Chapter 170: The Second Master of the Cui Family
Early the next morning, the unlucky robber Wu San and his gang got up early, broke willow branches one by one by the river, and squatted there and stabbed hard.
Yuan Yuzi on the side still had a bitter and bitter face, poked it with a willow branch, and muttered: "I really can't figure out what Lord Qin thinks, it's really hypocritical." It's okay to take a broken branch and poke it, making a mouthful of bitterness, where is it comfortable? ”
Although he muttered in his mouth, he didn't dare to stop the movements in his hands at all. Because behind them, Su Dingfang was holding his hands on his chest and squinting at them, if anyone dared to brush without care, he would kick him.
Early this morning, they were pulled up by Su Dingfang, saying that they were going to take them to Lingtai County. However, it is not to be handed over by them to the county order, but to let them go back and let the people know that this robber has been surrounded and suppressed.
It's nothing to go back, but Deputy Lieutenant Qin has spoken, thinking that they are too smelly, especially since they have never brushed their teeth, which has seriously affected the appearance of the army.
Yuan Yuzi couldn't figure it out, he was one of the ones who burned the fire on the gang, and it still affected the appearance of the army?
But Lord Qin is whatever he says, anyway, his brain is relatively simple, as long as there is food in his stomach, his head is basically dormant......
He was thinking nonsense, and the movements of his subordinates were completely chaotic. I accidentally stabbed it crookedly, and it stabbed directly to the mouth, and it was bloody.
When the people over there saw him like this, they were also shocked, and thought that there was something wrong with this willow branch. Just as he was about to stop, Su Dingfang on the side walked up, and without saying a word, he kicked Yuan Yuzi and directly kicked him into the water.
"I've washed my body too, and if the lieutenant finds a piece of mud on my body, I'll give you a military stick to beat you up."
Su Dingfang had a gloomy face, he had been with this guy for a long time, and everyone knew Su Dingfang's character, he just had a stinky face on weekdays, but in fact, it was just because he was not good at communicating, typical cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
But Wu San didn't know it, and when they saw Yuan Yuzi being kicked down, they were kicked directly. Without saying a word, he jumped into the water with "puff" and "puff", which made Su Dingfang, who was on the side, stunned in place.
"These guys can't really have a sick brain, do they?" Su Dingfang saw that these people didn't have any temper at all, and he was also very helpless.
This baptism lasted half an hour, and it was only when it was time for breakfast that they came out of the water. All of them have been soaked and turned white, especially Yuan Yuzi's bald head, which is almost like waxing.
Su Dingfang pursed his lips and led them towards the barracks. This time they caused quite a stir, not because they were all reborn, but because of ......
That guy, all of them are soaked and white, and his complexion is a collision with a pig......
"Poof~"
Qin Ze, who was drinking porridge over there, saw that these people couldn't hold back for a while, and directly squirted out.
But it's really not good to hit their self-confidence, and they don't look at them. It's just that when he turned his head, he saw Yuan Yuzi on the side, the bald head that could almost glow, and suddenly Qin Ze couldn't hold back, and squirted out again......
And just like that, it was the weirdest breakfast the entire barracks had ever had, and almost no one could finish it. In the last one, they threw the dishes and chopsticks directly, hugged their stomachs and laughed.
Qin Ze didn't expect these guys to be so sincere, he let them take a bath, and he just washed himself off.
It can be said that as robbers, they don't have the backbone that robbers should have, and the fifth team, which is not the same robber, is also hiding their faces and ashamed at this time.
This time, because they entered Lingtai County to pull military rations, Qin Ze and the others also planned to go out as a whole. In advance, they also had people talk to the county order of Lingtai County, so by the time they arrived at Lingtai County, the city gate tower was already full of people.
Qin Ze and Cheng Huailiang walked in the front, and at a glance they saw Qing Ai holding the hands of the people, and their faces changed at the moment, and as soon as the reins in their hands were pulled, they shrank back.
On the other side, Cheng Huailiang was extremely excited, the general's triumphant return was not just the welcome of the people, this guy would have been completely immersed in this great joy, and it was estimated that this scene was what he had dreamed of.
And Qin Ze felt that he couldn't disturb Cheng Huailiang's Yaxing, so he consciously didn't break it.
Qin Ze felt that Qingai wine was only for heroes to drink, so it was natural to give this honor to Cheng Huailiang......
Well, of course......
At this time, Lord Chen, the county commander of Lingtai County, was also wearing an official robe at this time, and when he saw Cheng Huailiang coming, he also hurriedly got up to greet him.
"Chen is a citizen of my Lingtai County, thank you for being the captain."
Chen Xianling saluted Cheng Huailiang, but it was only a greeting gift. Because in terms of the official rank of the two, he is one level higher than Cheng Huailiang, so naturally there is no need to make a big salute.
Military attachés are different from civilian officials, and in many cases, military attachés do not attach much importance to the rank of civilian officials. So sometimes you will see that a military attache of the seventh rank meets a civil official of the sixth grade, and he is still calm and idle.
"Chen County's order is serious, but it is just a trivial matter, and it is naturally incumbent on us to be able to contribute to the people." Cheng Huailiang looked at the adoring and grateful eyes of the people, and the whole person had already become fluttering.
Either how to say that this Lingtai County is different from Fangwu County, in Fangwu County, Qin Ze only sees numbness and perfunctory. But in this Lingtai County, he saw the light of hope in the eyes of the people. Although the gates here are more broken than those in Fangwu City, and although the people here are suffering more Turkic ravages, their hope is still there, and their backbone is still there.
Cheng Huailiang and Chen Xianling met with courtesy, and as usual, they also brought out green wormwood wine to Cheng Huailiang. Cheng Huailiang, who was still in pride, saw that he was treated like this, so he naturally picked up the wine bowl and poured it into it as soon as he raised his neck.
It's just that as soon as this wine entered his throat, a pungent and spicy taste immediately rose, and his face became a little green, and he almost didn't spit it out, but when he saw that all the people were looking at him, he still forcibly drank it.
It's just that he also reacted, turned his head and secretly glanced at Qin Ze who was hiding behind......
What else can Qin Ze do?
Of course, it's a righteous face......
Snickering......
The good guy Cheng Huailiang is also bold, and he directly poured eight bowls of green wormwood wine. The face was almost distorted, and the left hand hanging under him was also clenched, obviously extremely uncomfortable.
It didn't matter how uncomfortable he was, Qin Ze was quite happy anyway. Seeing that he had finished drinking, he walked up as a deputy general and greeted Chen Xianling.
Cheng Huailiang was almost unconscious in his mouth, and when he saw Qin Ze coming over, he leaned into his ear and asked softly, "You also drank it last time?" ”
Qin Ze patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, and lightly spit out two words: "I didn't drink!" ”
Then he followed Chen County's order one step at a time, leaving only Cheng Huailiang who wanted to cry without tears......
Chen Xianling did not say anything that was not a literati, but after some greetings, he introduced the two to Lingtai County.
The streets of Lingtai County are also lined with dilapidated houses, and even half of the foundation has disappeared. But the streets are still very tidy, and there are even craftsmen walking the streets, singing and drinking their own words, which is really energetic.
The soldiers stopped at the gate of the city, and only more than 30 people followed Qin Ze and the others to the county office. Because they had met in advance, Chen County Ling also knew why they came. It's just that this expression is obviously a little difficult.
Qin Ze hurriedly inquired and learned that there were only more than 20,000 hectares of cultivated land for the 3,000 people in Lingtai County, and most of them were planted with soybeans and sorghum. In addition to these, there is still some wheat every year, but just yesterday an inspector came to Lingtai County and directly blocked the county granary in the name of inspecting the grain storage.
So now Chen County Commander has no food in his hand to give to Qin Ze, but in the end, it is a county order. At that moment, he made a promise that even if the people ate less, they would not starve the soldiers.
As he spoke, he took Qin Ze and a few people to another open space, only to see that there were cloth bags here, and there were several piles of large and small. Qin Ze and Cheng Huailiang went up to open it and found that there was some wheat and some soybean sorghum inside. The colors are mottled, and it is clear that old grain and new grain are mixed together.
This makes Qin Ze how to get it, who can't see that these are the rations of the people, and maybe how long the people will be hungry.
"Chen County Order, the inspector you just mentioned only arrived yesterday?" Qin Ze felt that this inspector was extremely strange, and he always felt that it was Cui Erye who was in Fangwu County last time.
"That's true, a few days ago, my Lingtai County suffered a drought and locust plague, and it is understandable that His Majesty sent an inspection envoy, but as soon as this person arrived in my Lingtai County, he sealed the county granary, saying that he wanted to check the people's granary. I explained the situation to him, but he delayed for various reasons, so Chen had no choice but to make this decision. ”
Chen Xianling also looked helpless when he spoke, he was in this pass area, so he naturally didn't know the grievances between Qin Ze and the Cui family. I thought that the patrol envoys who came this time were a little too conscientious, so they missed the matter of military rations.
This inspector is an official of the five products, and usually after a natural disaster, he will send out various places to inspect the people's situation. That is, the imperial court needs to see if the people in these places have food and whether they have the intention of rebelling. Therefore, it is understandable for the inspector to seal the granary now, but in Qin Ze's opinion, this is deliberately looking for trouble.
At that moment, he saluted at the Chen County Order on the side and asked, "Dare to ask Chen County Order, the patrol envoy who came is also from the Cui family?" ”
"It's the second master of the Cui family." Chen Xianling's expression was also stunned, and he didn't understand what Qin Ze meant.
"Haha, they're really lawless." Qin Ze laughed, nodded at the reckless bull on the side, and then the other party disappeared.
Although Chen Xianling was puzzled, he didn't ask much, but he saw Qin Ze and Cheng Huailiang lying together, and he didn't know what he was talking about.
In the county granary on the other side, the second master of the Cui family was sitting leisurely on the stool, drinking the tea made by the servants.
He naturally knew that Qin Ze and the others were now bent on rushing to Lingzhou, so naturally they didn't have time to spend here, so he didn't believe that they still had the strength to fight after eating soybeans and sorghum for ten days in a row. Maybe it will be directly torn apart by the enemy army, so Cui Erye complacently regarded his record as a clever plan to surrender without a fight.