nucmednet Chapter 111 Picking up the goods
Chapter 111 Picking up the goods
After only having his legs tied for a few days, he realized how difficult it was to fly, and started crying for his parents.
Xu Siyu would never indulge him.
She and Lin Yiqing watched their son cry enough and calm down, one gave him water and the other wiped his face, and then they drove the boy out.
He said it himself that he wanted to fly to the tree branch in the outer courtyard.
No matter whether he flies or climbs, Xu Siyu has piled thick enough foam pads next to the tree for protection. She wishes him success soon!
Xu Siyu didn't care whether he could fly or not. She mainly wanted her son to develop the character of keeping his word and not giving up easily.
The four dragons were all selected by Lin Yiqing and knew the importance of their actions.
Lin Xuan had his mother and servant with him, so nothing would happen to him, and Xu Siyu was not worried.
Compared to adults like them, who worry about this and that every day and the impact of current affairs on their lives, children's joys and sorrows are focused on one thing. What a rare happiness they have!
Xu Siyu hopes that her son can enjoy this carefree time.
The four dragons in the Xu family gave Xu Siyu a lot of security. Of course, there was also irritability.
Long San, a reckless man, came down the mountain with the main purpose of finding a wife.
As soon as he saw Rui'er, his eyes widened and he immediately called her "wife" and "wife" and asked Xu Siyu how much betrothal gift she wanted.
Which good girl would marry a bandit?
Xu Siyu refused on the spot on behalf of Rui'er and strictly ordered Long San not to step into Qingyu Residence.
However, with Long San's kung fu, he could only prevent him from entering Qingyu Residence, and the "anti-dragon" effect was not great.
This guy seemed to have the entire Qingyu Residence under his watch. He would always follow Rui'er as soon as she stepped out of the yard, and then he would show his affection to her like crazy, stuffing all his valuables into Rui'er's arms.
Rui'er had no choice but to take a separate box and keep it for him, intending to return it to him after he recovered.
From a man's perspective, Lin Yiqing felt that this guy also sincerely wanted to marry. One night, when the couple was chatting at night, he said a few good words to Xu Siyu on his behalf. In the end, Xu Siyu retorted badly.
"Aren't all the wives in the village robbed or carried away? Have you ever seen one married formally?"
"That village is so closed off. If my daughter Rui'er gets wronged after marrying in, who can she turn to?"
"And that Long San, he's obviously a lecher. Rui'er is pretty, and he's happy with her now, but can he guarantee that he'll only love Rui'er when he's old?"
……
Lin Yiqing just mentioned it, but it took him a long time to apologize before calming down Xu Siyu's rising anger.
Since he got rejected, Lin Yiqing gave up on matchmaking.
He was afraid that if he said more, Xu Siyu would tell him to get off the bed.
It seems that Long San's path to getting married will be difficult.
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The troops of the three southwestern prefectures were trapped in Hua'an Mountain for a month. No one knew how many bandits they had eliminated, but the number of troops was reduced from 40,000 to 36,000.
It was originally a temporary joint encirclement and suppression, and the soldiers from the three prefectures were not united.
Especially after the first few times they went into the mountains, they didn't kill many bandits and many brothers died. The commanders of the troops from various prefectures gradually didn't want to take the lead and act as pathfinders deep behind enemy lines.
The three battalions were stationed at the exits of the mountain road, fighting passively and waiting for the court to order them to withdraw.
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"Boss, the master is leaving."
The old bandit from Qinglong Village had an accurate positioning. Those living in the mountains were not necessarily bandits, but could be a well-trained army.
I got the news from the north that Pingxiang is going down the mountain.
He looked at the map of Hua'an Mountain on the stone table. The red mark showed the location of the Li Dynasty army's camp. He asked his men, "Is the kerosene ready?"
"There are four barrels in each of the four directions."
"Okay, tonight at midnight, go down the mountain and set fire!"
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The burning flames made the night as bright as day, and every corner of the three camps was burned clean.
The scorching heat forced the soldiers in the camp to run around.
At the mountain pass leading from Hua'an Mountain to the three military camps, people were already waiting to deal with the soldiers who wanted to retreat to their respective camps because of the fire.
Pingxiang didn't let his men fight head-on. He just ordered them to push rocks from the mountain down when the crowd passed through the gap, killing as many people as they could.
The small fighting force attracted the attention of this leaderless army. The palace soldiers were scattered, and his men could take advantage of their understanding of the terrain to deal with them one by one.
The people in their large army had already changed into the same clothes as the palace soldiers, and divided into three teams, riding horses at a very fast speed towards the three provincial cities, leaving the real palace soldiers far behind.
Pingxiang led his troops to Changjia Prefecture and pretended to be the scattered prefectural troops entering the city.
In the morning light, following the route figured out last time, they quickly replaced the troops left behind in the city, regained control of Changjia Prefecture, and began to close the city for rest and recuperation.
Who would have thought that in just one night, an entire city would be captured by bandits!
When the bandits entered the city, they were still as orderly as soldiers, beating gongs to notify the people of Changjia Prefecture to close their homes and avoid the city, otherwise they would be treated as soldiers and officers.
Xu Siyu was a commoner, so she was very obedient and closed the door tightly.
Although the bandits said they would not harm civilians, ordinary people who stayed at home were still more or less worried and calculating what would happen to their families next.
Xu Siyu never imagined that her door would be the first one knocked by the bandits.
Is it because we are too close to the city gate?
Four dragons stood guard at the gate and confronted the intruders. After more than twenty rounds, they still failed to stop the outsiders from breaking into Cuihua Garden.
However, they had bought time for Xu Siyu and settled the two children in the tunnel.
But it is still difficult to escape from Changjia Mansion just through the tunnel.
Xu Siyu took a few deep breaths and went with Lin Yiqing to meet the bandits.
Some time ago, the bandits' actions made Xu Siyu feel that they should be reasonable, so she dared to come with Lin Yiqing to meet the bandit leader.
At the corner of the corridor leading from the backyard to the front yard, you can see the bandit leader and his entourage sitting in the main hall of the Xu family.
The servants were so frightened that they hid aside and no one offered them tea, but the bandit leader still sat there peacefully and quietly.
"This bandit is so kind." Xu Siyu commented, and her confidence in dealing with the situation grew.
After greeting Shi Jin and asking him to quickly fetch water to make tea, the couple pretended to be very anxious and stepped into the front hall.
"This hero is visiting, but does he have any instructions?" As the man of the house, Lin Yiqing had the responsibility to communicate.
Bandits all have dreams of being heroes, and those who don't want to die know how to use aliases.
As if he was very familiar with the Xu family's inner workings, Pingxiang bypassed Lin Yiqing and spoke directly to Xu Siyu: "My name is Pingxiang, the second in command. A few days ago, my sister ordered some goods for me, and I'm here to pick them up."
Xu Siyu, with a confused look on her face, took the delivery note handed over by the bandit leader, and it was indeed signed by her caravan.
[Isn't this the order Sima Yang placed last month? She said someone would pick up the goods... Oh my god, the group she's rebelling against are bandits? Is that even possible?]