In Hetuala at the beginning of summer, not long after the sun sets, the heat of the day is driven away by the gentle evening breeze.
In the middle of Xuzhou, night travelers can still feel the slightest chill even if they wear long coats sewn from Ming Dynasty cotton.
Mu Zaohua said to Ji Lantai, "I'll go find Yue Tuo to discuss the matter," and walked out the door.
Ji Lantai now completely regards Mu Zaohua as his master, and with the longing to marry Xia Wenming, he naturally serves Mu Zaohua even more devotedly.
Because of his betrayal of Mu Zaohua regarding Tong Xiyu, the valet Zakshan had already been sent to the Huerha area to work as a coolie. Mu Zaohua did not ask any further questions on the grounds that he would soon recruit Mr. Xia for Jilantai.
Niu Lu's forehead really went to ask for a man's underwear.
So when Jilantai brought the wind robe, he said naturally: "I'm going to drive the carriage to see off the master."
Mu Zaohua refused: "Didn't you hear who I said I wanted to see? I'm going to find Yue Tuo Beile."
"Oh..." Gilante immediately realized his stupidity.
Yes, since Master Mu has gained the complete trust of the Great Khan and will go on an expedition with Yue Tuo Beile, the two of them feel that their marriage is finalized. They are like burning firewood at the moment. They have to have several private meetings before setting off on the march, not wanting people to know.
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Jilantai is a young widow who has been married before, so she couldn't help but smile knowingly.
On the left and right in her own yard, Mu Zaohua also put down her majestic appearance as a master and said angrily: "You slave, you can't bear it for a few days before you get angry. I'm going to tell Beile today about Mr. Xia's entry into our house."
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After saying that, he took the robe, got on the horse, and left home in a hurry.
The thick darkness of night concealed her suddenly serious expression.
Before that familiar feeling roared over, Mu Zaohua was about to leave the city.
Even if the soldiers guarding the city recognized her, they would ask her in a routine manner: "Sir, where are you going so late?"
"Go to the crossbow field." Mu Zaohua tried her best to keep her breath steady, and answered briefly with official authority.
The war was about to begin, and the armor field and the crossbow field were under construction all night long. Arms and supplies, like food and grass, were distributed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The city soldiers did not dare to ask more questions, so they respectfully sent jujube flowers out of the city.
Most of the smelting places are close to water sources, and the same is true for Tatars.
After Mu Zaohua estimated that her figure had disappeared into the dark night, she immediately ran towards the Suzi River. She could not fall down halfway.
Finally, the sound of the rushing river came closer and became clearer.
Mu Zaohua's addiction to cigarettes also started to attack.
From dizziness to shortness of breath, when tears and nasal discharge remain, it will also feel like there are ants crawling on the skin.
Mu Zaohua stumbled off her horse and threw herself into the shallows of the Suzi River without any hesitation.
The river water instantly soaked into her body, stimulating her to shiver, but she was still not cold enough.
She inserted her hands into the cobblestones and turned her head towards the grass, ensuring that while she could breathe, her body from the back down would be enveloped by the cold river water.
Mu Zaohua did not blame Mrs. Zheng. It was her choice to abandon the smoking stick that looked like a mandarin duck pot that Xu San brought to her, and to abandon the method that looked like smoking crow paste but actually smoked silk.
At the beginning of spring this year, when the intensity of Mang Gurtai's drug addiction could not be concealed, Mu Zaohua was ready. Nurhaci and Huang Taiji, who sensed something was wrong, and even Mang Gurtai's Dafu Jin, might test it.
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Whether it was Daishan who was far away in Huining or Derge Lei and several other Beile who were nearby in the same city, the divine crow ointment Mu Zaohua gave them was far less refined than the one given to Mang Gurtai.
The excuse for not giving a few pieces of divine anointing gold was that it was rare, because their addiction to smoking had not yet gotten out of hand.
But in Mang Gurtai's house, after Mu Zaohua and Mang Gurtai smoked together several times, she felt firsthand the power of this poison, which her wife said was more terrifying than swords and firearms.
At the end of March, on the pretext of going to Yiju to contact Japanese copper dealers and to spy on the Ming army, she left Hetuala for a while with Xue. On the way, when she got addicted to cigarettes, she asked Xue to tie her hands and feet.
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After going back and forth like this for nearly a month, Mu Zaohua felt that the clutches of Shencrow Cream seemed to be gradually moving away.
However, when Nurhaci summoned Daishan, Mu Zaohua relapsed.
If she wants to quit before the expedition, she must go to Kaiyuan Tieling with Yue Tuo's Wuzhenchaoha artillery team and the Neiying Ming army who pretend to be North Korean musketeers.
This time, Mu Zaohua not only couldn't rely on Axue for help, she even had to hide from Jilantai, the Tatar maid who didn't know her master's true identity.
The water of Suzi River under the moonlight tortures and saves the woman in pain.
And in the grass not far away, where the moonlight could not reach, a pair of eyes were staring at Mu Zaohua twisting in the shallow water.
Finally, the owner of the eyes, the young Han man, stood up and walked towards the river beach with his clothes spread wide.
Before half a stick of incense, Zhang Da, who had been highly regarded by Mang Gurtai for the past two years, obtained the white armor shirt from the armor workshop dedicated to nobles above Jia La Ezhen and above in Zhenglan Banner outside the city, and prepared to return to the mansion. The next day
Sent to Mang Gurtai's eldest son Ebilun early in the morning.
The city soldier casually said, "You, Zaohua Ezhen, the leader of Zhenglan Banner, just rode out of the city and went to the crossbow field", which changed Zhang Da's plan.
He ordered the other two followers to take the armor and clothes back home first, and he had to go back to the workshop outside the city to explain something.
On the banks of the Suzi River, which is still a long way away from the crossbow field, the solitary silhouette of the horse in the moonlight made Zhang Dao like a hyena sniffing for traces, and decided to touch it to find out.
Even though the wailing was suppressed into a moan, Zhang Da still crawled down and soon after, he confirmed that the person who was going crazy in the water was Mu Zaohua.
That evil woman who was Han like him, would beat him black and blue without mercy.
Zhang Da, who worked as a valet in Mang Gurtai's mansion, was really his master, but he was Huang Taiji.
At this moment, the chest is wide open and filled with excitement, like a hawk eager to retrieve prey for its master.
The tattered hemp shoes stepped on the wet cobblestones, and a malicious voice immediately sounded: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Zaohua's consciousness was as blurry as mist in the battle between heaven and man. Even though she was awakened for a moment by the sudden appearance of the man, it took a moment to recognize that the man was Zhang Da.
Immediately, in an instant, she cried for help uncontrollably: "Give me the crow ointment, give me..."
"God's Crow Cream?" Zhang Da knelt down and said in a vulgar tone, "Sir Zaohua, how can a slave have such precious things that only the Belles can eat? Don't talk about God's Crow Cream. My mother is dying, I beg you.
As an act of mercy, I rewarded you with a few slices of aphrodisiac shells, and you also used a whip to make this slave understand that he is 'unworthy'."
Mu Zaohua trembled in the river, repeating "God Crow Cream" in her mouth.
Zhang Da stared at her.
After taking advantage of him verbally, this servant, who had developed a cunning mind while serving as Huang Taiji's eyes and ears, felt strange.
Wasn't she going to the crossbow field? Why did she come to Suzi River alone, as if she was avoiding people.
She had been in Hetuala for more than three years, so why did she suddenly look the same as when she and Sanbeile were having trouble with God Crow Cream in the mansion?
Zhang Da quickly made a decision that he would send her to Huang Taiji.
He stretched out his hand to grab Mu Zaohua's already soaked shoulders.
"Sir Zhen, I will take you back to the house right now. There is a divine crow ointment there."