Zhou Quan's landing deliberately sent out something big. Liu Rumei heard it immediately in the room, her expression changed slightly, she raised her hand and turned off the oil lamp, and then whispered, "There is someone outside!"
Hearing that there was someone outside, Chen Xiaobei's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, Zhou Quan's voice sounded outside, "Miss Liu, you don't have to wait another day, you can tell me now."
After hearing this, Liu Rumei looked a little embarrassed.
Chen Xiaobei was about to walk out when he saw Liu Rumei in the blink of an eye. He came back to his senses instantly and hurriedly made a gesture to Liu Rumei. Liu Rumei understood and turned around to walk towards the back room. At this time, he could only hide for a while.
Seeing Liu Rumei entering the back room, Chen Xiaobei turned around and walked out.
When he came outside the door, he saw Zhou Quan standing in the yard, looking at Chen Xiaobei with a smile on his face.
Chen Xiaobei could only bite the bullet and come up, clasping his fists in the air, "Oh, Brother Zhou, why are you here so late?"
Zhou Quan smiled slightly and pointed toward the room, "I'll go back and report to His Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow. I wanted to come back to say goodbye to you, but I didn't expect..."
Chen Xiaobei was embarrassed for a while. At this time, he couldn't forcefully explain. He could only step aside and pointed toward the room, "Brother Zhou, if you have anything to say, let's come in and talk."
Seeing Zhou Quan come in, Fang Jun also seemed a little embarrassed. After all, the idea was his own. After saying hello, he sat there with his face slightly red.
Of course, Chen Xiaobei is much thicker-skinned. After all, he is standing up for his woman. Even if he insists on it at this time, it still has to be done.
Chen Xiaobei pretended to know nothing and shouted into the back room, "Xiaoqing, bring me a cup of tea."
Xiaoqing in the room agreed, and then there was movement, he must be busy.
Chen Xiaobei turned to Zhou Quan and said, "Brother Zhou, this is all my fault. It was me who gave Rumei the bad idea. I am a straightforward person."
"Let me tell the truth. I didn't agree to let Rumei go to the front line. You also know the situation. The Marquis was deceived and demoted to Xiangguo Temple. Rumei followed me to this small mountain village. The Liu family is full of loyal people. When I finally encounter such an ending, do you think I can help but be heartbroken?"
Zhou Quan was indifferent for a while after what he said, and the atmosphere in the room became a little awkward. Fortunately, Xiao Qing came out with a cup of tea, put it in Zhou Quan's hand and bowed, "Captain Zhou, you have tea."
Zhou Quan nodded, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.
After taking the opportunity to resolve the embarrassment, Zhou Quancai looked at Chen Xiaobei and said, "Brother Xiaobei, I can understand your mood."
"But now the border is in crisis and the morale of the army is low. You also know that Liu Houye has a very high prestige in the army. If something happens to him, of course the troops from all over the country will also..."
Before Zhou Quan finished speaking, Chen Xiaobei also understood. Xiao An's plan was right to send Liu Xiangnan to Xiangguo Temple and let Liu Rumei marry. He tried to reduce their influence in the army as much as possible. But on the contrary, these two The accident has actually affected the current morale. This is probably something Xiao An did not expect. Now that Liu Xiangnan is not allowed to come forward and Liu Rumei is chosen instead, Xiao An is doing his best to reduce the influence of the Liu family on the army.
But in this way, it seems too unfair to the Liu family. They want to let them contribute, but they don't want them to have influence in the military.
Zhou Quan was halfway through speaking, and Chen Xiaobei also understood that Zhou Quan was here to do something on the orders of the prince, and he had no choice.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaobei sighed, "Brother Zhou, I know it's difficult for you, but I also hope you can understand our difficulties."
After speaking, he said loudly to the back room, "Rumei, get ready to come out and meet Brother Zhou."
Liu Rumei was in the back room and had already started to wash her face. She washed the earthy gray on her face first, then put on beautiful clothes, and then walked out with a smile on her face to say hello to Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan looked at Liu Rumei's smile and felt mixed emotions in his heart.
After saying a few words, he could only stand up and said, "Miss Liu, brother Xiaobei, now that the matter has come to this point, I know it is useless to talk more, so I will go back first. We will see you later."
Liu Rumei didn't try too hard to stay, and hand in hand with Chen Xiaobei, they sent Zhou Quan to the entrance of the village.
After a brief farewell, Zhou Quan got on his horse and disappeared into the darkness.
After all this going on, Zhou Quan completely gave up. He had already made up his mind to go to the county town to rest for the night, and it was time to return to Wannian City tomorrow morning.
Seeing Zhou Quan leave, Chen Xiaobei frowned. He looked at the village guard next to him to confirm again and again that he indeed did not see Zhou Quan go in.
At this time, Liu Rumei next to her spoke, "Brother Xiaobei, our village is so big, it's not difficult to get in."
Chen Xiaobei frowned when he heard this. It was true. The village was too big and had too many entrances and exits. It was too difficult to defend them all.
From this point of view, it doesn't make much sense to just be on duty at the entrance of the village.
After thinking about it, Chen Xiaobei remembered something. In his previous life, his hometown village used to have a ring of walls with only a few entrances and exits around it.
Using some of the courtyard walls of the houses in the village can save part of the engineering work, which is a major event in the beginning of spring.
At this time, on Centipede Ridge, Princess Zhaoning received an urgent report from her father, Xiao An.
Xiao An said that the matter was urgent and hoped that the princess could ignore the past grudges and return to Wannian City to help him.
After reading the news, Princess Zhaoning felt a little heavy.
Princess Zhaoning knew that her father was a very tough man. You will never give in unless you have to. If you can say this to yourself, the situation may be worse than you imagine.
Thinking of this, she told Chunhua Qiuyue, "Okay, go get ready. We will return to Wannian City early tomorrow morning!"
"Princess, if we leave, what will Guo Chuan and the others do?" Chunhua asked tentatively.
Princess Zhaoning thought for a moment, "Let him leave a hundred people to guard the entire stronghold, and the rest will follow me back."
Chunhua turned around and went to spread the news.
Princess Zhaoning returned to her room and started to clean up, but suddenly stopped.
"Qiuyue, later you can send someone to Xiaojia Town to tell Feng Xiaoyue that I don't want to build any shop or house for now. I don't know when I will come back."
"Also, go to Hetou Village and tell Sister Rumei. If time is urgent, I won't go and say goodbye to him in person."
Early the next morning, Guo Chuan took his men and horses, followed Princess Zhaoning, and rushed to Wannian City.
The news quickly spread to Xiaojia Town and Hetou Village.
Liu Rumei was having breakfast when she received news that Princess Zhaoning rushed to Wannian City early in the morning and took away all the people on Centipede Ridge.
After hearing the news, Chen Xiaobei also sighed, "It seems like the situation is not good!"
