Fenghou

Don't look at Lu Xiu's carelessness, she grew up like a boy since she was a child, but she has one biggest weakness, she is afraid of insects, a small spider will frighten her so that she can't walk.

A small fat worm completely exposed her weakness of being afraid of worms.

A small episode added a lot of fun, Lu Xiu became timid, and it took a long time to study a grass root before she dared to start. Zhao Qiaoyun next to her quietly pulled out all the weeds for her.

The next step is to sow fresh wheat seeds. The wheat seeds have been soaked in water and are very plump. The land here is fertile, and only [-] or [-] catties are enough for one mu of land. Everyone learned the skills from the next-door field, and used wooden sticks or tongs Make a trench about an inch deep in the soil, sprinkle the seeds in evenly, and close the trench with your feet.

But with this little work, the female generals were so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, so they went to the edge of the field to drink water and rest.

At this time, Chen Qing rode over and asked with a smile, "How's the progress?"

Lu Xiu said triumphantly: "One mu of land has been sown, and we will try to end the three mu of land today. Three days of work will be over in one day."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "I still need to water and fertilize!"

"I know about watering, but what is fertilization?"

It's dried horse manure!Break it up and scatter it on the ground.

"Horse dung!" Lu Xiu's eyes widened suddenly.

"Actually, horse manure is still good, and..."

"Stop it, it's disgusting!"

Lu Xiu hurriedly changed the subject, and asked with a smile, "Husband, have you succeeded in ordering mandarin ducks over there?"

This is the topic that women are most interested in, and everyone gathered around one after another, "Chen Dutong, how many pairs did you succeed?"

"Including Huyanyun's couple, now there are five couples that are clear. This is only clear. In fact, it is far more than that. Just go and have a look and you will know. When you are resting, you are sitting there chatting in pairs!"

"Does that mean a matchmaker is needed?" Lu Xiu asked again.

Chen Qing nodded, "It's up to you to stand out. Go and have a look around, ask them if they have someone they like, and write it down."

It is a woman's nature to like to be a matchmaker. Lu Xiu smiled happily: "Let's discuss it later, at least we can go and find out, and see what difficulties they have by the way."

At this time, Li Mei smiled and said, "Chen Dutong, your wife also encountered an interesting thing today, do you want to hear it?"

Chen Qing suddenly became interested, and said with a smile, "Why don't you tell me about it!"

"Don't say it!"

Lu Xiu rushed up and twisted Li Mei's face, and said viciously: "If you dare to say that, I will break up with you!"

Everyone laughed, and Lu Xiu blushed and said to Chen Qing: "My husband must be very busy, let's go to other places to inspect!"

Everyone laughed again. At this time, Chen Qing saw Hu Yantong waving to him in the distance, so he smiled and nodded, "I have something to do over there, you guys rest!"

"Husband, drink some water before leaving!" Lu Xiu thoughtfully handed over the water hyacinth.

Chen Qing drank two sips of water, handed her the water hyacinth, and said with a smile: "We guys will do the fertilization later, so just leave it alone, it's over after watering!"

Chen Qing urged the horse to leave, and Lu Xiu immediately chased and beat Li Mei. Li Mei was already prepared and ran away with a smile.

Lu Xiu snorted, "You can hide past the first day of junior high school, but not the fifteenth day of the junior high school, so hurry up and come to work!"

Everyone got up and started heading down to the next acre of land...

"Qiaoyun, do you want to find a husband?" Lu Xiu asked Zhao Qiaoyun in a low voice.

Zhao Qiaoyun blushed and shook her head, "I'm too thin, no one likes me."

"Getting fat looks good. In fact, your facial features are very delicate, your skin is fair and tender, and..."

Lu Xiu originally wanted to say that she has the gentleness and elegance of the royal family, and then she suddenly remembered her identity. Her husband said that her princess status is there. It’s not that she doesn’t admit it. Ordinary people really can’t marry she.

Lu Xiu quickly changed her tune and said with a smile: "My husband said, you should eat more meat, and come to my house for dinner with Master at noon, and you come and help me cook."

Zhao Qiaoyun nodded lightly, Chen Qing usually doesn't go home for lunch, but it's fine at noon.

Chapter 384 Special Envoy

Chen Qing urged to go forward immediately, Hu Yantong came up to greet him and saluted, saying: "Report to Dutong, there is news about the three deserters!"

Chen Qing was slightly taken aback, "Are you still investigating this matter?"

Hu Yantong nodded, "I'm not reconciled! I sent three teams of soldiers to look for them, but the result may not be good!"

"Are they all dead?"

"One died, probably because he encountered a wolf, but the other two were caught by the golden man."

"Golden men! You mean the team of golden soldiers who exchanged hostages?"

"Exactly!"

Chen Qing frowned slightly, "Is this news accurate? How do you know?"

"It was said by a local farmer. He said that he saw with his own eyes two soldiers of the Song Army in the Jin people's team, riding on horses with their hands behind their backs, and being escorted by the Jin soldiers. One tall and one short, they should be the two deserters."

Speaking of this, Hu Yantong was really worried: "These two people will definitely reveal some secrets, should we make some adjustments?"

Chen Qing thought for a while and said, "This matter will be discussed in detail at tomorrow's military affairs meeting. You need to investigate the details. How much do these two soldiers really know?"

"Follow your orders!"

Hu Yantong bowed and left.

Chen Qing felt more and more clearly that the war was not far away from them.

……

The results of Hu Yantong's investigation were mixed. After all, the two captured soldiers only stayed in Ganquan Fort for seven days, a very short time, and they only knew some common sense things, such as the approximate number of Song troops, the location of the barracks, and The location of the warehouse, such as the equipment of ordinary soldiers, such as the houses in the city are mainly stone houses, etc.

But they don't know the details, how much food there is, what defensive weapons are there, how many wells there are, and how many people there are in each military branch.

Everyone agreed that the number of people on duty at night and the time needed to be adjusted would basically have no impact. As for the seats in the barracks and warehouses, they could be seen from the crescent moon mountain, so it was not a secret.

Chen Qing's proposal to speed up preparations for war also received unanimous approval from everyone.

A few days later, the Jurchens' army hadn't arrived yet, but the court's special envoy arrived first.

The special envoy was called Wang Gong, who was appointed as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. He came for two things. The first was to read out the imperial decree, to make Chen Qing the envoy of Xihe Road Jiedu, and to present the ceremony to Chen Qing on behalf of the emperor. The second thing was to It is for hundreds of redeemed concubines and concubines.

Chen Qing set up an incense case in front of the military tent in the military camp, formally accepted the Tianzi Festival Talisman, and became the Jiedu Envoy of Xihe Road. Chen Qing's wife Lu Xiu also accepted the imperial order and was named the second-class wife of the county.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Gong announced the various promotions of the Ministry of Officials. Almost all the generals were promoted, and their ranks were promoted by two levels. The wives of Zheng Ping, Yang Yuanqing, Yang Zaixing, and Liu Cui also received imperial orders.

Chen Qing immediately hosted a banquet for Wang Gong and his entourage in the barracks to clean up the dust for them. In fact, Wang Gong's time in Ganquan Castle will not be too long, only a few days, but he represents the imperial court after all, so he has to show respect .

In addition to Wang Gong, the special envoy also had Liu Jing, the deputy envoy. Liu Jing was the director of the Dali Temple. Wang Gong, who talks and laughs happily and is very good at talking, is the complete opposite.

So at the banquet, almost no one paid attention to Liu Jing, and all the generals toasted Wang Gong. The wine that everyone drank was goat milk wine bought from the Qiang people. The wine was very strong and had a lot of stamina. , at this time the main course has not come up.

Two attendants helped Wang Gong back to the big tent and went to sleep.

Chen Qing smiled and asked Liu Jing, "It seems that Wang Shijun doesn't drink very well, right?"

Liu Jing smiled faintly, "He has a nickname called Three Cups of Pour. During the banquet at the beginning of the year, the officials offered a cup of wine to the ministers. He drank it. Then he went to toast Qin Xianggong and drank a second cup. But next to him was Zhang Xianggong, he had to toast again, and drank the third cup, but collapsed before returning to his seat, and was carried out by the guards. This time, he only fell down after toasting him three bowls of wine, which was already very embarrassing to Jiedu gone."

"Unfortunately, the main course hasn't been served yet!"

"Hehe! Wang Shijun didn't come here for dinner."

Although it was a very common sentence, Chen Qing always felt that there was something in Liu Jing's words.

At this time, Liu Jing smiled meaningfully: "I heard that Jiedu made Wozi do a good job, I would like to ask for advice!"

Chen Qing was startled for a moment, the other party shouldn't know about being a nest, right?

Chen Qing tentatively asked, "Master Liu also likes fishing?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "I never fish!"

Chen Qing immediately understood that this Liu Jing belonged to Lu Yihao, he didn't fish, but asked himself how to make a nest, this was a sign to himself.

Chen Qing saw that there were several followers of Wang Gong beside him, so he knew it well.

Chen Qing whispered a few words to the soldiers, and the soldiers nodded and went down.

Not long after, a group of generals came up and toasted several of Wang Gong's attendants in turn. Each of them had a big bowl. The four attendants couldn't stand it. After a while, they were all drunk and fell to the ground, and were helped to rest by the soldiers. Only Liu Jing was left in the big tent.

Only then did Liu Jing wink at Chen Qing, and the two walked out of the big tent, Liu Jing said to Chen Qing in a low voice: "On the surface, I am a member of Mr. Qin, but in fact I am a student of Mr. Lu."

Chen Qing suddenly realized, no wonder he was so careful, it turned out that he was Lu Yihao's eyes and ears placed beside Qin Hui.

Chen Qing nodded, "I understand!"

As he spoke, Liu Jing took out a letter and handed it to Chen Qing, "This is a letter from Duke Lu to Dutong."

Chen Qing put away the letter and asked with a smile, "What does Director Liu want to say to me?"

Liu Jing whispered: "Wang Gong has two missions, the first is to find the excuse of Du Tong; second, the Queen Mother does not allow the concubines and maids to return to Lin'an, Wang Gong is going to take them to Bashu and resettle them there, but Request to bring Empress Xiande back to Lin'an."

"What is he trying to do to me?"

"There are reasons for disrespect to the court and officials, as well as reasons that go beyond etiquette. For example, the size of the carriage exceeds the prime minister, and the house is larger than the prime minister. Don't underestimate housing. The most urgent thing in Lin'an is housing. For example, if a local official lives in a mansion of tens of acres, he will definitely become the public enemy of all civil and military officials of the imperial court. You have to be removed."

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "My house is not enough to become a public enemy of the court, but what if Wang Gong goes back and talks nonsense?"

"That's not true. He dares to go back and talk nonsense. Next time, others will use this method to deal with Mr. Qin's people. This is the basic rule of the court. You can add fuel and vinegar, but you can't create something out of nothing."

Chen Qing nodded silently, "I understand."

"I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to talk about it tomorrow, so I remind you now, seize the opportunity tonight and change it quickly if you can, don't let him catch any tricks, I'm going to pretend to be drunk and go back, don't waste time!"

Not long after Liu Jing returned, he passed out drunk, and since all the guests had left, the banquet was over.

When Chen Qing returned home, he handed the letter to Lu Xiu. The letter was addressed to his granddaughter, so of course Chen Qing had to give it to his wife.

After reading the letter, Lu Xiu said to Chen Qing: "Grandfather said, you should be careful of this Wang Gong, he is a guy who hides a knife in his smile, don't be caught by him."

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "The deputy envoy Liu Jing belongs to your grandfather. He has already told me that I have nothing to do here. I am actually only worried about one thing."

"What is your husband worried about?"

"I'm worried about Zhao Qiaoyun!"

Lu Xiu was taken aback, "Why?"

"Concubine Gong Wang will not take them back to Lin'an. This is what Empress Dowager Wei means. If they refuse to leave, he will wish for it. But he wants to bring Zhao Qiaoyun back to Lin'an. After all, she is the emperor's concubine and the younger sister of the official family. , the officials will definitely want her to go back."

"It so happens that Yun refuses to go back!"

"That's the problem. You know that Zhao Qiaoyun is only weak on the surface, but she is a fierce woman in her bones. If I force her to go back, I'm worried that she will act aggressively."

Lu Xiu's eyes widened, "Husband is worried that she will..."

Chen Qing nodded, "I'm really worried that she will show her determination by dying!"

Of course Lu Xiu knew that if Zhao Qiaoyun wanted to die, her husband would be charged with serious crimes, and impeachment and dismissal would be light.

She said anxiously: "Then what should I do?"

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "I've thought about it, and there's only one way!"

Chen Qing whispered a few words to Lu Xiu, and Lu Xiu nodded again and again, "This is a good way, I'll go find her now!"

Chapter 385 Subtotal

In the morning of the next day, Chen Qing accompanied Wang Gong to inspect Ganquan Fort. Wang Gong did come here to catch Chen Qing, but he soon discovered that Chen Qing had nothing to catch.

Especially when he saw Chen Qing occupying less than an acre of small courtyard, and seeing Chen Qing's wife bring a donkey back to fetch water, Wang Gong was really speechless.

"Chen Dutong has personal soldiers! Why don't you let the personal soldiers fetch water?" Wang Gong suspected that Chen Qing was deliberately doing it for himself.

Chen Qing explained with a smile: "Wang Shijun doesn't know something, Ganquan Fort is too remote, there is no maid, and it is not impossible to use soldiers to fetch water, but many generals do not have soldiers, they are all wives My parents go to fetch water, and I send my soldiers to go, which will make the generals at the bottom feel uncomfortable and affect morale, so I have no choice but to ask my wife to fetch water.”

Liu Jing next to him smiled and said, "It's a last resort, we understand Chen Dutong's difficulties."

Since it was a last resort, Wang Gong had nothing to say. At this time, a doctor came out from the next yard with a medicine box, shook his head at Chen Qing and said, "Du Tong, the villain has tried his best, can you get through this hurdle?" , depends on God's will!"

Liu Jing asked, "Is Chen Dutong's family sick?"

"No! It's Empress Xiande."

Wang Gong was taken aback, "Emperor Ji Xiande fell ill?"

Chen Qing nodded, "She is too thin, she fell ill shortly after she came back, and her condition has not improved. The spring cold has been severe these few days, and her condition has become a little serious again."

One of the main tasks of Wang Gong's visit to Oasis Castle this time was to take Xiande Emperor Ji back to Lin'an. Now that Xiande Emperor Ji fell ill, how should he explain?

He hurriedly said to Chen Qing: "Can you let me see her?"