The official road from Laizhou to Qingzhou was dusty, the people helped the old and the young, drove thousands of large and small ox carts and carriages, and carried countless backpacks, and the marching team stretched for dozens of miles, and they slowly advanced towards Changyi City.

The official road, which was not spacious, was blocked at this time, and I could hear endless shouting and scolding in front of me.

Cui Dazhuang rode over on a horse and asked, "What's going on ahead?" ”

"Back to the general, there is an old man who has suffered from heat stroke, and his family is blocking the road and is reluctant to go anymore."

The soldiers, fearing that they would be labeled as bullying the people, stood aside and kept persuading.

It turned out that the old man was suffering from heat stroke, and the man was a little afraid of being a soldier, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly poured water on the old father and beat his back, trying to relieve his father's symptoms so as to get out of the way. But the woman on the side observed for a while, and saw that the soldier was very polite, she kicked her nose and put it on her face, rolled on the spot on the official road, and threatened: "If you don't give us a carriage or two, you won't give way!" The people on the road also watched the excitement and completely blocked the official road.

The soldier kindly persuaded: "Sister, I was originally a cavalryman, and my horses have been given to you, so how can there be any carriage now?" ”

"I don't care, if I don't give our family a carriage, I won't get up." The woman had no choice, her father had suffered from heat stroke, and she had two children, one a few months old and the other just learning to walk. Without the carriage, it is really impossible to walk.

The soldier was helpless, so he had to frighten: "Sister, we really don't have horses, and if we delay the journey, I'm afraid that the Tartars will chase and kill." ”

"Even if the Tartars come, I won't get up, I'm not afraid!" The woman rubbed dirt on the ground, and when she saw Cui Dazhuang coming, she pointed at him and said, "Look, that man has a horse, give us his horse!" But as soon as she finished speaking, she was afraid.

When the people saw a man on horseback, they knew that it was a great official, for this was the first man on horseback that they had seen in five days.

Cui Dazhuang is no longer a young man who has just come out of the mountain, in the past month or so, he has fought thousands of miles, exterminating countless horse thieves, so that the Jiaodong bandits are terrified when they hear his name. He dismounted and walked to him, and the woman looked at him with some fear. He asked the reason, and said majestically: "Set her away!" Without saying a word, the two soldiers dragged the woman to the side of the road, and the man of the family hurriedly grabbed his daughter-in-law, lest she get into trouble again.

A gust of wind blew and dust filled the sky. Cui Dazhuang looked at the old man who was suffering from heat stroke and said, "Horse! The soldiers on the side hurriedly led his horse over. This horse has been following him since the day he left Beijing, he caressed its brown mane lovingly, and then led the horse to the front of the family, and said to the man: "This horse has been with me for nearly three months, and I have fought dozens of battles, I have never abandoned it, and I will give it to you today, I hope you will treat it well!" ”

The man didn't expect Cui Dazhuang to really give him the horse, so he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently. The woman also cried bitterly, pulling her eldest son and kowtowing to Cui Dazhuang constantly. When the people next to them saw this, they were also very moved, and they all knew that except for the few poor horses left, the rest of the more than 1,000 war horses were given to the people.

Cui Dazhuang said majestically: "The whole army rests, and continue to rush after an hour!" ”

He came to the improvised pergola, and when he saw that Confucius Master Meng wanted to speak and stopped, he asked, "What is on your mind sir?" "They have cooperated well for more than a month, and they have listened to the advice of Confucius and Meng several times to be invincible.

Confucius Meng said: "General Cui, our troops are too small, it's okay to deal with thieves, if you encounter a Tartar, I'm afraid it will be more than lucky." ”

Cui Dazhuang was puzzled: "Tartar? Where did the tartars come from? The nearest one is also in Cangzhou, thousands of miles away. ”

Confucius Meng muttered: "If Haoge dares to come, I am afraid that there will be no return, but what I am afraid of is the sea." ”

"At sea? You mean the Tartars across the sea? Impossible. ”

"Yes, I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case. Besides, we are moving with hundreds of thousands of people, and it is inevitable that the news will leak out, and if they come across the sea, it will be dangerous! ”

"What does the gentleman think?"

"Conscription, there are now more than 600,000 people, and there are countless young and strong people, if you recruit them out, it is better to have a defense."

"No, there is no need to talk about this anymore!" Cui Dazhuang didn't think about refusing. It's not that he hasn't thought about it, but conscription without permission is a taboo, and he will never do it.

Confucius Shimeng sighed helplessly, he also knew that conscription without permission would make the emperor suspicious, and it was a taboo for generals, but the current situation made him have a bad premonition.

I was really afraid of something, and in the evening, the scouts came to report: Kong Youde led 30,000 horses to land from Wang Xuzhai and went straight to Laizhou Mansion, which was only more than 200 miles away from them.

Autumn Willow Garden.

Wang Qianqian came to the backyard with an anxious face, and saw Qi'er standing alone outside the house, so he asked, "Is the emperor here?" Qi'er didn't reply, but her little face was slightly red, and she pursed her lips and glanced at the back room. Wang Qianqian knew that she was a cold beauty, so she didn't care, so she pushed the door and entered. Qi'er was hesitating to stop her when she heard an exclamation from inside the room.

When she entered the house, she saw Wang Jian bathing naked in a huge wooden barrel, and Yao'er on the side was holding a small scoop of water obediently. This was the first time she had seen a man's body, and she stood there at a loss for a while, she was stunned for a while, turned around and was about to leave with a red face.

Since she came, Wang Jian would easily let her run, and he said to Yao'er: "Go, get her back to me." ”

Yao'er smiled coquettishly, and obediently went over to pull shallow. Qianqian didn't know martial arts, which was Yao'er's opponent, and she was immediately dragged to the barrel.

Wang Jian saw that she was a little nervous, and said with a smile: "Scoop water for me." After saying that, he leaned back and rested comfortably on the barrel, so that the front of his body exploded. Yao'er handed the water scoop to Qianqian, she took the water scoop with a slight tremble, closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at it, just scooped the water indiscriminately. After scooping it up three times, he poured a large wave of water on Wang Jian's head. Because Wang Jian was tilting his head, a large scoop of water rushed into his nostrils, choking his nose and coughing constantly.

This time she was even more nervous, she shook her hand and kept apologizing: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to. ”

That cute appearance made Wang Jian love it, and he wanted a little revenge, so he stood up and picked her up and carried her into the bathtub. The water in the tub is only up to the shallow waist, not deep. But as soon as she entered the water, she was like a drowning person, her feet kicked wildly, her hands were also beating the water indiscriminately, she couldn't even stand up, and choked several mouthfuls of water in an instant.

Wang Jian hurriedly said: "It's okay, the water is not deep, oops, don't move!" But no matter what he said, Wang Qianqian was still like a frightened deer, struggling in the water.

Only then did Wang Jian realize: "She is afraid of water!" He hurriedly grabbed her by the waist and lifted her to the surface. With a shallow blushing face, she had palpitations, wrapped her arms around Wang Jian's neck, crawled in his arms and cried. Wang Jian thought that the joke was too big, looking at the shallow pear blossoms and rain that cried, he felt ashamed, and while stroking her tears, he apologized: "I just want to make a joke with you, I'm sorry, it's me who is not good, I scared you." ”

Wang Qianqian held back her tears, raised her head and said, "No, it's the concubines who are afraid of water and don't care about the emperor's affairs." ”

It stands to reason that the water in the tub is only waist-high, not deep, and it is impossible to be afraid. Wang Jian thought she was trying to comfort herself, and apologized: "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I won't next time." ”

Wang Qianqian knew that Wang Jian had misunderstood, and said hurriedly: "No, no, it's really the concubine who is afraid of water." After saying that, he thought of his sadness again, and sobbed in a low voice.

Wang Jian looked at her with great pity, and then believed that she really had something on her mind, so she gently patted her shoulder and said, "I am your father-in-law, you should tell me whatever you want, okay?" ”

Wang Qianqian seemed to think of something terrible, she hugged Wang Jian's neck tightly, and only in him could she get a sense of security. She cried: "That year, it rained heavily, and many people died in the courtyard..."

"Who died? Who killed it? ”

Wang Qianqian was in a trance for a while, she said: "Haoge killed, there are many, many Qing soldiers, they will arrest people when they see them, and they will kill people when they see them, Xiaocui was arrested, Wu's mother died, Aunt Zhang also died, and grandpa also died." It was just me and my brother who hid in the water tank all night, and it rained so hard that day, and it was so cold in the water tank, really cold. After she finished speaking, she hid in Wang Jian's arms and shivered, as if that scene appeared in front of her again.

Hauge again! Wang Jian was furious, and now it seems that Qianqian is not born afraid of water, but has left an indelible shadow in his heart when he was young.

"Hauge, I'm going to break you to pieces!" Wang Jian said silently in his heart.

Yao'er also cried and red-eyed when she was listening: "Sister Qianqian is so pitiful." ”

Wang Jian lovingly hugged Qianqian and comforted: "Okay, it's all over, good, we don't want to." After speaking, he gently clicked her sleeping hole and handed her to Yao'er. He heard a voice outside the house, it seemed that Wang Chengen was coming, and he had been waiting outside for a long time.