In the private room at the end of the second floor of Tianyi Pavilion, there were four people: Guan Houye, Zhao Wangye Zhao Quan of Pingwangfu, Ling Lang and Yaru.

Guan Houye said: "I think the most worrying thing now is grain and grass. But I checked it carefully yesterday, and I didn't even let go of a dead end, and there was no problem with the grain and grass itself. ”

Zhao Wangye said: "That is to say, there will be no problems with grain and grass in the capital, but there will be various possibilities on the road, robbed, burned, poisoned, etc., it is too easy to do tricks and feet on grain and grass." ”

"Uncle is right. Yaru took over the words of Lord Zhao. "That's why we're not prepared for the unexpected. Mother, you have been on the battlefield, you have experienced a shortage of food and grass. ”

"In the first two years of my enlistment, I often didn't have enough to eat. The king let us hunt wild game, and led us to open up a field of corn, which I remember, helped us a lot. Later, the grain and grass of the imperial court were also in time, and our corn was harvested. Later, I asked the king of the county why the grain and grass in the imperial court were more timely than in the previous two years. Guess what the king of the county answered. Linlang smiled and recalled the situation at that time.

Aru asked curiously, "What did my father say?" ”

Linlang looked at Guan Hou Ye and said with a smile: "Your father said with a smile at the time, it was not the grain and grass of the imperial court that was timely, it was Guan Hou Ye who became the head of the household department." ”

Several people couldn't help but look at Guan Houye and smile after hearing this.

Guan Hou Ye said: "This time, I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to do it well." Hubu Shangshu can transfer grain and grass in time, but he can't take care of the road. ”

Zhao Wang Ye said: "The two of us will go to meet the emperor in a while and talk about our worries." Let's see if we can send some more soldiers to protect them privately. ”

"Okay, I'll go with you in a moment. But I want to. Saying that, Guan Hou Ye said the method he had just thought of.

Zhao Wangye couldn't help but praise: "Hou Ye is clever, your trick is called Ming Xiu Plank Road, and the darkness is Chen Cang." That's it, but you have to get the emperor's consent. And tomorrow the food team will depart. Time is of the essence. ”

Guan Houye said: "As long as the emperor agrees to our plan, everything will be in time." ”

Yaru took it and said, "Daddy, uncle, you can only exchange a large part of it, and you can't exchange the grain on the outer layer." So just in case, we also raised some food ourselves. ”

Linlang said: "I have already asked Guan Bo to prepare grain in Tongzhou, and I can send grain directly from Tongzhou." ”

It turned out that Linlang and Yaru were afraid that the father and son of the county king would be short of food and grass. I have already prepared food at home in case of emergency. Even Ah Ning prepared food together. Now I really use it.

"The grain was handled by Uncle Ling, and he specially bought a big mansion over there to put the grain. When I go back, I will ask Ling Bo to go to Tongzhou to prepare. Linlang said immediately.

Guan Hou Ye and Zhao Wang Ye also said that the Weiwu Hou Mansion and the Peace Wangfu also each contributed a part of the grain.

Guan Houye said: "The food we donate ourselves needs someone to escort us, and we need to find reliable people." ”

Yaru said, "You all have something to do, and the concubine can't leave, so I'll go." ”

Zhao Wangye smiled: "Aru, you are a woman, and you are powerless. How do you escort the grain?"

Yaru said angrily: "Uncle, you don't know this, I'm not the powerless woman you said, I have been learning martial arts from my grandfather and father since I was a child." It's not fine, but it's not too bad. ”

Zhao Wangye suddenly said: "It turns out that Aru is a practitioner, and his uncle is clumsy." ”

He smiled again and said to Guan Hou Ye, "Hou Ye, what do you think?"

Hou Ye persuaded his daughter: "Aru, I let Guan Long and Guan Hu go, this road is too dangerous, how can Daddy rest assured that you will let a girl go." ”

Linlang also said: "Yes, Aru, you haven't been to the battlefield again, so let the men go." It's been a hard ride. ”

Yaru's eyes were shining, and she said excitedly: "Guan Long and Guan Hu are not as many as my ideas. Daddy, you know I'm very smart, about the two masters of Long, Guan and Hu, do you still have to worry about it. ”

Guan Hou Ye looked at his daughter's small appearance, and knew her careful thoughts, this child is playful and active, sometimes a little as wild as a boy. This is to take this opportunity to go out of the capital, and I also used her to this temperament.

Guan Hou Ye also knew that he couldn't stop him, so he said: "You can go, but you have to find an excuse to leave the capital, and you can't let people know that you are a girl who is going to deliver food."

Yaru smiled a little, and said to her father with a smile: "Daddy, I will go to the temple outside Beijing to pray for my father and husband, and I want to copy Buddhist scriptures in the temple for a few months, do you think this is the idea?"

Linlang smiled: "It's a shame that you came up with it, this idea couldn't be better, so it's decided." I said the same thing in the county king's mansion. I'll give you all the female guards in the house, and you can wear my armor. ”

In the end, Linlang smiled again and said, "However, Aru, don't hide this from A-Ning." Inform Ah Ning and let her send you off, if you don't let her get involved in this matter. She's going to be mad at you. ”

Yaru laughed: "Then let someone inform her." ”

So several people split up. It is not difficult for Guan Houye's family to gather tens of thousands of catties of grain. They agreed on a deadline of two days to depart. One day later than the grain team of the imperial court.

So, Prince Zhao and Marquis Guan went to meet the emperor together and told them their worries. And they also told the emperor about the plan they had agreed upon, and asked the emperor to make a decision. The emperor praised them for their thoughtfulness and readily agreed

The other two also talked about the four families donating grain. The emperor was very happy, Lian Kua Linlang and Yaru were strange women. He also specially mobilized another 3,000 men and horses to escort grain and grass.

On the evening of the day after the departure of the men and horses of the imperial court, Aru's grain convoy also departed. These grains belong to the two families of the Weiwu Houfu and the Heping Wangfu, and they are going to Tongzhou to meet with Ling Bo.

The food team went out of the city with 2,000 private guards from several families, as well as 3,000 men and horses given by the emperor, and the leader of the team was General Tong, the prince's henchman.

The long convoy was surrounded by a guard of 5,000 people, and it left the capital and went straight to Tongzhou.

In the post station in Tongzhou, there are many carriages and horses, and they are full of grain and grass. It was the soldiers who guarded the food and grass. This is the imperial court's team transporting grain and grass.

Yesterday, as soon as the grain and grass of the imperial court arrived in Tongzhou, someone sent a letter to the back, asking the grain and grass to be temporarily put in the post station first, and let Lord Feng, the head of the grain official household department, wait, and the emperor had a holy decree that he needed to take to the border pass. Master Feng had no choice but to wait at the post station.

When Yaru, who was dressed as a man, appeared in Tongzhou with a grain team. Master Feng was stunned, and he asked curiously, "Little General, where are you going to send so much grain?" Yaru was wearing a variety of battle robes. Lord Feng didn't recognize her as a woman.

Yaru replied, "These grains are to be sent to Yangchengguan in the north. "Yangcheng Pass is the northern land guarded by Ling Sanye and them.

Lord Feng was a little puzzled, he was from the household department, and he only heard that he was preparing grain and grass for the northwest, but he didn't hear about preparing grain and grass for Yangchengguan. But he didn't want to ask.

At this time, General Tong came over, he took out a letter and a sealed holy decree to Lord Feng, and instructed: "The holy decree is given by the emperor to King Lingjun, and it must be put away." The letter was given to you by Hou Ye Guan, open it and take a look. In addition, I will tell you that it is quite late today, and I am afraid that I will miss the accommodation, so I will stay at the post station for another night today. ”

Lord Feng agreed, put away the holy decree, and opened the letter of Marquis Guan again, and immediately understood: "He said to Master Tong, I will fully cooperate with your actions, and it will be arranged tonight." ”

The next day, the two food delivery teams separated. Go in their respective directions.

More than 20 days later, Lord Feng stopped at the sparsely populated post station with grain and grass.

He instructed people to take care of the grain and grass, and he went to hand over the documents with the post man to check the documents. It was already dark, and I had to stay at the inn for one night.

After the third watch, the people were already asleep, and only the soldiers who stood guard and watched the grain and grass listlessly.

It was already October, and the weather was already quite cool at night, so the soldiers stood with their necks hunched and weapons in their arms, looking for shelter from the wind.

One of the soldiers shouted, "Who?"

There was no response, only a few cicadas chirping inexplicably.

At this time, the soldier seemed to hear the sound of stamping from the other side, as if it were footsteps, but for a while he could not hear it. The soldier asked again: "Who, is there anyone?" ”

There was still no echo, only the faint sound of the wind was heard.

One soldier said, "You're nervous, anyone." Especially since this post station is so far away from the village and town, who can come here. ”

The soldier said, "I really think there's someone." ”

As he spoke, there was another creak, as if something was breaking.

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and both walked towards the source of the sound at the same time.

The two walked a long way, and after a few circles around, they didn't find a single figure, only saw the shadow of a wild cat, and the two breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a cat.

The next morning, when Lord Feng was having breakfast, Yi Cheng came in in a panic, knelt down and kowtowed: "Adults spare their lives, adults, you save the little ones." ”

Master Feng said strangely: "Hurry up, what's wrong, what's going on so panicked?"

Yi Cheng's face was like earth, and he couldn't speak: "Big, my lord, the horse, the horse is all foaming at the mouth." ”

Master Feng was taken aback, and stood up suddenly: "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

When the two arrived, there were already many soldiers around the stable, and the general of the escort team had already tied up the two soldiers who were on duty at night yesterday.

The two soldiers on night duty were also frightened, and they knelt on the ground, their faces as white as earth.

Lord Feng ignored them, but continued to walk inside to see that all the horses were lying on the ground, and there was still unfinished forage in the feeding trough.

At this time, the general of the guard came to him and said, "I have been poisoned, bring some of this forage back and find out what kind of poison it is." ”

Lord Feng remembered the letter that Marquis Guan gave him, and couldn't help but praise in his heart: "It's still a good book, and I've made two preparations, or I have to carry it myself." I have to move my head to eat. Thinking of this, Master Feng couldn't help but touch his head.

He bent down and packed some forage, ready to go back and hand it to Guan Shangshu to see what kind of medicine it was.

He came again and said to the three men, who were trembling with fear, "Get up, and help in the investigation." If you behave well and find out, your head will be saved, so now you can store it first. ”

When the three of them heard this, they felt that there was still a turning point, so they breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, the head was saved for the time being. As for the future, we will talk about it later.

Master Feng and General Wei walked back to the house with a few people.

The general asked Yi Cheng: "Is there a mule and horse market nearby?" We have to buy mules and horses quickly, this grain and grass cannot be delayed, and the soldiers on the front line are still waiting." ”

Yi Cheng was embarrassed and said: "This post station is quite far away, and if you want to buy back so many mules and horses, you can't finish it in ten days." ”

Lord Feng groaned and said, "This person chose to poison such a place, and he also did an investigation, or he knows very well that the geographical location of this place is not good, and it is not easy to buy mules and horses. That's why I chose such a post station to start. This is clearly because they don't want food to reach the front on time. If this grain is delayed for more than ten days, something serious will happen. ”