stable, and many things did not need her to be dealt with by a woman. The atmosphere at home is also getting better and better. But the order to open suddenly came, and Han's heart hung again. Last night, I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep, so I simply didn't sleep, spent nearly three hours, dressed myself meticulously, and chose the best-looking, most formal dress to wear. When all this was done, he sat by the oil lamp until dawn.

Now she looked at Qin Yu across the table and asked herself in her heart, what was wrong? She is not a cowardly and useless woman, thinking that at the beginning, not long after marrying into the Qin family, her husband let go, and then when she was alone, it was so difficult and so hard to survive, and she survived alone, but now when she thinks that this little uncle is leaving, why does she have no idea at all? A heart is empty, there is nowhere to put it, and I can't even sleep.

She didn't want to think about it anymore, and explained to herself in her heart that she couldn't sleep because she was worried that he would miss the time to start - in case Xi'er couldn't wake up from sleep, at least she could come and call Qin Yu to get up in person.

After Qin Yu had eaten, Xi'er stepped forward to remove the table and serve hot tea.

"Sister-in-law, I'm leaving." Qin Yu looked at the dignified and demure beauty in front of him, sitting precariously, and had nothing to say.

"Hmm."

"You are at home, don't worry too much, go to Lingwu, I will be back in a few days!"

"Okay."

"There is still a surplus of ten taels of silver, and there is no need to be too tight for the family to have money."

"Okay."

The sister-in-law's reply made Qin Yu speechless, but Han didn't speak, the two sat silently for a while, Qin Yu looked at the sky, it was time to leave, sighed, and prepared to say a final goodbye to Han. only then did he stand up, and suddenly thought of another sentence for him: "Sister-in-law, after the New Year, Yun'er will almost reach the age of enlightenment, do you want her to read and write?" ”

"When the time comes, you can make up your mind," Han also stood up, "I will listen to you for everything." ”

"Really? You listen to me for everything? Then ---- don't move. Qin Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at her with a smile, and actually leaned over to her.

Han Miaoqing was embarrassed, and then realized that there was a big problem with her words, so she watched Qin Yu lean over

Seeing Qin Yu's flirtatious appearance, the thief came over with a smile, and couldn't help but be ashamed and anxious, and whispered: "What do you ---- you do-----"

"Your hair is messed up, I'll pull it up for you." Qin Yu stretched out his hand, touched her face lightly, and pulled half of the green silk of her sideburns behind her ear. withdrew his hand, took a step back, and actually flattened his chest with his right hand, snapped a military salute, turned around and left.

In front of Qin Yu, Han Miaoqing has always deliberately maintained the reserve of a woman and the dignity of her eldest sister-in-law, all of which were shattered by this light touch. She chased to the door and looked at Qin Yu. The back of the striding meteor, like a wronged and helpless little girl, her mouth was deflated, and she cried out: "Xiaoji------ when will you come back-----"

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"Smack!" A soldier took up his sword and cut off the head of a sheep.

The cavalry around, everyone is holding a knife in one hand and leading a horse in the other, neatly divided into teams, holding their voices and standing silently. All the war horses were also restrained by their heads and chews, and the neighing sound was not heard. There were only a few black flags, which were blown by the strong wind, adding a bit of solemnity to this small ceremony.

What is performed is a trekking sacrifice, and the sacrifice is to the mountain and river gods on the way, indicating that this army can trek through mountains and rivers from now on and move forward. It stands to reason that the sacrifice should be performed with three animal rites - one bite each of pigs, cattle and sheep, but after all, there are two whole battalion soldiers, and this expedition ceremony is naturally not sloppy.

The captain who led the team took the small half bowl of chicken blood handed by the soldiers, smeared it on a spread out military flag, and then handed it to the standard-bearer to pick it up, and the whole ceremony ended. He looked around, the neat military formation, the military attachés at all levels in the lead, everyone stood up, and the military appearance was very neat.

"Tatsumasa!" The soldier reported in a loud voice, "Captain's instructions, do you want to be promoted?" ”

"Let's go." The lieutenant waved his hand lightly and stepped onto his horse.

The whole battalion of cavalry streamed out from the camp south of the city, followed by a long line of grain wagons.