Later, I became the prince of the group

Liu Qi couldn't care less about complaining, and almost jumped up: "How long have I been asleep? Why didn't you wake me up?"

Before Qu Er could figure out how to answer, Chu Yan pushed Liu Qi back: "I'm here, do I still need to wake you up? Take a rest, I'll have someone make you a supper, eat more later Let’s see for yourself how thin you have become.”

It was not enough for him to just talk, he had to start pinching, pinching Liu Qi's small arms, and then pinching his lower waist and calf, to prove that he was right.

Liu Qi became furious, and slapped his hand that touched his thigh: "Don't touch there."

Qu Er suppressed the turbulent waves in his heart, and bravely nailed his steps here.

Liu Qi looked at him: "How much has been transported away now."

Qu Erdao: "Less than [-] stones are left, and another [-] stones are on the way. It should be almost to Mashanzhai."

Liu Qi said: "Leave 1000 people, and the mules and carts. The remaining [-] people will be carried up the mountain in a horse-drawn cart. Except for the [-] people I have ordered to follow me, everyone else will also go up the mountain."

Seeing that Chu Yan didn't speak, Qu Er knew that he was the boss of Ren Xiaoyan, and asked Liu Qi: "Boss, do you want the bandits to pretend to rob and delay them?"

Liu Qi shook his head: "No, there is so much food on the mountain, it must not be set on fire."

Qu Er thought about it, and nodded quickly.

It was just the sixth night before the food was stolen.

On the night of stealing the food, the people in the food transportation team poured a large dose of Mongolian sweat medicine into the food and water, and burned a fire to cover up the traces when it was almost dawn. The farmers and escort soldiers put out the fire to preserve the food It's too late, how can I have the time to chase the culprit?Besides, they knew that the person who set the fire must be the Northern Qi Dynasty. There were more farmers than soldiers in the team, so no one dared to chase them, so they had to send someone to deliver a letter to the front line [-] kilometers away.

Shang County was the closest to the place where the food was stolen, but because the Northern Qi soldiers left obvious traces, no one thought of stealing food, and no one thought of internal response, so they didn't even think about going to Shang County to investigate.

Later, the army sent another [-] li to the imperial court, and the imperial court sent the letter back [-] li more urgently, and then sent soldiers to Shang County to search for traces of the suspected spies, and the back and forth journey was delayed for another two or three days.

It is because of this that Shang County has maintained peace and stability in the past few days.

The grain pit prepared by Liu Qi in Shang County is outside the city gate, so it is not restricted by the curfew.There are only more than 400 mule carts and carriages in Yan's army, all of which are placed in Shang County. If they transport grain during the day, they may meet people on the road. This kind of movement is too loud, so Liu Qi sends people in mule carts and carriages every day. After loading the grain, they began to escort the grain to Mashanzhai, 5000 kilometers away, at night. They could go back and forth three times a night, transporting more than [-] shi.

Ma Shanzhai is just a very small village, and the hill is not high, so it can't hold so much food.Therefore, the grain at Mashanzhai will continue to be transported to the second relay point, Weijia Village, by carts with extra horses and manpower.

Four days and five nights passed, and nearly [-] shi of grain were transported from Shang County to Mashanzhai. Liu Qi knew that the soldiers who searched Shang County would arrive tonight, so he asked someone to pretend to be a caravan to transport them during the day, and then Go and make a deal with the county magistrate, so that the remaining seven thousand stones will become justified in advance.

Liu Qi calculated quickly in his heart, and said again: "The grain shipped out from Mashanzhai these days is 5 shi, and it is only more than ten kilometers from Mashanzhai to Weijia Village. You can ask the villagers to help you buy more cars. Day and night, all the grain in Mashanzhai must be transported away within five days. After five days, you must have transported [-] shi of grain from Zuojia Village. I will give Weijia Village three more days to bring The remaining [-] or so were also transported to the third point. On the last day, all the farmers in Weijia Village brought their salutes and followed the grain transport team in the name of avoiding war disasters and moving the village, and so on, understand? ?”

Qu Er reacted for a long time before he suddenly realized.

Boss Xiao Yan wanted to stay in Shang County. As a wealthy businessman who happened to appear at this time, he would definitely attract the attention of the scouts, but after all he had arranged an escape route, so he could only fight for five days for Ma Shanzhai.

Five days later, the soldiers found nothing in Shang County, so they would naturally go to the nearby bandit villages to have a look. Similarly, if they found nothing in the bandit villages, they would go to other places to search for clues one by one, as long as there were people, they would not be able to escape.

There is a small town between Mashanzhai and Weijia Village. The soldiers can stay in the town for two days, and all the villagers in Weijia Village can leave.

Weijia Village happened to be a small village that took refuge in Ma Shanzhai. The village had a small population, and half of them were bandits, but after all, there were still some families who were not bandits.If they were caught up by soldiers, these people might be afraid of leaking their words, so it is better to take them to Jingzhou together.

The same is true for the subsequent relay points. After five times, all the food will be transported farther away, and the search soldiers will be able to be completely thrown off by then.

Qu Er was a little worried: "But... they really didn't find Mashan Village until five days later, did they find Weijia Village after eight days? What if it's earlier?"

Chu Yan finally spoke at this time: "Don't worry, we won't let this kind of thing happen. The bait team is on standby nearby, and can come forward to stop them at any time. You and your father just need to make sure to finish it within the time set by Xiaoqi." That's the mission."

The phrase "detain them" is an understatement, but Qu Er knows that every time the decoy team shows up, it is an active sacrifice. As the nominal "Northern Qi secret agents", once they are caught, they will either be killed by the Jin army, or He bit the poison and killed himself.

Qu Er didn't know that these Northern Qi masterworks were real Northern Qi masterminds. He just thought that the dead men cultivated by Chu Yan's family, after all, was an honest man, so he couldn't help mourning for them. Don’t worry, Boss, we’ve built over a hundred new car bodies, which can be pulled by putting on horses. People and horses take turns to walk at twelve hours a day, and we can definitely finish pulling in five days!”

Liu Qi reminded: "It's better to be more cautious during the day, don't be too ostentatious. It's also the same at night. Although we try our best to hold them back, we are not sure if they will have other tricks. They will not check to see if there is a curfew at night when they search. "

Qu Er nodded: "Be careful everywhere, adapt to the situation."

When Qu Er left, Liu Qi's eyes turned to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan didn't understand it for a while, thinking that the business was over, he finally remembered the important matter of eating and drinking: "Are you hungry?"

Liu Qi asked, "Us?"

Chu Yan thought for a while, and knew what he was asking. He said just now, "We won't let this happen."

"Yes, us." Chu Yan patted his head, "Of course I want to accompany you."

Liu Qi was very happy in his heart, but he asked: "You are not in Jingzhou, what if you don't receive any important news?"

"Yuncheng is enough. What's more, you are not my subordinate, but my treasure. Isn't it only natural for me to share weal and woe with you?"

Liu Qi had never heard such a straightforward address, and immediately fell onto the bed, clutching his stomach, buried his face in the thin quilt, and said, "I'm hungry."

Chu Yan laughed, and went to the kitchen to ask someone to bring the prepared supper.

It is said to be supper, but it is too rich, shredded chicken porridge with shiitake mushrooms, lotus cake slices, fish soup, marinated beef slices, almond tea... The village women in charge of cooking in Yan's army do not have such skills. The condensed phase is brought.

Although their skills are not as good as those of professional cooks, they have been exposed to it in the palace anyway. In addition, the ingredients that Chu Yan got from somewhere are all high-quality rice noodles, which taste really delicious.

Chu Yan did not come back, Liu Qi thought that he might have gone to monitor the progress, and the food was delivered by a little bandit who followed Qu Er. It is said that his parents died when he was a child, and his only relative, his grandfather, died in the flood. dog baby.

Looking at these, Gouwa drooled a little.

Liu Qi glanced at him and said, "Try it if you want to eat it."

Gouwa didn't dare to ruin such a good meal, Liu Qi pushed the plate in front of him, so he looked out of the window, carefully took a piece of lotus cake like a thief.

According to his observation, this should be the cheapest.

The cake was sliced ​​into thin slices, it was steaming hot, and it melted in the mouth, and the sweet taste spread immediately, and it really had the aroma of lotus flowers.

Gouwa couldn't help but let out a "wow", and said with emotion: "Such a good thing is eaten by the emperor!"

Liu Qi looked at it, and thought that what you said was actually correct.

He coaxed casually: "It's nothing, if you become a general in the future, you can eat these every day."

Speaking of this, Gouwa couldn't help approaching mysteriously: "Miss Xiaoqi, isn't your elder brother just right?"

"What is it?"

"General." Gouwa secretly excited, "They all guessed that Boss Yan used to be a general. Those people you brought are more capable than each other. I think the soldiers in the regular army are not as good as them. They also said that you pointed It might be the generals from the Northern Qi Dynasty, if the generals from the Southern Jin Dynasty came out to rebel, it is impossible for the court not to find out."

Liu Qi paused with his chopsticks, and smiled nonchalantly, "Who said that?"

"A lot of people say that..." Gouwa finished the sentence subconsciously, then glanced at Liu Qi's expression, and saw that his face was normal, so he dared to say, "Actually, I also think that your accent is not like that of southerners. , The sabers you brought are not the same as the ones we snatched."

Liu Qi raised his eyes to look at him: "Oh? If we were really from Northern Qi, wouldn't you be afraid?"

Gouwa was still young and didn't understand the threat in these words, so he said honestly: "What are the people of Northern Qi afraid of? I would still be afraid if soldiers came in. If it was you, then I wouldn't be afraid. You can let us eat well every day, build a comfortable house, teach us kung fu, give us medical treatment, pay us wages, provide us with a carriage, and anyone who has a headache can take medicine. Many old people and children in the village eat and live for nothing. Yes, you treat them well... If the people of Beiqi are like you, I wish Beiqi would rush in and destroy that dog emperor, so that we can live a better life in the future!"

After the young boy finished speaking impassionedly, he scratched his head embarrassingly: "Actually, I also heard these from my uncles."

Liu Qi put down his chopsticks, and said in a serious tone: "It's not what you think. Once this battle starts, those who went to the battlefield may not be able to return. Many of them are farmers who were forced to come. If you If you didn’t meet Dahong and became bandits, maybe you will also be sent to the battlefield. When soldiers meet, you are just a soldier, no longer a civilian. Countless soldiers and horses shroud their bodies in leather. When the news is sent back to their hometown, their relatives may never see each other again in this life. Not to mention having a good time."

This is also the reason why Emperor Chengxing and Chu Yanning wanted to annex the Jin State at the lowest possible cost despite being troublesome. They all have the word "benevolence" in their bones, and at the same time they don't want the people of Jin to mention their new monarch in the future. There is only the word "enemy" in it.

Gouwa was taken aback by the words, and after a while he said, "But we...we have already..."

I have been living in the loneliness and shadow of the loss of my loved ones all my life.

Gouwa didn't know what to say, Liu Qi smiled, bypassed the topic, took a pair of spare chopsticks and put them in his hand: "I can't finish eating by myself, you should come too, don't grab it with your hands."

Only then did Gou Wa remember that when he took the lotus cake, he directly took it, and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

He took the chopsticks and saw Liu Qi raised his head and followed his gaze.

Chu Yan appeared at the door holding a steaming bowl.

He put the bowl in front of Liu Qi, it was a bowl of noodles with rich soup base.

There were still some traces of flour that could not be patted on his sleeves, which was enough to prove that he made this bowl of noodles himself.

Liu Qi looked at her face and muttered, "It was agreed that I would feed you, but now it's the other way around..."

Chu Yan said: "Seventh brother is sick, it's to blame for not taking good care of my brother, and I can only give a little compensation for my brother."

Liu Qi always felt that there was an unscrupulous tone hidden in his repeated "being a brother", but it was not easy to tease him back in front of the child, so he concentrated on eating the noodles.

Needless to say, this craftsmanship is really not worse than Xiangying.

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes: "Brother, you didn't mean to put some flour on your sleeves on purpose, pretending that you did it yourself, but in fact it was all done by the maid, right?"

"Don't want to eat? Then leave it to me." Chu Yan said, reaching for it.

Liu Qi hurriedly covered the bowl with both hands: "I didn't say I didn't want to eat it."

The amount of noodles is not much, and Liu Qi can finish it in a few mouthfuls, but he is already a little full, looking at the table full of dishes with distress: "You let people cook so much, what a waste if you can't finish it."

"That's right, Young Master Seven also knows how to feel sorry for the sufferings of the world." Chu Yan said naturally, "Leave what you can't finish to me."

Gouwa felt inexplicably that he shouldn't be sitting here, so he quickly stuffed a few mouthfuls into his mouth, and then he was about to leave.

But Chu Yan stopped him: "You guessed right."

Gouwa let out an "ah" and didn't understand.

Chu Yan said: "Didn't you always want to work with me? You are young, and I can't let you ride a horse against a sword, but there is also a very important thing for you to do. It is a great achievement to do it well."

Gouwa immediately became excited and asked, "What kind of job is it! I will do it!"

"We are indeed from Northern Qi." Chu Yan admitted openly, "Actually, although I didn't say it, I didn't deliberately hide it."

Let the people under your hands taste the benefits first, so as to make them loyal, and then show them some clues appropriately. Their own inner guesses are the best transition and foreshadowing.

Gou Wa asked curiously, "Is he really a great general?"

"Almost." Chu Yan said perfunctorily, "What I want you to do is to find out for me whether someone's family members died under the Northern Qi army in Yan's army, and whether someone is dissatisfied with Northern Qi."

Gouwazi had always yearned for Beiqi, so he immediately agreed: "Leave it to me... But Boss, what are you going to do if you find out that there is such a person?"

Chu Yan said: "Persuasion, heart-to-heart, and giving benefits... If this is not enough, then transfer to a less critical position to avoid bad things."

Gouwa heaved a sigh of relief, as long as the boss doesn't intend to erase these people, it's fine, but the boss is so good, he definitely won't do that.

"In addition, some people are willing to revolt, but they may not be willing to revolt with the Northern Qi people. The difference between two words is the difference between an uprising hero and a traitor. If you find someone who is like this, please tell me."

Gouwa nodded: "You can leave it to me, Gouwa must be careful!"

The soldiers who searched that night entered the city, and knocked on Liu Qi's door before dawn the next day.

They lived in a rented courtyard with two entrances and two exits, which was not very big, and was surrounded by soldiers.

Chang Le opened the door, and the soldiers rushed in without any explanation. Chang Le followed their steps and said with a smile: "Wait, my lord, my young master is still resting, I'll wake him up."

As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of broken silver into his hand.

The soldier then stopped in front of the steps and asked people to search other places first.

Liu Qi was awakened by the noise, he subconsciously wanted to reach out and push the person beside him, but he did so in vain.

Chu Yan got up at some point.

Chang Le entered the door and said in a low voice: "The officers and soldiers broke in directly."

Liu Qi got out of bed and dressed, and asked, "Where's Chu Yan?"

When Chang Le heard this, he called King An directly by his name. He was probably getting angry, and said quickly: "Mr. Yan got up earlier than you, and he pretended to be a servant with weapons and guarded the door. The soldiers outside just now If you try to force your way in, if the little guy didn't stop you with money, Mr. Yan's knife would probably be bloodied."

Liu Qi's displeasure at being woken up by a mess in the morning but not being able to see Chu Yan was easily dispelled by this sentence. He put on his clothes and opened the door, and sure enough, he saw a "family member" who was about the same height as Chu Yan at the door. When the door opened, he pretended to bow to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was still calm, but even though Chang Le knew that the gift was not directed at him, he wanted to jump away quickly.

God, with King An's status, only his elders and ancestors can receive his courtesy.

Liu Qi walked forward without looking sideways: "'Oh, but the troops who came to collect the grain have arrived? Why is it so fast, the county magistrate told me that I have to report to my superiors."

While speaking, with his hands behind his back, he hooked his fingers towards Chu Yan.

The tense and serious atmosphere was made to look like a game by the two of them, and Chang Le was not so nervous anymore.

The leading soldier sized him up a few times: "Are you the boss Yan who donated food?"

Liu Qi smiled and said, "It's me."

"Recently there have been thieves in Shang County, and Boss Yan appeared at this time. It is too coincidental, and it will inevitably lead to suspicion. We are ordered to investigate your so-called seven thousand stones of grain, as well as the people in your yard, Yan. Does the boss have any objections?"

Liu Qi pretended to be taken aback, and said blankly: "A thief? What happened?"

He said "Yeah" again: "There won't be any criminals coming with our caravan, right? Military strategist, of course I have no objection, you can quickly help me search this yard. Changle! You hurry up and lead the military strategist to stop us." Go to the food place to see if the food is missing or damaged.”

The leader obviously came to search, but Liu Qi said so, as if he was helping them catch the thief, not to mention how upset he was, but he couldn't get angry.

He didn't want to talk nonsense, so he sent people in to search, and even searched all the people in the yard. Even the two maids Xiangying and Xiaoning went to the county magistrate's house to invite a maid to come over and search the house .

No weapons, no fire, no medicine, no suspicious letters, no Tibetans, the food and the number of people were about the same as the county magistrate said, but there was a letter from the family, which began with "My father is at your knees, and the boys and girls respect you", obviously Haven't sent it out yet.

When Chu Yan was found, Liu Qi reacted and hurriedly tried to stop him, but Chu Yan directly pulled out a knife from his waist, threw it in front of the leader, and immediately took off his coat. He had expected that someone would search him. When I changed clothes, I didn't wear a middle coat at all, so when I took off my coat, my upper body was exposed.

He walked around the stunned people in the yard openly and frankly, took a ladle of water from the water tank, and poured it on his legs, and his thin white underwear immediately became transparent.

While doing this, his eyes never left the leader. He crossed his arms, leaned against the tank, and said coldly, "Okay?"

Of course not.

Even if he can see that there is nothing hidden on his body now, and he has straw sandals on his feet, as if he was woken up and put them on in a hurry before he could find his boots...it won't work.

That tone, that gesture, that look in his eyes all made him feel contemptuous!The leader had a grim expression on his face. He felt that the knife was pointed at his throat instead of being thrown on the ground!

But the man's eyes were fixed on him, and it seemed that if he said "no", he would kill him.

He was obviously surrounded by his subordinates, but he was afraid of that look, and it was better to have one less thing than one more thing in his mind.So he nodded with a stinky face, and gestured to the last person—Boss Yan.

Before the people around the leader had time to act, the knife not far away from him returned to Chu Yan's hand. The speed was so fast that it was only a blink of an eye. The sound of the blade coming out of the sheath made the leader's heart tremble. He suspected that the knife could kill him at any time.

But Chu Yan just wiped the knife surface with his fingers, and said lightly: "Soldier, have you finished the investigation?"

The leader didn't speak for a while, and the others didn't dare to speak. After a few breaths of silence, Liu Qi came out with a smile: "Military, I'm sorry, it's because my father is worried that I will get into trouble when I go out alone. My considerate bodyguard, I am a little rigid, I don’t understand accidents, I hope you can forgive me. How about this, I will take off this robe, and let my servant pat my underwear for me. You have sharp eyes, and you must have hidden things. I can tell."

The leader let out a "hum" from his nose and went down the steps.

There was really nothing on Liu Qi's body, and Chang Le was shaking repeatedly for a long time because of the leader's picking and picking. He couldn't find anything wrong, so he made everyone evacuate from the yard, leaving only a not-so-polite "excuse me".

Chang Le went outside to explore, and found that they had left some people watching the yard as expected.

Chang Le secretly laughed in his heart: This is exactly what he wanted. They kept people guarding, which meant that they could hold off for the time being. It would be better if the leader was not reconciled to being provoked by His Highness, and it would be better to stay here for four or five days, bah, You also deserve to be searched?You can't even search for it!

In the courtyard, everyone else returned to their seats. Chu Yan had already gone back to the house and changed into clean clothes. When she came out again, Liu Qi had finished washing and sat down at the round table without saying a word, waiting for dinner.

Just as Chu Yan was about to sit next to him, Liu Qi stretched out his foot and kicked over the stool next to him, and then kicked down the stool on the other side.

Chang Le swallowed her saliva, feeling that if her son was so bold a few times, his heart would not be able to bear it.

He looked at Chu Yan, but saw that Wang An actually smiled, and lifted up the stool in a good-tempered manner, with the helplessness of "I really can't do anything about you" on his face.

Chang Le hurriedly said: "I urge you to go to the kitchen."

There was no one in the room, so Chu Yan moved the stool over and pulled Liu Qi's finger. Seeing that he wanted to hide, he simply held it in his hand: "Why are you suddenly unhappy?"

Liu Qi slowly withdrew his hand, and said coolly: "I still want to ask you, why did you take off your clothes suddenly..."

Chu Yan didn't expect it to be because of this, so he thought about it and said, "It's reasonable for you not to take it off, but it's suspicious if I don't take it off. After all, there were all men present at the time..."

"Hehe." Liu Qi interrupted him mercilessly, flipping off his outer robe, he was about to unbutton his coat.

When Chang Le came back with hot tea and was hesitating whether to go in at the door, he glimpsed through the crack of the door that one of the two inside was about to take off his clothes, and the other was holding him tightly.

My young master even yelled embarrassingly: "Let go, I won't wear any clothes today! I have to go to the yard for a walk, anyway, there are men outside!"

Chang Le heard a bit of collapse in Wang An's voice: "Don't take it off, you see that I made a mistake, Xiaoqi, don't meet me?"

When Chang Le turned around, he saw Yan Jiajun who lived in this yard, one counted the other, silently staring at the door with torn expressions.

The author has something to say: I have written out the specific method of relay grain transportation.

In fact, you can imagine shrinking the poison... The scouts are the poison, shrinking inward layer by layer, the food escorted by the Yan family army and them are the players, you have to run the poison one step ahead of time, and then some players (food) run (luck) fast One point, some players can only swipe into the safe zone.

As for Liu Qi, they are responsible for finding various ways to slow down this "poison".

In addition, I have something to do tomorrow, so I will code it today. I don’t know where to separate it, so I will post it together in two days~