The smell of blood and gunpowder smoke began to fill the air...
The earth is trembling.
...
The sun rises and the moon sets, the war has been bloody and intense these days, and the city is noisy. Those delivering weapons, bandaging the wounded, transporting food, patrolling and checking for spies... are coming and going, and the atmosphere is tense.
Ming Lanruo was quietly in the room, looking at the butterflies in the porcelain cup.
Its gorgeous wings have dried and are no longer wet, but they still haven't opened. They just hang behind it, dormant quietly.
No eating, no drinking.
Jing He looked at it, a little worried about this gorgeous and eerie little thing: "It won't die."
"Yes." Ming Lanruo said calmly, "But not now."
One day left.
She put the porcelain box aside.
Qiao Yan came in with a fruit plate, and behind him was the chubby figure of Magistrate Tang, who also held a basket in his hand.
Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "I got some new fruits, specially sent to the nobles to try."
Ming Lanruo looked at the basket of freshly washed peaches, holding her chin and chuckled: "The prefect is really thoughtful. He still wants to send us these good things when the war is raging."
Magistrate Tang still had a smile on his face: "It should be."
As he said that, he came over, sat at the table, and sighed: "The war is fierce now. Master Gu probably didn't expect that King Qin would be so troublesome. A lot of people were killed and injured in Gujiazhai in the past two days. It's more than Master Gu imagined."
Ming Lanruo raised her eyebrows slightly: "Gujiazhai has a high fortress and a large amount of grain reserves. In addition, it is easy to defend the city but difficult to attack it. How could this happen?"
Besides, most of the people here are red-blooded orphans. Many of them are even red-blooded veterans. There have been many casualties in the past two days?
Magistrate Tang narrowed his slender eyes, as if mocking Ming Lanruo's ignorance——
"Warriors require training. Mr. Gu has been the king of the mountain here for more than 20 years. Except for a few battles to subdue other gangsters in the first few years, he has been nothing more than the king of the mountain for the next ten years."
He paused and chuckled: "Even if we still use Xiao Shuai's method to train troops, it's just a small fight with bandits, and there is no trace of the spirit of the past."
Ming Lanruo didn't mind his ridicule, she just thought deeply——
"For many years, the soldiers and horses in Youzhou, Yunzhou, and Suzhou are not the first-line borders, but also the second-line checkpoints. There are often small-scale battles. The soldiers have been practicing for a long time. In addition, His Highness the King of Qin has also led troops in battles for many years. Naturally, he can compete with Gujiazhai on paper.
It’s different.”
Ming Lanruo's keenness made Tang Zhifu take a high look. He smiled and said, "What Concubine Ming said is true, but this is a good thing, because it means that the King of Qin will soon wipe out the Gujiazhai and Gujiajun."
She saw that Magistrate Tang, a red-blooded former general, did not show any regret or sadness for his fellow military comrades whom she had worked with for twenty years. He was so cold-blooded and calm.
Ming Lanruo's eyes were complicated and cold. It turned out that people's hearts have changed and they can never go back. The Red Blood Rebels in Northeast China are really rotten from top to bottom.
Magistrate Tang said in a flattering tone: "I don't know, what are your plans? When will you arrange for people to open the city gate and let His Highness King Qin in?"
Qiao Yan took a peach, picked a small and delicate dagger and peeled the peach slowly: "Why are you so anxious, Prefect Tang? Your mission is to monitor Master Gu and Gu Bijun, don't worry about the rest."
Magistrate Tang looked at his long, pale fingers holding a dagger, and twitched the spot on his face that was still covered with plaster.
He forced a smile and said: "I'm also worried that the nobles will be injured. After all, swords don't have eyes on the battlefield."
The war has been going on for two days, and now the fighting is fierce inside and outside the city. If we can't get Concubine Ming's specific plan, the risk of his plan to take Yueniang away tomorrow will increase.
The most important thing is that he needs to communicate with the prince's people——
The best time to open the city gates, break in and engage in street fighting is the best time to kill Concubine Ming, destroy the King of Qin... and also kill the father-in-law of Dongchang named Qiao!
