Chapter 168: Clouds want clothes, flowers want to look

Qin Lei's rebellion army had been out for half a month, and he was not in a hurry to go north, but first attacked Xiling Mansion, Yiling Mansion and other places to the west of Jingzhou Mansion, and expelled all the Maitreya disciples from several prefectures to the north.

The timing of his attack was very tricky, just before the wheat harvest, when the green and yellow were not harvested. The things stolen by the Maitreya Sect have already been eaten by hundreds of thousands of believers, and after the ravages of the Maitreya Sect, most of the unbearable people fled to the east of Jingzhou Mansion, and several mansions under the control of the Zhennan Army, and there was no place to grab some more food.

Those 'princes' and 'grandfathers' had also organized several 'Eastern Crusades' to sweep up some grain from the area controlled by the Zhennan Army, but Qin Lei had already strictly ordered Qin Youcai not to let a single Maitreya disciple pass through the Jingzhou defense line, and wrote to Marshal Bo Xian, asking the western battalion of the Zhennan Army to assist in the defense and protect the fleeing people.

The Xu family has already fallen to Qin Lei, and Qin Lei can master the South Canal as long as he completely sweeps away the water bandit checkpoints along the South Canal. In the matter of the canal, the Zhennan Army only played a deterrent role, and did not really use knives and guns. But Qin Lei still paid the one million taels donated by the Xu family to Marshal Bo Xian in advance. Although there was an element in it to reward Yang Wenyu's good performance in Shannan, it still made Marshal Bosheng praise him for his commitment and trustworthiness. For the small request that came with a million taels of silver, Marshal Bo Xiang naturally readily agreed.

Under the protection of the two Zhennan armies, the Maitreya disciples with low combat effectiveness naturally couldn't please them, and after a few attempts and tens of thousands of corpses, they had to shrink back, not daring to cross the thunder pond for half a step.

When the food of the cathars began to be unsustainable, they asked the parishioners to contribute, but the people had to eat? We follow you to live a good life, don't say anything blissful, at least let me eat, right? I can't eat enough, so why should I give it to you?

As a result, few responders to the call to the cathars. Those princes and grandfathers looked at it, okay, they didn't eat and drink when they toasted, and they didn't look at who was holding the knife handle. The little ones, copy the guys, rob this group of uneyed bitter haha, don't leave a grain of grain for them......

Once this kind of robbery starts, it will not be as simple as just grabbing food. The few women who had money and modest appearance among the parishioners fell prey to the cathars. The former patron saint has been transformed into a devil who robs him of everything. The believers collapsed, not only in life, but also in faith.

There was a mass exodus of the parishioners, who could not bear it. By the time the cathars reacted, the Ten Stops had already gone to the Six Stops, and a large-scale blockade and manhunt had begun, which naturally aroused the resistance of the Catholics. This revolt led to an even more brutal repression by the cathars...... Before waiting for any movement of Great Qin's army, the Maitreya Sect had already become a pot of porridge.

Qin Lei's attack was launched under such circumstances, and everywhere the army arrived, all they needed to do was to take an attack posture, and the Maitreya sect members who were fighting endlessly fled in spite of the wind. The counterinsurgents did not encounter any decent resistance along the way. Within three days, it recovered Xiling Yiling and the south of Zhaoqiu County in Dangyang Prefecture like soup and snow, and drove nearly 100,000 Maitreya disciples into the wheat city where Emperor Guan walked the wheat city eight hundred years ago.

Qin Lei ordered the team to camp under the city and rest for a while.

In the Zhongjun tent, he changed into a loose robe, and sat on the recliner that had just been unloaded from the cart, Qin Lei twisted his neck comfortably, and said to Yun Sheng who was packing up his clothes: "At the beginning, if Lan didn't let her go, I still laughed at her for being like moving." Now I know that if I didn't spend that kind of thing, I wouldn't be able to enjoy such a blessing. ”

Yun Sheng didn't seem to hear his famous words that contained bullshit, and still lowered his head, folding the clothes that Qin Lei had changed into one by one, and stacking them neatly together. It wasn't until Qin Lei finished speaking that she said 'ah' and looked up at Qin Lei, her eyes full of confusion.

She has been looking depressed for three days. Since leaving Jingzhou City and entering the area controlled by the Maitreya Sect, she was shocked to find that the originally picturesque pastoral countryside has become empty and starving, full of ruins, broken walls, stumps and broken bodies, and those corpses with exposed white bones seem to have been removed from the flesh with a sharp blade......

Qiao Yunsheng, who has been walking among the people for half a year, how could he not know the tragedy, the more he has this kind of awareness, the more remorse and regret will be eroded by his bones, and the big eyes that were originally radiant and looking forward to life have completely lost their luster, and they are as boring as a dry well.

Qin Lei shook his head and sighed lightly: "You think of yourself too much. ”

Yun Sheng was not moved by Qin Lei's novel statement, and still looked absent-minded.

Qin Lei saw that the movements in her hand had stopped, and knew that she was listening, so he stared at her with blazing eyes, and said with a smile: "Great Qin has accumulated many evils, and the people's lives are miserable, so they are naturally extremely dissatisfied with reality, which gave the Maitreya Sect the opportunity to make waves." In other words, as long as these problems are not solved, there will still be resentment in the hearts of the people, and even if there is no Maitreya Sect, there will be a macaque sect and an elk sect that will come out to make trouble. ”

Originally, the girl had already listened attentively, but when she heard Qin Lei's nonsense about the macaque elk later, she couldn't help but smile, and suddenly she was like an epiphany blooming and a dark room shining, and Qin Lei was a little stunned.

Noticing Qin Lei's straight eyes, Yun Sheng hung down his slender jade neck in shame, and even his heart jumped with a puff. The tent suddenly fell silent, and there was a smell called ambiguity in the air.

Seeing Yunsheng's shy appearance, Qin Lei couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, this girl was really afraid of this. Retracting his pervert-like gaze, Qin Lei continued: "In the same way, since Gong Liangyu has already made a plan to provoke civil strife in my Great Qin. He will definitely find someone to be this Buddha girl, even if there is no Qiao Yunshang from you, he will find someone else to replace him. ”

Yun Sheng listened, pondered silently for a moment, and finally lightly opened her lips and said: "A sin is a sin after all, and no matter how you exonerate yourself, you can't save the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Jiangbei." ”

Qin Lei saw the determination in the girl's eyes and knew that they were two kinds of people. Qin Lei can find various reasons to forgive himself, such as this rebellion in the south, although it seems that it has nothing to do with him, but if he sends troops as soon as possible, he can make the people suffer a little less. But Qin Lei never thought so, he confidently told himself that at the beginning of the Maitreya Sect, there would definitely be a bit of sharpness, and if he attacked immediately, he would definitely lose a lot. It's better to wait for the enemy to mess up and fight hard, it will be a situation where you get twice the result with half the effort, why not?

He would also tell himself that in order to solve the three major problems of 'Cao Yun', 'Vacancy', and 'Rulership' in the south, the sacrifice of these people was worth it. So there is not a trace of psychological burden, at least it seems like this. This kind of person is good to say that he is from a high position and takes the overall situation into account, but in fact, he is just selfish and cold-blooded.

After a short silence, Qin Lei asked helplessly, "Then what do you want to do?" Self-determination to thank the world? ”

Yunshang said calmly: "That's irresponsible and cowardly, Yunshang won't do it." I will forgive my sins and spend my life paying what I owe. ”

When Qin Lei heard this, he paused, and said with a strange expression: "If Gu didn't take you out, would you keep running away?" ”

Yunshang raised her hand and stroked the hair hanging down in front of her forehead, and said with some nostalgia: "Maybe, Yunshang really wanted to nest in Qingcui Villa at that time and never go out for the rest of her life." He said and chuckled, "Otherwise, the slave family will not ask you to change to a more comfortable errand." "Unconsciously, since they met on the river, the brilliance she deliberately collected reappeared on that beautiful face." If you don't see it, you can deceive yourself. But to come out is to come out, to see is to see, this cannot be changed, and you can no longer deceive yourself. That kind of firmness and frankness is something Qin Lei has never seen before.

Seeing the change in Yunshang's temperament, Qin Lei praised in his heart: This is the human spirit who occupies the charm of the world and wins the favor of heaven and earth. The original cloud clothes are beautiful, but they are godless, like the most exquisite porcelain in the world, but there is no embellishment of the charm of the world. Now that she finally stopped escaping from reality and escaping from her past self, the deliberately hidden fragrance was also generously revealed in front of Qin Lei.

Qin Lei smacked the only beautiful scenery in the world, rubbed his chin and said, "The Lonely King regrets bringing you out a little. ”

Yunshang's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly like a crescent moon, and she said softly: "The prince is a righteous man and a gentleman, but he is always a flowery mouthful. "This means, you can talk about it, but don't live up to the reputation of a 'righteous gentleman'.

Men are all guilty of cheapness in front of beauties, and the degree of cheapness is directly proportional to the degree of beauty. Qin Lei seemed to ignore Yunshang, who was still called Yun Yi at that time, and even deliberately humiliated, which was also a kind of cheapness, or a more perverted crime-it was nothing more than that he was afraid that he would fall into the fat powder array, fall into the beauty scheme, and not say anything about the big thing, and he was sorry for the poetry rhyme in Zhongdu, so he was not sensitive to her. But my heart is itchy, and I can't help but toss this girl who has fallen into the country and the city to get some alternative pleasure.

Of course, if Yunshang didn't restrain his temperament at that time, but faced Qin Lei in his current state, he wouldn't have been able to get off this black hand.

Qin Lei looked at the girl who was becoming more and more real, but more and more distant, and just wanted to ask her about her future plans, but there was a sound of footsteps outside. Yunshang lowered her head, gathered that peerless splendor again, and turned back into a gorgeous and peerless little palace maid.

It was Shen Bing who came, and after passing through, he entered the big tent. Qin Lei waved his hand to let Yunshang withdraw, and after she walked away, Shen Bing said in a low voice: "Just contacted, they turned out to be the guards of the South Gate." ”

Qin Lei nodded and asked softly, "How sure are they that they control the South Gate?" ”

Shen Bing said: "Since they joined the Maitreya Sect, they have been sent to Maicheng to preach. After the rebellion, he naturally became the chief and deputy guard of the South Gate, and the team sent by his subordinates to support was also arranged in the South Gate defenders, so it shouldn't be a big problem......

Qin Lei lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said to Shen Bing: "You go and inform them, on the fourth watch, three partridges call as a signal, open the city gate, and welcome the army into the city." ”

Shen Bing nodded in response, and then quietly retreated. Only then did Qin Lei say to Shi Dang: "Find Qin Youcai." ”

When Qin Youcai arrived, Qin Lei didn't say hello, and asked directly, "How are the sergeants settled?" ”

Qin Youcai arched his hand and said: "Back to the prince's words, all the little ones will set up camp and go down to the village, and bury the pot to cook after half an hour." ”

Qin Lei said with a smile: "Tonight, slaughter a batch of pigs and sheep sent by the Jiangbei gentry and reward them." ”

Qin Youcai hurriedly responded, and sighed again: "It's good to follow the prince, drink wine in a big bowl and eat meat in a big piece, and it's comfortable and tight." It's like marching and fighting in previous years, eating cold and hard dry food and drinking rain cement soup, which is really incomparable. ”

Qin Lei laughed and said: "We are only two days away from Jingzhou Mansion, of course we can supply it, if we take you south to Chu State in the future, it will not be the same as eating river water soaked dry buns?" Then he commanded, "Put a grill in a conspicuous open space in the camp, and pour out the batch of wine and pour it with water." I will go to lecture later. ”

Qin Youcai heard this, and said with a sad face: "The prince is gracious, that is a tyrannical thing." Besides, there is meat but no wine, just like a woman who is not called ordinary, tasteless. ”

Qin Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Are you a pig?" Won't pour the wine into the tank first? Saying that, he was about to kick out: "Hurry up and get out, and go alone to lecture in half an hour." ”

Qin Youcai hurriedly retreated: "I'll get out." ”

In less than half an hour, the entire camp was filled with the enticing aroma of barbecue, which hooked Qin Lei's gluttony. He couldn't sit still any longer, so he called Yunshang in, changed into a battle robe for himself, and went to the open space in front of the camp in search of the smell of meat.

I saw a hundred and ten barbecue racks set up in the open space, and the whole pigs and sheep on the blazing bonfire racks were squeaked and oiled. The fireheads carried large barrels and used the wooden brushes in their hands to repeatedly brush the ingredients on the roasted meat, which made the aroma even more fragrant......

Qin Lei found that not only himself, but also the soldiers waiting in line on the side were also looking forward to it, looking salivating.