Zhurou

Chapter 42 The Second Brother
Wei Chengyan left a sentence without beginning or end, and walked quickly, but Zhao Mingzhi was very inexplicable.

In her opinion, Second Brother Li has such a character and ability, even if he is taken advantage of occasionally, it is because he is big-hearted and doesn't care about it, so he intends to let it go-just like herself this time.

But if you want to make him suffer a lot - who has that ability?
She didn't think much about it, she just sat down to tidy up when she entered the room, when she heard a voice calling the door from outside.

The one who came was my aunt in her 50s and [-]s, who brought in a lot of food, soup, water, and meat, but in winter, there were some green leafy vegetables.

Zhao Mingzhi quickly thanked him.

The aunt smiled and said: "It should be, the head of the house just asked people to explain a lot of things, saying that the girl traveled very hard and ate dry food for many days. It is rare to come back today, so she should make it light and appetizing."

After finishing speaking, he didn't stick around, and went out to bring tea and water in. He even brought more than a dozen buckets of hot water into the inner compartment, and then came out and said to Zhao Mingzhi: "Hot water is prepared inside, the girl can go to take a bath."

I also found her luggage and didn't move it, just stood on one side, pointed to an empty chair beside her and said, "If you have a spare change of clothes, you can put them here later, I'll take them to wash, tomorrow morning Let’s dry it with fire and send it back without delay.”

He added: "Don't worry about the water in the bucket, I'll clean it up tomorrow."

With her helping here, Zhao Mingzhi ate a full meal and rarely washed the dirt off his body. After tidying up, he came out and saw that there was a large pot of charcoal in the room, which was just right for drying his hair.

On the way to travel, it was really a surprise to be able to rest like this for one night.

Zhao Mingzhi calculated the itinerary silently in his mind, and felt that if it went well, he might be able to reach Junzhou City in two or three days, and in seven or eight days, he would be able to reach Jingzhao Mansion, which was faster than what he had calculated before.

She was both relieved and breathed out.

It's not that everything will be all right when he arrives at Jingzhao Mansion, and Pei Yong's condition is unknown at the moment, so he can't rush to knock on the door.

It is necessary to make a long-term plan, and Xuzhou is too anxious to make a long-term plan.

She was lying on the bed, her mind was full of what to do after arriving at the Jingzhao Mansion. In fact, she had been thinking about this problem for a long time, and it was hard to find a good way, but she just went over and over again. This time it was the same, but she was too tired , Thinking about it, already fell into a deep sleep.

Zhao Mingzhi had something on his mind. Early the next morning, Genius woke up consciously at a little light. After washing up, he pushed open the inner door and saw that there were clean clothes on the chairs outside, and another table sitting in a hot tub. breakfast.

She simply ate enough, tidied up hastily, and went out with her luggage.

It's only the end of Yin's time now, but there are still people standing guard in the courtyard, and people come and go from time to time.

Last night, the aunt was standing at the entrance of the yard when she came out of the wing room. When she saw her, she hurried forward to say hello, and when she learned that it was packed, she led the way.

At this time, the sky was extremely cloudy. Looking at the thick and low clouds, it seemed that there was going to be a big snowstorm.

Zhao Mingzhi didn't dare to delay, he carried his luggage and walked quickly, and soon saw the gate of the courtyard in front of him was wide open, dozens of people lined up outside, and several people gathered in front of him to talk.

Standing in the middle is Li Xun, obviously only wearing simple riding attire, surrounded by burly and brave people, not to mention he is taller and taller, and his temperament is also very different, as if he stands out from the crowd.

He didn't know what to say, everyone nodded, and then stood at attention.

At this time, someone brought four horses and led them to Li Xun.

He stretched out his hand to smooth the mane of the closest one, suddenly feeling something, he turned his head and met Zhao Mingzhi's eyes, staring at it from a distance.

Zhao Mingzhi immediately stepped forward with his luggage.

This time there is no need to introduce, the people around have come to say hello one after another, calling "Miss Zhao" non-stop.

Zhao Mingzhi knew that two of them met at the door when they were leaving the banquet last night, and the rest were from the banquet, so he hurriedly returned the greeting.

Seeing her coming, Li Xun took out two reins and passed them out. After Zhao Mingzhi took them, he patted the back of one of the horses lightly and said, "Let's go."

For a while, everyone at the door stood upright and stared at him, saying farewell.

Leave it alone.

One person with two horses is naturally much easier than one person with three horses and four horses.

Zhao Mingzhi followed behind Li Xun, and after a while, he could see the gates of the counties and towns ahead.

The two did not enter the city, but walked along the official road from the side.

It was still early at this time, but there were groups of people walking opposite them on the road, carrying carts, all of which were rations and luggage, and from the looks of it, they all came out of the city.

Although the faces of the people were tired, they could see that their clothes and expressions were far better than the people from other prefectures that Zhao Mingzhi had seen along the way.

What does it mean to walk from Junzhou to Dengzhou at this moment?
Zhao Mingzhi couldn't figure out the reason. Seeing the huge number of people and the continuous supply of food and grass, he was even more puzzled. When he stopped halfway, he couldn't help but ask Li Xun.

"It's supposed to be sending grain to Xuzhou in the north." He replied.

"Junzhou...does there also distribute grain and grass here?" Zhao Mingzhi was stunned.

Li Xun nodded: "Of course, not only food and grass, but also reinforcements."

Such a news came out so suddenly that Zhao Mingzhi couldn't react for a while, and he didn't even bother to hide it, so he hurriedly asked again: "Second brother, how many reinforcements were sent by Junzhou? Is this news really reliable?"

How could she not know about such a thing?
Did it come out recently?

But even in her previous life, she never heard that when Xuzhou was trapped, Junzhou sent troops there to rescue him!
When it comes to saving Xuzhou, some officials in the court said that they would transfer troops from Yingzhou and Xiangzhou, and some said that they would transfer troops from Anfeng Army. Even people as far away as Kuizhou and Qianzhou were making plans, but Junzhou was the only one, because In the past, they were transferred too much, and there were only weak troops left, and no one even bothered to mention it.

She asked so eagerly, but Li Xun was not surprised, he just said: "Junzhou sent grain and grass, Dengzhou sent reinforcements, the exact number is not known yet, we should continue to recruit troops."

He took off the water bag on the horse's back, opened the stopper, handed it to Zhao Mingzhi, and motioned her to drink water.

How can Zhao Mingzhi care about this at the moment, but he finally regained his senses, and he still remembered to find a reason to hide it: "So that the second brother knows that there are relatives in my family who are still in Xuzhou...I..."

When Yuan was in Caizhou, she was oppressed by the officials, and she never retreated in the slightest;
As she traveled westward, she saw devastation, empty rooms, and starvation everywhere, but she just gritted her teeth and moved on.

But at this moment, when it comes to this point, I don’t know if the news of the reinforcements was too shocking, it made her a little bit overjoyed just now, and the rest of the depression has already overwhelmed all the joy—mostly the reinforcements are just paper. Just fall, the so-called surprise finally came to nothing...

There was a moment of joy and sorrow, all kinds of complicated feelings came to my heart, for some reason, my nose was sore, and tears couldn't fall down by myself.

She suppressed her tears and wiped them with choked sobs, but the tears fell more and more. She hurriedly inhaled to suppress the tears, and wanted to force a smile, but the smile was more pitiful than crying. After a long while, she called out "Second Brother ".

(End of this chapter)