When Yuan Ji entered the door, he saw Li Minglou sitting at the table, with a smile on the corners of his eyebrows and mouth, just like a pool of water.

There was a letter on the table, and on the other side, Kumquat and Mrs. Wu were packing their bags.

A smile also appeared on the corner of Yuanji's mouth, and as long as she received Wu Ya'er's letter, the young lady would laugh.

Although there have been a lot of things lately, the young lady is happier than before.

There is a Wu Ya'er as a playmate in the distance, and these two letter-writing gentlemen at home can also make the young lady laugh.

I heard the young lady's laughter just now.

"What did the Wudu Governor say?" Motoyoshi asked.

Li Minglou sat up straight and called out to Uncle Yuanji, picked up the letter and handed it to him, saying, "He wants us to do us a favor." ”

Yuan Ji read the letter, opened the map on the side and looked at it: "Andong's side is the fortress of Shanxi and Henan, and Wudu Governor really dares to speak." ”

Anton is located on the border of the capital, and at present, there are three enemies, but behind it is the base camp of the Fanyang army in the capital, it is like a tiger's whiskers, looking fine, reaching out and brushing it out, it can kill you.

Li Minglou picked up the seal on the table, turned it over and looked at the four words of Mrs. Chu Guo on it: "I gave such a big gift, I have the confidence to speak." ”

Yuan Ji looked at Yutu and pondered: "This deal can also be done, if we take Anton, we can contain Henan Dao, and wait for Han Xu to take Shannan on the Gongzi's side." He raised his hand and drew a circle on the map, "The hinterland of the Central Plains will be worry-free." ”

"Wu Ya'er wants Anton, there will be assistance, and when the time comes, it will be a two-sided attack." Li Minglou said, "You go and discuss it and see how this matter is done." ”

Motoyoshi responded yes.

The army quickly discussed and decided on a strategy, sent a message to the dowry army in Henan Province, and then told the prefect about the matter, and convened a war council attended by civilian and military generals, of course, the head was Mrs. Chu, and Jiang Liang and Liu Fan were listed as guests.

This is a private meeting, not many people participated, and those who could participate were cronies, and everyone was very happy, although they felt that it was a little dangerous to go so far away and touch Fan Yangjun's tiger whiskers, but they also thought that it was not dangerous in this troubled world.

"Sitting in the Gwangju Mansion, how many families can still kill people." The prefect sighed and patted the case, "Madame, don't worry, although we have just experienced the Huang thief case, but now our Gwangju Mansion is more united than before the thief chaos." ”

The other officials also nodded and said, "Madame, don't worry, we will stabilize the Gwangju Mansion and other places, so that the soldiers can fight outside without worry." ”

Changshi didn't follow everyone, and he didn't care a little: "There's nothing to worry about, Anton is not as far away as Yizhou, but Mrs. personally took the soldiers and horses to help Yizhou." ”

This is also a kind of flattery, other officials are glaring at him like arrows, why wait for everyone to finish talking!

The prefect snorted in his heart, and at the same time was reminded: "But madam, you can't go again this time." ”

The officials nodded in unison: "Mrs. Chu is in charge of Huainan Dao, and she is in charge of the entire Daofu, so she can't easily get into danger." ”

Li Minglou looked around at everyone and smiled in response.

This matter was thus discussed, and there happened to be an envoy from the imperial court, so the soldiers and horses rushed to Andong in the name of escort, and the whole Gwangju government was busy.

The generals prepared for war, the civil officials settled the city, and the news of the seal of the wife of Chu spread throughout Huainan Province, and officials from all over the country were ordered to come and visit.

This time, there was no need for Li Minglou to come forward, in order to celebrate Mrs. Wu Shao's enshrinement of Mrs. Chu, the family had wine and grain, and held banquets in various parts of Gwangju Mansion, and the businessmen from Yizhou boiled a pot of bone broth, bone wine, and the soup increased the flavor, attracting countless homeless people.

With the sound of crackling firecrackers, Gwangju Mansion ushered in the New Year lively, and Daxia entered the fifth year of Chengyuan after experiencing the change of the eunuchs, the rebellion of Ankang Mountain, the death of the emperor, and the nightmare of the new emperor Linzhou ascending the throne.

The nightmare continues.

The sound of firecrackers also sounded in Yangzhou City, this side sounded and that sounded, it seemed to be very lively, but it always made people a little panicked, as if the people who played firecrackers were frightened.

There were also people walking on the streets, shops were open, and there were customers in the teahouses and restaurants, and the men were either busy in them or standing at the door to solicit customers, but their expressions were a little frightened, and they looked at the street cautiously.

From time to time, there are soldiers and horses passing through the streets, they are strong and mighty, there are such soldiers and horses, the city can be safe, the people on the street dare not look at them, or stick to the wall to avoid, or lower their eyes, even the children who are happily eating candy turn their heads into the arms of their families.

A group of soldiers and horses stopped in front of a shop.

There were many people in this shop, and the original excitement stopped for a moment, and the store carefully greeted them.

"It's quite lively." The leader of the army immediately said, "Business is good, right?" ”

The shopkeeper was full of smiles: "It's okay, it's okay, with Ma Dududu, business in Yangzhou City is getting better and better." ”

The general nodded with satisfaction: "Your family's wine is the most famous, is there anything else?" Fetch me two pots. ”

The shopkeeper was busy, and he personally went inside to get wine and send it out, and the general officer motioned to his subordinates to give money.

"No money, no money." The shopkeeper waved back.

The general's eyebrows furrowed: "Why don't you take the money?" Am I eating and drinking for nothing? ”

The shopkeeper's frightened tongue was knotted, but fortunately his ten-year-old child was clever, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "General, you lead the troops to defend the city, so that my family can have peace today, you are injured and bleeding in the battle, and it is our honor to let the general drink the blood of the general." ”

The general stared at the child and laughed, leaned over and brought the wine without waving a knife: "Thank you, I will accept your blessing." He threw the wine to the lieutenant behind him, "Sons, the people treat us, and we are drunk together today." ”

The soldiers and horses roared behind him.

The merchants on the street were inspired, and they all held the wine and food goods to offer, and the generals laughed all the way away, and the place they passed was lively.

The restaurant here breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the child who was still kneeling on the ground and cried: "My son, you saved our whole family." ”

The guests behind him hurriedly patted to stop: "Don't cry, don't cry." ”

The restaurant hurriedly wiped away his tears, squeezed out a smile, and turned to look at everyone: "Yes, yes, this is a happy event, everyone, I have a treat today, everyone can drink as you like." ”

If in the past, it was a pleasure to drink casually, but now it is also terrifying, and the guests want to laugh and cry.

"It's good to have a drink." One of the guests shouted, "Think of those who are outcast, who don't know whether they live or die." ”

Yes, yes, it's more than enough to be above than below, and everyone began to shout and drink.

But an old man sitting inside sighed softly with a wine glass: "We are only lambs to the slaughter here." ”

He kept and guarded them, in order to be manpower, to dig trenches, to carry stones, to be coachmen, and to pull out at any time to fill the army.

In just six months, every month in the city, men from 60 to 10 years old were conscripted into the army.

They would be given a sword or a spear, or nothing, and they would be at the forefront of the siege.

Not because they are brave, but to be swords and arrows, to charge the army, to fill the trenches.

None of those who were dragged away to serve as soldiers could come back.

The atmosphere in the store is sad and stagnant.

A guest picked up the flask and poured it on his head, laughing like crying: "What do you want to do with this, let's get drunk today if you have wine today." ”

So more people followed suit and poured wine into their mouths: "We are lucky and happy to be alive today." ”

But not everyone is so lucky, a group of officials patrolling the city stopped in front of a house, and the front of the door was clean, but unlike the people next to it, this house did not hang peach charms and colored flags to hang red lanterns.

"Uncle, my father and brother died while doing labor." What came out was a thin young man, who saluted the official, "Father and brother are newly mourned, and we celebrate the festival and observe filial piety to express filial piety." ”

Si Swenwen, at first glance, is a reader.

At this time, only the scholars still have the leisure to pay attention to the ritual of filial piety, and the other people's mats are buried in a roll is filial piety, and the official smiled coldly: "What kind of work did your father and brother do?" How long has it been? ”

He asked alone, and an official behind him took the roster and replied.

After listening to the answer, the official at the head snorted: "You died after only a month, and your family's work has not been completed." After that, he waved his hand, "Then you go to work, this is a good way to show filial piety to your father and brother." ”

The old and weak women and children who came out of the door immediately knelt down, the reason why the father applied for the job at such an old age was to keep his young son who was studying, this is the hope of the family.

The official messenger ignored the hopes of other people's families, and couldn't help but say that they had taken the thin young man away, and before leaving, two officials hung peach charms and festive red lanterns for them.

The old and weak women and children kneeling in front of the door couldn't cry anymore, and sat on the ground stupidly.

The neighbors couldn't bear to whisper behind the door: "Come in, don't cry, Ma Dudu said that Yangzhou City is going to be happy in the New Year, don't annoy them anymore, lest you all die." ”

The old woman listened to the firecrackers, looked at the red lantern on the door, and then looked at the figure of her grandson who was no longer visible, and muttered, "What's the use of this life?" ”

There was a neighbor who shed tears, this day is indeed worse than death, but he thought of the rumors he had heard on the street in the past few days that the young lady of Wu in Gwangju Mansion had been named the lady of Chu State.

The emperor put her in charge of Huainan Province, she will call her, after all, Yangzhou also belongs to Huainan Province.

Yangzhou belongs to Huainan Province, so Ma Jiang also received a notice from Mrs. Chu, which was either written to him alone, or an official letter, writing the content of the emperor's edict, and then asked the prefects and generals of each province to come to Gwangju Mansion to meet Mrs. Chu, and those who did not come were thieves.

Of course Ma Jiang won't go, he was originally a thief, but it was humiliating to send such an official letter to him, a person who was originally a thief.

"Can the people of the martial thieves already come and go freely in my Yangzhou City?" He shouted angrily, tearing up the document and throwing it on the ground.

There were suddenly a lot of fragments of official documents on the ground, and the civil and military generals sitting on both sides also began to tear up the official documents.

These are the official generals of the state capitals under the control of Ma Jiang in Donghuai South Province, and they have also received official documents from Mrs. Wu Shao.

When An Dezhong gave an order to rebel, Ma Jiang immediately led his troops to surrender, except for the state capital that had already been agreed, he sent soldiers and horses to pass the order--- the local officials who accepted the order were still officials, and those who did not accept were killed by the officers and soldiers who were caught by the officers and soldiers, and Ma Jiang's generals took over.

The Gwangju Mansion was also to be operated in this way, but it was preempted by Mrs. Wu Shao.

"The governor is angry." Everyone persuaded one after another, "The thieves are treacherous, and there are many horses." ”

Someone else suggested: "It may be that the merchants, the governor loves the people, allows the merchants to come and go, and many merchants have been to Gwangju and are very likely to be bought." ”

It is impossible to prevent spies, and the sin cannot fall on them, just push it on useless businessmen.

"Check! I didn't let go of any of them. Ma Jiang said coldly, thinking of the hustle and bustle on the street before, "What happened just now?" Why is it so noisy? But someone is crying and dissatisfied? ”

A general stood up: "It was the merchants on the street who saw the returning soldiers and horses, thanked them for their hard work, and offered delicious food and wine to congratulate the New Year." ”

The civil and military generals in the hall suddenly stood up: "Most of the governors want the people." "Most of the capital oversees the army and the people." Congratulations all over the place.

Ma Jiang's face finally showed a smile, and Tanma said that Mrs. Wu was on the street, and those merchants were crying and shouting to give her gifts, but it was because the merchants wanted to sell her something, and the soldiers and horses of Gwangju Mansion did not have this kind of treatment when they walked on the street.

A woman!

Ma Jiang snorted disdainfully in his heart, but he was relying on the martial crow behind her.

Thinking of Tanma, thinking of Gwangju, and thinking of Young Woman Wu, Ma Jiang's face became ugly again, and he slapped the table.

"Huang's waste, Xu Shun's waste." He scolded.

Xu Shun was the meticulous work he sent to Gwangju Mansion, and he successfully got in touch with the Huang family, and before he could make any big moves, he was solved together.

The officials and generals present also looked regretful, Yangzhou City can have the young lady Wu's horse in and out, and their horse can also go to Gwangju Mansion.

It's just that they are all listening to each other's news, entering the government barracks and what they want to do, it's still impossible.

They naturally knew about the departure of the families of Gwangju Mansion, and when they heard the news, they all prepared their soldiers and horses, and they only waited for an order to kill them, but Ma Jiang did not give the order for a long time.....

Ma Jiang wanted to take another look, and when the Gwangju Mansion was more chaotic, he would have no chance, and what was worse was that he was too excited when he got the news of the Huang family's chaos in the Gwangju Mansion, and told An Dezhong that the Gwangju Mansion could be taken on the same day.

Now what? Concealed? Although An Dezhong is a fat man, he is not stupid, if he dares to hide it, An Dezhong will come to take him down that day.

can only report truthfully, it's not that he is incompetent, but that the Huang family has no soldiers, and the thieves are too cunning, so it is not possible to do without soldiers, please ask An Dezhong to support some soldiers and horses, he must go and take off the head of the warrior woman.

An Dezhong was reluctant to give him soldiers and horses, even if this matter was in the past, Ma Jiang thought for a moment, his face was much better, his eyes turned in the hall, and stopped at a military general in his thirties.

"Zhang Qing." He shouted.

Zhang Qing's shoulders trembled, and he stood up and said in a loud voice: "The last general." ”

Ma Jiang said: "You take my handwritten letter and report this matter to Governor An Xiaodu, and invite some soldiers and horses to come." ”

Zhang Qing clenched his fist on his shoulder: "The last general will obey the order." ”

Someone received the order, and the other people present stretched out their shrunken shoulders and said something that made Ma Jiang happy, such as more and more soldiers and horses responding to the governor of Ankang Mountain, Cui thief and martial thief and the puppet emperor becoming more and more unpopular, etc., and then watched Ma Jiang write a letter to Zhang Qing.

"You all go back, guard the territory, and train your soldiers and horses." Ma Jiang said solemnly.

All the officials and generals should be in unison, they dispersed, Zhang Qing also went back to Hezhou, which is not too far from Yangzhou, which is rich and a heavy place for soldiers, and the prefect of Hezhou has surrendered at that time, but Ma Jiang still killed this prefect, just to let himself guard here.

He is Ma Jiang's cronie, so Ma Jiang always gives him important things, such as going to see An Dezhong this time.

However, this is not a good thing for him, this is not a good errand, An Dezhong will definitely be angry, and if he is angry, he will kill someone, and if he kills him, Ma Jiang's cronies that everyone knows, An Dezhong can also dissipate his anger.

Zhang Qing galloped all the way into Hezhou and walked into the gorgeous official office, and as soon as he came to the back house, he heard the sound of immortals.

"Why is the general frowning?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qing's brows were half unfurled, and when he raised his head and saw the person standing in front of him, the other half of his brows also relaxed.

"Lian Gongzi." Zhang Qingdao.

Lian Xiaojun put down the piano in his hand and looked at him with lacquered eyes: "If the general has any worries, please tell me, Lian Xiaojun may be able to relieve the general's worries." ”