After eating breakfast, I didn't see Uncle Beggar's figure. But he has always been a character who sees the beginning and the end of the dragon, and everyone does not think it is different. It is estimated that he went around the city and returned after half a day.
As soon as Mrs. Shen had eaten, she called Jinxia over and took out a few handkerchiefs, saying that she wanted to teach her to embroider. This summer, she was quite surprised. She made countless excuses to try to slip away, but all of them were recognized by Mrs. Shen, and she insisted on sitting on the chair honestly.
"Embroidery is only the first step, and then I will ask you to cut your clothes." Mrs. Shen handed her the needle and thread, "Come on, thread the needle."
This summer, he said aggrieved: "Auntie, I'm a fast catcher, and I don't plan to be an embroidery thief. It's useless to learn this."
"Your clothes are torn, don't you mend them?"
"There is Dayang." This Xia took it for granted, "Otherwise, teach him."
Mrs. Shen frowned and looked at her: "In the future, you will have a husband, and your husband's clothes are torn. Do you also ask Yang Yue to mend it? You can't even make a suit for your husband, right?"
"...Auntie, you're thinking too far. Besides, there is a tailor shop on the street. If it's a big deal, why don't I pay taels of silver to make clothes for him?"
"It's the same as what you made by your own hands." Mrs. Shen did not budge, staring at her, "Quickly thread the needles, today I'll teach you a simple one, just remove the veil. "
"One side or four sides?" This summer looked at the veil and struggled, "... This veil is too big, is there a smaller one?"
Mrs. Shen tilted her head to look at her, her eyes full of helplessness. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Yang Yue's voice.
"This summer, why is your uncle still standing in the yard, and he shouldn't even ask him to eat. What did you tell him? It sounds like he's fallen for evil now."
Hearing Yang Yue's words, this summer, as if receiving amnesty, he jumped up after putting down the needle and thread: "I'll go take a look!"
"What's up with him?"
Hearing that Uncle Beggar was evil, Mrs. Shen was also a little worried and got up to look.
When he arrived in the courtyard, as Yang Yue said, Uncle Beg still stood in the corner where he talked to Jin Xia before, maintaining his previous posture, staring at an unknown place without moving.
Cen Shou, Chun Yumin, and Xie Xiao all looked around him, and even A Rui came. In short, except for Shangguanxi, who couldn't get out of bed due to inconvenience in his legs and feet, all arrived.
This summer, he pushed the crowd away, habitually stretched out his hand to probe his breath, and turned his head to comfort everyone: "It's okay, I'm still breathing."
"Nonsense, I have already explored it." Cen Shou said.
Chun Yumin guessed: "Could it have been an evil thing? I heard from my ancestors that some old houses often have fox immortals."
"No, my uncle's kung fu is so high, how dare the fox fairy to get on him."
As he spoke this summer, he took a closer look at Uncle Beggar's appearance and murmured in his heart.
"I just called him for a long time and he didn't respond, as if he couldn't hear me at all." Yang Yue frowned worriedly, "I don't dare to touch him either, he's very skilled, in case his true qi is running around in his body. , what should I do if I go into trouble?"
"I heard that there is a kind of acupoint-pointing kung fu in the rivers and lakes. It can stop people from moving. Could it be that someone has tapped acupuncture points?" Xie Xiao also appeared to join in the fun at some time, guessing.
Mrs. Shen remained silent, pushed aside the crowd, picked up Uncle Beg's left hand, and stabbed a needle on the tip of his index finger.
"Ah, ah, ah!"
Uncle Beg yelled back to his senses, stared at the crowd watching him, and said inexplicably, "Why, you, what are you doing around me, all of them are like watching monkeys."
Seeing that he was fine, Mrs. Shen breathed a sigh of relief, put away the silver needle, and went back to the house: "This summer, come here, and then practice embroidery."
"I'll be here soon!" This Xia responded, without moving his feet at all, and tightened Uncle Beggar's sleeves, "Uncle, you can see it! Need to embroider! When are you going to marry my aunt?"
The people who were about to disperse just now stopped when they heard this.
Uncle Beg scratched his head, frowning and said, "I was thinking about this just now. Naturally, I can't ask for it, but I don't know what she thinks? If I offend her and she ignores me in the future, what should I do?"
"My aunt treats you so well, I definitely want to." This summer encouraged him.
Uncle Beg shook his head like a rattle, very unconfident: "She treats me well because she thinks I have helped her before. You also know that although she never married, she has been guarding the door and widow, which shows her heart. I've been thinking about…”
"Impossible, she has never even seen what that person looks like, how could she have been thinking about it all the time." This summer shook her head again and again, turned her head and asked everyone, "Do you think my aunt is good to my uncle?"
Everyone nodded their heads, like chickens pecking at rice.
"Look!" This summer, he patted Uncle Beg on the shoulder confidently, "Go!"
"No, no, no... You guys don't understand anything! If I annoy her, what will I do? What will I do for the rest of my life?" Uncle Beg chased them away. Go! Go!"
I couldn't take him this summer, so I had to say: "So, you don't dare to open your mouth, how about I go and find out what my aunt says?"
Uncle Beg looked at her eagerly, although he did not speak, his eyes were bright, full of expectations, expectations, expectations...
"Okay, uncle, you don't need to say more, wrap it on me!"
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"Auntie, what do you think of my uncle?"
This summer, while honestly twisting the handkerchief, she sneaked away Mrs. Shen's expression.
Uncle Beg, who was lying on the roof eavesdropping, waited with bated breath for Mrs. Shen's answer.
"He's a good person." Mrs. Shen's answer was very short, and she pointed her needles on her own. "The needles are picked from here... Yes, that's it... "
Xie Xiao and Cen Shou, who were lying on the roof together, both glanced at Uncle Beggar sympathetically.
After poking a few needles this summer, he asked, "My uncle wants to marry you, will you?"
Hearing this, Uncle Beg almost rolled off the roof, and his stomach was full of bitterness: It was good to say, how could this child ask directly this summer, and I won't trust her next time!
Mrs. Shen was stunned for a moment, her expression quickly returned to normal, and she asked lightly, "Did he ask you to ask me?"
"Yeah, you also know my uncle's courage. He was almost stunned when he thought about it." Jin Xia said, "I looked at him so pitiful, so I asked him for him."
This kid sold him in two words! A small piece of blue tile silently turned into powder in Uncle Beggar's palm, and the roots of his teeth itch with hatred.
Unexpectedly, his inner strength is so deep, Cen Shou and Xie Xiao watched helplessly, exchanged glances with each other, and were very cautious even when breathing.
"Why didn't he come by himself?" Mrs. Shen asked.
"How dare he, for fear of annoyed you, you will ignore him." This summer stopped the needle and thread in his hand and said seriously: "Seriously, Auntie, my uncle has no shortcomings except for being sloppy. Wu, I'm still infatuated with you."
"Are you acting as his lobbyist?" Mrs. Shen raised her eyebrows.
"Who is my uncle, you know much better than me, why do you need me as a lobbyist?"
Mrs. Shen smiled slightly.
This summer, he had to ask: "Then are you willing or not?"
Mrs. Shen didn't answer for a long time, and Uncle Beg on the roof couldn't even breathe, so he waited for her answer.
It was so long this summer that she almost thought she would not answer, and Mrs. Shen sighed softly, "I've been waiting for him to ask me what you said."
Uncle Beg was stunned for a long time, and asked Xie Xiao softly, "What does she mean?... Will it or not?"
Xie Xiao hesitated for a moment, and then said, "You will know if you ask yourself."
"While going..." Uncle Beg then asked Cen Shou, "What does she mean?"
Cen Shou pondered for a moment, then analyzed rigorously: "The point of her sentence is actually the word 'always', that is to say, she has known your friendship for her for a long time, so there are two possibilities, one is that she hopes Pierce this layer of window paper, and you can repair Qin and Jin..."
Uncle Beg looked happy.
Cen Shou continued: "...Second, because she sighed when she spoke, then she may want to make it clear to you, so that you don't have any bad thoughts about her, and you should pay attention to your words and behaviors, and don't go beyond the rules. ."
Uncle Beg's face was ugly.
"Talking about it for a long time is the same as not saying it, two useless things!" Uncle Beg chased them all away like a big fly, quietly restored the roof tile, and then jumped away.
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Since receiving the imperial edict, the attacks on Cen Gang have become more frequent. The Ming army has attacked almost day and night, but with little effect. In the barracks, Lu Yi and others could only see wounded soldiers who were sent back for treatment in an endless stream.
In addition to reading the military documents in the tent, Lu Yi also asked about the situation on the front line from the wounded soldiers. .
"Eldest son, we have been lingering here for nearly twenty days..." Cen Fu reminded him.
Lu Yi, who was still looking at the coastal defense map, stopped him from continuing to speak, and ordered, "Cen Fu, you stand guard at the gate of the camp. As soon as General Yu returns, you will report back immediately."
"You are... "
"Don't ask anything, just go! I have something important to discuss with General Yu."
Cen Fu didn't dare to ask any more, so he had to obey.
After half a day, Lu Yi did not wait for Yu Dayou, but saw that Cen Fu brought Wang Chonggu here. Judging from the appearance, Wang Chonggu had just withdrawn from the battlefield, his face was covered in gunpowder smoke, and his robes were damaged in several places.
"Lu Yanshi, I see this brother has been waiting for General Yu, worried that you have something urgent here." Wang Chonggu spoke very kindly, "General has been wearing his armor these days, and has been supervising the battle on the front line, when will I come back to me? It's not good either. General Yu told me before to invite you to a meal, but you never stopped watching the war. I was thinking about it, but I just couldn't find time, so don't take offense. ."
"Deputy Ambassador Wang is very polite!" Lu Yi motioned to Cen Fu to pour tea, "I wonder how the frontline battle is going?"
Wang Chonggu shook his head: "I don't have to lie to you, the war is very tight. These pirates are really cunning. It rained heavily a few days ago. They built embankments on the mountains to store water, and when our army entered low-lying areas, they opened the embankments to release the water. , drowned many brothers."
"It's so difficult, why don't you come back to rest?" Lu Yi asked.
"The number of Japanese pirates left in Cengang is actually not many. The general thinks that he will be in a hurry, so that the Japanese thieves have no chance to breathe, and take Cengang..."
"With all due respect, when Wang Zhi died, Mao Haifeng held a grudge in his heart. He didn't want to escape or win. He just wanted more Ming troops to die in Cengang. He was taking revenge!" Lu Yi said solemnly.
Wang Chonggu was stunned. On the mountain road, in the defile, the corpses of the soldiers appeared in front of him, layer upon layer, layer upon layer, blood seeping into the soil...
Lu Yi continued: "I have checked Mao Haifeng's information carefully, I probably know his fighting methods, and I have calculated the gunpowder consumption of several wars. The gunpowder reserve of Cengang is definitely not enough to support Mao Haifeng's fighting for so long. He must be There is a passage of arms for him."
"If there is a passage, why doesn't he escape?"
Just finished saying this sentence, Wang Chonggu already understood without Lu Yi's answer - obviously he could escape, but Mao Haifeng didn't leave, but he tried his best to lay all kinds of traps in Cen Gang. The answer is as Lu Yi said, He is to attract more Ming army, to strangle more Ming army in Cengang.
"How...how did you think of this?"
Looking at Lu Yi, who was still so young, Wang Chonggu suddenly realized that he and the general had underestimated Lu Yi.
"The so-called authorities are obsessed and the bystanders are clear, not to mention that General Yu has to bear a lot of pressure and take the capture of Cengang as the first priority." Lu Yi said, "But with all due respect, the current general's attack day and night is actually in Mao Haifeng's favor."
"Well said."
Wang Chonggu gritted his teeth, got up and bowed his hands to Lu Yi, and walked away quickly.
Under Wang Chonggu's persuasion, coupled with the soldiers fighting for days, exhausted and severely damaged, Yu Dayu finally withdrew his troops and returned to the camp to rest in the early morning of the next day.
In the camp, Yu Dayou was waiting for another imperial decree.
Today, the sage is very impatient. Before the deadline for one month has come, he ordered Yu Dayou to be removed from the post of general soldier, and the others below were not spared, and all the soldiers below the general were dismissed from their posts. But at last the Sage did not do anything, and at the end of the edict, Yu Dayou and others were required to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds.
Yu Dayou couldn't help laughing when he saw this imperial decree. He was exhausted physically and mentally from fighting for days on end. He didn't even want to say a word.
"General!" Lu Yi, who had been waiting for him in the tent for a long time, stood up.
When Yu Dayou saw him, his face was sinking, and he walked by his side without saying a word, as if he had not seen him at all.
After all, Yu Dayou is a man who has been fighting for more than ten days in a row. It is understandable that he is tired, but Lu Yi does not care about his attitude, and still said: "General, I have carefully studied the coastal defense map, and there is a suspicious place in the west. It should be It's a bug..."
Trying to suppress his anger, Yu Dayou stopped him with his hand, raised the imperial decree in his hand, and asked, "This matter, I think Lu Yan already knows about it?"
Lu Yi could only nod his head.
"Before the one-month deadline, the sage dismissed me." Yu Dayou looked at him and said slowly, "Does this matter have anything to do with you?"
Lu Yi was startled, knowing that Yu Dayou must have misunderstood.
"If I say no, will the general be credible?" he asked rhetorically.
Yu Dayou sneered: "How dare I question what Lu Yan said? Besides, I have just been dismissed from my post, and I really can't bear the word "general". The temple here is small, and I'm afraid I can't afford your big Buddha. These days, I am wronged by Lu Yan. I don’t know when Lu Yan is going to leave and return to the capital?” In his opinion, he was desperately fighting in front of him, but Lu Yi put a dark arrow in the back and asked the sage to dismiss him in advance. Naturally, he couldn’t bear it. .
"So far, I have been learning about the battle situation in Cen Gang, and I haven't had time to report back to the sage." Lu Yi was originally reluctant to explain, but the battle at hand was the most important thing. If he wanted Yu Dayou to listen to his advice, he had to explain, "The sage is also impatient. This decree is actually because he is eager to see the great victory of Cen Gang and urges the general to use it. The general does not need to be too concerned."
Obviously not believing his words, Yu Dayou said with a gloomy face: "What does Lu Yanshi mean, do you want to stay in Cengang?"
"...I just hope that I can do my bit as well." Lu Yi said.
"You've done your best... I still have military affairs, please!"
Yu Dayou heavily pressed the imperial decree onto the table, waved his hand, and gestured towards Lu Yi in the direction of the lower tent door.
"Yanyuan farewell."
Seeing that he couldn't hear anything under his fury, Lu Yi sighed secretly and could only say goodbye.
"Eldest son, the dismissal is his business. Let's take care of what he does, why should we be angry with him..." Cen Fu was unhappy for Lu Yi.
"Shut up! When did you become like this, to say such things!"
Lu Yi said seriously.
Cen Fu was stunned and did not dare to speak. Although he and Lu Yi are masters and servants, he has been in the Lu Mansion since childhood. It can be said that he and Lu Yi grew up together. They practice martial arts and play together, and they have a very close relationship. Lu Yi seldom put on airs in front of them, but it was unprecedented for him to rebuke like this today.
Lu Yi reprimanded: "What is this shit... These days, when you are in the army with me, you should see that in order to capture Cengang, countless officers and soldiers were killed and injured. Or you have been a Jinyiwei for a long time, and you only have the court in your heart. Conflict, officials and officials, have forgotten what it means to be the most important thing in the country!"
With a bang, Cen Fu knelt down: "Eldest son, I know I was wrong!"
"You are older than Cen Shou. I always thought you were a calm governor than him, but I didn't expect that in your eyes, when only my eldest son was left, only the Lu family was left, and you couldn't see the others at all."
Cen Fu was deeply ashamed and just lowered his head.
Seeing him like this, Lu Yi sighed and stretched out his hand to pull him up: "Get up and invite Deputy Ambassador Wang for me. General Yu can't listen to me, so he can only hope that Deputy Ambassador Wang can persuade him."
"Let's go here."
Cen Fu hurriedly went to invite Wang Chonggu, and he invited Wang Chonggu into the house not long after.
In extraordinary times, both of them avoided the polite greetings, and Lu Yi said, "I had something to discuss with General Yu, but he misunderstood that the sage's dismissal had something to do with me, and didn't want to listen to what I said at all."
Even Wang Chonggu was not spared, he said with a wry smile: "These days, the general has not slept for several days, and his spirit is not good. As soon as he returned to the camp, he received the will of dismissal. It's hard to avoid thinking wrong, and it's the fault of Lu Yan. I'll accompany you on behalf of the general, please be considerate."
"What's the matter, I want to ask Deputy Ambassador Wang to explain it for me. After all, the war is imminent, and now is not the time to be angry." Lu Yi said, "When General Yu is exhausted, I want to talk to him about how to capture Cengang. Let's talk."
Wang Chonggu was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Could it be that you have come up with a way to capture Cengang?"
"I can't say for sure whether or not Cengang can be captured, but from the current situation, it's barely a solution. It just needs the general's approval."
"Okay, the general is wrapped around me." Wang Chonggu couldn't wait, and walked out with a smile, "Don't worry, if this method works, let the general pour tea to you and admit his mistake." Already ten paces away.
Closing the door, Cen Fu looked at Lu Yi in surprise: "Eldest son, do you really want a way to capture Cen Gang?"
Lu Yi nodded.
"What method?" Cen Fu asked curiously.
Lu Yi glanced at him and said succinctly: "The way is - don't attack Cen Gang again."
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