Chapter 22 A beast in human clothing Look at this pot, it's big and round

The people Chu Changping brought with him quickly dug up the grave and lifted out the fine willow coffin.

His confidant asked him, "Master, do you want to open the coffin and take a look?"

Chu Changping looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and said, "Open it."

The lid of the coffin was opened, and a rotten smell instantly came out.

The woman in the coffin was also hit to death. Her head was broken and blood was flowing, and her face was covered with blood. No one cleaned her face before burial, so her face could not be seen clearly at the moment. It can only be recognized that she is a woman in her twenties.

The clothes on her body were tattered and could only barely cover her shame. Her arms and half of her thighs were exposed. Under the corpse spots, some ambiguous purple marks could still be seen.

It is not difficult to imagine what she went through when she was alive.

Chu Changping was heartbroken. He only took a quick glance and dared not look closely again. He took off his cloak and covered his niece. With red eyes, he roared in the rainy night: "Dog Emperor! My Chu family will never forgive you!"

After closing the coffin, the confidants put the coffin on a cart. Cages were piled on the top and on both sides of the coffin to serve as a cover. The gate

of Xizhou City has been closed. They will not be able to escort the coffin out of the city tonight.

The group planned to go back to the inn they had booked before to rest for a night and then set off at dawn.

In the border area, every household turned off the lights after nightfall, and there was not a single person in the streets.

The sound of the wheels of the carriage was particularly clear in the night.

Chu Changping rode in front and turned a corner. Suddenly, he saw a group of black armored soldiers blocking his way. He pulled the reins hard, and the warhorse neighed. Everyone stopped where they were.

It was raining heavily at night, and cold water lines were hanging from the edge of the hat.

Chu Changping's eyes fell on the carriage behind the black armored soldiers, and he clasped his fists and said, "Is it the King of Liaoning in the carriage?"

No sound came from the carriage, but a general in front of the army spoke: "Lord Chu took office in Yongzhou, why did he come to the border of Xizhou?"

Yongzhou is on the border of Liaodong, and from Yongzhou to Xizhou, it is considered to be across most of Xuan Dynasty.

Military officials who leave their jurisdiction without reporting to the court will be punished for deceiving the emperor if they hear about it.

Chu Changping had decided to come in person to take his niece back to Beijing for burial, so he was not afraid of being charged with deceiving the emperor. He said, "My niece has suffered such a disaster. Even plants and trees return to their roots. I came here only to take my niece back to Beijing. Your Majesty is so kind. I will remember your kindness in giving me the coffin and repay you one day."

Xing Yao glanced at the carriage behind him calmly, and then made a gesture to the black armor guards blocking the middle of the street.

There was a sound of several neat iron armors colliding, and the black armor guards quickly made way.

Chu Changping clasped his fists towards the carriage again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

He led his men through the dark army in the rain.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Chi Qing glanced at the direction where Chu Changping left: "Chu Changping was able to come from Yongzhou to collect the body despite the great sin of offending the emperor's face. It seems that the dead camp prostitute is the daughter of the Jiang family." Feng

Shuo did not say anything, as if he was closing his eyes to rest.

There was no one around him who knew the daughter of the Jiang family. Even if Chu Changping was detained here and the coffin was forcibly opened for an autopsy, the only way for the coroner to judge was whether the body was intact. It is said that

the dead are the greatest. The person is already gone, and this method is still used to examine the body. If it is not the daughter of the Jiang family, it is fine. If it is... I am afraid that Chu Changping will fight him to the death.

In the end, Feng Shuo chose to let Chu Changping go. After all, he came thousands of miles to collect the body for his niece, and he would not even recognize his own niece.

So...

is the cook in the military camp a real person called "Jiang Hua" or is she just a hidden spy?

Chi Qing didn't know what Feng Shuo was thinking. He looked at Chu Changping's back, shook his head and sighed: "Speaking of this Lord Chu, he has experienced many ups and downs in the officialdom. He was the newly-appointed No. 1 scholar by the late emperor. The princess took a liking to him at first sight and wanted to marry into the Chu family. Among the newly-appointed scholars that year, which one was as glorious as Chu Sanlang? Unfortunately, he had an engagement and didn't want to be a treacherous villain. Even the wife of the founding marquis, who had received the late emperor's instructions, came to the door several times and persuaded Madam Chu to let them retire the girl they were originally engaged to, or take her as a concubine, and then marry the princess in a grand manner and become a royal relative from then on... But Chu Sanlang refused. Although he later married the youngest daughter of the head of the Ministry of Rites, who had an engagement with him, his official career also came to an end."

"He simply gave up his civil career and took up the military. He rose from a small soldier to the position of Yunzhou General. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was demoted to the poor land of Yongzhou... The Jiang family and the Chu family rarely interact during festivals, but when Chu Changping was still the Yunzhou General, Jiang Jing'an was able to climb to the position of Minister of Revenue because of his influence."

Chi Qing tapped his palm with his fan. "In my opinion, Chu Changping will not be an ordinary person in Yongzhou. Your Majesty has given the Chu family a coffin. If you are interested in the future, Recruiting is also a favor buried in advance. "

Feng Shuo finally opened his eyelids, but did not respond to Chi Qing's words, only said: "The foreign spies have infiltrated the Xizhou camp. I think Fan Wei deliberately turned the Xizhou camp into a sieve before handing over power. If Xizhou loses a city or half a pond, the young emperor will have a reason to send troops to take over Xizhou."

A trace of sarcasm flashed in his eyes: "This nephew of mine is much more greedy than I imagined."

Chi Qing also realized that this matter was no trivial matter, and his brows were tightly locked.

Feng Shuo was known as the "Living Yan King" on the battlefield. He held a large number of troops and occupied the Liaoning area. Even if the new emperor wanted to reduce his military power, he could do nothing.

The military generals in the court trembled when they mentioned Feng Shuo's name, let alone fighting him.

The new emperor now uses Feng Shuo's mother as a bargaining chip, and exchanges Xizhou for Dazhou. He also says that Dazhou is rich, and gives the Xizhou camp to Feng Shuo as compensation. He does a great job of saving face. In fact, the 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Xizhou camp are just scattered soldiers, not to mention the foreign spies that Fan Wei deliberately put in. It's

a bad hand no matter how you look at it.

He thought for a moment and said, "It is said that you can kill a thousand by mistake, but you can't let one go. Instead of wasting time and effort to check how many spies there are among the camp prostitutes, it is better to send all these camp prostitutes away."

Now the camp prostitutes are helping cooks in the Huotou Camp. If they do something to the food, the whole Xizhou camp will be in danger! There

are many hard labor jobs outside the pass, such as mining, washing clothes, digging coal, and repairing the Great Wall. Send them to do coolies.

Feng Shuo did not express his opinion immediately. On the way back, he said, "Fan Wei has played such a big trick on me. In return, I must give him a big gift in return."

Chi Qing didn't know what he was up to, and hesitantly said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

The army improved their food, so few soldiers came to eat at the private stove.

Except for Jiang Yanyi's hot and sour noodles, which had a few people coming every night, other chefs basically had no business. Fortunately, the monthly military pay was also increased by 200 yuan, so no one envied Jiang Yanyi's few copper coins from selling hot and sour noodles in the evening.

Jiang Yanyi hung bone soup on the stove for cooking noodles tomorrow morning, and Qiu Kui sat behind the stove, holding a freshly baked preserved vegetable braised pork cake and eating it with a satisfied look on his face.

The pancake was crispy, the preserved vegetables inside were salty and delicious, the meat was well-balanced, and the flavor was fully brought out by braising and then frying. The meat juice burst out in the mouth.

Qiu Kui was already very hungry at night, but she ate three preserved vegetables and pork pancakes in one go.

If Jiang Yanyi hadn't been afraid that she would get an upset stomach, I'm afraid this girl would have wanted a fourth one.

After the previous incident where they almost got killed, the big guys who carried Chef Li to see the military doctor today volunteered to escort Jiang Yanyi back to the barracks in the future.

Jiang Yanyi made a pork pancake for each of them as a thank you.

The soup was almost done, and Jiang Yanyi asked Qiu Kui to put out the fire, and he cleaned up the stove and prepared to go back to the barracks to rest.

Qiu Kui whispered to her, "The military advisor took your recipe last night and said he would give you a reward today. He didn't show up at this time. He must be a liar!"

Qiu Kui was always generous, but Feng Shuo ate half of the chestnuts that belonged to her and packed up the other half, which made her particularly upset.

When talking about this military advisor, Jiang Yanyi thought of his breaking into the tent in the morning. He knew there was a woman in disheveled clothes, but he deliberately went forward. What else could he be if not a frivolous playboy?

Ha, man!

She turned around and glanced at the cloak she had wrapped in cloth, and her headache was a little bit worse. If she

went to return it in person, the military advisor might think that she was trying to take advantage of him, right?

Jiang Yanyi was a little annoyed, and said angrily: "That's a beast in human clothing!"

After that, she didn't hear Qiu Kui say anything. Jiang Yanyi's expression froze a little. She was worried that Qiu Kui would ask her more questions, but she saw Qiu Kui asked her with a confused look on her face: "Huahua, what is a beast in human clothing?"

Jiang Yanyi coughed twice and said: "It means that the person is two-faced and a liar."

Qiu Kui nodded and wrote down this new word to scold liars.

"A-choo--"

Chi Qing sneezed loudly as soon as he arrived at Huotouying. He rubbed his nose: "Is it because the weather has turned cold and I caught a cold?"

He glanced at Feng Shuo, who was also wearing only a single layer of clothes, and couldn't help but said sourly: "Prince, aren't you cold?"

Feng Suo replied indifferently: "No."

The two learned that Chu Changping had dug a grave and taken the coffin first, so they left Xizhou Camp without even having dinner. After returning, Chi Qing muttered that he wanted to try the midnight snack at Huotouying's private stove. Feng Shuo remembered that he had recovered his sense of taste in Huotouying last night, so he followed him.

They walked into the fire camp. The firemen on duty saw that the two were dressed in extraordinary clothes and hurried forward to greet them. One of the tall and thin firemen had seen Feng Shuo last night and immediately smiled: "Military Advisor, you are here!"

Chi Qing was flattered and was about to reply after stroking his hair when he heard Feng Shuo answer before him: "Yes."

Chi Qing: ???

It was raining today and the ground outside was wet. The fireman led Feng Shuo to sit inside the barracks: "You came at the right time. If you were a step later, Master Jiang would have finished his work." Feng Shuo

walked over and sat down. It was obvious that this was not his first time here.

Chi Qing followed him with a confused look on his face.

The fire-headed soldier who was receiving Feng Shuo noticed him and asked warmly, "Who is this gentleman?"

Chi Qing glanced at Feng Shuo and said faintly, "I am the general..."

Several fire-headed soldiers were frightened .

Chi Qing slowly added the last few words: "The staff of the general."

Several fire-headed soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Shuo glanced at Chi Qing indifferently. Chi Qing thought that it must be too cold on this cold night of autumn rain, otherwise why would his neck suddenly feel cold.

A fire-headed soldier had already run into the kitchen to inform the military advisor that he was coming for supper again.

Jiang Yanyi had to put away all his dissatisfaction with the military advisor.

She wiped her hands on her apron and went out to greet him: "Military Advisor, what would you like to eat tonight?"

The oriole-like voice made Chi Qing's bones melt. He remembered what he had heard from some soldiers before that there was a beautiful cook in the Fire Camp, and he raised his head to look.

The young cook who came out from the back kitchen was as beautiful as a flower, with a signature oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, two watery eyes, red lips and white teeth. She was really beautiful.

Jiang Yanyi felt uncomfortable being stared at by Chi Qing, and lowered his head to avoid his gaze. He thought to himself that

anyone who was close to this perverted military advisor was indeed a pervert.

Feng Shuo took out a banknote from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Yanyi: "I said yesterday that I would give you an extra reward."

When Chi Qing heard him talking about an extra reward, his eyes flickered between the two of them, and suddenly he smiled obscenely.

No wonder Feng Shuo wanted to come to Huotouying under his name, it turned out to be here!

He thought he had uncovered some great secret, and in a very good mood he took a sip of the tea on the table, but suddenly he reacted, what if Feng Shuo picked up his trousers and denied it, and it was his name that was hit, wouldn't he be the one who was scolded?

Chi Qing lost his composure, and his beautiful fox eyes were full of shock.

Fortunately, he was smart! Otherwise, he would have been tricked into a trap by Feng Shuo!

He glanced at Feng Shuo, then at Jiang Yanyi, and felt that he must secretly tell the truth to the young cook.

Jiang Yanyi naturally didn't know that Chi Qing had already thought of so many big dramas, otherwise she would definitely tell him: You think too much, this is a serious recipe reward.

In line with the principle of "don't make money for bastards", she stretched out her hands to take the banknote, "Thank you for the reward, military advisor!"

With a glance, she found that the face value of the banknote was one hundred taels!

Jiang Yanyi immediately lost her composure! My

God, this sum of money is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for ten years even in the capital where every inch of land is worth gold!

It turns out that if a rich person just slips a little from his teeth, it is enough for ordinary people to live for half a lifetime!

Her fingers were green and white and delicate, and they were particularly eye-catching when they fell on the banknote. Feng Shuo twisted the other end of the banknote between his thumb and index finger. His fingers were much thicker than hers. Because the knuckles were long and slender, they still looked pleasing to the eye.

It's just that Jiang Yanyi didn't have time to admire his hand now, because the guy was holding the other end of the banknote, and she pulled it several times without moving it!

I didn't dare to use too much force for fear of breaking the banknote.

What are you doing?

Jiang Yanyi frowned and looked up at Feng Shuo in confusion.

Feng Shuo's gaze touched those beautiful eyes, he turned around and quickly looked away. At the same time, he let go of the banknote and said expressionlessly: "A bowl of wontons."

How could anyone have such tender hands? It looked as if it was so soft that it had no bones...

When it came to food, Jiang Yanyi put aside her previous unhappiness.

She put the banknote into her sleeve pocket and said, "I'm sorry, the dishes in the private kitchen are all prepared in advance. I ordered it for one day. I didn't know you would come tonight, so the kitchen didn't have any fresh meat ready. "

Feng Shuo asked, "What else?"

Jiang Yanyi thought for a moment and said, "There's some leftover braised pork from the steamed pork at noon. How about I Heat one for you?"

Feng Shuo nodded coldly.

Jiang Yanyi looked at Chi Qing, who waved his hand quickly: "I don't eat braised pork!"

He only took a bite of the braised pork that Huotouying sent him at noon. If you move again, the reward will be given to the soldiers below. It is really too greasy, just like chewing a mouthful of fat.

Chi Qing felt sick just thinking about the taste. He glanced at the preserved vegetable braised pork pancake in the hands of a fireman and said directly, "Just give me one of these pancakes."

"Please wait a moment, both officers . . " Jiang Yanyi left this sentence and turned back to the kitchen.

Chi Qing stared at her graceful back until she walked into the kitchen and then retracted his gaze. He said faintly: "I think it's wrong to let a group of weak women do hard labor. It's still not quite suitable..."

He felt a chill on his back as he finished speaking. When he turned around, he met Feng Shuo's cold eyes.