The inner voice was overheard, and the whole court was eating melons together

Chen Yixiao continued to ask:

"Have you ever thought about suppressing the bandits?"

“It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, but the mountains in this area are too steep, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Take the mountain where Lu Tieniu and his men are. That mountain is called Jiming Mountain, and their stronghold is at the highest point of Jiming Mountain.

The village is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, with only one road leading to the outside world.

There are a lot of snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain, and there is also poisonous miasma.

Many of our officers and soldiers were poisoned before they even got close to the mountain stronghold.

We also asked someone to prepare an antidote to prevent the poisonous miasma, but it was completely useless.

Not to mention the attack."

"I see."

Magistrate Liu continued:

"The terrain and environment in this area are similar. There are several bandit strongholds, and the bandit force in Jiming Mountain is the largest."

"If this continues, this gang of bandits will become more powerful and even more difficult to deal with?

This time we dealt with the second in command of Jiming Mountain. If the news gets to Jiming Mountain, they will definitely bear a grudge against us. We don’t know how they will take revenge on Hanguan City?

The first ones to suffer are the passers-by, who know for sure these bandits will start a massacre."

County Magistrate Liu also had a gloomy face:

"That's exactly what I'm worried about."

"Since this has happened to us, we can't just ignore it."

After hearing this, County Magistrate Liu bowed and said:

"I, the humble official, thank you, Your Majesty, on behalf of the people.

Whatever you decide to do next, I will do my best to cooperate with you, Your Majesty."

"Well, we have to discuss it when we get back. We'll let you know when we're done. Just wait for the news."

"Yes."

What Chen Yixiao was worried about was also what Song Yaoyao was worried about. Once they left, the bandits in Jiming Mountain would retaliate, and that would not be the result they wanted to see.

It is better to get rid of these troubles completely.

After Chen Yixiao and the others returned home, they gathered together to discuss the matter.

After discussing for several hours, we finally came to an agreement.

After a day of preparation, Song Yaoyao and her team took action.

Song Yaoyao and the others need to make preparations and also notify County Magistrate Liu in advance so that he can prepare the manpower.

A day later, Song Yaoyao and her group met with County Magistrate Liu and his men at the gate of the county government office.

Everyone headed towards Jiming Mountain together.

Song Yaoyao looked at the people led by County Magistrate Liu and asked Guagua:

[Guagua, as far as I know, the total number of people in a county government will not exceed 100.

There must be at least 1000 people brought by County Magistrate Liu, right?

Where do these people come from?

Judging from their attire, they all seem to be soldiers. 】

Gua Gua: [Yesterday, when Chen Yixiao sent someone to notify County Magistrate Liu, he gave him a token and asked him to go to the garrison in Hanguan City and borrow 1000 people.

As for the token, it was of course given to me by the Emperor before I left. 】

Song Yaoyao: [I see.]

Guagua: [If we don’t borrow these people, once you conquer the bandit stronghold, you alone won’t be able to handle the follow-up matters.]

Song Yaoyao nodded:

【That’s right.】

Two hours later, they arrived at the foot of Jiming Mountain. Chen Yixiao asked everyone to take a rest and eat something.

Song Yaoyao took out the sachets she had prepared long ago and distributed them to everyone.

This sachet is used to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Afterwards, Song Yaoyao gave each person a pill, which was an enhanced version of the detoxification pill that could prevent common miasma.

The recipe for this detoxifying pill was obtained from an ancient book from the previous life. Song Yaoyao had prepared it in her previous life and it was very effective.

Fortunately, Song Yaoyao prepared a lot yesterday and thought of making more in case of emergency, otherwise there would not be enough to share.

Everyone ate and took some medicine, and half an hour later, they continued climbing the mountain.

By the time they reached halfway up the mountain, they had already entered the range of poisonous miasma. The detoxification pills were effective and no one showed any signs of poisoning.

Chen Yixiao said to County Magistrate Liu:

"You guys just hide here, and we'll be the forwards.

When you see the signal flare, it means we have succeeded, and you should lead your men up the mountain immediately."

"Yes."

Chen Yixiao looked at Song Yaoyao:

"Master Xiao Song, do you want to take a break?"

Song Yaoyao waved her hand: "No need, let's continue climbing the mountain."

"Ok."

Everyone thought that Song Yaoyao, a young lady living in the boudoir, would complain about the hard work and fatigue, but to everyone's surprise, she did not.

What everyone doesn’t know is that this is nothing compared to the training in the previous life.

Although Song Yaoyao's physical condition is not as good as in her previous life, she can still keep up with Chen Yixiao and the others.

They walked for another half an hour and finally saw the bandit stronghold.

They planned to rest here before taking further action.

They couldn't go any further because Gua Gua told Song Yaoyao that there were several bandit sentries ahead, and if they went any further they would be discovered.

Song Yaoyao took out a telescope from her bag. While drinking water, she used the telescope to observe the mountain village and the secret sentries.

Song Yaoyao took the telescope out of the space when she was packing up yesterday and put it in her bag.

Chen Yixiao and Ning Chaoyun looked at the telescope in Song Yaoyao's hand curiously. Ning Chaoyun asked:

"Yaoyao, what is this?"

"This is a telescope. With this thing, we can see things far away clearly.

This can be used both day and night, and you can still see distant objects clearly at night."

Song Yaoyao thought about it. The telescope in her hand can see meters, which should be converted into ancient units, so she said:

"This telescope can clearly see anything within a few feet."

Chen Yixiao and Ning Chaoyun looked at this thing called a telescope in disbelief. Such a small thing could actually see so far and could see clearly at night. It was too incredible!

Ning Chaoyun's eyes showed some anxiety, but he still asked carefully:

"Yaoyao, can you show it to me?"

"it is good."

Song Yaoyao agreed without hesitation, handed the telescope to Ning Chaoyun, and taught him how to adjust the focus.

Ning Chaoyun said happily:

"Yaoyao, this thing can see very clearly. If it can be used on the battlefield..."

Song Yaoyao interrupted him:

"After this round of bandit suppression, I'll give you this telescope. You can use it in the military camp."

"Really? Thank you, Yaoyao."

In Song Yaoyao's view, this thing is very ordinary. After she sends it out, the space can be automatically replenished. She doesn't lack this thing at all.

Chen Yixiao also wanted it, so he asked:

"Master Xiao Song, do you still have this thing? Can you give me one?

I don’t ask for it for nothing, I buy it with money.”

Song Yaoyao glanced at Chen Yixiao and said:

"When we get back, I'll give you one too.

You don’t need to pay for it, I’ll just give you one.”

Song Yaoyao likes money, but since Chen Yixiao has protected her all the way and has made great contributions, it is not impossible to give him a telescope.

Chen Yixiao was stunned. He didn't expect Song Yaoyao to say that. He quickly thanked her:

"Then thank you, Master Xiao Song."

Chen Yixiao looked at the telescope in Ning Chaoyun's hand and said enviously:

"Show me too."

"Yes."

……

"This telescope is really great! I wonder how it works?"