Of course, although there is no need to accept apprentices, Duan Baiyue still pays the money to find a blacksmith to punch his teeth, which is regarded as a gift to Wu Sanlei.
The banquet was set in the backyard of the palace, which was more enjoyable and had a better view than the inside of the house. No one mentions the matter of combat readiness again, just treat it as a rare moment of relaxation before the war. Chu Yuan drank two more glasses of wine during the banquet, and after returning to the room, he leaned against Duan Baiyue's arms, unwilling to move.
Ye Jin held a bag of medicinal herbs and sorted them out in the moonlight. The bag was stuffed with all kinds of insects and was very satisfied.
Three days later, the Chu army pulled up again and headed towards the southern border. Chu Yuan, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in front of Wanjun, and Duan Baiyue rode his horse closely behind.
The girls on both sides of the road watched on tiptoe, and they were very hesitant in their hearts. It was hard to choose which one to marry in the future.
Ten days later, when the army arrived at Guanhai City, from a distance, the local officials were already on their knees and greeted them. After approaching, Chu Yuan was taken aback, turned over and dismounted and walked a few steps to help the leader up, and asked, "What's wrong with Aiqing?"
Feng Chen, the magistrate of Guanhai County, had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and one arm was still tied with a bandage. He said ashamed, "The night before yesterday, a group of killers broke into the yamen, and they cut down everyone. The minister will not live to this day."
"Bastard!" Chu Yuan said angrily, "Who is so bold?"
"That group of people was extremely strong in martial arts. As soon as they saw the people from the Southwest Mansion, they left in a hurry." Feng Chen said, "But according to what they said that night, it should be the rebels."
"What did you shout in your mouth?" Chu Yuan asked.
"This..." Feng Chen hesitated when he heard the words, not sure whether he should say it or not.
Chu Yuan said: "Why, Aiqing didn't hear what I just asked?"
"They said, said..." Feng Chen really couldn't say it, and he didn't dare to say it. Afterwards, he simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "That group of thieves is not worthy of the emperor's hearing."
"Aiqing is worrying too much." Chu Yuan shook his head and stretched out his hand to help him up, "Just a word, I won't settle your crime for this. Well, let's go into the city first."
"Yes." Feng Chen breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the guard to open the city gate.
Although it was noon, the city was empty, and there was not a single person on the street. The house is even more dilapidated, and there are even many pits on the road, which look like they have just been repaired in the past few days.
Chu Yuan frowned. He also came to Guanhai City a few years ago, in order to go out to sea to find Duan Baiyue. At that time, it was not the usual bustling and prosperous place. The shops on both sides of the street were crowded with people, even if it was just a small narrow wooden house. Open a door on the road and make money no matter what you sell. It has only been a few short years, even if the war is about to start, at most the people will stay behind closed doors, so they shouldn't be down here.
"Returning to the emperor, it is also the rebels who are causing trouble everywhere." Feng Chen saw what was on his mind, and said as soon as he entered the inn, "In the past month, people would beat and smash the streets in the middle of the night, and even go everywhere. Throwing thunder and thunder, destroying most of the houses in the city within a few days."
"There are tens of thousands of navies stationed in Guanhai City. How many people are there, hundreds of thousands, or hundreds of thousands?!" Chu Yuan's tone was full of suppressed anger. He had indeed received a secret letter before, saying that Chu Xiang sent people to make trouble in the city, but he never expected that it would be so devastated.
"Your Majesty, rest your anger." Feng Chen knelt on the ground and stammered, "The other party, there is only one other party."
Chu Yuan laughed angrily: "How much?"
"Although there is only one person, he is capable of flying the sky." Feng Chen said, "We deployed a heavy force, but we were unable to shoot him down even with a burst of crossbows."
Chu Yuan shook his head: "When was the last time I saw him?"
Feng Chen said, "Last night."
Wen Liunian frowned, the army will arrive in Guanhai City today, but the other party was still making trouble yesterday, this is not just a matter of courage, but a deliberate provocation.
"Go outside to find out, and find out what's going on." Chu Yuan said to Wen Liunian, who was beside him, "and then come back and report to me."
"Yes." Wen Liunian responded and took Zhao Yue out the door. Feng Chen wiped away his cold sweat, and then played the rest of the military affairs one by one, but there was nothing unusual about it.
After dark, Chu Yuan returned to the bedroom, and Duan Baiyue had not returned.
Sixi said: "Go back to the emperor, the King of Southwest China has been outside in the afternoon. He just came back for a while, and then left again."
"Where are you going?" Chu Yuan sat on a chair, thinking about whether to go out to find him or eat something to support his stomach first.
Duan Baiyue reached out and pushed open the door, holding a few oil paper bags in his hand.
Father Sixi breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly exited and closed the door for the two of them.
"I didn't eat dinner, didn't I?" Duan Baiyue opened a paper bag, "Go and wipe your hands, and then come to eat."
"Go out to buy these?" Chu Yuan asked, "Why are there so many, and I can't eat them."
Duan Baiyue scratched his nose: "I haven't eaten, and I've been asking about things outside."
Chu Yuan wiped his hands, sat at the table and said, "What are you inquiring about, that thief who escaped from the sky?"
"This is one of the things, and the other is, who is the person who assassinated Feng Chen." Duan Baiyue said, "It should not be logically speaking, the magistrate is only a literati, not a talented person, why bother Zhou Zhang wants to take his life?"
"So what did you find out?" Chu Yuan took a chicken paw and slowly gnawed it.
Duan Baiyue shook his head.
"Everyone said that Feng Zhixian is a loyal and honest person, and should not be enemies, right?" Chu Yuan asked.
Duan Baiyue said: "How do you know?"
"He was appointed by me, I know of course." Chu Yuan said, "This Guanhai City is no better than other areas. There are tens of thousands of South China Sea troops stationed, and the commander Zhuo Yunhe has a strong personality. The two will have a conflict within three days."
"So you found a Feng Chen who is innocent and honest?" Duan Baiyue said, "This makes it even more unreasonable. What's the use of killing him?"
Chu Yuan said: "Add a block to my heart."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
"Assassinating Feng Chen and blowing up the houses in the streets of this city are all to block me, otherwise what do you think?" Chu Yuan said, "I understand Chu Xiang, this is what he can do."
Duan Baiyue shook his head: "It seems that I overestimated him before."
"That's not necessarily true." Chu Yuan held his wrist, lowered his head and took a bite of the glutinous rice cake. "The two armies are about to fight, and he still has the leisure to make trouble here. It can be seen that he is very sure about the deployment and control of the South China Sea. Wait for us in the pit."
Duan Baiyue said: "Everything you say makes sense."
"It's not that I'm right, but that's how things are." Chu Yuan said, "No one in this world knows Chu Xiang better than me."
Duan Baiyue peeled off another zongzi, poured honey and placed it in front of him: "If it's really just to make things difficult for you, then when the army is assembled to go out to sea in three days, will the city be able to stop?"
Chu Yuan asked, "What do you think, what should we do next?"
Duan Baiyue said: "No matter what he thinks in his heart, he has bullied the people for so long in vain. If he doesn't seek justice at all, he can't justify it."
"A person who can fly." Chu Yuan asked, "Has there been one in Jianghu before?"
"President Shen is a master of Qinggong, but even he is afraid that he can't jump several dozen feet on the ground." Duan Baiyue said, "Fleas and lice are about the same."
Chu Yuan frowned and put down the spoon.
Duan Baiyue complained in her heart: "You eat your food, I will not give random examples."
"Then what's going on?" Chu Yuan asked, "Is there really a goblin."
Duan Baiyue said: "It doesn't matter whether he is a human or a ghost, you will know when you catch him."
"How to catch it." Chu Yuan fed him the remaining zongzi, "I don't even know where people are. And now there are you and me in the city, as well as Qian Feng and the master of Zhao, unless you want to kill yourself. Otherwise, who will take the initiative to come forward again.”
Duan Baiyue said: "I have a way to provoke him out."
"Huh?" Chu Yuan dropped the spoon, "What can I do, talk about it."
Duan Baiyue held the person in her arms and planned to kiss him.
Chu Yuan pursed his lips, oily, and just gnawed on the chicken feet.
Duan Baiyue felt that it was not good to talk, so he coughed twice and whispered the plan to him.
Chu Yuan looked at him.
Duan Baiyue asked, "What do you think?"
Chu Yuan said: "You dare to dislike me."
Duan Baiyue innocently said: "How come."
Chu Yuan said: "You dare to dislike me!"
Duan Baiyue shook his head: "No, no."
Chu Yuan grabbed his collar, leaned close to his face and rubbed his mouth clean, before jumping down and going out to find Shen Qianfeng.
Duan Baiyue wiped her oily face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The night really passed very peacefully, except for one thing, the package of food that the King of Southwest bought back at night was either meat or glutinous rice cakes, and the stomach was heavy after eating. So Duan Baiyue hugged the person in his arms and rubbed his stomach all night.
Early the next morning, Ye Jin looked at the black-and-white King of the Southwest, and was very angry.
The war is about to take place, and the lascivious nature can't be taken away a little, can it, can it!
Duan Baiyue: "Cough!"
Chu Yuan went to the military camp and inspected the navy together with Xue Huaiyue and Zhuo Yunhe, and didn't come back until late at night. The people in the city had already rested early, and they didn't care when they heard the sound of horses' hooves on the street outside. After all, the emperor is in the city, so there shouldn't be any more gangsters making trouble, and it's time to sleep peacefully.
But who would have thought that in the second half of the night, there would be another rumbling sound of explosives in the city.
Amidst the billowing smoke, a black figure jumped to the ground and flew quickly through the air. Seeing that he was about to escape again, another person volleyed up to meet him and stopped him abruptly. After the two fought dozens of moves, they both fell to the ground. The officers and soldiers hurriedly surrounded him with knives, spears and chains, and tied up the previous man.
"This time I have the King of Southwest China." The leading officers and soldiers clasped their fists and thanked them loudly.
"Commander Zhou is very polite." Duan Baiyue smiled and turned back to her residence.
Chu Yuan was lying on the bed reading a book. When he saw him pushing the door in, he also got out of bed in his clothes and asked, "How is it?"
"Everything is in the plan." Duan Baiyue said, "Master Wen will do the rest. Let's talk about it tomorrow morning."
Chu Yuan nodded and wanted to untie the belt for him, but he couldn't unbutton it for a long time.
Duan Baiyue sighed deeply.
Chu Yuan left him behind and sat alone by the bed.
"It's alright." Duan Baiyue squatted in front of him, held up his hands and said, "Except for not being able to do housework, there are no other shortcomings. After careful calculation, I am not at a loss."