"How is this possible..." Supervisor Rong paused for a moment, then smiled in an unbelievable tone: "This mirror and porcelain are very expensive... I heard that the crossbow bolt of the city-breaking crossbow is as thick as a wrist, six feet long, and a Arrows can sweep away thousands of troops, and to tell you the truth, every time this old servant cleans up these cups and saucers, he is terrified, afraid that if he is stronger, he will crush them!"

The emperor picked up the teacup from the table, poured the tea in it, pinched the side of the cup, carefully looked at it, and said, "That's the reason."

"Forgive me for talking too much, even if you are a national teacher, you don't have such great ability! Don't say that Yu Ning is an apprentice who was picked up halfway..." Supervisor Rong said again: "I heard the report earlier that I am a national teacher. The carriages in the mansion are all embedded with armor pieces made of fine iron, which blocked the castration of the city-breaking crossbow, and the old slave heard that this was the case, so that Yuning escaped."

The emperor nodded slightly, and suddenly looked at Supervisor Rong thoughtfully: "You old slave talk a little too much today."

Supervisor Rong raised his hand and gently slapped his mouth twice: "Shut up, old slave."

The emperor threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and the paper-thin porcelain was thrown to pieces immediately.He folded his hands into his sleeves, and the wide sleeves fluttered with the breeze blowing in from the window, looking like a fairy: "By the way, have you finished what you ordered yesterday?"

The man reported: "My Majesty, the medicine that causes cold and fever has been added to Mr. Yu's medicine this morning. According to your instructions, there is no end."

"Very good, you can go down." The emperor raised his hand, and the man knelt down again, and then retreated.Supervisor Rong carefully looked at the emperor's face, not daring to look up, and lightly cleaned up the debris on the ground, and made another cup of tea for the emperor: "Your Majesty, drink some tea to moisten yourself. ?”

"National teacher..." The emperor took the teacup and held it in his palm. He looked at the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the cup and said, "I still care about the merits of the national teacher. As a disciple, if it were me, I would be very precious."

"That's His Majesty's sympathy." Supervisor Rong said.

"That's right... I am the Son of Heaven, so what is it to kill someone? If I kill him, the national teacher will thank me, but if I don't kill him, the national teacher should also thank me." The emperor pondered what the man came to report just now, bowed his head and moaned. I took a sip of tea.

Let's say that Yu Ning can't see through, it's really a character who can be seen through at a glance.He has a soft heart, he does things on impulse, he is still young, and he does not care about the past and the future when doing things, but he is relying on the national teacher to make people look up to him.

But let's say he can see through it, he still has some scruples about the thunderbolt from the blue sky in the Duke's mansion.

This is not the first time Yuning has caused a change in the situation.What was Yu Qingzhai at the beginning, he remembered—it seemed that it was opened by the descendant of Mr. Gao, and later it was Huguo Temple and Mr. Zhou Ge’s ancestral grave. He thought that Yu Ning must have some real skills. on hand.

That's right, if he doesn't have some skills, how can he recruit the high-spirited national teacher to accept him as his apprentice?

He remembered the time when he first met Yu Ning, the young man was handsome and graceful, his manners were measured, with some curiosity and awe in his eyes, he secretly looked at him as if no one knew about it.He insulted him openly and secretly, and he didn't see the slightest bit of anger. He probably didn't hear it. He was so happy about his background...

The emperor smiled and poured out the remaining tea in the cup: "Forget it, let's keep it for the national teacher."

"By the way, send someone to invite Master Zhu back. I want to ask him something."

***

Jiu County.

After taking a shower, Yuning changed his clothes again, and after eating a bowl of porridge with little water in the soup, he felt a little better.However, he has a temporary shadow on the medicine, and he doesn't plan to drink it before returning to Chang'an Mansion, so as not to vomit today, have diarrhea tomorrow, be bedridden the day after tomorrow, stay in bed the day after tomorrow, and die in ten days and a half months Go west.

That's not good.

Not to mention anything else, he doubted that if he dared to die on this for no reason, Mr. Mei would be so angry that he would drag him out and whip his corpse three hundred times.

The third young master didn't know the inside story, and he wanted to go out to play with him, saying that he was taking him to watch a cockfight or a dog fight. After thinking about it, Yu Ning felt that he really didn't like the taste, so he refused, honestly. In fact, he recuperated in the yard for two days, and cleaned up all the dirty things in the house by the way.Two days later, news came from Chang'an Mansion that the Hedao Yamen had finally got all the staff, money and food in place, and they would leave for Tianyu Mansion tomorrow.

The three of them simply came out to play in advance.Zhou Shilang of the Ministry of Industry who is in charge of repairing the embankment this time, this person has a good family background, and he does not know anything else. He specializes in river courses. He is an envoy. He doesn't care about other things like building river channels.

The deputy envoy is the third young master's father Liu Shilang, and the other deputy envoy is Zhao Shilang from the Ministry of War, and the supervisor is the inner supervisor of the palace.Each of these three represents a side of power, and the three powers stand side by side. It is not clear how to distribute Yu Ning. Anyway, the news from Gu Guoshi is that the third young master and his father are on their side. If there is an urgent matter, you can call him.

If it is related to the river course, it is better to go to Zhou Shilang directly than to find these people.

The next day, the three of Yuning and the others got up early, and the convoy stopped by the post station to wait for the large troops from the river to join.When the sun was three poles high, they finally waited for the large troops marching from Chang'an Mansion.

The post station had received the news early on that all the water, food, horses and grass had been prepared. When the large troops stopped, there was no need for them to yell, and the servants recruited by dozens of people immediately got busy.

There are very few carriages in the convoy, some of which look extremely narrow and lean, with wide and big wheels, which are suitable for long-distance trekking and fast marching.Zhou Shilang is a young man in his thirties, pale complexion, tall and thin, he glanced at Yu Ning and the others indifferently, without even saying hello, and went to the post station on his own.

On the other hand, the third young master's father, Liu Shilang, got off the car and dragged the third young master to ask for his health, with an expression of 'son, you've lost weight, you've worked hard, you've been tired', but his mouth was still very unforgiving: "You son of a bitch!" I asked you to go to Tianyu Mansion ahead of time, that’s why you went there early?! I heard that you were soaking in hot springs and visiting kilns in Jiuxian County, you think I don’t know about it!”

The third young master had an indifferent expression on his face: "Father, let me introduce you. This is Gu Guoshi's high-achieving apprentice, Mr. Yu, and this one is the young cousin of the Zhen Guogong's mansion, Young Master Chen."

Liu Shilang shook his sleeves and said seriously: "Mr. Yu, Young Master Chen, thank you for taking care of my worthless son these days!"

"Master Liu is very polite." Yu Ning said with a smile: "The third young master is very humorous and knowledgeable. The third young master took care of us when we were away these few days. Why should we say "thank you"? It should be us thanking Mr. Liu."

Young Master Chen nodded, as a tacit consent.

At this moment, two more people came down from the carriage at the back, one was seen by Yu Ning, the junior supervisor, the godson of the senior supervisor, who had been taken care of in the palace before.The other one must have been another deputy envoy. They exchanged a few words as usual, and then they went to the station together to rest and continue marching after eating.

The leader of the guards brought out by Young Master Chen also came along, standing behind Young Master Chen, talking with him in a low voice.

Sitting in the hall, Zhou Shilang didn't raise his eyelids when he saw a few people coming in, just focused on eating.His eating speed is different from his gentle appearance, he can be described as wolfing down, a large bowl of white rice is paired with two dishes of stir-fried vegetables, one meat and one vegetarian, and he finishes eating in less than a cup of tea.

After eating, he wiped his mouth and said coldly: "After a cup of tea, gather at the door and continue on our way."

As soon as he spoke, no one dared to disobey him. The third young master wanted to say a few words about eating too fast is bad for the stomach, but his father gave him a blank stare.

These words are exactly what Yu Ning meant, and Yu Ning quickly ate a few mouthfuls of food, but thinking that the speed of the march would not make him too comfortable, he didn't dare to eat too much, lest he get motion sickness.

After a cup of tea, several people gathered at the door as agreed. Wang Guanshi had prepared a new carriage for Yu Ning and the others. It was similar to the marching carriage, with big and wide wheels and a narrow and compact body.As soon as Yu Ning got into the car, she felt very satisfied—there was nothing else, it was narrow and dark, and it was especially suitable for sleeping.

Fu Rong also thoughtfully put a thick mattress for him so that he could lie down more comfortably.

The next itinerary will be much smoother than Yu Ning imagined. No one is assassinated, no one is drugged, and there are no bandits and horse bandits who don't have eyes to rob along the way, but there are many mountain bandits. Bandits and bandits heard that they were going to control the water, and offered to send dry food and water, and some even sent them to themselves, and went with the team to repair the embankment in Tianyu Mansion.

Sometimes Yu Ning gets really bored in the carriage, so she drives Furong to the side of the carriage to sit, and takes the opportunity to sneak back to modern times to catch up on sleep, and study the information that Lan Xiao got for her, so as not to Getting a smear of black in the eyes of the other end can't help.

Guanshi Wang also got a map of Tianyu Mansion for him to show him, letting him know where are the mountains and rivers and where are the rivers.

The more you walk in the direction of Tianyu Mansion, the more desolate you can see. From time to time, there are ragged refugees covered in mud by the roadside, walking together. .

During the first three days, when the refugees saw them, they silently let them pass through the road, but on the fourth day, someone finally couldn't bear it, stopped the troops and knelt down and begged them for a bite of food.

Yu Ning opened the curtain and took a look, and saw Zhou Shilang also opened the curtain, said a few words to the soldiers following the car, and soon the soldiers came forward brandishing their swords and drove the refugees away. If you leave, you will forcefully beat him away. If you beat him and don't leave, you will be courting your own death.

After killing two people, the refugees scattered and fled, crying and shouting.

Fu Rong persuaded in a low voice: "Young Master, don't look at it, Zhou Shilang is not heartless, but once it stops, this team will never move again."

"Follow-up supplies will be gradually sent to Tianyu Mansion, and they will be able to live once the Jieshi granary is opened."

"Then what if he died before?" Yuning knew that what Fu Rong said was reasonable, but she couldn't bear it.

Fu Rong lowered her head and said, "Master, among these refugees...there are no old people or children anymore. Since today, have you ever seen a dead body, Master?"

Yu Ning's eyes tightened, carefully looking at the refugees on the side of the road supporting each other.

Most of them are men and women in their prime, only a few have old people and children on their backs.

There was a woman tightly holding the child in her arms, the child looked like it was only a few days old, the woman's eyes suddenly turned to Yuning's direction, and she lowered her head very quickly.

Her eyes were like those of a she-wolf.

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