Li Mou prepared for one day and left with the troops the next day. He specially selected the troops where Shi Jincai was. Shi Jincai had been removed from his position as Chief General, and now he was the General General, and his original position was overtaken by Deputy Chief General. Li Yan's demotion was a demotion, and he would not use any weak method of resigning and retaining his post.

After leaving the county town, Shi Jincai came to Li Mou and asked, "General, ask you something."

Li Mou nodded and said, "Ask, but you have to perform well this time. I will repay you with merit after I go back. Among the old brothers, you are the only one who was demoted."

Shi Jincai nodded and said, "There is no problem in fighting. Those thieves are far worse than we did in the past, and there is no problem in fighting them. What I want to ask is, is Qiu Niang really being taken over by the garrison?"

"I'm still thinking about that Qiu Niang?" Li Mou scolded: "How many girls are there in the city?! As long as you want, I will personally protect you! Do you want to look or shape? You can choose it! Look at your unpromising look!"

Shi Jincai said in disappointment: "Then I have never heard of the garrison holding a banquet? Even if you marry a concubine, you should invite our brothers to have a bar."

"Nothing!" Li Mou said: "It's all rumors outside. The fourth brother just asked her to go back and take care of the patient. Somehow it was said that the house was collected."

"Is it the little lady who lives with her?" Shi Jincai immediately asked hopefully again.

Li Mou nodded and said, "Yes, it's hers. They are all women, and they live in the same yard, so it's convenient to take care of them."

"Oh, that's it." Shi Jincai said with a smile. Then he asked curiously: "That Wu Niang isn't it? What's the origin? The garrison is good to her."

Li Mou said lightly: "It's the family of the fourth brother's old friend, so of course we have to take good care of it." He did not talk about Master Niu, who was making the artillery. He felt that there was no need to tell Shi Jincai, after all, this has nothing to do with Shi Jincai.

Li Mou later said, "I am 180% married, you all have to prepare a gift."

Shi Jincai smiled and said, "I am the groom again, what time has this been the first time?"

"Shut up!" Li Mou smiled and scolded, "This is my first time getting married. Don't mention the past things! We were thieves before, but now we are the official army. Now we are completely separated from the past, and it has nothing to do with us. Do you understand? We must change our minds and become a new person!"

"I understand, understand." Shi Jincai said with a smile.

Everyone around him was his personal soldiers, and Li Mou didn't care that these confidants knew about his past, so they said it casually and did not deliberately avoid it.

At noon, Li Yan's home.

"You go back and cook." Wu Niang was at the table, writing while instructing Qiu Niang.

Qiu Niang sat opposite Wu Niang, without moving. She said, "It doesn't matter, I'll wait for you. Let's go back together, I'll cook very quickly."

Wu Niang put down her pen and asked impatiently: "What do you want to do after following me like a tail these days?! Aren't you working in a cloth workshop? Why don't you go to work?"

"Don't be angry." Qiu Niang said in a gentle voice: "Are you sick? The young master asked me to take care of you. This is the young master's concern for you."

"Who said I'm sick?" Wu Niang said impatiently: "I'm fine! Who said I'm sick?!"

Qiu Niang said, "Look, since you saw that last time, something was wrong. After resting at home for a few days, it was not much better. Look at you, you lose your temper at any time, isn't it the same as before?"

"If you don't follow me, can I lose my temper?!" Wu Niang asked loudly.

At this time, Li Yan came in from outside and happened to hear Wu Niang's voice.

"What's going on?" Li Yan asked, "Screaming, what do you think?"

"I've seen the young master." Qiu Niang stood up to greet him.

Wu Niang sat still. He glanced at Li Yan and asked dissatisfiedly: "What does it mean to ask her to follow me?"

"What does it mean to follow you?" Li Yan said: "It's about letting Qiu Niang take care of you. What's wrong with you taking care of you when you are sick?"

"I'm really not sick." Wu Niang explained angrily.

Li Yan looked at her and said, "Look at you, you are irritable, irritable, blushed, and breathing. These are symptoms of yin deficiency and excessive fire. Are you sick? If you don't take medicine, your condition will worsen. Let Qiuniang take care of you, which is your concern for you."

Wu Niang quickly covered her mouth and said with a red face: "I'll talk nonsense!" Then she quickly left.

Qiu Niang saluted Li Yan and planned to follow him.

Li Yan stopped her and whispered in dissatisfaction: "Didn't you tell me? You are asking you to take care of her, not watching the prisoner, how can you make it what you are now?"

Qiu Niang said a little aggrievedly: "I have never taken care of anyone before, please forgive me."

Li Yan ordered: "Don't stare at her too tightly, she just doesn't tell the matter out. You have to take care of her, just like a maid, do you understand?"

Qiu Niang nodded helplessly, and then hurried back to their yard.

In the afternoon, Li Yan brought Li Zhong to the barracks.

"Second brother. Are there any thieves in other directions?" Li Yan asked.

Li Zhong replied: "Nothing happened. But I heard that Li Jiyu in the west was very troubled. He was beaten by the government army once in September, and now there are tens of thousands more people. There are also rumors that Xiao Yuanying (Yuan Shizhong) is going to cross the river in Kaocheng (Lankao). But it is just a rumor that Yuan Shizhong should still be on the north bank of the Yellow River. There are small thieves nearby, so they dare not come to cause trouble for us."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Then pay more attention to the north. I heard that this little Yuan camp has a large number of people."

"Yes." Li Zhong nodded and said, "I have released the thief. If a thief comes, he should be able to get the news at least half a day in advance."

"Half a day is enough for us to arrange it." Li Yan thought for a while and said, "You concentrate half of the troops outside the city and garrison them in Yangyu Town to the north. If you have any questions, let out the beacon and I will lead the troops to support you."

Li Zhong asked: "There is no problem in Suizhou? Should we concentrate our troops first while there is nothing to do in the north and solve the thieves there?"

Li Yan tapped the table with his fingers and thought. This was indeed a good option. If there were thieves in the north a few days later, he would be in a difficult position.

After thinking for a while, he ordered: "You can send someone to Kaocheng now to see the specific situation. Let's find out if Yuan Shizhong will cross the river recently. I will also let Li Mou return to the information and see the situation in Suizhou. We have to be careful not to let the old nest have problems."
Chapter completed!