Sheng Guoer broke away from Peony's arm, stepped forward and kicked open the door. Meng Xingzhou and others inside were instantly startled.
Sheng Guoer pulled out the kitchen knife and pointed it at the confused Meng Xingzhou angrily. Shaoyao behind him looked at Meng Xingzhou nervously and whispered: "Young madam, don't be impulsive!"
How could Sheng Guoer listen to Shaoyao at this moment and said angrily: "Meng Xingzhou, you scumbag, how dare you kid to cheat on me!"
Meng Xingzhou didn't understand what Sheng Guoer meant by being a "scumbag", so he asked, "Madam, what do you mean?"
Sheng Guoer stepped forward and slapped Meng Xingzhou in front of everyone. Everyone on the spot exclaimed. Then Sheng Guoer came to the woman with a big belly and said, "Girl, I don't care where you are from. Come on, you are hooking up with my man now, who are you!"
Meng Xingzhou hurriedly pulled Sheng Guoer over and said, "Madam, you have misunderstood. This is my colleague's wife!"
Sheng Guoer glared at Meng Xingzhou and said angrily: "A friend's wife should not be bullied. Your character is so bad. Why did I blindly fall in love with you!"
At this time, a heroic man beside the pregnant woman raised his hands and said: "This must be Madam-in-law. You have misunderstood the commander. We were all generals under Meng Junshuai. Since Meng Junshuai retired, we have been on the front line." Guard, General Zuo Konwu was framed and died recently by corrupt officials. We spoke upright but were framed. General Zuo’s wife Ming is pregnant with Liujia. We have no choice but to come to join the military commander!"
Sheng Guoer looked at Meng Xingzhou with some confusion, and Meng Xingzhou said, "Madam, it's true."
Mrs. Ming hurriedly took out her husband's military order card and said, "Madam, please take a look at it!"
Sheng Guoer put down her kitchen knife and took a closer look. The military badge seemed familiar to her. She suddenly realized that she had seen this military badge on a soldier just now. It was just that the official position written on the military badge was different. It was also on Instructor Hong. Such military badges only have different positions written on them.
Sheng Guoer frowned and turned around in embarrassment, closed her eyes and stamped her feet, her face as red as a red apple. Meng Xingzhou said awkwardly: "My wife is quite tired today, and because she doesn't know the details, she is a little impulsive. Don’t mind, brothers!”
The heroic man smiled and said: "My wife is a sweetheart. She is the first person who dares to fight the military commander!"
The other two generals also laughed.
Meng Xingzhou waved his hand, and Sheng Guoer turned around and smiled awkwardly: "Everyone, I, I am indeed exhausted. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
After finishing speaking, Sheng Guoer glared at Meng Xingzhou and scolded in a low voice: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Meng Xingzhou smiled and said: "You are in control of the whole process. Did you give me a chance to say it?"
Sheng Guoer glared at Meng Xingzhou with annoyance. Then Sheng Guoer came to Ming and said, "Brother and sister, I'm really sorry. My sister-in-law was a little impulsive just now. It's all your fault that your military commander didn't tell me clearly beforehand!"
Ming said: "As long as my sister-in-law doesn't misunderstand, we just arrived. At that time, the military commander was about to go home, so he didn't have time to tell his sister-in-law when he met us."
Sheng Guoer was even more embarrassed at this moment. This seemed to show how reckless she was, so Sheng Guoer said: "Now that the matter is clear and I heard it just now, sister, I will take care of you and the child to the end."
Meng Xingzhou breathed a sigh of relief, finally clearing up the misunderstanding.
Next, the three generals introduced themselves.
That heroic man is called Li Jue. He was the right general under Meng Xingzhou. The man with a somewhat rugged beard is called Li Zhong. He is Li Jue’s brother and the middle officer. The tall and thin man is called Gao Shun, who holds the halberd. General.
Li Jue said: "Commander, Wei Jinzhong persecuted us in the name of military pay and military rations. Now if the problem of military pay and military rations is not solved, dismissal from office will be a trivial matter. If the military power is obtained by this Wei Jinzhong, the consequences will be disastrous. His intentions The Xizi soldiers have always been a serious concern for the imperial court. Chang Bowen, the imperial censor, once advised us to seize the military power of the Huaixi soldiers. However, the right prime minister Lin Shanchang protected these founding heroes, and the emperor never touched them."
Wei Jinzhong was the founding general. He once fought a bloody battle in Wolf City for a hundred days, resisting the enemy forces on the eastern front and buying time for the current emperor to advance westward, thus laying the foundation for unifying the world.
However, Wei Jinzhong was arrogant because of his favor. He relied on his outstanding military achievements and being good at fighting to dominate. When Meng Xingzhou joined the army and became the military commander, he was already the auxiliary Duke. Meng Xingzhou discovered this when he was annihilating the rebels. Wei Jinzhong was rampant in lawlessness and had the intention of rebellion. Meng Xingzhou was persuaded by the emperor to dissuade him from several fights, so he resigned from his position as military commander in anger during the Taiping period and returned to his hometown as a civilian.
Now that the barbarian tribes in the north have invaded again, Li Jue and others guarding the border have become a thorn in Wei Jinzhong's side. In Wei Jinzhong's view, these people are all Meng Xingzhou's subordinates. They adhere to Meng Xingzhou's military principles and will never become his people.
Lin Shanchang also studied under Guiguzi, so Meng Xingzhou was considered Lin Shanchang's younger brother. Guiguzi once issued strict orders that all disciples who were officials outside were not allowed to harm his close disciple Meng Xingzhou. Therefore, although Lin Shanchang was dissatisfied with this younger brother, he also Don't dare to touch him at all, because Gui Guzi has the power to penetrate the sky and the earth. If Lin Shanchang does something inappropriate, Gui Guzi can wipe out Lin Shanchang in an instant.
Even the emperor respected Guiguzi's abilities, so Lin Shanchang naturally didn't dare to think anything wrong.
Lin Shanchang didn't dare to touch Meng Xingzhou, and Wei Jinzhong naturally didn't dare to do the same, but he was able to abuse Li Jue and others, so he used the pretext of confiscating a large amount of military rations and killed General Zuo, who was upright by nature and did not agree to the unreasonable demands.
At this point, Mingshi sobbed softly. Sheng Guoer held Mingshi gently in his arms. Li Jue said: "Commander, now that old thief Wei has said that if we cannot solve this problem within a hundred days, we will They want to kill us all. We really have no choice, so we come here to seek refuge with the military commander. It doesn't matter if we die, but General Zuo can't be left without an heir. We also ask the military commander and his wife to take Ming into custody. We will go with him tomorrow. The old thief will fight to the death!"
After finishing speaking, the three of them knelt down together, cupped their hands and said, "Commander, please do it!"
Seeing this group of passionate men, Sheng Guoer was deeply moved, thinking how could these loyal ministers and generals die innocently and miserably, but this large amount of military rations was indeed a problem.
Meng Xingzhou helped the three of them up and said: "I will immediately write to the censor Zhongcheng and ask him to forward it to the Holy Emperor to inform you of your situation. If Wei Jinzhong is in trouble for you, I will definitely come forward. If forced, I will wear armor again and go into battle. Live and die together with all your brothers!"
Li Jue and the other three were deeply moved after hearing this. The military commander is still the military commander they once were!
Only at this moment did Sheng Guoer truly understand Meng Xingzhou as a person, and she was deeply proud of having such a husband.
Therefore, she must find a way to deal with that old thief Wei!
Because since Meng Xingzhou has intervened in this matter, the entire Meng family, including Dongxiang Village and Xifeng Village, has been involved in this fight. If it is not handled well, Wei Jinzhong will definitely take risks. He is rich and powerful, and he will not be able to prepare for the emperor. We have to consider the overall situation and sacrifice Meng Xingzhou. This is not a simple matter.
Sheng Guoer asked: "Brothers, I want to know what specific requirements the old thief Wei made regarding military rations?"
Gao Shun said: "Old thief Wei asked us to make a large amount of military rations that can ensure that the soldiers will not be hungry for two days after eating!"
Then Li Jue said: "Also, the old thief Wei has an adopted son named Zhan Yuzhao. He is the sword-bearing bodyguard of Prince Li. He is now named General Jinwu. He is also from Ping'an Township and is the son of Master Futai. We came here to collect military rations. Wei Jinzhong has seven other adopted sons who are distributed in various places to collect military rations. Zhan Yuzhao arrived before us. It seems that the old thief Wei had already expected that we would defect to the military commander. , specially sent Zhan Yuzhao to wait here!"
Only then did Sheng Guoer realize that Zhan Yuzhao's purpose of coming here was actually for military rations. In other words, Zhan Yuzhao was the knife that Old Thief Wei had handed over in advance to frame Meng Xingzhou at any time!
Moreover, Zhan Yuzhao still wants to pursue Sheng Guoer. Is it because he wants to drain money from the bottom of the pot?
Old Thief Wei's plan was indeed flawless. If Sheng Guoer hadn't encountered this incident today, he might not have been able to analyze Old Thief Wei's true purpose.
After Sheng Guoer told these analyses, everyone was convinced. Meng Xingzhou sighed: "If Li Jue and others hadn't come here to report the news, we would have fallen into the trap of old thief Wei!"
Li Zhong said: "Fortunately, the military commander and his wife are more in love than each other, so we didn't fall into the trap of the old thief!"
Gao Shun stood up and drew his sword and said, "Commander, I'm going to kill Zhan Yuzhao right now!"
Sheng Guoer hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, first of all, killing him will alert the enemy. Secondly, I thought about it carefully and found that Zhan Yuzhao actually didn't know that this was Old Thief Wei's conspiracy, because according to your In other words, Old Thief Wei actually doesn't know my existence at all. Even if he knew my existence, he would never think of using Zhan Yuzhao to pursue me. This makes no sense at all. Therefore, Zhan Yuzhao's trip is probably just following orders. We just need to be careful and deal with it!"
The most important thing right now is how to solve the problem of military rations.
Meng Xingzhou said: "Guo'er, we have a restaurant and pastry shop, can we make these military rations?"
Sheng Guoer said: "No, his current requirement is that the soldiers will not be hungry for two days after eating. The focus is here, not the quantity of military rations. The old thief has calculated that we only pay attention to quantity and not quality. At that time, you can forget Since a large amount of military rations have been made, the old thief can continue to frame him by using the excuse that the soldiers are hungry after eating!"
Ming said worriedly: "What should we do?"
Sheng Guoer said: "Let me think about it, there will definitely be a way!"
Meng Xingzhou stood up and said, "In this way, you will all stay in the private school today and have a safe life. I will write a letter to the censor Zhongcheng right now!"
Li Jue and others stood up to thank each other.
Sheng Guoer ordered: "Shaoyao, you and these servants stay here to take care of these distinguished guests, especially Ming. You must be by her side to serve her well. The young master and I will go back and figure out a solution first!"
Shaoyao also admired these loyal ministers and said, "Don't worry, young madam, I will definitely take good care of Madam Zuo!"
Meng Xingzhou and Sheng Guoer came to the house next to the private school. This was the room that Sheng Guoer built for Meng Xingzhou at that time, and it now serves as the couple's temporary residence.
It was so late, Sheng Guoer didn't want to disturb her mother, and Sheng Guoer was helpless because every time she went back to the Shen family, she was very kind to her uncle Meng Xingzhou, and she became like an outsider.
Meng Xingzhou said: "Guo'er, how can we make such military rations?"
Sheng Guo'er also thought hard and said, "My hair is all thinking about this problem!"
Meng Xingzhou suddenly had an enlightenment and said: "It would be great if there was something very small, but very resistant to hunger, like dried sweet potatoes, but dried sweet potatoes need to be dried, so I'm afraid it's too late!"
Dried sweet potatoes, something very small and very resistant to hunger?
When Sheng Guoer heard what Meng Xingzhou said, she suddenly had an idea. Then she hugged Meng Xingzhou happily and said, "My husband, you are such a genius. You can wake up the dreamer with just one sentence!"
Meng Xingzhou asked strangely: "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Sheng Guoer smiled and said, "You should thank me more, because I figured out a way!"
Meng Xingzhou asked in surprise: "It's true!"
Sheng Guoer stood up and clasped her hands behind her back and said, "Of course!"
Meng Xingzhou also stood up and walked to Sheng Guoer and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Sheng Guoer said with a smile: "Compressed biscuits!"
Compressed cookies? What is this? Meng Xingzhou looked at Sheng Guoer with a mysterious smile on his face with confusion.
