The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official Chapter 245

Chapter 245 Chapter 245 Yuanping Rebellion 2

Just a few days later, it seemed like they hadn't seen each other for years. The two of them hugged each other tightly. The older boy had wider shoulders and longer legs, blocking the howling cold wind.

Su Ruojin hugged his waist tightly and buried her head in his warm chest, "Brother Jin—"

Zhao Lan lowered his head and looked at the young lady: "Ah Jin."

She raised her eyes: "I heard you are going to Pengcheng?"

"Well." Zhao Lan said with infinite sadness: "I left, what will you do?"

"Do we have to go?" This is not to resist foreign enemies, but to counter rebellion and civil war.

"Yes." Zhao Lan was worried, "Ajin, I will send you to Prince Jin's Mansion, so that I can feel at ease when I leave." After that, he was about to take the person out.

She had never met her parents during the dating period. Su Ruojin suddenly woke up from her sadness and quickly held Zhao Lan's hand, "Brother Jin, just now my brother-in-law said he would take me into the princess's mansion."

Yes, it was the same when living at his aunt's house. Why didn't he think of that?

Zhao Lan, who had been worried just now, suddenly became energetic and said, "I will personally hand you over to my aunt." He held her hand and was about to go.

Su Ruojin didn't want to go to anyone's house and was eager to find excuses.

Santai reminded, "Master, there is still half an hour before we leave the city gate. You have to go back to the palace to say goodbye to the prince and princess."

Su Ruojin: ...he actually came to see her first.

When she got excited, the little girl threw herself into the man's arms and hugged the older boy's waist tightly, "Brother Jin, don't worry, my uncle will come to pick me up soon. You should go back home quickly."

Zhao Lan also hugged the young lady tightly, worried and confident, "Ajin, wait for me."

"Okay." Su Ruojin raised her little face, "I'm waiting for Brother Jin's triumphant return in the capital."

The two didn't even enter the house, but hugged each other tightly for a moment at the second door. Zhao Lan returned to Prince Jin's Mansion under the urging of Santai and others, and then ran directly from Prince Jin's Mansion to Pengcheng.

Zhao Lan was worried, so before leaving, he arranged for Princess Yuehua to send someone to pick up Su Ruojin.

Su Ruojin didn't want to go, at least it wasn't time to take refuge yet, but whether it was Zhao Lan's request or Princess Yuehua's kindness, she had to thank her in person, "Your Highness, my brother is still in the Imperial College. If it really comes to that point, I don't want you." Yell, I ran to the princess's house myself."

Yuehua glanced at Su Yanzu who was standing aside. Last night, he had invited his little niece, but Su Erniang refused to come.

She smiled slightly and said, "In this case, I will send a few guards to the Su family. If anything happens, come to me and your uncle."

"Thank you princess."

Su Ruojin thanked Princess Yuehua and took Mao Ya and others home quickly.

After returning home, she thought about it and quietly moved a cart of food to the yard where she used to live. If there was any danger, she could help each other with the Feng brothers and others. The most important thing is that her neighbor on the left is Mr. Xue.

When the moon was dark and the wind was high, Su Ruojin and Mr. Xue were whispering in the study, "Sir, can you get swords, guns, bows and arrows?"

Xue Changcheng was shocked by the words of the second wife of the Su family, "Why don't we leave the city now?"

"If my father were not the magistrate of Weizhou County, I would have asked him to come to Beijing to take refuge."

"The King of Wei is about to attack the capital. The capital is now the most dangerous."

"But there is an old saying that goes, the most dangerous place is the safest."

Xue Changcheng: ...how do you feel that Mrs. Su's words always make sense no matter what?

Okay, since he was convinced by the young lady, Xue Changcheng used his identity as a former member of the Ministry of Industry to secretly find his former craftsmen and ask them to get some handy weapons.

Beijing COFCO had no choice but to sell it, and Su Ji's shop was closed. Just when the Feng brothers and others were looking for help, the little boss came back, and they immediately had a backbone.

Su Ruojin said, "We don't know how long this war will last, and we don't know if the general will be able to suppress the rebellion. What we have to do now is to store food at home, try not to go out, guard our food reserves, and wait patiently. The chaos is over.”

"We all listen to our little boss."

Su Ruojin nodded, "Aunt Gui's family will also move in. Uncle Dashi and Uncle Shi, come to the study with me. I have something to tell you."

"good."

The two Feng brothers went to the study with Su Ruojin. The three of them lowered their heads and whispered for half an hour.

The arrangements in the capital were about the same. Su Ruojin thought of her parents in Weizhou again. After staying at home for three days, her eyes suddenly brightened and she quickly wrote a dozen pages of letters for Zhao Lanliu's secret guards to deliver to his father in Weizhou County. .

The north wind blew stronger day by day. On the day of the winter solstice, King Wei secretly crossed to Chencang, abandoned Pengcheng where he had been fighting for half a month, bypassed Pengcheng and went straight to Bianjing.

I don't know when the 100,000 army turned into 200,000, approaching Bianjing.

The people in the capital were so frightened that they closed their doors. For a moment, the huge Kyoto was like an empty city, making people panic.

Mr. Xue went into Su Yanli's study, "Ah Jin, while the city gate can still be open for a while every day, should we go to your father's Weizhou County?"

Su Ruojin shook her head. She looked at the war progress map drawn by herself and stared at Peng Cheng, "Uncle Xue, General Zhen Guoning has been guarding the northwest, right."

"Yes."

"Then he should be capable of fighting."

Mr. Xue, a resigned member of the Ministry of Industry, has been forced to become a military expert by his wife these days. "I asked around and heard that the general is very capable. He has been guarding the border for so many years. He has not fought big battles, but small battles." We won eight out of ten battles and firmly defended our Yin Dynasty.”

Men, no matter young or old, get excited when they hear about war, and Mr. Xue is no exception. But no matter what, war is something that is out of reach for ordinary people. Except for the last time he seized the palace, Xue Changcheng never dared to think about it. , that's really going to kill you.

"Why has the Battle of Pengcheng been going on for half a month and there's still no winner?"

Mr. Xue was stunned by the question, and he thought to himself, "I don't know, but he still said it, "Maybe Pengcheng is different from the frontier. After all, it is my city of Dayin, and General Ning is reluctant to destroy the city.

Su Ruojin vaguely felt that it was not the case, "Then just wait."

"What are you waiting for?" Xue Changcheng asked puzzledly, "Did Prince Zhao Xiaojun write to you about the war?"

Su Ruojin looked like you really dare to think about it, "Master Xue, that is a military secret."

Xue Changcheng smiled guiltily, but his expression suddenly turned serious, "Ajin, someone came to grab food in the alley. Fortunately, there are guards around our two families. Otherwise, we would be the unlucky ones."

When the city gate was knocked by the Wei Dynasty army, Su Ruojin was sleeping and was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums.

Everyone jumped up from the bed nervously, opened the door one after another, went to the corridor, and looked towards the place of the sound.

The fires on the high battlements illuminated the night as brightly as day.

"The rebels are coming?"

Hua Ping didn't know when he went out. He came back from outside and walked to Su Ruojin with air-conditioning. "The general sent by King Wei has arrived and is knocking on the city gate. If not stopped, the capital will be captured tomorrow."

Su Ruojin gasped when she heard this, "So fast?" Is the city gate so weak?

The two of them were whispering when they suddenly felt as if the ground was being shaken.

Su Ruojin was frightened by the earthquake, but Huaping told her, "This is the forbidden army in the city. They have climbed up the battlements and are fighting."

Just...really hit it?

During the last palace turmoil, Su Ruojin's family hid in a cave outside and were not in the capital. They didn't know what was going on in the capital.

"I remember that the last time the palace was in chaos, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 troops in total. How did King Wei recruit so many soldiers so quickly?" Mr. Xue was not as sensitive as the young lady in these aspects, so he did not answer the question.

Su Ruojin thought for a moment and said, "These people may have been attracted to the team by the food."

Xue Changcheng:…

Huaping confirmed Su Ruojin's idea on the side, "The second lady is right. In the year of disaster, as long as there are people who stutter, even if they are drafted into the army or even die, they will join the rebel army."

This night is destined to be like a violent storm.

The entire city of Bianjing was brightly lit, and everyone who could go to battle to kill the enemy went up. From the imperial army to the Imperial City Secretary, Yamen, etc., everyone who could be summoned went up to the battlements and fought **** battles.

The first battle of King Wei's return to Beijing lasted for three days and two nights, and the city of Bianjing could barely be defended.

"If there are no reinforcements, this city gate..." Although Xue Changcheng's house is next door, Xue Changcheng still stays in Su Yanli's study. At night, he sleeps on the couch with his clothes on and a hot water cover. At dawn, he goes to Su Ruojin to analyze the battle situation.

Speaking of reinforcements, Su Ruojin looked at Huaping and Mangzhong.

"I'll go inquire about it right away." Early in the morning, Huaping didn't even eat breakfast. He rubbed his hands and went to the street to inquire about the war.

It was to inquire, rather to avoid Xue Changcheng's contact with the secret guard. After a while, he got the information sent by the secret agent. He glanced at it, then crumpled it into a small ball and swallowed it.

King Wei has arrived at the city gate. The Su family basically has a meal now, but the weather is too cold and people need to supplement their calories. Su Ruojin asked Mao Ya and the others to cook porridge in the morning, even just using a handful of rice to make rice soup. , at least I can fill my stomach.

Just when everyone was about to drink rice soup, Huaping came back and said, "I found people I knew before and they said reinforcements might arrive today."

possible?

Why do I feel like I am going to break the city? If I break the city, will King Wei's men kill people and set fire to it? Su Ruojin nervously folded her hands together and prayed quietly, hoping that God would bless her and make her safe like last time.

The people hiding in their homes waited for a whole day but did not receive support from General Ning. The generals in the city had already begun to recruit the men in the city.

Men over the age of fifteen are required to go to the city gate tower to defend themselves, pour boiling water, or throw stones. They can do anything as long as they can repel the enemy.

Su Dalang and Xue Wulang were just fifteen years old this year and they were recruited.

Mr. Xue jumped to his feet and cursed, "I've already gone, why are you recruiting my son? Don't you know I only have a single seedling in my house?"

Xue Wulang was very embarrassed by his father's remarks. He stretched out his hand to pull his father's sleeve, but Master Xue ignored him and said harshly, "Dalang, Wulang, you two quickly hide in the cellar. I'll be the only one there." "

Su Dalang has also learned skills from Hua Ping in recent years. Although he is not as good as Su Sanlang, his self-protection skills are still good, but Xue Wulang...

Su Ruojin understood that Mr. Xue was reluctant to leave his only son, so he kept Su Dalang by the way.

She said, "Brother, you can hide for a while."

As a scholar, how could Su Dalang be a coward who ran away from the battlefield? He shook his head, "Leave those in power aside, the country is in trouble, and every man is responsible."

Su Ruojin:…

Everyone has a responsibility, these four words are the ones Su Ruojin taught the brothers and sisters of the Su family?

Could this be the legendary boomerang?

Su Ruojin failed to hold Su Dalang in the end, so he took his own bow and arrow to the battlements to kill the enemy.

Xue Wulang has always been inseparable from Su Dalang. When Su Dalang went, he followed him. An anxious Xue Changcheng chased his son with heartache.

Brother... Su Ruojin put his hands together, God bless my brother, everything is safe.

When Su Yanzu came over with an arrow, Su Dalang had been walking for less than ten minutes.

"I'm going to call him back." Su Yanzu was about to bring someone back before he finished speaking.

Su Ruojin didn't stop her, but she knew that at this time, as long as she walked out, how could she let you come back?

Su Ruojin cheered up and said, "The men in the family have gone to defend the city. Let's make sesame cakes to satisfy their hunger."

Huaping belongs to the Imperial City Division, and as long as he does not appear in front of others, there is no way he can be recruited for military service, and Mangzhong is similar to him.

Therefore, in addition to the invisible secret guards at home, there are also Huaping and Mang Zhong, who protect the women and children in the yard.

Having guarded the city for almost five days, both sides were depleted of troops, but without reinforcements, Bianjing City would be in danger.

All the young women in the city were organized to do logistics. Su Ruojin transformed into a shabby girl, mixed in with the crowd, and went to the city wall to deliver sesame cakes to the Su family.

Before she climbed up the battlements, Su Ruojin was so frightened by the piles of corpses at the foot of the city wall that she covered her mouth and cried, "Brother...Brother..."

If something happened to her eldest brother, how could she survive? She would crawl on all fours to find Su Dalang.

Su Yanzu, who was coming down from the city gate tower, saw him. He quickly took his shield and dodged the arrows and said, "Ajin, go back to the rear quickly and don't climb up."

"Brother, where is my brother?"

"He is injured. I have asked Dashi and Ershi to carry him to the Princess Mansion for treatment."

"What about Uncle Xue and Xue Wulang?"

"The same thing, I carried them all to the princess's mansion."

"What about you, uncle?"

"As a man, it is my duty to protect my family and my country. You should go to the princess mansion to see your brother."

Knowing that her brother and the others were safe, Su Ruojin wiped away her tears and said, "The princess is taking care of me, so I'm not worried." She stretched out her hand and handed a frame of sesame seed cakes to Su Yanzu, "Uncle, hurry up and share it with everyone. We'll fight later." It's too late to get up again.”

Su Yanzu nodded, stretched out his hand and carried a frame of sesame cakes up to the city gate tower, and ate with the soldiers in rotation of shields.

All the houses near the city wall had been burned down, which was shocking. Su Ruojin looked towards the palace, wondering when the war would end.

When Prince Wei and Lu Shaoqing came to patrol, they saw Su Ruojin and looked like she was on fire. They almost didn't dare to recognize her. But when they saw Chunxiao and Mao Ya, they confirmed that this was Zhao Lan's beloved little lady.

"Mrs. Su Er?"

Su Ruojin heard someone calling and turned her head, "General Wei, General Lu..."

The commander who stayed in the capital this time was General Ning's son, General Ning. Prince Wei and Lu Shaoqing were the deputy generals. The three of them guarded the city gate for five days and five nights, which was admirable.

Prince Wei advised: "It's dangerous here and it's not advisable to stay for a long time. Madam Su, you'd better go back quickly."

Su Ruojin wanted to ask what was going on with Zhao Lan, but she knew it was a military secret and couldn't ask.

It was really embarrassing.

Seeing that the young lady was hesitant to speak, Prince Wei looked around, took a step forward, leaned in front of her, and whispered, "Jin Zhi has an important responsibility." After speaking, he quickly took three steps away from her.

She glanced at Lu Shaoqing.

Lu Shaoqing didn't seem to see Prince Wei whispering to the young lady.

Important task? What does it mean?

Chapter end