Chapter 98

It was unexpected that the envoy of the Prince of England would come at this time, and how he was discovered at the gate of the city was what Chu Xiuming cared about the most.

Chu Xiuming did not go to see the envoy of the Prince of Ying immediately, but asked someone to arrange him to rest in the living yard. Chu Xiuming stood at the door for a while before turning around and entering the room. Because there was no mirror, Chen Jin could only tidy up a little. When he saw Chu Xiuming, he asked, "Is something happened?" If it weren't for an urgent matter, no one would have disturbed Chu Xiuming after he came back from the conference hall.

"The Prince of Ying sent an envoy." Chu Xiuming had no intention of hiding it.

Chen Jin looked at Chu Xiuming and said, "Let me see you first."

Chu Xiuming thought for a while and said, "Okay."

Chen Jin covered his mouth and yawned, then lay on Chu Xiuming's back and said, "What do you think the Prince of Ying thinks?"

Chu Xiuming simply raised Chen Jin's back and walked around the house. Xiao Budian opened his mouth and yawned, but who knew that Dongdong's hand was stretched into its mouth. He saw that his eyes, which were half-closed, instantly opened wide and moved back carefully, growing his mouth wider, trying to spit out Dongdong's hand.

Dongdong woke up at some point, and Xiao Fei hand grabbed Xiao Budian's teeth. Xiao Budian was so scared that he quickly twisted his big butt and moved backwards. Because Xiao Budian didn't dare to shut up just now, Dongdong's hands were wet with its saliva. Dongdong rubbed his hands on his clothes and shouted, "Ahhhh."

Chu Xiuming held Chen Jin behind him with one hand and said, "Hugging him tightly."

"Okay." Chen Jin lay on Chu Xiuming's shoulder, hugging his neck tightly with both hands. Chu Xiuming walked to Dongdong and squatted steadily. Dongdong happily stretched out his little arm when he saw Chen Jin. Chu Xiuming hugged Dongdong with one hand. Dongdong wanted to climb behind Chu Xiuming, and reached out to grab Chen Jin's head and hand. Chen Jinye happily teased Dongdong. If Chu Xiuming had not had his arm strength, he would have been unable to hold it long ago.

Chu Xiuming simply sat on the ground, and Chen Jin knelt behind him. Dongdong was a little stubborn and didn't know how to detour, so he kept trying to climb over Chu Xiuming to find Chen Jin. He tried his best to kick his calf and crawl with all the things he could catch.

Chen Jin hid behind Chu Xiuming, and came out of his left shoulder and came out of his right. Dongdong opened his mouth slightly and widened his eyes. Every time Chen Jin came out, he would scream. When Chen Jin hid behind Chu Xiuming, he would look for him everywhere.

The whole family was together, but they had a very happy game like this. Dongdong was tired of playing and went to bed after using up the meal at night. Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin also rested early.

But their rest was completely different from that of Dongdong. When Chen Jin really rested, his voice became hoarse. He didn't feel tired when he played with Dongdong in the afternoon, but he couldn't even move a finger.

Chu Xiuming gently helped Chen Jin rub his waist and said, "Go to sleep."

Chen Jin wanted to stare at Chu Xiuming for a few glances, but found that he had no strength at all, so he could only open his mouth and bite a few times on his shoulder. The cat-like strength would not make Chu Xiuming feel pain at all, but he also knew that he had just wanted to be a little more ruthless, so he just Ren Chen Jin vented.

Chu Xiuming waited for Chen Jin to slow down, then got up and got out of bed, poured a glass of water and brought it over, and helped Chen Jin to feed her drink. Because the water was always warmed by a stove, it was still warm.

Although they had been married for many years and had just been intimate, they still blushed when they saw Chu Xiuming naked. After drinking two glasses, Chen Jin felt better. Chu Xiuming lowered his head and kissed Chen Jin on the forehead, "Go to sleep, I'll take you water."

"Yeah." Chen Jin responded, hugged Chu Xiuming and rubbed it for a while, then lay back on the bed and closed his eyes and went to bed.

After rinsing Chu Xiuming's thread with cold water, he put on his clothes and went to the kitchen in the yard. Because of Chen Jin's instructions, there were no one at night in the kitchen at this time, but there was still hot water on the stove. Chu Xiuming scooped some of it and took it back to the house. After mixing it, he wiped Chen Jin with a cloth towel and poured the dirty water.

It was confirmed that Chen Jin was asleep, so she tucked her quilt, changed her clothes and walked out. Yue Wen had been waiting for a long time. Chu Xiuming nodded to Yue Wen and ordered Anping, "Don't disturb the lady's rest, let Madam Zhao make some chicken porridge for her and steam some milk buns."

It was Anping's turn to watch out today. Because Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin didn't like people inside when they were there, they all stayed in the ear room next to them. At this time, she heard that Chu Xiuming was leaving, so she came out.

"Yes." Anping responded respectfully.

Chu Xiuming then took Yue Wen to the conference hall, "What's the matter?"

Yue Wen whispered, "Group A sent back the message..."

Chu Xiuming narrowed his eyes and said, "I understand. After dawn, I will go and invite Manager Zhao, General Wang, Zhao Duan, General Lin... and they come here."

Yue Wen responded respectfully.

Chu Xiuming thought for a while and continued, "Invite Xu Yuan too." Xu Yuan was the one who took the order to go to the mountains to burn food and grass.

Yue Wen remembered it all, and saw that Chu Xiuming had no other instructions, he asked, "General, do you want someone to make something for you?"

Chu Xiuming nodded, "Let me please put some noodles in the kitchen."

"Yes." Seeing that Chu Xiuming had no other instructions, Yue Wen stepped down and looked for the kitchen. Because he knew that Chu Xiuming didn't want to disturb Chen Jin and the others, he went to the kitchen and asked the people there to have a date for Chu Xiuming.

It was already dawning, and the people in the kitchen were already busy. After hearing Yue Wen's words, they quickly got down and gave Yue Wen a copy.

Chu Xiuyuan, General Manager Wang and Manager Zhao lived in the General's Mansion, but they came first. Zhao Duan lived close to the General's Mansion, so he rushed over without even having to take breakfast. General Lin, General Wu and General Jin were later, but the one who arrived the latest was Xu Yuan. He was in the military camp. After Yue Wen sent the message, he had to say hello to him.

The noodle in the kitchen was prepared early. Chu Xiuming also guessed that none of these people had food, so he simply asked the kitchen to deliver noodles. This noodles were not as exquisite as the kitchen in the main courtyard, but the base made of bone soup was not much different. This was Xu Yuan's second time here. Unlike the first time, he also had a place this time, in the last place. However, even so, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel excited. This conference hall was the place where the power in the border town was the most concentrated.

After everyone came, Chu Xiuming said, "I just got the news that the mountains are under strict control. The news they can get so far is limited. However, in the town closest to the mountains, there are rumors that the haunted ones cross the boundary on the fifteenth night of every month. I heard that a child in the nearby village had picked up silver ingots because someone was curious. However, on the night of the third day, the whole village disappeared. According to them, it was because they offended the mountain god."

Zhao Duan frowned and said, "It's nonsense, because the prince of the British has to transport food, supplies, silver and silver to the mountains every month, and is afraid that someone will find it abnormal, so he deliberately released rumors. The children in that village probably saw something that should not be seen. The prince of the British is afraid of being noticed, and wants everyone to be seriously afraid, so he deliberately does this."

Mr. Wang narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm afraid it's easy to enter the place over there, but it's difficult to get out."

Chu Xiuming nodded. It was precisely because of this that the people in Group A spent a lot of effort to spread the news.

Manager Zhao asked, "What is the intention of the envoy of the British Prince?"

Chu Xiuming crossed his hands on the desk and said, "I'm not going to see him for the time being."

General Jin frowned and said, "Do you have other plans?"

Chu Xiuming nodded, "When this person came, it happened that Yue Wen was accepting the order to send Xue Qiao away, and Xue Qiao and this person also met."

Manager Zhao suddenly understood, and Chu Xiuyuan asked, "Brother, then I'll go see you?"

"Let the wife meet you." Chu Xiuming said directly without leaving any hesitation.

Manager Zhao and General Wang looked at each other with a little sympathy. General Jin and the others also heard about the wife. Thinking of the envoys of the court and the later Princess Ruyang, these people also thought that it was actually a good choice to hand it over to the wife.

Although Zhao Duan saw Shen Jin treat Xue Qiao like this, Xue Qiao is different from this envoy. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was pressed by Manager Zhao who was sitting beside him. Chu Xiuyuan laughed and said, "Leave it to his sister-in-law."

Chu Xiuming nodded and said nothing, but told some arrangements for Princess Ruyang and Xue Qiao. Manager Zhao's eyes lit up and said, "This is great. For the sake of life, Xue Qiao also knows what to say and what not to say. This makes her know nothing. On the contrary, she has no idea and is more likely to mislead the Prince of Ying. Princess Ruyang... With Zhongyi Hou and the others in his hands, Princess Ruyang will be more beneficial to us after Princess Ruyang returns. I think no one will suspect that she is a meticulous work, but Emperor Cheng is suspicious by nature and will not trust Princess Ruyang. After all, Zhongyi Hou and the others are still in the border town."

However, they had already started to bury the thread, and for this, they also sent no military merits to the head of Zhongyi Hou. Not only was Princess Ruyang's secret letter and a memorial letter, but also those who were arranged by Emperor Cheng at the beginning, so Emperor Cheng had already believed that Zhongyi Hou and others had gained a foothold in the border town. Although they could not compete with Chu Xiuming, with his strong support, Chu Xiuming was also afraid of Zhongyi Hou. Even in the current situation, he did not dare to touch Zhongyi Hou at all. This was also the reason why he had confidence.

After everyone discussed it, Xu Yuan kept listening to everyone without saying a word, and he had some questions in his heart. He also knew the general's wife. The general's wife lived and died with them as soon as she got married, and even sacrificed her life to protect the children in the border town. This made everyone respect and admire the general's wife. She gave them new clothes to everyone during the Chinese New Year and the holidays, and there were no rumors about the general's wife. They all thought that the general's wife was just helping the general to manage the inner courtyard and do some chores, but looking at the attitude of everyone today, it seemed that it was not just these. I am afraid that when they didn't know, the general's wife had done a lot of things.

"Xu Yuan, what do you think?" Chu Xiuming looked at Xu Yuan and asked.

Although Xu Yuan was thinking about the general’s wife, he also paid attention to what Chu Xiuming and the others said, “I wonder what the general is asking about?”

Chu Xiuming spoke, "How many people are you going to bring?"

Xu Yuan thought for a while and said, "Ten people are enough, but it still needs some people's cooperation."

Chu Xiuming nodded, "I will tell you the contact information of those people in Group A."

Xu Yuan said respectfully, "I will live up to my mission."

Chu Xiuming didn't ask anything more, just said, "Bring everyone back alive."

Xu Yuan stood up and did not answer the question, but got up and walked to the middle of the conference hall and saluted respectfully.

This attitude shows everything. He would rather die than complete the task. If possible, he would also want to bring everyone back alive, but Xu Yuan could not even guarantee whether he could come back alive.

Chu Xiuming didn't ask again. General Jin and others sighed. Even if they were used to life and death, they would not feel good when facing this.

"Xu Yuan followed me to the study later." Chu Xiuming said, "Sit down first."

"Yes." Xu Yuan then returned to his seat.

Everyone discussed some things, and Chu Xiuming took Xu Yuan and Chu Xiu to the study room. After entering, Chu Xiuming handed over a map to Xu Yuan. Xu Yuan took a look at the map around the mountain range, which was more careful than the apocalypse map hanging in the meeting hall. Whether it was a river or a village, they were carefully marked out. The scholar died for his confidant. Xu Yuan gently fumbled the map with his fingers and said, "Don't worry, General."

Chu Xiuming nodded and said, "Sit down."

Xu Yuan waited for Chu Xiuyuan to sit down first, and then he chose a seat. Chu Xiuming spread out another map and said, "How do you plan to take people there? I just don't ask about these ten people. You can also choose from these ten people by yourself. When you evacuate, you will leave here..."

Chu Xiuming pointed to the map and said in detail, "I will take people here to meet you. After completing the task, I don't have to worry about anything else and run towards here. Even if there are many pursuers behind it, it's okay. You just need to consider how to escape safely."

Xu Yuan frowned and said, "General, such words are easy to be exposed..."

"It doesn't matter." Chu Xiuming said, "King Rui and Princess Rui have escaped from the capital. I'll send Shen Xi to pick him up."

Xu Yuan thought for a while and said, "Actually this is good." In fact, as long as the people in the border town are not liked Emperor Cheng, if Chu Xiuming raised his arms, they would not even care whether this was a rebellion or not, but chose to follow Chu Xiuming into the capital directly. They did not think it was a pain to guard the border, but they could not accept them. Their friends guarded the border with their lives and blood to protect the people. When facing those jackal-like enemies, they had to be on guard against the knife behind them.

In the eyes of all soldiers, betrayal is the most unacceptable.

"A general is just determined." Xu Yuan and the others have actually discussed in private why Chu Xiuming endured it, not for Emperor Cheng, but for the people of the world. But now the prince of the King of England has emerged again...

Even in the border town, it is a secret. Only a few people know it, so Xu Yuan doesn't know it is normal, but they are not ready to say it at this time. It is not because they don't trust Xu Yuan, but because they know some things, which is a burden for Xu Yuan.

Chu Xiuming spoke, "There is one more thing to hand over to you."

"Please tell me, General." Xu Yuan said respectfully.

Chu Xiuming said, "This time I go, see if I can find out which tribe the barbarians belong to."

Although those people were collectively called barbarians by Chu Xiuming and others, they were from different tribes, and there were differences between them. The difference was very subtle, so Xu Yuan naturally knew it and responded.

Chu Xiuming lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Do you have anything else to worry about?"

"There are other brothers in my subordinates' family." Xu Yuan said, "so nothing."

Chu Xiuming nodded, "Remember to register the person who chooses it."

"Yes." Xu Yuan understood Chu Xiuming's meaning. If they really died outside, the border town would also arrange and take care of their relatives.

Seeing that Chu Xiuming had no other orders, Xu Yuan said goodbye. Chu Xiuyuan went to see him off in person. When he left the study door, Chu Xiuyuan patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Come back alive."

Xu Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, my subordinates will do their best to complete the task and come back alive."

Chu Xiuyuan nodded, feeling a little depressed, but Xu Yuan had already had a calculation in his heart, and he was only three or four points to grasp it, and at this time it became six points, because not only did he arrange to attract the head in advance, but Chu Xiuming also personally went to take on this, which made them safer. "Major General, there is something unknown to his subordinates."

"You said." Chu Xiuyuan said.

Xu Yuan asked, "Why do you and General Wang feel relieved when the general said he would hand over the envoy of Prince Ying to his wife?"

Chu Xiuyuan said after hearing this, "Because my sister-in-law is very reliable." After thinking about it, he told the matter of the court envoy just after the border town was rescued. In addition, there were Princess Ruyang and the others, because Xue Qiao was involved in private affairs after all, so he couldn't say much, and Chu Xiuyuan's departure from the border town was even more secret and it was hard to say.

Xu Yuan also understood in his heart when he heard this and smiled, "Having a general's wife is also a blessing for the people of the border town."

Not only Chu Xiuyuan and Xu Yuan were discussing this matter, but Zhao Duan was also asking Manager Zhao why he didn't let him speak, because Zhao Duan also participated in some things, so Manager Zhao explained it more clearly. Zhao Duan suddenly realized, "No wonder your expressions seemed to be full of sympathy..."
To be continued...