"Mr. Ren, remember to bring Yingpan to the uncle's house to play when you have time."
As night fell, knowing that Ren Ning was in a hurry to go home, Liu Wan did not greet him to come in.
"Got it." Ren Ning waved his hand in response.
The three of them got on their horses and continued walking deeper into the alley.
It didn't take long before I saw several people waiting with lanterns in front of me. The orange light warmed the long alley.
"Ms. sir! There's also Zhuifeng!" Yingpan recognized Ren Ning at a glance and waved with a bright smile from a distance.
Bah!
Zhui Feng's pace became faster.
Ren Ning turned over and dismounted and said with a smile: "What are you waiting for here! It's not like I don't know the way. Besides, it's still cold."
"It's almost May, it's not cold anymore." Yingpan stuck out her tongue happily.
Lei Erying expected to recognize him, so Ren Ning introduced her to Li Hebai, "You know Li Hezhu, this is her brother. One of the leading generals in Zhennanguan, he is extremely powerful in battle."
Li Hebai just found out that Ren Ning was married, so he forced out a smile that was uglier than crying: "Hello, sister-in-law."
"It turns out he is Sister Hezhu's younger brother. Welcome."
"Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, can we go inside and have dinner before we talk?" Lei Er next to him interjected with a grimace: "We are all starving to death."
Only then did Yingpan react and happily took a few people back home.
Entering the dining room, several people chatted while eating and had a wonderful meal.
"Is there a new cook at home?" Ren Ning asked.
The previous cook was rewarded by Emperor Changxing. Because he has the title of Royal Chef, the cook always has his eyes open, but the food he makes is hard to describe.
"Replaced!" Yingpan smiled and nodded: "I will replace all the servants who are disobedient."
In fact, almost all the people rewarded by Emperor Changxing were completely replaced.
Seeing the bright and comfortable smile on Ying Pan's face, Ren Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
Lei Er and Li Hebai had enough to eat and drink, and left wisely.
"When did Lao Ren get married?" Li Hebai couldn't help but ask as soon as he left the dining room.
"It was just last year." Lei Er didn't think much and was happily munching on a fruit after dinner. "He just got married, and we went south to Guangxin County together."
"Then did my sister, Bei Shendu, know that Lao Ren was married?" Li Hebai asked impatiently.
"Of course I know." Lei Er finally reacted and nodded with a smile.
Li Hebai let out a long sigh, turned around and went to the guest house arranged for him by Jixiang.
Early the next morning, when Ren Ning got up and arrived at the martial arts training ground, Lei Er had already walked in.
Behind him were three horses. It is the little red horse chasing the wind, running thunder and Yingpan.
The competition ground was very large, and the three horses whizzed around the two men several times. Seeing that their owners had no intention of riding them, they wandered around and started playing on their own.
"Old Ren, when was this martial arts training ground built?"
Ren Ning rolled his eyes and did not answer such wasteful words.
When they left last year, much of the house was still deserted. This competition ground was of course built by Yingpan later.
"Sister-in-law is so thoughtful."
Lei Er sighed, walked to Ren Ning's side, swung the heavy machete and started practicing martial arts.
After practicing for a long time, Li Hebai arrived belatedly.
Seeing the two people sweating profusely on the court, he also sweated profusely.
After practicing martial arts, having breakfast and changing clothes, Ren Ning took some gifts and walked to Zhenguo Mansion.
Lei Er and Li Hebai followed him enthusiastically, but when they heard that Ren Ning was going to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, they couldn't help but look at each other.
Although they all wanted to meet the world-famous Princess Yiguang, in the end they all turned around and entered the Zhongyongbo Mansion next door.
Generally speaking, before visiting a wealthy family, one must pay their respects a few days in advance.
But just like the first time, Ren Ning told the disciples his identity and was quickly welcomed into the house.
Huo Qing had just finished practicing martial arts and had taken a shower. When he heard the news of Ren Ning's visit, he quickly invited him into the main hall.
"Your Majesty." Ren Ning smiled and stepped forward to salute, "Long time no see. How are you?"
"I'll just stay in Xingji City every day, what's going to happen?" Huo Qing laughed.
The two are similar in age. When Ren Ning got married, he had always been there to help, and they had a good personal relationship with each other.
"Ren Ning, you made quite a splash yesterday. I guess no one in the entire Star City knows your name now."
Ren Ning didn't care.
The team passed by in a hurry yesterday, but just because the people knew his name didn't mean they could recognize him.
Huo Qing clicked his tongue and shook his head, "I have carefully studied the battle report you sent back, and I have to admire General Wei's foresight. However, some details are not very clear."
He then asked some questions that concerned him.
Ren Ning picked the ones he could answer and answered the ones he couldn't. He just couldn't explain clearly.
Huo Qing nodded, not surprised.
After all, Ren Ning was just a middle-level general, responsible only for charging on small battlefields. There are still many things he doesn't know.
Despite this, Huo Qing's smile was full of envy.
"It would be nice to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy. It's not like I'm like a canary..."
As the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo, he does not have to fight to the death on the battlefield and can eventually inherit the position of Duke of the country.
But on the other hand, Huo Qing is actually the hostage of the Huo family in the imperial capital.
Unless he succeeds Zhennan Gong and needs to go to Yanjie Fortress to defend it. Otherwise, if you want to leave Xingji City, it depends on Emperor Changxing's mood.
After gathering himself, Huo Qing patted Ren Ning's shoulder with emotion.
"You are still awesome. This time when the military achievements are calculated, a titled general will not be able to escape."
Ren Ning was not modest either: "I hope so."
He laughed and joked to himself: "When I left the imperial capital and went south last year, I once boasted in front of Yingpan without knowing how high it was. I said that the next time I went home, the Ren residence on the lintel could be replaced by the General's Mansion."
"Now that I have returned to Star City, I must make my dream come true. Otherwise, I will be too embarrassed to go home to see her..."
The two laughed.
Gotta get.
The sound of a cane tapping the ground was heard.
Princess Yiguang strode in with a smile on her face and the female officer.
"grandmother."
"See Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Ren Ning and Ren Ning both greeted each other.
"No need to be polite, just sit down and chat!"
After ordering the two of them to sit down, Princess Yiguang asked a few questions about Ren Ning's body and said straight to the point: "Boy Ning, how accurate are the casualty data in the battle report?"
Ren Ning was stunned.
After the battle in Huchou Valley, Wei Junqian and Guan Luping were both very optimistic about his future, so after writing the battle report and memorial, they let Ren Ning pass them by.
"Back to Your Highness, I wonder what battle reports you are looking at?"
The Battle of Nanfeng has been going on for almost a month, and there are a lot of good news and battle reports sent back to the imperial capital.
Princess Yiguang banged the phoenix-headed staff in Zhu's hand: "Of course it's the battle report of the subsequent attack on Song Ding's city."
More than forty years ago, she and General Huo Zheng were ordered by the then emperor to move back to the court just as they were about to attack the city, which became a great regret in Princess Yiguang's heart.
"Go back to Your Highness," Ren Ning said sincerely: "There is very little moisture, almost none."
The battle report was written by all the generals after discussing it together. He was present at the time, so he knew everything. The casualty figures are almost accurate to single digits.
Princess Yiguang felt disappointed, "There are so few casualties. I haven't entered the military camp for a few years. Are the current siege equipment so powerful?"
"Your Highness is worrying too much." Ren Ning reacted and waved his hand with a smile.
"Our siege equipment in Yunchui is more powerful than that of Nanfeng. But the soldiers and people of Nanfeng were not interested in defending the city for another reason. As soon as the northern city head was broken, the defenders of the west city abandoned the city and fled. And the people who assisted the defenders There were even fewer of them. This allowed us to capture the city wall with overwhelming force."
"Of course, our raincoats and rubber shoes also played a big role when climbing the city wall."
These two things have been written in great detail in the battle report, so he won't repeat them again.
After a long while, Princess Yiguang finally said: "I don't know how you have such a long head. You can actually make something as light and completely waterproof as a raincoat."
Raincoats are not very popular in the imperial capital, but rubber tires are selling like crazy, and demand has always been in short supply. Every government took a heavy hit from it.
"Remember to come up with any good ideas in the future."
Ren Ning took out a drawing and said: "It just so happens that I have some new things in my hand and I want to ask your highness to help find someone to build them."
