Chapter 19 Conscription
Cai'er also said before, I can move in directly after I come, but now I can only stay in the guest house, I feel that I have been slapped in the face, and said with a little complaint: "I thought I would be able to live in my own house after I came, but I didn't expect to live in the guest house, and the slave maid is afraid that she will have to take back what she said when she was in the palace." ”
I haven't been far since I woke up, and now that I've traveled so far, I'm too tired to do it, how can I listen to her complain about where to live? Hurry up and let her make her bed and hurry up to sleep.
I slept directly until the second watch, and when I got up, I saw that it was dark, and Cai'er saw that I was awake, so she came over and asked, "Miss drink a glass of water first, is this going to eat?" ”
I was indeed a little hungry, so I nodded, but instead of preparing dinner for me herself, Cai'er ordered a little guy outside to go to the kitchen.
"Cai'er, who's waiting outside?" I couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, it's the prince's handmaid, named Wang Xi, the son of Wang Fu, the chief housekeeper of our palace, and he is very trusted by the prince, so he was sent to the young lady. Is there anything Mademoiselle wants to tell him? ”
I nodded, didn't answer, and asked again, "What about the prince?" Why didn't he come back? ”
"The prince is still in the barracks, he just came to Zezhou, he still doesn't understand a lot of things, everything is difficult at the beginning, so he naturally has to get familiar with it, and after the two days are sorted out, he will naturally have time to accompany Miss in the future." Cai'er smiled quite brightly, but obviously she was thinking crookedly, and this was definitely not what I was thinking about.
Dinner was served, and Wang Xi was just about to leave, so I stopped him and asked, "Wang Xi, now that Zezhou's troops are coming to the city, is Zezhou's garrison army enough?" Is there recruitment in the barracks? ”
Wang Xi smiled innocently and said, "How does the princess know that she is recruiting?" Although there have been few major battles in the past two days, there have been small frictions, and our officers and soldiers in Zezhou have also been killed and wounded, so the city is recruiting. However, the two armies have not officially started the war, and the army's demand for new recruits is not so great, so the recruitment situation is not so hot. ”
"Well, then you can take me to the recruiting place tomorrow to have a look, maybe I can still help."
When Wang Xi heard this, he was a little surprised, and said: "That's where the men go, the princess's daughter, don't go over, in case one bumps into it, how bad it is." ”
"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to take me there, you know, even if you don't take me there, I will find it myself, and when the time comes, it is better for you to take me there yourself, and grasp it, and it is easy to explain it to the prince, isn't it?" I said with a smile.
Wang Xi saw that I had guessed his thoughts, and then said: "What the princess said is, but you also know that if something happens to you, my slave's life will be difficult to protect." Just ask the princess to go out for a casual stroll, and come back as soon as you're done, but don't have anything wrong. ”
I hurriedly nodded in agreement, Wang Xi's face relaxed a little, reminded me that the food was going to be cold, asked me to eat earlier, and withdrew by myself.
Cai'er knew me a little better than him, and as soon as he left, he asked, "Miss, what are you doing here?" The slave and maid can tell you first, you are not allowed to produce any moths! Before the prince returns, you have to stay quietly in the inn and wait for him. ”
"Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble, okay?"
I didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, I ate as fast as I could, and went to the bed to lie down, but I just woke up, and I wasn't sleepy at this time, and it was even more uncomfortable to lie down for a long time, so I had to get up and go around the room a few times, and I didn't even go out of the door.
It wasn't until the third watch that a long time passed, and King Ryan didn't come back, and I guess he wouldn't be able to come back today, so he went to bed first.
The next morning, after I had breakfast, Wang Xi came and asked me when I was going out, and I had been waiting for him for a long time, telling him that he could go. Wang Xi was slightly surprised, said wait a minute, and then took me out.
Wang Xi is right, there is no requirement for the number of recruits now, so the recruitment scene is not hot at all, a few people come to report in twos and threes, and the veterans in charge of recruitment are still picky, don't be old, don't be too young, don't be too weak, don't have problems, especially don't have all kinds of strange diseases.
I took a cursory look at it, and I knew it in my heart, so I said go back, Wang Xi's tense heart loosened a little, and he hurried to help me into the carriage.
This recruiting point is the closest to the inn, and Wang Xi is afraid that I will make trouble on the road, so he doesn't dare to take me far away, but this is also convenient for me.
After returning to the inn, I said that the people outside were too noisy to walk back and forth, and I was noisy to take a nap, so I asked Cai'er to tell them that they should stay in the room for me, and don't go out and walk around at will.
And Cai'er, I told her that I wanted to eat the osmanthus cake she made. Although there are still osmanthus flowers in this season, there is no ready-made one in the inn, so she can only pick them in person, and go with two people from the palace. In fact, even if there are ready-made osmanthus flowers in the inn, I will say that they are not fresh, and they must be picked from the tree now.
When the people who should have entered the house and stayed in the house, Cai'er also went out to pick osmanthus flowers, I tiptoed out of the door, and on the way I bought a men's dress from the ready-to-wear store that I had seen, because I was too small, I could only buy the smallest one, and lied that it was bought for my brother, so I escaped the interrogation of the shopkeeper.
found a place where no one was, only put the outer one on his body, and casually made his hair into a small bun, so he dared to come out, and then went straight to the recruiting office.
But before it was my turn for the two people in front of me to finish registering, a big hand grabbed me by the collar, lifted me aside, and asked in a gloomy tone, "What are you doing here?" You're not here looking for wild men, are you? ”
Although my heart was empty, I still had the courage to say, "Why do you have to talk by my collar every time?" Can't you just say it well? ”
King Ryan let me go, and I tidied up my clothes before asking, "Why are you here?" Aren't you in the barracks? How do you still have time to hang out? ”
"Recruits are the fresh blood of the army, so I naturally want to come over and see what kind of people they have recruited to serve as soldiers. What about you, what are you doing here? If you disguise yourself as a man, you should also be a soldier, right? King Ryan asked, still with a cold face.
I was guessed by him, and suddenly my heart was even more empty, and I hurriedly looked elsewhere in a panic, and said stiffly: "Of course not!" I won't find guilt for myself! Lord Wang, I'll go back first if there's nothing to do, you still have something to do here, so I won't bother you! ”