Chapter 283 Sitting in Command
Xu Yan's voice was so miserable that it made people feel pity when they heard it.
Yaoyao and Kunkun were both relatively young and kind-hearted, so they felt even more uncomfortable after hearing what they heard.
However, they remembered Lu Sen's teachings, that is, to observe and think more about things, but not to express opinions casually.
Therefore, seeing Xu Yan acting like this, the two men endured the discomfort in their hearts, took two steps back, and then were surrounded by a group of yamen runners and quickly left.
After Yaoyao and Kunkun left, Lu Huiqing walked up to Xu Yan and snorted, "You are smart and know how to ask for help. If those two had asked, I might have really let you go. It's a pity... Master Lu taught them very well. They know what can be done and what cannot be done."
Xu Yan raised his head and looked at Lu Huiqing fiercely: "Don't be complacent, you will always be punished for your murderous and vicious behavior."
"Retribution?" Lu Huiqing laughed. "Before, I also thought that Master Lu asking me to clean you up might shake the people's hearts, but now look around, there are people begging for you. They wish you were dead!"
Xu Yan subconsciously looked around. There were many people watching the show. They were dressed in rags and had numb expressions, but one could always see excitement and pleasure in their eyes after venting their resentment.
Then his body turned cold and he shivered subconsciously.
As one "noble person" after another was liquidated, the public security in Dingzhou City improved greatly.
Especially the Han people, their cohesion is getting stronger and stronger.
The small number of former Xixia people did not have many objections.
Although they are now the discriminated party, their actual life is better than when the Xixia people ruled.
Being scolded a few times was no big deal. After the government settled accounts with each "nobleman", they would take out a portion of the confiscated grain and distribute it to poor families. They treated everyone equally, whether they were Han or Xixia people.
As a result, the originally turbulent Dingzhou became increasingly stable.
After more than two months, the area of Dingzhou had almost completely stabilized.
Lu Huiqing finished today's case files, rubbed his face, and then watched the two girls, Yaoyao and Kunkun, leave the government office full of energy, not looking like they had just worked intensively all day.
Then he shook his head helplessly, thinking that his energy and spirit were not as strong as those of the two young ladies.
Yaoyao and Kunkun arrived at a manor not far from the government office, and then saw Lu Sen chatting with Di Qing.
The manor was originally owned by the family named "Li", but almost all the adult men in the family were beheaded, and the women and children were exiled to Jingdong Road.
In fact, to put it simply, it means letting them go back to the vicinity of Bianliang and find a place to start a new life.
This is the mercy of the laws of the Song Dynasty.
Then the vacant Li Mansion became the temporary "commander-in-chief's tent".
Di Qing drank tea and said, "Now the large groups of bandits near the Helan Mountains have been almost wiped out, but the small groups of horse bandits and those elusive martial artists are quite troublesome. Does Master Lu have any solution?"
Lu Sen smiled and said, "Marshal Mu's new army should be almost complete. When the time comes, ask her to assign some men to you."
"As long as there is a way." Di Qing thought for a while and asked, "When will Master Lu lead his army north again, or turn to Xiliang?"
"We have to wait until next year at least." Lu Sen sighed, "I have a bad habit of protecting what I have in my bowl. Helan Mountain is where the Diyi rose to power and where horses are raised. We have firmly occupied it for hundreds or even thousands of years. There will be almost no ."
Di Qing thought for a moment and said, "I understand what Master Lu means."
"And if nothing unexpected happens, the military commander of Baima Town in the north may come here soon to test our strength."
Hearing this, Di Qing smiled and said, "Leave it to me. I have always wanted to fight against the main force of the Xixia army in the north."
"Well, I'll leave it to General Di." Lu Sen said with a smile, "If you have any questions, about military equipment and logistics, just let me know."
After saying that, Di Qing left excitedly. Judging from his appearance, he had been holding it in for a long time and had been wanting to find someone to fight.
In fact, it was mainly because those roaming underworld people made me too sick. The terrain in Xixia was complex, and it was difficult for a large army to hunt down a small group of highly mobile organizations. I couldn't hit them if I wanted to, and I couldn't catch up with them. They were like flies buzzing around me, which was extremely annoying.
After seeing Di Qing leave, Yaoyao and Kunkun came over quickly and asked happily, "Master, we have finished our work for today. Let's go for a walk in the city together."
Women all love shopping.
Lu Sen shook his head: "You two go, and call your Jinhua mistress."
"Master, aren't you going?"
"I have to stay here and not wander around."
"Master doesn't have to do much work, just sit and drink tea every day." Kunkun said coquettishly, "Just come with us for a walk."
At this time, Yang Jinhua came out from the backyard and said, "You two little girls, don't bother your master. The three of us can go shopping."
"Wouldn't it be better if we asked Master to come over?" Kun Kun said somewhat disappointedly.
"Don't think that the master sits there every day. His importance is much higher than all of us." Yang Jinhua pulled the two girls away and explained, "He is like the head of the family. When he comes home, he doesn't have to do anything. He just sits there and drinks tea, and the whole family will be settled and there will be no chaos."
The two girls seemed to understand but not quite.
In fact, although Yang Jinhua’s metaphor is more vivid, there are still some differences.
Now, whether it is Mu Guiying, Di Qing, or even Lu Huiqing, they can work freely because Lu Sen is here.
Lu Sen had to bear all the pressure and all the criticism.
This kind of pressure is very heavy, both internally and externally. Others cannot withstand it and cannot face it directly.
Once Lu Sen left Dingzhou, no matter how powerful Di Qing was on the battlefield, he would feel constrained if he had to fight against the powerful Baima Army in the north.
Don't dare to use too much force.
The reason why Lu Sen sat here and didn't want to move was very simple. It was to tell everyone who was looking here and convey a message: Dingzhou, I'm watching you, don't mess around!
Not long after the three women left, Bai Yuting came again.
His face became much , and he looked very cheerful and energetic: "Master Lu, I have gained some experience. I finally understand the difference between ordinary people's Qi training and immortals' Qi training."
Bai Yutang was also quite qualified, although he was far inferior to Yaoyao and Kunkun, but with the help of the spiritual bricks, he still managed to find the secret of cultivation.
"Congratulations." Lu Sen clasped his fists and said, "Brother Bai, you must find a beautiful place to practice well."
"Let's put this matter aside for now. Next I have to go find the warriors from Xixia and have a good fight."
Lu Sen was stunned for a moment, looked at the other person steadily, and then smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Bai."
Bai Yutang said nothing, just clasped his fists and left.
He said he was demonstrating, but in fact he was trying to find a way to help Lu Sen solve the problem of those Xixia warriors.
If it were an ordinary person, after having acquired the cultivation method and the spiritual bricks, he would have hidden himself away long ago. It would be strange if he did not practice until the end of time.
But Bai Yuting is different. He values loyalty and wants to repay favors.
There was no one around, and Lu Sen was bored. He began to sip his tea and look through past case files, reading each case as a story.
It feels like a retiring civil servant in the future.
After seven days, Mu Guiying came over. She smiled and said, "Sen'er, I have trained those people like soldiers. They should be able to go into battle next."
Lu Sen took out the military order he had prepared earlier, and then took out the tiger talisman from the system backpack, stamped it, and said, "Those grasshoppers jumping all over the ground will be left to Marshal Mu to deal with."
Looking at the military order in her hand, Mu Guiying smiled happily: "It feels like a dream back to the time before I got married. I was like this back then, leading a group of brothers and sisters from the village to fight in the martial arts world. Until I met Zongbao."
Her face was full of nostalgia, then she sighed and left.
The excitement from before is a little less.
Then, Mu Guiying led this group of trained "special forces" and killed all the horse bandits and gangsters near the Helan Mountains in just two months, making them tremble with fear.
It has greatly stabilized the public security in the Helan Mountain area.
The reputation of these people even spread to the Khitan and Song territories. Because this new army had a habit of tying a red ribbon behind their weapons, they were also called the "Red Satin Army" by outsiders, but in fact their official name was the "Tiger Wing Camp."
It means to add wings to a tiger!
When Lu Sen was in charge of the Helan Mountains, the situation on the Khitan side was also quite interesting.
Both the "Xiao" Kingdom and the former Khitan Kingdom showed a temporary balance.
The two sides attacked and defended each other, but there was no expansion or reduction of territory for the time being.
In the Linhuang Palace, Yelu Hongji kept coughing. He couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hands, but after he finally stopped coughing, he stretched out his hand and saw bright red blood foam in his palm.
He took a deep breath, his expression extremely gloomy.
At this time, the eunuch standing by saw it, was horrified, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Oh no, the emperor is coughing up blood again, go and get the imperial physician."
Soon, the imperial doctors came hurriedly, and after taking Yelu Hongji's pulse, they all prostrated themselves on the ground.
Yelu Hongji said: "Can't I stop coughing up blood?"
"Your Majesty, you have a fever caused by excessive fatigue." One of the imperial doctors said, "Reed stem soup can cure it, but Your Majesty, you don't rest and sleep less than two hours a day. The disease keeps recurring, and we can't do anything about it."
In fact, Yelu Hongji just had common pneumonia. For the ancient people at that time, this kind of pneumonia could be fatal if not treated properly. But for the rich and powerful, as long as they hired a doctor with some experience, he could be cured.
But Yelu Hongji doesn't sleep much.
He smiled bitterly, waved his hand and said, "Go down and boil the medicine."
Several imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.
Next to the desk was the bed. Yelu Hongji walked over and lay down for a while, but he could not fall asleep no matter how hard he tried. He looked at the sky outside and it seemed to be dawn. He stood up, casually put on a piece of clothing, and said, "Go prepare the dragon chariot, take Captain Zhou and two hundred imperial guards with you, I want to go to the Xiao Mansion."
The father-in-law did it immediately.
About half an hour later, Yelu Hongji left the palace and came to the Xiao Mansion.
He asked the imperial guards to protect the Xiao Mansion, and he went straight in and saw the small "immortal resort".
In the dim morning light, behind a wooden fence, there are beautiful flowers and plants, as well as fluttering butterflies.
This is a beautiful scenery that can only be found in the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River, but it can also be seen here.
He coughed and shouted, "Queen, I'm here to see you."
After a while, a sound came from inside. The small wooden house creaked open and Xiao Rongrong, wearing a long dress, walked out.
She had not dressed up or washed, but even so, she had the pure beauty of a woman's nature.
Yelu Hongji looked a little dazed. In fact, he hadn't seen his queen for nearly half a year.
"Your Majesty, what brings you here?" Xiao Rongrong opened the wooden door of the fence and smiled, "And it's so early in the morning."
Yelu Hongji felt a little embarrassed. As he walked inside , he said, "I couldn't sleep in the palace, so I thought of coming to your place to try."
As soon as he entered, he felt relaxed all over. He didn't know if it was an illusion or if it really had such a magical effect.
Xiao Rongrong was a little surprised. She wanted to refuse, but seeing Yelu Hongji's tired face and dark circles under his eyes, she couldn't help but soften her heart and said, "Then please go into the small room and lie down, Your Majesty."
Yelu Hongji breathed a sigh of relief, but in fact he was still a little afraid that the other party would refuse.
The wooden bed in the cabin is very small, just right for one person.
Yelu Hongji lay down impatiently. In just a few breaths, he fell asleep and began to snore softly.
Xiao Rongrong shook her head helplessly. She sat on a chair outside and sat quietly. She actually felt a sense of peace.
Then she looked into the hut, listened to the man's snoring, and couldn't help muttering, "It would be nice if it could be like this forever."
After all, a night of love is worth a hundred days of grace. Women are more loyal and it is not so easy for them to forget their men.
Yelu Hong wanted to sleep longer, but less than two hours later, a eunuch came over and said to Xiao Rongrong through the fence: "Madam, can you wake up the emperor? Something big has happened."
Xiao Rongrong was well aware of the importance of national affairs. She immediately went into the small room and woke Yelu Hongji up.
Yelu Hongji was a little unhappy when he woke up.
In the past six months or so, he finally managed to fall asleep once. However, before he had enough sleep, he was woken up, feeling a little angry and impatient.
But Xiao Rongrong said: "Eunuch Wang is outside. He said that he needs to inform the emperor if there is anything important."
Yelu Hongji stood up immediately. He knew very well that if it wasn't for a really big event, Eunuch Wang would never dare to wake him up like this.
So he hurriedly got up and returned to the palace with his guards.
Not long after Yelu Hongji left, the women came, and as usual, they brought a lot of food and fun things.
A group of women are having a great time here.
A woman found an opportunity and asked, "Empress Xiao, Master Lu has already conquered Dingzhou of Western Xia. When do you think he will come here to pick you up?"
Hmm? Xiao Rongrong was a little puzzled.
"When the time comes, please don't forget me. You must take me with you and leave to serve Master Lu."
Hmm? Xiao Rongrong was almost stunned by fear. How could this happen suddenly?
