Humane Yongchang

Chapter 188
The night was like water, covering the Chen family compound.

Only a little warm candle in the hall illuminates the way into the house.

Chen Sheng walked slowly through the courtyard, and from a distance, he saw Zhao Qing lying on the hall, and there were several dishes clasped upside down on the hall to keep warm.

The orange-red candlelight seemed to cast a faint golden light on her smooth long hair...

Chen Sheng walked to the door of the hall lightly, stared at her for a long time, and then stepped in: "Eldest sister."

Hearing his voice, Zhao Qing, who was very light sleeper, stood up all of a sudden, and before he even opened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face: "Dalang, you're back..."

Chen Sheng untied the two long swords hanging from his waist and asked, "Where's Ah Yu?"

Zhao Qing came up to him and gently took off the big cloak on his back: "I was still here just now, the concubine saw that she couldn't sleep well, so I let her go to sleep first..."

"Then why didn't you go to sleep?"

Chen Sheng feigned angrily: "Have you forgotten what I said to you again?"

Zhao Qing lowered his head and smiled "hehe", but Quan Dang didn't hear him.

She was certain that Chen Sheng would not have the heart to blame her...

Chen Sheng also really couldn't bear to blame him, put down his long sword, and lightly tapped her forehead: "You, you, what kind of body are you, you don't have any points in your heart? The temperature difference these days is so big, what if you get cold? "

Zhao Qing still just smiled, his big eyes curved like a crescent moon on the horizon.

Chen Sheng couldn't help him, so he walked to the hall and turned over the dishes: "What delicious food did you make at night?"

"It's all cold..."

Zhao Qing stepped up quickly, forcibly pushed him away, picked up the dishes and was about to leave: "Eldest sister, go and warm you up."

"I tried it, and it's still a little warm, don't need to be hot!"

Chen Sheng quickly grabbed her and snatched the dishes from her hand: "Don't be busy, just sit with me for a while!"

"Ah."

Zhao Qing responded obediently, pressed him onto the chair, turned over the dishes one by one with his hands, and pushed them in front of him.

Chen Sheng picked up his chopsticks and looked at it. There were scrambled eggs with chives, pork head with pork, and a large bowl of mung bean and pork ribs soup...

In fact, they are all very common dishes, not to mention the signature dishes of the chefs with all the flavors and aromas in Chen Sheng's memory, but there is still a big gap between the exquisite dishes prepared by those chefs in the county government office.

The only advantage may be that it is real, the pork head is cut, and it is not transparent...

But when he saw it, he felt very appetizing.

He scooped a large spoonful of mung bean soup into the rice bowl, mixed it with rice, and shoved it into his mouth.

Zhao Qing was also very happy when he saw him gobbling down.

She can't be free to work around him constantly, helping him remove the pieces he carried, and picking up his cloak to clean the dust and dirt on it...

"That's right, ma'am..."

Chen Sheng was holding his rice bowl, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said vaguely: "I have to go to a distant place tomorrow and go to the prefecture."

Zhao Qing shook off the cloak's hand and asked, "How long?"

Chen Sheng thought about it and replied, "I guess it will take a month!"

"So long?"

Zhao Qing slumped all of a sudden, sat listlessly on the chair holding Chen Sheng's cloak, and stared at him.

Chen Sheng took a sip of the soup and rice, and forced a smile: "What's the matter? You don't want me to go out?"

Zhao Qing looked at him intently, a little embarrassed, but nodded anyway.

Look at her reluctant appearance.

Chen Sheng had such an urge not to go to Yangzhou.

But soon, he suppressed this impulse.

'No wonder they say Wenrou Township is a hero mound...'

He thought to himself, put down the tableware and moved the chair to sit beside Zhao Qing, took her hand and said softly, "Sister, we have to have a good talk."

Zhao Qing looked at him and shook his head neatly: "Don't talk about it!"

Chen Sheng's eyes widened suddenly, he did not expect that Zhao Qing, who has always been submissive and gentle like water, would have such an unreasonable side.

As he was organizing the language in his mind, he heard Zhao Qing say again: "You gentlemen have always had reasons for you to go south and north. The concubine is only a woman and does not have as many thoughts as your gentlemen. As before, you practice martial arts and study at home every day, and your concubine can serve you every day... But your concubine also knows that Dalang, you are born with big ambitions, and you are destined to go south and north to do something big. "

Speaking of this, she shook her head a little aggrievedly and angrily and said, "It's the concubine who doesn't know the general body, you don't need to worry about me, Dalang!"

Chen Sheng rubbed her palm, listened to her very carefully, and thought from her standpoint seriously, and then nodded: "I have ignored your feelings for a while, it's my fault, I shouldn't blame me Our wishes are imposed on you, and we shouldn't disregard your wishes to arrange our future lives."

"There are some things I shouldn't have told you. It won't solve the problem, and it will increase your burden for nothing."

"But we are husband and wife and one body. You told me your thoughts, and I have to tell you mine."

"If the world is peaceful and our family can exchange labor for a decent life, I actually wish I could stay at home with nothing to do as before, with clothes to stretch out your hands, meals to open your mouth, you guard me, and I guard you. "

"I don't really want to be a county governor. I hate killing people even more."

"But in this world right now, he's not at peace, he's fighting everywhere and killing people everywhere."

"If I don't be the county governor, the county governor will bully our family!"

"If I don't kill people, people will kill us!"

"It's like the previous incident when the Yellow Turban Army in Yangzhou went north. They broke through Mengcheng, Qiao County. They looted and looted for three days. They looted all the big families in Mengcheng. They stole all the money from Mengcheng. All the men were captured by them, and even all the beautiful women in Mengcheng were arrested by them and humiliated to death as prostitutes in the army... I heard from my father that when they recaptured Mengcheng, the people in the city were only Less than [-]% left!"

"A few years ago, if I didn't bring troops to Qiao County to defeat the Yellow Turbans in Yangzhou, Chen County would be the next Mengcheng."

"If I lie comfortably at home like you said, guard you and let you serve, when the Yellow Turbans come, what will I use to protect this home and you?"

"Can I beat 10,000+ of them by myself?"

"escape?"

"There's a war going on everywhere, where can our family escape?"

"So, I can only be the county guard!"

"Guard Chen County, guard Chen County, and guard our home, guard you."

"Only in this way can our family survive this troubled world in peace."

"Only in the future..."

Zhao Qing widened his eyes and looked at Chen Sheng blankly.

She really hadn't thought about that.

With that kung fu, she would rather think about making something delicious for Chen Sheng...

Now that she heard Chen Sheng say this, she suddenly realized that this little guy in her family has really grown up!
"My boss is amazing!"

She raised her hand and rubbed Chen Sheng's cheek, her eyes staring in praise, and the sadness between her brows disappeared.

Chen Sheng covered her hand and smiled softly: "That's not it, you serve the elder!"

……

The next morning.

Chen Sheng led a hundred cavalry south out of Chen County, and quickly went straight to Ruyin, intending to transfer from Ruyin to Qiao County to Yangzhou.

time to midday.

Chen Qiu, the leader, raised his hand and waved the command flag, signaling to stop.

"Call..."

Chen Sheng pulled back his horse and looked at Chen Qiu: "Uncle Twelve, is it time to rest?"

Chen Qiu said loudly, "Walking one mile to the left, there is a water source that can make food and drink horses."

Chen Sheng glanced in the direction of Chen Qiu's finger and nodded, "You arrange it."

Chen Qiu nodded and shouted loudly, "Come here, a few people, come with me, and the rest will stand by!"

Several horses left the column, followed Chen Qiu on horseback, and headed for the fork on the left side of the road.

Chen Sheng got off his horse and led the warhorse under his crotch to the roadside, nibbling on the fresh green grass.

Seeing this, all the knights turned over and dismounted, letting the horses that had been galloping for half a day rest for a while.

"Boss Chen, here it is!"

A tall young man with a little fluff just appeared on his lips, and handed two hard-boiled eggs to Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng took it, and while peeling off the shell, he glanced at the many young men around him who were covering their crotch and grinning, and said with a schadenfreude smile: "I brought you out, not to bring you to practice riding, next time Uncle Twelve wants someone else, you guys. Take the initiative, keep up and learn more skills with Uncle Twelve, don't be lazy!"

Seeing his wicked smile, a group of young men responded in unison with their haters: "Hey... even if you want to learn your skills, don't be in a hurry at this time!"

"You just stand and talk without back pain!"

"Yes, I know that our brothers have never traveled far on horseback, and they are walking so fast, so they are clearly just a few of our brothers!"

"Don't talk nonsense, my egg hurts so much... Chen Lao Er, where's the plaster you brought?"

"Wipe it for me too, my thighs seem to be bleeding..."

The many knights around heard the shouts of the young man, and they all smirked and blushed.

Chen Sheng also laughed very happily, secretly saying that if I don't give you a bunch of scumbags a show, you really think I'm taking you on a spring outing...

This time when he went south to Yangzhou, he only brought a hundred cavalry with him. Except for Chen Qiu and 36 brothers from his own family, the rest were scout officers in the red army.

Yangzhou is the base camp of the Qu clan. They sneaked into Yangzhou to assassinate Qu, and it would definitely not work with conventional methods.

Even with Wu Mo's ambush killer technique, it is difficult for them to escape!

So you can only use unconventional methods!

What is an unconventional approach?

Infiltrating behind enemy lines and assassinating important figures of the enemy... Isn't this special operations?
Chen Sheng doesn't know much about special operations, but he watched so many movies and TV series about special forces and special agents in his previous life.
Coupled with their combat effectiveness, they are even worse than those special forces and special agents in the film and television drama.

Draw a gourd like this, it shouldn't be a big problem...

Moreover, Shouchun, the administrative seat of Yangzhou, borders Qiao County in the north and Yuzhou in the west.

Even if something happens, it's not too difficult for them to get out of Yangzhou!
Chen Sheng brought these brothers and many scout officers in the army this time, just to give them a hands-on teaching through this assassination!

As for why Chen Qiu led the team... Chen Qiu used to be the leader of the scout team in the Youzhou army, and he once followed the Chen family caravan to Yangzhou.

With familiarity, familiarity, and the background of the Chen family, he is of course the best candidate to lead the team.

while resting.

Chen Sheng suddenly caught a glimpse of the messenger in the team, who was cutting a piece of raw meat with a knife to feed the hawks in the cage. He leaned over with great interest and asked, "Can these hawks hold up when the horse is so bumpy?"

Seeing that it was Chen Sheng who asked the question, the messenger hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "General back, these eagles have already been fed the secret medicine before leaving, which is enough to withstand the turbulence of the war horse."

Chen Sheng nodded, patted his shoulder casually, and said softly, "Relax, this is not a military camp, and I don't eat people..."

There was a low roar of laughter from the crowd.

Chen Sheng bent down and looked at the hawks in the cage carefully. He saw that the two hawks in the cage were not much bigger than pigeons. Although they bumped all the way, their feathers were still neat. It was pecking at every turn.

At present, the birds used in the communication of the Chen County system are all small raptors provided by the Li family.

Chen Sheng once tried to send people to expand the scale of bird communication, but the results have not been ideal... The techniques of domesticating birds can be learned, but the domestication of birds cannot be achieved by coincidence.

Like these carnivorous birds of prey, they only lay eggs once a year, four or five eggs at a time, only one or two can hatch, and those that can grow up may not even have one!

Li's existing birds were accumulated from generation to generation in the past [-] years.

It is impossible to expand the scale of bird domestication in a short period of time!
But Chen Sheng was staring at the two eagles in the cage at the moment, but a new idea suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Brother, what's your name?"

He straightened up and said with a smile to the messenger beside him.

The messenger was flattered and hurriedly cupped his hands: "General Hui, the name is Wang Ergou, the commander of the reconnaissance company of one division and one regiment."

"One division and one regiment? Li Zhong's subordinates?"

Chen Sheng smiled and nodded: "The old brother who followed me to Tuo County to rob food?"

The introduction of Li's bird taming method into the Red Army was before the establishment of the original Red Army Second Regiment. At that time, the officers in the Red Army First Regiment were the first soldiers who accompanied him to Tuo County to rob food.

His unremarkable words made Wang Ergou almost cry, and he cupped his hands again: "The general still remembers us..."

"Why don't you remember!"

Chen Sheng smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I have never forgotten what I said to you outside Tuo County... Okay, don't cry, big men, no blood or tears!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

The messenger hurriedly wiped his tears and said solemnly, "We have never forgotten what the general said outside Tuo County!"

Chen Sheng nodded and said with a chuckle: "Come on, tell me what kind of taming the eagle is..."

(End of this chapter)