Because he had to go to Mr. He's garrison office to collect the bowl-mouth cannon and to Linhuai Hou's naval camp to collect 100 horses tomorrow, Zhu Ping'an had to stay in Yingtian for another day and postponed his departure date.
"Ah, the Zhenwu Camp mutinied?! Son-in-law, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere..."
During dinner, Hua'er listened to Zhu Ping'an telling about what he saw and heard in the Zhenwu Camp. When she heard the news of the mutiny in the Zhenwu Camp, her face turned pale with fright. She was extremely nervous, as if it was her instead of Zhu Ping'an who was the victim of the mutiny. She immediately put down her chopsticks and came to Zhu Ping'an to check if he was injured.
"It's okay, I'm back, what else can happen?" Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but smile when he saw Hua'er's nervous look.
Hua'er checked from top to bottom and confirmed that Zhu Ping'an was not injured. She felt relieved. However, she still pouted and complained, "These soldiers are really something. They didn't mutiny earlier or later, but they mutiny when my son-in-law went to the camp. They don't check the almanac carefully..."
Look at the almanac?! Zhu Pingan heard this and couldn't help but laugh or cry. Hua'er was really asking too much.
"Hua'er, let me tell you, a mutiny is ten thousand times more dangerous than you think." The demon woman Ruonan said confidently, "The nerd got lucky this time and managed to save his life."
"Ah?" Hua'er's face turned even paler, and her mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg. "Ten thousand times?!"
"Of course. Think about it, the soldiers are all big and strong, any one of them can beat the nerd. They wield swords and guns every day and practice killing skills. What about the nerd? He is dark and thin, weak, and writes and draws every day. These killers mutiny, don't you think it's dangerous?! Moreover, who are these killers targeting? It's the nerds and other officials..."
The evil woman Ruonan was adding fuel to the fire because Zhu Ping'an did not take her to Zhenwu Camp.
"ah?!"
After Huaer heard the exaggerated description by the evil woman Ruonan, her face turned pale and her mouth opened wide.
"I'm not trying to scare you." The demon woman Ruonan said seriously, "Let me give you a real example. There are five or six hundred bandits in the Black Wind Village next door to us. They are strong and powerful, and are the tyrants in the mountains. The first leader is called the Black Hair Tai Sui, with a full beard and as strong as a bear. He uses two large axes, each weighing a hundred pounds. He can kill gods and Buddhas. Their second leader is called the One Sword Man. Do you know why he is called the One Sword Man? It is because he only needs one sword to kill people. He can kill people with one sword. He can shoot a willow through a hundred steps when he is drunk. He can shoot a fly in the left eye instead of the right eye. Their fourth leader is called the Living King of Hell. He is a cruel character who tears people alive and eats human flesh. When he roars, wild dogs in the mountains are scared to urinate and defecate... ... As a result, one time, the Black Wind Village did not distribute the spoils equally, which caused the bandits to mutiniate. You didn't see it. It was a living hell. The whole Juyi Hall was stained with blood. The leader of the Black Wind Village had half of his head chopped off by his own axe, and his brains sprayed on the beams. The second leader had seven or eight transparent holes in his head before he could even draw his sword, and his intestines were all over the floor. The third leader was shot with a hidden arrow and turned into a hedgehog. The fourth leader was the worst. He was chopped into seven or eight pieces, which was an easy opportunity for the wild dogs in the village... It was so tragic that the people in our village who were called to clean up the mess dared not close their eyes at night when they came back. They had nightmares for a whole month. Just think about it, if a mutiny of hundreds of bandits in a broken village is so terrifying, what about a mutiny of tens of thousands of killer soldiers? Wouldn't it be a hundred or ten thousand times more terrifying... "
The enchanting woman Ruonan danced with her hands and feet, changing and emphasizing her voice from time to time, and spoke as if she were in the situation herself, which was quite creepy.
"Ah..." After hearing this, Huaer couldn't help but imagine it in her mind, and then she was so scared that her hair stood up.
"Wuwuwu... Son-in-law... You'd better not go to the military camp again. It's too dangerous..."
Hua'er looked at Zhu Ping'an with her little eyes wide open, like a frightened little animal, and spoke in a crying voice.
"Oh my god, Hua'er, don't listen to her nonsense. It's not true. What Black Wind Village? She just made it up."
Zhu Ping'an was speechless.
"Nonsense? Haha, did I make up today's mutiny?!" The evil woman Ruonan chuckled.
"My dear son-in-law, isn't the Marquis also in Yingtian? Can you ask the Marquis for help and ask him to please stop worrying about the military preparations?" Hua'er clutched Zhu Ping'an's sleeves tightly with her two little hands and said in a crying voice.
"Oh my god, what's the connection? It's the emperor's will to strengthen the military preparations. It's useless to ask anyone for help. Don't listen to Ruonan's nonsense. There is no such thing as Black Wind Village. Moreover, the risk of mutiny is rare in a hundred years. My Ming Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years. There are thousands of military camps, and the number of mutinies is very few. Let's put it this way, the probability of a mutiny is lower than the probability of choking to death by drinking cold water, not to mention that mutinies are caused by superiors withholding food and wages and abusing soldiers. How could I, Zhu Ping'an, withhold food and wages? "Besides, every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country, and as an official appointed by the court, I have no choice but to shoulder this responsibility. Now the Japanese pirates are rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. The land of abundance that was once a land of abundance has been turned into a living hell by the Japanese pirates. How can I sit back and do nothing? Now that the emperor has given me the responsibility of organizing military preparations, I can do my part to drive out the Japanese pirates and save the people of the south of the Yangtze River. How can I avoid my responsibility because of a little risk? ! The sooner the Japanese pirates are eliminated, the less suffering the people will suffer."
Zhu Ping'an glared at the evil woman Ruonan, reached out and rubbed Hua'er's hair, and explained in a wordless and comforting manner.
The evil woman Ruonan rolled her eyes at Zhu Pingan.
"Is it really less dangerous than choking to death while drinking water?" Hua'er looked up and asked after hearing Zhu Ping'an's comfort.
"Of course, have you heard about the mutiny before?" Zhu Ping'an asked.
Hua'er shook her head. She was a little maid who rarely went out of the house, so how could she have heard of any mutiny
"So, a mutiny is something that only happens once in a hundred years. I encountered a mutiny today, and I won't be able to encounter it again in the next hundred years." Zhu Ping'an lied seriously.
"Really?" Hua'er was skeptical.
"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?" Zhu Ping'an nodded vigorously.
"Yeah." Huaer nodded her head.
"You are lying to her now." The seductress Ruonan rolled her eyes.
Huaer looked at Zhu Ping'an, then at the enchantress Ruonan.
"That was a white lie. He deliberately lied to you to reassure you." The demon girl Ruonan said to Hua'er, "Normally, there are few mutinies, but when it comes to war, there are many mutinies because of the food and money, and the dangers. You also heard him say that to eliminate the Japanese pirates, there must be war."
"It's inevitable..." Hua'er was led away by the enchantress Ruonan.
"Your son-in-law is a stubborn nerd. He thinks that every citizen has a share of responsibility for the fate of a country and that he cannot shirk his responsibility. There will be dangers in the future." The evil woman Ruonan continued.
"What should we do then?" Huaer became nervous again.
"The simplest way is to have a careful expert protect him. Even if there is danger, he can still survive."
The enchanting woman Ruo Nan persuaded her in a kind and earnest manner.
"A careful master? Liu Dadao and others..." Hua'er thought of Liu Dadao and others.
"Oh, men are all careless, how can they be trusted? They followed your young master today, and you also heard from the nerd that they all went to collect military equipment, and no one was by the nerd's side to protect him. So, being an expert is not enough, you have to be careful enough, and careless men are not okay."
The fox tail of the evil woman Ruonan was revealed.
"A careful master? Men can't do that?" Hua'er muttered a few words and looked at the enchantress Ruonan thoughtfully.
"You have good taste." The corners of the charming woman Ruonan's mouth curved up.