Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 61

    After a while, the youth was summoned.

    After salute, he looked confused, obviously didn’t understand what to call himself here.

    The **** Shangshan continued to lie without blushing: “Look, sir, these workers are deaf and dumb, and they are useless. You are always angry with people like this, but It’s not worth it.”

    “Then let him chop wood in my house, and you,” Mrs. Wen looked at Gu Yin angrily, “Go and make a small stove, I’ll see you in front of me Don’t you dare to be lazy!”

    “This…” The palace servant serving Mrs. Wen was uncertain.

    “What’s the matter? The old man can’t get the job done?” Mrs. Wen said that he was going out of the house again, “Then I’ll go see the sage and let him tell the difference!”

    Emperor Longqing is absolutely forbidden to see people right now. If this incident gets bigger, people will find that Emperor Longqing was seriously injured. There was no need for the rebels to attack, and the heart of the Guards was directly scattered.

    “Don’t be angry, listen to you, let them make atonement here!”

    Mr. Wen lived in the house of the second master in the original bandit village, which was quite spacious.

      , next to a plate of pre-prepared diced meat and vegetables.

    Wait until the oil on the slate starts to sizzle, and put the diced meat and vegetables on it to roast.

    After a while, the smoke began to rise in the house, Gu Yin took a fan, and the smoke directed towards the palace servants guarding the house.

    When they were young, they were selected to serve the emperor closely. They couldn’t stand it. They coughed and stood outside without realizing it.

    Gu Yin held back her laughter, pretended to be reprimanded and said with a guilty conscience: “It’s not me who is looking for you, it’s this one who is looking for you. I’m just helping.”

    “Boom” an axe split the wood, and the young man’s voice sounded at the same time, “The situation is special, the boss will forgive me.”

    As the sound of chopping wood became more and more intense, the young man continued: “I beg to see you, because the younger generation heard that the man was going to slaughter the town and put the blame on the rebels.”

    “Impossible!” Mrs. Wen immediately refuted, the anger on his face was no longer a fake, “I know you are a member of the rebel army, and your position is different from that. But that one is Even though I am inferior to my fathers and grandparents, I will not do things that are inferior to pigs and dogs.”

    “You are trying to verify it.” After the young man chopped the last bit of wood, he stopped talking and put the chopped wood into the small stove.

    Slaughter Town?

    Gu Yin listened to their words in her ears, her hand holding the fan and fanning the fumes tightened, her fingernails digging into her palm.

    “Humph, would it be better than this earlier?” Mrs. Wen snorted lightly and tasted the slate roast directly, which was a lot more than usual.

    Afterwards, Gu Yin and the youth went down, Gu Yin’s face was pale, even her lips were white, and the **** Shang Shan looked a little guilty: “Little lady, don’t blame our family, our family is a slave , it’s not just about being scolded for not doing a good job.”

    Gu Yin took a deep breath and smiled with a white face: “I don’t blame my father-in-law, I want to be lazy and should be punished.”

    “Hey, go, let him help you.” Eunuch Shangshan also ordered the young man and let them stay together as a pair of wild mandarin ducks.

    “What’s wrong with the owner?” Shopkeeper Zhou was cooking a big pot of rice in the stove, and when he saw her face was wrong, he asked aloud.

    “It’s fine, I’ll just rest.” Gu Yin smiled weakly and sat on the small bench in the corner.

    The young man followed him to chop wood next to him, or he used the sound of chopping wood and the sound of shopkeeper Zhou’s spatula as a cover. He asked in a low voice, “Scared you?”

    Gu Yin nodded, the young man sighed slightly, and his eyes fell on her palm.

    “Why?” Her throat tightened.

    After asking the young man to answer, she figured it out on her own.

    When the abolished emperor was in Hanshan Town, he would naturally not do anything to the people. But now that he has led people out of Hanshan Town, a large force of the Rebel Army should be chasing after him soon. If during this time difference, he sent someone to slaughter the town, claiming that it was done by the rebel army – just because the people of this town received the abolished emperor, so the rebel army would be angry.

    The Rebel Army is a motley army of multiple forces intertwined.

    As long as this news is widely publicized, it will definitely shake the people’s trust in the rebels.

      He ordered his former disciples to make a big fuss about it. So even if the abolished emperor cannot restore the country, he can still make some people believe in him, cede territory and rule with the new dynasty, and stand against each other.

    “I understand.” She pursed her lips to herself, with a smile that was uglier than crying, “You can save the townspeople, right?”

      As a deaf-mute disabled person, he accidentally heard a few words and guessed the thoughts of the abolished emperor.

    “Don’t worry, I’m here… We’re here. The old man won’t sit idly by.”

    The youth’s reassuring low voice rang in her ears, Gu Yin wiped her eyes, and said firmly: “Yes, we have the upper hand! Did you pass the news back to the town?”

    He had thought of having someone notify the county magistrate before, but unfortunately, the Emperor had left thousands of elite guards in ambush around the town before he withdrew from Hanshan Town, keeping a close watch. Recklessly to notify the people to evacuate, it is very likely to startle the snakes and let them start in advance.

    It was because of the existence of these people that he guessed Emperor Longqing’s intentions.

    These people should have been instructed. If the people rush to evacuate, most of them will do it directly. Thousands of elites with high martial arts skills meet thousands of unarmed people, which is tantamount to opening the prelude to the massacre in advance.

    Seeing the other party’s embarrassment, Gu Yin guessed that there must be something to hide. Although she was impatient, she didn’t ask any more questions. After all, this news is only the guess of the youth, and the old man has to find a way to verify the accuracy of the news. . Just hope he heard it wrong or guessed it wrong.

    …

    After Gu Yin and the young man left, the palace servants who served Mrs. Wen naturally reported the matter to Emperor Longqing.

      How many people practice martial arts.

    But on the rainy night, he received two punches from the assassin. Although he was protected by the soft hedgehog armor, the treasure in the palace, his heart was seriously injured.

    Thanks to him for bringing out the imperial doctor, the internal bleeding was stopped first with the acupuncture. Of course, the imperial doctor did not dare to say that this kind of internal injury is easy to leave the root of the disease, and it is not obvious when you are young.

    Emperor Longqing couldn’t get out of bed for several days, his mood can be imagined.

      Get out of here!”

    The man in the palace was smashed and bloodied, and crawled out.

    Mr. Wen found that the palace servants in the house had changed. He didn’t show his face, and only let people communicate that he wanted to see Emperor Longqing.

    In the end, Emperor Longqing is in good shape. After a few days of rest, he can get out of bed. Although he is still pale, as long as he does not exercise, people who are not skilled in martial arts cannot see that he still has internal injuries.

    Mr. Wen asked for an official meeting, and Emperor Longqing asked someone to bring him over.

    After the grand ceremony, Mrs. Wen said distressedly: “I heard that the saint was assassinated, and the old minister could not sleep or eat, but unfortunately, he was old and frail and lingering on the bed, so he couldn’t share his worries for the saint!”

    Emperor Longqing waved his hand and said weakly, “No problem, I’m just frightened, I’ll be fine for a few days.”

    Although the old man is not good at martial arts, he is not stupid. Before the assassination, Emperor Longqing went to see him every day and said something like “The boss must get better, I’m still waiting for you to be my right-hand man and my minister”. I know that he has strong expectations for the return of the country.

    After the assassination, he stayed at home, and the old man refused to see him several times. Said it was just frightened, how to make people believe it?

    “So it is, God bless you!” Mrs. Wen let out a long breath.

    After sitting for such a long time, Emperor Longqing felt a pain in his heart again, he endured the pain and asked, “Old Master asks me to see you, should there be something else to say?”

    The old man said with guilt: “The old minister is ashamed, and I have been thinking about it for a long time. .”

    “How?”

    “Dangerous waters lead to the east,” Mrs. Wen said with difficulty, “one is going away and another is growing.”

    The two prefaces don’t match up, but Emperor Longqing immediately understood and smiled: “The eldest man is really on my side, and I thought of going somewhere!”

    Mr. Wen closed his eyes, thinking that the rebels were right, Emperor Longqing was really ready to do such things as pigs and dogs!

    Fortunately, I didn’t take the suspended animation.

    At that time, he took out all the fake death medicine, but later heard that Gu Yin was also involved. He really regarded that girl as his granddaughter, and he was also the one who told Gu Yin to stay still in the town. How could he see her involved here?

    If there is no hesitation, now he is a dead person, and no one can contain Emperor Longqing!

    “But the old minister also wants to ask the saint for grace. After all, Hanshan Town is the old minister’s hometown. Can we change it?”

    Dr. Longqing rubbed his chin, and asked someone to take a look at the map.

    Hanshan Town is the largest town in this county, so it is naturally the best choice for slaughtering the town. He had already quietly arranged it before, thinking that Mr. Lian Wen would hide it together. But now that the old man has thought of something with him, and if he does it behind his back, he will naturally guess that it is very likely that the friendship between the monarch and his ministers will be broken.

    And Mrs. Wen finally gave him the right words to help him restore his country, he still has to use Mrs., it is not impossible to give face. Anyway, in his opinion, which town to slaughter and which clothes to wear are no different, they are small matters that will not affect the overall situation.

    “Then choose Chunshui Town.” Emperor Longqing took it easy and pointed to the town to which the hilltop they were now belonged to.

    “Your Majesty is magnanimous!” Mrs. Wen endured her disgust and thanked him.

    Since this day, Mrs. Wen has “recovered” and is on the side of Emperor Longqing every day.

    Three days later, Gu Yin found that there were more people on the mountain – also heard from the guards who were eating and drinking, saying that some of them were assigned to perform tasks before, so they patrolled so hard, Now I can finally relax a bit.

    When the young man came to help in the kitchen, he also brought good news, saying that the elite guards around Hanshan Town had withdrawn to the mountain.

    Gu Yin finally breathed a sigh of relief, tears streaming down unconsciously.

    She also had pot ashes on her face, and there were two white marks where the tears rolled.

    The young man couldn’t help bending his lips, reaching out to help her wipe it, but before touching her face, he retracted his hand.

    Gu Yin took out a small mirror and took a look, and she couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

    When the **** Shangshan came to spread the word, he saw them standing opposite each other, both facing the door. .

    The young man stepped forward to salute him, just keeping the petite Gu Yin completely behind her, she immediately touched the pot and smeared it.

    “Master Wen told you to go, saying that the freshly baked slate grilled last time was delicious, so I will let you bake it again.”

    After a “suggestion”, Mrs. Wen said something else against his will. Now he seems to be the first person under Emperor Longqing who has no one around him – ironically speaking, he used to be Dedicated to serving the country, the people and the emperor, but ended up like that, and now he speaks some false and empty words against his conscience, but instead makes Emperor Longqing treat him more and more affectionate.

    After the rise in status, Emperor Longqing no longer restrained him. Of course, he could not leave the bandit village at will. Worth mentioning. The palace servants have learned from the past, and they will not bother Emperor Longqing with such trivial matters.

    This time no one was watching the house, so they all retreated to the door consciously.

    At the same time as the sound of chopping wood sounded, the old man said first: “Your news is right, I have tried to make that person let go of Hanshan Town… But he turned his head and pointed at Chunshui Town.”

    Emperor Longqing is stubborn, and now the old man is following him, so he has his good face, but he can’t persuade him to change his mind – if he really listened to the persuasion, he would not have been an official of the old man. It will not fall into the fate of subjugation.

    “In the past few days, he will let people go down the mountain to buy food in Hanshan Town.” The old man said another important news.

     Emperor Longqing and his party fled in a hurry, and the food they brought was naturally not enough.

    This purchase of food also indicates that the Praetorian Guards are about to move, and if they move forward, they will destroy Chunshui Town at the foot of the mountain.

    After saying the news, Mrs. Wen and Gu Yin’s eyes fell on the young man.

    The best way, of course, is for the youth to take advantage of this time to assassinate Emperor Longqing again.

    However, the young man said: “I can’t get close to him.”

    After encountering an assassination attempt, the people around Emperor Longqing became more and more defensive. And after arriving on this mountain, the house where Emperor Longqing lived was at the highest point on the mountain, and there was a height difference from where other people were.

    Even in the dark, torches are lit around his house, and the dark guards are guarding at a high place, so that anyone who approaches will have a clear view.

    Although Gu Yin can be the emperor’s food, everything the emperor uses is kept by a special person, and Gu Yin will deliver it before cooking for him. Test poison.

    Not to mention Mrs. Wen, among the three, he is the easiest to get close to Emperor Longqing, but at his age, he can’t use martial arts, so he doesn’t need to dispatch guards, any palace servant can take him Press down.

    “Then use poison to bring down the dark guards.” Mrs. Wen was an important official of the three dynasties, and naturally knew the existence of those dark guards who were skilled in martial arts and ruthless. And the last trace of kindness to the old dynasty in his heart was also wiped out when Emperor Longqing was about to slaughter the town to blame.

    After he finished speaking, he also sighed sadly, there are levels in and out of the mountain. How could it be possible to bring poison in, and although the dark guards eat and drink with the guards, they are not as delicate as Emperor Longqing, but they also have to go through the poison test with silver needles. It is impossible for the highly toxic to be tested, so it is only possible to use less toxic ones, such as croton powder, laxatives, Mongolian sweats and the like.

    But this kind of thing has no effect when diluted thing.

    And the army also has hunting dogs, this common poison has long been trained to distinguish.

    The old man and the young man were at a loss. Seeing that the meeting time was about to end, Gu Yin said, “Actually, poison can be created in daily food.”

    There is a cellar of moldy rice and moldy beans in Gu’s house.

    “Mildewed rice can be washed and dried to remove the taste, and the same is true of beans, and the taste is even more indistinguishable after oil extraction. In addition, fungus will also produce toxins after soaking for a long time…but not There is no guarantee that everyone will have symptoms of acute poisoning, and it may also be latent in people. So if there is a better way…”

    We all know that moldy rice and beans cannot be eaten, and fungus cannot be soaked for too long, but this kind of thing can poison people, and the old man and the young man have never heard of this. But Gu Yin was not casually talking nonsense, and neither of them doubted her statement.

    “Using this method first will hold them back for a day or two, which is also an opportunity.”

    The people discussed it carefully, the young man and Gu Yin left, Gu Yin went back to the kitchen, and the young man limped out to fetch water.

    …

    On the day of buying food, the guards brought the town’s old-fashioned master, and ordered the shopkeeper Zhou to accompany him.

    The group went down to Hanshan Town and went straight to the various rice shops.

    There are two large rice shops in the town, one is Daxing rice shop, and the other is just closed.

    Then the group went to Daxing Rice Shop, which is the Wen family’s own shop. At this time, there were other customers in the store. Master Wen Er directly asked Wen Peifeng to invite all the guests away.

    How do the guards know what rice is? The rice in the store is indeed as white as snow, and the store is owned by the Wen family. After a little inspection, they will be loaded into the car.

    Unfortunately, there was a sack of rice that was not tightly packed, and some fell out of it. A guard went up to tie the bag tightly, smelled something wrong and said, “Why does this rice have a strange smell?”

    Master Wen Er smiled and said, “Little lord, I don’t understand, the weather is so wet, how can rice noodles be able to stand up? The taste will change as soon as it gets damp.”

    He looked at the commander of the guards and said softly, “The price of damp rice is low, what’s the difference, hehe.”

    We all know that the second master Wen is very unworthy, but it is precisely because he is unworthy, so when he was evacuating, Emperor Longqing specifically did not let Master Wen follow him. His attitude was not clear. Beside the old man, only let people bring Master Wen Er.

    “Let’s split the account by five or five, what do you think?”

    This little money, when I was in the capital, naturally couldn’t get into the eyes of the guards. But time has changed, and their net worth is still in the capital, which is when they are short of money.

    “Thirty-seven, I am seven and you are three.” He slanted Mr. Wen Er, and didn’t say whether he agreed or disagreed, but urged his subordinates: “How can you pay attention to this when you go out? Don’t say it. If it gets wet, it will become moldy, so don’t the people eat the same way in the year of disaster?”

    Like most people in this era, people like the guards who don’t know the wheat, don’t know the benefits.

    The two hit it off, and then Mr. Wen Er took them to buy oil.

    So this evening, the kitchen received this batch of “fresh” ingredients.

    Gu Yin breathed a sigh of relief after checking, but if these people from the imperial city knew some ways or refused to accept bribes or were more upright, the plan would not go smoothly to this stage.

    But this step is not over yet, the difficulty is still to come – to handle these ingredients so that there is no peculiar smell, so that people can eat them without realizing it.

      “Gu Yin asked Shopkeeper Zhou in front of Eunuch Shangshan.

     Shopkeeper Zhou looked at Eunuch Shangshan again, who was eating lard residue that Gu Yin honored.

    In the past, he was only responsible for passing meals to the emperor and testing poisons. When he went out, he was served by the little eunuchs one by one. wander around.

    He waved his hand lazily, “You can decide for yourself.”

      rice.

    The porridge was handed over to Gu Yinlai. She judged that the heat was excellent, and put some tofu on it before it was out of the pot.

    The hot sauerkraut chicken porridge is ready.

    At the same time, the shopkeeper Zhou also fried a large pot of fried pork with fungus – the fungus had been soaked in advance, and after being sent to the mountain, they were soaked for half an afternoon. At this time, it had become gelatinous and soft, But shopkeeper Zhou is as good as Gu Yin, and he frys it quickly with a high fire, and then puts some spices. Whether it is appearance or fragrance, it is no different from ordinary fungus.

    “Today, the little lady and Master Zhou don’t hide their secrets.” Eunuch Shangshan swallowed the scent of the stove, “Our family is also a little hungry, so it’s time to have a meal first. .”

    Gu Yin can’t let him eat this, eat him first, how can the people outside eat it?

    “Where do you use this big pot of rice?” Gu Yin smiled, “We will make you something else exquisite.”

    Gu Yin winked at the shopkeeper Zhou, put the sauerkraut in the pot again and sauteed until fragrant, then added the chicken nuggets and sauteed. At the same time, Gu Yin put down a bowl of chicken soup hand-made noodles with enough chicken.

    The fried chicken with sauerkraut accompanied by the refreshing and delicious chicken noodle soup made Shangshan **** smile.

    After a while, the guards came to pass the meal.

    The two guards who came to carry food this time were complaining, “Brothers didn’t talk about cooking gold and jade in the capital, they were also popular and spicy, when did they fall to this level?”

    Don’t talk about marching and fighting, even ordinary rich people don’t eat well. Just talking about the fungus, the common people can’t afford it.

    But in their eyes, such treatment is like torture.

    “Don’t say a few words,” the companion gave him an elbow, and at the same time sighed, “Today’s food is delicious!”

    “The adults have worked hard.” Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and went to distribute food with them as usual.

    General military disciplines are strict, even when it comes to meals, so the sons and brothers from the imperial city naturally don’t pay attention to those.

    Smelling the delicious food today, everyone asked for more than usual. There is a lot of meat porridge and a small amount of fungus. Most of these fungus are finally presented to the dark guards. They are the people who are most admired by the emperor in the camp today.

    In the kitchen, Gu Yin was impatient and scared, but she still had to smile to deal with the **** Shangshan.

    At this moment, a tall figure appeared at the door, and when Gu Yin saw him, she was immediately relieved.

    The half-drunk **** Shang Shan looked at him with a funny look, and joked: “It’s a coincidence that you are so good-looking, it must be because the little lady’s food is especially delicious today, so I hooked him up. !” He waved to the young man again: “Stop standing outside the door, come in quickly.”

    The young man saw Gu Yin’s trembling hand, and for the first time pulled it up.

    His hands were dry and warm, and the warmth spread from the fingertips to Gu Yin’s heart.