From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 262

"The first month of the year is the new year, and the green grass buds are rising!"

In the morning, Zhou Yuan hummed a little tune, feeling very happy.

Since returning from the war, Jianjia has become more obedient than before. She used to be unable to do this or that, but now she just covers her face and lets people do whatever they want. It's really a good thing.

Zhou Yuan pinched her smooth and delicate face and couldn't help laughing: "My dear wife, you are becoming more and more pleasing to your husband, especially your little mouth, your skills are becoming more and more mature!"

"You...you..."

Zhao Jianjia's face was flushed, and she was so embarrassed that she pulled up the quilt to cover herself, and her voice was crying: "You just bully me, my nose is swollen, and you don't know how to stop."

This matter can't be passed, right!

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said seriously: "Jianjia, women outside are not good things, one is wilder than the other. Just because of this incident, I understand that home is still good, and my wife is gentle."

Zhao Jianjia whispered: "Gentleness will be bullied. When you were in Yunzhou before, you didn't dare to do anything reckless."

Thinking of the funny things that happened when he and Jianjia had conflicts, Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and waved his hand and said: "Miss Zhao was the most talented woman in Yunzhou at that time, but now she has become my virtuous wife."

Speaking of this, he immediately said: "By the way, you should go to Cai Ni today. When you come back from the battle, I haven't visited her since I came here. I've been too busy these past two days and can't leave."

Zhao Jianjia poked her head out and whispered, "You still know Sister Cai Ni, but it's a pity that she's gone."

Zhou Yuan turned his head back suddenly and asked in confusion, "What? She's gone?"

Zhao Jianjia whispered, "It was the afternoon before yesterday when you were with the refugees. She came to the mansion to say goodbye."

"She said she was going to the Central Plains to see her family. She didn't see you and left the city alone."

Since we were heading south, Cai Ni should have seen me, but since Li Yu'an was there, she certainly didn't dare to come over to say hello.

Zhou Yuan sighed softly. He was so busy with worldly affairs that he couldn't take care of his feelings. He really felt guilty towards Cai Ni.

"By the way, Sister Cai Ni left you a letter."

Zhao Jianjia pointed to the side and smiled, "It's in the drawer, open it and read it yourself."

Zhou Yuan glared and said, "Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"

Zhao Jianjia said, "Because Sister Cai Ni said that you can only tell you the letter if you ask her. If you don't ask, she won't show it to you."

Alas, Cai Ni...

She has a little temper and her own thoughts, and I really don't care about her enough.

Zhou Yuan opened the letter, which was written in familiar handwriting and had a faint fragrance.

"I have been lonely for many years. I was shocked to hear that King Jing had rebelled and the emperor had fled. I didn't know whether the young master was alive or dead. I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night."

"God has eyes. The young master returned victoriously after serving the king and was awarded a title. He has a bright future. Cai Ni is very happy and also had a few drinks at night."

"There are many people in the mansion. The young master has just been promoted to earl. He must have frequent social activities. The world is trembling. Although Cai Ni misses him, she dare not disturb him."

"I wanted to accompany the young master during the Lantern Festival, but the master's order was too urgent. Cai Ni had no choice but to say goodbye to the young master temporarily."

"I am going to the Central Plains this time. The things I plan to do are all related to the young master. Cai Ni is very happy that I can finally help the young master."

"I just hope that the young master's career will be smooth and everything will be safe."

"If the love between two people lasts for a long time, why should we be together day and night. Young master, don't worry."

Slowly putting away the letter and slowly putting it in the drawer, Zhou Yuan looked back and found that Jianjia had gotten up and left the room.

He was the only one in this huge bedroom.

The rising sun shone in through the window, not warm, but desolate.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan felt the loneliness that Cai Ni usually felt.

What's the point of being together day and night? How sincere were the lies at that time? But you took it seriously and wanted to give me your heart.

Zhou Yuan's nose was a little sour, thinking that the injury from yesterday had not healed yet.

He blinked hard and remained silent.

After a long time, he let out a long breath and murmured: "I will go to the Central Plains."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Jianjia's voice came: "Husband, Guan Lu is here, saying it's urgent."

Zhou Yuan wiped his face casually and strode to the study.

Guan Lu immediately said, "Your Excellency, something has happened in the Fifth Army Camp, and they can't hold on any longer."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Of course they can't hold on without money, but it doesn't matter. The Shanxi merchants will send silver today, after all, it's the Lantern Festival."

"No."

Guan Lu lowered his voice and said, "The newly appointed governor of the Beijing Camp emptied the grain warehouse of the Fifth Army Camp the morning before yesterday, citing the order of His Majesty. Those soldiers have been hungry for two days."

"If it weren't for us going down today,A spy reported that we were still kept in the dark. "

Zhou Yuan's face changed, and he said in a serious tone: "The granary was emptied? Tens of thousands of people are hungry? Why didn't anyone report to me?"

Guan Lu said: "The order from the governor of the Beijing camp said that they were not allowed to leave the camp, otherwise it would be considered as rebellion. Now all the soldiers in the Five Army Camp will be punished if they make mistakes. How dare they do that!"

"Sir, I think this is aimed at you. If they continue to starve like this, the people in the Five Army Camp will not be able to hold it back and rush out of the camp, and someone will make trouble."

"At that time, as the commander-in-chief of the Five Army Camp, the fire will definitely burn on your head."

"No one can protect those soldiers."

Zhou Yuan's face became even gloomier, and he said in a cold voice: "I haven't even left yet, and they have started to trip me up. Who is this new governor of the Beijing camp? "

Guan Lu whispered: "Qiu Huan, the former governor of Jinling, had previously competed with Qu Shaogeng for the position of the commander-in-chief of the rebellion, and now he has been temporarily transferred here."

Zhou Yuan sneered: "As I expected, it is indeed the Zhejiang Party."

"After all, they are still reluctant to give up the Fifth Army Camp. They want to force me to get into trouble and take the Fifth Army back."

Guan Lu said: "Sir, it must be resolved in time. The Fifth Army Camp is a powder keg. If something goes wrong, we can't mediate at all."

Zhou Yuan nodded. There was a fire in his heart that he had nowhere to vent. Isn't it delivered to the door!

The key is that they want to lock people in and starve them to death without money and food. It's too much.

"I'm going to the Fifth Army Camp now! You go to the North Pacification Office to find Xiong Kuohai and ask him to bring a few people with him."

"Fuck, you plotted against me, and you don't even consider what kind of person you are. "

...

After getting on the carriage, they sped out of the city and soon arrived at the camp of the Five Army Camp.

The wooden fences were sharpened and surrounded the camp for hundreds of feet, leaving only three gates.

Each gate was guarded by only eight people, but they watched over tens of thousands of soldiers.

Obviously, it was the words of His Majesty and Zhou Yuan's identity that watched over the soldiers of the Five Army Camp.

The reason why those soldiers still insisted was because they didn't want to cause trouble for General Zhou.

When Zhou Yuan arrived here, he happened to see the guards at the gate holding a bowl and eating breakfast with relish.

The big white steamed buns exuded fragrance, and one or two of them ate with relish.

"What are you doing! Stop!"

A guard reacted and shouted immediately.

Zhou Yuan did not bring anyone else, only Mingrui followed behind him.

He strode over and rushed in as if he didn't see the guards.

"Hey, trespassing into the military camp is a capital crime, don't you know! "

The guards saw that Zhou Yuan didn't even follow his personal guards, so they thought he was not of high status, and they immediately became arrogant.

They drew their knives and shouted: "Where did you come from? You broke into the military camp!"

Zhou Yuan instantly drew out the long sword at his waist, slashed at a very fast speed, and directly cut off the head of the guard.

Blood splattered, and the other soldiers were so scared that they dropped their steamed buns. They stood up and shouted.

"Come here! Come here! Someone is rebelling! Dare to kill the guards!"

"Don't let him run away, kill him!"

The other guards were also shouting.

In a moment, dozens of people surrounded him, and more people walked out of the tents on the side.

Zhou Yuan held up the bloody sword and said coldly: "Come if you have the guts! I want to see if this sword given to me by His Majesty is good or not! "

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces changed.

Only then did they realize that the young man in front of them was Zhou Yuan, the Loyal and Martial Earl who was famous throughout the capital.