It was more than half an hour after Madam Qiao returned to Qiao's house. Her two children were waiting for her in the hall of the main courtyard. When she returned, both of them greeted them eagerly.
Qiao Shenyu was wearing a lake-dyed gold brocade, and her black hair was tied high with a white jade buckle, and Qi Yuxuan was at the end; The pomegranate beads with temples tremble slightly as she walks, elegant and beautiful.
Whenever looking at these wonderful children, Madam Qiao felt soothing.Husband is so unskillful, she can only rely on this pair of children.
"Mother," Qiao Shenyu asked eagerly after saluting. "What did he say, uncle?" He stared at Madam Qiao with a staring stare.
Mrs. Qiao glanced at Qiao Shenyu, didn't answer immediately, and walked in until she sat down in the first Taishi chair, and then slowly nodded, "I personally go out, can your uncle agree?"
"That's nature." Qiao Shenyu attentively rubbed shoulders for Madam Qiao. "Uncle, he has always been closest to your mother."
Mrs. Qiao clapped her son's hand and urged, "Brother Yu, the last thing about Fumin in the southwest finally caused your uncle to be unhappy. This time, I also said something so that my uncle nodded. Yu Geer. , You have to get angry on this errand. Let your uncle look at your skills!"
"Mother, don't worry." Qiao Shenyu raised his chest confidently. "Can't you still trust your son?"
Mrs. Qiao looked at her son with a smile, with a very affectionate expression: "Brother Yu, the mother will wait for you to earn a military return." Put Tian Tiantao down on it!
Qiao Shenyu was full of enthusiasm. He seemed to have seen his Jinyi returning to his hometown and clenched his fist: "Mother, then I will go down and prepare."
Qiao Shenyu quickly retreated, and Qiao Ruolan on the side had been holding back for a while.
Seeing her brother go away, she bit her lower lip and asked anxiously, "Mother, he...he could have..." She twisted the veil tentatively, peach blossom on her face, and the waves in her eyes were sentimental. Looks like it is moving heart.
Hey, Mrs. Qiao sighed secretly in my heart. My family had a young woman growing up, and my daughter seemed really tempted by An Yihou.
Mrs. Qiao hesitated, and replied: "I asked your uncle, An Yihou has never married." Even if she wanted to hide this, she might not be able to hide it.
Hearing the words, Qiao Ruolan was ecstatic, a dazzling splendor in his eyes, the corners of his mouth could not help lifting, his heart beat like a deer, and his imagination joined together.
"Sister Lan," Madam Qiao frowned, and persuaded softly, "You listen to the mother, the mother looks wrong with this comfortable Hou, although he has a high weight, but his body is not good at first sight... …" There will be a lot of fun in the boudoir in the future, not to mention, if the old age dies early, even if it was how beautiful it was during his lifetime, what if he left the orphans and widows?!"Sister Lan, my mother is for your own good. My mother has already inquired, then the three sons of Fu have made great contributions this time, and they are also the emperor's nephews. The future is bound to be limitless.
But before Mrs. Qiao finished speaking, Qiao Ruolan stood up with a hint of impatience on her face, and said: "Mother, brother will leave in a few days. Presumably your trivial affairs are busy and there are many things. To prepare for the elder brother, the daughter will not disturb you." After that, Qiao Ruolan left without looking back.
Madam Qiao's eyes widened in disbelief, and her heart burst into her head.If anyone else dared to treat her like this, Madam Qiao would have turned her face.I'm my own daughter!
The daughter was obedient since she was a child, and she learned outstandingly, so she didn't worry about herself, and she didn't expect that there was such a big difference between the mother and daughter!
Madam Qiao's chest was violently ups and downs, and she couldn't help but complain to the grandma Hu on the side: "The old saying is really good, children are debts, don't come without debts!"
Grandma Hu comforted and comforted: "Ma'am, Lord An Yi is the girl's life-saving benefactor. No wonder she..."
Mrs. Qiao was also very grateful to An Yihou, but this gratitude disappeared as long as Qiao Ruolan's obsession and coldly said: "I don't know what that An Yihou has done to Sister Lan." Daughter He was really fascinated by him!
Grandma Hu laughed aside, but dared not agree.
Mrs. Qiao squeezed her chin, frowned, and said, "No, I have to settle Sister Lan's marriage soon!"
Grandma Hu reminded: "Ma'am, but the battle ahead is not over, and I don't know when Fu San Gongzi can come back..."
After being mentioned by Grandma Hu, Madam Qiao couldn't help but get annoyed and said, "I should have just asked the prince when Grandpa Fu came back." Grandpa Fu is so good that Xiao Fei can't be robbed. gone.
However, this matter still has to wait for Fu Yunhe to come back to make a difference. At the moment, she still has to help her son prepare the luggage to go out.
Mrs. Qiao personally ran to Qiao Shenyu, helped to organize things, and ordered the maid and the wife to prepare it, and was busy for nearly an hour before they took care of these trivial matters.
After she returned to her house and sipped hot tea, she remembered that she had to talk to Qiao Xingyao about her son going to Huiling City.
"Perilla, have you come to see the old man come back?" Mrs. Qiao turned to order.
The round-faced maid of the blue-green maid suddenly shrank, her eyes blinked, and she bent her knees: "Ma'am, lord... the lord went to Aunt Yu." Aunt Yu was originally raised in the outer room of Goldfish Lane Since I passed the door, I have been loved by Qiao Xingyao, and I spend more than half of a month with Aunt Yu.
"This Hu Meizi!" Madam Qiao dropped the tea cup in her hand, the porcelain splashed, and the hot tea was spilled on the ground...
Qiao Zhai's chicken flying dog jump is not mentioned for the time being.
Since the great victory came in front, there are not many people who want to send their children to Huiling City to rub a military merit. For a time, all the residences in Luoyue City have been busy and busy, and it is very lively...
When Qiao Shenyu arrived at Luoyue City Camp three days later, he saw two familiar faces in the accompanying team.
Qiao Shenyu's face froze for a moment, and greeted the two casually: "Yu Gongzi, Chang Gongzi!"
The two were Yu Xiufan, the fourth son of General Jiangfu, and Chang Huaixi, the fifth son of General Changfu.Obviously, these two people wanted to go to Huiling City to rub military achievements. It's shameless!They can never be compared by them!
Qiao Shenyu vowed secretly in his heart.
What people thought was not mentioned in the bottom of their hearts, but on the surface, they were harmonious.
Not long after, Li Xiaowei arrived and saw that three or four more carriages in the team were still the private property of these elder brothers. He was angry now, and ordered everyone to carry only one parcel of luggage, otherwise they would not go.
As a result, all the carriages were left behind, and the three of them took only a few pieces of changed clothes and hurried on the road.
Li Xiaowei led the mighty battalion to set off.
When they arrived in Huiling City, it was a few days later. This time the boat was in a hurry. Qiao Shenyu thought that he could finally take a good rest. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaowei got Xiao Yi’s military order from the Situ Defense, and had to hurry to go. Yanding City, of course, Qiao Shenyu can only follow them non-stop.
A group of people finally arrived at Yanding City when the sun went down the next day.
As soon as I heard that they were here to deliver food and grass, the gate guards checked the token, and immediately opened the gate to meet them.
"Li Xiaowei," Shouzheng said excitedly, "Thousands of hopes finally brought you to Pan. Those damn Nanliangs occupied Yanding City and then slaughtered and looted. Now the people in the city are waiting. What about the emergency food you brought..."
In those dark days, the people were miserable. Although Shiziye ordered people to send some grains and grass after he laid down the city of Yanding, the grains and grasses were all tight-fitting provinces in southern Xinjiang and Huiling City. Those who come down can only barely maintain it for a few days... Fortunately, there is finally food!Seeing these grains and grasses, Shouzheng felt fortunate for a while, and Yanding City finally survived!
The matter mattered, Li Xiaowei and Shouzheng entered the city without saying a few words. Qiao Shenyu followed the horse behind Li Xiaowei and looked around indifferently. Yanding City was sluggish and dead, exuding a sense of lifelessness.
Yesterday, Qiao Shenyu saw that Huiling City was well-guarded except for entering and leaving the city, and all other affairs in the city were orderly. He thought Yanding City was similar, but he did not expect Yanding City to be like this depression, ten rooms and nine empty, no Many houses have broken walls, and there are dark red blood stains on the walls and on the ground. The bloody smell that seems to be absent haunts the tip of the nose.
Qiao Shenyu coughed uncomfortably and adjusted his posture slightly on the horseback, only to feel like sitting on a needle felt.If it were not for military merit, he would not be able to stay long.
A group of people quickly arrived outside the defense mansion, the soldiers stood by outside the house, and Li Xiaowei and the three young sons were ushered into the defense mansion.
Finally, you can rest.Qiao Shenyu yawned lazily, secretly relieved.
"Li Xiaowei, Shi Ziye is waiting for you in the study, please come with the small one." A soldier hurriedly led Li Xiaowei to the study outside.
Qiao Shenyu thought of what he said to be Xiao Yi’s cousin, and he also wanted to say hello to him. Who thought that a man with a thousand looks stopped him and clenched his fists: "People Qiao son, Chang son, Yu son, Yan Ding The city is now in vain, and it is precisely when manpower is needed that Shiziye learns that the three sons are coming and is destined to come down and give orders to the three."
Qiao Shenyu was stunned. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi's military order came before he could take a breath.Is this too urgent?Although he came to rub the military merits, but he traveled all the way, but also wanted to rest for a few days before talking...
Yu Xiufan couldn't wait to ask: "Big Brother...cough, I mean, I don't know what Shizi Ye ordered?"
On the side, Chang Huaixi glanced at Yu Xiufan quickly, without moving his voice.He also grew up in Luoyue City, naturally knowing that such famous guys as Yu Xiufan used to be mixed with the princes of the world, and called them brothers and brothers.And Qiao Shenyu is Xiao Yi's cousin, which means that of the three, he is the only one who has no relationship with Shiziye.
Jing Qian said in a positive way: "The three sons, both our army and the Nanliang people were killed and injured when they attacked the city. Many corpses were distributed outside the city. If they were not handled in time, the decay of the corpses would easily pollute the water and cause The epidemic is epidemic. The prince has ordered the generals and the people of the city to search the city for several days, and basically cleaned up and burned the corpses in the city. Now the corpses outside the city are being cleaned up, which is annoying the three sons."
Clean up and burn the body?!
Yu Xiufan's mouth twitched, and Jun's face almost collapsed. He said, "Brother really doesn't talk about love!…No way, Brother’s order, no matter how miserable it is... In fact, although burning the corpse is a bit disgusting, it is an easy task.Yu Xiufan had some hair in his heart, so he could only comfort himself.
Chang Huaixi's face was not very good-looking either. A turbid breath filled his chest, and he almost blurted out: Why?!
He is a three-generation goalkeeper, and he has played for the grandfather since the grandfather.Shiziye gave him such a cheap life, should he deliberately humiliate himself?
Chang Huaixi shook his fist, and after all, he said nothing, observing Yu Xiufan and Qiao Shenyu without trace.
Qiao Shenyu's entire face froze, and he couldn't believe his ears.His face was pale and green, and blue and white, and he could not hide the disgust in his eyes.
"This Xiongtai," Qiao Shenyu said to him with a fist, "Can you let me see Yi first... Shi Zi Ye?" He thought about waiting to see Xiao Yi, and then let him give him another errand!
Who would have thought that Jing Qian, who had just been with Yan Yuese, changed her face instantly, a pair of thin eyes with a single eyelid was murderous, and the temperature around him fell suddenly.
"Master Qiao," Jing Qian's voice was so cold that he almost dropped the ice slag. "What I said just now is the order of the grandfather! Isn't Mr. Qiao defying the order?"
Defying military orders?!Qiao Shenyu's pupils shrank sharply, and the anti-military commander's staff. Last time, because of the matter of Fumin in the southwest, he had a full of thirty military sticks and was beaten with flesh, lying on the couch for more than a month.
Qiao Shenyu laughed with a lingering fear, and quickly changed his mouth: "How could it be?! How can I defy the military order."
Yu Xiufan secretly smirked and looked at the young man Qiao, although he was the cousin of his elder brother Xiao Yi, but he didn't know much about his elder brother's mentality. Although he likes to play around on weekdays, he does the right thing but says nothing. .Qiao Shenyu had to hit the knife edge!Poor!
Chang Huaixi's eyes dropped halfway, and a flash of anger flickered in his eyes.Shiziye probably wants to give them a dismounted horse, right?Hmm, I saw the tricks!
Jing Chang did not pay any attention to Qiao Shenyu, and directly said: "The three sons, please come down..."
Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi followed up. Although Qiao Shenyu was full of unwillingness, he took this step after biting.
Jing Qian personally led the three people out of the city through the Nancheng Gate. At this time, the sky was already dim, and only the west sky left a touch of red.
On a clearing outside the city, a huge wooden platform has been built.
In the distance, it happened to see a team of three soldiers escorting this pallet wagon from here.A group of people were getting closer and closer, and you could vaguely see that the carriage was filled with three or five corpses, and a strong smell of corpses drifted over...
When the cool night wind blew, the stench came on its face, permeating all around, making people sick and nauseous.
Qiao Shenyu's face was as pale as paper, and his stomach was tumbling for a while, and he almost didn't vomit.
"Da da da……"
All around were silent, except for the sound of horseshoes and rolling wheels as the carriage moved forward, getting louder and louder.
The soldiers stopped in front of President Qian, and the leader of the team stepped forward and said: "In Chief President Qian, the body within a radius of the square has been cleaned, are you..."
In the discourse, the carriage was parked at the rear, and a corpse with unbearable sight was piled up on it. The blood was dripping, and it was hot in southern Xinjiang. Most of the corpses were rotten. You can clearly see the countless white between the clothing and the flesh. The live maggots wriggled, and flies gathered around them, making a "buzzing" sound.
Qiao Shenyu buzzed both ears and could not hear anything.
"vomit--"
He couldn't restrain his nausea anymore, turned and vomited wildly against the grass beside him...
Seeing Qiao Shenyu vomiting more than once, a flash of contempt flashed in Chang Huaixi's eyes, suppressing the nausea in his heart.
"Vomit...vomit..."
For a time, only listening to Qiao Shenyu's vomiting sound could not go around in the air.
Soon, Xiao Yi in the guarding house learned of what happened at the gate.
"...That son Qiao is not even as good as women and children." Jing Qian said, "I will see that he will be able to say goodbye to you in a few days." In the past few days, there is something wrong in Yanding City. The young, old, weak women and children helped to clean the corpse in the city together, who was as coquettish as the son Joe, "The other two sons seem to be okay for the time being." I just don't know what will happen after they do it.
Xiao Yi's mouth twitched a smile, and walked to the window, looking toward the sky to the south.
With his distance and angle, he could not see the gate outside the city, but he could see the billowing white smoke rising and frantically flock to the night sky...
Presumably, the corpse has begun to burn outside the city...
Since he settled in Yanding City, he basically burned his corpses every night at this time. Most of the corpses found were thousands, most of them could not be identified, and there was no time to identify them. The corpses must be burned as soon as possible!
This is war, cruel and helpless.
Xiao Yi stared up at the night sky for a while, and then said: "Don't pay attention to them, even if you want to go back, you have to finish things for this person!"
As soon as Qiao Shenyu, Yu Xiufan and Chang Huaixi came, Xiao Yi got the news.Obviously, these three men were sent here to rub some military merits.
Xiao Yi certainly understands how this kind of thing can't be avoided, but if you want military merit, you have to pay something.Whether it is Yu Xiufan, Qiao Shenyu and Chang Huaixi, as long as they have the ability, he is a comer!
In this city, many things are waiting for people to do.
"Yes, Shiziye." President Jing Qian fisted with fists and retreated respectfully.
Xiao Yi stood still by the window for a moment, then turned to the book case to sit down and take up official duties.
Each time a city is recovered from the enemy, it represents not the end, but a difficult beginning.
The original governor and defense of Yanding City had already been sacrificed when the city was broken, and Xiao Yi recently promoted a virtuous general Wu Wude who had made a contribution to the defense of Yanding City, but the position of Zhifu had to wait The court's approval may take some time to wait for the new prefect to take office.Now the trivia in the city needs to be dealt with temporarily by him.
Repairing the city walls, reorganizing the household registration fields, counting the grain and grass in the warehouses, re-appointing officials from the two cities, and disposing of the Nanliang soldiers... Large and small affairs are so busy that Xiao Yi can only comfort himself and wait for Xiaobai to come.
This night, after Xiao Yi was busy, it was already two more days.
Seeing that the sky was not early, the bamboo guarding the outside of the study room finally couldn't help but enter the room and persuaded: "Shiziye, you should rest..." After that, he added, "If you are exhausted, , Princess Shizi would be worried."
Xiao Yi ignored him and worked hard to write two full papers at a time before he broke the pen and handed it to the bamboo and said, "Go and send it to Princess Shizi!" A pair of beautiful peach eyes sparkled in the candlelight bright.
Bamboo does not have to read the letter, and he can guess that his family's grandfather estimated to be spoiled with the princess in the letter.He took the stationery, responded with a smile, and walked briskly.
Thinking of his stinky girl, Xiao Yi had a good night's sleep.The next morning, as usual, he smelled the chicken and danced, punched a set of punches, and bathed and changed his clothes before he made his debut.
Following this, he patrolled the city defense of Yanding City surrounded by generals.
After the repairs in the past few days, many of the gaps in the city walls have been repaired, and the color of the old and new stone bricks is significantly different, just like a piece of clothes that has been repeatedly repaired, showing a sense of vicissitudes for the rest of the life.
The crowd walked along the city wall. After a while, they saw many armored soldiers in armor repairing the city wall. Several people built bricks and some built mud. Some people came to help, and from time to time clanged.
Li Shoube walked while reporting: "Shiziye, during the siege of that day, catapults destroyed many walls and repaired them for a few days. At least half of them had no time to repair. I am afraid that more people will be needed. Bricks In the end, he will plan to find a few unmanned houses in the city and first dismantle their walls to rescue them."
Xiao Yi looked at Jing Qianzong: "Can you mobilize staff there?"
Jing Qian always hurriedly replied: "Shiziye, the body has been almost cleaned up. In two days, another one or two hundred people can be transferred to repair the city wall."
Li Shoube pondered for a while, and then said: "So, it should be possible to repair the city wall within five days."
In the discourse, the city gate appeared in the sight of everyone. I saw two long lines lined up near the city gate. The people were all in ragged clothes and squinted. They looked at a glance. Most of them were old and weak. Disabled.
Li Shoubei saw Xiao Yi's eyes looking over there and explained: "Shi Ziye, the grain and grass were delivered yesterday, so he immediately ordered people to distribute rice grains after the inventory was over."
At the beginning, the Nanliang people burned and looted in Yanding City for three days. They killed most of the young and middle-aged people in the city, leaving only the old and weak and disabled to drive them. Many women in the city suffered. Cruelly inhuman, he was humiliated and killed himself.
Whenever they saw these poor people, the soldiers were filled with indignation and empathy.
Zheng Sen, who had a big beard, said indignantly: "It's still too cheap those Nanliang people!"
"Yes!" Fu Yunhe said sternly, "If our god arm crossbows were too few, that day wouldn't let that Ikarao escape!... Brother, this god arm crossbow is really a weapon of the gods, we Prepare more." He said, staring at Xiao Yi with his eyes burning.
In the two battles to recover Yanding City and Yongjia City, both the Divine Arm Camp and the Divine Arm Crossbow played a huge role that could not be ignored.Xiao Yi also wants to expand the establishment, but the problem is that he has no money!This 3,000-person sacred arm battalion almost ran out of the food towns where the smelly girl sealed the ground.
It's a pity that the soldiers didn't know about it. They all saw the power of the crossbow of the gods, so Fu Yunhe said this in response.
"If you set up two more sacred arm camps, you must beat those damn Nanliang dogs!" Zheng Senjiang said, his voice unconsciously raised, and his eyes were on the little boy in front of him.
The boy's dark eyes were rounded and his mouth slightly opened. It seemed that he was frightened. In the blink of an eye, his eyes were filled with tears...
The old woman holding the boy's right hand immediately noticed the child's abnormalities, looked down at her, and asked anxiously, "Heizi, what's wrong with you?"
The boy's other hand held the old woman's skirt tightly, her lips flattened, as if she would cry in the next moment.
Zheng Sen will be stiff all over, he did not do well at all.
Fu Yunhe, who was on the side, smiled hard and squeezed his eyebrows at Zheng Shen, as if to say, who made you look fierce and still scary outside!
Digression
Asked in amusement, is there a monthly ticket?