urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 338 Marriage
Ai Qing felt that if she agreed to marry him, she was an insider, not an outsider.

So there is nothing to hide: "Although there are only more than 6 people in the Ai family's army now, there are many military households in the north. Except for those with only one son in the family, as long as there is a war, each household must send out a strong man to join the army, so that they can recruit more. 3 to [-] people."

"What's more, the weather has not been good in the past two years. The east is flooded and the west is dry. The crops are not harvested, and the national treasury is almost emptied."

"Our north side is not bad, so there are many people coming..."

In the past, everyone didn't want to be a military household because going to the battlefield was like stepping into the gate of hell.

And if you become a member of the military, all future generations will be soldiers, unless you can get through to the fifth-rank generals to get out of the army.

Even if the children and grandchildren are promising, they cannot go to the scientific examination.

But all of this is not important in the face of natural disasters. If you enter the military household, you can share the land, and you can also share the food. With the salary, you can live.

What could be more important than living?
So Ai Qing recruited tens of thousands of people in private.

But this cannot be known by the court.

After all, they can only recruit [-] soldiers on the surface. If the court knows that their reserve army can be doubled secretly, the Holy One may not be able to sleep soundly.

But even so, the military pay and food that the imperial court gave them were all deducted, and the military pay was better because there were people from the prefect Zhao's family in the household department, and he urged the soldiers to ring, so he could make a fortune.

And they were willing to tolerate Zhao Hongyan's excessive hair-plucking because if Zhao Hong hadn't urged them, the military pay would be far away.

In fact, before the emperor died, they didn't dare to do this. They directly discharged some soldiers according to their injuries, but in private, they were asked to train the newly recruited military households.

They didn't have any evil intentions, they were just worried that if there was a big war, more soldiers would mean fewer casualties.

But they didn't expect that the new emperor would choose such a way to ascend the throne, which made them even more uneasy.

They, the Ai family army, have guarded the northern border for five generations, and also guarded the safety of one side, so they are absolutely unwilling to sell the city.

It's a pity that they don't have any money in their hands now in order to support their private soldiers and horses these years.

And Ai Qing came to Fenghuang Town this time, ostensibly to urge food and grass, but in private it was to transport back the food and grass privately raised here.

But he didn't expect to meet Qin Jiashu, which made him forget the serious business.

After Qin Jiashu heard this, he was also shocked. He didn't expect that the Ai family army kept so many soldiers and horses in private.

This shows that Beijiang can be stable, and it is fortunate that he did not reject him.

But she also understands why Ai Qing is also eyeing Mr. Fu Dashan. This man is short of food, grass and money.

"Then why don't you ask someone to go to the Phoenix Terrace to look for it later?" Qin Jiashu softened his tone: "We also suspect that the Fu family has a secret vault, otherwise there wouldn't be such a small amount of money left."

After finishing speaking, he gave him another idea: "Since you have moved the prefect Zhao's house, you can earn more income after copying the prefect Zhao's house."

"In addition, you can also send people to suppress bandits. Not only can you support wars with wars, but you can also replenish your grain and grass warehouses."

"In this way, the common people will support you, and the merchants are also willing to come..."

Even Ai Qing and the others thought of what she said, but when they heard her say it, they were very moved: "Daughter-in-law, you are so smart! You will be my good wife from now on."

"General Ai, please respect yourself." When Qin Jiashu heard this, he just wanted to say that he was overthinking.

The purpose of suppressing bandits is to allow foreign convoys to come in.

It's also to keep his family's wealth, so that this poor ghost will not focus on his family's gold, silver, soft goods and food.

Ai Qing has already decided that she has her own in her heart, otherwise she wouldn't think of herself so much.

But the girl is thin-skinned, and she is talking about her thoughts, no, she becomes angry from embarrassment.

He said with a playful smile: "You want to know how heavy I am, so why don't you just hug me? I promise I won't resist."

Qin Jiashu admitted that he was not as thick-skinned as him, and he was not as shameless as him, so he simply ignored him, just gave him a blank stare, and let him experience it for himself.

"Oh, daughter-in-law, don't look at me like that!" He clutched his chest, embarrassed: "I'll be shy!"

After he finished speaking, his expression changed, he looked up vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Don't make a sound, I don't know if it's a man or a beast."

Qin Jiashu also listened with his ears up.

But she didn't hear any unusual sounds, and she didn't seem to be joking when she glanced at him, so she continued to stare up.

There are some twigs and some dry grass on the traps, which are absolutely invisible.

Otherwise she wouldn't have fallen, would she?
By the time they fell into the trap, most of the dead twigs and dry grass had fallen too, so the trap was obvious.

If their assassins came and threw a few stones or shot them with bows and arrows, they couldn't escape them.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Jiashu could only pray secretly in his heart that what came was a beast, not an enemy.

If it was a wild beast, even if they fell, they would still be able to fight.

After a while, Qin Jiashu also heard footsteps. When they looked up, they saw a few wolves poking their heads around the pit, their green eyes staring at 'Delicious Orion', and their saliva dripped down uncontrollably.

Seeing that it was a wolf, Qin Jiashu breathed a sigh of relief.

Because wolves are cunning and insidious animals, they will never come down.

Sure enough, the wild wolf howled a few times, knowing that he couldn't eat, and left quickly.

Seeing that Qin Jiashu's face remained unchanged, Ai Qing gave her a thumbs up: "As expected of my daughter-in-law, she has courage."

Qin Jiashu said angrily: "Be serious, don't talk nonsense, or my parents will kick you out."

"It's still my daughter-in-law who loves me." Ai Qing really likes to tease her to stare at him, and likes to see her angry, but he is also a little nervous when he wants to see his future father-in-law, so he quickly asks: "What do our parents like?" ?”

Before she could open her mouth, she continued to talk to herself: "Does Dad like swords or calligraphy and painting? Or jade ornaments? Our mother likes jewelry and beautiful fabrics, doesn't she?"

Anyway, he likes swords and horses very much.

For this reason, no matter how short of money he is, he is reluctant to sell or give away what is in his private treasury.

But now, he felt that he and his future father-in-law should have similar visions and preferences, so if he wanted to give a gift, he could just get it from his private treasury.

On the other hand, the mother-in-law should be very cautious, after all, a woman who can make her father-in-law look good is very powerful, so she must not be negligent.

After speaking, she didn't pay attention to him, but looked up.

He asked in puzzlement, "What are you looking at?"

"I'm thinking about how we can go up." Qin Jiashu didn't want to be trapped here forever.

It's a trivial matter to have no water to drink, but people have three urgencies, and she doesn't want to be in such an embarrassing time.

Fortunately, it is winter now. If it were summer, such a shady place might be the favorite of snakes and insects. Just thinking about it would give people goosebumps.

She was afraid of those things.

"You have a sword, and I have a dagger. First use a stick to build a simple shelf underneath, and then use the sword and dagger as a footstep. It is possible to go up, right?"

"It's a little hopeful." After hearing this, Ai Qing had to say that her idea was very good, but unfortunately, her plan to stay with her for a while was ruined.

He looked at her a little depressed: "I didn't expect your qinggong to be so good?"

If she only knows how to put on airs, then I can spend an extra night with her on the excuse that I have suffered internal injuries and cannot use my internal strength.

Fortunately, Qin Jiashu didn't realize his real thoughts, so he started to do it himself.

Fortunately, there are a few thicker branches, and when they are wrapped with dead vines, they become simple wooden stakes.

As soon as she stepped on the wooden stake, she plunged his sword into the mud wall first.

Then he got down and adjusted his breathing first, then raised his breath and jumped onto the wooden stake, then jumped again, stepped on the sword, and quickly inserted the dagger into the mud wall.

She originally wanted to leap up in one go, but found that she was a little weak, so she had to come down first, adjust her breath first, and then try again.

It's a pity that it's still a little bit worse.

If only there was a dagger or a sword.

It's a pity that her soft sword is useless now.

She swore in her heart that she would definitely bring two daggers with her when she went out.

Ai Qing has been watching from the side, and has to admit that she looks so beautiful when she is serious, especially when she is leaping, her figure is light, and she is so beautiful that he can't bear to look away.

But seeing that she tried several times, she was still a little short, but she still didn't give up, she felt a little distressed, and grabbed Qin Jiashu who wanted to try again: "You take a break first, I'll give it a try."

Qin Jiashu also cooperated and stood aside to watch him play.

Originally, she thought that even if her martial arts were not as good as his, her internal strength was not as good as his, but she was definitely better than him in terms of lightness kung fu.

What's more, he is still 'injured' now.

She thought, when he failed, she should persuade him to rest, lest his 'internal injury' get worse.

However, what stunned her was that he swished up with the help of the sword and dagger.

After going up, Ai Qing looked around, lay down on the ground and said loudly to her, "Wait for me a while, I'll get some vines."

In the deep mountains and wild forests, vines are the most indispensable, and he quickly made a big bunch and weaved them into ropes.

With the vines, Qin Jiashu went up very easily, and she asked curiously: "How do you practice your lightness kung fu? What kind of kung fu?"

It really made her too envious.

"It's very simple," Ai Qing said with sincerity, "I just learned it casually, and my brother said that I am a martial arts wizard."

Looking at her again, he looked at her begging for praise: "Before I fought with my father-in-law, I deliberately left some leeway, lest my father-in-law lose and feel bad, and don't like me."

This is really annoying.

Originally, she thought that martial arts prodigy was just a legend.

In the end, I met one. Others were given food by God, and he was the type that God chased and fed!

It's so enviable and jealous.

After all, her father's martial arts, even she thought she could rank among the top ten masters?

Qin Jiashu reluctantly twitched the corner of his mouth: "Then I thank you for your mercy?"

"Hey, isn't this what it should be?" He looked around and touched his head: "No, I've never been to this place, so I don't know where to go."

He actually knew how to walk. How could a person who leads troops to fight be unable to tell the difference between east, west and north?
But he didn't want to leave so early, after a little ink smear, when it was dark, he found a cave by 'accident', and the two of them could talk more.

He could still hold her in his arms and let her sleep peacefully, just thinking about it made his blood boil.

Qin Jiashu looked at him suspiciously: "Then why do you lead troops to fight?"

Ai Qing said very confidently: "I have a lieutenant general and guards!"

In fact, he was also a little guilty.

Hey, this daughter-in-law is so smart that even if he tells a lie, he is worried that he won't get it back.

Qin Jiashu didn't doubt his words, but felt that it is impossible for people to be perfect.

Fortunately, she can see the direction.

So she looked at the position of the sun, and walked east first: "Then you just follow me, let's hurry up, so as not to encounter wolves or something after dark."

Seeing that she was going in the right direction, Ai Qing could only follow.

He also comforted himself that when he had a marriage contract, he would spend more time with her in the future.

Now it is indeed better to go back earlier, so as not to meet those who assassinated them, and if they accidentally hurt her, it will be too late for him to regret.

When they came to the foot of the mountain, they saw Xuan Yi not far away with people and a carriage on the side of the road, and saw his eldest lady going down the mountain by herself, so he hurried over with the carriage: "Miss, are you not injured? "

Qin Jiashu was not well at all, her legs were sore and weak, but she pretended to be relaxed and got into the carriage: "I'm fine, how are my father and the others?"

"The master is fine, but the second lady was injured a little bit, and the eldest son is fine," Xuan Yi finished speaking, set off a firework, and then said to Qin Jiashu: "The master asked us to find the eldest lady, many people have gone into the mountain , I didn’t expect to meet you.”

And Ai Qing got into the carriage and sat down, and poured her a cup of hot tea, and poured himself a cup of hot tea. After drinking it, he was satisfied and relieved: "Then let's go back? "

Xuan Yi also didn't want General Ai to ride in the same carriage with the eldest lady, so he said politely: "General, your subordinates are also looking for you, why don't you stay and wait for them?"

"The prefect of Zhao is also missing, don't you need to go back to the yamen of Fenghuang Town or the state capital?"

Ai Qing turned her eyes on the carriage, and said calmly: "It's okay, just ask someone to stay and say something."

Qin Jiashu also knew that he was definitely going to the Phoenix Terrace, so he said to Xuan, "Let Xuan San stay, let's go back first."

She is so tired.

Even if she knows a little kung fu, she has never experienced such a dangerous day. Now she is in pain all over, and she just wants to go back and take a hot bath and sleep well.

During this journey, Ai Qing was in good spirits. From Qin Mu to Qin Yichen, she kept asking questions.

By the time they returned to Phoenix Terrace, it was already dark.

Ai Qing jumped out of the carriage first, and saw several guards holding lanterns in front of him, illuminating the night like day, allowing him to see the woman beside Qin Mu at a glance.

(End of this chapter)