Jinghong Tower

After He Ran arranged these things, she returned to Jinyang first. If she wanted to capture Jinyang City, it would not be as simple as just exploring the secrets of the palace.

Unexpectedly, she received a letter from the black girl as soon as she returned to Jinyang.

Black Girl's letter was delivered to Jinghong Tower by a little beggar. Black Girl didn't know where to look for He Ran, but Jinghong Tower was definitely not wrong, especially Jinghong Tower in Jinyang, where He Ran was the last person he saw. In Jinyang.

He Ran opened the letter and looked at it. His brows widened. King Kaizhou was actually recruiting troops!

The vassal king conscripted troops for two reasons, either to rebel or to protect himself.

It doesn't matter whether Kaizhou King Zhou Xiang has the courage to rebel. As long as he is a descendant of the Zhou family, there will be people who will encourage him to rebel.

A year ago, this kind of thing might not have happened, but as the article criticizing Min spread throughout the world, anyone who could get along with the descendants of the Zhou family would have this idea.

It didn't matter whether the young emperor was a descendant of the Min family. What mattered was that the princes believed him.

Even if they were only dubious at first, as long as they thought about that position, they would conclude that the little emperor was not a dragon of the Zhou family.

Now that King Gui has been killed again, these vassal kings are all in danger, and the world is about to be in chaos. If they continue to eat and wait for death like before, they will have no choice but to be destroyed.

But once the vassal king has troops in his hands, even if they don't rebel, in the eyes of the world and the emperor, they will rebel.

Therefore, the wealthy King of Qi was spending money to recruit troops, but had no sense of existence. The King of Kaizhou, who did not have much money, simply issued military service and forced conscription.

He Ran didn't envy them for offering military service, and she couldn't envy them now. She could only spend money to recruit soldiers.

The previous three thousand people spent thirty thousand taels.

It was easy for Jinghonglou to come up with thirty thousand taels, but after all, this was not a long-term solution.

So she had to think of something.

He Ran got up in the middle of the night, put on her clothes and got out of bed, standing alone in the yard.

Therefore, He Ran caught wind and cold the next day, sneezed and had a runny nose, and by the afternoon, she simply had a fever.

He Ran drank several large bowls of warm water, covered her head and fell asleep, sweating all over, and her fever subsided by night.

She didn't dare to take a shower, so she endured the smell of sweat, changed into a pair of shabby clothes, and walked near the military camp stationed outside Jinyang City.

Stationed outside Jinyang City were the troops directly affiliated to the King of Jin, with a small number of only 10,000.

Wherever the King of Jin went, these ten thousand people followed him.

He Ran did not go near the military camp. After dark, she found an inn two or three miles away from the military camp and stayed.

The innkeeper saw that although she was wearing shabby clothes, she came on horseback, so he didn't ask any questions, nor did he ask if she had money, so he asked the waiter to take her to the Datong Shop next to the stable.

He Ran took a look and saw several big men lying on the big bed. It was obvious that they were together.

The waiter said to several people: "Brothers, please step aside. We have guests. Make room for them to sleep."

The big man sleeping outside opened his eyes, looked around, and moved his body to the side. The waiter put the blanket he had brought over on the kang and said to He Ran: "You can sleep here. You can get hot water in front." , the toilet is behind the stable. Don't urinate inside or outside the house. You have to go to the toilet. We are not used to this kind of behavior here. If you dare to urinate, you will be thrown into the street. Don't talk about our store then. Big bully." He Ran shrank his neck and kept nodding: "Don't worry, I promise not to urinate randomly, so I will go to the toilet to pee."

The guy looked at her, said no more, turned around and left.

Although He Ran had a strong body, she had just been sick yesterday and had traveled so much, so she felt a little weak. She unfolded her bedroll, took off her shoes, put on her clothes and lay down.

But as soon as she lay down, the man sleeping next to her suddenly sat up: "I said, you haven't had a bath in a year, this smell is so overwhelming!"

He Ran guessed that she smelled of sweat, but she didn't expect it to be so strong.

Mr. He was very embarrassed.

"Brother, I had a fever yesterday and was sweating all over. Today I was in a hurry and was sweating all over from running. I didn't dare to take a shower for fear of getting sick again. Brother, please be patient."

As he spoke, He Ran took off the wine gourd hanging from his waist and handed it over in a flattering manner: "Good wine. The uncle who helped me gave it to me. He said it was a good wine that I would never be able to drink in my life. Brother, please try it." taste?"

The man looked at her paws holding the gourd. Well, the paws looked cleaner than her face. At least there was no black mud between her nails.

Seeing his hesitation, He Ran carefully pulled off the lid of the gourd. Suddenly, a scent of wine wafted out of the gourd.

The man sniffed, but a square-faced man sleeping next to him had already smelled it: "Fen Yang Chun? Where did you get Fen Yang Chun?"

He Ran smiled and said, "The uncle gave it to me. This is really good wine. The uncle also said so."

"Bring it here, let me have a taste." The square-faced man stretched out his hand to take the gourd from He Ran's hand.

The man sleeping next to He Ran coughed dryly and glanced at the square-faced man. The square-faced man retracted his outstretched hand, smiled coquettishly, and lay down again.

The man said to He Ran: "Since it is good wine, you can keep it for yourself and drink it."

At this time, another big man with a scar on his face got off the kang, walked over and said to the man: "Let's switch. I'll sleep here."

The man didn't speak. He stood up and changed places with the scarred man. The scarred man came closer to He Ran, smelled her, and muttered in a low voice: "Isn't this just the smell of sweat?"

He Ran showed the man a "you still understand me" smile. Originally, she was sweating a lot and hadn't taken a shower for two or three days. What the man said just now made her think that she had come from a cesspool. Ran out of there.

However, these people are a bit interesting. The one with the sharp nose must be the leader of these people. He originally slept in this position, firstly because it is against the wall, and secondly because the window is here, and here is the entire The airiest place in the house.

He Ran didn't believe it. These big men smelled better than her, just like this big man with a scar face. He Ran's nose wasn't particularly good, but he could still smell the smell of his feet.

Where do these people come from? This place is so close to the military camp. What do these people do here?

As soon as He Ran lay down, he felt exhausted. After a while, snoring could be heard in the room. He Ran fell asleep listening to the snoring.

She didn't know how long she had been sleeping, but she suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from beside her. As a habit developed in the past two generations, He Ran slept very lightly. She woke up immediately and opened one eye. There was no light in the room. , the moonlight poured in through the window, and she looked at her side with the corner of her eyes. The quilt next to her was pulled onto the pillow, but He Ran knew that the scarred man was no longer under the quilt.

Three updates today. This is the second update. There will be another update later. Wait for me.