July of the fifth year of Shengchang.

Cui Zhen received military information from the southwest. Wei Congzhi and Mu Mansion led troops to defeat the Dongyu Dynasty and took back the Longchuan Xuanfu Division. This news excited the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The Great Zhou stabilized the southwest and the northern border would have no worries. The next few years would be the best time to completely recover Liaodong.

Unfortunately, there was insufficient rainfall in the north last year and this year, and the grain harvest was not good. The court also had to take into account the release of grain to provide disaster relief.

The Tatars and Urrya were not easy to live, so they repeatedly led their troops to disturb the border and wanted to steal food from the Great Zhou. Once people were hungry, they would become even more vulnerable. Although Cui Zhen was in charge of the northern border and failed to make the Tatars succeed, the Great Zhou also lost some troops and military equipment.

Cui Zhen took Wang Jing and others to various garrisons in the northern border to check the situation and prevent the Tatars from invading. When the Tatars were in trouble, Urianha would take the opportunity to act. They also had the so-called sons of Prince Liang in their hands.

Wang Jing said: "Mr. Marquis, otherwise we will take a break and rush to the road tomorrow."

Cui Zhen glanced at the farm next to him and took the token to stay in the farm for a short stay. I believe the farmers would not refuse.

Cui Zhen turned over and dismounted: "Go and ask for some water!"

Wang Jing stepped forward and knocked on the farmers' door and explained their purpose. The farmers hurriedly invited Cui Zhen and Wang Jing into the door.

The old man said, "There is nothing good, I'll cook some porridge and bake some cakes."

Cui Zhen looked at the old man's thin body, and they probably had a hard time: "No need, just get some water."

Cui Zhen's eyes fell on the cold stove in the kitchen: "Just cold water."

The old man hesitated a little.

Cui Zhen said: "Just do as I said."

The old man didn't listen to Cui Zhen's intention, so he took firewood to boil water.

The old man said, "You wait a moment, and the water will be fine."

Cui Zhen was grateful in his heart: "The northern border has been turbulent over the years, thank you for your hard work."

The old man waved his hand quickly: "It's not hard work. It's much better these years. I just had no way to live before. This is not a bad year. If it weren't for drought and plague, our village would be quite lively."

Cui Zhen frowned slightly: "Plague?" He led his troops in the garrison for a while, but it was not long before he knew about the plague in any village in the northern border.

The old man nodded: "The epidemic started from the neighboring village. We reported to the court. In two days, people came. The medical workers were very good. After taking the medicine they prescribed, many patients were cured. Some of them were seriously ill. The medical workers and the people from the yamen took away their bodies and said that they would use their methods to deal with the epidemic and the epidemic would not disperse. They waited until there were no patients in the village and the medical workers left.

When the doctor left, he told us to boil the water as much as possible before drinking it, so the old man did not give you cold water."

So that's the case, Cui Zhen showed a little smile on his face: "Is there enough food in your family?"

The old man said: "After the yamen said that the food for disaster relief that will be supported by the court for another two days will arrive, and there will be enough food in our family."

After all, the people now trust the court very much, otherwise they would not have stayed here so safely. Cui Zhen waited until the old man took the hot water, and then took Wang Jing to continue to go to Guangningwei with him.

After seeing the defense and military equipment in Guangning Guards, Cui Zhen returned to Yongping Prefecture and looked at the sand table and map with the prefect of Yongping Prefecture and the commander of the Guards.

If the news brought back by the scout is correct, Urianha will join forces with Tatars to attack Guangningwei.

After discussing business, Cui Zhen went to the yard cleaned up by the government office to live in.

"If the marquis doesn't dislike it, you can go to the small courtyard of my house," said the magistrate of Yongping Prefecture, "it's better than the government office."

"No need," Cui Zhen refused, "I'm used to living in the government office."

Looking at the leaving of Dingning Hou, the prefect of Yongping Prefecture shook his head. It was really not easy to make friends with Dingning Hou. He went back and told his mother and wife that they would break the idea of ​​getting married as soon as possible. Although Dingning Hou made great contributions, he might not be a good match.

"Mr. Marquis," Wang Jing stopped talking all the way, and when he entered the room, he couldn't help but say, "Master Cao may have other meanings."

Cui Zhen said: "I know." There are not many people who want to test him in recent years. Even the elders of the Cui family asked him when they would reopen after seeing him.

He was not very resistant to Xu Xian's affairs, but he had no idea from the bottom of his heart. It's great now. There are not many trivial matters in his family, so he devoted all his energy to the northern border.

Cui Zhen ordered Wang Jing to get water to clean up: "You should take a break soon, you have something to do tomorrow."

Wang Jing responded.

Cui Zhen took off his outer robe, leaned against the bed and looked at the lamp for a while before he rested.

The next morning, Cui Zhen practiced his fists and kicks in the yard and went to the yamen office to discuss business affairs with the prefect Cao as usual. When he came out of the yamen, Cui Zhen saw Cui Xiang waiting outside.

Cui Xiang is twelve years old this year. Although she is not as tall as Cui Zhen, she is a little taller than the yamen next to her. She is dressed in a short brown dress and looks clean and neat. Her eyebrows are as bright as peaks, and her eyes are black and bright, and she looks more and more similar to Cui Zhen.

"Father." Cui Xiang stepped forward to salute.

Cui Zhen looked at his son: "Why are you here?"

Cui Xiang said: "When I saw my father's letter saying that the northern border was in turmoil, I thought of coming and taking a look. After leaving, I asked someone to send a message to my aunt and grandmother to rest assured."

In other words, Cui Xiang secretly ran to Yongping Mansion. Cui Zhen thought that when he was a child, he also secretly came to the military camp like this. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

Cui Xiang said: "My father has lost a lot of weight. Isn't he too much? My father must care about his health." Recently, he was uneasy whenever he heard something happening in the northern border. He was afraid that his father would make something wrong. This time he really couldn't hold back, so he ran to Yongping Mansion with everyone on his back.

Cui Zhen said: "It's okay, I've been practicing hard recently."

The father and son walked back to the yard where they were temporarily living, Cui Xiang went to wash, and Cui Zhen sat on the stool in the yard to drink tea.

"Father, I'm done." Cui Xiang changed into a clean robe, and her whole body looked very refreshing.

Cui Zhen nodded: "How about it in Beijing? Are your aunt and grandmother good?"

Cui Xiang nodded: "Everything is very good, Chun Ge'er, the eldest prince, the second prince, the emperor and the aunt are all peaceful." Every time he sees his father, his father will always ask these people.

Cui Xiang said: "Our mansion is also smooth and nothing is wrong."

Cui Xiang did not say that the two aunts had some minor storms because that was nothing. They were just trivial matters at home and did not need to worry about their father. Now that the father no longer went to the backyard, there would be no struggles between the aunts.

The Marquis' Mansion now guarantees that the aunts have no worries about food and clothing. If the aunt wants to leave the mansion, she just needs to say to her father. In the past few years, three aunts have left. Now the remaining two in the family are old. It seems that they have accepted the current situation and think that it is better to support themselves in the mansion.
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