Chapter 152 Turning the Tiger Away from the Mountain
After a few taps on the door, the two doors were always closed, and after a while, someone came and opened the door through a narrow slit, and through the crack in the door, Du Ruo could see a withered face.
"You...... Who are you? Why do you come to my house and call the door? "That person should be the concierge of Captain Nie's house, but he stammered and trembled when he spoke, and he didn't have the composure that a family member in Captain Nie's mansion should have.
Du Ruo took out his Songzhou Sima's waist card, put it at the door, and let the porter see it clearly: "I am the Sima of Songzhou Mansion, I came out to do things for Yang Tingshi, passing through here, there are some things I want to ask Captain Nie about one or two, and please pass it on!" โ
"Sima of Songzhou Mansion?!" The porter was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that the girl in a man's cloth robe standing at the door would be Sima.
Although it is said that Sima of the state capital can not directly manage the captain of the garrison, but he still has to be harmonious on weekdays, considering that the official position of Sima in Songzhou is higher than that of the captain, the porter did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said that he went in to pass the word, and then closed the door and ran away with a kick.
Du Ruo was guarding the door, a little drumming in his heart, and took a few deep breaths to strengthen his courage.
After a while, there was another sound in the door, and the porter came and opened the door.
This concierge looked like he was supposed to be a little fat man, but I don't know what I've experienced recently, I've lost a lot of weight, and it looks like I'm about to lose that skin.
He opened the door and stepped aside in a panic, avoiding the distance, as if there was some beast outside the door that could bite people.
As soon as the porter dodged like this, the people behind him were exposed.
The man had obviously come out of his home, but he was wearing a set of silver armor, and even the helmet on his head was worn properly, and he didn't look like he had come out of his own house, but as if he had just ordered troops on the battlefield.
Obviously, this is the Captain Nie Wenquan.
As soon as Du Ruo saw his eyes, he had a number in his heartโjust like Bai Chang, they were all focused and empty, like two dark pools of stagnant water, without waves or radiance.
"What's the matter with me?!" Captain Nie walked up to Du Ruo, and he didn't even need to confirm his identity with her again, he just heard the porter say that the person who came was Sima Songzhou, that was enough, as for whether it was genuine, he didn't plan to confirm it at all.
And Du Ruo, as the first female Sima of Dayin, Rao was in Bai Chang's house before, and those little soldiers were very surprised when they heard that she was a female officer, but this Nie Lieutenant now seems to have countless female officers up and down in Dayin, and he can't see the slightest surprise or curiosity at all.
"Captain Nie, it's really better to see than to hear!" No matter how straightforward the other party is, Du Ruo still has to continue according to her and Ye Yuanzhou's plan, so she picked up a smiling face, took out her waist card, and handed it over to Captain Nie to look at, "The new Songzhou Sima has not been in office for a long time, and he has only recently gone to various places to do errands for Lord Thorn Shi."
Passing through Wuzhen, I heard earlier that there was a serious and steady captain in the Songzhou garrison, who was heroic and martial, and came to visit! โ
Du Ruo stubbornly said a flattering word, and after finishing speaking, he arched his hand, waiting for Nie Wenquan's response.
But Nie Wenquan just looked at her expressionlessly, and didn't seem to react to what she had just said, as if he didn't understand it at all.
"Captain Nie?" Du Ruo waited for a while, as if Nie Wenquan didn't intend to speak, and hurriedly took the initiative to speak again, "There has been a lot of rain this year, and Lord Thorn Shi sent me out to inspect everywhere before, preparing for repairing the river and other things, so as to ensure that farming is not affected and prevent flooding."
Wuzhen is not mainly farming, in the past, grain had to go to other counties to buy, there is a main road, is the only way to connect Wuzhen and the outside world.
However, this place is right across a river, and in previous years when the weather was dry, it was just that, but this year the rain was heavy, and the water in each river was very serious.
Yang Tingshi sent me over to ask Captain Nie, is there enough grain and grass for the Wuzhen garrison? Have you ever had trouble buying grain and grass? Do you need to send some people from the state government to support? โ
Du Ruo's words can be regarded as extremely outrageous.
Even if she didn't know enough about these things before she joined the office, now that she has been in the office for so long, coupled with Ye Yuanzhou, the captain of the light car, she has already figured it out.
Because when the first emperor was in power, he was very afraid of the collusion between local officials and the garrison generals, so on weekdays, the state government handled the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the local people, and all the affairs of the garrison were fully responsible for the garrison generals.
Even if Du Ruo and Ye Yuanzhou are already so familiar with each other and have close contacts, Ye Yuanzhou will hardly mention these things, and Du Ruo will definitely abide by his duty and will not ask too much.
If this Captain Nie is in a normal state, I am afraid that he will already look Du Ruo up and down with suspicion at this time, and maybe he will directly drive her away with a black face, and it would be polite not to press it on the spot and report it to Shangguan for ruling.
But after listening to Du Ruo's words arranged by Du Ruo, Captain Nie just looked at her with a cold face, there was still no expression on his face, and he said after a while: "There is enough food and grass in the army, don't worry about it, please go back!" โ
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, Du Ruo hurriedly called him, wanting to stop him, but Nie Wenquan ignored it as if he couldn't hear her shout, and saw that he was about to go back.
"Captain Nie! Please stay! Du Ruo was anxious, he didn't care much, he stepped forward and grabbed the arm of his armor one by one, "What Lord Thorn Shi explained, you sent me away in a few words, I'm afraid it won't be easy for me to go back!"
Why don't you take me to the granary in the army, let me see it in person, and check it in person, so that what I see is believing, and I can testify for you in front of the assassin when I go back! โ
When she pulled, Nie Wenquan estimated that she was unexpected, her body shook, and she was almost pulled by her.
Du Ruo was also shocked, how strong she was, she knew it in her heart, not to mention that Fang Cai didn't use all her strength, how could she almost drag down a lieutenant lieutenant in the army, or a lieutenant in heavy armor?
At this time, she also keenly noticed that from the side, even if she was covered by armor, she could still see Nie Wenquan's bulging abdomen, which could be said to be exactly the same as that of Bai Chang.