Seeing her like this, Diao Saburo thought that Zong Jiyuan still hadn't figured out the stakes in this official mansion, so he smiled and explained to her,

"Ji Yuan, now the people in this official mansion are content with the status quo, only for the sake of their own official fortunes, how can they care about the grievances of the people, even if there is such a huge banditry, as long as they don't find their door, they won't take the initiative to investigate. Anping County is like this now, and when it comes to the current Liaoyang Zhizhou Wang Zaixian, he will only look at our jokes, how can he cooperate with us, and it is impossible to help. ”

"And that's not all,"

He Ruichang waved his hand at Diao Saburo, didn't let him go on, and changed the topic,

"If you really want to eradicate those thieves, it is not enough to rely on the servants in our county and the courage of the people, and ten years ago, it was because of insufficient strength and manpower that we could not completely eradicate them, so as to leave the current trouble. Now, as you said, their power has doubled, and it's even more difficult to deal with. ”

Looking at it this way, I can only mobilize the officers and troops stationed in Fengtianfu-

Although this is the only option at present, Zong Jiyuan also clearly knows that such a thing as the transfer of officials and troops must have the will issued by the court, but if you want to do this, it is simply more difficult than ascending to the sky......

At this time, because of the discussion of difficult points, the second hall fell silent for a while, and everyone stopped making a noise and thought about their own thoughts.

At this moment, two middle-aged maids brought four bowls of fragrant rice porridge with trays, walked in cautiously, and first saluted Lord He, and then said,

"Master, Madame asked us to send you a few bowls of porridge, saying that in the middle of the night, you should be able to satisfy your hunger with supper."

"Oh, that's great,"

He Ruichang said happily,

"It's still Mrs. thoughtful, thank her for me."

If it weren't for the fact that he had known that Lord He and his wife had always respected each other, they would have felt a little funny that he was so polite.

In this way, the desertion in front of the hall was temporarily relieved by a few bowls of fragrant hot porridge, and several people laughed and laughed, and each person took a bowl and drank it slowly.

Looking at the rice porridge decorated with green onions and meat foam, Zong Jiyuan suddenly remembered that the last meal he ate peacefully was still in the small courtyard of Miss Ji Xiaoyun's house, and he couldn't help but look up and ask,

"By the way, Grandpa Xiao and Miss Ji Xiaoyun are all right?"

"They're nothing,"

Diao Saburo glanced at her and said with a smile,

"For the sake of their safety, they have been settled in the yazhong to rest, so everything is fine, but I am worried about the two of you, don't you see that Miss Ji Xiaoyun is worried about anything."

"Yes,"

Zong Jiyuan seemed to be very surprised,

"It seems that tomorrow morning, we have to report our safety to the grandfather and grandson, so as not to make the family worry all the time......"

"Hey, I'm talking about Ji Yuan,"

Wang Yu finally spoke again, and said in a low voice,

"Instead of thinking about others, think about yourself, is there something that you have forgotten?"

"What, what...... thing"

Zong Jiyuan turned his head and looked at him in surprise.

Wang Yu also looked at her, but she couldn't laugh or cry on her face.

"No, you really forgot, didn't that guy named Chang Ping throw you something before parting? And he said let's send him a letter......"

"Oh—yes, yes, yes......"

After his reminder, Zong Jiyuan suddenly nodded again and again,

"Look at me, people helped us, but I forgot about other people's affairs in the back of my head."

As he spoke, he put down the porridge bowl in his hand, took out the folded note from his sleeve, and looked at it.

Wang Yu only saw Chang Ping throw something to Zong Jiyuan at that time, but he didn't know what it was, and only then did he figure out that it was a folded piece of paper, and he didn't understand what it meant for a while, so he had to continue to look at her.

And Zong Jiyuan looked at the note over and over again, and actually began to open it, Wang Yu instinctively blocked it when he saw it,

"Huh? Ji Yuan, do you know who this is going to hand it over, so he opened it so casually. ”

"I don't know,"

Zong Jiyuan replied very dryly,

"That's why I have to take it apart."

"What's the point?"

Hearing her say so justifiably, Wang Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Zong Ji Yuan asked rhetorically while unfolding the note,

"So, at that time, Chang Ping told you、Who are you going to give this note?"

"No,"

Wang Yu shook his head,

"I thought he told you that."

"He didn't tell me either, so there was only one explanation, and that was that this note was meant for you and me."

While answering, Zong Jiyuan looked at the small piece of paper that had been unfolded.

After thinking about it carefully, she felt that what she said was indeed very reasonable, so Wang Yu didn't say anything more, just looked at Zong Jiyuan curiously, waiting for her to "leak" the secret on the note to everyone present.

However, the strange thing is that Zong Jiyuan held this small piece of paper in his hand, looked at those words that obviously shouldn't have too many words, and actually read them back and forth for a long time, and gradually showed a strange smile on his face, sighed, and then raised his head and said to He Ruichang,

"My lord, now it's okay, we should have a strong backup force."

"Ji Yuan, what do you mean ......"

Originally, looking at the two of them talking one by one, and I talking one by one, He Ruichang and Diao Saburo were baffled, but now when they heard her say this, they asked inexplicably,

"What the hell is going on with that piece of paper? What do you mean? ”

"My lord, my subordinates just forgot about it, this note was secretly given to me by a 'thief' in Pingliang Village, and he also helped the two of us escape."

Zong Jiyuan explained.

He Ruichang listened, looked at each other with a look of surprise, and Diao Sanlang, who was also surprised, and asked,

"So there is such a thing? So, what exactly is written on the note? ”

"There's only one sentence on this,"

Zong Jiyuan said with a smile,

"Send a message to General Sori, Admiral of Shengjing, and you can act as planned."

"Huh?!"

He Ruichang was suddenly surprised again,

"Bring it to me."

"My lord, here you go,"

Zong Jiyuan handed the note over and said in a speculative tone,

"If the subordinates are not miscalculated, the person named Chang Ping who asked us to pass on the message should be the eyeliner sent by General Suo to Pingliang Village to secretly investigate."

"That is,"

He Ruichang carefully read the short sentence back and forth a few times, then raised his head and said,

"General Suo of Shengjing Mansion has long planned to eradicate those thieves in the East Ravine?"

"It must be like this,"

Zong Jiyuan nodded affirmatively, and suddenly turned to Wang Yudao again,

"Brother Wang Yu, what do you think?"