Chapter 081: An Unexpected Harvest
After the firewood and grass were put into the fire, the fire that was about to be extinguished in the fire pit burned again. The firelight illuminated the entire camp tent, and Yu Qian washed two "cooking utensils (rice bowls)", set them on the fire, and began to cook buckwheat noodles for Liu Tianyou on the side.
The hungry Liu Tianyou looked at the boiling water, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, hehe, I've been eating dry food for so long, it's no wonder I'm not hungry.
Liu Tianyou took Gong Changyu's hand and said: "Jiang Changyi took refuge with Prince Fu Zheng, and came to Lenghu Mountain rashly today, I deliberately pretended not to know him, just to delay time, so that he would not have a chance to get close to me." β
"Brother Yinqu, Jiang Changyi, they should be asleep one by one in my Zhongjun tent." Gong Changyu smiled, "Drink my kiwi wine, make sure they are drunk." β
"Oh, there's kiwi wine to drink, can you bring me some?" The wine worm in Liu Tianyou's stomach was hooked out again.
"Lord Liu, I still have a half-catty and eight-tael in this leather bag...... Zhu Shuiqiang took off the water bag on his waist, held it with both hands, and sent it to Liu Tianyou, with a smile on his eyebrows.
"Isn't this a water bag? Did you use it for wine? Liu Tianyou was very surprised.
"My lord, the wine and water in the cowhide bag are the same, it doesn't matter." I wish Shui Qiang to respond.
"You kid, you drink wine, you have to pack a bag, you have a personality. Go, bring a bowl and pour it for Lord Liu. Gong Changyu shouted.
"I don't need to take the bowl, I'll just drink it." Liu Tianyou unplugged the water bag, brought it to his mouth, and took a small sip.
As soon as the wine was in his mouth, Liu Tianyou involuntarily closed his eyes, pursed his lips, and the wine stayed in his mouth for a while before swallowing it with a "grunt". Then he sighed: "Good wine, good wine, sweet and sour, good taste, worthy of the top grade of wine!" β
"My lord, it's a pity that you didn't catch up with the banquet specially prepared by our general for Governor Jiang Changyi tonight, and dozens of people drank together, so there was an atmosphere." Zhu Shuiqiang also sat down by the fire.
"The main book, General Ben doesn't like a lot of people drinking together, especially with those court officials, one by one, drinking a set of wine, the wine order is the most annoying......" Liu Tianyou held a water bag in his hand, "There are fewer thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there are more than half a sentence of speculation." Friends who drink and meat are not real friends. β
"Brother Yinqu, I haven't met a member of the imperial court, you are the highest-ranking general I have ever met, are we really friends?" Gong Changyu asked bluntly.
"Brother Changyu, you and I are both fellow villagers, and I have to take care of the feelings of fellow villagers, and what others do is someone else's business. Whether we are true friends or not, you should know better than anyone else. Liu Tianyou raised his head and took another sip of kiwi wine.
"Brother Yinqu, when I first came to this mountain, I was short of food and clothing, but you saved money and squeezed out a lot of limited military expenses and personal expenses to help us get through the difficulties. And some people want to put me to death......" Gong Changyu said, of course, some of the people he said were referring to Jiang Changyi and his ilk.
"Then why do you treat them with good wine and meat, but only give me pickles, roasted tofu, and steamed pumpkin?" Liu Changyou pretended to be very angry, and he asked Gong Changyu for his reaction ability.
"Brother Yinqu, if I only give them a little food on weekdays and drag them down, will you be able to get out? My trick is called wanting to cover up, wanting to capture the old and indulging ......," Gong Changyu said with a smile.
"Brother Changyu, I haven't seen you for a year, and you have grown a lot. I vaguely feel that Jiang Changyi's coming this time is not as simple as Charlemagne's bones. Liu Tianyou added a little firewood and said worriedly.
Gong Changyu had no choice but to say Jiang Changyi's second purpose: "Governor Jiang wants to take away Huang Qinggong and Li Zhaoshou." β
"Huh? Why should we let the prisoners that our Jingnan Army worked so hard to capture be taken away, this is absolutely not good. You have to stop him no matter what, you can't let him mess around! Liu Tianyou stood up suddenly, holding the water bag and shaking it, "If you want to compete with us, there is no door!" β
"Brother Yinqu, I have an unexpected harvest tonight." Gong Changyu said unhurriedly, "One of Jiang Changyi's subordinates, Hu Biao, is the godson of Prince Fu Zheng. β
"Hey, Prince Fu Zheng, the godson of the old fox, is everywhere, comparable to the Jinyi Wei Gonggong back then, he holds the power of the court, and Emperor Xiantong is basically overthrown by him." Liu Tianyou said.
"Then why didn't the emperor investigate him?" Gong Changyu asked.
"Your imagination is too rich, the more than 100,000 elites who obey the orders of the Jueluo family are all controlled by Prince Fu, and they are controlled near Gyeonggi, and the emperor has no way to move him ......at all."
"Isn't the emperor a puppet doll?" Gong Changyu asked.
"So to speak. The emperor is not yet an adult, and there is a queen mother behind the curtain to listen to the government, the queen mother is very satisfied with Prince Fu on the surface, but she senses Fu Zheng's ambition and wants to support the local armed forces and get rid of Fu Zheng. Liu Tianyou nodded, "Therefore, the commander of our Jingnan Army, Lord Zeng Fan, has been summoned by the Queen Mother to Beijing many times to discuss state affairs. β
"I see. If we cooperate with Jiang Changyi this time, we will invisibly become Prince Fu's subordinates, and the Queen Mother will inevitably be displeased. Gong Changyu grinned.
"It's not just displeasure! Prince Fu now wants to trade Charlemagne's bones with the Eagle Strike Li army to form a private fleet, ready to park in the sea near the Jingshi and threaten the safety of the Jingshi. Liu Tianyou sighed and said, "There must be a coup d'Γ©tat in this Qinghe country......"
"The coup d'Γ©tat is our business." On the other side, Yu Qian kept stirring the buckwheat noodles in the boiling water with chopsticks, and picked up the conversation, "The rebellion of the Blue Wolf Army has not been quelled, and the Jueluo family is going to fight in the nest again, and in the end, it is not our poor people who will suffer." I just hope that this protracted war will end soon, and I will be able to go home to see my wife and children. β
"Captain Yu, hurry up and make noodles, Yu Qian, Lord Liu is hungry." Gong Changyu pushed Yu Qian's body with his elbow.
"Yes, General." Yu Qian took the "cooking utensils" away from the fire and poured the cooked buckwheat noodles into another rice bowl filled with water.
He ran outside the tent, washed the "cooking utensils" for cooking noodles again, drew a little mountain spring water, returned to the fire pit with the "cooking utensils", and set up the "cooking utensils": "My lord, wait a moment, the buckwheat noodles will be ready soon." β
"Captain Yu, do you know that Shi Xianda, the king of Wei of the Blue Wolf Army, has crossed the river with an army of 100,000 and entered the hinterland of Jingnan County, and will arrive at Baocheng Mansion in a few days." Liu Tianyou said.
"I don't know." Yu Qian shook his head, "I'm here, and I don't know anything about the war outside. After speaking, he took the "cooking utensils" and went to find the fabric filling......
"My God, Shi Xianda is not an ordinary blue wolf army prince, and he is extremely fierce, and his combat ideas are often surprisingly successful, there are only a few thousand people in Baocheng Mansion, can he withstand it?" Gong Changyu exclaimed.
"So, Huang Qinggong and Li Zhaoshou, the commanders of the Blue Wolf Army on Lenghu Mountain, must not be handed over to Jiang Changyi." Liu Tianyou said.
"My lord, the buckwheat noodles are ready." Yu Qian came over with steaming buckwheat noodles, "I'm really sorry, Qing Shuimian, please forgive me." β
"It's nice to have something to eat, and those brothers at the water's edge don't know what will happen?" Liu Tianyou took the buckwheat noodles, picked up the chopsticks and ate them with a smile.
Wei Chaohui, Yu Qian, and Gong Changyu, three people who had never seen such a fast noodle eater, couldn't help but widen their eyes, and in the blink of an eye, there was only a little soup left in the rice bowl.
"My lord, where shall we go now?" Gong Changyu asked.
"Don't worry, wait until I drink this fruit wine." Liu Tianyou wiped his mouth, opened the water bag, and raised his head to drink kiwi wine. After drinking, he smiled: "General Ben hasn't eaten such delicious buckwheat noodles for a long time, is it because I'm too hungry?" β
"My lord, I don't have any good ingredients for the buckwheat noodles I made, and they are not delicious, go to my house another day, and I will make you another bowl?" Yu Qianhan said with a smile.
"Okay. When I send Charlemagne's bones to the camp in Jingbei, I will lead the troops to reinforce Baocheng Mansion, and your team from Lenghu Mountain will also go together. After defeating Shi Xianda, I will definitely go to your house. Liu Tianyou raised his fist and gently slapped Yu Qian's shoulder.
"Thank you, Shogun." Yu Qianle hehe.
"Brother Yinqu, how long will it take for us to pull Charlemagne's bones and take the post road to reach Jingbei camp?" Gong Changyu heard that the Jingnan army was going to return to Baocheng Mansion, and he immediately came to the spirit.
"Seven days." Liu Tianyou said without thinking.
"Seven days is too long, let's take the waterway." Gong Changyu suggested.
"But the waterway is not complete, and the willow coffin is easy to hit the rocks......" Liu Tianyou frowned.
"Zhu Shuiqiang, prepare torches and some dry food, let's go down the mountain immediately and go to the tiger's den in Longtan." Gong Chang said in a hurry.
"General, Jiang Changyi, they are still in our camp!" Zhu Shuiqiang said.
"I asked Hong Xing to put a lot of sweat medicine in the tea, which can make them fall asleep quickly, and when they wake up, it will be dawn." Gong Changyu whistled in a low voice, "Zhu Shuiqiang, this general is dark enough, right?" β
"Such a despicable and obscene method, you can think of it." Zhu Shuiqiang praised, "I'll go to the warehouse to get some dry food......"
"Go now, go back quickly." Gong Changyu lit a torch and threw it to Zhu Shuiqiang, "We meet under the maple tree in the tiger's den in Longtan. β
"Understood, General." Zhu Shuiqiang ran out of the camp tent with a torch. Gong Changyu met a few people out of the camp tent and went down the mountain along the path......
As he walked, an idea suddenly popped up in front of him: "Why don't we burn Charlemagne's fire, how easy it is?" β
"It's so stupid. If we could burn the bones, would we spend so much effort making a coffin and getting him to the water's edge? Gong Changyu raised his foot and was about to kick Yu Qian's buttocks.
"Brother Changyu, this method that Captain Yu said reminded me." The thoughtful Liu Tianyou grabbed Gong Changyu's outstretched foot.