Magistrate Hu and Xiang Yun began to be busy, while Li Minghua became leisurely.
Although the Li family's mansion was demolished, Li Minghua still went home. The front yard was demolished, but the garden where the girls lived was still intact. The servants, relatives and friends left behind by the Li family as well as the people went all out to tidy up the house to welcome the unprecedented event.
Miss Minghua whom I have taken seriously.
Firstly, there is an eldest daughter in the Li family, secondly Mrs. Li only dotes on Li Mingqi, and thirdly Li Mingran is the youngest daughter of the second master, so the daughter of the concubine master can only be ranked fourth.
Unexpectedly, Miss Minghua, who was so dispensable, brought back soldiers and horses to rescue them.
There are so many people in the Li family, and this Miss Minghua comes back with soldiers and horses, it will never be because Miss Minghua is dispensable in the family.
Although Miss Minghua did not say it explicitly, the word had spread among the officers and soldiers that it was Miss Minghua who took the initiative to invite the troops back.
This girl, who had never been cared about by Jiangling Mansion, came back with Jiangling Mansion in mind, regardless of danger and fear of death.
Hot water, hot rice, clean clothes, rouge, gouache, and even jewelry were placed in front of Li Minghua.
Li Minghua looked at the box in front of her with some surprise. The jewelry inside was even more exquisite than her own.
She didn't have much jewelry and she had taken it all away. It was impossible to leave such exquisite jewelry at home.
The maids and servants waiting on the side pointed at the Zhu Chai and gold hairpin beads and introduced which servant woman sent this, and which relative and friend of the Li family sent this...
Li Minghua was a little surprised and sighed. He didn't expect these servants, relatives and friends to be so rich, nor did he expect that he would receive such an expensive gift.
She reached out and touched the jewelry and looked at the girl beside her: "You..."
"Slave Chuntao."
"Ms. Minghua, my name is A Liu."
The girls around me rushed to tell me their names.
All the high-status girls and servants in the family have followed them to Jiannan Road, and those who are left behind are all low-level servants. Now that Miss Minghua is back, none of the original servants are around. This is their opportunity.
Li Minghua glanced at it and pointed at one with clear eyes: "A Liu, you put it away first. I don't wear jewelry at this time."
The selected girl put the jewelry into the box and put it away happily and conscientiously under the envious eyes of others.
"Miss Minghua." A servant woman came in with a box in her hand, "Ms. Wu's wife at the top of the city gave a gift of fine ginseng. Look..."
Li Minglou called the girl's name again: "Take it and go thank me for me."
Although she was not in charge of Miss Minghua's personal treasures, she was still a girl of high status taking care of the gifts. The girl happily took the small box, and the maid was also very happy. This shows that the young lady can answer many people's questions when she accepts gifts.
Already.
Li Minghua did not want to reject these gifts. No one gave her gifts before, but now she is worthy of being given gifts.
This is what she deserves, which she earned with her courage and life.
Thinking of this, her heart beat loudly again. She looked at the girl in the mirror whose complexion was no longer fair, whose expression was haggard, and whose lips were chapped and she didn't even recognize her. The girl smiled crookedly at the corner of her mouth.
She didn't become someone different from others, she just became the kind of person she wanted to be.
You can choose for yourself, choose to do what you want to do, and not be afraid of hardships and obstacles.
Things were done successfully.
Li Minghua put his hand on his cheek, feeling the heat in his palm, as if he was dreaming, and thought that it should be regarded as a nightmare. If possible, he would rather not have this dream... Sometimes he was happy and sometimes he sighed. Putting aside these chaotic thoughts, Twenty
The exhaustion of many days drowned her into a deep sleep.
Although there was a prefect and Xiang Yun in Jiangling Prefecture, Li Minghua did not have complete leisure. She slept deeply all day and all night, and she went out at dawn the next day.
After a night, the streets were cleaned, and the wounded and dead were no longer lying on the street. Although broken walls and bloodstains were still everywhere, and the people walking around looked sad and tired, the atmosphere was much calmer.
Most of the people working on the street were ordinary people, and then there were the officials who were running around, asking the refugees one by one to register them, and then guiding them to a place to gather, receive free porridge and assign work. The locals in Jiangling Prefecture registered the number of people in their families and the number of injured people.
How many have died, how many are left...
In the summer, I looked tired, my body was wet with sweat, and my voice was hoarse.
When guarding Jiangling Mansion, the soldiers and officials suffered many casualties. Now their number is very small, and it seems that they have never rested.
The officials were followed by soldiers. The soldiers did not work. They only followed the officials, chatting and laughing while they watched the officials check the people of Jiangling Mansion.
Everyone was busy saying hello when they saw Li Minghua.
"What are you doing?" Li Minghua asked these soldiers, recognizing that they were bandits, "Why don't you help?"
The bandits said without restraint, "We can't read." "We don't understand anything."
Li Minghua frowned and said, "Then you can do other things."
Such as cleaning the streets, treating casualties and burying them.
The bandits shook their heads and murmured, "That's not possible." "We're here to help." "If someone doesn't cooperate, we have to help arrest them." "They say we are responsible for the security of the city." "Take them.
The most important thing is to find out and manage it properly.”
Doesn’t this mean he knows a lot? Li Minghua frowned and asked in detail about these matters: censusing the population, unified management of the refugees, and handing over porridge to the government. It turned out that these were all requested by the Chu army.
Li Minghua came to the refugee area in the east of the city and passed through several broken houses where he met the bandit's eldest brother.
He was playing dice with four or five bandits, and Li Minghua didn't let him stop when he arrived.
"Yes, I asked you to do it," he said.
Li Minghua said: "The rebels have just retreated. Shouldn't we strengthen the city defense? What are we doing with such a tired police officer?"
The man scratched his head with one hand, stared at the gambling game on the table, and hummed twice: "How do I know? Anyway, this is how it is done. Once the people are arranged, the city will be fine."
What are you talking about? Li Minghua frowned, and just as he was about to say more, someone from outside ran in to find Li Minghua: "It was said that reinforcements from Mrs. Chu from Huainan Road have arrived."
The real reinforcements from Mrs. Chu have arrived.
As soon as these words came out, the noisy room suddenly fell silent, and the shouting bandits fell silent, looking panicked and uneasy.
If they really come, won't their lies be exposed?
The locust squatting aside hugged Chengqing's big ax tightly, collecting some gold and silver and running away as soon as possible.
Li Minghua looked at a room full of bandits who had turned into quails, took a deep breath, and said, "I'll go see them and explain to them that since you killed the enemy, no matter who you were before, you are now meritorious."
The bandits didn't say anything. They all looked at the man. The man's expression was still relaxed. He waved his hand and said hello, then pushed out the bet in his hand and laughed: "I won, I won, give me money, give me money."
The eldest brother's orders were more terrifying than the arrival of real reinforcements from Huainan Road. The bandits immediately came to their senses and gave money one after another. The stasis in the room was broken and it became noisy again.
Is he pretending to be calm, or does he trust her? Li Minghua thought to himself, looking at the man who had won the money, stroking his hair with his hands, and a proud smile on his face...
Sensing her gaze, the man looked over, smiled and raised his eyebrows at her.
Li Minghua turned around and walked out.
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The leader of the reinforcements for Mrs. Chu on Huainan Road is a young man named Zhou Shi, who has been welcomed to the government office by Magistrate Hu.
After Magistrate Hu thanked him, he praised the might of the Chu army. When Li Minghua came in, he saw the general was shocked, but he did not categorically say that there was no Chu army in Huainan Road, but listened carefully to what Magistrate Hu said.
"I don't know where the Chu army is. Since I'm here, I should see it." Zhou Shi said.
Li Minghua stepped forward and said, "They are all in charge of city defense. General Zhou, please sit down for a moment."
Zhou Shi made a sound and had no objection, but he also did not sit down. A look flashed on his young and steady face.
This is a general who is not easily persuaded, especially now that he has become suspicious.
The atmosphere in the hall was a little strange, and Magistrate Hu noticed that he was a little puzzled.
"General Zhou, please listen to me explain in detail." Li Minghua could only give an explanation immediately, but he had to avoid Magistrate Hu first. Just when he was about to find a shabby excuse to ask Magistrate Hu to avoid him, there were soldiers running in from outside the door.
.
"Commander Zhou," he said, holding a letter in his hand, "The commander-in-chief of the Chu army told you to bring it to my wife."
Li Minghua was surprised by this guy. What is he going to do? Is he still going to lie? The generals of Mrs. Chu of Huainan Road are not little girls like her!
Why didn't this person listen to her and made his own decisions and made things worse...
It was so sudden that Li Minghua didn't know how to stop it.
Zhou Shi reached out to take the letter and opened it without any hesitation.
Li Minghua's eyes were fixed on Zhou Shi. Although Magistrate Hu didn't know why, he was also looking at Zhou Shi. The atmosphere in the hall was stagnant again until Zhou Shi raised his head.
"I understand." He said, folded the letter and put it in his sleeve, then looked at Li Minghua and Magistrate Hu, "Please tell me how you defended the city. What is the current trend of the rebels? Madam received your letter
Very worried.”
That's it? Li Minghua was a little surprised. What did that man write? He actually asked the general not to ask again?
But since the other party stopped asking, she certainly wouldn't take the initiative to bring up the topic, and quietly stepped back and sat down.
Magistrate Hu's voice rang out in the hall as he recounted the process of defending the city.