Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 218: Mao Hour, Lonely White Rabbit, Prefers Green Grass

At four quarters past the hour of Mao, dawn broke.

A half circle of red light appeared on the horizon.

On the mudflats of Xixingdu on the other side of the river, a clever rabbit crawled out of its hole.

It looked around vigilantly, then jumped up and down, happily nibbling on the fresh dew-covered grass.

It's time for people to eat, especially since they got up very early today.

Yang Yuan walked in front with big strides, and Leng Yuchan followed behind with small steps, and they walked into a husband-and-wife shop one after the other.

"Shopkeeper, a bowl of mutton soup with extra coriander, a set of tendons, and a side of minced pork and melon."

Yang Yuan casually glanced at the ingredients on the counter in front of the store and roughly knew what the stall mainly sold.

After all, he has been an "idler" for so long, and he only has basic skills.

Leng Yuchan couldn't help but smile at herself when she heard that he only ordered one portion of each item and didn't bring any for her at all.

She knew that Yang Yuan pretended to be affectionate with her in front of Xue Yatou and the Fat Housekeeper just to drive a wedge between the three of them.

She also knew that Yang Yuan acted like a lecherous person towards her in front of Li Fei and Zou Wen just to hide his true face.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Yuan only treated her as a tool to be used.

Perhaps Yang Yuan's true attitude towards her was revealed when she accidentally sat on his lap that day and Yang Yuan brushed off his clothes.

Leng Yuchan raised her hand and waved to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want a mirror..."

"Also, a plate of mirror cake, a bowl of clove dumplings, and a plate of salted beans."

After Yang Yuan finished shouting, he turned around and smiled at Leng Yuchan, "I know you have a light taste, so I didn't give you anything greasy. This is a small shop, and there aren't many flavors to choose from. Can you make do with this?"

Leng Yuchan was stunned. He... ordered for me too?

He actually knew that I don’t like to eat meat in the morning…

"Ok!"

Leng Yuchan nodded with a stern face, but the lines on her face softened noticeably.

"Actually, I'm almost full with just one bowl of glutinous rice."

Yang Yuan pulled out a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, wiped them carefully with a snow-white handkerchief, and handed them to Leng Yuchan naturally.

"You are a martial artist, so you need to eat a bigger amount. Don't learn from your fat boss."

Leng Yuchan's heart moved. How did he know that Sister Yuye was always yelling about "losing weight"?
It seemed like he had only stayed in the Yuzi room for two days.

As soon as this question came to Leng Yuchan's mind, the face of a kind-looking young man emerged in her mind...

Okay, crime solved.

Leng Yuchan took the chopsticks handed to her by Yang Yuan and said softly, "In fact, our housekeeper is just yelling about 'losing weight'. Every time Bingxin and I say we want to go out for a good meal, she will follow us.

When we got there, she would first say she didn't want to eat, but then she would keep eating, even more than we did.

If you calculate carefully, she only spends about three months of the year "losing weight", and the remaining nine months are spent accumulating strength for "losing weight". "

Yang Yuan couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "It's not good to go hungry one day and full three times a day. It's easy to get stomach problems. You don't feel it when you're young, but when you get older, you'll suffer."

At this time, the store owner brought up mirror-like cakes, salted beans, mutton offal soup, tendons, and minced meat and melon.

Clove dumplings need to be cooked immediately, it’s not that quick.

Yang Yuan gestured to Leng Yuchan, then poured a plate of coriander into the mutton soup.

He happily used chopsticks to press the fresh green coriander leaves into the soup, picked it up to smell it, and then took a sip.

Leng Yuchan hesitated for a moment, then picked up a piece of mirror cake and took a small bite.

It's just a snack, a small favor, it's impossible to bribe me, so why shouldn't I eat it?
Yang Yuan drank a mouthful of soup first, then picked up some mutton offal from the soup and ate while saying to Leng Yuchan:

"Wadiye and Pu Yama are escorting goods for the Jin people, so there must be Jin escorts on board."

When Leng Yuchan heard him talking about official business, her expression became serious.

Yang Yuan said, "We have thirty people escorting the ship. The value of the goods smuggled by the Jin people each time is even higher than our batch of tea. Their escorts will not be less than ours."

Leng Yuchan interrupted, "But this is the Song Dynasty. The Jin people can't possibly have as many manpower to mobilize as we do."

Yang Yuan nodded approvingly: "That's right, so their escort personnel are at most thirty people.

Some of them may just be hired thugs who don’t even know they are the Jin people.”

Yang Yuan picked up a piece of "Tianluojin" and smeared the meat and melon on it.

"Tianluojin" means "fried cypress" and "dough dough sticks".

However, the long-legged man is still alive. Even if he is dead, as long as the court does not convict him, the people will not dare to publicly humiliate a prime minister.

Yang Yuan took a big bite of the fried dough sticks, drank a mouthful of mutton soup, and said, "Let's just assume they have 30 people guarding the boat!"

"In addition, there are about thirty sailors on the foreign ship. Once they know we are from the imperial court, they will also resist, so there are probably more than sixty enemies on one ship."

"Deputy Secretary Yang, you forgot to include their families."

Leng Yuchan reminded softly: "This time, the two foreign merchants brought their families with them, and there are many capable warriors among these family members."

"I haven't forgotten, but among them there are old, weak, women and children!"

Yang Yuan smiled and said: "When the time comes, we will launch a surprise attack and set fire. There will be fire on the ship and the navy will approach from outside.

They have to allocate manpower to protect their families and attack the approaching navy. The number of opponents we face directly will not increase."

"Well……"

Leng Yuchan took a big bite of the mirror cake.

In fact, what Yang Yuan said was what she wanted to say.

She wanted to wait until Yang Yuan frowned and counted the barbarian families as opponents before giving him further analysis.

I didn't expect it, but others also thought of it.

Leng Yuchan, who wanted to show off, couldn't help but feel a little depressed. Yang Yuan said: "The thirty of us are all concentrated on the boat carrying our 'tea'. It seems a bit dangerous to be thirty against sixty.

But we were caught off guard, and there are people outside to help us, so we can say that our chances of winning are still very high."

At this time, the steaming clove dumplings were served.

Yang Yuan concentrated on eating and gave her time to digest his words.

Leng Yuchan gently stirred the wontons sprinkled with dried shrimp and seaweed with a spoon and looked at Yang Yuan with a little confusion.

She didn't quite understand why Yang Yuan said this to her.

Well……

Leng Yuchan suddenly came to her senses.

She continued to grow up in the palace, and then went to the Privy Council to work.

In fact, she has little practical experience.

Her sword has never seen blood!

Is Deputy Secretary Yang worried that I will be scared?

Leng Yuchan suddenly felt a little warm in her heart.

This man, when he's not angry, is actually quite considerate.

Leng Yuchan, who had just been telling herself that small favors could not buy her off, seemed to have forgotten that the phrase "warmth in the winter" was not as valuable as a bowl of wontons.

"Vice Minister Yang is worried that I will be nervous and fearful since this is my first overseas mission, right?"

Leng Yuchan smiled lightly: "I think there should be no problem. At least it won't hinder the deputy headmaster."

Leng Yuchan was not bragging, she was really not nervous. She did not feel nervous, nor did she feel excited.

Some people are born like this. Even if it is the first time for them to experience something that would make ordinary people panic and fear, they will remain calm.

The people in the palace are all carefully selected.

When choosing a person, they not only look at the appearance, but also the way they talk and behave, whether the appearance is decent and whether the behavior is steady...

Among these, many aspects are external manifestations of a person's psychological quality.

It was among this group of people who had gone through numerous screenings to enter the palace that she was selected again to become a female guard and learn martial arts.

Moreover, she was fortunately selected from the team of female guards to become one of the ten female warriors that the Queen was going to give to her beloved son, Prince Enping.

As a result, among the ten female military attendants, she was noticed by the wife of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mrs. Zhe, and was sent to the Machine Room of the Privy Council.

Just imagine, how could such a person who has been screened through layers of screening have poor psychological quality?

"Of course I believe Leng Zuoya." Yang Yuan said with a smile.

Leng Yuchan was keenly aware that Yang formally called her "Leng Zuoya" this time, instead of the joking name that always made her feel itchy before: "Leng Yaya."

But why do I feel uncomfortable when I hear him address me in such a formal way?

Am I a cheapskate?
Yang Yuan had no idea that she would have so many inner thoughts.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't forget, when I wanted to alienate the three sisters in your fish room, I chose the most difficult woman as my target, and that was you!"

Yang Yuan described his schemes and intrigues against others in a righteous manner.

Leng Yuchan snorted lightly and raised her chin in disdain, but she felt a little proud in her heart.

That's true. If you don't choose me as your opponent, will you choose Xue Yaya, that brainless idiot? Hum...

Yang Yuan said: "I am lucky that I chose you. Our opponent is not weak. We can even say that he is very strong.

At this time, a calm, smart and wise companion becomes crucial. "

"Deputy Manager Yang, you are too kind."

Leng Yuchan's eyebrows were curved, and the pair of dimples on her face became deeper, as if they were filled with wine.

Yang Yuan said, "I made some plans on the way. After we get on board, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to discuss it in detail, so I'd like to take this opportunity to confirm it with you."

"Oh? Deputy Manager, please go ahead."

Leng Yuchan became serious and didn't even bother to eat the wontons.

Yang Yuan said: "I plan to divide the thirty of us into five groups.

The first group of seven people, once the Jin army's pick-up ship arrived, set fire to the 'tea leaves' in the bottom cabin and set fire to the cabin at the same time.

"The second group also consisted of seven people. They took advantage of the chaos and immediately attacked the wheelhouse, destroyed the steering wheel and tackle, and cut the ropes.

Without a rudder, their ship would be spinning in circles, unable to escape."

"The third group is also composed of seven people, and they are responsible for attacking their families' residential areas.

The purpose of this move is not to kill the old, weak, women and children, but to tie down their forces. Defense is always more troublesome than attack. "

Leng Yuchan nodded slowly. There was nothing wrong with Yang Yuan’s plan.

Yang Yuan said: "The fourth group is still composed of seven people, responsible for fighting at the bow of the ship, loudly calling themselves the Golden Man.

The Tibetans were misled into believing that the Jin people felt they were no longer of any use, and that this time they were not only using them to transport goods, but also wanted to swallow them up in one gulp.

In this way, they would desperately resist the approach of the Jin people's support ships.

At the same time, if there are Jin people on our ship, they will also become their enemies and help us share some of the burden. "

Leng Yuchan said appreciatively: "The deputy head's plan is very thorough, I agree! Then... there are only two people left in the fifth group? What are they responsible for?"

Yang Yuan's expression became serious: "I plan to let you be in charge of the fifth group.

This group is responsible for a crucial part of our entire plan, which is related to the success or failure of our entire plan, and also to the life and death of all of us!"

Am I...so important?
Leng Yuchan was shocked and moved. She subconsciously sat up straight and placed her chopsticks upright on the bowl.

(End of this chapter)