Chapter 22 Rushing to the crown and turning into a red face
Early the next morning, Zhang Yan took 30,000 strong men and dozens of carts of grain and grass, and waved goodbye to Hu Li, who had a splitting headache due to a hangover. After sending Zhang Yan, Hu Li and Zhao Yun took more than 2,600 wolf horsemen and 70,000 Montenegrin soldiers to hold more than 30,000 Yuan army prisoners after more than ten days of marching, returned to Zhending, and placed 70,000 Montenegrin troops in the villages near Zhending and distributed fertile land, Hu Li asked Zhao Yun to escort 30,000 Yuan army captives back to Jiumen.
In mid-February, Hu Li was cooperating with the soldiers to domesticate three fully grown golden eagles and three little owls, which were already more than two years old. In the past two years, because the male golden eagle often followed Hu Li to the east and west, and the female golden eagle had to take care of the little golden eagle, the golden eagle couple was less and more separated, which directly led to the birth of no little golden eagle in addition to the original three eggs, and the owl was a female, and it has not been able to find a suitable partner for it, so there are only three little owls hatched from the original egg, and the goshawk is a lot, and now there are more than 30 of them, and there will be more and more in the future, which is good news, because goshawks are relatively easy to domesticate, and there are no natural predators at high altitudes, as a letter eagle and scout eagle is also a very good choice.
On this day, as soon as Hu Li returned to Zhending City from the raptor camp, he heard a report from his own soldiers, saying that someone from the Zhen family had visited, and Hu Li, who was puzzled, met with someone from the Zhen family, who was the housekeeper of the Zhen Mansion who had a relationship with Hu Li. The housekeeper of the Zhen Mansion obviously felt that Hu Li was a little familiar, but Hu Li had changed in height and figure in the past two years, especially the increasingly majestic momentum on his body, so that the housekeeper of the Zhen Mansion did not dare to speculate, and Hu Li did not break it, and asked straight to the point: "I don't know what the housekeeper is looking for me?" ”
"If you go back to the county guard, the villain is on the order of Zhen Yao, the head of the Zhen family, and comes to see the adult, please save my fifth lady Zhen Mi, my fifth lady passed through Xinshi when returning to Wuji with the caravan, and was detained by the Xinshi county order, and the Xinshi county order let the young lady's escort bring a message to the head of the family, saying that if you want to redeem the caravan and the fifth lady, you have to send him 10,000 gold within ten days, otherwise you will confiscate the goods and accept our fifth miss as a concubine, as for coming to ask for help from adults, it is the meaning of our fifth miss. The housekeeper of the Zhen Mansion replied.
"Please go back and tell the head of the Zhen family, I will send troops to Xinshi to rescue the fifth miss of the Zhen family." After listening to the butler's words, Hu Li hesitated for a moment and then said to the butler.
"Lord Xie Junshou, the villain has retired."
After the defeat of the Yuan army in the battle of Zhending, Yuan Shao did not add troops to Xinshi, so as not to stimulate Hu Li, and acquiesced to Xinshi as a buffer zone for the forces of both sides, so there were only 1,000 soldiers in Xinshi County, and most of them were recruits, and their combat effectiveness was very low. Hu Li, who knew about this situation, only took 100 guards and three bear guards to kill Xinshi, and after two days of rapid marching, Hu Li and others arrived outside the city of Xinshi without a moat in the evening. After a little rest, Hu Li took advantage of the night to let the three bear guards violently tear down the weak Xinshi city gate with the iron rods in their hands, and then Hu Li took a hundred guards to kill the county government directly under the opening of the three bear guards, and after easily solving the weak resistance of the county government, he pulled the Xinshi county order out of his concubine's bed, and after asking Zhen Mi and the caravan to fall, he killed him with one shot.
In the sincere panic of the county officials and the soldiers guarding the city, Hu Li and a hundred guards swaggered away from the county seat of Xinshi with Zhen Mi and the Zhen family caravan. Two days later, Hu Li safely escorted Zhen Mi and the Zhen family caravan back to Wuji Zhen's house, and promised to stay at Zhen's house for a night at the repeated invitation of Zhen Yao, the head of the Zhen family, and rush back to Zhending the next morning. In the evening, at the sumptuous dinner arranged by Zhen Yao, the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Mi, the fifth lady of the Zhen family, who couldn't resist her third brother Zhen Yao, said goodbye and went back to the room to rest after giving Hu Li a glass of wine. Zhen Yao, who was frightened by Zhen Mi's actions, hurriedly complained to Hu Li: "The little sister is young and ignorant, please don't blame the county guard." ”
"It's okay, come, drink." Hu Li, who knew what was going on, smiled bitterly and touched his nose and said.
Seeing that there was no displeasure on Hu Li's face, Zhen Yao put the heart back into his stomach, and then persuaded Hu Li to drink, and Hu Li, who was depressed, did not refuse, and after a while, the two of them drank a little high, Hu Li asked Zhen Yao when he was hot with wine: "Brother Zhen, let my sister be beautiful and fragrant and dress up as a woman again, I don't know which famous son you are marrying?" ”
"Alas, don't mention this matter, my little sister was supposed to marry Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family, as a concubine the year before last, when my Zhen family married hundreds of cars of dowry and nine hundred servants, can be on the way after Zhending, encountered a thief, killed all the housekeepers and a hundred families who came to meet Yuan's house, and snatched all the hundreds of cars of dowry, my little sister came back sullen and dressed as a woman, asked her and didn't say anything, and then rejected Yuan's request to welcome her again, and then she didn't agree, This seizure incident is estimated to be an act of retaliation instigated by the Yuan government, and my Zhen family is expected to have a more difficult life in the future. Zhen Yao sighed and said to Hu Li.
"I don't know if the Zhen family caravan is willing to cooperate with my Changshan country, go to Bingzhou or the grassland to buy horses, and then sell them to my Changshan country?" After listening to Zhen Yao's words, Hu Li said thoughtfully.
"Lord County Shou is serious, my Zhen family had a caravan to Bingzhou before, only because Changshan was controlled by Lord County Shou, so I didn't go to Bingzhou again, it is rare for Lord County to value, my Zhen family must only be Lord County Shou and look forward." Because he completely offended the Yuan family and was in the middle of the road, Zhen Yao was eager to hug Hu Li's still thick thigh, so he was busy showing his loyalty.
"But I have conditions, I can't hide it, I have been in love with Sister Ling for a long time, and I shouldn't be a beautiful woman, but I really don't worry that Sister Ling will show up again and encounter danger, so I am here to ask Brother Zhen to be fulfilled." Hu Li has rescued Zhen Mi for the second time, and Hu Li, who is really relieved of Zhen Mi's safety, has to say cheekily.
"The county guard has a county at a young age, and he has 100,000 armor under his command, and it is the honor of my Zhen family to marry the county guard, but my little sister is stubborn by nature, and I have to ask for her opinion as a brother." Zhen Yao said with a wry smile.
"No need to ask, I've already heard it, I'm willing to give him a concubine, I just hope that the wedding banquet can be handled simply." Passing by the hall, Zhen Mi, who happened to hear Hu Li's marriage conversation, said a few words and left.
Zhen Yao, who was full of doubts, said to Hu Li, who was full of ecstasy: "Since my little sister agreed and asked for a simple operation, then in three days, the county guard will send someone to greet her." ”