Chapter Twenty-Four: The Night March

Wei Chi Chifan was directing the servants in the courtyard to decorate the mansion, and when he arrived in Anlu yesterday, he didn't take much care of it, and today as the hostess, he naturally had to rearrange it.

Husband Yu Wenwen went to the governor's mansion early in the morning to visit his father-in-law, and he didn't know what was so anxious, as a wife, she could only take care of the housework well, so that her husband could have a comfortable home to rest in after a tiring day.

Yu Wenliang had already arranged the house for his two sons to live in, the two courtyards were adjacent to each other, Yu Wenming had more servants with him, and Yu Wenwen brought a lot fewer servants here.

The two maids were the personal maids that Yu Chi Chi Fan wore when he got married, one of them was the Yahuan Cuiyun who 'failed to have sex', and then the little eunuch Li Sanjiu, her husband's newly acquired four stunned boys and Zhang Dingfa and his wife.

As for her husband's 'confidant servant' Yuwen Fifteen, she went out with Lord Lang this morning.

In addition to the courtyard, Yu Wenliang also prepared servants for his two sons, and now Li Sanjiu, who has been promoted to housekeeper, is directing the servants to do things according to the requirements of Wei Chi Chifan, he has been a eunuch in the palace since he was a child, and he has been called around all day long, and now he can finally turn over and be a boss.

But Li Sanjiu is still a little immature, but fortunately, among the servants equipped this time is an old servant specially sent by the governor's office to assist him, and after a while of training, he will naturally be able to become handy.

Yahuan Cuiyun is still in charge of serving the Lang master and his wife, and the other Yahuan Caixia is in charge of the kitchen, after all, the Lang master came to Anlu in the south from Guanzhong, and it will take a while for the eating habits to get used to it.

Lin Youdi and a few servants carefully unpacked and put away Yuwenwen's strange things, and now he is in charge of the follow-up experiment of the "powerful elephant two-year trial type aerodynamic Lianzhu gun".

In fact, it is to pump the gas tanks of various specifications according to Yuwenwen's requirements, record the limit of the number of gas pumps and the shooting power after connecting the beads, in this era when there is no barometer, you can only use this stupid method to collect data, which is also suitable for Lin Youdi's character with a strong sense of responsibility.

There is no need to mix charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur to make that horrible thing, Lin Youdi is still very happy.

Zhang Dingfa, as the head of the guard, arranged for the generals to patrol around, and Yu Wenwen had told Wei Chi Chifan that he was the 'former horse bandit boss', since her husband said "There is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people", she also relieved Zhang Dingfa to manage a cadre of generals who accompanied him to the south, and Fu Youcai, one of the abacus beads, was his deputy.

In the side courtyard, Mrs. Zhang Liu Caiyun looked at the jars in front of her and was dumbfounded: "Those glass beads are made like this?" Zhang Yiman and Hu Sanzi beside him nodded when they heard this.

The sand collected by the river is heated at a high temperature, dissolved and then made into "glass beads" through molds, which makes the tall image of glass beads in Liu Caiyun's heart fall to the ground.

Yuwenwen told her the secret, and asked Zhang Yiman and Hu Sanzi, two skilled people who make "glass beads", to assist in 'generating income', after all, there is not too much money.

Although Anlu is far inferior to a first-class big city like Chang'an, it is also the best capital of the surrounding states, and there is some consumption power, and how to get the money out of the hands of big families depends on Liu Caiyun's ability.

After a busy morning, Yuwenwen didn't come back until the afternoon, and he and his wife called Li Sanjiu, Lin Youdi, Zhang Dingfa and Liu Caiyun to the study.

"My father will be out for a few days from today, and all the affairs in the house will be presided over by my wife, and the affairs in everyone's hands will be carried out according to my father's previous arrangement."

"Yes." Everyone replied in unison.

"No matter what happens these days, don't panic, you don't need to think about it if you have the son of the world presiding over the overall situation."

Shizi, that is, Yu Wenming, the prince of Qiguo, is the elder brother of Yuwenwen.

Hearing this, except for Lin Youdi, the other three all looked puzzled but still agreed, Yuwen Wen always acted with a plan and then moved, there was no need to ask questions.

"Boss Zhang, if there is any change in the servants in the house, you can deal with it, but you must get the consent of the lady."

"Yes." Zhang Dingfa was unequivocal, he had already sensed from a few words that something big would happen in the next few days, and Yuwen Wen was able to hand over the responsibility of protecting the mansion to him to explain that there was no doubt about employing people. ’

He used to be a big horse bandit, although he has washed his hands and doesn't dry it, but it's not just any family that dares to use it, Caiyun really has good eyesight!

After everyone else withdrew, Yu Wenwen held his wife's hand and said, "The family has been managed by Sanniang for the past few days." ”

Wei Chi Chi looked at her husband steadily: "I'll wait for you to come back"

"No matter what happens these days, you have to relax, if you have any problems, you can discuss with your sister-in-law, and your brother can make the decision." Yu Wenwen nodded, kissed his wife's forehead lightly, and walked out the door,

"Promise me, take care!" Yu Chi Chifan suddenly hugged her husband from behind, Yu Wenwen froze for a moment and then turned around, and the little couple hugged each other tightly for a long time before parting.

"Wait until I get back." ……

At night, Anzhou borders Yuezhou to the east, and the state governs Xiaochang outside the city.

More than ten horsemen came to the west of Xiaochang City to call the door, and now it is night, the city gate is locked, if there are no special circumstances, the city guards will not open the door, but they talk to the city guards for a while, the city gate will be slowly opened, and the city gate will be closed after all the dozen people enter.

"Be careful when patrolling the city tonight!" A young man at the head left his words and led his entourage to gallop away, and after a while, he came to the state government's residence, threw a whip and dismounted, and the young man shouted to open the door, walked around in the backyard, came to a house, and knocked on the door.

"Father." The boy saluted the middle-aged man who was sitting behind the desk and reading a book.

"Shao'er is back." The middle-aged man put down the book and asked the young man to sit down, he was the current Yuezhou assassin Xu Faguang and this young man was his son.

Xu Faguang and his father Xu Hong, both father and son, successively served as the assassin of Yuezhou, and the young man's name was Xu Shao was his son, and he whispered to his father: "On the way over, the child saw a large number of cavalry coming in the direction of Xiaochang, I don't know."

Xu Faguang looked at his son for a moment when he heard the words before he spoke: "In the future, if you encounter a military transfer at night, don't come closer!" ”

"Yes, the child knows." Xu Shao nodded, most of the night movements of this army are to avoid people's eyes and ears, and if the generals he encounters have ulterior motives, he is afraid that he will be wiped out all the way.

Xu Faguang looked at his son who wanted to speak and said: "Before, the city defense came to report, it seems that there is a cavalry around the city and going to the northeast, and their goal is not Xiaochang. ”

"Northeast? There are two forks in the northeast of Xiaochang, where will they go? ”

"It's none of your business where to go, don't mess around these days, just stay in Xiaochang." Xu Faguang said undoubtedly, "Now the imperial court is in an eventful season!" ”

Northeast of Xiaochang City.

There was silence in the wilderness all around, and the cavalry of the black pressure galloped on the official road in the moonlight, except for the sound of horses' hooves, the cavalry were silent, and they cooperated tacitly, although the sight was not good, they still maintained the formation, and no one was left behind, and they looked into a long line from a distance, and they didn't know how many people there were.

The dozen or so horsemen who led the way came to the fork in the road and turned right, and the large army that followed followed closely and turned and galloped southeast along the official road......

In the afternoon of the next day, the Huangzhou Governor's Office, Huangzhou Prefecture governed Huangcheng.

In the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion, several generals pressed one person to the ground, and the person could only make a 'woo' sound with a blocked cloth in his mouth, although he couldn't stop struggling but was still tied up by Wuhuada.

"The Duke of Shu is now in contact everywhere, and it seems that he is ready to raise troops."

Yuan Jingshan, the governor of Huangzhou, looked at the man who was escorted out and sneered, then turned to the middle-aged man next to him and said, "Gongfu, we are also going to start preparing." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, he was Huangzhou Thorn Shi Yu Wenbi, the word Gongfu. At noon today, the two received a secret letter sent by Chi Jiong, the governor of Xiangzhou and the prince of Shu, in which Lieutenant Chi Jiong denounced Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, for having different intentions for the Great Zhou, and hoped that he/he would reorganize his troops and prepare to oppose Yang and eliminate traitors for the country.

Eliminate traitors for the country? For which country?

Needless to say, the Great Zhou under the rule of Emperor Wu is willing to cut thorns for our emperor; The Great Zhou under the rule of the first emperor can only pinch his nose and admit it, what does this Great Zhou under the rule of the young emperor matter to me?

Yuan Jingshan, the governor of Huangzhou, fought under Wei Xiaokuan, the Duke of Yunguo, all the year round, and he could guess what the old Duke was thinking now; Yuwen Bi, he is well-informed in the southern and northern wars, the first emperor is mediocre and has long chilled the heart of the family, who is rare in the world of this Yuwen clan to Kuangfu!

The two had a good relationship, and as soon as they met, they decided to escort the messenger to Chang'an together with the secret letter, and handed it over to Prime Minister Zuo and Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, to show their hearts.

"The messenger has come all the way, and the one from Anzhou is afraid that he also received the letter yesterday at the latest, and he must be trapped in the beast fight." Yuwenbi is not a member of the Great Zhou clan, and he has no good impression of the former emperor Yuwenyun who did evil, and he has no feeling for the current young emperor at all, "From tomorrow onwards, we will rectify military affairs, and when the prime minister gives an order, I will go west to quell the rebellion." ”

Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, is a member of the clan, and this time he will inevitably respond to Wei Chijiong's rebellion, so the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion, which borders it in the southeast of the Anzhou Governor's Mansion, must bear the brunt.

Huangzhou and its subordinate states were originally the territory of Nanchen, last year was November of the first year of elephants, Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, was ordered to attack Nanchen, and took the current Huangzhou Prefecture to govern Huangcheng, and then the Great Zhou will occupy the states under the jurisdiction of Huangzhou today.

Yuan Jingshan, the former governor of Haozhou, served as the governor of Huangzhou, and Yuwenbi, the assassin of Huzhou, was transferred to the history of Huangzhou, and the two of them now decided to stand on the side of Yang Jian, the prime minister of Zuo, so sooner or later they will have to meet with Yuwenliang's sword soldiers, and the security of Anzhou Prefecture is more than two hundred miles away from Huangcheng, and the army will march for more than three days to be careful.

After the two discussed for a while, Yu Wenbi retired and left, and after walking out of the gate of the governor's mansion, the afterglow of the setting sun fell on him.

At the same time, the north gate of the Yellow City.

More than a dozen attendants followed a carriage to the city gate, and the city gate official collected the city tax and checked that the carriage was okay and let it go, and the carriage slowly drove towards the city.

Seeing the slow movement of the team, the city gate official shouted impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up, the city gate is going to be closed!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the blood flew up, his head flew up in the air, made a few turns, and fell to the ground, and the soldiers on both sides were killed by the sudden burst of carriage retinue before they could come to their senses, and the dozing sentry on the city gate could hear the movement and was about to move, but found that the sentry chief next to him was looking out of the city in a daze.

His face turned pale as he looked at it: in the distance, in the wilderness, a tide of cavalry was galloping along the official road towards the city gates, and the dust stirred up by the hooves of countless horses enveloped the cavalry, and they looked as fierce as evil spirits with teeth and claws.