Zhao Yunlan is busy here, and Li Mingren is not idle on his side. Last time, I asked Chen Yiqing to summon the rich businessmen to talk about the style of exploration, but the style did not reveal anything, but let Li Mingren spend dozens of dollars on tea.

Chen Yiqing invited everyone to the teahouse to drink tea, and afterwards felt that Li Mingren should pay for the tea, and in the next few days, Chen Yiqing often dangled around Li Mingren, and every time he asked, Chen Yiqing refused to say. Maybe it's 'often your enemy who knows you best', Cao Yingfa guessed Chen Yiqing's eccentricity, and he didn't say politely to Chen Yiqing, and said in front of the three of them: "My lord, Master Chen is thinking about the tea money from the last tea!" ”

Li Mingren pouted, "If you have something to say, just say it, these days have been dangling, and those who don't know think that I owe you Wanguan money, just a few dozen cents." ”

Chen Yiqing's face turned red in an instant, it was not Chen Yiqing who slammed the door, it was indeed the two people in the family who were not as weak as the two people in the family, and he was not like Cao Yingfa who always made small moves, nor was he like Li Mingren, who had a strong family property. Besides, if you invite a colleague to tea, the money will be spent when it is spent. The problem is that he invited some irrelevant people, and Chen Yiqing felt that it was a bit of a waste.

Li Mingren understands Chen Yiqing's behavior, who hasn't lived a poor life! Besides, now the Li family can only be regarded as a little rich, all thanks to his mother, thinking of this, Li Mingren is a little proud, proud that he is blessed!

"Okay, I'll give you the money in a moment. Master Chen, you have to be thick-skinned, what do we have to say so as not to delay our business! Tomorrow you will call these people over again, and I will talk to them. Li Mingren said.

The flush on Chen Yiqing's face had not yet dissipated, so he nodded stubbornly.

Li Mingren continued: "In the past few days, I have sent people to walk around the streets and various villages to tell everyone about the newly opened school. When preaching, the position and the free matter were all told, and both men and women could go to the school. ”

Cao and Chen should go down. Now the county government knows that Mrs. County Ling has run a school, and also knows that the recent enrollment of the school is unfavorable, originally Chen Yiqing only had to send her daughter to study, but she was stopped by her mother, after all, her daughter can also learn at home, there is no need to send it to the school. At this time, Li Mingren arranged this, and the two also understood that this was to help Mrs. County Ling enroll students.

"I'll go back if it's nothing!" Li Mingren packed up the desk and planned to get up and go back.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Wang Huzi rushed in: "My lord! The barracks are now in chaos. ”

Li Mingren stood in place with a solemn expression: "Say it quickly." ”

"Last time you wrote to us to test the tone, at first fortunately everyone just passed it on privately, it is true that some people do not know about the rebellion, but most of the soldiers have already surrendered to Chengping. Originally, this matter was not confirmed, and everyone just passed it on privately, but within a few days, the news was pierced, and the barracks are now in chaos, some want to crusade against Cheng'an, and some soldiers have quietly escaped.

Two days ago, the people of the Northern Desert were put into the barracks, and now those who have not returned are put into custody. Cheng An was injured, and at first he didn't notice that the leader of the crusade was so brave, and rushed to Cheng An directly with a knife, and everyone didn't care about protecting Cheng An at that time, and Cheng An was slashed in the abdomen. ”

Li Mingren only felt that the border gate was making a big deal now: "Go and withdraw everyone in Motong County." Fast! ”

Wang Huzi rushed out without saying a word.

"Cao Xiancheng, let Xie Dianguan count the manpower, as well as the armor and weapons, and make an inventory of them one by one, ready for battle at any time, and strengthen the defense of the city gate."

"Yes, sir!"

"Master Chen, immediately send people to various villages to inform everyone to prepare to take shelter, and not to go out for a while. Those in the county town should go home, and the city gate closes one hour earlier during this time, no, two hours. ”

"Yes." After Chen Yiqing finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Li Mingren was left alone in the lobby, Li Mingren was very sober at the moment, and he wanted to write to Fucheng. After the last communication with the capital, Li Mingren reported the matter to the Zheng Governor's Mansion, but at that time, Zheng Shaohong already had the evidence and waited for Chengping to go to Beijing and unite with the capital to catch turtles in an urn.

Only then did Li Mingren probably understand that Zheng Zhifu was a member of the prince's party, and Zheng Shaohong knew no less than Li Mingren. It's just that the prince didn't speak, and everyone is not good at acting.

This time, the military camp was in chaos first, but it was because Li Mingren provoked it, and Li Mingren was only worried about ruining their affairs.

At this moment, in the palace, "the news has come out, Cheng An was injured, they let the people from the Northern Desert in, and detained those soldiers who did not obey them. "Zheng Shaohong's spies are reporting the situation.

Zheng Shaohong slapped the table with his big hand, very angry: "He really turned the sky upside down, and actually let people from the Northern Desert come in." He's looking for death. The order goes down, all the counties strengthen their defenses, that bastard in Motong County, I think he has too many heads! Go to Motong County first and wait, just wait for the army to support the north as soon as it arrives, and immediately arrest Zhang Qing. "Zhang Qing is the county magistrate of Motong County, and he has already colluded with Chengping.

"Yes, Shiyang County is the closest to Motong County, do you want to send government soldiers to support."

Zheng Shaohong: "Send it over, this time thanks to Li Mingren." Tell him to defend Shiyang County."

When the soldiers of the government arrived in Shiyang County, Li Mingren also understood Zheng Shaohong's deployment. It turned out that Shiyang County had become the first line of defense, no wonder he wrote to Zhang Qing before, Zhang Qing didn't respond, it turned out that he was not a person all the way for a long time, but fortunately, he kept an eye on it before, and did not leave unfavorable words in the letter, otherwise he would have been assassinated early.

Presumably the capital has already acted, Li Mingren sat in the county government and thought about the letter sent to the city, sure enough, he still needs more experience!

In the past few days, the atmosphere in the whole county has been tense, and the people have more or less known that something has happened at the border pass, and everyone is afraid to go out to make trouble.

In the mansion of the county government, Wang's expression was tense, "Let the boss bring Yun Cheng back!" ”

Zhao Yunlan held Wang's hand that was so nervous that it was cold: "He doesn't want to come back, it's okay, my mother will go with him, he wants to join the army, and now may be a good time to train him." And with so many soldiers guarding the county office, he shouldn't have any problems. Akihito had already asked Xie Changwang to arrange for him to stay behind as a porter. ”

The Wang family doesn't know what to say, but they don't want to have an accident if they take their son out, and now this is going to be a war, the Wang family has not eaten well and slept well these days, and his cheeks are swollen.

"Otherwise, you take the children and hide!"

"Mother, now you are not allowed to go out of the city, if I leave, everyone will know. I'm the prefectural lady, and I want to stand with Akihito to protect the people, where is there any reason to retreat. Besides, mother, you didn't say that you would go by yourself, but let me go! ”

Wang sighed deeply: "I am also the mother of the county order, and I can't do anything to escape first." ”

Zhao Yunlan: "Yes, mother, you have to trust Mingren, he will take care of everything." If you do, you'll hide in the cellar. ”

"Hey, this day doesn't stop, those people do evil, and they also collude with outsiders to beat their own families." Wang couldn't help but scold Chengping's gang.

Zhao Yunlan: "For the sake of a powerful position, hey~"

The tense atmosphere lasted for more than ten days, and everyone was about to be boiled out, and Li Mingren had just taken people to inspect the county town that day, and he listened to the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

"My lord, they're calling!" The sentries on the city walls shouted the situation.

Li Mingren hurriedly went up to the city wall, and there were soldiers from the Northern Desert sitting on the horses at the head! It seems that Tongmo County has been occupied, and Shiyang County must not be breached.

"Close the gates, archers, fireball ready, slingers ready!"

Everyone held their breath and waited for the enemy to approach before preparing to launch.

Ye Sheng got Li Mingren's signal and hurriedly got up and ran home, there was no one on the street, how fast Ye Sheng rode it.

"Madam, someone from the Northern Desert has called!"

Zhao Yunlan panicked, "What about the master?" ”

"The lord is on the city wall!"

Zhao Yunlan's legs were a little weak, and she really fought, didn't she say that there were reinforcements? Why hasn't it come yet!

"Everyone took the old lady and the young lady to hide in the cellar first. Li Hua used a large water tank against all the doors. Place the traps you bought under any walls that you can climb into. The convoy was armed with a weapon and prepared to resist. ”

Li Hua: "Yes! ”