Zhu Nao

In the early morning of the next day, Yu Changming entered the state capital to look for Zhu Nao.

As soon as he entered the door, Jun Nao smelled the smell of alcohol, and couldn't help but look up at him a few times.Yu Changming looked a little tired, as if he didn't get enough sleep in the morning.

Zhu Nao asked, "How much wine did you drink last night?"

Yu Changming raised two fingers, meaning two altars.

Zhu Nao was slightly surprised: "So many?"

Yu Changming beat his tight scalp and moved his stiff neck: "If you don't drink so much, how can you 'talk nonsense'?"

Zhu Nao asked with concern, "How is your drinking capacity?"

Yu Changming was taken aback for a moment, and said angrily, "What are you doing? Are you afraid that I'll tell the truth if I drink too much?"

Without waiting for Zhu Nao to explain, he rolled his eyelids coldly: "I really told a lot of truth last night—those who scolded you, I promise to say everything sincerely and from the bottom of my heart."

Junao: "..."

He shook his head amusedly.Seeing Yu Changming's complexion was not good, he said, "If you have a headache, go back and rest for a while."

But Yu Changming waved his hands, got up and said, "Forget it, don't stop. The bandits are going to be suppressed soon, hurry up and practice."

After saying that, he rubbed his forehead and strode away.

……

After a stick of incense, Zhu Nao came to the lobby to hold an early morning meeting for the officials.

The responsible official counted the number of people and reported it to Zhu Nao.Zhu Nao said, "One person is missing and didn't come?"

The official hurriedly said: "Zhou Mu, Zhou Tianxun caught a cold last night and fell ill today, so I asked someone to ask for a day off."

"Really? Well, let him have a good rest and come back when he recovers." Zhu Nao magnanimously granted the leave, and then told everyone, "In autumn, illnesses are prone to occur. Be careful yourself. You don’t have to force yourself when you’re sick.”

Everyone quickly thanked Zhou Mu for his concern.Then Junau started the regular meeting.

……

On Baita Mountain.

"What??? The state government is going to attack Baita Mountain???" Liu Heishan was shocked, and the wine in the wine bowl in his hand spilled out.

When Zhou Tian went up the mountain to report the news, Liu Heishan was drinking and having fun with a group of bandits.The thieves were also inconceivable after hearing this.

"real or fake?"

"Just kidding??"

"Hit us? Are the people in the state capital crazy?"

No wonder they were so surprised. Anyone who heard the news would feel incredible.Although the Black Mountain Village is not as powerful as the Tulang Village, in Langzhou... no, in the entire Sichuan, it can at least rank among the top five.Who knows the embarrassment of the state capital after being ransacked by Tulangzhai?Where did they get the strength and confidence to attack Baita Mountain?

Zhou Tianxun looked solemn: "I'm not kidding, this matter is absolutely true! Seven days later, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the soldiers will be dispatched to attack Baita Mountain by night!"

However, no matter how serious he said, the people around the wine table still looked skeptical.

"The Xiang soldiers are dispatched collectively?" Liu Heishan frowned, "The Xiang soldiers mean Changming Village?"

Zhou Tian Xun hurriedly said: "Yes, it is Changming Village. Yu Changming is now the commander of Xiangdu."

A group of bandits looked at me and I looked at you, with strange expressions on their faces, not knowing how to feel about this matter.

Seeing that the crowd still didn't believe it, Zhou Tianxun couldn't help being anxious: "I'm serious! These days, the soldiers haven't even repaired the roads, and they are already stepping up their training. After seven days, they will attack the mountain!"

"Building roads?" A bandit asked suspiciously, "What kind of roads are you building?"

A person next to him explained: "Haven't you heard? The state government organized Changming Village into a Xiang army, and sent them to repair the broken roads in the city the next day! Hahahaha, the dignified Changming Village has fallen to this point , Do you think it’s funny or not?”

"There is such a thing? That Zhu can really do it. If I were Yu Changming, I would kill him and use his head to pave the way!"

"Come on, Yu Changming can go to surrender to the state capital, I'm afraid he has lost his mind. Maybe he can repair his madness by repairing a few roads."

Seeing that everyone was only focusing on the road construction in Changming Village, Zhou Tian was anxious and helpless: "Wait a while before you laugh about the road construction. The important thing is that they are really going to attack Baita Mountain in seven days. !"

Liu Heishan looked at Zhou Tianxun suspiciously.Zhou Tianxun didn't work in the state capital during the day, so he came here on purpose, it couldn't be just to tease him.He repeated again and again that I was afraid it was true.

Liu Heishan was still puzzled: "Why did the state government attack Baita Mountain?"

Zhou Tian Xundao: "Zhuzhou Mu wanted to control the bandits, but he issued an order to surrender, but there was little response. So he wanted to kill chickens and monkeys to deter other cottages. They can't move Tulangzhai, so they want to start with you first."

A bandit said angrily when he heard the words: "The Tulang village can't be moved, so can we be moved? Hey, are you looking down on us?!"

All the bandits immediately became angry.

Liu Heishan laughed a few times in disbelief: "Then Zhu Nao is an idiot, could Yu Changming be as stupid as him? Yu Changming is willing to use his men to work for Zhu Nao?"

Zhou Tian Xun said: "You don't know, Yu Changming has read some books and always thought that being an official is the right way. He refused to accept Songzhou Mu's recruitment, because he saw that Song Zhoumu would not last long. But Zhuzhou Mu claims to be a royal family Clan relative, Yu Changming thought that following him would lead to bright prospects in the future. Although he was unwilling to lose troops for Zhuzhou Mu, he was also greedy for Zhuzhou Mu's promise of his future, so he agreed to take a risk..."

Liu Heishan was dumbfounded.Ever since Zhu Nao became the shepherd of Shangzhou, rumors of his status as a relative of the emperor spread in the middle of Sichuan. Everyone has heard of it, including the bandits in Baita Mountain.

So, according to this, the state government is really determined to attack Baita Mountain, and use their black village as the chicken to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys!

Only then did Liu Heishan get angry, and kicked a bench over: "You bastard! What do you mean by killing chickens and monkeys? I must kill his whole family!" He immediately asked Zhou Tianxun, "Have you inquired about them? How many people in total? When do you plan to attack the mountain? How do you attack the mountain?"

When he finally asked about this matter, Zhou Tianxun hurriedly took credit for it: "Of course I have inquired about it before I came to you. In order to inquire about this information, I have spent a lot of effort..."

Liu Heishan waved his hand impatiently: "Don't worry, the benefits are indispensable to you, and I will send someone to take you home in a few days. If you find out what, tell me quickly!"

Zhou Tianxun paused, and said: "There are more than [-] Xiangbing soldiers. They plan to sneak attack on the cottage on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, in the dead of night, after you all go to sleep..." The plan he heard from Yu Changming was like this Generally told Liu Heishan everything.

Liu Heishan's eyelids twitched.Although Baita Mountain is dangerous to defend, but the number of soldiers in the wing is three times that of theirs. If they are really attacked by surprise, the soldiers in the wing may not be unable to win.No wonder Yu Changming agreed to suppress the bandits.

However, now that they have known the plan in advance, how can they sit obediently and be beaten?From now until Mid-Autumn Festival, there are still seven days. As long as we seize the seven days and immediately build fortifications and lay out ambushes, then Changming Village will become a sheep sent to the tiger's mouth...

Liu Heishan calculated quickly, the expression on his face changed from stern to cruel, and finally he sneered: "Okay, great! Zhu Nao has calculated everything, how could he count that I still have a good helper like you? Seven days Is that right? In seven days, I'm going to start a killing spree here! I want them to remember that the worst thing they did in this life was to hit their grandpa Liu on my head!"

All the bandits hurriedly shouted and cheered for Liu Heishan.

When the news of Zhou Tianxun arrived, it was time to rush back to the state capital.Otherwise, if he leaves for too long, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion.Liu Heishan promised him that he would be rewarded heavily after his success, and sent someone to send him down the mountain.

After Zhou Tian patrolled, Liu Heishan immediately jumped onto the high platform, beat the leather drum, and summoned all the bandits on the mountain.There are still seven days left, and he has to hurry up and make arrangements to prepare for the slaughterhouse in seven days.

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In a blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a public holiday, and officials have a day off.The night before, the people in the state capital had almost left, and most of the officials went home to reunite with their families, and some of them lived far away and couldn't go back, so they also traveled together.

Zhou Tianxun did not go home.Early in the morning, he left the official house and rushed towards the Xiangbing camp.

When Song Rentou was the governor of the state, due to the lax governance, the so-called confidential information was often leaked quickly, and it was not classified at all.However, Zhu Nao paid more attention here, and only discussed important matters with high-level officials and cronies.So much so that during this period of time, the Xiang soldiers have been stepping up their drills, but no one knows when they will act, not even the Xiang soldiers themselves.

Yu Changming and Zhou Tianxun said that the operation will be carried out tonight.Zhou Tianxun was not at ease, so he was going to see it with his own eyes.Although the operation took place at night, Baita Mountain was still some distance away from the city, and the soldiers should set off at Shen Shi.If there is more time, I am afraid that we will leave in the near future.He was prepared to see the army go out and then go home.

After arriving at the Xiangbing training camp, Zhou Tianxun was dumbfounded—the whole camp was empty, and there was no one there.He clearly confirmed yesterday that Xiang Bing won't have a holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival? ?

He wandered around the camp for a long time, and finally found an uncle who cleaned.Hastily leaned over and asked, "May I ask where Commander Yu is now?"

The uncle set up the broom and said, "Commander Yu? You took people to practice in the suburbs early in the morning!"

Zhou Tianxun: "..."

We are going to suppress the bandits tonight, so we don't take a break for the last half of the day, and we still practice?This is too hard!Yu Changming simply doesn't treat his subordinates as human beings...

He had no choice but to find a place nearby to sit down and prepare to wait for the soldiers to return to camp after training.

He thought to himself, it shouldn't be long.If you want to leave on time, you should be back in at least one or two hours...

……

The sun rises from the east and sets from the west.

Youshi was supposed to be the closing time of Fangshi, but during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the closing time was pushed back an hour compared to before.The sky has begun to darken, but the city is still lively. Lanterns are hung in taverns and teahouses, and vendors are shouting and selling goods on the street.

Zhu Nao changed into normal clothes and took Cheng Jingzhe for a stroll around the city.

"Moon cakes, freshly baked moon cakes!" A woman was selling a basket on the side of the road.

Zhu Nao walked past the woman, but heard a very soft swallowing of saliva coming from beside him.

Zhu Nao turned his head and saw Cheng Jingzhe staring at the basket.Because he didn't look at the road, he slammed into Junao's back.Only then did Jing Zhe come back to his senses, and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Zhu Nao smiled and asked the female vendor, "What kind of mooncakes are filled?"

"There are bean paste fillings, and sesame walnut fillings." The girl's big eyes are watery, "I made it at home in the morning, and it's still hot."

Zhu Nao smelled the faint sweet scent, and took out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them over.The girl quickly tied up the mooncakes with paper bags, looked at Zhu Nao, then at Jingzhe, and handed the mooncakes to Jingzhe with a smile.

Jingzhe opened the paper bag, the two mooncakes were of different flavors, he broke each half and gave it to Zhu Nao before eating.The sweet breath filled his lips and teeth, so sweet that the corners of his mouth turned upward.

This kid usually frightens people with a straight face in the state capital, but at this time, he has the true appearance of a young man

Zhu Nao also took a bite of the mooncake and asked, "Is there anything else you want to eat?"

Cheng Jingzhe licked the crumbs on his lips, and said, "I want to eat... sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root."

Zhu Nao said, "Go, look for it."

After entering the square market, the square market is more lively than in previous years, and there are many familiar faces in it.

Cheng Jingzhe's eyes were sharp, he was the first to recognize the person, pointed to the front and said, "Isn't that the owner of Yuzhai?"

Zhu Nao looked in the direction of his finger, and it was indeed Yu Changming.Behind Yu Changming was a young man who was dancing excitedly and talking non-stop.If it's not Lu Qiuyu, who is it?

Zhu Nao said: "Let them go shopping by themselves, we will eat sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root."

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At Xu time, the disc-like moon has hung high.

Outside the barracks, the cold wind howled, and Zhou Tianxun, who was only wearing a thin shirt, was already shivering from the cold.

Just when he decided to give up, a lantern was lit in the distance, footsteps sounded chaotic, and finally someone came back.

Zhou Tianxun hurriedly wanted to stand up, but he had been sitting here for a whole day, his hands and feet were stiff, and the moment his butt came off the plane, he fell into the mud.He was struggling to get up, and the lantern was already in front of him.

"Brother Zhou? Why are you here?" Yu Changming's voice sounded above his head.

Zhou Tianxun looked up and saw dozens of people sparsely following behind Yu Changming, all of them were flushed, some had sesame seeds on their lips, some had sweet-scented osmanthus flowers on their lips, and some had red lips. At first glance, they looked like they had drunk blood. Look carefully It turned out that it was covered with jujube skin.

Zhou Tianxun was dumbfounded.Aren't you going out to practice?Dare to go to practice the five internal organs temple!

Yu Changming waved his hand in front of Zhou Tianxun's eyes: "Are you okay?"

Only then did Zhou Tianxun come back to his senses, swallowed his stomach full, and looked at Yu Changming hesitantly.

Yu Changming understood what he meant, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers to go back first.After everyone left, only the two of them were left at the gate of Daying.

Yu Changming said, "What are you doing here?"

Zhou Tianxun forced a smile: "Brother Yu, didn't you say that the Mid-Autumn Festival would... I was worried about your safety, so I stayed here to watch, and I was relieved when I saw you come back."

Under the night, Zhou Tianxun couldn't see Yu Changming's expression clearly, he could only hear him sigh heavily.

Zhou Tianxun's heart sank: "What's wrong?"

Yu Changming said: "I shouldn't have let you know about this. I made a slip of the tongue after drinking that day... Forget it, it's also kind of you to care about me."

Zhou Tianxun said: "Of course I care about you! With our friendship, don't you worry about me? Speaking of which, what happened today?"

Yu Changming said angrily: "What's the matter? Zhu Nao is so reckless and ridiculous! I have trained soldiers for so many days, but last night he suddenly came to me and said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we should not use troops to fight .Let me practice for half a day this morning, and then give everyone a holiday. After recovering my energy, I will start tomorrow night. Do you think this is absurd?"

Zhou Tianxun: "..."

He didn't have time to think about whether Zhu Nao was absurd, he just stammered: "Let's go tomorrow night?"

"He said it was tomorrow night. But he also said that if the weather is not good tomorrow, it will be changed to the day after tomorrow. He is a dignified state shepherd, why can't he speak clearly!"

Zhou Tianxun: "..."

His mind was in a mess. Yu Changming also said something like a bout of energy and then exhaustion. He couldn't listen to it at all. He was perfunctory for a while, and suddenly he sneezed big, with two lines of snot hung up.

Yu Changming hurriedly said, "Are you okay?"

Zhou Tianxun rubbed his frozen nose, and forced a smile: "Brother Yu, it's too cold at night, and I'm not feeling well, so I'm going back to rest first. As long as you're fine, as long as you're fine... I'm leaving !"

After finishing speaking, he ran away like a shit.

After he left, Yu Changming yawned and went back to the camp to sleep.

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On Baita Mountain.

The mountain wind howled in the valley like a baby crying.The leaves fluttered in the wind like waves, rustling.

In the pitch-dark darkness, hundreds of people crouched in the grass and on the treetops, their nerves were tense, they listened carefully to every sound and observed every light spot.

Suddenly someone said softly: "Here we come!"

In an instant, there was a sound of gasping for air.People grabbed the weapons in their hands and swallowed nervously.

After a while, someone screamed "Ouch", it was the person who just lied about the military situation.He was kicked by the people around him.

"You idiot, come on, your soul is coming. That's the wind."

There was another sigh from around.

Someone couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "There are a lot of bugs here, and I feel very itchy."

Someone continued: "There may be snakes here, I'm a little scared..."

The voice of discussion has changed from light to loud, and more and more people are talking small things.

Liu Heishan shouted: "Shut up! Are you courting death?"

People immediately fell silent.

Another gust of wind blew by, and the waves of the trees fluctuated, arousing people's nerves.Those who were a little slack quickly got up and grabbed their weapons.

Tonight is their slaughterhouse, no one can take it lightly...