Chapter 141: A Chance Encounter
"Xiaguan only has two daughters, but fortunately, they are about to say goodbye." When the general mentioned his daughter, his face was full of pride, as if he was more energetic than when he was wearing a military uniform today.
"It's so good, I think there's a taste of home here." Ruan Mianmian sniffed, and looked at everyone, although they didn't know the general before, they were talking and laughing happily, and their hearts were much warmer.
It's just out of a woman's intuition, although Ruan Mianmian can't say that she doesn't like this cheerful general's wife, she doesn't want to be too close, maybe she has a discord with herself, and she always feels that her eyes are very uncomfortable.
However, Ruan Mianmian didn't say anything, but quietly watched as plates of fragrant local food were served. The people here eat boldly and uninhibitedly, even the bowl of rice is bigger than a palm, and the rice is piled up like a hill, not to mention the pots of meat on the table.
In the huge plate is the hand-grabbed mutton torn into strips, and in the basin next to it is the soup boiled from beef bones, in addition to the oily and bright spicy sheep's trotters, and the stewed milky white lamb brain.
Ruan Mianmian had long been tempted by this kind of extravagant food, but this was not the county lord's mansion after all, so he rubbed his hands and quietly looked at the two delicate-faced girls running from the corridor in the distance.
These two girls are dressed differently from the ladies in the capital, they comb high ponytails, there is no gold and silver jewelry on their bodies, they don't even rub the fat powder, their skin is not very white, but their facial features are bright and moving, they hold hands and run over, Ruan Mianmian seems to see the rouge horse running in the desert, so lively and sassy.
"These are the two young ladies, very general-like." Joeon seemed very happy and kept complimenting.
"Yes, say hello to your guests and sit down to eat." The general's wife beckoned to them, with a pampering and gentle face.
A table of people finally started to move chopsticks, but found that there were really few dishes that could use chopsticks, so they simply learned the movements of the general's family, and took a sharp small silver knife to cut the meat from the huge barrel bone and send it into the mouth, which was more flavorful. Ruan Mian was so happy that when he was enjoying himself, he even threw the knife aside, and held the flesh and bone with both hands, like a little wolf.
"Sleep, eat slowly, don't choke." Liu Xin'er sat on the side, wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth with some amusement, and asked with some worry.
"It's okay, it's okay, you don't know how much I'm eating." said vaguely to reassure Liu Xin'er, and she turned to the pot of shredded mutton, and she was very happy to eat.
"The lord of Ruliang has a good amount of food, the last general will admire it!" The general gave a thumbs up, cut another rib for Ruan Mianmian and put it in the bowl, and then the last dish also came up, which was the button meatloaf that Zhu En had mentioned when he entered the city.
Thin and crispy, the cutlets are made up of minced meat and umeboshi on the surface, which have already been combined in the baking process, and they taste fragrant but not too crumbly, but retain just the right amount of flexibility that requires a good pair of teeth to enjoy.
As soon as Ruan Mianmian saw this fragrant button meatloaf, she immediately felt that this was the best thing to eat today, and it just so happened that she had already finished gnawing a leg bone, so she didn't miss other food, and pinched a button meatloaf and ate it in small bites.
"General Fang Cai said that the two young ladies are going to get married, which family's son?" Jiang Xinyue didn't just care about eating, she began to chat with them intentionally or unintentionally, thinking about setting up a set of official relationships in Shacheng.
"Ah, although there are eyebrows up to now, but I haven't explained to anyone that the original Northwest Army has been stationed in a hundred miles outside the city these days, and I took my daughter to inspect it once, who knew that the eldest daughter Lily of the Valley fell in love with an officer, and the last general was really a headache, and he had already asked someone to probe the wind, if there was no problem, he would marry Lily of the Valley." The general, though warm-blooded, was happy to bring up this sweet annoyance.
Lily of the valley was cutting off a piece of meat with a knife, and when she heard her father mention her marriage, she was not half shy: "Father, that person is very powerful, he must be a man who stands up to the sky and the earth like his father, and I want to marry a hero in my life!" ”
"Yes, yes, I can't help you." The general's wife stretched out her finger and tapped her forehead, and the doting was written on her face.
Outside the General's Palace, a dimly lit roof.
"Adjutant General, we are ready for a sneak attack, but their family is having a banquet tonight, I heard that it is a distinguished guest from the capital, will we act..." A man in a black veil covering his face and wearing a night robe fell softly beside a man and reported in a low voice.
The man who seemed to be the leader looked up at the direction of the moon and said in a deep voice: "I can't wait, if it doesn't work out today, tomorrow the team will go to the frontier to confront the barbarians, wouldn't it be to bury the disaster behind it." ”
"Yes, then I will tell my brothers to gather and wait for your order!" The man in black quickly got up, took out a strange whistle, and blew a short, low sound, and then on the roofs of nearby houses, masked men in night clothes got up from hiding and gathered towards the leading man, and there were as many as twenty or thirty people.
"Brothers, I will repeat the next action, after a while, we will directly break into the general's mansion, capture the general's wife alive, do not harm the general and other irrelevant people, if the general's wife stubbornly resists and cannot be arrested before the soldiers of the large battalion arrive, we will kill them on the spot, and we must retreat with all our bodies." The man's demeanor was calm, looking at the dazzling lights of the General's Mansion, with a wave of his arm, a gust of wind was raised, and the group rose and fell a few times, running towards the light.
The wind was strong at low altitude, and the leader's mask was blown off by the strong wind during the rapid action, but the face revealed was the one that was five points similar to Jin Jiaoyang, and it was the long-lost Fang Cannon.
Speaking of Fang Cannon's experience during this time, there are really a lot, after he and Vice General Cao jointly identified the spies of King Qi, they followed the army from the Gobi to the border station, and they were diligent and smart for half a year, so they were very respected by the soldiers, and they were promoted to the position of deputy general in a short period of time, mainly responsible for transporting military food and logistics support.
Just some time ago, they found that there were often strange things in Shacheng, and many sneaky people went in and out, not to mention, and they also found the general's mansion after checking. General Zhongyong is still very famous, he has always been loyal to the monarch and defended the country, and he will never be mixed with the barbarians, Fang Cannon's subordinates disguised themselves as water delivery workers and mixed into the general's mansion, and finally found out the clues, it turned out that it was the general's wife who sent the news out, the fat and hearty woman.
But time was pressing, and they couldn't let the army go to the border and confront the barbarians head-on, so they had to ask their superiors in the barracks, and if they got permission, they would act tonight and arrest the general's wife back to the barracks, regardless of life or death. If they don't tell the general about this matter, in fact, they are thoughtful, even if they come up with evidence, the general and the general's wife have been married for 20 years, and they will never listen to it, and second, if they want to report to the general, they will fight back and startle the snake, so that the general's wife and other spies of the barbarian tribe have a vigilant heart, and when the news comes out, it will be even more difficult to end.
"Up!" Fang Cannon took the lead, pulled out the sharp blade at his waist in a vertical leap, ran a few steps along the wall, relaxed his body and landed silently in the garden of the General's Mansion.
Although the General's Mansion is the largest mansion here, because there are 100,000 elite soldiers stationed nearby, they don't put much effort into protecting it, and the people of Shacheng have a lot of respect for the general, and those who haven't had the idea of fighting here for decades are naturally relaxed, but it provides them with an incomparably smooth start.
In the back garden, along the side of the fence, he hid his whereabouts and evaded the patrolling family, and Fang Cannon searched for the trace of the general's wife. I heard that they were having a dinner, it was probably in the dining room, and after recalling the map of the General's Mansion in his mind, Fang Cannon and his subordinates really saw those people who were eating not far away in the dining room.
It's just that he was just about to give the order to act, when the corners of his eyes suddenly opened, and the raised arm was not lowered for a long time, and the whole person became extremely dignified.
It's actually them, the people I have been concerned about for half a year, they are feasting, chatting with delicate smiles, their faces are full of ease and happiness, and she, she is also here, she looks like she has grown a lot, white skirt and white hairpin, and her eating appearance is still as cute as ever, but she finally saw them again, but her identity is a killer who can't show up.
It's so sad.
Although he had mixed feelings in his heart, he still waved his hand and gave the order, but whispered again: "Don't hurt others." ”
With the blink of his eyes, Fang Cannon rushed out with his subordinates with the knife in his hand, and went straight to the long table in the dining room, his movements were crisp and neat, but he raised his hand and tightened the mask on his face, knowing that she was here, then he could still come and meet her in the past two days, and he couldn't be so eager to express his longing, it would hurt her.
Ruan Mianmian's position happened to be opposite the garden of the General's Mansion, and naturally she was the first to see the black-clothed people rushing out, so frightened that she paused for the action of nibbling on the meatloaf, and was stunned to see them rushing up.
The moonlight is clear, although it is night, but they can still see the things in and out clearly, as soon as these black-clothed people rush out, they go straight to Mrs. Shilang, and they don't have any thoughts about the others, Ruan Mianmian knows that this is not aimed at him, but he still hurriedly pulls the people on his side to get up and retreat, Hayabusa You and Wuyi also appeared in front of them at the first time, forming a barrier, taking out their weapons and preparing to attack.
After all, Lu Gui and Jiang Xinyue worked hard, and reacted one step faster than others, and immediately took out their personal weapons to protect the people around them, but they did not include the general's family, there was a table in between, and it seemed that it was none of their business, unless their lives were in danger, otherwise the people of Yipinxiang would not make a tacit agreement.