"Master Marquis, come out and have a look. Do you think the snowman we made looks like?"
Qingwen's voice came from the yard, accompanied by bursts of laughter like silver bells.
There was a sudden heavy snowfall yesterday, which continued all day and all night, and stopped only in the early morning. The snow in the yard was more than a foot thick.
We generally don't see such heavy snow in the mainland. Several little girls ran excitedly to the yard early in the morning to play and clean the thick snow in the yard.
Seeing that they were having fun, Jia Cong did not disturb them. It was more comfortable to stay in the house.
Knowing that the winter here is relatively cold, Jia Cong was very well prepared. In addition to building a fire pit, he also asked the caravan to bring several large iron stoves, specially equipped with iron chimneys.
The charcoal fire in the stove was burning brightly, and the room was so warm that I didn't feel cold at all.
Jia Cong and Han Nianci were sitting by the iron stove, studying a recipe for making wine.
Hearing Qingwen's voice, Han Nianci smiled and said, "Master Hou, Qingwen is calling you. Go out and take a look, or they will come in and pull you in soon."
Jia Cong stood up, smiled and said: "This girl Qingwen can't be idle at all. She even encouraged me to go hunting on the grassland a few days ago. Fortunately, she didn't agree. Otherwise, it would be really hard to encounter heavy snow outside. .”
Han Nianci also stood up, took a purple mink coat and put it on Jia Cong.
This mink coat is completely purple with not a single stray hair. It was sewn by Qingwen stitch by stitch. The workmanship is impeccable.
Even Han Nianci praised her when she saw her, saying that Qingwen was usually a carefree girl, but she never expected her needlework to be so good. She could be described as "flawless".
Han Nianci helped Jia Cong adjust his collar, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "The third master puts on this mink coat, it looks even more noble. It makes people know that he is a elegant nobleman at a glance." Young Master.”
Looking at Han Nianci's gentle smile, Jia Cong unexpectedly reached out and hugged her smiling face, leaned in and kissed her.
Han Nianci's face suddenly turned red. Although the two of them had had close contact before, this was the first time for them to kiss like this. For a moment, her heart felt like a deer bumping into each other, extremely sweet.
"Master Hou, be careful not to let Qingwen come in and see you."
Jia Cong laughed and said, "I want you to be a little noble. Let's go out and take a look. We can also get some fresh air. Although it's colder outside, the air is fresher than inside."
"Well, I listen to Mr. Hou."
Han Nianci agreed, turned around, took out a snow-white fox fur coat, and put it on.
Jia Cong stepped forward to help her fasten her collar, and the two of them walked out of the room together.
When I came to the yard, I suddenly felt excited, but I also felt a lot more energetic.
When Qingwen saw Jia Cong and Han Nianci coming out together, she ran over quickly and complained: "Master Marquis, why did it take you so long to come out? I don't know, I thought you were doing something bad inside."
Han Nianci had long been accustomed to her temper, so she smiled and didn't take it seriously.
Qingwen was wearing a fiery red fox fur coat, and her little face was red from the cold, which made her even more gorgeous. In this snow-white world, she was like a burning flame.
Jia Cong grabbed her little hand, which was cold, and quickly helped her warm it.
He said with a concerned look on his face: "Why is it so cold? Be careful of freezing."
Seeing that the Marquis cared about her so much, Qingwen felt sweet in her heart and said with a smile: "It's okay. I'm active outside, so I don't feel very cold. Master Marquis, please take a look at the snowman we built. Does it look good?"
The four people of spring, summer, autumn and winter next to him, all wearing white fox fur coats, were also looking at me with smiles.
Next to them was a big fat snowman, and he made it look quite impressive. Even his facial features were engraved on it. It looked like a lot of effort had been put into it.
"It's really well done. It looks pretty. However, the facial features are not very obvious. It would be better to make the eyes black and use a carrot as a nose. It will look even better."
Xia Zhu said doubtfully: "Master Hou, is it true or not? Don't you try to trick us?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "What is there to do in this lake? You will know if you get it and see if I can show you my skills."
Qingwen said: "Third Master, can you do it? How about we do it ourselves?"
Jia Cong said: "What do you mean if it works or not? That means it will definitely work. You just have to watch."
After returning to the house, I selected two pieces of coal of about the same size, and took half a carrot, peeled it a few times with a knife, came to the snowman, and inserted the carrot into his nose.
Then he pressed two pieces of pebbles on his eyes and covered them with snow, forming two round black eyes.
Jia Cong took a few steps back, looked at the current snowman, and said with a smile: "How is it, is it different now?"
Qingwen said: "Although it looks a little more flexible, why does this nose look so weird?"
Jia Cong pinched Qingwen's nose and said with a smile: "If you stay outside for a long time, your noses will turn red from the cold."
Qingwen slapped Jia Cong's hand away, rolled her eyes and said, "Nonsense, even if our noses are red from the cold, they won't be that ugly."
While several people were chatting and laughing, they saw Erya coming from the front.
"Master Marquis, Captain Tiezhu wants to see you for something. He is waiting for you in the study in front."
Jia Cong nodded and said to Qingwen and others: "You guys can continue playing. I'll go see what Tiezhu wants from me."
Qingwen said: "Master Hou, don't forget to call us if you go out."
"Oh, I see."
Passing through the moon gate next to it and arriving at the study room in front, Tie Zhu stood up and said, "I pay my respects to the Marquis."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, just tell me, is there something wrong?"
Tie Zhu said: "Master Hou, in the past few days, many strangers have appeared near our yard. They should be here to monitor us, but we don't know which force they belong to, so we can't take action."
Jia Cong also discovered this matter, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He suspected that it was someone sent by the barbarians.
Maybe Hong Tai knew that he had killed the old slave, so he sent someone to monitor him, or maybe he wanted to assassinate him?
Jia Cong thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out. He just didn't think about it anymore. This is the border, not the sacred city, so there are not so many worries.
"Tie Zhu, let people find their whereabouts and catch them all. No matter who they are, tell me clearly. After doing this, sort out the entire Guangning City for me. Everyone except the military All the power was wiped out by me.
We will stay in Guangning for a few years. I need a clean Guangning City. While there is nothing much to do this winter, let the guards cooperate with you to do this for me. "
Tiezhu stood up and saluted: "Yes, Lord Marquis, I respect your orders and will definitely clean up Guangning City as quickly as possible."
Jia Cong nodded and said: "Go, remember, this is the border, not the sacred city. There are not so many scruples. Whoever dares to reach out to us will have his dog's paws chopped off. Try to find out who is behind the scenes and put them to death." Uprooted."
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, my subordinates know what to do, and they will definitely not disappoint Lord Marquis."
Tie Zhu saluted again, turned and left.
Jia Cong thought for a while, picked up a pen and wrote a warrant, summoned a soldier, and said: "Liu Er, please send this warrant to the military camp and give it to Zhang Dakui, and ask him to act in accordance with the warrant."
"Yes, Lord Marquis, I honor your order."
Zhang Dakui couldn't help but shook his head after reading the warrant sent by Liu Er, and actually asked his subordinates to go to the street to clean up the snow.
The Marquis really thought of it all, but luckily he had someone clear the snow from the military camp in advance.
Immediately, Qian Zong and hundreds of households were summoned and Jia Cong's warrant was read out.
"Everyone, the Marquis has sent a warrant, asking everyone to lead the team to clear the snow in the city. We will start cleaning around the Marquis' Mansion first, and then divide into two groups, one to the General Military Mansion and the other to the city gate."
"I will obey the order!"
There is nothing to say about this. If the Marquis asks you to do it, you must do it. This young man is a man of his word. If he dares to disobey, he will definitely be in trouble.
The generals immediately led the team out of the military camp. There were not enough tools, so they had to find a way to borrow them. Although they were going to work, no one complained.
The originally deserted Guangning city suddenly became lively, and the streets were filled with soldiers clearing snow.
The area around Jia Conghou's mansion had long been cleaned up by the guards.
After the soldiers arrived, they immediately split up to clean up in the direction of the General Military Mansion and the city gate.
Three days later, the entire Guangning city was cleaned up, and there was no sign of heavy snowfall at all, which was completely different from the snow-covered city outside.
Along with the snow, various underground forces in Guangning City were also cleared away.
After these people were quietly cleaned up, the bodies were transported out of the city along with the team transporting the snow. It was truly unnoticed and not noticed by anyone.
At this time, Tiezhu was in the study, reporting the results of the operation to Jia Cong.
"Master Marquis, we have eliminated a total of twelve large and small forces. Seven of them were organized by gangsters and bullies with no background. However, they paid tribute to some people in the military on time. These forces are generally in the market in Guangning. Activity.
Among the other five forces, one was bribed by the barbarians and was responsible for snooping for information, one was the spy stationed by the Liaodong Jiedushi, one was the Mongolian force here, and the other was the spy of the Xiuyi Guards. The last one was the men of Vice General Guang Ning.
There were three forces monitoring us, one was the informant of the barbarians, one was the informant of the Liaodong Jiedushi, and the other was the informant of the deputy general of Guangning. Although they were tortured and interrogated, no useful information was obtained, and finally they were hidden in the snow. In the pile, it was shipped out of the city. "
Unexpectedly, this small Guangning city is full of monsters and monsters.
It is understandable that the barbarians would spy on themselves. They probably knew that they had killed the old slave and wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on themselves.
But Liaodong Jiedushi Xiong Jianchang and Guangning deputy general Yang Shixuan sent people to monitor them. What did they want to do?
Could it be that they were also bribed by the barbarians? Or do you mean to serve other forces?
There is no doubt that spying on oneself means having an agenda against oneself. It seems that the background of these two people needs to be carefully investigated.
If someone is really harmful to their thoughts, no matter who they are, they must find a way to get rid of them.
Even if it involves some innocent people, he will not hesitate.
"Tie Zhu, first check the details of Yang Shixuan, the deputy general of Guangning. Send someone to monitor his every move and find out clearly who he has dealings with. I want to see this old boy. What the hell is your plan?"
Tie Zhu said: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, my subordinates will definitely find out all the eighteen generations of his ancestors to see what his purpose is. What will happen to Liaodong Jiedushi?"
Jia Cong thought for a while and said: "It is not suitable to go to Liaoyang at this time. Let's wait until after the New Year. Let's find out what the deputy general Yang Shixuan is first. If so many people disappear, they will be discovered soon. Let everyone be careful. , don’t be discovered.”
"Yes, Lord Marquis, I will ask everyone to be careful. In addition, a lot of things were seized during this operation. In order to avoid being discovered, most of the supplies were left untouched. I only brought back the money. There were more than thirty thousand taels in total. silver."
Jia Cong said: "Well, this operation is relatively perfect. Everyone has worked hard. Each person will be rewarded with one hundred taels. You can take 500 taels, and the rest can be credited to Miss Han."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Watching Tiezhu leave, Jia Cong hesitated for a moment, then got up and headed to the General Military Mansion.
When He Shiyuan saw Jia Cong coming in, he laughed and said, "You guys are really good at it. You actually asked your men to clean up all the snow in Guangning City. Not to mention, it will be much more convenient for everyone. .
At this time in previous years, everyone huddled in the house to keep warm, and no one wanted to come out. It was full of snow outside. But now it is better. It is clean outside and does not affect everyone's movements. It is much more lively than in previous years. "
Jia Cong smiled and said: "What Uncle Shi said is that we are an army and we must ensure that we can move freely in the city. If something happens, it will not affect our quick response. Besides, the city is clean and comfortable to look at. "
He Shiyuan said: "You think very carefully. No wonder you can easily do things that others can't do. With this kind of thinking, you are indeed much better than most people."
Jia Cong said: "Uncle Shi is ridiculous. My nephew is just prepared to be prepared. By the way, Uncle Shi, how much do you know about Vice General Yang? Do you know who is behind him?"
He Shiyuan said doubtfully: "You mean Deputy General Yang Shixuan? This person has been under my command for more than ten years, and there is nothing outstanding about him. As for whether he has a backstage, I'm not sure. Why did you suddenly ask about him? But what happened? What happened?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's nothing. I just met this man a few times and felt a little bit unclear about him. Thinking that Uncle Shi has been with him for many years and that he is your subordinate, I came to see Uncle Shi to find out more. .”
He Shiyuan frowned and said, "Can't you see through it? Why don't I feel this way? This person has always been responsible and does not offend others easily. As a person, he is still very good."
Jia Cong nodded. It seemed that this person was hiding very well. Even He Shiyuan didn't find any clues.
If his people hadn't been watching him, he wouldn't have discovered it.
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