Chapter 109 The New Boss
At the junction of Xizhou and Taizhou, there is a mountain range called Duanyun Ridge.
Duanyun Ridge is strategically located and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. In recent years, it has been occupied by a group of refugees who have become bandits and has become a bandit stronghold.
Three months ago, dozens of men in black sneaked up the mountain in the middle of the night, killed all the leaders and small leaders, and took over the bandit camp.
The bandits who were recruited originally wanted to resist, but this group of men in black continued to bring people up the mountain, quickly expanding the gang of only four or five hundred people to four or five thousand people.
They had no choice but to sincerely submit to the new leader.
The new head of the family was fair-skinned and well-mannered, and looked like the candidates who had come to Beijing to take the imperial examinations that they had robbed, but he was extremely ruthless.
He cut off people's ears and noses, and peeled off their faces without blinking an eye.
He is like a living devil.
I don’t know where this person came from.
In the past, they were bandits. They would rob anyone, eat when there was food, and sleep when there was sleep. If they had extra money, they would go to the city every now and then to have a good time.
After a new leader took over, they had to get up before dawn to train. They would not be given food if they did not complete the task, and they were not allowed to go down the mountain.
A bandit camp was turned into a military camp.
They were filled with resentment, but dared not say a word.
After all, the companions who went down the mountain secretly are now hanging on the treetops.
Only after finishing the daily training and having dinner, I would lie down on the big bunk and listen to the crickets chirping for a few words.
"The new master has no stubble on his face and never sleeps with women. Could he be a eunuch?"
"I think he comes from a noble family. He trains us like soldiers."
"Will he lead us in a rebellion someday? If he succeeds, can we also be crowned kings and dukes?"
…
Most of their assumptions were wrong.
But one thing is true.
The former crown prince, former master Wu Nian, and leader of the new Duanyunling bandit camp, Zhao Bixiang, really wanted to rebel.
It even almost succeeded.
He took great pains to find a woman who looked 90% like Concubine Wu, and then painstakingly trained her to be an assassin. He even had someone dress her up as Concubine Wu did when she first appeared before the emperor.
Then he seized the golden opportunity and arranged an assassination at the Spring Hunting Ground.
The layout is perfect.
The ending was a mess.
The bullet that was supposed to hit the emperor's heart was blocked by Ji Changqing.
If Ji Changqing could be killed, it would be a great achievement. However, Ji Changqing only lay in bed for a few days before he went to court again in full vigor.
He also obtained an imperial decree for his mother, which made him extremely famous.
When Zhao Bixiang received the news from the capital, he was so angry that he drew his knife and chopped the entire table.
"It's not the first time."
He gritted his teeth.
After being sent to Anguo Temple, he pondered over and over again before finding the clue that led to the exposure of the corpse in Yuehu Lake - on the day when Han Ruixuan's white tiger chased Wei and broke into the guest house to ruin his good deeds, Ji Changqing's widowed sister-in-law fell into the ice cave in Yuehu Lake.
No one paid attention to the woman's behavior at that time. The lake bottom was seven or eight meters deep and the lake surface was covered with ice. Even if the woman fell into the water, no one could see anything.
Who would have thought that the woman went there specifically to find the corpse at the bottom of the lake.
When he figured this out, he realized that the white tiger was also released by the woman in order to divert attention and explore the Moon Lake.
He was deposed because his corpse was exposed.
Now Ji Changqing was shot and saved by this woman.
This woman is so capable, she is no longer some border town doctor, but is clearly Ji Changqing's capable assistant who is kept in the mansion in the name of his widowed sister-in-law.
You ruin his plans again and again, do you really think he's easy to bully?
If he couldn’t kill the emperor and Ji Changqing, could he not kill a woman?
With a gloomy face, he tied the written instructions to the pigeon's legs, and as soon as he loosened his grip, the white pigeon flew towards the capital.
"quack!"
The peregrine falcon caught a new prey and brought it to Polangxuan.
Feng Qingsui smoothed its fur and said with a smile, "Take your time to eat. I have something else to do, so I'll go out first."
The peregrine falcon immediately dropped its prey and flew onto her shoulder.
He looked like he was going to follow.
Feng Qingsui had no choice but to take it with him.
She went to the workshop.
A Yu, who went to the north to discuss wool trading, returned with his escort team.
Spring is indeed a season of growth. The boy who was originally as tall as her suddenly grew a head taller and his body expanded a lot, looking a bit like a young man.
"It looks like he's not hungry."
She smiled at Ayu.
A Yu smiled shyly.
"Thanks to my sister and my wife for giving me a large sum of money, I can eat meat every day. I made up for the meat I lacked before and finally gained some weight."
"Eat more," Feng Qingsui chuckled, "You're still a little thin now."
Ayu nodded heavily.
Then he couldn't wait to report the gains of this trip to the northern border to Feng Qingsui.
"...we visited eighteen tribes in total. Ten were willing to sell us wool, and the remaining eight only accepted barter. They wanted salt and tea."
The results far exceeded Feng Qingsui's expectations.
"Thanks for your hard work."
She looked at the boy with admiration.
"After three months of visiting eighteen tribes and still experiencing such terrible weather, you must have suffered a lot. You need to take a good rest from now on."
A Yu shook his head: "It's just a short journey, it's not hard at all. This journey is much better than when I was trafficked to Daxi."
Feng Qingsui smiled slightly: "The hard times are over, and things will get better and better in the future."
After seeing the goods that Ayu brought back, she called Aunt Xu and took Ayu and Wuhua to Baihelou for a meal.
During the meal, Peregrine Falcon squatted obediently on the chair next to Feng Qingsui, without making a sound.
A Yu glanced at it and smiled, "I saw many people in the tribe raising eagles. I wanted to tame one for my wife, but I didn't expect her to raise a peregrine falcon."
Feng Qingsui replied, "This is not mine."
Ayu's eyes lit up.
"Then I'll give one to the lady?"
Before Feng Qingsui could reply, the peregrine falcon pecked her suddenly.
No effort.
Otherwise Feng Qingsui would be seriously injured.
"We'll talk about it later." Feng Qingsui said with a smile, "Raising birds also depends on fate."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Ayu's eyes, but he still smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait until I find a suitable bird and raise it well before I talk about it."
After coming out of the White Crane Tower, A Yu and Aunt Xu returned to the workshop, while Feng Qingsui and Wuhua got on the donkey cart.
"Madam, someone was following us just now."
Wuhua told Feng Qingsui.
"But he left quickly and we couldn't catch him."
Feng Qingsui nodded.
"Keep an eye on it, it might appear again."
Before she could figure out who this person was, the doorman suddenly sent someone to look for her in the middle of the night, saying that it was A Yu looking for her.
She was puzzled.
Didn’t we just meet? Why are you looking for her again?
She met A Yu in the living room of the back house. A Yu took out something wrapped in cloth from his bag and handed it to her.
"I noticed someone entering my room in the middle of the night. I didn't say anything. After they left, I noticed something hanging from the beam."
It was a long, strip-shaped object that looked like a stick.
Feng Qingsui opened it and saw that it was a metal tool that she had never seen before.
But after inspection, it was quickly identified.
“This should be a musket.”
She said solemnly.
There was a bit of scrutiny in the look he gave A Yu.
"Did someone really put this in your room in the middle of the night?"
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