Jin Niang thought about it, and waited until dawn before falling asleep again.

However, because she was worried about Xu Erlang's safety, she frowned even when she fell asleep. And because I had not had a good dream, I couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning.

Jin Niang was woken up by hunger, and when she opened her eyes, a ray of light came in through the window. Depending on the situation, it must have already dawned.

Jin Niang looked at the hourglass behind the house, and sure enough, it was already half of the morning. She rang the bell, and Qingsui outside the door hurriedly pushed open the door with the maid and walked in.

The little maids went to open the curtains, and Qingsui waited for Jinniang to dress and wash.

Today is a rare sunny day, and the dazzling sunlight shines through the glass windows, shining on people, making it easy for people to feel happy.

"Push the windows open and ventilate the room." Jin Niang commanded.

Qingsui said, "Wait for Mrs. to get dressed and then ventilate, you just got up, but it's cold outside, don't get caught in the wind and cold again." ”

"Don't get in the way, the sun is getting high, even if it's cool, it won't get sick."

Qingsui doesn't agree with Jin Niang's statement, don't look at the sunny day outside, the sun is very gorgeous, but the temperature is not high. The key is that there is still wind today, and the cold wind blowing on people's bodies is also freezing and shivering. Madame had been in the house before, and the earth dragon was burning in the house, and it was warm. She wasn't worried about sneezing as soon as she came into contact with the cold air.

However, Qingsui is a slave and maid in the end, and she also knows that Mrs. has the same temperament, so she simply won't persuade her. She just sped up the movements in her hands, waiting for Jin Niang to put on her clothes, shoes and socks neatly, so that even if the cold wind came in, she would not be afraid.

When Jin Niang was having breakfast, she thought of the two daughters, so she asked, "What about Xiaoyuer and Changqi?" Haven't you gotten up yet? ”

"The second girl is still sleeping, but the third girl, in the end, is a child's family, and her energy is really good. The three girls got up as soon as it was dawn, because the lady ordered them to take good care of the girls, and the people were very responsive. The three girls wanted to go out on the street, but the slaves and maids didn't dare to agree, so they coaxed the three girls to play in the house. The third girl Xu felt bored, so she took the sword and went to practice. Just a quarter of an hour before the lady woke up, the three girls came back from the martial arts arena sweating profusely. Now I'm afraid that I won't wash in Shuiyunju, and then come back to find my wife with low power consumption. ”

That is, as soon as Qingsui's words fell, Changqi trotted into the flower hall. Jin Niang saw that her face was red and her eyes were shining, how she didn't like it. Just saw her running all over the yard with wet hair on her head, so she couldn't help glaring at her a few times, and quickly asked the maid to bring a dry handkerchief to wipe her hair.

Changqi's maid also ran from behind out of breath at this time, and the two big maids ran out of breath, and when they entered the flower hall, they asked Jin Niang for their guilt.

Jin Niang waved her hand to get people up, Changqi's speed not to mention these maids who have not practiced martial arts, even Chang'an and Brother Rong, who practice martial arts, can't catch up with her. This girl jumped out, and it was understandable that the maids couldn't catch her.

The two big maids understood what Jin Niang meant, so they dared to get up from the ground, and then took over the handkerchief brought by the maid in Jin Niang's house, and hurriedly went to wipe Changqi's hair.

Jin Niang counted down Changqi, "In the winter, dare to run all over the yard with wet hair, be careful to turn around and ask your sister to prescribe you a few doses of bitter medicine juice to drink." ”

Changqi happily ate the soup dumplings, and replied to her mother ignorantly, "But I'm not sick." ”

"Who doesn't rule that you have to be sick to take medicine. You, you just mess around, I'm really afraid that day I'm going to be angry, I'll let Changle prescribe Coptis chinensis for you, and let you drink it for a month before you stop. ”

Changqi's head shrank, and he was threatened. She only likes to eat sweet things, not bitter ones. Bitter gourd, coptis or something, she can see enough of it, and expect her to eat it, it's really torture.

Changqi wilted and promised her mother, "I won't dare anymore." ”

Jin Niang saw that the child was wilting, and she felt uncomfortable. Compared with this weak appearance, she still prefers Changqi's heartless and lively appearance. It's just that when the girl is older, her body should pay more attention, otherwise she will fall into a head or something, and it will be too late to regret it in the future.

Jin Niang didn't want to mention these again, so she asked Changqi, "Your sister hasn't gotten up yet?" ”

"I haven't gotten up yet, and I'm sleeping soundly. I wanted to call my sister up, but I didn't let me. Shocked to say, my sister fell asleep at dawn. I haven't slept for long since now, and I thought that it wouldn't be a big deal for us to be in the house, so I decided not to call my sister to get up and eat, and wait until she woke up. ”

Jin Niang scolded with a smile, "Little clever ghost." And he said, "Then why don't you sleep more?" I heard the maid say, you got up just after dawn, what's the matter, do you sleep too much and don't want to sleep, or do you have the heart to sleep? ”

Changqi looked at her mother sadly, with a look of "Why can't I sleep, mother, don't you know?" Mother, don't pretend to be confused, you must be clear in your heart. ”

Jin Niang resolutely refused to admit that she was clear, and now she regretted wanting to shoot herself, which pot she really didn't open and mention. Changqi couldn't sleep early, and there was only one reason, that is, she was too curious and wanted to go out to see the situation outside. It's a pity that now there are eyes staring at her from morning to night, and she can't go out even if she wants to. Because of this, I can't sleep anymore.

But it's really not a way to press Changqi's temperament like this. As the old saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. It is impossible for her to correct Changqi's lively temperament all at once, so let's take it step by step.

Again, she was curious about what was going on outside. I don't know what the casualties of the guards in Minzhou's capital city were last night, whether Xu Erlang was injured, whether Zhao Meng and Ding Qiufeng were caught, and what local families in Minzhou followed to rebel?

Jin Niang was also very curious, so she asked Qingsui to go out to ask about the situation, and let her know after breakfast.

Qingsui answered and left, and came back later and said with a smile, "Huhe has been waiting outside for Mrs. to ask, and he also thinks that it is inconvenient to enter the inner courtyard, so he wants to inform the slave maid of the situation outside, and let the slave and maid tell Mrs. on his behalf." But the slave maid's memory is not very good, and she is worried that Mrs. has something she wants to ask, but Huhe did not tell you the details, so she thinks it is better to let Huhe come and tell you. ”

Jin Niang nodded when she heard this, and asked the little maid to go to Shuiyunju to see if Xiao Yu'er was up, so she got up to have breakfast, and by the way, we listened to the news outside.

Changqi's eyes were shining and asked Jinniang, "Don't you need to call the third aunt." ”

After thinking about it, Jin Niang said, "Don't let your third aunt come over yet, when we ask about the general situation, then you can go and inform your third aunt of the situation outside." ”

Changqi suddenly realized that he had an "oh" sound, "Good news or bad news, I know this, mother, you just wait and see." ”

Later, Xiao Yu'er came over, and Changqi stared at her sister for breakfast, just wanting her to eat faster.

Xiao Yu'er was numb by her scalp, and she didn't know what medicine this girl had taken wrong today, and her fierce eyes almost scared her to choke on eating.

After learning from Jin Niang, after she had eaten and wanted to see the Huhe River, and after listening to the situation outside, Xiao Yu'er understood why her sister looked so impatient.

But no matter how anxious she is, she has to wait, and she can't unscrew her head and pour the food directly into her stomach.

She has to chew and swallow slowly, so that it is easy to digest and not easy to gain weight.

Finally, in Changqi's longing for wear, Xiao Yu'er finally finished breakfast. Changqi couldn't wait to jump out and shout Qingsui, "Hurry up, let Uncle Huhe come in quickly." ”

Qingsui went out to call people with a smile that couldn't help but smile, and came side by side with Huhe later.

Huhe knows the situation on the outside very well, and he will talk about things without asking.

It turned out that last night it was really Zhao Meng who came to attack the city with the soldiers of the Navy Battalion, and they also played the slogan of "Suppressing Female Cadres", asking the people and soldiers in Minzhou City to push Xu Yi out of the city and behead him for public display.

Zhao Meng also knew the power of propaganda, and let a few soldiers with loud voices stand on a high place in advance to recite Xu Erlang's feat of embezzlement and bribery, exclusion of dissidents, and management of Jiangnan into a country within a country. He and Ding Qiu came to strangle Xu Yi with Shengming, as long as Xu Yi died, they would lead the troops to leave, and never touch the people of Minzhou City.

Not to mention, there are really people who believe this foolish statement.

But it's more about understanding people.

Zhao Meng and Ding Qiufeng have been operating in Minzhou for many years, and the people can't say who they are, but they can also say three or two sentences.

Anyway, when these two were in office, Minzhou's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes increased year by year, and the people went from being able to eat a few meals of meat every year to not having enough to eat, and their lives were getting worse and worse year by year. There are also the Japanese at sea, who have fought for so many years without any effect. Minzhou is like the back garden of the Japanese Bandits, who come when they want, leave when they want, kill people if they want to, and rob if they want to rob.

The people were suffering.

They are ignorant and insensitive, but they are not stupid. From these two items alone, it can be concluded that the previous Zhizhou and Admiral Sailors were either greedy or stupid and incompetent.

As for the newly arrived governor, although his feat was indignant and belittled by all the big families in Minzhou, if you think about it carefully, whether it is distributing the land under the name of the family to the people, or reducing or exempting harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, it is not for the benefit of the people.

This is a good officer.

The people will not open the city gate, those soldiers with other thoughts, and the nails arranged by Zhao Meng and Ding Qiufeng early, they have seen the gap to open the city gate, or take the opportunity to assassinate Xu Yi. But there are five or six backhands at the city gate, and Xu Yi is also a profound figure in martial arts, so it is difficult to kill him.

Zhao Meng saw that fanning the flames did not work, and the nails under the arrangement were also damaged a lot, so he was annoyed and directly launched an artillery siege.

Unfortunately, the barrel of the gun is of inferior quality, in other words, today's artillery is still an experimental product, and the probability of successful firing is definitely less than 20%. Zhao Meng originally only used artillery to deter, but he was forced to use artillery in desperation.

It turned out to be very unfortunate that this artillery firing was not in the 20 percent chance and was directly classified as 80 percent, and the artillery failed to fire and was directly blown up.

The soldiers on Zhao Meng's side, who were closer to the artillery, were killed and wounded. Anyway, just one artillery made the other party lose more than 1,000 people, and stealing chickens and rice was not a loss, and Zhao Meng's face turned iron blue at that time.

Because this gun failed to fire, the other gun was not used. It was also because of this that there was only such a rumble late last night.

Speaking of this, Huhe was full of smiles, and his eyes were bent into a line.

But it's a pity that Zhao Meng is too cunning. Maybe it was too much of a loss of life, he was far away from the artillery when the artillery was fired, so although more than 1,000 enemy troops lost their combat effectiveness at that time, Zhao Meng was always fine.

"He's okay? Didn't you get hurt? ”

"No injuries. Zhao Meng looks like a big old man, but his mind is delicate and cunning. This person is very desperate, and the adults are about to hit him with arrows a few times, and Zhao Meng will immediately pull the person next to him to block it. After seeing the adults out of the city gate, the garrison of Minzhou City was violent, and Zhao Meng knew that he was invincible, so he led the soldiers to flee in advance. ”

This is probably what happened before and after the cannon last night, but the three of Jin Niang couldn't help but be shocked when they heard it, "It turns out that before the cannon sounded, there was still a lot of movement at the city gate?" We didn't even hear it. ”

Huhe nodded and said, "The movement is not small. Zhao Meng arranged for the people in the city to wake up some of the wealthy merchants and tycoons near the west city gate, and those people also instigated many people to go to the city gate to make trouble. It is also inappropriate to say that there is trouble, and it is more accurate to say that it is coerced. Zhao Meng is also whimsical, and he also wants to take the initiative to go out of the city and surrender because he can't stand the accusations of the thousand people, and he also wants to hope that those rich people and local ruffians will let them do internal response or kill soldiers, or open the city gate at a critical moment. "It's too beautiful to think, but it's a pity that the adults monitored their movements as early as when they were taken into custody, and at the same time quietly replaced the defense forces at the four gates of Minzhou City.