Chapter 44: Zhenbei Zhenbei.
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The wooden door was pushed open again, and the man with a hat slowly came to the old eunuch with a cane and stepped on the snow, glanced at the holy decree in the old eunuch's hand, and said calmly, "Can the 50,000 central military troops count?" β
The old eunuch couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, the 50,000 central military army is the most elite army in Dayang, and it is also the only division that guards Gyeonggi, and now it is nominally to lend the 50,000 central military army to the man in the hat, but everyone knows that once the 50,000 central military army goes to Beijun, there will be no return. After all, in front of the millions of barbarians who invaded the south, no matter how strong the 50,000 Yang Wu army was, I am afraid it would be useless.
It's just a matter of attitude whether to borrow or not, not to mention that for Beijun, these 50,000 central military troops are indeed very important.
The old eunuch sighed secretly in his heart, and replied to the man in the hat, "The 50,000 central military troops are naturally counted. His Majesty said that the old slave naturally did not dare to deceive the prince. I only hope that the prince can put these 50,000 central military forces into practice and try to delay those barbarians. When the two generals, Qi Fang and Lu Yuan, repelled Soochow and Dali, they would quickly rush to the aid of Beijun. β
"Really?" The man in the hat said lightly, "I heard that Dongwu and Dali sent a total of 500,000 troops this time, and it may not be a matter of time or a half to repel them, after all, the commander who commands this 500,000 army is not a fool." If Brother Su and Brother Zhu are here, the difficulty of my Dayang this time will definitely be easily resolved, and even the three armies will be defeated in one fell swoop. It's a pity that I, Lebo, can only do this thing of defending the city. β
"Lord Wangβ"
The man in the hat waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, whether they can rescue my North County in time or not, I will do my best to defend North County." β
"The old slave will thank the prince on behalf of His Majesty."
The man in the hat glanced at the old eunuch deeply, then looked into the distance and said calmly, "Tell Your Majesty that I am not for him, I am for the people of my Beijun, and for the century-old foundation of my Dayang." β
"My Chen Liule clan has been in the army for 500 years, countless clansmen have died on the battlefield, it can be said that half of the country of Dayang is now lying the bones of my Le family, and my Lejia has witnessed Dayang from a small country on the side to a big country that Soochow and Dali have to fear. These are all things that I am proud of. β
"So my Lejia allegiance has never been to a certain majesty, my Lejia is loyal to the entire Dayang, and it is all the people of Dayang. I am proud of Dayang, and I hope Dayang can also be proud of my Lejia. β
"Your Majesty will never let down the loyalty of the prince," the old eunuch arched his hand, "If my Dayang can survive this crisis safely, Your Majesty is willing to lend half of the military strength of the prince and my Dayang to fulfill the last wish of His Royal Highness the King of Yue." β
The man in the hat was still unmoved, and at this time, Sui Tang happened to take the little hand of the girl in the red dress and walked out of the wooden door.
"Daddy, daddy, does the new clothes my mother knit for me look good?" The cute girl couldn't wait to step on the snow and spin in circles, the red dress was like a red umbrella leaf that bloomed, and even the surrounding snowflakes seemed to be dancing with her.
"Your mother's craftsmanship still needs to be said," said the man with a smile and a thumbs up, "my daughter's body is better than those princesses in the palace, and I don't know where to see it." β
The old eunuch who heard the words on the side couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then secretly made a few gestures to the elite guards behind him, and the few elite guards who got the hint immediately dragged the reins and pulled the jade chariot behind the old eunuch.
"Please let the princess and the county lord into the car." The old eunuch smiled with a smile.
Before the words fell, a little eunuch arched his back and lay beside the jade chariot, burying his face deep in the snow.
Sui Tang's beautiful eyes raised slightly, and she looked at the man with a hat, only to see the man with a hat nodding at her and saying, "Go ahead." β
Sui Tang then took the little hand of the girl in the red dress and walked slowly towards the jade chariot, but stopped when he came to the little eunuch.
"Get up."
Sensing that someone was pulling his sleeve, the little eunuch couldn't help but raise his head buried in the snow, and his eyes fell on the girl in the red dress who was pulling his sleeve.
"I can go up on my own." The girl in the red dress blinked her big eyes, and then in order to confirm her words, the girl in the red dress stretched out her pink little hand and grabbed the edge of the jade chariot, and with a hard effort, her body easily jumped onto the jade chariot.
"I'm amazing." The girl in the red dress smiled, and her expression was exactly the same as that of the man in the hat when he was proud.
The little eunuch, who was half-kneeling in the snow, stared blankly at the girl in the red dress until the voice of the woman in Mai beside him sounded like spring rain in his ears.
"Is it cold?"
The little eunuch who came back to his senses hurriedly kowtowed to Sui Tang and said, "The slave is not cold, the slave is not cold." β
Sui Tang carefully looked at the little eunuch in thin clothes, who was only wearing a blue-gray robe, his fingers were frozen and cracked, and his originally delicate face was covered with white snow slag.
Looking at this little eunuch who was still a teenager, Sui Tang couldn't bear it, so he turned around and walked into the wooden house to get a thick cotton coat and put it on the little eunuch.
"Cold is cold, and your life is the most important thing." Sui Tang said softly, "Wear it, so that it won't freeze." β
The little eunuch's eyes were misty, and he turned his head to look at the old eunuch, as if waiting for the old eunuch's opinion.
I only heard the old eunuch say in a dry voice, "Since it was a gift from the princess, why don't you hurry up and thank the princess!" β
When the little eunuch heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed to Sui Tang and said, "Xiao Wenzi, thank you princess." β
"Live well to have tomorrow."
Sui Tang retracted his gaze and held on to the carved railing.
The corners of the little eunuch's eyes couldn't help but flow two lines of hot tears, and the cotton clothes in his hands became tighter and tighter.
Until the little eunuch became the chief steward above 10,000 people under one person, this cotton robe was never discarded until it accompanied him into the ground.
He did the best with the phrase "live well".
And in the winter when the little eunuch became the chief governor, the number of people who froze to death in Dayang was even lower than that of other countries in Mulan Continent combined.
And what he said most often was,
"Live well to have tomorrow."
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Looking at the girl in the red dress who jumped off the jade chariot and wiped the tears from the little eunuch's shoulders with her sleeves, the old eunuch's eyes moved, and he smiled at the man in the hat, "The county lord is smart and kind-hearted, and the prince has given birth to a good daughter." β
Without hesitation, the man in the hat rolled his eyes at the old eunuch and said, "You still need to say that my daughter must be the best girl in the world." β
"May I ask how old the county lord is this year?" The old eunuch asked in a low voice.
"Seven years old." The man in the hat replied unhurriedly, and then his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the old eunuch and said, "Old thing, what are you thinking?" β
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is just seven years old this year, I think-"
"Don't even think about it." The man in the hat replied coldly, "My Lebo's path is my own way, and my daughter naturally chooses her own path." β
Seeing that the man in the hat was so resolute, the old eunuch had no choice but to give up, but this idea could be ruled by His Majesty.
The man in the hat slowly walked towards the jade chariot, but suddenly stopped, turned his head and said to the old eunuch, "If the 50,000 central military troops return to the capital, then tell Your Majesty that there is no need to rush to the aid of Beijun." β
"Because it's not needed anymore."