Wugetai poured a cup of tea for the Marquis without any delay. His voice was as clear and slow as the spring outside the window: "As a brother, it is natural for you to take care of your sister. When you smile for a beauty, you naturally have to put some thought into it. As for With the military strength of the two countries intersecting, does the Marquis really think His Highness King Mo is just asking me to be a hostage in the Marquis Mansion?"
A sharp gleam flashed in the Marquis's eyes, and there was a half-smile on his face: "Of course he is not that stupid, but I don't know whether what he believes in... you can really check and balance Bayar."
There was a sign of admiration on Wu Ge's face, mixed with a sigh: "The Marquis is indeed a smart man, and his reputation among our Mongolian people is not in vain. It's just that the Marquis thinks that he is too kind."
Mr. Hou's eyebrows narrowed and his tone was slightly higher: "Do you want..."
Wu Getai's eyes were clear and clear, but there was no hesitation in his tone. He interrupted softly and slowly but firmly: "Master Marquis, it was he who... made the first move."
The night wind was blowing everywhere, and the lights hanging on the corridor of Hengwu courtyard were swaying unsteadily.
But after all, it was the beginning of spring, and the wind was far less cold than in the cold winter.
Spring is finally here.
It was also because spring had started for more than a month, so Yin Guangbo was able to go to Guwan immediately after receiving Xia Chu's letter. If Xia Chu asked him to hike the mountain during the Spring Festival, he might not even be able to go up the mountain.
Fortunately, after more than a month of snow accumulation, coupled with the good weather in recent days, it has melted to some extent. Yin Guangbo was able to notify Qiu Zhiting and take Le Lai up the mountain to look for Qiu Baohua.
In addition to bringing Wolf Fang to Yin Guangbo, Xia Chu also gave him a hand-drawn map. Although Xia Chu was not good at drawing, he could barely draw a clear outline and mark the specific location.
This place was still suffering from severe famine in ancient Anhui a lifetime ago. When the imperial court found out, people were dying of hunger all over the place, which was shocking.
When the emperor first tried to grow nothing in the ground, he decided to plant fruit trees on the mountain. This job was taken over by Xiao Yanjun. As a result, his people dug out a group of rich people on the mountain that could rival the country. of gold and silver.
But Guwan was Du Hanfei's territory after all. Although Xiao Yanjun was red-eyed, it was impossible to completely darken his evil intentions, so he had to share half of it with Du Hanfei.
When Bingwen learned about this, he felt depressed and couldn't get rid of it, so he complained to Xia Chu.
Only in this lifetime could Xia Chu draw this picture. Fortunately, Qiu Baohua had stayed on this mountain for some years. Although he was briefly shocked by Xia Chu's landscape paintings, he still found the general direction from it.
In spring, the mountains and forests have towering ancient trees, deep and beautiful scenery, lush vegetation, and dazzling flowers.
If he hadn't taken into account the urgent matter explained by Xia Chu and ordered Qiu Zhiting to come to escort the escort in person, and there were people from Emperor Anfeng's escort waiting at the foot of the mountain, Yin Guangbo would have really wanted to stop and admire it.
"The terrain here is complex, with trees blocking out the sky and the sun, making it easy to enter and difficult to exit. The path in the mountains has twists and turns, making it difficult to tell the direction. Lord Yin, please follow closely. If you can't stand it anymore, let us know and we will stop and take a rest. ." Qiu Baohua saw that he was a little weak and was afraid that he would hold on, so he reminded him.
Yin Guangbo responded, gritted his teeth and kept walking for a while. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked Qiu Baohua to stop and have a rest.
Although this mountain forest has been baptized by nature and has unique scenery, it is difficult for Yin Guangbo, a weak scholar, to walk on this mountain road.
Le Lai had already given him water and food. Yin Guangbo looked at the thirty brothers led by Qiu Baohua and handed the things in his hands to them.
Qiu Baohua opened his mouth and smiled boldly: "Master Yin, you can eat it yourself, we will prepare it ourselves."
Le Lai muttered quietly: "Yes, sir, this is not enough."
Yin Guangbo turned his head and glanced at him. Lelai flattened his mouth and moved back.
Qiu Baohua smiled heartily, pointed at Lelai and said, "What this little brother said is correct."
Yin Guangbo took a sip of water in embarrassment, and remembered what he had asked him when he went up the mountain last night, and then continued: "Brother Baohua, please think about it. After digging out the things in the mountain, you don't have to stay here anymore, but you have to follow I will go back to Beijing to see His Highness."
Qiu Baohua glanced at his brothers: "Although His Highness doesn't need us to guard the mountain, they don't know what to do if they go down there... We won't go to Kyoto. We are all rough people, and if we go, it will be an embarrassment to His Highness."
Yin Guangbo clicked his tongue, with a look of disapproval on his face: "How could it be possible? I think you have disciplined these people very well. Now that wars are raging, doesn't this good man want to make contributions?"
Qiu Baohua looked dazed, remembering those days when he was in the Zhao family army.
Although the training is extremely hard, it is also extremely practical. I heard that Zhao Jiajun is fighting again now. If he had not come back, he should have killed the enemy in front of the battle...
The people around him did not have the same emotions as Qiu Baohua, but they were also startled by what Yin Guangbo said.
They are originally mountain bandits. Besides staying in the mountains, what else can they do in this life
Ever since Xia Chu asked Xiao Zimu to borrow the wolf fang and told him that the group of people on the mountain could be dismissed, Xiao Zimu had been thinking about where to go for them.
Qiu Baohua was an upright and loyal man, so he had no choice but to join the bandits. What's more, when he was assassinated, he led his brothers in the mountains to rescue him, so he could be considered a protector.
Although he was just taking charge of the government, if he wanted to settle them down, he would have somewhere to go.
Although Qiu Baohua and his team had little knowledge, their loyalty was commendable.
He originally intended to let Yin Guangbo bring them all back and give them to Xin Ya to train in person, so that they could become a team of his soldiers in the future.
Yin Guangbo did not forcefully persuade them, but when he stopped from time to time along the way, he would incite a few words. Their attitude, which was still very firm at first, gradually showed signs of loosening.
When Qiu Baohua found the location marked on the map, halfway up the mountain, where the branches were entwined with the dragon, Yin Guangbo put the lobbying aside for the time being, and the group started digging enthusiastically.
Qiu Baohua didn't ask aloud until now: "Master Yin, what does His Highness want us to dig?"
Yin Guangbo hesitated for a long time before replying: "I don't know either..."
The group of people paused at his words and turned towards him. Qiu Baohua looked a little disappointed: "Then how do you know when the digging is complete?"
Yin Guangbo quickly comforted him: "There is a box underneath, just dig out all the boxes."
After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued to swing the big shovel.
The ice and snow melted, and the mountain soil became soft. The digging was not as difficult as imagined. However, a group of people dug profusely with sweat for almost two hours but no box appeared. It was inevitable that everyone was a little discouraged.
Qiu Baohua wiped off the big beads of sweat on his forehead, raised his head to Yin Guangbo and asked, "Is this map correct?"
Yin Guangbo swallowed his saliva and felt a little guilty. After some thought, he asked them to close the area and dig deeper at the place marked on the map.
Sure enough, when he was about to burn the incense, Qiu Baohua dropped the shovel and heard the sharp sound of the iron box hitting the shovel. Everyone immediately became energetic, and a group of people who had been taking turns to rest all went into battle.
After a while, a large iron box was dug out...
(End of chapter)