Although it rained heavily, the drainage ditch in the military camp was dug and sandbags were piled around it. The water outside couldn’t flush in, and the water inside flowed out. After such a heavy rain, believe that everything in the military camp will be safe and sound.
On rainy days, Cui Xingzhou doesn’t need to go to the military camp to train soldiers. Instead, he can take a good rain break at home. Although it was hot in the North Sea, when it started to rain, the weather became chilly again.
Miantang had already made high-quality wine from the capital in a wine jar and warmed it with hot water.
Their future brother-in-law Li Guangcai bought two fat ducks in the village and planned to use Servant Li’s great cooking skills to produce oily and fragrant roasted ducks.
Servant Li did not disappoint them, the fat duck was not only used to smoke and roast with wood but also baked thin pancakes to match.
So a large group of people sat together, listening to the clattering rain outside the window, drinking delicious wine and eating roast duck and hot dishes. Xiaoyi’er sat steadily now, so he also followed his father to the table, leaning against his arms. His big, dripping eyes followed his father’s chopsticks, always longing for his father to put meat into his mouth. His saliva began to drip along the corner of his mouth, waiting for him to feed himself with his mouth open.
Unfortunately, Miantang told Cui Xingzhou, “Don’t give it to him. Just now, he has already drunk a bowl of porridge, it’s best to prevent him from indigestion!”
So in the end, Xiaoyi’er could only hold his fingers and watch his parents, aunts, and uncles eat.
During the meal, Miantang mentioned the marriage between Cui Fu and Li Guangcai. Cui Fu said calmly, “I have already agreed with Guangcai. Since our marriage certificate was signed in the capital, everything will be simplified at this time. You two only need to authenticate, and we will be married.”
It was Cui Fu’s second marriage, which may be too simple to say, but it was Lord Li’s first marriage. How can it be this simple?
Miantang couldn’t help but turn her gaze to Cui Xingzhou.
However, Cui Xingzhou and Li Guangcai do not have the delicate temperament of a woman, and they also feel the idea was good. Li Guangcai smiled and said, “I always see that when people get married, the bride wore a bunch of hairpins and couldn’t have a proper meal for a long time. It’s really tiring. Nowadays, there are not many relatives and friends in the North Sea, so there’s no need to make a fuss and make Fu’er tired.”
Miantang raised her glass in admiration, feeling that Lord Li’s inability to marry a wife for so many years was solely due to his own efforts.
His thoughtfulness was nonsense. No woman in the world would dislike the appearance of brilliance in front of others.
It was just that Cui Fu was burdened by her previous marriage and felt disheartened. She agreed to Lord Li’s proposal this time to get rid of the entanglement of the Guo family and went far away from her hometown to protect Jin’er.
This then resulted in Cui Fu being so careless about the second marriage ceremony. But Miantang couldn’t explain it to Lord Li in detail, otherwise, it would turn into Lord Li’s sadness.
After dinner, Miantang mentioned it to Cui Xingzhou. Cui Xingzhou disapproved and said, “What kind of appearance does a husband and wife need to have to live? It depends on whether they fit in the bed or not. If Li Guangcai doesn’t have the ability to win over my sister’s heart, I’ll find her another one after the war is over.”
Miantang felt that sometimes the words of this bastard prince carry the arrogance of a bandit! Why was it that if Lord Li was dull and uninteresting, he will be replaced?
Cui Xingzhou looked at Miantang in the wrong way and squinted at her, then added, “Don’t be so devilish. Since you marry me, don’t you dare to have the thought of changing me away for the rest of your life.”
Miantang was also extremely impressed by his domineering behavior, so she followed his words and said, “I won’t change it, I won’t change it until you don’t have the ability to catch me… Oh…”
She hasn’t finished speaking yet, but the person has already been overpowered by the despotic bandits, “How dare you say that I have no skills, it seems like your courage has improved. Let’s see how I can hold you back! Oh, how can you bite me again?”
For a moment, the laughter of men and women merged into the continuous rain and mist hanging outside the window.
It was just a moment of warmth, and after the rain stopped, it was difficult to find it again.
After the heavy rain stopped, the Japanese began to go ashore and loot.
In fact, these Japanese initially wore the skin of merchants and traveled from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the North Sea, doing some business with the local people. Later, iron ore was discovered here, and they saw that the government was weak, so they took off the merchant’s coat and took up weapons to occupy the iron ore. The government and the chieftain were besieged several times but were defeated by the Japanese and returned.
From then on, the Japanese began to burn, kill, and plunder, and even engaged in human trafficking. Many women were looted by the Japanese and sold to Japan and other places.
After every heavy rain, the Japanese would carry out looting. After the heavy rain, the roads in the North Sea were muddy and not suitable for military vehicles to drive. If the government sent a large team of people, it would be inconvenient to walk, and by the time they arrived, the Japanese had already plundered them; If there are few troops deployed, although the march was rapid, it will not be effective and will be defeated by the Japanese.
Before the heavy rain, the Japanese sent scouts to inspect and saw several girls in Longyuan Village, who were very beautiful. Therefore, after the heavy rain, the Japanese rushed straight towards them.
When they arrived near Longyuan Village, Ichiro Yoshimura, a Japanese leader, asked his subordinates to take some Japanese people to Longyuan Village. He took other Japanese people to a nearby hill to rest.
As the Japanese approached the entrance of Longyuan Village, several villagers looked up and saw them, shouting and turning over before running into the village. Then they heard the sound of the door slamming and closing.
The leading Japanese man burst into laughter and said to the nearby Japanese man, “The villagers here are foolish enough to escape to their homes. Do they think we can’t get in if they close the door?”
In the past, when they plundered, the villagers scattered and fled, and they also had to make some effort. The Japanese people also laughed in agreement.
The leader of the Japanese drew out his waist knife and exclaimed, “Hurry in, grab the girl! Get the silver! Take away all the cattle and sheep!” He took the lead, and the Japanese behind rushed up into the village.
The leader of the Japanese burst into several rooms and saw that they were empty and without anyone inside. It was strange that they had just heard the door was closed and had not seen anyone leave the village. How could they not find anyone? While thinking, he rushed into another courtyard. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a big man wearing rattan armor standing inside, his knife leaning on the ground.
When the big man saw him, he laughed twice and said, “You’re like a snail, Your Grandpa, I have been waiting till I’m bored.” He listened attentively, only the sound of ping-pong flipping boxes and chattering Japanese talking around, and then laughed and said, “Haha, I’m lucky. The others haven’t met you yet, I’m the first to open the market.” He then pulled out his big knife and rushed over with a flourish.
The Japanese felt a bit strange in their hearts. They wanted to kill this person and then return to report to the leader. Only by using their skills did they realize that the big man in front of them was fierce and sharp, and they were no match at all. With just a few strokes, they were knocked to the ground. At this moment, there were sounds of fighting and screams of Japanese dying all around.
The soldiers and generals who had previously arrived in the North Sea were not acclimated to the water and soil, and each one was sick. How could they still have the spirit to face each other? But these soldiers hidden in the village, dressed in rattan armor, are like tigers and leopards leaving the gate, extremely fierce and unbearable!
The Japanese leader Ichiro sat on the hillside and suddenly felt something was wrong as if there was a faint sound of fighting. He quickly stood up and took out binoculars to look down.
The entire village was filled with fighting, and all the subordinates who went down to plunder had gone without returning.
Yoshizuka Ichiro dared not stay any longer and hurriedly took someone back to report to the leader, Takatsukasa.
Takatsukasa was different from other Japanese ronins, he comes from a noble background, but he was rebellious and had an unrestrained nature. He went to sea with a ship and became a ronin.
Because he occupied an island in the North Sea and dug iron ore, he received the Emperor’s commendation at a young age, revived the family’s glory, and had more and more soldiers under his command.
He originally thought that the North Sea was already in his pocket, but didn’t expect that the army sent by the Great Yan Dynasty court this time would be tough and ambushed in the Longyuan Village, taking them by surprise.
As a result, Takatsukasa, which had not paid much attention to reinforcements, needed to explore the true nature of the Great Yan Dynasty.
So a few days after the Battle of Longyuan Village, he changed his hairstyle and wore the clothes of a Yan Dynasty fisherman, wearing a bamboo hat to cover his face. He came to Cangwu County to explore the truth.
When he chose a small mountain and looked down through a peephole under the cover of the jungle, he could see the barracks of the Great Yan Military Camp.
In the camp, people and horses were being trained, and a tall and powerful soldier formed a square formation, each wearing rattan armor, holding a large gun or carrying a large knife, standing straight without looking askance. Even if there were bursts of shouting and killing sounds from behind, no one would turn back. This spirit was completely different from the officers and soldiers he had seen before.
Takatsukasa furrowed its brows and then moved its binoculars to examine, but suddenly his hand stopped.
A carriage was parked on the side of the formation, and as the curtains lifted, a girl with a slender figure and a thin veil skirt walked out.
Under the sunlight, the girl’s cloud temples dropped slightly with a few strands of broken hair, her skin fair and slightly ruddy, as pink as soy milk. Her eyebrows were not painted but blue, her cheeks were not dyed but red, and her bright big eyes curved slightly without a smile.
Takatsukasa has seen pictures of beautiful women from the Great Yan Dynasty before and always thinks that women with delicate eyebrows and eyes are imaginary and fictional.
But now at a glance on the hill, he realized that there was indeed a peerless beauty in the world, and those paintings are not as beautiful and charming as this woman!
Unfortunately, he was mesmerized by his gaze, and he didn’t know that the western mirror in his hand was flickering in the sunlight, right into the girl’s eyes.
The girl furrowed her brows slightly and looked straight at him. When their eyes met, he was already in love. Takatsukasa felt that he could hear his heartbeat.
But before he could finish his throbbing, the woman suddenly bent down and took a sprung crossbow from the guard beside her. Then, her slender arms slowly rose, as if playfully wanting to see how to use the crossbow. Her posture was as graceful as tuning a piano.
Just as Takatsukasa was mesmerizing, the woman’s tender and watery eyes suddenly turned, revealing a strange and fierce light, and shot an arrow straight in his direction!
That arrow flew towards him at great speed with a whistle!
Moonlightjie On GD (QT) Chapter 6