Author: Chu Yue

Tao Yao and Xi'er clung to each other, worried and frightened for half the night, and finally stayed up until dawn.

At dawn, it became calm outside. The fighting and shouting had receded and it became extremely quiet.

The two of them did not relax because of this, and they felt that it was a little too quiet.

After looking at each other, the two got up from the bed and quickly put on their clothes.

Just as he was about to go out to check on the situation, Uncle Tian came over and knocked on the door.

"Madam, the Khitan troops have withdrawn." Uncle Tian's excited voice sounded outside.

Tao Yao and Xi'er felt relieved and happy at the same time. They quickly walked over and opened the door.

"Has the Khitan really retreated?" Tao Yao asked eagerly.

"It's true, Wu Ze is back, he told me." Tian Bo smiled and nodded, very happy.

"Miss, it's great that the Khitans have withdrawn their troops." Xi'er held Tao Yao's hand tightly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Tao Yao was also very happy and asked Tian Bo: "Where are the people from Wuze?"

"We are eating in the front yard. The boy is very hungry." Uncle Tian said with a smile.

Hearing this, Tao Yao hurriedly walked towards the front yard.

When she passed by, Wuze was indeed eating.

However, when he saw Tao Yao approaching, he immediately stood up. There was still some rice in his mouth that he had not had time to swallow. His face and clothes were a little dirty, "Madam."

"Thank you for your hard work. Sit down quickly." Tao Yao raised his hand and pressed it.

Wuze was not polite, and sat down as he was told, saying vaguely: "Madam, please wait for a while, and after this subordinate has finished his meal, I will report the news about the Duke to you."

Tao Yao felt relieved after hearing this. It seemed that Lu Jiuyuan should be fine.

Wuze finished the rice in the bowl in two or three strokes, "Madam, don't worry, everything is fine with the Duke, but there are still some things in the army that need to be arranged, and the Duke will not come back until later.

Afraid that my wife would be worried, the Duke specially asked his subordinates to come back and report to you first."

Tao Yao nodded, feeling completely relieved now, but he was still curious: "What happened last night? Why did the Khitan army suddenly attack the city?"

Speaking of this matter, Wu Ze was particularly indignant, "The Khitan people are cunning. They knew that the Duke led troops to guard this place, and it would not be easy to invade Dayan, so they used a strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

The Duke and the main army were transferred away. Fortunately, the Duke saw through the plan and used his plan.

Therefore, when the main force of the Khitan army came to attack the city, they did not expect that we would counterattack and catch them by surprise.

Last night, the Khitan army suffered numerous casualties. The Khitan general Aku hurriedly withdrew his troops. The Duke also deliberately sent a group of soldiers and horses to pursue them. They were so frightened that they abandoned their armor and fled in all directions. In a short time

Guilty, I won’t be able to do it again.”

Although Tao Yao didn't see it with his own eyes, he could imagine the scene.

There must have been a fierce fight outside the city gate last night, with rivers of blood flowing, and it was too horrible to watch.

Fortunately, the Khitans did not attack in the end, otherwise the people in the city would have suffered.

After calming down, Tao Yao asked: "Wuze, are you sure the Duke will be back at noon?"

"Probably so." Wu Ze was not very sure either.

Tao Yao didn't care, she was going to prepare a table of dishes to reward Lu Jiuyuan.

Even if he couldn't make it back by noon, she could still send it to him.

Thinking of this, she asked Uncle Tian and Xi'er to go to the market to buy vegetables.

Because of the commotion caused by the Khitan people last night, the market opened late this morning. When Tao Yao and others arrived, everyone came out of the stalls.

After shopping around, Tao Yao ordered two chickens, five pounds of mutton, a pig's foot, and three fish.

When she was about to pay the money, the hawker suddenly asked: "Which family does the girl belong to?"

Before Tao Yao could speak, Xi'er had already proudly said, "We are from the general's palace."

"Ah, it's from the general's house? Then we can't accept the money." The hawker declined.

Tao Yao looked puzzled, "Why?"

The hawker smiled and said: "All the Khitans came here last night. If it weren't for Duke Lu and the soldiers, where would we be able to do business now?"

Since you are from the general's residence, all the groceries you buy from me are free of charge."

Before Tao Yao could react, other hawkers who heard what the hawker said also echoed, "Yes, thanks to Mr. Lu Guogong, we can do well. Since we are from the General's Mansion, these dishes of ours don't cost money. The girl directly

Just take the food away.”

"We don't want any more money."

Tao Yao was very moved after hearing this, but shook his head firmly, "We appreciate your kindness, but it is the duty of Lu Guogong and the soldiers to protect their home and country. They can protect everyone well, and they are also very good at it."

Be happy, these things are as much as they should be, and we cannot take advantage of you.

Otherwise, if the Duke finds out, he will blame us."

"How can this be done? Duke Lu Guo and the soldiers have tried their best to protect us, but how can we collect cash for just a little dish? That is really heartless." The vendors shook their heads and refused to accept it.

"The girl is very nice, you, you are not the wife of Lord Lu Guo, right?" At this time, an aunt asked curiously.

Hearing this, the others also reacted, looking at Tao Yao eagerly, and started a heated discussion, "I heard that Lu Guogong's wife came to the border to visit him some time ago. This girl is so beautiful and noble.

Yes, she is definitely Mrs. Lu Guogong."

Tao Yao was stunned, not knowing whether to deny or admit it, when Uncle Tian came over.

Those people immediately recognized Uncle Tian and asked excitedly: "Uncle Tian, ​​is this girl the wife of Duke Lu?"

Uncle Tian looked at Tao Yao, who looked embarrassed, and said with a smile: "She is our Duke's wife."

At this time, all the vendors were in an uproar, "She is really Mrs. Lu Guo. She looks so beautiful, like a fairy."

Hearing the commotion, the people who came here to buy vegetables also looked towards Tao Yao.

What's more, someone actually knelt down and kowtowed to Tao Yao on the spot, "Thanks to Duke Lu this time. We can't see Duke Lu, so we can't express our gratitude to him. It's the same when we see his wife today. Please ask her to express our gratitude to him."

The Duke accepts our homage."

Tao Yao was startled and quickly stopped him, "Everyone, don't be like this, get up quickly!"

But they didn't listen to her. Someone took the lead to kneel down, and more people immediately followed and knelt down to kowtow.

Tao Yao had never seen such a battle before, and was frightened and at a loss.

"Don't be like this, you're scaring our wife." Uncle Tian obviously didn't expect the big guys to be so enthusiastic, so he could only shout to them loudly.

Finally, everyone got up, but they kept stuffing food into Tao Yao's vegetable basket, and even the master and servants couldn't stop him.

It wasn't until the vegetable baskets brought by several people couldn't be filled that everyone gave up.

Looking at the filled vegetable baskets, Tao Yao and the other two people had a headache.

How to bring this back?
Chapter completed!