The date of negotiation with Tuhunduo, the barbarian king, has arrived. The governor of Pingshang Road, Luo Qiu, who has experienced too many ups and downs, has not slept all night. After a while, he will ask his servants what time it is, sit for a while and lie down for a while. He just couldn't fall asleep, as if there were a hundred mice jumping up and down in his heart, which kept him from resting for a moment.
The night seemed extraordinarily long, and there was a time when he was so annoyed that he wanted to smash everything in the house.
Fang Xie left without saying goodbye, which made him angry.
He didn't sleep all night, and the servants were also restless. They don't know why the governor is upset, but they can see that if they are not careful, they may cause disaster. For a feudal official in Xinjiang, killing a few servants in a fit of anger would not be a problem at all. Especially in the current period, no one would bring such a thing to the court.
They waited carefully all night, but they didn't dare to relax when it was dawn.
During the darkest half an hour before dawn, the irritable Luo Qiu suddenly became quiet. For half an hour, he has been standing by the window looking out, as if he could see something. This kind of silence made the servants even more uneasy, and all the people serving outside were as silent as cicadas and did not dare to breathe out.
When the east was pale, Luo Qiu let out a long sigh of relief, looked back at the maid who was standing bowed behind, and said in an unexpectedly calm tone: "Prepare me the crown clothes, I want Go out and meet important people."
"Master, which suit do you wear?"
The maid asked while holding her breath.
Luo Qiu glanced at her, and there was a flash of anger in his eyes. But in the end, he still didn't let it out: "I don't know how you came into the mansion to be a servant, and which way you got in charge, so stupid that you can arrange to serve me by my side..."
After he finished speaking, he ignored the maid who was trembling with fright, and walked out.
Before he left, the steward who was standing outside rushed in and slapped the maidservant on the face: "Trash! How many times have I told you, be smart! You don't even look at the situation your lord is going to want Question? What do you wear when meeting guests at home? You should wear casual clothes! Just now, your lord has said that you will go out to meet important people, so it must be an official uniform!"
"I… "
The maid who was beaten endured the burning pain on her face but did not dare to argue, the teardrops in her eyes kept spinning. In fact, she knew what to do, but because Luo Qiu's unexpressed anger made her too uneasy, she asked a question out of nowhere, and now she was so regretful that she didn't know what to do.
"roll roll roll."
The steward waved his hand impatiently: "Go to the cashier and get a month's allowance by yourself, don't say I'm unrighteous... From now on, you don't have to stay in the mansion, get out!"
"Stay in charge!"
With a plop, the servant girl knelt down and pulled the corner of the steward's clothes begging, "Please, don't drive me away!"
The steward took a look at the weeping pear blossom with rain on the girl's face, and stared at her plump breasts with a flicker in her eyes. In normal times, the servant girl who is serving by the master's side would not dare to get involved easily. Because he wasn't sure if the master was interested in this maid, even if he wouldn't take her into the house, as long as he took her body, he would still take care of her a lot. Such a maid will have a high status, sometimes even more favored than a concubine.
But today, this handsome servant girl offended the master, and the steward inevitably felt a little itchy.
"you… "
His Adam's apple twitched, and he withdrew his eyes from the maid's chest reluctantly: "You go to my room and wait for me first, as for whether you can stay, it depends on your performance... Understand?"
The servant girl's shoulders visibly trembled, and after hesitating for a while, she nodded: "I understand..."
"Go."
The steward waved his hand: "You should know that even if I take the risk to keep you, I can no longer arrange you with the adults. You need a period of time for the adults to forget you, and then I will transfer you back to serve the adults , when the time comes, my lord will not even be able to remember your appearance, no matter how clever you are, you may not have a chance to stand out, understand?"
The servant girl nodded vigorously, obviously more determined than before: "Steward, I understand, thank you!"
She stood up, wiped away her tears and smiled at the steward, trying to look as charming as possible. The steward looked distracted and rubbed her butt before leaving to chase Luo Qiu. The servant girl bit her lip hard when she came out of the room, and told herself that she would treat it as if she had been bitten by a dog, and that if she had the chance, she would beat the dog to death!
And when the steward was chasing Luo Qiu, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth. If the maid hadn't smiled at him so charmingly and looked at her crying pitifully, he really wanted to leave this maid in a deserted place. He plays by himself. But when that maid smiled, he knew what she was thinking. He planned to have fun with this kind of woman, and then drive her out of the house.
Even the servants in the mansion have their own thoughts.
The servant girl went back to wash her face and was ready to commit herself to the job at night, but the job manager thought about how to play with her once and then drove her away.
Luo Qiu, the owner of the mansion, has already returned to his wife's room, and his wife puts on him the governor's official uniform of the second rank.
"Some things... actually don't need to be done..."
His wife said as she straightened his clothes.
Luo Qiu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that after so many years, his wife knew better about him. He didn't say anything, but she knew what he was going to do.
He grabbed her hand, only to realize that her hand was already full of creases, no longer as smooth and delicate as when he was young. A woman at fifty looks much older than a fifty-year-old man. Luo Qiu was in a daze involuntarily, unable to remember the last time he held his wife's hand.
"Going to."
Luo Qiu smiled gently at his wife: "Some things, I know I can't do them, but I still do them. It's like I have been bowing to Luo Yao all these years in Pingshang Dao. It's something I have to do. But today This may be the most correct thing I have done since I was promoted to governor... If I don't go, my reputation will be ruined... Sometimes, reputation is more important than life."
"If anything happens to me, you all leave Yongzhou."
He rubbed the back of his wife's hand and said with a smile: "Tuhunduobie is not a devil, if he can't come back, I can only see him."
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When Luo Qiu, who was wearing formal attire, walked to the gate of the city with complicated emotions, he couldn't help but look back at the city where he had lived for more than ten years. Then he forced himself to look away, because he was afraid that his cowardice would overcome his meager courage.
"Walk!"
He beckoned to his subordinates: "Let's go meet that King He of Laoshizi!"
Although he lacked confidence when he said this, he seemed so proud. It was also when these words came out that Luo Qiu suddenly felt a sense of relief and complacency, which he himself did not understand.
Xu Qingzhi selected 200 elite elites with the best skills to protect Luo Qiu. He has already gathered all the 20,000 county soldiers that can be mobilized in the city. He will bring all the troops with him for this negotiation. Of course, if something happened to Luo Qiu in the camp, he might not have the determination to fight to the death with 20,000 soldiers from the county and an enemy fifty times his size.
After he came out of Luo Qiu's mansion yesterday, he went directly to Fang Jie's barracks, planning to ask the Black Banner Army to protect Luo Qiu from the city. After all, the Black Banner Army has a lot of cavalry. If Luo Qiu has something to do, he can raid to save people. Another plan is that he doesn't want all the Yongzhou soldiers to come out, so the city defense will have to be handed over to the Black Banner Army. Trying to close the city gate, he and Luo Qiu couldn't come back even if they wanted to.
But when he rushed to the Black Banner Army camp, the remaining generals shook their heads. If the general is not here, he must not be blocked easily by using troops, and it will be useless to let him say anything. At this moment, he suddenly felt that he and Luo Qiu had been tricked by Fang Jie.
Fang Jie deliberately delayed his return, Luo Qiu was going to see Tuhun Duobie, and he had to lead troops to protect him.
Of course, Luo Qiu can also leave the city.
But he knows Luo Qiu's temperament, sometimes it is difficult to be a coward.
If Fang Jie did this on purpose, then Fang Jie's purpose is obvious. Fang Jie wanted to transfer all the Yongzhou soldiers out of the city, and then his Black Banner Army would take over Yongzhou... At the thought of this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Xu Qingzhi's back. When Fang Jie agreed to come to Yongzhou so simply, he wondered if he would have any intentions. But at that time, he never thought that the current situation would appear, completely out of control.
Even when Fang Jie asked not to negotiate with Tuhunduo, he never expected Fang Jie to do so. This step-by-step chess is so coherent that the more you think about it, the more afraid you become. Fang Jie first negotiated with Tuhunduobie on the date of the negotiation, and then suddenly left quietly with his soldiers. No matter whether Luo Qiu dared to leave the city, Fang Jie was the winner.
Luo Qiu didn't go out of the city to negotiate with Tuhunduo, so he was going to force Xu Qingzhi to go. Whether it was Luo Qiu's accident or his accident, Fang Jie would reap the benefits of the fisherman.
How could that handsome young man have such deep calculations
He had just arrived in Yongzhou, and he counted everyone into it.
"grown ups… "
Xu Qingzhi urged the horse to catch up with Luo Qiu and said in a low voice, "This subordinate always feels that something is wrong with today's matter. Your lord should think about it again. Let's go back now and wait?"
"wait?"
Luo Qiu shook his head: "The Black Banner Army has already publicized the fact that they would not negotiate with Tuhunduo ten days ago, but they did not say that Fang Jie wanted to negotiate with Tuhunduo personally. Now everyone in Yongzhou city They all look at me... look at how many people there are on the street! If I don't go out today, Fang Jie will be very happy. If I go out today, Fang Jie will still be very happy... But I have a choice, I can only go out."
"In case the Black Banner Army takes the opportunity to snatch Yongzhou..."
Xu Qingzhi only said half of what he said, because he knew that he didn't need to say it himself.
"It's not that easy."
Luo Qiu said: "As long as I don't die, I will be the master of this city after all."
"But what if Tuhun has murderous intentions?"
Xu Qingzhi asked.
"So it's up to you."
Luo Qiu said: "I will ask Tuhunduo not to change the venue of the negotiation to outside the Heren camp. You lead the troops and get ready. Those 20,000 county soldiers can die, but I can't die. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Xu Qingzhi nodded, he looked to see that he was almost at the Heren camp, and just about to order the formation, he suddenly saw a cloud of dust and smoke rising in front of him, and within a moment, hundreds of fine riders swirled towards him like the wind. Although there are not many people, they are like dragons and horses, and they have the momentum of thousands of troops.
The leader clasped his fists at Luo Qiu and said, "My lord, I have served you in the name of my family's great general. Please stay here later."
"ah?"
Luo Qiu was stunned for a moment, and his heart jumped wildly: "The general is back?"
"The general will not negotiate with Tuhunduo in the camp of the He people!"
The cavalry general raised his jaw and said proudly: "General, please stay here later, don't go back to the city."
"What do you mean?"
Xu Qingzhi's heart tightened and he immediately stepped forward to ask.
The cavalry general replied in a cold voice: "The lowly position doesn't mean anything. The lowly position conveys the meaning of the general. As for the meaning of the large general, the lowly position is dull. I don't know!"
Xu Qingzhi was beaten like a sap, he wanted to get angry but couldn't at all.
"Let's go back!"
He said to Luo Qiu: "Since the general has already gone to see Tuhunduo, there must be no one in the city to make decisions. Your lord should go back quickly."
"I can't go back."
The cavalry general sneered: "The Black Banner Army in the city has taken over the city defense under the order of the general, and the eight gates of Yongzhou are all closed... This is just to prevent the He people from raiding, I hope you don't mind."
"you!"
Xu Qingzhi pointed at the cavalry general's nose and wanted to get angry, but Luo Qiu stopped him: "Well, you go back and tell the general, and just say that I'm waiting here. I just want to ask one thing... the general How many people did you bring to the Heren camp to meet Tuhun Duobie?"
"The general in plain clothes and long shirt does not wear armor, and only brought two followers. The left follower is holding a jug of wine, and the right follower is holding an umbrella. It is as easy as walking in the mountains to enjoy the scenery."
When the cavalry general mentioned Fang Jie, his face was full of pride: "My great general said that he was just going to meet a barbarian. If there are too many people, the barbarian king will not dare to speak! The mighty soldiers of the Black Banner Army are big The might of the general alone!"
The latter words were told to Luo Qiu by the cavalry general, which means... General, don't be afraid!