The guards of the Great Zhou against the barbarians on the border of Qingzhou have always been a secret.

At least for Yan Qingge, this has always been a secret. She could sometimes hear some news from the front, basically about the victory, but whether it was rumors in the streets or the code words of the aristocracy, no one had ever really said the name of the guard.

The only thing that can be known is that this guard fought well, and he was quite royal and respectful.

Yan Qingge still remembers that there was good news from Qingzhou that year, saying that the guard general had won a complete victory, and the queen actually feasted the courtiers at that time, and even invited those northern barbarians. Later, I vaguely heard rumors that the prince seemed to disagree at that time, so the queen put the prince under house arrest.

Because of that incident, Yan Qingge once doubted whether this guard general was the queen's mother's family.

"The slave doesn't know! The slave's father didn't say anything. Danhe said with tears in his eyes.

"That's weird!" Yan Qingge couldn't help muttering to himself: "Doesn't he lead the army to fight, what kind of general is that." ”

"Niangniang, the slave maid has heard that the general never shows his face in front of people, and when he shows his face, he wears an iron mask, a bit like Yan Xiaowang back then. Even in the army of the Great Zhou, only a few cronies can see his true face. Several of the generals under him were the kind whose family members died in the Northern Barbarian Rebellion a few years ago, and they fought very hard. Many people say that the same is true of the general, and that he was disfigured by the barbarians, so he did not see anyone. Danhe hurriedly said.

When Yan Xiuyu was in Beiban, he was indeed wearing an iron mask, but he was not disfigured. Somehow, Yan Qingge just didn't believe that the current Northland guard was also disfigured, she felt that he might not want to show his true face.

Tanhe didn't know much about it, but there were a lot of things, at least about the Ekibe who worked on her father's side. The most important thing is that she completely believed Yan Qingge's words and told all the several hidden strongholds of the Eji Department in Yuhu City.

Because the tribes on the grassland do not produce, in the past, they either secretly exchanged with smuggling merchants for goods made by the Great Zhou people, or took advantage of the time to loot when they hit the grass valley, the relationship between the two sides has deteriorated in recent years, and many merchants no longer take the risk to go to the grassland, and they often encounter the patrols of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they can't afford to do anything, so they called some barbarian tribesmen to disguise themselves as barbarians who moved into Yuhu City, secretly transport goods back, and also play the role of spies.

Yan Qingge understood Danhe's thoughts, she was afraid that she would be retaliated against by that side after she severed her relationship with Ejibu, so she was so ruthless, so her words would not be false.

What Danhe explained, the shopkeeper has been writing hard beside him, and he has written dozens of pages.

Finally finished interrogating Danhe, Yan Qingge said: "Give me a copy of what she said, and I will give it to Master Le." ”

The shopkeeper was a little puzzled, but the eldest princess of Roufu had instructed that after Yan Qingge arrived, everything would be listened to her, so she immediately transcribed it.

This record has the Eji Ministry's plan for this winter's raids, as well as the Eji tribe's stronghold in Yuhu City, with this, Yan Qingge took it out when Le Xuan was about to get married, presumably Le Yi would be able to stay in Yuhu City during this time to deploy these things, just enough to participate in Le Xuan's wedding, and there would not be the situation that his aunt Gu was worried about.

Putting Danhe's confession into his arms, Yan Qingge nodded: "I'll go first, and you can find me again if you have something." ”

Danhe's eyes were hazy with tears, and he looked at the back of Yan Qingge leaving with a happy face, only feeling that he would live for the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

She swept her skirt, stood up, and slowly walked out, who knew that when the shopkeeper sent Yan Qingge just now, she closed the door with her backhand, and she didn't know what mechanism was on the door, so she couldn't open it.

Danhe was beaten and smashed again, and he couldn't get it open for a long time, his head was full of sweat, and his heartbeat accelerated for a while.

"No, it won't! Absolutely not! Niangniang is a person who promises her word, and she said that she would let me go. Danhe comforted himself with self-talk and forced his composure.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a small crack in the doorway, and then the door was opened.

Outside, it was already dusk, and the night invaded the heavens and the earth, and everything was covered with a layer of gray and sudden light. The owner of the jewelry shop stood in the doorway, against the light, and could not see his expression clearly.

The shopkeeper walked in and approached Danhe step by step.

Danhe was so frightened that his hands and feet became weak, raised his head, and said in a trembling voice: "This big brother, the little woman has a lot of trouble, so I will leave." ”

As soon as she spoke, her throat was choked by a pair of iron tong-like hands, which were so powerful that Danhe felt that his neck was about to break.

She tried her best to break it, but it didn't work at all, and the feeling of suffocation came up layer by layer, making her almost collapse.

"...... "She used all her strength desperately, and a few bytes came out of her throat with a few bytes."......

"What Princess Ning said, we will do it! She promised you the deed and the gold, and when it is delivered, we will naturally bury it with you. Oh, your little fiancé will also be with you in the same place, and the marriage is also married. Niangniang said, we will do everything for her. ”

Danhe couldn't hear what the shopkeeper was saying, her head tilted, she lost her strength, and her eyes were desperately wide open, with dead fear and despair......

Yan Qingge didn't know what happened in this jewelry shop, she went back to the state pastoral mansion and asked the people, Le Yi hadn't come back yet, and she didn't know if she had encountered any trouble on the way.

She couldn't help but worry and immediately went to find Gu.

Unexpectedly, Gu Shi was very calm, and said with a smile: "Bacheng went around to the garrison camp again, although it was said that he went to see the civil defense, but relying on the people alone, where can he prevent the barbarians, but also rely on serious soldiers, it is estimated that the deployment of that place is not good, and find the people of the garrison battalion to see how to send soldiers to guard the town in winter." ”

Yan Qingge didn't know the situation in Qingzhou, but he was not in a hurry at all, and his heart calmed down.

It took another three days before Le Yi returned home.

His face was covered with weather, and because of his long fatigue and hard work, he suddenly looked a little like an old man.

Yan Qingge's heart suddenly became extremely sad, and tears fell out at once.

Le Yi just got home, and before he had time to freshen up, he was cried by Yan Qingge's arm, and he was also distressed, blowing his beard and glaring at him: "Who bullied you again?" Xiu Yu, why didn't he come with you. ”

"Uncle! I feel sorry for you, why are you so old. Yan Qingge cried.

"It turned out that he felt sorry for me. What do I have to feel sorry for, my body is fine, you wait for me to change my clothes, wash my face and come again, it will be the same as before. Le Yi patted Yan Qingge's hand, comforted her, and turned to the back to wash and change clothes.

After a while, Le Yi came out, bathed all over his body, his hair was slightly wet, he was pulled on the top of his head, he didn't wear a hat, he wore a homely robe, and he didn't look as depressed as Fang Cai.

Yan Qingge saw that he was in good spirits, and the sadness in his heart went a lot, so he came to him and said to Le Yi: "Uncle, are you going to go far these days?" ”

There was still a month before Le Xuan's wedding, and Yan Qingge had to find the right time to tell him the confession he got from Danhe.

Le Xuan pinched his fingers and calculated, and said: "I have to go out a few times, Qingzhou is not peaceful this year, and the civil defense of the four sides must be done." ”

"Civil defense, such a thing, naturally there are people below to do it, why do you have to do it so yourself, uncle!" Yan Qingge didn't understand and asked.

"Silly boy!" Le Yi looked at Yan Qingge kindly: "You are from Beijing, don't you know?" The prince is going to open the sea ban, in addition to the seven or eight sea companies in the south, Qingzhou is close to the sea, and two city Yi divisions will also be opened, but that place must be looked at, there can be no danger, I am running around like this, in fact, I am also choosing a site for the future city of Yi Division. ”

Yan Qingge was taken aback.

The last time she heard the prince say that he was going to open a sea ban, she didn't expect it to be implemented so soon.

And she couldn't have imagined that the prince would open a market in a sparsely populated place like Qingzhou.

Although there are several places in Qingzhou that are close to the sea, because of the cold winter, the sea will freeze, and it can only be shipped for about ten months a year, which is not as good as other places, and can transport goods all year round. Relatively speaking, there are many other more suitable places to open the sea ban, why choose Qingzhou.

Le Yi saw that Yan Qingge seemed to be unhappy, and said: "The grassland next to Qingzhou is rich in gold and silver, and you can buy and sell goods with outsiders. Along the Qingzhou Sea Road, there are several small countries, one country produces gemstones, and the other country's specialties are fine ginseng, mink and pearls, which can be exchanged for large sums of money when they are transported to the south. Further up, according to the rumors of some sailors, you can go to the Great Qin Kingdom that produces glass, and glass is a rare treasure. And along the coast of Qingzhou to the south, you can lead to the southeast of our Great Zhou, where rice and cloth are all lacking in Qingzhou. Qingzhou opened two city Yi Divisions, or I quickly whipped up more than a dozen urgent letters before I begged for them. ”

Yan Qingge understood what Le Yi said, in fact, what Le Yi said, she could think of it herself. But Le Xuan can only marry once in her life, and in her eyes, no matter what she does, it is not as important as her child's wedding.

At this time, she was even more determined to keep Le Yi in Qingzhou for a while.

She is not obvious on the surface, but she calculates in her heart, you have your Zhang Liangji, I have my ladder over the wall, anyway, she will definitely ask Le Yi to stay in the city at that time.

Le Yi looked at Yan Qingge's slightly sly expression, and said with a smile: "Look, they are all mothers of two children, and they still look like children!" ”

Yan Qingge smiled and pulled Le Yi's sleeve and said, "Uncle, in front of you, Qingge will always be a little girl." ”

Le Yi laughed. After laughing, his face sank, obviously angry, and asked, "What about Yan Xiuyu!" Why didn't he accompany your mother! ”

Yan Qingge looked at Le Yi in a daze, it was no secret that Yan Xiuyu was imprisoned by Chu Xiu Palace, why didn't Le Yi know about it?

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(Tianjin)