Chapter 196: Unpredictable People
"I said I'm winning over people's hearts?" Xi Yunfei couldn't accept it for a moment. He just wanted to do a good thing, and he didn't expect anything to be foolish about winning over people's hearts.
Besides, those people are not a family of gentry. Is it necessary for them to win over?
When Wang Dahui saw Xi Yunfei, he was confused and thought to himself that Xi Yunfei was still too young and did not realize what it means to win the hearts of the people and win the world.
You know, the reason why Li Tang was able to rise back then was not because of the popularity and people's popularity accumulated by Princess Pingyang Zhao's opening warehouses and releasing grain?
At that time, the third princess, as her daughter, led several capable servants to constantly recruit anti-Sui righteous men and formed a military army that was not weaker than any force at that time, and guarded Li Yuan's ninth gate of the Great Wall on the north side of the Tang Dynasty, Weize Pass (Nantizi Pass).
Princess Pingyang fought against the Turks in the north, Khitan, attacked Liu Heita in the east, Wang Shichong in the west, Li Gui, and a general was in the pass, and ten thousand men could not open it. If he hadn't died for no reason, the Tang Dynasty would have been a different scenery now.
Wang Dachui sighed helplessly and whispered: "My husband should think about how to justify himself. At least our attitude must be clear, otherwise it will be another trouble in the future. General Chai, you can not be afraid, and we are not afraid, but this world is still the world of saints after all..."
Wang Dachui originally had the second half of the sentence, "Unless you have something else to do." But he didn't dare to say it. Such a rebellious word is a taboo.
Xi Yunfei was not a deceitful person, but after being reminded by Wang Dachui, he had to pay attention to it.
But since I have promised the people to give porridge with wooden purple clothes, I can't let the little girl gown, right?
Xi Yunfei hesitated for a while and thought that he was indeed suitable to be an indecent little salted fish. Such brain-consuming things should be left to professionals to deal with. If only Ma Zhou was there, he would be thrown directly to him. With his ability, he would definitely come up with a way of best of both worlds.
Wang Dahui just reminded that he had no idea. After all, he was not a civil servant, and he was just a rough man with a little more delicate mind. At this time, he frowned and thought. After all, if he was not careful, he might become a thief.
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At the same time, Ziyunxuan, the third floor.
Wooden purple-clothed sitting cross-legged on the cushion, with hands lightly on both knees, and in front of her was a small incense burner. At this time, green smoke slowly lingered, emitting a faint sandalwood fragrance. Wooden purple-clothed eyes were closing, and she was resting.
Knock knock knock knock ~
The door was knocked carefully, and the person outside the door did not dare to push the door easily, but just stood outside the door and reported: "Report to my wife, there is news."
When Mu Ziyi heard this, her eyes slowly opened and she did not reply.
The person outside the gate continued: "Our people investigated the situation of the city garrison. It is said that in the early morning there was a thunder to help retreat the enemy. Originally, the Xicheng Gate could no longer be defended, but the rear camp of Liang State suddenly started a fire. I don't know the specific losses. However, the Liang army has not yet set up a stove to cook, and I think there is a heavy loss of food and grass."
The person outside the door stopped talking, and the wood purple-yi in the room closed the air hole in the incense burner in front of him, slowly got up, opened his red lips and said, "What is the movement of Xijiazhuang?"
When the person outside the door heard this, he reported: "At midnight last night, Xi Xiaolangjun took his servants to the former Turkic market and stayed until this morning. During this morning, someone heard a thunder sound on the street, but our people dare not investigate what Xiaolangjun and those servants did inside. The strength of those servants should not be underestimated. Please forgive me."
Mu Ziyi said 'um', waved her hand, walked to the tea table and knelt on the futon, saying, "Let me find a way to find out what they did in the market last night. I think the so-called thunder fire and the people who attacked the food burning may be them."
The person outside the door paused, frowned, and asked, "It's really possible that my wife said this. Oh, by the way, there is another strange thing. At noon today, the servants sent a lot of food and drink to the market. I roughly estimated that those foods should be enough for two thousand people to eat."
"Two thousand?" Mu Ziyi confirmed in surprise when she heard this.
The person outside the door nodded slightly: "Yes, it should be enough for two thousand people to eat. Did the lady think of something?"
Mu Ziyi was not too sure, and said, "I remember there is a record in the souvenir sent by Brother Ma. This time, Master Liang came to attack and brought two thousand Turkic spirit cavalry?"
"·······" The man outside the door lowered his eyebrows and recalled for a while, saying, "Wife said this, it seems to be true. The letter sent by the third brother also said that the leader was the little Turkic prince Ashinamil."
"No," the long eyebrows in the willow thighs trembled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Let's check quickly. The eastern city of Shuofang was taken away. The Turks could not sit idly by. Although Ashinamil was not brave enough to be brave, he was not a person who was less suspicious. Since he was here, he could not have done anything."
"Here~" The person outside the door responded and turned around and left directly.
Inside the house, Mu Ziyi walked to the balcony and leaned halfway on the railing, looking down at the huge Shuofang East City, and finally looked at Xijiazhuang not far away. Her eyebrows gradually twisted into the character "Sichuan", and she didn't know what she was thinking.
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In the city garrison, Chai Shao and Cheng Yaojin sat opposite each other.
In front of the two, there was a large amount of information collected by the service work and various unknown information.
Xi Yunfei still underestimated the abilities of the generals of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Chai Shao was holding a fragment of a small pineapple in his hand.
"There is a faint scent of sulfur and a pungent smell of saltpeter." Chai Shao said with a frown after smelling the fragments.
Cheng Yaojin nodded slightly. He had been rushing around for a long time and didn't know what object fell from it. However, the terrible thunder and fire should be related to these pieces of metal debris, which is beyond doubt.
Cheng Yaojin said: "The same smell is said to have been smelled by someone in the city last night. Although it is very light, from the perspective of the wind, it should undoubtedly be the inner city."
Chai Shao frowned and glanced at the inner city without any trace. Then he picked up a piece of rice paper from the table with a few lines of small characters on it.
Handing the rice paper to Cheng Yaojin, Chai Shao frowned and said, "I just said that this kid was weird. First, the man pretending to be Luo Yi, approached Liang Luoren. After gaining Liang Luoren's trust, he only brought two servants into the General's Mansion. In less than an hour, all the people in the General's Mansion were slaughtered. Then he instigated Li Zhengbao to rebel. According to the letter, the reason why Li Zhengbao easily rebelled was because this kid poisoned the guards of the City Guard in advance."
Cheng Yaojin read the content on the paper no less than three times. The more he looked at the expression on his face, the more he became more surprised, because Xi Yunfei gave him a very good impression... How could he say, Cheng Yaojin didn't think that Xi Yunfei was a talent who took three steps at most, and at most he had some small means and could make some money.
But now Cheng Yaojin has to admit that Xi Yunfei's series of layouts are indeed enough to easily capture Shuofang East City, and it is tied up one by one, especially poisoning the guards, forcing Li Zhengbao to rebel, and it is Xi Yunfei's magic trick to capture Shuofang East City.
Seeing Cheng Yaojin's expression of disbelief, Chai Shao glared at him angrily and said angrily: "I just said this kid is not a good-looking guy, but you just don't believe it. I'm talking about it now, right? It's not the only thing I know about people but the face. This person's heart is the most difficult thing to guess. Even people who are close to you have to be careful."
Cheng Yaojin felt sad and put the rice paper back on the table powerlessly. Seeing Chai Shao's face full of pride, he was angry and said sarcastically: "People's hearts are hard to predict. I'm afraid that the one who is most qualified to say this is not your Prince Chai."
Chapter completed!