Before exile, the imperial concubine emptied the palace

Chapter 201 The Frustrated Gu Mian

Empress Dowager Yan couldn't figure out what a girl like Lin Xiaoyue could do?She stopped Lin Xiaoyue and asked, "Miss Lin, can you also wield a sword?"

Lin Xiaoyue explained: "Minnv can't. Because Brother Liang doesn't have many people, and Prince Rong's people can't come, so yesterday Minnv and Mr. Gu discussed recruiting some soldiers who can fight in Yangming Town. I want to go over and see how Mr. Gu is busy, and if there is any need for help."

Empress Dowager Yan nodded clearly and said, "So that's the case, go! Be careful outside!"

Lin Xiaoyue saluted and thanked her: "Thank you, Queen Mother, the daughter of the people will leave!"

Walking out of the east room, Lin Xiaoyue let out a long breath. Talking to the queen mother was really tiring. Being too casual seemed disrespectful, being too respectful and exhausting. Women in the palace were always so careful every day, no wonder their lives were so short!
Liang Jingyao glanced at Lin Xiaoyue and asked amusedly, "What's wrong? Are you nervous?"

Lin Xiaoyue shook her head and said: "No, I heard that the pursuers are coming, and I feel upset! You go to Zhanhu first, and I will go to Gu Mian after talking to Yunyun! There are more than 1000 people on the other side. Including the whole Yangming Town, there are not so many people! It seems that we have to find another way, let's go!"

Liang Jingyao really didn't have time to see Gu Mian. Before leaving, he took Lin Xiaoyue's hand and said, "I'm not afraid of more than 1000! But don't take risks, and be careful!"

Lin Xiaoyue said with a smile: "Don't worry! I'm not a random person!"

As she said that, she turned and went into the kitchen. A woman who had groped and meditated in the palace to the position of the queen mother has long since become a genius. She knew that Yun Yun was a kind and heartless girl, but before she left, she still wanted to give a few words of advice. .

"Yunyun, I'm going to the city to see how Mr. Gu's recruitment is going. You can stay in the kitchen or go to my father's place. East room and other rooms, no one comes to summon, you don't go in. People in the capital rule Duo, I'm afraid you might bump into it accidentally, anyway, be careful." Lin Xiaoyue said in a low voice.

Chen Yunyun was very nervous when she thought that there were so many big people living in Zhuyuan today, but in order not to worry Lin Xiaoyue, she still had a calm face, nodded and said: "Don't worry, I'll just sit in the kitchen , If they call me, I will go, if they don’t call me, I will not go anywhere.”

Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Okay, then I'm leaving."

When she reached the gate of the courtyard, she saw Zhan Ying guarding the gate sternly, she stepped forward and said, "I want to go out for a while, if Yunyun is too busy for a while, please help me."

Zhan Ying understood Lin Xiaoyue's meaning, he nodded and said, "No problem, Miss Lin, don't worry!"

Leaving the bamboo courtyard, Lin Xiaoyue skillfully walked through the bamboo forest, then entered the waterfall, and finally walked out of the coffin shop.

Gu Mian avoided affecting the restaurant, he disguised himself and took people to other crowded places to set up stalls to recruit soldiers.

The common people who passed by at the beginning saw Gu Mian's pretty face, and his mouth was full of hype. He didn't look like he had been fighting in the barracks. They all thought they were liars, and they walked by one by one as if they were watching the excitement. What Gu Mian said yesterday afternoon The mouth was dry, and no one was recruited.

Gu Mian couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, he went out to set up a stall again at dawn the next day, but this time he stopped relying on lip service, and specially hung up a big notice, which said that each person who enlists in the army gets a piece of silver, and will not be issued after a month Two ingots of silver, every month thereafter.

In the morning, they were all the common people who went to the street to buy vegetables. They couldn't read well, and they just glanced at Gu Mian's notice and left.

At this moment, Lin Xiaoyue came over. Seeing Gu Mian's frowning face, she greeted with a smile and said, "Young Master Gu, what's wrong with you? Is it difficult to recruit?"

Gu Mian drooped his head, and said listlessly: "Oh! I said it with my mouth yesterday, and the people who came to see me thought I was a liar, and then I wrote it down today, and I can give them a written proof, but they didn't believe it. I I thought it was easy at first, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult!"

Lin Xiaoyue covered her mouth and snickered, and said: "It's actually normal. After all, we are not recruited by the government. People don't believe us and they can understand. How about this? Let's go door to door and ask. It's better to talk alone than here. It’s better to be gossipy and pointed at by others. For example, some people may have the intention of enlisting in the army, but when they are told by the people next to them, they don’t want to. Don’t you think so?”

Gu Mian sighed, stood up and tore off the paper on the table, and said, "Try it, Miss Lin, please accompany me for a walk!"

Lin Xiaoyue nodded, followed Gu Mian to the first house, and a woman opened the door.

"Who are you?" The woman looked at Lin Xiaoyue and Gu Mian strangely.

Lin Xiaoyue said, "Hi girl, may I ask if there is a man in your family who can join the army?"

The woman looked at Lin Xiaoyue, and asked defensively: "You are not servants of the government office, why are you asking these questions?"

Lin Xiaoyue directly put a piece of silver into the woman's hand, and said, "Girl, we need a man who can fight. If you have a suitable man in your family, then this piece of silver will be yours. I can also advance a month's worth of two dollars in advance." I'll give you an ingot of silver. Why don't you think about it?"

The woman bit the silver and shouted excitedly into the house: "Father, look! It is true that the recruiting on the street yesterday is true! I tell you, you still don't believe it! They said they can give us two silver coins in advance! From now on, I will give two ingots of silver every month! In this way, I will have money to cure my father's illness!"

The man took the silver from the woman's hand, bit it hard, covered his mouth cheerfully and said, "It's true! So it's true!"

Lin Xiaoyue felt that she was lucky, and met a family that needed money, and said with a smile: "Of course it is true! If you make meritorious service in the war, you can get more money, and maybe you can even become an official!"

The man looked at the dilapidated house behind him, thought for a while, and said, "Aren't you recruiting soldiers from the government? Otherwise, you wouldn't give so much."

Lin Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows and asked, "Just say what you want to say! Don't ask us what we are doing, we won't say it if you ask, but I can consider your request properly."

Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue could call the shots, the man stretched out his thumb and little finger, bent the other three fingers, and said, "My father needs a lot of money to see a doctor, so in addition to this ingot, give me half a year's worth of silver, and I will go with you! "

Lin Xiaoyue was a little annoyed at the man's lion's big mouth. She thought it was a good start, but unexpectedly it was also a stumbling block!

She shook her head and said, "No, there are too many of these. How can I recruit people if everyone makes such a request? Sorry to bother you, let's ask other people!"

Seeing Lin Xiaoyue turn around, the man knelt down on the ground with a "plop", kowtowed and begged, "Girl, please do me a favor, I can sell my life to you! Without this money, my father is really going to die!"

(End of this chapter)