Feng Qing Shaoyi

Chapter 240 Ning Family Army

In the past few days when the bandits came to make trouble at the gate of the city, Qi Ze has been thinking about the origin of these bandits, and this incident is full of weirdness.Although it didn't cause much damage, and he never came again, but for some reason, Qi Ze always felt that this matter was not over.

In order to avoid causing too much turmoil, Qi Ze ordered Cang Zhu to go out of the city to investigate the origin of these bandits.

Sure enough, after a few days, Cang Zhu came back.

"Master, according to the investigation, these bandits were originally active in the Weizhou area and rarely came to Yingjing City. It was only recently that they slowly approached Yingjing City, and tentatively robbed the few places closest to the city gate. It seems to have achieved good results, so I came to the gate of the city from time to time to rob boldly, and never went back.”

"The Weizhou area is quite far from Yingjing City." Qi Ze said.

"That's right. In the past, bandits in Weizhou were rampant, and the common people had no means of living. However, Weizhou is located on an important frontier road, with many official roads passing through it. Because of the barren land and few people, it became an important area for bandits to rob."

When Zhu Yu heard this, he couldn't help wondering, "Since we can rob silver taels in Weizhou, why did these bandits come to Yingjing City again? Do these bandits not want to live while doing this looting at the feet of the emperor?"

"I don't know, so I'm also very puzzled. Since we can live in Weizhou, why did these bandits take such a big risk to come to Yingjing?" Cang Zhu also questioned.

Qi Ze also thought about it. It turned out that they were bandits from the Weizhou area. No wonder they were so physically fit. They were able to rob money on the official road, which meant that these bandits had courage and ability. At the very least, ordinary people had to detour when they saw them. Walk.

However, just as Zhu Yu Cangzhu wondered, since he had a good life in Weizhou, why did he come to Yingjing?Moreover, he distributed the stolen goods like no one else was there, as if he knew that the government would not send someone over, and he always felt that there must be something strange in it.

That night, Qi Ze was sitting at the tea table thinking about the banditry. Although he knew there must be a ghost in it, he still couldn't figure it out.

When he was having a headache, Qi Ze smelled the familiar sandalwood scent, sighed in his heart, and didn't even want to lift his eyelids, "Que Yu." Smiling at her man.

"Huh? You found out about me so soon?" The man was still frivolous.

"There are many people in the room, why can't I sense it?"

"Hey, next time this king comes quietly, so you won't be able to sense it." Que Yu rested his arm on the tea table and supported his chin, with a crooked smile on the corner of his mouth.

Qi Ze: "..."

Seeing such an unscrupulous person, Qi Ze asked directly: "About the bandit at the gate of the city, do you know what's going on? This bandit is a bandit from the Weizhou area. It's a real bandit, not a dude. It was a prank, so the imperial court did not send anyone here this time. But the bandits dared to act wildly at the gate of the capital, but the imperial court ignored it, which makes no sense at all."

After she and Qi Che came back from the gate of the city that day, she asked Qi Che why he led troops to the gate of the city?And Qi Che also said that this was an order from above, but his superior stopped him, saying that it was just an insignificant matter, and there was no need to lead troops there himself.

Although this sounds like no problem, I'm afraid it's a prank by those young masters to avoid accidentally hurting people, and there have never been any robbers who robbed at the gate of the capital, so I simply didn't go.But if you think about it carefully, this is really an order from above. Does Qi Che's superior dare to say so boldly that he will not go?I'm afraid he doesn't want his black hat.

Therefore, this gave Qi Ze a feeling that the order from above was only on the surface, but in fact, the imperial court never thought of sending troops.But again, there are bandits haunting under their noses, why is the court willing to endure it instead of sending troops?

And Que Yu also seemed to know what the woman was thinking, and after a laugh, he said the answer aloud: "Because these bandits are useful to the emperor's son, so I didn't send troops, and let them do whatever they want."

It turned out that he really didn't want to send troops, but what was the reason?

"Why? Why didn't the court send troops? They have already arrived at the gate of the city."

Que Yu bent his lips and smiled, "Because of the Ning Family Army."

"Ning's army?" Qi Ze pondered, the Ning's army should be the army led by Ning Xiao. Looking back now, it seems that only Ning Xiao led people to drive away the bandits.Did Emperor Yuan Ping let the bandits make trouble just to lure out the Ning family army?

"I believe you can also see that the Ning family's army is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. They are an army that belongs exclusively to the Ning family and only obey the orders of the Ning family." Que Yu said in a deep voice.

"I can see it, but since that's the case, why is Emperor Yuanping willing to allow such an army to exist? No one can rest assured that there is an army that is not under his management." Qi Ze asked a question.

"It's very simple, because the current Ning family's army is no longer what it used to be, not to mention that there is only one person left in the Ning family. Even if such an army is not eliminated, it doesn't matter much."

"Is there only one person left?" Qi Ze raised his eyes and said, "Ning Xiao, Ning Xiao is the only one left in the Ning family now."

"Yes." Que Yu nodded and said, "The Ning family army was led by a woman. Even if it existed, it would not be able to play the most important role of an army, so it stayed."

Ning Xiao was the only one left in the Ning family, this Qi Ze knew.But why is there only one girl left in the Ning family?According to the investigation, the former Ning family controlled most of the military power in Beishuo, and it can be said that it was very prosperous for a while.But the current Ning family has fallen to the point where there is only one little girl left, and even an army and an emperor are too lazy to eradicate it.

I'm afraid it has something to do with the battle for the heir apparent. Now Ning Xiao is the only one left in the Ning family. One can imagine Ning Xiao's situation. It may not be easy for her to grow up.But when Ning Xiao came into contact with her, he smiled brightly all day long. It can be seen that Ning Xiao is also an optimistic person.

Then the title of Princess Chaoyang should be bestowed by Emperor Yuanping. Anyway, there is only one person left, so give a title so that many aristocratic families dare not provoke this little girl at will, and it also reflects the benevolence of the emperor himself. Anyway, even if you bring the army, you can't make a fuss, so what are you worried about?
But from the incident of the bandits, it can be seen that Emperor Yuan Ping seemed to have the idea of ​​Ning's army again, so what exactly did he want to do?

"Then what did Emperor Yuan Ping want to do by allowing the bandits to make trouble? Isn't the Ning family army not to be feared anymore?"

Que Yu glanced at Qi Ze, smiled, and sighed, "Qi Shaoyi, you still don't know that little emperor well enough, Que Guang is more heartless than you imagined, if you say who is the most heartless in the world?" Cold-blooded, apart from him, this king will never find another person. It is true that the Ning family army is nothing to be afraid of, but how can he be completely at ease with the existence of such an army that has survived to this day and is not under his control? ? If you don't try it out, how will you know how strong the Ning family army is, and whether it needs to be eliminated?"

"Try?"

"That's right, that's why the little emperor deliberately sent someone to stop Qi Che and let the bandits run rampant, just because his real purpose was to test the strength of the Ning family's army." Que Yu said with a solemn expression.

"Based on this result, the strength of the Ning family army is still within his controllable range, and he doesn't need to work hard to get rid of it." Qi Ze said.Send out bandits with no martial arts background to test it out, and it will take some time for the Ning family's army to do it. After that, Emperor Yuanping didn't see any action. It can be seen that Emperor Yuanping is relieved.

Que Yu also nodded, "It's also because of this that the Ning family's army is safe and sound."

"However, the moves of these Ning family troops follow the rules, and it's okay to deal with ordinary troops, but it may be difficult to deal with people like bandits who are used to stealing, raping and playing tricks."

"Oh, that's because Kong Zhong was the one who trained the Ning family's army." Que Yu said quietly.

Qi Ze: "..." She seemed to understand a little bit, no wonder the force of these Ning family troops is acceptable, but their moves are a bit stiff, so it's Steward Kong.A straightforward person like Steward Kong seems to be able to train such an army.

Then, Qi Ze seemed to have noticed something, and asked in surprise, "The Ning family army was trained by Steward Kong?"

The relationship between Steward Kong and Ning's army seems to be far from that of one thousand and eight thousand miles. How can a steward of Prince Qin's mansion train an army?And it's still the Ning family's army.

"Yes, because Kong Zhong was the deputy commander of the Ning family's army when he was young, and later he came to the Qin Palace to be the housekeeper when he was older." Que Yu explained.

It turned out to be like this. It seems that Butler Kong was also a powerful person when he was young.Being able to command the Ning family's army when the Ning family was prosperous back then, it can be seen that Steward Kong's strength can be seen.However, for a deputy commander of the army to be the steward of Prince Qin's mansion, Que Yu is really arrogant.

Just as he was thinking about it, Qi Ze felt that frivolous eyes staring at her intently. Although this person usually had such eyes, it just made Qi Ze feel weird, and for no reason, he felt hotter and hotter. made her feel uncomfortable.

"What do you see me doing?" Qi Ze couldn't bear it anymore.

The man still didn't look away, with a smile in his eyes, he said: "Qi Shaoyi, this king wants to stay with you tonight."

"……no."

"Why? You could have left it before." Que Yu put his raised arm down and asked with his head tilted.

"That's because I wanted to drive you away, but you were already asleep. Now you are awake, and this place is still Beishuo. You are much more familiar with this place than I am. You can go back as long as you move your legs. Why are you lying?" Here I am." Qi Ze also argued with reason.

"Do you mean that the king should not stay?"

Qi Ze looked up at this person, and said bluntly, "Isn't it obvious enough for me?"

Que Yu: "..." This girl, when can she talk without being annoying.

"If you don't stay today, you won't stay. The king came here just to give you something. I didn't intend to stay here with you." Que Yu took out something from his arms and put it on the table, humming. : "After all, this king has always disdained to sneak into a woman's boudoir."

Qi Ze: "..." You guys don't do much?It sounds nice.

Looking down, he found that there were actually two keys. After Qi Ze picked it up, he touched the larger key, and a man's voice of explanation came from his ear.

"This is the key to the gate of King Qin's Mansion." Seeing Qi Ze pick up another smaller key, he went on to explain: "This is the key to my king's room." As he spoke, there was a bit of ambiguity in his tone.

Qi Ze: "..."

Without even thinking about it, Qi Ze pushed the key back, "I don't want it."

"Why not? If one day you miss me and I happen to be away, you can go find me with the key. From then on, you can come in and out of Prince Qin's mansion as you like." Que Yu Pushed the key back.

"...I don't want it, so I don't want it. Also, who would miss you when they have nothing to do?" Qi Ze insisted.

"Is it true that you won't think of me in the future? What if one day, you will think about it?" Que Yu's mouth curled up, and there was a frivolous smile in the corner of his eyes.

And Qi Ze glanced at this person lightly, turned his head and cheeks were slightly hot, "Anyway, I don't want it, and I won't think of you in the future."

"Oh, Qi Shaoyi, you girl has always been duplicity. If you don't want it, what if you really think of me in the future?" Que Yu forced the key into Qi Ze's hand, then stood up and went to In front of the window, he said: "Hold it carefully, and you are welcome to come to Prince Qin's mansion to find me anytime later."

Qi Ze wanted to throw the key in his hand on this person's head, who would look for him after that, she could be clean for a while without seeing him.

Just as the man was about to leave, he turned around suddenly and said, "Qi Shaoyi, add another one to that teacup of yours, and you will only let it be used by yourself, so what will I use for my king's coming here in the future?" Looking at her with eyes full of flair, "Don't forget, you are not just a person, you also have this king."

After finishing speaking, the man stepped out of the window and disappeared into the vast night.

Looking at the key in his hand, and then at the window that was already empty, Qi Ze felt a strange feeling of fullness in his heart.

Go to the window and close the window, turn around and look at the tea table with only one teacup.

It seems that because of the relatively closed life of this lady of the aristocratic family, unlike the courtiers before, she needs to deal with all kinds of courtiers. There is only one tea cup left on the tea table for her own use. Forget it.

After standing for a long time, the woman couldn't help but chuckled, with a faint sigh in it. She stepped forward and took a new teacup and gently placed it on the tea table with only one teacup. The two teacups collided with each other, making a crisp sound. In this empty night, there seemed to be reverberating sounds.

His heart was warm, but he still said insincerely and coldly: "He is really a troublesome guy."

After a few days here, Qi Ze still hadn't heard any news about the bandits, so he thought in his heart that this matter was over, and that the trial about the Ning Family Army was over.

But on this day, Zhu Yu suddenly came to report: "Master, those bandits are here again, and they brought a large group of people with them."

"They're here again? You go and tell your second brother to go." Qi Ze replied casually.

Since the court handed over the matter of banditry to Qi Che, it is most appropriate for Qi Che to go forward. It would be bad if she intervened.Moreover, the martial arts foundation of these bandits is weak, it is enough for Qi Che to lead troops to deal with them, and she doesn't have to worry about them.

But Zhu Yu replied: "Second Young Master has already led the troops there, not only that, even Princess Chaoyang also brought the Ning Family Army there."

"There are two armies going, more than enough to deal with those bandits, we don't need to worry." Even though he said that, Qi Ze was still a little strange, since he already knew that Qi Che and Ning Xiao had passed, why Zhu Yu was still worried appearance?

Zhu Yu frowned tightly, and said with a serious face: "No, master, those bandits have already entered the city of Yingjing, and have already attacked the Chenyue Tower. At this moment, the outside is already in chaos, and the people have already run back in fear. home."

Qi Ze raised his eyes in shock, knowing that the matter was serious, he hurriedly took Zhu Yu Cangzhu to investigate the situation.

When the three of them arrived, the gate of Chenyue Tower was already surrounded by troops. At the front of the army, a handsome young man and a girl in a long silver-red dress were looking up at Chenyue. A window on the second floor, looking anxious and flustered.

Qi Ze also looked up, and saw a little girl who was only about two or three years old being hanged out of the window by the back collar of her clothes.The little girl was so frightened that tears were streaming down her face, she kept crying, and her two calves kicked feebly.

Directly below the window, a middle-aged woman with the appearance of a nun was covering her face with her hands, her face paled with fright, and she said in a panic: "Let go of my little lady, we will promise you whatever you want. My little lady is The granddaughter of Mr. Yu Rui Yu Ge, as long as you are willing to let her go, our Yu family will promise you everything and give you everything."

Yu's mother was crying bitterly, her body was weak and she wanted to fall forward, but fortunately, the servants of Yu's family beside her helped her in time.All the servants of the Yu family stared at the window, and threatened through gritted teeth: "Let go of my young lady, the young lady is Mr. Yu Ge's favorite granddaughter, if anything goes wrong, our Yu family will definitely not let it go!" you."

The brawny bandit who was carrying the little girl laughed wildly and said, "Oh, my God, we are so scared, Mr. Yu Ge's granddaughter. Of course we know who Mr. Yu Ge is, Mr. Ge who has assisted two generations of emperors Important minister, needless to say about her influence in the court. However, if she is not the granddaughter of Mr. Yu Ge, we will not arrest her. We are here today to kill this distinguished Yu family Granddaughter, let's see what the offspring of your aristocratic families grew up eating. Are they different from us dirty bandits? Take a good look at where you are so noble? You all grew up eating whole grains , how can you be superior to others?"

As he spoke, the strong man and bandit stretched out his arms, and even shook them viciously, forcing the little girl to cry loudly while looking at the extremely high and trembling vision, and kicked her feet even more frightenedly. It seemed as if it would fall down in a second.

This scene frightened the mother-in-law of the Yu family to scream even more, her voice was heart-piercing, and the servants of the Yu family also trembled in fright, not daring to speak any more threats.

(End of this chapter)