Seeing that more and more people were dying, Prime Minister Zuo had to order: "Everyone obey the order and retreat!"
For a moment, all the cavalry troops threw away the thick wood in their hands and followed Zuo Xiang away.
On the city wall, the Cheetah Army looked at the fleeing cavalry army, happily waved their weapons, and cheered loudly: "Mighty! Mighty!"
Zhan Hu happily congratulated Liang Jingyao: "Congratulations, master, for winning the first battle!"
Liang Jingyao's tense heart was temporarily relieved, but the left prime minister failed to attack the city for the first time, and he would definitely not give up. He might go back to do something shady and play dirty tricks behind his back!
"Don't be too happy too early. Take people to check how many wells there are in the city. Be careful of someone poisoning the wells. Also, have you delivered the message I asked you to send to the North?"
Zhan Hu nodded and replied: "Yes! I have already ordered someone to deliver that. Now that we have guarded all the entrances to Yangmingshan, Emperor Liang's people will no longer be able to intercept our delivery!"
Liang Jingyao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done!"
At this time, Chen Hu walked up to the tower with the roster that had been recorded. He bowed respectfully to Liang Jingyao and said: "Master, all the new soldiers recruited have been recorded in the register. There are 206 people from several villages.
, I plan to ask someone to verify it tomorrow! There are still thirty-five beggars whose identities cannot be verified. I have already separated them, but I don’t know what to do next. I hope the master will make it clear!"
Liang Jingyao took the roster handed over by Chen Hu, looked through it in the light of the lanterns hanging high on the tower, and asked, "Have you added the ones I brought?"
Chen Hu shook his head and said: "No, do I need to add them? There are also old people, children and women here, so they are not suitable for joining the army!"
Liang Jingyao returned the roster to Chen Hu and explained: "Do you know who I met in the ruined temple?"
Chen Hu asked curiously: "Who is it?"
Liang Jingyao frowned and said: "Emperor Liang gave Jianghu Ling 10,000 taels of gold, and the purpose should be to kill me! At that time, Jianghu Ling's people sneaked into the beggar's den and were discovered by Yue'er and A Mian! So now, regardless of gender, old or young,
, if you can’t confirm your identity, just lock it up for a while! If there are people from the Jianghu Order inside, they will definitely take action to complete the mission!"
Chen Hu finally understood and nodded in response: "Yes! I will send more people to keep an eye on those rooms now!"
Liang Jingyao stood on the tower until dawn, and then he left to visit Lin Xiaoyue in the valley.
"I'm back! What delicious food are you making?" Liang Jingyao leaned on the door frame of the kitchen a little tiredly, looking at Lin Xiaoyue who was busy with a smile.
Lin Xiaoyue turned to look at the door and saw Liang Jingyao's obsidian-like eyes with cyan black circles under them. She quickly brought out a chair and asked him to sit down.
"You're so tired, why are you still standing? Sit down and rest for a while! I'm steaming the crystal dumplings I made yesterday. You can taste them later!"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Okay! Are the Queen Mother and the eldest princess up?"
Lin Xiaoyue poured a cup of ginseng tea for Liang Jingyao. This was originally prepared for the eldest princess. Now Lin Xiaoyue saw that Liang Jingyao was listless, so she poured it for Liang Jingyao first.
"Not yet, you can eat first! I think you must have not slept all night. Did the Left Prime Minister really bring people to attack the city last night?" Lin Xiaoyue asked curiously.
Liang Jingyao smiled and praised: "Yes, our Yue'er is still smart and reminded me early in the morning! Can you tell me what strategies the left prime minister will adopt next?"
Lin Xiaoyue thought about it in her mind and said: "What else can he do besides attacking the city gate? Is he going to rob Yangmingshan instead? Although Yangmingshan is important, Yangming Town is more important because it is close to the capital.
So many people are willing to move here. There are about 10,000 people in Yangming Town now! Anyway, I think the Left Prime Minister will continue to attack the city gate, and then recruit the young men in the city to join the army, strengthen the cavalry army, and then continue to attack Yang
Mingshan, if I can’t beat you to death, I’ll beat you all the way to the north and put you under house arrest.”
Liang Jingyao shook his head and said: "Your analysis is correct! Jianghu Ling is also a hidden danger. I think Emperor Liang will continue to spend money to let Jianghu Ling assist the left prime minister!"
This reminded Lin Xiaoyue, and she asked very puzzledly: "Brother Liang, why did you spend money to hire Jianghu Ling to save the eldest princess and the others, but Jianghu Ling was unwilling? Now Emperor Liang can do it with just ten thousand taels of gold.
Convince them? They won't have any other relationship, right?"
Liang Jingyao's face suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "Huh! I paid one hundred thousand taels of gold and didn't bother Jianghu Ling! If Jianghu Ling does anything for Emperor Liang again, I will have to kill Jianghu Ling's lair!"
At this time, Princess Mingzhu had freshened up and walked over neatly. When she saw Liang Jingyao coming back, the stone hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground. She happily took Liang Jingyao's hand and said, "It's good to come back safely! I see you are losing weight.
Quite a few, why don’t you go and sleep for a while first?”
Liang Jingyao shook his head and said: "No, I will wait for the Queen Mother to wake up, say hello to her, and then go back. The Prime Minister Zuo failed to attack the city with his men last night. I guess he will have to come today, so I have to rush back as soon as possible.
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Princess Mingzhu patted the back of Liang Jingyao's hand with some distress, and said: "You child is really distressing! The medicine given to the Queen last night contained some herbs to soothe the mind and promote sleep, so the Queen did not wake up all night, and now
She still sleeps soundly! Alas, thanks to you this time, I rescued my mother from the palace. With Imperial Physician Hua here, there is hope for my mother's old illness!"
Liang Jingyao knew that Princess Mingzhu referred to Dr. Hua as Mr. Jiu. Mr. Jiu had been working in the palace for so many years, and both the Queen Mother and the eldest princess were used to it, so Liang Jingyao did not intend to let them change their name to Dr. Hua as Mr. Jiu.
"It's okay, this is what I should do! I grew up in the palace and was deeply loved and taught by the late emperor, so I can't just sit back and do nothing! It's just that the valley is poor and there are no maids and women to take care of me.
I feel wronged that the Queen Mother and several adults will stay here for a while." Liang Jingyao said apologetically.
Princess Mingzhu smiled and said: "You can save your life regardless of whether you feel wronged or not! Besides, Yue'er and her sisters are so careful. My mother and I are very satisfied, so don't worry!"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said: "That's good! Yesterday I found people from the Jianghu Order in the city. They were sent by Emperor Liang to deal with us. Now I am still asking people to search for spies. After they are found out, I will look for them again.
Some maids and women are here to serve the Queen Mother and several adults, it is not safe in the city yet!"
Princess Mingzhu glared at Liang Jingyao in a funny way, and said helplessly: "I told you it doesn't matter anymore, so don't worry about it! We all know what's going on outside! Just do it boldly!"