Chapter 63: Who Holds the Umbrella in the Smoke and Rain (I)
The water was clear and cool.
Ye Yingwu took a long breath of the hot wind and jumped out of the water.
Qiqin has already asked the maids to step back and personally serve Ye Yingwu in a white linen robe, she is still plain and elegant, the white gauze robe and Ye Yingwu's white robe echo each other, as if they are a fairy couple from the heavenly palace.
Through a layer of bead curtains, you can already smell the aroma of rice, not big on the stone table, in the middle is a delicate squirrel osmanthus fish, the whole fish is bent into an arch, and the fragrant sauce is still rolling down along the body of the fish, with a sweet smell. Perhaps knowing that Ye Yingwu didn't like Lin'an very much, Qiqin was very smart and did not make West Lake vinegar carp, but chose the signature squirrel osmanthus fish in Subang's cuisine.
The others are light and common side dishes, and the light fragrance exuded by the squirrel osmanthus fish is strong and attractive to each other, refreshing people's hearts, which shows the elegance and intentions of the cook's character.
Except for the squirrel osmanthus fish on the table, which is still a dish that can be enjoyed by rich and noble families, the rest are eaten by ordinary ordinary people, as a big fish and meat in the previous life, and the school cafeteria has not been to the second generation, these days are also dusty and ordinary soldiers who fish in a pot of rice, even coarse tea and light rice Ye Yingwu will not care.
The Mongolian iron horse is pouring into the country, and in this troubled era when the sky will fall, it is already God's blessing to be able to have a bite to eat, thank God.
It's better to be away from the troubled people than the dogs in the troubled times. Only by being on the scene can you experience the thick blood, tears and sorrow behind this sentence.
Qiqin smiled lightly and waited on the side, waiting for Ye Yingwu to take a seat. According to the rules at this time, concubines with low status are actually not qualified to sit at the table with the master of the family, but Ye Yingwu forcibly pressed Qiqin on the stool every time.
Ye Yingwu stretched his waist, and suddenly realized that he hadn't eaten a meal quietly at home for a long time, since he came to this society full of strangeness and murderous intentions seven hundred years ago, he was getting farther and farther away from the family affection that he had never cherished in his previous life, so far that every time he saw Ye Mengding, it was not like looking at his father, but like looking at an old man who had integrated his life into this era, looking at a hero.
"What? But the food is not tasty? Qiqin looked at Ye Yingwu in confusion and contemplation, and couldn't help but ask with a little worry, although she usually doesn't care much about what others think of her, but in any case, this is also a long time to prepare, if Ye Yingwu doesn't like it, Qiqin will naturally not be indifferent.
Ye Yingwu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "No, I'm just thinking about today's thingsΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·"
A glimmer of light flashed in Qiqin's beautiful eyes, and she had already noticed that Ye Yingwu was lying, although Qiqin had always directly ignored the lies that Ye Yingwu wanted to cover, but today she couldn't help but glance at him lightly and didn't say a word. I have to say that Ye Yingwu is definitely not a person who is good at covering up and lying.
Ye Yingwu knew that Qiqin saw it, so he didn't bother to say anything, but stood up straight and pressed her shoulder to let her sit on the stool, and said softly: "Xie Dieshan's name is from the Dieshan Courtyard in Tongshan County, the scenery is unique, are you interested?" β
"Stacked Mountain Courtyard?" Qiqin's beautiful eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded, "I have been looking up to the name of the Dieshan Courtyard for a long time, and it would be a great honor if I could go." β
"That's good, I'll let the eldest sister accompany you, if the little lady of the Lu family is also interested, you can go with you, after all, Brother Junshi is also with you." Ye Yingwu said softly, his eyes swept over the blue waves outside the bead curtain.
Qiqin seemed to realize something, and her eyes swept over Ye Yingwu's body intentionally or unintentionally, and the worry and tenderness contained in it almost melted Ye Yingwu's entirety: "Just going to the Dieshan Courtyard to play in the mountains and rivers, it doesn't seem to be the character of the husband?" β
Ye Yanei immediately disarmed and surrendered: "What I did here is Tongshan Zhixian." β
"Tongshan Zhixian Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·" Qiqin nodded slightly, "No matter why, the concubine has always been with her husband, sharing blessings and difficulties." β
Ye Yingwu didn't say anything, and sat down again, the silky fish meat carried a strong affection, Ye Yingwu wanted to confide the secret of his life experience in an instant, but he still held back. The people around him are smart, so they can clearly see that they have covered up and lied again and again, but they have never ignored these lies full of loopholes.
You owe me nothing, but I owe you.
couldn't help but sigh, Ye Yingwu held Qiqin's hand.
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Compared with Daye, which is known as "a hundred miles of golden land, a cornucopia in the south of the Yangtze River", Tongshan County, the southernmost part of Xing**, is more low-key, there are no rich mineral resources such as gold and silver, copper ore and iron ore, but the picturesque scenery still attracts a lot of literati and ink writers to linger here, and Xie Fangde, who later passed on the history in the name of Xie Dieshan, also has a small courtyard of his own in Dieshan in Tongshan County.
Of course, people in this era will not know that in real history, hundreds of years later, there is a king who has reached the end of his life like a legend in Jiugong Mountain in Tongshan County, and has left too many confusing secrets for future generations.
This person, called Li Zicheng, is known as King Chuang.
So far, there is also a Chuangwang Town in Tongshan County to commemorate the common people who turned the entire Ming Dynasty upside down.
These are all afterwords, at this time, riding on the horse, Ye Yingwu just squinted his eyes and let the green mountains and the nine-winding flowing water pass by on both sides of the winding and undulating road. Several horse-drawn carriages moved slowly along the rugged mountain road under the escort of the Hundred Battles, and flags with the words "Ye" and "Song" written on them danced in the wind.
Jiang Tie took these veterans of the Hundred Battles Capital like a great enemy, and his eagle-like sharp eyes swept around the surrounding mountains and dense forests. In fact, there is no need for them to be so vigilant, I don't know how many old soldiers from the Tianwu Army and the Anji Army are crawling down on the battlefield on the hills, and there are even soldiers with crossbows on the high places to guard.
The front chamber of the Tianwu Army was commanded by Jiang Hao and the left chamber were both commanded by Wang Jin to lead the remaining elite of the Tianwu Army from the north into Tongshan County, and it seemed that he had realized that Ye Yingwu had begun to do it to himself, and Jia Yufeng was also a very experienced person in the officialdom, so he naturally understood that it was unlikely that he would flee back to Lin'an even if he packed up his shirts, you must know that whether he was taking the water or land route, he had to cross the entire Jiangnan West Road, even if he escaped from the hands of the Tianwu Army, he would definitely not be able to escape from the palms of Jiang Wanli's group of old foxes.
Rather than throwing himself into the net, it is better to take a risk, as long as he covers it up properly, and Ye Yingwu's officialdom experience is a little worse, Jia Yufeng is still confident that as long as he turns the dizziness of this uncle, he can cover up his various crimes, if he has no crimes of his own, Jia Yufeng has not yet figured out what means Ye Yingwu can use to pry away the nail embedded in his heart.
Tianwu Army? Two Huai Shui Divisions? Even if you did win a battle in Huangzhou, it doesn't mean that you, Ye Yingwu, are qualified to replace me Jia Yufeng!
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Jia Yufeng hurriedly walked down from the sedan chair with the large and small officials belonging to Tongshan County, the ten-mile long pavilion is not far away, and the surrounding area has been overgrown with wild grass, almost covering the steps of the pavilion, and I don't know when this pavilion was built After experiencing countless wind and rain, there are only mottled pillars and tiles that have fallen a lot of pavilion covers.
Frowning, Jia Yufeng didn't say anything, but swept his cold and sharp gaze over the official in charge of the county post station, the little official's heart trembled, and he immediately lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Jia Yufeng. In this Tongshan County, Jia Yufeng is the undisputed overlord of the earth, coupled with the intricate relationship between him and the court, it is not a tricky matter to kill this little official.
No matter how broken the ten-mile long pavilion is, there is always a place to welcome Ye Yingwu. Although the officials of the Jia Yidao Party headed by Jia Yufeng are not very interested in the official eunuchs of the Jiang Wanli Party who have sprung up, after all, Ye Yingwu has indelible military exploits, and there are iron-blooded soldiers under his command who have survived a hundred battles, which Jia Yuqing does not dare to ignore even if he comes in person.
Ye Yingwu can't be underestimated no matter what.
The official road that has been in disrepair for a long time is also barren and miserable, but it is still better than the official road in Huangzhou, after all, the barren grass only spreads to both sides of the road, and the tamped soil makes the road still maintain its original appearance.
Clusters of black shadows appeared in the distance, and gradually a red banner representing the Great Song Dynasty and a forest of swords and guns came into view at the same time. Rows of soldiers strode along the official road with banners held high, without saying a word but murderous, even if they were far away under the ten-mile long pavilion, these Tongshan County officials who witnessed the appearance of the Tianwu Army still couldn't help but shudder, and those local township soldiers in Tongshan County who were guarding the left and right subconsciously wanted to draw their swords.
How can the soldiers who have survived a hundred battles on the battlefield be underestimated?
"Here we are." Taking a deep breath, Jia Yufeng couldn't help but say softly.
Ye Yingwu, you're finally here.
At the front of the Tianwu army column, there were two young generals riding forward side by side, the banners behind him were hunting and dancing, and the large platoon of soldiers followed closely behind, and the eyes were flashing with high fighting spirit, staring at the Tongshan County officials who were trembling in the wind in front of them.
Although the south wind had blown across the country, these officials still felt a chill to their bones, which made them shudder.
The queue of the Tianwu Army stopped, and the two young generals rode their horses one after the other, until they were under the ten-mile long pavilion. The soldiers raised in the back followed closely, and the flagpole held high in their hands did not even move in the slightest.
The Songzi banner and the Yezi flag danced side by side, just like in the wind and rain like yesterday, just like under the Macheng where countless robes and Ze brothers fell. After experiencing the baptism of blood and fire, the Tianwu Army finally showed the majesty of the force.
Looking carefully at the young general who came first, Jia Yufeng breathed a sigh of relief, the person walking in front was a little frivolous, and he was riding alone, naturally it could not be Ye Yingwu himself, and the person behind him slowly rode his horse under the support of the standard-bearer, but it was very possible.
"It's Jia Zhi County in front?" Jiang Hao, who was in the lead, glanced at Jia Yufeng, who was slightly hunched in front of him, and asked with a slight yin and yang weirdness, biting the word "Jia" into extra weight, as if Jia Yufeng's magistrate was just an acting "fake magistrate".
Jia Yufeng's years of cultivation can not be broken by Jiang Hao's small irony, and he didn't hear the irony at the moment, and replied very respectfully: "Qiyu, this general, the next official is Jia Yufeng, the county governor of Tongshan, the two generals are handsome and talented, I don't know how to call them?" The general in the back is Xing** Zhijun Ye Envoy? β
Jia Yufeng's sentence is also thorny, although the front is a sycophant of Jiang Hao, but in the end, Ye Yingwu should no longer be a low-ranking regimental training envoy "envoy", but should be "Zhijun", on weekdays, the title of "envoy" is only qualified to be used by the old department of the Tianwu Army, Jia Yufeng's title is naturally a counterattack to Jiang Hao just now.
Jiang Hao was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "I didn't expect Jia Zhixian to open his mouth as 'Ye Zhijun', and he really regarded himself as an old pawn of the Tianwu Army, but it may have disappointed Lord Zhixian, Ye Zhijun has already gone to Lord Xie's Dieshan Courtyard first, and the elite of the Tianwu Army is exhausted, and the last general is incompetent, so he can only take these soldiers to Tongshan County first, which can be regarded as having a response with Ye Zhijun." β
Ye Yingwu didn't come? Not only Jia Yufeng, but the rest of the officials were also deeply surprised on their faces, and everyone fell into a strange silence for a while.
Wang Jin, who came from behind, coughed lightly and said slowly: "This general is the commander of the left wing of the Tianwu Army, and this general is the commander of the front wing of the Tianwu Army, Jiang Hao, who was ordered by Ye Envoy Jun to be stationed in the north of Tongshan County, and I hope that the Lord of Zhixian will arrange an open space to camp. From this time on, the left and front compartments of the Tianwu Army will take over the guards of Tongshan County, and I also ask for your cooperation. β
The head of Tongshan County, who was unreliable after his command, was the first to react, and breathed a long sigh of relief, if he had such a soldier under his command, he would not want to be a scum who closed the city gate and let the Mongolian cavalry rage or simply put up a white flag to surrender, now that there are two main forces of the Tianwu Army stationed in Tongshan County, the burden on his shoulders is finally light, and he will not have to be careful to maneuver between several Jiang Wanli and one party adults in Yongxing County and Jia Yufeng in Tongshan County.
With these hundreds of elite soldiers, plus the new soldiers who arrived one after another, General Ye Yingwu represented Jiang Wanli and his party to control the entire Tongshan County in the palm of his hand.
Jia Yufeng will have a hard time in the future.
Feeling the complicated gazes of the officials around him, Jia Yufeng naturally had mixed feelings in his heart, such an elite army was stationed outside the city gate and stared at him, then Ye Yingwu really looked down on his own little magistrate and this Tongshan County.
Let's take one step at a time. Jia Yufeng simply put the fact that Ye Yingwu was not here behind him, and still said respectfully: "Xiaguan has seen the two generals, and asked the two generals to bring Xiaguan's greetings to Xing** Ye Zhijun, Lu Tongju, and Master Xie. β
Knowing that Jia Yufeng had relented, Jiang Hao and Wang Jin glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, as long as this hard nail can still recognize the facts and not resist with all his might, the whole situation can develop smoothly and steadily, and Tongshan County will eventually be included in the actual control of the Tianwu Army.
"A certain meeting, please rest assured that Jia Zhixian will be reassured." Jiang Hao didn't want to embarrass him anymore, so he replied nonchalantly, "It's not convenient to talk here, does Jia Zhixian want you and me to stand here all the time to greet each other?" β
Jia Yufeng secretly cursed in his heart, this kid really doesn't know the height of the sky, obviously he is standing with a group of officials, and Jiang Hao and Wang Jin, two young men who have not yet reached the age of twenty, are standing tall on the horse.