The most arrogant in history

County Magistrate Wang's wife rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Marriage is a big matter, parents make the decision, how can Yuejuan ask for it?"

Song smiled and said, "Master Ye, hurry home and divorce your wife, and spend your wedding night with Miss Yuejuan as soon as possible. We are all waiting to drink the wedding wine."

Ye Kun bowed: "Don't worry, my two sisters-in-law, there will be wedding wine."

After sending the two gossipers away, Ye Kun returned to the house and threw the teapot on the ground in anger!

Ask me to divorce my wife?

I'll divorce your whole family!

Tian Xiao'e and Qiao Yun were both startled and asked tremblingly, "Brother Kun, why are you angry?"

"I...it's okay!"

Ye Kun put on a smile and patted Qiao Yun and Xiao E's heads: "It's none of your business, go and do your work. I'm going to go out for a while, don't wait for me tonight."

Qiao Yun and Tian Xiao'e cleaned up the teapot fragments on the ground and left.

Ye Kun washed his face and rode to the residence of County Magistrate Liu.

County Magistrate Liu and his wife were very surprised, but they still met Ye Kun.

Ye Kun drank a cup of tea, stood up and saluted:

"Today, I have invited the wife of County Magistrate Wang and the sister-in-law of the Hou Qi family to come and propose marriage, begging to marry Miss Yuejuan for a hundred years. Lord Liu and Madam Liu did not despise me and agreed to my proposal. I am very grateful. In the future, you two will be my father-in-law and mother-in-law. Please accept my greetings."

County Magistrate Liu laughed dryly: "Master Ye, I am marrying my daughter to you, and I hope you will be grateful and repay me."

Madam Liu smiled and said, "Master Ye, we are all family from now on, no need to be polite."

"Thank you."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "Hou Qi's sister-in-law said that my parents-in-law wanted me to divorce my wife before I can marry Miss Yuejuan, right?"

County Magistrate Liu frowned: "That's for sure. Will my daughter marry you as a concubine?"

Madam Liu also frowned: "Master Ye, this is not difficult for you, right?"

"It's not difficult, not at all."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Father-in-law is right. I will divorce my wife and marry Miss Yuejuan as soon as possible."

Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

County Magistrate Liu also yawned: "Then you go and get busy, Ye Kun, I still have some official business to deal with..."

"My son-in-law takes his leave."

Ye Kun bowed and left.

After returning to the military camp, Ye Kun immediately called Qin Erwu and Yan Liuhai to discuss the matter behind closed doors.

Qin Erwu asked: "Brother, is there anything important?"

"It's something big."

Ye Kun nodded: "The dog county magistrate and I are going to have a falling out."

"So what if we fall out? We are not afraid of him!"

Yan Liuhai whispered, "Brother, at worst we can just rob the county and go to Xiping Mountain to be bandits!"

Qin Erwu also nodded: "Yes, Xiping Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we can be bandits there!"

"Brother, do you want to be bandits so much?" Ye Kun smiled and whispered:

"I don't want to be a bandit, I want to be an official. If we kill County Magistrate Liu, we will be the county magistrate and control the entire Pingye County. Isn't that better than being a bandit?"

Snapped!

Qin Erwu slapped his head and said, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Yan Liuhai also grinned and said, "Brother is right. Being an official is definitely better than being a bandit."

"It's not easy to become an official. Listen to me. Don't let any news leak out for the time being. Just say it's normal training and troop movement." Ye Kun waved his hand and said in a low voice:

"Early tomorrow morning, Erwu will arrange a hundred soldiers, led by our people, to guard Xiping Mountain; Liuhai will lead a hundred soldiers to strengthen the defense of the city gate. Erwu will lead four teams to strengthen the internal defense of the city; I will go back to Caomiao Village tomorrow and dispatch three village protection teams to make good arrangements. If they turn against each other, we will strike first!"

Qin Erwu and Yan Liuhai each received orders and went to the barracks to make arrangements.

Ye Kun was just thinking about the next deployment when the guards outside the camp suddenly came to report: "Report, Shangguan Jifu sent three lieutenants of his personal guards to see Lord Ye!"

Sent by Shangguan Jifu?

Ye Kun nodded: "Bring it in."

The three cavalrymen were brought in, covered in dust, and saluted Ye Kun with their fists clasped:

"Master Ye, we are the personal soldiers of Master Shangguan, and we are here to seek an audience. Master Shangguan has a letter here, please take a look, Master Ye."

"Your Excellency, are you all right?"

Ye Kun asked and took the bamboo slips to look at them.

The captain who delivered the letter said, "Our Lord Shangguan has been fighting in the south for two months and has suffered heavy losses."

Ye Kun nodded and frowned as he read the letter.

The letter was short, saying that Shangguan Jifu could no longer defend the city and needed Ye Kun's support, so he asked Ye Kun to lead his troops to the city.

Ye Kun read the letter and said with a smile:

"This is a private letter, not an official document. I am only the acting county lieutenant. How dare I lead troops and horses across states and provinces to fight?"

To mobilize troops across counties, one needs the military order of the county governor.

To mobilize troops and horses privately without military orders is treason.

The place where Shangguan Jifu fought was in Lingshan County, south of Cigu County, four hundred miles away from where Ye Kun was.

The messenger said, "When we go to see the county governor, he will give us the military order. Lord Shangguan asked us to inform Lord Ye on the way so that he can make preparations early."

Ye Kun frowned: "How do you know that the county governor will give the military order?"

"Because the county magistrate Shangguan Tianxiong is the biological father of our Lord Shangguan!"

"Oh my god, Shangguan Jifu, is he the county governor's son?"

Ye Kun was a little surprised.

Ye Kun knew that the county magistrate was Shangguan Tianxiong, but no one mentioned that Shangguan Jifu was the county magistrate's son.

The messenger sighed and whispered:

"Our master is not a legitimate son, but a concubine's son. His mother was originally a maid in the county governor's mansion and died young, so the master is reluctant to mention it."

Ye Kun understood, this girl is not even a concubine's child, she is just... raised by a maid!

It is estimated that Shangguan Tianxiong got drunk one day and slept with a maid in the mansion, which led to the affair with Shangguan Jifu.

There is a huge difference between legitimate and illegitimate children in the Da Ding Kingdom.

One is high and the other is low, there is a world of difference between them.

Only legitimate sons have the right to inherit property and titles.

As a son born out of wedlock, he can only eat and drink, even leftovers.

Even in later dynasties, this was true. For example, Li Shimin, everyone said he had four brothers. In fact, Li Shimin had 10 to 20 brothers, but those born out of wedlock were automatically ignored by everyone.

No wonder Shangguan Jifu was so determined to go to war.

If he wants to stand out, he has to accumulate military merits honestly.

Another messenger cavalryman whispered:

"In fact, the county governor loves us very much, so he named him Ji Fu. Bo, Zhong, Shu, and Ji, that means that he regards us as the fourth child... Therefore, the county governor will definitely issue a military order to let Lord Ye help us."

Ye Kun nodded slightly.

That being said, I must go.

After a moment's silence, Ye Kun said:

"Two of you go back and ask the county governor for the military order. The other one stays and tells me about the situation on the battlefield."

The three cavalrymen nodded, discussed it, and two of them left.

The personal soldier who stayed behind was called Wang Meng.

Ye Kun gave him wine and food and asked him to eat while reporting the situation on the battlefield.

Half an hour later, Ye Kun had a preliminary understanding and ordered:

"You rest in the barracks for one night. Tomorrow morning, take a few people from me and go back to see Shangguan Jifu immediately. I will give you a letter and ask Shangguan Jifu to prepare some things on the spot and wait for me to go and defeat the enemy."

Wang Meng was overjoyed: "Our Lord also said that if Lord Ye goes there, he will surely defeat the enemy and return victorious!"

Ye Kun smiled and called Qin Erwu over to readjust the arrangement.

He had originally planned to turn against Magistrate Liu, but now that was no longer possible. He had to lead the troops out to rescue Shangguan Jifu, so he had to wait.

Ye Kun hardly slept that night.

He wrote a long letter to Shangguan Jifu and drew a blueprint, asking him to prepare some things.

The next morning, Wang Meng, along with Ye Kun's three men, returned to the frontier battlefield carrying letters and drawings.

Light cavalry can cover two hundred miles in one day and one night.

If he changed horses on the way, Ye Kun's letter would be delivered to Shangguan Jifu in two days.

Ye Kun also took a carriage back to Cao Miao Village and took a nap in the carriage.

After returning home, Ye Kun called the three captains of the village protection team and gave them some instructions in private.

I have to go out to fight, and I have to arrange the affairs of the county.

On the third night, Liu County Magistrate and Wang County Assistant, together with Shangguan Jifu's personal soldiers who delivered the letter last time, came to the military camp to meet Ye Kun urgently.

Ye Kun had already guessed it, but he deliberately asked: "Master Liu came here overnight, what instructions do you have?"

"The county governor has issued a military order, asking Lord Ye to mobilize 500 soldiers from this county within three days and go to Lingshan County to help Shangguan Jifu repel the enemy!"

Magistrate Liu sighed.

How could I not sigh when the hundreds of soldiers I recruited with great effort were taken away by a transfer order from the county magistrate?

Moreover, the situation is not good, the county town’s defenses are weak, and County Magistrate Liu is also afraid.

Ye Kun took the military order and looked at it, expressionless: "Yes, sir."

County Magistrate Liu took out another letter of appointment:

"However, Lord Ye also has something good to say. The county governor has officially appointed Lord Ye as the county lieutenant of this county, with an official rank of two hundred stones."

Ye Kun still had no expression on his face: "Thank you, Lord County Governor, for the promotion, and thank you, Lord Liu, for the recommendation."

This time, the reason for his promotion may be that Shangguan Jifu wrote a private letter to his father.

The county magistrate asked me to go to the front line to die, so it is only right for him to be promoted.

The official rank was two hundred dan, which was the annual salary, equivalent to two hundred dan of grain.

Ye Kun didn't think much of this little money.

However, officially becoming a county lieutenant will still be beneficial for taking over Pingye County in the future!

After Magistrate Liu and Magistrate Wang left, Ye Kun immediately went to his tent, summoned his captains and squad leaders, and issued an order:

"Qin Erwu, take one hundred brothers to stay in the county town and cooperate with the three villages' village protection teams to protect the safety of the people in the city. The rest of you, follow me to the battle.

Wang Bao, Zhu Dachun, Yan Liuhai, and Tan Bamao will lead the team the next morning, with a total of 50 carriages, 400 infantry, and 30 cavalry, escorting supplies. They will march for four days and rush to the front line of Lingshan. There must be no mistakes. Half of the carriages will be loaded with supplies, and the other half will be taken by soldiers in turns to conserve their energy. All brothers, each bring three days of dry food as a backup!

The day after tomorrow morning, I will lead my personal soldiers on fast horses to chase you."

Everyone took orders and prepared themselves.

For this expedition, the county magistrate had already sent people on horseback to deliver the message. There would be food supplies and horse-drawn carriages along the way, so there was no need to carry any food or fodder and they could travel light.

But Ye Kun was worried, so he asked everyone to bring three days' worth of dry food just in case.

The next day, Ye Kun brought thirty jars of quicklime from Xiping Mountain, each weighing 100 jin, and twenty jars of alcohol, each weighing 100 jin. They packed and sealed the goods, loaded them on the truck and waited for orders.

In addition, Ye Kun brought a thousand small jars of bean paste from his own home.

Wang Baoyan Liuhai and others set out a day in advance, leading infantry and cavalry, and advancing along the road with supplies.

More than twenty horse-drawn carriages from the three village protection teams served as troop transport vehicles, sending the vanguard troops hundreds of miles away.

In this way, the large group basically traveled by car on the first day, thus conserving energy.

Ye Kun personally sent the large army thirty miles away before returning.

On the way, he met Hou Qi.

Hou Qi urged his horse forward and whispered:

"Master Ye, Madam Liu and Miss Yuejuan are on a picnic nearby. Please go and protect them..."

"Okay, I'll go take a look right now."

Ye Kun nodded and smiled.

It seems that Miss Yuejuan knew that she was going to war, and she came to see her off!

Hou Qi led the way and headed east.

Two miles away, there were two luxurious carriages waiting.

All around were Hou Qi's men and Madam Liu's maids, all standing guard from a distance.

Ye Kun jumped off the horse, came to the front of the carriage, and asked, "Excuse me, is Madam Liu here?"

Madam Liu pulled back the carriage curtain and whispered:

"Juan'er is in the carriage in front. Go talk to her. She knew you were going to the war, and she cried all night last night..."

"Got it, ma'am."

Ye Kun nodded and walked towards the carriage in front.

The car door opened, and Miss Yuejuan stretched out her slender hand, her eyes red: "Kunlang, get in the car quickly..."

Ye Kun bent down and got into the carriage.

"Kunlang!"

Miss Yuejuan had already rushed over, and said in tears: "When I learned that you were going to the war, I was extremely anxious, so I disregarded my dignity and rushed to meet you..."