Chongxi [rebirth]

These bandits are essentially homeless refugees. Although they have become bandits, they still carry the desire of ordinary people in the market to eat, clothe and live a peaceful life.

Therefore, it didn't take much effort for Ye Yunting to appease and win over the villagers, as long as they were fed and clothed, most of them settled down, and even rushed to do things in order to perform better.

Ye Yunting became the owner of the village because he wanted to have a place to stay temporarily, and to find out news about the mine, so that he could cooperate with Li Fengqi in the future.Therefore, he didn't ask the villagers to do anything for the time being, but only asked them to redistribute the houses and select people who would be in charge of eating and guarding and patrolling.

As for the rest of the people, after resting all night, they were called to ask about the situation in the mine one by one.

The news about one or two people may not be accurate, but there are so many people in the village, except for a few refugees who defected from other places, most of them escaped from the mine together.The dark guards obtained a lot of information from these people, recorded all of them in the register and presented them to Ye Yunting.

Everyone said the same thing, Ye Yunting made a string of them, and basically understood the news of the mine.

It is very possible that this is a gold mine. It is located near Zhouju Town. It seems that it was originally a quarry. As a result, gold was dug out of this quarry just one and a half months ago.The news was reported to Jizhou. After the Yin family knew about it, they concealed the news and sent proficient people to explore. After confirming that it was a gold mine, they blocked the news and started hunting for people to mine.

In order not to let the news leak out, the Yin family simply sent all the people who signed up to join the army to the mine under the guise of recruiting soldiers.But this manpower is still not enough.The Yin family is now wearing the hat of a rebel, and the soldiers under their hands are all supported by themselves, and they have caught up with the snowstorm that has not happened in a century, and the money is wasted like water.And the gold mine that was discovered suddenly solved their urgent needs.And even though there is a temporary truce, there will be a fierce battle with the imperial court after the beginning of spring. The Yin family wants money to recruit troops and increase their strength.It is bound to step up mining and smelting gold mines.

So they turned their minds on a large number of refugees.These refugees are homeless and will not attract attention if they are caught.It was the Yin family who ordered their cronies to gather together a large number of refugees in the name of giving out porridge, and then sent troops to arrest them all and send them to the mine.

A steady stream of people were sent in, working day and night, and they would not be released unless they died.

In this short period of more than a month, there have been several riots in the mine, but they were all suppressed.Ye Wang and his group also took advantage of the riots on the other side, and luckily escaped from the breach.

Ye Yunting clicked on the brochure, thoughtfully.After a while, he said: "Yin Xiaozhi sent many young men who signed up to join the army to the mine. Maybe these people can be used."

If you can take the initiative to sign up to join the army, you must be strong and bloody, and you will never be willing to be locked up in a mine and oppressed to death.

The hidden guard understood what he meant: "The hidden guard who lost contact with me before is probably also in the mine. Can you find a way to sneak in and find out?"

"Be careful yourself." Ye Yunting had this in mind, and let the hidden guards sneak into the mine. First, he could inquire about the situation in the mine, and second, he could use the dissatisfaction of the mine workers to provoke them to riot at the right time. Li Fengqi's actions.

After the two discussed the details carefully, the dark guard quietly left the village.

Ye Yunting came out of the temporary study room, and was about to relax for a while, when he heard a tragic cry from Ye Fan's room not far away: "Brother, help——!!!!"

It was Ye Fan's voice, his voice was broken.Ye Yunting was startled, and strode over, and saw Ye Wang huddled on the innermost side of the bed with the quilt in his arms, his eyes staring in horror at the wolf king who was guarding the bed.

Seeing him coming in, the Wolf King wagged his tail leisurely.Seeing this, Ye Yunting felt relieved, and a little amused: "What's wrong?"

"Wolf wolf wolf wolf..." Seeing him walking in without stopping, Ye Wang's voice changed.Seeing him raising his hand to touch the wolf's head, he immediately stared at Ye Yunting silently, like a duck whose neck was strangled.

Also blame the poor.

Probably because he was frightened by the wolf king's pursuit last night, Ye Yunting patted the wolf's head and said, "This is Ah Xuan, you met him in the palace before, don't you recognize him?"

"..." Ye Wan recalled a bit, and had some impressions.When the leader of the Shence Army made trouble in the palace, there was indeed a wolf king.It's just that this one looks much taller and more majestic.

He stared at the wolf king suspiciously.

Ye Yunting patted the wolf king on the back, motioning for him to go over.The wolf king snorted unhappily, walked to the side of the bed and sat down again, poked his head to look at Ye Wang, with a posture of "do you want to touch it?"

"..." Ye Wan in the corner wriggled around holding the quilt, tentatively raised his hand to touch its head, then quickly withdrew his hand.

After being touched, the wolf king immediately withdrew his head, went to the door and lay down.

Seeing this, Ye Wang heaved a sigh of relief, pursed his lips and smiled: "It's so majestic." If he hadn't been chased all the way last night, he would definitely like it more.

"Ah Qing is also here, and I will bring it to see you later." Ye Yunting said.

"Is your injury better?"

Ye Wang has been scrubbed and put on clean clothes, he is not so embarrassed, but his spirit is much worse than before.

"It doesn't hurt too much." Ye Wang pursed his lips tightly, and stopped complaining to Ye Yunting about acting like a baby.

It was too sudden last night, and I couldn't control the emotion of bursting the embankment at all. I felt ashamed just now when I got over it today.Before setting off from Shangjing, he still thought that he would have a good experience in the foreign ancestral army. In the future, he will go to battle to kill the enemy and make achievements, and he can also support Ye Yunting.But he didn't expect that in just over a month, let alone making contributions, he almost didn't survive.In the end, he was lucky enough to bump into Ye Yunting, only to save his life.

He was bewildered and ashamed, feeling ashamed.

Ye Yunting saw his emotions and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think too much, let's heal your injuries first. There will be opportunities in the future."

After finishing speaking, he said: "I ordered someone to redeem the knife you pawned."

Last night when Ye Wang talked about pawning the knife, he was very depressed, he heard it, and Dang even ordered someone to go to the small town to find the pawnshop and redeem it.The knife is a good knife, but the shopkeeper of the pawn shop in that small town didn't know the goods, Ye Wang wanted to redeem it in the future, and it was a work pawn, so Ye Yunting didn't spend too much money, so he redeemed it again.

As soon as Ye Wang heard it, his eyes lit up: "Where is it?"

"I'll show you after you heal your injury." Ye Yunting said with a smile.

Just as he was talking, he saw Ji Lian coming over with the boiled medicine, he poked his head and looked at Ye Wang: "Are you awake? Drink the medicine while it's hot."

Ye Fan's emotions towards Ji Lian are very subtle, he was a little jealous.But after this experience, he seemed to see a lot more clearly. When he saw Ji Lian again, he didn't see that his nose was not his nose and his eyes were not his eyes. Instead, he obediently took the soup and thanked him in a low voice.

Ji Lian let out a "huh" secretly, and glanced up and down at him, thinking that he must have broken his brain, right?

Seeing them like this, Ye Yunting shook his head and smiled.

But Ji Lian thought of something, and said again: "By the way, do you know Granny Zhao and her grandson? When I decocted the medicine just now, they asked me about your situation."

Last night Ye Wang arrived at the stockade with someone on his back, and sent him directly into the room.It's because the people behind didn't see clearly.Aunt Zhao's grandparents only knew that Ye Wang seemed to have something to do with the new village master and was injured after listening to other people's words.

The grandfather and grandson lied to Ye Yunting and his party before, guilty and afraid, so naturally they did not dare to join Ye Yunting.But worried about Ye Wang, he only took advantage of Ji Lian's time to cook the medicine, and asked a few tentative questions.

"I know you." Hearing the mention of his grandfather and grandson, Ye Wang was relieved from the great surprise, and remembered what happened in the village.

He complained endlessly to Ye Yunting about the evil deeds of the village master and his henchmen.

"The person has been imprisoned temporarily." Ye Yunting said: "It has not been dealt with yet."

He hasn't figured out how to deal with these people yet.Except for a few leaders, most of the people just followed suit, doing it for their lives in a desperate situation.Although they are not innocent, the main reason is that the government does not allow the refugees to live.

And now is an extraordinary period, if they are used well, these people can also be useful, and it may not be impossible to turn their merits into crimes.

But Ye Yunting didn't intend to forgive their crimes lightly, at least he had to let these people hang out for a while and observe more.

Hearing what he said, Ye Wang got excited, and said aggressively: "I'll go and see them later." Thinking of Zhao's grandparents again, he said: "Grandma took good care of me when I was in the village." As long as I can No matter how much food is distributed, he will always share it with him.

Ye Yunting understood what he meant, and said: "Don't worry, everyone has been settled. When we leave, I will find a way to arrange a place for them."

Hearing what he said, Ye Fan felt relieved, raised his head and gulped down the soup, eager to seek revenge on those village masters who had bullied him.

If it wasn't for the severe frostbite on his feet, Ye Yunting would have jumped off the bed by now.

***

But on the side of Weizhou, the soldiers were all boiling when they saw King Yong'an returning on horseback.

The originally low morale was suddenly boosted, and the soldiers were all gearing up to go out and compete with those Xihuang people.

——The people of Xihuang have been clamoring outside several times these days, and have also tried to attack the city on a small scale, but the city wall in the northern border has long been reinforced, and it will not be able to break through for a while.Therefore, the two parties can only scold each other across the city wall.

Greeting each other is a common thing before the battle between the two armies, but in the past when King Yong'an was here, they were the ones who provoked the people of Xihuang and provoked the people of Xihuang to fight.Now that King Yong'an is not here, Zhu Wen, the deputy governor, only suppressed them and refused to fight. Many generals and soldiers were suffocating in their hearts.But then thinking that King Yong'an is no longer the god of killing who retreated thousands of troops by himself, the fire flickered again anxiously.

After the news of King Yong'an's accident spread throughout northern Xinjiang, all the soldiers in northern Xinjiang were somewhat uncertain.Now that there are snow disaster refugees inside and Xihuang outside, this feeling is getting stronger.

Until Li Fengqi came in from outside the city on horseback, his legs were healthy, and he could not see the slightest sign of weakness. The morale of the soldiers and people in the city was soaring, shouting "Northern Xinjiang must win, kill all the barbarians in Xihuang".

Li Fengqi had expected the situation today. The reason why he pretended that his legs were not healed when he left Shangjing was to deceive Li Zong on the one hand, but more importantly, it was because of this moment.

Although the name of King Yongan's God of War is still standing in northern Xinjiang, the God of War who is not good at acting and can only make plans behind the scenes is different from the God of War who has healthy legs and can personally fight the enemy.The latter is the Dinghai magic needle in the hearts of the soldiers and common people in northern Xinjiang, which can greatly boost morale when displayed at the right time.

On the first day Li Fengqi arrived at the Governor's Mansion in Northern Xinjiang, his morale soared. He personally led the troops out of the city, fought a small-scale conflict with the Xihuang people, and won a quick and beautiful victory.

After that, it was to redeploy troops and defense lines, gradually seesaw with Xihuang.

Xihuang was born in a wild place, and his temperament was rough and fierce. The appearance of Li Fengqi was a great shock and blow to them, but they would never shrink back easily in the face of the survival of the race.This war is bound to continue for a long time, until one side is completely defeated and has no power to fight back.

Li Fengqi spent several days in a row discussing with the generals how to deal with the enemy and disaster relief, and only after a few days did he get some time to be alone.

I don't feel it when I'm busy, but once I'm free, my thoughts will creep up silently, like weeds growing wildly.

When Brother Zhu Wen came to the door with good wine, he saw his prince standing in the hall with his hands behind his back, looking down at the map spread out on the table in thought.

Zhu Wen said with emotion: "The prince really cares about northern Xinjiang."

Zhu Lie hesitated: "Why do I feel that something is wrong?"

But the elder brother didn't hear his words, he went forward with the wine and said: "The lord has come up with a good strategy to deal with the enemy again?"

But then he felt something was wrong. Two lines were drawn on the map, starting from Shangjing and ending in Weizhou.It has nothing to do with the war in northern Xinjiang.

Zhu Wen:?

On the contrary, Zhu Lie stayed in Shangjing for so long, and finally had a flash of inspiration. He slapped his hands and said, "The prince is counting how long it will be before the princess and his party arrive in northern Xinjiang?" .Don't let anything go wrong."

After speaking, he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, and raised his eyes in surprise, and saw Li Fengqi looking at him coldly.

"?" Zhu Lie thought for a moment, and finally realized what he said wrong, patted himself on the mouth, and said three times: "I don't count just now, the princess and her party must be going well."

Only then did Li Fengqi withdraw his cold, murderous gaze.

Zhu Wen on the side couldn't figure it out:? ? ? ?

What's the matter?

……

For several days like this, Li Fengqi had no time to attend to others when he was busy, and when he was free, he used the map to calculate the arrival time of Ye Yunting and his party.Just counting the days, the secret guards who were waiting to be picked up at the border of Weizhou received news that the concubine and her party had not been picked up.

After Li Fengqi read the news, he sank like water, and the other soldiers went in without knowing it, thinking that he was worried about the old concubine, and they all tried to persuade him: "I'm afraid it's just a long journey, and there was a delay of a day or two."

Only Zhu Lie knew that the prince might be worried about someone else.

The concubine left Shangjing with the old concubine. With the concubine's temperament, if something happened, she would probably save the concubine even if she sacrificed herself.Speaking of which, when the plan was made at the beginning, the prince did not agree. He wanted to be more on the safe side. First, he asked the emperor to take the princess to the northern border. With the old princess, the emperor would not make things difficult for the princess. Wait for them After successfully leaving Shangjing, someone will be arranged to find an opportunity to rob the old concubine.Go to the northern border together.

But the princess did not agree with this method.It is said that if the old concubine stays alone in Shangjing, the emperor will probably take stricter precautions, and it will be more difficult to save people, and this is tantamount to blatantly robbing people, and the emperor's label of "intending rebellion" will make them lose their righteousness.

He insisted on staying in Shangjing, the prince had no choice but to compromise.

Now that the agreed date has passed, but the person has not arrived, I am afraid that something went wrong on the road.

Zhu Lie watched his expression cautiously, for fear that he would go to find someone himself regardless of the overall situation.

Fortunately, the prince didn't lose his mind. He looked at the map with an ugly face and thought for a moment, then sent another team of people to search for people on the border of Jizhou in disguise.

After several more days like this, the spies who went to the border of Hebei and Wei in disguise finally brought back the news, as well as Wu Geng who was alone.

Seeing that there was only Wu Geng alone, Zhu Lie's heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, the next moment Wu Geng made the key point: "The princess and the old concubine are safe and sound. The old concubine and her party are behind, and they will arrive in a day or two at night. The concubine Even if we stay in Jizhou, we found something very important, and the concubine's special subordinates should report first."

"..." Zhu Lie patted his chest, and said in his heart, he was good, and at least he breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing his serious expression, Li Fengqi waved away the others, leaving only Zhu Lie and other confidantes, then suppressed his emotions and said: "Tell me, what happened?"