Chapter 531: Laughing out loud [Thanks! Bow again! 40k owed]

Chen Hour (after 7:00 AM)

The horizon already had a fish-belly white.

Prefectural government office,

the vigorous fire basins and bonfires from the early morning were now about to go out.

Back courtyard of the government office,

outside the bedroom of the main house,

a sturdy man stood there bowing,

inside the room, Pan Ce, who was being served by a woman with a graceful figure and thin clothing, her eyes full of humiliation, was taking off his clothes:

"Burn the military supplies and silk; what will I use to reward the meritorious believers and ministers? With your few pounds of flesh, or the official position in Northern Liao eight hundred li away?"

The sturdy man outside the door still bowed and said: "Buddha, the orders from the garrison office and the Buddha's decree from the Buddha-decorating platform all require this! Moreover, the military supplies and wealth stored in the city are piled up like mountains; even if ninety percent are burned, it will be enough for you to use."

"The Great Zhou has an old saying: when a general is away, he is not bound by the orders of the sovereign! The garrison office and the Buddha-decorating platform don't know the situation in the city; I want to wait and see how many commoners in the city are willing to tattoo their faces and live and die with me! By then, it won't be too late to reward them after burning."

"I ask the Buddha to give his subordinate a time, so it is convenient for his subordinate to reply to Xijin Prefecture."

A sigh came from inside the room, and the voice said: "Wait until I wake up at noon, then burn half first, okay?"

"Subordinate thanks the Buddha for his mercy."

"Beizhou city walls are high and the river is deep; the Xuanyi Army soldiers and Maitreya followers are all in my hands, what are they worried about..."

South of Beizhou city,

on the official road,

the Guangjie Army under the old General Gan, who was originally stationed in Guantao, was rushing toward Beizhou at this time.

Several thousand people marched in formation, and the white steam they exhaled was spectacular.

And because the dirt road was very dry,

as people and horses passed by, plus the blowing of the north wind, dust instantly filled the air.

Liang Jing, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yongchang, rode on his horse, looked at the stretching formation, waved his hand, and shouted loudly: "Fast! Faster! Run!" *Cough cough cough. *

At this time, a messenger cavalry with a flag ran over: "Commander Liang, General Gan conveys the Bianjing military order, ordering your unit to speed up and arrive at Beizhou, and after arriving, take materials on the spot to block the moat east of Beizhou city."

"Order received." Liang Jing frowned and bowed.

Then, looking at the soldiers in front, Liang Jing said to his deputy beside him: "Go, go to the main army and tell the old general that my unit will first put down the armor and supplies and let the soldiers march lightly."

"Order received."

Watching the deputy walk toward the rear, Liang Jing rode his horse to catch up to the front of the formation and shouted: "Put the armor on the side of the road, get everyone on the carts, and run!"

Northeast of Beizhou,

Zheng Xiao and several messenger soldiers under his command stationed their horses by the riverbank,

looking at the subordinates who were preparing to cross the river by the canal.

The unit under the Marquis of Zhongjing where Zheng Xiao was located was infantry,

although the station was originally not far from Beizhou,

the marching speed was not fast,

on the way to Beizhou,

passing through Dezhou,

in the evening, they were treated as reinforcements by the Prefect of Dezhou, and after being invited into the prefecture city, they helped the Prefect of Dezhou wipe out the chaotic thieves in the city.

His military rank would definitely be able to rise a bit with this merit.

At this time,

cavalry came galloping quickly from behind. After stopping their horses beside Zheng Xiao, they bowed and said: "Commander, there is suddenly a cavalry force behind us, roughly catching up to us in about a quarter of an hour."

"Cavalry? How many people? What flag are they flying?"

"Reporting to Commander, I didn't see the flag clearly! Judging by the distance of the dust, there must be two or three thousand people!"

Zheng Xiao shook his head in doubt and immediately ordered: "Order, accelerate crossing the river and form a formation on the opposite bank!"

"Yes!"

The messenger soldier to the side rode his horse forward, passing the military order as he ran.

In less than a quarter of an hour,

the sound of horse hooves like thunder came.

Looking at the large "Zheng" flag at the very front of the cavalry, Zheng Xiao hatefully whipped the messenger cavalry who had just reported the news, and then hurriedly shouted: "Make way, make way for the cavalry!"

Hearing the order,

the infantry under Zheng Xiao began to move rapidly to both sides, clearing the road after crossing the bridge.

General Zheng Jun, who was riding at the front, didn't care about his younger brother, and directly led people across the bridge and continued to gallop toward Beizhou.

One rider separated from the cavalry formation and ran toward Zheng Xiao.

Once close, it was clear that this cavalryman was his own nephew, Zheng Hu.

"Little Uncle, urgent order from Bianjing, ordering you to accelerate to Beizhou!"

"Hu-ge, what's going on? Your father didn't even have time to talk to me!?"

"Little Uncle, someone in Beizhou has raised an army to rebel and has already occupied Beizhou city!"

"When did this happen?"

"They say the night before the day before yesterday!"

"Heaven, how could it be Beizhou! Understood, you hurry and catch up!"

Watching his nephew go far away, Zheng Xiao sighed: "I knew it, wherever Zaijing is, there's never any good news!"

"Pass the order..."

On the road,

the two flatbed carts "borrowed" by Master Feng were walking toward the government office,

Xu Zaijing sat very relaxed on the first cart.

Just as they exited the street entrance,

they saw a restaurant with a "Du Lou" plaque, where several people were carrying two wooden barrels half a person high out.

The enticing fragrance drifted over with the white steam rising from the wooden barrels.

Xu Zaijing said: "Qingyun, stop the cart."

"Whoa~"

The cart stopped, Xu Zaijing jumped off the cart, looked at the Du Lou steward and waiters who were preparing to load the wooden barrels onto the pushcart, and asked: "What is this, so fragrant?"

"Reporting, reporting to Military Grandpa, this is the most famous spiced braised beef of our Du Lou, boiled for a whole night, and we are just preparing to send it to the military generals in the government office!"

"Generals? And plural? What generals?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Military Grandpa, yesterday the Buddha appointed many generals and civil officials, you... don't know?"

"Pfft, yesterday I was busy slaughtering those who didn't want to be tattooed!" Xu Zaijing spat out a mouthful of saliva.

The steward nodded repeatedly,

looking at Xu Zaijing's fair and handsome face without tattoos, and then looking at the blood-stained steel mace at his waist, the steward didn't dare to say much, just hurriedly accompanied him with a smile.

Xu Zaijing's mouth revealed a smile, looking at the fragrant beef in the wooden barrel, and said: "You didn't poison it, did you?"

"Sigh, what are you saying, Military Grandpa? My proprietor is the number one civil official under the Buddha; we are all one family, how could there be poisoning?"

"Then you take a bite! Call your chef out and have him take a bite too."

After the steward took a bite in doubt, he waved his hand, and the waiter ran into the building. Not long after, a chef walked out, with the four characters "Maitreya in the World" tattooed on his neck.

Looking at the color of the tattoo, it had clearly been tattooed for some time.

"This Military Grandpa wants you to taste a bite, saying he's afraid someone poisoned it."

After the chef took a bite of meat without any scruples, he looked at the clean faces of Xu Zaijing and the others and said: "Looking at the extraordinary temperament of this group of little brothers, I wonder which general you are under?"

Xu Zaijing looked at the beef in the wooden barrel, smiled, and said: "We are under General Xu; we happen to be going to the government office, so we'll help you send it over."

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing picked up a large wooden barrel in each hand, turned around, and placed them on the two carts.

"Little brother has great strength!"

Several people saw the steel mace behind Xu Zaijing's waist together and hurriedly praised him repeatedly.

After Xu Zaijing and the others left,

the chef asked in doubt: "When did the Buddha have someone surnamed Xu under him?"

"Must have been newly recruited in the city!"

Afterward, these people returned to the restaurant.

On the road,

Xu Zaijing handed a piece of fragrant, enticing, and still somewhat hot beef the size of half a fist to Qingyun, who was driving the cart.

"If I had known there was such good food, I wouldn't have eaten other people's porridge and rice."

Qingyun said after taking the beef.

Xu Zaijing pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Afterward,

the people on the two carts ate until their mouths were full of oil.

This unscrupulous appearance instead made the other thief soldiers they met on the road not suspicious.

Some even came forward to ask them for beef to eat,

and because there was a lot of beef in the barrels, they threw out more than ten pieces of beef.

Just before arriving at the government office,

"Hiccup~"

Xu Zaijing sat on the cart and let out a full hiccup.

Gu Tingye on the cart behind was picking his teeth.

Zhao Meifeng, Gao Yunqing, Master Feng, and all the personal guards were wiping the grease off their hands on their clothes.

After the carts stopped,

Xu Zaijing and the others got off the carts, each preparing to put on their helmets.

Gao Puyu even wiped his palms on the ground and said: "Rubbing dirt, it works!"

Meaning it wouldn't slip because of the oil on his hands.

Everyone followed suit.

At this time,

a sturdy man walked out of the government office.

After seeing the sturdy Xu Zaijing and the others at the entrance,

the man walked over and said: "Alright, stand up! You guys don't put on your helmets yet, unload your armor, and come with this general to the large warehouse in the city."

Just as Gao Puyu stood up and was about to agree, Xu Zaijing put on his helmet, grabbed him, stared at the sturdy man, and said: "Why should we go?"

The man looked at Xu Zaijing, who was half a head taller than him, and the steel mace at Xu Zaijing's waist, his straight face revealed a smile, and he said: "You guys come with me to the large warehouse to splash fire oil; once the errand is done, I will make the decision to let you choose things in the large warehouse."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other.

"Fire oil? Are you going to burn the large warehouse?" Gu Tingye asked in a slouching manner.

The sturdy man didn't look at Gu Tingye, who was speaking, but looked at Master Feng to the side.

He said with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "You, you look familiar..."

Xu Zaijing took a stride to block in front of the man, grabbed his clothes, showed his teeth, and smiled: "I also find you familiar, Grandpa; we grandpas just finished eating, and you want us to work, let's talk to the Buddha about it."

Anger rose on the sturdy man's face, and he scolded: "You..."

Before the man finished speaking,

Xu Zaijing had already quickly grabbed the sturdy man's head,

and then fiercely smashed his helmeted head into him.

"Thud."

The man immediately went limp in Xu Zaijing's hands.

At the government office entrance,

in the sight of many thief soldiers,

Xu Zaijing just grabbed the sturdy man's hair bun with one hand and dragged him into the government office.

Gu Tingye behind him turned his eyes and shouted: "Come come, don't worry about them, come eat meat."

Master Feng's personal guards also reacted, hurriedly carrying the wooden barrels with little beef left, and walked toward the government office entrance.

"It's nothing, nothing, that general was just knocked unconscious by my comrade." Gu Tingye continued.

"Small matter, small matter!"

Listening to Gu Tingye's voice, looking at the sturdy man in Xu Zaijing's hand who had already started bleeding from seven orifices, the thief soldiers at the entrance reacted, and one by one pulled out their waist knives and bows and arrows.

Seeing this situation,

Xu Zaijing changed from one-handed to two-handed, and then threw the person fiercely toward the place where there were many thief soldiers.

Afterward, Xu Zaijing turned back to take his strong bow, hung the arrow quiver at his waist, and walked toward the government office.

When Gu Tingye and Master Feng's personal guards stepped forward to deliver finishing blows with long spears and long lances, Gao Puyu, Qingyun, and Zhao Meifeng had already raised their shields in front of Xu Zaijing and walked toward the government office.

"Hey, two Gao brothers, Master Zhao, I really didn't expect that we could fight side by side again today!"

Qingyun held a shield, his waist knife hung on his belt, and while carrying his young master's long spear on the shield, he said in a relaxed tone while moving forward.

The few people with giant shields in front all revealed smiles.

The last time they fought side by side was several years ago, dealing with the Japanese assassins hired by the Bai family of Yang Zhou in Chuzhou.

"I didn't expect it either, Brother Zhao is already a master, yet still has to charge at the front."

Xu Zaijing, who was behind, said this with a smile, while his hands had already continuously shot out three fierce feathered arrows.

"Fifth Young Master, shut up!" Zhao Meifeng said, and even glared at his subordinate Gao Yunqing.

At this time,

Gu Tingye, who had finished delivering finishing blows, followed quickly,

watching Xu Zaijing in front talking while shooting one arrow at a time, or two at a time, annihilating the thief soldiers in the government office, he swallowed his saliva with a blank stare.

In front,

"Hiccup!"

Xu Zaijing, who had eaten a lot of beef, hiccuped again and exhaled a mouthful of white steam.

As Xu Zaijing and the others killed their way inside,

they could already hear thief soldiers inside shouting for help and issuing warnings.

"Buddha! Great Zhou thief soldiers have killed their way in!"

"Buddha, save me!"

This Beizhou government office,

was like a four-courtyard residence, counting from the main gate, a total of four gates.

When Xu Zaijing and the others walked toward the third gate.

"Woo~" A horn sound rang out.

On both sides behind Xu Zaijing and the others, thief soldiers began to appear.

"Second Brother, I'll leave my back to you!"

Xu Zaijing shouted while drawing his bow and shooting arrows.

"Ah? Good! I know!"

Gu Tingye, behind him, led the Feng family crowd, killing enemies to cover them while shouting.

As they spoke,

everyone had already entered the third gate.

"Arrows, throw them on the ground."

Xu Zaijing shouted behind Qingyun and the others.

A moment later, Gao Yunqing and Gao Puyu had already untied the arrow quivers at their waists and thrown them on the ground.

After Xu Zaijing shot the last feathered arrow in his quiver, he quickly hung the two quivers on the ground at his waist.

Just before arriving at the fourth gate,

a decent military formation appeared in front of them.

"Who are you people! How dare you come and run wild before the Buddha!"

"Why don't you throw down your weapons and surrender?"

Four or five steps behind the thief soldier formation, there was a burly man wearing gorgeous Great Zhou general armor, holding a sharp long-handled park dao, looking taller and stronger than Xu Zaijing, who shouted loudly.

"This guy has no beard, he's not that so-called Buddha."

Gao Puyu raised his shield and said in a teasing tone.

"You are bold! Since you are looking for death! This general will fulfill you!"

"Kneel!"

The burly man roared.

Before Gao Puyu, Zhao Meifeng, and the others could react,

the shield-bearing thief soldiers in front of the burly man suddenly lowered their bodies.

That man looked burly, but his steps were very agile.

After accelerating for four or five steps, the burly man stepped on the shield in front and leaped up fiercely.

Looking at the shield-bearing soldier, he could be considered elite; under the burly man's giant force, he even gave an upward lifting force.

This sharp long-handled park dao, swung with the burly man's arm strength, plus the inertial force from high to low, was definitely not a joke.

When the burly man walked, Xu Zaijing had already drawn his bow and arrow, originally aiming at the burly man's eye area.

But as the man walked, Xu Zaijing discovered that he wasn't wearing chain armor at all.

Therefore,

the moment the man leaped into mid-air, raised his long-handled park dao with both hands, and exposed his armpit,

"Thrum!"

The sharp arrow cluster pierced through the man's armpit and out through his shoulder.

The huge force of the feathered arrow and the sudden scalding pain in his armpit made the burly man lose strength in one arm, and he couldn't maintain balance in the air.

"Clang"

The long-handled park dao smashed onto Qingyun's shield,

the burly man landed on the ground, surprisingly didn't fall at first, staggered a few steps, and leaned sideways against the shield of the military formation behind him.

Before the burly man could rejoice,

"Thrum."

Another feathered arrow shot toward his injured armpit.

Because the pain in his armpit made the burly man unable to lower his arm at all,

this feathered arrow pierced directly through his armpit and out the other side of his body.

"Hah hah hah"

The burly man, hit by two arrows, couldn't catch his breath, and tremblingly lifted his face mask.

"Thrum."

A feathered arrow pierced into the burly man's eye socket.

From the burly man's questioning to his brain being pierced by a sharp arrow, the whole process didn't even take thirty breaths.

However, the feathered arrows didn't stop.

Any thief facing Qingyun who showed a flaw would be hit by a feathered arrow.

Soon,

the not-so-large military formation was dead, injured, and more than half retreated into the fourth gate.

Main room doorway,

Xu Zaijing also saw the bearded man who was wearing armor inside and was now putting on a purple cassock.

"Second Brother!"

Hearing the shout,

Gu Tingye, who had many bloodstains on his body, ran over holding his long spear.

"Give me the spear?"

"Ah?"

Gu Tingye asked with his mouth, but his hand had already handed his long spear to Xu Zaijing.

After Xu Zaijing weighed it, he handed his strong bow to Gu Tingye, then ran forward fiercely for two steps, and the moment he stopped behind Qingyun, he threw Gu Tingye's long spear out with all his might.

The huge force made this long spear make a whistling sound in the air.

The whistling sound hadn't faded,

the bearded man at the main entrance had already been hit in the chest by the long spear, and flew into the room along with the spear.

In the courtyard behind the fourth gate,

the thief soldiers who saw this scene were all dumbfounded.

Although there were still many people,

the look in their eyes when they looked at Xu Zaijing's group was full of horror, and some had already knelt on the ground.

Beside Xu Zaijing,

Gu Tingye looked at the main room doorway, then looked at Xu Zaijing, and said: "Zaijing, no, you... this... that..."

Gu Tingye followed Xu Zaijing and continued to walk forward.

The few people with shields in front walked quickly into the room.

Then, Gu Tingye's long spear was pushed further behind the Buddha Pan Ce by Gao Yunqing.

Afterward,

Qingyun carried the spear butt in front, and behind this Buddha, Gao Yunqing and Gao Puyu placed Xu Zaijing's long spear horizontally under Gu Tingye's long spear.

One in front, two in back, they carried the Buddha, who hadn't breathed his last yet, out like this.

On the road,

under the dazzling winter sun,

blood dripped down from the bearded man's ankles,

Xu Zaijing's group,

this cruel and even somewhat perverted appearance,

made all the thieves who saw this scene terrified.

Night,

Bianjing.

Imperial Palace inner court,

inside the main hall,

in the bright yellow candlelight, Zhao Fang sat quietly below the Emperor, listening to the discussions of the civil and military officials in the court.

"Your Majesty, therefore, the minister believes that no matter the result, we should prepare for the military supplies and wealth stored in Beizhou to be turned to ashes." Xu Minghua said with a heavy expression.

Old General Cao on the other side nodded: "Xu Hou's words are correct! Beizhou city walls are high and the water is deep, far from what those military strongholds in the Northwest can compare to! Even if the sons can sacrifice their lives, a forced attack into the city will not result in a small number of casualties, and with the compensation for the dead and injured, that will be another large sum of silver expenditure."

Hearing this,

the officials present, especially the high officials in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works, all sighed.

"Father Emperor, Zaijing has arrived in Beizhou."

The Emperor furrowed his brows, nodded, and responded perfunctorily: "He should have arrived."

"Xu Hou, I wonder what merit your Fifth Young Master can achieve this time." Zhao Fang said, looking at Xu Minghua.

Xu Minghua bowed and arched his hands: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your favor; the minister also hopes that his dog son can achieve more merit and let the military supplies and wealth in Beizhou city... suffer less loss!"

The civil and military officials around all nodded repeatedly.

Old General Cao glanced behind the imperial desk, at the Emperor's frowning and worried appearance, bowed to resolve the situation: "Your Majesty, His Highness's words make sense; speaking of which, when conquering Bai Gao in the Northwest, Xu Hou's Fifth Young Master repeatedly achieved strange merits and never appeared behind the old minister."

Once these words were spoken, there was a slight discussion in the hall.

The Emperor's expression eased slightly, saying: "I also know a thing or two; I hope he is as the old general and Xu Hou said."

"Your Majesty! Good news!"

Outside the hall,

a vague shouting sound from an eunuch came.

"Your Majesty, good news! Gold medal good news!"

The voice became clearer,

the civil and military officials in the hall all looked toward the outside of the hall.

Soon,

the main hall door was pushed open, and the breathless eunuch knelt on the ground, holding an urgent report in his hands, and shouted to everyone in the hall:

"Your Majesty! Beizhou 800-li gold medal good news! This... this morning, the thief leader in Beizhou city was beheaded! The city gate has been opened!"

"Ah?"

"What?"

"This morning?"

"Absurd! How is that possible!"

The main hall boiled over for a time.

Zhao Fang's eyes widened, darting around, full of thoughts.

The Emperor stood up, supporting the imperial desk, preparing to go see the urgent report held by the eunuch, walking while asking: "Then, then the wealth and military equipment in the city's large warehouse, how much was lost?!"

The Duke of England, old and strong, took the urgent report and walked quickly to hand it to the Emperor.

The Emperor unfolded the urgent report at lightning speed, reading it at a glance, and then his expression went from anxious to relieved.

Then the Emperor handed the urgent report to the Duke of England,

and as he walked back toward the imperial desk, he first patted the shoulder of the old Marquis of Xiangyang, who was looking proud, his mouth wanting to curl up to the sky: "Hou Gu, good, really good!"

The old Marquis of Xiangyang turned his head proudly: "Hmph!"

The Emperor didn't mind, and smiled and patted Xu Minghua's shoulder: "Xu Hou, Xu Hou, you and your Madam really gave birth to a good son!"

Xu Minghua was bewildered for a moment; this didn't sound like a compliment.

Thinking this, Xu Minghua turned his eyes to look at Old General Cao, who was looking at the urgent report side-by-side with the Duke of England.

Seeing the smile on Old General Cao's face, Xu Minghua breathed a sigh of relief and bowed: "This kid, this is also relying on Your Majesty's great fortune."

The Emperor walked to the side of the Marquis of Ningyuan, Gu Yanka, and smiled: "Hou Gu, your kid is also not bad."

Gu Yanka hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty praises too much!"

The Emperor smiled, patted Gu Yanka, shook his head, and then laughed out loud: "Haha! Hahahaha~"

At first, it was the Emperor laughing,

then,

"Hahahaha~"

The officials in the hall looked at each other and also laughed out loud.

Things worth millions of strings of cash were saved, and the great prime ministers, dukes, and nobles could also have a good New Year.

Otherwise...

In the winter night, the laughter of a group of men in the main hall,

rushed into the night sky,

and reached the inner court of the Imperial Palace.

Soon, the personal maids and eunuchs of the Empress and concubines were sent over to see what had happened.

Then these eunuchs and maids soon ran toward the inner court laughing.

Empress's sleeping palace,

The Empress, holding her daughter, heard the maid's report and said with a smile on her lips: "Go, take the token, leave the palace, go to the Xu family, Gu family, Cao family, and also the Qi family and Chai family, and tell them this good news!"

"Yes!"

Outside the palace,

Nanjingtang Lane,

Rong Feiyan was talking to her sister-in-law, who was pregnant, in the room,

suddenly,

"Boom~"

A loud noise came from the direction of the Imperial City, and then a huge firework bloomed above the Imperial City, illuminating the Rong family's courtyard and rooms.

Everyone in the room looked at each other.

"Sister, didn't they say something happened in Beizhou? Why are they setting off fireworks in the palace?" Dou Danniang asked in doubt.

Rong Feiyan said uncertainly: "Could it be that there is some turn for the better in the situation?"

Chai residence main gate,

"Neigh~"

After Chai Bo stopped his horse, he leaped off and ran toward the courtyard laughing.

After entering the back courtyard,

"Father, Mother!"

"Father, Mother!"

Chai Bo's shouting voice resounded through the Chai family courtyard.

"Second Brother, you're so old, why are you still making such a loud noise!"

Looking at his son who entered the room, the Chai family Master frowned and said.

"Father, Mother, the palace just received a gold medal good news from the north, saying that the Beizhou city gate was wide open this morning, and the military supplies, wealth, and military equipment stored in the city are all safe!"

Hearing this, the Chai couple looked at each other in surprise.

Madam Chai's eyes darted, and she hurriedly said: "Does the good news say how the Xu family's Fifth Young Master is?"

Chai Bo nodded, just about to speak, when he heard the sound of running outside.

A moment later, Chai Zhengzheng, panting, lifted the curtain and walked in: "Brother, what happened?"

Chai Bo smiled, looked at Madam Chai, and said: "Mother, it will be even harder for sister to find a husband in the future!"

Madam Chai fiercely patted Chai Bo's shoulder and said hatefully: "If you can't speak, shut up!"

Chai Bo pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows.

Chai Zhengzheng's eyes darted, and she asked urgently with a smile: "Mother, Father, Brother, is it that the Xu family's Fifth Young Master has achieved merit again?"

Chai Bo nodded repeatedly: "The Empress's personal maid told me that Zaijing and his group entered Beizhou city and killed the thief leader."

The Chai family Master to the side stroked his beard and said softly in doubt: "Beizhou city walls are high and the water is deep; how did this Xu family Fifth Young Master get in?"

Chai Bo shook his head: "This, the maid beside the Empress didn't say, and I don't know either."

Madam Chai said with full thoughts in her eyes: "It's okay, it's okay, Xu Hou will definitely return to Quyuan Street tonight; tomorrow I will go to the Xu family and ask Madam Sun!"

At night,

outside Beizhou city,

military camps stretched out,

outside a camp with a "Zheng" flag,

fire basins and bonfires were burning vigorously.

Beside the bonfires,

Zheng Xiao, in full armor, hugged Xu Zaijing's neck with one arm and Gu Tingye with the other, saying: "Why is it that every time you guys have good news, I always arrive late!"

"Sigh! I hate it!"

Xu Zaijing exhaled a mouthful of white steam and said: "Weren't you quelling chaos in Dezhou prefecture city? That's also a merit. And you have a childhood sweetheart like the Zhang family's Fifth Young Lady; what else do you want?"

Zheng Xiao: "I..."

Gu Tingye to the side said: "That's right! And I'm good at reading, and I'm Zaijing's classmate and relative! This... no way, the merit just fell on my head."

"Go away!"

Zheng Xiao pushed Gu Tingye.

"Hehehehe."

The three laughed again.

A moment later,

Gu Tingye stopped laughing and said: "This was only chaotic for a few days, and Beizhou city was already dancing with demons..."

Xu Zaijing and Zheng Xiao also put away their smiles.

The next day,

after dawn, Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye, He Guan, and others re-entered Beizhou city; they would return to the capital after a tour.

Zheng Xiao, Huang Qingyue, and the others would be stationed in Beizhou for some time.

Passing through the east city gate,

near the water gate,

Gu Tingye, who was riding beside Xu Zaijing, pulled Xu Zaijing's clothes, pointed to the side of the road, and said urgently: "Zaijing, look quickly, that woman leading two children, is she the one from yesterday..."

Xu Zaijing: "Hmm, yes."

Gu Tingye turned his head to look at Huang Qingyue, the heir of the Earl of Shoushan, on the other side, and said: "Then, that family of three, when you are in Beizhou, help me take care of them."

Looking at Gu Tingye's gaze, Huang Qingyue nodded and said: "Second Brother, rest assured!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 532 =====