Chapter 20: How Many Winds and Moons
"What's wrong?" Ye Zhao, who listened to the little woman's fuss, wanted to laugh.
"He, he, it's him......" Grandma Jinji's snow-white little hand holding the clairvoyant mirror trembled slightly, and her voice was even more excited.
"Who?" Ye Zhao was immediately stunned: "Rong Gongzi?" ”
Grandma Jin Er bowed her head, then handed the clairvoyant mirror back to Ye Zhao, pointed to the distance and said, "That's it, tall and ...... with long hair."
Where did Ye Zhao recognize it? As seen in the clairvoyant mirror, there is almost no difference between these villagers, whether they are men or women, they are all dressed like sackcloth to cover the critical parts, and some have metal rings around their necks, which looks like the "nobles" of the village.
On the other side, the soldiers of the Naval Division's infantry battalion had dispersed, and they rushed towards the village with light and agility like leopards.
"Don't hurt!" Ye Zhao shouted, since Rong Chunlin can take a leisurely walk in the village, that kind of speculation has come to naught, this village is not a bandit's nest.
Raising the clairvoyant mirror to watch, sure enough, when the musketeers suddenly appeared from all sides of the village, and the natives shouted "We are officers and soldiers" and the like, the villagers were extremely docile, and slowly gathered around the ancient trees at the head of the village according to the orders of the natives guides. The musketeers searched the village, and every thatched house and tree house was not spared, and all living people were forced to hug their heads and gather in front of the ancient trees.
After carefully searching the village three or four times, a signal soldier climbed up to the tree house and waved the flag "Safe".
Ye Zhao didn't wait for the sentry here, clapped his hands, and walked out slowly, and Grandma Jiner hurriedly followed.
This is a towering ancient tree that can only be hugged by seven or eight people, with green branches and leaves covering the sky, and it seems that it is also a place where these local people believe in gods or places of faith, and the dense canopy is full of strange cloth strips.
There were more than 100 natives, men, women, and children, all of whom looked in horror at these bayonet-cold invaders, like lambs to the slaughter, and several natives covered the eyes of the young children cowering in their arms with their hands, praying uneasily for the gods' blessing and no bad luck befell their children.
"Big brother!" Grandma Jin Er stared at a native in a cloak among the villagers, but the native squeezed into the crowd.
"Stop!" Grandma Jin Er snorted, and the native body was stunned.
Ye Zhao waved his hand, and a soldier had already walked over to pull the native whom Jiner's grandmother identified out of the crowd, and the rest of the native people were scratching for a while, and a native woman reached out to hold it, but was rudely pushed to the ground by the soldier.
"Sure enough, it's you, Rong Chunlin!" Grandma Jin Er gritted her teeth, isn't this native on the other side her eldest brother who is not a weapon? The cloak is scattered, draped in linen, and the whole tree is a barbarian, but he really takes his surname.
"Jin'er ......" Rong Chunlin suddenly smiled all over his face, it was the kind of flattering smile, "You, how did you find it?" ”
Grandma Jiner's pretty face was covered with frost, and she said coldly: "Since you are not sick or sick, why are you hiding here and refusing to see anyone?" Do you know how worried your mother is? ”
Rong Chunlin sighed: "What face do I have?" encountered a seaspout, the ship was destroyed and people died, the bodies of Lao Zhao and Lao Li sank into the sea, and the cargo of the ship was destroyed, I, how can I afford to pay for it? ”
Seeing that it was as he expected, this big brother was the same as when he was a child, and when he encountered any problems, he hid and became a turtle with a shrunken head, and Grandma Jiner became angry namelessly, and said coldly: "Do you think you don't have to lose money if you hide?" Don't you want your mother and second brother to help you deal with the aftermath? What about sister-in-law? Are you ready not to see her for the rest of your life? ”
Rong Chunlin said with a strong smile: "No, no, no, when I have made up my mind, I will naturally go back." ”
Grandma Jin Er didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, turned around and walked to Ye Zhao's side, and bowed lightly: "Jin Feng thanks Grandpa for his great kindness, my brother is dull, tired Grandpa is guilty, and Jin Feng is afraid." ”
Ye Zhao smiled and waved his hand, and said in his heart that this Rong Chunlin is also a superb man.
turned his head to Pei Tianqing and said a few words, Pei Tianqing ran to the native guide and whispered, and soon the native guide grunted, and explained to him according to Ye Zhao's instructions, saying that the person rescued in Wuxi Village was a Chinese businessman, his sister Qianli looking for a brother, thank you for taking him in, etc.
At Pei Tianqing's signal, all the soldiers put away their shining bayonets, and the soldiers who pushed down the native women went over to apologize, which frightened the native people for a while, and the native guide helped translate the apology, but the native people were at a loss.
After a while, the natives knew that they could move freely, and one of the natives cautiously walked out of the circle that the musketeers had just demarcated, and all the natives held their breath, but there was no danger when they saw it, and these vicious outsiders did not punish him, so they took their families one by one, turned back and were more careful, and dispersed towards the village.
Ye Zhao took out some candy from the package carried by the guards next to him and handed them to the native children one by one, which frightened the family, and he was always a little unhappy in his heart.
Some children were bold and ate immediately, and immediately seemed to have discovered a new world, shouting loudly in surprise, and the other children also cowered and stuffed the candy into their mouths, and the children's mothers looked at their children with worry, not knowing what outsiders were giving their children, but they didn't dare to care.
The native guide led over a native elder with layers of metal rings around his neck, and it seemed that the elder was supposed to be the leader of the village.
"I'm sorry to scare everyone!" Ye Zhao clasped his hands together and smiled in apology.
After the guide finished muttering and translating, the old man was very frightened and said something in a loud voice.
Ye Zhao didn't wait for the guide to translate these kind words, and said: "Thank you for rescuing the drifters, I didn't bring any gifts today, and when I return to the city, I will definitely send someone to thank you for sending generous gifts!" ”
The old man muttered, talked about the internal affairs in a loud voice, and said reverently: "General, it's getting late, so stay in the village tonight, right?" ”
Ye Zhao looked at the sky, indeed, the sunset was gradually falling, a fire glow, if you turn around now, you have to walk through the jungle at night.
"Well, thank you, old man." Ye Zhao smiled and folded again.
…… Ye Zhao and Grandma Jin Er lived in the "luxurious" tree house of the elders, and the soldiers naturally set up a cordon around it, and the natives of several tree houses around were invited out, dozens of steps away, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry formed a cordon.
Of course, except for the change of guard, the soldiers all stayed outside the village, and the few disturbed natives were all given broken silver, which was very happy.
The tree house where Ye Zhao lived was built next to a towering tree, with two rooms inside and outside, with a few small windows, bare without any furniture, creaking when stepping on it, and the natives only slept on the wooden floor of the tree house with hay or linen.
Ye Zhao asked the soldiers to collect thick hay, spread it in the two wooden houses inside, and pulled out two brocade bedspreads from the baggage like a trick, knowing that they might be camping in the wild, how could Ye Zhao not prepare, not only that, but Ye Zhao also prepared toiletries and pajamas.
When Grandma Jin Er saw Ye Zhao and didn't know where to take a bath, wearing pajamas and pajamas, pulling slippers, and stepping on the wooden ladder to go up to the wooden house, she felt that her body was sticky and even more uncomfortable.
There were two rooms inside and outside the wooden house, and the originally bare windows were nailed with a curtain by Ye Zhao, and a curtain was also hung between the inside and outside.
But no matter what, a lonely man and a widow can be regarded as living in the same room, but there is no way, in such a primitive village, Grandma Jin Er does not dare to live alone in a wooden house, and only makes do with one night and sleeps in clothes.
The curtain separating the inside and outside hangs low, but you can see the wicked man pacing leisurely, Grandma Jinji is a little discouraged when she looks at his strange shoes, and if she wants to be looked down upon by him, do you have to learn to use these strange tricks?
"Second lady, I'll prepare hot water for you, can you take a bath?" Through the door curtain, Ye Zhao asked with concern, girls, after a day in the jungle, it must be uncomfortable.
Grandma Jin Er is ashamed and angry, what is this? The big man talked to the woman about bathing or not bathing, and he could do it.
Ye Zhao immediately knew that this little woman must feel that she was abrupt, so she turned around and got out of the wooden house.
Soon Ye Zhao moved a wooden basin up, knocked on the curtain, walked in, and placed the wooden basin in the corner of the wooden house under the surprised gaze of Grandma Jiner, this wooden basin was used by Ye Zhao in a bath, and he had just washed it again, and it was also the first time, and he had passed the addiction of sitting in a wooden basin and taking a bath.
Ye Zhao didn't squeak, and went down to carry a bucket of hot water again, and poured it into the wooden basin, if these jobs were to be done by the guards, I was afraid that Grandma Jiner would rather not take a bath than the hot water served by a rude man, and do it herself, it should be better.
Ye Zhao put away the porcelain cup, toothbrush and tooth powder again, and said, "New toothbrush." He turned around and lifted the curtain out of the inner room, and went down from the tree house again. But lest she be embarrassed by her many words.
Pacing under the trees, the moon was sparse and the howl of wild beasts could be faintly heard in the jungle.
found a wooden pier and sat down and lit a cigar, but Ye Zhao slowly thought about the situation in Guangzhou.
This morning, I received a letter from Guangzhou, instructing the military plane to hurry up 600 miles, and ordered the prince of Bodol Gatai, Seng Greenqin, to lead more than 15,000 horse infantry into Guangdong to exterminate the fair thieves. Shengbao is the governor of Liangguang, and the general office responds.
When the monk king came, Ye Zhao's heart couldn't help but sink, how brave and good he was at fighting was that he knew that he was one of the strongest opponents in his illusion.
The monk king tun the army in Zhaoqing, and also commanded the green battalion of the Yungui banner, the intention of the imperial court military aircraft is obvious, the monk king exterminated the Guangxi Fair Party, and he can free up his hands to go all out to the northern expedition and attack the bandits from all walks of life.
Although the edict does not say that the monk king is in charge of the military affairs in the south, but the title position, he is a step worse than the capital, and the monk king is used to balance his prestige in the south, which is the magic hand of the six princes.
The governor of Liangguang also knew that sooner or later the imperial court would fill the vacancy, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, it seems that the voice in the temple is not weak because of the new policy in Guangdong.
Shengbao is the person sponsored by the monk king, and the relationship with the monk king is very close, with the support of the monk king, he, the governor of Liangguang, is really menacing.
On the surface, Shengbao's main function and power is to coordinate and deal with the officers and soldiers who are active in Guangdong and Guangdong, but how can he not interfere in the civil affairs of Guangdong?
In Guangdong, there are many old-fashioned officials who are dissatisfied with their new policies, but they cover the sky with their own hands, and they dare not dare to attack.
However, he wants to complete the affairs of Vietnam as soon as possible and return to Guangzhou to preside over the overall situation, so that Shengbao can not interrupt the vigorous reform process of Guangdong, and he must also find an opportunity to weaken the strength of the monk king, and the matchmaker will also face an extremely difficult battle.
Wrestling with the monk king, thinking about the rolling torrent of invincible Mongolian iron horses behind him, how many heroes can be the world's heroes?
Silently snuffing out the cigar, Ye Zhao looked up at the starry sky, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Bang", there was a sound in the tree house, but it was Grandma Jinji who was laboriously pulling the wooden basin out, her hair was wet and pulled up high, and the beauty came out of the bath, with thin ice and skin, and the snow was greasy and crispy.
Ye Zhao walked up to the tree house quickly, wanting to help, but Grandma Jin Er blushed and whispered, "I'll come by myself." "How can other men have prosthetic hands for bath water?
Ye Zhao shook his head, there are too many rules in this world, and he is still a little out of place now.
Grandma Jin Er worked hard to move the wooden basin to the open mouth of the wooden house, and struggled to lift the wooden basin to a corner, the water fell in a hurry, her body was soft, her curves were stretched, weak and boneless, and her every move was extremely tempting.
Grandma Nishiki turned around and went into the inner room. Ye Zhao was lying on the thick hay brocade mattress, his eyes closed, listening to the movement in the inner room, it would be nonsense to say that he could calm his heart.
Such a charming little stunner who is shy of flowers follows his side, who can be as calm as water? Especially after the matchmaker left, she always seemed to hold back a fire in her heart, and she came to Vietnam to grind with this beautiful baby's ears and temples, which was really sultry. Just last night, I had a ridiculous spring dream, but in the dream, I hugged this little stunner for pleasure and loved mercy arbitrarily.
When I think about it now, my heart beats.
"Ah......" Grandma Jin Er next door suddenly exclaimed, Ye Zhao was stunned, jumped up, and thought that he knew that Grandma Jin Er slept in clothes, so he hesitated slightly, and had already lifted the curtain into the inner room.
But seeing that Grandma Jin's second grandmother was discolored, she pointed to her right foot in horror, and a small green snake bounced up and climbed into the corner of the wooden house very quickly.
"Bitten?" Ye Zhao saw that the little green snake was brightly colored and had a triangular head, and he was immediately startled, as if it was a poisonous snake.
Grandma Jiner's pretty face turned pale with fright, and she nodded again and again.
Ye Zhao hesitated for a while, but he couldn't care about it at this time, every minute and second Jin'er Grandma might die, squatted down, reached out and took off Jin'er Grandma's right foot gold embroidered shoes, and quickly pulled off Luo socks, a beautiful and trembling snow-white bewitching little foot was exposed to the air, and there were two faint blushes at the soft ankles, Ye Zhao stretched out his mouth and sucked on the wound, sucked a few mouthfuls, but saw that he couldn't suck any blood, so he was relieved and smiled: "It's okay, it's not a poisonous snake." ”
Grandma Jin Er's voice was immediately ashamed, and she wanted to break free the small jade foot from Ye Zhao's hands.
But his heart was stable, but Ye Zhao's heart was pounding, Ying Ying's lotus feet, the little toes were painted with a faint rose red, silently enchanting, sending out a tempting invitation, at the tentacles, smooth and soft, like silk, Ye Zhao was confused for a while, and couldn't help but hold the small lotus feet to his mouth and kiss them gently.
"Ahh Grandma Jin'er almost couldn't believe her eyes if she was shocked, this, this wicked person would also look at her body? Interested in your body? He, how could he?
At this moment, Grandma Jin Er was surprised more than ashamed, and never thought that the fool in the eyes of this wicked person still attracted him.
Ye Zhao almost ran out as if he had put down the lotus feet of Grandma Jin'er, and stood still outside, Ye Zhao couldn't wait to slap his mouth, indeed, men, it is inevitable to want to enter the world, but it does not mean that you must possess the object you want to enter the world, otherwise what is the difference between it and the beast?
Getting along with Jiner's grandmother sometimes does feel very interesting, but today's actions are inevitably excessive.
Sucking on the wound that was bitten by a snake can be said to be helpless, but the last move is really bad for the family's reputation, although the second lady has long been with the second Tao in name only, but after all, she is a married woman, in this religious society, her actions are tantamount to tarnishing her innocence.
Alas, Ye Zhao was suddenly a little worried, would the second lady not be able to think about it? Then she smiled bitterly and shook her head, she is not such a surname, just see that she can run around with her with peace of mind, you can know that she is not a peaceful person. But the so-called restlessness is only by the standards of this era, this kind of male and female defense, sometimes in their hearts, it is really more important than their surname.
After a while, Ye Zhao shouted to the inner room: "Second lady, come out to sleep?" There are too many snakes and insects, don't hurt you again. ”
"yes, okay." Grandma Jiner answered lightly, and after a while, she slowly walked out with small lotus steps.
"Sleep here." Ye Zhao pointed to the hay brocade mattress.
Grandma Jin Er's cheeks lightly palate, and slowly sat down in the direction Ye Zhao pointed out, the incomparably small embroidered shoes suddenly made Ye Zhao think about the scene of Fang Cai's enchantment, and her heart jumped a few times, and she hurriedly turned her eyes away.
Ye Zhao turned around and sat down at the entrance of the tree house, his legs hanging outside, and he took out another cigar and lit it.
Grandma Jiner crossed her knees with her arms and sat in a pretty and cute position.
Ye Zhao knew that explaining what now could only make people more embarrassed, no matter how open-minded Grandma Jin Er was, even if she was a modern woman, her behavior was called "playing hooligan".
"How much money does Brother Rong owe outside?" After asking Ye Zhao, he felt that it was inappropriate, it seemed that the demon king of the mixed world who bullied the women of a good family wanted to use the silver to gag people's mouths.
"Don't bother with grandpa, Jin Feng has points." Grandma Jinji spoke softly, but she couldn't hear any dissatisfaction.
Ye Zhao nodded: "But Brother Rong doesn't seem to be the material for doing business, but there is no need to force it, maybe it is his blessing to help him buy a few acres of fertile land and collect rent. ”
"Jin Feng understands."
Ye Zhao took a puff of his cigar and said, "Sleep." ”
"Hmm." Grandma Jin Er was obedient and tight, and quickly pulled over the brocade cloth sheet and lay down gently on her side.
Ye Zhao was stunned, how could these women be like this, and so was the matchmaker, she had to be her own lady to be obedient; Grandma Jin Er is even more weird, kissing her, it seems to have hit her dead hole, but she really listens to what she says.
(To be continued)