Chapter 167: Self-help in Danger
Dongchuan Province.
The news of the siege of the city came in time, and as soon as the sky was bright, Ji Lingfeng received a secret letter, and the whole person was immediately restless.
"Master, how should Luo County deal with itself now? You can't send the triumphant Dongchuan army to fight your own people......"
The guards said worriedly, they couldn't be more clear about the prince's intentions for the lord of Tianqing, but after all, the king of Qin was infected with an epidemic, and the epidemic was not solved, so they didn't need to hit the stone with an egg for a woman.
"Your own people? Those are just a rabble, a group of executioners in the name of disaster relief, what kind of people are they? ”
Ji Lingfeng said angrily, the person who was already overthinking looked angry at the moment, turned the knuckles of the tiger talisman in his hand white, and then let go.
"That being said, as long as they don't declare war, Luo County has no reason to stop them, and besides, if there is no evidence, the prince can't move the tiger talisman......"
The guard glanced at his hand and said worriedly.
His family is good at everything, but he is a natural infatuation, if he is angry and rushes to the crown to become a red face, so he privately dispatches the Dongchuan army, the Ji family's efforts over the years will be ruined!
"Wait until they declare war? They maliciously drove the displaced people to gather in Luo County, and these people are doing murder and arson behind their backs in the name of disaster relief! ”
Ji Lingfeng's face turned pale with anger, his eyes stayed outside the window for a moment, and he directly threw the family letter into the furnace where the water was boiling.
Father's meaning is to let him wait and see what happens, as long as there is no chaos in Luo County, he only needs to watch, after all, it is a cannibalistic epidemic, and he should not act rashly.
"That being said...... But the son of the world, you are far from being able to dissolve the fire! ”
The guard sighed, it turned out that it was not for the Tianqing County Lord, as long as it was not for the Tianqing County Lord, the prince's sanity might still be there.
"Huh? When you say that, I think about something. ”
Ji Lingfeng suddenly smiled, and the breezy smile on his face couldn't help but be stunned, and then he couldn't help but look at him along his line of sight.
In the morning mist, there are beautiful women dancing.
"It's ......"
"Lord Yu's niece, Li Huanting."
Without waiting for the guards to react, the person in front of him had disappeared, and when he looked again, he saw Ji Lingfeng following the mist towards the opposite side of the shore.
In the morning mist, the dancing person seemed so obsessed and intoxicated that she didn't notice it even if someone looked at it for a long time.
"Ahem! Miss Li is good at dancing, and Ji Lingfeng is fortunate to be able to watch it, which is really a blessing for three lives. ”
The dancing woman then exclaimed, "Ah! He raised his hand to hide his face and took a few steps back before talking to him.
"I didn't know that the prince would come, Wan Ting didn't mean to offend ......"
"No, no, no! Miss Li is serious, it was Ling Feng who offended the girl, it really shouldn't be, it's just ...... Without further ado, Ling Feng had a reluctant request. ”
Ji Lingfeng saluted slightly, his eyes fell on the face of this powerful girl, and he behaved politely.
"I don't know what the prince is looking for Huanting?"
Miss Li was not hypocritical, she returned the salute when she heard the words, and stood in place dignified and generous, not dodging suspicion.
"I must have heard about the matter in Luo County, I just received news that Luo County is under siege, and many displaced people have been maliciously driven away and gathered outside Luo County, just afraid of ...... Trouble! ”
Ji Lingfeng can't elaborate on the reason, he can only hope that the rumors say that Miss Li Huanting of Linchuan Mansion is a kind person and often gives porridge and charity, I hope the rumors are true!
"Someone is so black-hearted? Why do they do this? ”
Sure enough, a little anger appeared on the girl's face, sweeping away the previous shyness and reserve, and it looked sharp.
"Maybe it's driven by profit, or maybe it's ...... For other ulterior purposes. ”
Ji Lingfeng sighed, Linchuan Mansion is not close to Dongchuan Mansion, but if Linchuan Mansion sends troops, it will definitely be able to deter those rabble besieging the city, at least warn them not to mess around!
"In any case, it is the people of Li who suffer......"
Li Wanting sighed, her eyes were scorching, and she looked at Ji Lingfeng calmly, "I don't know what the Prince of Yongning Hou meant by telling me about this?" ”
"Those people want to take advantage of the chaos to make profits, under the banner of disaster relief, Ling Feng is delusional...... If the Linchuan Mansion can send troops, they should not dare to act rashly. ”
Ji Lingfeng felt embarrassed, after all, he had only seen it a few times in the Assassin's Mansion, and he was not even acquainted, was it too much to ask other girls like this?
"Great idea!" Li Wanting patted Ji Lingfeng's shoulder violently, and found that she had overdone it, so she restrained her emotions again, and said with a gentle smile: "Huanting will send a letter to my father, as long as the news is released, those people will not dare to come nonsense." ”
"Ling Feng thank you Miss Li for the people of Huainan! The girl is kind-hearted, and she will be blessed! ”
Ji Lingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.
The danger of Luoxian is solved, and the rest depends on their creation......
"The prince is too polite, and the effort of raising his hands is not enough to worry about." Li Huanting smiled, turned around and went back to the room to write a letter.
Behind the deep corridor, a familiar figure hid in the shadows, looking at the two men viciously.
The night is dark and the wind is high, and the bright moon hangs high in the sky.
The gate of Luoxian City is closed, and a few hundred meters outside the city are full of displaced people, and the wind of late autumn blows, rolling up many fallen leaves, bleak and desolate.
Further out, there is a brightly lit temporary army station, and the local armies of various states and counties are merged, which makes people feel very lively for no reason.
"Master Zhu, we were blocked outside the city as soon as we arrived, what should we do next?"
Lord Xu, who was full of alcohol, approached with the tent pillar, and behind him was still followed by a thin county man with a gloomy face, who looked like he was not good at words.
"It's all here, where is the regret medicine to take? But then again, our men and horses together are tens of thousands, and it should be more than enough to deal with an empty city, not to mention...... I heard that King Qin is already terminally ill, why don't you rush in tomorrow to take a look, is it true or false, seeing is believing? ”
Lord Zhu groaned, his gaze resting on the few commanders looking outside, and his disdain was even worse.
The troops of more than a dozen surrounding states and counties have been transferred, but those cowards dare not go into battle in person.
But that's fine, after all, the stolen silver has not been recovered, and his share has to be handed over by them, if he performs well this time and gets the blue eyes of Shangfeng, maybe he will be promoted!
"That being said, but...... If King Qin is so easy to handle, my righteous brother and righteous brother will not be planted in his hands, let's be careful! ”
Lord Xu rubbed his hands and looked at the silent black thin man behind him from time to time, his expression was a little weird.
I thought that if they got rid of Lord Chen, they would be able to sit back and relax once and for all, but who knew that the eldest brother and the third brother were unlucky to bump into King Qin, and at this time, the life and death of the people escorted to Dongchuan Mansion were uncertain, and I don't know if this follow-up will affect them......
"If Lord Xu is not at ease, why don't you take command in person? Zhu is used to being idle, and he doesn't know how to start with so many soldiers and horses, after all, the credit is everyone's after the deed! ”
Master Zhu thought that they were in a hurry to invite credit, and sneered in his heart.
I was born recklessly and donated an official, so I thought I was a corner? Sooner or later, this kind of murderous executioner will be cleaned up, if they are the first birds, if something goes wrong, someone will take the bag, right?
"Why did Lord Zhu say this? Am I the kind of person who is ambitious? I'm not worried that our teacher will be unknown, if someone cheats it......"
Lord Xu kept touching his head, he couldn't get used to the official style of the Fufeng County Order, and pretended to be a scholar, but in fact he was not a hereditary child!
"Lord Xu! You can't talk nonsense about the namelessness of the teacher! ”
Lord Zhu stood up "rubbing", looked outside, and saw that everyone looked as usual, as if they hadn't heard anything that shouldn't be heard, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yes, yes, look at my mouth! There's no one to keep the door! Hehehe, we mobilized our troops for the sake of the people's livelihood to prevent the homeless riots and make Huainan completely become the second Dongchuan! ”
Lord Xu smiled, and the white eyes in his heart had already rolled to the sky.
These self-proclaimed readers are hypocrites! Everyone came here for the sake of benefiting talents and laborers, so where is the idea of relocating displaced people to calm public opinion?
"Hmph, it's good that Lord Xu understands, it's not too early, my lord, please go back, stay until early tomorrow morning, and we'll act according to the plan." Lord Xu is really a generation of generals, and many troops are at the disposal of adults, how about it? I, Zhu, only know how to dance and ink, so I'll give Master Xu a hand. ”
Lord Zhu's wishful thinking in his heart was in an uproar, as the Huainan patrol of this disaster relief, if the King of Qin died, King Xian and His Royal Highness the Seventh would have no backbone, and everything that happened in the heart would be written off, no matter how you look at it, it will be a bargain!
"Since Lord Zhu is so polite, then someone Xu is better to be respectful than obey his fate, and we must be the biggest heroes after this incident, regardless of you and me!" Fire Book Bar
Lord Xu touched his head and left, and the anxious things of the past few days seemed to be gone.
No one inquired about the disputes in the main tent, and all the people were commanded to act, so they seemed to be extraordinarily loose, and they should all come out and make an appearance for those above them.
"Hey, it's so boring, does anyone play with dice?"
I don't know where the proposal came out, and someone immediately echoed it, and then everyone rushed up, formed a circle and started playing, and from time to time I could hear new people joining.
Outside the crowd, someone in the darkness raised his hand slightly and trembled, and the colorless powder flew into the crowd along the autumn wind, staining everyone's military hats and uniforms, and then disappeared silently.
There are more and more people gathered in the big tent, and when the crowd is crowded and excited, it will naturally feel that it is getting hotter and hotter, and some people start to take off their hats and shoes because of the fever, and even take off their robes as fans, and have a hot time.
In the dark, the two of them walked around the camp in the same way, while lamenting that the world is not ancient, and on the other hand, they sprinkled medicine downwind without distraction, and finally threw the things prepared in the morning into the river, and then lay down on a big tree with a crooked neck by the river, and slept.
In the middle of the night, the lively gambling game gradually dispersed, some people made a lot of money, and some people lost only a pair of pants, clamoring for Ming'er to continue to win back, and then they went back to the camp to sleep.
I said...... Why doesn't this thing work? ”
The people in the treetops couldn't hold back, looked up at the oil lamps that were gradually extinguishing in the camp, and muttered a little in their hearts.
"What are you anxious about? So anxious, why don't you try it yourself? ”
On the other side, the black night suit showed a slender figure, and the tone of speech was not very good.
"Don't! Sister Tsing Yi, you should spare me! Hell knows how bad this thing is, I just think it's been a little too long for me to mean anything else......"
Yebai touched his nose, watching the last bit of light in the camp disappear, and the worry in his heart was a little too much.
"Uh-huh! I thought you didn't want to try! ”
Tsing Yi yawned, swept his eyes to the shadow that moved slightly in the darkness, and raised his foot to kick him.
"Ouch......"
Yebai pretended to wail, but was covered by the people around him, and the person who was originally standing on the branch next to him came to him in an instant, more than half a head shorter than him, but he was still domineering.
"Shhhh Here it comes! ”
Tsing Yi didn't notice the change in his expression, slowly lowered his hand, turned around and wanted to return to the branch next to him, but was hugged from behind.
"Shh
Yebai learned her tone, and pointed to the shadow running wildly in the darkness, and a wicked smile slowly appeared on the baby's face, "Hooked!" ”
“……”
Tsing Yi pursed his lips and raised his hand to pat off the hand he was holding around him, but his feet were almost hanging on the treetops, so he could only keep silent, pretending to be staring at the situation below.
People came out of the tent in the darkness one after another, most of them with bare arms or even only pants, scratching all over their bodies as they ran, and their mouths kept shouting something.
Running from the camp to the river, about a few hundred meters away, from the three or two figures at the beginning to rushing out one after another from the back, until all the people came out of the camp tent with a curse, Yebai was shocked and incoherent.
"What the hell is all that powder?"
"Guess!"
Tsing Yi hooked the corners of his lower lip, avoiding the itchy breath in his ears, trying to stay away from him, but his feet flashed, and the whole person leaned back and almost fell out.
"Don't move!"
Yebai let out a cold sweat, tightened his hands a little, and simply buckled the person in his arms and leaned tightly against the trunk.
"Ahem! That one...... Are we going back to camp? ”
Tsing Yi instantly felt that her face was burning in a panic, if it weren't for the fact that both of them were masked at the moment, she probably wouldn't be able to be a person, right?
"Wait, there's no hurry."
Yebai subconsciously said, noticing that the person in front of him seemed to be silent again, so he hurriedly explained: "You can't startle the snake, wait." ”
"Hmm."
Tsing Yi bowed slightly, watching more and more people make dumplings in the river in late autumn, and the mood was inexplicably comfortable.
The girl is just a woman, and she can have such a great talent, and she can solve these rabble without a single soldier, which really makes people have to convince ......
Soon, the banks of the Huai River were already crowded with white flowers, and when everyone touched the water, they felt that the hot and stinging sensation on their bodies disappeared, and they could burn again as soon as they left the water, and they were better than before.
"Almost, right? There was no one on the trail anymore. ”
Tsing Yi reminded that although the cold wind was cold, she felt inexplicably hot and panicked, and they had to hurry back before dawn after completing the task!
"Hmmm......"
Yebai had to let go of her, and the person in front of her disappeared in a blink of an eye, like a sweet dream falling short, and followed with a dejected head.
The two tiptoed back around the path, and threw the clothes and shoes that had been left outside the tent by the crowd, and threw them back into the tent, and then lit a fire.
Rumble!
The oil in the kitchen burned very strongly, and the flames instantly rose a few meters, lighting up half of the night sky.
Everyone who was still soaking in the biting cold water by the river stared blankly at the light of the fire coming from the other side of the camp, and they were all stunned.
In the middle of the night, whose lieutenant lit the bonfire again? Don't you want everyone to go back and have fun?
The beautiful flames soon connected into a soaring flame, and the so-called treating others in their own way is not just talking.
The news of the discovery of the plague in the Huai River had now spread from the beggars to the besieging homeless, and after a brief panic, many had quietly left.
Before dawn, the two fast horses returned to the city, with the joy of victory that they had never felt before.
Nan Jinyu stood in front of the window, her eyes locked on the two people who came in from outside the city, and slowly hooked the corners of her lower lip, "It's done." ”
On the couch in the inner room, the silver figure froze into an ice sculpture, and the person covered in frost and snow moved his eyelids slightly, revealing an undetectable smile.
"I'm so glad ......"
"I met you."
Nan Jinyu turned around and stopped him from saying half a word more.
This time the Gu poison attacked without warning, perhaps because he was infected with the epidemic, this Gu worm frantically wanted to fight back and control him, and finally suppressed it, and the loss of internal force was also huge, at this moment the whole person was as if he was sealed, so weak that he could barely move.
The news of the sudden closure of the city gate in Luoxian County since yesterday has not yet spread, and today new news has spread into the city, adding some talking points to this lifeless city.
Knock knock!
"Your Highness, there is a new situation."
Mu Bai stood outside the door, looking at the window with frost and snow, and couldn't help frowning.
"Say."
Nan Jinyu turned her head to look over, her voice was clean and neat, and there was no mud and water.
Mu Bai hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking.
"According to the guards at the city gate, early this morning, I saw the Huainan army stationed outside the city swarming, slamming the door and crying to enter the city.
"Well, and then what?"
Nan Jinyu covered her lips and chuckled, pretending not to know.
"However, sympathy is sympathy, without the order of the peak, where do they dare to let people in? In the end, the guards at the city gate could only throw some emergency supplies down to them out of the humanitarian host, so as to cover up the ugliness, as for having no place to live and no military pay to fill their stomachs, it was not something they could manage...... That's it. ”
After Mu Bai finished speaking, he always felt as if he had heard the woman's laughter, but it was not very real.