After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Feng'er reminded again: "City Lord, you have to give preferential treatment to the people who defend the city. In this way, with the benefits, everyone will naturally rush to practice martial arts."

"That's right. Feng'er, you reminded me very well. If you pass on the order, you will say that those selected for city defense will receive an extra bag of rice every month. Yongkang, you and Liu Dazhuang will discuss and divide these people according to their functions and positions. According to the military management, a management method should be written to fully mobilize everyone's enthusiasm."

Jiang Yongkang responded with a calm expression on his face, but in fact he was shocked in his heart.

Military management.

Xu Zhenying...doesn't he really have the ambition to compete in the world?

If she doesn't, then is this sensitivity innate?

"City Lord, there is someone!" Suddenly Mo Jinchun moved beside them and stopped them behind. Everyone was startled and looked along Mo Jinchun's line of sight. They saw two or three black figures moving not far from the city gate.

Everyone was frightened, but when Mo Jinchun was so frightened, the soldiers on guard were so frightened that they could barely hold their weapons and subconsciously wanted to escape.

Seeing this, Xu Zhenying felt extremely sad. There were more people under his command now. Even if they were given armor and allowed to hold weapons, they were still honest and fearful farmers at heart. They would still subconsciously avoid any disturbance.

She needs someone who has seen blood and dares to fight, not a mob that can be intimidated by just one or two people.

Jiang Yongkang also noticed that Xu Zhenying's eyes were not kind, and he knew what Xu Zhenying was thinking. Not to mention Xu Zhenying, even when he went to choose the candidates to defend the city, he could only choose the taller one from the short ones.

Xu Zhenying is right, we must start training as soon as possible, and let these people transform from farmers to soldiers as soon as possible.

Otherwise, there is no difference between them and the Caotou Army.

Mo Jinchun stood at the front, without saying hello, and directly took off the bow and arrow carried on the back of the soldier next to him.

I saw him holding the bow in his left hand and holding the arrow in his right hand, aiming at the sneaky two people below. Then he stretched out his long arm, pulled the string back to full length, let go of his hand, and the arrow flew away with lightning speed. !
What a fast movement, what a strong strength!
Not to mention Xu Zhenying, even Jiang Yongkang couldn't help but be shocked.

This Mo Jinchun is definitely an expert!
"Who is there?!" Xu Zhenying's voice echoed throughout the night sky.

Mo Jinchun blocked Xu Zhenying behind him, "City Lord, be careful of an ambush."

After saying that, he looked around, and Xu Zhenying felt that it was time to set up a telescope at this time.

"There are only two of them. I'm afraid they are refugees nearby."

Xu Zhenying said firmly: "They can't be refugees. Refugees all move in groups, how can anyone dare to come out alone?"

Mo Jinchun thought about it, and that was the truth.

"We in Lan County will not accept any refugees, please leave quickly! Otherwise, you will be shot with random arrows!" Jiang Yongkang touched the knife vigilantly while loudly driving away the people below the city.

Unexpectedly, the two men were sneaking closer and closer. Everyone couldn't help but wonder, and then they heard a somewhat familiar voice: "Upstairs...is it Brother Jiang Yongkang Jiang?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhenying immediately recognized the person downstairs and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Open the city gate quickly! It's Ming Xiaoshuang!"

Mo Jinchun didn't know why Xu Zhenying and the others all looked happy, but he also speculated that the person downstairs might have a close relationship with them.

The gate of Lan County opened quietly.

It was a very old city gate, blown to pieces and barely put together.

Xu Zhenying went down to the city to greet him personally, and sure enough he saw Ming Xiaoshuang's face, and there was someone tied up beside him. Xu Zhenying couldn't help being shocked, Fang Xun and Fang Ningmo almost blurted out: "Sister?"

"Cousin?"

Ming Xiaoshuang was disheveled and carrying a small bag. Only the waist knife was the most valuable thing about his body. When he saw his relatives at this moment, he wanted to shed tears. Seeing that the people on the city wall just now seemed to be people from the team, he immediately made up his mind. Xu Zhenying and others have occupied Lan County.

It was not in vain that he went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to come back.

Ming Xiaoshuang wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then embarrassedly untied the rope from Fang Ningmo's hand. He patted his forehead and said angrily: "Oh, I'm so sorry, I met a person on the road. Miss Fang, she said she was going to Qiongzhou. I thought she was a girl who had no one to accompany her, so how could she go out into the mountains. I asked her why she wanted to go to Qiongzhou, but she couldn't say, I had no choice but to go first I tied her up and followed me all the way, don’t blame the two of you."

Fang Xun immediately handed over his hand and said with tears of gratitude: "How dare you blame brother Ming..."

Realizing that there were others around, Fang Xun did not want to reveal each other's identities, and reminded Ming Xiaoshuang by the way: "The uncle and the aunt have been so anxious that they have been bedridden in the past few days. If it had not been blocked by the wind and snow, the city lord would have I took people out to look for it.”

City Lord?

Ming Xiaoshuang immediately went up and couldn't help but take another look at Xu Zhenying and realized that this was not the place to talk. Xu Zhenying held his hand with a smile: "Come on, let me go back to the house and I'll have someone prepare food for you." , let’s talk while eating!”

Feng'er also had a happy face. She had quick legs and went back first to let Miao and others prepare the banquet.

It was said to be a banquet, but the supplies in the city were not abundant, and they could only make do with a meal.

As soon as Ming Xiaoshuang came back, everyone in the exiled team got the news. They all wanted to come over and have a look. Everyone was wondering why Ming Xiaoshuang appeared here, and they were even more confused about where the others had gone. However, Xu Zhenying now has great power, and everyone It was not easy to disturb their conversation, so he and Ming Xiaoshuang chatted for a while and then went back to their respective homes.

The Fang family took Fang Ruyu back to plead guilty.

On a large round table, two people, Ming Xiaoshuang and Xu Zhenying, were sitting in the middle, followed by everyone in the Xu family.

Everyone had eaten dinner, and since food was tight, Miao only ordered a bowl of noodles and made two special dishes.

Ming Xiaoshuang was not polite. He had been hungry in the mountains and forests for several days. His eyes were glowing green from hunger. He picked up his chopsticks and began to dig at them, showing no image at all.

But everyone didn't mind at all. Huang Cui'e also sighed: "Hey, we must be starving. It was the same when we first entered Lan County. We wished we had eaten the table legs."

Xu Degui enthusiastically helped him pick up the vegetables. After a while, Ming Xiaoshuang's bowl was piled high.

After the meeting, Xu Zhenying motioned with her eyes for everyone to leave, leaving only her and Ming Xiaoshuang.

When Ming Xiaoshuang was almost done eating, he burped and then scratched his head in embarrassment: "Girl, I've been hungry for days, I'm telling you a joke."

Xu Zhenying waved his hand, "There is no need to talk about this between you and me. I didn't have time to ask you at the city gate just now, why did you come back? Where are Team Leader Zhao and the others?"

"Girl, I didn't want to leave that night, but Bantou Zhao and the others were determined to leave. If I didn't stay, it wouldn't be right after all. After all, I was still wearing the official uniform of the imperial court at the time. I originally wanted to go with Bantou Zhao. Let them walk for a while, and after everyone separates, I will come back to find you. We followed your instructions and went to Ye County first, only to find that there was no one there and it had become an empty city! "

Xu Zhenying frowned, looking panicked, "Do you know where they went?"

"We don't know what the situation is."

"Are there any signs of fighting in the city? Or are there signs of the city gate being stormed?"

Ming Xiaoshuang recalled carefully and then shook his head, "It doesn't look like it to me. From my guess, I think they seemed to have left by themselves. Maybe they saw that we hadn't returned yet, and there was no food in the city. I don't know for sure. They're coming for us."

Xu Zhenying felt annoyed and remorseful, and felt a little regretful, "If I had known this, I should have gone back home directly, and my grandmother and little sister would not have been heard from at all. They are a group of old, weak women and children, with no ability to protect themselves. What should I do if I meet a bandit nearby?"

Ming Xiaoshuang comforted him: "Girl, the matter has come to an end, there is no other way. I see that you have strong troops now, so why not send some people to look nearby? They are not walking fast, and they may be wandering in the mountains somewhere. There is hope of finding them. It's still very big." Xu Zhenying nodded, "I have sent people to look for it, but Jinzhou is close to Qianzhou and is full of mountains. Even though it is nearby, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Ming Xiaoshuang was silent. Although he was on a mission, he had been with these people for a long time and lived and died together, so he naturally developed a different kind of friendship.Especially Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Xu, they were very kind to him and really treated him as a senior.

Now that this large group of people are missing, Ming Xiaoshuang is also anxious and angry.

"What happened next? Do you know about Prince Ming's rebellion?"

"Prince Ming rebelled?" Ming Xiaoshuang was shocked, "When did this happen? Why did he suddenly rebel despite being so good? What about Miss Fang?"

"Now this notice has been posted everywhere, but you have been rushing in the mountains and forests, and the news has lagged behind. We only found out about it when we arrived in Lan County. Not only that, the little emperor also asked various vassal kings to come to the capital to escort him. This week I’m afraid the court is going to be in chaos.”

Xu Zhenying lowered his voice, "The notice said that Prince Ming claimed that his fiancée's family was killed by Uncle Zhu Guo, and he marched north in the name of avenging his fiancée and siding with the Qing Dynasty."

Ming Xiaoshuang was stunned, and then she reacted like lightning in her mind, "Miss Fang is clearly here in good health, why does Prince Ming insist that they are dead?"

Thinking of the night when the bandits attacked, Ming Xiaoshuang felt a chill go down his back, "Girl, you mean...Prince Ming shouted "Catch a thief"? The bandit that night was actually him..."

Xu Zhenying made a "silence" gesture, and Ming Xiaoshuang immediately shut up, but her heart was like a mirror, "No wonder I asked Fang Ruyu, but she still refused to reveal anything. This girl is really... I don't know what to say." Whether she was stupid or brave, she went on the road alone, but she was lucky. When I met her, all her belongings were robbed by the refugees, and she was almost dragged into being a two-legged sheep."

Xu Zhenying was startled, remembering how he had just seen Fang Ruyu, his eyes were unfocused and he was a little dull, obviously he was greatly frightened.

A weak woman goes on the road alone, and there are all rogues outside. You can imagine what she will encounter.

"I was still wondering why she traveled alone. Ask her, but she just cried and said nothing, saying that she was going to Qiongzhou. I could tell at a glance that she had probably sneaked out, and I thought she was going to find her lover... Okay I made a decisive decision and tied her up for her safety, otherwise if I let her go, it would affect all of us!"

But no, if Prince Ming knew that these people were still alive, he would definitely use evil hands to eradicate them.

Ming Xiaoshuang still thought of all the entanglements and was a little scared. She couldn't help but cursed: "Idiot! What an idiot! I don't know what she grew up on, how could she be so stupid? If this were my daughter , I really want to strangle her to death."

"Thank you for sending her back, otherwise Uncle Fang and Mrs. Fang would be anxious to death."

Ming Xiaoshuang shook his head, "It's all a coincidence, and it also saved us. We must let the Fang family take good care of this young lady later, and never let her die again. If this happens again, don't blame us for being ruthless. We can only get rid of all the Fang family members."

However, Xu Zhenying did not answer and continued to ask: "What about Bantou Zhao and the others?"

"After we left together that night, we originally wanted to find a city to settle down first. Who knew that after walking for a few days and nights, we met only refugees and bandits, and the only Huaxian County we encountered closed the city gates and did not allow anyone to enter or exit. Even if We showed our identities and were driven away." Ming Xiaoshuang said, a little self-deprecating, "I am a good deportee, but I am really useless. We had no way to enter the city to resupply, and we soon ran out of ammunition and food, so someone suggested that We went back to look for the girl, saying that she was very capable, and we couldn’t even make a living by following her. All in all, the team was disengaged. Later, we had no choice but to hide in an uninhabited village for two days, and unexpectedly we ran into a group of hundreds of people. As refugees, we were beaten and fled, so I took the opportunity to go to Lan County to find the girl to join us."

Ming Xiaoshuang clasped his fists, his eyes sparkling, and his tone was sincere: "Girl, I don't intend to go back to Bianjing City. Even if we don't meet that wave of refugees, I will find a way to come back to you! In the future, I will Ming Xiaoshuang." This life belongs to the girl, and I will not hesitate to ask for it!"

Xu Qingying hurriedly helped Ming Xiaoshuang up. Xu Zhenying was deeply moved by the fact that someone had gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers to defect. What's more, Ming Xiaoshuang gave up everything in Bianjing City and defected to a woman with no future like her. When she was in trouble, she became even more sad. See the truth.

"Brother Ming, I am really happy and touched that you are back. To be honest, my place is still in turmoil now. Although it seems that I own Lan County now and can control 6000 to [-] people under my command, this city is What I robbed, if the imperial court frees up its hands to suppress the bandits, then we can only give up Lan County, and maybe they will give us the name of bandits. It is really precarious. In this case, you still Being able to surrender to me without hesitation really makes me...ah...how virtuous and capable I am..."

Xu Zhenying's eyes were slightly red.

Ming Xiaoshuang also felt excited, feeling that all the hardships he had endured along the way were worth it, and that it was worth abandoning everything in Bianjing City.

He always feels that it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is not easy to provide help in times of need.

From his observation, Xu Zhenying now has many capable people around him, and it is only through his friendship with selling soap that he can make Xu Zhenying treat him differently.

Now that he has made a bet, he will make a big bet. He knows that Xiaoshuang wants to put all his wealth and life on it, betting that Xu Zhenying will give him a future!
"Girl, when I follow you, I feel at ease and hopeful. It's not as good as me doing it."

"In this case, I won't be polite. Again, I can't guarantee you any future. I can only guarantee that you will follow me and you will never suffer." Xu Zhenying happily accepted Ming Xiaoshuang's return. Ming Xiaoshuang She has a flexible mind, can advance and retreat, can be ruthless at critical moments, and cooperates with her tacitly, making her even more powerful than a tiger.

"Girl..." Ming Xiaoshuang remembered that everyone around him was called City Lord Xu Zhenying, so he changed his title as the locals did, "City Lord, when I entered the city just now, I saw a high platform at the city gate, and there was a dog-headed guillotine on the high platform. Why, it's about to see blood. ?"

"You came just in time. There is a big show going on tomorrow." Xu Zhenying patted his shoulder with a smile, "But it's too late today. I asked the fourth aunt to clean up the room for you. You have a good night's rest first. Tomorrow Come early in the morning and I will tell you in detail about the situation in our Lan County."

Ming Xiaoshuang cupped his fists and accepted the order.

Although he was exhausted both physically and mentally, Ming Xiaoshuang was unwilling to rest. Not to mention Xu Zhenying, as a subordinate, he had to grasp the situation in Lan County as soon as possible, otherwise there would not necessarily be a place for him among the many talented people here.

So, when Xu Dechi led him to the room, he asked sideways about the situation in the city.

Xu Dechi also knew that Ming Xiaoshuang held an unusual position in Xu Zhenying's mind, so he basically told everything he knew.

It didn't take long for Ming Xiaoshuang to learn about the food crisis in Lan County. He also knew that Xu Zhenying had arranged production, city defense, logistics, sanitation and other tasks in one day. He also knew that the dog-headed guillotine was here to frighten the wealthy households in the city.

There will probably be blood tomorrow.

However, on the way to exile, Ming Xiaoshuang had killed countless people. In the first few nights, he would still have nightmares, but after a while, he would stop thinking about anything and fall asleep.

Today, he is more sharp and sharp than he was in Bianjing City.

A knife that has seen blood will naturally be unusual.

Ming Xiaoshuang listened to what Xu Dechi said while observing the city of Lan County.

It was dark at night, and the long street was almost deserted, except for the occasional footsteps of patrolling soldiers.

Farther away there was a woman's laughter.

If Xu Zhenying hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have known that this was a city that had just been captured.

In one day, five thousand refugees were settled, which shows Xu Zhenying's ability.

Ming Xiaoshuang once again felt that he had made the right bet.

Now in troubled times, all the vassal kings are gathering in Bianjing City. There is no chance for him to make contributions, so he might as well follow Xu Zhenying!
He had a strong feeling that Xu Zhenying would definitely do something unattainable for ordinary people!
Tomorrow, it's time for Ming Xiaoshuang to make his debut again!

Before dawn the next day, as soon as the rooster crowed, the county government office lights came on.

When Jiang Yongkang, Xu Yinxi, Feng'er, Mo Jinchun and others arrived, Xu Zhenying had already finished a set of military boxing. She was covered in sweat and did not shy away from others, wiping her face with a handkerchief.

Xu Yinxi had proposed to select one or two hard-working girls from the refugees to take care of her, but unfortunately Xu Zhenying rejected it and only considered selecting a woman to manage the household chores.

When everyone arrived, they found that Ming Xiaoshuang had already arrived.

He was the first to arrive, so he should be at the front.

When Mo Jinchun saw everyone's expressions were expressionless, he realized that Ming Xiaoshuang had an unusual status in their circle. Could it be that he was Miss Xu's favorite?