Over there, Master Wang was waiting anxiously: "The person sent should have arrived a long time ago, why hasn't the guard replied?" ”

Qi Yicheng sat at the back and shook his head: "In recent years, the military equipment of the guard has been abolished, which is nothing new. It's just that there is no news from the two guards of Linshan and Guanhai...... Could it be that the people we sent were intercepted? ”

Master Wang hurriedly shouted: "Someone! ”

"The king is in a hurry." Qi Yicheng looked at the sky: "Maybe there is something delayed on the way to the reinforcements, and it is not known." In this way, there is a big ship in the old man's house, let my son Qi Ming take the officials and the family members, and then go to the two guards for help, how about it? ”

Master Wang glanced at Qi Yicheng deeply: "Okay." ”

Lu Qi was working with Chen Yin'er in Ludang at this time, and there were many reeds and shrubs on the riverbank, and if they were hidden in it when the would-be robbers came at night, it would be difficult to find them and they would have to be cleaned up.

The amount of work was too large, so Lu Qi and the Wang clan mobilized the people in the city to do it together, and at this time a vacant land had been cleared.

was busy working, and suddenly saw the water gate open, and a familiar big boat came out of it, and sure enough, Qi Ming was standing at the bow of the boat.

Seeing Lu Qi on the shore, Qi Ming hurriedly asked the family who was rocking the oars behind him to approach the shore: "Brother Lu is here!" Brother Lu, hurry up and get on board! ”

"What?" Lu Qi put down the firewood knife in his hand in confusion.

Qi Ming took advantage of the proximity to the shore and pulled Lu Qi to the boat.

"Huh!"

Lu Qi was caught off guard, and was pulled away by him suddenly, and was at a loss: "Brother Qi, what are you?" ”

Chen Yin'er saw her being dragged away, and chased all the way along the riverbank: "Husband! Husband! ”

"There has been a message from the clan, ordering my father and son to abandon the property and leave Yuxian as soon as possible. And my father's words are in the yamen, although his position is light and his power is small, how can he leave lightly and let down the people on this side.

Therefore, he ordered the younger brother to drive the boat and take the officials to the two guards near the mountain and the sea to ask for help. Qi Ming's eyes were gloomy and he said softly.

Looking over him, it was the official who had seen on the city tower just now, who was waving at him: "Master Lu." ”

Lu Qi immediately understood - Qi Yicheng didn't want to escape from the battle, and he was afraid that the city would not be able to hold it in the end, so he asked his son to drive the boat to ask for help, in fact, he was looking for an excuse to let him run quickly.

"Brother Lu is so talented, and his fame is unfinished, and the incense has not been passed on, how can he die in the mud? Let's go together! Qi Ming looked at her seriously.

Lu Qi really wanted to run away with him for a moment.

But looking back at the riverbank, if she can run away, how can those people run away?

The people working on the banks of the river are men and women, old and young, and everyone has a sense of confusion and fear of the unknown on their faces.

Run? Even if you run to the ends of the earth, where is the end?

Retracting his gaze, Lu Qi solemnly made a big gift to Qi Ming:

"Thank you, Brother Qi! Today's help, Yun remembers the five!

Yes, who doesn't want to live? but I have more than I have to live; He whom I have wicked is worse than death.

Wu Zhixian has the grace of knowing Lu Yun, and today is the time to repay him! ”

Qi Ming's heart was shocked when he said this, and he couldn't make a sound with his mouth open.

Lu Qi asked Jiading to bring the boat closer to the shore again, Chen Yin'er was chasing along the riverbank, seeing this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand, Lu Qi grabbed her, and pulled her to the boat.

"Huh, huh, husband, what's going on?" Chen Yin'er gasped.

Lu Qi hugged Chen Yin'er heavily.

"I know that Brother Qi has a good character and is a downright gentleman. I don't have any worries after I go, only my wife Chen...... In the future, I will ask Brother Qi to help take care of it! ”

“！！！”

Chen Yin'er's eyes widened: "What's ......?"

Qi Ming bowed for a long time, and his hands trembled a little.

Before the boat left the shore, Lu Qi turned around, jumped over there, and fell into the reeds.

"Husband!"

Chen Yin'er turned around suddenly, and was about to chase to the shore, when Qi Ming grabbed her sleeve.

"Sister-in-law is going to leave!" Qi Ming's eyes were red, and he couldn't bear to see this love-hate separation.

"Sister-in-law...... Brother Lu has given you the chance to live, you must not let down Brother Lu's sincerity! ”

"Uncle God, don't talk about it." Chen Yin'er shook off his hand: "The concubine and he are husband and wife, born and died together, if anything happens to the husband today, the concubine will never live alone!" ”

Qi Ming took two steps back in a daze, and sat down in the cabin, and when the family saw this, he hurriedly came to help him: "Young master! ”

Chen Yin'er urged the boat to dock, and then resolutely jumped up towards the river bank, running away without looking back.

Looking at the backs of these two people, Qi Ming, who used to boast of being a literati, fell silent.

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Ding shook his shoulder: "Young master, there is only one seedling of you in the second room of our Yangzhou Qi Mansion, you must not have anything to do!" ”

As if he had figured out something, Qi Ming's eyes returned to clarity. He broke free of his family's hand, fell to his knees, and bowed in the direction of the riverbank.

"Thank you, thank you for having heroes like you in the world!"

……

Seeing that Chen Yin'er was back, Lu Qi really couldn't help but want to scold her, but when he saw the tearful smile on her face, he couldn't give up.

There was no word for each other, only hugging each other tightly. Between the swaying reeds on the banks of the Yujiang River, the breeze gradually subsided, and the sunset in the west was obscured by dark clouds, and the sky was getting late.

Back in the city, Lu Qi remembered what Qi Ming had said just now that he was going to the two guards to ask for help.

The guard system of the Ming Dynasty was created by Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and its background color originated from the government military system during the Tang Dynasty.

Specially stationed troops in a certain place, using military fields to raise soldiers, and soldiers are hereditary soldiers, so that the army is raised, and it does not cost money in the treasury.

This system still had combat effectiveness in the early Ming Dynasty, but since the beginning of Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, officers have invaded military fields, eaten empty salaries, enslaved soldiers to cultivate fields, and caused soldiers to flee.

By the time Ming Yingzong, the god of war in Tumubao, had accumulated as many as one million soldiers who had fled, and there might be thousands of soldiers in each guard station in name, but in fact half of them would be there.

Lu Qi walked in while thinking: "I'm afraid, this guard is also unreliable." ”

Chen Yin'er looked around and said softly: "I have also heard about the guards, in a few villages near my mother's house, the guards can be sideways!"

Not only did they not let people go out to sea to fish, but they also went door-to-door to check fishing boats. All the houses whose bows were wider than two arms were taken away, and their relatives and friends could not come back unless they ransom them.

Because of this, how many people have lost their livelihood and starved to death! ”

"These guys ......," Lu Qi frowned.

It is no wonder that the power of the Japanese invaders is getting bigger and bigger, and in the later period, even dozens of Japanese invaders dared to land ashore, and fought for thousands of miles through the county in the interior, and once killed under the city of Nanjing, the capital of the country.

In the face of dozens of enemies, the defenders of Nanjing were killed by two generals and eight or nine hundred soldiers were killed, but the Japanese did not leave even a single corpse.

These things were recorded in the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and the literati at that time.

The dignified Ming Dynasty, the southern military equipment was actually abolished!

The more Lu Qi thought about it, the more he felt that he was at a loss, and he stopped and stood on the street in a daze: "What should I do......

I heard a sudden shout from behind me: "If you don't leave, get out of the way, what is in the way?" ”

Looking back, she was a strong man with a height of nine feet and a broad face, dressed in a strong suit, and a long stick wrapped in a cloth on his shoulder, looking at her with dissatisfaction.

"The head of the dart must not be rude!" The shopkeeper dressed as a businessman on the side hurriedly came up to make an apology: "This little minister, the dart head is a rough man, don't be like him." ”

Hearing this, an old man with white hair poured a sip of wine and looked at him drunkly: "Now that there are frequent troubles, and the officers and soldiers are all rumors, it is better for us to make less trouble." ”

"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

A Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe waved the dust: "My husband's words are wrong!" I am waiting for my male husband, at this time, I am going out of the mountains to calm the disaster and save the people from fire and water, what does it mean to create less trouble? ”

The head of the dart put the stick on his shoulder to the ground: "The Taoist chief said it well! Speaking of a certain family's heart! Since you and I have this heart, why don't you go to the yamen to devote yourself to reimbursement? ”

"Good!"

"Slow down, everyone!" Lu Qi hurriedly stopped them and gave a round of advice: "Xiaosheng is Lu Yun, the master of this county, just heard that you are going to the yamen?" ”

Everyone saluted.

The head of the dart clenched his fists: "It turned out that Master Lu was in front of him, and a certain family was rude." ”

"It's okay, but the dart head and the Taoist can have this heart to serve the country, which really makes Xiaosheng admire! This is your introduction, and come with me! ”

was praised by Lu Qi twice, and the dart head scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and then suddenly remembered something:

"There are more than a dozen brothers in the dart bureau in the county, all of whom are good players, so a certain family will call them together!"

The Taoist chief untied a sword from his waist: "Although the poor Dao is alone, there are still three feet of Qingfeng in his hand, and today he is all driven by the yamen!" ”

Seeing this situation, the people next to them all enthusiastically brought their own children to sign up, and the expulsion of the Japanese is also protecting their hometown, and they also have to contribute!