Chapter 159
Neither of them slept well that night. Xia Beibei was not used to sleeping outdoors, but Qiao Sheng managed to chat with his master, Brother Lu and Sister Lu, until late at night.
Qiao Sheng slept in the same room with Li Mu. They were unfamiliar with the place, and they did not dare to sleep separately. They slept on a wooden bed with dry straw under their bodies, which was hard and tangled. They did not dare to take out the bedding in the space ring and used it. They just slept in a daze until dawn.
They did not stay for long in the morning, and did not even have breakfast. They left Brother Lu and Sister Lu's house. After meeting Xia Beibei for a few times, they walked a little further and set up a bonfire. Qiao Sheng took some corn, sweet potatoes and fresh fish from his bag and roasted them on the bonfire.
"Sister Qiao, it's too scary to camp outdoors. I always feel like there are strange animals calling in my ears." Xia Beibei said as she turned the fish over while holding up the small wooden stick for grilling.
Qiao Sheng comforted her a few words, and Li Mu began to talk about the news they had inquired about. He said that it was the eighteenth year of Hongxing, and they were in a mountain near a border town. Because there were many wild animals here, there were almost no other people on the mountain except hunters.
They originally lived in a village at the foot of the mountain, but they had a hard time escaping from the invasion of foreign enemies. It was not easy to flee to the capital, so the two of them settled down on the mountain.
Qiao Sheng and his friends also specifically inquired about Princess Yong'an. It is said that this princess was born two years before the emperor ascended the throne. She is just 20 years old this year. Because she is the eldest daughter and she is smart and studious, she is very favored by the emperor. She
has been fighting with the army since she was a teenager. This year, she is even preparing to recruit her personal soldiers - the women's army, which is now stationed in the military camp at the foot of the mountain.
When talking about this, Lu Ge also said that if it were not for his wife's frailty, they would definitely join the army, and his tone was full of yearning.
"Then we can get close to the princess, why don't we join the army? With the fighting ability of sister Qiao and I, we can easily get a job. But what about the three of you? How about trying to dress up as a woman?" Xia Beibei was worried about the men present.
Lin Haiyang was still worried about dressing up as a woman, after all, they were all tall, and they would not look like women.
"That's not necessary, the princess also has male soldiers, after eating and drinking and packing up, we will go down the mountain to join the army." Li Mu stopped his unrealistic fantasy.
With a goal in mind, everyone moved quickly. They wore the clothes they exchanged from Brother Lu and Sister Lu's house, put their cross-body bags into their wrist bags, and Xia Beibei tied her coin purse to her wrist. Lin Haiyang didn't have one, so she made one for him. Su Tianci didn't want one, because his carry-on bag wasn't big.
On the way down the mountain, the few of them were busy, and they didn't let go of any prey they saw. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Qiao Sheng's space ring was already filled with more than 30 hares and more than 20 pheasants. Lin Haiyang also dug out a lot of chicken nests and bird nests, and collected more than 50 eggs. They also caught two wild boars, and they habitually put all these things with Qiao Sheng.
Even if they were divided into male and female teams in the future, they could secretly mail each other, so it didn't matter where they put them.
At the foot of the mountain, all they could see were dilapidated houses and villages, and some people were walking hurriedly on the roadside. Qiao Sheng and his men asked along the way and finally found Princess Yong'an's military camp. The people were very enthusiastic about people like them who had joined the army. They had walked forward with numb expressions on their faces, but when they heard that they were asking for directions, they immediately pointed out the route.
There was a place for enlistment registration at the entrance of the military camp, and the most embarrassing thing happened in front of the five JJZL people. They had no household registration and no identity documents, so they were not qualified at all.
Fortunately, they did not rush over, but hid far away to observe the situation at the registration office. They had no choice but to hide far away and wait for an opportunity to act.
They waited for half a month. Knowing that Princess Yong'an was leading the army to resist the enemy's attack and was in a hard battle, Qiao Sheng and his men, who had circled to the front of the battle formation
, drew their bows and started shooting. Whether they could catch the princess's eye depended on this one. Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei raised their crossbows, Li Mu drew his bows, Lin Haiyang and Su Tianci chose to defend, and once the enemy approached, they would engage in close combat.
The princess did have archers, but their skills and speed were not as good as Qiao Sheng and his men. Soon, the guards around the princess discovered something unusual in the corner and quietly informed the princess.
Princess Yong'an was a bit chivalrous in military affairs. When she saw the behavior of these strangers, she did not stop them, but only let them monitor. If they were not favorable to her, she would shoot them on the spot.
Qiao Sheng and his men did not know that they had completed this battle under surveillance. With the existence of these big killers, the originally tense war ended quickly. After
the war, Qiao Sheng and his men really met Princess Yong'an as they wished. Several of them had prepared their stories in advance. They were all secluded people living in the mountains. After the master passed away, the five brothers and sisters went down the mountain together to enter the world. They originally wanted to join the army directly, but they had no identity documents, so they helped secretly.
I don't know if it was because of the ancients' yearning for cultivating immortals or some other reason, but Princess Gong'an easily agreed with their argument. When she recruited them, she didn't even separate them into male and female, but put them together with the guards of the Women's Army.
The five of them still live in the same tent. Qiao Sheng and Xia Beibei are fine, as their armor on the ship is no different from that of the guards of the Women's Army. However, Li Mu and his three companions are very awkward.
There is nothing unusual about the five of them joining the other members of the Women's Army. The ones who really squeezed them out are the eight maids of the princess, who are also part of the Women's Army.
The most obvious one is the oldest Caiwei, who comes to their tent from time to time, asking them to do this or that, and even sends five of them to the kitchen to help with the kitchen, and sends the youngest Caiwei to keep an eye on them. They
really want to keep them busy, but also have to be on guard against them. Xia Beibei has already secretly complained to Qiao Sheng in emails, saying that Caiwei was fierce when she was a human, no wonder the ghost queen treated them so badly.
Several of them were originally in the presence of the princess, so not letting them go out for exercise and working in the kitchen every day also has its advantages.
After all, the princess was a princess. Living together was impossible, but eating together was no problem. In response to the roommates who always boiled vegetables in plain water, Qiao Sheng and his men went hunting in the mountains and fishing in the river in different ways to improve the food for the soldiers in the barracks.
Boiled vegetables were also changed to stir-fried, and the meat was all made from the oil squeezed from wild boars they hunted in the mountains. With the smell of meat in their stomachs, Princess Yong'an's team became more united. If the enemy attacked again, there would be basically no time to escape unscathed.
Therefore, although Qiao Sheng and his companions violated the camp rules by sneaking out of the camp, they were monitored by Cai Wei, and they could be sure that they were just going hunting, and they had no selfish motives and served the camp wholeheartedly, so now their merits and demerits were offset, and Cai Wei was also taught a lesson. After all, excluding newcomers was not allowed in Princess Yong'an.
However, Qiao Sheng looked at Cai Wei and felt that the master and servant were just acting in front of them, but it didn't matter. In addition to their duties as platoon members, the five of them were also powerful weapons on the battlefield, and they were increasingly valued by the princess. Even Cai Wei, who had been monitoring them day and night, now only monitored them in the company room.
The turning point of life is after winter. Qiao Sheng and his friends secretly put cotton jackets inside their military cotton clothes. Only Su Tianci wore only the military uniform issued by the barracks. Xia Beibei said that this strong man is different. They all put on layer after layer, relying on the cold-proof equipment provided by the game to survive. This guy relies on firepower.
Because the foreign enemy is a nomadic people, the weather is extremely cold, and the lack of supplies makes the opponent prepare for a desperate fight. If they win, they can seize the resources of the court. If they lose, the worst thing is death.
The second prince of the opponent led the troops. The two armies fought against each other. Qiao Sheng and his friends hid among the soldiers and waited for the two sides to fight before shooting arrows to attack.
"Sister Qiao, do you think the second prince's eyes are not right when he looks at the princess? It's a pity that we can't see the princess's expression. These two must be innocent." Xia Beibei said in a very low voice, because they were still some distance away from the other soldiers, and the war drums were beating, so as long as the sound was lowered, others would not hear it.
Qiao Sheng also felt that there was a problem. Lin Haiyang looked for a long time and didn't find the problem they mentioned. Li Mu asked him to be quiet and trust his teammates' intuition.
The end of this battle was that the second prince was captured and Princess Yong'an won a great victory. As the Spring Festival was approaching, the emperor issued an imperial decree to summon Princess Yong'an to bring the captives back to Beijing for a reunion, and the subsequent peace talks would be taken over by others.
Qiao Sheng and the others were also appointed to accompany the princess back to Beijing. After all, they were disciples of a hermit master, and the princess still wanted to introduce them to her father. After all, as she grew older, the emperor believed in these people more and more. She was fooled by those unreliable people of the imperial teacher, so it was better to bring some people with real talents back.
In this way, several people accompanied Princess Yong'an and returned to the capital in one and a half months. During this period, several people learned to ride horses. After all, except for the carriage escorting the second prince, there were only five of them.
Seeing the eight Caihes' heroic appearance, Qiao Sheng and his friends also wanted to learn how to ride horses. It is always good to make progress. When the princess knew that they wanted to learn how to ride horses, she specially sent Caihe to teach them. Among the five people, Su Tianci learned the fastest and could gallop on a horse in less than a day, which made Qiao Sheng and his friends jealous.
Qiao Sheng and Li Mu learned for three days and finally could make the horse trot all the way. Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang learned for seven days. Caiwei came over and looked down on them several times before they finally learned it.
Abandoning the carriage, everyone rode horses, and the speed increased. The second prince was placed on the escort carriage, and no one cared whether he could adapt or not. They all rode wildly. After a day, the second prince was lying on the side of the carriage and vomiting. Qiao Sheng and the others who had just learned to ride horses were not very comfortable. Their inner curtains, buttocks, and hips hurt.
In order to be able to continue riding the next day, the four people except Su Tianci all took a hot bath. Qiao Sheng and the others also sprinkled the powder of Baibaodan on the inner curtains of their thighs, and applied a layer of artificial skin film to protect the inner curtains. Everyone was responsible. When they
arrived in the capital, Qiao Sheng and the others saw the prosperity of the ancient times, but they did not have the opportunity to wander around the streets, and were taken back to the princess's mansion by Cai Wu and the others.
Caiwei and Caihe, the maids, followed the princess and brought the captives into the palace. Qiao Sheng and the others did not know what happened in the palace. It was not until the evening that the princess asked Caiwei to come and tell them that she would bring them to see the emperor tomorrow.