Chapter 44: The night, the back garden and the kiss

It is said that a small separation is better than a newlywed, but Yang Hao has no such feeling at all. Is it because he has been separated for too long and there is a gap between them? Or is it because he married Yue Gu again? The atmosphere of the first family dinner after returning to Feng'an was extremely depressing. Qing'er, Xiaoyu, Lu Rui, one of them was eating without saying a word, without saying a word. The remaining two were muttering, just caring about themselves and joking, and openly ignored themselves as the head of the family and the new bride. Yang Hao felt that he was inappropriate and endured it. Yue Gu refused to do it. It was okay for Qing'er to be cold to herself, but the hostility between Xiaoyu and Lu Rui was written on her face. She felt that she had to fight back and directly and forcefully attacked them.

Halfway through the family dinner, she suddenly asked Yang Hao: "Have you finished eating?"

"Ah," Yang Hao nodded subconsciously. Yue Gu stood up and held his arm and said, "Eat a full meal, we should go back to the tent and rest." Yang Hao was pulled by her and staggered, and walked towards the door involuntarily. Yue Gu paused at the door, turned around and stuck out his tongue at Xiaoyu and Lu Rui, and left with victory.

Xiaoyu was so angry that his face was blue, and he threw the chopsticks "splash" and left the table. Lu Rui laughed so hard that he fell back and forth, and tears flowed out of his eyes. Qing'er couldn't help but laugh and scolded, "I just got mad, but this is another one. It's really strange that there are many things every year, and this year there are a lot."

Lu Rui finally stopped laughing, pointed at Xiaoyu's back as he left, and said to Qing'er: "Who was joking that day that General Yang was going out for so long, would the vixen be fascinated by the vixen? Someone shouted righteously at that time: 'If he dares to bring a vixen back, I will kill him.' But now... look... hahahaha..."

Qing'er gave Lu Rui a blank look, rinsed her mouth with the tea handed over by Dongyu, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, got up, and said to Dongyu: "Helm the third lady, oh, the fourth lady, go back to the room to rest, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he started talking nonsense." Lu Rui stopped smiling as if he was stabbed by a needle.

Dongyu advised her: "Don't worry. The coach brought a newcomer back, and no one felt good. The lady didn't mean to hurt you." Lu Rui snorted coldly: "Even if she intentionally hurts me, what can I do? Who made her the lord of the backyard?" Dongyu was so angry that she trembled all over when she heard this.

At the beginning of the year, Yang Hao proposed to Qing'er to betroth Dongyu to Yu Yanlu as his wife, but Qing'er humbly opposed it as Dongyu. Dongyu did not give up, so she privately asked Xiaoyu to plead with her. Xiaoyu rushed to Qing'er excitedly, but encountered a big nail. When she was anxious, she started arguing with Qing'er.

Later, Yang Hao learned about this. Yang Hao laughed and called Qing'er the lord of the harem and acted domineeringly. He just said this casually but scared Qing'er's face was as if she was earthy. She panicked and closed the door, blaming him and said, "You are trying to die, can the 'harem master' be screaming casually?" Yang Hao knew that there was something wrong, but he said very firmly: "You are behind your ears, what is the 'harem master'? I said you are the 'backyard master'!" Qing'er knew that he was making a point, but since he changed his words, he would not pursue it anymore.

As a result, Qing'er was nicknamed "in the backyard". Dongyu has always been resentful about this matter. Although half a year has passed, she is still full of hatred when Lu Rui mentioned it.

Lu Rui made Dongyu feel angry and suddenly felt much better, so he hummed a little and left.

Dongyu was ridiculed by Lu Rui for no reason. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He couldn't help crying. He was afraid that others would see him, so he hid in the back garden alone. It was late at night and there was no one in the back garden. Dongyu wanted to cry well, but her tears disappeared again. She sat alone in the pavilion for a while, but she finally felt bored and was harassed by mosquitoes, so she prepared to get up and leave.

She walked back along the path lazyly, and suddenly a figure flashed in front of her eyes. She tiptoed to a bunch of roses behind the inner study. This bunch of roses was newly planted this year, and the fertilizer was applied too much. She was busy pulling seedlings and growing strips, but no flower bloomed. Usually, no one went there except the gardener to prune and water.

Dongyu's head buzzed, and then her whole body was numb. She instinctively thought of running away, but she couldn't take a step. When she calmed down and could take a step, she didn't want to run away. She was still a little sensible after staying in the Defense Institution for such a long time. She wanted to be on guard against the Defense Institution, and most people could not get in at all. If the person who came was an assassin, he should go to the front hall and who would he come here to kill? If the person who came was a thief, why did he hide in that remote corner? Picking flowers? The roses did not bloom.

Dongyu thought, 80% of these little maids met a lover here? At the beginning of spring this year, several new girls were brought into the backyard of the office, all of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old. Dongyu had long been a little girl named Jinling and a young scholar in the study outside the wall.

The hateful little hoof, I hooked up so quickly, and if you don’t care, where will you put my face on my elder sister?

Dongyu forgot to be afraid. She was very excited and thought about how to catch the pair of wild mandarin ducks who dared to have an affair under her nose. Catch the thief and catch the stolen stolen in the bed. Dongyu decided to catch a present, so that they could not deny it. She immediately turned into an agile spirit cat, and with the cover of the night, she quietly lies beside a withered willow six or seven feet away from the flowers.

Last winter, a new lotus pond was dug in the back garden. It is said that it was dug in the back garden of the Houyuan Mansion of Xining, Chang'an. After the pond was dug, in addition to planting lilacs and lotus, Suoe also transported ten weeping willows from Luoyanchuan. He wanted to ask his boss for his own good, but he did not know that the weeping willows were unacceptable to the local conditions. Eight of the ten trees died. The remaining two trees were cut off by Mr. Guan, and only then could they survive.

A man in black walked over to the flower path behind the wall of the inner study. His steps were light and steady, as if he was very familiar with the back garden, and he had no fear at all. Dong Yu couldn't help but cursed in her heart: "Addictive, it's you."

"Cough, cough," the man in black coughed. Dong Yu was both nervous and excited.

"Cough," the woman after the moon responded. Dongyu's heart suddenly pounded.

"What are you asking me to do so late?" The woman's tone seemed nervous and anxious.

"I brought you two decorations." The man's tone was very calm, as if he was chatting with a friend, but Dong Yu still heard the affection and tenderness implied in his tone.

The woman was silent for a while, and seemed to have made a great decision: "Don't come to me again in the future. This is not good for you and me. I am really scared..."

There was a silence. Suddenly, there was a fierce grudge in the rose bush. No, it was not a fight, it was a pulling and pulling between men and women. The man tried to hug the woman, but the woman wanted to refuse and welcomed her...

The tranquility was restored everywhere, and after a while, the man's heavy breathing sounded from the roses, and occasionally there was a woman's pleasure.

Dongyu felt hot all over. She waved her hand and slapped her in the face, killing a mosquito that was stealing blood. Then, she stood up with difficulty, and ran away from the back garden with a sneer on the corner of her mouth.

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Inner study room.

The new grain and grass supervisor Jiang Tao was reporting to Yang Hao about preparing for the grain and grass for Wang Ben, who was expeditioning the Xi people. Lu Benqing, the measurement officer and grain and grass co-organizer, sat aside, holding a bag sewn from coarse cloth in his hand. When Jiang Tao spoke, he pinched the things in the bag with his hands from time to time.

After defeating Liu Desan's Hedong Army, all internal and external troubles of the Tiande Army were lifted. Shi Xiong went south to capture Linzhou, and the trade route to Guanzhong was unblocked again. Yang Hao's marriage with Yue Gu resolved the conflict that was intensified by the five tribes of the Man Hei plundering the people of Tiande.

On the night when Yang Hao and Yue Gu bridal chambers, the Xi people captured Shuozhou, and all 20,000 defenders were killed. The Xi people killed hundreds of wounded soldiers and plundered Shuozhou in a crazy way. The day after the city was broken, the Hedong Jiedushi Liu Qingling was dismissed and taken to Chang'an, and Li Zaiyi was appointed as the commander of the Hedong army and served as the Hedong Jiedushi. Command the troops of the three towns of Hedong, Zhenwu and Tiande counterattacked the Xi people. On the night the imperial edict was issued, the famous Hedong general Dong Bazheng led 30,000 elite troops from Taiyuan to the north. Two days later, Wang Ben also received an order to send troops to assist the battle.

On the issue of attacking the Xi people, Yang Hao, Shi Xiong and Wang Ben had a surprisingly consistent view. They both advocated taking advantage of the Xi people's main force going south to concentrate on attacking Wang Tingya's tent, and surrounded Wei and rescue Zhao, and waited for him to rescue him and then attacked him head-on.

Yang Hao suggested that the three alliances send 20,000 troops to cross the Daqing Mountain to attack the Xi people's royal court. The five divisions of the Manhei and Wutu tribes each sent 5,000 troops to follow the battle. However, Tang Ning's sudden arrival disrupted the plan. Tang Ning brought a warrant from the chief executive of the Baoli Society, not allowing Yang Hao to send troops to interfere in the battle between the Xi people and Hedong.

Yang Hao did not dare to openly disobey his orders, but the numerous crimes committed by the Xi people in Shuozhou forced him to take action, which was out of righteous indignation to avenge his compatriots, and also the need to appease the surrendered soldiers in Hedong.

Yang Hao secretly dispatched 3,000 elite troops to form Qingshan Hostel, with Cheng Keling and Yu Yanlu as the chief and deputy commander. He followed the king to fight under the banner of Tiande Army. He surrendered to the Hedong generals, Wu Chizan, and Sui Wohu also followed the army to fight.

Shi Xiong divided his troops into two thousand, led by Zhang Huayang and Wan Tao, and rushed to the war with the king.

The five members of the Man Hei and the Wutu tribe each sent 5,000 troops, and went to assist in the war as the Allied Army of the Tang army.

The Tiande Army had already fought to the end, and all the food and grass needed by each army were raised by Yang Hao. Defeating the Hedong Army, Yang Hao got a fortune, but now he was troubled that he had money but could not buy food. The green seedlings in the twelve military farms were strong, but they had to wait a few more months to turn them into food.

Although the trade route to Guanlin has been cleared, it is never easy to transport grain from Guanzhong to Fengzhou and then transfer it to the front line. Without cars or trains, the grain transport is entirely driven by a car to push and pull. Not only is the efficiency extremely low, but the consumption on the way is even more amazing. In addition to natural losses, human losses such as Gengmo are also very amazing.

Yang Hao asked Lu Benqing to serve as the co-organizer of the grain and grass, so that he could keep an eye on this huge grain team and crack down on the big rats that had appeared. Lu Benqing lived up to his expectations. He found four major cases of corruption and fraud in just half a month after taking office, involving the old friends of several senior generals.

"We checked all the accounts, and the loss of the batch of grain and grass transported by Cheng Lianqing was over 60%! It was far from the normal proportion. There was a dead account of 300 stones of grain. He said that the ferry was lost when it leaked and sank when it crossed the Yellow River. But according to the results of our salvage, this statement was untenable. The sinking was a small boat, which could not accommodate 300 stones of grain at all."

Speaking of this, Lu Benqing opened the cloth bag in his hand, took out two rusty bow tacks and placed them on the table, "This is the bow tack pried off from the wreck. I asked the shipbuilder that this kind of iron nail can only be used on small boats with a capacity of less than 100 stones. The iron nails used for large ships with a capacity of more than 200 stones are twice as long as this one."

Yang Hao picked up two iron nails and knocked them, and the rust kept falling. He threw the iron nails on the table: "Catch people immediately."

"But he is General Cheng Keling's cousin..." Jiang Tao suddenly said.

"I will explain to him. arrest people." Yang Hao said in an unquestionable tone.

Qing'er walked in with a bowl of tea. Lu Benqing stood up in a hurry, and Jiang Tao also stood up. Qing'er hurriedly said, "Please sit down, I'll send a bowl of tea, and I'll leave immediately." Jiang Tao said, "Business is over, we'll leave." Lu Benqing hurriedly took back the iron nails on the table when he heard this. Seeing that there was still some rust on the table, he wiped it with his sleeve in a hurry.

After the two withdrew, Qing'er burst into laughter: "This Mr. Lu is really interesting."

Yang Hao hugged her long waist and asked, "Do you have to say this?"

Qing'er pushed his hand away and sighed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, this is where your general discusses military and national affairs. I, a little girl, shouldn't have come, but I can't see you all day long. How can I report to you if I have something?"

Yang Hao laughed, held Qing'er in his arms, and coaxed her, "It's me who said the wrong thing, I'll accompany her to my wife, right?"

Qing'er said coquettishly: "Don't use this trick to coax people, I won't care anymore." After pausing, she said: "Michen came into the mansion the day before yesterday. She didn't see her for a few months, and she always couldn't leave Zhu Xiangnan when she kept silent. I wondered if she wanted to get married. Should you worry about their marriage?"

Yang Hao said: "Since the two people are in love, I urge Zhu Xiangnan to do the work. You just need to make the decision on this kind of thing."

Qing'er said, "How dare I make a decision? If I don't do it well, wouldn't I beg you again?"

Yang Hao heard something in her words, and asked with a smile: "Who is so bold? How dare you gossip behind the wife? I found out that it must have cut her tongue."

Qing'er curled her lips, smiled slightly, leaned on him, and asked softly: "To be honest, is Dongyu really worthy of Yu Yanlu?"

Yang Hao smiled and said, "You are in love with me, what's the right thing to do? If you think she is humble, then you should recognize her as a girl. Who dares to look down on your Lady Qing's girl?"

Qing'er suddenly changed her face, pushed Yang Hao's hand away, and Leng Sheng said coldly: "In your eyes, I am naturally a member of her. If I go to recognize my sister, then I am not a maid?! You are the son of a noble family and the general of the court. No one dares to look down on your sister."

Yang Hao suddenly became angry and asked, "What's wrong with this? It's a pity for no reason, why are you angry with me? It's not unreasonable." After that, he pushed Qing'er gently.

Qing'er was annoyed and said with tears in her eyes: "I'm just making trouble, what's wrong, what's wrong?" She slapped Yang Hao while saying that.

Yang Hao raised his hands and said with a flattering smile: "Okay, Mrs. Qin, I was wrong, I was wrong, I will do whatever you want, I will listen to you, okay." Qing'er burst into tears and said with a smile: "This is almost the same."

Just as he was talking about this, he suddenly heard someone at the door shouting in a stiff Chinese language: "Yang Hao, I have something to see you." Qing'er looked up and saw Yue Gu standing in the yard, waving to him.
Chapter completed!