After hearing what he said, Xiao Mo waved his hands hurriedly,
"In this case, I won't argue with His Highness Seventh Prince. It's better for His Highness Seventh to go down."
Although the emperor felt it was inappropriate, seeing that he had made up his mind, he agreed.
"In this case, I will give His Highness Seventh Prince the title of General to Suppress Bandits. He will personally lead five thousand elite soldiers to suppress the bandits in Jitou Mountain. Tomorrow will be the first day of the Lunar New Year, so you can go back and prepare."
Ye Shihan's eyes were slightly cold, he clasped his fists and said, "I accept the order."
The reason why he took the initiative to suppress the bandits was that he wanted to take this opportunity to find Su Mu'er. Although he didn't know where she had gone, he could only hope to go out and look for her, otherwise she would be kept in the mansion by the concubine.
He is really going crazy.
When the concubine learned that he was going to suppress the bandits, she exploded instantly.
"No, I'm going to find the emperor. You have eighteen days to get married, so how can you go and suppress the bandits? Is the emperor sincere?"
"Don't go."
Ye Shihan's attitude was cold, "I proposed it myself and it has nothing to do with the emperor."
"Han'er, you can't go. What if something delays you along the way, Mengmeng?"
Hearing his mother-in-law say this, he suddenly looked at her with the corners of his mouth twitching.
"My mother-in-law has arranged everything for me, is it possible that she doesn't even give me a chance to go out and make meritorious deeds? If so, what value do I, the Seventh Highness, have to the imperial court? Does it mean that I, Ye Shihan, will soon become
A useless person?"
Hearing him say this, the concubine looked at him in astonishment.
"Han'er, are you blaming the mother and concubine?"
"I don't dare." His voice was so cold that the concubine trembled.
Ye Shihan has been speaking to her in this tone since Su Muer left. The more her son behaves like this, the more angry she becomes with Su Muer.
She abducted her grandson, and then abducted her son's heart. This woman has gone too far.
Ye Shihan ignored the strange look from the concubine and had already started to pack his luggage. He didn't have many things to bring. He looked at the slingshot he gave Doudou when he first met Doudou, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
I don’t know how Doudou is doing? I don’t know where he is.
"Han'er, do you really want to leave? Can't you let Xiao Mo complete this task?"
Ye Shihan ignored the concubine who was following him, but yelled at the people outside,
"Liu Hai, come here and help me get my things."
Liu Hai heard this and trotted in.
"Bring on my king's robe."
The concubine's brows were furrowed. She felt that her son was very strange to her, and he even hated her in his heart.
"Han'er..."
she called again as he stepped over the threshold.
Ye Shihan stopped, turned around and cupped his fist at her,
"Please take care of yourself, concubine."
After leaving only these words, he turned around decisively and left in a hurry.
Looking at his back, the concubine was suddenly confused. Was she wrong? But she was doing it for her son's own good, so why couldn't he understand?
Thinking of this, she not only gritted her teeth angrily, "Su Mu'er, you witch, when I find you, I will make you look good."
If one day the concubine knew that she had taken the position of the head of Jitoushan, she would probably think that she was a bad woman even more.
The first thing Su Muer did when she brought Qing'er back to Jitou Mountain was to call all the bandits for a meeting.
Looking at the dark crowd standing in front of her, she narrowed her eyes and said:
"I came back from the capital yesterday and learned that the capital has sent troops to destroy our Jitou Mountain. This is all thanks to that Wang Ergui. But even so, we have to keep this mountain. Do you have confidence?"
"Master, we are at your command."
"Yes, we follow your command."
Someone in the crowd spoke first, and the rest followed suit.
Su Mu'er looked at everyone and nodded, "Okay, starting today, we will place sentinels on the only road from the capital to Jitou Mountain, so that we can know in time when the official mission will come."
"All personnel must be at their best during this period. Our Jitoushan Mountain is steep and difficult, and people who are not familiar with the mountain will not be able to get up there, so we only need to make preparations halfway up the mountain."
When Uncle Wu heard what she said, he nodded in agreement,
"Yes, brothers, please remember that no matter who accidentally falls into the hands of an official, you cannot betray the brothers in Jitoushan. You cannot take a small road to lead an official up the mountain. Do you understand?"
Everyone heard this and shouted in unison, "I understand."
Su Mu'er looked at everyone and nodded, "One more thing, my brother Su Qing has come to the mountain. She is not in good health. I hope everyone will take care of her."
When Su Qing was mentioned, everyone looked at the handsome young man standing next to her. Qing'er was dressed in men's clothing and stood next to Su Mu'er. Looking at these people, she had some fear in her eyes.
Before going up the mountain, the third sister had told her that although the people on the mountain were bandits, they were not bad people, but this mountain was all men after all. For her safety, the third sister asked her to change her name to Su Qing and wear men's clothes to go up the mountain.
Although she was a little scared when facing these bandits, fortunately with her third sister by her side, she could feel more at ease.
During this period of time, Su Mu'er has been paying attention to the movements of officials in the capital all the time. Although she has inquired in many ways, she has not found out who the person sent by the imperial court is. She has sworn in her heart countless times that since everyone believes in her, no matter what,
, she will keep this mountain top.
Early the next morning, Su Muer was sitting in the main hall studying the plan to defeat the enemy with Uncle Wu, when someone suddenly came to report,
"The official messenger has arrived in Yangzhou City and is expected to arrive in one day."
"So fast?"
Su Muer frowned and looked at Uncle Wu, then said:
"What day does it fall today?"
"Today is already sixteen, and it will be the tenth day of the lunar month when you come back."
sixteen?
Su Muer suddenly frowned. So, the day when the official arrived happened to be the day she and Doudou agreed to meet?
Everything is really rushing together. Jitoushan cannot live without her, and Doudou will come to find her on that day. What should she do?
…
Ye Shihan and his party settled in Yangzhou City, where they planned to first understand the situation with the local prefect before going up to the mountains to suppress the bandits.
The governor of Yangzhou was an older governor. He had long known that Ye Shihan would lead troops there in person, and he had already made preparations to receive him.
He led a group of officials at the gate of the Yangzhou government office, waiting for Ye Shihan's arrival.
In order not to cause panic among the people in the city, Ye Shihan ordered the army to be stationed outside the city. He took Liu Hai to the city to see the prefect.
As soon as he saw Ye Shihan's shadow, he greeted him and politely stepped forward to salute.
"I had known that His Highness Seventh Highness was coming, but I was unable to welcome you from afar. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Ye Shihan dismounted, handed the horse's reins to the official, and turned around to explain,
"Feed my horse well, it has been hard enough along the way."
After hearing what he said, Mr. Yang, the prefect of Yangzhou, quickly clasped his fists and complimented him.
"I really didn't expect His Highness Seventh Prince to have such a merciful heart and treat animals with such love. I really admire him."