"But I never thought that I would still cause trouble to Yu Gongzi."

With a slightly wry smile, Aunt Li saluted Yu Guozhen, this is the second time she has apologized to Yu Guozhen for this matter.

Yu Guozhen waved his hand: "What do you have to do with the eldest lady and the girls, it's just some prodigal children, and it's not much trouble." ”

The performance has ended, the sky is getting dusk, and a ray of sunset shines on Yu Guozhen's face, casting a faint golden light on him. Aunt Li glanced at him and nodded slightly: "Yes, it is hundreds of thousands of rogues, and it is not in the heart of Yu Gongzi." ”

"I would also like to thank Aunt Li for organizing this performance, all the girls are patriotic, and Yu and Jiawei are deeply impressed." Of course, Yu Guozhen will not be angry with them, they are kind-hearted, but they like to be lively when they remember the surname of the women of the family, and those frivolous literati came over, and they did not refuse.

"Yu Gongzi is really outside, if there is no strong man like Yu Gongzi, let the thieves come to Jinling, then the Qinhuai River is not soaked in fat powder, but blood." Aunt Li suddenly sighed and lowered her head: "As a woman, the slave has shallow knowledge, but she also knows that in the future, the country will rely on a strong man like Yu Gongzi." ”

Yu Guozhen's heart moved slightly, how could the ancients be fools, in this general trend of the world, even Aunt Li has already seen it.

"A man's duty, I dare not shirk it." Yu Guozhen said.

Aunt Li said goodbye and got on the boat, and this row of painting boats was rippling lightly, and left along the West River. They will stay in Wu'weizhou tonight, and they will leave for their own back.

Seeing their painting boat and embroidery boat go away, Yu Guozhen looked back at the guards who were stunned by a group of warblers and Yanyan, and couldn't help but smile.

In terms of age, most of these guards are between seventeen or eighteen to twenty years old, and it is the time when I miss Shaoai, so many women of similar age come here, whether they can appreciate their talents or not, they are inevitably in a mood.

This is human nature, and Yu Guozhen doesn't want to stop it.

"Hehe, little official, these girls, can you invite them often." Tian Boguang came up and said with a smile.

"Wipe the saliva off your mouth before talking to me, you're the one who makes the most trouble."

"Ah, yes, but the villain didn't feel it." Tian Boguang came up, Yu Guozhen glared at him, but found that his expression revealed an unprecedented closeness.

It's close, not only Tian Boguang, but all the guards present, almost all of them.

There are some things that are not pointed out, even if everyone knows it, they don't dare to show it. Before the women's performances, when Yu Guozhen taught those sons and scholars, he made it very clear that he would never treat his family TV as a slave.

In the past, they fought under Yu Guozhen's orders, but this time, they saw Yu Guozhen fighting for them with their own eyes.

Who can be regarded as a slave to a heroic man like them?

"Come up less, I'm not a beauty." Yu Guozhen said angrily.

"But the little official, what the villain said is true, when I was watching, someone said, it turns out that we are fighting, in addition to protecting our homeland, we are also protecting such a delicate little lady, I knew this, we should have a little more strength."

"I think that's what you're saying." Yu Guozhen smiled, looking at the slowly flowing West River, he sighed slightly: "But that's right." ”

"Even those servants, their expressions seem to be a little different." Tian Boguang said again.

Naturally, how many of these servants had seen such a battle? When they were rogues, the beautiful little lady was not hiding, and whoever would show up in front of them was captured for them, and that was also the leader of the ditch, who had sung and sang for them!

And the pride of the guards also made them ashamed. They are thieves, they are cowards, and they generally don't report their real names when they are outside, because they are afraid of dishonoring their ancestors.

"Hmm...... I hope so. Okay, you go back and get ready, today is a rest, and you have to hurry up and get started, but fortunately this winter is not too cold......"

At this time, it was indeed not the coldest winter, so although it was in the Xiaoice River period, the West River was not frozen, and the west of the Great River went to the east, and the news quickly spread to all places, and it arrived in Jinling in a short time.

At this time, because of the matter of the Liukou, the people from all over the world gathered in Jinling, one came here to the most convenient news, and the second came to Jinling City is the southern capital, and the city defense is better than other places. It is Zhou Yanru, who also lives in Jinling City, and his sources are very wide, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Since he was free, although he retired to the countryside and hardly dealt with local officials in order to avoid suspicion, there were always some casual guests at home. When a curtain guest saw his smile, he asked: "Why is the master laughing, although Yu Guozhen said that he has contributed to the country, but after all, it was Shi Kefa's proper planning, and the desperate help of officers and soldiers from all walks of life to retreat, but a little merit, he was so rampant, wantonly insulting the scholars, it was simply blindless!" ”

Of course, these curtain guests are all scholars, and they are indignant in their hearts, and Zhou Yanru laughed again when he heard this: "I think Yu Guozhen's scolding is good." ”

"Oh, why did you say that, sir?"

"Do you really believe what Tang Bao said, Zhang Guowei is strategizing, and if Shi Kefa commands the enemy, he will have to win this battle?" Zhou Yanru himself is not good at military affairs, but his vision is good: "Zhang Guowei is a good hand at repairing the embankment and the Jun River, as for Shi Kefa...... There is courage, but if there is really a bit of military strategy, how can it be in an embarrassment in Chao' County? ”

"What does the boss mean?"

"Naturally, it's all due to Yu Guozhen, but this kid has always been eccentric, never fights for credit, and I don't know what his intentions are...... Could it be that Zhang Guowei and Shi Kefa robbed him of the credit? But Yu Guozhen's kid's style of acting, I don't think he can bear it, if he is really robbed of the credit, he will inevitably cause a big disaster. Zhou Yanru also scratched his head: "Such a person, if he marries a good scholar and recruits literati, he is the main pavilion of Zhou, and it is difficult not to doubt it, let alone Wen Wucheng today?" ”

Wen Tiren is a native of Wucheng, Zhejiang, so Zhou Yanru is called Wen Wucheng, his instrument has never been generous, Zhou Yanru talks about characters at home, and generally avoids this person as much as possible, but this time he directly proposed Wen Tiren, and the few people who were familiar with him were stunned.

Zhou Yanru also knew that he had lost his words, he was squeezed out by Wen Tiren, and he had been planning how to recover for nearly three years, and now that he finally has some news, it is inevitable that there will be some careless gaffes. He pursed his lips, smiled reservedly, and diverted the topic elsewhere: "Is the new issue of "Storm Collection" out?" ”

He said this, but he was thinking in his heart: "If this news reaches the capital, I don't know how Wen Tiren will react...... But he's afraid he won't have time to react, at this time, those people ...... It should have already started! ”

Just as he thought, at this moment, in the colder northern capital, a huge storm was forming. However, although this storm was provoked by Yu Guozhen, who was far away, it had nothing to do with Yu Guozhen, and Yu Guozhen himself was out of the way to watch the excitement.

What he is busy with now is the reconstruction of the Hosoyanagi Annex.

Originally, it was not suitable to start work in winter, but Yu Guozhen's main purpose was to cultivate the 2,000 prisoners into good habits, and at the same time be familiar with the rules and regulations he formulated, so even if he knew that he would get twice the result with half the effort, he chose this time to start work.

Fortunately, at present, it is only leveling the site and reinforcing the roadbed.

By the 19th of February, the ruins were basically cleared, and a group of guests came on horseback, led by Bao Wenda.

In this battle, Bao Wenda was one of the few generals of the Ming army who could still see Yu Guozhen's eyes, and Yu Guozhen was a little surprised when he heard that he came to ask for a meeting.

"Yu Gongzi, the lower officials are here to ask for Yu Gongzi." Both sides are cheerful people, and there is not too much noise, Bao Wenda directly stated his intentions: "Some friends who have made good friends with the lower officials want to get to know Yu Gongzi." ”

Yu Guozhen frowned, and there were some doubts in his heart: "Know? ”

"Ahem...... Yu Gongzi also knew that Liukou broke Huo'shan County, regained momentum, and then retreated into the mountains......"

Bao Wenda was a little embarrassed when he talked about this, after the siege of Shu's city was lifted, because the officers and soldiers did not dare to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, he was given the opportunity to get out calmly. Zhang Xianzhong's main force was not only not damaged, but also dared to besiege the county seat when passing through Huo'shan County, after an attack was not successful, Zhang Xianzhong lied that the city only needed to hand over 10,000 taels of silver and 200 stone grain, and then abandoned the city without attacking, the big households in the city raised silver grain, Zhang Xianzhong retreated, attacked back at night, the city was broken, this is the fourth day of February, more than ten days have passed.

"The armies followed into the mountains, but it was difficult to gain anything, if so, they entrusted the officials to Yu Gongzi...... That one...... Favors. Bao Wenda became more and more embarrassed.

"What favor?"

"I heard that Yu Gongzi captured a lot of thieves, so, that ......"

Yu Guozhen suddenly realized that the generals of the Ming army did not dare to go deep into the Yinghuo Mountains to fight with the revitalizing Zhang Xianzhong, so he thought that he still had thousands of prisoners in his hands to fight these prisoners!

His heart moved, in addition to the two thousand captives picked out, there were indeed more than 2,000 captives who were driven to Wu'wei by him, those captives were all lazy and cunning, Yu Guozhen did not intend to leave them, these generals wanted military merits, but they could make this deal.

Thinking of this, he said with some regret: "I'm afraid this matter will not be successful, I have already agreed with Senator Shi that these prisoners are driven by me...... Senator Shi is afraid that it is sad. ”

"Senator Shi is asking us to serve, and he will only turn a blind eye." Bao Wenda hadn't spoken yet, and a person next to him smiled and said: "Don't worry, Yu Gongzi, we are all cheerful people, and we will never let Yu Gongzi suffer, a prisoner, five taels of silver." ”

The price is low, but Yu Guozhen thought of something again, anyway, there are some things that he can't use anymore, and it would be good if they could be exchanged for cash.

"Okay, the 2,000 people on the Xiang'an side can't be moved, but in Wu's action, I still have nearly 3,000 prisoners, all with you." Seeing that the general was a little disappointed, he smiled again: "In addition, I still have the captured armor and equipment in my hand, and it is useless for me to keep them, as long as you are willing to bid, I will sell them!" ”

"Armor?" The general's expression froze.

"Exactly, about a hundred and eighty sets of armor." Yu Guozhen calmly said.

"What kind of armor is it?" The general asked again.

"There are more than 30 sets of mountain armor and 150 sets of scale armor." Yu Guozhen reported a number that made the general's eyes suddenly red.

(To be continued)