When Chu Yiqing returned to the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Maimai was already setting up a carriage with Zhang San. When he saw Chu Yiqing coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Sister, don't worry, I'll go take a look. They are all a group of big men."
, what does the kidnapper want them to do!"
Zhao Xiaomai was even more worried if the key points were revealed, so he said: "Don't worry, I'll send someone to go with you!"
Zhao Maimai responded, but still quickly pressed the saddle with both hands. Even so, these people are his fellow villagers. If something really happened, Zhao Maimai really couldn't explain to his family and fellow villagers.
At this moment, Li Huang had already summoned Tenglong and Leiyuan to the study. After carefully giving instructions, he handed the two tokens to Tengkong and Leiyuan respectively, and said, "These are the tokens from the Dragon Hall and the Hubao Hall."
No matter what, you must find those long-term workers! Pay attention to their safety!"
Lei Yuan and Tenglong responded quickly.[
Li Huang went out and saw Chu Yiqing standing in the cold wind talking to Zhao Xiaomai. He couldn't help but stepped forward, held her shoulders and said, "I have asked Tenglong and Leiyuan to take the people from Longtang and Hubaotang with them.
Search secretly, and I will also send official documents to the prefect of Pingliang. Don’t worry, so many people have big goals, and it will not be easy to transport people out of Pingliang!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, but when he thought about the purpose of these people's kidnapping, he became even more worried about Zhao Xiaomai.
"Brother Zhao, you should stay in the capital. People have been sent out and they will be found for sure!" Chu Yiqing whispered the Nine Stars Tianchen Jue.
"That's not possible. The prince's people have never seen those brothers. Even if they meet them, they don't know them. I have to go and see who is missing. I have a good idea. Maybe I can draw a picture according to that person's appearance.
Like, it will be easy to find when the time comes!" Zhao Maimai said quickly.
Chu Yiqing pondered for a moment, and realized that what Zhao Maimai said made sense, so he immediately whispered to Fourteenth and Fifteenth to protect Zhao Maimai along the way and not to make any mistakes.
As they were talking, Jin Yu had already brought out a big baggage, and while putting it on the carriage, he said: "It looks like the weather is going to change, I'm afraid it's going to snow. There are two cotton-padded jackets in the bag, so put them on if it's cold."
, there are also some pastries and pickles, find some hot water to eat with them on the way, don’t eat them cold!”
Zhao Xiaomai said quickly: "Okay, you are such an adult, I can take care of myself!" After saying that, he got on the carriage and asked Zhang San to drive. Without having time to say more to Jin Yu, he went straight out of the back door of the Prince's Mansion.
Fourteen and Fifteen followed on horseback.
Jin Yu wanted to say something else, but the carriage had already gone far away. She was stunned for a moment, finally sighed, looked back and asked: "Sister, what do you think this is? This is in the countryside. I have heard of children being kidnapped."
, a woman, who wants this man?"
Chu Yiqing couldn't explain it to Jin Yu at the moment, but he lost sixty men at once. He was afraid that it had something to do with the thoughtful people who bought brown rice tonight, so he immediately let Jin Yu go in to rest while he went to the study.
After discussing with Li Huang, they sent letters to Shangguan Yu and Chu Huan respectively.
After struggling for most of the night, the sky slowly started to light up. Ever since Jin Yu arrived, Jin Yu had always gotten up early to prepare breakfast. Jin Yu was not in the mood today, so Qian in the kitchen took charge, grinding the soy milk and spreading it.
For scallion pancakes, shred the newly pickled cabbage from Jinyu last night, add a little sesame oil and mix with coriander, and bring it up.
The adults didn't have much appetite because of what happened in Pingliang, but the children were very happy and ate a lot.
Chu Yiqing ate some, and when he saw that the soy milk in front of Jin Yu was not touched, he persuaded him: "Sister Jin Yu, you also said, who wants a grown man? It's okay, maybe there will be news in a few days."
!”
Jin Yu nodded, fearing that Chu Yiqing would worry him, so he just ate some.
After waiting all morning, there was no news. In the afternoon, Shangguan Yu sent someone to tell him that Shangguan Yunyi and his people escorted the cart of brown rice out of the capital. It seemed that they were going to Pingliang. Shangguan Yu had already sent someone to monitor it closely.
"Isn't there any movement between Crown Prince Dai and Mr. Lu from Rao Kingdom?" Chu Yiqing still asked worriedly.
Dai Wei quickly replied: "No, from last night to now, Prince Dai and Mr. Lu have been staying in the inn and haven't come out!"
Chu Yiqing pondered for a moment. From this look, the incident in Pingliang may be related to Shangguan Yunyi. When he thought of the news he got last night, Shangguan Yunyi might have joined forces with Luo Huang. Now that Pingliang has just experienced war and drought, it is precisely
In times of turmoil, if Emperor Luo and Shangguan Yunyi's people transport people out of Li State from Pingliang...
Chu Yiqing quickly looked back and told Yingrun: "Go and tell me that Shangguan Yunyi may transport people and brown rice out of Pingliang and let Pingliang's defenders reinforce him!" [
Yingrun responded quickly and hurried out.
After Yingrun left, Chu Yiqing gave Dai Wei a few more instructions before asking him to go back and report the news to Shangguanyu.
Three days later, Zhao Xiaomai sent a letter saying that they had counted the number of people. To be precise, there were sixty-two people missing, including Yu Xiaoyu's father Yu Bangtou and Wang Xi's husband Yu Erbing. The remaining
Next were some folks from Liangjiatun. Zhao Maimai also said in the letter that he had contacted Lu Laosi, and the government had also sent people to draw portraits and post them everywhere in Pingliang City to look for them.
"Brother Yu and Yu Erbing are also missing! Oh, don't let anything happen, otherwise..." When Jin Yu heard that Yu Bangtou and Yu Erbing were also involved, he immediately became extremely anxious. These are fellow villagers who have been together for many years.
Well, if you really lose someone because of working for your family, the wife and children in this family will no longer resent their Zhao family for the rest of their lives!
"Sister Jinyu, don't worry, the government and the defenders have already begun to search, and there will soon be news of the Horse of the Three Kingdoms trampling the world!" Chu Yiqing hurriedly advised.
Jin Yu couldn't listen at the moment, but within three days, her mouth had blisters, her voice had become hoarse, and she didn't dare to swallow her food. Chu Yiqing quickly invited Lei Ting to come and give her a few shots of fire.
medicine.
The matter in Pingliang has not yet been resolved. On this day, someone from the palace invited Li Huang to come into the palace. They said that the crown prince of Dai Kingdom was visiting with his wife, and the emperor ordered him to receive him.
In the splendid hall of the Li Kingdom Palace, Rui Ao was wearing a white jade arrow-sleeved python robe and a white jade winged crown. His divine light separated and combined, and his appearance was peerless. When he saw Li Huang coming, he smiled and clasped his fists at Li Huang and said: "I have admired you for a long time, Prince."
It’s so famous. When I see it today, it’s really extraordinary!”
Li Huang secretly met Rui Ao in the tent that day, and he knew Rui Ao's reputation before. He immediately smiled at him, cupped his fists and said, "Prince Rui Ao, you're being polite. I don't know that Prince Rui Ao
Why did you come suddenly?"
When visiting a wealthy family, you have to submit a message in advance, let alone between countries. Ruiao's sudden visit is indeed not very good in terms of etiquette.
Rui Ao smiled and said: "It is indeed a bit presumptuous to come here suddenly, but this time the prince comes to take his consort back. The consort has been away for more than a month. I really miss my only imperial sister Ruimin.
sharp!"
Li Huang raised his eyebrows and smiled slowly: "Consort?"
Rui Ao nodded: "Although I don't agree with the choice of the prince consort, the prince consort and the emperor's sister are in love, and the father only has this daughter, and he is not willing to let the emperor's sister marry far away, so he agreed to let the prince consort go.
Dai Guo, the prince-in-law had agreed to this matter before, but because it was the crown prince who summoned him, the prince-in-law rushed back. Before leaving, he had set a wedding date with the emperor's sister. Now that the wedding is approaching, the prince-in-law has not returned yet.
Therefore, I have no choice but to come to Li Kingdom in person, because my imperial sister is the favorite of my father and our brothers!"
Rui Ao called Lei Ao affectionately "husband-in-law", as if he had regarded Lei Ting as one of his family members. Although Li Huang felt a little reluctant to let go, he had asked Lei Ting to fight for this marriage in the first place, but later, he wanted to
Ruimin stayed in Li Kingdom, but because Chu Yiqing was poisoned, he neglected the matter. Unexpectedly, Rui Ao, the prince of the supervising country, actually went to Li Kingdom in person to ask Lei Ting to return.
"By the way, when the prince came to the palace, did you bring your consort with you? I haven't seen my consort for a long time, and Rui Ao still misses him very much!" Rui Ao continued to ask with a smile.
Tenglong and Lei Yuan both went on missions. Li Huang naturally left Lei Lei in the Prince's Mansion to protect Chu Yiqing Zhouquan. This time he only brought a few guards with him into the palace. Thinking about this, Li Huang felt even more reluctant to let Lei Lei go.
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"Thing Lei is still in the Prince's Mansion, which may have disappointed Prince Ruiao!" Li Huang said lightly.
Rui Ao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, Rui Ao has already mentioned to the emperor just now that he doesn't want to live in the palace in this palace, but wants to live in the prince's residence. He got to know the prince's consort, and he came to hear that the prince and the prince's side
Both concubines are wonderful people, and I want to make friends with them too!"
Li Huang was startled, but he didn't expect Rui Ao to be straightforward. Thinking of the night when he showed up in person to buy brown rice, he immediately stopped pretending to be confused and said with a smile: "Prince Rui Ao is afraid that besides the matter of the consort, there are other things.
Is that what you are planning?"
Rui Ao smiled slowly, but did not deny it. He nodded and said: "Prince Li Huang is truly worthy of his reputation. Nothing can deceive the prince's eyes. Since Dai Guo lost the four cities of Yanjing, it has become worse day by day. I heard that Li Guo has farmers."
Goddess, the production of grain is rising steadily, and this year is going against the will of the gods. In the autumn of the drought era, rice is grown, which is delicate and expensive. Rui Ao came this time. Before leaving, his father repeatedly told Rui Ao to be sure.
I want to pay a visit to the Goddess of Agriculture and ask for some ideas on how to make the country rich and powerful. Since the Goddess of Agriculture has married the prince, Rui Ao naturally wants to live in the prince's mansion, so he can ask the Goddess of Agriculture for advice at any time!"
Rui Ao's attitude was sincere, and his respect for Chu Yiqing was revealed in everything he said. This reminded Li Huang of some rumors about Prince Rui Ao. Rumor has it that although Rui Ao is the eldest prince, because he is not the queen,
, the people in the Dai Kingdom originally had a lot of criticism about him squeezing the crown prince into supervising the country, but Rui Ao relied on his methods to make people who had dissatisfaction with him obey him in three months. The spies who came back from the Dai Kingdom once gave him a secret, saying that Rui Ao
Prince Ao is best known for his gentle smile, but he is actually the most sinister among the princes of Dai Kingdom.
Li Huang raised his eyes and looked at Rui Ao, and he saw Rui Ao's smile was gentle and sincere, and his eyes were bright. If he hadn't been on guard a long time ago, he would have been deceived by his smile and passed the latest chapter of the online game Gun Breaking the Sky.[
"The Prince's Mansion is simple and not as gorgeous as the other palaces. Prince Rui Ao is an honored guest. It would be bad if he neglects Prince Rui Ao and causes discord between the two countries! Prince Rui Ao still lives in the other palace. As for me, The prince's concubine is pregnant, so I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to see guests!" Li Huang smiled and rejected Rui Ao with a high-sounding voice.
Rui Ao still smiled and said: "It turns out that Concubine Chu is already pregnant with Liujia, so she is really not suitable for working hard. It was Rui Ao who took the liberty!"
Rui Ao stopped mentioning the matter of staying at the Prince's Mansion, talked to Li Huang for a while, and then went to the palace to settle down.
After coming out of the palace, Li Huang was about to return to the Prince's Mansion when he saw Prince Qian's carriage already parked at the entrance of the palace, waiting to enter the palace. Li Huang's heart moved and he whispered to the guards, who immediately followed the sedan into the palace.
Not long after returning to the Prince's Mansion, the guards sent earlier came back to report that they saw Prince Qian's beloved son entering Prince Ruiao's palace. Li Huang knew what was going on and called Lei Lei to the study.
These days, Lei Lei has been preparing medicinal meals for Chu Yiqing. In the morning, when he heard that Li Huang entered the palace to see Prince Rui Ao, he knew what was going on. After entering the study, he bowed and waited for Li Huang's instructions.
Li Huang was naturally reluctant to let go of Lei Min, so he said: "Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get Ruimin to marry me and make it happen for you!"
Lei Lei laughed and said: "Master, in fact, you brought this on yourself. If you hadn't forced Ruimin on to your subordinates..."
Li Huang glared, and Lei Lei quickly said with a smile: "Don't worry, I actually can't bear to leave you. However, Prince Rui Ao admires my abilities very much. When he was in Dai Guo, Prince Rui Ao even went to Dai Guo in person. My subordinate is studying medical skills! If I want Prince Rui Ao to give up this talent of my subordinate, I’m afraid I’ll have to give him a greater benefit! Don’t look at the smiling face of Prince Rui Ao, who seems to be easy to get along with, but he is actually a The most sinister person, if he doesn't get any benefits, he will definitely let his subordinates go to Dai Kingdom to be the consort, I just want to give you a warning!"
Li Huang pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "He has tested me today, but I am still a little unsure. Now that I hear what you say, I know what I am doing! Okay, you go and do your work. Just don't worry, even if you want to leave me, I won't agree!"
With Li Huang's assurance, Lei Lei immediately narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I know I can't bear to leave you!"
Li Huang patted his shoulder and whispered: "I wanted you to get close to Ruimin that day, but it was a last resort. Fortunately, you and her were in love, otherwise..."
After hearing Li Huang's sensational words, Lei Lei immediately restrained his bohemian smile and whispered: "What did you say? I am also doing it for the people of the world!"
Li Huang nodded and patted Lei Lei's shoulder again.
After coming out of the study, Li Huang entered the bedroom and saw Chu Yiqing sitting upright on the bed. There was a small jade table in front of him, with account books and an obsidian abacus on it. On the abacus, Chu Yiqing's delicate hands were placed. Fei, the arithmetic beads in his hands made a snapping sound, and Li Huang was stunned.
Chu Yiqing felt something in her heart and wrote down the calculated amount first. Then she raised her eyes and saw Li Huang staring at her blankly. He was about to ask Yingrun to help him take off his coat when he saw Li Huang suddenly stepped forward and sat down.
He stood beside her and kissed her gently on the face.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yiqing was startled, looked at him angrily, and then glanced at Yingrun who was wiping the furniture.
"Madam, please go and see if the sweet soup in the small kitchen is ready!" Yingrun took the opportunity to leave.
Chu Yiqing looked back at Li Huang and said with a smile: "It's all your fault. Look, how embarrassing it is!"
Li Huang didn't care. He looked at the account book and whispered, "Are you still calculating the rice account?"
Chu Yiqing nodded, "Now only one-tenth of the rice has been sold, and the previous cost has been recovered. I don't plan to keep the rice this time. After all, the rice is as good as this year, and it is difficult to find. I will wait until next year when Luo Guo
After some time off, and with late rice seeds flowing into other countries, next year’s prices may not be as good as this year’s! Besides, spring wheat will be planted next spring, and there is really no place to store this grain!”
Li Huang hugged her gently and said: "You can make the decision on this kind of thing! I just sighed in my heart. I don't know how many people envy me for marrying such a good wife, the God of Agriculture. With just a few words, the people of both the people will be happy."
Don’t worry about the new year!”
Chu Yiqing looked back at him and said with a smile: "Did you hear what others said? Why are you feeling so emotional all of a sudden?"
Li Huang laughed: "Today I met the Crown Prince of Dai, Rui Ao, in the palace. He kept saying that he wanted to see you and asked for your advice on Dai's farming affairs, but I refused! Whoever wants to see the Goddess of Agriculture can meet him.
?”
Chu Yiqing turned around and tapped his nose gently and said: "You know how precious I am now? How many people asked for marriage back then, but in the end they still chose you!"
Li Huang held her hand, put it to his lips, kissed it, and whispered: "I'm sorry, but in the end I just made you a concubine!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I'm not even interested in the queen's position. Do I still care about the crown prince's position? If it weren't for my identity and A Bao's relationship, I wouldn't have entered this capital!"
Li Huang hugged Chu Yiqing and whispered: "There are too many things these days, and I have wronged you. Please give me a little more time, soon!"
Li Huang has been saying this these days, but Chu Yiqing is a little confused. However, now that she is worried about the disappearance of the sixty-two people, and coupled with her heavy body, she really has time to take care of Li Huang, and immediately
He stopped asking in detail and just said: "The fifteenth sent people to send news, saying that they have found Yu Erbian's whereabouts, but Shangguan Yunyi has not shown up yet. I told them to wait until Shangguan Yunyi shows up."
Catch them all in one fell swoop!”
Li Huang nodded.
At this moment, in a ruined temple outside Pingliang City, Yu Erbian and others were locked in a wing at the back. There were four or five big men guarding the exit. One of them was cooking something in an iron pot with three stones.
Thing, the firelight reflected the fleshy face of the big man, making him look ferocious and tough.
Yu Erbing stretched out his head from the dilapidated wing room and took a look outside. Hearing the noise, the big man raised his face without making an expression. Yu Erbing was so frightened that his two legs trembled and he quickly shrank his body.
Went back.
"Brother Yu, how are you?" The person who asked him was a young man from Liangjiatun. It was said that he was somewhat distantly related to the village chief of Liangjiatun. This time he heard that Zhao Xiaomai was going to bring people out to work, so he eagerly reported the trust.
Name, who knew that something like this would happen.
"Those big men are very ferocious, and they all have their own tricks. I'm afraid we are no match for them!" Yu Erbing whispered, his body still unable to help but tremble.
Yu Lang scratched his head, and his stubborn temper rose again, "There are more than sixty of us, and there are only five or six of them. Even if ten people do one job, why can't we get away? Do you want to be dragged by them to Luo Country to do coolies?"
Leave your wife and children behind?"
When Yu Langtou said this, some bold people responded one after another. Their relatives were all in Chu Han. They followed Zhao Xiaomai out this time. They wanted to earn some money. After all, the salary of 700 yuan a month did not matter.
Look, it’s two hundred coins more than the first-class worker in Chu Han. Who knew that he would encounter such a big thing when he came out? If he was really sold to the Luo country to work as a coolie, he would not be able to see his wife and children for the rest of his life. This time
You might as well give it a try, there is still hope!
Yu Erbing shook his head. Although he had been doing carpentry from house to house before, he was the youngest. He fainted when he saw the shining knife. When he came out, Wang Xi was pregnant again. He was still
I was thinking of going back to hug my son, but I couldn’t just die like that!
When Yu Langtou saw him cowering, his temper suddenly rose, and he pulled him aside. Just as he was about to greet the bold brothers, he heard the sound of rapid horse hooves coming from outside the temple. One of them was a big man who was taking a nap.
He quickly stood up and went out to check. After a while, dozens more people came in, led by a tall and straight man wearing a weft hat.
Suddenly there were so many people, Yu Langtou's heart sank, and he quickly signaled to the brothers not to act rashly, while he lay on the door frame and paid attention to the movements in the temple.
"Are all people honest?" Shangguan Yunyi asked Cangtian Baye in a cold voice while covering his nose in disgust and waving the dust from the temple.
"Master, they are all very honest. A group of country bumpkins who have never seen the world, and who have been frightened and coaxed by us, have all already obeyed!" The big man who was cooking dog meat just now hurried forward and reported the report with a smile.
"Just be honest! I have arranged a caravan, and there are clothes on the carriage. Let them change their clothes, and pretend to be merchants and follow me out of Pingliang tomorrow!" Shangguan Yunyi ordered in a cold voice, "And this night.
, you must be careful and don’t make any mistakes!”
The big man nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, they are all country people who have never seen the world. We are all practicing masters. Can't we deal with them?"
Shangguan Yunyi's face was covered with a curtain, and others couldn't see the expression on his face clearly. However, when he looked up, he seemed to be looking this way. Yu Langtou hurriedly hid his body inside to give his brothers a look.
They hurriedly huddled in the corner, all dejected, looking trembling with fear.
Shangguan Yunyi strode forward and glanced into the room. He seemed not to notice anything strange, so he nodded and whispered something to Liu Feng. Liu Feng stayed with his people while Shangguan Yunyi prepared to leave.
"Everyone in the temple, listen, you have been surrounded. If you want to survive, come out and surrender!" Suddenly, a shout suddenly came from outside the temple. Liu Feng quickly rushed outside the temple, but soon
, and returned again.
"Sir, what's wrong, it's Pingliang defenders, they have surrounded us!" Liu Feng said in a low voice.
Shangguan Yunyi was also stunned, why did these people come so fast?
When Yu Langtou heard this, he immediately felt that an opportunity had come. He made a face to the brothers, and saw more than a dozen brothers rushing out together.
Shangguan Yunyi was thinking about a way to break out of the encirclement when he suddenly heard shouting from behind and saw dozens of peasants in shorts rushing out of the side room.
"Master, what should we do?" When they kidnapped people earlier, Shangguan Yunyi told them not to hurt anyone and to transport these people out of Pingliang intact. He immediately used drugs to stun these people and kidnapped them.
, but he did not expect that these people would dare to rebel. The big man immediately asked Shangguan Yun Yidao for instructions.
Shangguan Yunyi said coldly: "We can't fail in our efforts. We must subdue these people first and lead them out of the back door quickly. See you at the City God's Temple tomorrow!"
The big man responded quickly and slashed at Yu Bangtou and others with the back of his knife. Seeing that these people did not want to hurt them, Yu Bangtou and others became bolder. Some even picked up firewood from the ground and started beating the big men.
passed.
These men have been working in the fields all year round. Although they don't know martial arts, they have a lot of strength, so the firewood hurts their bodies. In addition, Shangguan Yunyi's people dare not hurt them.
, more than a hundred people fought together, watching the ruined temple teetering on the verge of collapse.
At this moment, outside the ruined temple, Tenglong and Leiyuan led the people from Longtang and Hubaotang, together with General Hu's men and horses. As soon as they heard the noise coming from the temple, they immediately took action. General Hu's men surrounded and guarded the formation. Thunderbolt
He and Lei Yuan rushed in.
At this moment, the scene in the ruined temple was extremely chaotic. Yu Langtou and the others were already at a disadvantage, but as soon as they saw someone rushing in, they immediately regained their strength. Some of them even pressed the big men to the ground.
Yu Erbing had been hiding behind others, covering his head while sneaking out. Who knew that he was so unlucky, and just as he was about to slip out of the ruined temple, one of the big men was chopped down by Yu Bang's head with a piece of firewood.
On the face, the nose was bruised and the face was covered with blood. Murderous intent suddenly arose in his heart. He rushed forward with the knife, but because his face was covered with blood clots, he didn't see clearly. The knife did not hit the hammer.
But he slashed at Yu Erbing.
"Ah!" Only a scream was heard, and Yu Erbing fell into a pool of blood, and one of his hands was chopped off and flew away...
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