After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

Nangong Jiu glanced at the secret guard again.

"Just kill him!"

The two lieutenants were so angry that they dragged the frozen secret guard away. Not long after, heart-wrenching screams were heard from not far away.

Little Wang ran over to see it and came back, exclaiming “tsk tsk” a lot.

“Your Majesty, it would be much more miserable for them to fall into the hands of the two lieutenants than to kill them directly.

The two lieutenant generals seemed to have a grudge against them. They first said that they had been frozen all night and tried to warm them up with hot oil.

Then he said that they would be cold if they were soaked in oil, so he lit a fire to roast them, and in a few seconds they were roasted into fireballs.

Nangong Jiu concluded: "It means that the two secret guards were scalded and then burned by them."

"Yeah, that's right! Xiaoxian is a little confused. They were colleagues before yesterday, why did they suddenly do such a vicious thing?"

"It's simple. The secret guards are already traitors and are no longer colleagues.

The most crucial point is that the secret guards wanted to burn me to death last night. If I really got burned to death, you can imagine the consequences for the deputy generals and others."

"That's right. If His Majesty really got into trouble in this military camp, the Emperor would be furious and his corpses would float thousands of miles away. No wonder, no wonder!"

Nangong Jiu drank the porridge and called Xiao Wang Xiaoxing: "Let's go, let's go around and see if there is anyone in the army who needs our help. If not, we will go back."

The three men were wandering around the military camp and saw a fireman, about thirteen or fourteen years old, walking forward with a large bundle of firewood on his back.

Nangong Jiu went up to him and started a conversation: "Little brother, why do you carry so much firewood at once?"

The young man put down the firewood and said, "You must be the princess who came yesterday. I have a younger sister at home, who is also your age.

I am strong, so it’s okay for me to carry more.

Our boss even praised his subordinates, saying that he would give them a holiday during the Chinese New Year so that they could go home and visit their parents."

"Is your home close to here?"

The young man said happily: "Well, it's only 20 miles away. I know the shortcut and can run back home in half a day.

I have saved up two months' military pay, which is enough to buy a lot of food for my family and a lot of candy for my sister."

"How much is your monthly military salary?"

"One tael of silver!" the young man's face was full of pride.

Nangong Jiu took out a fifty-liang silver ingot from his small pocket and said, "Buy some candy for your sister!"

The young man had never seen so much silver before, and he quickly refused: "Princess, I cannot take your silver!"

"Hurry up and take it. You are a good son and a good brother! Keep it quiet and don't let anyone know. Don't show off your wealth. Do you understand?"

The young man knelt down to express his gratitude: "I understand. Thank you, Princess!"

"Well, if you work hard, you will have a bright future when you grow up."

Nangong Jiu continued strolling with Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing. Nangong Jiu did not speak for a long time.

Xiao Xing asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking that now is a good time to win over the hearts of the people for my grandfather."

"You mean the soldiers in this camp?"

“Well, they were originally soldiers under Guo Feng, and they had more or less received some favors from the Guo family.

Now that the Guo family has fallen, the old subordinates of the traitor must be feeling uneasy.

If we care about them at this time, their hearts will slowly come closer to us."

Xiao Wang Xiaoxing looked at Nangong Jiu: "So what are you going to do?"

Nangong Jiu looked at the pile of gold, silver and jewelry in his small pocket and said, "Let's go find those two deputy generals."

After a while.

The three found Zhou Bohao's military tent.

Zhou Bohao hurriedly asked the three of them to sit down.

Nangong Jiu looked at Zhou Bohao: "How is it? Are there any difficulties in the army?"

“To be honest, it’s really not that difficult.

Putting aside the fact that Guo Feng was plotting a rebellion, Guo Feng was indeed a talented general. He managed a 200,000-man army camp in perfect order. "

“Well, you should learn from Guo Feng’s strengths and manage the barracks well.

By the way, how much silver do you need to pay one month's salary to 200,000 soldiers?"

"Ordinary soldiers received one tael of silver each, and excellent soldiers received one tael and a half, so the total was about 290,000 taels of silver."

"Oh! Since there's nothing to do in the army, let's prepare to return to Beijing!

This princess has caused you a lot of trouble by coming to the military camp, and I don’t have much to give you, so on behalf of the emperor, I will give the soldiers one month’s salary.”

Zhou Bohao was shocked.

As the old subordinates of the rebel, not only were they not liquidated, but the princess also gave them silver under the pretext of something.

One month's military pay is 290,000 taels of silver, which is not a small amount of money.

Your Majesty and the Princess take us soldiers to heart.

This is not just money, but trust and affirmation.

I swear to die for my best friend!

Zhou Bohao immediately knelt down to express his gratitude: "On behalf of all the soldiers, I thank the emperor and the princess for their grace!

Please rest assured, Your Majesty and Princess, we will defend the Dongling territory to the death!"

Nangong Jiu nodded happily: "Get up! Take this princess to where the treasury silver is stored!"

Although Zhou Bohao was doubtful, he still cooperated and led Nangong Jiu and the other two to a heavily guarded military tent.

"This is where we store the military pay. We just distributed the pay two days ago, so the military tent is empty."

Nangong Jiu nodded and waved his hand, and the military tent was immediately filled with white change.

“This is 300,000 taels of silver, which should be enough to pay the soldiers a month’s salary.

I don't mean anything else. Soldiers are all great. Just think of this as a reward from your grandfather."

Zhou Bohao excitedly called a soldier over.

"Go, inform the brothers that the emperor and the princess praised us for our good deeds and rewarded us with one month's salary. Let the soldiers line up to receive it."

The soldier responded loudly and ran away quickly.

Soon, the soldiers lined up in a long queue and came towards Kuyin, all of them were overjoyed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Princess!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Princess..."

"You're welcome. Everyone, work hard and Dongling will get better and better!"

After he finished speaking, Nangong Jiu took Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing and flew into the air: "You are my Dongling's good boys. The task of protecting Dongling is now handed over to you."

The soldiers knelt down and bowed to the sky: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Princess, please rest assured!"

Zhou Bohao and a group of generals looked at the sky for a long time, their hearts pounding.

With a princess like this with magical powers, why should Dongling not get better and better?

Royal study room.

Emperor Dongling listened to the report from Minister Chen of the Ministry of Justice, but his mind flew to the past.

Back then, before his death, his father repeatedly told him that "water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it," and asked him to put loving the people first.

He had been on the throne for nearly thirty years and had never dared to slack off in the slightest. He considered himself to be a good emperor who worked diligently and loved his people.

But why would the Guo family, who are in high positions, be willing to gamble with the lives of all the members of the family and want to overthrow the Dongling Kingdom?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Seeing that Emperor Dongling hadn't said a word for a long time, Minister Chen called out to him softly a few times.

Emperor Dongling finally came back to his senses.

"There is nothing much to say, treason is a capital crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan!

My father and I have never treated them unfairly. Their hearts are made of stone and cannot be changed. Choose a day to behead them and let them be put on display in public..."

Nangong Jiu and the other two walked into the imperial study from outside.

"Grandfather, have the crimes of the Guo family been determined?"