Chapter 394: Zhang Jiao's Thoughts
"Shh~"
After hearing Zhang Jiao's voice, Qin Ying hurriedly raised his hand to indicate Zhang Ning to silence, then pointed to the beam of the room, and then floated up and jumped up, and after waiting for the beam, Qin Ying's left hand slowly rose, and he slowly blended into the surrounding environment under Zhang Ning's gaze. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Ning'er? Are you there? Daddy came in. ”
Listening to his father's voice getting closer and closer, Zhang Ning stabilized his emotions, and while looking at the beams of the room, he replied, "Ah, I'm here, Dad, the door is not closed." ”
"Daddy is in."
While speaking, the door of Zhang Ning's boudoir was slowly pushed open, Zhang Jiao was still wearing his apricot-yellow robe, and his head was also wrapped in the Yellow Turban Army's iconic yellow turban, but Zhang Jiao didn't come alone this time, he also brought two old mothers.
After seeing the two old mothers behind Zhang Jiao, Zhang Ningliu's eyebrows immediately wrinkled.
Zhang Ning is a person who doesn't like others to serve, she thinks that she has hands and feet, and she doesn't need others to serve her at all, but Zhang Jiao always brings people these days and wants to arrange someone to serve her, nominally because Zhang Ning's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and someone needs to be served closely in case of accidents, but Zhang Ning guessed that his father wanted people to monitor him, and even wanted to control the child immediately after he gave birth to a child.
Of course, Zhang Ning also guessed, she didn't want to think of her father so viciously, but she was really afraid, and took 10,000 steps back, even if Zhang Jiao didn't think so, he really wanted to arrange two people to take care of himself, Zhang Ning didn't accept it, because once two people were arranged by his side, his words and deeds would be carried out under the noses of others, not to mention whether Zhang Ning was used to it or not, she couldn't accept it just because she couldn't easily contact Zhang Yi's people.
It was precisely because of the above reasons that Zhang Ning was annoyed when he saw the two old mothers, so as soon as Zhang Jiao entered the house, Zhang Ning scolded with a cold face: "You two go out!" ”
Zhang Ning's sudden anger scared the two old mothers and shuddered, they couldn't understand what they had done wrong, it would make Zhang Ning suddenly angry, and because of Zhang Ning's identity, they didn't dare to ask, they didn't advance or retreat for a while, they were stupid on the spot.
Not to mention the two old mothers, even Zhang Jiao himself was taken aback by Zhang Ning, usually when he brought someone over, although Zhang Ning didn't like it, he never got angry, this time he actually got so angry from the beginning, which made Zhang Jiao more and more absolutely problematic.
Suspicious, Zhang Jiao instinctively looked around, but he didn't find anything abnormal.
"Ning'er," walked up to Zhang Ning with a smile, Zhang Jiao bent down, and asked with a pleasant face: "My good daughter, what's wrong with you?" Who upset you? Tell Daddy, Daddy will be angry for you. ”
"You're the one who messed with me!"
Pouting and glaring at the corner, Zhang Ning said with a displeased face: "Dad, I've told you many times, I can take care of myself and don't need others to serve me, why do you still bring someone here?" ”
Hearing that Zhang Ning really got angry because he brought someone here, the expression on Zhang Jiao's face immediately changed, and his heart became more and more suspicious.
"Ning'er, you're too willful," frowning, Zhang Jiao said with a displeased face: "Before, you said that you didn't like to be taken care of, and your father was dependent on you, but is it the same as before?" Look at your belly, it's getting bigger and bigger day by day, can you do it without someone to take care of it? ”
While speaking, Zhang Jiao turned his head and tried his eyes at the two old mothers, and the two old mothers immediately understood and walked in with a smile.
"Yo, sect leader, don't be angry, pregnant woman, it's all like this, miss, the sect leader is actually for your good."
"That's right, can the sect leader still pay you back, you and I think you'll be born in three or two days, how can you do it if there is no one to take care of you? The two of us have delivered a child who is not a hundred, but also eighty, who in the whole Jizhou City does not know my Wu Ma and Liu Ma, Miss rest assured, there are two of us here to ensure the safety of the mother and child. ”
As soon as they entered the door, the two old mothers praised themselves while persuading Zhang Ning, of course, what they said was indeed right, in the entire Jizhou City, the delivery skills of the two of them were indeed among the best, otherwise Zhang Jiao would not have found the two of them.
"It turned out to be a midwife."
As soon as the words of the two old mothers were finished, Zhang Ning, who had frowning brows and a cold face, softened a little, but she was quickly thinking about how to deal with it in her heart.
Zhang Ning, who originally resolutely didn't want them to stay, hesitated at this time, because at the beginning, the person Zhang Jiao brought to her was basically the kind of servant or subordinate who served people, either a maid or an old mother, but this time Zhang Jiao brought Zhang Ning a midwife, which made Zhang Ning unable to find a reason to refuse, and she also knew that with her current situation, she really couldn't leave the midwife.
After frowning and thinking about it, Zhang Ning finally nodded and agreed.
Seeing that Zhang Ning finally nodded, Zhang Jiao immediately smiled, and at the same time said a little like inviting merit: "I know that my good daughter will not live up to her father's kindness, haha, you don't know how hard Dad went to find Mother Wu and Mother Liu, okay, Mother Liu, you hurry up to check the pulse of Miss and tell the sect leader the approximate production time, and the sect leader is also mentally prepared to be a grandfather, haha......"
Speaking of the word grandpa, Zhang Jiao immediately raised his head and laughed, Zhang Ning could feel that Zhang Jiao's smile was indeed from the heart, and for a while she suddenly felt that she was thinking too viciously about her own father, after all, tiger poison does not eat children, is there no need for her own plan, but after thinking about it, Zhang Ning still decided to continue her plan, because in her opinion, her father may not be unfavorable to his child, but it is absolutely possible to use his child to blackmail Zhang Yi, which is absolutely not allowed by herself.
Although Zhang Ning's heart fluctuated a lot, she said with a smile on her mouth: "Yo, Mother Liu will still diagnose the pulse, then quickly show me, when will the little guy come out, he has been making trouble in it for the past few days, if he continues to make trouble like this, he hasn't come out yet, and my mother will collapse first." ”
While complaining happily, Zhang Ning lifted his cuffs to reveal his wrists as white as jade, waiting for Liu's mother to take his pulse.
"Look at what Miss said, your body is so good, where will it collapse," said, Mother Liu reached out and put her hand on Zhang Ning's wrist, and said with a smile: "The more noisy, the stronger the child, I see, most of the young lady's pregnancy is a little boy." ”
At the end of the words, Liu's mother shut up, and as soon as she shut up, the room suddenly fell silent, and the needles fell quietly for a while.
As the so-called speaker has no intention of listening, Liu's mother's words made the Zhang father and daughter in the house and Qin Ying on the beam of the house secretly think about it, but it is unknown what they are thinking.
Taking the pulse is a technical task that takes some time, but Liu's mother is an old driver after all, so it didn't take a few minutes to complete.
"Congratulations Miss, congratulations to the sect leader," Zhang Ning and Zhang Jiao each gave a salute, and Liu's mother said with a smile: "The pulse is stable and powerful, I estimate that there is a chance that he is a little young master, and the little young master is very good, you can rest assured." ”
From ancient times to the present, most of the Chinese people want boys, even if someone wants girls, but even if they are girls, even if they are born in the end, between husband and wife, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will not be awkward because of this, so the midwife will say that she is pregnant with a boy regardless of the above situation.
The midwife's words are for please, but she doesn't know that this kind of pleasing words are not the same meaning at all to those who have a heart.
"Haha... Young master is good, young master is good," After raising his head and laughing, Zhang Jiao waved his hand to let the two midwives go down, and then asked Zhang Ning in a low voice: "Ning'er, you should have heard about Pingling City, right?" ”
Zhang Jiaoyi mentioned Pingling City, and said that he should have heard about it, which made Zhang Ning's heart tense, and the first thing that came to mind was Zhang Jiao to test himself again.
"I haven't heard of it," pretending to be confused, Zhang Ning said with a smile: "My daughter has been out of the door recently, and she has been raising her baby with peace of mind, how can she hear about Pingling City, besides, hasn't my father always let the girl interfere and inquire about those things?" Why did you remember to ask your daughter about this today? What happened to Pingling City? Isn't there a third uncle guarding the town? Isn't Dad still at ease? ”
"Reassured? Hey~" sighed, Zhang Jiao shook his head and said, "Don't mention it, Pingling City has been breached." ”
"Huh?"
Pretending to be surprised, his mouth opened wide, and Zhang Ning asked eagerly: "Dad, what's going on?" I have been to Pingling City, which can be called a fortress-like fortified city, and the third uncle led a large army to garrison, who has such a great ability to break the city? What about the third uncle? How is the third uncle? ”
Zhang Ning, who is smart in ice and snow, is also very real in acting, and it looks like it's real, of course, Zhang Bao is also her uncle after all, and Zhang Ning is also very concerned about his safety, so he also has some true feelings, and tears are pouring out of the corners of his eyes, which makes Zhang Jiao unable to see the flaws.
After listening to Zhang Ning's words, Zhang Jiao looked at Zhang Ning with a slightly suspicious gaze for a moment, wanting to see some clues from Zhang Ning's face, but at this time, Zhang Ning's anxious tears flowed out, and Zhang Jiao naturally couldn't see the answer he wanted.
"Hey~"
Zhang Jiao, who couldn't see the flaws, sighed again, and then said with a wry smile: "Who else can there be, your husband, my good son-in-law Zhang Yibei, his Dingping Army's combat strength is really strong, and he actually broke through Pingling City in less than three days." ”
Speaking of breaking the city, Zhang Jiao deliberately paused, because he deliberately said the wrong time of breaking the city, just to see Zhang Ning's reaction, but at this time, Zhang Ning's reaction was still very normal, because Qin Ying did not mention the time of breaking the city to Zhang Ning.
After observing for more than ten seconds, Zhang Jiao, who still couldn't see anything, shook his head and said: "Hey, fortunately, although Pingling City has been breached, it is still impossible for the Dingping Army to take Pingling City for a while, and your second uncle has already brought people to support, as long as your second uncle leads the troops around and breaks the grain and grass of the Dingping Army, it will collapse without a fight." ”
After listening to Zhang Jiao's words, Zhang Ning was shocked in her heart, she immediately wanted to look at Qin Ying's location, but before her eyes glanced up, she first saw her father's eagle-like eyes, Zhang Jiao's eyes made her calm down instantly, her first reaction was that Zhang Jiao was deceiving her, because Zhang Ning knew the strength of both sides best, although she couldn't estimate how strong the combat power of the Dingping Army was, but she knew the combat power of the Yellow Turban Army.
In order to achieve his great cause, Zhang Jiao secretly trained a group of elites in the deep mountains of Taihang Mountain in Jizhou, and the total number of elites was about 50,000 people, led by Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, Zhang Jiao led 20,000 of them in Jizhou, Zhang Liang led 10,000 of them in Changshe, and the remaining 20,000 in the hands of Zhang Bao.
Since the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army, although Zhang Ning has never asked on the surface, he has secretly inquired a lot, and in the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Ning also has her own power, after all, she used to be the Holy Spirit Niangniang, coupled with her skills, it is easy to restrain some die-hard loyalists.
Through those die-hard Zhang Ning, I learned that the Yellow Turban Army often fought by virtue of the numerical advantage, as well as the momentum of the people at the beginning of the uprising, as well as the suddenness of the uprising, etc., coupled with the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Han officers and soldiers, the equipment was not complete, and the morale was weak, which occupied a great advantage at the beginning, but now the imperial court has reacted, not only sent a strong army, but also implemented a series of favorable policies, plus the Eastern Han Dynasty is not exhausted, and the royal justice is still on the side of the imperial court, so the people's hearts are united again.
On the other hand, on the side of the Yellow Turban Army, because the three brothers of the Zhang family do not know how to use people, most of them are selected to be some corpses and vegetarian meals, and they have just achieved some results and began to enjoy themselves, and even began to harm the people.
At first, Zhang Ning was surprised when she heard that Zhang Yi had broken through Pingling City, because she knew Pingling City and thought that Pingling City would not be easily captured, so she was surprised, but now that the city is broken, Zhang Jiao said that Zhang Yi couldn't take Pingling City for a while, this Zhang Ning would rather not believe it, not only Zhang Ning didn't believe it, but Qin Ying on the beam didn't believe it either, after all, the Yellow Turban Army couldn't stop the onslaught of the Dingping Army when there was a city defense, and it could be blocked without a city defense? After listening to Zhang Jiao's words, Qin Ying really doubted how such a big sect could be formed with Zhang Jiao's mind.
There were doubts in his heart, Zhang Ning wanted to inquire about the situation in Pingling City, but Zhang Jiao didn't talk to her in detail, after saying that, he told her to pay attention to her body, and then left in a hurry, too, now the battle situation of the Yellow Turban Army is becoming less and less ideal, Zhang Yi broke Pingling City again, and the Yellow Turban Army has almost reached the point of fighting against the water, and Zhang Jiao, the great sect leader, is naturally very busy.
Out of Zhang Ning's boudoir, Zhang Jiao specially summoned Wu's mother and Liu's mother, and then muttered one after another, and this scene happened to be seen by her daughter through the window lattice.
Seeing Zhang Jiao muttering vigorously, and Mama Wu and Mama Liu nodding vigorously, Zhang Ning couldn't help frowning, and muttered in a low voice, "What are they talking about?" ”
"Sect Leader Zhang is talking about letting these two midwives take good care of their wives," Qin Ying, who didn't know when he jumped off the beam, whispered: "At the same time, let the two midwives follow Madame every step of the way, and can't let Madame have any accidents, if there is an accident, the two of them will ......."
At the end of Qin Ying's words, Zhang Ning saw that the faces of the two midwives suddenly turned pale, and he instantly understood what Qin Ying had not finished saying.
Shaking his head helplessly, looking at the two midwives who were pale and still busy giving gifts to their father, Zhang Ning couldn't help but sigh: "My father, I don't know when he became like this, what is the difference between him threatening two ordinary people like this and those officials?" Hey~"
After sighing in a low voice, Zhang Ning suddenly thought of a key question, how did Qin Ying know what her father was talking about? Because she didn't hear a word of Zhang Jiao's words just now.
As if he had guessed what Zhang Ning was thinking, before Zhang Ning could ask, Qin Ying explained first: "I didn't expect that I knew this little skill of lip language, and I still used it here." ”
After speaking, Qin Ying said again: "Madam, I think Sect Leader Zhang has made up his mind to arrange two people to take care of Madame before you give birth, and I'm afraid that there are far more than two people." ”
When Qin Ying spoke, he deliberately accentuated the words "before giving birth", and its meaning was already self-evident.
"Well," nodded slightly, Zhang Ning frowned and said, "My father sent two midwives this time, and if I refuse, I'm afraid he will be suspicious." ”
"That's right," nodded and Qin Ying said affirmatively: "I think Sect Leader Zhang will definitely arrange someone for Madame in the future, so I suggest that Madam don't refuse." ”
Obviously, Qin Ying was the one who wanted to arrange her for Zhang Ning, and he also wanted to directly grasp the initiative of this operation, and at the same time take the greatest credit for this time, but Zhang Ning, who was concerned about chaos, did not hear his words at this time.
"But if I let my father give me ......" Zhang Ning turned her head and was about to express her doubts, but she saw the slightly raised corners of Qin Ying's mouth, and immediately asked, "What do you mean......"
Chong Zhang Ning owed, Qin Ying smiled and said: "In two days, Madame should go out to breathe, then Madame will see a pair of mother and daughter wearing white headscarves, they sell themselves to bury their husbands, and then Madame can buy this mother and daughter in the name of praying for the little son, they are all our people, absolutely trustworthy, Madam, the general will leave." ”
Qin Ying bowed deeply to Zhang Ning, and then in Zhang Ning's surprised gaze, he actually passed through the closed door and disappeared from Zhang Ning's sight.
Qin Ying left, and immediately after leaving, he really arranged the follow-up matters, as for the information Zhang Jiao said, Qin Ying didn't pay attention to it at all, first, he himself doubted the authenticity of this information; Second, even if this information is true, it will be too late for him to arrange an investigation and verification; Third, the soldiers led by Zhang Liang were not transferred from Jizhou City, so they had little to do with him; Fourth, he knew that now in Jizhou, there were many active eyeliners of the Dingping army, and there were countless eyeliners arranged by the stingers led by him, even if Zhang Liang really led the troops to rob the grain, Qin Ying believed that Zhang Yi would definitely get the news in advance.
Based on the above four reasons, Qin Ying didn't take this information to heart at all, but began to concentrate on how to rescue Zhang Ning's mother and son.
Not to mention how Qin Ying arranged Zhang Ning's mother and son, his eyes still turned back to Pingling City again.
In fact, what Zhang Jiao said was right, Zhang Yi was having a headache for Pingling City at this time.