Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 30 Do you want to know about our father?

Yinniang brought back two people from Baisha City last night.

Han Shimei was worried about her son's safety, so she asked her personal guard Huang Dafu and a night watchman named Qu Tong to come back with her adopted daughter to protect her precious son.

Qu Tong is a miscellaneous man. He doesn't know whether he is a Turkic or a Uighur, nor does he know how old he is, but he looks only 23 or [-] years old.

He was born in a den of horse thieves and brought up in the Night's Watch.

More than ten years ago, the night watch team wiped out a group of horse thieves and spared his life when they saw that he was still a child.

But the eight or nine-year-old boy couldn't survive in the vast sea. Seeing that the night watchman was about to leave, he was driven by a strong desire to survive, and he held on to Chen Lushuai's saddle tightly and never let go.

Chen Lvshuai softened his heart and brought him back.

Washing and cooking, washing and feeding horses, doing everything like a slave bought from the market, the night watchmen saw that he was very sensible, taught him martial arts in their spare time, and even took him to hunt horse thieves.

Unknowingly, more than ten years have passed, and he has changed from a child who can't even speak Tang Mandarin to a brave and skilled warrior, and he has naturally become a night watchman that everyone envies.

He saved Huang Dafu's life when fighting against Cao Duman and other rebels from the Yele tribe.

Not to mention how grateful Huang Dafu is, he is about the same age as him, not to mention how close we are to him, and they are also good half-brothers!
Han Ping'an and Yinniang matched the code with the two guards inside, climbed over the wall and entered the inner house from the agreed position, only to see Qu Tong standing quietly behind Huang Dafu, embarrassed as he was when they met last night forward.

"Master, Ding Er from the post house helped you find the man, but the old man didn't come, and a younger one came."

"I'm looking for the small one, what about others?"

"Looking at the murals on the wall in the front yard that's losing color."

"I'm going to take a shower and change clothes. You can take him to the west courtyard later."

"Ok."

Huang Dafu was not in a hurry to call for someone, and while following Han Ping'an and the others to the west courtyard, he said eagerly: "Master, those clothes, armor and weapons you want were brought by Mr. Chen hidden in the fodder. But those friends of yours only need clothes and armor and don’t want weapons, so they say that horizontal knives are not easy to use.”

Han Ping'an stopped in his tracks and muttered, "What's wrong with you, you're still picking and choosing."

Huang Dafu had been a bodyguard of the Han family for several years and was not qualified to enter the West Courtyard. He was really jealous of those Turkic people who lived in the West Courtyard as soon as they came, and could not help suing: "They not only think that the horizontal knife is not easy to use , and made a mess in the yard."

It was the first time for Gu Sili's gang of brats to come to the city, they didn't know anything, and they hadn't even lived in a house before.

Han Pingan weighed it and said with a smile: "Da Fu, Qu Tong, I'll leave them to you two, teach them well, and teach them the rules."

"Will they listen to us?"

"If you don't obey, use your fist to make them listen. You can't fight, isn't there a twist?"

"You can really fight!"

"Of course you will be hit if you don't obey, Qu Tong, it's up to you, show them some color, and beat them until they are convinced."

Qu Tong is not very good at talking, but he is very good at fighting, so he couldn't help laughing: "No!"

Han Pingan thought about it and smiled again: "From now on, you two will be the deputy of the action team. Train them well for me. If they are disobedient, you can not only beat them, but also fine them money and food."

Huang Dafu asked curiously: "Master, what does the action team do?"

"I won't be able to tell you clearly in a while, but it's very powerful anyway, even stronger than the night watch team You Yi team."

"Then do Qu Tong and I have any money?"

"You are team mates, of course you have. Each of you will start with thirty renminbi a month, and when they have practiced their bone strength, I will raise it to fifty renminbi for you."

"Thank you, master, you are very kind."

"You're welcome, work hard, I will never treat you badly."

Huang Dafu was so happy that he couldn't help asking: "Then who is our team leader?"

That kid Su Dasushi has been completely led astray, he is good at eating, drinking, playing, tricking and cheating, but it is very unreliable to expect him to do a good job, but he still has to keep this team leader.

Han Ping'an said lightly: "It will take some time for the leader of the team to take up his post. Even if he takes up his post, the action team's affairs should still be dominated by you two."

"So what do we do now?"

"Guard the inner courtyard and the west courtyard, don't let thieves come in, and practice Gu Sili and them by the way. If Xu Shaofu is short of people, you have to go to help."

"promise!"

……

Walking into the west courtyard, Gu Sili and the six of them really messed up the courtyard.

Introduced them to the freshly released "Yellow Team" and "Qu Team", and then kicked them out.

As for whether they will listen to the orders of the "Yellow Team" and "Qu Team", Han Ping'an is not worried. With a "Qu Team" who can fight five, even their boss Su Dasushi has to be honest. .

Yinniang's ears were also quiet, and she was busy fetching and boiling water.

Han Pingan took off his turban, tore off his fake beard, lay down comfortably, and looked at the letter he dug out in the prison father's secret room yesterday afternoon.

"Sanlang..."

"Sister, what's wrong?"

The more Yinniang thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, hesitated for a moment, and summoned up the courage to ask, "Even Gu Sili and the others have money, why don't I have money!"

Han Pingan didn't expect her to ask this question, and suddenly realized that she had been a bodyguard for several years, but she had never been paid any serious wages, only some pocket money during the festivals, and it was mainly for auspiciousness.

Although she usually eats at home, she can make clothes with the cloth at home, and she can go to Li Er for money if she wants to buy something.

Han Ping'an was a little embarrassed, and quickly said: "You are my sister, my money is your money, you can spend it however you want, and you can spend as much as you want."

"Really?"

"What are you lying to?"

"Then where do you hide the money?"

"Buried under the water jar, there are four jars buried in total. I forget how many."

"I'll dig it out and count them later."

"Okay, I will leave it to you in the future, and I will ask you to get the money if I use it."

"Okay, I'll take care of the money from now on."

Although Yinniang really didn't have much to spend money on, she was still very happy when she thought of having money, and smiled rarely.

It turns out that as long as women like money, can it be that only money can make women feel safe...

Seeing her pouring the hot water into the big wooden barrel, and helping her to test whether it was hot or not, Han Pingan couldn't help sighing secretly that money can not only turn ghosts, but also make the old lady who can only kill people serve people .

As usual, take off your clothes and climb into the barrel, and take a comfortable bath.

Yinniang did not know how many times she had seen her, she even saw Sannier rubbing his back more than once, let alone being his sister now, she didn't feel embarrassed.

Afraid that he would splash the letter when he played with water, he tidied it up and asked, "Sanlang, why did you peek at Dad's letter?"

"You think I like to read it. The words are written vertically without even a punctuation mark. It doesn't take much effort to read it, but it doesn't matter how to solve the case."

"Aren't the characters written vertically?" Yinniang muttered, and then asked: "What does our father's correspondence with other people have to do with the case?"

Han Ping'an leaned on the edge of the barrel and explained with a smile: "It has a lot to do with it. Let's put it this way, everything we encountered happened in the past few days, but if you want to solve the case, you can't just focus on the past few days.

In terms of time, we have to figure out what happened to Yele at least in the past two years.

In terms of space, we should not only focus on Yele and Baisha City, but also... To be precise, we should think of Guishu and even Chang'an, and we should focus on the entire four towns of Anxi and even the entire Tang Dynasty. "

The more Yinniang listened, the more confused she became, so she helped him find clean clothes, sat by the bucket and held her chin, and said, "But it has nothing to do with Dad's letter."

"It doesn't matter why, think about it, what have we been busy with in the past few years, let alone the matter of Guishu and Chang'an, we don't even know about the affairs of Juncheng and Tuncheng. But by reading these letters, we can know A lot of things we didn't notice before, and things we wouldn't have known if we had paid attention."

"Then you understand now?"

"I know a lot. Although it is not very comprehensive, it is enough."

"Then who wants to harm you and our father?"

"I probably guessed the reason, and even locked down a few suspects, but now it doesn't look like it. But now we have the initiative, give them a two-pronged approach, and we should be able to find out what's going on soon. "

"What is a lock?"

"Just doubt."

"Who do you suspect!"

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I can't talk nonsense without evidence." Han Pingan didn't want her to misunderstand, so he simply changed the subject: "Sister, do you want to know about our father?"

Yinniang was really fooled, and asked curiously: "What's the matter with our father?"

Han Pingan beckoned, called her to his side, and said mysteriously: "Don't look at our father hugging Di Lieya every day, it's because he is too empty and lonely, but he is actually very bitter."

Yinniang asked in shock: "Our father is suffering!"

"A man, of course he has to show his strength, but that's only on the surface. Emotionally, he loves my mother deeply and misses my mother. It can be seen from the lines that the seven years I lived with my mother in Xiaobolu , were the happiest seven years of his life."

"Your mother must be very pretty."

"It's natural. My mother was an official in the palace before going to Xiaobolu with the princess and aunt. Not only is she beautiful, she has a good figure, but she also has a good temperament. Unfortunately, I only inherited my mother's temperament, not my mother's face. value."

What does Yan Zhi mean, Yinniang understands.

Because whenever he and Su Dasushi saw a good-looking woman, their eyes would shine brightly, saying that she was good-looking.

Han Pingan didn't know what she was thinking, and continued: "But while loving my mother deeply, he also felt guilty for the aunt who was far away in Luozhou's hometown. Although they had an arranged marriage and had no feelings, the aunt really Very virtuous, it's really not easy. If I were born by an aunt, I would definitely call him a scumbag."

Yinniang also understands the word scumbag, because Su Dasushi has slept with several women, and he always calls Su Dasushi a scumbag.

But now she is more concerned about her father's affairs, and asked in a low voice: "Why is it not easy, aunt?"

Han Pingan sighed softly, and said sympathetically: "My aunt was only 15 years old when she married our father. She gave birth to Dalang and Erlang at the age of 16. When Erlang was just one month old, our father went to Chang'an to catch the exam, but he failed the exam. Passed the exam.

After passing the exam, you can't go home. If you want to stay in Chang'an to "guard the election", you just stay there and wait for the official to do it.This wait lasted for three years, and he finally became the crown prince's official character, and was ordered to send the princess and aunt to Xiaobolu to marry him, which meant that he hadn't been home for more than 20 years. "

(End of this chapter)