chapter eight
The officer led Huang Ling to the study room. You Zhiyuan retreated before kneeling down to salute, "The emperor has met General Huang."
Huang Ling said: "Please get up."
You Zhiyuan thanked him, led Huang Ling to the throne, and personally served him tea, and said, "Sir, come today. Could it be that there is something important to go to the official?"
Huang Ling chuckled, "Master You are worried, I will come today, I have something to ask for advice."
"I dare not, don't dare, please speak out."
Huang Ling didn't say much, "Ling has been stationed in the border for many years, and he also knows that the border is miserable. Moreover, there are no soldiers in Yunzhou. I thought it was a mess and the people were in poverty. I didn't expect that the streets would be lively and the people would live in peace. Master You has a good governance, and I really want to ask for advice."
"this……"
Chen Ning, who was hiding in the side hall and listening, was shocked. He didn't want him to be a general, but his mind was meticulous.
"Your Majesty is very important. Yunzhou is poor and you still have to rely on the kindness of the emperor every year to survive. The last official is extremely ashamed. What the adult said is not a bad official?" You Zhiyuan looked ashamed.
"Why did Lord You say this? The border is deserted and sparsely populated, so it is no better than the fish and rice water town. However, the people in Yunzhou who I saw were simple clothes, but their faces were spiritual. This is great." Why did the people have no sadness in a border city where barbarians were harassing outside and bandits were rampant inside? Huang Ling frowned and suddenly remembered something, "I still remember Lord You submitted a letter to the court a year ago, and went to Yunzhou to rampage. Why did the following be lost later?"
You Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat, "This..."
Chen Ning Yiqi, isn’t he at the border? Why is it so well-informed?
A year ago, a group of bandits rushed over, occupying the mountain as king, burning and killing the enemy, and robbing the villagers, and robbing the village ladies. With just the dozen yamen runners in his prefect, they were not the opponents of the robbers? At that time, Yunzhou was different from today. The people were numb and used to giving up on themselves. If they met their own family, they cried and claimed that they were unlucky, it was not their own business, and they patted their chests and said to themselves that they were lucky.
If it weren't for the woman in the side hall... what General Huang saw today would definitely look like a year ago.
"Why is Lord You hesitant?" A strange light flashed in Huang Ling's eyes.
Chen Ning grinned, You Daizi, please don’t say anything you shouldn’t say.
"Secretary, lower official... At that time, a noble man came to Yunzhou and saved Yunzhou from water and fire." The honest You Zhiyuan lowered his hands and stuttered.
"Oh? Who is it?"
"She... is a hermit." You Zhiyuan, who had already made a great vow, had to lie.
"hermit?"
"Sir You, something big happened! Captain Lin, please go to the city tower!" An emergency notice from the outside came suddenly.
Going to the city tower? Could it be a war? Huang Ling and You Zhiyuan looked at each other, stopped talking and hurried out.
Chen Ning in the side hall immediately left the government office.
"Kemon Kingdom sent an envoy to negotiate peace?" Standing on the city wall, Dong Jingchen, Huang Ling and others met halfway through, looking at the Kemon soldiers waiting under the city gate and the envoys sitting cross-legged on the four-wheeled horse-driving carriage, covering the sun with a fan, squinted their eyes and looked down.
"Yes, it is said that it is because of a serious illness in recent years and the country's vitality is severely damaged. Jing Chao has never taken advantage of the situation. The Khan is grateful and resists the opposition and decides to restore diplomatic relations with our dynasty."
"Oh..." Dong Jingchen frowned for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "Isn't this a good thing?"
"Why did Master Six say this?" You Zhiyuan asked solemnly.
"The emperor has always been worried about the Kymond clan. Now that the barbarians surrender themselves, it is not a good thing?" Dong Jingchen looked at Huang Ling and smiled.
Huang Ling had another idea, "Sixth Master, this matter is up to be discussed, the Kymonds came too coincidental." The spy reported that the Kymonds had recovered their vitality, and the nomads had always been fighting, so they came to discuss peace... His face became heavier and he became heavier.
When You Zhiyuan heard this, his heart was pounding. What the general said... In addition to the matter of food and grass just now... it was a turbulent autumn!
What does Ziling mean? Dong Jingchen widened his eyes.
"No matter whether it is true or false, it seems that it cannot be refused." After glanced at the long team, Huangling was silent at the moment. If he refused, they would have a grand reason to provoke the war. Today, Yunzhou will be in dire straits. "Mr. You, please limit the sergeant of Kemeng to within thirty people on the grounds that the diplomatic relations between the two countries are not taken to behead the envoy."
"yes."
When You Zhiyuan was going to prepare for negotiations, Huang Ling suddenly recalled something and was about to call him. Unexpectedly, You Zhiyuan stopped and turned back before him, walked to him, and said hesitantly: "Master Huang... the lower official took the liberty, the last official who had just arrived in the capital was temporarily placed in the granary. I wonder if it was appropriate?"
What else is more appropriate if the food and grass are not placed in the granary? Dong Jingchen looked at him and thought not to blame him for being exiled to this point.
Huang Ling also looked at You Zhiyuan, but it had a profound meaning. This magistrate thought he was just a seventh-rank prefect, but he didn't expect that he was surprised.
You Zhiyuan looked at him and then lowered his head and avoided him.
"What Master You thinks is reasonable, but I don't know where Master You thinks it is suitable to place it?" Huang Ling asked.
This sentence confirmed what You Zhiyuan was thinking. He suddenly looked up and met Huang Ling's calm gaze. He was worried that most of the time had gone. The mighty general in front of him was the invincible dynasty!
"I'm polite, sir." So You Zhiyuan stepped forward and whispered to him.
Huang Ling pondered for a moment with his hands behind his back and nodded.
Dong Jingchen was confused, so he turned on his fan and shook his head.
You Zhiyuan hurriedly got off the city wall, and while keeping his official hat in hand, he was thinking about how to contact him. When he looked up, he met Shen Ning who was leaning against the stone wall and talking to the city guardian. "Madam Li." He turned his head and looked up. Seeing that Huang Ling and others had not yet come down, he came forward to say something to her.
"Sir You." Shen Ning smiled and bowed.
You Zhiyuan made a gesture of invitation, walked out with her, and briefly told her about the current situation. Shen Ning had already seen the huge team of Kymonds at the defense entrance downstairs of the city tower, and did not think that the nations that often came to loot would suddenly submit olive branches. However, she didn't know much about the ideas of the ancients and was not sure. Now, after listening to You Zhiyuan's retelling of Huang Ling's ideas, she should have gone together.
"Madam, in your opinion..."
Shen Ning smiled, "General Zhenwei is here, and I still need to show off my skills? You can tell me what I want, but if you need to do my best, just speak up."
After hearing this, You Zhiyuan pondered for a moment, then he had to nod and quickly discuss the opening of the city gate with the captain.
Shen Ning looked back at the messenger on the carriage who couldn't see clearly, and snatched the horse that the officer was tying, galloped all the way, and heard a few complaints on the side of the road: "Oh, Mrs. Li, hurry up!"
"Sorry!" Her apology with a smile floated on the street.
What does this lady mean?
Chen Ning, who had run away, didn't hear any slander. He was planning to go back to the Li family, but suddenly he changed his mind and headed towards the escort agency.
When he rushed to the escort agency to find Han Zhen, he was studying swordsmanship alone in the martial arts room. Chen Ning waited for a while before he collected his internal strength and came out of the room. "What's the matter?" Didn't she ask her to go back and memorize the method carefully?
"If you have something to do, please ask you to do it." Chen Ning smiled flatteringly.
"explain."
"Escort Dahua and my mother to the mountain." She was a little uneasy.
When Han Zhen heard this, he withdrew his eyes and looked back, and his expression became serious, "What happened?"
"The Kymonds are outside the city and say they are discussing peace and demanding clearance."
"Don't you believe it?"
"I was not sure at first, but General Huang also thought there was a fraud. It may be that the person who came here was bad. It would be best if the peace talks are true, but I think it would be better to be careful."
Han Zhen frowned and pondered, and after a while, he said, "You go with them, I'll stay." It's not that he doesn't believe in her ability to protect herself, but that he found that since her husband Li Ziqi passed away, she was like a wild horse that had taken off the reins. She was not impetuous, but that she looked like she was floating in the air, heartless and heartless, as if she couldn't find a place to stay. He was afraid that she would stay in this dangerous place and would be completely careless about her life.
"Oh, you also know who else can control the bandits on the mountain besides you! You have to go up the mountain to drive them down to help us."
"They are afraid that you are more than me." Han Zhen said the truth lightly.
Chen Ning touched his nose and said, "Today is different from the past. If they have the desire to revenge, I will lead a group of women and children to come to my door?" She paused and emphasized, "I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid of what if."
Han Zhen's brows became deeper and deeper. Those cubs, who had not tried on weekdays, did not know whether they had grown up. But here... "Then you go with me, I'll take them down to find Lord You."
Chapter completed!