After reading Mr. Zuo's letter, Wen Qingzhu felt a little angry and slammed the table!
It's all Jiang Yue's fault! He actually raised the jackal of the Zhao family!
Seeing that Wen Qingzhu's mood gradually stabilized, Lu Tao continued: "On the surface, the Zhao family's army and the Lu family's army are twenty armies. In fact, the generals have been suppressed, and the two generals of the Zhao family have been sabotaging them. The division of the Lu Family Army seems appropriate on the surface, but General Zhao’s private troops already exceed 50,000!”
"How dare the Zhao family support private soldiers?" Wen Qingzhu held the cup, his eyes darkening.
In an important border area like Dingyuan, where a large army is stationed, private soldiers are absolutely not allowed!
Except for the explicit rules, few people actually abide by them, including the Lu family.
But basically if there are no more than a thousand people, the superiors will turn a blind eye and treat you as your own soldiers.
Especially in a place like the border where war may happen at any time.
After all, according to the rules, the highest-ranking general cannot have more than 500 personal soldiers.
Private soldiers can be raised, but the real problem is the money to support them.
Except for the royal family members and nobles from top aristocratic families, ordinary people cannot afford such a salary.
Not to mention a place like the border!
"This thing is indeed strange, but except for the Zhao family's reputation in Dingyuan, they are very low-key in other places, even in the capital. There is not even a serious member of the Zhao family on duty! But I have also checked the relevant regulations before. I heard it was a rule set by the late emperor."
Lu Tao said this, and Wen Qingzhu nodded in agreement.
She knows this. What she has doubts about now is: "It's not easy to pay out the salary of 50,000 private soldiers. If 5,000 people can barely support it, then there needs to be someone in the family who can run it. The Zhao family is very problematic." Well!"
"The princess may need to meet Mr. Zuo in person for this matter."
Wen Qingzhu nodded, turned to Jasmine and asked, "What about your side?"
Jasmine thought carefully for a long time before answering: "According to the information I got, Dingyuan is the only place that still maintains small-scale trade with the Xiongnu. Especially when there was no war before, the Xiongnu's cattle, sheep, ore, BMW weapons , are all things we need.”
"Are you keeping it now?" Wen Qingzhu asked again.
Jasmine nodded: "That's right, according to the rules, the government and the Lu Jiajun, and now the Zhao Jiajun are in charge, and they conduct transactions with the Xiongnu merchants every fifteen days!"
"Wait! Is the Zhao family in charge now?" Wen Qingzhu seemed to understand something at first.
"Calculating the time, it should be a routine transaction the day after tomorrow. But in the last transaction, someone from the Huns got in and the transaction was terminated, so I don't know what will happen this time. According to the official news, it was postponed, but Mrs. Sulu came over. The news is that someone will be doing it secretly!"
Wen Qingzhu narrowed his eyes: "Is it going on secretly? It seems that I need to go to Zhao's house to find out the news."
After they finished talking, Wen Qingzhu told them in detail what he encountered in the forest and Shuangfeng Mountain.
Lu Tao and Jasmine were both shocked: "Have you met an assassin?"
"I even think that Dingyuan has been penetrated very deeply, and the extent may be more serious than we imagined." Wen Qingzhu did not dare to speak fully, but he did not dare to underestimate the enemy.
That night, Wen Qingzhu looked at the flying leaves in the wooden box and felt very puzzled.
How could the thing that the Huns gave Boss Yu and them be flying leaf grass
Wen Qingzhu is well versed in pharmacology. The juice extracted from flying leaf grass can be used to refresh oneself and dispel the cold. However, the side effects are serious. After forcibly refreshing oneself, one will become even more depressed.
With such side effects, the effect of flying leaf grass is far less effective than that of opium and poppy in appropriate amounts.
But opium and poppy are very addictive and should not be used too much.
Flying leaf clover is almost non-addictive, but why do they need this
From what they say, there is still a need for large quantities.
That night, Wen Qingzhu didn't sleep well at all.
When I woke up, the sky was bright.
After getting up, there was a strange maid standing on the curtain and writing: "Do you need a slave to come in and serve you?"
"No!" Wen Qingzhu refused immediately and asked, "Where are the two people who followed me?"
The maid replied: "One of the two sisters has left the house, and the other is with the second young lady."
Wen Qingzhu turned around and sat up: "Then get out!"
The maid was still thinking about what to say, but after hearing Wen Qingzhu's cold tone, she finally left wisely.
Wen Qingzhu dressed and washed himself. When the door opened, Lu Tao had already returned.
"Sir, there is news from Yongheguan."
Wen Qingzhu looked outside and saw the maid just sweeping the floor in the courtyard. She didn't deliberately get closer, so she pulled Lu Tao in.
"What's the news?"
"This time the Huns seemed to be trying to attack head-on and sent an army of 100,000 people over. Now the atmosphere over Yonghe Pass is very tense. Two Generals Zhao and General Lu have already rushed over. Mrs. Lu Shu came to me and said Try not to go out of the city recently, it seems like there will be a war, but it is still inevitable that the enemy will not sneak in."
Wen Qingzhu nodded and saw Yang Liu and Lei Shuo coming back outside the door.
She hurried forward to greet him: "How is it? Is the village okay?"
Lei Shuo was the first to answer: "It's okay, it's okay! I asked him just now. There is nothing unusual in the uncle's village."
Wen Qingzhu was slightly relieved, but Yang Liu naturally explained in detail: "Don't worry, sir! We stayed there all night and left at dawn. However, the uncle's daughter had a quarrel with her mother-in-law. I didn't hear the specific reason. What."
Wen Qingzhu frowned: "His son is dead, and the father-in-law's family has sent food and medicine. Why are they still quarreling?"
"I'm not sure about this. I also asked the uncle, and he seemed to be about to say something, but when he saw his daughter's mother-in-law coming over, she hurriedly urged us to leave!"
When talking about these words, Yang Liu also had doubts.
However, he added: "When I left, I still noticed something strange. It was late July, almost August, so why were there still cuckoos calling? Magpies are more common."
"Cuckoo?" Wen Qingzhu concentrated, also full of doubts.
Lei Shuo felt even stranger: "The climate here in Dingyuan has never been very good. Cuckoos in Yunzhou are very rare. There can't be any in Dingyuan."
"Yunzhou...cuckoo..." Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Suddenly, her expression changed suddenly and she turned to look outside: "No! The Huns are heading towards the village!"
Without any time to think, Wen Qingzhu ordered Yang Liu to immediately count a thousand Qingqi before rushing to the village where the uncle's daughter lived.
If the situation gets worse, I'm afraid the uncle's village will also suffer!
When leaving the Lu family, Lu Shu hurried over and stopped them: "Wang, why are you leaving suddenly! Are you going to the city or outside the city!"
"Outside the city!" Wen Qingzhu pushed her hand away to leave.
Lu Shu held her wrist with her backhand and blocked it in front of her: "No! Dad has told me that you cannot leave the Lu family!"
Wen Qingzhu stared into her eyes: "But now the Huns have invaded Daqi! Maybe they are slaughtering the villages!"
"That won't work!" Lu Shu became more determined and even took action directly.
Yang Liu had already left, so Lei Shuo naturally helped Wen Qingzhu and stepped forward to block him, but was shocked to take a step back.
Lu Shu is a master!
Lei Shuo no longer hesitated, and immediately raised all his inner strength to attack again.
Facing Lei Shuo's full blow, Lu Shu had to let go in order not to hurt Wen Qingzhu, and asked quietly: "Does Miss Lei know what you are doing?"
"I'm rescuing people!" Lei Shuo raised his head and answered, looking sideways at Wen Qingzhu and said, "You go first! I'll come later! It's important to save people!"
Wen Qingzhu glanced at Lu Shu, finally nodded and turned around to go out.
In the courtyard, Lu Shu's face was gloomy, but her anger became more and more obvious. She no longer held back in the face of Lei Shuo's attack.
Not long after leaving the Lu family, Yang Liu had already brought Qingqi over.
Wen Qingzhu got on his horse, and Beidou followed closely behind. The two of them followed Yang Liu and the others directly out of the city!
This time they did not use the banner of Fu Jiajun, but directly took the emperor's golden order, and the people guarding the city gate naturally let them go immediately!
Less than a quarter of an hour after leaving here, Wen Qingzhu and the others encountered a patrol.
"Who are you?" The patrol stopped and suddenly saw Wen Qingzhu and Yang Liu. They shouted in surprise, "It's you! Hurry! The village in front is being attacked by the Huns! Go and save people!"
Wen Qingzhu recognized it and found that he was Gu Kuo's subordinate that day.
Naturally, she followed him quickly and arrived at the village ahead in about three-quarters of an hour.
Wen Qingzhu saw from a distance that villagers were constantly fleeing from the village in panic.
Many people were injured.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Gu Kuo was covering the retreat of the people.
Wen Qingzhu saw at a glance that there were Huns soldiers disguised as Daqi people in the village. Their sword skills and body shapes were still very different from those of the Dingyuan people.
"Soldiers! Kill them!"
This was the first time Wen Qingzhu faced an invasion from a foreign enemy so directly, and his inner shock was more shocking than ever before.
She had faced people from the Wu tribe before, but they were still Daqi people in name.
Therefore, Wen Qingzhu has always dealt with it as quelling civil strife.
But now, the Huns soldiers who are slaughtering the village are the real foreign enemies!
Yang Liu had experience in the battlefields of Youzhou and Ganzhou, so he was familiar with this kind of thing.
Lead the soldiers and kill them directly!
Wen Qingzhu stayed where he was, dismounted, and met the injured Gu Kuo.
He had been slashed on the arm and had wounds on his abdomen.
"Sit down first! Let me show you!" Wen Qingzhu helped her sit down, and a military doctor came over with a medicine box.
After quickly treating the wound on his arm, Wen Qingzhu wanted to take off his clothes directly, but Gu Kuo refused: "Sir, I'm fine! This little injury is okay!"
"No! Any small injuries will accumulate into big wounds in the end! What's more, the Huns may attack later! Once Yonghe Pass is broken, Dingyuan City will be the first line of spinning. I'm afraid you patrols will have to go to the real battlefield. !”
After Wen Qingzhu finished speaking, Gu Kuo let go of his hand.
After taking off his clothes, Wen Qingzhu found that there were large and small wounds on his body, both old and new.
There are also some strange scratches and bruises on my body.
However, Wen Qingzhu thought that these patrols worked very hard on weekdays and had many things to deal with. It was normal to encounter accidents.
"Sorry, it's actually very hard for you too! It's not the people who go directly to the battlefield who have the hard work." Wen Qingzhu explained while treating his wounds.
Gu Kuo was stunned for a moment, and when Wen Qingzhu helped him get dressed, he quickly reacted, pulled off his own clothes, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay! I'll do it myself!"
Wen Qingzhu let go and stood up, looking at two people behind him who were also injured.
"Come here too! Please take care of it!" Wen Qingzhu waved and quickly and skillfully cleaned their wounds.
Although he didn't take off his clothes, he rolled up his sleeves.
The two men also had old and new scars on their bodies, as well as a few scratches, but no bruises.
Seeing her slightly confused look, the patrolman who was being bandaged said, "We adults really serve the people! No matter what happens to the people, they ask for help, even if it's a cart delivering goods, or even needing him to work in the fields. He was very happy to do it!”