In his last life, there was a riot in Qingzhou, and the sage was furious. It was Chu Fei who led the troops to suppress it. Therefore, he didn't know much about what happened in Qingzhou.
The same thing happened in my previous life. The weather was extremely hot, the land was dry, the water level dropped, and there was no rain for a long time. Yaocheng was the worst-hit place, where there was already little rain, and when it stopped raining that day, it made life difficult for all the people of Yaocheng. Qingzhou is not a small place, and it is also the one that is most easily remembered among those cities far from Yaocheng. Some refugees from Yaocheng mixed into Qingzhou. When the officers and soldiers guarding the city were not paying attention, riots soon broke out. .
In this life, Chu Fei told them that when the group of refugees entered Qingzhou City, Yang Zhen and others soon found out.
Yang Zhen's status in Qingzhou is not low. She was originally a descendant of General Yang. The people of Qingzhou were favored by General Yang. Even the officers and soldiers here remembered General Yang, so she was treated with courtesy. Qinglongzhai is the largest and only bandit cottage in Qingzhou. The bandits on the mountain often come down from the mountain to sell their prey, or help the people of Qingzhou solve some small disputes. No one in Qingzhou did not know Yang Zhen, and when they saw her, they would call Mr. Yang.
Yang Zhen said to guard the city gate and pay attention to the people who came to Qingzhou. The officers and soldiers who guarded the city kept vigilantly staring at the refugees who came and went, and the people of Qingzhou had always followed Yang Zhen's words, guarding the wells. I only drink two buckets of water every day, I don’t dare to fight more, and I don’t allow others to fight more.
Most of the people in Qingzhou are tall, and the fierce mountain bandits are mixed in, and people can't tell the difference.
When the group of refugees were waiting outside to enter the city—there are more and more refugees coming to Qingzhou these days, and everyone must be interrogated when they enter the city. One of them leaned beside the leader and asked in a low voice, "Brother, is it really okay?"
The leader looked tense: "Just listen to me, I said it's ok, it's ok."
The man shrank back again.
After finally the team reached them, the officers and soldiers at the gate of the city glanced at them, and asked them to take out the road guide. When the group of people entered the city, someone quickly ran towards the former General's Mansion, the current Qinglu Academy.
…
Beijing.
Compared to Ning Lang who only paid attention to the changes in Qingzhou, Ning Nuan and the others knew more about what happened in Yaocheng.
When the weather began to change, Chu Fei began to prepare. In his last life, Yaocheng was severely damaged, and when the news reached the capital, everyone was worried about it, and Chu Fei, who was later sent to Qingzhou to suppress the chaos, knew better.
Therefore, when the time came, he quickly led the crowd to investigate what happened in Yaocheng. Soon, the disaster in Yaocheng was presented to the emperor's desk.
When something went wrong in Yaocheng, the emperor naturally sent someone to solve it. There is no rain in the sky, so naturally we can only find groundwater. Chu Fei still vaguely remembered who made the effort back then, so he quickly found that person and pushed him in front of everyone.
As for the turmoil in Yao City, he also knew early on, and even went to remind the emperor early.
Only this time, it was not him who led the troops to suppress the chaos, but the eldest prince.
"This matter is thankless, no matter how perfect I do it, the person above will not give me a high look. Instead of this, it is better to let the eldest prince go. If the matter is resolved, then he will be able to get the emperor's eyes again. If the matter is not resolved, then Yang Zhen and the others can also play, no matter what, it won't hurt us." Chu Fei hugged Ning Nuan and lay comfortably in the palace: "A Nuan, you should worry more about this instead of worrying about it. Eat two pieces of watermelon."
As the weather warmed up, the jade pad Jiang Yunlan made for her last year came in handy, and Chu Fei brought her a cart of ice.
This ice has many uses. Putting it in the ice basin, the temperature in the room dropped, and Chu Fei had another clever idea. He poured the milk into the crushed ice, and spread the pulp on the crushed milk ice, but it was successful. had a meal. Ning Nuan liked it very much, and even Chu Fei couldn't help eating more.
A rare thing that ordinary people can't even touch, but in his hands, it becomes a tool for iced fruit. If others see it, it may be a waste.
It's just that Ning Nuan has been with him for a long time and is used to seeing Chu Fei's public appearance, but now he has accepted it, and he doesn't feel wrong at all.
"But the lord has done so much, but he has made the eldest prince, isn't it a pity?" Ning Nuan asked while eating the watermelon, "Why didn't the lord tell the emperor and let the third prince go to calm down the riots in Yaocheng? In this way, the third prince will be able to show his face in front of the emperor better."
"..." Chu Fei was silent for a while and said; "It's not that I haven't thought about it."
"Then why didn't the lord persist?"
"It's just that the eldest prince should go to this matter." Chu Fei said; "The prince will not leave the capital, and the third child is not as strong as the eldest prince, A Nuan, you have to admit that if you let the old prince go If you go three times, he may have fallen before reaching Yao City."
"..."
Ning Nuan thought for a while, recalled the appearance of the third prince he had seen before, and had to admit that what Chu Fei said was not unreasonable.
The third prince lives in a secluded place, and looks like a scholar. His stature is not tall. Although there are people around him to protect him, he is not strong enough to protect himself in the battlefield. On the contrary, the eldest prince is the most suitable among the several princes. On weekdays, the eldest prince likes to go to the military camp to train himself and let him settle the riot in Yaocheng.
"I have already sent a letter to Yang Zhen. When the eldest prince arrives, I will fully assist the eldest prince. After the riots in Qingzhou are settled, there will be a legitimate opportunity to come from Qingzhou to the capital."
Ning Nuan knew Yang Zhen's background, so he was a little worried: "Will there be any accident?"
"What accident could happen?"
"Miss Yang has been in Qingzhou. When she arrives in the capital, someone will recognize her."
"She was still so young at that time, who could recognize her? Besides, the Yang family has been in Qingzhou for a long time, and the people in Qingzhou are protecting the Yang family, even if someone in the capital remembers it, it has been so many years. It's passed, and all I remember are dead. I went to check, and the person who framed the Yang family before was left with an orphan and a widowed mother. Just in case, I also prepared a new background for Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen She can handle the local snake in Qingzhou herself."
Ning Nuan nodded, and then he was relieved.
If Yang Zhen arrives in the capital, then Ning Lang will be able to come back too. She couldn't help but look forward to it: "If my brother can also return to the capital, will he not leave in the future?"
"You want him back?"
"It's my parents. After I get married, they are the only ones left in the Ning Mansion. I'm afraid they will be bored."
Chu Fei couldn't help laughing: "Your mother will be bored?"
Ning Nuan thought about it, but didn't know what to say.
There is only one daughter in the Xue family. After Miss Xue got married, only Mrs. Xue remained in the Xue family. Mrs. Xue felt lonely at home alone, but she was too embarrassed to disturb the newly married Yan Er's young couple, so she went to find Jiang Yunlan, who also married her daughter. The two often get together now, even Master Xue and Ning Yan. Ting sometimes can't find anyone.
On the contrary, it made the relationship between Master Xue and Ning Yanting much better. When they were left behind by the two ladies, the two would go out together to travel together.
Ning Nuan was speechless for a while.
"Ah Nuan, instead of thinking about Ning Lang, you might as well think about me more." Chu Fei rubbed against her and said, "These days, you run to the school every day, but it's been a long time since you cared about me. already."
"Your Highness..." Ning Nuan was helpless.
Chu Fei said confidently: "Am I still wrong? In this capital, who does not know that Princess An cares about those children the most, and she goes to the school whenever she has time. I went back and took a look, those people called you. It's not good to shout intimately."
Ning Nuan became more and more helpless: "Those children are only five or six years old, does the lord even eat the jealousy of those children?"
"Why not?" Chu Fei's voice couldn't hear the slightest guilt: "Now you spend more time going to school every day than you spend with me in the palace."
"..."
Ning Nuan was speechless, and lightly pressed his head, which was coming over, and pushed it out.
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Qingzhou.
Because of the proper management, those refugees who entered Qingzhou City were not as chaotic as everyone imagined.
Previously, Ning Lang had cleaned up a ruined temple to take in those beggars. The rest of the refugees also learned and occupied some ruined houses that no one wanted, and they were reluctantly settled. Every well in Qingzhou City is guarded, and there is a certain amount of water that each person can draw every day. The only thing that makes people headache is the food for these refugees.
Nowadays, the price of rice and noodles has skyrocketed. Although it has been controlled, it has stopped at a very high price compared to before. Even the people in Qingzhou are living a bit difficult, not to mention those who beg all the way to Qingzhou. . They are penniless and can't even buy rice.
At the beginning, many people in Qingzhou would give some alms when they saw someone begging. As the number of refugees increased, the money in everyone’s pockets became less and less. At this time, there were fewer people who were willing to show kindness.
Some refugees who are physically stronger will go to work to exchange money, while others have begun to attack Qinglong Mountain. There are many wild animals on the mountain, and if they can call, they can also fill their stomachs. In this regard, the bandits in Qinglong Village on Qinglong Mountain were not at all dissatisfied, and even set aside a piece of land for them to let these people hunt here.
And in the city, for those refugees who can't find a job, can't hunt, or are in poor health, there are also porridge shops in the city. Degree.
But no matter how many arrangements and choices, some people can't bear to be dissatisfied.
After the group of refugees entered Qingzhou City, Yang Zhen kept sending people to stare at them, watching them drive away all the refugees in another ruined temple in the city, occupying it by himself, and later encouraged many refugees to join them until One day, those people also went up the mountain to hunt and began to vent their dissatisfaction at the gate of Qinglong Village.
"Let your boss come out!" Several people who were not neatly dressed stood at the entrance of Qinglong Village and shouted.
The mountain bandits guarding the gate glanced at each other, one of them ran in quickly, and soon, Yang Zhen walked out.
"You're just looking for me?"
Yang Zhen dressed in men's clothing, against the backdrop of the burly mountain bandits beside him, he looked like a weak scholar.
"Why are you a little white-faced?" A sneer burst out among the refugees: "You're the boss on this mountain too?"
Yang Zhen squinted and looked at the man, as if he felt substantive murderous intent, the man immediately silenced and looked at Yang Zhen with horror on his face.
Yang Zhen looked at the leader again and said, "The place where you hunt is not here, it's on another road."
"We didn't go wrong." The leader said with a smile: "We came here specially to find Mr. Yang."
"Oh?" Yang Zhen raised his eyebrows.
"I wonder if Mr. Yang is willing to cooperate with us?"
"Cooperation for what?"
The leader didn't say anything, just gave her a meaningful look, the meaning is self-evident.
Yang Zhen raised his eyebrows and invited him to the main hall of the cottage. As for the rest of the refugees who came together, they did not have this preferential treatment. They were blocked outside the cottage and had no way to enter.
In the main hall, Ning Lang lowered his eyebrows and brought tea to the two of them. After pouring the tea, he stood beside Yang Zhen, looking like he was waiting to be dispatched. No matter how many eyes Yang Zhen glared at him, he did not move. Over half a step.
What a joke, he still has to protect Yang Zhen here! That person didn't have good intentions at first sight. If he did something to Yang Zhen, what should he do
Yang Zhen glared at him several times, motioning him to leave quickly, and Ning Lang just pretended that he didn't see it.
The leader of the refugees coughed and said, "Maybe many people don't know about Mr. Yang?"
"What?" Yang Zhen looked at him.
"Mr. Yang is hiding from other people, but he can't hide it from me." The leader smiled: "There used to be a general Yang in Qingzhou. Everyone in Qingzhou knows about this, but I don't know if these people know that Mr. Yang is the queen of General Yang. people."
Yang Zhen's face shook, and he said calmly, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Mr. Yang, don't pretend to be stupid. I was very moved by General Yang's deeds at the beginning. Similarly, I am also very unwilling for General Yang."
"Unwilling?"
"General Yang is loyal and patriotic, but he was framed by villains. Today, the sage has done such a stupid thing, and he has also implicated Mr. Yang to remain anonymous. Now all the people in Qingzhou remember the prestige of General Yang, but they don't know that Mr. Yang is the queen of General Yang. People, is Mr. Yang willing to do this?"
Yang Zhen was silent. She lowered her eyes and didn't know what she was thinking.
Ning Lang peeked at the leader, for no reason, he didn't like this person.
No one knows what happened to Yang Zhen better than him, but now this person ran out and said how much sympathy for Yang Zhen, is there anyone in the world who knows Yang Zhen better than him? Yang Zhenke told him personally, and he didn't hate it at all!
Ning Lang hummed, and scolded the man who stabbed Yang Zhen's scar in his heart, then raised his heart nervously, waiting for Yang Zhen's answer. ,
Yang Zhen didn't respond directly, but asked the person, "Then what purpose did you come to find me for?"
"Mr. Yang is a descendant of General Yang, so he should be standing on the battlefield, but he shouldn't be on the top of this small hill and be the leader of a mountain bandit." The leader shook his head and sighed: "But it is too wronged Yang. some sir."
Yang Zhen knocked on the table impatiently: "Speak directly."
"Then I will say it directly." The leader said: "I wonder if Mr. Yang is willing to help me?"
"help you?"
"That's right."
"What do you do for you?"
"The weather has changed this year, and there has been no rain for a long time. Mr. Yang hasn't left Qingzhou, so he may not know what happened in Yaocheng." He shook his head and sighed: "Now Yaocheng is hard for the people, all the crops in the fields are withered, and everything is gone. Seeing from Mr. Yang, there are so many refugees in Qingzhou, if it wasn't for Yaocheng who couldn't stay there, why would we flee to Qingzhou..."
Yang Zhen interrupted him impatiently: "Speak directly!"
The leader choked, and then said directly: "Don't you think Mr. Yang has been on the throne for too long now?"
Yang Zhen raised his eyebrows: "You want to usurp the throne."
"..." The leader didn't expect her to be so direct, and suddenly choked.
But Yang Zhenqing was not polite to him, and said directly: "You want to usurp the throne? What do you rely on? Just the group of refugees you found from Yaocheng? Those people can't even eat enough to eat, and they still want to fight with officers and soldiers?"
"Naturally, there are not only these people." The leader said proudly: "Since I dare to come to Mr. Yang, I am well prepared, not only what Mr. Yang has seen, but also in Yaocheng, and my large number of people, no Concealing Mr. Yang, Yaocheng has now been controlled by my subordinates, and we have occupied Yaocheng."
"Then what are you looking for me for?"
"Don't Mr. Yang understand? I just need a general like Mr. Yang."
When speaking of the general, the man emphasized his voice.
Yang Zhen's eyes moved slightly, and it seemed that he was a little moved.
The leader was very satisfied and said: "Mr. Yang's men are also the best soldiers. If there is Mr. Yang's help, I want to come to Qingzhou..."
"You still want to occupy Qingzhou?" Yang Zhen looked at him with a dangerous look.
"If Mr. Yang is willing to join me, what happens to Qingzhou will naturally be left to Mr. Yang's disposal." The leader said: "I know that Mr. Yang has unusual feelings for Qingzhou, but if Mr. Yang doesn't do something, in Qingzhou, Mr. Yang Just a mountain bandit forever, does Mr. Yang want to be wronged on this hill forever?"
Yang Zhen didn't speak and fell into contemplation.
The leader was very satisfied and got up and stood up: "Mr. Yang think about it carefully, I'm waiting for Mr. Yang's good news."
Ning Lang watched him leave, and as soon as he left, he immediately leaned in front of Yang Zhen and looked at her nervously.
Yang Zhen didn't have the sadness, sadness, or heartbeat he imagined on his face. Seeing him so nervous, Yang Zhen suddenly felt funny.
She reached out and ruffled Ning Lang's hair, and said helplessly, "Do you think I will listen to him?"
"Of course not." Ning Lang immediately retorted, and whispered again: "But who knows if you will really..."
Of course he knew that Yang Zhen had no desire for revenge, but that person mercilessly poked the thing that Yang Zhen really didn't want to recall, even if Yang Zhen changed the lock now, there was no sadness on his face. Sad, but Ning Lang is distressed.
As soon as he thought that the man was so rude just now, he wanted to rush out and beat him up. Anyway, there is Yang Zhen in his pocket.
Yang Zhen said, "I'm now under the command of King An, and I start to hesitate when I listen to what he says."
Ning Lang breathed a sigh of relief, sat down next to her, and asked, "Then that person has come to you, what are you going to do next?"
Speaking of this, Ning Lang cheered up and said excitedly, "Are you going to pretend that you agreed to him, and then go deep into the enemy's interior to secretly probe what they want to do?"
"…Where did you think you went?"
Ning Lang embarrassed: "But that's what the small stories say."
Yang Zhen said: "Listen to what he said, there are still many people in Yaocheng. Now that Yaocheng has fallen, I don't know if there are people in the capital sent to calm the chaos."
"King An sent me a letter before, saying that it has already come out."
"Since this is the case, we don't have to endure for long." Yang Zhen said: "If I refuse rashly, I am afraid that the people in Yaocheng will rush to Qingzhou. Since the people supported by the capital have also come, it is better for me to pretend to be moved. , hesitate for a few more days and deal with him."
"Can he accept it?"
"This is a major event." Yang Zhen said, "I am a descendant of General Yang, loyal to the emperor and patriotic. When I encounter such a rebellion, I naturally have to think about it for a few more days."
Ning Lang nodded.
"These days, I won't go down the mountain. You take people around in Qingzhou City. Be careful that these people will take the opportunity to make trouble. If there is, you will help to settle it. If they are not convinced, you will let them come to me. "
Ning Lang nodded.
On the second day, he took a group of bandits down the mountain, relying on his identity as the leader of the bandits, he was very bullish with a group of bandits.
After he descended the mountain, he went straight to the well near the ruined temple occupied by the refugees. Sure enough, there was already a conflict there.
The officers and soldiers in charge of guarding the well were knocked unconscious to the ground. Those refugees occupied the well and prevented other people from drawing water. Now the two sides are arguing. Ning Lang took a look around and saw that no one was injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly had the refugees pushed away.
"What are you doing?" Ning Lang said unceremoniously, "Don't you know that these wells are owned by the public? No one can occupy them, and each person can only draw two buckets of water—" Halfway through his words, he was photographed by a nearby bandit. shot.
"what?"
The mountain bandit reminded: "Now only one bucket of water can be drawn."
Ning Lang was stunned, and then continued: "Each person can only drink one bucket of water a day. If anyone dares to object, they will go to squat in the cell."
When the people around him saw him, they were immediately excited.
"Ning Xiucai, you can help me make a judgement." A middle-aged woman said with her hands on her hips, "Today, we all fetch water according to the rules, but these people are really shameless, and they say that this well is the source of the water. Don't let us fetch water, Ning Xiucai, do you think this is too much?"
"Don't let water?" Ning Lang's eyes immediately turned to those refugees.
Those refugees were also rude: "After we said that this well is ours, no one can hit it."
Ning Lang suddenly said angrily, "You are so unruly, do you want to squat in the cell?!"
"Cell?" There was a burst of laughter among the refugees. They pointed to the officers and soldiers who had passed out on the ground and said, "Do you want this person to arrest us in the cell?" After that, there was another burst of laughter.
Ning Lang waved his hand, and the bandits behind him swarmed up to restrain the refugees.
The mountain bandits fought against the wild beasts, not to mention that they were personally instructed by Yang Zhen. Where are the refugees being their opponents, they were shocked and panicked, and they were quickly overwhelmed by the mountain bandits. on the ground.
A person quickly walked out of the ruined temple. It was the leader of this group of refugees whom Ning Lang had met yesterday.
"Hurry up and stop." The leader rushed out and stood in front of Ning Lang, frowning at him: "Are you from the mountain?"
Ning Lang put his hands around his chest and raised his chin in response.
"If that's the case, you should also know what the relationship between me and your king is." The leader said displeasedly: "You move me like this, does your king know?"
"The rule that this person can only drink one bucket of water a day is set by our king." Ning Lang said arrogantly, "I don't know who you are, but since you know our king, you have to follow the rules, our king. Whatever you say, you have to do it."
"you… "
The leader took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Then tell them to let go of my people."
"If they don't follow the rules, they should be taken to the cell." Ning Lang waved his hand and said, "Take the person away."
The mountain bandits obediently led people to the yamen, and the officer and soldier who fell on the ground were also helped up and gradually woke up.
"Wait." The refugee leader stopped him again.
Ning Lang turned his head and looked at him impatiently: "What's the matter?"
"Didn't your king mention me to you?"
"Who are you?"
The leader of the refugees also raised his chin and said, "Your Majesty will be my partner in the future, so let them go too soon."
Ning Lang looked him up and down suspiciously, then shook his head and said, "I don't know you."
"you… !"
"Our king has not said anything. If you have any dissatisfaction, let our king come and tell us in person, otherwise, we will all deal with it according to the rules."
"You...!" The leader said angrily, "Do you know who I am?"
Ning Lang also glared at him: "Do you know who I am?"
The leader was taken aback.
Ning Lang raised his chin and said proudly, "Yang Zhen and I are people who have worshipped the world. Tell me, will my words work?"
The people nearby also echoed: "Ning Xiucai has worshipped the world with Mr. Yang, and he is Mr. Yang's husband."
Huh!
This is really shocking.
The leader of the refugees looked at Ning Lang in shock. He couldn't say a word for a while, so he could only watch the bandits take his men away. For a long time, he didn't come back to his senses.