As expected, until Liu Yeqiang returned from the banquet, the housekeepers of the General's Mansion did not let anyone send food, but the food supply of the northbound detachment was not a problem in the first place, and no one cared whether they would send food or not. When Liu Yeqiang came back www.biquge.info it was about nine o'clock in the evening, and after he came back, he had a small meeting with Yangmu Qin Luqi, and from the situation at the "banquet", everyone can analyze that the matter of this northward gift was not known to all the officials as mentioned in the previous discussion with the executive committee. On the contrary, apart from the General's Office, the Jinyi Guard, and the local town guards, the officials of Annam Province were almost completely unaware of the matter, which caused the three to worry.

According to the northbound plan, the convoy first arrived in Beihai, then turned east with the local escort team in Beihai to Mingzhou, Guangdong, and then turned north in Mingzhou, passing through Hengyang, Changsha and Yueyang respectively, and then went east along the Yangtze River through Wuhan, Jiujiang and Anqing to Nanjing. Originally, it was planned that the northbound detachment in Nanjing would make a certain stop, visit the literati and scholars in the local area, and then go to Hangzhou along the Grand Canal across Shandong to Beijing. But now the plan may change, because the civil service does not get enough benefits in this matter, and it is conceivable that what the Senate requires in the future business development will definitely hurt the interests of the civil service, so it is not ruled out that there will be people along the way. After all, from the time of arrival in Yueyang, the route of the northbound detachment was through the waterway. If someone wants to do a black hand, they will definitely choose a boat on the water, after all, the range of activities of the people on the boat is small, and it is extremely inconvenient to escape, and once an accident occurs, it is often a dead boat.

Therefore, after discussion, the three of them decided not to take the waterway, but to cross the Yangtze River directly in Yueyang, and enter Henan from Jingzhou through Xiangyang. In view of the fact that Shaanxi should be in a state of rampant bandits, it is necessary to carry out a large-scale supply before entering Henan, so as to ensure that there will be no food crisis before entering Beijing by land. Now no one knows whether the Shaanxi Liukou has entered Henan, in case of encountering the Liukou or the black pressure of the homeless, the northbound detachment must make a detour, so the amount of food carried is very important.

In addition, on the way back to Liu Yeqiang, Liu Chuanzhi also had a discussion with him, in fact, the first person who began to worry that the civilian officials would hack this northbound team was Liu Chuanzhi. According to the original plan, after they rested in Beihai for a day, they would join Liu Chuanzhi's personal army team of about 100 people when they set off, and there were also about 100 people in Jinyiwei. In this way, the size of the northbound detachment will rapidly expand to about 250 people, so that when marching, not only will the speed be slow, but the team will be bloated, and the command can also be said to go their own way -- Liu Chuanzhi's personal soldiers and Jinyi guards will definitely not obey the command of the northbound detachment, and the special reconnaissance team of the northbound detachment will not listen to their orders, and the run-in between the two sides is a very maddening thing, not to mention the mighty heading north to the Beijing Division.

Out of concern, Liu Chuanzhi suggested that a reconnaissance battalion of 200 cavalry and 300 infantry escort them north -- of course, it would cost money. However, Liu Yeqiang rejected the proposal, and instead reduced the size of the escort team, allowing only ten Jinyi guards and ten archers from his own soldiers to join the detachment, and they were commanded by a general in charge. At the same time, the general manager was responsible for carrying the paperwork that needed to be presented during the inspection along the way, so as to ensure that no official person would block himself along the way - of course, if there were really an eyeless kind of coffin with an outstretched hand to ask for money, then they would basically have their entire family slaughtered at night, and the special investigation team was here to do this work.

But what made Liu Yeqiang feel very embarrassed was that he just went to have a meal, and there was an extra woman in the northbound detachment. The little beggar who knocked over on the way to the banquet turned out to be a fourteen-year-old girl, and now all the old clothes on her body have been burned after being supervised by Lin Yueru to take a bath. Xiao Yezi, who is now standing beside him, is wearing a set of special investigation team uniforms that obviously look a little too big, and a pair of cloth shoes that a special investigation team member bought from the street not long ago. The messy chicken-nest-like hair on her head had been cut clean, and she wore a slightly oversized beanie hat on her head, which could be seen from the scalp on both sides of her ears that had been shaved very cleanly - shaving her hair was done by the medical staff of the special investigation team, after all, shaving when dealing with wounds was a skilled job, and in the current environment, the best way to deal with parasites such as lice was to shave your head. In response to this trip to the north, almost all the people in the northbound detachment had their hair shaved, including the three veterans. The enemies they face this time in the Red Zone are not only possible bandits, but also infectious diseases, parasites, and unfamiliar terrain. Therefore, the three elders did not have any resistance to the "shaving order", and they were shaved almost immediately.

Xiao Yezi is now standing beside the three elders, she doesn't know what these people are going to do, she only knows that if she wants her to come, she will come, and let her stand wherever she stands. She had heard of the deeds of the people in the days of wandering and begging, and they seemed to have a little reputation in the legends of the people, much like the "one hundred and eight generals of the kettle" said by the storyteller in the teahouse in the begging, but those "one hundred and eight generals of the kettle" did not do less on weekdays to kill people and set fires. She has always had a white and black concept of these people in her heart, if it weren't for the sake of being able to have a full meal, she wouldn't kneel down and beg the people to take them in.

It was getting late now, and the three real men had summoned themselves to this room and didn't know what was going on, and she couldn't help but quietly look into the room when she thought of this. The personnel of the northbound detachment are all staying in the annex of the general's mansion, and the annex usually lives when greeting guests, but it is nothing more than three rooms, and at most it sleeps about ten people, and now there are dozens of people in the northbound detachment, and the room will definitely not be able to live. Before she came in, she saw more than twenty tents on the ground in the courtyard, and many people slept in those small tents, which was very convenient.

She couldn't help but suddenly recall the experience of begging all the time, curled up under other people's roofs every day, or lying on the steps, and being driven away before dawn, or the vicious dog roared all the way and scared the chickens and dogs, and occasionally was bitten by the vicious dogs all over the body, but no one cared whether she lived or died, and there were even evil servants who would laugh or speak ill to each other next to her. The most stable day in her memory was half a year ago in the mountain temple in Sanli, south of the city, where more than a dozen little beggars hugged together, went out to beg during the day every day, and spent the night in the dilapidated mountain temple. But the good times didn't last long, last month's typhoon directly blew the mountain temple over, and crushed six or seven little beggars to death, now they are all scattered, I heard that some also followed the caravan south to the Oriental Port to cast a beard, but more continue to stay in Beihai City to beg. She suddenly recalled the situation a few days ago when several people from the incarnation center pushed a cart full of corpses to the mass grave in the west of the city, and she clearly saw a fifteen-year-old boy who was also piled up in it, with a bloody face and eyes wide and a terrible death, it was a little beggar she had always secretly loved, who took good care of her on weekdays, but died somehow.

There was nothing special in the room in her eyes, the whole room was not large, and there was only a bed, six chairs, and a small table in the middle. The three of them were sitting around the small table, and when they saw her come in, someone nodded at her.

"Sit down." Liu Yeqiang stood up, and before the words fell, he saw Xiao Yezi kneeling on the ground, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

"I'll go, what's going on?" Liu Yeqiang couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly reached out to pull, and as soon as he grabbed Xiao Yezi's hand, he saw her shrink as if she was electrocuted, but he didn't dare to move again in an instant.

Xiao Yezi didn't know what this real man was going to do, but judging from where he was sitting, it should be the person who spoke in these three real bones, and it should also be his master. This person is tall, good-looking, and has the appearance of a scholarly crepe, in fact, she has a good impression of this real man. But as soon as this real man came up, he let himself sit - he was someone else's slave, where would he dare to sit? Hurriedly knelt down. She didn't expect that people would reach out and touch her hand when they came up, and she trembled with fright, even if she liked people no matter how much she liked them, she didn't just come up like that, right?

Liu Yeqiang doesn't have the slightest idea of this, although he is a standard old-world otaku, and he is a virgin and Wang Lao Wu, even if he has a certain status and a lot of silver after crossing over, he is still a diamond-studded Wang Lao Wu. What's more, the girl in front of her looks no more than 1.3 meters tall, and the long-term malnutrition makes her look like a little girl in the old time and space who is no more than ten years old, so Liu Yeqiang is even less interested.

Xiao Yezi was inexplicably lifted up by Liu Yeqiang, who patted her knee-side gently and said, "Don't kneel in front of us, kneel to the sky and kneel to your parents, what are you kneeling in front of us?" Are we the Lord of the City God? ”

Xiao Yezi couldn't laugh, but continued to stand up with her head down, letting Liu Yeqiang pat the dust off her knees. "In principle, we will not directly accept a native into our northbound detachment, but now the situation is special, and it is definitely not appropriate for us to let you go to Dongfang Port alone, so we will take you north to Jingshi, and wait until the mission over there is completed, and then take you back to Dongfang Port for education and training or something."

Where does she know what education and training are? She didn't know that it was a word when she fell, and as a woman, she never thought of learning knowledge. Usually listening to those scholars in the teahouse drinking tea and eating snacks and talking about those inexplicable people, except that they can eat as they want, she really has nothing to envy, she would rather listen to those storytellers tell those "kettles" or "monkeys" stories. When the master spoke, she couldn't pretend that she didn't understand anything, so she nodded as if she didn't understand.

Liu Yeqiang smiled and snapped his fingers, then pointed to the bed and said, "You can sleep here tonight, we have someone on duty, if you need anything, just say it, I will let the special investigation team of the night watch take care of you." As he spoke, he looked at Yang Mu Qin and said, "Will she be afraid if she sleeps in this little girl?" Why don't you let your wife come in and sleep with her? ”

"Isn't it okay?" Yang Muqin smiled and shook his head, Lin Yueru complained to him not long ago, this girl is covered with lice, bedbugs and fleas, although she has taken a bath twice, but who knows if there will be any that has not been cleaned? In addition, let Lin Yueru sleep with this "maid", won't she be alone in the empty tent? How boring. At this time, there was a sneering laughter outside, needless to say, he knew that it must be blue grass "eavesdropping" outside, he couldn't help but be depressed, and was about to speak, when he saw Xiao Yezi puff and knelt on the ground again, "The slave doesn't dare, the house is where the old man sleeps, where can the slave sleep in such a good place?" Saying that he was about to kowtow, he was pulled up by Liu Yeqiang again.

"I said that I am not allowed to kneel, and then kneel to serve the family law!" Liu Yeqiang's face was a little angry, although he said it in his mouth, but he didn't know what family law was, and he used to use such words to deter domestic servants in TV dramas before, so he said it casually.

However, this family service is really deterrent, and Xiao Yezi didn't dare to kneel anymore, but just lowered his head and said, "Master sleep in the bed, the slave maid just needs to fall asleep under the porch......"

Liu Yeqiang shook his head, "No, it's best for girls, especially when they are growing, not to get cold, no wonder you are thirteen or fourteen years old and you are only so tall." Now you're too young to see it, but when you're older, you'll be sick and bed! ”

Xiao Yezi wanted to say something, but Liu Yeqiang waved his hand directly and forcefully and said, "Didn't you call us master?" Do you dare not listen to what the master said? Let you sleep in a bed, just a bed! So the question of whether to let her sleep in bed or where to sleep was immediately over.

"By the way, what's her name?" Liu Yeqiang turned his head to look at Yang Muqin and asked, Yang Muqin shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, you ask her." ”

"The slave maid has no name, when the parents were still alive, they were called slave maid Erya, and later after becoming a beggar, the little friends were called slave maid Xiaoyezi." Xiao Yezi muttered to himself in a barely audible voice.

Liu Yeqiang was stunned for a moment, "You still have a surname, right?" Xiao Yezi nodded, "The slave maid used to be surnamed Ye, and now she begs the master to give her surname." ”

"Surname?" Lu Qi smiled on the side and said, "Why don't you have your surname Lu?" ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Yeqiang interrupted Lu Qi's words, "What is your surname?" Your surname is Ye, your surname is Ye, don't you have a name? ”

"The slave has no name." Xiao Yezi shook his head. Liu Yeqiang groaned slightly, looked into Xiao Yezi's eyes and said, "Or you can call Ye Zhiqiu." ”

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