Thinking of their chicness and splendor, Xia Zhaoyi's smile became more and more beautiful, and the light in her eyes also grew brighter.
In fact, not only them, but even Lin Qingfeng and Chu Zheng, whom she disliked, were far better than Queen Nangong.
They know what they want, clearly, and they are fighting for themselves and living for themselves.
Zhan Ning didn't understand at the side, but when he saw that the girl who was depressed just now suddenly became so energetic and dazzling, Zhan Ning was immediately stunned.
It is said that a woman can change her attitude faster than she can turn the page of a book. He has never thought that this sentence applies to his second young lady, but now...
No, it has nothing to do with the second lady, it’s what General Shen said.
Zhan Ning looked at Shen Lie, was what he just said so incredible?
Didn't I just mention Shopkeeper Zhao and the others...
Xia Zhaoyi's mood finally improved. The moment she smiled, her serious lips also raised.
"Are you going out?" Shen Lie asked.
Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "I want to see what's going on outside."
"I go with you?"
Zhan Ning raised his eyebrows and looked at the girl.
Xia Zhaoyi originally thought it was nothing, but when she caught Zhan Ning's expression with her peripheral vision, she was amused and nodded: "Okay."
Shopkeeper Hu stayed where he was. When he saw the young man and woman leaving side by side, he ducked out and looked outside the courtyard: "The big boss's change of attitude is so fast!"
Zhan Ning agreed: "Yes! I have rarely seen her so angry, but as a result, she was so happy."
Shopkeeper Hu looked at Zhan Ning's "rubbing" gesture and said, "It's so confusing."
Zhan Ning suddenly laughed: "Hey, never mind, the second lady is happy anyway, everything is easy to talk about!"
Shopkeeper Hu thought for a while and said: "Well, everything is easy to talk about. But if I encounter the big boss in a bad mood again in the future, I know what to do and go to General Shen immediately!"
"What a great idea!" Zhan Ning said, "I'll take note of it too."
The streets were indeed chaotic, filled with shouting people and people running around from time to time.
The dark clouds in the sky are sometimes thin and sometimes thick. When they are thick, the sky and the earth are dark. When they are thin, the sun hidden behind the clouds seems to be cutting the clouds into irregular pieces, each piece is painted with dark gold. side.
Shen Lie listened to the shouts of these people, they were all looking for workers.
The crowd jostled each other, vying for the first place, fearing that someone else would take away their advantage.
In addition to recruiting workers, there are also those who have already started working, and those who are queuing up to receive wages and meals.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said: "In addition to the arrangements from several major chambers of commerce in Xizhou and Hejing, Shu Yuezhen also gave me hundreds of thousands of taels."
There was constant shouting and shouting all around, and there were many long queues that couldn't accommodate people.
In addition to private chambers of commerce looking for manpower, Shen Lie also saw recruitment by the Ministry of Industry not far away.
If you have work to do, money to earn, and you are busy, who cares who is sitting in the palace.
Shen Lie said: "When Li Zhi abandoned the capital, the first people to cause chaos in Yong'an were not the refugees outside the city, nor Song Zhiyi, but the people of Yong'an City. Today's prosperous side is in sharp contrast to the original."
Xia Zhaoyi's eyes narrowed slightly: "Yes, when a crowd gathers in a group, it is easy to lose control. Once someone incites it, the consequences will be disastrous. I have told Peng Zhuowen of Jingzhao Mansion that I want them to send more people to strictly control the neighborhood. , if there is any alarmism, reprimand the other party immediately, and if the other party goes too far, then..."
She trailed off.
"What?" Shen Lie asked.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled: "We will arrest him and investigate him closely. If his condition is really bad, from now on all the merchants and wealthy people in Hejing will not give him work or do business with him, leaving him with no money to earn."
Shen Lie smiled lightly: "Good idea."
"What about you?" Xia Zhaoyi looked sideways at him, "What's the situation outside the city?"
"Everything is fine."
Xia Zhaoyi's eyebrows slightly closed, and after walking about ten steps side by side with him, she said, "No?"
"Huh?" Shen Lie looked at her.
"Everything is fine, just, it's gone."
Shen Lie's eyebrows were filled with confusion, not knowing what she wanted to ask.
While outside the city, Cheng Jieshi wrote letters back to the city from time to time, one after another. Overall, everything seemed to be going well.
After all, the real fierce battle will either start tonight, wait until tomorrow, or someday in the future.
Xia Zhaoyi said "Oh", looked into his eyes and said, "Then let me ask."
"good."
"What's going on at the funeral palace? Where are Li Hao and the others?"
"It's still the same. They trapped themselves in the funeral palace. Before I entered the city, they sent their staff out several times to discuss things, but I ignored them."
Xia Zhaoyi nodded and said, "Where is Sheng Yejun?"
"I handed it over to Cheng Jieshi, and he took the new number."
"Huh?" Xia Zhaoyi asked, "Accepting them so quickly?"
Shen Lie paused and said, "Ah Li, haven't you read the letter?"
Xia Zhaoyi smiled slightly, shook his head, and kept looking into his dark eyes.
The cold and white face looks very beautiful in this daylight, handsome and soft. And his eyes are deep and dark, slightly narrow and long, with slender eyelashes that are not too thick, perfect and unparalleled.
Shen Lie finally noticed that her eyes had never left his side. His heartbeat started to beat loudly. He slightly avoided his sight and raised his hand to touch his brow bone: "Did I get mud on it?"
"Um...right."
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand and wiped his fingertips on his brow bone to wipe away the trace of empty mud.
Her strength was very gentle. Every inch of skin touched by this acupressure, which was neither light nor heavy nor fast nor slow, made Shen Lie feel hot. In addition, the body she was leaning against was so close that Shen Lie took a deep breath. My face was all messed up, and my cheeks turned red uncontrollably.
Xia Zhaoyi suppressed her laughter. She realized that at this moment, she could completely confirm that Zhan Ning had spoken correctly.
Shen Lie... really likes her, not as a brother likes his sister, nor as a friend...
Xia Zhaoyi felt indescribably sweet in her heart. She took back her hand and rubbed her fingertips carelessly, holding it behind her back: "Sheng Yejun, didn't you even resist?"
Shen Lie frowned lightly and said calmly: "This matter is not very bright. We forced Qian Ri'an to kill Liu Shuzheng himself. Once Liu Shuzheng and other generals died, Qian Ri'an became the real power of Shengye Army. And the emperor in the palace , it is no longer possible to issue a decree and establish a new general."
Xia Zhaoyi nodded and walked forward side by side with him. As he walked, he listened to him continue to talk about the changes in the Xuanwu Army and the military camps in the direction of Xizhou.
There is currently no large-scale battle taking place. Li Qian's military camp and nineteen patrol military aircraft stationed outside the city each have only two to three hundred men and can be easily captured.
If the officers are not left behind, they will be killed on the spot, and the soldiers will be dismissed on the spot. If the soldiers have nowhere to go and are tall and strong, they can join Yan's army.
News came from Xizhou Prefecture that Yan Jun, who had passed by in the early morning, made a surprise attack in the shortest possible time and had captured Shunyang Camp.
Li Qian currently has three main forces, one is the Bi family army, the second is Qian Xutian's Guan Ning marching army, and the third is the Li family's cavalry who only obey orders from the Li family.
If these three armies march to Hejing together, it will be a fierce battle.
Shen Lie spent most of his time outside the city in the past few days setting up defenses and letting Dragon Eagle's horses trample every river and mountain within a thirty-mile radius of Hejing.
Xia Zhaoyi looked at the crowds of people and sighed: "If it weren't for you, maybe Li Ju could still dominate until the Mid-Autumn Festival this year."
After all, all her military arrangements were arranged during the autumn harvest. Her initial purpose of coming to Hejing this time was to take away Queen Nangong from the palace, and to continue "sowing seeds" in Hejing and Xizhou.
