Zhou Chen solemnly told the chief of the guards according to what Yan Qing taught him. The chief of the guards kept it in mind and solemnly took the guards to bake according to the instructions given by the third young master.

Sure enough, a rabbit that looked attractive and scented with a barbecue aroma was roasted, which was really different from the black baked rabbit that was earlier.

This time, Zhou Chen was amazed. Even he thought he had seen the baked rabbit before, but he became disgusted when he looked at it again. He carried the baked rabbit and returned to the next door to the cart.

Yan Qing looked at it, very satisfied, and said something to Zhou Chen to give face, "Good, thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Chen shook his head repeatedly, "I don't work hard because of the baked subordinates." He paused for a moment, blushed embarrassedly and said, "I don't know much."

Yan chuckled, "So you won't know it anymore from now on? At least you will not go hungry when you go out alone."

Ling Hua had woken up, poked his head out from behind Yan Qing, and took the conversation with a smile, "General Zhou is good at governing the army, but it seems that he is not a little training for the soldiers' survival in the wild. This is a necessary skill for marching and fighting. After all, if there is really a day of war, God will not matter whether you are camping outside, it should be heavy snow, or it should be heavy snow, and it should be heavy rain, and it is also unambiguous. No matter how bad the weather is, people should eat enough, right?"

Zhou Chen's heart was shocked, "Yes."

Yan Qing took the rabbit and stayed in the warm carriage with Ling Hua for this belated lunch.

After Zhou Chen walked back, Zhou Ying leaned closer and asked him in a low voice, "Brother, what did Master Yan Xiaohou and Ling Zhuangzhuan just told you? Do you still dislike the rabbit being badly roasted?"

The best one to roast was selected from a dozen rabbits. Is it really hard for those two people to continue to make things difficult for them?

Zhou Chen shook his head, "No, the little Marquis of Yan praised the rabbit and said that the rabbit was roasted very well, Ling Zhangzhun said..."

He lowered Ling Hua's words and repeated Zhou Ying, and then sighed, "The people we brought out are all top-notch experts selected from the army. It is no problem to marching and fighting on the horse, but survival in the wild is really a problem."

Zhou Ying was also shocked, "Ling Zhangzhuan was right."

The two of them looked at each other and felt that after returning to the Liangzhou General Mansion, they would have to mention it to their father that the soldiers in the army would also practice. Maybe one day they would fight. When there was a bad weather and the supply of food was insufficient, the soldiers would have to solve the food themselves. They could not catch the food and eat it raw, as it would kill people.

The two of them felt that a roast rabbit, Yan Qing and Ling Hua, taught them a lesson when they were hungry.

Yan Qing and Ling Hua slowly shared a roasted rabbit, wiped their hands, and Ling Hua poked his head out, "Mr. Wednesday, Miss Thursday, can leave."

Zhou Chen nodded, walked to the carriage, and asked Ling Hua, "There is a town thirty miles ahead, I dare to ask..." He paused, "When you arrive at the town, will the young master and wife stay together?"

Ling Hua shook his head, "I won't stay there anymore, it's just two hundred miles away, hurry up and hurry up!"

Zhou Chen had no objection, and he also wanted to bring the two of them to Liangzhou City as soon as possible.

So, Zhou Chen and Zhou Ying took a hundred guards to protect Yan Qing and Ling Hua's carriage in the middle. The group rushed to whip the horse and passed by the town and bought only some dry food. Soon after, they stayed and headed towards Liangzhou.

Before leaving, Zhou Chen chose a confidant, rushed back in advance, and secretly delivered a letter to General Zhou.

After walking for two hundred miles, after half a day and a night, at dawn, I successfully arrived outside Liangzhou City.

Zhou Wu had already received the news from the person who came back to report the news last night, and was also shocked and couldn't believe it. He repeatedly confirmed with the person sent by Zhou Chen, "Chen'er really said that? What are the identities of those two people... Yan Qing and Ling Hua?"

The confidant nodded affirmatively, "This is how the third young master told me. The fourth lady was also by my side at that time, and specifically instructed my subordinates to send the news back to the general. Once the rest of the people asked, they could not tell me if they were alive or dead."

"That's really them." Zhou Wu nodded affirmatively, with a serious expression, "Of course we have to hide the news tightly and we can't leak it out."

He immediately called two confidants and closed the door to discuss the matter about Yan Qing and Ling Hua coming to Liangzhou.

Because Zhou Wu was still in the study late at night, and there were close friends coming in and out of the study outside, Mrs. Zhou was very surprised and sent her personal maid to ask. Zhou Wu thought that although Ling Hua was the helm of the Jiangnan Canal Transportation, she was still a woman, and she still wanted his wife to come to receive her. She could not hide it. She could only take time and go back to the inner courtyard. When she saw Mrs. Zhou, she told her about this.

Mrs. Zhou was also shocked, "What should I do? She is trying to persuade you to defect to the Second Highness?"

Zhou Wu nodded, "Ninety-one is this purpose."

"Then have you thought about it?" asked Mrs. Zhou.

Zhou Wu didn't speak.

Mrs. Zhou raised her mind, "Have you not thought about it yet?"

Zhou Wu was silent for a moment, sighed, and said something irrelevant to Mrs. Zhou, "The winter clothes of the 300,000 soldiers in Liangzhou have not yet been settled. The snow this year is too heavy. Chen'er and Ying'er sent back said that the people in the villages were frozen to death by heavy snow. Winter has just begun. It is time for winter to pass this long winter, and some of them are still to be over. The soldiers cannot be trained in single clothes. If there is no winter clothes, the training will not be completed. It is not advisable for cats in the house all day. One winter has passed, and the soldiers should be soft and the training cannot be stopped. There is also military pay. Half a year ago, Ling Huazao came to the imperial court and forced the 200,000 shi of military pay that Youzhou had vomited, and it will not last until the spring next year. Military pay is also tight."

Mrs. Zhou understood, "If we surrender to the Second Highness, can our soldiers solve the urgent need for winter clothes? We won't worry too much about military pay?"

“That’s natural.”

Mrs. Zhou gritted her teeth, "Then you promise him. In my opinion, the Crown Prince is not a virtuous person. The Second Prince has done several major things in the court that make people praise. He should not be a real mediocre person. Maybe he was not favored by His Majesty before, so he could hide his weaknesses. Now he doesn't have to hide it anymore, so he stood in front of others. If the Second Prince and the Eastern Palace compete for the throne, there is Youzhou in the East Palace, and the Second Prince has Ling Hua and our Liangzhou Army, now he has the attention of His Majesty again. It is hard to say in the future. Why not try it too? We can't let the 300,000 soldiers starve to death."

Zhou Wu held Mrs. Zhou's hand, "Madam, Your Majesty is now in full swing in spring and autumn, and there is a fight between the Eastern Palace and the Second Prince in the future."

"Then let's fight." Mrs. Zhou said, "Ling Hua came in person and brought the little marquis of Yan Xiaohou in Duan Jing's mansion. The Empress Dowager favored Yan Xiaohou, everyone in the world. Because Ling Hua married Yan Qing, the Empress Dowager would also have to stand at the Second Prince. Didn't he hear that the news came from the capital that the Empress Dowager is very good to the Second Prince now? I believe that for this reason, the Second Prince will have a great chance of winning in the future. He may not lose."

The reason why Mrs. Zhou felt that the Eastern Palace was not virtuous was because of the Ling family's affairs back then. The Eastern Palace instigated the prince's tutor to frame the Ling family, and this year she instigated the Wen family in Youzhou to seize the military pay of Liangzhou. You must know that as the crown prince, the soldiers should be the same. They should be cared for regardless of the high or low status, but how did the prince do it? It was obviously the Former Youzhou Army and the Light Liangzhou Army, just because the Youzhou Army was the Prince Yue Family, and so favored one and the other, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would ascend to the throne in the future, let the relatives grow bigger and oppress good ministers.

Zhou Wu nodded, "The cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys cook, the birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden. I don't know much about the character of Your Highness, and I dare not bet easily. Besides, what should we use to bet? Ling Hua wrote a letter earlier and said that he would marry Ying'er, and then he changed his tone. Although I was startled at the beginning and didn't know how to reply, afterwards, what else is stronger than this besides the marriage bond?"

"When Ling Hua comes, just ask her. Anyway, she comes to our Liangzhou territory, so we shouldn't be passive." Mrs. Zhou gave Zhou Wu an idea, "Let me hear what she says first, and then make a conclusion."

"That's all." Zhou Wu nodded and told Mrs. Zhou, "After Ling Hua and Yan Qing arrived, I was naturally worried about living outside. I still had to live in our mansion. I was relieved. I was troubled by the wife. Before they arrived, I would clean up the whole mansion. Let the servants shut up and not read what should not be read, not say what should not be said, not listen what should not be heard, not spread what should not be heard, not spread what should not be passed on randomly. They came secretly, concealed from His Majesty, and also from the Eastern Palace. Even the city of Youzhou, which was guarded by heavy troops, passed safely. They were really capable. They must not cause any trouble in our Liangzhou and let the news be revealed. Otherwise, Ling Hua could not do well, nor could we do well."

Mrs. Zhou nodded and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to clean up the inner house and make sure that the talkative person will not be allowed to speak out."

So, Mrs. Zhou immediately called the housekeeper and the trusted maids around her. After continuing to explain, she personally summoned all the servants to give a lecture overnight. At the same time, she also made a good yard to accommodate Ling Hua and Yan Qing.

Therefore, when it was dawn, Ling Hua and Yan Qing were accompanied by Zhou Chen and Zhou Ying into Liangzhou City and led them to the Zhou family quietly, without causing any noise.
Chapter completed!