Princess Fuyao

Chapter 19
Grain is cheap in summer, so the Tartars buy more from here, and they probably have reserves. The early winter of this year is very peaceful, or in other words, there is a lot of rain in summer, the grass is good on the Tartars, and there are enough reserves in winter, so not many people come to harass them.

It was a rare and peaceful winter, but there was a bit of restless commotion in the barracks. General Guo's big tent was much more heavily guarded than before.Even Fuyao was severely warned not to leave the barracks privately, even Mu Xiu was not allowed to run around.

Fuyao was worried about her sister, but Guo Bin ordered someone to put her in jail, so she couldn't go out, so she could only sigh. Fortunately, Ji Zheng just came over once and said that everything was fine, so she felt a little relieved.

And there is no war, why so alert?Fuyao was still puzzled, General Guo transferred her to the big tent.Guo Bin, Chen Qiangrui, Han Chen, He Zhihui, Huang He and more than a dozen elites from the junior team went with them.They are responsible for the security of General Guo's big tent. Every day, two people stand guard at the door, and the two move around outside to watch every two hours.

Fuyao had no contact with the upper-level generals in the barracks.Naturally, she couldn't get any valuable information. The people around her were all obsessed with martial arts, and no one spread gossip.

This time, something happened to the Chinese army.A general fell ill and died.In a military camp of tens of thousands of people, birth, old age, sickness and death are normal, no one thinks it is special, but soon, it was reported that he did not carry out the orders sent by the marshal's tent, and there were rumors that he secretly sold food and embezzled military pay , and finally turned it over and said that he reported someone who embezzled military pay and sold food secretly.

Fu Yao was shocked, last year someone revealed the affairs of the military, and the court was shocked by it. It has been almost a year, those corrupt officials have probably stabilized their position and are about to be liquidated.

General Guo is a man of righteousness, and he just returned to the capital last autumn. He is the most suspected, no wonder he is so heavily guarded.Fuyao reckoned that there might be traitors or traitors around General Guo, that's why he transferred the youth team members to his side. These children were selected one by one by him, and they were more trusted.

Unexpectedly, this year the Tartars did not make trouble, but something happened inside the northern Xinjiang camp.

Fuyao even sleeps with his ears up. No matter how strict General Guo's defense is, he can't stop his opponent from planting him and forcing a breakthrough to strangle him.The sale of military rations this year caused such a commotion, but Marshal He did not take any precautionary measures, and no one was dealt with after the incident. This was shocking, and it was suspected that he was the big boss of corruption in Northern Xinjiang.

However, Marshal He had a very good reputation in the past. He took over the Northern Xinjiang camp from the former king of Zhenbei and managed it like a railroad. He has been here for more than ten years. How could he suddenly change his temperament?

Doubts followed one after another, but Fuyao was unable to analyze and judge because he could not obtain the central data.

She is only 13 years old, so she can't act too shocking. Fortunately, there are generals Guo and Shang in the northern camp, and they can still hold on.

When it was the usual holiday, Ji Zhenggang came to look for his daughter, Yao Lan came and brought Ji Yaoming along.When Mrs. Lu returned to her natal family, she had nothing, and she ate for free at her cousin's house every day. She was still very greedy, and soon became unpopular. Although my cousin didn't welcome this cousin, it was still acceptable. After all, uncle In addition to giving the cousin a dowry, he also gave him part of the family property.

But his wife, Qi, couldn't bear it any longer. She first pointed at Sang and scolded Huai to drive him away, and then she refused to give him food, so Lu cried to his cousin.The cousin faced constant fighting at home every day, and was very troubled, so he simply found a job, and he would not go home for a month, and let the woman make trouble.

Lu knew that there would be such a day sooner or later, she was also thinking of a way, and at this time, she just found a way.That is to marry Yaolan and fill in the house for a man in his forties.That man has two men and one woman, from a wealthy family, originally he didn't want Yao Lan to be so young, but the Lu family asked him to take him to see Yao Lan, and the man couldn't let go of this alluring beauty anymore.

By the time Yaolan found out, it was already too late, and the Lu family accepted the generous dowry from that man and fixed the wedding date.

Seeing this, the cousin's daughter-in-law pretended to be a good person. Anyway, in the future, this family will not eat her for nothing. She just borrowed a place for Lu to marry her daughter.

Knowing that Yaolan has a strong temper, Lu's sent Ji Yaoming to watch over her sister every day, fearing that she would seek death.Yaolan was originally an idea. After two days of trouble, she pretended to agree to her mother, and said that marrying a rich man is much better than her sisters. with him.Yaoming asked Fuyao to tell him that he was a useless person, afraid that in the future he would starve to death, freeze to death, and be left alone. Yaolan's words made him very comfortable, and the surveillance of his sister was not so strict.

Yaolan asked Mr. Lu for money, either to go to the street to buy clothes or eat snacks. Mr. Lu's vigilance gradually decreased. Finally, Yaolan stole the 20 taels of silver as a dowry from Mrs. Lu and found an escort agency that was betting on grain and going north. , Lightning sent himself and Yao Ming to the barracks.

Ji Zhenggang was very worried that his wife would end up in the capital.If there is not so much money to repay Yaolan's money, what can the Lu family do?He had been worried about Fuyao, but now that his son had arrived, Ji Zhenggang frowned even more.

Seeing that Fuyao couldn't leave, Ji Zhenggang sighed and left.

"What's the matter with your father?" Chen Qiangrui asked Fuyao.

"Alas—" There is such a confused old woman, her father is only in his early thirties, his face is covered with wrinkles, he looks like he is 50 or [-] years old, Fuyao is very helpless.

"My mother came home without food and clothing, and wanted to marry my sister to an old man, who was ten years older than my father. My sister ran over with her younger brother, and my father was very worried."

Chen Qiangrui frowned, unable to do anything for a moment.

Guo Bin and Fuyao like to be tidy. General Guo has a large tent, and outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission, so they clean and tidy up. Usually, Guo Bin tidies up the desks, teapots, cups, etc. inside. Most of the time, General Guo does not Reading is to study maps, and sometimes to read books at the desk.

On this day, General Guo seemed to be tired, so he raised his hand, beckoned them over, pointed at the map, and tortured them to see if they understood.Recently, General Guo arranged for them to learn to recognize maps and simple formations.

Fuyao was not used to seeing this kind of map at the beginning, but now she has gradually gotten used to it. She pointed to the map, here is a mountain, and there is a river.

"General, from the map, after passing the city wall, there are many mountains in the territory of the Tartars, and then there is the prairie, and there are mountains after that, just like a basin."

"Basin?" General Guo was taken aback, then laughed, "Oh, it really looks like a big basin, this is a huge basin, hehe"

Fuyao was close, and there was a faint smell of bitter almonds in General Guo's breath.

Fuyao's heart trembled, she remembered that organic compounds with benzene rings, that is, aromatic hydrocarbons, all have this smell.And most of them are poisonous.General Guo's food was the same as theirs, why was he poisoned?
Fuyao intentionally moved closer to General Guo: "Oh, general, the territory of the Tartars, this mountain range is not far from our camp. If we ambush here and attack us, it's really terrible."

General Guo looked down at the map, and the breath of his breath was right next to Fuyao's face. The faint smell of bitter almonds was indeed exhaled by him. Only then will it explode.

"16 years ago, King Zhenbei used the Tatars to set up camp here and launched a counter-surprise attack on them. That time blood flowed into rivers in the valley, and the Tatars suffered heavy losses. Up to now, they refuse to garrison troops there anymore, hahaha—— —”

Fuyao looked inside the big tent, there was a military adviser over there, and a book office was processing documents, and here were General Guo, her and Guo Bin.

"General, there seems to be a mountain peak drawn on the map." Fuyao pointed at the map.

"No!" General Guo said with a smile.

"Yes." Fuyao winked at Guo Bin.

"General, are you dazzled?" General Guo was in his forties, and at the age of dazzled, he took a map suspiciously and walked a few steps towards the door of the tent.

"General, someone poisoned you, I can smell it." Fuyao said in a very low voice.Both General Guo and Guo Bin had excellent hearing, and their faces immediately became solemn.

"Guo Bin, the general's breath smells of bitter almonds, very light."

General Guo breathed out at his nephew, and Guo Bin's brows immediately became tangled.

"Hahaha, let me just say, the map is dirty, and there are no mountains. I have looked at this map for decades, and I have remembered it in my heart." General Guo smiled and said loudly.

Guo Bin motioned to Fuyao, and followed General Guo, he turned around and left the big tent.

That night, a small group of Tartars sneaked over the city wall, but they didn't want to sneak into General Guo's defense area. During the fierce battle, the Tartars ran for their lives in all directions, and one of them got into General Guo's tent, killing one person and two people. Injuried.

General Guo was one of the two wounded, and the camp in northern Xinjiang was shaken.

"General Guo is sick and can't exert his strength. He is reluctant to leave the barracks, fearing that something will happen, so he gritted his teeth and persisted. Otherwise, even ten or eight Tartars would not be able to get close to him." Chen Shenjiang's eyes were red from crying.

The level of military doctors in Daying in Northern Xinjiang is limited. General Guo will be sent back to the capital for treatment after his blood stops.

Fearing that there would be a mistake in the barracks, the task of escorting General Guo was given to the Youth Team, and all 24 of them returned to Beijing.

Chen Qiangrui told Guo Bin about Fuyao's family affairs, and asked to bring Ji Yaoming and Ji Yaolan with him: "The Guo family has many manors, it's easy to arrange an errand for your sister and brother, don't worry."

Seeing that Fuyao was still worried, Chen Qiangrui said in relief: "The boss said it's okay, don't you believe what he said?"

After all, Guo Bin is a child of the Guo family. When he was a child, he was orphaned and widowed, and he was an offshoot. He had no status in the family. Since he learned martial arts, he was sent to northern Xinjiang by the head of the Guo family, the eldest brother of General Guo, and his words carried a lot of weight. Now, the widowed mother has been properly arranged, not to mention food and clothing, and there are two waiters around her.

Guo Bin once said this to Fuyao, and hearing what Chen Qiangrui said, Fuyao felt a little relieved.

Chen Qiangrui ran to inform Ji Zhenggang and asked them to wait on the way back.

General Guo had a knife wound on his body. He was afraid that the carriage would jolt and open the wound. The schedule was relatively slow, and he only walked more than 100 miles a day. Ji Yaolan and Ji Yaoming could still keep up.

On the third day, they had to cross a canyon. Guo Bin was afraid that the journey would be too fast and it would be bad for the general's health, so he found an inn on this side of the canyon to rest.

Fuyao saw that he led Huang He and others on horseback into the canyon to explore the way, while Chen Qiangrui led the rest of the people and stood guard beside General Guo.

The small inn in the town was a courtyard house, and they were the only guests. Seeing that the house was spacious, Fuyao asked for a single room for her sister, and she also took the opportunity to take a shower there.

Xiao Er was very diligent, and the hot water was delivered quickly. Probably afraid of the water splashing on his body, he spread his arms slightly to keep the wooden bucket away from his body.

Yao Ming helped guard the door, and Fu Yao asked her elder sister to help her rub her back. She felt that her whole body seemed to have been peeled off, and her muscles and bones stretched.

"Chou Yaoming, if he can stand up, I won't be punished." Fu Yao complained secretly in his heart.

The clerk in the store is very powerful. He just took out a wooden basin of dirty water with his arms stretched out.

Guo Bin's room was next to General Guo's. When Fuyao passed by, he had already returned from the canyon. When he saw his brows furrowed, he knew that the canyon was not easy.

"Is the road rough?"

"No, I smell bandits."

Fuyao walked to the window, looked out carefully, turned his head and said with a smile: "Hehe, what kind of bandit dares to rob us? Isn't that the birthday man who hanged himself, because he thinks his life is too long?"

Guo Bin's paralyzed face remained unchanged. Huang He, Han Chen, and others behind him all frowned. It seemed that the situation was really not optimistic.

When it was dark, another group of merchants came to the inn, saying that they had lost their way and were going to Qianjiazhai, but ended up here.In order to save money, they only reserved three rooms. The men probably got tired from walking and didn't wash up. After dinner, they got into the house and went to sleep.

The next day, at about the end of Yin time, when the winter weather was the darkest and coldest, this group of merchants got up and clamored for the innkeeper to arrange cooking. After they ate, they pushed their wheelbarrows away.

Guo Bin and the others slept until dawn, washing and eating, but saw Fuyao rushing over angrily.

"What happened?" Chen Qiangrui asked with concern.

"My brother, my brother is gone." Fuyao said anxiously, Yao Lan also disguised herself as a man, so at this moment, she can only be called her brother.

"Ah?" Everyone hurriedly looked around, but there was nothing, including the small bundle that Ji Yaolan was carrying on her arm.

"It must be the grain dealers."

It was he who suggested Fuyao to bring his siblings. Chen Qiangrui was very anxious and looked at Guo Bin beggingly.

Guo Bin's face was as ugly as it could be.

Fuyao is very sad, whether it is her sister or General Guo, she wants to protect it well, now because of her own family's trivial matter, it has affected the overall situation.

Chen Qiangrui carefully discussed with Guo Bin: "Fuyao and I will chase after him on horseback. It shouldn't take long. We will chase for an hour. If we can't catch up, then forget it."

"Alright! Cheng Kerang, Lian Hui, Liu Gang, He Zhihui, the four of you, follow Chen Qiangrui and Fuyao to find her brother! When you come back, go directly from the east, turn over the red stone hill, and us Meet up." Guo Bin ordered decisively.

Fuyao was so moved that he pulled Yaoming onto the horse.

There were still pedestrians on the road, they couldn't gallop on horseback, but their speed was not slow. The group of traders only walked for an hour, and it took them less than a quarter of an hour to catch up.

Ji Yaolan actually walked behind that group of people with a bundle on her shoulders.

"Yaolan!"

Yaolan's complexion changed drastically, and she hid among the grain vendors in horror: "Yeah, I wanted to tell you, but I was afraid that you would not agree. This is from my brother-in-law's family. I don't want to go to the capital, I want to Go to Zhang's house with them, I have agreed, find something to do in Zhang's house, or go to my uncle."

Yao Ming also recognized the leader of the grain dealer, he got off his horse and said, "Fifth Brother Zhang, you didn't call me either."

Fuyao's face was livid with anger, she reined the horse suddenly: "Brother Qiang Rui, let's go back!"

Chen Qiangrui hesitated and said, "This way..."

"Don't care about them, do whatever you like!"

Chen Qiangrui walked up to the leader of the grain seller: "Show me your way!"

The man was still a little unhappy, but Chen Qiangrui kicked a bowl-sized tree on the side of the road, and heard a click.

The grain sellers all changed color, and quickly took out the guide.

Chen Qiangrui looked at it carefully, and handed it back, "Listen, take the person back to me and arrange them properly. After we have dealt with the matter at hand, we will go back to pick up the person. If there is any problem, I will ask you."

"Little hero, no problem, we will send him back safely."

"That's the only way!" Chen Qiangrui said comfortingly to Fuyao, and they rode back, Yaolan pulled Yaoming, looked at Fuyao's figure on horseback, she couldn't see at all, so she turned away wiping her tears.

Besides, Guo Bin and the others walked slowly towards the canyon after eating.

This canyon is like a slender gourd with a small mouth. The road down is quite wide, and then there are another hundred or ten steps that are very narrow. Because Guo Bin said yesterday that there is gangster spirit, they are very vigilant when they arrive here. Hold the gun in your hand.

As soon as they entered the middle position, they heard a "ping-pong" sound. This was the sound of a crossbow. Everyone hurriedly waved their weapons and pushed aside the arrowheads.

The flying arrows were like locusts, and they couldn't protect the carriage at all. Guo Bin saw that the horse and the carriage were shot like hedgehogs, the blood on the ground flowed, and he rushed out of the canyon with red eyes. He wanted to go up the mountain from the side , to kill the enemy.

The rest of the people followed Guo Bin and ran forward. When they chased to the top of the mountain, those people had already followed the other side of the hill, and they were almost down to the bottom.

Angrily, Guo Bin took out his crossbow and shot down, but unfortunately it was too far away and the aim was not accurate enough, and those people were about to flee desperately.

Suddenly, across from them, several people on horseback came.

It was Fuyao and Chen Qiangrui and their party. They fought desperately against the assassin with their weapons. The opponent didn't love to fight. They whistled and rode away to escape. They had obviously received special training. The whole team was busy and not chaotic. Qiang, Fuyao and Chen Qiangrui originally planned to force one of them to stay, but now seeing that it was impossible, they tried their best to protect their own people and let them run away.

Guo Bin led the crowd down the cliff, dismantled the carriage, made a stretcher to carry the body, and burned the dead horse and the broken carriage together.

The group went back to that town with mournful faces, bought a thin-skinned coffin, found a local guide, traveled a hundred miles eastward, found a temple with a lot of incense, and made a dojo for seven days, and then walked back with the coffin, a month After that, I arrived in the capital.

Guo Bin delivered the coffin to the incarnation field, and when he turned around, he ran into the person sent by General Guo to greet him.

Cheng Kerang cried with snot and tears, and even his eyes were red, he asked Fuyao in a daze, "Is General Guo alive or dead?"

"Of course you live, you fool!"

"Ah? What's going on?" Cheng Kerang jumped up happily, and gave Fuyao a tiger hug. Fortunately, Guo Bin was quick and pulled Fuyao to hide behind him.

(End of this chapter)