A concubine to be married dressed as a prince

"Report! My lord, the fields are on fire, and people have also found fires in various granaries!" Someone shouted urgently outside the tent.

Chu Chengji turned over and got up from the bed, strode over and opened the curtain, "Where are the granaries located?"

As soon as the man looked up, he saw Chu Chengji's gloomy face and the princess sitting up on the couch in the tent behind her, wrapped in a quilt and looking sleepy. The water has been extinguished, and there is no loss. It's just, just..."

"Just what?" Chu Chengji said angrily.

"It's just that the fire in the field is too strong, and it won't be able to be extinguished for a while." The man knelt on the ground, afraid that Chu Chengji would kick him away if he got upset.

"Don't worry." A gentle voice came from behind Chu Chengji, "I have already asked someone to dig a fire ditch to separate the harvested land from the unharvested land. If the fire can't be extinguished, wait for it Just go out naturally."

Chu Chengji glanced at Jiang Yanqing unexpectedly, "That's very good, I'll go and have a look."

The man kneeling on the ground also breathed a sigh of relief, and heard Jiang Yan's warm voice say to Chu Chengji: "Get him up quickly, I'm not used to seeing him kneeling."

Just as Chu Chengji was about to wake people up, another person ran over in a panic from a distance, and fell to the ground, "My lord! The spies ahead are here to report that Xiling's [-]-strong army is about to reach Beiguan!"

Chu Chengji was shocked, "What! Fifty thousand?"

"That's right, it's [-], the little ones don't dare to remember it wrong!"

There are few people in Xiling, and 5 horses are almost the power of the whole country, let alone some people want to climb the mountain, so there will definitely not be as many as [-].unless……

"Quickly call Wei Jin and ask him to dispatch [-] troops to the South Pass." Chu Chengji called another person over, "Quickly inform Wang Nan that he will send [-] elite soldiers to follow me to the North Pass immediately."

After the distribution was over, Chu Chengji turned around and saw Jiang Yanqing who had gotten off the bed, holding his armor in his hand, waiting for him to put it on.

"Chengji, swords have no eyes, you must be careful." Jiang Yanqing was full of worry.

Chu Chengji hadn't taken off his inner armor all this time, and now he put on the armor very quickly.He fastened his gloves, bowed his head and kissed Jiang Yanqing's forehead, "Go on to sleep, just wait until I come back."

Jiang Yan stared at Chu Chengji intently, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, "How can I sleep, I'll go to the city, the people are probably frightened, I'll see if I can help."

Chu Chengji nodded, "My name is Li Changyong to accompany you."

"No need." Jiang Yanqing stood on tiptoe to help Chu Chengji straighten his headgear, "Changyong's ideal is to go to the battlefield to defend his family, defend the country and become famous. What's the matter with me? I can protect myself, you Don't worry. As soon as I arrive in the city, I will go to the Lord Inspector, and let him follow me wherever I go."

The time was urgent, and Chu Chengji didn't persuade him much. Anyway, as long as he was there, it would be absolutely impossible for the people of Xiling to break into the city, and his concubine and the people would be safe.

Chu Chengji led five thousand elite soldiers and left quickly. Jiang Yanqing sat on the bed and lost his mind for a while. Hearing the sound of the army preparing for battle outside, he really realized that the war was coming.

He put on his thin armor and went to the stable to lead Yuebai.Although he didn't specifically order anyone to protect him this time, Chu Chengji originally selected 15 people carefully, and the task was to travel with the princess.

Jiang Yanqing led the small group into the city.

Lord Inspector was still asleep, and when he learned that the concubine was coming again, he shirked the wind and cold during the day and refused to get up.

Jiang Yanqing endured it for a while, and finally became angry when he saw that he hadn't come.Chu Chengji was fighting the enemy with his life on the front line, but the officials in the rear were so lazy and tired. He coldly glanced at the young man who came to pass the news, "Tell your lord that he wants to rest, and he will continue to rest in the future." let's go."

It was the first time that Jiang Yanqing got angry as a princess, turned around and left.During the day, he has been with the common people, knowing that the ears of grain that have just been collected and not yet milled are stored in the grain field at the head of the field.

He rode Yuebai straight to the valley field.

The valley is divided into many pieces, and each family has its own piece of land.Generally, when grain ears are piled up in the grain field, someone from the family will send a watchman to watch the night, and occasionally turn the grain pile so that the grain ears can dry quickly.

At this time, in the valley field, many ordinary people held shovels and hoes in their hands, looking at the direction of the flames in full battle.

They didn't know what happened and thought it was the people from Xiling who rushed over.I was afraid that those Xiling people would suddenly jump out of the fire and steal their food.I'm also afraid that if the fire ditch is not wide enough, the wind will blow sparks to the grain stacks here, igniting their grain.

Hearing the sound of horseshoes, the common people immediately turned around, pointing their sickles and hoes at Jiang Yanqing.

Jiang Yanqing was startled, "Why are you all here, don't you all need to sleep?"

The person closest to him saw the power switch on Jiang Yanqing's body clearly through the light of the fire in the distance, and asked tremblingly, "Is it the princess?"

"It's me!" Jiang Yanqing dismounted.

The man looked and looked suspiciously, until Jiang Yanqing got closer and saw his face clearly, then suddenly dropped the thing in his hand, knelt on the ground, "Kowtow to see the princess!"

The sound spread to the back, and all the people knelt down one after another.

Jiang Yanqing quickly stepped forward and helped people up one by one, "Everyone, get up, get up!"

"Your Highness, is Xi Ling calling?" A woman who was helped up by Jiang Yanqing asked.

"Ah, this..." Jiang Yanqing didn't know if this was considered a secret, and he was not sure whether to say it or not, so he said vaguely, "Don't worry, the prince of Chu is here, the Xiling people can't beat him!"

The woman looked at the fire on the other side, "Then it seems like they set fire to our food, trying to burn us to death?"

"How could it be!" Jiang Yanqing saw that the woman's eyes were red, and he didn't know whether it was because of staying up late or because of the smell of fireworks, and comforted him: "Even if they think so, we can't let them succeed. You see, they are now Setting fire means burning the straw we don’t want, without burning a single grain of our food, it can cause smog for a few days.”

"What?" The woman looked at Jiang Yanqing blankly.

Jiang Yanqing laughed, "I mean, don't be afraid, everyone. Soldiers come to cover up the water and cover it with soil. Now that the fire is coming, we have a fireproof ditch. What are we afraid of?"

He said something to comfort everyone.Maybe it was because the common people had never seen such a close-to-people person in power, and their favorable impression of Jiang Yanqing increased for a while.

Jiang Yanqing originally wanted to persuade the people to go back to sleep, or leave only one person in each household on duty.However, the common people regard this food as life and refuse to leave at all.

If you can't persuade them, you have to let them go.If the people don't leave, neither does Jiang Yanqing.He was worried about Chu Chengji's side, but right now no one reported to him, so he could only hope for the dawn.

The people around looked at him, and gradually began to bite each other's ears.

"My lord princess doesn't sleep, is she here specially to accompany us?"

"Don't talk about it, I was so panicked just now, what the princess said just now, it seems that I have the backbone of my heart, now I am not so afraid."

"Wangfei looks delicate, she is really kind-hearted. I have been working with us all the time yesterday. Several ridges in my house were cut by Wangfei."

There were also voices of opposition, "You were bribed after just doing a little work? It's just a put-up by those in power."

"Pretending to be? Which official do you see working in person? Have you seen the governor cut a piece of wheat?"

"That's right, my lord concubine even brought water to our house..."

Opposition voices were quickly drowned out.

Lord Inspector finally appeared amidst these disturbing voices.He rode his horse and swayed slowly. Seeing that Jiang Yanqing did not dismount, he smiled and said: "My lord princess is really full of energy. She still comes here without resting so late. If she catches a cold or is bumped into, my servant I can't afford it."

Jiang Yanqing frowned slightly.He was obviously still respectful yesterday morning, why is he so contemptuous now.

"Don't bother you, I'm here to check the fire. If the fire is too fierce, I can dig another fire ditch in time."

The governor hooked one corner of his mouth, "Just now I wanted to say that the princess really has the foresight, and she knew that the fire would start early, but I don't know if she really had the foresight or knew it long ago?"

What he said was very ugly, even the people around could hear that it was implying that Jiang Yanqing knew that someone would set the fire or that he set the fire. Either way, it was all saying that he was in collusion with the enemy.

Jiang Yanqing was tied to Chu Chengji, not in the mood to argue with him, and said bluntly: "Master Inspector only wants to sleep in his heart, and he must not have thought that there will be a fire."

"Princess, what do you mean by that?"

"I think Lord Inspector didn't dismount when he saw me. He must be in a hurry to go back to sleep. I won't waste your time by talking to you. Please go back."

The governor's expression changed, and he sneered a few times, "Since the concubine has ordered me to go back to sleep, I have no choice but to obey the order."

After speaking, the governor turned his horse's head and left.Since it was Jiang Yanqing who asked him to go back, then he will close the city gate after returning to the city, and he will not be able to come out for anything else!

Jiang Yanqing was tired from standing, so he found a lower grain stack to sit on.He knew in his heart that someone must have said something behind his back, maybe someone in Shengyang City had sent a message, that's why the governor was suddenly so rude to him.

He is a princess, disrespecting him is tantamount to disrespecting Chu Chengji.Since the governor dared to be so arrogant, he must have concluded that they did not pose any threat to him, which meant that the situation in Shengyang City must be very tense.

Jiang Yanqing's hands were sweating, and he only hoped for good news from Chu Chengji, but don't really be like what they said on the way, at such a time, you are facing the enemy.

"Princess! Concubine!" Li Changyong's voice came faintly from afar.