Standing at the door, watching the sad faces of Cui Jingzhi and Yang Wenwen disappear into the darkness, Sun Simiao slowly retracted his gaze and turned to Xiao Han.

"Can't you really contact Chai Shao and Li Xiaogong?"

Xiao Han was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sun Simiao and smiled bitterly and said, "This, of course you can." ”

When Sun Simiao heard this, his brows furrowed, and he said a little angrily: "Then why did you just say that you couldn't get in touch?" ”

Xiao Han sighed, waved his hand and said, "Although I can get in touch, it's impossible for them to come over to help, what's the difference between this and not being able to get in touch, it's better to say that I can't get in touch......"

"What do you mean? Why can't you call them for help? Could it be ......?"

I have to say that Lao Sun is indeed a smart person, although his heart is not here, but when he heard Xiao Han's words at this time, he immediately guessed a few points.

Sure enough, Xiao Han smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the guide, and then spit out two words: "Lingnan ......"

"Lingnan? The Feng family? ”

Lao Sun frowned, although he had never been to Lingnan, but the name of the Feng family in Lingnan, he had already heard of it, and when he saw Xiao Han mention it at this time, he immediately understood the meaning.

"That's right, it's the Feng family!" Xiao Han nodded, and then said, "I only figured it out later!" I heard that in the past, when the Emperor Taishang was on the throne, the Feng family would send envoys to Beijing every year, but this year the new emperor ascended the throne, but no one came.

In addition, Li Xiaochang rebelled a while ago, and there was a legend in the DPRK that Feng Ang was also going to rebel, so Li Xiaogong and they went down to the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, they are probably busy guarding against the Feng family, so it is impossible to come back, and it is impossible for me to bother them for the sake of ten thousand pirates. ”

"So, what about the people outside the city?"

Lao Sun is not a pedantic person, he knows that once Lingnan rebels, the consequences will be much more serious than 10,000 pirates! So the resentment of Xiao Han not asking them for help suddenly dissipated.

It's just that when he thought that the people outside were about to be captured by thieves, the old grandson, who had always been merciful, was like a knife.

"The people? Nature is meant to be protected! ”

Xiao Han also saw Lao Sun's sad appearance at this time, so he comforted him with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Lao Sun didn't appreciate it, but just snorted coldly: "How to protect?" You don't have anyone to fight them off! Do you still want the people around you to get all the people in the city? The county order surnamed Yang just now didn't say that some of them would rather be robbed than leave their hometowns! ”

Xiao Han was choked by Lao Sun, and rolled his eyes helplessly: "Who said I don't have soldiers?" Have you forgotten that I'm the new Fire Guard General? ”

Lao Sun glared at Xiao Han: "You general, how many people are under your hands?" Is it enough for a bathroom? ”

Xiao Han was speechless again: "Ahem...... Don't care about those details, the soldiers are fine, not too many! ”

"Okay, then where are your elite soldiers now?" Lao Sun asked again.

"In Qinling! Feed? Hey, Daochang Sun? Old Sun, don't go? Let's talk about two bucks again? ”

Looking at Sun Simiao, who didn't agree with each other and walked away, the corners of Xiao Han's mouth couldn't help but show a strange smile.

These guys are just anxious! What happened in Qinling? Isn't it just a thousand miles away? Our new fire guards, how can they be compared to those ordinary government soldiers?

couldn't stop Sun Simiao, Xiao Han didn't have to make that effort, and returned to the mansion in a few steps under the strange eyes of several guards.

First go around to Xiaodong's room and kick the guy who sleeps like a dead pig, then go to the study, take out an ordinary book from the shelf, and write a string of strange numbers on it.

When Xiao Han was enough to dry the ink on the note with numbers written on it, Xiao Dong, who was still wearing pajamas, ran over from outside carrying a huge birdcage covered with black cloth.

"Are you fed?" Xiao Han, who was behind the table, glanced up at Xiao Dong and asked casually.

Xiao Dong, who was carrying the birdcage, nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, Master Hou, you are already fed, and you will be fine if you don't eat for three or two days." ”

Xiao Han nodded, then sealed the note into a bamboo tube the thickness of a little thumb, and then handed the bamboo tube to Xiao Dong, watching him carefully tie the bamboo tube to the leg of the caged bird, and then said: "It doesn't take three or two days, at its speed, one day is enough!" ”

Xiaodong retracted his hand and said with a smile: "That's that!" Faster than it, I've never seen it before! Hehe, I didn't expect that the dog-headed general doesn't raise dogs, and he is so good at raising birds, in my opinion, it's better to call him the bird-headed general! ”

When Xiao Han heard this, he said noncommittally: "Okay, why don't you try it next time you see him like that?" ”

However, hearing that Xiao Han agreed so happily, Xiao Dong was instigated: "Uh, forget it!" I don't want to fall asleep at night and suddenly have a snake or a scorpion on my bed!

The fool who was stunned last time somehow offended him, there were several more toads with big mouths in the room in the middle of the night, and he almost didn't scare this kid to pee, and he came to squeeze me for several days before he dared to go back! ”

Xiao Han laughed: "Haha, he deserves it!" But don't be glampy, take it out and put it away, we're going to be busy from tomorrow! ”

"Okay...... Xiaodong agreed, and then walked out with the birdcage, and the evening breeze blew the corner of the black cloth, revealing a pair of sharp eyes inside.

This is not a carrier pigeon, but an adult falcon!

It is estimated that the unruly eagle falcon can be used to deliver the letter, and in the whole world, except for the Xiao family, who is proficient in beast language, there is no semicolon.

In the middle of the night, a big bird rose from the Xiao Mansion, circled for two weeks, and flew towards Chang'an like an arrow.

A peaceful, but unquiet night has finally passed.

The next day, in the city of Yangzhou, which has always been lazy, it is obvious that there is a slight difference, the talented and beautiful women who used to wander on the streets are gone, but there are many passers-by who are in a hurry.

The news of the attack of the Haikou outside has been spread by the Yamen, so everyone in the city knows that the Haikou is coming!

In this case, the first to bear the brunt are the grain stores in the city.

Originally, in the post-autumn season, it was time to stock up on new grain, and when it was time to deal with heavy grain, the price of grain should also be the lowest!

But as soon as I received the notice from Haikou, all the grain stores unanimously raised the price of grain by 30%, and whoever came to buy it would bite to death and not bargain!

Although the residents who bought grain scolded the grain store for being black-hearted, they also had to take the grain bags and obediently run to line up to buy grain.

Although the yamen said that they would definitely not fight for too long this time, who knows if what they said was right?

If there is no food, then the family will be finished!

"Xiao Han, I heard that everyone is buying food outside, do we need to buy it?"

In Xiao Mansion, Xue Pan hugged his daughter and teased for a while, and suddenly a sentence came out.

Xiao Han was reading a Yangzhou County Chronicle at this time, and when he heard this, he put down the book and said with a smile: "Don't worry, our family bought a few hundred stones of grain early this morning, and we bought it before the price increase." ”

Xue Pan was surprised: "Huh? A few hundred stones? Can we eat it? ”

"Yes, in a few days, there will be a lot of people coming to our family, dogs, they will come, don't save more food, what will they eat then?"